Patent ID: 7472552

Claim:
A method of controlling an ice maker, the method comprising: operating a fan assembly mounted to a main body frame of a main body to supply cold air to an ice-making tray during an ice-making operation, the main body being constructed such that the ice-making tray in which ice is made is pivotally supported to the main body frame of the main body; monitoring whether an ice-making operation has been completed, in a state where the fan assembly is operated; stopping the fan assembly when the ice-making operation has been completed; performing an ice-releasing operation and a water-supplying operation after the fan assembly is stopped; and detecting a full level state of ice after the water-supplying operation, and returning to the first step and repeating the above steps if the full level state of ice is not detected, or standing by until the full level state is released if the full level state is detected, wherein the fan assembly comprises: a housing including first and second housing portions of which the interiors are partitioned by partition plates to define a cold air flow passage and which form a discharge duct that communicates with the cold air flow passage to supply the cold air to the ice-making tray; a box fan unit which is fixed in the cold air flow passage defined within the first and second housing portions while coupling the first and second housing portions to each other and supplies power for forcibly delivering the cold air; and mounting hooks for resiliently hanging and mounting the first and second housing portions on the main body frame.