Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator. The refrigerator has side-by-side doors including a first door and a second door, the first door has a rotatably provided middle post which has a locking mechanism for preventing rotation of the middle post, the locking mechanism has a release mechanism for releasing locking, the middle post is switched between a first position where the middle post is located when the first door is opened and a second position where the middle post is located when the first door is closed by opening and closing the first door, and the locking mechanism is released by the release mechanism during rotation from the first position to the second position; the locking mechanism has a projecting portion, and the projecting portion reduces an amount of rotation of the middle post when the middle post is in the first position and the release mechanism is not released.

Abstract: An ice maker and a refrigerator having same. The ice maker comprises: a cooling part having a heat dissipation device and a metal piece; a liquid container configured to store liquid; a liquid supply part configured to supply liquid to the liquid container; a moving mechanism configured to rotate and move the liquid container; and a control part. The metal piece is mounted, so that a rod-shaped component made of metal extends downward from a base end to the tip, and the rod-shaped component is cooled by means of the heat dissipation device. The ice-making process is repeated multiple times under the control of the control part, and the following steps are carried out in the ice-making process: a liquid supply step, an ice making step, an avoidance step, a deicing step, and a recovering step. The ice maker can make ice within a short period of time.