CN101529173A - Refrigerator with ice maker - Google Patents

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CN101529173A
CN101529173A CNA2007800403918A CN200780040391A CN101529173A CN 101529173 A CN101529173 A CN 101529173A CN A2007800403918 A CNA2007800403918 A CN A2007800403918A CN 200780040391 A CN200780040391 A CN 200780040391A CN 101529173 A CN101529173 A CN 101529173A
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25CPRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00Producing ice
    • F25C1/22Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds
    • F25C1/24Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds for refrigerators, e.g. freezing trays
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00General constructional features
    • F25D23/02Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/04Doors; Covers with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25CPRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C5/00Working or handling ice
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25CPRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C5/00Working or handling ice
    • F25C5/18Storing ice
    • F25C5/182Ice bins therefor
    • F25C5/187Ice bins therefor with ice level sensing means
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25CPRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2305/00Special arrangements or features for working or handling ice
    • F25C2305/022Harvesting ice including rotating or tilting or pivoting of a mould or tray
    • F25C2305/0221Harvesting ice including rotating or tilting or pivoting of a mould or tray rotating ice mould
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25CPRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2400/00Auxiliary features or devices for producing, working or handling ice
    • F25C2400/10Refrigerator units
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25CPRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2500/00Problems to be solved
    • F25C2500/06Spillage or flooding of water

Abstract

The present invention discloses a refrigerator having an ice maker including a main body having cooling chambers therein; doors by which the cooling chambers are opened or closed; and an ice maker comprising a frame disposed in the door, a tray rotatably coupled to the frame, and an overflow preventing unit formed at at least either one of the frame and the tray. Accordingly, it is capable of preventing water in the tray from being discharged out, preventing the moving portion from being restricted, which is caused by freezing of the discharged water, and facilitatingly taking out the made ice.

Description

Refrigerator with ice machine
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator, more specifically, the present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator with the ice machine that can prevent that sealing discharge pallet is outer with ice machine.
Background technology
Usually, refrigerator be used for according to store type of food by freezing or cold storage mode with low-temperature storage food.
Refrigerator comprises: the main body that wherein has cooling chamber; Door, the open front of cooling chamber opens or closes by this door; And be used for typical vapor-compression refrigerant cycle that cooling chamber is cooled off.
Fig. 1 is the cutaway view that part illustrates the refrigerator of the prior art with ice machine, and Fig. 2 is the section plan that the structure of the ice machine among Fig. 1 is shown.As shown in the figure, refrigerator comprises main body 10 and the door (not shown) that wherein has cooling chamber, and cooling chamber opens or closes respectively by this door.
In main body 10, be provided with a plurality of cooling chambers, i.e. refrigerating chamber 12, refrigerating chamber 14 and ice-making compartment 16.Be provided with the evaporimeter 20 of carrying out cooling down operation at the rear portion of refrigerating chamber 12, be provided with in a side of evaporimeter 20 and be used to quicken the blower fan 22 that air flows.Be provided with the cooling air hose 24 that is used to provide the cooling air at ice-making compartment 16.
Simultaneously, in ice-making compartment 16, be provided with the ice machine 30 that is used for ice making, and in refrigerating chamber 14, be provided with the water supply installation 60 of the ice machine 30 that is used to supply water.
Ice machine 30 comprises: the pallet 31 that is used for holding therein water; The driver element 41 that is used for driving tray; With the ice container 58 that is used to hold and store ice.Side at driver element 41 is provided with framework 51, to support pallet 31 rotatably.Be provided with in a side of driver element 41 and be used for the sensory rod 55 of ice position that sensing is contained in the ice of ice container 58.
Pallet 31 is provided with and is separated in order to make a plurality of unit 32 of a plurality of ice cubes therein; With the rotation of the protuberance 34 of an end that is formed on pallet 31 in order to restriction pallet 31.Protuberance 31 is by contacting the rotation that limits pallet 31 with framework 51, and therefore pallet 31 reverses, and can make the ice in the pallet 31 separated thus.
