Refrigerator and ice maker
A refrigerator may include a cabinet, a door, and an ice maker. The ice maker may include a first tray; a first tray case; a second tray; and a second tray case. After supply of water to an ice-making cell while the second tray is at a water supply position, the second tray is to move in a first direction to an ice-making position. After generation of the ice while the second tray is at the ice-making position, the second tray is to move in a second direction so as to draw the ice out of the ice-making cell, and then the second tray is to move in the first direction to the water supply position. At the water supply position, the second tray is spaced from a portion of the first tray, and the first tray case includes a water overflow prevention wall spaced apart from the first tray when the second tray is disposed at the water supply position.
1 . A refrigerator, comprising:
a cabinet configured to provide a storage compartment;
a door configured to open and close the storage compartment; and
an ice maker disposed in the storage compartment or at the door to provide ice, wherein the ice maker comprises:
a first tray configured to define a first portion of an ice-making cell;
a first tray case configured to support the first tray;
a second tray configured to define a second portion of the ice-making cell, and to move with respect to the first tray; and
a second tray case configured to support the second tray, wherein, after supply of water to the ice-making cell while the second tray is at a water supply position, the second tray is to move in a first direction to an ice-making position, after generation of the ice while the second tray is at the ice-making position, the second tray is to move in a second direction so as to draw the ice out of the ice-making cell, and then the second tray is to move in the first direction to the water supply position, wherein at the water supply position, the second tray is spaced from a portion of the first tray, and the first tray case includes a water overflow prevention wall configured to surround part of the first tray by being spaced apart from the first tray when the second tray is disposed at the water supply position, and wherein based on the second tray disposed at the water supply position, a portion of the second tray is disposed between the water overflow prevention wall and the first tray.
2 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein based on the second tray disposed at the water supply position, a lower part of the water overflow prevention wall is disposed higher than an upper part of the second tray.
3 . The refrigerator according to claim 2 , wherein the water overflow prevention wall includes an inclined surface that faces the first tray, wherein the inclined surface is inclined downward in a direction away from the first tray.
4 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the second tray case includes a chamber wall configured to define a water accommodation chamber to accommodate water overflowing from the ice-making cell, and the water accommodation chamber is vertically aligned with the water overflow prevention wall when the second tray is disposed at the water supply position.
5 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the first tray includes:
an opening configured to communicate with the ice-making cell;
a storage compartment wall to extend upward from the opening; and
a blocking wall disposed at an upper part of the storage compartment wall.
6 . The refrigerator according to claim 5 , comprising a pusher having a pushing bar configured to pass through the opening so as to separate the ice from the first tray, wherein the blocking wall includes a through-hole through which the pushing bar is to pass.
7 . The refrigerator according to claim 6 , wherein the blocking wall is made of a deformable material, and a diameter of the through-hole is less than a diameter of the pushing bar, or the blocking wall includes a plurality of slits to extend in a radial direction from the through-hole.
8 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the tray case includes a plate coupled to or in contact with the first tray, and the water overflow prevention wall extends from the plate.
9 . A refrigerator, comprising:
a cabinet having a storage compartment;
a door configured to open and close the storage compartment; and
an ice maker disposed in the storage compartment or at the door to provide ice, wherein the ice maker comprises:
a first tray configured to define a first portion of an ice-making cell;
a second tray configured to define a second portion of the ice-making cell, and a portion of the second tray is configured to surround part of the first tray; and
a tray case configured to support the second tray, wherein the tray case includes a chamber wall configured to define a water accommodation chamber to accommodate water overflowing from the ice-making cell through a gap between the first tray and the second tray.
10 . The refrigerator according to claim 9 , wherein the tray case includes a cover wall configured to surround part of the second tray, and the cover wall is configured to define the water accommodation chamber along with the chamber wall.
11 . The refrigerator according to claim 10 , wherein the cover wall includes:
a first cover wall; and
a second cover wall disposed closer to a rotation center of the second tray than the first cover wall, wherein the chamber wall is connected to the first cover wall.
12 . The refrigerator according to claim 11 , wherein the chamber wall includes:
a first chamber wall spaced away from the first cover wall; and
second and third chamber walls configured to extend from both ends of the first chamber wall in a direction crossing the first chamber wall and connected to the first cover wall.
13 . The refrigerator according to claim 12 , wherein a portion of the first cover wall is rounded in a horizontal direction, and the chamber wall has a height greater than a minimum distance between the first cover wall and the first chamber wall.
14 . The refrigerator according to claim 11 , wherein a height of the first cover wall is greater than a height of the chamber wall.
15 . The refrigerator according to claim 11 , wherein the first cover wall includes:
a vertical surface; and
an inclined surface that is inclined from an upper part of the vertical surface, wherein the inclined surface is inclined upward in a direction away from the first cover wall.
16 . The refrigerator according to claim 10 , comprising an additional tray case configured to support the first tray, wherein the additional tray case includes a barrier configured to cover part of the first tray by being spaced apart from an outside of the first tray, and an upper part of the cover wall is disposed between the barrier and the second tray when the second tray is at a water supply position.
17 . A refrigerator, comprising:
a door configured to open and close a storage compartment; and
an ice maker to provide ice, wherein the ice maker comprises:
a tray configured to define a portion of an ice-making cell; and
a tray case that includes a plate coupled to or in contact with the tray and a water overflow prevention wall that extends from the plate and configured to surround a part of the tray by being spaced apart from the tray.
18 . The refrigerator of claim 17 , wherein the tray includes a first tray configured to define a first portion of an ice-making cell, and a second tray configured to define a second portion of the ice-making cell, and wherein the water overflow prevention wall is configured to surround a part of the first tray.
19 . The refrigerator of claim 18 , wherein the tray case includes an opening through which the first tray passes, and the water overflow prevention wall is spaced apart from the plate opening.