IP Library Granted Patent US 11,506,439
Granted Patent B2
US 11,506,439 · App. 17/003,811 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

System and method for controlling ice-making and ice-separating of ice maker

Inventor: Doo Ha Kim (Incheon, KR)
Assignee: BLUENIX CO., LTD
F25C5/20F25C2600/02F25C2600/04F25C2700/14
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Patent No.
US 11,506,439
App. No.
17/003,811
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for controlling ice-making and ice-separating of an ice maker is proposed. In the ice maker that is configured to change an ice-separating time so that ice is cleanly separated in accordance with a changed required icing when the required icing time is changed, the system and method count a consumed ice-making time when ice-making is performed, set a target ice-separating time longer than a predetermined reference ice-separating time when the consumed ice-making time is out of a reference time range, and control the ice maker to perform ice-separating for the set target ice-separating time by means of the controller.

Claims (12)

1. A system for controlling ice-making and ice-separating of an ice maker, the system comprising:

an ice-making time counter counting a consumed ice-making time when ice-making is performed;

an ice-separating time setter setting a target ice-separating time longer than a predetermined reference ice-separating time when the consumed ice-making time is out of a reference time range; and

an operation controller controlling the ice maker to perform ice-separating for the set target ice-separating time.

2. A system for controlling ice-making and ice-separating of an ice maker, the system comprising:

an ice-making time counter counting a consumed ice-making time when ice-making is performed;

an ice-separating time setter setting a target ice-separating time as a first ice-separating time that is longer than a predetermined reference ice-separating time when the consumed ice-making time is less than a minimum reference time; and

an operation controller controlling the ice maker to perform ice-separating for the set target ice-separating time.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the ice-separating time setter sets the target ice-separating time as a second ice-separating time that is longer than the predetermined reference ice-separating time when the consumed ice-making time is a maximum reference time or more.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the first ice-separating time and the second ice-separating time are the same.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein when a case in which the consumed ice-making time is the maximum reference time or more occurs continuously two or more times, a malfunction signal of the ice maker is output.

6. The system of claim 2 , wherein when the consumed ice-making time is in the reference time range, the target ice-separating time is set as the reference ice-separating time.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 13, 2021
From: DAEYEONG E&B CO., LTD.
To: BLUENIX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058961/0400 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2020
From: KIM, DOO HA
To: DAEYEONG E&B CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053648/0681 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0042892 · Apr 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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