CN101650105A - Ice maker and method for making ice, and refrigerator having the ice maker - Google Patents
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Disclosed herein are an ice maker and a method for making ice, and refrigerator having the ice maker. The ice maker includes an ice making unit that receives water and produces ice from the water, a first ice container that receives the ice separated from the ice making unit, and an ice forwarding unit disposed at one side of the first ice container to guide the ice to be discharged to the outside.
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Technical field
One or more embodiment relates to a kind of ice maker and the ice making method of the ice container that is used to store ice and refrigerator with this ice maker of comprising.
Background technology
Usually, refrigerator comprises refrigerating chamber and the refrigerating chamber that is formed separately from each other, so that various food are kept at optimum state for a long time.The food that refrigerating chamber will be preserved (for example vegetables and fruit) is stored in more than the cryogenic temperature, and the food that refrigerating chamber will be preserved (for example meat and fish) is stored in below the cryogenic temperature.
This refrigerating chamber is provided with cold air that utilization circulates by water-cooled being frozen produce the ice maker of ice in refrigerating chamber.
Ice maker comprises admits water with pallet that produces ice and the ice container that stores the ice that produces.
The change of cooking culture has caused the increase of deglaciating consumption recently, therefore, the needs of ice maker with the ice container that can store a large amount of ice is increased day by day.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the one side of one or more embodiment is to provide a kind of ice maker that can store a large amount of ice.
Others and/or advantage part will be set forth in the following description, and a part will become clear from describe, and perhaps can recognize by implementing the present invention.
According to the one side of one or more embodiment, ice maker comprises: the ice making unit, and admit water also to utilize this water generates ice; The first ice container is admitted the ice that separates from the ice making unit; The ice advance unit is arranged on first side of icing container, with guiding ice in the discharge process of ice.
Ice maker also can comprise the second ice container that is used to admit the ice that is directed by the ice advance unit.
The second ice container can be releasably attached to a described side of the first ice container.
Described ice maker also can comprise opening/closing unit, and when the second ice container was mounted, opening/closing unit was opened described ice advance unit, and when the second ice container was removed, opening/closing unit was closed described ice advance unit.
Described opening/closing unit can comprise: the shutter part; Elastic component partly provides along the elastic force of the direction of cutting out described ice advance unit for shutter.
Described opening/closing unit also can comprise the leading axle of shutter part and guiding shutter componental movement.
The second ice container can comprise at least one handle unit.
The second ice container can comprise and is used to first guidance unit that shutter is partly moved up and down.
Opening/closing unit can comprise that described first guidance unit can hold this projection and guide the motion of this projection from the outwards outstanding projection of described shutter part.
Any one comprised projection in the opening/closing unit and the second ice container, and another can comprise first guidance unit that holds this projection and guide this projection motion.
The motion of described projection can be to move up and down.
One in the opening/closing unit and the second ice container also can comprise projection, and another also can comprise first guidance unit that holds this projection and guide this projection motion.
First guidance unit can comprise: enter leader, the entering of guide protrusion; Sloping portion, downward-sloping from entering leader.
First guidance unit can comprise that also the motion of extending to prevent the projection motion from sloping portion prevents part.
The second ice container also can comprise the step part that is arranged on and ices the essentially identical height of height of advance unit.
The second ice container also can comprise second guidance unit, and during the installation and removal of the second ice container, described second guidance unit holds described projection and keeps the closed condition of opening/closing unit.
The second ice container also can comprise rail sections, and described rail sections allows the second ice container to be connected effectively and to separate with a described side of the first ice container.
Described rail sections can be formed on the basal surface of the second ice container.
Described ice making unit also can comprise the extension rib, and described extension rib is used for the ice guiding to the ice advance unit.
Described ice making unit also can comprise ice-making tray.
Described ice-making tray can have the twist mode structure, and this structure is transported to the first ice container by reversing with ice, and the extension rib projects upwards from the sidewall of ice-making tray.
Described ice making unit be installed in first ice on the container with the corresponding position of ice advance unit, make the ice of carrying from the ice making unit be deposited in the first ice container, to tilt towards the ice advance unit.
According to one or more embodiment on the other hand, ice maker comprises the first ice container, is used to admit ice and comprises the ice advance unit that ice raft that guiding is admitted is put; Opening/closing unit opens and closes the ice advance unit; The second ice container removably connects into adjacently with the first ice container, and when controlled opening/closing unit when first direction is connected, thereby opens the ice advance unit.
