Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice supplying apparatus and refrigerator having the same
- Patent Title (中): 制冰装置和冰箱具有相同的功能
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Application No.: US13563781Application Date: 2012-08-01
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Publication No.: US08713960B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Katsutoshi Shinohara , Kenji Shiono , Shintaro Yamawaki , Taichiro Yamashita , Yasuo Kurihara
- Applicant: Katsutoshi Shinohara , Kenji Shiono , Shintaro Yamawaki , Taichiro Yamashita , Yasuo Kurihara
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP.
- Priority: JP2008-141837 20080530
- Main IPC: F25C5/18
- IPC: F25C5/18

Abstract:
An ice supplying apparatus, being provided in a refrigerator, includes an ice maker unit, which is configured to supply ice pieces produced therein to an outside of a freezer room door; an ice storage unit, which is configured to store the ice pieces produced by the ice maker unit; an ice discharger unit, which is provided within the ice storage unit to discharge the ice pieces below; and a shrinking portion, which is provided in the ice storage unit and defines an interior space thereof as small as it goes down, through building up a lower surface, among interior surfaces defining that interior space of the ice storage unit, for supporting the ice pieces stored therein from a lower portion thereof, by a surface inclining to a horizontal direction, wherein the ice discharger unit is disposed in a lower portion of the shrinking portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130031927A1 ICE SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2013-02-07
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