Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080295536 | AUGER IN ICE BIN AND REFRIGERATING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is the auger in an ice bin mounted in a refrigerator, and the like. The auger in the ice bin is configured to rotate an auger having spiral-shaped transfer blades and to dispose ice in each space between the transfer blades of the auger for transfer. Accordingly, a certain amount of ice can always be discharged without simultaneously discharging a great amount of ice, and a user may select the number of ice, thus to diversity functions of an ice dispenser. In addition, since the auger is made of a flexible material, the ice can be prevented from being crushed during transfer, thereby enhancing the reliability of the ice dispenser. | 12-04-2008 |
20080295538 | AUGER IN ICE BIN AND REFRIGERATING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is the auger in an ice bin mounted in a refrigerator, and the like. The auger in the ice bin is configured to rotate a plurality of augers having spiral-shaped transfer blades and to dispose ice in each space between the transfer blades of the auger for transfer. Accordingly, a certain amount of ice can always be discharged without simultaneously discharging a great amount of ice, and a user may select the number of ice, thus to diversity functions of an ice dispenser. In addition, since the auger is made of a flexible material, the ice can be prevented from being crushed during transfer, thereby enhancing the reliability of the ice dispenser. | 12-04-2008 |
20090007585 | DISPENSER RELATED TECHNOLOGY - A food storage apparatus enables dispensation of contents (e.g., ice and/or water) stored in the food storage apparatus and collects residual contents after the dispensation of the contents. | 01-08-2009 |
20090008403 | DISPENSER RELATED TECHNOLOGY - A food storing apparatus capable of dispensing a content stored in the apparatus is disclosed. The food storing apparatus includes a button tray composite device configured to function as a switch to control the dispensation of the content, but also configured to function as a tray for receiving a residual content discharged after the content dispensation. | 01-08-2009 |
20090008404 | DISPENSER RELATED TECHNOLOGY - A dispenser and a refrigerator including the same are disclosed. The dispenser includes a body defined with a passage for movement of a content supplied from a supplier, and a guide member separably coupled to the body, to guide the content to an outside of the body. | 01-08-2009 |
20090009042 | DISPENSER RELATED TECHNOLOGY - Refrigerator including a door, a dispenser mounted to the door, the dispenser having a dispensing opening for dispensing content, a button and tray combination device for controlling the dispensing of the content, as well as holding residue from the dispensing opening after the dispensing of the content, and a sensing device for sensing a height of the residue in the button and tray combination device. | 01-08-2009 |
20090013699 | DISPENSER RELATED TECHNOLOGY - A food storing apparatus dispenses a content stored in the apparatus. The food storing apparatus includes a button tray that functions as a switch to control dispensing of different contents in accordance with different moved positions of the button tray, but also functions as a tray to receive a residual content discharged after dispensing the content. | 01-15-2009 |
20100064715 | ICE BANK OF REFRIGERATOR - An ice bank of a refrigerator is provided. The ice bank includes an ice accommodation chamber storing ice pieces made by an ice maker, and an ice pressing unit circulating the ice pieces by pressing the ice pieces for preventing sticking of the ice pieces in the ice accommodation chamber. | 03-18-2010 |
20100082159 | REFRIGERATOR HAVING DISPENSER - A refrigerator includes a cooling chamber, a door that is configured to open and close at least a portion of the cooling chamber, and a dispenser positioned on the door and configured to dispense ice pieces or water through the door when the door is oriented in a closed position. The refrigerator also includes a dispensing button unit configured to control a dispensing start time and a dispensing speed of the ice pieces or water dispensed through the dispenser based on a position of at least a portion of the dispensing button unit that results from movement of the portion of the dispensing button unit. | 04-01-2010 |
20100251733 | ICE MAKING TECHNOLOGY - An ice making device, a refrigerator having the ice making device, and a method for making ice are disclosed. Water is supplied to an ice making structure of an ice making device and frozen into ice. The ice is at least partially released from the ice making structure by supplying liquid water to the ice making structure to apply force to the ice in the ice making structure. | 10-07-2010 |
20100251743 | REFRIGERATOR RELATED TECHNOLOGY - A refrigerator is disclosed in which cool air ducts guide cool air from a freezing chamber to an ice making chamber provided at a refrigerating chamber door. The cool air ducts are provided at a barrier sectioning the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber and at the refrigerating chamber door. | 10-07-2010 |
20100252575 | REFRIGERATOR RELATED TECHNOLOGY - A refrigerator includes a body having a cooling chamber and a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the cooling chamber. The refrigerator also includes a water source positioned at the cooling chamber or the door and configured to accommodate water. The refrigerator further includes a hot water supply unit positioned at the body or the door and configured to receive water from the water source, heat the water, and supply the heated water to outside of the body in response to a start signal. In addition, the refrigerator includes a hot water transferring unit that is connected to the hot water supply unit and configured to transfer the water remaining in the hot water supply unit after supplying the heated water to outside of the body is completed. | 10-07-2010 |
20100281906 | ICE BANK OF REFRIGERATOR - An ice bank of a refrigerator is provided. The ice bank includes an ice accommodation chamber storing ice pieces made by an ice maker, and an ice pressing unit circulating the ice pieces by pressing the ice pieces for preventing sticking of the ice pieces in the ice accommodation chamber. | 11-11-2010 |
20100313593 | REFRIGERATOR AND APPARATUS FOR ICE DISCHARGING THEREIN - A refrigerator and a device for ice discharging are disclosed. The device for ice discharging includes a case having an ice introduction opening and an ice discharge opening ( | 12-16-2010 |
20120216561 | ICE MAKER AND REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING THE SAME - An ice maker including a heating type ice-making tray capable of securing ice ejecting and a refrigerator including the ice maker are disclosed. According to a refrigerator including the ice maker, the ice may be securely ejected from the ice-making tray. As a result, reliability of ice ejecting may be improved. The water generated when the ice is ejected in the ice maker may be prevented from falling to an ice container efficiently. | 08-30-2012 |