Described opening/closing unit can comprise: the shutter part; Elastic component partly provides along the elastic force of the direction of cutting out described ice advance unit for shutter.
Opening/closing unit can comprise projection, and the second ice container comprises first guidance unit, when the second ice container described first guidance unit when first direction is connected holds described projection, to guide the motion of described projection.
First guidance unit comprises: enter leader, the entering of guide protrusion; Sloping portion, downward-sloping from entering leader.
The second ice container also can comprise second guidance unit, when the second ice container when second direction is connected, described second guidance unit holds described projection and keeps the closed condition of opening/closing unit.
Ice maker also can comprise the ice making unit, and described ice making unit produces ice and ice is transported to the first ice container, and wherein, described ice making unit also comprises the extension rib, and described extension rib is used for guiding to the first ice container towards the ice that the ice advance unit will be carried.
According to one or more embodiment on the other hand, be equipped with ice maker in the refrigerator, wherein, ice maker can comprise: the ice making unit, and admit water also to utilize this water generates ice; The first ice container is admitted the ice that separates from the ice making unit; The second ice container is arranged on first side of icing container, is used to admit the ice that leaves from the first ice container.
Described refrigerator also can comprise opening/closing unit, and when the second ice container was connected, opening/closing unit was opened a described side of the described first ice container, and when the second ice container was separated, opening/closing unit was closed a described side of the described first ice container.
Opening/closing unit can comprise: the shutter part is arranged on a side of the first ice container and comprises projection; Elastic component partly provides elastic force along the direction of a described side that is used to cut out the first ice container to shutter, and the second ice container comprises and is used to hold first guidance unit that projection and guide protrusion move up and down.
When the second ice container is connected to first ice during container along specific direction, a described side of the first ice container can be opened, when the second ice container when opposite direction is connected to the first ice container, a described side of the first ice container is closed.
When the second ice container is connected to first ice during container in a side of the second ice container, a described side of the first ice container can be opened, when the second ice container when the opposite side of the second ice container is connected to the first ice container, a described side of the first ice container is closed.
According to one or more embodiment on the other hand, refrigerator comprises ice maker and will ice from ice maker and be discharged into outside dispenser that described ice maker can comprise: the ice making unit produces ice and also will ice from the ice making unit and separate; The first ice container is used to admit the ice that leaves from the ice making unit; Supply unit is installed in the first ice container, is used for ice is transported to dispenser; The second ice container is releasably attached to the first ice container; Opening/closing unit is set on the first ice container and at least one in the container of second ice, with when the second ice container is removably installed, opens the first ice container and second and ices at least one a side in the container.
According to one or more embodiment on the other hand, wherein, the refrigerator with ice making zone comprises: the first ice container, be used for admitting ice, and the first ice container is arranged on a side in ice making zone; Opening/closing unit opens and closes first side of icing container; Partition member, the opposite side in ice making zone is divided into first space and second space, wherein, is accommodated at least a portion ice of first ice in the container and is transported to first space according to the operation of opening/closing unit, when the first ice container is filled into above scheduled volume by ice, the opening/closing unit operation.
Described refrigerator can comprise that also being accommodated in the neutralization of first space ices container from second of first space separation, when the second ice container is accommodated in first space along first direction, opens a described side of the described first ice container by the controlled opening/closing unit.
When the second ice container was accommodated in first space along second direction, opening/closing unit can keep the closed condition of a described side of the described first ice container.
Partition member can make the second ice container can optionally be contained in first space or second space according to the opposite side in territory, predetermined ratio sharing system ice formation.
The second ice container can comprise the rail sections that is contained in effectively in first space, and partition member comprises and is formed on its surface that limits first space and the guiding piece corresponding with described rail sections.
Refrigerator also can comprise the ice making unit, and described ice making unit is arranged on and is used for producing ice on the first ice container and ice is transported to the first ice container, and wherein, the ice making unit also comprises the extension rib that is used to guide the ice that is transported to the first ice container.
Described ice making unit can have the twist mode structure of carrying ice by reversing, and the extension rib projects upwards from the sidewall of ice making unit.
According to one or more embodiment on the other hand, a kind of ice making method can comprise: water is received in the ice making unit; To be received into from the ice that the ice making unit separates the first ice container; Ice in the guiding first ice container is discharged.
