| CPC F25C 5/04 (2013.01) [F25C 1/25 (2018.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. An ice maker of a refrigerator comprising:
a water supply configured to supply an ice-making water;
an ice making container configured to hold the ice-making water supplied by the water supply;
a cooler configured to provide a chill to the ice-making water in the ice making container to cool the ice-making water;
a water supplying-ice separator comprising:
a water supplying shaft including a water passage therein and a plurality of outlets, wherein the ice-making water supplied from the water supply enters into the water passage and is discharged through the plurality of outlets to the ice making container, and
at least one ice separating rod provided on the water supplying shaft to separate a made ice from the ice making container by a rotation of the water supplying-ice separator;
a driver configured to rotate the water supplying-ice separator; and
a controller configured to:
perform a control operation in a first mode for making ice with a first transparency or in a second mode for making ice with a second transparency higher than the first transparency, and
based on the second mode being selected:
control the driver to repeat a discharging state to discharge the ice-making water accommodated in the water passage and a discharge-restricting state not to discharge the ice-making water accommodated in the water passage, and
control an amount of the ice-making water discharged at each discharging state to make ice having the second transparency.
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