CN101498536A - Ice making apparatus and cooling storage apparatus - Google Patents

Ice making apparatus and cooling storage apparatus Download PDF

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CN101498536A
CN101498536A CN 200910002340 CN200910002340A CN101498536A CN 101498536 A CN101498536 A CN 101498536A CN 200910002340 CN200910002340 CN 200910002340 CN 200910002340 A CN200910002340 A CN 200910002340A CN 101498536 A CN101498536 A CN 101498536A
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正久昌利
辻本明德
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The invention relates to a ice-making device and a cold storage device. The ice-making device of the invention is assembled to the cold storage device, having a shaft support portion and a drive portion with a regulated gap; a ice-making utensil between the shaft support portion and the drive portion, one end of which is supported on the shaft support portion and the other end is connected with the drive portion and storing water from a water supply nozzle; the water supply unit has a water supply container that conveys water in the water supply container to the water supply nozzle via a water supply pipeline and supplies water to a water supply pump of the ice-making unit, a water supply housing that fixes the water supply pipeline and the water supply nozzle and a connection that connects and separates the water supply pipeline and the water supply container. The ice-making device includes the water supply unit, the ice-making unit and a first insulating wall filled with insulting materials, the first insulating wall being mounted on the cold storage device in a disassembled way in a state that any one of the water supply unit and the ice-making unit are mounted on the first insulating wall.

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Ice maker and cooling storage apparatus
Technical field
The present invention relates to carry ice maker and cooling storage apparatus on household electric refrigerator etc.
Background technology
The ice maker of lift-launch on household electric refrigerator is by the water supply container that stockpiles the water that is used for ice making; The supply-water pump that the water of water supply container is supplied water to ice making tray; And by making the ice making tray torsional deformation carry out constituting from the drive unit of ice.
All the time, lift-launch, is assembled after the adiabatic next door with refrigerated chamber and refrigerating chamber is fixed on the refrigerator main body when refrigerator main body carries at the ice maker on the family expenses refrigerator.
In addition, as Japanese kokai publication hei 9-72640 communique is disclosed, exist a kind of for ice maker being simplified the structure and reducing the refrigerator of manufacturing cost with water supply container, water supply installation, the integrated formation of ice making tray.
Below, with reference to accompanying drawing the disclosed existing ice maker of above-mentioned Japanese kokai publication hei 9-72640 communique is described.
Figure 12 is the cutaway view of the major part of the employed ice maker of existing refrigerator.
Among Figure 12, the ice making unit 102 that is configured in the refrigerating chamber 101 is made of ice making tray 103, the water supply unit 105 of depositing refrigerator 104, ice making tray 103 being supplied water that stockpiles ice.
Water supply unit 105 possesses water supply container 106, feed water valve 107 and feed pipe 108, and water supply container 106 and feed water valve 107 are configured in the insulated cabinet 109.In addition, on the part of insulated cabinet 109, be provided with opening and closing device 110 to be opened/closed.
With regard to the ice maker of above formation, open opening and closing device 110 and in water supply container 16, stockpile water, open feed water valve 107 afterwards and supply water by 108 pairs of ice making trays 103 of feed pipe.Supplying to water in the ice making tray 103 is exposed to and freezes in the cold air of refrigerating chamber 101 and generate ice.The ice that is generated, is fallen depositing of ice making tray 103 bottoms and is stored ice in the refrigerator 104 from ice by rotating ice making tray 103.
In addition, the refrigerator of the disclosed family expenses of TOHKEMY 2005-233582 communique etc. clips the storeroom of adiabatic wall configuration refrigerated storage temperature band and the storeroom of cryogenic temperature band, storeroom at the refrigerated storage temperature band is provided with the water supply unit, at the storeroom of cryogenic temperature band the ice making unit is set.
But, the refrigerator of above-mentioned Japanese kokai publication hei 9-72640 communique is because integrated and be configured in relation in the refrigerating chamber 101 with ice making unit 102 and water supply unit 105, water supply unit 102 is arranged in the insulated cabinet 109 etc., must cause structure to become big, frozen food etc. is reduced to the saturation of refrigerating chamber 101.
In addition, ice making unit 102 and water supply unit 105 configured separate, need position and fixing base member the two, even in this case, be necessary to supply water accurately unit 105 feed pipe 108 front ends and constitute the aligning of position of the ice making tray 103 of ice making unit 102, consequently assembling needs the structure of time.
