Patent ID: 7549299
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A water reservoir for a refrigerator comprising: a refrigerating compartment provided with a front door having an internal panel in which shelves and a water reservoir are removably affixed, said front door having an external face carrying a dispensing valve supplied by the water reservoir, comprising: a recipient which is superiorly opened and removably affixed to the internal panel of the door within a free gap between the fixation positions of two consecutive shelves, said free gap situated immediately below the upper shelf of said two consecutive shelves, said recipient having a form of an elongated tray and a height similar to that of the shelf, incorporating a lower outlet nozzle projecting through the door so as to be maintained in fluid communication with the dispensing valve, a lid which is removably fitted onto the recipient and provided with an opening; and an over-lid which is provided with a window and mounted to the lid, in order to be selectively and manually displaced in a plane parallel and adjacent to the mounting plane of the lid between an open position, in which its window is aligned with the opening of the lid and a closed position, in which the opening of the lid is blocked by the over-lid.