Patent ID: 7318323
Filing Date: 2008-01-15
Classification: F25B,F25C

Abstract:
1. An ice-making device comprising: an ice-making unit provided with an ice-making vessel for making a plank-shaped block of ice; cracking means for cracking the plank-shaped block of ice produced in the ice-making unit into a plurality of irregularly-shaped ice chips within the ice-making unit; a drive unit for driving the cracking means; a water supply unit for supplying water to the ice-making vessel; a turning unit for turning the ice-making unit upside down; and an ice storage box for storing the plurality of irregularly-shaped ice chips, wherein the cracking means is disposed to a bottom side of the ice-making vessel, and the turning unit turns the ice-making vessel and the cracking means upside down upon completion of the ice making to allow the ice chips in the ice-making vessel to fall into the ice storage box.