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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Dong-kyu Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Jin-hyun Kim, Incheon, KR;
Inventors:
Dong-Kyu Kim, Changwon-si, KR;
Jin-Hyun Kim, Incheon, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes an icemaker for making and discharging ice, an ice bank for storing the ice discharged from the icemaker, an ice discharge duct for discharging the ice stored in the ice bank to the dispenser, and an approaching prevention unit that is disposed in the ice discharge duct to prevent a user from approaching the ice bank through the dispenser.