CN101517338A - Refrigerator - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a refrigerator which can precisely adjust and display not only an ice making and storing amount but also an ice dispensing amount. As an ice level sensing unit provided at an ice storage unit for storing ice senses the ice storage amount by light, it is possible to adjust and display the ice storage amount. Moreover, as an ice sensing unit provided at an ice guide unit for dispensing ice senses the ice dispensing amount by light, it is possible to adjust and display the ice dispensing amount.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator that can accurately regulate and show the storage capacity and the sendout of ice.
Background technology
Generally speaking, refrigerator is separated into refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber.Refrigerating chamber stores food and vegetables long-period freshness preserving with about 3 to 4 ℃ temperature, and the while refrigerating chamber is freezing and storage meat and fish with the temperature that is lower than zero degree.
Usually, be extensive use of top installing type refrigerator, wherein refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber are limited on the above-below direction, and refrigerating chamber door and refrigerating-chamber door are mounted to and can open and close at refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber place.Under the large scale development trend of refrigerator, developed side by side combination refrigerator, wherein refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber are limited to both sides, and refrigerating chamber door and refrigerating-chamber door can pivot and open and close around both side ends.
In side by side combination refrigerator, refrigerating chamber that cold air can circulate therein or refrigerating chamber have bigger capacity.When opening and closing refrigerating chamber door or refrigerating-chamber door, the cold air loss increases, and then efficient reduces.Therefore, on the sidepiece of refrigerating chamber door, be formed with dispensing orifice and make the user to get ice, and home-bar is formed on the sidepiece of refrigerating chamber door and forms to open and close and makes the user to take out water or beverage from refrigerating chamber from the outside.
Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are the views that an example of the conventional refrigerator with ice distributor is shown.
With reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 conventional refrigerator is described.Refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber are limited to the both sides of refrigerator.Door 1 is installed to open and close refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber respectively.Ice distributor 10 is set ice is assigned to door 1 side.
On the door 1 control panel 2 being installed makes the user can select the predetermined function of refrigerator.Refrigerator is built-in with the control module (not shown) that is used for controlling according to the input of control panel 2 predetermined function of refrigerator.
At length, ice distributor 10 comprises: the ice maker 11 that is used for ice making; The ice bank 12 that is used for the ice that ccontaining ice maker 11 makes; Be used for the ice raft of ice bank 12 is put into outside ice groove 13; And allocation units 14.The water service duct (not shown) that is used for water is fed to ice maker 11 is arranged to built-in.
Although ice maker 11 and ice bank 12 are arranged in the refrigerating chamber, ice groove 13 and allocation units 14 and but be arranged on the door 1.Close at door 1 under the state of refrigerating chamber, ice bank 12 is communicated with ice groove 13.
In addition, on control panel 2, be formed with and have the button (not shown) of icing distribution function.Be provided with the independent conveyer that is used for ice is sent to ice groove 13 at ice bank 12 places.Control module is according to the operation of controlling ice maker 11 and conveyer by the signal of control panel 2 inputs.
Usually, the sendout of regulating ice according to the time of pressing of button is perhaps by pressing the ice that button distributes set amount.
Therefore, when the user presses when having the button of icing distribution function, control module is according to the operation of controlling ice maker 11 and conveyer from button inputted signal.The ice that is stored in the ice bank 12 distributes by the conveyer guiding and by ice groove 13 and allocation units 14.
Fig. 3 is the view that an example of the ice maker that is arranged in the conventional refrigerator is shown.Conventional ice maker 11 comprises: ice maker container 10, supply water with ice making to it; Rotation will be will ice the displacer 20 that separates from ice maker container 10; And be used for sensing and make at ice maker container 10, be stored in the ice amount of ice in the reservoir vessel 30 and the bar 11d of the operation of control ice maker 11 by displacer 20 separate ice, wherein ice the side that reservoir vessel 30 is arranged on ice maker container 10.
In conventional refrigerator, adopt the ice pan ice making.Yet when ice making, the user must charge into water in the ice pan and will ice from ice pan and separate with manual mode.In order to alleviate this inconvenience, proposed to have the refrigerator that is used for automatic ice-making and send the ice maker of ice.The example that in Korea S publication communique No.2004-0053700 and No.2004-0102568, discloses this ice maker and had the refrigerator of this ice maker.
Yet in conventional refrigerator, even ice reservoir vessel filled with ice, described bar also can't sense the full state of ice and stop ice making.That is to say, can not come ice making and store ice by the amount that the user needs.Therefore, consume electric power makes ice excessive.Because ice stores for a long time, so the user can not get young ice.
