US 12,331,978 B2
Refrigerator
Jinil Hong, Seoul (KR); Nayoung Kim, Seoul (KR); and Ayoung Choo, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/381,435.
Application 18/381,435 is a continuation of application No. 17/717,942, filed on Apr. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,828,514.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0050607 (KR), filed on Apr. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044565 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. F25C 1/24 (2018.01)
CPC F25C 1/24 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet that defines a storage space; and
an ice maker assembly provided in the storage space, the ice maker assembly comprising (i) an ice maker and (ii) an ice maker cover that is disposed at a side of the ice maker and covers a portion of the ice maker,
wherein the ice maker comprises:
an ice maker case that defines an outer appearance of the ice maker,
a first tray fixed to the ice maker case,
a second tray configured to move between (i) a closed position in which the second tray is joined with the first tray to define an ice chamber for making ice and (ii) an open position in which the second tray is spaced apart from the first tray for separating the ice from the ice chamber,
a first ejector configured to move toward the first tray, and
a second ejector disposed on a trajectory of the second tray, the second ejector being configured to apply pressure to the second tray based on the second tray moving along the trajectory toward the open position, and
wherein the ice maker cover covers the first tray and the first ejector, the ice maker cover comprising a plurality of cover surfaces that define a recessed space configured to accommodate at least a portion of the first ejector to thereby avoid interference between the first ejector and the ice maker cover.