Ice making method also can comprise: by the second ice container is attached on the first ice container in the one side, allow ice to be directed in the second ice container; By the second ice container is attached on the first ice container at its opposite side, anti-stagnant ice is directed in the second ice container.
Ice making method can comprise that also another second ice containers store of permission is on the described second ice container.
Ice making method can comprise that also ice that guiding is left from the ice making unit falls the position near the second ice container.
Ice making method also can comprise: owing to the unequal full ice state that detects in the first ice container of the accumulation of the ice in the first ice container; Ice when detecting full ice state in the mean allocation first ice container.
Described distribution method can make ice advance to second ice of icing in container and the mean allocation first ice container simultaneously.
As mentioned above, according to ice maker and refrigerator, utilize a plurality of ice containers can store the ice of sufficient quantity with this ice maker.
In addition, only by the second ice container is installed to the first ice container, the ice that leaves from ice maker can be assigned to the first ice container and the second ice container equably.
And, being arranged on first guidance unit and the second guidance unit installation direction that change second ice container of second ice on the container by utilization, the second ice container can be used as the additional reservoir of the first ice container or be used for other purpose.
Because the ice making unit is provided with the extension rib, so can be received within the first ice container near second from the ice of ice making unit with icing container.Like this, the ice in the first ice container is transported in the second ice container effectively.
And the partition member that is provided with in the ice making zone can store a plurality of second ice containers, thereby has increased space availability ratio.
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By the description of embodiment being carried out below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, these and/or others and advantage will become clear and should be readily appreciated that more, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the perspective view that illustrates according to the overall appearance of the refrigerator of or more exemplary embodiments;
Fig. 2 is the cutaway view longitudinally that the refrigerating chamber of this refrigerator is shown;
Fig. 3 is the perspective view that illustrates according to the ice maker of the refrigerator of exemplary embodiment;
Fig. 4 is the decomposition diagram that the opening/closing unit of this ice maker is shown;
Fig. 5 is the view of operation that the opening/closing unit of this ice maker is shown;
Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 illustrate the first ice container of the ice maker after the assembling and the perspective view of the second ice container;
Fig. 8 illustrates the side view that first of this ice maker is iced the confined state of the container and the second ice container;
Fig. 9 is the decomposition diagram that illustrates according to the ice making unit of another exemplary embodiment;
Figure 10 is the operational view that the ice making unit of this another exemplary embodiment is shown;
Figure 11 is the view that illustrates according to the critical piece of the refrigerator of another exemplary embodiment;
Figure 12 is the view that illustrates according to the second ice container of this another exemplary embodiment.
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Now, will describe embodiment in detail, its example is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and wherein, identical label is represented components identical all the time.Below, describe and explain embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the perspective view that illustrates according to the overall appearance of the refrigerator of or more exemplary embodiments, and Fig. 2 is the cutaway view longitudinally that the refrigerating chamber of this refrigerator is shown.Fig. 3 is the perspective view that illustrates according to the ice maker of the refrigerator of exemplary embodiment.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, comprise according to the refrigerator of one or more embodiment: main body 10 constitutes the outward appearance of refrigerator; Storeroom 20 and 30 is respectively formed at the right side and the left side of main body 10 inside; Door 11 and 12 opens and closes the storeroom 20 of correspondence and 30 the front side of opening wide; Ice maker 100 is installed in the refrigerating chamber 30 of storeroom 20 and 30; Dispenser 40, the ice raft that is used for being produced by ice maker 100 is put into the front side of door 12.
In the Machine Room 14 of main body 10, the electric component that comprises compressor 16 is installed.Storeroom 20 and 30 is arranged on the Machine Room 14.
Be clear that the assembly (for example condenser (not shown) and expander (expander does not show)) that constitutes kind of refrigeration cycle is assemblied in the main body 10.
In addition, a plurality of door compartment 11a and 12a are mounted respectively in the inboard of refrigerating-chamber door 11 and refrigerating chamber door 12, are used for storing more food.
Refrigerating chamber door 12 is equipped with dispenser 40, and this dispenser 40 can make the user take out some objects (for example water and ice), and does not need directly to open refrigerating chamber door 12.In addition, ice maker 100 is arranged on the top of refrigerating chamber 30, to produce ice and ice to be provided for dispenser 40.
