Patent ID: 7578141
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: E05D,E05Y,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator having an in-door water dispenser and a water routing system comprising: a cabinet enclosing a refrigeration compartment, a door closing a front opening into said refrigeration compartment, said door arranged to be hinged at a first edge to said cabinet along a first edge of a front of said cabinet or alternatively at a second edge to said cabinet along a second edge of a front of said cabinet, a water dispenser mounted on said door and being accessible from an exterior of said cabinet, a first water supply line connection at a first top front corner of said cabinet at said first cabinet edge, a second water supply line connection at a second top front corner of said cabinet at said second cabinet edge, a water supply line selectively extending from a water reservoir in said cabinet to at least one of said first water supply line connection and said second water supply line connection, a feeder line leading from said dispenser to an end at a top surface of said door at one of said first door edge and said second door edge, whereby, when said door is hinged along said first edge, said end of said feeder line is connected to said first water supply line connection and when said door is hinged along said second edge, said end of said feeder line is connected to said second water supply line connection.