Refrigerator and method for controlling same

A technology for a refrigerator and a control unit, which is applied to household refrigerators, ice making, and ice making, etc., can solve problems such as difficulty in generating transparency and failure to disclose heater control logic.

Pending Publication Date: 2021-05-07
LG ELECTRONICS INC
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[0014] However, according to Conventional Document 2, the heating amount of the heater is simply increased when the volume of water decreases, so it is difficult to produce ice with uniform transparency depending on the form of ice.
[0015] In addition, in the case of conventional document 2, the structure and heater control logic for producing highly transparent ice regardless of the accessibility of the space where the ice making device is located cannot be disclosed.

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[0071] Some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. When assigning reference numerals to constituent elements in each drawing, the same constituent elements are assigned the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are shown in different drawings. Also, in describing the embodiments of the present invention, if it is judged that specific descriptions of related known structural elements or their functions affect understanding of the embodiments of the present invention, detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

[0072] Also, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), (b), etc. may be used in describing structural elements of the embodiments of the present invention. Such terms are only for distinguishing the structural elements from other structural elements, and the nature, sequence or order of the corresponding structural elements are not defined by the terms. When it is described that ...

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A refrigerator of the present invention may comprise: an ice maker including an ice making cell; a heater for supplying heat to the ice making cell during an ice making step; and a controller for controlling the heater. The controller can control the cooling power of the cooler to be greater, when a spatial temperature, detected during the ice making step by a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of a space in which the refrigerator is installed, is greater than or equal to a critical temperature, than the cooling power of the cooler when the spatial temperature is less than the critical temperature. The controller can control the heating amount of the heater to be greater, when the spatial temperature detected during the ice making step by the temperature sensor is greater than or equal to the critical temperature, than the heating amount of the heater when the spatial temperature is less than the critical temperature.

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technical field [0001] This instruction relates to a refrigerator and a control method thereof. Background technique [0002] In general, a refrigerator is a home appliance capable of storing food at a low temperature in an internal storage space shielded by a door. The refrigerator cools the inside of the storage space by using cold air, and can preserve the stored food in a refrigerated or frozen state. Generally, an ice maker for making ice is provided in the refrigerator. [0003] The ice maker accommodates water supplied from a water supply source or a water tank behind a tray, and generates ice by cooling the water. In addition, the ice maker can remove the ice that has been made from the ice tray by heating or twisting. The ice maker that automatically supplies water and removes ice as described above is formed so as to open upward to hold molded ice. [0004] The ice made in the ice maker with the above-mentioned structure has a flat surface at least on one side,...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): F25D11/00F25D29/00F25D25/02F25C1/18F25C1/243F25C5/02
CPCF25C1/18F25C2600/04F25C5/22F25C2400/06F25D2700/14F25C1/25F25C1/24F25C5/08F25C2400/10F25C2700/12F25D29/00F25D2700/123
Inventor 李东勋李旭镛廉昇燮李东埙裴容浚孙圣均朴钟瑛
Owner LG ELECTRONICS INC
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