Refrigerator

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, which comprises: a main body having a storage compartment therein; and a door connected to the main body and opening/closing the storage compartment, wherein the door includes: an outer case defining an external appearance of the door; a door liner combined with the outer case; an insulation material filled between the outer case and the door liner; and a holder supporting both a receptacle connected with a cable for controlling an ice maker and a water supply cock for making ice, the holder disposed between the outer case and the door liner, wherein the holder is fixed to the outer case.

1 . A refrigerator comprising:
 a main body having a storage compartment therein; and   a door connected to the main body and opening/closing the storage compartment,   wherein the door includes:   an outer case defining an external appearance of the door;   a door liner combined with the outer case;   an insulation material filled between the outer case and the door liner; and   a holder supporting both a receptacle connected with a cable for controlling an ice maker and a water supply cock for making ice, the holder disposed between the outer case and the door liner,   wherein the holder is fixed to the outer case.   
     
     
         2 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , further comprising an upper panel mounted on an upper end portion of the outer case,
 wherein the holder is fixed to the upper panel.   
     
     
         3 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , further comprising an ice making compartment defined in the door liner,
 wherein the water supply cock is exposed in the ice making compartment through the holder and the door liner.   
     
     
         4 . The refrigerator according to  claim 2 , wherein the holder includes:
 a holder body comprising:
 a hole where the receptacle is inserted; and 
 a guide covering the water supply cock; and 
   a fastening arm extending from the holder body,   wherein the fastening arm is fixed to the upper panel.   
     
     
         5 . The refrigerator according to  claim 4 , wherein the holder is fixed to the upper panel by inserting a fastening member into the fastening arm through the upper panel. 
     
     
         6 . The refrigerator according to  claim 4 , wherein the holder is fixed to the upper panel by inserting a fastening hook protruding from an upper end of the fastening arm into the fastening hole of the upper panel. 
     
     
         7 . The refrigerator according to  claim 4 , wherein at least one preliminary fastening protrusion protrudes from any one of the upper surface of the fastening arm and the upper panel, and a preliminary fastening hole where the preliminary fastening protrusion is inserted is formed in the other one of the upper surface of the fastening arm and the upper panel. 
     
     
         8 . A refrigerator comprising:
 a main body;   a door including an outer case and a door liner combined with the outer case., the door rotatably connected to the main body;   an ice making compartment provided to the door liner and accommodating an ice maker;   a water supply cock supplying water to the ice maker;   a receptacle connected to an end of a cable for transmitting electric current and/or operational signal to the ice maker;   a holder supporting both the water supply cock and the receptacle between the door liner and the outer case; and   a insulation plate interposed between the outer case and the holder.   
     
     
         9 . The refrigerator according to  claim 8 , wherein the insulation panel includes a vacuum insulation panel. 
     
     
         10 . The refrigerator according to  claim 9 , wherein the insulation panel is disposed to a position corresponding to the ice making compartment and has a size corresponding to the ice making compartment. 
     
     
         11 . The refrigerator according to  claim 9 , wherein the holder is fixed to the outer case at a predetermined distance from the insulation panel. 
     
     
         12 . The refrigerator according to  claim 8 , further comprising a heater disposed around an outer circumference of the water supply cock. 
     
     
         13 . The refrigerator according to  claim 8 , further comprising an insulation foam filled between the outer case and the door liner.