Have again, the refrigerator of TOHKEMY 2005-233582 communique, though water supply unit and ice making unit are installed in respectively on the surface and the back side of adiabatic wall, general order is to have assembled water supply unit and ice making unit again after adiabatic wall has been installed on refrigerator main body.So the posture that the operator is increased burden is inevitable, there is the also not good problem of operating efficiency owing to be will or point and stretch into the operation of carrying out in this operation above the waist in limited space (refrigerating chamber, refrigerating chamber).
Summary of the invention
Purpose of the present invention just is to address the above problem, and provides a kind of and can alleviate the burden that the operator is caused, and can improve the ice maker and the cooling storage apparatus of the assembly precision of ice maker.
For achieving the above object, ice maker of the present invention is assembled in the cooling storage apparatus, the ice making unit possesses: have the shaft supporting part and the drive division of predetermined distance, an end is supported on the shaft supporting part and the other end is connected with drive division and stockpile ice making tray from the water of water supply mouth between shaft supporting part and drive division; The water supply unit possesses: water supply container, water in the water supply container is sent and can be carried out supply-water pump to the water supply of ice making unit to the water supply mouth by supply channel, the fixing water supply housing of supply channel and water supply mouth can carry out the connecting portion that is connected with separates of supply channel and water supply container; Ice maker comprises water supply unit and ice making unit and has filled first adiabatic wall of heat-insulating material, has installed on first adiabatic wall under the state of at least one side in water supply unit and the ice making unit, and first adiabatic wall releasably is installed on the cooling storage apparatus.
Thus, ice maker can not be subjected to the restriction of the confined space of refrigerating chamber, refrigerating chamber etc. to the installation exercise of first adiabatic wall, owing to can carry out operation at more wide working space, thereby can alleviate the burden that the operator is caused, can improve the assembly precision of ice maker.
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Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the ice maker of embodiments of the present invention 1.
Fig. 2 is the longitudinal section of this ice maker.
Fig. 3 is the stereogram of operation post of the assembled state of this ice maker of expression.
Fig. 4 is the stereogram of main body of door that takes off the cooling storage apparatus of embodiments of the present invention 2.
Fig. 5 is the assembling stereogram midway of the main body of this cooling device.
Fig. 6 is the stereogram of the ice maker of embodiment of the present invention 3.
Fig. 7 is the longitudinal section of this ice maker.
Fig. 8 is the stereogram of operation post of the assembled state of this ice maker of expression.
Fig. 9 is the longitudinal section of the different installment states of this ice maker of expression.
Figure 10 is the stereogram of main body of door that takes off the cooling storage apparatus of embodiments of the present invention 4.
Figure 11 is the assembling stereogram midway of this cooling storage apparatus.
Figure 12 is the cutaway view of the major part of the employed ice maker of existing refrigerator.
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Below, with reference to accompanying drawing embodiments of the present invention are described.Have, the present invention is not subjected to the qualification of this embodiment again.Have, the ice maker of embodiments of the present invention is assembled in the device that keeps in cold storage of refrigerator etc. again.
At first, embodiment 1 is described.
Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the ice maker of embodiments of the present invention 1, and Fig. 2 is the longitudinal section of this ice maker.
Fig. 1, ice maker 1 shown in Figure 2 by the first tabular adiabatic wall 3 of having filled heat-insulating material 2 in inside, be configured in the water supply unit 4 on the one side of first adiabatic wall 3 and the ice making unit 5 that is configured on other face of first adiabatic wall 3 constitutes.
As shown in Figure 2, water supply unit 4 is made of supply-water pump 8, water supply mouth 9, water supply housing 10 and water supply container 13.Supply-water pump 8 possesses suction line (suction inlet) 6a and discharge pipe (outlet) 6b, and is driven by motor 7.Water supply housing 10 accommodates water supply mouth 9 and the supply-water pump 8 of being located at discharge pipe 6b leading section.And water supply mouth 9 and the suitable mechanism of supply-water pump 8 usefulness are fixed.Water supply container 13 is provided with the connector 12 that releasably combines with the connecting portion 11 of suction line 6a.Water supply housing 10 fixing supply channel and the water supply mouths 9 that constitute by suction line 6a and discharge pipe 6b.In addition, connecting portion 11 can be realized being connected and separating of supply channel and water supply container 13.
