Patent ID: 8047622
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a main body having a storage chamber; a door hinged to the main body, the door having an ice dispenser; a storage container seating portion recessed into a portion of a rear surface of the door, the storage container seating portion including a protruding portion; an ice storage container mounted on the storage container seating portion, the ice storage container fixed to the storage container seating portion by the protruding portion; an ice maker provided on an upper portion of the door; a release lever to be gripped by a hand of a user; and a catching pin for locking the ice storage container to the storage container seating portion, the catching pin configured to be selectively engaged to the protruding portion by an operation of the release lever, wherein the ice storage container has an ice discharge opening in the bottom portion thereof and is substantially horizontally detached from the storage container seating portion and is substantially moved straight, and when pulling the ice storage container out of the door, the release lever moves the catching pin to be disengaged from the protruding portion, and wherein the release lever is pulled in substantially the same direction as the direction that the ice storage container moves, when the ice storage container is separated from the door.