Patent ID: 7490475

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerating compartment; a freezing compartment; an ice compartment located within the refrigerating compartment; an ice maker located within the ice compartment and configured to freeze liquid water into ice; a refrigerator door configured to open to enable frontal access and close to inhibit frontal access to at least a portion of the refrigerating compartment; a dispenser, at least a portion of which being located on the refrigerator door, configured to dispense liquid water and frozen water as ice; an ice maker branch line configured to guide liquid water to an inlet of the ice maker located within the ice compartment; a dispenser branch line configured to guide liquid water to the dispenser; and a water supply line that branches into the ice maker branch line and the dispenser branch line, wherein: a branch point, at which the water supply line branches to interface with the ice maker branch line and the dispenser branch line, is located proximate to a wall of the refrigerating compartment; and both the ice maker branch line and the dispenser branch line extend along at least one wall of the refrigerating compartment without extending along a wall of the freezing compartment.