Title:
APPARATUS FOR STORING ICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/002761
Kind Code:
A2
Abstract:
In order to accomplish the objective of the present invention, according to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for storing ice comprises: a housing which has heat insulation characteristics and the interior of which has a storage space; an ice maker which is accommodated in the housing, and which contains an ice tray for making ice; an ice bin arranged below the ice maker to store the ice made by the ice maker; a transfer member arranged within the ice bin to discharge the ice to the outside of the ice bin; a refrigerating cycle which extends into the housing, and which includes an evaporation unit attached to the outer surface of the ice tray to cool the ice tray; and a control unit which controls the operation of the refrigerating cycle and of the transfer member. Air in the storage space is directly cooled by being in contact with the evaporation unit and/or the ice tray, and the control unit operates the refrigerating cycle to cool the storage space when the temperature of the ice tray and/or of the evaporation unit becomes higher than a preset temperature (Ta).
Inventors:
LEE, Taehee (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, 153-802, KR)
이태희 (서울 금천구 가산동 327-23 LG전자 DA사업부, 153-802 Seoul, 153-802, KR)
KIM, Youngjin (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, 153-802, KR)
김영진 (서울 금천구 가산동 327-23 LG전자 DA사업부, 153-802 Seoul, 153-802, KR)
이태희 (서울 금천구 가산동 327-23 LG전자 DA사업부, 153-802 Seoul, 153-802, KR)
KIM, Youngjin (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, 153-802, KR)
김영진 (서울 금천구 가산동 327-23 LG전자 DA사업부, 153-802 Seoul, 153-802, KR)
Application Number:
KR2011/004822
Publication Date:
January 05, 2012
Filing Date:
June 30, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC. (20 Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 150-721, 150-721, KR)
엘지전자 주식회사 (서울 영등포구 여의도동 20, 150-721 Seoul, 150-721, KR)
LEE, Taehee (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, 153-802, KR)
이태희 (서울 금천구 가산동 327-23 LG전자 DA사업부, 153-802 Seoul, 153-802, KR)
KIM, Youngjin (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, 153-802, KR)
엘지전자 주식회사 (서울 영등포구 여의도동 20, 150-721 Seoul, 150-721, KR)
LEE, Taehee (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, 153-802, KR)
이태희 (서울 금천구 가산동 327-23 LG전자 DA사업부, 153-802 Seoul, 153-802, KR)
KIM, Youngjin (LG Electronics Inc. IP Group, 327-23 Gasandong Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 153-802, 153-802, KR)
International Classes:
F25C5/18; F25C1/22; F25C5/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HAW, Yong- Noke (6th Fl, Hyun Juk Bldg. 832-41,Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-080, 135-080, KR)
Claims: