US 12,235,032 B2
Ice maker and a refrigerator including the same
Sangjun Kang, Seoul (KR); Yonghyun Kim, Seoul (KR); and Jinil Hong, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/244,668.
Application 18/244,668 is a continuation of application No. 17/738,310, filed on May 6, 2022, granted, now 11,788,782.
Application 17/738,310 is a continuation of application No. 16/863,895, filed on Apr. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,371,766, issued on Jun. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0081708 (KR), filed on Jul. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0417469 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. F25C 1/10 (2006.01); F25C 1/24 (2018.01); F25C 1/25 (2018.01); F25C 5/20 (2018.01)
CPC F25C 1/10 (2013.01) [F25C 1/24 (2013.01); F25C 1/25 (2018.01); F25C 5/22 (2018.01); F25C 2305/022 (2013.01); F25C 2305/0221 (2021.08); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2700/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ice maker comprising:
a tray that defines an ice chamber; and
a driving device configured to move the tray,
wherein the driving device comprises:
a driving motor,
a cam gear configured to be rotated by the driving motor, the cam gear comprising a first lever cam that protrudes from an inner surface of the cam gear and that extends along a circumferential direction of the cam gear,
a lever configured to move along and in contact with the first lever cam, the lever comprising a lever body and one or more projections that protrude from the lever body to the cam gear, and
an elastic member coupled to the lever and configured to provide restoring force to at least one of the one or more projections of the lever,
wherein the one or more projections comprise a first projection and a second projection that protrude from an end portion of the lever body and are spaced apart from each other, and
wherein at least a portion of the first lever cam is disposed between the first projection and the second projection.