Patent ID: 9115930
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: F25C,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a body; a storage compartment having a front surface available to be open at an inside the body; a door rotatably installed at the body to open/close the open front surface of the storage compartment; an ice making apparatus provided at an inside the body and generates ice; a dispenser configured to discharge water and ice to an outside the body; and a water supplying apparatus configured to supply water to the ice making apparatus and the dispenser, wherein the water supplying apparatus, comprises: a water storage vessel provided with a body having a storage space formed at an inside thereof and with a first passage capable of intaking the water stored at the storage space, a bracket unit installed on a rear surface of the door and having the water storage vessel mounted thereto, a second passage connected to the first passage and capable of supplying the water in the water storage vessel to the ice making apparatus and the dispenser, a valve installed at an intersection of the second passage and configured to change a passage, and a pump configured to pump the water in the water storage vessel for the water to flow to the second passage, wherein the first passage is connected to the second passage and the water stored at the water storage vessel is supplied to the ice making apparatus or the dispenser as the water storage vessel is mounted to the bracket unit, and the first passage is disconnected from the second passage as the water storage vessel is dismounted from the bracket unit.