Water supply installation 60 comprises: the storage bin 61 that is used for storing therein water; Be used for temporarily holding water storage portion 63 from the water of storage bin 61; Deliver to the supply-water pump 65 of pallet 31 with being contained in water pump in the water storage portion 63; And feed pipe 67, the one end is connected in supply-water pump 65, and the other end extends to pallet 31.
Simultaneously, driver element 41 comprises: the housing 42 that wherein has spatial accommodation; Be arranged on the motor 44 in the housing 42; And be installed in a plurality of gears 46 between the rotating shaft of the rotating shaft 36 of pallet 31 and motor 44, be delivered to pallet 31 with revolving force with motor 44.Side in the inside of housing 42 is provided with the printed circuit board (PCB) 48 with the control program that is used to control supply-water pump and motor 44.In addition, the multiple sensors (not shown) is coupled to an end of pallet 31, controls the operation of rotation such as pallet 31 etc. with the rotation status that makes pallet 31 drive shaft rotating 38 by sensing.
Utilize this structure, the water that is risen by supply-water pump 65 pumps is supplied to pallet 31 and is frozen into ice therein.After being to finish ice making in the pallet 31, motor 44 is driven so that pallet 31 rotations.Here, motor 44 makes pallet 31 rotation one angle, and this angle contacts with framework 51 than the protuberance 34 at pallet 31 so that the angle that the rotation of pallet 31 is realized when being limited is big.Pallet 31 reverses poor between the anglec of rotation of two end, so the inwall of the ice cube in the pallet 31 and each unit 32 of pallet 31 separates and falls to be contained in the ice container 58.
When pallet 31 returns to its initial position, restart the ice making step, promptly operate supply-water pump 65 to be frozen into ice in the pallet 31 that supplies water and with water-cooled, then after finishing ice making, carry out separating step, promptly rotary-tray 31 with ice that will be wherein separately and make and the separating step of its whereabouts.When the ice position of ice reached default ice position in sensory rod 55 senses ice container 58, ice making step and separating step stopped.
Yet the ice machine 60 of refrigerator of the prior art is arranged in the ice-making compartment 16 that is formed in the main body 10 regularly.Therefore, have such problem: ice machine 60 is installed in respect to main body 10 and carries out in the door of relative motion, therefore, be contained in the water in the pallet 31 or drop to water the pallet 31 and may overflow pallet 31 or spread and come owing to opening or closing the external force that produces of door from feed pipe 67.That is to say, when discharge the outer water of pallet 31 stay on the driver element of pallet 31 and/or sensory rod 55 etc. on when also being frozen in then, the motion of pallet 31 or sensory rod 55 is limited, perhaps, when overflow dropped in the ice container 58 and is frozen into ice, ice cube may adhere to or be attached to the inner surface of ice container 58 mutually.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem
In order to address the above problem, the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of refrigerator with the ice machine that can prevent that sealing discharge pallet is outer.
In addition, another object of the present invention provides a kind of refrigerator that can prevent the freezing confined ice machine of pallet that causes that has.
In addition, another purpose of the present invention provides a kind ofly has a refrigerator that can prevent the ice machine of the water overflow in the pallet when opening or closing, and this pallet can rotatably move.
Technical scheme
In order to realize these and other advantage, according to aspects of the present invention, provide a kind of refrigerator, this refrigerator comprises: the main body that has cooling chamber therein; Door, described cooling chamber opens or closes by described door; And ice machine, described ice machine comprise the framework that is located in the described door, rotatably be coupled to the pallet of described framework and be formed on described framework and described pallet at least one on the overflow preventing unit.
Here, described pallet can be embodied as rectangle and have an end, is used to make the driver element of described pallet rotation to be positioned at place, described end, and described overflow preventing unit can comprise the end plate that projects upwards from the end of driver element one side of described pallet.
Each end plate can be embodied as arc.
Preferably, end plate can be respectively formed at the place, two ends of pallet.
