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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 10, 2021
Coway Co., Ltd., Gongju-si, KR;
Gyoung Min Lee, Seoul, KR;
Gyeong Jong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yong Yeon Noh, Seoul, KR;
Jung Chul Park, Seoul, KR;
Min Chul Yong, Seoul, KR;
Ki Hong Min, Seoul, KR;
Min Suk Chang, Seoul, KR;
Woong Jung, Seoul, KR;
Byung Hyo Ye, Seoul, KR;
Chung Lae Kim, Seoul, KR;
Do Han Kim, Seoul, KR;
Dae Hwan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Woo Jin Joo, Seoul, KR;
COWAY CO., LTD., Gongju-si, KR;
Abstract
An ice maker includes: a refrigerant pipe having formed therein a pipe flow path for a refrigerant to flow through; a finger protruding from the refrigerant pipe and having formed therein a finger space that communicates with the pipe flow path for the refrigerant to flow through; a heater including a heating part provided in the refrigerant pipe to heat the finger, and an extension part extending from one end of the heating part to the outside of the refrigerant pipe; a heater holder that surrounds at least a portion of the extension part; and a sealing element for preventing the introduction of moisture through a gap between the outer peripheral surface of the extension part and the inner peripheral surface of the heater holder.