Patent ID: 8201715
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: F25C,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator having a dispenser, comprising: a cooling compartment; a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the cooling compartment; a dispensing unit that is configured to move between a received position at which a dispenser outlet of the dispensing unit is positioned on a side of a surface of the door where the cooling compartment is positioned and a dispensing position at which the dispenser outlet of the dispensing unit is positioned on a side of the surface of the door opposite of the cooling compartment; a dispenser receiving structure that defines, within the door, a receiving space in which the dispenser outlet is positioned when the dispensing unit is oriented in the received position and that defines, in the surface of the door, an opening through which the dispenser outlet of the dispensing unit passes when the dispensing unit moves from the dispensing position to the received position; a cover unit that is attached to the dispensing unit and that is configured to cover a portion of the opening defined in the surface of the door by the dispenser receiving structure when the dispensing unit is oriented in the received position; a driving unit that is configured to move the dispensing unit from the received position to the dispensing position and that is configured to move the dispensing unit from the dispensing position to the received position; and a state return unit that is configured to detect a force applied to the cover unit when the dispensing unit is oriented in the dispensing position and that is configured to, in response to detecting the force applied to the cover unit, cause the driving unit to move the dispensing unit from the dispensing position to the received position; wherein the dispensing unit comprises: wherein the dispensing button unit comprises: