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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Nidec Servo Corporation, Kiryu-shi, Gunma, JP;
Inventors:
Eiji Kuroda, Kiryu, JP;
Kenji Sugaya, Kiryu, JP;
Hironobu Yoshikawa, Kiryu, JP;
Hideaki Ito, Kiryu, JP;
Assignee:
NIDEC SERVO CORPORATION, Gunma, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/24 (2018.01); F25D 27/00 (2006.01); F25C 5/04 (2006.01); F25C 5/20 (2018.01); F25C 5/185 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/24 (2013.01); F25C 5/04 (2013.01); F25C 5/185 (2013.01); F25C 5/22 (2018.01); F25D 27/00 (2013.01); F25D 27/005 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An icemaker includes an ice-making tray in which ice is produced, an ice-discharging mechanism that removes the ice from the ice-making tray, a driver that drives the ice-discharging mechanism and that is attached to the ice-making tray on a front side in a front-rear direction, and a lighting unit that emits light. The lighting unit emits the light toward a rear side in the front-rear direction.