Refrigerator
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United States of America
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Nov 5, 2024
Grant Date -
Nov 4, 2021
app pub date -
Oct 1, 2019
filing date -
Oct 1, 2019
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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.
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International Classification(s)
- 2019 Application Filing Year
- F25C Class
- 243 Applications Filed
- 187 Patents Issued To-Date
- 76.96 % Issued To-Date
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