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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2007
Jong Dal Lee, Gwangju, KR;
Jae Hoon Lim, Suwon-si, KR;
Myung Hoon Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Seung Tae Lim, Gwangju, KR;
Dong Nyeol Ryu, Suwon-si, KR;
Jong Dal Lee, Gwangju, KR;
Jae Hoon Lim, Suwon-si, KR;
Myung Hoon Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Seung Tae Lim, Gwangju, KR;
Dong Nyeol Ryu, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a refrigerator having an ice-making unit wherein the coupling structure of a cover to open and close an ice-making compartment is improved such that a user can easily attach and detach the cover to and from the ice-making compartment. The refrigerator includes a refrigerator body having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment defined therein, an ice-making compartment mounted at one side of the refrigerating compartment, the ice-making compartment having an opening formed at the front thereof, an ice-making compartment cover to open and close the opening of the ice-making compartment, a rotary lever mounted at the ice-making compartment cover, latching hooks rotatable along with the rotation of the rotary lever, and latching projections formed in a side wall of the ice-making compartment such that the latching hooks are coupled with the latching projections.