Patent ID: 11913705
Assignee: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling a refrigerator, comprising:
determining whether the refrigerator is in a target control period after defrosting;
determining whether an ice making evaporator requests refrigerant;
determining whether a system evaporator requests refrigerant; and
in response to determining that the refrigerator is in the target control period after defrosting:
controlling a control valve to flow refrigerant to an ice making circuit coupled to the ice making evaporator no matter whether the system evaporator requests refrigerant or not;

in response to determining that the refrigerator is not in the target control period after defrosting, and:
(a) in response to determining that the ice making evaporator requests refrigerant and the system evaporator requests refrigerant, controlling the control valve to flow refrigerant to a refrigerating circuit coupled to the system evaporator and to the ice making circuit coupled to the ice making evaporator;
(b) in response to determining that the ice making evaporator requests refrigerant and the system evaporator does not request refrigerant, controlling the control valve to connect to the ice making circuit;
(c) in response to determining that the ice making evaporator does not request refrigerant and the system evaporator requests refrigerant, controlling the control valve to connect to the refrigerating circuit; and
(d) in response to determining that the ice making evaporator does not request refrigerant and the system evaporator does not request refrigerant, controlling the control valve to keep a current direction unchanged.