In addition, in conventional refrigerator, the user can't determine to be stored in the ice the ice reservoir vessel from the refrigerator outside.When the user wanted to determine ice, he must open refrigerator.
And, in conventional refrigerator,, the user has the button of icing distribution function when taking out ice, according to the ice that number of times distributes scheduled volume of pressing of time of pressing of button or button when pressing.The user can not take out the ice of accurate amount.Therefore, ice usually is assigned with excessive and then is wasted, and causes big energy consumption like this.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of can be by come the refrigerator of saves energy by the amount ice making of user's needs.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of can the storage by the amount that needs by the user and ices the refrigerator of supplying young ice.
Other another purpose of the present invention provides and can make the user need not to open the refrigerator that refrigerator doors just can be discerned the ice storage capacity from the outside.
An other purpose more of the present invention provides the refrigerator of the ice that can distribute accurate amount.Technical scheme
According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of refrigerator comprises: the ice storage element is used to store the ice that transmits from ice maker; Ice position sensing cell is used for being stored in the ice amount of icing storage element with non-contacting mode sensing; And control module, be used for controlling the operation of ice maker according to the ice amount of the ice storage element that senses by ice position sensing cell.
Ice position sensing cell comprises the light receiving unit that is used for radiative Optical Transmit Unit and is used for the light that sensing goes out from described light emitting units emitting.
Optical Transmit Unit is arranged on the face of facing mutually of icing storage element with described light receiving unit and is arranged to flush each other.
By light emitting units emitting and the only infrared light that senses by described light receiving unit.
Refrigerator also comprises ice position sensing display unit, is used to show the ice storage capacity of the ice storage element that is sensed by ice position sensing cell.
Refrigerator also comprises ice position input block, is used for importing the ice position of the ice that will be stored in the ice storage element.
Refrigerator also comprises ice position input display unit, is used to show the ice amount by the input block input of ice position.
Control module will compare by the ice amount of ice position input block ice amount of importing and the ice storage element that senses by ice position sensing cell, and controls the operation of ice maker according to comparative result.
According to a further aspect in the invention, a kind of refrigerator comprises: ice maker, supply water to described ice maker, and described ice maker is used for ice making and ice is sent to the ice storage element; The ice storage element is used to store the ice that transmits from ice maker; Ice position sensing cell is used for being stored in the ice amount of icing storage element with non-contacting mode sensing; Ice position input block is used for importing the ice amount that will be stored in the ice storage element; And an ice position display unit, be used for showing the ice amount by the input block input of ice position and at least one of the ice storage capacity of the ice storage element that senses by ice position sensing cell.
Ice position sensing cell comprises the light receiving unit that is used for radiative Optical Transmit Unit and is used for the light that sensing goes out from light emitting units emitting.
Refrigerator also comprises control module, is used for controlling according to the ice amount of the ice storage element that is sensed by ice position sensing cell the operation of ice maker.
Refrigerator also comprises control module, is used for according to the operation of controlling ice maker by the ice amount of ice position input block input.
Refrigerator also comprises control module, and the ice amount that is used for the ice amount that will import by ice position input block and the ice storage element that senses by ice position sensing cell compares, and controls the operation of ice maker according to comparative result.
According to another aspect of the invention, a kind of refrigerator comprises: the ice storage element, and it is formed in the refrigerator, is provided with the conveyer that is used to transmit ice in the one side; The ice guidance unit, it is communicated with the ice storage element and guides ices with to distributed outside; The ice sensing cell, it is arranged on ice guidance unit place, is used for the ice amount of sensing by the ice guidance unit; And control module, be used for the ice amount of input is compared with the ice amount that senses by the ice sensing cell, and control the operation of conveyer according to comparative result.
Refrigerator also comprises ice amount input block, is used to receive the input of ice amount and the ice amount that will import is sent to control module.
Ice amount input block comprises: ice amount load button is used to import the ice amount; And ice amount display window, be used to show the ice amount that the ice amount by the input of ice amount load button maybe will be assigned with.
The plane section of ice guidance unit makes that than the big predetermined area in the maximum cross-section of ice cube ice cube can be continuously one by one by the ice guidance unit.
Refrigerator also comprises dispensing orifice, and it is formed on the outside of refrigerator and forms and ice guidance unit and is communicated with, is used for distribution and ices, wherein, the ice guidance unit also comprises opening/closing, and opening/closing is installed near dispensing orifice, is used for opening and closing the ice guidance unit.
The ice sensing cell comprises the Optical Transmit Unit that is used to produce light and is used to receive the light receiving unit of the light that Optical Transmit Unit produces.
