US 12,222,148 B2
Refrigerator
Yonghyun Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyunji Park, Seoul (KR); and Jinil Hong, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/625,293
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/008811
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/006585, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0081731 (KR), filed on Jul. 6, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0081736 (KR), filed on Jul. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0260295 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. F25C 1/24 (2018.01); F25C 5/20 (2018.01); F25C 1/04 (2018.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01)
CPC F25C 1/24 (2013.01) [F25C 5/22 (2018.01); F25C 1/04 (2013.01); F25C 2305/022 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2400/14 (2013.01); F25D 23/12 (2013.01); F25D 2317/067 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet that defines a storage space; and
an ice maker mounted in the storage space and configured to make ice,
wherein the ice maker comprises:
an upper tray that defines an upper chamber,
a lower tray that defines a lower chamber and that is configured to rotate relative to the upper tray and be in contact with the upper tray to thereby define an ice chamber with the upper chamber and the lower chamber,
a lower support that is configured to support the lower tray and that defines a lower opening,
a driver configured to rotate the lower support, and
a lower ejector that is disposed within a rotation region of the lower tray and that is configured to, based on rotation of the lower support to the lower ejector, push the lower chamber through the lower opening to thereby separate the ice,
wherein the lower ejector comprises a lower ejecting pin that comprises (i) a rod that is configured to extend toward and face the lower opening and (ii) a head that is disposed at an extending end of the rod and configured to contact the lower tray,
wherein the head comprises:
a head upper portion that defines an upper portion of the head, and
a head lower portion disposed below the head upper portion, and
wherein the head upper portion is configured to protrude further toward the lower opening relative to the head lower portion.