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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
Seung DO Han, Seoul, KR;
Dong Jeong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Ho Youn Lee, Seoul, KR;
Young Jin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Tae Hee Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sung Yong Shin, Seoul, KR;
Seung Do Han, Seoul, KR;
Dong Jeong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Ho Youn Lee, Seoul, KR;
Young Jin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Tae Hee Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sung Yong Shin, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An ice making apparatus for a refrigerator, in which an ice bank stores ice and has an opening that discharges ice on its one side. An ejector opens and closes the opening and is rotatably provided at the opening to also eject ice from the ice bank. After completion of an ice discharging operation, a sensor senses a relative position of the ejector against the ice bank and the ejector is controlled to close the opening to the extent necessary.