CN101498536B - Ice making apparatus and cooling storage apparatus - Google Patents
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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.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to and be mounted in ice maker on household electric refrigerator etc. and cooling storage apparatus.
Background technology
Be mounted in the water supply container of the ice maker on household electric refrigerator by the water stockpiled for ice making; The water of water supply container is carried out the supply-water pump supplied water to ice making tray; And the drive unit undertaken from ice is formed by making ice making tray torsional deformation.
All the time, being mounted in ice maker on domestic refrigerator when carrying to refrigerator main body, assembling after the insulating partitions of refrigerated room and refrigerating chamber is fixed on refrigerator main body.
In addition, disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 9-72640 publication, exist a kind of for ice maker being simplified the structure and the refrigerator reducing manufacturing cost and water supply container, water supply installation, ice making tray integration are formed.
Below, with reference to accompanying drawing, existing ice maker disclosed in above-mentioned Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 9-72640 publication is described.
Figure 12 is the sectional view of the major part of the ice maker that existing refrigerator uses.
In Figure 12, be configured in ice making unit 102 in refrigerating chamber 101 by ice making tray 103, stockpile depositing refrigerator 104, the water supplying unit 105 that ice making tray 103 supplies water being formed of ice.
Water supplying unit 105 possesses water supply container 106, feed water valve 107 and feed pipe 108, water supply container 106 and feed water valve 107 is configured in insulated cabinet 109.In addition, a part for insulated cabinet 109 is provided with opening and closing device 110 to be opened/closed.
With regard to the ice maker formed above, open opening and closing device 110 and stockpile water in water supply container 16, open feed water valve 107 afterwards and supplied water by feed pipe 108 pairs of ice making trays 103.The water be supplied in ice making tray 103 is exposed to and freezes in the cold air of refrigerating chamber 101 and generate ice.The ice generated from ice by rotating ice making tray 103, is fallen depositing in refrigerator 104 of ice making tray 103 bottom and is stored ice.
In addition, the refrigerator of family expenses etc. disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2005-233582 publication clips the storeroom of adiabatic wall configuration refrigerated storage temperature band and the storeroom of cryogenic temperature band, water supplying unit is set at the storeroom of refrigerated storage temperature band, ice making unit is set at the storeroom of cryogenic temperature band.
But, the refrigerator of above-mentioned Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 9-72640 publication is due to by ice making unit 102 and water supplying unit 105 integration and the relation be configured in refrigerating chamber 101, water supplying unit 102 to be arranged in insulated cabinet 109, structure must be caused to become large, frozen food etc. is reduced to the saturation of refrigerating chamber 101.
In addition, ice making unit 102 and water supplying unit 105 configured separate, need to position and the base member fixed the two, even if in this case, be necessary the aligning of the position of carrying out feed pipe 108 front end of water supplying unit 105 and the ice making tray 103 of formation ice making unit 102 accurately, consequently assembling needs the structure of time.
Further, the refrigerator of Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2005-233582 publication, although water supplying unit and ice making unit, on the surface being arranged on adiabatic wall respectively and the back side, general order be adiabatic wall has been installed on refrigerator main body after assemble water supplying unit and ice making unit again.This operation due to be in limited space (refrigerating chamber, refrigerating chamber) by above the waist or finger stretch into the operation carried out, so the posture increased burden to operator is inevitable, there is the problem that operating efficiency is not good yet.
Summary of the invention
Object of the present invention is just to solve the problem, and provides a kind of and can alleviate the burden caused operator, can improve 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 cooling storage apparatus, ice making unit possesses: shaft supporting part and the drive division with predetermined distance, and between shaft supporting part and drive division, one end is supported on the other end on shaft supporting part and is connected with drive division and stockpiles the ice making tray of the water of self-water-supplying mouth; Water supplying unit possesses: water supply container, water in water supply container is sent by supply channel to for water nozzle and can be carried out the supply-water pump of the water supply to ice making unit, fixing supply channel and the water supply housing for water nozzle, can carry out the connection of supply channel and water supply container and the connecting portion be separated; Ice maker comprises water supplying unit and ice making unit and is filled with the first adiabatic wall of heat-insulating material, and under the state that the first adiabatic wall has been installed at least one party in water supplying unit and ice making unit, the first adiabatic wall is releasably arranged on cooling storage apparatus.