First adiabatic wall 3 is filled with the heat-insulating material of foamed polyurethane etc. for example or vacuum heat insulation materials etc. in plastic epidermis (housing).The one side of first adiabatic wall 3 is as the placed side 3a that places water supply unit 4, be provided with recessed guide part 14 on the 3a of this placed side, this guide part 14 is with the position that the position is, connecting portion 11 is used to limit water supply container 13 with normal position ways of connecting at water supply container 13; And be provided with a plurality of key shape fastening sheets 15 for temporary fixed water supply housing 10.
In addition, around the bottom of water supply housing 10, be provided with the flange 16 that cooperates with fastening sheet 15.And water supply housing 10 not only also utilizes modes such as screw clamp, fastening combination to fix by the cooperation of fastening sheet 15 and flange 16.Fix about this, owing to can use well-known structure, so omit detailed explanation.
Have, at the sidepiece of water supply housing 10, water supply container 13, utilize suitable chimeric mechanism releasably to install and divide wall 17, this division wall 17 is used for the face of first adiabatic wall 3 is divided into water supply unit 4 zone and article put areas.
In addition, be embedded with feed pipe 18 in the inside of first adiabatic wall 3, this feed pipe 18 relatively prolongs with an end and water supply mouth 9, and the other end disposes in the mode of facing from the face that disposed ice making unit 5 and ice making unit 5.Promptly, feed pipe 18 is with the lead face of an opposite side with placed side 3a of first adiabatic wall 3 of the water of water supply mouth 9.
Here, in the ice maker 1 of embodiments of the present invention 1, because supply-water pump 8 is arranged on the position of leaving from water supply container 13, in water supply housing 10, hold and the fixing structure of supply-water pump 8 so make.But, in water supply container 13, be provided with the occasion of supply-water pump 8, make and in water supply housing 10, hold and fixed supply channel that is equivalent to the suction line 6a that is communicated with water supply mouth 9 and discharge pipe 6b and the drive source that is equivalent to the motor 7 of supply-water pump 8.
Ice making unit 5 is by resinous substrate 19, on the one side of substrate 19, have shaft supporting part 20 and drive division 21 that predetermined distance ground is installed, and between shaft supporting part 20 and drive division 21 and an end be supported on the shaft supporting part 20 and ice making tray 22 formations that the other end is connected with drive division 21.Ice making tray 22 is to have flexible resin to make, and supplies with the water that ice making is used from the front end of feed pipe 18.Ice making tray 22 stockpiles the water from water supply mouth 9.And supply-water pump 8 is sent to water supply mouth 9 with the water in the water supply container 13 by supply channel and can realizes water supply to ice making unit 5.
In addition, drive division 21 possesses: the motor and the reducing gear (all not shown) of the state that make distorting stress act on ice making tray 22, ice making tray 22 to be deformed into reverse, and be located at drive division 21 and in the predetermined angular scope, rotate the inspection ice bar 23 of the ice storage amount that detects ice making.The structure of drive division 21 is well-known structure.In addition, the structure of ice making unit 5 can be to be basic structure with existing well-known structure, omits its explanation here.Like this, by being made, ice making tray 22 has that flexible resin makes, thereby can realize the opposite side of drive division of fixing ice making tray and can make the angle of drive division sideway swivel regulation by drive division 21, thus, can make the warpage of ice making tray 22, and the ice that has generated in ice making tray 22 be peeled off from ice making tray 22 by this distortion.
Shaft supporting part 20 and drive division 21 to substrate 19 fixing by being located at the key shape on the substrate 19 fastening sheet 24,25 and be located at shaft supporting part 20 and the cooperation of the flange of each installation portion side of drive division 21 26,27 is carried out temporary fixed.And, fixing by same method and water supply housing 10.Fixing about this owing to omitting detailed explanation with well-known structure.
Have, shaft supporting part 20, drive division 21 and the substrate 19 that ice making tray 22 has been installed releasably are installed on other face of first adiabatic wall 3 again.This fixing means for example is provided with the fastening sheet 28 of key shape, and by fastening sheet 28 cooperation substrates 19, fixes remaining one side with screw 29 on three limits of first adiabatic wall 3.
The method of fixing base 19 is not limited to said method, as long as motionless under the state after the installation.And substrate 19 can be finely tuned the position that is fixed on first adiabatic wall 3 as required, so long as the structure that can be installed on first adiabatic wall 3 gets final product with loading and unloading, can adopt well-known mounting structure.
