Carbonated ice maker and refrigerator including the same

    公开(公告)号:US12066234B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-20

    申请号:US17339644

    申请日:2021-06-04

    Inventor: Anthony Ogg

    CPC classification number: F25C1/18 F25C2400/10 F25C2400/14

    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet that defines a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, and an ice maker located at the freezing compartment and configured to generate carbonated ice. The ice maker includes a reservoir configured to store carbonated water that includes dissolved gas, a water line connected to the reservoir and configured to supply non-carbonated water to the reservoir, a gas line connected to the reservoir and configured to, based on the reservoir receiving the non-carbonated water, supply pressurized gas to the reservoir to thereby produce the carbonated water that is stored in the reservoir, a heating element configured to heat the reservoir to a temperature above freezing, and an ice tray configured to receive the carbonated water from the reservoir and to generate the carbonated ice.

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