US 11,740,000 B2
Ice maker and refrigerator
Yonghyun Kim, Seoul (KR); Jinil Hong, Seoul (KR); Hyunji Park, Seoul (KR); Seungjin Choi, Seoul (KR); and Seunggeun Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/701,609.
Application 17/701,609 is a continuation of application No. 16/685,656, filed on Nov. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,313,603.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0142122 (KR), filed on Nov. 16, 2018; and application No. 10-2019-0033192 (KR), filed on Mar. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0228786 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. F25C 1/10 (2006.01); F25C 5/04 (2006.01); F25C 5/182 (2018.01)
CPC F25C 1/10 (2013.01) [F25C 5/04 (2013.01); F25C 5/182 (2013.01); F25C 2305/0221 (2021.08); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ice maker comprising:
a first assembly comprising:
a first tray defining a plurality of first chambers recessed in a first direction, and
a first case supporting the first tray at a first side of the first tray;
a second assembly that is movably coupled to the first assembly and that comprises a second tray defining a plurality of second chambers recessed in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the plurality of first chambers and the plurality of second chambers being configured to, based on the first tray and the second tray being coupled, define a plurality of ice chambers;
a first ejector configured to separate ice from the plurality of ice chambers; and
a connector connecting the second assembly to the first ejector,
wherein the first ejector is configured to move in the first direction and the second direction based on movement of the second assembly, and
wherein the first case defines a through-opening through which the connector passes.