Secondly, to by first adiabatic wall 3 that possesses feed pipe 18, the assembling of the ice maker 1 that water supply unit 4 and ice making unit 5 constitute describes.Have, be located at the wiring of motor 7 of supply-water pump 8 and the wiring of motor etc. of being located at drive division 21 suitably in first adiabatic wall 3, splicing ear (not shown) exposes.In addition, assembling sequence is an example, is not limited to this order.
In when assembling, for example promptly shown in Figure 3 as the stereogram of the operation post of the assembled state of the ice maker of expression embodiments of the present invention 1, use the operation post 32 that is separated with a pair of gripper shoe 31 of having of predetermined distance setting.The occasion of Fig. 3 is the state that can assemble water supply unit 4.
That is, first adiabatic wall 3 is placed on the gripper shoe 31, utilizes the fastening sheet 15 temporary fixed water supply housings 10 that possess supply-water pump 8, water supply mouth 9 etc., the location confirmation of supply water mouth 9 and feed pipe 18, the final of the housing 10 that supplies water fixed.
And, install to divide wall 17 by utilizing proper method, water supply container 13 is installed on guide part 14 as required, carry out being connected of connector 12 and connecting portion 11, thus the finishing of the unit 4 of can confirming to supply water.
Its result has well-to-do assembling water supply unit, ground, space 4 around can guaranteeing.
Secondly, the occasion of ice making unit 5 is installed, utilizes fastening sheet 24,25 temporary fixed shaft supporting part 20, drive division 21 on substrate 19 in advance, and assembling ice making tray 22, carry out the assembling of ice making unit 5.At this moment, can utilize screw or chimeric mechanism to finish the assembling of ice making unit 5 as required to substrate 19.
Concurrently first adiabatic wall 3 is reversed with above-mentioned operation, the mode that is positioned at the below for water unit 4 is placed on first adiabatic wall 3 on the gripper shoe 31.And, as above face on utilize fastening sheet 28 to assemble in advance ice making unit 5 on first adiabatic wall 3, carry out temporary fixed by substrate 19.
And, by confirming the ozzle position of ice making tray 22 and feed pipe 18, and substrate 19 usefulness screws 29 are fixed on first adiabatic wall 3, thereby the assembling of ice maker 1 is finished to the installation of adiabatic wall 3 in end ice making unit 5.
Like this, on first adiabatic wall 3, installed under the state of at least one side in water supply unit 4 and the ice making unit 5, can realize of the loading and unloading of first adiabatic wall 3 to cooling storage apparatus.
In addition, carry out the inching of the ozzle position of ice making tray 22 and feed pipe 18 if desired, then before fixing, can utilize moving substrates such as stress deformation 19 with the deformable scope of the gap of fastening sheet 28, fastening sheet 28 with screw 29.
Have, substrate 19 can be used well-known method to the fixing of first adiabatic wall 3, is not limited to screw and fixes again.
Therefore, ice making unit 5 can be had around guarantee under the state in well-to-do space and assemble.
Especially, in advance ice making unit 5 is assembled on the substrate 19, the order that this substrate 19 is installed on first adiabatic wall 3 can make ice making unit 5 easier to the installation exercise of first adiabatic wall 3.In addition, substrate 19, ice making unit 5 can also be assembled on first adiabatic wall 3 successively.
As mentioned above, the ice maker of embodiments of the present invention 1 carries out operation owing to have well-to-do ground, space around can guaranteeing when it is assembled, so can improve the work posture that the operator is increased burden.Its result, trouble that can cancel job can realize stable assembling.
In addition, in water supply unit 4, because the position that the supply channel that utilizes the guide part 14 of being located at first adiabatic wall 3 to carry out water supply container 13 and supply-water pump 8 is connected restriction, so can successfully carry out the formation of water supply path.And, can easily carry out the installation of water supply container 13.
Have again, by first adiabatic wall 3 is installed to cooling storage apparatus, thereby supply water unit 4, ice making unit 5 in linkage to the installation of storage facilities, thereby can improve the assembling operation efficient of cooling storage apparatus with the installation of first adiabatic wall 3.
Have again, consider of the installation of first adiabatic wall 3, on the surrounding wall portion of first adiabatic wall 3, be provided as the outstanding stage portion 30 of fitting portion to cooling storage apparatus.
