Patent ID: 7603869
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: F25C,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator including a main body having a storage space formed therein, and a door having an insulating layer therein and rotatably coupled to the main body so as to selectively open and close the storage space, the refrigerator comprising: a dispenser including a dispenser housing installed in a concave portion of a front surface of the door wherein the dispenser discharges water to an outside of the refrigerator; a water tank installed between a door liner that de fines a rear surface of the door and the dispenser housing, wherein the water tank is spaced apart by a predetermined interval from each of the door liner and the dispenser housing and the water tank is at least partially surrounded by the insulating layer, and wherein the water tank stores water supplied from an external water supply source at a predetermined temperature and provides water to the dispenser for discharge to the outside; and a temperature sensor provided on an external surface of the water tank, wherein the temperature sensor detects a temperature of the water stored in the water tank, wherein the front surface of the door further comprises a display that displays a temperature of water stored in the water tank detected by the temperature sensor.