US 12,298,051 B2
Ice maker and refrigerator comprising same
Donghoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Wookyong Lee, Seoul (KR); Seungseob Yeom, Seoul (KR); Sunggyun Son, Seoul (KR); and Donghoon Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/532,020.
Application 18/532,020 is a continuation of application No. 17/282,600, granted, now 11,874,044, previously published as PCT/KR2019/012882, filed on Oct. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0117785 (KR), filed on Oct. 2, 2018; and application No. 10-2019-0081688 (KR), filed on Jul. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0102713 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. F25C 1/18 (2006.01); F25C 1/24 (2018.01); F25C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC F25C 1/18 (2013.01) [F25C 1/24 (2013.01); F25C 5/08 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01); F25C 2700/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ice maker comprising:
a cell having a space in which a liquid introduced into the space is phase-changed into ice, the cell being formed in the ice maker;
a first tray configured to form a first portion of the cell;
a second tray configured to form a second portion of the cell;
a heater configured to provide a heat to the cell, the heater being positioned outside of the cell;
a pusher having at least one column configured to press the second tray during an ice separation process, the column having an end with at least an edge and configured to press against the second tray to deform of the second portion of the cell,
wherein
the heater is disposed in a first distance away from the second tray during an ice making process, and
when the second tray is capable of being pressed by the edge of the pusher, the heater is disposed in a second distance away from the second tray, the first distance being shorter than the second distance.