Lg Electronics Inc.

Young-Hoon Yun

Tae Hee Lee

Dong-Hoon Lee

Tae-Hee Lee

Yong-gu Kim

Seong-Jae Kim

Bong-Jin Kim

Sang-Heon Lee

Yong-Gu Kim

An ice maker, a refrigerator including the ice maker, and an ice making method are provided. The ice maker includes a tray having a predetermined length and to which water is supplied to make ice. The ice maker is configured to mechanically separate the ice from the tray by using pistons which are driven by being pressed by structures. This allows the ice maker to have a reduced size, and a small occupation area, thereby implementing a slim configuration of a refrigerator. Furthermore, since an installation height of the ice maker is lowered, a path for supplying cool air may be shortened. This may prevent loss of cool air being supplied to the ice making chamber. Since the ice maker has a simplified configuration and precise operation controls, the fabrication costs may be reduced, and inferiority of the ice maker due to malfunctions may be prevented.

Ice maker, refrigerator having the same, and ice making method thereof

An ice maker, a refrigerator including the ice maker, and an ice making method are provided. The ice maker includes a tray having a predetermined length into which water is supplied to make ice. The ice maker is configured to mechanically separate the ice from the tray by using pistons which are driven by a motor. This permits the ice maker to have a reduced size, and occupy a small area, thereby implementing a slim configuration of a refrigerator. Furthermore, since an installation height of the ice maker is lowered, a path for supplying cool air may be shortened. This arrangement prevent loss of cool air being supplied to the ice making chamber.

A refrigerator and its operation method are disclosed. Cool air ducts guide cool air from a freezing compartment to an ice compartment that is positioned at a refrigerating compartment door. At least a portion of the cool air ducts are located at a barrier that separates the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment.

Refrigerator related technology

A shelf of a wine refrigerator includes a frame disposed in a horizontal direction inside a chill room. A plurality of support wires extend in the forward and backward directions of the frame at predetermined intervals in the right and left directions of the frame. A plurality of elastic support members inserted onto each support wire elastically support items, such as wine bottles.

Wine refrigerator with shelf having elastic support members

Disclosed is a supporting apparatus for a refrigerator capable of preventing a transfer of an inter-vibration between a refrigerator main body and an installation surface and of adjusting a height of the refrigerator more conveniently, by comprising: at least one or more lifting rods mounted on a lower surface of a refrigerator main body to be adjustable for a height thereof; an upper cap fixed to a lower end of the lifting rod and having an opened lower side; a lower cap movably inserted into the upper cap in an up and down direction; and a damping spring set between the upper cap and the lower cap, for performing a damping operation.

Supporting apparatus for refrigerator

A support apparatus comprises: a first support member connected to the compressor; a second support member disposed at a predetermined interval from the first support member and fixed to a base; a spring disposed between the first support member and the second support member, of which both ends are contacted with the first support member and the second support member to be supported thereby; and at least one connection member connecting the first support member and the second support member so that the spring is not separated from between the first support member and the second support member. Accordingly, the spring is prevented from being moved or buckled by vibration of the compressor, or both ends of the spring are prevented from being detached from the support members, so that support performance and vibration preventing effect for the compressor can be improved.

Apparatus for supporting compressor

Disclosed is a vibration isolation apparatus for a wine refrigerator including a main body having a storage chamber and a mounting space, a base plate disposed at the mounting space of the main body with a predetermined interval from the main body, for forming the mechanical chamber with the mounting space, a compressor being installed on the top surface of the base plate, and an interval maintaining elastic support means coupled between the main body and the base plate, for maintaining a predetermined interval between the main body and the base plate, and elastically supporting the base plate. The vibration isolation apparatus for the wine refrigerator can store wines without deteriorating the special taste of the wines, by preventing the wine bottles stored in the wine refrigerator from being shaken in the operation of the wine refrigerator.

Vibration isolation apparatus for wine refrigerator

The present invention discloses a shelf of a wine refrigerator including a frame disposed inside a chill room in the horizontal direction, a plurality of support wires formed long inside the frame in the forward and backward directions of the frame at predetermined intervals in the right and left directions of the frame, and a plurality of elastic support members inserted onto each support wire, for elastically supporting wine bottles.

Wine refrigerator white shelf having elastic support members

A vibration-absorbing supporting apparatus of a wine refrigerator comprises: a base member fixedly coupled to a lower portion of a wine refrigerator main body; a height control member coupled to the base member so as to control a height of the main body vertically; a floor supporting means coupled to the height control member to make a relative motion to the height control member in a vertical direction, and contacting with and supported on a floor on which the wine refrigerator is installed; and an elastic supporting member coupled between the height control member and the floor supporting means, for elastically supporting the base member coupled to the main body. Accordingly, wine bottles stored in the wine refrigerator are prevented from being shaken by external vibration, so that unique flavor of wine is maintained.

Vibration-absorbing supporting apparatus of wine refrigerator

A refrigerator comprises: a body having a storage chamber and a mechanical chamber; a base plate arranged in the mechanical chamber without a direct contact with the body, and having a compressor; a first supporting member coupled to the body and supporting the body; and a second supporting member installed at a bottom of the base plate and supporting the base plate. A load of the body and a load of components inside the mechanical chamber are individually supported, so that vibration generated from the compressor, etc. is prevented from being transmitted to the body.

Refrigerator

Disclosed is a vibration reduction type refrigerator including a refrigerator main body having a cooling chamber for storing foods and a mechanical chamber, a compressor disposed in the mechanical chamber, for compressing refrigerants, and a suction pipe connected to the side of the compressor, disposed in the mechanical chamber in the width direction of the refrigerator main body, and connected to an outlet pipe of an evaporator disposed at one side end of the mechanical chamber. The vibration reduction type refrigerator can prevent the vibration generated by the compressor from being transmitted to the refrigerator main body through the suction pipe and the discharge pipe connected to the compressor, by minimizing spaces occupied by the suction pipe and the discharge pipe in the mechanical chamber and increasing the length of the suction pipe and the discharge pipe.

Vibration reduction type refrigerator

Disclosed is a refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator main body having a cooling chamber storing foods and a machine room; a base plate installed a lower portion of the main body and mounting a compressor; a lifting unit installed between the base plate and the main body, for supporting the base plate to be moved in an up and down direction; and a locking unit installed at one side of the lifting unit, for locking the lifting unit to restrict an upward/downward movement of the base plate when carrying the refrigerator, by which vibration generated from a compressor can be prevented from being transferred to a refrigerator main body through the base plate, and the compressor mounted on the base plate and pipes can be protected from being damaged by locking the base plate when carrying the refrigerator.

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Daegu, South Korea

Young-Hoon Yun