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Ice maker

An ice maker and ice cube technology, which is applied in ice making, ice making, ice storage/distribution, etc., can solve problems such as unsmooth ice cube peeling, and achieve the effect of preventing freezing together

Active Publication Date: 2013-01-16
LG ELECTRONICS INC
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Although the ice making device with such a structure can automatically make ice, there is a problem that water supply and ice cube peeling for ice making cannot be smoothly performed.

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[0035] Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0036] figure 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention, figure 2 It is a figure which shows the state which opened the door of the said refrigerator.

[0037] refer to figure 1 and figure 2 , The refrigerator 1 of the first embodiment of the present invention is formed by a cabinet 2 forming a storage space and a door for opening and closing the storage space. In the following, among various types of refrigerators, a bottom freezer type refrigerator in which the freezer compartment is located at the lower side of the refrigerator compartment and the refrigerator compartment has a pair of pivoting doors (also called French doors) is taken as an example for description. However, the ice maker according to the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the suggested type of refrigerator, and is applic...

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Provided is an ice maker. The ice maker includes an upper tray including a plurality of first recessed parts, each having a hemispherical shape, and a lower tray including a plurality of second recessed parts, each having a hemispherical shape. The ice maker also includes a driving unit that moves at least one of the upper tray and the lower tray to change between an attached orientation in which the upper tray is attached to the lower tray to define a plurality of spherical shells and a separated orientation in which the upper tray is separated from the lower tray. The ice maker further includes a water supply part configured to supply water into the shells and an ejecting unit disposed outside the shells and configured to facilitate separation of ice pieces made in the shells.

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technical field [0001] Embodiments of the invention relate to ice makers. Background technique [0002] In general, a refrigerator is a home appliance capable of storing food at a low temperature in an internal storage space covered by a door. The refrigerator is configured to cool the inside of the storage space with cold air generated by heat exchange with refrigerant circulating in a refrigerating cycle, so that food stored in the storage space can be kept in a refrigerated or frozen state. [0003] Also, an ice maker for making ice may be provided inside the refrigerator. In the ice making mechanism, water supplied from a water supply source or a water tank is accommodated in an ice making tray to make ice cubes. In addition, the ice making mechanism peels the ice cubes that have been made into ice from the ice tray by heating or twisting. [0004] As mentioned above, the ice maker that automatically supplies water and peels off ice cubes has a structure that is opene...

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IPC IPC(8): F25C1/04F25C5/04
CPCF25C5/04F25C5/005F25C1/04F25C5/06F25C5/08F25C5/22F25C1/25F25C1/22
Inventor 孙周炫李旭镛李东勋金东正
Owner LG ELECTRONICS INC
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