Have again, though the ice maker 1 of embodiments of the present invention 1 is installed water supply unit 4 and ice making unit 5 in advance on first adiabatic wall 3, but can also utilize the structure of ice making unit 5 or water supply unit 4, either party's unit is installed on first adiabatic wall 3 and with this first adiabatic wall 3 in advance the unit that is left is installed after cooling storage apparatus is installed again.
Secondly, embodiment 2 is described.
Fig. 4 is the stereogram of main body behind the door that takes off the cooling storage apparatus of embodiments of the present invention 2, and Fig. 5 is the assembling stereogram midway of the main body of this cooling storage apparatus.Here, as an example of cooling storage apparatus, be that example describes with employed fridge-freezer in the general family.
Have, the identical symbol of inscape mark for identical with embodiments of the present invention 1 omits its detailed description, only difference is described again.
Refrigerator main body (below be referred to as " main body ") the 41st has the casing of thermal insulation as basic structure with an opening as everyone knows like that.Refrigerator is provided with the next door installation portion (below be referred to as " installation portion ") 44 of the groove shape that is used to install first adiabatic wall 3 at central portion, and it is that a plurality of storerooms are refrigerating chamber 42 and refrigerating chamber 43 that this first adiabatic wall 3 is used for internal separation.Promptly, the refrigerator as cooling storage apparatus is made of the thermal insulation casing.In addition, installation portion 44 can also be a convex.And first adiabatic wall 3 releasably is installed on the installation portion 44.
Here, because first adiabatic wall 3 that first adiabatic wall 3 is ice makers 1 of having illustrated in embodiments of the present invention 1 to be possessed, so omit the detailed description of relevant first adiabatic wall 3 and ice maker 1.
Secondly, first adiabatic wall 3 is described to the assembling of main body 41.
First adiabatic wall 3 inserts first adiabatic wall 3 in the mode that outstanding stage portion 30 is embedded in the installation portion 44 to the assembling of main body 41 as shown in Figure 5.And, before first adiabatic wall 3 is inserted fully, the not shown power line class of ice maker 1 is connected with not shown circuit part in being located at main body 41, thereafter, until last insertion first adiabatic wall 3.
And, utilize proper method to carry out first adiabatic wall 3 fixing to main body 41, first adiabatic wall 3 is in the state of getting, and finishes the assembling of first adiabatic wall 3.In addition, first adiabatic wall 3 can be well-known method to the fixing means of main body 41.
In addition, if desired, can also get involved heat-insulating material at the connecting portion of first adiabatic wall 3 and main body 41.This occasion, can be on the outstanding stage portion 30 of first adiabatic wall 3 sticking adiabatic material in advance, carry out the operation identical with above-mentioned operation, first adiabatic wall 3 is installed on the main body 41.
Therefore, when refrigerator is assembled, owing to can carry out the assembling of ice maker 1 in linkage to the assembling of main body 41 with first adiabatic wall 3 to main body 41, so can improve the assembling operation of refrigerator significantly.Have, by making the structure that first adiabatic wall 3 and installation portion 44 embedded, thereby the temperature that can suppress between temperature band different refrigerating chamber 42 and the refrigerating chamber 43 is leaked (cooling gas leakage), can improve the quality as fridge-freezer again.
In addition, for the operator, when first adiabatic wall 3 is installed, can improve the installation exercise and the mounting position of existing such ice maker 1 at limited narrow space.Especially in occasion small-sized, medium-sized refrigerator, can obtain the effect of improving of work posture significantly, be accompanied by the reliability that can improve job content that alleviates of work posture burden, the quality of ice maker 1, the fridge-freezer of reliability can be improved.
In addition because first adiabatic wall 3 releasably is installed on the installation portion 44, so even if at ice maker 1 after first adiabatic wall 3 is installed, also can ice maker 1 be taken out together with first adiabatic wall 3.Thus, can realize whole ice maker 1 taking-up is cleaned, can realize the raising of maintainability.
Have, about to the lift-launch of holding the different refrigerator of volume, size that also can be by changing first adiabatic wall 3 that ice maker 1 is installed or the style that is installed in the ice maker 1 on first adiabatic wall 3 wait and meet the demands, and can improve versatility again.
In addition, even in the different occasion of the interior wall construction of refrigerator, also can meet the structure of being located at the mounting structure on the refrigerator inwall and further improve versatility by making the peripheral wall structure that makes first adiabatic wall 3.Even this situation is to the also not influence of assembling operation of ice maker 1.
