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US 9,310,122 B2Granted
Refrigerator and dispenser of refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJin Woo Kim, Se Joo Ryu, Ung Su Kim
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Abstract
Provided is a refrigerator including a cabinet, a door, a dispenser, a water supply pipe, and a nozzle. The cabinet defines a storage space. The door opens and closes the storage space. The dispenser is disposed on a front surface of the door and dispenses water or ice. The water supply pipe is disposed on an inner part of the door and supplies water to the dispenser. The nozzle is removably coupled to an outer part of the dispenser. An end of the water supply pipe is inserted in the nozzle to dispense water.
Claims5
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet defining a storage space;
- a door opening and closing the storage space;
- a dispenser disposed on the door and dispensing water or ice;
- a water supply pipe extending to the dispenser along an inner part of the door;
- and
- a nozzle removably coupled to the dispenser, an end of the water supply pipe being inserted in the nozzle to dispense water,
- wherein the dispenser comprises:
- a dispenser cover defining a front appearance thereof and to which the nozzle is coupled;
- and
- a dispenser coupling part defined at an upper surface of the dispenser cover, the nozzle configured to be coupled to the dispenser coupling part,
- wherein the nozzle comprises one or more locking protrusions protruding from an outer surface thereof,
- wherein the dispenser coupling part comprises:
- a nozzle insertion hole in which the nozzle is inserted;
- one or more protrusion guides formed at edge portion of the nozzle insertion hole, the protrusion guides configured to be stepped down from an upper surface of the dispenser cover;
- and
- one or more protrusion insertion holes respectively formed in the protrusion guides to allow the one or more locking protrusions to pass through,
- wherein the nozzle is rotated after the one or more locking protrusion pass through the one or more protrusion insertion holes, and
- wherein lower surfaces of the one or more locking protrusions slide along the one or more respective protrusion guides such that the nozzle is fixed and locked to the dispenser cover.
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