Patent ID: 8544291

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a dispenser secured to a door such that the dispenser can be pushed in/drawn out of the door for dispensing water or ice, the dispenser comprising: a cover which defines an exterior of the dispenser, the cover being pivotable on a horizontal pivot shaft provided on the door, and a chute located on an inside of the cover and configured to guide the water or ice to an outside of the refrigerator, the cover being pivoted out from the door to expose the chute to the outside of the refrigerator and being pivoted toward the door to shield the chute from the outside of the refrigerator and make an outside surface of the dispenser flush with an outside surface of the door; a residue tray detachably secured to one side of the door for holding residue of the water or ice that escapes from the chute of the dispenser when the dispenser is pushed in the door; and a residue guiding member that is located within the door such that the residue guiding member is covered by the outside surface of the door, that is positioned below the chute of the dispenser when the dispenser is pushed in the door and the cover shields the chute from the outside of the refrigerator, and that guides, to the residue tray, residue escaping from the chute of the dispenser when the dispenser is pushed in the door and the cover shields the chute from the outside of the refrigerator, wherein the residue guiding member is configured to receive the residue escaping from the chute of the dispenser and guide the received residue from an inside of the door to a rear outside of the door, the rear outside of the door being a side of the door opposite of the cover.