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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2010
Dong Hoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Kyung Han Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Wook Yong Lee, Seoul, KR;
Joon Hwan OH, Seoul, KR;
IL Wook Joung, Seoul, KR;
Dong Hoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Kyung Han Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Wook Yong Lee, Seoul, KR;
Joon Hwan Oh, Seoul, KR;
Il Wook Joung, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator includes an ice maker to make pieces of ice and an ice storage bin to receive the pieces of ice made by the ice maker. A plurality of blades is rotatably disposed at a bottom portion of the ice storage bin and an ice separating device to separate clumped pieces of ice discharged from the ice maker is disposed in the ice storage bin between the ice maker and the plurality of blades, where the ice separating device is disposed on at least a rear wall, a front wall, or a side wall of the ice storage bin.