Patent ID: 8701436

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a main body having a storage compartment therein; a door pivotably coupled to a front of the main body; a recess which is recessed a predetermined depth from a front surface of the door, the recess having a pair of hinge receiving portions, the pair of hinge receiving portions being further recessed at both side surfaces of an upper portion of the recess; a dispenser tiltably installed in the recess, the recess being formed in a shape to match with the dispenser; a control unit disposed on a front surface of the dispenser, the control unit being singularly tilted with the dispenser, the control unit including a screen; and a driving mechanism supplying rotational force to the dispenser to drive the dispenser to be tilted, wherein the dispenser comprises: a pair of hinges protruding from both side surfaces of an upper portion of the dispenser, respectively, one of the pair of hinges configured to be connected to a rotational shaft of the driving mechanism; a water supply tube placed thereinside, and extending to a bottom end thereof; a space recessed in a bottom surface thereof; a dispensing lever pivotably installed in the space; and a switch formed at an inner front surface of the space; wherein the dispensing lever is configured to be pivoted in a first direction and received in the space to be hidden when the dispenser is tilted to be inserted in the recess, wherein the dispensing lever is configured to be pivoted in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, when the dispenser is tilted to be withdrawn from the recess, and wherein the switch is pressed by a front upper surface of the dispensing lever, when a front lower surface of the dispensing lever is pressed in the second direction by a pressing force, in a state where the dispenser is withdrawn from the recess.