US20080163630A1 - Refrigerator and control method thereof - Google Patents

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US20080163630A1
US20080163630A1 US11/878,600 US87860007A US2008163630A1 US 20080163630 A1 US20080163630 A1 US 20080163630A1 US 87860007 A US87860007 A US 87860007A US 2008163630 A1 US2008163630 A1 US 2008163630A1
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Kyung-tae Ko
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/12—Arrangements of compartments additional to cooling compartments; Combinations of refrigerators with other equipment, e.g. stove
    • F25D23/126—Water cooler
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D29/00—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00—Producing ice
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2400/00—Auxiliary features or devices for producing, working or handling ice
    • F25C2400/10—Refrigerator units
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2600/00—Control issues
    • F25C2600/04—Control means

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  • the present invention relates to a refrigerator and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to controlling a discharge order of water and ice according to handling of a water supplying switch and an ice supplying switch of a dispenser.
  • a refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment partitioned to preserve various foods in an optimum state for a long period of time.
  • Foods such as vegetables, fruits, etc. which should be preserved above the freezing point are stored in the refrigerating compartment, and foods such as fish, meat, etc. which should be preserved below the freezing point are stored in the freezing compartment.
  • the refrigerator includes a main body formed with a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment with a middle partition interposed therebetween, and a refrigerating compartment door and a freezing compartment door respectively coupled to front left and right parts of the main body to rotatably open and close front openings of the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment.
  • a dispenser is provided at a front surface of the freezing compartment door to supply water and ice from a water storing tank typically provided in the refrigerating compartment and an ice making tray typically provided in the freezing compartment to the outside.
  • the dispenser is provided with a water supplying switch and an ice supplying switch selectively supplying water and ice.
  • the water supplying switch operates a water supplying valve regulating flow of water supplied to the dispenser.
  • the ice supplying switch operates an ice supplying valve regulating flow of ice supplied to the dispenser.
  • a water supplying switch and an ice supplying switch provided to the dispenser are likely to be handled together due to a limited space of the dispenser, thereby causing an operation which is not wanted by a user.
  • the ice supplying switch and the water supplying switch are operated together, or the water supplying switch may be operated while the ice supplying switch is handled. Accordingly, ice and water are discharged together through the dispenser.
  • the water supplying switch and the ice supplying switch are simultaneously operated, or the ice supplying switch may be operated while the water supplying switch is handled. Accordingly, ice and water are discharged together through the dispenser.
  • the ice supplying switch and the water supplying switch are operated together or then ice and water can be discharged together, thereby reducing a life span of a driving component of the dispenser, and causing inconvenience to the user.
  • a control method of a refrigerator which includes a dispenser through which water and ice are discharged, a water supplying valve and an ice supplying valve which respectively regulate the water and the ice which are supplied to the dispenser, and a water supplying switch and an ice supplying switch which selectively supply the water and the ice to the dispenser, including determining which switch of the water supplying switch and the ice supplying switch is handled first; and opening the water supplying valve to supply the water to the dispenser if the ice supplying switch is handled while the water supplying switch is under operation.
  • the control method of the refrigerator includes opening the ice supplying valve to supply the ice to the dispenser if the water supplying switch is handled while the ice supplying switch is under operation.
  • the control method of the refrigerator includes opening the ice supplying valve to supply the ice to the dispenser if the water supplying switch and the ice supplying switch are handled together.
  • the control method of the refrigerator includes opening the water supplying valve to supply the water to the dispenser if the water supplying switch and the ice supplying switch are handled within a certain time interval.
  • the control method of the refrigerator includes opening the water supplying valve and the ice supplying valve to supply the water and the ice together to the dispenser if the water supplying switch and the ice supplying switch are handled together.
