| CPC F25D 17/065 (2013.01) [F25C 1/10 (2013.01); F25C 1/24 (2013.01); F25C 5/04 (2013.01); F25C 5/06 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25C 2305/0221 (2021.08)] | 17 Claims |
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1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment;
a refrigerating compartment door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and to close at least a part of the refrigerating compartment;
an ice-making compartment formed on a front surface of the refrigerating compartment door so that the ice-making compartment is accessible while the refrigerating compartment door is closed;
an ice maker disposed in the ice-making compartment and including
an ice-making case,
an ice-making tray that is rotatably coupled to the ice-making case and rotatable about a rotation axis to an ice separation position and an ice generation position, and
a cold air guide extending below the ice-making tray and configured to form a cold air flow path between a bottom surface of the ice-making tray and the cold air guide to guide cold air along a direction in which the rotation axis extends, the cold air guide being deformable and restorable and fixed to the ice-making tray;
a dispenser on the refrigerating compartment door to dispense ice from the ice maker;
an auxiliary door disposed in front of the refrigerating compartment door and configured to open and to close the ice-making compartment, and having an opening corresponding to the dispenser so that the dispenser is accessible through the opening while the auxiliary door is closed; and
a cold air duct to connect the ice-making compartment to the freezing compartment so that air from the freezing compartment having a lower temperature than air from the refrigerating compartment flows to the ice-making compartment to cool the ice-making compartment,
wherein the cold air guide is configured to contact the ice-making case so as to be deformed by the ice-making case when the ice-making tray is rotated to the ice separation position and to remain in contact with the ice-making case in a deformed state while in the ice separation position, and configured to be restored from the deformed state when the ice-making tray is rotated to the ice generation position.
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14. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment;
a refrigerating compartment door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and to close at least a part of the refrigerating compartment;
an ice-making compartment formed on a front surface of the refrigerating compartment door so that the ice-making compartment is accessible while the refrigerating compartment door is closed;
an ice maker, disposed in the ice-making compartment, to make ice and including
an ice-making case,
an ice-making tray that is rotatably coupled to the ice-making case and rotatable about a rotation axis to an ice separation position and an ice generation position, and
a cold air guide coupled to the ice-making tray and extending below the ice-making tray to form a cold air flow path between a bottom surface of the ice-making tray and the cold air guide along an extension direction of the rotation axis, to guide cold air from the freezing compartment along the cold air flow path,
wherein the cold air guide is configured to contact the ice-making case so as to be deformed by the ice-making case when the ice-making tray is rotated to the ice separation position and to remain in contact with the ice-making case in a deformed state while in the ice separation position, and to be restored from the deformed state when the ice-making tray is rotated to the ice generation position.
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