Patent ID: 11874044
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 19:
20. A refrigerator comprising:
a storage chamber;
a ice maker including:
a first tray having a first portion of a cell,
a first ray case configured to support the first tray,
a second tray having a second portion of the cell, the first portion and the second portion of the cell being configured to define a space to receive a liquid,
a second tray case configured to support the second tray,
a first pusher to separate ice from the first portion of the cell,
a second pusher to separate the ice from the second portion of the cell, and
a heater positioned adjacent to at least one of the first and

a cooler configured to supply cold air such that the liquid in the space is cooled to form ice,
wherein:
the heater is configured to be driven to supply heat to the at least one of the first tray or the second tray to slow formation of the ice, and
in an ice separation process, the first pusher is configured to pass through the first ray case to separate ice from the first portion of the cell, and the second pusher configured to pass through the second tray case to separate the ice from the second portion of the cell.