Patent ID: 11874049
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 17:
18. An ice maker comprising:
a liquid supply configured to supply a liquid;
a first tray having a first portion of a cell;
a second tray having a second portion of the cell, the first portion and the second portion being configured to define a space formed by the cell to receive the liquid;
a driver configured to move the second tray relative to the first tray between:
a first position where the first portion of the cell contacts the second portion of the cell to form the space and the liquid in the space is phase-changed into ice, and
a second position where the first portion of the cell and the second portion of the cell are spaced apart such that the ice can be separated from the first and second trays; and

a pusher including a first edge to press against the ice, a bar that extends from the first edge, and a second edge disposed at an end of the bar opposite from the first edge; and
wherein a horizontal location of the first edge when the second tray is at the first position is different than a horizontal location of the first edge when the second tray is at the second position.