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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/25 (2018.01); F25C 1/04 (2018.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/25 (2018.01); F25C 1/04 (2013.01); F25D 29/005 (2013.01); F25C 2400/06 (2013.01); F25C 2400/08 (2013.01); F25C 2400/14 (2013.01); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01); F25D 2323/121 (2013.01); F25D 2323/122 (2013.01); F25D 2331/806 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a refrigerator comprises a plurality of ice makers configured to generate ice, a valve part configured to adjust a supply of water to each of the plurality of ice makers, and a controller configured to control the valve part, and when receiving a request for a supply of water to an ice maker of higher priority while water is supplied to an ice maker of lower priority, the controller controls the valve part to cut off the supply of water to the ice maker of lower priority and supply water to the ice maker of higher priority.