Patent ID: 9097450
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: F25C,G01F

Abstract:
1. An ice detecting apparatus for an ice maker provided in a refrigerator, the apparatus comprising: an ice maker body; a supporting member connected at a lower portion of the ice maker body and having an extending portion at a side of the supporting member extending in a downward direction; and an ice detecting sensor attached to the ice maker body and detecting an amount of ice collected in an ice container, wherein the ice detecting sensor includes: a sensor housing installed at a side of the ice maker body and extending in a downward direction from the ice maker body to a position corresponding to the extending portion; wherein the at least one mounting recess is formed on a rear surface of the sensor cover, and an insertion hole is formed in the cover to receive the at least one of the optical transmitter or the optical receiver therein, wherein the printed circuit board is provided at a rear surface of the sensor cover such that at least some portion of the at least one mounting recess and one end of the insertion hole are covered by the printed circuit board such that heat generated by the heater is transmitted to the at least one of the optical transmitter or the optical receiver via the sensor cover and the printed circuit board, wherein the one end of the insertion hole formed in the sensor cover is located at position corresponding to a transmitting portion of the optical transmitter or at a receiving portion of the optical receiver.