Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice maker and refrigerator
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Application No.: US16685620Application Date: 2019-11-15
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Publication No.: US11573042B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong , Hyunji Park
- 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: KR10-2018-0142079 20181116,KR10-2019-0081727 20190706
- Main IPC: F25C5/187
- IPC: F25C5/187 ; F25C5/08 ; F25C1/10

Abstract:
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, an ice maker configured to make spherical ice, and an ice bin for storing the ice. The ice maker includes an upper assembly including a plurality of hemispherical upper chambers, a lower assembly disposed below and pivotably coupled to the upper assembly, wherein the lower assembly includes a plurality of hemispherical lower chambers that are configured to come in contact with the plurality of hemispherical upper chambers to define a plurality of spherical ice chambers, a driver configured to pivot the lower assembly, and an ice-full state detection lever that is coupled to and configured to be pivoted by the driver, wherein the ice-full state detection lever is configured to pivot in the same direction as the lower assembly to detect whether the ice bin is in an ice-full state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200158413A1 ICE MAKER AND REFRIGERATOR Public/Granted day:2020-05-21
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