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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Hyeonkyu Lim, Suwon-si, KR;
Juyeong Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyunuk Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Daesung Ki, Suwon-si, KR;
Chanyoung Park, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator including an ice maker that includes a pressurizing member, a first tray including a first main ice-making cell and a first auxiliary ice-making cell. The ice maker includes a second tray coupleable to the first tray to form a spherical ice chamber, the second tray includes a second main ice-making cell coupleable to the first main ice-making cell to form a spherical ice chamber and a second auxiliary ice-making cell formed to extend upward from the second main ice-making cell and having a portion that contacts the first auxiliary ice-making cell, where, as the second tray is moved to separate the second main ice-making cell of the second tray coupled to the first main ice-making cell of the first tray that form the spherical ice chamber, the pressurizing member applies pressure to the second auxiliary ice-making cell of the second tray.