Patent ID: 7984622
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: F25C

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a body defining an external appearance of the refrigerator; a storage compartment formed in the body and having an open side; a door to open and close the open side of the storage compartment; an ice making unit provided in the storage compartment, the ice making unit including an ice making tray having cavities to receive water therein, the water in the ice making tray being frozen into ice pieces by cold air; an ice container to receive the ice pieces; and a guide member arranged between the ice making unit and the ice container, the guide member including a mounting portion, a free end portion and a sloped portion between the mounting portion and the free end portion, wherein the sloped portion is sloped in both a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction of the ice making tray, and at least a portion of the guide member is tilted in a downward direction substantially perpendicular to the mounting portion and is further tilted in a downward direction substantially parallel to the mounting portion.