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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
May. 19, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jin Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Do Hyung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Do Yun Jang, Busan, KR;
Sang Hyun Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Bong Su Son, Cheonan-si, KR;
Byung Suk An, Suwon-si, KR;
Qasim Khan, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a body, a storage compartment provided in the body, a door to open and close the storage compartment, an icemaker provided to one side of the storage compartment, an ice bucket provided under the icemaker, and a crusher provided to the rear surface of the door and having an inlet disposed under the outlet of the ice bucket when the door is closed. The crusher may be provided separately from the ice bucket and may independently mounted and detached to and from the rear surface of the door. The ice bucket may have a slimmer design. The space utilization and usability of the storage compartments and the rear surface of the doors may be enhanced.