CN101490488B - Ice making apparatus and refregerator comprising the same - Google Patents

Ice making apparatus and refregerator comprising the same Download PDF

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CN101490488B
CN101490488B CN2007800273882A CN200780027388A CN101490488B CN 101490488 B CN101490488 B CN 101490488B CN 2007800273882 A CN2007800273882 A CN 2007800273882A CN 200780027388 A CN200780027388 A CN 200780027388A CN 101490488 B CN101490488 B CN 101490488B
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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
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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
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    • F25C5/04—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice without the use of saws
    • F25C5/06—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice without the use of saws by deforming bodies with which the ice is in contact, e.g. using inflatable members
    • 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
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    • F25C5/00—Working or handling 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
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    • F25C5/00—Working or handling ice
    • F25C5/02—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting 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
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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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
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    • F25D23/04—Doors; Covers with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners
    • 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
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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
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
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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
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
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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
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Abstract

Provided are an ice maker and a refrigerator including the same. An ice maker is mounted on a rear side of a door. Flooding of water stored in an ice tray is prevented by a tray cover. Also, an ice bank storing ice made from the ice maker is taken in and out through a home bar provided to the door. Therefore, reduction in the storage capacity of the refrigerator is minimized, and simultaneously, the ice can be easily taken out.

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Ice maker and comprise the refrigerator of this ice maker
Technical field.
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator, and relate more particularly to a kind of being arranged in the refrigerator in order to the ice maker of ice making and refrigerator with this ice maker.
Background technology
The refrigerator of introducing to the market in the recent period is provided with the ice maker that is used for ice making.Said ice maker is a kind of device that is used for automatic or manual ice making.As the instance of ice maker, exist a kind of like this ice maker, it comprises: a plurality of cubes (ice cube) are used for ice making; And ice pan, this ice pan can be reversed, in order to from said cubes, to separate prepared ice.The ice that is made by said ice maker is stored in the ice bank.
Yet, exist following limitation according to the ice maker of above-mentioned correlation technique.
At first, the ice maker of above-mentioned correlation technique is installed in the storage area of refrigerator usually.Therefore, owing to ice maker has taken certain volume the storage volume of refrigerator is significantly reduced.
And as indicated above, the ice maker in above-mentioned correlation technique comprises under the situation of ice pan, exists such possibility: the water that is stored in the cubes is being flowed out to the outside by the impact because of external force before freezing.For example, because the impact that in the process of opening/closing refrigerator doors, is produced can make the water that is stored in the said cubes spill into outside (being in the storage area of refrigerator).
In addition, need open the storage area and be stored in the ice in the ice bank through opening refrigerator doors with use.Therefore, the use of the inconvenient ice cube of possibility.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem
The refrigerator that embodiments of the invention provide a kind of ice pan and comprised this ice pan, this ice pan are configured to make the reduction of refrigerator storage capacity to minimize.
The refrigerator that embodiments of the invention also provide a kind of ice pan and comprised this ice pan, this ice pan is configured to: in the process of opening/closing refrigerator doors, make the water that is used for ice making spill into outside phenomenon and be reduced to bottom line.
Technical scheme
In one embodiment, propose a kind of ice maker, comprising: ice pan, it is rotatably installed on the dorsal part of refrigerator doors, and comprises the cubes that is used for ice making; And disk cover, the rotation of itself and said ice pan is rotated synergistically, with the said cubes of opening/closing optionally.
In another embodiment, propose a kind of ice maker, comprising: support frame, it is installed on the dorsal part of refrigerator doors; Ice pan, it is pivotally mounted to said support frame, and stores the water that is used for ice making; And disk cover, it is installed as and can rotates and prevent that the water that is stored in the said ice pan from overflowing with respect to said ice pan, and wherein the rotation of disk cover and said ice pan is rotated synergistically, with the said cubes of opening/closing optionally.
In another embodiment, propose a kind of refrigerator, comprising: main body, it comprises the storage area; Door, it is used for the optionally said storage area of opening/closing; And according to each described ice maker in the claim 1 to 17, said ice maker is installed on the dorsal part of said door.
Beneficial effect
According to the present invention, the reduction of refrigerator storage capacity is minimized, and prevent that simultaneously the water that is used for ice making from spilling into the outside, and can easily put into and take out ice.
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Fig. 1 is the stereogram that the refrigerator outward appearance is shown, and said refrigerator comprises the ice maker according to an embodiment.
Fig. 2 is the stereogram that the inside of the refrigerator that comprises an embodiment is shown.
Fig. 3 is the stereogram that an embodiment is shown.
Fig. 4 illustrates according to the ice pan of an embodiment and the stereogram of disk cover.
