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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Seokuk Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyungkeun Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Kookjeong Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Seonjeong Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jongho Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Doyun Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A water purifier includes a water tank having a cold water path inside the tank, a coolant inside the water tank, a cooling device including an evaporator inside the water tank and through which a refrigerant flows, and a compressor that is operable to compress the refrigerant. The cooling device is configured to cool the coolant to cool water flowing through a temperature sensor, which is configured to detect a temperature of the coolant and output coolant temperature information about the detected temperature of the coolant. The purifier also includes an agitator operable to agitate the coolant and a controller configured to control the compressor and the agitator to operate simultaneously and control the agitator to stop operating while the compressor is controlled to continue operating based on preset ice-making temperature information and the coolant temperature information. There is also a method of controlling a compressor and an agitator.