CN101925789A

CN101925789A - Refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN101925789A
Application number: CN200880125460XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 姜炳圭; 李在烈; 朴祥豪
Original assignee: LG Electronics Inc
Current assignee: LG Electronics Inc
Priority date: 2008-02-05
Filing date: 2008-12-18
Publication date: 2010-12-22
Anticipated expiration: 2028-12-18
Also published as: EP2235456B1; KR20090085974A; WO2009099270A3; KR100965361B1; ES2611078T3; EP2235456A2; WO2009099270A2; EP3153803A1; EP2235456A4; US20110005262A1; EP3153803B1; CN101925789B

Abstract

A refrigerator comprises: an opening disposed at one side of a door; an ice bank disposed on a rear surface of the door, and configured to be drawn out through the opening, for storing ice pieces; a guide unit for guiding the ice bank to be drawn out; and a volume control unit for changing a volume of the ice bank step by step. A volume of the ice bank is varied according to a user s necessity. This solves a user s inconvenience to make ice pieces a plurality of times, for example, in summer when a large amount of ice pieces are required.

Description

Refrigerator

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator, and relate more specifically to be used for wherein the ice bank of ice cube can being stored in of this refrigerator.

Background technology

Usually, refrigerator is as store food is long-time under the freezing state or the state of cooling freshly.

Refrigerator is provided with the refrigerator body that is divided into refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber.Refrigerator body is provided with refrigerating chamber door and refrigerating-chamber door, opens or closes refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber by refrigerating chamber door and refrigerating-chamber door.Refrigerating chamber door and refrigerating-chamber door are installed in a side of refrigerator body respectively, make the one end to rotate on the fore-and-aft direction of refrigerator body around its other end.

In a side separately of refrigerating chamber door and refrigerating-chamber door, be provided with additional apotheca (will be called home-bar hereinafter), be used for storing and extract out food under the situation of refrigerating chamber door or refrigerating-chamber door need not to open.

Home-bar is made up of home-bar shell and home bar door, and this home-bar shell is placed on the rear surface of refrigerating chamber door or refrigerating-chamber door and has the storage area, and this home bar door is used to open and close the storage area.

Home bar door is as the opening that opens or closes a part that forms refrigerating chamber door or refrigerating-chamber door, corresponding to the home-bar shell of excision.Home bar door is mounted to and makes its upper end to rotate on above-below direction around its lower end.

Refrigerating chamber is provided with the ice making equipment that is used to make ice cube.And refrigerating chamber can also be provided with the ice bank that is used to store the ice cube of being made by ice making equipment.Yet traditional ice bank has following problem.

The first, in order to extract the ice bank that is used to store the ice cube of being made by ice making equipment out, refrigerating chamber must be opened by rotating refrigerating chamber door.This may cause being difficult to extract out ice bank.

The second, in case open refrigerating chamber in order to extract ice bank out, the cooling air in the refrigerating chamber just leaks.Because the cooling air in the refrigerating chamber unnecessarily leaks, so the power consumption of refrigerator increases.

The 3rd, because ice bank is contained in the refrigerating chamber, so the ice cube in the ice bank may be infiltrated the smell that is stored in other food in the refrigerating chamber.

The 4th, because ice bank is arranged in the refrigerating chamber with finite volume, so for example when when need a large amount of ice cubes summer, ice making equipment must repeatedly be made ice cube.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the purpose of this invention is to provide the refrigerator that easily to extract ice cube out and control the amount of the ice cube that will store according to user's needs.

In order to realize the advantage of these and other, and according to purpose of the present invention, such as in this article enforcement and broadly described, a kind of refrigerator is provided, comprising: opening, this opening are placed in a side of door; Ice bank, this ice bank are placed on the rear surface of door, and are configured to extract out by opening, are used for stored ice; Guidance unit, this guidance unit are used for guiding ice bank are extracted out; And the volume control module, this volume control module is used for changing step by step the volume of ice bank.

Ice bank comprises that body and volume enlarge container, described body forms the box-shaped with opened upper surface and lower surface, described volume enlarges container and is inserted in the described body, so that can move vertically along the inner surface of described body, and form ice storage space with opened upper surface.

