Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body which includes a storage compartment, a door which opens and closes the storage compartment and includes a dispenser, a water tank case disposed in the door, a water tank separably mounted in the water tank case, a water level sensor configured to sense a water level inside the water tank when the water tank is mounted in the water tank case, and a water tank valve configured to guide water supplied from a water supply source to the dispenser or the water tank and to prevent water from being supplied to the water tank when the water level sensor senses that a certain amount of water is stored in the water tank.

A refrigerator includes a cabinet that includes a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment. The refrigerator includes a refrigerator compartment door that is located at a left or a right side of the refrigerator compartment, wherein an ice maker and a dispenser are located at the refrigerator compartment door. The refrigerator includes a main water tank that is located in the refrigerator compartment, and that is configured to cool water. The refrigerator includes a water purifying device that is located at the cabinet, and that is configured to purify water. The refrigerator includes a sub-water tank that is located on the refrigerator compartment door, and that is configured to additionally cool water cooled by the main water tank. The refrigerator includes a water supply path that is defined by connections between the water purifying device, the main water tank, the sub-water tank, the dispenser, and the ice maker.

Provided is a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a water dispensing device, the water dispensing device comprises a first water tank connected with an external water source, a first water passage, a beverage making chamber, a dispenser, a second water tank and a second water passage connected with the dispenser. The refrigerator according to the present invention at least has two water passages, in which the first water passage provides a room temperature beverage, and the second water passage provides ice water, so that user may obtain at least the room temperature beverage and the ice water through the dispenser.

A refrigerator having a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment, the refrigerator including an icemaker provided at the freezer compartment door configured to open/close the freezer compartment, a dispenser provided at a refrigerator compartment door configured to open/close the refrigerator compartment, and a water tank provided at the refrigerator compartment door, the water tank having an inlet through which water is introduced into the water tank, a first outlet for supplying water to the dispenser, and a second outlet for supplying water to a pump, wherein the pump is configured to pump water from the water tank to the icemaker.

A refrigerator water dispenser includes a shelf having a lower surface. A water dispenser tube is disposed adjacent to the shelf for dispensing water into a container. An actuator support is operably coupled to the lower surface of the shelf. A load cell is disposed on the actuator support, wherein the load cell sends a signal in response to movement by the actuator support. A controller is operably coupled to the load cell, wherein the controller activates a water dispensing sequence to dispense water via the water dispenser tube in response to the signal from the load cell.

A refrigerator utilizes a quick fill dispenser that incorporates a fluid storage receptacle that is easily removable for cleaning and/or dispensing independently of the refrigerator.

A refrigerator according to the present disclosure comprises: an ice-making apparatus that is disposed in a freezer chamber and produces ice; a water tank that is disposed in a refrigerating chamber formed above the freezer chamber and stores water to be supplied to the ice-making apparatus; a water supply pipe that connects the water tank and the ice-making apparatus to supply water from the water tank to the ice-making apparatus; a water supply pump provided in the water supply pipe to move the water in the water tank to the ice-making apparatus; and a bypass pipe of which one side diverges from the water supply pipe to the opposite direction of gravity and the other side is connected to the water tank so that water flowing back from the water supply pipe moves to the water tank.

A refrigerator appliance or door assembly may include an enclosing body, a liquid reservoir, a level sensor, a water valve, and a liquid dispenser. The enclosing body may define an exterior surface and an interior surface. The liquid reservoir may be defined within the enclosing body between the exterior surface and the interior surface. The level sensor may be mounted to the liquid reservoir. The level sensor may be configured to detect a water volume within the liquid reservoir. The water valve may be mounted upstream from the liquid reservoir to selectively direct water thereto based on the detected water volume. The liquid dispenser may extend from the liquid reservoir and through the interior surface to an outlet aperture to selectively dispense water from the liquid reservoir.

A refrigerator having an inner door including an opening between the front and rear surfaces of the inner door, first and second opening side surfaces, and a dike protruding from the rear surface of the inner door and including first and second dike inner surfaces; an outer door on the front of the inner door to open to access the opening; and a water supply unit including a water supply case, an outlet to supply water to a detachable water bucket when the water bucket is installed in the water supply case, and a water level sensor to detect a water level of the water bucket. The rear surface of the inner door includes a spacing portion between the second dike inner surface and the second opening side surface, and the water supply unit is installed on the dike with a portion positioned behind the spacing portion.

A refrigerator includes a water sensor unit secured to a case to overlap with a lower surface of a water tank, so that the water level sensor unit may maintain a constant position and operational stability may be increased, regardless of whether the water tank is mounted or demounted, and the upper surface of the water level sensor unit is inclined toward the front surface of the water level sensor unit, thereby reducing an operational error due to residual water.