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US 2009/0255279 A1Published application
Refrigerator and ice maker thereof
OwnerYong-Su KIM, Dong-Hoon LEE +2inventors
InventorsYong-Su KIM, Dong-Hoon LEE, Kyung-Han JEONG, Kwang-Ha SUH
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Abstract
An ice detecting apparatus of an ice maker disposed to make ice in a refrigerator includes an ice maker and an ice detecting sensor to detect an ice-full state of ice discharged from the ice maker. The ice detecting sensor may be disposed at the ice maker. The ice detecting sensor may also be heated by a heater.
Claims18
An ice detecting apparatus for a refrigerator, the apparatus comprising:
- an ice maker;
- a storage bin to store ice discharged from the ice maker;
- and
- an optical sensor attached to the ice maker to detect an amount of ice collected in the storage bin.
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An ice detecting apparatus for a refrigerator, the apparatus comprising:
- an ice maker having a first heater;
- a storage bin;
- an ice detecting sensor to detect an amount of ice stored in the storage bin;
- and attached to the ice maker;
- and
- a second heater to heat the ice detecting sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.