Fig. 5 to Fig. 8 is used to explain the vertical cross-sectional according to the operating process of an embodiment.
Fig. 9 illustrates according to the ice pan of the formation ice maker of another embodiment and the stereogram of disk cover;
The specific embodiment
Now will be with reference to accompanying drawing, describe ice maker of the present invention in detail according to the embodiment of ice maker of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is the stereogram that the refrigerator outward appearance is shown, and said refrigerator comprises the ice maker according to an embodiment, and Fig. 2 is the stereogram that the inside of the refrigerator that comprises an embodiment is shown.
See figures.1.and.2, refrigerator comprises: main body 1, refrigerating chamber door 4 and refrigerating-chamber door 5.The set inside of main body 1 is useful on the storage area that stores food.Cut apart to form refrigerating chamber 2 and refrigerating chamber 3 about said storage area quilt.Refrigerating chamber door 4 and refrigerating-chamber door 5 difference are opening/closing refrigerating chamber 2 and refrigerating chamber 3 optionally.Refrigerating chamber door 4 is rotatably installed on main body 1 with refrigerating-chamber door 5.
Simultaneously, refrigerating chamber door 4 (hereinafter being called door) is provided with bar desk (home bar) 6.Bar desk 6 is designed for need not to open door 4 just can put into or take out food under with the situation of opening refrigerating chamber 2.Bar desk 6 comprises bar desk housing 8 and bar door 7.Bar desk housing 8 is arranged on the dorsal part of door 4.Between the inboard of the dorsal part of door 4 and bar desk housing 8, be formed for storing the storage area of food.And rotate around the lower end of the bar door 7 of door on 4 vertically the upper end of bar door 7, with opening/closing bar desk housing 8 optionally.
In addition, ice maker 10 is installed on the dorsal part of door 4.Ice maker 10 is designed for ice making, and will provide hereinafter the detailed description of this ice maker.
On the corresponding part ice bank 60 is being installed below the dorsal part of door 4 and the ice maker 10, ice bank 60 is installed as and can be placed into or takes out.Ice bank 60 stores the ice that is made by ice pan 30.Ice bank 60 can take off by the dorsal part from door 4 via bar desk 6.
Fig. 3 is the stereogram that an embodiment is shown, and Fig. 4 illustrates according to the ice pan of an embodiment and the stereogram of disk cover.
With reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, ice maker 10 comprises: support frame 20, and it is installed on the dorsal part of door 4; Ice pan 30, it is installed in rotation on the support frame 20; Disk cover 40 is used for optionally opening/closing ice pan 30; And control cabinet 50.
Support frame 20 forms the shape of rectangular frame.The upper surface of a long side of support frame 20 is provided with the installing component 21 on the dorsal part that is used to be installed to door 4.On the short side of support frame 20, be formed for rotating the supported hole 23 of ice pan 30.On a short side of support frame 20, hook sill (hooking threshold) (not shown) is set.Said hook sill flatly support ice pan 30, and the ice pan 30 that has rotated predetermined angular can be reversed.Because said hook sill belong to a kind of conspicuous structure that in relevant twist mode ice maker, adopts, therefore omitted its detailed description.
In addition, support frame 20 long side is provided with stopper protrusion 25.Stopper protrusion 25 allows disk cover 40 to rotate with respect to ice pan 30.For this purpose, the front end of stopper protrusion 25 is positioned to depart from the rotary motion trace of ice pan 30 but overlaps with the rotary motion trace of disk cover 40.Therefore, said stopper protrusion 25 is not disturbed the rotation of ice pan 30, but disturbs the rotation of disk cover 40.
Ice pan 30 forms the inboard corresponding rectangular shape with support frame 20.Ice pan 30 comprises a plurality of cubes 31 that are used to store the water of ice making.On two short sides of ice pan 30, be respectively equipped with rotating shaft 33.Each rotating shaft 33 is inserted in the supported hole 23 and by supported hole 23 and supports.
Disk cover 40 prevents that fully the water that is stored in the said cubes 31 from spilling into the outside.For this purpose, disk cover 40 is opening/closing ice pan 30 optionally, more specifically, and the said cubes 31 of opening/closing optionally.In one embodiment, disk cover 40 forms and the corresponding semi-cylindrical shaped of the rotary motion trace of ice pan 30.
On disk cover 40, be provided with water supply opening 41.Said water supply opening 41 is designed for the water that stores in the said cubes 31.Water supply opening 41 is to form through a part of cutting ice pan 40.At least a portion overlaid in the projection of water supply opening 41 and all cubes 31.
Being provided with in interior week of disk cover 40 is used for the contact rib that optionally contacts with the top edge of ice pan 30.Contact rib 43 protrudes from the two ends on the interior week of disk cover 40.The height of contact rib 43 protrusion can confirm the rotation that makes ice pan 30 not with contact rib 43 and takes place in the scope of interference.
