Refrigerator

Abstract

A refrigerator includes an ice-making tray, an ice storage receiving ice cubes from the ice-making tray and storing the ice cubes, and a dispenser supplied with the ice from the ice storage and providing the ice to the outside of the refrigerator, where the ice storage includes an ice storage receptacle storing the ice cubes separated from the ice-making tray; a discharge opening formed on the ice storage receptacle so as to discharge the ice cubes to the outside; a rotatable member conveying the ice toward the discharge opening; and an ice shaving device, which is coupled to the discharge opening, receiving ice cubes discharged through the discharge opening, shaving the ice cubes into shaved ice, and discharging it. Thus, the refrigerator having a freezing compartment with a simplified design and manufacturing process is provided that is equipped with an ice shaving device in which space efficiency is improved.

Description

[0001] This application claims priority from Korean Patent Application No. 2005-47272 filed with the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Jun. 2, 2005, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. technical field [0002] The present invention relates to refrigerators, and more particularly, to refrigerators including ice scraping means to form shaved ice. Background technique [0003] Generally, a refrigerator is a device for keeping food stored therein for a long period of time using air exchange through an evaporator in a cooling cycle. A refrigerator includes a freezer compartment for keeping frozen foods such as meat, fish, etc. at a freezing temperature or lower and a refrigerator compartment for keeping frozen foods such as fruits, vegetables, etc. at a freezing temperature or higher. Furthermore, the two chambers are separated from each other by a partition wall. [0004] In the freezing compartment, an ice maker for forming ice cubes by supplying ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0006] However, it is not very easy to obtain shaved ice at home since conventional refrigerators do not include an ice scraper

In addition, the ice scraping device is provided inside the freezer door, although the refrigerator has a freezer door, which complicates the manufacturing process and makes the freezer space less efficient because the inner shell of the freezer door protrudes toward the freezer to accommodate the ice scraper Device volume

[0007] Also, in conventional ice cube storages, ice cubes are not discharged in a proper amount, which is not suitable for ice scraping devices that need to provide ice in a specific amount

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