The volume control module comprises: the volume control flume, and described volume control flume is on the volume controlling party of described ice bank upwards is formed in the inner surface of described body and the outer surface that described volume enlarges container one; Volume control projection, described volume control projection is formed on in the described inner surface of described body and the described outer surface that described volume enlarges container another corresponding to described volume control flume; And lock cell, described lock cell is used for limiting step by step the relative motion of described volume control flume with respect to described volume control projection.

Lock cell comprises lock slots and locking projection, and this lock slots is on the volume controlling party of ice bank upwards is formed in volume control flume and the volume control projection one, and this locking projection is locked step by step by lock slots.

Guidance unit comprises first guide portion and second guide portion, this first guide portion is fixed in the opening, be used to guide ice bank to dip down and tiltedly shift to opening, this second guide portion is configured to introduce under the guiding of first guide portion or extract opening out, is used in the mode of pull ice bank being installed.

Refrigerator according to the present invention has following advantage.

The volume of ice bank changes according to user's needs.This can solve the inconvenience of for example repeatedly making ice cube as user when need a large amount of ice cubes summer.

In addition, the ice cube that is stored in the ice bank takes out by home-bar.This can make it possible under the state of not opening door ice bank be extracted out from refrigerator.Correspondingly, the user can easily take out ice cube from refrigerator.

And ice bank tiltedly moves by dipping down and extracts out from refrigerator by home-bar.This food that can prevent to be stored in the home-bar is drawn out of owing to interfering with ice bank, or prevents that ice bank from extracting out under situation about interfering with the ice cube that is stored in wherein.

And ice bank is installed in the predetermined space place on the rear surface of refrigerating chamber door.This can prevent to be stored in ice cube in the ice bank is stored in the food in the storage ice space of refrigerator by infiltration smell.Correspondingly, the user can use ice cube with health and comfortable mode.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the view that illustrates according to the outward appearance of the refrigerator of first embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is the view that illustrates according to the inside of the refrigerator of first embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3 is the sectional view of being got along the line I-I among Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is the stereogram of installment state that the ice bank of Fig. 3 is shown;

Fig. 5 illustrates the ice bank of Fig. 4 and the stereogram of second guide portion;

Fig. 6 illustrates the ice bank of Fig. 5 and the exploded perspective view of second guide portion;

Fig. 7 to Fig. 9 illustrates according to the extraction ice bank of first embodiment of the invention and the view of the process of the volume of control ice bank;

Figure 10 illustrates according to the ice bank of second embodiment of the invention and the exploded perspective view of second guide portion;

Figure 11 illustrates according to the ice bank of third embodiment of the invention and the exploded perspective view of second guide portion; And

Figure 12 illustrates according to the ice bank of four embodiment of the invention and the exploded perspective view of second guide portion.

The specific embodiment

To describe preferred implementation of the present invention in detail now, its example illustrates in the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, with the refrigerator that illustrates in greater detail according to first embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 1 is the view that illustrates according to the outward appearance of the refrigerator of first embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 2 is the view that illustrates according to the inside of the refrigerator of first embodiment of the invention.

See figures.1.and.2, refrigerator body 10 is provided with refrigerating chamber 11 and refrigerating chamber 13 therein.Refrigerating chamber 11 and refrigerating chamber 13 are placed in the left side and the right side of refrigerator body 10 respectively.Refrigerating chamber door 11a and refrigerating-chamber door 13a are installed on the refrigerator body 10, make the one end to rotate on fore-and-aft direction around its other end.Refrigerating chamber door 11a and refrigerating-chamber door 13a are used separately as and open or close refrigerating chamber 11 and refrigerating chamber 13.

Supporting

side walls

11b and 13b are arranged on the place, two ends on the rear surface of refrigerating chamber door 11a and refrigerating-chamber door 13a.

Supporting

side walls

11b and 13b form a part that serves as a contrast of the outward appearance of the rear surface that forms refrigerating chamber door 11a and refrigerating-chamber door 13a, outstanding backward predetermined altitude.

A plurality of fixed projection (not shown) are arranged on the surface that faces with each other of supporting

side walls

11b and 13b.

