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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Myungseob Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Minsoo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jinkook Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Jinseung Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is an ice making device that is able to selectively make ices having different transparencies from each other. The ice making device includes: an ice making chamber including an ice making container to accommodate ice making water therein; a cooler configured to supply cool air to the ice making chamber to cool the ice making water; an ice making fan configured to circulate the supplied cool air; an ice making heater configured to supply heat to the ice making water when the ice making water is cooled; and a controller configured to control at least one of the cooling unit, the ice making fan and the ice making heater to adjust a rate of change of temperature of the ice making container to generate one of two types of ice having different transparency.