US 2026/0132972 A1 · REFRIGERATOR

Abstract

A refrigerator according to an embodiment comprises: a cabinet which has a storage compartment; a door which opens/closes the storage compartment; and an icemaker which is supplied with cold air for refrigeration of the storage compartment to make ice, wherein: the icemaker comprises an ice tray which includes a plurality of icemaking cells for making ice and a driving unit which generates driving power for rotating the ice tray; the ice tray comprises a connection unit for receiving power transmitted from the driving unit and a shaft for rotatably supporting the ice tray; the ice tray may be divided into a first area positioned close to the connection unit and a second area positioned close to the shaft; and the shape of cell walls forming the icemaking cells in the first area is different from the shape of cell walls forming the icemaking cells in the second area.

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Dependent claims

A refrigerator comprising:

a cabinet having a storage space;
a door configured to open and close the storage space;
an ice maker that receives cold air for cooling the storage space and generates ice;
wherein the ice maker includes:
an ice tray including a plurality of ice making cells for generating ice,
a driver that generates driving force for rotating the ice tray,
wherein the ice tray includes a connector to receive power from the driver, and a shaft for the ice tray to be rotated,
wherein the ice tray includes a first region positioned close to the connector and a second region positioned close to the shaft, and
wherein a shape of a cell wall forming an ice making cell in the first region is different from a shape of a cell wall forming an ice making cell in the second region.

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A refrigerator comprising:

a cabinet having a storage space;
a door configured to open and close the storage space;
an ice maker that receives cold air for cooling the storage space and generates ice;
wherein ice maker includes:
an ice tray including a plurality of ice making cells for generating ice,
a driver that generates driving force for rotating the ice tray,
wherein the ice tray includes a connector to receive power from the driver, and a shaft to rotatably support the ice tray,
wherein the ice tray includes a first region positioned close to the connector and a second region positioned close to the shaft,
wherein the plurality of ice making cells is arranged in three or more rows in a direction crossing an extension direction of a rotation center of the ice tray, and each row includes two or more ice making cells,
wherein a second row is disposed between a first row and a third row in the ice tray,
wherein the ice tray includes a first water channel for moving water between the first row and the second row,
a second water channel for moving water between the second row and the third row,
a third water channel for moving water between ice making cells of the first row, and
a fourth water channel for moving water between ice making cells of the third row, and
wherein in the second region, a water channel for moving water between ice making cells of the second row does not exist, so that ice making cells of the second row of the second region are supplied with water through the first water channel or the second water channel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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