A plurality of baskets 14 be arranged on refrigerating chamber door 11a and refrigerating-chamber door 13a, on the rear surface between supporting side walls 11b and the 13b.

In door basket 14, be formed with the spatial accommodation that is used to hold food.

Door basket 14 is mounted to the rear surface of refrigerating chamber door 11a and refrigerating-chamber door 13a removably.

Family expenses wine

15 and 17 is separately positioned on refrigerating chamber door 11a and the refrigerating-chamber door 13a.Home-

bar

15 and 17 is extracted food, for example beverage as need not to open under the situation of refrigerating chamber door 11a and refrigerating-chamber door 13a out from refrigerator.Home-

bar

15 and 17 is made up of home-

bar shell

15a and 17a and

home bar door

15b and 17b respectively.

Home-

bar shell

15a and 17a form to have polygon-shapedly, and its upper surface and the rear surface that invests the rear surface of refrigerating chamber door 11a or refrigerating-chamber door 13a are opened wide.Home-

bar shell

15a and 17a be arranged on refrigerating chamber door 11a and refrigerating-chamber door 13a on the rear surface between supporting side walls 11b and the 13b.Home-

bar shell

15a and 17a are provided with storage area 15s and the 17s that is used to store the drinks etc. therein.

Because excised the part of refrigerating chamber door 11a and refrigerating-chamber door 13a, opening 15c and 17c have been formed.Herein, the opening 15c of refrigerating chamber door 11a is communicated with the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a.By opening 15c, food receives among the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a or extracts out from the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a, or extracts the ice bank 100 (with reference to Fig. 3) at the 15s place, storage area that is installed in home-bar shell 15a out.

The opening 17c of refrigerating-chamber door 13a is communicated with the storage area 17s of home-bar shell 17a.By opening 17c, food receives among the storage area 17s of home-bar shell 17a, or extracts out from the storage area 17s of home-bar shell 17a.

Home bar door

15b and 17b are installed in the front surface place of refrigerating chamber door 11a and refrigerating-chamber door 13a, make its upper end to rotate on above-below direction around its lower end.

Home bar door

15b and 17b are used separately as and open or close opening 15c and 17c.

The storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a opens or closes by the home bar door 15b of refrigerating chamber door 11a.

The ice making equipment 22 that is used to make ice cube can be arranged on the rear surface of refrigerating chamber door 11a and be positioned at home-bar shell 15a top.

The water tank 21 that is used to store the water that will be supplied to ice making equipment 22 can be installed in ice making equipment 22 tops.

Herein, the ice cube of being made by ice making equipment 22 is transferred to home-bar shell 15a, and is stored in the ice bank 100 (with reference to Fig. 3) at the 15s place, storage area that is installed on home-bar shell 15a.

When the ice cube of being made by ice making equipment 22 will be transferred to ice bank 100, the position of ice making equipment 22 and water tank 21 can change.

Hereinafter, will illustrate in greater detail ice bank 100.

Fig. 3 is the sectional view of being got along the line I-I among Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is the stereogram of installment state that the ice bank of Fig. 3 is shown, and Fig. 5 illustrates the ice bank of Fig. 4 and the stereogram of second guide portion.

With reference to Fig. 3 to Fig. 5, ice bank 100 is installed in the 15s place, storage area of home-bar shell 15a, so that extract out from the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a by opening 15c.Ice bank 100 comprises that body 110 and volume enlarge container 120, this body 110 forms the hexahedral shape with opened upper surface and lower surface, this volume enlarges container 120 and is inserted in the main part 110 so that can move vertically along the inner surface of body 110, and forms the ice storage space 100s with opened upper surface.

Preferably, a surface of ice bank 100 is formed by transparent or semitransparent material, makes to discern the ice cube that is stored among the 100s of ice storage space from the outside.

Handle 101 can be arranged on the ice bank 100 at the front surface of body 110 and volume and enlarge between the front surface of container 120.Handle 101 can form the recessed predetermined altitude in rear surface that enlarges container 120 from the lower end of the front surface of volume expansion container 120 to volume.Hereinafter, the front surface of supposing ice bank 100 is represented a surface of ice bank 100 when the front surface of refrigerating chamber door 11a is watched, i.e. a surface of the ice bank of being watched 100 when the storage area 15s of family expenses bar shell 15a opens by home bar door 15b.

