Patent ID: 8850843
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: B67D,F25C,F25D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator cabinet; a refrigerating compartment positioned at a relatively upper portion of the refrigerator cabinet; a freezing compartment positioned at a relatively lower portion of the refrigerator cabinet; a first door and a second door that are hinged side by side on the refrigerator cabinet and that are configured to open or close the refrigerating compartment; an ice compartment partitioned at an upper position within the refrigerating compartment by at least a front insulation wall, a side insulation wall, and a bottom insulation wall, the ice compartment having a width smaller than a width of the first door and a top wall of the ice compartment being shared with an inner wall of the refrigerating compartment; an ice maker positioned at an upper portion within the ice compartment; a water conduit for the ice maker that has an outlet end portion vertically projected from the top wall of the ice compartment; an ice storage located below the ice maker and configured to store ice delivered from the ice maker; a first ice discharge duct that is located at least partially in the front insulation wall and that communicates with the ice storage; an ice transporting mechanism disposed within the ice storage and configured to transport ice in the ice storage to the first ice discharge duct; a dispenser located in the first door and including a second ice discharge duct that penetrates the first door, wherein, based on the first door being oriented in a closed position, the first ice discharge duct connects to the second ice discharge duct and, based on the first door being oriented in an opened position, the first ice discharge duct disconnects from the second ice discharge duct.