Patent ID: 9664432
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B67D,F25C,F25D

Claim:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet in which a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment are defined; a refrigerating compartment door configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment; a freezing compartment door configured to open and close the freezing compartment; a drawer configured to store foods, which is disposed in the refrigerating compartment; a water supply passage connected to a water supply source outside the cabinet; a plurality of filters vertically arranged in a space between a sidewall of the refrigerating compartment and the drawer; a case having a plurality of insertion holes that are vertical defined in a front surface thereof to receive the plurality of filters, the case comprising a mounting guide that protrudes inward to guide the mounting of the plurality of filters; a plurality of sockets vertically disposed inside the case to allow the plurality of filters to be respectively mounted; a connector disposed in the case, the connector being connected to the sockets to connect the water supply passage; a first stem connector coupled to one side of the plurality of sockets, the first stem being connected to the water supply passage; a second stem connector coupled to the other side of the plurality of sockets; a cylindrical water tank configured to cool water, which is disposed in a space between a rear wall of the refrigerating compartment and the drawer to cross a direction in which at least one filter of the plurality of filters is mounted, the water tank having one side to which a water inlet tube is horizontally coupled so that the water tank is connected to the second stem connector and the other side to which a water outlet tube is vertically coupled; a cooled water passage connected to the water outlet tube of the water tank; and a purified water passage branched at a rear end of the second stem connector to define a separate passage with respect to the cooled water passage.