Patent ID: 8316661

Claim:
An ice making device for a refrigerator, the ice making device being installed in a storage space of the refrigerator to make ice by cold air circulating through the storage space, the ice making device comprising: a water tank installed within an ice making space provided in a receiving box that is installed to be introduced into and taken out from the storage space, the water tank having a water-storing space for storing water to be used in making ice and at least one water-supplying hole for supplying the water stored in the water-storing space; a housing within the receiving box; at least one ice tray installed in the ice making space and provided with at least one ice making recess for making ice by receiving the water stored in the water-storing space; and a fixing means for preventing the water tank from being inadvertently released from a state where the water tank is mounted in the ice making space, wherein the water stored in the water tank is supplied to the ice tray when the water tank is mounted in the storage space, wherein the water tank is supported by a support plate provided in the ice making space, the support plate forming a top surface of the housing, wherein the support plate is provided with a plurality of cold air supply openings formed by cutting out a portion of the support plate for causing cold air circulating through the storage space to flow into the ice making space, and wherein the water tank is installed in the ice making space such that the water tank can be detachably attached in a vertical direction, and the ice tray is installed in the ice making space below the water tank such that the ice tray can be introduced into and taken out from the ice making space in a fore and aft direction.