Ice bank 100 is installed in the 15s place, storage area of home-bar shell 15a by guidance unit.

Guidance unit comprises first guide portion 140 and second guide portion 150, this first guide portion 140 is fixed among the opening 15c, be used to guide ice bank 100 to dip down and tiltedly shift to opening 15c, this second guide portion 150 is extracted out from opening 15c under the guiding of first guide portion 140, is used in the mode of pull ice bank 100 being installed.

To illustrate in greater detail first guide portion 140 and second guide portion 150 process of coupling connection each other.

First guide portion 140 guiding ice banks 100 are mounted to second guide portion 150 on it and dip down and tiltedly shift to opening 15c, the front surface that opens wide of first guide portion 140.

With ice bank 100 and second guide portion 150 from the process that the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a extracts out, first guide portion 140 prevent to be stored among the ice storage space 100s of ice bank 100 ice cube by with the rear surface locking of the contiguous refrigerating chamber door 11a of opening 15c.

Tiltedly shift to opening 15c in order to guide the ice bank 100 and second guide portion 150 to dip down, a pair of guiding groove 141 is arranged on two side surfaces of first guide portion 140.

A pair of guide protrusion 151 is outstanding from two side surfaces of second guide portion 150.

Guide protrusion 151 as under the state that is mounted to second guide portion 150 at ice bank 100, guiding second guide portion 150 extracts out from the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a by opening 15c.

Carry out sliding motion along guiding groove 141 under the state of guide protrusion 151 in the guiding groove 141 that is inserted into first guide portion 140.

Guide protrusion 151 is made up of first guide protrusion 152 and second guide protrusion 153.First guide protrusion 152 is outstanding from the middle and upper part of two sides of second guide portion 150 respectively.

Second guide protrusion 153 is outstanding from the postmedian of two sides of second guide portion 150 respectively, highly is lower than first guide protrusion 152.More specifically, first guide protrusion 152 and second guide protrusion 153 are in the direction that ice bank 100 and second guide portion 150 are extracted out from the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a by the opening 15c predetermined distance that separates each other.

Reason is to keep level when allowing the ice bank 100 and second guide portion 150 in the storage area 15s that is contained in home-bar shell 15a.

First guide portion 140 guides the storage area 15s extraction of second guide portion 150 from home-bar shell 15a as being mounted under the state of second guide portion 150 at ice bank 100.

First guide portion 140 forms the hexahedral shape with unlimited front surface, rear surface and lower surface.Second guide portion 150 is installed in first guide portion 140 so that extract out on direction forward.

Ice transmission opening 144 is arranged on the upper surface of first guide portion 140.Ice transmission opening 144 be supplied to as the ice cube of making by ice making equipment 22 ice bank 100 ice storage space 100s the passage of process.The upper surface that ice transmission opening 144 forms first guide portion 140 opens wide.Ice transmission opening 144 forms rectangle, and the size of this rectangle is equal to or less than the open upper of ice bank 100, i.e. the import of ice storage space 100s.

Ice transmission guide portion 145 is arranged on the upper surface of first guide portion 140 edge corresponding to ice transmission opening 144.Ice transmission guide portion 145 forms funnel shaped, and two side surface is downward-sloping to ice transmission opening 144.Ice transmission guide portion 145 is as guiding the ice cube of being made by ice making equipment 22 so that be supplied to the ice storage space 100s of ice bank 100 by ice transmission opening 144.

Holddown groove 147 is formed on two side surfaces of first guide portion 140.Holddown groove 147 usefulness first guide portion 140 that fixes.The fixed projection (not shown) is inserted into holddown groove, and this fixed projection is placed in the supporting side walls 11b place of refrigerating chamber door 11a, and projects to the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a.

Guiding groove 141 is made up of first guiding groove 142 and second guiding groove 143, first guide protrusion 152 that is inserted in first guiding groove 142 carries out sliding motion along this first guiding groove 142, and second guide protrusion 153 that is inserted in second guiding groove 143 carries out sliding motion along this second guiding groove 143.

