Ice machine
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsDonghoon LEE, Sunggyun SON, Wookyong LEE
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an ice machine including a cabinet, a tray disposed inside the cabinet, wherein ice is formed on the tray, a nozzle disposed below the tray and spraying water toward the tray, a storage tank for storing the water to be supplied to the nozzle therein, a water-level sensor disposed in the storage tank, a pump connected to the nozzle by a guide pipe and supplying the water stored in the storage tank to the nozzle, a supply pipe for supplying water to the tray, a water supply valve disposed on the supply pipe, and a controller that opens and closes a flow path of the water supply valve based on a water-level measured by the water-level sensor.
Claims19
An ice machine comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tray disposed inside the cabinet to form ice on the tray;
- a nozzle disposed below the tray for spraying water toward the tray to form the ice;
- a storage tank for storing the water to be supplied to the nozzle;
- a water-level sensor disposed at the storage tank;
- a pump connected to the nozzle by a guide pipe for supplying the water stored in the storage tank to the nozzle;
- a supply pipe for supplying external water to the tray for supplying to the storage tank;
- a water supply valve disposed at the supply pipe;
- and
- a controller configured to open and close a flow path of the water supply valve based on a water-level measured by the water-level sensor at the storage tank.
An ice machine comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tray disposed inside the cabinet to form ice on the tray;
- a storage tank for storing water to be supplied to the tray;
- a water-level sensor disposed at the storage tank;
- a pump connected to the storage tank to pump the water stored in the storage tank to the tray;
- a supply pipe for supplying external water to the storage tank;
- a water supply valve disposed at the supply pipe;
- and
- a controller configured to open and close a flow path of the water supply valve based on a water-level measured by the water-level sensor at the storage tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.