PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact automated ice-making machine of high efficiency, capable of making ice of high transparency.;SOLUTION: This automated ice-making machine 100 installed in a refrigerating compartment of a refrigerator, comprises a container 1 for receiving the water, a stirring means 2 for stirring the water 201 received in the container 1, a contact member 3 disposed in such manner that it can be kept into contact with a surface of the water 201 received in the container 1, and a cooling means 5 for cooling the contact member 3. The contact member 3 is provided with an ice-making portion 4 as a part where the water 201 in the container 1 freezes.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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