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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Jin Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyoung Ki Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/12 (2006.01); F16K 7/02 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/12 (2006.01); F16K 21/04 (2006.01); F25C 5/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/126 (2013.01); B67D 1/0014 (2013.01); B67D 1/1256 (2013.01); F16K 7/02 (2013.01); F16K 21/04 (2013.01); B67D 2001/0093 (2013.01); F25C 5/22 (2018.01); F25C 2400/14 (2013.01); F25C 2500/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a main body, a dispenser configured to supply water to the outside of the main body, a water supply flow path connecting the dispenser to a water source; and a valve assembly disposed on the water supply flow path, wherein the valve assembly comprises an elastic member having an outlet whose diameter is reduced by an elastic force, when water is no longer supplied to the valve assembly, so that water remaining in the inside of the water supply flow path is kept by the surface tension of the water.