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US 2013/0340461 A1Published application
Refrigerator with ice container
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSungsik KANG
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Abstract
A refrigerator with an ice container is provided, and more particularly, a refrigerator with an ice container, in which ice stored in an ice container may be transferred by gravity, and the ice thus transferred may be discharged in a cubic ice state or a broken ice state.
Claims46
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a body having at least one storage chamber;
- at least one door rotatably mounted to the body to open/close the at least one storage chamber;
- an ice container detachably mounted to the at least one door or the body, the ice container including:
- a discharge portion provided in the ice container having a discharge opening to discharge the ice;
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- an ice conveyer mounted in the ice container to discharge the ice moved by gravity in a cubic ice state or a broken ice state, selectively, wherein the ice conveyer comprises:
- a rotational shaft connected to a reversible motor to reverse a rotational direction thereof, selectively;
- a plurality of rotary blades mounted to the rotational shaft;
- a plurality of fixed blades, each mounted between adjacent rotary blades to apply a pressure to the ice together with the plurality of rotary blades to break the ice when the plurality of rotary blades rotates in a first direction;
- a plurality of spacers coupled to the rotational shaft to fixedly secure the plurality of rotary blades at predetermined positions, respectively;
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- a pin configured to be inserted in a hole formed in an end portion of the rotational shaft and in a hole formed in a spacer of the plurality of spacers coupled to the end portion by press fitting to secure the plurality of rotary blades and the plurality of fixed blades to the rotational shaft.
9 more elements
An ice maker for a refrigerator, comprising:
- an ice container;
- a discharge portion provided in the ice container having a discharge opening to discharge ice;
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- an ice conveyer mounted in the ice container to discharge the ice moved by gravity in a cubic ice state or a broken ice state, selectively, wherein the ice conveyer comprises:
- a rotational shaft connected to a reversible motor to reverse a rotational direction thereof, selectively;
- a plurality of rotary blades mounted to the rotational shaft;
- a plurality of fixed blades, each mounted between adjacent rotary blades to apply a pressure to the ice together with the plurality of rotary blades to break the ice when the plurality of rotary blades rotates in a first direction;
- a plurality of spacers coupled to the rotational shaft to fixedly secure the plurality of rotary blades at predetermined positions, respectively;
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- a pin configured to be inserted in a hole formed in an end portion of the rotational shaft and in a hole formed in a spacer of the plurality of spacers coupled to the end portion by press fitting to secure the plurality of rotary blades and the plurality of fixed blades to the rotational shaft.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.