First guiding groove 142 is made up of the first horizontal segment 142a, tilting section 142b and the second horizontal segment 142c.

The direction that the first horizontal segment 142a extracts out towards second guide portion 150 that ice bank 100 is mounted on it from the middle and upper part of two side surfaces of the first guide portion 140 respectively front end of two side surfaces of first guide portion 140 (promptly towards) is flatly extended predetermined length.

Tilting section 142b extends predetermined length from the front end of the first horizontal segment 142a obliquely towards being directed downwards of second guide portion, 150 extractions that ice bank 100 is mounted on it.

The second horizontal segment 142c flatly extends predetermined length from the direction that the front end of tilting section 142b is extracted out towards second guide portion 150 that ice bank 100 is mounted on it.The front end of the second horizontal segment 142c lays respectively at the middle part of front end of two side surfaces of first guide portion 140.

Second guiding groove 143 is made up of the first horizontal segment 143a, tilting section 143b and the second horizontal segment 143c.

The direction that the first horizontal segment 143a extracts out towards second guide portion 150 that ice bank 100 is mounted on it from the postmedian of two side surfaces of the first guide portion 140 respectively front end of two side surfaces of first guide portion 140 (promptly towards) is flatly extended predetermined length.

Tilting section 143b extends predetermined length from the front end of the first horizontal segment 143a obliquely towards being directed downwards of second guide portion, 150 extractions that ice bank 100 is mounted on it.

The second horizontal segment 143c flatly extends predetermined length from the direction that the front end of tilting section 143b is extracted out towards second guide portion 150 that ice bank 100 is mounted on it.The front end of the second horizontal segment 143c lays respectively at the preceding lower end of two side surfaces of first guide portion 140.

Correspondingly, when ice bank 100 is mounted to second guide portion 150 on it when being arranged in first guide portion 140, promptly when second guide portion 150 is contained among the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a, first guide protrusion 152 and second guide protrusion 153 lay respectively at the rear end of the first horizontal segment 143a of the rear end of the first horizontal segment 142a of first guiding groove 142 and second guiding groove 143.

Relative to each other be in the upper end that ice transmission opening 144 that the ice bank 100 of level and second guide portion 150 be positioned to contiguous first guide portion 140 is positioned at below and adjacent openings 15c herein.

Then, in case second guide portion 150 that ice bank 100 is mounted on it is shifted to opening 15c, first guide protrusion 152 and second guide protrusion 153 just slide along the tilting section 142b of first guiding groove 142 and the tilting section 143b of second guiding groove 143 respectively.

Correspondingly, second guide portion 150 dips down and tiltedly shifts to opening 15c.Herein, the upper surface of second guide portion 153 and ice bank 100 separates predetermined distance downwards from the upper end of the ice transmission opening 144 of the opening 15c and first guide portion 140.

When ice bank 100 is mounted to second guide portion 150 on it when continuing to shift to opening 15c, first guide protrusion 152 and second guide protrusion 153 slide along second horizontal segment 142c of first guiding groove 142 and the second horizontal segment 143c of second guiding groove 143.

In case first guide protrusion 152 and second guide protrusion 153 lay respectively on the front end of the second horizontal segment 143c of the front end of the second horizontal segment 142c of first guiding groove 142 and second guiding groove 143, then second guide portion 150 and the front end that is mounted to the ice bank 100 of second guide portion 150 are partly extracted out from the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a by opening 15c.

In the present invention, be mounted to the ice bank 100 of second guide portion 150 by 140 guiding of first guide portion.

Yet, can be configured to ice bank 100 and directly need not be mounted to second guide portion 150 by 140 guiding of first guide portion.

In this case, for the storage area 15s of ice bank 100 from home-bar shell 15a extracted out, the front end of the guiding groove 141 of first guide portion 140 (i.e. second horizontal segment 142c and the 143c) forms by the front end of two side surfaces of first guide portion 140 outwardly open.

Illustrate in greater detail the process that coupling joins second guide portion 150 and ice bank 100 with reference to Fig. 5.

