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Title:
REFRIGERATOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/071804
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 temperature sensor for detecting the temperature inside the storage space; a first tray 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 constituting another part of the icing cell; a water supply unit for supplying water to the icing cell; a second temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of water or ice inside the icing cell; a heater located to be adjacent to the first tray and/or the second tray; and a control unit for controlling the heater, wherein the control unit performs a control so that the degree of supercooling of water decreases in at least one period from among a first period before a water supply starts after a preparation step for the water supply is completed, a second period before the water supply is completed after the water supply starts, and a third period before an icing step is completed after the icing step starts.

Inventors:
LEE DONGHOON (KR)
LEE DONGHOON (KR)
LEE WOOKYONG (KR)
YEOM SEUNGSEOB (KR)
BAE YONGJUN (KR)
SON SUNGGYUN (KR)
PARK CHONGYOUNG (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2019/012943
Publication Date:
April 09, 2020
Filing Date:
October 02, 2019
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC (KR)
International Classes:
F25D11/04; F25C1/18; F25C1/24; F25C5/02; F25D11/00; F25D25/02; F25D29/00
Foreign References:
KR20130009332A2013-01-23
JP2003114072A2003-04-18
KR20140110432A2014-09-17
JP2004060899A2004-02-26
JPH05203299A1993-08-10
KR101850918B12018-05-30
JPH09269172A1997-10-14
Other References:
See also references of EP 3862699A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HAW, Yong Noke (KR)
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