Patent ID: 8328054

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a main body having a cooling chamber; a dispenser having an accommodation portion positioned at a front side of the refrigerator and configured to provide ice through the accommodation portion without opening a door of the refrigerator; a chute having an outlet, coupled to the dispenser, and configured to transfer ice stored in an ice container to the dispenser; an opening and closing member positioned at the outlet of the chute and configured to open or close the outlet of the chute; a motor configured to generate a driving force to move the opening and closing member; a guide protrusion defined at a shaft of the opening and closing member; and a driving unit configured to be driven by the motor and configured to apply force to the guide protrusion to open and close the opening and closing member, wherein the driving unit comprises: a driving gear rotated by the motor in a direction of the opening and closing member being open or closed; and a connection link having a central portion rotatably fixed so as to receive a driving force of the driving gear at one end thereof and transfer the driving force to the guide protrusion at another end thereof, and wherein the connection link comprises: a rotation center portion rotatably disposed to be parallel to a movement surface of the driving gear; a first arm portion coupled to the driving protrusion, the driving protrusion extending from a side surface of the driving gear to be parallel to a rotary shaft of the opening and closing member; and a second arm portion coming in contact with the guide protrusion to transfer a driving force.