Refrigerator

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator in which a water tank for storing water to be supplied to an ice maker and a dispenser is in a shelf in the interior thereof. The refrigerator includes an ice maker in a freezer; a dispenser in a front part of a door; a slidable water tank in a shelf in a cold storage space; a pump for pumping water in the water tank to the ice maker and the dispenser; a passage connecting the water tank to the pump; and a silicone inlet in a rear surface of the shelf and having one end connected to an outlet of the water tank and another end connected to the passage. Thus, the water tank, which stores purified water, not tap water, is in the shelf in the refrigerator to supply water to the ice maker and the dispenser through the pump.

1 . A refrigerator having a movable, slidable water tank on a shelf in a cold storage space, the water tank having an outlet thereon to supply water to an ice maker or a dispenser. 
     
     
         2 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the water tank comprises a water tank body and a water tank cover adapted to cover an open top portion of the water tank body, wherein the outlet is on the water tank body. 
     
     
         3 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the water tank has a pipe connector connected to the outlet and extending into the water tank. 
     
     
         4 . The refrigerator according to  claim 3 , wherein the pipe connector is bent toward a bottom surface of the water tank body from a wall surface of the water tank body, and the pipe connector has an inverted U shape. 
     
     
         5 . The refrigerator according to  claim 3 , wherein the pipe connector is bent toward a bottom surface of the water tank body from a wall surface of the water tank body and comprises a bending part having an inverted U shape and a height that is greater than that of the outlet. 
     
     
         6 . The refrigerator according to  claim 3 , wherein the pipe connector has a filter on one end thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The refrigerator according to  claim 6 , wherein the filter has a plurality of separate protrusions along an outer periphery of an underside surface, facing the bottom surface of the water tank. 
     
     
         8 . The refrigerator according to  claim 2 , wherein the water tank cover has an opening and closing injection hole thereon. 
     
     
         9 . The refrigerator according to  claim 2 , wherein the water tank has a rubber packing along edges of the water tank body between the water tank cover and the water tank body. 
     
     
         10 . The refrigerator according to  claim 2 , wherein the water tank body has locking members along edges thereof, and the water tank cover has fastening wings along the edges thereof corresponding to the locking members. 
     
     
         11 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the water tank has protruding parts protruding outwardly from sides of a front surface thereof. 
     
     
         12 . The refrigerator according to  claim 1 , wherein the shelf comprises a shelf body adapted to guide and support sliding movement of the water tank and a shelf cover adapted to cover a top portion of the shelf body. 
     
     
         13 . The refrigerator according to  claim 12 , wherein the shelf body has guides on sides thereof and a sagging prevention member between the guides. 
     
     
         14 . The refrigerator according to  claim 12 , wherein the shelf cover includes a transparent window. 
     
     
         15 . The refrigerator according to  claim 12 , wherein the shelf cover has a rotary door hinge-coupled to a front side thereof configured to open and close up and down. 
     
     
         16 . The refrigerator according to  claim 12 , wherein a rear surface of the shelf body faces a wall surface of the cold storage space. 
     
     
         17 . The refrigerator according to  claim 16 , wherein the outlet is on a rear surface of the water tank and passes through the shelf body. 
     
     
         18 . The refrigerator according to  claim 17 , wherein the water tank has coupling protrusions thereon, and the shelf body has coupling grooves thereon or therein corresponding to the coupling protrusions. 
     
     
         19 . The refrigerator according to  claim 12 , further comprising a pump adapted to pump water in the water tank to the ice maker or the dispenser; a passage adapted to connect the water tank to the pump; and a silicone inlet on a rear surface of the shelf and having one end connected to the outlet of the water tank and another end connected to the passage. 
     
     
         20 . The refrigerator according to  claim 19 , wherein the water tank is below the dispenser or the ice maker.