REFRIGERATOR EQUIPPED WITH DISPENSER Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC F25D25/00 B67D1/04 

FIELD: heating.

SUBSTANCE: proposed design refrigerator is composed of the following component parts: the main body forming a storage chamber and a door designed to contain an insulant layer and mounted on the main body for the storage chamber selective closing/opening; a dispenser containing a dispenser housing with a warped rear surface mounted in the door front surface concavity and serving for outside dispensation of water/ice; a water reservoir mounted between the door casing forming the door rear surface and the dispenser housing with a clearance maintained between the reservoir and both the casing and the housing; and a heater mounted adjacent to the water reservoir and enabling selective heat generation. The water reservoir is used for storage of water supplied from an external water supply source at a specified temperature and subsequent delivery of water into the dispenser. The water reservoir has a warped front surface that matches the warped rear surface of the dispenser housing so that to provide for the water reservoir positioning at a specified distance from the dispenser housing rear surface.

EFFECT: provision for water maintenance at a low temperature with the dispenser out of use for a long time.

38 cl, 18 dwg