Patent ID: 8438868
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: F25C

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: an ice maker to make pieces of ice; an ice storage bin to receive the pieces of ice made by the ice maker; a plurality of blades rotatably disposed at a bottom portion of the ice storage bin; and an ice separating device to separate clumped pieces of ice discharged from the ice maker, the ice separating device disposed in the ice storage bin between the ice maker and the plurality of blades, wherein the ice separating device is disposed on at least a rear wall, a front wall, or a side wall of the ice storage bin, wherein the ice separating device comprises a first bar disposed between the rear wall and the front wall, and wherein the plurality of blades can rotate in a forward direction and the first bar is extended toward another direction such that the plurality of blades does not rotate in the other direction.