公开(公告)号：US20040144108A1

公开(公告)日：2004-07-29

申请号：US10724168

申请日：2003-12-01

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Ji Sick Hwang ,  Vassili Leniachine ,  Nikolai Shpakovsky ,  Gil Hyoung Cho ,  Hyo June Kim

IPC: F25C001/00 ,  A23G009/00

CPC classification number: F25C5/187 ,  F25C1/10 ,  F25C5/185

Abstract: An ice maker is capable of efficiently making and removing ice cubes. The ice maker includes first and second pulleys which are installed to be spaced apart from each other. A drive unit rotates the first and second pulleys. An ice making conveyor is wrapped around the first and second pulleys, and has a plurality of ice making parts which are concavely formed to contain water therein. An ice storage tray is provided under the ice making conveyor to store ice cubes dropping from the ice making parts. An ice level sensing unit functions to sense a level of the ice cubes stored in the ice storage tray, thus shutting off electricity. When the level of the ice cubes stored in the ice storage tray exceeds a predetermined level, an operation of the ice maker is stopped, thus preventing an excessive number of ice cubes from being stored in the ice storage tray.

Abstract translation: 制冰机能够有效地制造和移除冰块。 制冰机包括彼此间隔开地安装的第一和第二滑轮。 驱动单元旋转第一和第二滑轮。 制冰输送机缠绕在第一和第二滑轮周围，并且具有多个制冰部件，其被凹入地形成以在其中容纳水。 在制冰输送机下面设有储冰盘，用于存储从制冰部件落下的冰块。 冰水平感测单元用于感测存储在储冰盘中的冰块的水平，从而关闭电力。 当存储在储冰托盘中的冰块的高度超过预定水平时，停止制冰机的操作，从而防止过多的冰块储存在储冰托盘中。