CN101922834B - Automatic ice machine and refrigerator with same - Google Patents
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The invention discloses an automatic ice machine, which comprises an ice machine main body, an ice dish frame, an ice dish, a driving device, an ice detection bar, an ice detection bar locking part and a flexible part, wherein the ice dish frame can be inserted into and extracted from the ice machine main body; the ice dish can be rotatably arranged in the ice dish frame; the driving device is connected to the ice machine main body; one end of the ice detection bar can be rotatably arranged on one side of the driving device through a pivot, and is driven by the driving device for ice detection; the ice detection bar locking part is arranged on the ice machine main body and can longitudinally move from a first position permitting the ice detection bar to rotate to a second position limiting the ice detection bar to rotate; the flexible part is arranged between the ice detection bar locking part and the ice machine main body; on the first position, the ice detection bar locking part is located on the front side of the pivot; and on the second position, at least one part of the ice detection bar locking part is located near the lower part at the rear side of the pivot. The ice machine can carry out the whole limit in the whole process of inserting and extracting the ice dish into or from the ice machine main body without causing the dead zone of detection. The invention also discloses a refrigerator with the ice machine.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to field of domestic appliances manufacture technology, the refrigerator that particularly relates to a kind of automatic ice maker and have it.
Background technology
Automatic ice maker is provided with ice exploration bar usually; Be used for that the scheduled time begins to rotate predetermined angle around certain axial region from the home position at every interval; Whether detecting in the ice storage case filled with ice, when sending the ice making stop signal by this ice exploration bar during filled with ice in the ice storage case, thereby ice machine is quit work.
And except above-mentioned situation, when ice-making disc is removed, prevent that to avoid ice machine to work on water from flowing into other spaces and causing the ice making fault thereby ice machine is shut down.
To above-mentioned situation, existing ice machine is taked following two kinds of structures usually.
A kind of is electric structure, promptly through electronics or electricity piece circuit is switched on and off ice machine is shut down after ice-making disc is taken out.But the cost of electric structure is higher.
Another kind is a frame for movement; Be that relative ice exploration bar increases a limiting part; Change the position of this limiting part through the varicose of spring, thereby the limiting part that makes the band spring, ice-making disc runs on the running route of ice exploration bar when taking out; The work of restriction ice exploration bar so that ice machine after ice-making disc is taken out, shut down, thereby and the working line that when ice-making disc is loaded into after, makes this limiting part leave ice exploration bar can make ice exploration bar recovery operate as normal.But this structure is cisco unity malfunction in some cases; If such as ice exploration bar when ice-making disc is taken out just run to this limiting part below; Then cause ice exploration bar normally not playback, thereby do not have the operation of restriction ice exploration bar after ice-making disc is taken out so that the effect that ice machine shuts down.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is intended to solve at least one of technical problem that exists in the prior art.For this reason; One object of the present invention is to propose a kind of automatic ice maker; When ice-making disc is taken out said automatic ice maker can limit ice exploration bar work so that ice machine shut down; And after ice-making disc is loaded into, can make ice exploration bar recover operate as normal, and inserting and extracting in ice-making disc and can both carry out whole process to ice exploration bar in the whole stroke of ice machine main body and limit, thereby avoid occurring the detection blind area.
In addition, another object of the present invention also is to provide a kind of refrigerator with above-mentioned ice machine.
Automatic ice maker according to the embodiment of the invention comprises: the ice machine main body; The ice-making disc framework, said ice-making disc framework can insert and extract said ice machine main body from vertical end of ice machine; Ice-making disc, said ice-making disc are rotatably installed in the said ice-making disc framework; Drive unit, said drive unit are connected to said ice machine main body; Ice exploration bar, an end of said ice exploration bar are rotatably installed a side of said drive unit and can be driven by said drive unit through pivot and visit ice; Ice exploration bar stop component, said ice exploration bar stop component are arranged on the ice machine main body and are longitudinally removable between the second place of primary importance that allows the ice exploration bar rotation and the rotation of restriction ice exploration bar; And elastomeric element; Said elastomeric element is arranged between ice exploration bar stop component and the ice machine main body; Said ice-making disc framework promotes said ice exploration bar stop component and moves to primary importance and compress said elastomeric element from the second place in the time of wherein in the ice-making disc framework is inserted into said ice machine main body; Promote said ice exploration bar stop component at ice-making disc framework said elastomeric element when said ice machine main body is extracted and move to the second place from primary importance; And be positioned at the front side of said pivot at the said ice exploration bar stop component of primary importance, be positioned at below the rear side of said pivot in the said ice exploration bar stop component of second place at least a portion near.
