Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSung-Kyoung Kim
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Abstract
Provided is a refrigerator including a main body providing a storage, a dispenser provided to the main body and configured to dispense water or ice, an operable operation part provided to the dispenser, and a dispenser motor driven according to operating the operation part, wherein the dispenser motor includes, a stator generating a magnetic field, a rotator rotatable by the magnetic field, and a compression member applying a frictional force to the rotator while rotation of the rotator is stopped. The dispensing of water or ice is quickly stopped by stopping the operating of the operation part.
Claims20
A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body providing a storage;
- a dispenser provided to the main body and configured to dispense water or ice;
- an operable operation part provided to the dispenser;
- and
- a dispenser motor driven according to operating of the operation part,
- wherein the dispenser motor includes:
- a stator generating a magnetic field;
- a rotator rotatable by the magnetic field;
- and
- a compression member applying a frictional force to the rotator while rotation of the rotator is stopped.
A refrigerator comprising:
- an ice-making device provided with an ice bank adapted for storing ice;
- and
- a dispenser motor providing a driving force to dispense the ice from the ice bank, wherein the dispenser motor includes:
- a stator generating a magnetic field;
- a rotator rotatable by the magnetic field and closely contacting a side of the dispenser motor while rotation of the rotator is stopped;
- and
- an elastic member provided to a side of the rotator and moving the rotator in a direction while the rotation of the rotator is stopped.
A refrigerator comprising:
- an ice bank configured to store ice;
- a dispenser provided to a side of the ice bank and configured to dispense the ice of the ice bank;
- an operation part provided to the dispenser and operable to dispense the ice;
- and
- a dispenser motor driven by operating the operation part,
- wherein the dispenser motor includes:
- a stator generating a magnetic field;
- a rotator provided to a side of the stator and movable in a direction;
- an elastic member applying a restoring force to the rotator;
- and
- a compression member closely contacting the rotator while the rotator stops.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.