With reference to Fig. 5, ice bank 100 comprises that body 110 and volume enlarge container 120, this body 100 forms has the box-shaped of opened upper surface and lower surface, this volume enlarges container 120 and is inserted in the body 110, so that can move vertically along the inner surface of body 110, and form ice storage space 100s with opened upper surface.

Second guide portion 150 forms hexahedral shape, and its upper surface, lower surface and front surface open wide corresponding to body 110.

Second guide portion 150 that ice bank 100 is mounted on it is extracted out from the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a by opening 15c under the guiding of first guide portion 140.And ice bank 100 is extracted out from the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a by opening 15c under the guiding of second guide portion 150.

Lock rib 115 is arranged on the front surface of ice bank 100.And interworking projection 113 is arranged on the place, upper back of two side surfaces of ice bank 100.

Extend at the thickness direction of body 110 from the lower end of two side surfaces of second guide portion 150 support portion 155 that is used to support ice bank 100.Interworking rib 154 extends predetermined length from the preceding upper end of two side surfaces of second guide portion 150, so that face with each other on the thickness direction of body 110.

Lock rib 115 is extended predetermined length from the preceding lower ends downward of ice bank 100, and extends upward at the right and left of the front surface of ice bank 100.

Interworking projection 113 projects upwards predetermined height from the back upper end of two side surfaces of ice bank 100.

Lock rib 115 and interworking projection 113 are used as by moving second guide portion 150 with ice bank 100 interworkings that move in the direction of being extracted out by the storage area 15s from home-bar shell 15a by opening 15c.

For this reason, lock rib 115 and interworking projection 113 are attached to the rear end of the interworking rib 154 of the front end of two side surfaces of second guide portion 150 and second guide portion 150 respectively.

Rake 111 is arranged on the place, posterior end of two side surfaces of body 110.

Rake 111 is directed downwards inclination by opening 15c from what the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a extracted out towards ice bank 100.Rake 111 comes from 150 dismountings of second guide portion by the ice bank 100 of opening 15c from the storage area 15s extraction of home-bar shell 15a as by moving the ice bank 100 that is in the state that is installed on second guide portion 150 with being inclined upwardly.

In case move on the direction of ice bank 100 in the storage area 15s that will be contained in home-bar shell 15a, lock rib 115 just promotes the front end of the basal surface of second guide portion 150.This allows second guide portion 150 by being contained in the ice bank 100 with ice bank 100 interworkings.

Then, when ice bank 100 by opening 15c on the direction that the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a extracts out when mobile, interworking projection 113 is attached to the rear end of interworking rib 154 to promote interworking rib 154.This allows second guide portion 150 by extracting out from ice bank 100 with ice bank 100 interworkings.

In the present invention, when ice bank 100 will be contained on the direction among the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a when mobile, second guide portion 150 is passed through lock rib 115 and ice bank 100 interworkings, and is contained in the ice bank 100 under the guiding of first guide portion 140.

Can also be configured to will be contained on the direction among the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a when mobile when ice bank 100, under the situation that second guide portion 150 is promoted by the rear surface of ice bank 100 in its rear surface and with ice bank 100 interworkings.

Hereinafter, explanation is used for change step by step the volume control module 130 of the volume of ice bank 100.

Fig. 6 illustrates the ice bank of Fig. 5 and the exploded perspective view of second guide portion.

With reference to Fig. 6, volume control module 130 enlarges container 120 is controlled ice bank 100 with respect to the relative motion of body 110 volume by limiting volume step by step.

Volume control module 130 comprises volume control flume 131, volume control projection 132 and lock cell 133 and 134, this volume control flume 131 is formed on in the outer surface that the inner surface of body 110 and volume enlarge container 120 one, this volume control projection 132 is formed on in the inner surface of body 110 and the outer surface that volume enlarges container 120 another, and this lock cell 133 and 134 is used for limiting step by step the relative motion of volume control flume 131 and volume control projection 132.

With reference to Fig. 6, volume control flume 131 is formed on volume and enlarges on the container 120, and volume control projection 132 is formed on the body 110.Yet the position of volume control flume 131 and volume control projection 132 can exchange each other.