In addition, the automatic ice maker according to the embodiment of the invention can have following additional technical characterictic:
According to one embodiment of present invention, said automatic ice maker further comprises limited cover, and said limited cover is installed on the said ice machine main body, and said elastomeric element is arranged between said limited cover and the ice exploration bar stop component.
According to one embodiment of present invention, said elastomeric element is a helical spring.
According to one embodiment of present invention; Said automatic ice maker further comprises push shaft; Said helical spring is enclosed within on the said push shaft; A said helical spring end is fixed on first end of push shaft and the other end of spring abuts on the limited cover; And first end of said push shaft links to each other with the ice exploration bar stop component and the other end of said push shaft passes limited cover, and the ice-making disc framework promotes the ice exploration bar stop component and push shaft moved and ice-making disc framework helical spring promotion ice exploration bar stop component and push shaft is moved when in the ice machine main body, extracting in the time of thus in the ice-making disc framework inserts the ice machine main body.
According to one embodiment of present invention; Said ice exploration bar stop component comprises riser, from the extended cantilever of riser with from the laterally inwardly extended base plate of riser lower end edge; Wherein said ice-making disc framework and elastomeric element move said ice exploration bar stop component through promoting said cantilever; And be positioned at the front side of said pivot at the said base plate of primary importance, below at least a portion of the said base plate of the second place is positioned at the rear side of said pivot.
Automatic ice maker according to the embodiment of the invention has one of advantage at least:
According to the automatic ice maker of the embodiment of the invention when ice-making disc is removed with the ice-making disc framework, can limit ice exploration bar work so that automatic ice maker shut down; And after ice-making disc (comprising the ice-making disc framework) is loaded into, can make ice exploration bar recover operate as normal; And in ice-making disc inserts and extract the whole stroke of ice machine main body with the ice-making disc framework, can both carry out whole process and limit, so the blind area can not occur detecting ice exploration bar.In addition, simple in structure according to the automatic ice maker of the embodiment of the invention, parts are few, cost is low.
In addition, the present invention has also proposed a kind of refrigerator on the other hand, comprises casing, is limited with refrigerating chamber in the said casing; And automatic ice maker, said automatic ice maker is arranged in the said refrigerating chamber, and wherein said automatic ice maker is according to the described automatic ice maker of first aspect present invention.
Additional aspect of the present invention and advantage part in the following description provide, and part will become obviously from the following description, or recognize through practice of the present invention.
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Above-mentioned and/or additional aspect of the present invention and advantage obviously with are easily understood becoming the description of embodiment from combining figs, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the stereogram according to the ice machine of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the vertical view according to the ice machine of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 be ice machine among Fig. 2 along the cutaway view of A-A, wherein the ice exploration bar stop component is positioned at primary importance;
Fig. 4 be ice machine among Fig. 2 along the cutaway view of A-A, wherein the ice exploration bar stop component is positioned at a second place.
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10: the ice machine main body; 20: ice-making disc; 30: the ice-making disc framework; 40: ice exploration bar; 41: pivot 50: the ice exploration bar brake component; 51: riser; 52: cantilever; 53: base plate; 60: elastomeric element; 70: limited cover; 80: drive unit; 90: push shaft
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Describe embodiments of the invention below in detail, the example of said embodiment is shown in the drawings, and wherein identical from start to finish or similar label is represented identical or similar elements or the element with identical or similar functions.Be exemplary through the embodiment that is described with reference to the drawings below, only be used to explain the present invention, and can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.
In description of the invention; Term " vertically ", " laterally ", " on ", the orientation of indications such as D score, " preceding ", " back ", " left side ", " right side ", " vertically ", " level ", " top ", " end " or position relation be for based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relation; Only be for the ease of describing the present invention rather than requiring the present invention therefore can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention with specific azimuth configuration and operation.
1～4 description is according to the automatic ice maker of the embodiment of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Shown in Fig. 1～4,, comprise ice machine main body 10, ice-making disc 20, ice-making disc framework 30, ice exploration bar 40, ice exploration bar stop component 50, elastomeric element 60 and drive unit 80 according to the automatic ice maker of the embodiment of the invention.
Ice-making disc framework 30 can insert and extract ice machine main body 10 from vertical (left and right directions Fig. 1 and Fig. 2) end of ice machine, and ice-making disc 20 is rotatably installed in the ice-making disc framework 30.Drive unit 80 is connected to ice machine main body 10.One end of ice exploration bar 40 is rotatably installed in a side of drive unit 80 through pivot 41,, and ice exploration bar 40 can be driven by drive unit 80 and visit ice.
