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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
May. 12, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jin Jeong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae Seung Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yoon Young Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yong Jong Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kook Jeong Seo, Seoul, KR;
Do Yun Jang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a refrigerator having a first storage chamber, a second storage chamber located below the first storage chamber, an ice maker configured to make ice pieces, an ice bucket configured to store the ice pieces made in the ice maker and a middle wall partitioning inside space of the refrigerator into the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber and including a base portion and a stepped portion located higher than the base portion to form ice-making space, wherein at least one portion of the ice maker and at least one portion of the ice bucket are accommodated in the ice-making space. With this structure, the space for actual use of the first storage chamber can be increased.