CN101517338B - 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 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 widely used 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, the refrigerating chamber that cold air can circulate therein or refrigerating chamber have larger capacity.When opening and closing refrigerating chamber door or refrigerating-chamber door, the cold air loss increases, and then Efficiency Decreasing.Therefore, be formed with dispensing orifice so that the user can get ice from the outside at the sidepiece of refrigerating chamber door, and home-bar is formed on the sidepiece of refrigerating chamber door and forms and can open and close so that the user can take out water or beverage from refrigerating chamber.
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 respectively refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber.Ice distributor 10 is set ice is assigned to door 1 side.
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 accommodating 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.Be arranged to built-in for the water service duct (not shown) that water is fed to ice maker 11.
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, be formed with the button (not shown) of icing distribution function at control panel 2.Be provided with for the independent conveyer that 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, regulate the sendout of ice according to the time of pressing of button, perhaps distribute the ice of set amount by pressing button.
Therefore, when the user pressed button with the ice distribution function, control module was according to control the operation of 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 the bar 11d that sensing is made at ice maker container 10, is stored in the operation of ice amount in the ice reservoir vessel 30 and 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 be filled with 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 for automatic ice-making and the refrigerator that 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 from the refrigerator outside ice the ice reservoir vessel.When the user wanted to determine ice, he/her must open refrigerator.
And, in conventional refrigerator, when the user presses with the button of ice 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.The user can not take out the ice of accurate amount.Therefore, ice usually is assigned with excessive and then is wasted, and causes so large energy consumption.
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 identified from the outside ice storage capacity.
An other again purpose 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 for storing 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 sensing display unit, described ice position sensing display unit are used for showing the ice storage capacity of the described ice storage element that is sensed by described ice position sensing cell; And control module, be 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.
Ice position sensing cell comprises for radiative Optical Transmit Unit and is used for the light receiving unit of 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 sensed by described light receiving unit.
Refrigerator also comprises ice position input block, is used for the ice position that input will be stored in the ice of ice storage element.
Refrigerator also comprises ice position input display unit, is used for showing the ice amount by the input block input of ice position.
Control module will compare by the ice amount of ice position input block the ice amount of inputting 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 for storing 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 the ice amount that input 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 for radiative Optical Transmit Unit and is used for the light receiving unit of 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, is used for comparing by the ice amount of ice position input block the ice amount of inputting 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 another aspect of the invention, a kind of refrigerator comprises: the ice storage element, and it is formed in the refrigerator, is provided with for the conveyer that transmits 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 sensing by the ice amount of ice guidance unit; And control module, be used for the ice amount that will input and the ice amount that senses by the ice sensing cell and compare, and control the operation of conveyer according to comparative result.
Refrigerator also comprises ice amount input block, is sent to control module for the ice amount that receives the input of ice amount and will input.
Ice amount input block comprises: ice amount load button is used for input ice amount; And ice amount display window, the ice amount that the ice amount of inputting by ice amount load button for demonstration maybe will be assigned with.
The plane section of ice guidance unit is than the large predetermined area in the maximum cross-section of ice cube, so that 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 distributing 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 for generation of the Optical Transmit Unit of light and is used for receiving 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 the 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 ice to be sent to the outlet of ice storage element.
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 for radiative Optical Transmit Unit and is used for the light receiving unit of the light that sensing goes out from light emitting units emitting.
Refrigerator also comprises: ice position input block, and ice position input block is sent to control module for the input of the ice position that receives the ice that will be stored in the ice storage element and the ice position that will input; 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 block input of ice position with by ice position sensing cell controlled the operation of ice maker.
Ice position input block comprises: ice position load button is used for the ice amount that input 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 more another 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 for storing 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 to show the ice amount that will be stored in the ice storage element, be stored in ice amount in the ice 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, wherein, can be stored in the ice amount of ice in the storage element with non-contacting mode sensing, and can sensing ice amount by the ice guidance unit.
Display unit comprises ice position load button, is used for the ice amount that input will be stored in the ice storage element.
Display unit comprises ice position sensing display window, is used for showing 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 for showing the ice amount that senses by ice position sensing cell.
Display unit comprises ice amount load button, and being used for input will be through the ice amount of ice guidance unit distribution.
Ice amount load button forms the quantity of input ice cube.