In a concrete example of the present invention, drive unit 80 is a drive motors for example, persons of ordinary skill in the art may appreciate that drive motors 80 can also be used to drive ice-making disc 20 rotations and deice, and is not described in detail here.
Ice exploration bar stop component 50 is arranged on the ice machine main body 10, and like Fig. 3 and shown in Figure 4, ice exploration bar stop component 50 can longitudinally move between the second place of primary importance that allows ice exploration bar 40 rotations and 40 rotations of restriction ice exploration bar.
As shown in Figure 3; When ice-making disc 20 and ice-making disc framework 30 insert in the ice machine main body 10 installation in position fully; Ice exploration bar stop component 50 is positioned at primary importance; Thereby ice exploration bar stop component 50 is arranged in the front side (right side of Fig. 1, the left side among Fig. 3) of pivot 41 has discharged ice exploration bar 40 at this moment, so ice exploration bar 40 can detect to visit ice according to the preset program rotation.For convenience, in the description of the embodiment of the invention, before the direction that ice-making disc framework 30 inserts is, after the direction of extracting is.As shown in Figure 4; When ice-making disc 20 and ice-making disc framework 30 extracted in ice machine main body 10; Ice exploration bar stop component 50 is positioned at a second place; At least a portion of ice exploration bar stop component 50 is positioned near the below rear side of pivot 41 at this moment, limits the rotation of ice exploration bar 40 with this, so that ice machine quits work.
It will be appreciated that; With ice-making disc 20 and the ice-making disc framework 30 quilt processes of in ice machine main body 10, extracting; As long as ice exploration bar stop component 50 leaves primary importance, ice exploration bar stop component 50 just can limit ice exploration bar 40 and rotate, therefore; In the present invention; The second place is interpreted as a plurality of, and it is exactly the second place that ice exploration bar stop component 50 is in the position of departing from out primary importance, ice exploration bar stop component 50 residing second places when Fig. 4 shows ice-making disc framework 30 and will leave ice machine main body 10.Thereby in the description of the embodiment of the invention, a second place shown in Figure 4 unless otherwise indicated is interpreted as departing from out primary importance ice exploration bar stop component 50 and can limits any one second place that ice exploration bar 40 rotates when mentioning the second place.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, shown in Fig. 3 and 4, automatic ice maker further comprises limited cover 70, and limited cover 70 is installed on the ice machine main body 20, and elastomeric element 60 is arranged between limited cover 70 and the ice exploration bar stop component 50.
In some embodiments of the invention; Like Fig. 3 and 4 said; Automatic ice maker further comprises push shaft 90; First end of push shaft 90 links to each other with ice exploration bar stop component 50 and second end of push shaft 90 passes limited cover 70, and first end of push shaft 90 contacts with ice-making disc framework 30, is along the longitudinal movement so that ice-making disc framework 30 can promote push shaft 90.
In an example of the present invention, ice exploration bar stop component 50 comprises riser 51, from riser 51 extended cantilevers 52 with from the laterally inwardly extended base plate 53 of riser 51 lower end edges, and is as shown in Figure 1; The free end of cantilever 52 can be formed with bending part; Said bending part is inserted in the longitudinal fluting that forms on the ice machine main body 10, and first end of push shaft 90 contacts with bending part, in other words; The bending part is between first end and ice-making disc framework 30 of push shaft 90; In the time of thus in ice-making disc framework 30 is inserted into ice machine main body 10, push shaft 90 moves right thereby ice-making disc framework 30 promotes the bending part promotion, and compression helical spring 60.When ice-making disc framework 30 when ice machine main body 10 is extracted, promote bending parts and be moved to the left thereby helical spring 60 relies on the elastic force of its releases to promote push shaft 90.
Ice-making disc framework 30 is along the longitudinal movement ice exploration bar stop component 50 with elastomeric element 60 through promoting cantilever 52.Primary importance base plate 53 be positioned at pivot 41 below the outside, this moment ice exploration bar 40 can normally rotate.In the second place, at least a portion of base plate 53 is positioned at the side-lower of pivot 41, realizes the stop to ice exploration bar 40 thus.As stated, it will be appreciated that as long as ice exploration bar stop component 50 leaves primary importance, thereby at least a portion of base plate 53 is located in the rotation of the interior side-lower restriction ice exploration bar 40 of pivot 41.
