Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice maker and refrigerator including the same
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Application No.: US16135648Application Date: 2018-09-19
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Publication No.: US10907877B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Donghoon Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee
- Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2017-0121303 20170920
- Main IPC: F25C5/20
- IPC: F25C5/20 ; F25C5/04 ; F25C5/08 ; F25C1/24 ; F25D25/02 ; F25C1/04

Abstract:
An ice maker includes an ice tray configured to receive water, where the ice tray includes a plurality of partition ribs that partition an inner space of the ice tray into a plurality of cells, an ejector that is configured to rotate relative to the ice tray, that is configured to cause rotation of ice pieces in a rotation direction relative to the ice tray, and that is configured to discharge the ice pieces from the ice tray, and a motor configured to drive the ejector to rotate in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction. The ice tray further includes a protrusion portion that is located at each cell, that protrudes from a lower surface of each cell, and that extends along the lower surface of each cell in a direction corresponding to the rotation direction of the ice pieces relative to the ice tray.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190086136A1 ICE MAKER AND REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-03-21
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