Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice bank of ice-making device for refrigerator
- Patent Title (中): 冰箱制冰机冰库
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Application No.: US10834178Application Date: 2004-04-29
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Publication No.: US07111473B2Publication Date: 2006-09-26
- Inventor: Eui Yeop Chung , Wook Yong Lee , Seung Hwan Oh , Myung Ryul Lee
- Applicant: Eui Yeop Chung , Wook Yong Lee , Seung Hwan Oh , Myung Ryul Lee
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2003-0041562 20030625; KR10-2003-0065160 20030919
- Main IPC: F25C5/04
- IPC: F25C5/04

Abstract:
An ice bank of an ice-making device for a refrigerator is disclosed, for smooth crush and discharge of ice, which includes a housing for storing ice made in an icemaker, and provided rotatably to apply the power to the stored ice at a rotation direction; an ice discharger having at least one hole through which the ice is discharge to the external; a crusher provided in the inside of the housing, the crusher guiding the stored ice to the hole of the ice discharge and crushing the ice as a predetermined size before discharging the ice to the hole according to a user's select; and rotating means for rotating the housing. Also, the crusher includes fixed crushing means fixed to the inside of the housing, and rotation crushing means rotated for being synchronized with the housing so as to crush the ice before discharging the ice to the external according to a user's select.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040261442A1 Ice bank of ice-making device for refrigerator Public/Granted day:2004-12-30
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