Have again, needn't under the state that water supply unit 4 and ice making unit 5 both sides are installed on first adiabatic wall 3, first adiabatic wall 3 be installed on the main body 41 in advance, also can be in advance a side of water supply unit 4 or ice making unit 5 be installed on first adiabatic wall 3, at the assembling operation of first adiabatic wall 3 being assembled again remaining unit after main body 41 is installed.
Below, embodiment 3 is described.
Fig. 6 is the stereogram of the ice maker of embodiments of the present invention 3, and Fig. 7 is the longitudinal section of this ice maker, and Fig. 8 is the stereogram of operation post of the assembled state of this ice maker of expression, and Fig. 9 is the longitudinal section of the different installment states of this ice maker of expression.
Have again, for the identical symbol of the inscape mark identical and omit its detailed description, only difference is described with embodiments of the present invention 1,2.
As Fig. 6, shown in Figure 7, the structure of the ice maker of the structure of the ice maker of embodiments of the present invention 3 and embodiments of the present invention 1 is basic identical.Difference is the shape of first adiabatic wall 3.
That is, being installed in ice maker 1 on first adiabatic wall 3 is embedded into to be located at and has filled in the peristome 51 of determined location of the second tabular adiabatic wall 50 of heat-insulating material 2 in inside and install.Here, first adiabatic wall 3 that ice maker 1 has been installed releasably is installed on second adiabatic wall 50.
Second adiabatic wall 50 and first adiabatic wall 3 have similarly been filled the heat-insulating material of foamed polyurethane etc. for example or vacuum heat insulation materials etc. in plastic epidermis (housing).Here, second adiabatic wall 50 is separated the storeroom of cooling storage apparatus.
Have again, be provided with to aperture area in the inner periphery of the peristome 51 of second adiabatic wall 50 and dwindle the end difference 52 that direction is extended, on the circumferential edges of first adiabatic wall 3, be provided with butt stage portion 53 with end difference 52 butts.
Therefore, in the installment state of second adiabatic wall 50, be in the chimerism that end difference 52 and butt stage portion 53 fit tightly at first adiabatic wall 3, first adiabatic wall 3 and second adiabatic wall 50 just in time form one.
In addition, the assemble method of the ice maker of the assemble method of the ice maker of embodiments of the present invention 3 shown in Figure 8 and embodiments of the present invention 1 shown in Figure 3 is basic identical.
That is, ice making unit 5 is assembled on the substrate 19 in advance, the order that again substrate 19 is installed on first adiabatic wall 3 can more easily be carried out the installation exercise of ice making unit 5 to second adiabatic wall 50.In addition, substrate 19, ice making unit 5 can also be assembled on first adiabatic wall 3 successively.
As implied above, the ice maker of embodiments of the present invention 3 carries out operation owing to can guarantee well-to-do ground, space when it is assembled, so can improve the work posture that the operator is increased burden.Its result, trouble that can cancel job can realize stable assembling.
In addition, in water supply unit 4, owing to carry out the position that the is connected restriction of the supply channel of water supply container 13 and supply-water pump 8 by the guide part of being located on first adiabatic wall 3 14, thereby can successfully carry out the formation of water supply path.And, can make water supply container 13 easily.
Have again, with second adiabatic wall 50 after cooling storage apparatus is installed, because the ice maker 1 (first adiabatic wall 3) that water supply unit 4, ice making unit 5 can be become one is installed to the peristome 51 of second adiabatic wall 50, thereby can improve the packaging efficiency of cooling storage apparatus.
In addition, ice maker 1 releasably is installed on second adiabatic wall 50.Thus,, after installing, also can ice maker 1 be taken out second adiabatic wall 50 at ice maker 1 (first adiabatic wall 3) together with first adiabatic wall 3.Thus, can whole ice maker 1 taking-up clean, can realize the raising of maintainability.
Have again, in embodiments of the present invention 3, water supply unit 4 and ice making unit 5 are installed on first adiabatic wall 3 in advance, again first adiabatic wall 3 is installed on the peristome 51 of second adiabatic wall 50.But, can also be according to the structure of ice making unit 5 or water supply unit 4 etc., unit with the either party is installed on first adiabatic wall 3 in advance, first adiabatic wall 3 is installed under the state on the peristome 51 of second adiabatic wall 50 again, and remaining unit is installed on first adiabatic wall 3.