Thus, ice maker can not be subject to the restriction of the confined space of refrigerating chamber, refrigerating chamber etc. to the installation exercise of the first adiabatic wall, due to operation can be carried out at more wide working space, thus can alleviate the burden that operator is caused, the assembly precision of ice maker can be improved.
Accompanying drawing explanation
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 the operation post of the assembled state representing this ice maker.
Fig. 4 is the stereogram of the main body of the door of the cooling storage apparatus taking off embodiments of the present invention 2.
Fig. 5 is the stereogram of the assembling 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 the operation post of the assembled state representing this ice maker.
Fig. 9 is the longitudinal section of the different installment states representing this ice maker.
Figure 10 is the stereogram of the main body of the door of the cooling storage apparatus taking off embodiments of the present invention 4.
Figure 11 is the stereogram of the assembling midway of this cooling storage apparatus.
Figure 12 is the sectional view of the major part of the ice maker that existing refrigerator uses.
Detailed description of the invention
Below, with reference to accompanying drawing, embodiments of the present invention are described.Further, the present invention is not by the restriction of this embodiment.Further, the ice maker of embodiments of the present invention is assembled in keeping in cold storage in device of refrigerator etc.
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.
Ice maker 1 shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2 by be filled with in inside heat-insulating material 2 tabular the first adiabatic wall 3, be configured in the water supplying unit 4 in the one side of the first adiabatic wall 3 and the ice making unit 5 be configured on other face of the first adiabatic wall 3 is formed.
As shown in Figure 2, water supplying unit 4 is made up of supply-water pump 8, confession water nozzle 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 the confession water nozzle 9 and supply-water pump 8 of being located at discharge pipe 6b leading section.Further, fix for water nozzle 9 and the suitable mechanism of supply-water pump 8.Water supply container 13 is provided with the connector 12 be releasably combined with the connecting portion 11 of suction line 6a.Water supply housing 10 fixes the supply channel and confession water nozzle 9 that are made up of suction line 6a and discharge pipe 6b.In addition, connecting portion 11 connection that can realize supply channel and water supply container 13 be separated.
First adiabatic wall 3 is filled with the heat-insulating material or vacuum heat insulation materials etc. of such as foamed polyurethane etc. in plastic epidermis (housing).The one side of the first adiabatic wall 3 is as the placed side 3a placing water supplying unit 4, this placed side 3a is provided with recessed guide part 14, this guide part 14 with in the position of water supply container 13 namely, the mode that connects with normal position of connecting portion 11 is for limiting the position of water supply container 13; And be provided with multiple key shape locking pieces 15 for temporary fixed water supply housing 10.
In addition, the flange 16 coordinated with locking piece 15 is provided with at the lower periphery of water supply housing 10.Further, water supply housing 10 does not also utilize the mode such as screw clamp, locking combination to fix by means of only the cooperation of locking piece 15 and flange 16.Fix about this, due to well-known structure can be used, so omit detailed description.
Further, at the sidepiece of water supply housing 10, water supply container 13, utilize suitable embeding mechanism releasably to install and divide wall 17, this division wall 17 is for being divided into water supplying unit 4 region and article put area by the face of the first adiabatic wall 3.
In addition, be embedded with feed pipe 18 in the inside of the first adiabatic wall 3, this feed pipe 18 with one end with relatively extend for water nozzle 9, and the other end is to configure from the mode be configured with faced by the face of ice making unit 5 and ice making unit 5.Namely, feed pipe 18 by first adiabatic wall 3 that leads for the water of water nozzle 9 with the face of placed side 3a opposite side.
