Patent ID: 8973391
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: F25C,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a body; a storage compartment provided thereto with an open front surface and having the open front surface opened/closed by a door; an ice making compartment formed at an inside of the body while being divided from the storage compartment; a cool air supplying apparatus having a compressor, a condenser, an expansion apparatus, an evaporator, and a refrigerant pipe, at least a portion of which is disposed at an inside of the ice making compartment so that a cooling energy is supplied to the ice making compartment; an air duct having a heat insulation member to surround the refrigerant pipe in the ice making compartment, and an inside flow path to form at least a portion of a flow path of cool air circulating at an inside of the ice making compartment; an ice maker having an ice making tray to make contact with the refrigerant pipe in the ice making compartment to directly receive the cooling energy from a refrigerant pipe at the ice making compartment, an ejector to separate ice from the ice making tray, and a drain duct to guide defrost water of the ice making tray; an ice bucket having an ice storage space to store the ice separated from the ice making tray, an auger to move the ice stored at the ice storage space to an ice discharging hole, an ice crushing apparatus to crush the ice, and an ice making compartment cover to open/close the open front surface of the ice making compartment; and an auger motor assembly having an auger motor to drive the auger, an ice making compartment fan to flow the air at the ice making compartment, a solenoid valve to select whether ice is crushed through the ice crushing apparatus, and a drain hose to guide the water that is guided through the drain duct to an outside of the ice making compartment, wherein the auger motor assembly is integrally assembled as a single entity comprising the auger motor, the ice making compartment fan, the solenoid valve, and the drain hose, and is inserted into an inside of the ice making compartment in a sliding manner through the open front surface of the ice making compartment or is withdrawn to an outside of the ice making compartment through the open front surface of the ice making compartment in a sliding manner.