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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2019
Nidec Sankyo Corporation, Nagano, JP;
Takaji Harata, Nagano, JP;
Katsuhiko Hayashi, Nagano, JP;
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, Nagano, JP;
Abstract
In an ice maker, water from a water supply pipe passes through a water flow port provided in a frame and is poured into a water receiving unit protruding outward from an ice making tray. The frame includes a first water channel portion intersecting a direction of an axis and the water flow port is provided in a side surface of the first water channel portion on a side of the ice making tray. Further, the frame includes a convex unit functioning as a water blocking unit and provided in a position on the upstream side of the water flow port and along the side surface in which the water flow port is provided. As a result, it is possible to prevent or suppress water flowing in a direction different from the opening direction of the water flow port, from reaching the water flow port.