Patent ID: 8783055

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a storage compartment; at least one rotating door to open or close the storage compartment; an icemaker provided in the storage compartment; a dispenser having an ice withdrawal space, from which a user takes ice, and a water discharge hole, from which the user takes water; a filter to purify water supplied from an external water source; a water tank to store the water purified in the filter; and a valve provided at a junction of a hose where the filter is connected to the water tank and the icemaker so as to selectively supply the water purified in the filter to the water tank or the icemaker, wherein the water tank is provided at a rear surface of the door and is arranged in parallel to the dispenser such that lateral surfaces of the water tank and the dispenser are close to each other, and wherein the filter is accommodated between the dispenser and the water tank, wherein the dispenser and the water tank are provided respectively with filter receptacles, and the filter receptacles are indented to correspond to the shape of the filter for accommodation of the filter.