(19)
(11) EP 2 584 293 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.05.2013 Bulletin 2013/20

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.04.2013 Bulletin 2013/17

(21) Application number: 12188720.2

(22) Date of filing: 16.10.2012
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F25C 5/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 17.10.2011 KR 20110106133

(71) Applicants:
  • LG Electronics
    Seoul, 150-721 (KR)
  • Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do 790-784 (KR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kim, Yonghyun
    Gyeongsangnam-Do (KR)
  • An, Siyeon
    Gyeongsangnam (KR)
  • Lee, Changwoo
    Gyeongsangbuk-Do (KR)
  • Park, Jaesung
    Gyeongsangbuk-Do (KR)
  • Lee, Sangmin
    Gyeongsangbuk-Do (KR)
  • Hwang, Woonbong
    Gyeongsangbuk-Do (KR)

(74) Representative: Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner 
Patentanwälte Mauerkircherstrasse 45
81679 München
81679 München (DE)

   


(54) Ice bucket for unlaying ice curdling


(57) This specification relates to an ice bucket having a function of unlaying ice curdling, capable of facilitating ice cubes to be drawn out by unlaying ice cubes, which are frozen in a curdled state due to being left for a long time at an upper portion within the ice bucket of an ice dispensing apparatus, which is disposed in a refrigerator or a water purifier having an ice maker to allow ice cubes to be ejected piece by piece.
The ice bucket includes a case main body forming an ice storage space therein and having an ice discharge port formed at a lower portion thereof, an ice ejecting member rotatably disposed at one side of the main body and having a motor rotation shaft, a blade mounting shaft, and a plurality of blades protruding from the blade mounting shaft in a radial direction and disposed in a circumferential direction with spaced distances, and an ice curdling unlaying member configured to prevent ice cubes located above the ice ejecting member from being frozen in a curdled state.







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