to the figures of the drawings in detail and first particularly to fig1 thereof there is shown a perspective external view of a refrigerator 1 with a dispenser 2 according to the present invention the refrigerator 1 shown here is a combination appliance with double doors 3 4 which together close a contiguous storage area or which each close their own storage area and a storage area formed below the double doors as a drawer 5 the dispenser 2 is flush mounted into the door 3 in a manner that is known per se for this purpose an opening 7 behind which a dispenser housing 8 is installed is cut into a metallic outer shell 6 of the door 3 the dispenser housing 8 surrounds a dispenser recess in which a receptacle to be filled with ice or water can be placed an upper area of the opening 7 is occupied by an operating component 9 which in the usual way has buttons or other control elements not shown in fig1 for controlling the output of ice and or water by the dispenser 2 and or an operating status indicator the operating component 9 conceals outlets for ice and water in an upper area of the dispenser recess a filler tube 47 which is partially visible below the operating component 9 marks the position in which a receptacle can be placed for filling outlets for ice and.