Patent ID: 11874048
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. An ice maker comprising:
a tray body made of a flexible material, the tray body comprising a plurality of chamber walls configured to define a plurality of ice chambers arranged along a central line extending in a first direction and passing through centers of the plurality of ice chambers;
a first heater disposed at the plurality of chamber walls, the first heater being configured to provide heat to the plurality of ice chambers during an ice-making process; and
a second heater that surrounds the plurality of chamber walls and is spaced apart from the first heater, the second heater being configured to provide heat to the plurality of ice chambers during an ice-separation process after the ice-making process,
wherein a first radial distance from one of the centers to the first heater is less than a second radial distance from the one of the centers to the second heater, and
wherein the first heater is configured to, based on heating the plurality of ice chambers during the ice-making process, cause bubbles in water received in the plurality of ice chambers to be collected at a portion of each of the plurality of ice chambers.