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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Seong-jae Kim, Seoul, KR;
Nam-gi Lee, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Seong-Jae Kim, Seoul, KR;
Nam-Gi Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 7/06 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cooling chamber, a door that is configured to open and close at least a portion of the cooling chamber, and a dispenser positioned on the door and configured to dispense ice pieces or water through the door when the door is oriented in a closed position. The refrigerator also includes a dispensing button unit configured to control a dispensing start time and a dispensing speed of the ice pieces or water dispensed through the dispenser based on a position of at least a portion of the dispensing button unit that results from movement of the portion of the dispensing button unit.