Described overflow preventing unit also can comprise guide portion, and described guide portion is arranged on the upside of the relative longer sidepiece of the described pallet in the described framework.
Preferably, but this guide portion opposite face forms a plurality of over the ground.
Also can comprise the support portion, described support portion is used to support described guide portion by a side place that is formed on each end plate.
More preferably, described support portion can be provided with strain portion, and strain takes place in described strain portion, makes that described guide portion can flexibly outwards be opened when described pallet rotation.
Each guide portion can have the interior lower end of the inboard that is arranged on described pallet in plane figure.
The recess that holds that lower end with respect to the described guide portion of the rear side of the direction of rotation of described pallet is provided with the upper end that is used to hold described pallet can be located at.
Can be located at lower end with respect to the described guide portion of the front side of the direction of rotation of described pallet be provided with described pallet on the contact site of end in contact.
Preferably, contact site can upwards slope inwardly.
Simultaneously, according to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of refrigerator, this refrigerator comprises: the main body that has cooling chamber therein; Door, cooling chamber opens or closes by described door; And ice machine, described ice machine comprises the framework that is located in the described door, have rectangular shape and rotatably be coupled to the pallet and the overflow preventing unit of described framework, the guide portion of the upside of described overflow preventing unit has the end plate that projects upwards from two relatively short sidepieces of described pallet and is arranged on described pallet the relative sidepiece than length.
Here, the recess that holds that lower end with respect to the described guide portion of the rear side of the direction of rotation of described pallet is provided with the upper end that is used to hold described pallet can be located at.
Can be located at lower end with respect to the described guide portion of the front side of the direction of rotation of described pallet be formed with described pallet on the contact site of end in contact.
Preferably, described framework can be provided with the support portion, and described support portion is used to support be arranged on respect to the described guide portion of the front side of the direction of rotation of described pallet outwards opens when the described pallet rotation.
Effectively, described support portion is provided with strain portion, and strain takes place in described strain portion, makes described guide portion flexibly outwards to open.
Each guide portion can have the interior lower end of the inboard that is arranged on described pallet.
Simultaneously, according to another aspect of the invention, provide a kind of refrigerator, this refrigerator comprises: the main body that has cooling chamber therein; Door, cooling chamber opens or closes by described door; And ice machine, described ice machine comprises the framework that is located in the described door, rotatably is coupled to the pallet and the overflow preventing unit of framework, and described overflow preventing unit is arranged on a side of the attached rotating shaft of described pallet at least.
The invention effect
As mentioned above, according to the present invention, the overflow preventing unit is arranged on the framework be located in the door and at least one side place in the pallet, therefore prevent that the water in the pallet from discharging when door opens or closes, thereby can prevent to be restricted, and can help to take out the ice of making owing to the freezing motion parts that causes of the water of discharging.
In addition, according to the present invention, the overflow preventing unit is arranged on the place, end of driver element one side of pallet, thereby can prevent that driver element is frozen in.
In addition, according to the present invention, the overflow preventing unit is arranged on the place, two ends on the axial line direction of rotating shaft of pallet, thereby can prevent that pallet is restricted owing to freezing.
In addition, according to the present invention, end plate is formed on the place, two ends of pallet, and guide portion is formed on the relatively long sidepiece place of pallet, thereby can prevent when door opens or closes the water overflow in the pallet and prevent that water is diffused into outside the pallet when water supply.Therefore, can prevent owing to freezing pallet and the driver element of causing is restricted, and prevent that the ice of making from adhering to or adhering to ice container mutually, thereby can strengthen the user convenience degree and not need to install the electric heater etc. that is used for separately or melts ice.
In addition, according to the present invention, the relatively guide portion of the upside of long sidepiece that is located at pallet respectively has the interior lower end that branchs is laid in the inboard of pallet, so overflow drops in the pallet once more, thereby can prevent the sealing discharge effectively.
