Ice making apparatus and refrigerator having the same
First Claim
1. An ice making apparatus comprising an ice making tray to freeze water filled therein to make ice, and a cold air guiding device to guide cold air to a lower surface of the ice making tray, whereinthe cold air guiding device comprises:
- a cold air guiding plate installed below the ice making tray to be spaced apart from the lower surface of the ice making tray; and
a plurality of protrusions provided at an upper surface of the cold air guiding plate to guide the cold air flowing along the upper surface of the cold air guiding plate in a direction toward the lower surface of the ice making tray.
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Abstract
An ice making apparatus capable of reducing an ice making time be rapid cooling of an ice making tray thereof while guaranteeing the making of transparent ice and a refrigerating having the ice making apparatus. The ice making apparatus includes the ice making tray to freeze water filled therein so as to make ice, and a cold air guiding device to guide cold air to a lower surface of the ice making tray. The cold air guiding device includes a cold air guiding plate installed below the ice making tray to be spaced apart from the lower surface of the ice making tray, and a plurality of protrusions provided at an upper surface of the cold air guiding plate to guide the cold air flowing along the upper surface of the cold air guiding plate in a direction toward the lower surface of the ice making tray.
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1. An ice making apparatus comprising an ice making tray to freeze water filled therein to make ice, and a cold air guiding device to guide cold air to a lower surface of the ice making tray, wherein
the cold air guiding device comprises: -
a cold air guiding plate installed below the ice making tray to be spaced apart from the lower surface of the ice making tray; and a plurality of protrusions provided at an upper surface of the cold air guiding plate to guide the cold air flowing along the upper surface of the cold air guiding plate in a direction toward the lower surface of the ice making tray. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A refrigerator comprising:
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a body having at least one storage compartment; and an ice making apparatus mounted in a partitioned space within the storage compartment, wherein the ice making apparatus comprises an ice making tray to freeze water filled therein to make ice and a cold air guiding device to guide cold air to a lower surface of the ice making tray, and the cold air guiding device comprises; a cold air guiding plate installed below the ice making tray to be spaced apart from the lower surface of the ice making tray; and a plurality of protrusions provided at an upper surface of the cold air guiding plate and adapted to guide the cold air flowing along the upper surface of the cold air guiding plate in a direction toward the lower surface of the ice making tray. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An ice making apparatus comprising:
- an ice making tray to freeze water filled therein to make ice, and a cold air guiding device having a cold air flow path to guide cold air to a lower surface of the ice making tray, wherein
the cold air flow path of the cold air guiding device has a cross sectional area decreasing from the upstream to the downstream. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- an ice making tray to freeze water filled therein to make ice, and a cold air guiding device having a cold air flow path to guide cold air to a lower surface of the ice making tray, wherein
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