发明名称 |
ICE-FULL STATE DETECTING APPARATUS AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME |
摘要 |
An ice-full state detecting apparatus and a refrigerator having the same are disclosed. The refrigerator including an ice-full state detecting apparatus includes: a refrigerator body including a cooling chamber; a cooling chamber door to open and close the cooling chamber; an ice maker installed at the cooling chamber or at the cooling chamber door; an ice storage container to store ice made by the ice maker; and the ice-full state detecting apparatus to detect an ice-full state of the ice storage container, wherein the ice-full state detecting apparatus includes: a ice-full state detecting sensor to detect an ice-full state of the ice storage container; a sensor heater to heat the ice-full state detecting sensor; a detecting unit to detect whether the ice-full state detecting sensor is in contact with external air; and a controller to control the operation of the sensor heater based on the detection result of the detecting unit. The ice-full state detecting sensor can be restrained from being frosted to thus prevent degradation of detection performance of the ice-full state detecting sensor. In addition, power consumption required for a defrosting operation can be reduced. |
申请公布号 |
EP2297533(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
2011.03.23 |
申请号 |
EP20090733100 |
申请日期 |
2009.04.15 |
申请人 |
LG ELECTRONICS INC. |
发明人 |
KIM, YONG-SU;LEE, DONG-HOON;JEONG, KYUNG-HAN;SUH, KWANG-HA |
分类号 |
F25C1/24;F25C1/04;F25C5/00;F25C5/08;F25C5/18;F25D21/04 |
主分类号 |
F25C1/24 |
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