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Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Sang Min Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Jun O Kwon, Seoul, KR;

Jae Koog An, Gwangju, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/12 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01); F25D 11/00 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/126 (2013.01); F25D 11/00 (2013.01); F25D 11/02 (2013.01); F25D 23/02 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 29/00 (2013.01); F25D 2323/122 (2013.01); F25D 2700/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body which includes a storage compartment, a door which opens and closes the storage compartment and includes a dispenser, a water tank case disposed in the door, a water tank separably mounted in the water tank case, a water level sensor configured to sense a water level inside the water tank when the water tank is mounted in the water tank case, and a water tank valve configured to guide water supplied from a water supply source to the dispenser or the water tank and to prevent water from being supplied to the water tank when the water level sensor senses that a certain amount of water is stored in the water tank.


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