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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2009
Joo-won Park, Busan, KR;
Il-wook Joung, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
Byeong-gyu Kang, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
Joo-Won Park, Busan, KR;
Il-Wook Joung, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
Byeong-Gyu Kang, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator, in which a dispensing unit moves between a received position and a dispensing position and a driving unit is configured to move the dispensing unit from the received position to the dispensing position and is configured to move the dispensing unit from the dispensing position to the received position. The refrigerator also includes a state return unit that is configured to detect a force applied to a cover unit when the dispensing unit is oriented in the dispensing position and that is configured to, in response to detecting the force applied to the cover unit, cause the driving unit to move the dispensing unit from the dispensing position to the received position.