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US 12,595,948 B2Granted
Ice maker, refrigerator, and method for controlling the refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsDonghoon Lee, Donghoon Lee, Wookyong Lee
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Abstract
A refrigerator according to the present embodiment includes: a cabinet provided with a storage compartment; a door configured to open and close the storage compartment; and an ice maker configured to receive cold air for cooling the storage compartment so as to make ice, wherein the ice maker includes an ice tray comprising a plurality of ice-making cells configured to make ice, and the plurality of ice-making cells are arranged in a plurality of columns, each column comprising two or more ice-making cells, and bottom surfaces of the ice-making cells have different heights for each column.
Claims20
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet defining a storage compartment;
- a door configured to open and close the storage compartment;
- and
- an ice maker wherein the ice maker comprises an ice tray including a plurality of ice-making cells configured to make ice,
- wherein the ice tray positions the plurality of ice-making cells into a plurality of columns, each of the plurality of columns includes two or more of the ice-making cells of the plurality of ice-making cells,
- wherein the plurality of ice-making cells include a first ice-making cell, and a second ice-making cell that is adjacent to the first ice-making cell,
- wherein the ice tray comprises:
- a first wall configured to define the first ice-making cell,
- a second wall configured to define the second ice-making cell, a bottom surface of the second wall being lower than a bottom surface of the first wall,
- a first connection wall configured to connect the first wall to the second wall, and
- a partition wall configured to partition pairs of adjacent ice-making cells of the first ice making cell, and
- wherein an upper end of the partition wall is higher than an upper end of the first connection wall and a distance from the upper end of the partition wall to the bottom surface of the second ice-making cell is greater than a maximum distance from the upper end of the partition wall to the bottom surface of the first ice-making cell.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet defining a storage compartment;
- a door configured to open and close the storage compartment;
- and
- an ice maker wherein the ice maker comprises an ice tray including a plurality of ice-making cells configured to make ice,
- wherein the ice tray positions the plurality of ice-making cells into a plurality of columns, each of the plurality of columns includes two or more of the ice-making cells of the plurality of ice-making cells,
- wherein the plurality of ice-making cells include a first ice-making cell, and a second ice-making cell that is adjacent to the first ice-making cell,
- wherein the ice tray comprises:
- a first wall configured to define the first ice-making cell,
- a second wall configured to define the second ice-making cell, a bottom surface of the second wall being lower than a bottom surface of the first wall,
- a first connection wall configured to connect the first wall to the second wall, and
- a common partition wall configured to partition pairs of adjacent ice-making cells of the first ice-making cell and pairs of adjacent ice-making cells of the second ice-making cell, and
- wherein a distance from an upper end of the common partition wall to the bottom surface of the second ice-making cell is greater than a maximum distance from the upper end of the common partition wall to the bottom surface of the first icemaking cell.
9 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet defining a storage compartment;
- a door configured to open and close the storage compartment;
- and
- an ice maker wherein the ice maker comprises an ice tray including a plurality of ice-making cells configured to make ice, and
- wherein the ice tray positions the plurality of ice-making cells into a plurality of columns, each of the plurality of columns includes two or more of the ice-making cells of the plurality of ice-making cells,
- wherein the plurality of ice-making cells include a first ice-making cell, a second ice-making cell that is adjacent to the first ice-making cell,
- wherein the ice tray comprises:
- a first wall configured to define the first ice-making cell,
- a second wall configured to define the second ice-making cell, a bottom surface of the second wall being lower than a bottom surface of the first wall,
- a first connection wall configured to connect the first wall to the second wall, and
- a partition wall configured to partition pairs of adjacent ice-making cells of the first ice-making cell,
- wherein the partition wall includes a passage to distribute water between adjacent ice-making cells of the first ice-making cell, and
- wherein the passage has a portion disposed higher than the first connection wall and an upper end of the partition wall is higher than an upper end of the first connection wall and a distance from the upper end of the partition wall to the bottom surface of the second ice-making cell is greater than a maximum distance from the upper end of the partition wall to the bottom surface of the first ice-making cell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.