US 12,188,706 B2
Refrigerator
Donghoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Wookyong Lee, Seoul (KR); Sunggyun Son, Seoul (KR); Donghoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Seungseob Yeom, Seoul (KR); Yongjun Bae, Seoul (KR); and Chongyoung Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/214,732.
Application 18/214,732 is a continuation of application No. 17/281,864, granted, now 11,835,282, previously published as PCT/KR2019/012857, filed on Oct. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0117785 (KR), filed on Oct. 2, 2018; application No. 10-2018-0117819 (KR), filed on Oct. 2, 2018; application No. 10-2018-0117821 (KR), filed on Oct. 2, 2018; application No. 10-2018-0117822 (KR), filed on Oct. 2, 2018; application No. 10-2018-0142117 (KR), filed on Nov. 16, 2018; application No. 10-2019-0081699 (KR), filed on Jul. 6, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0081700 (KR), filed on Jul. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0341166 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. F25C 5/08 (2006.01); F25C 1/18 (2006.01); F25C 1/24 (2018.01); F25C 1/25 (2018.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25C 5/08 (2013.01) [F25C 1/24 (2013.01); F25C 1/25 (2018.01); F25D 29/00 (2013.01); F25C 1/18 (2013.01); F25C 2400/06 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2400/14 (2013.01); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01); F25C 2700/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ice maker, comprising:
a first tray configured to provide a first portion of a cell;
a second tray configured to provide a second portion of the cell, the first and second portions being configured to form a first space in which a liquid is phase changed to ice;
a tray supporter formed as a separate component to the second tray and configured to support the second portion of the cell and coupled to the second tray; and
a tray cover formed as a separate component to the second tray and coupled to the second tray,
wherein the second tray moves relative to the first tray in a first direction by a driver,
wherein at a first position of the second tray, the first and second portions are aligned to face each other,
wherein the second tray comprises a wall of the second portion of the cell and an extension extending from the wall at a predetermined position,
wherein the first tray comprises a first contact surface,
the second tray comprises a second contact surface to be in contact with the first contact surface when the second tray is provided at the first position.