Here, in the ice maker 1 of embodiments of the present invention 1, owing to supply-water pump 8 to be arranged on the position left from water supply container 13, to hold in water supply housing 10 so make and to fix the structure of supply-water pump 8.But, in water supply container 13, be provided with the occasion of supply-water pump 8, make and to hold in water supply housing 10 and to secure the supply channel that is equivalent to suction line 6a and the discharge pipe 6b is communicated with for water nozzle 9 and the drive source of motor 7 being equivalent to supply-water pump 8.
Ice making unit 5 is by resinous substrate 19, the shaft supporting part 20 installed while the one side of substrate 19 has predetermined distance and drive division 21, and between shaft supporting part 20 and drive division 21 and one end is supported on the ice making tray 22 that on shaft supporting part 20, the other end is connected with drive division 21 forms.Ice making tray 22 has flexible resin to make, from the water of the front end supply ice making of feed pipe 18.Ice making tray 22 stockpiles the water of self-water-supplying mouth 9.Further, the water in water supply container 13 is sent to the water supply that can realize to ice making unit 5 for water nozzle 9 by supply-water pump 8 by supply channel.
In addition, drive division 21 possesses: make distorting stress act on ice making tray 22, make ice making tray 22 be deformed into motor and the reducing gear (all not shown) of the state reversed, and is located at drive division 21 and within the scope of predetermined angular, rotates the ice check bar 23 detecting the ice storage amount of ice making.The structure of drive division 21 is well-known structure.In addition, the structure of ice making unit 5 can be basic structure with existing well-known structure, and here the description thereof will be omitted.Like this, have that flexible resin makes by being made by ice making tray 22, thus the angle that the drive division opposite side that can realize fixing ice making tray also can make drive division sideway swivel specify by drive division 21, thus, the shape of ice making tray 22 can be made to be out of shape, and by this distortion, the ice generated in ice making tray 22 to be peeled off from ice making tray 22.
Shaft supporting part 20 and drive division 21 carry out temporary fixed to the cooperation of flange 26,27 of locking piece 24,25 by being located at the key shape on substrate 19 of substrate 19 fixing and each installation portion side of being located at shaft supporting part 20 and drive division 21.Further, fixed by same method and water supply housing 10.Fixing due to detailed description can be omitted by well-known structure about this.
Further, shaft supporting part 20, drive division 21 and the substrate 19 of having installed ice making tray 22 are releasably arranged on other face of the first adiabatic wall 3.This fixing means, such as, arrange the locking piece 28 of key shape, and coordinate substrate 19 by locking piece 28 on three limits of the first adiabatic wall 3, fixing remaining with screw 29.
The method of fixing base 19, is not limited to said method, as long as motionless in mounted condition.Further, substrate 19 can be finely tuned the position be fixed on the first adiabatic wall 3 as required, as long as be detachably arranged on the structure on the first adiabatic wall 3, can adopt well-known mounting structure.
Secondly, to by the first adiabatic wall 3 possessing feed pipe 18, the assembling of the ice maker 1 that water supplying unit 4 and ice making unit 5 are formed is described.Further, the wiring being located at the wiring and the motor being located at drive division 21 etc. of the motor 7 of supply-water pump 8 is suitably around in the first adiabatic wall 3, splicing ear (not shown) exposes.In addition, assembling sequence is an example, is not limited to this order.
When assembling, such as, as shown in the stereogram of operation post that represents the assembled state of the ice maker of embodiments of the present invention 1 and Fig. 3, the operation post 32 with a pair gripper shoe 31 being separated with predetermined distance and arranging is used.The occasion of Fig. 3 is the state can assembling water supplying unit 4.
That is, the first adiabatic wall 3 is placed in gripper shoe 31, utilizes the temporary fixed water supply housing 10 possessing supply-water pump 8, supply water nozzle 9 etc. of locking piece 15, carry out the location confirmation for water nozzle 9 and feed pipe 18, carry out the final fixing of water supply housing 10.
Further, install by utilizing proper method and divide wall 17, on guide part 14, water supply container 13 is installed as required, carries out the connection of connector 12 and connecting portion 11, thus completing of water supplying unit 4 can be confirmed.
Its result, can guarantee there is the well-to-do water supplying unit of assembling spatially 4 around.
