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US 7,841,203 B2Granted
Ice tray assembly and refrigerator having the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJong Seok Yoon, Byeong Gyu Kang, Jae Youl Lee
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Abstract
An ice tray assembly and refrigerator having the same are disclosed, by which pieces of ice stored in a plurality of ice trays can be simultaneously discharged by a single motion without interfering with each other. The present invention includes a plurality of ice trays vertically provided within a case, a plurality of the ice trays connected to one another by an interoperating means to be simultaneously rotated and a driving means for rotating a plurality of the ice trays by being connected thereto.
Claims9
An ice tray assembly comprising:
- a plurality of ice trays vertically provided within a case, a plurality of the ice trays connected to one another by an interoperating means to be simultaneously rotated;
- and
- a driving means for rotating a plurality of the ice trays by being connected thereto, wherein the interoperating means comprises a plurality of tray gears connected to a plurality of the ice trays, respectively, and a plurality of connecting gears enabling a plurality of the tray gears to interoperate with each other,
- wherein a plurality of the ice trays are arranged to configure an oblique line,
- wherein the driving means comprises a lever connected to one selected from the group consisting of the ice tray, the tray gear, and the connecting gear, and
- further comprising an elastic member providing a recovering force when the lever is rotated.
3 more elements
A refrigerator comprising:
- a door;
- and
- an ice tray assembly comprising:
- a plurality of ice trays provided in a vertically oblique line form to a case provided to a backside of the door;
- a driving means for rotating a plurality of the ice trays by being connected thereto;
- an interoperating means for rotating a plurality of the ice trays simultaneously by being connected thereto, the interoperating means comprising:
- a plurality of tray gears connected to a plurality of the ice trays, respectively;
- and
- a plurality of connecting gears enabling a plurality of the tray gears to interoperate with each other;
- and
- a cover assembled to the ice tray by a hinge to open/close an upper side of the ice tray,
- wherein the driving means comprises a lever connected to one selected from the group consisting of the ice tray, the tray gear, and the connecting gear, and
- further comprising an elastic member providing a recovering force when the lever is rotated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.