REFRIGERATOR - LG ELECTRONICS INC

Title:

REFRIGERATOR

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/071775

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A refrigerator according to the present invention comprises: a storage space in which food is stored; a cooler for supplying cold to the storage space; a first tray assembly constituting a part of an icing cell which is the space in which water is phase-changed to ice by the cold; a second tray assembly constituting another part of the icing cell; a heater located to be adjacent to the first tray assembly and/or the second tray assembly; and a control unit for controlling the heater, wherein the control unit performs controls so that the heater is turned on in at least a partial period while the cooler supplies the cold, and thus air bubbles disintegrating in the water inside the icing cell move to liquid-phase water from a part where ice is generated, thereby enabling transparent ice to be generated, and the degree of cold transfer, which is the amount of cold of the cooler is to be transferred, is different in the first tray assembly and the second tray assembly.

Inventors:

LEE DONGHOON (KR)
LEE WOOKYONG (KR)
SON SUNGGYUN (KR)
LEE DONGHOON (KR)
YEOM SEUNGSEOB (KR)
BAE YONGJUN (KR)
PARK CHONGYOUNG (KR)

Application Number:

PCT/KR2019/012888

Publication Date:

April 09, 2020

Filing Date:

October 01, 2019

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC (KR)

International Classes:

F25D11/02; F25C1/18; F25C1/24; F25C5/02; F25D11/00; F25D11/04; F25D25/02; F25D29/00

Foreign References:

KR20130009332A	2013-01-23
JP2003114072A	2003-04-18
JP2003056956A	2003-02-26
KR20140110432A	2014-09-17
JPH05203299A	1993-08-10
KR101850918B1	2018-05-30
JPH09269172A	1997-10-14

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