Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Refrigerator including ice crushing member with power transmission units
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Application No.: US13580384Application Date: 2011-02-17
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Publication No.: US09702608B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Seunghwan Oh , Bongjin Kim , Seongjae Kim
- Applicant: Seunghwan Oh , Bongjin Kim , Seongjae Kim
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2010-0016033 20100223
- International Application: PCT/KR2011/001047 WO 20110217
- International Announcement: WO2011/105718 WO 20110901
- Main IPC: F25C5/02
- IPC: F25C5/02 ; F25C5/18 ; F25C1/00 ; F25C1/22 ; F25C5/04 ; F25C5/00 ; F25D23/04

Abstract:
A refrigerator includes a storage room, a door for opening and shutting the storage room, and an ice storage unit. The refrigerator also includes a crushing member, which is rotatably provided at the ice storage unit, and a driving unit, which provides rotational power for the crushing member and includes a rotary shaft to be rotated in a first direction. The refrigerator further includes a first power transmission unit, which is coupled with the rotary shaft and is rotated in a second direction, and a second power transmission unit, which is separably coupled with the first power transmission unit and transmits the power of the first power transmission unit to the crushing member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120304680A1 ICE BANK AND REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING SAME Public/Granted day:2012-12-06
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