Patent ID: 6481235
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: F25C

Abstract:
An ice-making device comprising:a case; an ice tray having a plurality of ice cube partitions and being installed on the case such that the ice tray is rotatable in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions in the case; and a rotation stopping unit coupled to the ice tray and configured to limit a rotation of a first end of the ice tray in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions to a predetermined angular amount such that when the ice tray is rotated the predetermined angular amount in the clockwise or counterclockwise directions, ice can be ejected from the ice cube partitions of the ice tray, wherein the rotation stopping unit comprises: at least one stopping protrusion formed on the ice tray, and at least one guide groove formed on the case and configured to receive the at least one stopping protrusion, wherein the at least one guide groove is configured to block further rotation of the first end of the ice tray after the ice tray has been rotated the predetermined angular amount in the clockwise or counterclockwise directions.