Patent ID: 9175896
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: F25C,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet defining a refrigerator storage compartment; a refrigerator door configured to open and close the refrigerator storage compartment, the refrigerator door having a door liner which protrudes from an edge portion of a rear surface thereof; an ice compartment located at a space which is defined by the door liner; an ice maker provided within the ice compartment, the ice maker being configured to generate ice cubes and be twisted by rotating to separate the ice cubes from the ice maker by weight of the ice cubes; an ice bin detachably mounted within the ice compartment and disposed below the ice maker; an ice compartment door rotatably coupled to a side edge portion of the rear surface of the refrigerator door by a hinge and configured to open or close the ice compartment, the ice compartment door including: a plurality of sealing parts configured to reduce leakage of cold air from the ice compartment, the plurality of sealing parts including: wherein the first sealing part, the second sealing part, and the third sealing part are independently provided from each other; at least one basket detachably mounted on the ice compartment door; a motor assembly that is mounted on the refrigerator door and that is configured to selectively connect to the ice bin; and a dispenser provided on the refrigerator door and configured to communicate with the ice bin, wherein the ice bin comprises: wherein ice cubes drop across the rotation axis from a position above the rotation axis to a position below the rotation axis based on rotation of the rotation axis, wherein the ice compartment includes: wherein the third sealing part further protrudes from an end of the door liner defining the first side wall portion of the ice compartment towards the rear surface of the ice compartment door when the ice compartment door is in a closed position, and is configured to vertically extend along the first side wall portion with a predetermined width that is less than a width of the first side wall portion, wherein the hinge of the ice compartment door is coupled to the first side wall portion such that the third sealing part is closer to the hinge of the ice compartment door than to the second side wall portion, wherein the second sealing part includes: wherein the upper protrusion part has a protrusion height greater than protrusion heights of the side protrusion parts.