Patent ID: 11879679
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 17:
18. A refrigerator comprising:
a storage chamber;
a cooler including an evaporator and configured to supply cold air into the storage chamber; and
an ice maker comprising:
a tray having a first portion and a second portion of a cell, the second portion being movable relative to the first portion, and the first portion and the second portion being configured to define a space formed by the cell to receive a liquid to be phase-changed to form ice;
a first heater provided to supply heat to the cell; and
a second heater configured to heat the evaporator,

wherein in an ice making process, the first heater operates to heat the cell such that gas bubbles dissolved in the liquid within the cell move from a portion of space where the liquid that has phase-changed into the ice to another portion of the space where the liquid is in a fluid state,
wherein, when the second heater is turned on while the first heater operating in connection with forming the ice in the space of the cell, the first heater continues to be turned on during at least a portion of a time that the second heater is turned on.