Conveyer comprises: transmit motor, it is arranged on and is used for from the relative direction of outlet of ice storage element discharging ice; And the transmission helical member, it is installed in the described ice storage element, and is connected to the transmission motor and rotates the outlet of icing storage element so that ice is sent to.
Refrigerator also comprises: ice maker, supply water to described ice maker, and described ice maker is used for ice making and ice is sent to the ice storage element; And ice position sensing cell, ice position sensing cell is used for being stored in non-contacting mode sensing the ice amount of ice storage element.
Ice position sensing cell comprises the light receiving unit that is used for radiative Optical Transmit Unit and is used for the light that sensing goes out from light emitting units emitting.
Refrigerator also comprises: ice position input block, and ice position input block is used for receiving the input of the ice position that will be stored in the ice of icing storage element and the ice position that will import is sent to control module; And control module, at least one of ice amount that is used for the ice storage element that senses according to the ice amount by the input of ice position input block with by ice position sensing cell controlled the operation of ice maker.
Ice position input block comprises: ice position load button is used for importing the ice amount that will be stored in the ice storage element; And an ice position display window, be used for showing the ice amount by the load button input of ice position and at least one of the ice amount of the ice storage element that senses by ice position sensing cell.
According to another again aspect of the present invention, a kind of refrigerator comprises: ice maker, supply water to described ice maker, and described ice maker is used for ice making and ice is sent to the ice storage element; The ice storage element is used to store the ice that transmits from ice maker; The ice guidance unit, it is communicated with the ice storage element and guides ices with to distributed outside; And display unit, be used for showing the ice amount that will be stored in the ice storage element, be stored in the ice amount of ice in the storage element, will be through ice amount that the ice guidance unit distributes and at least one in the ice amount that the ice guidance unit distributes.
Display unit comprises ice position load button, is used for importing the ice amount that will be stored in the ice storage element.
Display unit comprises ice position sensing display window, is used to show the ice amount by the load button input of ice position.
Refrigerator also comprises ice position sensing cell, is used for being stored in non-contacting mode sensing the ice amount of ice storage element, and wherein, display unit comprises ice position sensing display window, is used to show the ice amount that senses by ice position sensing cell.
Display unit comprises ice amount load button, and being used to import will be through the ice amount of ice guidance unit distribution.
Ice amount load button forms the quantity of input ice cube.
Refrigerator also comprises and is used for the ice sensing cell of ice amount of sensing by the ice guidance unit, and wherein, display unit comprises ice amount display window, is used for showing the ice amount by the input of ice amount load button and at least one of the ice amount of distributing through the ice guidance unit.
Ice amount display window shows that deducting the ice that distributes through the ice guidance unit from the ice amount by the input of ice amount load button measures resulting ice amount
Beneficial effect
According to the present invention, in above structure,, prevented waste of electric energy because the user can set ice-making capacity and ice storage capacity.Because the user can make and store his required ice amount, the user can obtain young ice at any time.
According to the present invention, the user need not to open refrigerator doors just can discern ice-making capacity and ice storage capacity from the outside, has alleviated like this and has opened the inconvenience that refrigerator is determined ice.
According to the present invention, the user can take out his required ice amount, reduces the waste of ice and energy like this.
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To become better understood with reference to accompanying drawing the present invention, therefore accompanying drawing usefulness for illustrative purposes only be not construed as limiting the invention, wherein:
Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are the views that an example of the conventional refrigerator with ice distributor is shown;
Fig. 3 is the view that an example of the ice maker that is arranged in the conventional refrigerator is shown;
Fig. 4 is the view that illustrates according to the embodiment of refrigerator of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the view that illustrates according to an example of the display unit of refrigerator of the present invention;
Fig. 6 illustrates according to the ice maker of refrigerator of the present invention and the view of the example of ice storage element;
Fig. 7 illustrates according to the ice guidance unit of refrigerator of the present invention and the view of the example of ice sensing cell;
Fig. 7 illustrates according to the ice guidance unit of refrigerator of the present invention and the view of the example of ice sensing cell;
Fig. 8 illustrates the block diagram of control according to the control stream of the ice sendout of refrigerator of the present invention;
Fig. 9 illustrates according to the ice maker of refrigerator of the present invention and the view of another example of ice storage element;
Figure 10 is the view that illustrates according to another example of the display unit of refrigerator of the present invention;
Figure 11 illustrates the block diagram of control according to the control stream of the ice sendout of refrigerator of the present invention.
Be used for the explanation of the Reference numeral of the critical piece shown in the accompanying drawing
110: input block 111: ice amount load button
112: ice amount input display window
540: ice position sensing display window
400: ice position load button
500: ice position display window
120: ice maker 130: the ice storage element
131: inlet 132: outlet
133: delivery unit 310,330,350: Optical Transmit Unit
320,340,360: light receiving unit 140: the ice guidance unit
150: ice sensing cell 600: control module
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Describe the preferred implementation of the present invention that is used to realize above-mentioned purpose with reference to the accompanying drawings in detail.
