Patent ID: 8151594

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a storage room forming a low temperature space; a door for selectively opening the storage room; an ice maker for making ice in an inside of the storage room; an ice bank for storing ice made by the ice maker, and performing an operation of moving the ice; and a dispenser provided to the door to guide extraction of the ice inside the ice bank to an outside, wherein the ice bank comprises: a bank for storing the made ice; a motor for generating rotational force; a transferring shaft installed inside the bank to transfer ice to the dispenser using the rotational force; and a joint on a connection part of the transferring shaft and the motor, and the joint comprises: a plate portion connected to the transferring shaft to deliver force; and an reinforcing member having at least a portion contacting the plate portion to support the plate portion, and having lower strength than that of the plate portion.