Icemaker
AssigneeDaechang Co., Ltd.
InventorsJun Dong JI, Kyong Su LEE, Won Young CHAE, Jung Woo LEE, Jin Hee LEE
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Abstract
Disclosed is an icemaker. The icemaker according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: an ice tray; at least one heater housing portion which is formed on the ice tray; and a heater, which is provided with a soft external cover or an external cover having elastic force and is housed inside the heater accommodation portion while being in close contact with the heater accommodation portion, for heating the ice tray.
Claims21
An ice maker, comprising,
- an ice tray;
- at least one heater housing formed in the ice tray;
- and
- at least one heater to heat the ice tray, wherein the heater comprises a soft or elastic outer shell so as to be accommodated in close contact within the heater house.
The ice maker of claim 3, wherein the heater is formed in a zigzag form or a spiral form on the outer circumferential surface of the ice tray.
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An ice maker, comprising,
- an ice tray;
- at least one heater housing formed in the ice tray;
- and
- at least one heater to heat the ice tray, wherein the heater comprises a soft or elastic outer shell so as to be accommodated in close contact within the heater house,
- wherein a diameter of the heater is equal to or larger than the heater housing thereby the heater and the heater housing in close contact with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.