Ice supplying apparatus and refrigerator having the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8261570
APP PUB NO 20090293529A1
SERIAL NO

12372800

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An ice supplying apparatus 100, being provided in a refrigerator 1, comprises: an ice maker unit 22, which is configured to supply ice pieces produced therein to an outside of a freezer room door; an ice storage unit 110, which is configured to store the ice pieces produced by the ice maker unit; an ice discharger unit 112, which is provided within the ice storage unit to discharge the ice pieces below; and a shrinking portion 111, which is provided in the ice storage unit and defines an interior space thereof as small as it goes down, through building up a lower surface 113, among interior surfaces defining that interior space 301 of the ice storage unit 110, for supporting the ice pieces stored therein from a lower potion thereof, by a surface inclining to a horizontal direction, wherein the ice discharger unit 112 is disposed in a lower portion of the shrinking portion 111.

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HITACHI GLOBAL LIFE SOLUTIONS INC15-12 NISHI SHIMBASHI 2-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kurihara, Yasuo Nishikata, JP 19 168
Shinohara, Katsutoshi Shimotsuke, JP 3 19
Shiono, Kenji Ota, JP 2 8
Yamashita, Taichiro Mito, JP 49 344
Yamawaki, Shintaro Koshigaya, JP 2 8

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