Refrigerator

Abstract

A structure of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator capable of enlarging the volume of a storage compartment by reducing a width of an ice making compartment, and capable of easily discharging the whole ice separately from pieces of ice, the refrigerator including an opening/closing member configured to open and close a portion of a discharge hole and having a cover portion to prevent the whole ice from being discharged in a state that the portion of the discharge hole is closed, the refrigerator including an opening/closing member integrally formed with a fixed blade configured to crush ice in cooperation with a rotary blade.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A refrigerator comprising:
 an ice maker configured to generate ice;   an ice bucket including an ice storage space configured to store the ice being generated from the ice maker, and an ice crushing space formed at a front of the ice storage space, the ice crushing space provided with a lower portion having a discharge hole;   an auger configured to deliver the ice stored in the ice storage space to the ice crushing space;   at least one rotary blade coupled to the auger so as to rotate together with the auger;   at least one fixed blade configured to crush ice in cooperation with the at least one rotary blade; and   an opening/closing member configured to rotate on a hinge shaft, and configured to close a portion of the discharge hole to discharge ice being crushed or open the discharge hole to discharge uncrushed ice,   wherein the opening/closing member includes a cover portion protruding from one end of the opening/closing member to prevent the uncrushed ice from being discharged through the discharge hole in a state that the opening/closing member closes the portion of the discharge hole.