Fig. 4 is the view that illustrates according to the embodiment of refrigerator of the present invention.Refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber are each defined in to have and open wide in the positive main body 101.Door 102 is mounted to and opens and closes refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber respectively.Be provided with the allocation units 103 that are used to distribute ice at door 102 places, and be provided with the ice distributor of the ice that is used to distribute scheduled volume at refrigerating chamber and door 102 places.
The shelf 104 that is used to separate is installed in refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber.Be provided with the freeze cycle that comprises compressor 105 in main body 101 1 sides.The evaporimeter (not shown) of freeze cycle is installed in the inwall of main body 101.Form circulating cold air path 10 6 being fed to refrigerating chamber or refrigerating chamber by the cold air of evaporimeter refrigeration.
The ice distributor is arranged in the refrigerating chamber, is used for producing ice by the cold air through the supply of circulating cold air passage.The water service duct (not shown) that is used for supplying water from the outside is mounted to and is connected to the ice distributor.
Particularly, the ice distributor comprises input block 110, ice maker 120, ice storage element 130, ice guidance unit 140, ice sensing cell 150 and control module 600.Ice storage element 130 sensings ice storage capacity, and control module 600 is regulated the ice storage capacity by the operation of control ice maker 120.Simultaneously, ice sensing cell 150 sensings ice sendout, and control module 600 is regulated the ice sendout by the operation of control ice storage element 130.
Fig. 5 and Figure 10 are the views that illustrates according to the example of the display unit of refrigerator of the present invention.Display unit is installed on door 102 the front and is provided with a plurality of buttons that are electrically connected to control module, is used to operate the predetermined function of refrigerator.Display unit comprises ice position load button 400, ice position display window 500, ice amount load button 111 and ice amount input display window 112.
At length, ice position load button 400 is set on refrigerator, is used for importing the ice amount that will be stored in ice storage element 130.In the present embodiment, ice position load button 111 is formed on the outside of the refrigerator doors 102 that is positioned at ice maker 120 installation sides, makes the user can select to indicate and will be stored in the ice position of icing the ice amount in the storage element 130.Therefore, the user can make and store the ice amount that he wants.
An ice position display 500 is set on refrigerator, is used for showing the ice amount by load button 400 inputs of ice position and at least one of the ice amount that senses by ice storage element 130.In the present embodiment, ice amount display window 500 is formed on the outside of the refrigerator doors 102 that is positioned at ice maker 120 installation sides, and be provided with ice position input display window 520 and ice position sensing display window 540, input display window 520 in ice position is used for the ice amount of three grades of branches (first, second and the 3rd ice position) explicit user by load button 300 inputs of ice position, and ice position sensing display window 540 is used for three grades of branches (first, second and the 3rd ice position) and shows the ice amount that ice storage element 130 senses.
Therefore, the user can from the outside identification of refrigerator by the load button input of ice position the ice amount and be stored in the ice amount the ice storage element 130 at least one.
Ice position load button 400 is set on refrigerator, and being used to import will be by the ice amount of ice guidance unit 140 distribution.In the present embodiment, ice position load button 400 is formed on the outside of the refrigerator doors 102 that is positioned at ice maker 120 installation sides, and making the user can import the quantity of ice amount or whenever pressing the increase scheduled volume increases the ice amount.Therefore, the user can take out the ice amount that he wants.
Ice amount input display window 112 is set with in the ice amount that shows the ice amount by 111 inputs of ice amount load button and sense by ice sensing cell 150 at least one on refrigerator.In the present embodiment, ice amount input display window 112 is formed on the outside of the refrigerator doors 102 of ice maker 120 installation sides, be used to show ice amount, and demonstrate the ice amount that will be assigned with by deducting the ice amount that ice distributes between allotment period by ice amount load button 111 initial inputs.
Therefore, the user can from the outside identification of refrigerator by 111 inputs of ice amount load button the ice amount and at least one the ice amount that senses by ice sensing cell 150.
For example, ice amount input display window 112 preferably includes 7 sections, and wherein 7 bar-shaped light emitting diodes are arranged to the figure of eight and are lighted and extinguish to show decimal number.
Fig. 6 and Fig. 9 illustrate according to the ice maker of refrigerator of the present invention and the view of the example of ice storage element.Supply water to ice maker 120, be used for ice making and transmit ice.Ice storage element 130 stores ice and sensing ice amount.
