Patent ID: 9651296
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B01D,B67D,C02F,F25C,F25D

Claim:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a body including a storage; a door engaged with the body to open or close the storage; a water supply line to selectively supply water provided from a water source to an ice maker and a dispenser; a filter bypass valve engaged with the water supply line and engageable with a filter; and a water tank bypass valve engaged with the water supply line at an engagement point downstream from an engagement point of the filter bypass valve; and at least one water tank provided inside the door and detachably engaged with the water tank bypass valve, wherein the water tank bypass valve comprises: wherein when the mouth of the at least one water tank is mounted to the engagement unit, the first flow path leads water from the water supply line to pass through the at least one water tank, and when the mouth of the at least one water tank is detached from the engagement unit, water from the water supply line flows through the second flow path without passing through the at least one water tank.