In addition, according to the present invention, when pallet rotated, the relatively guide portion of the upside of long sidepiece that is located at pallet was flexibly outwards opened, so pallet can rotate easily, and guide portion can accurately return to its initial position, thereby can strengthen reliability.
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Fig. 1 is the cutaway view that part illustrates the refrigerator with ice machine of prior art;
Fig. 2 is the section plan that the structure of the ice machine among Fig. 1 is shown;
Fig. 3 illustrates the perspective view that has according to the refrigerator of the ice machine of one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the perspective view that the ice machine among Fig. 3 is shown;
Fig. 5 is the perspective view that the pallet among Fig. 3 is shown;
Fig. 6 is the perspective view that the framework among Fig. 3 is shown;
Fig. 7 is the cutaway view along the VII-VII line among Fig. 4;
Fig. 8 is the figure that the operation of strain portion among Fig. 7 and upper end contact site is shown; And
Fig. 9 is the figure that the modification of the strain portion among Fig. 7 is shown.
The specific embodiment
Hereinafter, describe the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in Figure 3, the refrigerator with ice machine comprises: the main body 110 that has cooling chamber therein; Door 125,127, the open front of cooling chamber opens or closes by door 125,127; And the ice machine 130 that is located at the inner surface of door 125.
In main body 110, be formed with a plurality of cooling chambers, comprise the refrigerating chamber 112 and the refrigerating chamber 114 that are used for freezing mode and cold storage mode storage food.Door 125,127 rotatably is coupled to the front surface of main body 110 respectively, to open or close cooling chamber.Ice machine 130 be located at the door 125,127 in refrigerating chamber 112 by its open or close the door on, promptly be located on the refrigerating chamber door 125, in order to ice making.Here, according to the model of refrigerator, ice machine 130 can be located at refrigerating chamber 114 by on its door that opens or closes, and promptly is located on the refrigerating-chamber door 127.Under ice machine 130 is arranged on situation on the refrigerating-chamber door 127, can other cooling air channels (not shown) be set at ice machine 130 places, make it possible to be used for the cooling air of ice making by this passage supply.
As shown in Figure 4, ice machine 130 comprises: be located at the framework 131 in the refrigerating chamber door 125; Rotatably be coupled to the pallet 151 of framework 131; And be formed on overflow preventing unit 181 in framework 131 and the pallet 151 at least one.Here, lid 140 is coupled to the outside of framework 131, so that framework 131 is contained in wherein.And, on lid 140, be formed with a plurality of through holes 141, make the cooling air can be introduced in the through hole 141.Downside at framework 131 is provided with ice container 171, makes the ice of making to hold and to be stored in wherein.And, be formed with conduit 175 at the downside of ice container 171, so that take out the ice that is stored in the ice container 171.
Framework 131 is provided with and is used for rotatably the spatial accommodation 132 of accommodating tray 151 therein.The driver element 134 that wherein is provided with the motor that is used for rotary-tray 151 grades is located at a side of framework 131, and the space segment 136 that is provided with driver element 136 therein is located at a side of spatial accommodation 132.Be formed with the water supply portion 138 of the pallet 151 that is used to supply water in a side of space segment 136.Be formed with the axle accommodation section 142 of the rotating shaft 161 that is used for accommodating tray 151 in an end of framework 131.Side at framework 131 is formed with the coupling connection portion 144 that contacts with the inner surface with refrigerating chamber door 125 that extends upward.And, in coupling connection portion 144, be formed with patchhole 146, make screw etc. to insert wherein.
Pallet 151 is embodied as the rectangle of length greater than width, and is provided with and is open upwards the spatial accommodation 156 that is used for holding therein water.Spatial accommodation 156 is provided with and is separated a plurality of unit 158 that have the ice cube of given shape with formation.It is narrower than the width on top that unit 158 forms the width of bottom, makes ice cube can be easily separate with the inwall of each unit 158.An end on the length direction of pallet 151 is formed with rotating shaft 161, and pallet 151 can be by rotating shaft 161 rotations.And, being formed with protuberance 163 in a side of rotating shaft 161, this protuberance 163 is outstanding with by contacting the rotation that limits pallet 151 with framework 131.Here, can be formed with driving shaft in another end of pallet 151, pallet 151 rotates by this driving shaft, perhaps pallet 151 can be coupled to described another end by the rotating shaft of the motor of its driving, so that can rotate integratedly.
