Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator including an ice maker in a freezer compartment of the refrigerator; a dispenser on a door of the refrigerator; a water tank in the interior of a cold storage unit of the refrigerator, at a height lower than the height of the dispenser; 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; a flow sensor on or in communication with the passage to sense a flow rate of water in the passage; and a controller adapted to receive a signal from the flow sensor and determine whether water exists in the water tank.

Abstract: Disclosed is a detergent case apparatus for a washing machine, including a detergent case configured to be opened and closed, and having a hanging part; a button in or on the washing machine body; and a case fixing apparatus configured to confine a movement of the detergent case by operation of the button.

Abstract: A freeze protection method for a washing machine includes: determining, by a control unit, whether or not laundry items exist after a washing process, when a freeze protection course is selected; determining, by the control unit, whether a freeze protection operation condition is satisfied or not, when no laundry items exist; and operating, by the control unit, a water supply device to supply water and operating a drain device to discharge water, when the freeze protection operation condition is satisfied; and returning to the determining of whether the freeze protection operation condition is satisfied or not, when a preset standby time passes after the water supply device and the drain device are operated.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hose for supplying water through a magnetic field, including a pipe part guiding the water and a magnetized part in the pipe part and generating a magnetic field, in which the magnetized part connects the pipe part, whereby the water including a lime material is activated by the magnetic field to increase washing power.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a drum washing machine including: a cabinet; a tub fillable with wash water; a drum receiving laundry therein; a motor at the rear of a lower portion of the tub; a balancer coupled to a front surface of the tub; a plurality of springs having one end coupled to the cabinet and another end coupled to an upper surface of the tub to support the tub; and a plurality of dampers having one end coupled to the cabinet and another end coupled to a lower surface of the tub, wherein the springs include one spring coupled to one side of the cabinet and another spring coupled to an opposite side of the cabinet, the one spring having a spring constant different from that of the other spring.

Abstract: A water supply device for a washing machine includes a panel connection part connected to a water supply line and having a first wash water flow path therein; and a horizontal sprayer connected to the panel connection part and having a second wash water flow path therein that communicates with the first wash water flow path, wherein the second wash water flow path has a width that expands toward one side away from the panel connection part, and includes an opening at an end of the second wash water flow path that sprays wash water.

Abstract: A wall-mounted drum-type washing machine includes a rear panel mounted on a wall surface; a tub containing wash water, supported by the rear panel; a front panel having an opening formed therein and installed on the tub; a control unit installed in the front panel; and a bypass unit bypassing wash water away from the control unit.

Abstract: A wall-mounted drum type washing machine includes a rear panel mounted on a wall surface; a tub containing washing water, supported by the rear panel; a front panel on the tub; a cover unit covering the front panel; and a detachable detergent box inserted through the cover unit and into the front panel.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a refrigerator for preventing dewing on door gaskets, including one or more doors, each door having a rear or internal surface; a door gasket along one or more edges of the rear or internal surface of at least one of the one or more doors to prevent cool air in an interior of the refrigerator from leaking to outside the refrigerator; and a cool air shield between a door inside surface and the door gasket, configured to separate the door gasket and the interior of the refrigerator from each other.

Abstract: A wall-mounted drum type washing machine includes a rear panel mounted on a wall surface; a tub containing wash water; a box unit coupled to the rear panel and surrounding the tub; and a reinforcement portion connecting the tub and the rear panel and surrounding the tub.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a rear panel mounted on a wall; a tub supported by the rear panel and configured to contain wash water; a front panel having an opening therein and on or in front of the tub; a rotatable drum in the tub; a driving unit providing power to the drum; a cover on the rear panel so as to cover the tub and the front panel; a water supply device supplying wash water to the tub; and a drain device having a drain filter in a wash water discharge path, the drain filter being configured to filter foreign matter in the wash water.

Abstract: A wall-mounted drum-type washing machine includes a rear panel mounted on a wall surface; a tub containing wash water; a rotatable drum in the tub; a driving unit providing power to the drum; a coupling unit on the rear panel coupled to a rotatable driving shaft of the drum; and a disposition portion preventing the driving unit connected to the driving shaft from interfering with the wall surface.

Abstract: A wall-mounted drum washing apparatus includes: a wall-mounted drum washing machine; and an installation stand formed to extend upward from a floor and contacted with a floor and a wall. The wall-mounted drum washing machine is mounted on the installation stand.

Abstract: A wall-mounted drum-type washing machine includes a rear panel mounted on a wall surface; a tub containing wash water, supported by the rear panel; a front panel on the tub; a box unit on the rear panel, surrounding the tub and having a connection hole in a front side thereof; a cover unit in the connection hole; and an elastic assembly unit connecting the box unit and the rear panel, generating an elastic force between the cover unit and the box unit.

Abstract: Provided is a wall-mounted drum washing machine which includes a rear panel having a buffer member interposed between a through-hole and a wall surface and mounted on the wall surface through a fastening member inserted through the through-hole, a tub containing wash water and supported by the rear panel, and a box unit coupled to the rear panel so as to surround the tub. The wall-mounted drum washing machine includes a sensor configured to sense a contact state between the rear panel and the wall surface, a control unit configured to determine a mounting abnormality of the drum washing machine based on the sensed contact state, and a power supply unit configured to control power supply according to the determination result of the control unit.

Abstract: A control method for a wall-mounted drum washing machine, which removes foams remaining in a detergent box and a conditioner box at a final stage of a spin-drying process of the wall-mounted drum washing machine, thereby maintaining the detergent box and the conditioner box in a clean state.

Abstract: A method for controlling dehydration or water removal in a drum washing machine, which repetitively measures an unbalance value at different speeds during balance spin-drying for spreading laundry items before main spin-drying is performed in a drum washing machine, and senses an unbalance for forward and backward directions of a drum as well as an unbalance for the rotational direction of the drum so that the laundry items are redistributed in a relatively normal manner. Thus, since vibrations of the tub may be reduced during the spin-drying process, the spin-drying efficiency may be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drum washing machine, including a cabinet; a tub fillable with wash water; a drum receiving laundry; a motor at the rear of a lower portion of the tub and close to one side from a left and right center of the tub; one balancer affixed or coupled to a front surface of the tub so that the center of gravity thereof is biased toward an opposite side of the motor from the left and right center of the tub; a spring having one end affixed or coupled to the cabinet and the other end affixed or coupled to an upper surface of the tub to support the tub; and a damper having one end affixed or coupled to the cabinet and another end affixed or coupled to a lower surface of the tub.