Refrigerator

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator and, more specifically, to a refrigerator comprising: a main body having a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment formed therein; an ice making compartment delimited as a separate thermal insulation space inside the refrigerator compartment, the ice making compartment having an ice maker and an ice storage bucket; and a door for opening/closing at least a part of the refrigerator compartment, the door having a dispenser installed thereon such that same communicates with the ice making compartment. The ice making compartment has an ice discharge port formed therein. The dispenser comprises: an ice transfer duct configured to communicate with the ice discharge port when the door is closed; and a gasket positioned on the periphery of the entrance of the ice transfer duct such that, when the door is closed, the upper end thereof contacts the periphery of the ice discharge port. The periphery of the ice outlet of the ice making compartment is formed to slope downwards as same extends from the front side toward the rear side. The upper end of the gasket is also formed to slope downwards as same extends from the front side toward the rear side. The above configuration improves the degree of sealing between the dispenser of the door and the ice storage bucket of the ice making compartment, and ensures that the door is opened/closed smoothly.

1 . A refrigerator comprising:
 a main body provided with a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment;   an ice making compartment formed in the main body as a separate thermal insulation space from the refrigerator compartment, the ice making compartment including an ice maker; and   a door configured to open and close the ice making compartment and the refrigerator compartment, the door including a dispenser communicating with the ice making compartment,   wherein the ice making compartment is provided with an ice discharge port from which an ice made by the ice maker is discharged,   wherein the dispenser is provided with an ice transfer duct communicating with the ice discharge port,   wherein a gasket is installed at a perimeter of the ice transfer duct, and an upper surface of the gasket contacts a lower surface of the ice discharge port, and   wherein the lower surface of the ice discharge port and the upper surface of the gasket are formed to be inclined downward as they go from a front side to a rear side.   
     
     
         2 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein a separation distance in an up-down direction between the perimeter of the ice transfer duct and a perimeter of the ice discharge port decreases as it goes from the front side to the rear side, and
 wherein a thickness of the gasket positioned at the perimeter of the ice transfer duct decreases as it goes from the front side to the rear side.   
     
     
         3 . The refrigerator of  claim 2 , wherein the gasket includes:
 a case contact portion having an upper end in close contact with a gasket contact portion and extending to an outside;   a reduction portion connected to a lower end of the case contact portion and extending downwardly; and   a coupling portion connected to a lower end of the reduction portion and coupled to the ice transfer duct,   wherein a thickness of the reduction portion decreases as it goes from the front side to the rear side.   
     
     
         4 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the refrigerator compartment and the ice making compartment are simultaneously formed as independent spaces by foaming. 
     
     
         5 . The refrigerator of  claim 4 , wherein the freezer compartment is formed as an independent space by foaming at the same time as the refrigerator compartment and the ice making compartment.