Patent ID: 8261570

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; an ice discharger unit, which is provided within said ice storage unit to discharge the ice pieces below; 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 a surface inclining to a horizontal direction, wherein said ice discharger unit is disposed in a lower portion of said shrinking portion; a stirrer, which is configured to stir the ice pieces stored within said ice storage unit, wherein said stirrer comprises a stirring body to be disposed within said ice storage unit, and said stirring body is provided to be rotate around a rotation shaft, which is inclined to the horizontal direction; and an ice crusher unit, which is able to crush the ice pieces discharged from said ice discharger unit, wherein said ice crusher unit has a switching body, which is configured to switch a passage for the ice pieces between one path for supplying the ice pieces without crushing and other path for supplying the ice pieces with crushing.