Title:
REFRIGERATOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/019202
Kind Code:
A2
Abstract:
Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage space; a door that is connected to the main body to selectively shield the storage space; a water supply container disposed in the storage space in a state where the door shields the storage space; an ice-maker disposed in a predetermined position of the storage space above the water supply container in a state where the door shields the storage space; a dispenser that is provided to a predetermined position of the door above the water supply container, to receive water or ice; a water supply passage extending from the water supply container to the ice-maker and the dispenser; a pump that is provided on the water supply passage to forcedly direct the water stored in the water supplying container to the ice-maker or the dispenser; and a valve that is provided on a predetermined position of the water supply passage near an outlet side of the pump to selectively supply the water to the ice-maker or the dispenser, wherein the pump is located at a height lower than the water supply container, and the valve is located at a height identical to or higher than the pump.
Inventors:
KIM, Sung-Kyoung (LG Electronics Inc.IP Group, 391-2 Gaeumjeong-don, Changwon City Gyoungsangnam-do 641-711, KR)
KIM, Dong-Wan (LG Electronics Inc.IP Group, 391-2 Gaeumjeong-don, Changwon City Gyoungsangnam-do 641-711, KR)
KIM, Dong-Wan (LG Electronics Inc.IP Group, 391-2 Gaeumjeong-don, Changwon City Gyoungsangnam-do 641-711, KR)
Application Number:
KR2010/005265
Publication Date:
February 17, 2011
Filing Date:
August 11, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC. (20 Yeouido-dong Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 150-721, KR)
KIM, Sung-Kyoung (LG Electronics Inc.IP Group, 391-2 Gaeumjeong-don, Changwon City Gyoungsangnam-do 641-711, KR)
KIM, Dong-Wan (LG Electronics Inc.IP Group, 391-2 Gaeumjeong-don, Changwon City Gyoungsangnam-do 641-711, KR)
KIM, Sung-Kyoung (LG Electronics Inc.IP Group, 391-2 Gaeumjeong-don, Changwon City Gyoungsangnam-do 641-711, KR)
KIM, Dong-Wan (LG Electronics Inc.IP Group, 391-2 Gaeumjeong-don, Changwon City Gyoungsangnam-do 641-711, KR)
International Classes:
F25D11/00; F25D19/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HAW, Yong-Noke (6th Fl. Hyun Juk Bldg, 832-41 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-080, KR)