Though do not show, different with above description is, ice making unit 110 can be configured to have the ice-making tray that forms by with the resin injection molding, and by rotating and reversing ice-making tray and will ice from ice-making tray and discharge downwards.
The first ice container 120 is arranged on the bottom of ice making unit 110, and comprises: first holding portion 121 is open upwards, to admit the ice that drops from ice making unit 110, along the fore-and-aft direction extension of ice making unit 110; Row's ice opening 123 is arranged on the ice of the preceding bottom of ice making unit 110 with the discharging generation; Lid 125 is formed on the front of the first ice container 120, thereby hides the front portion of ice maker 100.
The first ice container 120 has the drawer form and pulls out from refrigerating chamber 30 to take in refrigerating chamber 30 neutralizations.Lid 125 has through hole 126, makes cold air circulate between refrigerating chamber 30 and ice maker 100.
Crushing unit 140 is arranged to ice opening 123 near the row of the first ice container 120.As shown in Figure 2, crushing unit 140 comprises stationary blade 141 on the row's of being fixed to ice opening 123 and a plurality of rotating blades 143 that rotate with respect to stationary blade 141, and described a plurality of rotating blade 143 is connected to the axle 145 that extends from the conveyor screw member 131 of supply unit 130.Therefore, when conveyor screw member 131 rotated by carrying motor 131, therefore rotating blade 143 also rotated.
Crushing unit 140 can comprise and partially opening and the shutter (not shown) of the row of closing ice opening 123, thereby optionally ice or trash ice by row's ice opening 123 discharging sides.Because the opening and closing structure of shutter can realize by known technology, so will not be shown specifically this structure in the accompanying drawings.
For example, shutter can comprise open and close member on the ice opening 123 of the row of being installed to rotatably, control open and close member the opening and closing operation solenoid-operated device and with solenoid-operated device and the interconnective connecting elements of open and close member.
In aforesaid structure, after ice-making tray 111 was supplied water by feed pipe 101 and keeps the scheduled time, the water in the ice-making tray 111 was frozen by the cold air of circulation in refrigerating chamber 30, thereby produced the Fang Bing with preliminary dimension.Fang Bing drops in the first ice container 120 by the operation of heater (not shown) and scraper 115, fills the first ice container 120.
Detect when being in full ice state by the first ice container 120 of filling from the ice of ice-making tray 111 supply when completely icing state sensing lever 117, ice produces operation and no longer carries out.
When the user took out ice by dispenser 40, supply unit 130 and open and close member (not shown) were operated, and made the ice of discharging by row's ice opening 123 be discharged to by row's ice passage 45 and got thing unit 42.When thereby the ice in the first ice container 120 was discharged completely ice state elimination, ice-making tray 111 was supplied water once more to produce ice.The control that operates in the control module (not shown) that is installed to ice maker 100 of this generation ice and row's ice is carried out down.
Ice in the ice maker 100 is fed to the user by above-mentioned sequence of operations by dispenser 40.Sometimes, may once need a large amount of ice.Store a lot of ice unless prepare in advance, otherwise be difficult to obtain the ice of desired amt, this is because the speed that ice produces is restricted.
Therefore, need produce and store a lot of ice in advance, the feasible ice that can supply desired amt at any time.For this reason, according to one or more embodiment, except the first ice container 120, the second ice container 150 is set also.
Therefore, the ice that separates from ice-making tray 111 is stored in first holding portion 121 of the first ice container 120, when first holding portion 121 was filled a predetermined level is exceeded by ice, some ice were supplied in the second ice container 150 automatically, and do not need user's specialized operations.
Below, will the structure of ice maker 100 be described in further detail.
According to one or more embodiment, the second ice container 150 is installed to a side of the first ice container 120, and ice advance unit 127 is set at a side of the first ice container 120, ice raft is put into the second ice container 150.Ice advance unit 127 is equipped with the opening/closing unit 200 that is used to open and close ice advance unit 127.
More particularly, ice advance unit 127 is formed on a side of the first ice container 120, forms the opening that is provided with predetermined altitude, makes that when the first ice container 120 was filled with the ice of predetermined quantity, some ice left the first ice container 120 by ice advance unit 127.
Fig. 4 is the decomposition diagram of the opening/closing unit 200 of ice maker 100, and Fig. 5 has shown the operation of opening/closing unit 200.
