公开(公告)号：US20250075956A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18818823

申请日：2024-08-29

Applicant: COWAY Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jae Wook CHO ,  Hyun Woo LEE ,  Gyeong Jong KIM ,  Gyeong Min LEE ,  Chung Rae KIM ,  Chang Min SON

IPC: F25B49/02 ,  F25B41/20

Abstract: An ice maker having a refrigerant preheating unit and a control method thereof are disclosed. The ice maker having a refrigerant preheating unit according to one aspect of the present invention and a control method thereof may include: a compressor for compressing a refrigerant; a condenser for condensing a refrigerant discharged from a discharge end of the compressor; an expansion unit for expanding a refrigerant condensed in the condenser; an ice-making evaporator for evaporating a refrigerant expanded in the expansion unit to make ice; a refrigerant flow path unit for guiding a refrigerant discharged from the compressor to a suction end of the compressor through the condenser, the expansion unit and the ice-making evaporator; an ice-removing refrigerant flow path unit for guiding a refrigerant discharged from the compressor to the ice-making evaporator; a refrigerant preheating unit for causing a refrigerant discharged from the compressor to be re-suctioned into the compressor before passing through the condenser; and a control unit for controlling the refrigerant preheating unit.