Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice maker and method for controlling ice maker
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Application No.: US16685837Application Date: 2019-11-15
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Publication No.: US11519649B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong
- 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: KR10-2018-0142446 20181119
- Main IPC: F25C5/08
- IPC: F25C5/08 ; F25C1/04

Abstract:
An ice maker of the present invention comprises: an upper tray defining an upper chamber that is a portion of an ice chamber, wherein an upper opening is provided in an upper side of the upper tray; a lower tray defining a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber; a lower support supporting the lower tray and provided with a lower heater; and a control unit configured to operate the lower heater in an ice making process, wherein the control unit variably controls an output of the lower heater so that bubbles included in water in the ice chamber are gathered in a lowermost section in the ice making process.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200158410A1 ICE MAKER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ICE MAKER Public/Granted day:2020-05-21
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