Particularly, ice maker 120 receives water and ice making and transmission ice.In the present embodiment, ice maker 120 comprises: ice-making compartment 122, and it is supplied water, and is used for producing ice; Water Supplies Department 124, vertical sidepiece place that it is formed on ice-making compartment 122 is used for water is fed to ice-making compartment 122; The ice making motor, it is contained in another sidepiece of ice-making compartment 122; And the displacer 126 that is provided with pin 128, it is connected to the rotation of ice making motor ice and is discharged to ice storage element 130 with the ice that will make in the ice-making compartment 122.
Preferably, discharge one by one in order to ice continuously, the outlet 132 of ice storage element 130 is than the big predetermined area in the maximum cross-section of ice cube.
In addition, be provided with delivery unit 133 and guide to the outlet 132 of icing storage element 130 with the ice that will be stored in the ice storage element 130.In the present embodiment, delivery unit 133 comprises: transmit motor 133a, it is positioned on the subtend direction of the outlet 132 of icing storage element 130; And transmitting helical member 133b, it is coupled to the outlet 132 that transmits motor 133a and extend to ice storage element 130 vertically.Transmission motor 133a is mounted to and is connected to control module 600.
When transmitting motor 133a operation, transmit helical member 133b rotation is sent to ice storage element 130 with the ice that will drop down onto its top outlet 132.
In addition, be provided with in the storage element 130 at ice and be used to utilize light to come the ice position sensing cell of sensing ice storage capacity.In the present embodiment, an ice position sensing cell comprises Optical Transmit Unit 310,330 and 350 and light receiving unit 320,340 and 360.Optical Transmit Unit 310,330 and 350 and light receiving unit 320,340 and 360 be formed on ice storage element 130 both sides and form parallel to each other.Optical Transmit Unit 310,330 and 350 comprises the light emitting diode (LED) that is used to launch infrared light, and light receiving unit 320,340 and 360 sensings are by the infrared light of Optical Transmit Unit 310,330 and 350 emissions.The device of the light that can launch light and can sensing launch of any kind of all can be used as Optical Transmit Unit 310,330 and 350 and light receiving unit 320,340 and 360.In the present embodiment, an ice position sensing cell comprises three pairs of Optical Transmit Units 310,330 and 350 and light receiving unit 320,340 and 360.In order to divide three grades of sensings to be stored in the ice amount of ice in the storage element, these to Optical Transmit Unit 310,330 and 350 and light receiving unit 320,340 and 360 form first an ice position sensor 310 and 320, the second ice position sensor 330 and the 340 and the 3rd an ice position sensor 350 and 360 respectively.At this,, the Optical Transmit Unit 310,330 and 350 and light receiving unit 320,340 and 360 more than three pairs can be set for the sensing level that will be stored in the ice amount of ice in the storage element 130 is divided into sub level.Thereby can be stored in the ice amount of icing in the storage element 130 by sensing.
Therefore, control module 600 receives the ice amount the ice storage element 130 that will be stored in and passes through ice position input display window 112 from ice position load button 111 and shows this ice amount, be stored in the ice amount the ice storage element 130 and pass through ice position sensing display window 40 these ice amounts of demonstration from the sensing cell reception of ice position, the ice amount of input ice amount and storage is compared, and control transmits motor 133b etc. with ice making with transmit and ice according to comparative result then.
Fig. 7 illustrates according to the ice guidance unit of refrigerator of the present invention and the view of the example of ice sensing cell.The ice that the guiding of ice guidance unit 140 transmits from ice storage element 130 is with to distributed outside, and ice sensing cell 140 sensings are by the ice amount of ice guidance unit 140.
Particularly, ice guidance unit 140 guides the ice that is stored in the ice storage element 130 so that be assigned to the refrigerator outside.In the present embodiment, ice guidance unit 140 forms tubulose and makes ice therefrom to pass through, and ice guidance unit 140 is set in place on the refrigerator doors 102 of the installation side of ice maker 120.Ice guidance unit 140 comprises intercommunicating pore 141 and dispensing orifice 142, and the inner face that intercommunicating pore 141 is positioned at refrigerator doors 102 is sentenced the ice that reception falls from the outlet 132 of ice storage element 130, dispensing orifice 142 be positioned at refrigerator doors 102 the outside so that ice fall.Dispensing orifice 142 be positioned to be lower than intercommunicating pore 141 make ice can freely fall ice distribute.
Identical with the outlet 132 of ice storage element 130, preferably, ice guidance unit 140 makes that than the big predetermined area in the maximum cross-section of ice cube ice cube can be continuously one by one by ice guidance unit 140.
