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Refrigerator

a technology of shaved ice and refrigerator, which is applied in the field of refrigerators, can solve the problems of inconvenient production of shaved ice for users of conventional refrigerators

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-03-30
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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However, since the conventional refrigerator is not provided with a shaved ice dispensing unit to dispense shaved ice after making the ice cubes produced by the automatic icemaker into the shaved ice, it is very inconvenient for users of the conventional refrigerator to produce the shaved ice, for example, when making an iced beverage using the shaved ice.

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[0028] Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements. The embodiments are described below to explain the present invention by referring to the figures.

[0029]FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a refrigerator according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG. 1, which illustrates a schematic inner construction of the refrigerator.

[0030] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the refrigerator comprises a body 1 opened at a front side thereof and defining an appearance of the refrigerator. The body 1 comprises an inner space partitioned into a freezing compartment 4 and a refrigerating compartment (not shown), which are opened and closed by a freezing compartment door 2 and a refrigerating compartment door 3 hingably coupled to the front side of the body 1, respect...

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A refrigerator including a shaved ice dispensing unit, and an ice cube dispensing unit positioned within an ice cube container such that ice cubes, crushed ice, and shaved ice are selectively dispensed to a user. The shaved ice dispensing unit includes a driving motor, a guide barrel having a shaved ice outlet, a plurality of blades disposed at the outlet, a rotational shaft disposed axially within the guide barrel and connected with the driving motor, a compressing wing connected with the rotational shaft above the outlet and extending in a radial direction, and a spiral wing coupled with the rotational shaft at the front of the compressing wing. When the driving motor is driven, the rotational shaft, the spiral wing, and the compressing wing rotate and compress the ice cubes in the ice cube container to produce the shaved ice. The ice cube dispensing unit comprises an ice cube crusher, and an outlet adjusting device to allow the ice cubes to be dispensed or to dispense the crushed ice after producing the crushed ice through the ice cube crusher.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2004-78099, filed on Sep. 30, 2004 and Korean Patent Application No. 2005-76774, filed on Aug. 22, 2005 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and, more particularly, to a refrigerator, which includes a shaved ice dispensing unit, and an ice cube dispensing unit positioned within an ice cube container such that ice cubes, crushed ice, and shaved ice are selectively dispensed to a user. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] Generally, a refrigerator includes a freezing compartment, and a refrigerating compartment, which are partitioned from each other to store various foods at a low temperature in an appropriate state for a long time. The refrigerating compartment includes various ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F25C5/18
CPCF25C5/005F25C2400/08F25C5/046F25C5/22
Inventor PARK, YONG PIL
Owner SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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