Patent ID: 8333306

Claim:
An ice-making device comprising: a duct through which ice is dispensed; a duct-covering part configured to open and close the duct; a first sensor part disposed at one of the duct and the duct-covering part and configured to sense whether the duct-covering part is positioned to close the duct; a driving part configured to provide force that moves the duct-covering part to selectively open and close the duct; a second sensor part configured to sense an operation current of the driving part when the driving part is providing force in attempting to move the duct-covering part to close the duct; a memory configured to store current information, the current information including a first preset reference current that is greater than a second current sensed by the second sensor part during an abnormal load; and a control part that is configured to: determine whether the operation current of the driving part sensed by the second sensor part when the driving part is providing force in attempting to move the duct-covering part to close the duct is greater than the first preset reference current, and control the driving part to move the duct-covering part to open the duct in response to a determination that the operation current of the driving part sensed by the second sensor part when the driving part is providing force in attempting to move the duct-covering part to close the duct is greater than the first preset reference current.