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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2009
Wook Yong Lee, Gwangmyeong-si, KR;
Eui Yeop Chung, Seoul, KR;
Seung Hwan OH, Seoul, KR;
Myung Ryul Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Chang Ho Seo, Seoul, KR;
Seong Jae Kim, Ansan-si, KR;
Sung Hoon Chung, Seoul, KR;
Wook Yong Lee, Gwangmyeong-si, KR;
Eui Yeop Chung, Seoul, KR;
Seung Hwan Oh, Seoul, KR;
Myung Ryul Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Chang Ho Seo, Seoul, KR;
Seong Jae Kim, Ansan-si, KR;
Sung Hoon Chung, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a dispenser of an icemaker in a refrigerator for maximizing an inner space when a total size is the same, and for minimizing the total size when the inner space is the same. The dispenser of the icemaker in the refrigerator includes an ice chute being a passage through which the ice produced from the icemaker is discharged; and a container supporter provided at an outer case and disposed to be perpendicular to an outer surface of the outer case when the ice is discharged outside through the ice chute, the contain supporter allowing a container seated thereon to receive the ice discharged from the ice chute. The ice chute is closed and not exposed outside when the ice-discharging process is finished, and the container supporter is not exposed to the outer surface of the outer case.