Simultaneously, disk cover 40 is installed as with respect to ice pan 30 and rotates.For this purpose, disk cover 40 long side is connected on the long side of ice pan 30 through runner assembly 45 (with reference to Fig. 5) rotationally.Here, the long side through runner assembly 45 ice pans 30 connected to one another and disk cover 40 is the ice pan 30 that separates with stopper protrusion 25 and the long side of disk cover 40.Runner assembly 45 can be arranged at ice pan 30 and ice sheet 40 on one of them jointed shaft and be arranged at ice pan 30 and ice sheet 40 in another on the hinge hole of ccontaining said jointed shaft.
In addition, control cabinet 50 is arranged on the outer surface of a short side of support frame 20.Be provided with a plurality of parts that comprise the motor (not shown) that is used to rotate ice pan 30 in the inside of control cabinet 50.That is to say, rotate ice pan 30 through the driving force that transmits by said motor.
Illustrate in greater detail operation below with reference to accompanying drawings according to the ice maker of an embodiment.
Fig. 5 to Fig. 8 is used to explain the vertical cross-sectional according to the operating process of an embodiment.
With reference to Fig. 5, when ice pan 30 supported with maintenance horizontal equilibrium state by said hook sill, cubes 31 was covered by disk cover 40.Here, contact rib 43 closely is fitted on the top edge of ice pan 30.Therefore, can more effectively utilize disk cover 40 to cover cubes 31.
With reference to Fig. 6, cubes 31 stores the water that is used for ice making.The water W that is stored in the cubes 31 provides through water supply opening 41.Therefore, when water W is supplied to cubes 31, avoid water W to spill into outside phenomenon by disk cover 40.
Consult Fig. 7, the cooling air that is utilized in circulation in the refrigerating chamber 2 (with reference to Fig. 2) comes the water W of storage in the frozen ice block chamber 31, makes ice thus.When ice I was made into, ice pan 30 was used to begin to rotate counterclockwise round rotating shaft 33 from the driving force of said motor.When ice pan 30 rotates, to watch from figure, disk cover 40 also rotates counterclockwise round rotating shaft 33 with ice pan 30 synergistically.When ice pan 30 rotates counterclockwise predetermined angular, closely be fitted on the stopper protrusion 25 with a long side of the disk cover 40 of ice pan 30 synergic rotation.When a long side of disk cover 40 closely is fitted in 25 last times of stopper protrusion, stopper protrusion 25 is disturbed with the rotation of the collaborative disk cover 40 that carries out of rotation of ice pan 30.
Consult Fig. 8,,, also can disturb stopper protrusion 25 with the rotation of the collaborative disk cover 40 that carries out of rotation of ice pan 30 even ice pan 30 continues to rotate counterclockwise when a long side of disk cover 40 closely is fitted in 25 last times of stopper protrusion.Thereby disk cover 40 no longer rotates with ice pan 30 synergistically.That is to say, when ice pan 30 when rotating shaft 33 clockwise rotates, disk cover 40 clockwise rotates round runner assembly 45 with respect to ice pan 30.The cubes 31 of therefore, being covered by disk cover 40 is opened.In addition, the contact rib 43 of the top edge of contact ice pan 30 is separated from one another with the said top edge of ice pan.
When ice pan 30 continued to rotate counterclockwise, a side of ice pan 30 closely was fitted on the hook sill, and ice pan 30 is reversed, and the ice I that processes in the cubes 31 breaks away from from cubes 31.The ice I that detaches falls owing to its deadweight and is stored in (with reference to Fig. 2) in the ice bank 60.
At this moment, ice I is stored in the ice bank 60, and the user can take out ice bank 60 through bar desk 6 (seeing figures.1.and.2), to use ice I.Therefore, can when use is stored in the ice I in the ice bank 60, make cooling air in the refrigerating chamber 2 leak into outside phenomenon and be reduced to bottom line.
Embodiment of the present invention
To describe according to the ice maker of another embodiment in more detail and comprise the refrigerator of this ice maker with reference to accompanying drawing now.
Fig. 9 illustrates according to the ice pan of the formation ice maker of another embodiment and the stereogram of disk cover.
Consult Fig. 9, disk cover 400 forms rectangular plate shape, and disk cover 400 is used for optionally covering the cubes 310 around the ice pan 300 of rotating shaft 330 rotations.Here, disk cover 400 can form the size that can extend to ice pan 300 outsides.In addition, on disk cover 400, form water supply opening 410, wait to be stored in the water in the said cubes 310 in order to supply.Because the remaining part of the embodiment of Fig. 9 is identical with the parts of previous embodiment, therefore omitted detailed description to these parts.