  • a control method of a refrigerator which includes a dispenser through which water and ice are discharged, a water supplying valve and an ice supplying valve which respectively regulate the water and the ice which are supplied to the dispenser, and a water supplying switch and an ice supplying switch which selectively supply the water and the ice to the dispenser, including determining which switch of the water supplying switch and the ice supplying switch is handled first; and opening the ice supplying valve to supply the ice to the dispenser if the water supplying switch is handled while the ice supplying switch is under operation.
  • a refrigerator including a dispenser through which water and ice are discharged; a water supplying valve and an ice supplying valve which respectively control the water and the ice which are supplied to the dispenser; a water supplying switch and an ice supplying switch which selectively supply the water and the ice to the dispenser; and a control part which transmits a signal to the water supplying valve to open the water supplying valve to supply the water to the dispenser if the ice supplying switch is handled while the water supplying switch is under operation.
  • control part transmits a signal to the ice supplying valve to open the ice supplying valve to supply the ice to the dispenser if the water supplying switch is handled while the ice supplying switch is under operation.
  • control part transmits a signal to the ice supplying valve to open the ice supplying valve to supply the ice to the dispenser if the water supplying switch and the ice supplying switch are handled together.
  • control part transmits a signal to the water supplying valve to open the water supplying valve to supply the water to the dispenser if the water supplying switch and the ice supplying switch are handled together.
  • control part transmits a signal to the water supplying valve and the ice supplying valve to open the water supplying valve and the ice supplying valve to supply the water and the ice together to the dispenser if the water supplying switch and the ice supplying switch are handled together.
  • a refrigerator including: a dispenser through which water and ice are discharged; a water supplying valve and an ice supplying valve which respectively control the water and the ice which are supplied to the dispenser; a water supplying switch and an ice supplying switch which selectively supply the water and the ice to the dispenser; and a control part which transmits a signal to the ice supplying valve to open the ice supplying valve to supply the ice to the dispenser if the water supplying switch is handled while the ice supplying switch is under operation.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view illustrating a refrigerator according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a part of which is opened;
  • FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the refrigerator according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a control flowchart of the refrigerator according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • a refrigerator of a side-by-side type will be described.
  • the present invention may be also applied to a refrigerator of other types.
  • a refrigerator according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a refrigerating compartment 13 and a freezing compartment 15 , a refrigerating compartment door 17 and a freezing compartment door 19 , an ice storing part 31 provided to the freezing compartment 15 , and a dispenser 41 .
  • the refrigerating compartment 13 and the freezing compartment 15 are oppositely partitioned by a middle partition formed to a main body 11 .
  • the refrigerating compartment door 17 and the freezing compartment door 19 are respectively provided at front openings of the refrigerating compartment 13 and the freezing compartment 15 to open and close the front openings, and door guards 21 are disposed from up to down in inner sides of the respective doors 17 and 19 to accommodate bottles, etc.
  • a plurality of shelves 23 are disposed up and down in an upper part of the refrigerating compartment 13 to partition the refrigerating compartment 13
  • a plurality of accommodating drawers 25 are provided in a lower part of the refrigerating compartment 13 .
  • the ice storing part 31 is provided in an upper part of the freezing compartment 15 to store ice made in an ice making compartment (not shown) receiving water from an exterior water supplying source and making the ice.
  • a water storing tank (not shown) is provided in the refrigerating compartment 13 to store water supplied from an exterior water supplying source.
  • the dispenser 41 is provided to the freezing compartment door 19 for receiving ice from the ice storing part 31 and water of the water storing tank in the outside.
  • the dispenser 41 includes an operation panel 43 for selecting ice type and inputting a refrigerating control order, etc., a water supplying switch 45 of a lever type for water discharge, and an ice supplying switch 47 of a lever type for ice discharge.
  • the water supplying switch 45 operates a water supplying valve 51 regulating flow of water supplied from the water storing tank to the dispenser 41 .
  • the ice supplying switch 47 operates an ice supplying valve 55 regulating flow of ice supplied from the ice storing part 31 to the dispenser 41 .