Secondly, the occasion of ice making unit 5 is installed, utilizes locking piece 24,25 temporary fixed shaft supporting part 20, drive division 21 on substrate 19 in advance, and assemble ice making tray 22, carry out the assembling of ice making unit 5.Now, screw or embeding mechanism can be utilized as required to complete the assembling of ice making unit 5 to substrate 19.
With above-mentioned job parallelism the first adiabatic wall 3 is reversed, with water supplying unit 4 be positioned at below mode the first adiabatic wall 3 is placed in gripper shoe 31.Further, as the face of top utilizing locking piece 28 carry out temporary fixed by the ice making unit 5 assembled in advance on the first adiabatic wall 3 by substrate 19.
Further, by confirming the ozzle position of ice making tray 22 and feed pipe 18, and substrate 19 screw 29 is fixed on the first adiabatic wall 3, thus terminates ice making unit 5 to the installation of adiabatic wall 3, complete the assembling of ice maker 1.
Like this, under the state that the first adiabatic wall 3 has been installed at least one party in water supplying unit 4 and ice making unit 5, the handling of the first adiabatic wall 3 to cooling storage apparatus can be realized.
In addition, if need the inching of the ozzle position of carrying out ice making tray 22 and feed pipe 18, then before being fixed with screw 29, can utilize and the moving substrates 19 such as the stress deformation of the deformable scope of the gap of locking piece 28, locking piece 28.
Further, substrate 19 can use well-known method to the fixing of the first adiabatic wall 3, be not limited to screw and fix.
Therefore, it is possible to assemble under the state that ice making unit 5 is had well-to-do space around guaranteeing.
Especially, in advance ice making unit 5 is assembled on substrate 19, ice making unit 5 can be made easier to the installation exercise of the first adiabatic wall 3 this substrate 19 order be arranged on the first adiabatic wall 3.In addition, substrate 19, ice making unit 5 can also be assembled on the first adiabatic wall 3 successively.
As mentioned above, the ice maker of embodiments of the present invention 1 well-to-do carries out operation, so can improve the work posture increased burden to operator spatially owing to having around can guaranteeing when it is assembled.Its result, can the trouble of cancel job, can realize stable assembling.
In addition, in water supplying unit 4, the position limitation carrying out water supply container 13 owing to utilizing the guide part 14 being located at the first adiabatic wall 3 and be connected with the supply channel of supply-water pump 8, so successfully can carry out the formation of water supply path.Further, the installation of water supply container 13 can easily be carried out.
Further, by being installed to cooling storage apparatus by the first adiabatic wall 3, thus carrying out water supplying unit 4, ice making unit 5 in linkage to the installation of storage facilities with the installation of the first adiabatic wall 3, thus can improve the assembling operation efficiency of cooling storage apparatus.
Further, consider the installation of the first adiabatic wall 3 to cooling storage apparatus, the surrounding wall portion of the first adiabatic wall 3 is provided as the outstanding stage portion 30 of fitting portion.
Have again, although the ice maker 1 of embodiments of the present invention 1 installs water supplying unit 4 and ice making unit 5 in advance on the first adiabatic wall 3, but the structure of ice making unit 5 or water supplying unit 4 can also be utilized, the unit of either party to be pre-installed on the first adiabatic wall 3 and this first adiabatic wall 3 is installed remaining unit again after cooling storage apparatus is installed.
Secondly, embodiment 2 is described.
Fig. 4 is the stereogram of the main body behind the door of the cooling storage apparatus taking off embodiments of the present invention 2, and Fig. 5 is the stereogram of the assembling midway of the main body of this cooling storage apparatus.Here, as an example of cooling storage apparatus, with the fridge-freezer used in general family for example is described.
Further, mark identical symbol for the inscape identical with embodiments of the present invention 1, description is omitted, is only described difference.
