Patent ID: 9010144
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: F25C,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a body; a storage compartment having a front surface available to be open at an inside the body; a door rotatively installed at the body to open/close the open front surface of the storage compartment; an ice making apparatus provided at an inside the body to generate ice; a dispenser configured to discharge water and ice to an outside the body; a water storage vessel configured to store the water to be supplied to the ice making apparatus and the dispenser; and a supply passage configured to connect the water storage vessel, the ice making apparatus and the dispenser to supply the water in the water storage vessel to the ice making apparatus and the dispenser, wherein the supply passage, comprises: a first sub passage connecting the water storage vessel to the dispenser, a second sub passage connecting the water storage vessel to the ice making apparatus, a third sub passage connecting one point of the first sub passage to one point of the second sub passage, a first check valve and a second check valve installed at a front position and a rear position of the one point of the first sub passage, respectively, to prevent water flowing backward to the water storage vessel, a third check valve and a fourth check valve installed at a front position and a rear position of the one point of the second sub passage, respectively, to prevent water flowing backward to the water storage vessel, and a pump installed at the third sub passage and configured to rotate the clockwise direction and the counter clockwise direction, wherein the water in the water storage vessel is supplied to the ice making apparatus or the dispenser according to the rotating direction of the pump.