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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Do Hyung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang Hyun Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Sang Hoon Lee, Yeoju-gun, KR;
Jin Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung Ah Joo, Goyang-si, KR;
Qasim Khan, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A structure of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator capable of enlarging the volume of a storage compartment by reducing a width of an ice making compartment, and capable of easily discharging the whole ice separately from pieces of ice, the refrigerator including an opening/closing member configured to open and close a portion of a discharge hole and having a cover portion to prevent the whole ice from being discharged in a state that the portion of the discharge hole is closed, the refrigerator including an opening/closing member integrally formed with a fixed blade configured to crush ice in cooperation with a rotary blade.