US 12,152,830 B2
Refrigerator
Juno Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Jin Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); Gahyeong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Hocheol Cho, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/570,960.
Application 17/570,960 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/019918, filed on Dec. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0002864 (KR), filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0221218 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 23/12 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/04 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/126 (2013.01) [F25D 11/02 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 23/04 (2013.01); F25D 29/005 (2013.01); F25D 2323/121 (2013.01); F25D 2323/122 (2013.01); F25D 2700/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body including a storeroom;
an inner door rotatably couplable to the main body;
an outer door rotatably arranged in front of the inner door;
a water supply case having an intake space and a water container installation space, the intake space and the water container installation space being formed side by side along a horizontal direction;
a dispenser including a dispenser nozzle and an operation lever, the operation lever arranged to be manually operated to supply water in the intake space through the dispenser nozzle; and
an automatic water supplier including an outlet and a water level sensor to detect a water level in a water container mounted in the water container installation space, the automatic water supplier being configured to supply water to the water container mounted in the water container installation space through the outlet until a predetermined water level is detected in the water container mounted in the water container installation space by the water level sensor,
wherein the water supply case is arranged at the inner door so that the intake space and the water container installation space are accessible while the outer door is opened and the inner door is closed.