Patent ID: 11920852
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A refrigerator, comprising:
a storage compartment that includes a compressor and an evaporator, and is configured to provide cooled air based on the evaporator, and the storage compartment includes a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment;
an ice making compartment configured to make or store ice based on the cooled air by the evaporator; and
an ice making fan configured to allow the cooled air by the evaporator to flow to the ice making compartment,
wherein the ice making fan operates continuously in synchronization with the compressor during a freezing time period in which the cooled air is supplied to the freezer compartment while the compressor is in operation, and a refrigerating time period in which the cooled air is supplied to the refrigerator compartment while the compressor is in operation,
wherein a rotation speed of the ice making fan is to change according to a temperature of the ice making compartment when the compressor operates continuously during the freezing time period and the refrigerating time period.