Patent ID: 8656730

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a chamber configured to store food; a refrigerator door configured to open and close at least a portion of the chamber; an ice maker; a dispenser mounted on the refrigerator door and defining a dispenser cavity in the refrigerator door; an ice dispensing outlet located within the dispenser cavity and configured to dispense ice made by the ice maker; a housing for the ice dispensing outlet which protrudes inside the dispenser cavity; a water dispensing outlet located within the dispenser cavity and configured to dispense liquid water; and a water switch that is located on the housing for the ice dispensing outlet and that is configured to control the dispenser to dispense liquid water through the water dispensing outlet, wherein, in a height direction, the water dispensing outlet, the water switch, and the ice dispensing outlet are positioned in descending order with respect to the ice maker such that the ice dispensing outlet is positioned further from the ice maker than the water dispensing outlet and the water switch is positioned further from the ice maker than the water dispensing outlet.