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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1998
Yo-Hyun Song, Suwon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator ice supplying apparatus having an ice storing box mounted for receiving ice dropping out of ice makers and a rotary shaft disposed in the storing box for being simultaneously rotated along with a motor, the apparatus comprising a volume reducing unit installed at a front portion of an ice supply container for being moved along with the rotary shaft and for securing a predetermined amount of ice to be supplied by reducing an ice inducing area even if the ice supply container is shortened in its length, whereby an area, where the supply container is to be occupied in the storing box, is reduced with an increase of ice storing capacity and whereby the number of the ice supply container is reduced to diminish its manufacturing materials.
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