With reference to Fig. 3, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, the opening/closing unit 200 that moves up and down with respect to ice advance unit 127 comprises: shutter part 210 opens and closes ice advance unit 127; Elastic component 220 provides elasticity for the shutter part 210 that is in closed condition; Leading axle 230 is used to guide moving up and down of shutter part 210; Installation component 240 is used for fixing leading axle 230.
Corresponding to projection 211, cutting part 129 is formed on the bottom of ice advance unit 127, and cutting part 129 is cut off along vertical direction, so that projection 211 can move up and down.
In addition, the bullport 213 that is used to insert leading axle 230 is formed on the both sides of shutter part 210 vertically, thereby shutter part 210 is equipped with leading axle 230 and stably moves up and down along leading axle 230.
Therefore, under the situation that does not apply external force, shutter part 210 keeps ice advance unit 127 to be in closed condition by the elastic force of elastic component 220.Yet when projection 211 being applied predetermined external force downwards, elastic component 220 flexibly is out of shape, so shutter part 210 moves downward along leading axle 230, thereby opens ice advance unit 127.
When after when removing external force, shutter part 210 moves upward along leading axle 230 by the elastic restoring force of elastic component 220, thereby closes ice advance unit 127.
Therefore, shutter part 210 moves up and down by the external force that is applied on it, thereby opens and closes ice advance unit 127.Here, when the second ice container 150 is installed to the sidepiece of the first ice container 120, can applies and be used to external force that shutter part 210 is moved downward.
Below, will explain the connection and the lock out operation of the second ice container 150 in further detail.
Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 show the first ice container of the ice maker after the assembling and the perspective view of the second ice container.Fig. 8 shows the side view that first of ice maker 100 is iced the confined state of the container and the second ice container.
The second ice container 150 can have and the first approximate length of length of icing container 120 as shown in Figure 3.In addition, the width of the second ice container 150 can suitably be determined, makes the width and second of the ice container 120 of winning ice the inner width of the width sum of container 150 corresponding to refrigerating chamber 30.
By this structure, when the state that is fixed to refrigerating chamber 30 (see figure 1)s at the first ice container 120 when the second ice container 150 was inserted into, the motion (bilateral movement) on the both sides of the second ice container 150 can be subjected to limiting as much as possible.And the second ice container 150 can be connected securely with the first ice container 120.
With reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 6, the second ice container 150 comprises: second holding portion 151, be formed in the second ice container 150, and be used for admitting ice; Guidance unit 160 and 170 is arranged on both sides, inwardly concaves so that projection 211 is inserted.
The second ice container 150 also can comprise handle unit 157, on this handle unit 157 at least one face in the front and back of the second ice container 150, is convenient to user's connection and separates the second ice container 150.In this embodiment, handle unit 157 is set on two faces in front and back of the second ice container 150.
With reference to Fig. 6 and Fig. 8, first guidance unit 160 comprises: enter leader 161, be formed on the side surface of the second ice container 150, guide protrusion 211 enters when the user installation second ice container 150; Sloping portion 163, downward-sloping from entering leader 161, so that projection 211 moves downward along sloping portion 163; Motion prevents part 165, extend from the end of sloping portion 163, though with along promoting the elastic force that direction that shutter part 210 moves upward applies elastic component 220, the motion that prevents projection 111 with separate.
Entering leader 161 is narrowing down on width on the direction of rear side gradually.Therefore, though the user installs the second ice container 150 on the height of mistake, projection 211 can by smoothness be inserted into and enter leader 161.
Because sloping portion 163 is downward-sloping from entering leader 161, thus by when second ices container 150 and advances by the promotion of the upper surface of sloping portion 163, be inserted into the projection 211 that enters in the leader 161 and move downward along sloping portion 163.
When connecting when separating the second ice container 150, the speed that moves up and down of shutter part 210 changes according to the inclination angle " a " of sloping portion 163.When inclination angle " a " was big relatively, the connection of the second ice container 150 and branch defection less efficiently were carried out.On the other hand, as inclination angle " a " relative hour, the movement velocity of shutter part 210 reduced, and the ice that exists between the first ice container 120 and the second ice container 150 even can drop to the outside owing to the operation of shutter part 210.
Therefore, by considering second ice connection of container 150 and the dropping of separative efficiency and anti-stagnant ice, can determine and using inclined angle " a ".
