ICE TRAY APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

The present disclosure describes ice tray devices and methods. In one embodiment, ice tray is included in an ice-making device of a refrigerator. The ice tray can be configured to uniformly distribute water to a plurality of ice-making spaces included in the ice tray. The ice tray can include water supply grooves that provide paths through which water is allowed to flow in the tray body. The dimensions of the water supply grooves can vary enabling control of water and ice formation depth of the water supply grooves can become gradually larger from one end portion of the tray body toward the other end portion of the tray body.

主权项

1. An ice tray, comprising:
a tray body configured to provide ice-making spaces for retaining water; and a plurality of partition walls including:
a first sidewall extending by a predetermined length from one side surface of the tray body toward each of the ice-making spaces;a second sidewall extending by a predetermined length from the other side surface of the tray body toward each of the ice-making spaces, the second sidewall spaced apart from the first sidewall by a predetermined distance; anda threshold extending upward from a bottom surface of the tray body to interconnect a lower portion of the first sidewall and a lower portion of the second sidewall, wherein the length of the thresholds extending upward from the bottom surface of the tray body gradually decreases from one end portion of the tray body toward the other end portion of the tray body.