Patent ID: 8677775

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a main body provided with at least a refrigeration compartment; a door opening and closing the refrigeration compartment; an ice maker mounted on a ceiling of the refrigeration compartment, the ice maker being exposed to the refrigeration compartment; a container provided at a rear surface of the door to store ice separated from the ice maker, the container being exposed to the refrigeration compartment, and, when the door is closed, a top of the container being open and in communication with the refrigeration compartment; a cold air duct directly discharging cold air generated by an evaporator disposed within the main body into the container, an outlet of the cold air duct being apart from the container; and a cold accumulating member surrounding the container and chilled by the cold air from the cold air duct so as to maintain the ice in a frozen state without melting, wherein the ice maker includes: a tray storing potable water for making ice; and a refrigerant pipe extending into an inner space of the tray, and wherein ice is formed directly on a surface of the refrigerant pipe.