Be inserted into motion when preventing in the part 165 when the second ice container 150 is advanced further up to projection 211, shutter part 210 keeps ice advance unit 127 to be in open mode, this be because the gravity of the second ice container 150 greater than the elastic force of elastic component 220.
And step part 150a can additionally be formed on the side surface of formation first guidance unit 160 of the second ice container 150, forms step downwards with the width corresponding with the width of ice advance unit 127.
Because step part 150a forms downwards the step of the height close with the height of ice advance unit 127 when opening-wide state, drop to the second ice container, 150 outsides so can limit the ice that spills into the second ice container 150 from the first ice container 120.
When the second ice container 150 is installed to the sidepiece of the first ice container 120 and utilizes 110 ice makings of ice making unit, after the first ice container 120 was filled the ice of scheduled volume, some ice that drop from ice-making tray 111 advanced to the second ice container 150 by ice advance unit 127.Therefore, ice begins to be stored in the second ice container 150.
When the full ice state of the first ice container 120 was detected by the full ice state sensing lever 117 of ice making unit 110, in some cases, ice is a meeting inclination part in the first ice container 120, and this causes the ice in the first ice container 120 to be piled up unequally.
For this reason, with reference to Fig. 3, when detecting full ice state, 131 scheduled times of conveyor screw member of control module (not shown) operation supply unit 130 so that ice mix.Therefore, mixed ice mixes in the first ice container 120 equably, and simultaneously, part ice advances in the second ice container 150 by ice advance unit 127.Therefore, though but the ice that stores in the first ice container 120 is detected and is in full ice state can arrives the second ice container 150 by operation supply unit 130, therefore, completely the ice state is eliminated, the ice making operation can be continued, thereby more ice can be produced and store.
With reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, when the user need ice, the user operated the operating lever 44 of dispenser 40, thereby drove supply unit 130.Then, ice by supply unit 130 motions, part ice advances to the second ice container 150 by the second ice advance unit 127 of icing the side 151 of container 150 and is stored in the second ice container 150.
The second ice container 150 comprises second guidance unit 170 that is arranged on the another side 153, and this second guidance unit 170 is recessed along the direction of basic horizontal.
Therefore, as shown in Figure 7, when the second ice container 150 was installed on the first ice container 120 by second guidance unit 170, projection 211 kept its original state, and therefore, shutter part 210 keeps ice advance unit 127 to make it be in closed condition.
That is to say, when the user estimates the second ice container, 150 filled with ice, when the user does not need much to ice or when the user want with another purpose use the second ice container 150 but not store ice and the time, the second ice container 150 can be connected on the first ice container 120 by second guidance unit 170, and the ice in the ice container 120 of winning can not advanced in the second ice container 150.
Though so far only explained a exemplary embodiment about the ice advance unit 127 of first ice on the container 120, one or more embodiment be not limited to this structure.In other words, a those of ordinary skill should be appreciated that ice advance unit 127 can be set on the second ice container 150, and opening/closing unit 200 also can be set on the second ice container 150.
Below, with the refrigerator of explaining according to another exemplary embodiment.
This another exemplary embodiment only is the structure of ice making unit with the distinguishing characteristics of previous exemplary embodiment, and other structure and previous exemplary embodiment are much at one.
In the following description, structure and the element identical with previous exemplary embodiment will be quoted identical reference number, and will omit its detailed description.
Fig. 9 is the decomposition diagram according to the ice making unit 310 of another exemplary embodiment, and Figure 10 is the operational view of ice making unit 310.
As Fig. 9 and shown in Figure 10, the ice making unit 310 of this exemplary embodiment comprises: ice-making tray 311 forms by resin is carried out injection molding, making ice from the water of outside supply; A water supply cup (not shown) is used for water is fed to ice-making tray 311; Drive motors 313 makes ice-making tray 311 rotations, to ice from ice-making tray 311 dischargings; Completely ice state sensing lever 315, the ice whether the detection first ice container 120 is produced fills up.
With reference to Figure 10, the position of ice making unit 310 is tilted to the right with respect to the top of the first ice container 120 or the top mid portion of the first ice container 120.Therefore, under the situation that adopts twist mode ice making unit 310,310 ice of carrying can be fallen the position with ice advance unit 127 reverse inclination of the first ice container 120, the centre of perhaps falling the first ice container 120 vertically from the ice making unit.
