US RE50,415 E1
Ice maker
Myungseob Song, Suwon-si (KR); Minsoo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jinkook Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); and Jinseung Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/841,949
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Jan. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/000568
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 15, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/143087, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 25, 2019.
Application 17/841,949 is a reissue of application No. 16/962,350, filed on Jan. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,105,547, issued on Aug. 31, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0005780 (KR), filed on Jan. 16, 2018.
Int. Cl. F25D 17/06 (2006.01); F25C 1/08 (2006.01); F25C 1/18 (2006.01); F25C 1/24 (2018.01); F25C 5/08 (2006.01); F25C 5/20 (2018.01)
CPC F25D 17/065 (2013.01) [F25C 1/08 (2013.01); F25C 1/18 (2013.01); F25C 5/08 (2013.01); F25B 2600/112 (2013.01); F25C 1/24 (2013.01); F25C 5/22 (2018.01); F25C 2305/024 (2021.08); F25C 2400/08 (2013.01); F25C 2700/12 (2013.01); F25D 2317/061 (2013.01); F25D 2400/40 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
[ 16. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body;
an ice maker arranged inside the main body and configured to generate ice; and
a controller configured to control the ice maker in an ice-making mode selected from a plurality of ice making modes,
wherein the ice maker includes:
an ice-making container including a plurality of ice-making cells in which ice-making water is to be accommodated;
a heater configured to supply the ice-making cells with heat when cooling the ice-making water; and
a container support arranged to cover at least an upper portion of the ice-making container, wherein the container support is coupled to the ice-making container, fixed to the main body, and comprises a cup configured to supply the ice-making water to at least one of the plurality of ice-making cells, and
wherein the controller is configured to turn on the heater in each of the plurality of ice-making modes, and differently control the heater in respective modes of the plurality of ice-making modes. ]