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Ice making apparatus and refrigerator having the same

a technology of ice making apparatus and refrigerator, which is applied in the direction of ice production, domestic cooling apparatus, lighting and heating apparatus, etc., can solve the problems of excessively long cooling time and excessively long time required for ice making tray cooling, and achieve the effect of reducing the time of ice making

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-02-14
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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The present invention provides an ice making apparatus with a cold air guiding device that can quickly cool the ice making tray and remove residual heat. The cold air guiding device includes a cold air guiding plate and protrusions to guide cold air flow. The cold air guiding device can be used in a refrigerator with the ice making apparatus. The technical effects of the invention include reducing ice making time, achieving transparent ice, and efficient cooling of the ice making tray.

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The above-described conventional refrigerator has a problem in that it requires an excessively long time to make ice because an ice making operation must be performed only after an interior temperature of the ice making chamber drops by cold air supplied there to until it reaches a desired freezing condition.
Specifically, the conventional refrigerator has a problem in that an excessively long time is required for the cooling of the ice making tray.

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[0038]Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. The embodiments are described below to explain the present invention by referring to the figures.

[0039]FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate a refrigerator having an ice making apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the refrigerator comprises a body 10, which is divided into an upper refrigerating compartment 11 and a lower freezing compartment 12 by means of a partition wall 13.

[0040]The refrigerating compartment 11 and the freezing compartment 12 each have open front sides. The upper refrigerating compartment 11, as shown in FIG. 2, is opened and closed by first and second refrigerating compartment doors 14 and 15. The lower freezing compartment 12 is opened and closed by a freezing compartment door 16. The first and second ...

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Abstract

An ice making apparatus capable of reducing an ice making time be rapid cooling of an ice making tray thereof while guaranteeing the making of transparent ice and a refrigerating having the ice making apparatus. The ice making apparatus includes the ice making tray to freeze water filled therein so as to make ice, and a cold air guiding device to guide cold air to a lower surface of the ice making tray. The cold air guiding device includes a cold air guiding plate installed below the ice making tray to be spaced apart from the lower surface of the ice making tray, and a plurality of protrusions provided at an upper surface of the cold air guiding plate to guide the cold air flowing along the upper surface of the cold air guiding plate in a direction toward the lower surface of the ice making tray.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Applications No. 10-2006-0076434, filed on Aug. 11, 2006 and No. 10-2007-0054431, filed on Jun. 4, 2007 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to an ice making apparatus for the making of ice and a refrigerator having the ice making apparatus. More particularly, to an ice making apparatus which can achieve an improvement in the ice making performance thereof by virtue of rapid cooling of an ice making tray, and a refrigerator having the ice making apparatus.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Korean Patent Registration Publication No. 10-0565621 discloses a conventional refrigerator having an upper refrigerating compartment and a lower freezing compartment. The refrigerator further includes an ice making chamber provide...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F25C1/00
CPCF25C1/04F25C2400/10F25D17/065F25D2400/30F25D2317/063F25D2317/067F25D2317/061F25C5/22
Inventor LIM, JAE HOONLEE, JONG DALRYU, DONG NYEOLCHO, MYUNG HOONLIM, SEUNG TAE
Owner SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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