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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2023
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/18 (2006.01); F25C 1/24 (2018.01); F25C 1/243 (2018.01); F25C 5/02 (2006.01); F25C 5/04 (2006.01); F25C 5/08 (2006.01); F25C 5/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/08 (2013.01); F25C 1/18 (2013.01); F25C 1/24 (2013.01); F25C 1/243 (2013.01); F25C 5/02 (2013.01); F25C 5/04 (2013.01); F25C 5/22 (2018.01);
Abstract
An ice maker includes: an upper tray defining an upper chamber that is a portion of an ice chamber; a lower tray rotatable relative to the upper tray and defining a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber disposed under the upper chamber; an upper heater disposed around the upper tray for providing heat to the upper chamber; and a lower heater disposed around the lower tray for providing heat to the lower chamber. In an ice making position, a distance from a horizontal central line passing a contact surface of the upper tray and the lower tray to the upper heater is shorter than a distance from the horizontal central line to the lower heater.