The position of contiguous dispensing orifice 142 is provided with the opening/closing unit 143 that is used to open and close ice guidance unit 140 on ice guidance unit 140.Opening/closing unit 143 comprises: the solenoid 143a that is used to provide opening/closing power; And the baffle plate 143b that is connected to solenoid 143a, be used to open and close ice guidance unit 140 and cut-out and be sent to/pass certainly in the heat of refrigerating chamber.Solenoid 143a is mounted to and is connected to control module 600.
The form that baffle plate 143b can form check-valves provides the opening/closing power of the dispensing orifice 142 of block ice guidance unit 140 to utilize spring.In addition, can adopt multiple baffle plate example.
Preferably, the only infrared light of being launched and sensing by light receiving unit 152 by Optical Transmit Unit 151, and Optical Transmit Unit 151 is the low-cost light-emitting diode that are used to produce infrared light.Yet the present invention is not limited thereto.
Therefore, control module 600 receives required ice amount from ice amount load button 114, show the ice amount by ice amount display window 115, solenoid 143a is so that baffle plate 143b opens the scheduled time in control, by icing the ice amount that sensing cell 150 sensings distribute, the ice amount of input is compared with the ice amount that distributes, show the ice amount that will be assigned with, regulate the ice sendout according to comparative result then by ice amount display window 115.
Another example of the ice guidance unit of refrigerator and ice sensing cell according to the present invention, ice sensing cell 150 can form contact.For example, the expression lobes that in ice guidance unit 140, forms pressurized flexibly and recover.When ice passes through ice guidance unit 140, when the expression lobes pressurized, produce the signal of telecommunication.The signal of telecommunication is sent to control module 600, thereby senses the ice amount of distributing through ice guidance unit 140.
Fig. 8 illustrates the block diagram of control according to the control stream of the ice sendout of refrigerator of the present invention.In the ice amount that control module 600 senses according to the ice amount by 111 inputs of ice amount load button with by ice sensing cell 150 at least one controlled from the ice batch operation of ice storage element 130 through ice guidance unit 140.In the present embodiment, control module 600 is connected to ice amount load button 111, ice amount input display window 112, ice maker 120, ice storage element 130, ice guidance unit 140 and ices sensing cell 150, and ices and distribution ice to take out by ice guidance unit 140 by the ice amount that ice amount display window 105 explicit users are imported by ice amount load button 114.
Particularly, when control module 600 operation transmission motor 133a are stored in the ice of icing in the storage element 130 with transmission, along with transmitting helical member 133b rotation, drop on the ice that transmits on the helical member 133b and be directed to the outlet 132 of icing storage element 130, freely fall to the intercommunicating pore 141 of ice guidance unit 140 again from the outlet 132 of ice storage element 130, and then distribute along the dispensing orifice 142 of ice guidance unit 140 through ice guidance unit 140.
When ice distributes along the dispensing orifice 142 of ice guidance unit 140 through icing guidance unit 140, the light that light receiving unit 152 sensings of light sensing unit 150 are produced by the Optical Transmit Unit 151 of icing sensing cell 150.Whenever ice between Optical Transmit Unit 151 and the light receiving unit 152 through out-of-date, the signal interruption between Optical Transmit Unit 151 and the light receiving unit 152.Therefore, control module 600 can sense the ice amount.
The ice amount that control module 600 will be set compares with the ice amount that senses, control display window 112, ice maker 120, transmit the ice of the operation of motor 133a and solenoid 143a according to comparative result, measure resulting ice amount by 115 demonstrations of ice amount display window from the ice that the ice amount of importing deducts distribution then with distribution setting ice amount.
Figure 11 illustrates the block diagram of control according to the control stream of the ice storage capacity of refrigerator of the present invention.An operation of controlling ice maker 120 among the ice amount of the ice storage element 130 that control module 600 senses according to the ice amount by input block 400 inputs of ice position with by ice position sensing cell.In the present embodiment, control module 600 is connected to ice position load button 111, ice position input display window 112, ice position sensing display window 500, ice position sensing cell and ice maker 120, and ice in the storage element 130 so that ice is stored in by the ice amount of ice position load button 111 inputs by ice input display window 112 explicit user, and control ice maker 120 is with water receiving and ice making.Afterwards, ice maker 120 ice makings also transmit ice, and ice storage element 130 stores these ice.Along with the ice amount that stores in the ice storage element 130 increases gradually, the Optical Transmit Unit 310,330 of ice position sensing cell and 350 infrared lights that penetrate are covered by ice or reflect, thereby can not be by light receiving unit 320,340 and 360 sensings of ice position sensing cell.At this moment, control module 600 stops the operation of ice maker 120, and ice shows the ice amount that ice position sensing cell senses by ice position sensing display window 40.
