Refrigerator having ice transfer unit

US20120023999A1Inactive Publication Date: 2012-02-02LG ELECTRONICS INC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
LG ELECTRONICS INC
Publication Date
2012-02-02
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A refrigerator includes: a refrigerator main body including a freezing chamber positioned at a lower portion thereof and a refrigerating chamber positioned at an upper portion thereof; an ice maker and an ice bank positioned at an inner side of the freezing chamber; an ice dispenser positioned at an inner side of the refrigerating chamber; a transfer flow path extending from the ice bank to the ice dispenser; an ice input unit supplying ice stored in the ice bank to the interior of the transfer flow path; and a blower blowing air to allow the ice supplied to the interior of the ice transfer flow path toward the ice dispenser.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2010-0072604, filed on Jul. 27, 2010, which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes as if fully set forth herein.

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] The present invention relates to a refrigerator having an ice transfer unit and, more particularly, to a refrigerator having an ice transfer unit for transferring ice between a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber.

[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0005] In general, a refrigerator includes a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber which are maintained at different temperatures. Meanwhile, various types of refrigerators each including a different number of freezing chambers and refrigerating chambers and a different disposition form are in the market, and so-called bottom freezer type refrigerators in which the mainly used refrigerating chamber is disposed at an upper portion and the freezing...

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