Patent ID: 9568232
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: F25C

Claim:
1. An icemaker comprising: an ice tray that is provided in a freezer, that is configured to receive water, and that is configured to retain the received water such that the received water is frozen into ice by cold air in the freezer; an ejector configured to rotate to eject the ice from the ice tray; a heater arranged to contact the ice tray and that is configured to facilitate separation of the ice from the ice tray by selectively heating the ice tray; a case mounted to a side of the ice tray; a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor that is mounted in the case and that is configured to selectively rotate the ejector in forward and reverse directions; a dropper inclined from an upper end of a front of the ice tray toward an upper portion of a rotating shaft of the ejector; and an overflow prevention member horizontally oriented below the dropper and configured to face a rotating shaft of the ejector, the overflow prevention member including a plurality of slits that are configured to allow protrusion fins of the ejector to pass through the plurality of slits.