Refrigerator main body (hereinafter referred to as " main body ") 41 as is well known an opening is had the casing of thermal insulation as basic structure.Refrigerator is provided with the next door installation portion (hereinafter referred to as " installation portion ") 44 of the groove-like for installing the first adiabatic wall 3 at central portion, and this first adiabatic wall 3 will be for being divided internally into multiple storeroom and refrigerating chamber 42 and refrigerating chamber 43.Namely the refrigerator, as cooling storage apparatus is made up of thermal insulation casing.In addition, installation portion 44 can also be convex.Further, the first adiabatic wall 3 is releasably arranged on installation portion 44.
Here, because the first adiabatic wall 3 is first adiabatic walls 3 that the ice maker 1 described in embodiments of the present invention 1 possesses, so omit the detailed description about the first adiabatic wall 3 and ice maker 1.
Secondly, the assembling of the first adiabatic wall 3 to main body 41 is described.
Assembling from first adiabatic wall 3 to main body 41 as shown in Figure 5, insert the first adiabatic wall 3 in outstanding stage portion 30 mode be embedded in installation portion 44.Further, before the first adiabatic wall 3 is inserted completely, the not shown power line class of ice maker 1 is connected with the not shown circuit part be located in main body 41, thereafter, inserts the first adiabatic wall 3 until last.
Further, utilize proper method to carry out the first adiabatic wall 3 fixing to main body 41, the first adiabatic wall 3 is in the state of can not getting out, completes the assembling of the first adiabatic wall 3.In addition, the first adiabatic wall 3 can be well-known method to the fixing means of main body 41.
In addition, if needed, heat-insulating material can also be got involved at the connecting portion of the first adiabatic wall 3 and main body 41.This occasion, can in the outstanding stage portion 30 of the first adiabatic wall 3 sticking adiabatic material in advance, carry out the operation identical with above-mentioned operation, the first adiabatic wall 3 be arranged in main body 41.
Therefore, when refrigerator is assembled, due to the assembling of ice maker 1 to main body 41 can be carried out with the first adiabatic wall 3 in linkage to the assembling of main body 41, so can improve the assembling operation of refrigerator significantly.Further, by making the structure the first adiabatic wall 3 and installation portion 44 embedded, thus the temperature between refrigerating chamber 42 that temperature band is different and refrigerating chamber 43 can be suppressed to leak (cooling gas leakage), the quality as fridge-freezer can be improved.
In addition, for operator, when installation the first adiabatic wall 3, installation exercise and the mounting position of the existing ice maker 1 at limited narrow space like this can be improved.Especially in the occasion of small-sized, medium-sized refrigerator, the improvement effect of work posture can be obtained significantly, that bears along with work posture alleviates the reliability that can improve job content, the quality of ice maker 1 that can be improved, the fridge-freezer of reliability.
In addition, because the first adiabatic wall 3 is releasably arranged on installation portion 44, even if so ice maker 1 to first adiabatic wall 3 install after, also together with the first adiabatic wall 3, ice maker 1 can be taken out.Thus, whole ice maker 1 can be realized to take out clean, the raising of maintainability can be realized.
Further, about to the lift-launch holding the different refrigerator of volume, also can be met the demands by the style etc. of the size of the first adiabatic wall 3 of change installation ice maker 1 or the ice maker 1 be arranged on the first adiabatic wall 3, can versatility be improved.
In addition, even if in the different occasion of the interior wall construction of refrigerator, also can the peripheral wall structure of the first adiabatic wall 3 be made to meet the structure of the mounting structure be located on refrigerator inwall by making and improve versatility further.Even if this situation, the assembling operation of ice maker 1 is not also affected.
Have again, under the state need not installing water supplying unit 4 and ice making unit 5 both sides in advance on the first adiabatic wall 3, first adiabatic wall 3 is arranged in main body 41, also can in advance a side of water supplying unit 4 or ice making unit 5 be arranged on the first adiabatic wall 3, the first adiabatic wall 3 is being carried out the assembling operation assembling remaining unit again 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 the operation post of the assembled state representing this ice maker, and Fig. 9 is the longitudinal section of the different installment states representing this ice maker.
Further, for embodiments of the present invention 1,2 identical inscapes mark identical symbol and description is omitted, only difference is described.
