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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jung Won Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung Ho Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyung Tae Ko, Suwon-si, KR;
Seung Wan Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Woo Sung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Chang Hern Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Gang Hyun Kim, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator including a water intake container, in which carbonated water is produced by mixture of carbon dioxide and clean water, a first dispenser assembly, which the water intake container is attached to or detached from, and which supplies carbon dioxide and clean water to the water intake container when the water intake container is attached to the first dispenser, a dispenser lever and a second dispenser assembly which discharges clean water or ice according to manipulation of the dispenser lever, but stops the discharging of clean water or ice if the water intake container is attached to the first dispenser assembly. The refrigerator may include a dispenser lever and a processor to control an ice maker to stop operation if a command is entered through a user interface and to control the ice maker to start operation if the dispenser lever is manipulated while the ice maker stops operation.