Refrigerator comprises that also wherein, display unit comprises ice amount display window for the ice sensing cell of ice amount of sensing by the ice guidance unit, 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, because the user can set ice-making capacity and ice storage capacity, prevented the waste of electric energy.Because the user can make and store his/her 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 identify from the outside ice-making capacity and ice storage capacity, 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/her required ice amount, reduces like this waste of ice and energy.
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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. 8 illustrates control according to the block diagram of 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 control according to the block diagram of 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: entrance 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 with reference to the accompanying drawings the preferred embodiment of the present invention that is used for realizing above-mentioned purpose 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 respectively refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber.Be provided with at door 102 places for the allocation units 103 that distribute ice, and be provided with the ice distributor for the ice that distributes scheduled volume at refrigerating chamber and door 102 places.
In refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber, be equipped with for the shelf 104 of separating.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 for the predetermined function of operation 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, at refrigerator ice position load button 400 is set, is used for the ice amount that input will be stored in ice storage element 130.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, so that the user can select to indicate the ice position that will be stored in the ice amount in the ice storage element 130.Therefore, the user can make and store the ice amount that he/her wants.
At refrigerator an ice position display window 500 is set, is used for showing the ice amount by load button 400 inputs of ice position and at least one of the ice amount that sensed by ice storage element 130.In the present embodiment, ice position 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, ice position input display window 520 is used for minute three grades (first, second, and third ice positions) and shows the user by the ice amount of ice position load button 400 inputs, and ice position sensing display window 540 is used for minute three grades (first, second, and third ice positions) and shows the ice amount that ice storage element 130 senses.
Therefore, the user can be from the outside identification of refrigerator by the ice amount of ice position load button input be stored in the ice amount the ice storage element 130 at least one.
At refrigerator ice amount load button 111 is set, being used for input will be by the ice amount of ice guidance unit 140 distribution.In the present embodiment, ice amount load button 111 is formed on the outside of the refrigerator doors 102 that is positioned at ice maker 120 installation sides, increases the ice amount so that the user can input the quantity of ice amount or whenever press the increase scheduled volume.Therefore, the user can take out the ice amount that he/her wants.
Ice amount input display window 112 is set to show at least one in the ice amount of inputting by ice amount load button 111 and the ice amount that is sensed by ice sensing cell 150 at 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 for to show the ice amount by ice amount load button 111 initial inputs, and demonstrate the ice amount that will be assigned with by deducting the ice amount that ice distributes between allotment period.
Therefore, at least one that the user can be from the ice amount that the outside identification of refrigerator senses by the ice amount of ice amount load button 111 inputs with 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, for generation of ice; Water Supplies Department 124, it is formed on vertical sidepiece place of 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 large 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, in ice storage element 130, be provided be used to utilizing 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) for the emission infrared light, and light receiving unit 320,340 and 360 sensings are by the infrared lights of Optical Transmit Unit 310,330 and 350 emissions.Any kind can utilizing emitted light and the device of the light can sensing launched 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.For minutes three grades sensings are stored in ice amount in the ice storage element, these to Optical Transmit Unit 310,330 and 350 and light receiving unit 320,340 and 360 form respectively 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.At this, for the sensing level that will be stored in the ice amount of ice in the storage element 130 is divided into sub level, Optical Transmit Unit 310 more than three pairs, 330 and 350 and light receiving unit 320,340 and 360 can be set.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 that will be stored in the ice storage element 130 and inputs display window 112 by the ice amount from ice amount load button 111 and shows these ice amounts, be stored in the ice amount the ice storage element 130 and pass through ice position sensing display window 540 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 then control transmits motor 133b etc. with ice making and transmits and ice according to comparative result.
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 in order to be assigned to the refrigerator outside.In the present embodiment, ice guidance unit 140 forms tubulose so that ice can therefrom pass through, and ice guidance unit 140 is arranged on the refrigerator doors 102 of the installation side that is positioned at 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 and received the ice that 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 is positioned to be lower than intercommunicating pore 141 so that ice can freely fall and distribute.
Identical with the outlet 132 of ice storage element 130, preferably, ice guidance unit 140 is than the large predetermined area in the maximum cross-section of ice cube, so that ice cube can be continuously one by one by ice guidance unit 140.
Position at ice guidance unit 140 contiguous dispensing orifices 142 is provided with for the opening/closing unit 143 that opens and closes ice guidance unit 140.Opening/closing unit 143 comprises: the solenoid 143a that is used for providing opening/closing power; And the baffle plate 143b that is connected to solenoid 143a, be sent to/pass certainly in the heat of refrigerating chamber for opening and closing ice guidance unit 140 and cutting off.Solenoid 143a is mounted to and is connected to control module 600.