As shown in Figure 6, Figure 7, the structure of the ice maker of embodiments of the present invention 3 is substantially identical with the structure of the ice maker of embodiments of the present invention 1.Difference is the shape of the first adiabatic wall 3.
That is, the ice maker 1 be arranged on the first adiabatic wall 3 is embedded into be located at and is filled with in inside in the opening portion 51 of the determined location of the second adiabatic wall 50 of the tabular of heat-insulating material 2 and installs.Here, the first adiabatic wall 3 having installed ice maker 1 is releasably arranged on the second adiabatic wall 50.
Second adiabatic wall 50 is filled with the heat-insulating material or vacuum heat insulation materials etc. of such as foamed polyurethane etc. in the same manner as the first adiabatic wall 3 in plastic epidermis (housing).Here, the second adiabatic wall 50 separates the storeroom of cooling storage apparatus.
Further, be provided with the end difference 52 reducing direction extension to aperture area in the inner periphery of the opening portion 51 of the second adiabatic wall 50, the circumferential edges of the first adiabatic wall 3 is provided with the abutting stage portion 53 abutted with end difference 52.
Therefore, in the installment state of the first adiabatic wall 3 to the second adiabatic wall 50, be in the chimerism that end difference 52 fits tightly with abutting stage portion 53, the first adiabatic wall 3 and the second adiabatic wall 50 just in time form one.
In addition, the assemble method of the ice maker of the embodiments of the present invention 3 shown in Fig. 8 is substantially identical with the assemble method of the ice maker of the embodiments of the present invention 1 shown in Fig. 3.
That is, ice making unit 5 is assembled on substrate 19 in advance, then the order be arranged on by substrate 19 on first adiabatic wall 3 more easily can carry out the installation exercise of ice making unit 5 to the second adiabatic wall 50.In addition, substrate 19, ice making unit 5 can also be assembled on the first adiabatic wall 3 successively.
As implied above, the ice maker of embodiments of the present invention 3 is owing to can guarantee when it is assembled well-to-do to carry out operation spatially, so can improve the work posture increased burden to operator.Its result, can the trouble of cancel job, can realize stable assembling.
In addition, in water supplying unit 4, owing to being carried out the position limitation of the connection of the supply channel of water supply container 13 and supply-water pump 8 by the guide part 14 be located on the first adiabatic wall 3, thus successfully can carry out the formation of water supply path.Further, water supply container 13 can easily be made.
Have again, by the second adiabatic wall 50 to cooling storage apparatus install after, because the ice maker 1 (the first adiabatic wall 3) that water supplying unit 4, ice making unit 5 one-tenth can be integrated is installed to the opening portion 51 of the second adiabatic wall 50, the packaging efficiency of cooling storage apparatus thus can be improved.
In addition, ice maker 1 is releasably arranged on the second adiabatic wall 50.Thus, ice maker 1 (the first adiabatic wall 3) to second adiabatic wall 50 install after, also together with the first adiabatic wall 3, ice maker 1 can be taken out.Thus, whole ice maker 1 taking-up can clean, the raising of maintainability can be realized.
Further, in embodiments of the present invention 3, on the first adiabatic wall 3, water supplying unit 4 and ice making unit 5 are installed in advance, then the first adiabatic wall 3 are arranged on the opening portion 51 of the second adiabatic wall 50.But, can also according to the structure of ice making unit 5 or water supplying unit 4 etc., in advance by the cellular installation of either party on the first adiabatic wall 3, then under the first adiabatic wall 3 being arranged on the state on the opening portion 51 of the second adiabatic wall 50, by remaining cellular installation on the first adiabatic wall 3.
In addition, in the figure 7, make and ensure that by end difference 52 by being located at the opening portion 51 of the second adiabatic wall 50 and the chimeric of the first adiabatic wall 3 and abut the chimeric of the state that fits tightly that stage portion 53 formed.Have as shown in Figure 9 again, can also be that the first adiabatic wall 3 of opening portion 51 and the fitting portion of the second adiabatic wall 50 are made taper surface 54, taper side face 55, be fitted tightly the embedded structure formed by each face.Namely, the inner periphery of the opening portion 51 of the second adiabatic wall 50 possesses and reduces to aperture area the taper surface 54 that direction extends, using the circumferential edges of the first adiabatic wall 3 as the taper side face fitted tightly with taper surface 54.