For example, set for when user's ice amount in the ice storage element 130 of will being stored in by ice position load button 111 and to make can show the second ice position on ice position input display window 520 time, ice maker 120 ice makings also are sent to ice storage element 130 with ice and sense ice until the second ice level sensor 330 and 340 of ice storage element 130.When ice cube when ice gathers in the storage element 130 and is sensed by the second ice level sensor 330 and 340, control module 600 stops the operation of ice maker 120, thereby no longer send ice from ice maker 120 to ice storage element 130.Meanwhile, control module 600 shows that by ice position sensing display window 540 the ice amount that stores in the ice storage element 130 is the second ice position.So the user can make and store the ice amount that he wants.
Be example and described the present invention in detail based on preferred implementation and accompanying drawing with the side by side combination refrigerator.Yet, be appreciated that the present invention should not only limit to these embodiments, but can in the desired spirit and scope of appended claims, make multiple remodeling and modification by those of ordinary skills.
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1. refrigerator, described refrigerator comprises:
Ice maker supplies water to described ice maker, and described ice maker is used for ice making and ice is sent to the ice storage element;
Described ice storage element is used to store the ice that transmits from described ice maker;
Ice position sensing cell, described ice position sensing cell is used for being stored in non-contacting mode sensing the ice amount of described ice storage element; And
Control module, described control module are used for controlling according to the ice amount of the described ice storage element that is sensed by described ice position sensing cell the operation of described ice maker.
2. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described ice position sensing cell comprises the light receiving unit that is used for radiative Optical Transmit Unit and is used for the light that sensing goes out from described light emitting units emitting.
3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described Optical Transmit Unit and described light receiving unit are arranged on the face of facing mutually of described ice storage element and are arranged to flush each other.
4. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein, by described light emitting units emitting and the only infrared light that senses by described light receiving unit.
5. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, described refrigerator also comprise ice position sensing display unit, and described ice position sensing display unit is used to show the ice storage capacity of the described ice storage element that is sensed by described ice position sensing cell.
6. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, described refrigerator also comprise ice position input block, and described ice position input block is used for importing the ice position of the ice that will be stored in described ice storage element.
7. refrigerator as claimed in claim 6, described refrigerator also comprise ice position input display unit, and described ice position input display unit is used to show the ice amount by the input block input of described ice position.
8. refrigerator as claimed in claim 6, wherein, described control module will compare by the ice amount of described ice position input block ice amount of importing and the described ice storage element that senses by described ice position sensing cell, and controls the operation of described ice maker according to comparative result.
9. refrigerator, described refrigerator comprises:
Ice maker supplies water to described ice maker, and described ice maker is used for ice making and ice is sent to the ice storage element;
Described ice storage element is used to store the ice that transmits from described ice maker;
Ice position sensing cell, described ice position sensing cell is used for being stored in non-contacting mode sensing the ice amount of described ice storage element;
Ice position input block, described ice position input block is used for importing the ice amount that will be stored in described ice storage element; And
An ice position display unit, described ice position display unit are used for showing at least one of ice storage capacity of the described ice storage element that senses by the ice amount of described ice position input block input with by described ice position sensing cell.
10. refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, wherein, described ice position sensing cell comprises the light receiving unit that is used for radiative Optical Transmit Unit and is used for the light that sensing goes out from described light emitting units emitting.
11. refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, described refrigerator also comprises control module, and described control module is used for controlling according to the ice amount of the described ice storage element that is sensed by described ice position sensing cell the operation of described ice maker.
12. refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, described refrigerator also comprises control module, and described control module is used for according to the operation of controlling described ice maker by the ice amount of described ice position input block input.
13. refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, described refrigerator also comprises control module, the ice amount that described control module is used for the ice amount that will import by described ice position input block and the described ice storage element that senses by described ice position sensing cell compares, and controls the operation of described ice maker according to comparative result.
14. a refrigerator, described refrigerator comprises:
The ice storage element, described ice storage element is formed in the described refrigerator, is provided with the conveyer that is used to transmit ice in a side of described ice storage element;
Ice guidance unit, described ice guidance unit are communicated with described ice storage element and guide to be iced with to distributed outside;
The ice sensing cell, described ice sensing cell is arranged on described ice guidance unit place, is used for the ice amount of sensing by described ice guidance unit; And
Control module, described control module are used for the ice amount of described input is compared with the ice amount that senses by described ice sensing cell, and control the operation of described conveyer according to comparative result.
15. refrigerator as claimed in claim 14, described refrigerator also comprise ice amount input block, described ice amount input block is used to receive the input of ice amount and the ice amount that will import is sent to described control module.
