Patent ID: 8333084

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator body; a refrigerator door coupled to the refrigerator body; an ice maker disposed at the refrigerator body or the refrigerator door, and configured to make ice cubes; a dispenser disposed at the refrigerator door; a duct disposed between the ice maker and the dispenser, and configured to guide the ice cubes made by the ice maker to the dispenser; a dispenser housing communicated with the duct, and having an ice discharge opening; an optical source disposed at a peripheral region of the ice discharge opening, having a substrate portion configured to control the optical source and a light emitting portion electrically connected to the substrate portion; and a guide member disposed at the ice discharge opening, and configured to guide discharge of the ice cubes, wherein a cover portion configured to cover the optical source is formed at the guide member, wherein a light transmission hole is penetratingly formed at the dispenser housing such that light emitted from the optical source is forwardly irradiated, and wherein the light emitting portion is insertion-coupled to the light transmitting hole.