Patent ID: 8505326
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: F25C,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a storage chamber; a door to open and close the storage chamber; and an ice making apparatus disposed at an inner surface of the door, wherein the ice making apparatus includes an ice making tray mounted to the door to extend in a longitudinal direction, an ejector to separate, from the ice making tray, ice produced in the ice making tray, and a tray cover to downwardly guide the ice separated from the ice making tray in accordance with an operation of the ejector, wherein the ice making tray includes a plurality of ice making cells defined in the ice making tray by a plurality of partition walls, wherein each of the ice making cells includes a freezing portion in which water supplied to the freezing portion is frozen to produce ice, and a buffering portion extending radially outwardly from the freezing portion to provide a buffering space to temporarily receive an amount of water flowing in accordance with opening and closing of the door, wherein the tray cover further includes a buffering portion cover supported by the plurality of partition walls to cover an upper part of the buffering portion to prevent water in the buffering portion from flowing out of the ice making tray and to prevent water in the buffering portion of one of the ice making cells from flowing to the buffering portion of another one of the ice making cells.