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公开(公告)号:US20240318889A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-26
申请号:US18675801
申请日:2024-05-28
申请人: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
发明人: Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Donghoon Lee , Yongjun Bae , Sunggyun Son , Chongyoung Park
CPC分类号: F25C5/08 , F25C1/10 , F25C1/24 , F25C2400/10 , F25C2400/14 , F25C2600/02 , F25C2600/04 , F25C2700/12
摘要: Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes: a storage chamber configured to store food; a cooler configured to supply cold into the storage chamber; a first tray assembly configured to define a portion of an ice making cell that is a space in which water is phase-changed into ice by the cold; a second tray assembly configured to define another portion of the ice making cell, the second tray assembly being connected to a driver to contact the first tray assembly in an ice making process and to be spaced apart from the first tray assembly in an ice separation process; a heater disposed adjacent to at least one of the first tray assembly or the second tray assembly; and a controller configured to control the heater and the driver. The controller controls the heater to be turned on in at least partial section while the cooler supplies the cold so that bubbles dissolved in the water within the ice making cell moves from a portion, at which the ice is made, toward the water that is in a liquid state to make transparent ice.
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公开(公告)号:US20240318888A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-26
申请号:US18609998
申请日:2024-03-19
申请人: COWAY Co., Ltd.
发明人: Woong JUNG , Hyun Suk MOON , Min Su SONG , Jae Man KIM
CPC分类号: F25C5/08 , F25C1/045 , F25C1/25 , F25C2400/14
摘要: An ice making apparatus comprises: a frame assembly includes a support frame and a rotation frame rotatably connected to the support frame; and one or more ice making cells that produce ice. The ice making cell includes an upper ice making cell that covers a portion of the ice and is supported on the support frame, and a lower ice making cell that covers another portion of the ice and is supported on the rotation frame. The rotation frame includes a water to melt ice flowing portion having a water to melt ice flow path through which water to melt ice at a higher temperature than the ice in the lower ice making cell flows.
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公开(公告)号:US20240318885A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-26
申请号:US18735651
申请日:2024-06-06
申请人: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
发明人: Yonghyun KIM , Jinil Hong , Seungjin Choi , Seunggeun Lee
CPC分类号: F25C1/24 , F25C1/04 , F25C1/25 , F25C5/08 , F25C5/22 , F25D11/02 , F25C2700/12 , F25D2700/122
摘要: The present disclosure relates to an ice maker and a refrigerator having the ice maker. An ice maker according to the present disclosure includes: an upper assembly including an upper tray forming an upper chamber, which is a portion an ice chamber, and having an upper opening, and a temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of the ice chamber in contact with the upper tray; and a lower assembly being rotatable with respect to the upper assembly and having a lower tray forming a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber, in which a contact portion between the temperature sensor and the upper tray is positioned closer to a contact surface of the upper tray and the lower tray than the upper opening.
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公开(公告)号:US20240310101A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-19
申请号:US18183692
申请日:2023-03-14
发明人: Choon Jae Ryu , Stephanos Kyriacou
摘要: An ice maker appliance includes an ice box. The ice maker appliance further includes a mold body and a frost collector positioned in the ice box. The ice maker appliance also includes a working fluid loop. The working fluid loop is in conductive thermal communication with the mold body and with the frost collector.
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公开(公告)号:US12078402B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-03
申请号:US18094766
申请日:2023-01-09
申请人: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
发明人: Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong , Hyunji Park
CPC分类号: F25C5/187 , F25C1/10 , F25C5/08 , F25C2305/022
摘要: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, an ice maker configured to make spherical ice, and an ice bin for storing the ice. The ice maker includes an upper assembly including a plurality of hemispherical upper chambers, a lower assembly disposed below and pivotably coupled to the upper assembly, wherein the lower assembly includes a plurality of hemispherical lower chambers that are configured to come in contact with the plurality of hemispherical upper chambers to define a plurality of spherical ice chambers, a driver configured to pivot the lower assembly, and an ice-full state detection lever that is coupled to and configured to be pivoted by the driver, wherein the ice-full state detection lever is configured to pivot in the same direction as the lower assembly to detect whether the ice bin is in an ice-full state.
