Patent ID: 9618258
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: F25B,F25C,F25D

Claim:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a body having a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment; an ice making compartment in the refrigerating compartment; an ice making unit disposed in the ice making compartment; an ice making compartment case forming the ice making compartment; a refrigerant pipe to supply cooling to the ice making compartment, the refrigerant pipe including a first portion disposed outside the ice making compartment and a second portion inserted into the ice making compartment and positioned on the ice making unit; and a refrigerant pipe fixer located outside the ice making compartment to fix the first portion of the refrigerant pipe outside the ice making compartment such that the second portion of the refrigerant pipe is supported by the refrigerant pipe fixer while being positioned on the ice making unit, wherein the refrigerant pipe fixer is coupled to the ice making compartment case and is at least partially located in an area between a rear wall of the refrigerating compartment and an exterior wall of the refrigerator, and wherein the refrigerant pipe fixer is covered by and is in direct contact with insulation formed between the exterior wall of the refrigerator and the rear wall of the refrigerating compartment to insulate the refrigerating compartment from an outside of the body.