US 2023/0408161 A1 · REFRIGERATOR

Abstract

A refrigerator includes: a storage chamber; a cooler to cool the storage chamber; a first tray assembly and a second tray assembly configured to define an ice making cell; a heater disposed adjacent to at least one of the first tray assembly or the second tray assembly; and a controller configured to control the heater, wherein the controller controls the heater to be turned on to make transparent ice from water within the ice making cell, and the controller controls the heater so that when a heat transfer amount between the storage chamber and the water of the ice making cell increases, the heating amount of the heater increases, and when the heat transfer amount between the storage chamber and the water of the ice making cell decreases, the heating amount of the heater decreases.

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Dependent claims

An ice maker comprising:

a first tray configured to define a first portion of a cell;
a second tray configured to define a second portion of the cell, the first and second portions of the cell being configured to form a space in which liquid introduced into the space is phase changed to ice;
a second tray supporter on which at least a portion of the second tray is seated;
and
a liquid supply configured to supply the liquid into the space of the cell,
wherein the second tray supporter includes a first portion supporting the second tray, and a second portion extending from the first portion, and
wherein the second portion includes a first wall extending in a first direction from the first portion, and a second wall extending in a second direction different from the first direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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