US2025189193A1PendingUtilityA1

Ice making device and refrigerator

Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INCPriority: Mar 8, 2022Filed: Feb 27, 2023Published: Jun 12, 2025
Est. expiryMar 8, 2042(~15.6 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
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Abstract

An icemaker according to the present embodiment may comprise a bracket provided in an ice-making chamber. The icemaker may further comprise a first tray part supported by the bracket. The first tray part can include a tray body forming some of ice-making cells for making ice. The first tray part can further include an extended part, which extends from the tray body and is supported by the bracket. The icemaker may further comprise a second tray part, which forms other ice-making cells, can come in contact with the first tray part during ice-making and is separated from the first tray part during ice-removal.

Claims

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1 . An ice making device comprising:
 an ice maker configured to generate ice and provided in an ice making chamber; and   a storage chamber configured to store the ice generated by the ice maker,   wherein the ice maker comprises a first tray including a first cell in which first ice is formed, and a second tray including a second cell in which second ice is formed, and   wherein the storage chamber comprises a first storage space for storing the first ice, and a second storage space for storing the second ice.   
     
     
         2 . The ice making device of  claim 1 ,
 wherein a type of the first ice is different from a type of the second ice.   
     
     
         3 . The ice making device of  claim 2 ,
 wherein the first ice and the second ice are different from each other in one or more of transparency, size, and shape.   
     
     
         4 . The ice making device of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the first tray and the second tray are arranged in a horizontal direction or in a vertical direction.   
     
     
         5 . The ice making device of  claim 1 ,
 further comprising a guide provided at one side of the ice maker and that guides the first ice generated in the first tray to the first storage space and that guides the second ice generated in the second tray to the second storage space.   
     
     
         6 . The ice making device of  claim 5 ,
 further comprising a partition plate to allow the first ice and the second ice falling onto the guide to be moved in a separated state.   
     
     
         7 . The ice making device of  claim 6 ,
 wherein the partition plate is extended in a vertical direction or in a horizontal direction and is coupled to the guide or the ice maker.   
     
     
         8 . The ice making device of  claim 5 ,
 wherein the guide comprises a first guide that guides the first ice, and a second guide that guides the second ice, and   wherein an inclination angle of at least a portion of the first guide with respect to a horizontal plane is different from an inclination angle of the second guide.   
     
     
         9 . The ice making device of  claim 8 ,
 wherein the first guide and the second guide are arranged in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction.   
     
     
         10 . The ice making device of  claim 8 ,
 wherein the first guide comprises a guide body that is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane, and   wherein the second guide comprises a first body having an angle different from an inclination angle of the guide body, and a second body extending from the first body to be inclined with respect to the first body.   
     
     
         11 . The ice making device of  claim 10 ,
 wherein an inclination angle of the second body is less than an inclination angle of the first body.   
     
     
         12 . The ice making device of  claim 11 ,
 wherein an inclination angle of the first body is greater than an inclination angle of the guide body, and   an inclination angle of the second body is less than an inclination angle of the guide body.   
     
     
         13 . The ice making device of  claim 12 ,
 wherein the guide further comprises a connection surface that connects the first body and the guide body.   
     
     
         14 . The ice making device of  claim 11 ,
 wherein a length of the second body in a direction in which the first body and the second body are arranged is greater than a length of the first body.   
     
     
         15 . The ice making device of  claim 11 ,
 wherein the second guide further comprises a third body extending from the second body to be inclined with respect to the second body.   
     
     
         16 . The ice making device of  claim 15 ,
 wherein an inclination angle of the third body is greater than an inclination angle of the second body.   
     
     
         17 . The ice making device of  claim 8 ,
 further comprising a sub_first liquid supplier configured to supply liquid to the first cell and a sub_second liquid supplier configured to supply liquid to the second cell in an ice making process,   wherein the first guide comprises a plurality of openings through which liquid sprayed from the sub_first liquid supplier passes, and   the second guide comprises a plurality of openings through which liquid sprayed from the sub_second liquid supplier passes.   
     
     
         18 . The ice making device of  claim 17 ,
 wherein a diameter of a plurality of openings of the first guide is greater than a diameter of a plurality of openings of the second guide, or   a distance between centers of two adjacent openings of the first guide is greater than a distance between centers of two adjacent openings of the second guide.   
     
     
         19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 . The ice making device of  claim 17 ,
 wherein a plurality of openings of the second guide is arranged close to a boundary portion between the first guide and the second guide.   
     
     
         21 . An ice making device comprising:
 a cabinet having a storage chamber;   a door that opens and closes the storage chamber;   an ice making chamber provided in the door or the cabinet;   a first tray including a first cell in which first ice is formed and provided in the ice making chamber;   a second tray including a second cell in which second ice of a different type from the first ice is formed and provided in the ice making chamber;   a first storage space for storing the first ice; and   a second storage space for storing the second ice and partitioned from the first storage space.

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