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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Seung DO Han, Seoul, KR;
Ho Youn Lee, Seoul, KR;
Young Jin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Tae Hee Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sung Yong Shin, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Seung Do Han, Seoul, KR;
Ho Youn Lee, Seoul, KR;
Young Jin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Tae Hee Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sung Yong Shin, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/00 (2006.01); F25B 49/00 (2006.01); B67D 7/06 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ice-making device includes a duct through which ice is dispensed and a duct-covering part opening and closing the duct. A sensor part senses whether the duct-covering part closes the duct and a control part controls the duct-covering part to open the duct when the sensor part senses that the duct-covering part fails to close the duct and the duct-covering part has been attempting to close the duct for at least a preset period of time.