Refrigerator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9010144-B2
Application number	US-201213687509-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 28, 2012
Priority date	Nov 29, 2011
Publication date	Apr 21, 2015
Grant date	Apr 21, 2015

Abstract

A refrigerator having a water storage vessel detachably mounted thereto, in which a supply passage configured to connect the water storage vessel, the ice making apparatus and the dispenser to supply the water in the water storage vessel to the ice making apparatus and the dispenser sage, a first check valve and a second check valve installed at a front position and a rear position of the one point of a first sub passage, to prevent water flowing backward to the water storage vessel, a third check valve and a fourth check valve installed at a front position and a rear position of the one point of a second sub passage, to prevent water flowing backward to the water storage vessel, and a pump installed at the third sub passage and configured to rotate the clockwise direction and the counter clockwise direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refrigerator, comprising:
a body;
a storage compartment having a front surface available to be open at an inside the body;
a door rotatively installed at the body to open/close the open front surface of the storage compartment;
an ice making apparatus provided at an inside the body to generate ice;
a dispenser configured to discharge water and ice to an outside the body;
a water storage vessel configured to store the water to be supplied to the i…

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Sang Min
• Shin Dong Jo
• An Jae Koog
• Jeon Hae Ryong

Classifications

• F25D23/126 Primary

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F25C5/005

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F25D2323/122

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F25D23/12 Primary

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F25C2400/14

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic