Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Valve assembly and refrigerator having the same
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Application No.: US16749297Application Date: 2020-01-22
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Publication No.: US11131499B2Publication Date: 2021-09-28
- Inventor: Jin Jeong , Kyoung Ki Park
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR10-2016-0091143 20160719
- Main IPC: F25D23/12
- IPC: F25D23/12 ; F16K7/02 ; B67D1/00 ; B67D1/12 ; F16K21/04 ; F25C5/20

Abstract:
A refrigerator includes a main body, a dispenser configured to supply water to the outside of the main body, a water supply flow path connecting the dispenser to a water source; and a valve assembly disposed on the water supply flow path, wherein the valve assembly comprises an elastic member having an outlet whose diameter is reduced by an elastic force, when water is no longer supplied to the valve assembly, so that water remaining in the inside of the water supply flow path is kept by the surface tension of the water.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200158421A1 VALVE ASSEMBLY AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2020-05-21
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