US 11,898,785 B2
Refrigerator
Donghoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Wookyong Lee, Seoul (KR); Seungseob Yeom, Seoul (KR); Donghoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Yongjun Bae, Seoul (KR); Sunggyun Son, Seoul (KR); and Chongyoung Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/282,324
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Oct. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/012881
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/171768, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 9, 2020.
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; and application No. 10-2019-0081712 (KR), filed on Jul. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0381745 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. F25C 1/24 (2018.01); F25C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC F25C 1/24 (2013.01) [F25C 5/08 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2400/14 (2013.01); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01); F25C 2700/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a storage chamber;
a cooler configured to perform at least one of supplying cold air or absorbing heat;
an ice maker including:
a first tray provided in the storage chamber and configured to form a first portion of a cell;
a second tray provided in the storage chamber and configured to form a second portion of the cell, the first and second portions being configured to form a space in which liquid is phase-changed into ice;
a driver having a cam and a lever; and
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,
wherein
the controller controls the cam to move in a first cam direction until the second tray moves to an ice separating position after the liquid has been completely phase-changed to ice,
the heater is turned on before the second tray is moved to the ice separating position, and
the cam is configured to be connected to the second tray and forms a path through which the lever moves.