Patent ID: 8613203
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: E05D,E05Y,F25C,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a controller; an ice making device disposed in a storage space of the refrigerator or a door shielding the storage space; a water supply container detachably disposed in the storage space or the door; a container connecting part to which an outlet opening part of the water supply container is coupled, the outlet opening of the container configured to be directed upwardly when the water supply container is coupled to the container connecting part; a water supply passage fluidly connecting the water supply container to the ice making device, one end of the water supply passage extending to the ice making device and the other end of the water supply passage extending to an inside of the water supply container; a detecting unit disposed in the ice making device to determine whether a set flow amount of water is supplied into the ice making device; and a unit disposed inside or outside the water supply container to determine whether water remains in the water supply container.