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US 9,845,234 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSung-Kyoung Kim
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Abstract
Provided is a refrigerator including a main body providing a storage, a dispenser provided to the main body and configured to dispense water or ice, an operable operation part provided to the dispenser, and a dispenser motor driven according to operating the operation part, wherein the dispenser motor includes, a stator generating a magnetic field, a rotator rotatable by the magnetic field, and a compression member applying a frictional force to the rotator while rotation of the rotator is stopped. The dispensing of water or ice is quickly stopped by stopping the operating of the operation part.
Claims20
A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body that defines a storage compartment;
- a door that is configured to open and close the storage compartment;
- a dispenser that is located on the door;
- a plate that is mounted on an inner surface of the door, that comprises a horizontal portion that has an ice dispenser part;
- and
- a dispenser motor that is covered by the plate and that comprises:
- a stator;
- a rotator;
- a rotation shaft that is connected to the rotator and that projects from the rotator in a first direction;
- a gear assembly that is coupled to the rotation shaft, that includes a first gear that is coupled to the rotation shaft, and that includes a second gear that is configured to engage the first gear;
- and
- a connection part that is coupled to the second gear, that projects from the gear assembly in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, and that is configured to couple to an ice bank,
- wherein a distance between the connection part and a bottom of the dispenser motor is greater than a distance between the rotation shaft and the bottom of the dispenser motor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.