Patent ID: 6880355

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: an ice feeding unit comprising: an ice container which holds ice cubes; a control member installed at a position around an outlet of the ice container to open and close the outlet of the ice container; a connection rod rotatably installed at a predetermined position of the ice container to operate the control member, wherein the connection rod comprising: a first eccentric part provided at a first end of the connection rod which is in contact with the control member, to be eccentric from a center of rotation of the connection rod, and a second eccentric part provided at a second end of the connection rod which is opposite to the first end of the connection rod, to be eccentric from the center of rotation of the connection rod; a rotary cam installed to be in contact with the second eccentric part of the connection rod, and to rotate the second eccentric part of the connection rod at a predetermined angle; and a motor to drive the rotary cam.