公开(公告)号：US20170115047A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-27

申请号：US15398872

申请日：2017-01-05

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Sung Ho CHO ,  Woo Sung KIM

IPC: F25D11/02 ,  F25D29/00

CPC classification number: F25D11/022 ,  F25B2400/06 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F25D2600/02 ,  F25D2700/12 ,  F25D2700/122 ,  F25D2700/123

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a plurality of storage compartments, a plurality of cooling units to cool the plurality of storage compartments, a temperature sensing unit to sense temperatures of the plurality of storage compartments, a drive unit to drive the plurality of cooling units, and a controller to control the drive unit to drive the cooling unit that satisfies a predetermined driving condition. If at least one cooling unit among the plurality of cooling units is being driven, the controller delays driving the other cooling unit even if the other cooling unit satisfies the driving condition. The refrigerator minimizes simultaneous driving a plurality of compressors, which may prevent generation of noise and vibration, as well as excessive power consumption, due to driving the plurality of compressors.

公开(公告)号：US20180045442A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-15

申请号：US15551409

申请日：2016-02-02

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jung Won PARK ,  Sung Ho CHO ,  Kyung Tae KO ,  Seung Wan KANG ,  Woo Sung KIM ,  Chang Hern LEE ,  Gang Hyun KIM

IPC: F25B41/04 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25C5/00 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F25D23/12 ,  F25B1/00 ,  F25D25/00

CPC classification number: F25B41/04 ,  B01F3/04106 ,  B01F3/04794 ,  B67D1/0066 ,  B67D1/0861 ,  F25B1/005 ,  F25C5/22 ,  F25C2400/10 ,  F25C2400/14 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D23/126 ,  F25D25/005 ,  F25D29/005 ,  F25D2400/361

Abstract: A refrigerator including a water intake container, in which carbonated water is produced by mixture of carbon dioxide and clean water, a first dispenser assembly, which the water intake container is attached to or detached from, and which supplies carbon dioxide and clean water to the water intake container when the water intake container is attached to the first dispenser, a dispenser lever and a second dispenser assembly which discharges clean water or ice according to manipulation of the dispenser lever, but stops the discharging of clean water or ice if the water intake container is attached to the first dispenser assembly. The refrigerator may include a dispenser lever and a processor to control an ice maker to stop operation if a command is entered through a user interface and to control the ice maker to start operation if the dispenser lever is manipulated while the ice maker stops operation.