Simultaneously, on framework 131 and pallet 151, be formed with overflow preventing unit 181,, prevent that perhaps water is diffused into outside the pallet 151 when supplying water pallet 151 to be rotated the water overflow that prevents to be contained in when opening or closing in the pallet 151 at refrigerating chamber door 125.Here, overflow preventing unit 181 optionally is arranged on in pallet 151 and/or the framework 131 at least one.That is to say that overflow preventing unit 181 can be formed on two ends (relatively short sidepiece) 154 on the axial line direction of pallet 151, be frozen in the motion parts of the rotating shaft 161 that prevents driver element 134 and pallet 151.Perhaps, overflow preventing unit 181 can be formed on the framework 131, therefore make that the upper end of pallet 151 can be stopped on front/rear and a left side/right, may be able to stop two ends 154 on the axial line direction of pallet 131 and the relative sidepiece of growing 152 of pallet 151.Hereinafter, will be arranged on two ends 154 of pallet 151 and the example of the overflow preventing unit 181 on the framework 131 is described to employing.
Overflow preventing unit 181 comprises the end plate 183 of two ends on the axial line direction that is formed on pallet 151, with the guide portion 186 of the upside that forms the relative sidepiece of growing 152 that is arranged on pallet 151 in framework 131.
As shown in Figure 5, each end plate 183 is two ends 154 on the axial line direction of pallet 151 respectively, and promptly the upper end of two ends 154 on the axial line direction of pallet 151 projects upwards.End plate 183 operation overflows pallet 151 with the water that prevents to be contained in the pallet 151 owing to opening or closing the external force that refrigerating chamber door 125 produces, and prevents that perhaps water is diffused into outside two ends 154 of pallet 151 when supplying water pallet 151.Each end plate 183 is embodied as the plate with arc, therefore has the central portion that projects upwards.Therefore reduce the radius of gyration of pallet 151, thereby realized compact structure.
As shown in Figure 6, each guide portion 186 all is arranged to respectively to extend upward from the relatively upside of long sidepiece 152 of pallet 151, thereby prevents to be contained in water in the pallet 151 by long sidepiece 152 overflows or spread out.
Guide portion 186 comprise first guiding piece 187 that is located at coupling connection portion 144 1 sides with the second parallel guiding piece 189 of a side in the face of coupling connection portion 144.First guiding piece 187 is outstanding towards coupling connection portion 144, with the water supply zone corresponding to water supply portion 138.
As shown in Figure 7, first guiding piece 187 has arc-shaped cross-section.The zone of the bottom of first guiding piece 187 and the last end in contact of pallet 151 are promptly with the relative last end in contact of long sidepiece 152.The bottom of first guiding piece 187 is provided with: with the side week contact portion 188a of the relative outer side contacts of long sidepiece 152 of pallet 151; The upper end contact portion 188b of end in contact on upside and the relative long sidepiece 152 pallet 151 of side week contact portion 188a; Inboard inwardly outstanding ledge 188c from pallet 151.Upper end contact portion 188b upwards slopes inwardly, and makes to rotate and will ice when separated first guiding piece 187 and can outwards open when pallet 151.Therefore water in pallet 151 outwards spreads out or overflow, and when contact with the inner surface of first guiding piece 187, ledge 188c guides and falls under water in the pallet 151.Side week, contact portion 188a flexibly contacted with the periphery of pallet 151 by the support portion that will be described below, thereby block water overflows pallet 151 effectively.
