Patent ID: 8408023

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a main body including at least a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber disposed adjacent the refrigerating chamber; at least one refrigerating chamber door to open or close the refrigerating chamber; a tray configured to receive water to be used for making ice, the tray disposed inside of the refrigerating chamber; a refrigerant pipe disposed adjacent to the tray to freeze the water in the tray; a heater to heat the tray; an ejector to eject ice in the tray; a motor to actuate the ejector; a container coupled to the at least one refrigerating chamber door, wherein an outer surface of the container is exposed to an interior of the refrigerating chamber; and a cold air flow passage for supplying cold air from the freezing chamber to the container to maintain ice in the container in a frozen state, wherein the cold air flow passage extending along a ceiling of the refrigerating chamber and wherein: one or more holes located at an end section of the cold air flow passage is the only hole or are the only holes that direct cold air into the refrigerating chamber, the cold air passage is separated from being in communication with the interior of the refrigerating chamber continuously from a first point to a second point, the first point corresponds to a point at which the cold air passage enters the refrigerating chamber and the second point corresponds to a point where the one or more holes are located, and the cold air passage includes no air intake ports in the refrigerating chamber between the first point and the second point.