Automatic ice maker according to the embodiment of the invention; When ice-making disc 20 can be made when in place ice exploration bar 40 recover operate as normal along with ice-making disc framework 30 is inserted into fully in the ice machine main body 10; When ice-making disc 20 is extracted from ice machine main body 10 along with ice-making disc framework 30; In case promptly ice-making disc 20 is left primary importance with ice-making disc framework 30; Ice exploration bar stop component 50 just can limit the work of ice exploration bar 40 so that automatic ice maker shuts down, and can both carry out whole process to ice exploration bar 40 in the whole stroke of ice machine main body 10 and limits thereby be inserted into and extract with ice-making disc framework 30 in ice-making disc 20, the blind area therefore can not occur detecting.In addition, simple in structure according to the automatic ice maker of the embodiment of the invention, parts are few, cost is low.
Refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention is described below.
Refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention comprises casing, is limited with refrigerating chamber in the said casing, wherein in refrigerating chamber, is provided with automatic ice maker, and said automatic ice maker can be the automatic ice maker that above-mentioned arbitrary embodiment describes according to the present invention.Other formations of refrigerator are known for those of ordinary skill in the art, are not described in detail here.
In the description of this specification, the description of reference term " embodiment ", " some embodiment ", " example ", " concrete example " or " some examples " etc. means the concrete characteristic, structure, material or the characteristics that combine this embodiment or example to describe and is contained at least one embodiment of the present invention or the example.In this manual, the schematic statement to above-mentioned term not necessarily refers to identical embodiment or example.And concrete characteristic, structure, material or the characteristics of description can combine with suitable manner in any one or more embodiment or example.
Although illustrated and described embodiments of the invention; Those having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: under the situation that does not break away from principle of the present invention and aim, can carry out multiple variation, modification, replacement and modification to these embodiment, scope of the present invention is limited claim and equivalent thereof.
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1. an automatic ice maker is characterized in that, comprising:
The ice machine main body;
The ice-making disc framework, said ice-making disc framework can insert and extract said ice machine main body from vertical end of ice machine;
Ice-making disc, said ice-making disc are rotatably installed in the said ice-making disc framework;
Drive unit, said drive unit are connected to said ice machine main body;
Ice exploration bar, an end of said ice exploration bar is rotatably installed in a side of said drive unit and visits ice by said drive unit driving through pivot;
Ice exploration bar stop component, said ice exploration bar stop component are arranged on the ice machine main body and are longitudinally removable between the second place of primary importance that allows the ice exploration bar rotation and the rotation of restriction ice exploration bar; With
Elastomeric element, said elastomeric element are arranged between ice exploration bar stop component and the ice machine main body,
Said ice-making disc framework promotes said ice exploration bar stop component and moves to primary importance and compress said elastomeric element from the second place in the time of wherein in the ice-making disc framework is inserted into said ice machine main body; Promote said ice exploration bar stop component at ice-making disc framework said elastomeric element when said ice machine main body is extracted and move to the second place from primary importance; And be positioned at the front side of said pivot at the said ice exploration bar stop component of primary importance, be positioned at below the rear side of said pivot in the said ice exploration bar stop component of second place at least a portion near.
2. automatic ice maker according to claim 1 is characterized in that, further comprises limited cover, and said limited cover is installed on the said ice machine main body, and said elastomeric element is arranged between said limited cover and the ice exploration bar stop component.
3. automatic ice maker according to claim 2 is characterized in that, said elastomeric element is a helical spring.
4. automatic ice maker according to claim 3; It is characterized in that; Further comprise push shaft; Said helical spring is enclosed within on the said push shaft; A said helical spring end is fixed on first end of push shaft and the other end of spring abuts on the limited cover, and first end of said push shaft links to each other with the ice exploration bar stop component and the other end of said push shaft passes limited cover, and the ice-making disc framework promotes the ice exploration bar stop component and push shaft moved and ice-making disc framework helical spring promotion ice exploration bar stop component and push shaft is moved when in the ice machine main body, extracting in the time of thus in the ice-making disc framework inserts the ice machine main body.
5. automatic ice maker according to claim 1; It is characterized in that; Said ice exploration bar stop component comprises riser, from the extended cantilever of riser with from the laterally inwardly extended base plate of riser lower end edge; Wherein said ice-making disc framework and elastomeric element move said ice exploration bar stop component through promoting said cantilever, and are positioned at the front side of said pivot at the said base plate of primary importance, below at least a portion of the said base plate of the second place is positioned at the rear side of said pivot.
6. a refrigerator is characterized in that, comprising:
Casing is limited with refrigerating chamber in the said casing; And
Automatic ice maker, said automatic ice maker are arranged in the said refrigerating chamber, and wherein said automatic ice maker is according to each said automatic ice maker among the claim 1-5.
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