公开(公告)号：US20250155176A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-15

申请号：US18941064

申请日：2024-11-08

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Sooyoung CHOI ,  Donghoon LEE ,  Yonghyun KIM ,  Seonggyeong KIM

IPC: F25C1/04 ,  F25C5/187

Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. A refrigerator according to an embodiment includes a cabinet having a storage space; a door configured to open and close the storage space and including an ice-making chamber; an ice maker provided in the ice-making chamber and configured to make spherical ice; and an ice bank provided below the ice maker and configured to store ice separated from the ice maker, in which the ice maker includes an upper tray including an upper cell having a hemispherical shape; a lower tray provided below the upper tray and including a lower cell which contacts the upper cell to form an ice chamber having a spherical shape; a tray supporter configured to support the lower tray and provided to be rotatable; a driving unit configured to rotate the tray supporter; and a full ice detection member connected to the driving unit, and including a detection part that rotates in the same direction as the tray supporter and detects whether the ice bank is full of ice, the detection part is configured to reciprocate between a first wall at the rear of the ice bank and a second wall at the front of the ice bank, and a minimum distance between the detection part and the first wall is smaller than a diameter of the ice chamber.

公开(公告)号：US20240426534A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-26

申请号：US18753776

申请日：2024-06-25

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Seonggyeong KIM ,  Sunghee KANG ,  Yong Hyun KIM ,  Sin Young KANG

IPC: F25C1/25

Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator, in which a controller electronically controls an air hole of a reducer valve to be open and closed, and thus a point in time to open and close the air hole for discharging air to a water supply channel portion is accurately controlled.