16. refrigerator as claimed in claim 15, wherein, described ice amount input block comprises:
Ice amount load button, described ice amount load button is used to import the ice amount; And
Ice amount display window, described ice amount display window are used to show the ice amount that the ice amount by described ice amount load button input maybe will be assigned with.
17. refrigerator as claimed in claim 14, wherein, the plane section of described ice guidance unit makes that than the big predetermined area in the maximum cross-section of ice cube ice cube can be continuously one by one by described ice guidance unit.
18. refrigerator as claimed in claim 14, described refrigerator also comprises dispensing orifice, and described dispensing orifice is formed on the outside of described refrigerator and forms with described ice guidance unit and is communicated with, and is used for distributing ice,
Wherein, described ice guidance unit also comprises opening/closing, and described opening/closing is installed near described dispensing orifice, is used to open and close described ice guidance unit.
19. refrigerator as claimed in claim 14, wherein, described ice sensing cell comprises the Optical Transmit Unit that is used to produce light and is used to receive the light receiving unit of the light that described Optical Transmit Unit produces.
20. refrigerator as claimed in claim 14, wherein, described conveyer comprises:
Transmit motor, described transmission motor is arranged on and is used for from the relative direction of outlet of described ice storage element discharging ice; And
Transmit helical member, described transmission helical member is installed in the described ice storage element, and described transmission helical member is connected to described transmission motor and rotation ice is sent to the outlet of described ice storage element.
21. refrigerator as claimed in claim 14, described refrigerator also comprises:
Ice maker supplies water to described ice maker, and described ice maker is used for ice making and ice is sent to the ice storage element; And
Ice position sensing cell, described ice position sensing cell is used for being stored in non-contacting mode sensing the ice amount of described ice storage element.
22. refrigerator as claimed in claim 21, wherein, described ice position sensing cell comprises the light receiving unit that is used for radiative Optical Transmit Unit and is used for the light that sensing goes out from described light emitting units emitting.
23. refrigerator as claimed in claim 21, described refrigerator also comprises:
An ice position input block, described ice position input block are used for receiving the input of ice position of the ice that will be stored in described ice storage element and the ice position that will import is sent to control module; And
Described control module is used at least one of ice amount of the described ice storage element that senses according to the ice amount by the input block input of described ice position with by described ice position sensing cell and controls the operation of described ice maker.
24. refrigerator as claimed in claim 23, wherein, described ice position input block comprises:
Ice position load button, described ice position load button is used for importing the ice amount that will be stored in described ice storage element; And
An ice position display window, described ice position display window are used for showing at least one of ice amount of the described ice storage element that senses by the ice amount of described ice position load button input with by described ice position sensing cell.
25. a refrigerator, described refrigerator comprises:
Ice maker supplies water to described ice maker, and described ice maker is used for ice making and ice is sent to the ice storage element;
Described ice storage element is used to store the ice that transmits from described ice maker;
Ice guidance unit, described ice guidance unit are communicated with described ice storage element and guide to be iced with to distributed outside; And
Display unit, described display unit be used for showing the ice amount that will be stored in described ice storage element, be stored in ice amount in the described ice storage element, will be through ice amount that described ice guidance unit distributes and at least one in the ice amount that described ice guidance unit distributes.
26. refrigerator as claimed in claim 25, wherein, described display unit comprises ice position load button, and described ice position load button is used for importing the ice amount that will be stored in described ice storage element.
27. refrigerator as claimed in claim 26, wherein, described display unit comprises ice position sensing display window, and described ice position sensing display window is used to show the ice amount by the load button input of described ice position.
28. refrigerator as claimed in claim 25, described refrigerator also comprise ice position sensing cell, described ice position sensing cell is used for being stored in non-contacting mode sensing the ice amount of described ice storage element,
Wherein, described display unit comprises ice position sensing display window, and described ice position sensing display window is used to show the ice amount that senses by described ice position sensing cell.
29. refrigerator as claimed in claim 25, wherein, described display unit comprises ice amount load button, and described ice amount load button is used to import will be through the ice amount of described ice guidance unit distribution.
30. refrigerator as claimed in claim 29, wherein, described ice amount load button forms the quantity of input ice cube.
31. also comprising, refrigerator as claimed in claim 29, described refrigerator be used for the ice sensing cell of sensing by the ice amount of described ice guidance unit,
Wherein, described display unit comprises ice amount display window, and described ice amount display window is used for showing at least one of the ice amount of distributing by the ice amount of described ice amount load button input with through described ice guidance unit.
32. refrigerator as claimed in claim 31, wherein, described ice amount display window shows that deducting the ice that distributes through described ice guidance unit from the ice amount by described ice amount load button input measures resulting ice amount.
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