As shown in Figure 7, second guiding piece 189 vertically extends from the upper end of pallet 151, and is crooked then to have the arc-shaped cross-section towards the upside of pallet 151.Be formed with in the lower end of second guiding piece 189 and hold recess 190b, make the relatively upper end of long sidepiece 152 of pallet 151 to insert wherein.This is that pallet 151 is configured to along the right handed result among the figure, and therefore the lower end of second guiding piece 189 is arranged on the rear side with respect to the direction of rotation of pallet 151.If pallet 151 is configured to along the rotation of the counter clockwise direction among the figure, then the position of first guiding piece 187 and second guiding piece 189 is interchangeable.
The inwall 190a that holds two sidewall 190a, the 190c of recess 190b is arranged on the inboard of pallet 151, and its outer wall 190c is arranged on the outside of pallet 151.Therefore, when owing to opening or closing that external force that refrigerating chamber door 125 produced overflows the water of pallet 151 or the water that when supplying water, diffuses out when contact, can make to fall under water and also prevent the sealing overflow in the pallet 151 effectively with the inner surface of second guiding piece 189.
Simultaneously, support portion 191 is formed on two end 154 places of pallet 151 on the length direction of second guiding piece 189, so that support first guiding piece 187.Each support portion 191 is embodied as the arc of the end plate 183 that is used to cover pallet 151, and is respectively equipped with arc in strain portion 193 that each central upper projects upwards.Therefore, as shown in Figure 8, when pallet 151 rotation, can be convenient to outwards open by first guiding piece 187 that pallet 151 is oppressed, and the side of first guiding piece 187 week contact portion 188a can with the side week Elastic Contact of pallet 151.
Here, as shown in Figure 9, can be in the support portion 191 inner surface or outer surface form the strain portion 195 that is embodied as notch shape.
Hereinafter, will the operation of overflow preventing unit 181 be described.
Water is fed to pallet 151 by water supply portion 138, is used for ice making.The water capacity that falls from water supply portion 138 is contained in each unit 158 of pallet 151.The water that falls from water supply portion 138 can contact by the lower surface with pallet 151 and spread apart, and especially, if the external force that opens or closes refrigerating chamber door 125 and produce is arranged, the diffusion of water may be quickened so.Here, end plate 183 and guide portion 186 operations are discharged pallet 151 with the water that prevents to spread.That is to say that end plate 183 stops the water of (relatively short sidepiece) 154 diffusions towards two ends on the length direction of pallet 151, and guide portion 186 stops towards the water of relatively long sidepiece 152 diffusions of pallet 151.Water towards the diffusion of the inner surface of guide portion 186 falls along inner surface.The water that falls is fallen in the pallet 151 then by protuberance 188c and inwall 190a guiding.
After finishing ice making, pallet 151 is by rotating on the motor clockwise direction in the drawings.Second guiding piece 189 is also outwards opened by the compressing of the upper surface of pallet 151.And when protuberance 188c was passed through in the relative upper end than the sidepiece of growing 152 of pallet 151, second guiding piece 189 resetted by the elastic force of himself.When the continuous rotation owing to pallet 151 made protuberance 163 contact with framework 131, pallet 151 still rotated under protuberance 163 confined states, and pallet 151 twists thus.Therefore, the ice of making in the pallet 151 falls and is contained in the ice reservoir vessel 171.After the separation of finishing ice, pallet 151 is rotation in the opposite direction just.And when the relatively long sidepiece 152 of pallet 151 contacted with protuberance 188c, second guiding piece 189 was outwards opened.When pallet 151 returned to its initial position, second guiding piece 189 returned to its initial position under the resilient force of strain portion.Here, side week, contact site 188a contact with the periphery of pallet 151, and the relative last end in contact of the sidepiece 152 of length of upper end contact site and pallet 151, thereby block water overflows the relative sidepiece 152 than length of pallet 151 effectively.
As mentioned above, illustrated and described specific implementations of the present invention.But, because the present invention can implement under the situation that does not break away from its spirit or substantive characteristics in a variety of forms, so should be understood that, except as otherwise noted, otherwise above-mentioned embodiment is not limited by any detail content of above stated specification, but should be in the spirit and scope that claim limits interpreted in its broadest sense, ie, the boundary or its all changes and the modification that is equal in describing that therefore drop on claim all are intended to be comprised by claim.

