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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2019
Nidec Sankyo Corporation, Nagano, JP;
Shunji Saito, Nagano, JP;
Katsuhiko Hayashi, Nagano, JP;
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, Nagano, JP;
Abstract
To provide an ice maker capable of suppressing damage to a frame. In an ice maker, an ice making tray, and a driving unit structured to cause the ice making tray to perform a flip operation and a twist operation are supported by a frame. With the frame, in an inner wall of a first side plate unit, there are provided a first inner wall portion extending in a first direction along the driving unit, and a second inner wall portion extending in the first direction along the ice making tray on the other side in a second direction with respect to the first inner wall portion, and in a step unit connecting the first inner wall portion and the second inner wall portion, there is provided a cutout serving as a through unit for passing a wire connected to the driving unit.