Ice-making device for refrigerator
AssigneeDongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
InventorDong Sun KIM
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Abstract
An ice-making device for a refrigerator capable of detecting ice fullness in the ice storing unit and suspending ice production accordingly. The ice-making device includes a sensing unit configured to measure the amount of ice in the ice-storing unit based on detected positional information of the ice-storing unit. An accommodation unit is configured to accommodate the ice-making unit and the ice-storing unit. The sensing unit can sense relative movement of the ice storage unit with respect to the accommodation unit.
Claims20
An ice-making device for a refrigerator, the ice-making device comprising:
- an ice-making unit configured to receive water, and to freeze water into ice;
- an ice-storing unit configured to store ice supplied from the ice-making unit;
- a sensing unit configured to sense an amount of ice contained in the ice-storing unit;
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- an accommodation unit configured to accommodate the ice-making unit and the ice-storing unit therein,
- wherein the ice-storing unit comprises:
- a bucket configured to store ice supplied from the ice-making unit;
- and
- a support part configured to support the bucket, wherein the sensing unit is configured to sense movement of the bucket relative to the accommodation unit.
An ice-making device for a refrigerator, the ice-making device comprising:
- an ice-making unit configured to receive and to freeze water into ice therein;
- an ice-storing unit configured to store ice supplied from the ice-making unit;
- a sensing unit configured to measure an amount of ice in the ice-storing unit;
- and
- an accommodation unit configured to accommodate the ice-making unit and the ice-storing unit therein,
- wherein the ice-storing unit comprises:
- a bucket configured to store ice;
- and
- a support part configured to support the bucket, and
- wherein further the sensing unit comprises:
- a target part disposed in the bucket;
- and
- a recognition part disposed in the accommodation unit.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body comprising a storage space;
- an ice-making device disposed in the main body and comprising:
- an ice-making unit configured to receive water and to freeze water into ice;
- an ice-storing unit configured to store ice supplied from the ice-making unit;
- a sensing unit configured to sense an amount of ice contained in the ice-storing unit;
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- an accommodation unit configured to accommodate the ice-making unit and the ice-storing unit therein,
- wherein the ice-storing unit comprises:
- a bucket configured to store ice supplied from the ice-making unit;
- and
- a support part configured to support the bucket, wherein the sensing unit is configured to sense movement of the bucket relative to the accommodation unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.