A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator has a refrigerator body including a storage chamber to store foods, a door configured to open or close the storage chamber, an ice maker mounted on the door and an ice maker cover to at least partially cover the ice maker, the ice maker cover including a
A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator has a refrigerator body including a storage chamber to store foods, a door configured to open or close the storage chamber, an ice maker mounted on the door and an ice maker cover to at least partially cover the ice maker, the ice maker cover including a cool air inlet port for introducing cool air at an upper portion thereof. The ice maker includes a first guide coupled to a lower portion of the ice maker to guide cool air to pass through the lower portion of the ice maker and a second guide provided at an upper side of the ice maker to guide cool air introduced through the cool air inlet port to be branched off and flowed into the upper and lower portions of the ice maker.
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1. A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body including a storage chamber to store foods;a door configured to open or close the storage chamber;an ice maker mounted on the door; andan ice maker cover to at least partially cover the ice maker, the ice maker cover including a cool air inlet port f
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A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body including a storage chamber to store foods;a door configured to open or close the storage chamber;an ice maker mounted on the door; andan ice maker cover to at least partially cover the ice maker, the ice maker cover including a cool air inlet port for introducing cool air at an upper portion thereof and a plurality of guide members inclinedly disposed at the cool air inlet port to guide cool air introduced through the cool air inlet port to an inner wall of the door,wherein the ice maker includes: a first guide coupled to a lower portion of the ice maker to guide cool air to pass the lower portion of the ice maker; anda second guide provided at an upper side of the ice maker to guide the cool air guided by the plurality of guide members to be branched off and flowed into the upper and lower portions of the ice maker,wherein the second guide is formed with a tubular body with a cool air inlet portion for introducing cool air and a cool air outlet portion for exhausting cool air,wherein the second guide is inclinedly disposed to correspond to the plurality of guide members so that the cool air guided by the plurality of guide members is guided to an upper one side of the ice maker, andwherein the second guide is formed such that a flow cross sectional area is reduced along the movement direction of cool air flow. 2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the ice maker includes a side wall that is provided separate from the inner wall of the door such that an upper cool air passage is formed between the side wall and the inner wall. 3. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the first guide includes a body provided separate from a lower side of the ice maker to form a lower cool air passage between a bottom surface of the ice maker and the body. 4. The refrigerator of claim 3, wherein the body includes a spacer protruded from an inner surface thereof. 5. The refrigerator of claim 4, wherein a fastening hole is formed at the spacer to penetrate therethrough. 6. The refrigerator of claim 3, wherein the ice maker comprises an ice making tray having a pair of side portions and a bottom portion, each side portion being located at opposite ends of the bottom portion, and the first guide comprises an upward extended lateral guide portion corresponding to one of the side portions of the ice maker, the guide portion being located at the body. 7. The refrigerator of claim 6, wherein the lateral guide portion comprises an upstream lateral guide portion provided at a lower side of the upper cool air passage. 8. The refrigerator of claim 6, wherein the lateral guide portion comprises a downstream lateral guide portion provided at a downstream side of the body along the movement direction of the cool air. 9. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the second guide is formed such that an inner width of the cool air outlet portion corresponds to the length of the ice maker, and an inner width of the cool air inlet portion is greater than the inner width of the cool air outlet portion. 10. The refrigerator of claim 1, further comprising an ice bank provided at a lower portion of the ice maker to store ice. 11. An ice making apparatus for a refrigerator, the apparatus comprising: an ice maker configured to be mounted to a door of the refrigerator; andan ice maker cover to cover the ice maker, the ice maker cover including a cool air inlet port for introducing cool air at an upper portion thereof and a plurality of guide members inclinedly disposed at the cool air inlet port to guide cool air introduced through the cool air inlet port to an inner wall of the door,wherein the ice maker includes: a first guide coupled to a lower portion of the ice maker to guide cool air to pass the lower portion of the ice maker; anda second guide provided at an upper side of the ice maker to guide the cool air guided by the plurality of guide members to be branched off and flowed into the upper and lower portions of the ice maker,wherein the second guide is formed with a tubular body with a cool air inlet portion for introducing cool air and a cool air outlet portion for exhausting cool air,wherein the second guide is inclinedly disposed to correspond to the plurality of guide members so that the cool air guided by the plurality of guide members is guided to an upper one side of the ice maker, andwherein the second guide is formed such that a flow cross sectional area is reduced along the movement direction of cool air flow. 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first guide includes a body provided separate from a lower side of the ice maker to form a lower cool air passage between a bottom surface of the ice maker and the body. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the body includes a spacer protruded from an inner surface thereof. 14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the ice maker comprises an ice making tray having a pair of side portions and a bottom portion, each side portion being located at opposite ends of the bottom portion, and the first guide comprises an upward extended lateral guide portion corresponding to one of the side portions of the ice making tray, the guide portion being located at the body. 15. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising an ice bank provided at a lower portion of the ice maker to store ice. 16. A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body including a storage chamber to store foods;a door configured to open or close the storage chamber, the door having an inner wall;an ice maker mounted on the door;an ice maker cover to at least partially cover the ice maker, the ice maker cover including a cool air inlet port for introducing cool air and a plurality of guide members inclinedly disposed at the cool air inlet port to guide cool air introduced through the cool air inlet port to an inner wall of the door; andan ice bank provided under the ice maker inside the ice maker cover, the ice bank having a top opening, a front wall, at least two side walls and a rear wall adjacent to the inner wall of the door,wherein the ice maker includes: an ice making tray having a rear side portion provided separate from the inner wall of the door such that a cool air passage is formed between the rear side wall and the inner wall of the door, a front side portion opposite to the rear side portion, and a bottom portion between the rear side portion and the front side portion;a first guide coupled to a lower portion of the ice maker to be in fluid communication with the cool air passage to introduce cool air into the lower portion of the ice maker; anda second guide provided to guide the cool air guided by the plurality of guide members to be branched off and flowed into an upper portion and the lower portion of the ice maker, andwherein a distance from the front side portion of the ice making tray to the inner wall of the door is smaller than a distance from the front wall of the ice bank to the inner wall of the door,wherein the second guide is formed with a tubular body with a cool air inlet portion for introducing cool air and a cool air outlet portion for exhausting cool air,wherein the second guide is inclinedly disposed to correspond to the plurality of guide members so that the cool air guided by the plurality of guide members is guided to an upper one side of the ice maker, andwherein the second guide is formed such that a flow cross sectional area is reduced along the movement direction of cool air flow. 17. The refrigerator of claim 16, wherein the ice maker cover covers the ice maker and the ice bank. 18. The refrigerator of claim 17, wherein the ice maker cover is formed with an insulating material. 19. The refrigerator of claim 16, wherein the first guide comprises a body and a downstream lateral guide portion extended upward from a downstream side of the body to form an air path from the bottom portion of the ice making tray toward the top opening of the ice bank.
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