Patent ID: 7237393

Claim:
An ice making apparatus, comprising: an ice maker that makes ice; and an ice bank disposed below the ice maker to receive ice ejected from the ice maker, the ice maker comprising: an ice-making mold in which ice is formed; an ejector that ejects ice formed in the ice-making mold; a pivot rotating by an external force to rotate the ejector; a cam connected to the pivot; a first link that reciprocates and selectively contacts an outer surface of the cam; a second link that confines movement of the first link; a third link having a first side that reciprocates when pushed by the first link; a fourth link that reciprocates when pushed by a second side of the third link; and an ice-full state sensing lever fixed to an end portion of the fourth link to reciprocate over the ice bank and determine that the ice bank is fully filled with ice when a reciprocating motion thereof is confined.