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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2007
Young Jin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hong Hee Park, Seoul, KR;
Kwang Ha Suh, Seoul, KR;
Tae Hee Lee, Seoul, KR;
Joon Hwan OH, Seoul, KR;
Young Jin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hong Hee Park, Seoul, KR;
Kwang Ha Suh, Seoul, KR;
Tae Hee Lee, Seoul, KR;
Joon Hwan Oh, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Ice maker including an ice making container () having a plurality of cavities () for forming ice, a heater body () on one side of the ice making container for selective generation of heat, and heating bars () each extended from the heater body to the cavity by a predetermined length with a profile in conformity with a bottom surface profile of the cavity () with a gap to the bottom surface such that the heating bar () is submerged under water in the cavity for causing a temperature gradient during ice making.