US 12,460,853 B2
Ice making method for refrigerator and refrigerator
Long Liu, Qingdao (CN); Ming Wang, Qingdao (CN); and Bintang Zhao, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
Appl. No. 18/684,062
Filed by QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN); and HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Qingdao (CN)
PCT Filed Apr. 28, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CN2022/089914
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 15, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/029536, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 9, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202111004773.3 (CN), filed on Aug. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0060140 A1, Feb. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. F25C 1/12 (2006.01); F25C 1/18 (2006.01); F25D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25C 1/18 (2013.01) [F25B 2600/23 (2013.01); F25C 1/12 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25D 11/00 (2013.01); F25D 2700/122 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ice making method for a refrigerator, comprising:
enabling the temperature in an ice making compartment to be higher than or equal to a first preset value;
filling an ice making container in the ice making compartment with water;
providing cold energy to the ice making compartment according to a first refrigeration capacity, enabling the temperature in the ice making compartment to sequentially drop to reach multiple first preset temperatures, and when the temperature in the ice making compartment drops to reach each first preset temperature, maintaining the temperature in the ice making compartment at the first preset temperature for a corresponding first preset duration, among two adjacent first preset temperatures, the first preset duration corresponding to the lower first preset temperature being shorter than the first preset duration corresponding to the higher first preset temperature.