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US 12,742,581 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYonghyun Kim, Hyunji Park, Seunggeun Lee, Jinil Hong
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cabinet provided with a freezer, an ice maker installed in the freezer, and an ice bin located at the bottom of the ice maker and storing ice ejected from the ice maker. The ice bin includes a rear incision portion in a rear portion of the ice bin such that no interference between the operation of the ice maker and the withdrawal of the ice bin occurs.
Claims18
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a freezing space;
- an ice maker fixed to the freezing space, the ice maker comprising (i) an upper assembly that defines a plurality of upper chambers and (ii) a lower assembly that defines a plurality of lower chambers and that is configured to rotate with respect to the upper assembly, wherein the plurality of upper chambers and the plurality of lower chambers are configured to define a plurality of ice chambers based on the upper assembly and the lower assembly contacting each other;
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- an ice bin configured to store ice separated from the ice maker,
- wherein the ice bin comprises (i) a front portion, (ii) a rear portion located at an opposite side of the front portion, and (iii) a pair of side portions that are connected to the front portion and the rear portion, the rear portion defining a rear cut part having a bottom surface recessed lower than an upper end of the front portion,
- wherein at least a part of the lower assembly is configured to, based on the lower assembly rotating with respect to the upper assembly, be positioned within an internal space defined by the front portion and the pair of side portions of the ice bin,
- wherein the bottom surface of the rear cut part is configured to, based on the lower assembly rotating with respect to the upper assembly and thereby being spaced apart from the upper assembly for ice separation, be positioned below a lowermost end of the lower assembly,
- wherein the ice bin is configured to be drawn in a direction parallel to a rotation axis of the lower assembly, and
- wherein the lower assembly is configured to, based on the ice bin being drawn out in the direction parallel to the rotation axis of the lower assembly in a state in which the lower assembly is spaced apart from the upper assembly for the ice separation, pass through the rear cut part of the ice bin such that the rear cut part prevents interference between the ice bin and the lower assembly.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet provided with a freezing space;
- an ice maker installed in the freezing space;
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- an ice bin configured to store ice separated from the ice maker,
- wherein the ice maker comprises (i) a first tray configured to define a portion of an ice chamber for making the ice, (ii) a second tray configured to define a remaining portion of the ice chamber, (iii) an ice making heater configured to apply heat to the ice chamber during an ice making process, and (iv) a support on which the ice making heater is installed and configured to support the second tray,
- wherein the ice bin comprises (i) a front portion, (ii) a rear portion located at an opposite side of the front portion, and (iii) a pair of side portions connected to the front portion and the rear portion, the rear portion defining a rear cut part having a bottom surface recessed lower than an upper end of the front portion, and
- wherein, in a state in which the second tray is spaced apart from the first tray for ice separation, the upper end of the front portion and an upper end of the pair of side portions are positioned higher than a lowermost end of the support, and the bottom surface of the rear cut part is positioned lower than the lowermost end of the support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.