Patent ID: 8596085

Claim:
A dispenser for a refrigerator, comprising: a housing installed at a front of a refrigerator chamber door, the housing having a dispensing space; an ice chute configured to pass through a top of the dispensing space to allow ice to come down to the dispensing space; a chute cover configured to surround the ice chute to guide ice dispensed from the ice chute in a downward direction and to extend within the dispensing space; a water supply nozzle provided at an upper side of the dispensing space and positioned in front of the chute cover; and a button member pivotably mounted at a side of the chute cover, the button member having a rear surface facing a front surface of the chute cover, the button member including: a guide part provided at the rear surface of the button member and coupled to the chute cover; a hinge part provided at both lower ends of the button member; a switch configured to be selectively contacted by the button member, the switch including a terminal mounted at a side portion of the chute cover; a push member mounted on a side portion of the button member; and an elastic member coupled to the button member, the elastic member being disposed between the front surface of the chute cover and the rear surface of the button member, wherein the push member presses the terminal to allow the switch to power on such that water is dispensed through the water spray nozzle when the button member rotates on the hinge part.