Ice maker and refrigerator including the same

摘要

An ice maker including a heating type ice-making tray capable of securing ice ejecting and a refrigerator including the ice maker are disclosed. According to a refrigerator including the ice maker, the ice may be securely ejected from the ice-making tray. As a result, reliability of ice ejecting may be improved. The water generated when the ice is ejected in the ice maker may be prevented from falling to an ice container efficiently.

主权项

1. An ice maker comprising:
an ice-making tray configured to make ice; a heat source configured to heat the ice-making tray to eject the ice from the ice-making tray; a driving controller configured to rotate the ice-making tray selectively and to control the heat source to be on and off; and an auxiliary ejecting device configured to press an upper surface of the ice to help the ice ejecting when the ice-making tray heated by the heat source is rotated to eject the ice, wherein the auxiliary ejecting device includes:
an auxiliary ejecting member being rotatable with respect to a shaft secured over the ice-making tray and having a first end to contact the upper surface of the ice to eject the ice,an elastic member configured to restitute the auxiliary ejecting member after the ice is ejected, anda switch configured to be on and off based on contact with a second end of the auxiliary ejecting member when the auxiliary ejecting member is moved by the ice in the rotating ice-making tray, to determine whether the ice-making tray completes the ejecting of the ice.