Patent ID: 8646288

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a main body having a storage chamber; a door opening and closing the storage chamber; and a dispenser installed on an inner side wall of the storage chamber to be accessible as the door is open, the dispenser including a switch controlling a discharge of water, a button with a cam projection having a slanted surface to activate the switch by moving from an interior of the storage chamber toward the inner side wall of the storage chamber, a lever performing a seesaw movement on a plane perpendicular to a moving direction of the button to press the switch as the button moves from the interior of the storage chamber toward the inner side wall of the storage chamber, a case having an open front surface and an accommodating portion accommodating the switch, a cover covering the open front surface of the case, and a discharge part at the cover and recessed backward such that a portion of a container to be supplied with water is able to enter into the discharge part, an elastic member surrounding an outer periphery of the button and connecting the button to the cover, the elastic member being co-planar with the cover, whereby removing an internal force applied to the button moves the button toward an interior of the storage chamber, wherein the accommodating portion is located between a flat inner side wall and a flat outer side wall of the storage chamber.