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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Young Il Song, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jae Koog An, Gwangju, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/182 (2018.01); F25C 5/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/182 (2013.01); F25C 5/22 (2018.01); F25C 2400/04 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2500/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a refrigerator having an ice bucket with a simple structure. The refrigerator may include a main body and an ice bucket provided to supply ice, wherein the ice bucket includes an ice bank provided with an ice storage space therein and an opening, an auger rotatably disposed in the ice bank to rotate about a rotating shaft to transfer ice, and a guide lever rotatably installed in the ice bank to open or close the opening and configured to open the opening by being pushed by ice being transferred in a direction of the rotating shaft.