Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsDonghoon LEE, Bongjin KIM, Chongyoung PARK, Wookyong LEE
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Abstract
A refrigerator according to one embodiment comprises: an ice-making chamber providing a space in which ice is made; a cooler for supplying cold to the ice-making chamber; and an ice maker having ice-making cells, which are spaces in which water phase-changes into ice by means of the cold, wherein the ice maker includes: a first tray assembly including a first tray forming a portion of the ice-making cells; and a second tray assembly including a second tray forming the other portion of the ice-making cells, the ice-making cells are aligned in a plurality of rows, and each of the plurality of rows includes the plurality of ice-making cells.
Claims20
A refrigerator comprising:
- an ice making chamber to provide a space in which ice is generated;
- a cooler configured to supply cold or operable to supply cold to the ice making chamber;
- an ice maker configured to define ice making cells, which is a space in which water is phase-changed into ice by the cold,
- wherein the ice maker includes a first tray assembly to define a portion of the ice making cells, and
- a second tray assembly to define another portion of the ice making cells,
- wherein ice making cells are arranged in a plurality of rows, and each of the plurality of rows includes a plurality of ice making cells.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a storage space;
- a door that opens and closes the storage space;
- an ice making chamber provided in the door;
- an ice maker provided in the ice making chamber and configured to generate ice;
- and
- an ice bin configured to store ice generated by the ice maker;
- and
- a dispenser provided in the door and configured to discharge ice stored in the ice bin,
- wherein the ice maker includes a first tray assembly having a first tray to define a portion of an ice making cell, and a second tray assembly having a second tray to define another portion of the ice making cell,
- wherein the ice making cell includes a plurality of ice making cells in a first row and a plurality of ice making cells in a second row, and
- wherein the first row is positioned closer to a front surface of the door than the second row.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.