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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2010
Wook Yong Lee, Seoul, KR;
Wook Yong Lee, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a main body that includes a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber, a door that selectively shields the refrigerating chamber, and an ice making unit that produces ice. An ice storage unit is provided at the door and stores ice produced in the ice making unit. The ice storage unit includes a housing, a storage basket that is removably coupled to the housing and that stores ice removed from the ice making unit to the ice storage unit, and a sensing apparatus that is provided at the housing and senses attachment or detachment of the storage basket. A controller controls transfer of ice produced by the ice making unit to the storage basket based on output from the sensing apparatus that indicates attachment or detachment of the storage basket.