Should be understood that those skilled in the art can visualize various other modification and the embodiment within the spirit that falls into principle of the present invention and the scope.In addition, the scope Ying Yiru of the present invention claim of attaching is that explain on the basis.
Industrial applicibility
The ice maker that discloses according to the present invention and comprise that the refrigerator of said ice maker provides following effect.
At first, according to an embodiment, ice maker is installed on the refrigerator doors.Thereby said ice maker has been avoided the minimizing of the storage volume in refrigerator storage space, thereby can in refrigerator, store more food.
According to an embodiment, the water that disk cover is set to prevent to be stored in the ice pan overflows.Thereby, avoided owing to the impact that produces when the opening/closing refrigerator doors causes being stored in the phenomenon that the water in the ice pan overflows, thereby can more cleanly use refrigerator.
In addition, according to an embodiment, promptly can put into and take out the ice bank of ice through opening the bar desk, and need not to open refrigerator doors.Therefore, can take out ice more simply.
In addition, according to an embodiment, owing to can take out ice through the opening/closing bar door, thereby make the cooling leakage of air that in the storage area, flows minimize.Therefore, can use refrigerator more economically.

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1. ice maker comprises:
Ice pan, it is rotatably installed on the dorsal part of refrigerator doors, and comprises the cubes that is used for ice making; And
Disk cover, the rotation of itself and said ice pan is rotated synergistically, with the said cubes of opening/closing optionally.
2. ice maker according to claim 1, wherein said disk cover are provided with the water supply opening that is used to supply water to said cubes.
3. ice maker according to claim 1, wherein said disk cover is connected in said ice pan, so that said disk cover can rotate with respect to said ice pan.
4. ice maker according to claim 3 also comprises stop part, and said stop part makes the said disk cover that rotates synergistically with the rotation of said ice pan rotate with respect to said ice pan.
5. ice maker according to claim 4, at least a portion of wherein said stop part are positioned to depart from the rotary motion trace of said ice pan but overlap with the rotary motion trace of said ice sheet.
6. ice maker according to claim 1, wherein said disk cover forms semi-cylindrical shaped, and said semi-cylindrical shaped has the horizontal semi-circular cross-section perpendicular with the extension line of said ice pan rotating shaft.
7. ice maker according to claim 6, wherein said disk cover are provided with and are used for the contact rib that contacts with the top edge of said ice pan.
8. ice maker according to claim 7, wherein said contact rib protrudes from said disk cover in interior week.
9. ice maker according to claim 1, wherein said disk cover forms tabular.
10. ice maker according to claim 9, the size of wherein said disk cover forms the outside that extends to said ice pan.
11. an ice maker comprises:
Support frame, it is installed on the dorsal part of refrigerator doors;
Ice pan, it is pivotally mounted to said support frame, and stores the water that is used for ice making; And
Disk cover, it is installed as and can rotates with respect to said ice pan, and prevents that the water that is stored in the said ice pan from overflowing,
Wherein the rotation of disk cover and said ice pan is rotated synergistically, with the said cubes of opening/closing optionally.
12. ice maker according to claim 11; Wherein said disk cover and the said ice pan co-operating of rotating with respect to said support frame; To rotate along the direction identical with the rotation direction of said ice pan; And said subsequently disk cover with respect to said ice pan along rotating, so that said ice is separated with the direction of the direction of rotation of said ice pan.
13. ice maker according to claim 11, wherein said support frame is provided with stop part, and when said disk cover and said ice pan rotated with respect to the rotation of said support frame synergistically, said stop part can rotate said disk cover with respect to said ice pan.
14. that ice maker according to claim 13, wherein said stop member are arranged on is corresponding with the position of rotary motion trace of departing from said ice pan, on the side of said support frame.
15. ice maker according to claim 11 also comprises a contact, said contact is used to make said ice pan closely to be fitted in said disk cover.
16. ice maker according to claim 15, wherein said contact comprises the contact rib, and said contact rib protrudes and contact the top edge of said ice pan from said disk cover.
17. ice maker according to claim 11, the driving force that wherein said ice pan utilizes motor to provide is rotated.
18. a refrigerator comprises:
Main body, it comprises the storage area;
Door, it is used for the optionally said storage area of opening/closing; And
According to each described ice maker in the claim 1 to 17, said ice maker is installed on the dorsal part of said door.
19. refrigerator according to claim 18; Also comprise an ice bank; Said ice bank be installed in the bottom of said ice maker below dorsal part corresponding, said door on so that put into and take out said ice bank, the ice that said ice bank storage is made by said ice maker.
20. said ice bank is put into and taken out to refrigerator according to claim 19 wherein through the bar desk that is arranged on the said door.
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