Abstract: Refrigerator for enabling putting in or taking out food to/from a basket (55) therein with of lowering a position of the user, such as bending oneself, and enabling the user to look into an inside of the basket (55) conveniently as the basket (55) is tilted in a lifted up state.

Abstract: Disclosed are an ice bin installed in a refrigerator or the like and a refrigerating machine having the same. One auger having spiral transfer wings rotates to transfer ice cubes that are introduced between the transfer wings, which allows a constant amount of ice or an amount of ice selected by a user to be dispensed. In addition, a shutter is disposed at a lower side of the auger to define a dispensing space, which may reduce a length of a casing in a depth direction and, thereby, result in a reduced size of the ice bin.

Abstract: Refrigerator which permits the user to taking out food conveniently by moving up a container therein, and in which panels are provided on opposite sides of the container to pivot when the container moves in the vertical direction, for preventing injury to the user at the time the container moves up/down.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus comprises: a body having cooling chambers for storing food; a frame accommodated in the cooling chamber arranged at a lower portion of the body in a slidable manner; a basket placed on the frame and for storing food; a door positioned at a front side of the frame and hinge-connected to the frame; a first link hinge-connected between the frame and the basket; a second link hinge-connected between the first link and the door; and a driving unit for rotating the first link in order to lift the basket. When the basket arranged at the lower portion of the body is opened, the basket is lifted up thereby to enhance a user's convenience.

Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus capable of improving convenience for a user by lifting up a basket when the basket disposed at a lower portion of a body is opened. The refrigerator comprises: a refrigerator body having cooling chambers for storing food items; a frame slidingly received in a cooling chamber disposed at a lower portion of the body; a basket put on the frame and storing food items; a door positioned at the front of the frame and hingedly connected to the frame; a first link, one side of the first link being rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side being slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; a second link disposed across the first link, one side of the second link being rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side being slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; and a link drive unit connected to the first link or the second link and driving the link to allow the basket to ascend with respect to the frame.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a dispenser including a moving chute configured to move from a stored position in which an outlet of the moving chute is positioned in a space defined in a refrigerator door to an operable position in which the outlet of the moving chute is positioned outside of the refrigerator door.

Abstract: There is provided a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a storage space receiving food, a door, and a dispensing apparatus. The door selectively opens and closes the storage space. The dispensing apparatus dispenses contents stored in the storage space without opening the door. The dispensing apparatus substantially protrudes from an outer surface of the door. According to the refrigerator, since the internal structure of the door is simplified, fabrication of the refrigerator becomes easy. In addition, the internal space of the refrigerator is enlarged and a user can use a container of various sizes and shapes. Furthermore, the thickness of the door is prevented from becoming thin, thereby reducing a heat loss in the refrigerator.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus that improves convenience by raising a basket provided at a lower portion of a body. The refrigerator includes a refrigerator body having cooling chambers; a frame slidingly received in a cooling chamber provided at a lower portion of the body; a basket on the frame for storing food items; a door hingedly connected to the front of the frame; a first link, one side of the first link rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; a second link provided across the first link, one side of the second link rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; and a link drive unit.

Abstract: A dispenser for a refrigerator is provided that increases a usable space of a storage compartment of the refrigerator. The dispenser includes a chute which receives contents from an inside of the refrigerator and discharges the contents to an outside through an opening provided on an end of the chute. A cover selectively opens or shuts the opening. A first unit causes the cover to slide relative to the opening so as to open or shut the opening.

Abstract: An ice supply device is capable of supplying cubed ice, sliced ice, and grinded ice. The ice supply device is configured to supply cubed ice, sliced ice, or grinded ice based on a speed and direction of rotation of a rotary blade included in the ice supply device.

Abstract: An ice maker for a refrigerator includes a first shaft rotatably fastened to an inside of an ice bank, a second shaft fastened to an end of the first shaft and rotated by a driving motor, and a plurality of blades formed along a longitudinal direction of the second shaft. The blades are spaced apart a predetermined distance along the second shaft and have a spiral surface which acts to push ice as the second shaft rotates. The first shaft may be formed of a material such as steel, which has good torsional elasticity. The second shaft and the blades may be formed as one molded piece.

Abstract: An icemaker and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. An object of the present invention is to provide an icemaker and a method for controlling the same, which has an improved structure to make a lot of ice in a short time. an icemaker includes an ice tray rotatable with at least one column of ice making chambers formed therein to make ice; an ejector rotatably provided in each ice making chamber to eject the ice formed in the ice making chamber; an operation device which rotates the ice tray; and a separation device which separates the ice from the ice tray. The separation device may be a heater which heats the ice. Preferably, the heater is operated until adhesive force which acts between the ice and the ice tray is smaller than pushing force in which the ejector pushes the ice.