When ice is received within the position of inclination or during at the first ice container 120 middle, ice is difficult to move to second and ices container 150.In addition, even ice is transported to before the second ice container 150, the full ice state of the first ice container 120 can be detected mistakenly.Therefore, can be difficult to produce the ice of some, and will ice to distribute and be stored in the first ice container 120 and the second ice container 150.
In order to solve in this case, can be provided with and extend rib 317, outstanding from a side direction of ice-making tray 311.
Extending rib 317 can form with ice-making tray 311, perhaps separates formation with ice-making tray 311, and then is connected to a side of ice-making tray 311.
Extend the ice that rib 317 guiding separate from ice-making tray 311, it is fallen near ice advance unit 127.
As shown in figure 10, after the water that stores in ice-making tray 311 became ice, ice-making tray 311 rotations were also reversed, and separate will ice with ice-making tray 311.By this structure and operation, the ice that separates from ice-making tray 311 can slide along the slope of extending rib 317, falls the position that tilts towards ice advance unit 127 then.
Therefore, owing to fall the ice of first ice in the container 120,, and be deposited in the second ice container 150 so ice can be transported to the second ice container 150 from the first ice container 120 effectively from piling up near the position of ice advance unit 127.
Therefore, will guide to ice advance unit 127 from the ice that ice-making tray 311 falls, so can realize effectively icing the conveying of icing container 120 to second ice containers 150 from first owing to extend rib 317.
That is to say, structure according to this another exemplary embodiment, even when the second ice container 150 is not filled up by ice, the full ice state of the first ice container 120 also can completely not iced state sensing lever 315 and be detected mistakenly, thereby has prevented to hold the situation that a large amount of ice is restricted at non-completely ice state in the second ice container 150.
Below, with the refrigerator of describing according to another exemplary embodiment.
One of distinguishing characteristics of this another exemplary embodiment and previous exemplary embodiment is the structure of the second ice container.
Figure 11 has shown the critical piece according to the refrigerator of this another exemplary embodiment, and Figure 12 has shown the connected second ice container according to the refrigerator of this another exemplary embodiment.
Compare with the second ice container 150 of another exemplary embodiment, the second ice container 350 of this exemplary embodiment also comprises the rail sections 351 that is formed on its lower surface.The structure of other structure and previous exemplary embodiment much at one.
Guiding piece 322 is arranged on the partition member 320 accordingly, with the motion of guiding rail part 351.Partition member 320 will be described after a while.
Though this exemplary embodiment has guiding piece 322 on partition member 320, if but partition member 320 is not set, and as the stayed surface of the specifically created support of the previous exemplary embodiment second ice container, then guiding piece 322 can be formed on the stayed surface.
In addition, be formed on the second ice container 350 with rail sections 351 and embodiment that guiding piece 322 is formed on the partition member 320 is different, the position of rail sections 351 and guiding piece 322 is interchangeable.
Suppose that ice making zone 300 comprises the zone of installation ice maker 100 and with respect to the zone of accompanying drawing on the ice maker right side, then partition member 320 is divided into upper space and lower space with the right side area of ice maker 100.
That is to say that partition member 320 is divided into ice making zone, right side and is first space 303 of lower space and is second space 305 of upper space.
Though the partition member 320 according to this exemplary embodiment comprises that integratedly first stayed surface 324 and second stayed surface, 326, the first stayed surfaces 324 and second stayed surface 326 can separately form and be connected to ice making zone, right side.
In first stayed surface 324, the guiding piece 322 corresponding with the rail sections 351 on the lower surface that is formed on the second ice container 350 alongst extends, thereby guides second to ice the turnover of container 350 with respect to first space 303 effectively.
With reference to Fig. 3 and Figure 11, first space 303 and second space 305 are divided into predetermined space to hold the second ice container 350.More particularly, when first guidance unit 160 of the second ice container 350 is iced container 350 along when the direction of the first ice container 120 is put into first space 303 with second, be formed on leader 351 on the lower surface of the second ice container 350 and be formed on guiding piece 322 guiding on first stayed surface 324, thus the second ice container 350 by and the first ice container 120 keep the predetermined gap ground to be connected.Simultaneously, the open and close member 200 of the first ice container 120 moves downward, thereby opens ice advance unit 127.
