Patent ID: 8534089

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a storage compartment; a storage compartment door to open/close the storage compartment; and an ice maker including an ice making tray to produce ice pieces, and a water dispense cup having a water outlet port to dispense water supplied from a water supply pipe to the ice making tray, wherein the water dispense cup includes a water guide section formed within the water dispense cup and configured to guide the water, which is supplied from the water supply pipe, to make a U-turn within the water guide section before flowing to a water discharge section below the water supply pipe, for discharging the water supplied from the water guide section toward the water outlet port, and wherein the water guide section includes a first inclination surface, which is inclined to guide the water supplied from the water supply pipe toward the water discharge section below the water supply pipe, a second inclination surface, which is inclined to allow the water introduced through the first inclination surface to be directed toward a communication path, and third inclination surface, which is inclined from a rear portion of the water dispense cup toward the water outlet port of the water dispense cup to allow water supplied to the second inclination surface to be directed toward the water outlet port of the water dispense cup.