Background technology
The ice mode of getting of automatic ice maker mainly contains following several at present:
One, upset distortion mode: an end of ice box connects motor, and the other end is linked on the ice machine support, and has a torsion spring, and when reversing ice tray, ice tray torsional deformation under the effect of torsion spring is deviate from ice cube.
Two, mode of heating: refrigerant line is fixed on the metal ice box back side, and in addition, heater strip is also posted at the ice box back side, make ice cube after, heater strip energising makes ice cube break away from ice box, ice cube is poured out in ice box upset then;
Three, commercial ice machine: refrigerant line is around the ice box back side, and this section of ice-making process pipeline absorbs heat; The ice box oral area is downward, and water upwards sprays from the water storage case of ice box below, and refrigeration system reverses after the ice making, the pipeline distribute heat at the ice box back side, and the ice cube part is dissolved and is come off.
In above-mentioned several mode, first kind of mode needs bigger power and windup-degree that ice cube is come off owing to need the distortion ice box.First and second dual modes all need ice box upset, make the ice machine increasing that takes up room; The third mode complex structure, energy consumption is higher, and the water that upwards sprays can produce bigger noise.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is intended to one of solve the problems of the technologies described above at least.
For this reason, one object of the present invention be to propose a kind of have simple in structure, little ice machine takes up room.
Another object of the present invention is to propose a kind of refrigerator with this ice machine.
Ice machine according to the embodiment of the invention, comprise: ice-making disc, described ice-making disc comprises ice-making disc main body and bottom, described ice-making disc main body top and bottom are opening, described bottom is connected the lower ending opening of described ice-making disc main body pivotly and sentences the opening that opens and closes described ice-making disc main body lower end, is limited with a plurality of ice boxes in the described ice-making disc main body; And driven unit, described driven unit comprises driver part and the parts that deice that link to each other with described driver part, the described parts that deice are rotatable between primary importance and the second place under the driving of described driver part, wherein, when described deice parts when being positioned at described primary importance the described parts that deice leave described ice box, and described bottom is closed the lower ending opening of described ice-making disc main body, when described parts that deice when being positioned at the described second place, the described parts that deice stretch to described ice box in order to compress ice cube in the described ice box to deice.
Ice machine according to the embodiment of the invention, its replace traditional reverse mode that ice-making disc deices and by bottom with deice parts cooperate realize deicing, not only can make structure more simple, compact, and further dwindled shared space, be conducive to improve refrigeration space utilization rate, cut down the consumption of energy.
In addition, ice machine according to the above embodiment of the present invention can also have following additional technical characterictic:
According to some embodiments of the present invention, be connected by torsion spring between described bottom and the described ice-making disc main body.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, described a plurality of ice boxes are along being arranged in left column ice box and the right row ice box of right row on the length direction of described ice-making disc main body.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, described deice parts comprise intermeshing first gear and second gear and link to each other with described first gear first deice bar with link to each other with described second gear second deice bar, thereby described first gear and second gear make described first to deice bar and second and deice bar and stretching to respectively between described left column ice box and right row ice box and the position away from described left column ice box and right row ice box and rotate can rotating under the driving of described driver part.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the described ice box of every row is along being arranged in multirow on the width of described ice-making disc main body, and described first deices bar and second deices rod and become multiple tooth pectination, and each described tooth is corresponding to an ice box.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, described a plurality of ice boxes are the wide chamfered edge taper in narrow lower end, upper end.
Refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention comprises: casing is limited with chamber between refrigeration in the described casing; Indoor being provided with according to the described ice machine of the above embodiment of the present invention between wherein said refrigeration.
Refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention comprises: casing is limited with chamber between refrigeration in the described casing; Door body, described door body are connected on the described casing pivotly to be used for opening and closing chamber between described refrigeration, wherein, are limited with the ice making room chamber in described door body, and described ice making room is indoor to be provided with according to the described ice machine of the above embodiment of the present invention.
Additional aspect of the present invention and advantage part in the following description provide, and part will become obviously from the following description, or recognize by practice of the present invention.
The specific embodiment
Describe embodiments of the invention below in detail, the example of described embodiment is shown in the drawings, and wherein identical or similar label is represented identical or similar elements or the element with identical or similar functions from start to finish.Be exemplary below by the embodiment that is described with reference to the drawings, only be used for explaining the present invention, and can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.
In description of the invention, it will be appreciated that, term " " center "; " vertically "; " laterally "; " on "; D score; " preceding ", " back ", " left side ", " right side ", " vertically ", " level ", " top ", " end " " interior ", close the orientation of indications such as " outward " or position is based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relation, only be that the present invention for convenience of description and simplification are described, rather than device or the element of indication or hint indication must have specific orientation, with specific orientation structure and operation, therefore can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.In addition, term " first ", " second " only are used for describing purpose, and can not be interpreted as indication or hint relative importance.
In description of the invention, need to prove that unless clear and definite regulation and restriction are arranged in addition, term " installation ", " linking to each other ", " connection " should be done broad understanding, for example, can be fixedly connected, also can be to removably connect, or connect integratedly; Can be mechanical connection, also can be to be electrically connected; Can be directly to link to each other, also can link to each other indirectly by intermediary, can be the connection of two element internals.For the ordinary skill in the art, can concrete condition understand above-mentioned term concrete implication in the present invention.
Below with reference to the ice machine 200 of accompanying drawing detailed description according to the embodiment of the invention.
Shown in Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b, comprise ice-making disc 210 and driven unit according to the ice machine 200 of the embodiment of the invention.
