Patent ID: 6860111
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: F25C

Abstract:
1. An automatic ice maker comprising: a longitudinally arranged ice making section having multiple ice making compartments open in a horizontal direction; a cooling tube which is arranged on a backside of the ice making section to be in close contact therewith and through which a refrigerant is circulated when an ice making operation is carried out and a high-temperature refrigerant gas is circulated when a deicing operation is carried out; and ice making water feeding means positioned in ice making positions for closing the ice making compartments when the ice making operation is carried out to feed ice making water to the ice making compartments, thereby producing lumps of ice, and laterally moved in parallel to an open position for opening the ice making compartments by opening/closing means ( wherein the ice making water feeding means are laterally moved to the open positions while the lumps of ice are frozen thereto to remove the lumps of ice from the ice making compartments when the deicing operation is carried out, and the lumps of ice are deiced from the ice making water feeding means in the open positions.