Patent ID: 8713960

Claim:
An ice supplying apparatus, being provided in a refrigerator, comprising: an ice maker unit, which is configured to supply ice pieces produced therein to an outside of a freezer room door; an ice storage unit, which is configured to store the ice pieces produced by said ice maker unit and is formed in such a manner that one side of said ice storage unit along a depth direction of said freezer room door is shorter than the other side of said ice storage unit along a width direction of said freezer room door; an ice discharger unit, which is provided in said ice storage unit to discharge the ice pieces below; and a shrinking portion, which is provided in said ice storage unit and defines an interior space thereof as small as it goes down, through building up a lower surface among interior surfaces defining that interior space of said ice storage unit, for supporting the ice pieces stored therein from a lower portion thereof, by the lower surface inclining to a horizontal direction; wherein said lower surface of said shrinking portion is made up with at least two pieces of surfaces, wherein one of said two pieces of surfaces is provided with said ice discharger unit and the other thereof is provided with a guide portion which guides the ice pieces to said discharger unit; wherein said discharge unit is disposed in a lower portion of said shrinking portion; wherein said ice supplying apparatus further comprises a stirrer, which is configured to stir the ice pieces stored within said ice storage unit, and the stirrer including a stirring body to be disposed within said ice storage unit; and wherein a rotation shaft of said stirring body is rotatably set into a direction perpendicular to said one of said two pieces of surfaces, parallel with the other thereof.