Patent ID: 9677800
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: F25C,F25D

Claim:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet; a refrigerating compartment located in the cabinet; a freezing compartment located in the cabinet; a refrigerating compartment door configured to open and close at least a portion of the refrigerating compartment; an ice bank installed on the refrigerating compartment door and configured to store ice therein; a dispenser provided below the ice bank and configured to discharge ice stored in the ice bank through the refrigerating compartment door; an ice maker provided in the freezing compartment and configured to make ice; a transfer device connected to a side of the ice maker and configured to transfer ice made by the ice maker to the ice bank; a first duct connecting an outlet of the transfer device to the ice bank and defining a path for transferring ice from the transfer device to the ice bank; and a second duct configured to enable exchange of air between the ice bank and the freezing compartment, wherein one of the first duct and the second duct is a cold air supply duct configured to supply cold air from the freezing compartment to the ice bank and the other of the first duct and the second duct is a cold air return duct configured to return cold air of the ice bank to the freezing compartment, wherein the transfer device includes: wherein the transfer element includes a plurality of protrusions radially extending from the rotation axis and configured to receive pieces of ice in spaces which are defined between adjacent protrusions, wherein the first duct includes: wherein the plurality of cold air flowing spaces are configured to enable the cold air to flow from the freezing compartment to the ice bank.