Apparatus and method for making ice by direct cooling and for preventing ice from melting in refrigeration equipment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9995526
APP PUB NO 20160370092A1
SERIAL NO

14839574

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An ice maker for refrigeration equipment includes an ice making unit in the refrigerating compartment of the refrigeration equipment, an ice bucket disposed in the ice making unit and configured to store the ice made with an ice making tray, a cooling duct configured to form a cold air channel through which cold air is provided to the ice making unit, a refrigerant pipe enclosing the cooling duct to form a refrigerant channel, and an ice making refrigerant pipe configured make water into the ice through heat-exchange, where the ice making refrigerant pipe branches from the refrigerant pipe, and an end portion of the ice making refrigerant pipe is in the ice making tray.

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DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION31 MAIN ROAD SHIZHONG DISTRICT SEOUL KOREA 340

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kim, Dong Sun Seoul, KR 72 463

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