ICE GENERATOR AND REFRIGERATOR WITH ICE GENERATOR Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC F25C1/22 

FIELD: heating.

SUBSTANCE: refrigerator includes ice mould where ice cubes are formed, pusher for ice cube unloading from the ice mould, tank for storage of ice cubes unloaded by the pusher, auger for ice cube transportation from ice tank, first drive unit for rotation force transmission to the pusher, second drive unit for rotation force transmission to the auger, emitter generating optical signal of maximum ice cube level in the ice tank, and receiver for optical signals from the emitter. Either emitter or receiver is mounted on the first drive unit while the other is mounted on the second drive unit.

EFFECT: reliable operation of ice generator, simplified design.

15 cl, 10 dwg