Particularly, ice-making disc 210 comprises ice-making disc main body 211 and bottom 212.Ice-making disc main body 211 top and bottom are opening.Bottom 212 is connected the lower ending opening of ice-making disc main body 211 pivotly and sentences the opening that opens and closes ice-making disc main body 211 lower ends.Be limited with a plurality of ice boxes 2111 in the ice-making disc main body 211.
Described driven unit comprises that driver part is (not shown, motor for example) with link to each other with described driver part deice parts 220, deice parts 220 rotatable between primary importance (being common state) and the second place (namely deicing state) under the driving of driver part.Wherein, deice parts 220 when parts 220 are positioned at described primary importance and leave ice box 2111 when deicing, and bottom 212 is closed the lower ending opening of ice-making disc main body 211; When deicing parts 220 when being positioned at the described second place, deice parts 220 and stretch to ice box 2111 in order to compress ice cube in the ice box 2111 to deice.
Below with reference to Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b operation principle according to the ice machine 200 of the embodiment of the invention is described.
At first, inject a spot of water by system's control in ice box 2111, this part water can freeze rapidly and the gap between bottom 212 and the ice-making disc main body 211 be sealed.After this, in ice box 2111, inject an amount of water by system's control again, with ice making.As shown in Figure 1a, under this common state (being the ice making state), bottom 212 closes at the bottom of ice-making disc main body 211, deices the top that parts 220 then rest on ice-making disc 210.
After waiting to finish ice making, in the time of need getting ice, deice by described driven unit.Get ice during signal when system provides, described driver part is started working, and drives to deice parts 220 and stretch to ice box 2111 in order to compress ice cube in the ice box 2111.Shown in Fig. 1 b, ice cube supports bottom 212 and opens and ice cube is fallen (for example can arrange below ice-making disc 210 in order to accept the ice bank of the ice cube that falls from ice box 2111 under the effect that deices parts 220, this for the person of ordinary skill of the art, be understandable, do not repeat them here), thus can realize deicing.After getting the ice end, system sends signal, thereby the drive of described driver part deices parts 220 reverse movements with away from ice box 2111, makes bottom 212 close at the opening part of the lower end of ice-making disc main body 211 again.
Ice machine 200 according to the embodiment of the invention, its replace traditional reverse mode that ice-making disc deices and by bottom with deice parts cooperate realize deicing, not only can make structure more simple, compact, and further dwindled shared space, be conducive to improve refrigeration space utilization rate, cut down the consumption of energy.
In some embodiments of the invention, be connected by torsion spring 213 between bottom 212 and the ice-making disc main body 211.Thus, can namely realize the opening and closing of bottom 212 by simple structure, and this structure makes bottom 212 can return to closed condition automatically under the effect of the elastic restoring force of torsion spring 213 after deicing.
In some embodiments of the invention, a plurality of ice boxes 2111 are along being arranged in left column ice box (corresponding to the left side ice box among Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b) and right row ice box (corresponding to the right side ice box among Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b) on the length direction of ice-making disc main body 211.
Accordingly, deice parts 220 comprise the intermeshing first gear 2201a and the second gear 2201b and link to each other with the first gear 2202a first deice bar 2202a with link to each other with the second gear 2201b second deice bar 2202b.Thereby the first gear 2201a and the second gear 2201b make first to deice bar 2202a and second and deice bar 2202b and stretching to respectively between described left column and right row ice box and the position away from described left column and right row ice box and rotate can rotating under the driving of driver part.Be understandable that, drive rotation with another gear of its engagement thereby any the power transmission shaft among driver part and the first gear 2201a and the second gear 2201b links to each other to drive its rotation.Deice when thus, can namely realize the multiple row ice box by simple structure.
Further, the described ice box of every row is along being arranged in multirow on the width (being the left and right directions of Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b) of ice-making disc main body 211, first deices bar 2202a and second deices bar 2202b and forms multiple tooth pectination, and each described tooth is corresponding to an ice box.Thus, can realize that a plurality of ice boxes are evenly stressed and deice simultaneously.
In addition, be easier to come off in order to make ice cube, a plurality of ice boxes 2111 can be designed as the upper end wide chamfered edge taper in narrow lower end.
Refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention is described below.
Refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention comprises: the casing (not shown) is limited with chamber (not shown) between refrigeration in the described casing.Indoor being provided with according to the described ice machine 200 of the above embodiment of the present invention between wherein said refrigeration.
In addition, can also be as follows according to the refrigerator of the embodiment of the invention, namely comprise: the casing (not shown) is limited with chamber between refrigeration in the described casing; Door body (not shown), described door body are connected on the described casing pivotly to be used for opening and closing chamber between described refrigeration.Wherein, be limited with the ice making room chamber in described door body, described ice making room is indoor to be provided with according to the described ice machine 200 of the above embodiment of the present invention.
According to the refrigerator of the embodiment of the invention, owing to adopted according to ice machine 200 of the present invention, therefore can make the refrigeration space utilization rate of refrigerator higher, energy consumption is lower.
In the description of this specification, concrete feature, structure, material or characteristics that the description of reference term " embodiment ", " some embodiment ", " example ", " concrete example " or " some examples " etc. means in conjunction with this embodiment or example description are contained at least one embodiment of the present invention or the example.In this manual, the schematic statement to above-mentioned term not necessarily refers to identical embodiment or example.And concrete feature, structure, material or the characteristics of description can be with the suitable manner combination in any one or more embodiment or example.
Although illustrated and described embodiments of the invention, those having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: can carry out multiple variation, modification, replacement and modification to these embodiment under the situation that does not break away from principle of the present invention and aim, scope of the present invention is limited by claim and equivalent thereof.