Its result, the first adiabatic wall 3 and the second adiabatic wall 50 just in time can form one.
Therefore, in the structure of Fig. 9, can assemble in the same manner as Fig. 7, the first adiabatic wall 3 is in the state seamlessly integrated with the second adiabatic wall 50.Its result, even if using the second adiabatic wall 50 as the occasion in next door of storeroom (not shown) forming cooling storage apparatus, also can suppress the heat leak between storeroom that temperature band is different.
Especially the structure of Fig. 7, fit tightly by making end difference 52 and abutting stage portion 53, thus the contact area of the opening portion 51 of the second adiabatic wall 50 and the first adiabatic wall 3 becomes large, the effect of above-mentioned suppression heat leak is better.
Below, embodiment 4 is described.
Figure 10 is the stereogram of the main body of the door of the cooling storage apparatus having taken off embodiments of the present invention 4, and Figure 11 is the stereogram of the assembling midway of this cooling storage apparatus.Here, as an example of cooling storage apparatus, be described for the fridge-freezer used in general family.
Further, mark identical symbol to the structural element identical with embodiments of the present invention 1 ~ 3 and description is omitted, only difference is described.
Refrigerator main body (hereinafter referred to as " main body ") 41 be using an opening as everyone knows and the case with thermal insulation as basic structure.Internal face is provided with for installing the next door installation portion (installation portion) 44 inside of main body 41 being divided into the groove-like in the next door of multiple storeroom and refrigerating chamber 42 and refrigerating chamber 43.Namely the refrigerator, as cooling storage apparatus is made up of thermal insulation casing.
Second adiabatic wall 50 by its circumferential edges is chimeric with installation portion 44, thus is arranged in main body 41, forms refrigerating chamber 42 and refrigerating chamber 43 in the inside of main body 41.
Further, carry out the second adiabatic wall 50 fixing to main body 41 with proper method, become the state that the second adiabatic wall 50 can not be got out, complete the assembling of the second adiabatic wall 50 to main body 41.
Secondly, the assembling of ice maker 1 to main body 41 is described.
Assembling from ice maker 1 to main body 41 as shown in figure 11, insert the first adiabatic wall 3 in the mode be embedded in the opening portion 51 of the second adiabatic wall 50.Further, before the first adiabatic wall 3 is embedded completely, the power supply unit that not shown connector of not shown power line of ice maker 1 and so on and main body 41 side and so on waits is connected, then, until last insertion the first adiabatic wall 3.
In addition, if needed, heat-insulating material can also be got involved at the connecting portion of the first adiabatic wall 3 and the second adiabatic wall 50.This situation, can in the surrounding wall portion of the first adiabatic wall 3 sticking adiabatic material in advance, carry out the operation identical with above-mentioned operation, the first adiabatic wall 3 be entrenched on the opening portion 51 of the second adiabatic wall 50.
Therefore, when assembling refrigerator, by making the structure to chimeric first adiabatic wall 3 in opening portion 51 being located at the second adiabatic wall 50, thus the temperature between refrigerating chamber 42 that temperature band is different and refrigerating chamber 43 can be suppressed to leak (cooling gas leakage), the quality as fridge-freezer can be improved.
In addition, for operator, can alleviate by water supplying unit 4, ice making unit 5 is installed to the second adiabatic wall 50 time homework burden, installation exercise and the mounting position of the ice maker 1 in limited narrow space as existing can be improved.The occasion of especially small-sized, medium-sized refrigerator, can obtain the effect that work posture significantly improves, and the burden along with work posture alleviates the reliability that can improve job content, can obtain the quality of ice maker 1, fridge-freezer that reliability improves.
