Refrigerator having dispenser

Abstract

A refrigerator having a dispenser for supplying selected supply objects such as water, ice, and the like, including: a dispenser body; a button unit formed on the dispenser body and selecting types of supply objects; and a supply object display unit for displaying differently according to types of supply objects selected via the button unit. A display lamp unit includes a water supply lamp, an ice cube supply lamp and a crushed ice supply lamp to correspond to a water supply button, an ice cube supply button and a crushed ice supply button of the button unit, and the water supply lamp, the ice cube supply lamp and the crushed ice supply lamp implement different colors, whereby different colors may be implemented at the display lamp unit according to types of supply objects selected via the button unit.

1 . A refrigerator having a dispenser for supplying selected supply objects such as water or ice, comprising:
 a dispenser body;   a button unit formed on the dispenser body and selecting types of supply objects; and   a supply object display unit for displaying differently according to types of supply objects selected by the button unit.   
     
     
         2 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the supply object display unit implements at least one of different colors and sounds according to types of the selected supply objects. 
     
     
         3 . The refrigerator of  claim 2 , wherein the supply object display unit comprises a plurality of lamps provided by the number corresponding to the types of the supply objects. 
     
     
         4 . The refrigerator of  claim 3 , wherein the plurality of lamps are installed at positions mutually separated by a maximum distance therebetween. 
     
     
         5 . The refrigerator of  claim 3 , wherein the plurality of lamps implement different colors, respectively. 
     
     
         6 . The refrigerator of  claim 2 , wherein the supply object display unit is a single lamp for implementing different colors correspondingly according to the types of the supply objects. 
     
     
         7 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the supply object display unit is a display device implementing a plurality of icons which correspond to each type of the supply objects and have a different color, respectively. 
     
     
         8 . The refrigerator of  claim 2 , wherein the supply object display unit is a speaker implementing different sounds to correspond to the types of the supply objects. 
     
     
         9 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the button unit comprises select buttons by the number corresponding to the types of the supply objects and an ON/OFF button operating the dispenser, and the buttons are positioned to be separated mutually by a maximum distance. 
     
     
         10 . The refrigerator of  claim 9 , wherein the buttons are installed to be positioned at corners on a square plate. 
     
     
         11 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the button unit comprises a single select button and an ON/OFF button for operating the dispenser, and the supply object display unit may be formed as a speaker for informing about a type of a supply object selected by the select button. 
     
     
         12 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the supply objects are ice cubes, crushed ice and water.