A dispenser of a conventional refrigerator supplies only cold water.
Therefore, the dispenser cannot meet a variety of users' needs. Further,
the conventional refrigerator has a problem in that various kinds of
water supplied from a water source cannot be properly purified. The
present invention relates to a refrigerator including a main body with a
storage space defined therein and a door for opening and closing the
storage space. The refrigerator of the present invention comprises a feed
tube for guiding water, which is supplied from an external water source
to the main body of the refrigerator, to the door; a valve for
distributing the water supplied from the feed tube into a plurality of
connection tubes; a cooling tank installed within the door for cooling
the water supplied through the valve and then storing the cooled water
therein; a heater installed within the door for receiving the water
supplied through the valve separately from the cooling tank and then
heating the received water; and a dispenser for dispensing the hot and
cold water supplied from the heater and cooling tank to the outside of
the refrigerator through a front surface of the door. The refrigerator
further comprises a filter for filtering the water, and the filter is
provided at one of the feed tube and connection tubes for supplying the
water toward the heater and detachably installed in the storage space
defined in the main body of the refrigerator.