Patent ID: 7444828

Claim:
An ice discharging structure of an ice making mechanism, the ice making mechanism comprising an ice making section case having an opening on one side thereof; an ice making section provided inside the ice making section case, cooled by an evaporation pipe, for forming an ice block from ice making water supplied circulatingly; an ice chute provided to be inclined below said ice making section, directing an inclined plane toward said opening, for slipping the ice block fallen from the ice making section down toward the opening; and a separator suspended rockably from said ice making section case, in contact with an end face of said ice chute normally so as to close said opening openably and closably, for discharging the ice block toward an ice storage house by pushing said ice chute out open by the slipped ice block, wherein: a plurality of ribs extending vertically and at an interval in a width direction provided on the end face of said ice chute or an inner face of said separator, and when said ribs contact said inner face of said separator or said end face of said ice chute, a space allowing the ice making water to pass through is formed between said inner face of said separator and said end face of said ice chute.