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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2006
Eui-yeop Jung, Seoul, KR;
Sung-hoon Chung, Seoul, KR;
Nam-gi Lee, Seoul, KR;
Wook-yong Lee, Incheon, KR;
Eui-Yeop Jung, Seoul, KR;
Sung-Hoon Chung, Seoul, KR;
Nam-Gi Lee, Seoul, KR;
Wook-Yong Lee, Incheon, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An ice dispenser apparatus includes an ice bin to receive ice cubes; a shutter mechanism located near a bottom of the ice bin to selectively dispense ice cubes or crushed ice; an ice crusher located above the shutter mechanism to crush ice cubes into crushed ice; and an ice discharge controller located adjacent to the ice crusher and having a structure to selectively provide a certain amount of ice cubes onto the shutter mechanism and to effectively minimize an undesirable accumulation of ice near the ice crusher that may cause interference during operation.