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1. refrigerator comprises:
The main body that has cooling chamber therein;
Door, described cooling chamber opens or closes by described door; And
Ice machine, described ice machine comprise the framework that is located in the described door, rotatably be coupled to the pallet of described framework and be formed on described framework and described pallet at least one on the overflow preventing unit.
2. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described pallet is embodied as rectangle and has an end, is used to make the driver element of described pallet rotation to be positioned at place, described end, and described overflow preventing unit comprises the end plate that projects upwards from the end of driver element one side of described pallet.
3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described end plate is embodied as arc.
4. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described end plate is respectively formed at the place, two ends of described pallet.
5. refrigerator as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described overflow preventing unit also comprises guide portion, described guide portion is arranged on the upside of the relative longer sidepiece of the described pallet in the described framework.
6. refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, wherein, described guide portion forms a plurality of with facing with each other.
7. refrigerator as claimed in claim 6 also comprises the support portion, and described support portion is used to support described guide portion by a side place that is formed on each end plate.
8. refrigerator as claimed in claim 7, wherein, described support portion is provided with strain portion, and strain takes place in described strain portion, makes that described guide portion can flexibly outwards be opened when described pallet rotation.
9. refrigerator as claimed in claim 8, wherein, each guide portion has the interior lower end of the inboard that is arranged on described pallet in plane figure.
10. refrigerator as claimed in claim 8 wherein, is being located at the recess that holds that lower end with respect to the described guide portion of the rear side of the direction of rotation of described pallet is provided with the upper end that is used to hold described pallet.
11. refrigerator as claimed in claim 8, wherein, be located at lower end with respect to the described guide portion of the front side of the direction of rotation of described pallet be provided with described pallet on the contact site of end in contact.
12. refrigerator as claimed in claim 11, wherein, described contact site upwards slopes inwardly.
13. a refrigerator comprises:
The main body that has cooling chamber therein;
Door, cooling chamber opens or closes by described door; And
Ice machine, described ice machine comprises the framework that is located in the described door, have rectangular shape and rotatably be coupled to the pallet and the overflow preventing unit of described framework, the guide portion of the upside of described overflow preventing unit has the end plate that projects upwards from two relatively short sidepieces of described pallet and is arranged on described pallet the relative sidepiece than length.
14. refrigerator as claimed in claim 13 wherein, is being located at the recess that holds that lower end with respect to the described guide portion of the rear side of the direction of rotation of described pallet is provided with the upper end that is used to hold described pallet.
15. refrigerator as claimed in claim 13, wherein, be located at lower end with respect to the described guide portion of the front side of the direction of rotation of described pallet be formed with described pallet on the contact site of end in contact.
16. refrigerator as claimed in claim 15, wherein, described contact site upwards slopes inwardly.
17. refrigerator as claimed in claim 16, wherein, described framework is provided with the support portion, and described support portion is used to support be arranged on respect to the described guide portion of the front side of the direction of rotation of described pallet outwards opens when the described pallet rotation.
18. refrigerator as claimed in claim 17, wherein, described support portion is provided with strain portion, and strain takes place in described strain portion, makes described guide portion flexibly outwards to open.
19. refrigerator as claimed in claim 15, wherein, each guide portion has the interior lower end of the inboard that is arranged on described pallet.
20. a refrigerator comprises:
The main body that has cooling chamber therein;
Door, cooling chamber opens or closes by described door; And
Ice machine, described ice machine comprise the framework that is located in the described door, rotatably are coupled to the pallet of framework, and the overflow preventing unit, and described overflow preventing unit is arranged on a side of the attached rotating shaft of described pallet at least.
21. refrigerator as claimed in claim 20, wherein, described overflow preventing unit projects upwards from the upper end of described pallet.
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