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Title:
REFRIGERATOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/152034
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed is a refrigerator provided with an ice making device which prevents an event that the operation time varies due to the individual variability of an ice removing motor or the variation in temperature of a portion on which the ice removing motor is disposed, so that water is supplied from a water intake valve although ice remains in an ice tray. The refrigerator is provided with an ice tray to which a predetermined amount of water is supplied, an ice removing motor which rotates the ice tray when the water in the ice tray is solidified into ice, so that the ice is removed, an ice storage box which stores the ice removed from the ice tray, and a position detection means which detects the rotational position of the ice removing motor and whether or not the ice storage box is fully filled with the ice. The refrigerator is characterized by being provided with a control device which measures the period of time until the ice removing motor is rotated in the normal direction when the refrigerator is energized and the signal from the position detection means is changed, and corrects the operation time of the ice removing motor on the basis of the measured results.

Inventors:
OGAWA KEIJI
OGINO TSUTOMU
SHOUKYUU MASATOSHI
TSUJII YASUHIRO
Application Number:
PCT/JP2011/003037
Publication Date:
December 08, 2011
Filing Date:
May 31, 2011
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Assignee:
PANASONIC CORP (JP)
OGAWA KEIJI
OGINO TSUTOMU
SHOUKYUU MASATOSHI
TSUJII YASUHIRO
International Classes:
F25C1/10; F25C5/18
Foreign References:
JPH10288435A1998-10-27
JPH08257089A1996-10-08
JPH06159875A1994-06-07
JPH08233419A1996-09-13
JP2007050849A2007-03-01
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NII, Hiromori (JP)
New house Extensive 守 (JP)
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