  • the refrigerator according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a control part 61 transmitting an operating signal to the water supplying valve 51 to open the water supplying valve 51 to supply water to the dispenser 41 if the ice supplying switch 47 is handled while the water supplying switch 45 is under operation.
  • the control part 61 transmits the operating signal to the ice supplying valve 55 to open the ice supplying valve 55 to supply ice to the dispenser 41 .
  • the control part 61 transmits the operating signal to the ice supplying valve 55 to open the ice supplying valve 55 to supply ice to the dispenser 41 .
  • the control part 61 transmits the operating signal to the water supplying valve 51 to open the water supplying valve 51 to supply water to the dispenser 41 .
  • the control part 61 determines whether the ice supplying switch 47 is in the process of being handled or not (S 10 ).
  • the control part 61 determines whether the water supplying switch 45 is in the process of being handled or not (S 20 ). If the control part 61 determines that the water supplying switch 45 is in the process of being handled, the control part 61 transmits an operating signal to the water supplying valve 51 to open the water supplying valve 51 . Accordingly, the water supplying valve 51 is opened (S 30 ), and water is discharged to the outside through the dispenser 41 . At the same time, the ice supplying valve 55 is closed, and ice is not discharged to the outside through the dispenser 41 . If the control part 61 determines that the water supplying switch 45 is not in the process of being handled, the control part 61 maintains closed states of the water supplying valve 51 and the ice supplying valve 55 (S 40 and S 50 ).
  • control part 61 determines whether the water supplying switch 45 is in the process of being handled or not (S 60 ). If the control part 61 determines that the water supplying switch 45 is not in the process of being handled, the control part 61 maintains the closed state of the water supplying valve 51 (S 40 ).
  • control part 61 determines whether the ice supplying switch 47 and the water supplying switch 45 are simultaneously handled or not (S 70 ).
  • control part 61 determines that the ice supplying switch 47 and the water supplying switch 45 are handled together, the control part 61 transmits an operating signal to the ice supplying valve 55 to open the ice supplying valve 55 . Accordingly, the ice supplying valve 55 is opened (S 80 ), and ice is discharged to the outside through the dispenser 41 . At this time, the water supplying valve 51 is closed, and water is not discharged to the outside through the dispenser 41 .
  • control part 61 determines whether or not the water supplying switch 45 is handled after the ice supplying switch 47 is handled (S 90 ).
  • control part 61 determines that the water supplying switch 45 is handled while the ice supplying switch 47 is under operation after the ice supplying switch 47 is handled, the control part 61 transmits an operating signal to the ice supplying valve 55 to open the ice supplying valve 55 . Accordingly, the ice supplying valve 55 is opened (S 80 ), and ice is discharged to the outside through the dispenser 41 . At this time, the water supplying valve 51 is closed, and water is not discharged to the outside through the dispenser 41 .
  • control part 61 determines that the ice supplying switch 47 is handled while the water supplying switch 45 is under operation after the water supplying switch 45 is handled, the control part 61 transmits an operating signal to the water supplying valve 51 to open the water supplying valve 51 . Accordingly, the water supplying valve 51 is opened (S 30 ), and water is discharged to the outside through the dispenser 41 . At this time, the ice supplying valve 55 is closed, and ice is not discharged to the outside through the dispenser 41 .
  • the refrigerator according to the present invention provides a priority order to discharge ice and water through the dispenser, thereby extending a life span of a driving component of the dispenser, and improving convenience of a user.
  • ice supplying switch and the water supplying switch are handled together, only ice is discharged through the dispenser by means of control of the control part.
  • ice supplying switch and the water supplying switch are handled together, only water may be discharged through the dispenser by means of control of the control part, or ice and water may be discharged together through the dispenser by means of control of the control part.
  • the present invention provides a refrigerator and a control method thereof providing a priority order to discharge ice and water through a dispenser if an ice supplying switch and a water supplying switch are handled together or with a time interval, thereby extending a life span of a driving component of the dispenser, and improving convenience of a user.

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