Abstract: An ice maker and method for making ice are disclosed. The ice maker includes a compartment, an ice-making tray disposed in the compartment to receive and make ice, and a fan installed on the ice-making tray to make ambient air pass along the surface of the ice-making tray. The method includes selectively supplying chilled air to a compartment according to conditions of the compartment, continuously blowing chilled air in the compartment to an ice-making tray disposed in the compartment regardless of the conditions of the compartment, and distributing blown air on a surface of the ice-making tray uniformly.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for controlling a container of a refrigerator and a method thereof. The apparatus comprises: a body having an upper cooling chamber and a lower cooling chamber having an opened front surface and separated from each other; an upper door for opening and closing the opened front surface of the upper cooling chamber; a lower door for opening and closing the opened front surface of the lower cooling chamber by being slid in a back and forth direction of the body; a lower container formed at a rear surface of the lower door to be movable in an up and down direction of the body and integrally slid with the lower door; a plurality of upper containers slidable in a back and forth direction of the body and formed at the rear surface of the lower door and at an upper portion of the lower container; and a control means for controlling the lower container to be lifted or lowered.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus comprises: a body having cooling chambers for storing food; a basket accommodated in the cooling chamber arranged at a lower portion of the body in a slidable manner; a lifting unit for lifting the basket when the basket is drawn out of the cooling chamber; and a damping unit installed at the lifting unit, for absorbing an impact generated when the basket lifted by the lifting unit is descended. When the basket is descended, a damping force is generated thereby to absorb an impact due to a drastic descent of the basket.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus comprises: a body having cooling chambers for storing food; a basket accommodated in the cooling chamber arranged at a lower portion of the body in a slidable manner back and forth; a basket lift apparatus installed at the basket, for lifting the basket when the basket is drawn out; and a break unit for locking the basket when the basket is lifted to the maximum and thereby preventing the basket from being descended. When the basket is lifted to the maximum, a driving motor is locked thereby to prevent the basket from being descended.

Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus capable of improving convenience for a user by lifting up a basket when the basket disposed at a lower portion of a body is opened. The refrigerator comprises: a refrigerator body having cooling chambers for storing food items; a frame slidingly received in a cooling chamber disposed at a lower portion of the body; a basket put on the frame and storing food items; a door positioned at the front of the frame and hingedly connected to the frame; a first link, one side of the first link being rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side being slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; a second link disposed across the first link, one side of the second link being rotatably connected to the basket or the frame and the other side being slidably coupled with the frame or the basket; and a link drive unit connected to the first link or the second link and driving the link to allow the basket to ascend with respect to the frame.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus comprises: a body having cooling chambers for storing food; a basket arranged at the lower cooling chamber to be slidable back and forth and having a door at a front side thereof; a lifting frame arranged at a rear surface of the door to be movable up and down and on which the basket is positioned; and a driving unit for lifting the lifting frame, wherein the lifting frame is composed of a first frame connected to the rear surface of the door to be movable up and down, a second frame extended from an end of the first frame with an inclination angle, and a third frame horizontally extended from an end of the second frame and on which the basket is positioned. In the refrigerator, the basket is attached or detached to or from the lifting frame more easily.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus comprises: a body having cooling chambers for storing food; a frame accommodated in the cooling chamber arranged at a lower portion of the body in a slidable manner; a basket placed on the frame and for storing food; a door positioned at a front side of the frame and hinge-connected to the frame; a first link hinge-connected between the frame and the basket; a second link hinge-connected between the first link and the door; and a driving unit for rotating the first link in order to lift the basket. When the basket arranged at the lower portion of the body is opened, the basket is lifted up thereby to enhance a user's convenience.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus comprises: a body having cooling chambers for storing food; a basket arranged at the lower cooling chamber arranged at a lower portion of the body to be movable back and forth, and having a door at a front side thereof; a lifting frame arranged at a rear surface of the door to be movable up and down and on which the basket is placed; a driving arm roll-motioned at a lower surface of the lifting frame and hinge-connected to the door, for lifting the lifting frame; a driving unit for rotating the driving arm; and a locking unit installed at the lifting frame, for maintaining a lifted state of the basket by locking the driving arm when the lifting frame is lifted up.