Preferably, the only infrared light of being launched and being sensed by light receiving unit 152 by Optical Transmit Unit 151, and Optical Transmit Unit 151 is the cheaply light emitting diodes for generation of 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, the ice amount that distributes by icing sensing cell 150 sensings, the ice amount of input is compared with the ice amount that distributes, show the ice amount that will be assigned with by ice amount display window 115, then regulate the ice sendout according to comparative result.
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 control according to the block diagram of 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 ice sensing cell 150, and shows that by ice amount input display window 112 user measures to take out ice and distribute ice by ice guidance unit 140 by the ice of ice amount load button 111 inputs.
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 again the intercommunicating pore 141 of ice guidance unit 140 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.
Icing along ice guidance unit 140 when the dispensing orifice 142 of ice guidance unit 140 distributes the light that light receiving unit 152 sensings of ice sensing cell 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, set the ice of ice amount according to the operation of comparative result control display window 112, ice maker 120, transmission motor 133a and solenoid 143a with distribution, then measure resulting ice amount by 115 demonstrations of ice amount display window from the ice that the ice amount of inputting deducts distribution.
Figure 11 illustrates control according to the block diagram of 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 400, ice position input display window 520, ice position sensing display window 540, ice position sensing cell and ice maker 120, and input display window 520 by the ice position and show that users ice in the storage element 130 so that ice is stored in by the ice amount of ice position load button 400 inputs, 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 of ice position sensing cell, 330 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 540.
For example, will be stored in by ice position load button 400 as the user that ice amount in the ice storage element 130 is set for so that can be when an ice position input display window 520 shows the second ice position, ice maker 120 ice makings also are sent to ice storage element 130 until the second ice level sensor 330 and 340 of ice storage element 130 senses ice with ice.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/her wants.
Describe the present invention in detail as an example of side by side combination refrigerator example and based on preferred embodiment and accompanying drawing.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 for storing 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 sensing display unit, described ice position sensing display unit are used for showing the ice storage capacity of the described ice storage element that is sensed by described ice position sensing cell; 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 for radiative Optical Transmit Unit and is used for the light receiving unit of 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 sensed by described light receiving unit.
5. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, described refrigerator also comprise an ice position input block, and described ice position input block is used for the ice position that input will be stored in the ice of described ice storage element.
6. refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, described refrigerator also comprise an ice position input display unit, and described ice position input display unit is used for showing an ice amount of inputting by described ice position input block.
7. refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, wherein, described control module will compare by the ice amount of described ice position input block the ice amount of inputting 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.
8. 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 for storing 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 the ice amount that input 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.
9. refrigerator as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described ice position sensing cell comprises for radiative Optical Transmit Unit and is used for the light receiving unit of the light that sensing goes out from described light emitting units emitting.
10. refrigerator as claimed in claim 8, described refrigerator also comprises control module, 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.
11. refrigerator as claimed in claim 8, 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.
12. refrigerator as claimed in claim 8, described refrigerator also comprises control module, described control module is used for and will compares by the ice amount of described ice position input block the ice amount of inputting 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.
13. such as each the described refrigerator in the claim 1 to 12, described refrigerator also comprises:
Ice guidance unit, described ice guidance unit are communicated with described ice storage element and guide to be iced with to distributed outside;
Ice sensing cell, described ice sensing cell are used for sensing by the ice amount of described ice guidance unit; And
Display unit, described display unit be used for to show 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.
14. refrigerator as claimed in claim 13, wherein, described display unit comprises ice position load button, and described ice position load button is used for the ice amount that input will be stored in described ice storage element.
15. refrigerator as claimed in claim 14, wherein, described display unit comprises ice position sensing display window, and described ice position sensing display window is used for showing the ice amount by the load button input of described ice position.
16. refrigerator as claimed in claim 13, wherein, described display unit comprises ice amount load button, and described ice amount load button is used for input will be through the ice amount of described ice guidance unit distribution.
17. refrigerator as claimed in claim 16, wherein, described ice amount load button forms the quantity of input ice cube.
18. refrigerator as claimed in claim 16, wherein, described display unit comprises ice amount display window, and described ice amount display window be used for to show by the ice amount of described ice amount load button input with through at least one of the ice amount of described ice guidance unit distribution.
19. refrigerator as claimed in claim 18, 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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