Patent ID: 6041607
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: F25C,F25D,Y10T

Abstract:
A refrigerator comprising:a housing having a refrigerating chamber, a freezing chamber, and an evaporator chamber which is disposed at a rear portion of the freezing chamber;an ice tray disposed in the freezing chamber;a motor assembly for rotating the ice tray when a liquid filled in the ice tray is frozen, the motor assembly being installed in the evaporator chamber;a first means for receiving the liquid from a household water supply system or from a liquid tank, the first means being installed on an upper surface of the housing and alternatively connected to the household water supply system or to the liquid tank;a second means for guiding the liquid from the first means to the ice tray;a third means for detecting an amount of the liquid flowed into the ice tray;a fourth means for adjusting the amount of the liquid being supplied into the ice tray; andan electric control unit for operating the fourth means based on an electric signal inputted from the third means.