Patent ID: 8141747

Claim:
An appliance comprising: a compartment; a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the compartment; a dispenser that is positioned on a surface of the door and that is configured to dispense content through a dispenser outlet; a button tray composite device that is configured to control the dispenser to dispense content and that is configured to receive residual content discharged out of the dispenser outlet after the dispenser dispenses content; and a guide unit that is configured to capture and guide residual content discharged out of the dispenser outlet to the button tray composite device such that the residual content is received and stored in the button tray composite device, the guide unit being positioned between the dispenser outlet and the button tray composite device and being structurally independent of at least the dispenser outlet, wherein the dispenser includes a moving chute that is configured to move between an operable position in which the moving chute is at least partially positioned on a side of the surface of the door opposite of the compartment, and a stored position in which the moving chute is positioned entirely on a side of the surface of the door where the compartment is positioned, the moving chute having structure that defines at least a portion of a passage through which content is discharged from the appliance, and wherein the button tray composite device includes a button switch configured to control the dispenser to dispense content.