In addition, in Fig. 7, chimeric the making of being located at the peristome 51 of second adiabatic wall 50 and first adiabatic wall 3 guaranteed the chimeric of the state that fits tightly that formed by end difference 52 and butt stage portion 53.Having as shown in Figure 9, can also be that first adiabatic wall 3 of peristome 51 and the fitting portion of second adiabatic wall 50 are made taper surface 54, taper side face 55 again, is fitted tightly the embedded structure that forms by each face.Promptly, the inner periphery of the peristome 51 of second adiabatic wall 50 possesses to aperture area and dwindles the taper surface 54 that direction is extended, with the circumferential edges of first adiabatic wall 3 as the taper side face that fits tightly with taper surface 54.
Its result, first adiabatic wall 3 and second adiabatic wall 50 can just in time form one.
Therefore, in the structure of Fig. 9, can similarly assemble with Fig. 7, first adiabatic wall 3 is in and the seamlessly incorporate state of second adiabatic wall 50.Its result is even with the occasion of second adiabatic wall 50 as the next door of the storeroom (not shown) that forms cooling storage apparatus, also can suppress the heat leak between the different storeroom of temperature band.
Especially the structure of Fig. 7 fits tightly by making end difference 52 and butt stage portion 53, and big thereby the contact area of the peristome 51 of second adiabatic wall 50 and first adiabatic wall 3 becomes, the effect of above-mentioned inhibition heat leak is better.
Below, embodiment 4 is described.
Figure 10 is the stereogram of main body of door that has taken off the cooling storage apparatus of embodiments of the present invention 4, and Figure 11 is the assembling stereogram midway of this cooling storage apparatus.Here, as an example of cooling storage apparatus, be that example describes with employed fridge-freezer in general family.
Have again, to the identical symbol of the structural element mark identical and omit its detailed description, only difference is described with embodiments of the present invention 1~3.
Refrigerator main body (below be referred to as " main body ") 41 is as basic structure as everyone knows with an opening and case that have thermal insulation.On internal face, be provided with the inside that is used to install with main body 41 and be divided into the next door installation portion (installation portion) 44 of groove shape that a plurality of storerooms are the next door of refrigerating chamber 42 and refrigerating chamber 43.Promptly, the refrigerator as cooling storage apparatus is made of the thermal insulation casing.
Second adiabatic wall 50 passes through its circumferential edges and installation portion 44 is chimeric, thereby is installed in the main body 41, forms refrigerating chamber 42 and refrigerating chamber 43 in the inside of main body 41.
And, carry out second adiabatic wall 50 fixing to main body 41 with proper method, become second adiabatic wall 50 and get the state that do not come out, finish of the assembling of second adiabatic wall 50 to main body 41.
Secondly, the assembling to main body 41 describes to ice maker 1.
Ice maker 1 inserts first adiabatic wall 3 in the mode in the peristome 51 that is embedded into second adiabatic wall 50 to the assembling of main body 41 as shown in figure 11.And before first adiabatic wall 3 was embedded fully, the power supply unit that not shown connector of not shown power line of ice maker 1 and so on and main body 41 sides and so on is waited was connected, then, and until last insertion first adiabatic wall 3.
In addition, if desired, can also get involved heat-insulating material at the connecting portion of first adiabatic wall 3 and second adiabatic wall 50.This situation, can be on the surrounding wall portion of first adiabatic wall 3 sticking adiabatic material in advance, carry out the operation identical with above-mentioned operation, first adiabatic wall 3 is entrenched on the peristome 51 of second adiabatic wall 50.
Therefore, when the assembling refrigerator, by making the structure to peristome 51 chimeric first adiabatic walls 3 of being located at second adiabatic wall 50, thereby the temperature that can suppress between temperature band different refrigerating chamber 42 and the refrigerating chamber 43 is leaked (cooling gas leakage), can improve the quality as fridge-freezer.
In addition,, can alleviate, can improve the installation exercise and the mounting position of the ice maker in limited narrow space 1 as existing with water supply unit 4, the homework burden of ice making unit 5 when second adiabatic wall 50 is installed for the operator.The occasion of especially small-sized, medium-sized refrigerator can obtain the effect that work posture significantly improves, and the burden that is accompanied by work posture alleviates the reliability that can improve job content, the fridge-freezer that quality, the reliability that can access ice maker 1 improved.
