Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice maker and refrigerator
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Application No.: US18119429Application Date: 2023-03-09
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Publication No.: US12061034B2Publication Date: 2024-08-13
- 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: KR 20180142115 2018.11.16 KR 20190089841 2019.07.24
- Main IPC: F25C5/08
- IPC: F25C5/08 ; F25C1/04 ; F25C1/243

Abstract:
An ice maker includes: an upper tray defining an upper chamber that is a portion of an ice chamber; a lower tray defining a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber, wherein the lower tray is relatively rotatable relative to the upper tray; and an upper heater disposed around the upper tray, for providing heat to the upper chamber, wherein the upper tray is made of a non-metal material and a flexible material, the upper heater is a DC heater receiving DC power, at least a portion of the upper tray is thicker than the lower tray, an accommodation part for accommodating the upper heater is formed on the upper tray, and at least a portion of the upper heater is disposed to vertically overlap the ice chamber in a state that the upper heater is accommodated in the accommodation part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230213259A1 ICE MAKER AND REFRIGERATOR Public/Granted day:2023-07-06
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