Patent ID: 7739884
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: F25B,F25C,F25D

Abstract:
1. An ice maker comprising: a compartment; an ice-making tray disposed in the compartment to receive water and make ice; a tray fan installed on the ice-making tray to make ambient air within the compartment to pass along a surface of the ice-making tray, the tray fan configured to be driven separately from a cooling fan that supplies air to the compartment; and a plurality of passages provided on the surface of the ice-making tray, to guide air blown by the fan and to receive a heater therein, wherein the passages are arranged in a substantially radial direction from a central portion of the fan to an outer edge of the ice-making tray, and at least a part of at least two adjacent passages of the plurality of passages are bent to increase a path of air passing along the surface of the ice-making tray and at least one arc-shaped protrusion extending past the outer edge of the ice-making tray which permits the heater to form a ‘U’ shape.