In addition, ice maker 1 can take out from second adiabatic wall 50 together with first adiabatic wall 3.Thus,, also can improve and in limited space (refrigerating chamber 42, refrigerating chamber 43), stretch into above the waist or the operation of finger, can alleviate user or maintenance personal's homework burden taking off the occasion that the parts that constitute the path that water passes through are cleared away.
Have again,, also can meet the demands, can improve versatility by size that changes first adiabatic wall 3 that ice maker 1 is installed or the style that is installed in the ice maker 1 on first adiabatic wall 3 etc. about to the lift-launch of holding the different refrigerator of volume.
Have again, in the above description, at ice maker 1 during, after the connection operation of having carried out power line and so on, that first adiabatic wall 3 is chimeric fully to the peristome 51 of second adiabatic wall 50 to the assembling of main body 41.But, syndeton according to power line and so on, also can adopt following assembling sequence, that is: make ice maker 1 (first adiabatic wall 3) chimeric fully in advance to the peristome 51 of second adiabatic wall 50, when being assembled into second adiabatic wall 50 on the main body 41 or after having assembled, carry out the connection operation of power line and so on.
In addition, also can under the state that water supply unit 4 and ice making unit 5 both sides are installed on first adiabatic wall 3, first adiabatic wall 3 be installed on second adiabatic wall 50 in advance, but in advance a side of water supply unit 4 or ice making unit 5 is installed on first adiabatic wall 3, at the assembling operation of first adiabatic wall 3 being installed remaining unit after second adiabatic wall 50 is installed.

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1. an ice maker is assembled in the cooling storage apparatus, it is characterized in that,
The ice making unit possesses: have the shaft supporting part and the drive division of predetermined distance, an end is supported on the above-mentioned shaft supporting part and the other end is connected with above-mentioned drive division and stockpile ice making tray from the water of water supply mouth between above-mentioned shaft supporting part and above-mentioned drive division;
The water supply unit possesses: water supply container, the supply-water pump that water in the above-mentioned water supply container is sent and can be carried out supplying water to above-mentioned ice making unit to above-mentioned water supply mouth by supply channel, fix the water supply housing of above-mentioned supply channel and above-mentioned water supply mouth, can carry out the connecting portion that is connected with separates of above-mentioned supply channel and above-mentioned water supply container;
First adiabatic wall that above-mentioned ice maker comprises above-mentioned water supply unit and above-mentioned ice making unit and filled heat-insulating material, installed on above-mentioned first adiabatic wall under the state of at least one side in above-mentioned water supply unit and the above-mentioned ice making unit, above-mentioned first adiabatic wall releasably is installed on the above-mentioned cooling storage apparatus.
2. ice maker according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, on the one side of above-mentioned first adiabatic wall, form the placed side of placing above-mentioned water supply container, on above-mentioned placed side, be provided with the guide part of position of the above-mentioned connecting portion of restriction, also be provided with the feed pipe of face that water with above-mentioned water supply mouth is directed to an opposite side with above-mentioned placed side of above-mentioned first adiabatic wall.
3. ice maker according to claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned ice making tray is made with having flexible resin.
4. cooling storage apparatus, have the described ice maker of claim 1 and constitute by the casing of thermal insulation, it is characterized in that, above-mentioned cooling storage apparatus has at central portion divides the inner concavity or the next door installation portion of convex, and above-mentioned first adiabatic wall releasably is installed on the installation portion of above-mentioned next door.
5. cooling storage apparatus according to claim 4 is characterized in that, second adiabatic wall that separates the storeroom of above-mentioned cooling storage apparatus has peristome, and above-mentioned ice maker is installed in above-mentioned peristome.
6. cooling storage apparatus according to claim 5 is characterized in that, first adiabatic wall of above-mentioned ice maker releasably is installed on above-mentioned second adiabatic wall.
7. cooling storage apparatus according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, the inner periphery of the above-mentioned peristome of above-mentioned second adiabatic wall has to aperture area dwindles the end difference that direction is extended, and is provided with the butt stage portion with above-mentioned end difference butt on the circumferential edges of above-mentioned first adiabatic wall.
8. cooling storage apparatus according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, the inner periphery of the above-mentioned peristome of above-mentioned second adiabatic wall possesses to aperture area dwindles the taper surface that direction is extended, and the circumferential edges of above-mentioned first adiabatic wall is made the taper side face that fits tightly with above-mentioned taper surface.
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