Patent ID: 7360377

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a freezing compartment; a freezing compartment door to open and close the freezing compartment; an icemaker positioned in the freezing compartment to produce ice cubes; an ice cube container to contain the ice cubes produced by the icemaker; first and second ice dispensing units positioned in the ice cube container; a shaved ice dispensing unit positioned in front of the first ice dispensing unit to make the ice cubes supplied from the first ice dispensing unit into shaved ice; and a control unit to control the first and second ice dispensing units to independently operate and to control the first ice dispensing unit and the shaved ice dispensing unit to operate in connection with each other when producing the shaved ice, wherein the second ice dispensing unit comprises an outlet adjusting device and a plurality of cutters to allow the ice cubes and crushed ice to be selectively dispensed through the second ice dispensing unit.