Patent ID: 8141382

Claim:
A refrigerator having a dispenser, comprising: a cooling compartment; a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the cooling compartment; a dispensing unit that is configured to move between a received position at which a dispenser outlet of the dispensing unit is positioned on a side of a surface of the door where the cooling compartment is positioned and a dispensing position at which the dispenser outlet of the dispensing unit is positioned on a side of the surface of the door opposite of the cooling compartment; a dispensing button unit that is configured to move between a stored position at which the dispensing button unit is positioned on the side of the surface of the door where the cooling compartment is positioned and an extended position at which at least a portion of the dispensing button unit is positioned on the side of the surface of the door opposite of the cooling compartment, the dispensing button unit being configured to, in the extended position, control dispensing of content through the dispenser outlet in response to application of force to the dispensing button unit; a driving unit that is configured to guide movement of the dispensing unit from the received position to the dispensing position in response to user input and that is configured to guide movement of the dispensing button unit from the stored position to the extended position in response to user input; and a dispense amount checking unit that is provided on the dispensing unit, that is at least partially translucent, and that is configured to enable a user's ability to visibly perceive content as it is being dispensed from the dispenser outlet when the dispensing unit is oriented in the dispensing position and the dispensing unit would otherwise at least partially block the user's view of content being dispensed through the dispenser outlet.