| CPC F25C 1/25 (2018.01) [F25D 23/12 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2400/14 (2013.01); F25D 2323/122 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
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1. A refrigerator comprising:
an ice-making apparatus disposed in a freezer chamber and configured to produce ice;
a water tank disposed in a refrigerating chamber formed above the freezer chamber and configured to store water to be supplied to the ice-making apparatus;
a water supply pipe connecting the water tank and the ice-making apparatus to each other to supply water in the water tank to the ice-making apparatus;
a water supply pump disposed on the water supply pipe and configured to move water in the water tank to the ice-making apparatus; and
a bypass pipe having one side diverging from the water supply pipe in an opposite direction of gravity, and an other side that longitudinally extends horizontally along an upper portion of the water tank above a maximum water level in the water tank and that has an end that is open for water flowing back in the water supply pipe to move therethrough to the water tank and for external air to be introduced into the water supply pipe,
wherein the water tank includes a guide portion disposed on an upper portion of the water tank,
wherein the guide portion has one end longitudinally extending horizontally and surrounding the other side of the bypass pipe, spaced apart from an outer circumference of the other side of the bypass pipe, and another end protruding downward from the one end, so that the guide portion surrounds the end of the other side of the bypass pipe that is open,
wherein the bypass pipe includes a T-type coupler disposed in the water supply pipe and includes a first connection portion formed along the water supply pipe and a second connection portion extending from the first connection portion in the opposite direction of the gravity,
wherein the bypass pipe is above the water supply pipe, and
wherein the second connection portion of the bypass pipe has a diameter smaller than the water supply pipe.
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