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公开(公告)号:US12061034B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-13
申请号:US18119429
申请日:2023-03-09
申请人: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
发明人: Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong
摘要: An ice maker includes: an upper tray defining an upper chamber that is a portion of an ice chamber; a lower tray defining a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber, wherein the lower tray is relatively rotatable relative to the upper tray; and an upper heater disposed around the upper tray, for providing heat to the upper chamber, wherein the upper tray is made of a non-metal material and a flexible material, the upper heater is a DC heater receiving DC power, at least a portion of the upper tray is thicker than the lower tray, an accommodation part for accommodating the upper heater is formed on the upper tray, and at least a portion of the upper heater is disposed to vertically overlap the ice chamber in a state that the upper heater is accommodated in the accommodation part.
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公开(公告)号:US12031764B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-09
申请号:US17282304
申请日:2019-10-01
申请人: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
发明人: Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Donghoon Lee , Yongjun Bae , Sunggyun Son , Chongyoung Park
CPC分类号: F25C5/08 , F25C1/10 , F25C1/24 , F25C2400/10 , F25C2400/14 , F25C2600/02 , F25C2600/04 , F25C2700/12
摘要: A refrigerator includes a storage chamber, a cooler configured to supply cold air, a first tray, a second tray, a driver configured to move the second tray with respect to the first tray, a heater provided adjacent to at least one of the first tray or the second tray, and a controller configured to control the heater and the driver. The controller controls the heater to be turned on during ice making to make transparent ice.
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公开(公告)号:US20240210086A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-27
申请号:US18596107
申请日:2024-03-05
申请人: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
发明人: Donghoon LEE , Donghoon LEE , Wookyong LEE , Seungseob YEOM , Yongjun BAE , Sunggyun SON , Chongyoung PARK
CPC分类号: F25C1/24 , F25C5/08 , F25C2400/10 , F25C2400/14 , F25C2600/04
摘要: The refrigerator includes: a first tray forming a part of ice-making cells which are where water changes phase into ice due to cold air; a second tray forming the other part of the ice-making cells; and a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of the water or ice in the ice-making cells, wherein the temperature sensor comes into contact with the first tray and/or the second tray.
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公开(公告)号:US12013168B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-18
申请号:US17281749
申请日:2019-10-01
申请人: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
发明人: Donghoon Lee , Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Yongjun Bae , Sunggyun Son , Chongyoung Park
CPC分类号: F25C5/08 , F25C1/24 , F25C1/25 , F25D29/00 , F25C1/18 , F25C2400/06 , F25C2400/10 , F25C2400/14 , F25C2600/04 , F25C2700/12
摘要: A refrigerator includes: a storage chamber in which food is stored; a cold air supply means for supplying cold air to the storage chamber; a tray forming an ice-making cell; a heater for supplying heat to the tray; and a controller for controlling the heater. The controller turns on the heater in at least a part of a range in which the cold air supply means supplies cold air such that air bubbles dissolved in water inside the ice-making cell can move from ice-generating parts to liquid-state water, thereby generating transparent ice. The controller determines whether or not the heater is functioning abnormally in the ice-making process. If it is determined that the heater is functioning abnormally, the controller supplies water to the ice-making cell by a second amount of water supply, which is smaller than the first amount of water supply, during the next water supply process.
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公开(公告)号:US20240093928A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-21
申请号:US18385070
申请日:2023-10-30
申请人: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
发明人: Donghoon LEE , Wookyong LEE , Seungseob YEOM , Donghoon LEE , Yongjun BAE , Sunggyun SON , Chongyoung PARK
CPC分类号: F25C5/08 , F25C1/18 , F25C1/24 , F25C1/25 , F25D29/00 , F25C2400/06 , F25C2400/10
摘要: A method for controlling a refrigerator of the present invention includes turning on the heater when ice making is completed; moving the second tray to a standby position in a forward direction when the movement condition of the second tray is satisfied; turning off the heater when a turn-off condition of the heater is satisfied after the second tray moves to the standby position in the forward direction; determining whether the heater is turned off and a predetermined time has elapsed; and moving the second tray to the ice separation position in the forward direction when it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed.
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