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US 2023/0417469 A1Published application
Ice maker and a refrigerator including the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSangjun KANG, Yonghyun KIM, Jinil HONG
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Abstract
In a refrigerator, a cam of a cam gear rotating by a driving motor is provided with a structure protruding from an edge portion of a cam gear to a center, thereby increasing the thickness of a cam surface. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the magnitude of force directly transferred from the cam gear to a magnet lever.
Claims1
An ice maker comprising:
- a tray that defines an ice chamber;
- a full ice detection lever configured to detect an amount of ice;
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- a driving device that is coupled with the full ice detection lever and that is configured to move the tray to a water supply position, an ice making position, and an ice transfer position,
- wherein the driving device comprises:
- a driving motor,
- a cam gear configured to be rotated by the driving motor, the cam gear comprising a shaft, a gear portion that is disposed on an outer surface of the cam gear, a first lever cam that protrudes from an inner surface of the cam gear and that extends along a circumferential direction of the cam gear, and a second lever cam that surrounds the shaft,
- a magnet lever configured to move along and in contact with the first lever cam, the magnet lever comprising a magnet, and
- an operation lever configured to move along and in contact with the second lever cam to thereby move the full ice detection lever, and
- wherein the first lever cam comprises:
- a plurality of cam portions that protrude from the inner surface of the cam gear toward a center of the cam gear and that have different protrusion heights with respect to the inner surface of the cam gear, and
- a plurality of steps that are defined at ends of the plurality of cam portions and that are configured to interfere with the magnet lever.
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