Ice making device and refrigerator having the same
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1. An ice making device comprising:
- an ice making tray having ice making grooves opened at upper sides thereof to receive water and a cool air flow channel disposed below the ice making grooves and along which cool air flows.
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An ice making device and a refrigerator having the ice making device include an ice making tray having ice making grooves opened at upper sides thereof to receive water and a cool air flow channel disposed below the ice making grooves and along which cool air flows. Cool air is uniformly supplied from one side to the other side of the ice making tray along the cool air flow channel, and therefore, the ice making process is completed in a reduced time.
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1. An ice making device comprising:
an ice making tray having ice making grooves opened at upper sides thereof to receive water and a cool air flow channel disposed below the ice making grooves and along which cool air flows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A refrigerator comprising a refrigerator body having a freezing compartment defined therein, an evaporator mounted at a rear part of the freezing compartment, a guide duct mounted in front of the evaporator to disperse and supply cool air to upper and lower parts of the freezing compartment, and an ice making device including an ice making tray to receive water to be frozen, wherein
the ice making tray has ice making grooves opened at the upper sides thereof to receive water and a cool air flow channel disposed below the ice making grooves and along which cool air flows.
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20. A refrigerator comprising a refrigerator body having a freezing compartment defined therein, an evaporator mounted at a rear part of the freezing compartment, a guide duct mounted in front of the evaporator to disperse and supply cool air to upper and lower parts of the freezing compartment, and an ice making device including an ice making tray to receive water to be used to make ice, wherein
the ice making device further includes an upper discharge port, through which cool air guided along the a duct is discharged to an upper part of the ice making tray, a lower discharge port, through which cool air guided along the guide duct is discharged to a lower part of the ice making tray, and a damping unit mounted in the guide duct to selectively restrict a supply of the cool air to the upper discharge port.
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