Patent ID: 8640484

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a chamber configured to store food; a refrigerator door configured to open and close at least a portion of the chamber; a dispenser mounted on the refrigerator door and defining a dispenser cavity in the refrigerator door; an ice dispensing outlet located within the dispenser cavity and configured to dispense ice; a water dispensing outlet located within the dispenser cavity and configured to dispense liquid water, the water dispensing outlet being positioned in front of the ice dispensing outlet such that the water dispensing outlet is further from a back surface of the dispenser cavity than the ice dispensing outlet; a water switch disposed within the dispenser cavity and configured to control the dispenser to dispense liquid water through the water dispensing outlet; an ice switch disposed on the back surface of the dispenser cavity and configured to control the dispenser to dispense ice through the ice dispensing outlet, the ice switch being separate from the water switch and being the only dispensing switch disposed on the back surface of the dispenser cavity; a control panel located on the refrigerator door, outside of the dispenser cavity, and at a lateral side of the dispenser cavity; and at least one control button that is configured to control the dispenser and that is located in the control panel.