In addition, ice maker 1 can take out from the second adiabatic wall 50 together with the first adiabatic wall 3.Thus, the occasion cleared away is carried out at the parts taking off the path that formation water passes through, also can improve and stretch into above the waist or the operation of finger in limited space (refrigerating chamber 42, refrigerating chamber 43), the homework burden of user or maintenance personal can be alleviated.
Further, about to the lift-launch holding the different refrigerator of volume, also by changing the size of the first adiabatic wall 3 installing ice maker 1 or being arranged on the style etc. of the ice maker 1 on the first adiabatic wall 3 and meeting the demands, versatility can be improved.
Further, in the above description, when ice maker 1 is to the assembling of main body 41, after the connection operation having carried out power line and so on, the first adiabatic wall 3 is completely chimeric to the opening portion 51 of the second adiabatic wall 50.But, according to the syndeton of power line and so on, also following assembling sequence can be adopted, that is: make ice maker 1 (the first adiabatic wall 3) completely chimeric to the opening portion 51 of the second adiabatic wall 50 in advance, when being assembled in main body 41 by the second adiabatic wall 50 or after having assembled, carry out the connection operation of power line and so on.
In addition, also can under the state of installing water supplying unit 4 and ice making unit 5 both sides in advance on the first adiabatic wall 3, first adiabatic wall 3 be arranged on the second adiabatic wall 50, but in advance a side of water supplying unit 4 or ice making unit 5 is arranged on the first adiabatic wall 3, the first adiabatic wall 3 is being carried out the assembling operation installing remaining unit after the second adiabatic wall 50 is installed.
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1. an ice maker, is assembled in cooling storage apparatus, it is characterized in that,
Above-mentioned cooling storage apparatus is made up of the casing of thermal insulation, and has the storeroom that separates above-mentioned cooling storage apparatus and have the second adiabatic wall of opening portion,
Ice making unit possesses: shaft supporting part and the drive division with predetermined distance, and between above-mentioned shaft supporting part and above-mentioned drive division, one end is supported on the other end on above-mentioned shaft supporting part and is connected with above-mentioned drive division and stockpiles the ice making tray of the water of self-water-supplying mouth;
Water supplying unit possesses: water supply container, water in above-mentioned water supply container to be sent to above-mentioned water supply mouth by supply channel and the supply-water pump that supplies water to above-mentioned ice making unit can be carried out, fixing above-mentioned supply channel and the above-mentioned water supply housing for water nozzle, can carry out the connection of above-mentioned supply channel and above-mentioned water supply container and the connecting portion be separated;
Above-mentioned ice maker comprises above-mentioned water supplying unit and above-mentioned ice making unit and is filled with the first adiabatic wall of heat-insulating material, under the state that above-mentioned first adiabatic wall has been installed at least one party in above-mentioned water supplying unit and above-mentioned ice making unit, above-mentioned first adiabatic wall is releasably installed on the above-mentioned opening portion of above-mentioned second adiabatic wall;
The one side of above-mentioned first adiabatic wall is formed the placed side of placing above-mentioned water supply container, above-mentioned placed side is provided with the guide part of the position limiting above-mentioned connecting portion.
2. ice maker according to claim 1, is characterized in that, is also provided with that the above-mentioned water for water nozzle is directed to above-mentioned first adiabatic wall with feed pipe that the is face of above-mentioned placed side opposite side.
3. ice maker according to claim 1, is characterized in that, above-mentioned ice making tray is made with having flexible resin.
4. a cooling storage apparatus, is characterized in that, possesses ice maker according to claim 1.
5. cooling storage apparatus according to claim 4, it is characterized in that, the inner periphery of the above-mentioned opening portion of above-mentioned second adiabatic wall has the end difference reducing direction extension to aperture area, and the circumferential edges of above-mentioned first adiabatic wall is provided with the abutting stage portion abutted with above-mentioned end difference.
6. cooling storage apparatus according to claim 4, it is characterized in that, the inner periphery of the above-mentioned opening portion of above-mentioned second adiabatic wall possesses the taper surface reducing direction extension to aperture area, the circumferential edges of above-mentioned first adiabatic wall is made the taper side face fitted tightly with above-mentioned taper surface.
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