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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Kyung-han Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Wook-yong Lee, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Kyung-Han Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Wook-Yong Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are an ice bin installed in a refrigerator or the like and a refrigerating machine having the same. One auger having spiral transfer wings rotates to transfer ice cubes that are introduced between the transfer wings, which allows a constant amount of ice or an amount of ice selected by a user to be dispensed. In addition, a shutter is disposed at a lower side of the auger to define a dispensing space, which may reduce a length of a casing in a depth direction and, thereby, result in a reduced size of the ice bin.