Refrigerator having improved ice-making unit configuration
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F25C-001/00
F25C-005/18
F25C-005/02
출원번호
UP-0898051
(2007-09-07)
등록번호
US-7797961
(2010-10-11)
우선권정보
KR-10-2006-0123991(2006-12-07)
발명자
/ 주소
An, Jae-koog
Hong, Keon-ho
출원인 / 주소
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
대리인 / 주소
Staas & Halsey LLP
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
6인용 특허 :
3
초록▼
Provided is a refrigerator including a main body cabinet forming a storage compartment; a door operable to open and close the storage compartment; an ice tray provided in the door and capable of making ice cubes; and an ice storage container receiving the ice cubes made by the ice tray, and having a
Provided is a refrigerator including a main body cabinet forming a storage compartment; a door operable to open and close the storage compartment; an ice tray provided in the door and capable of making ice cubes; and an ice storage container receiving the ice cubes made by the ice tray, and having an ice outlet formed in a lower part thereof and a rear wall surface forming an angle of inclination with respect to a level surface.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A refrigerator, comprising: a main body cabinet forming a storage compartment; a door operable to open and close the storage compartment; an ice tray provided in the refrigerator capable of making ice cubes; an ice storage container receiving the ice cubes made by the ice tra
What is claimed is: 1. A refrigerator, comprising: a main body cabinet forming a storage compartment; a door operable to open and close the storage compartment; an ice tray provided in the refrigerator capable of making ice cubes; an ice storage container receiving the ice cubes made by the ice tray, and having an ice outlet formed in a lower part thereof and a rear wall surface forming an angle of inclination with respect to a level surface, the ice outlet being defined through the rear wall surface of the ice storage container; at least one rotating blade rotatingly moving the ice cubes discharged to the ice outlet; a supporting blade shredding the ice cubes moved by the rotating blade, in cooperation with the at least one rotating blade; and wherein the rotating blade and the supporting blade are provided in parallel with the inclined rear wall surface of the ice storage container. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the angle of inclination ranges from 20° to 60°. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the rear wall surface of the ice storage container is downwardly inclined to the ice outlet. 4. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising: A driver including a gear assembly having a rotating shaft connected with a lower part of the at least one rotating blade and transmitting a driving force to the rotating blade, and a driving motor provided in a side of the gear assembly and supplying a driving force to the gear assembly. 5. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising a shaking lever bent from the rotating shaft and extending inside of the ice storage container, and shaking the ice cubes stored in the ice storage container. 6. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising an ice mover connected with the rotating shaft and moving the ice cubes stored in the ice storage container to the ice outlet. 7. The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein the ice mover comprises a moving rotation shaft extending from the rotating shaft, and a spiral blade spirally formed along a circumference of the moving rotation shaft. 8. The refrigerator according to claim 5, further comprising: a blade accommodator accommodating the rotating blade and the supporting blade, and having an ice discharging opening having a first side that is open; and a discharging lever rotatably provided in the blade accommodator and opening and closing the ice discharging opening. 9. The refrigerator according to claim 6, further comprising: a blade accommodator accommodating the rotating blade and the supporting blade, and having an ice discharging opening having a first side that is open; and a discharging lever rotatably provided in the blade accommodator and opening and closing the ice discharging opening. 10. The refrigerator according to claim 8, wherein the blade accommodator and the discharging lever are provided in parallel with the inclined rear wall surface of the ice storage container. 11. The refrigerator according to claim 9, wherein the blade accommodator and the discharging lever are provided in parallel with the inclined rear wall surface of the ice storage container. 12. An ice providing device, comprising: an ice making device making ice cubes; and an ice storage container receiving the ice cubes made by the ice making device, the ice storage container having an ice outlet formed in a lower part of the ice storage container and a rear wall surface of the ice storage container and having an angle of inclination with respect to a level surface, the ice outlet being defined through the rear wall surface of the ice storage container; and an ice moving device moving ice provided at the lower part of the inclined rear wall surface of the ice storage container to the ice outlet, wherein the ice moving device is a shaking lever connected to a shaft extending beneath the ice outlet, the shaking lever including a first part bent from the shaft and extending parallel to the bottom surface and a second part bent from the first part and extending upward from the first part. 13. The ice providing device according to claim 12, further comprising an ice shredder receiving and shredding the ice provided from the ice outlet. 14. An ice providing device, comprising: an ice making device making ice cubes; an ice storage container receiving the ice cubes made by the ice making device, the ice storage container having an ice outlet formed in a lower part of the ice storage container and a rear wall surface of the ice storage container and having an angle of inclination with respect to a level surface, the ice outlet being defined through the rear wall surface of the ice storage container; and an ice moving device moving ice provided at the lower part of the inclined rear wall surface of the ice storage container to the ice outlet, wherein the ice moving device includes a shaft extending from beneath the ice outlet into the ice storage container and a spiral blade spirally formed along a circumference of the shaft.
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