On the other hand, when second guidance unit 170 of the second ice container 350 is iced container 350 along when the direction of the first ice container 120 is put into first space 303 with second, rail sections 351 is directed part 322 guiding, and the closed condition of icing advance unit 127 is simultaneously kept by opening/closing unit 200.Therefore, the second ice container 350 is connected, and keeps predetermined gap with the first ice container 120 simultaneously.
In addition, can use a plurality of second ice containers 350 simultaneously.In order to store more substantial ice, stay 303 scheduled times of first space and the second ice container 350 that fills up ice can take out from first space 303 and be connected to second space 305, as shown in figure 12.Then, the second empty ice container 350 can reinstall in first space 303, thereby a large amount of ice that is produced by ice maker 100 can be stored in the ice making zone 300.
Refrigerator according to one or more embodiment optionally adopts this ice making unit.
In addition, though explained double door (side-by-side) refrigerator, one or more embodiment can be applied to the refrigerator of other type.Even in the refrigerator of not icing dispenser, can store a large amount of ice by the first ice container and the second ice container of setting forth in the exemplary embodiment are provided.
Though shown and described exemplary embodiment, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention can change these embodiments, scope of the present invention is limited by claim and equivalent thereof.
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1, a kind of ice maker comprises:
The ice making unit is admitted water and is utilized this water generates ice;
The first ice container is admitted the ice that separates from the ice making unit;
The ice advance unit is arranged on first side of icing container, with guiding ice in the discharge process of ice.
2, ice maker as claimed in claim 1 also comprises the second ice container, and the described second ice container detachably is installed to a described side of the first ice container, and is used to admit the ice that is directed by described ice advance unit.
3, ice maker as claimed in claim 2 also comprises opening/closing unit, and when the second ice container was connected, opening/closing unit was opened described ice advance unit, and when the second ice container was separated, opening/closing unit was closed described ice advance unit.
4, ice maker as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described opening/closing unit comprises:
The shutter part;
Elastic component partly provides along the elastic force of the direction of cutting out described ice advance unit for shutter.
5, ice maker as claimed in claim 4, wherein, the described second ice container comprises and is used to first guidance unit that described shutter is partly moved up and down.
6, ice maker as claimed in claim 5, wherein, first guidance unit comprises:
Enter leader, guiding is arranged on entering of projection on the shutter part;
Sloping portion, downward-sloping from entering leader.
7, as ice maker as described in the claim 2 to 6 each, wherein, the second ice container also comprises second guidance unit, and during the installation of the second ice container and removing, described second guidance unit keeps the closed condition of opening/closing unit.
8, as each described ice maker in the claim 2 to 6, wherein, the second ice container also comprises rail sections, and described rail sections allows the second ice container to be connected effectively and to separate with a described side of the first ice container.
9, as each described ice maker in the claim 1 to 6, wherein, described ice making unit also comprises the extension rib, and described extension rib is used for the ice guiding to the ice advance unit.
10, as ice maker as described in each in the claim 1 to 6, wherein, described ice making unit be installed in first ice on the container with the corresponding position of ice advance unit, make the ice of carrying from the ice making unit be deposited in the first ice container, to tilt towards the ice advance unit.
11, a kind of refrigerator that comprises ice maker, wherein, described ice maker comprises: the ice making unit, admit water and utilize this water generates ice; The first ice container is admitted the ice that separates from the ice making unit; The ice advance unit is arranged on first side of icing container, is used to admit the ice that leaves from the first ice container.
12, refrigerator as claimed in claim 11, also comprise second ice container and the opening/closing unit, when the second ice container was connected, opening/closing unit was opened a described side of the described first ice container, when the second ice container was separated, opening/closing unit was closed a described side of the described first ice container.
13, refrigerator as claimed in claim 12 also comprises the partition member that the opposite side in ice making zone is divided into first space and second space, and wherein, the described second ice container optionally is contained in first space or in second space.
14, refrigerator as claimed in claim 13 wherein, when the second ice container is accommodated in first space along first direction, is opened a described side of the described first ice container by the controlled opening/closing unit.
15, as claim 13 or 14 described refrigerators, wherein, the second ice container also comprises the rail sections that is contained in effectively in first space, and partition member comprises at least one surperficial the going up and the guiding piece corresponding with described rail sections that is formed in a plurality of surfaces that limit first space.
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