Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Refrigerator and method for controlling the same
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Application No.: US14673950Application Date: 2015-03-31
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Publication No.: US09726413B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Woonkyu Seo , Jaeyoung Kim , Daesung Lee
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2014-0037716 20140331
- Main IPC: F25D11/00
- IPC: F25D11/00 ; F25C5/00 ; F25D23/12

Abstract:
A refrigerator includes a door, a dispenser in the door, a water nozzle and an ice nozzle on the dispenser, the ice nozzle being arranged in a line with the water nozzle, and a single manipulation member under the water nozzle and the ice nozzle that is manipulated in a same direction as the arranged direction of the water nozzle and the ice nozzle, the manipulation member allowing selection between dispensing of water and ice. The refrigerator also includes a detection member on the dispenser for recognizing a manipulation of the manipulation member, a control unit for controlling a valve and a motor to dispense either the water or ice based on an input of the detection member, and a display unit on the dispenser for displaying a selected state of the water or ice according to a manipulated state of the manipulation member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150276293A1 REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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