Volume control flume 131 enlarges container 120 from volume upper end is formed on the outer surface of volume expansion container 120 in a continuous manner to the lower end.That is, volume control flume 131 upwards forms in the volume controlling party of ice bank 100.

Volume control flume 131 can be by partly reducing the thickness formation that volume enlarges two side surfaces of container 120.Yet for the intensity that prevents to store ice bank 100 at a lower temperature reduces, the volume that preferably curves inwardly enlarges the part of two side surfaces of container 120.

Preferably, volume control flume 131 forms and makes its upper end closed.Reason is in order to prevent that body 110 from enlarging container 120 separately from volume, the generation when take apart the upper end of volume expansion container 120 of this volume control projection 132 that will move along volume control flume 131 when the volume when ice bank 100 will maximize.

Volume control projection 132 is formed on the inner surface of body 110 corresponding to volume control flume 131.

In order to maximize the volume of ice bank 100, volume control projection 132 preferably is formed on the lower end of the inner surface of body 110.

Lock cell comprises lock slots 133 and locking projection 134, this lock slots 133 is on the volume controlling party of ice bank 100 upwards is formed in volume control flume 131 and the volume control projection 132 one, and this locking projection 134 is formed on in volume control flume 131 and the volume control projection 132 another and locked groove 133 locks step by step.

With reference to Fig. 6, lock slots 133 makes progress, is arranged on the volume control flume 131 with a plurality of in the volume controlling party of ice bank 100, has preset space length between a plurality of lock slots 133.And locking projection 134 is formed on the volume control projection 132.

Yet the position of lock slots 133 and locking projection 134 can exchange each other.

Lock slots 133 is formed on any one inner surface of volume control flume 131 or is formed on two side surfaces of volume control flume 131.And lock slots 133 forms so that open wide on the direction that ice bank 100 is extracted out.

Locking projection 134 is formed on the side surface of volume control projection 132 corresponding to lock slots 133.

Locking projection 134 form in case perpendicular to the volume controlling party of ice bank 100 to direction on flexibly supported.

In the present invention, locking projection 134 is embodied as the leaf spring by the madial wall support of volume control projection 132.Yet locking projection 134 can be configured to by supports such as compression springs.

Lock slots 133 forms and makes its inner surface be inclined upwardly in the volume controlling party of ice bank 100.Reason is in order to guide the motion of locking projection 134.

Correspondingly, the upside of lock slots 133 forms the upper surface that enlarges container 120 towards volume and is inclined upwardly, and to enlarge the lower surface of container 120 towards volume downward-sloping and the downside of lock slots 133 forms.

Hereinafter, the process of extracting explanation out ice bank 100 according to the storage area 15s of first embodiment of the invention from refrigerator.

Fig. 7 to Fig. 9 illustrates the view of extracting the ice bank and the process of the volume of controlling the ice bank in the refrigerator according to first embodiment of the invention out.

With reference to Fig. 7, in order to use the ice cube among the ice storage space 100s that is stored in ice bank 100, the home bar door 15b that opens home-bar 15 is to open opening 15c.Then, the storage area 15s from home-bar shell 15a pulls out with ice bank 100, promptly on the direction of pull.

Herein, ice bank 100 is mounted to second guide portion 150 on it also by moving on the direction of pull with the friction of ice bank 100.The ice bank 100 and second guide portion 150 move under the guiding of the guiding groove 141 of the guide protrusion 151 of second guide portion 150 and first guide portion 140.

More specifically, second guide portion 150 flatly moves on the direction of pull, then dips down and tiltedly moves, and then flatly move once more.Correspondingly, though the ice cube among the excessive ice storage space 100s that is stored in ice bank 100 partly towards last side-prominent, ice bank 100 still can be extracted out and not interfere with refrigerating chamber door 11a.

When guide protrusion 151 was positioned at the front end of guiding groove 141, second guide portion 150 no longer moved on the direction of pull.

As shown in Figure 9, when continuing on the pull direction, to spur ice bank 100, have only ice bank 100 on the pull direction, to move to extract out from the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a by opening 15c.

Herein, ice bank 100 moves on the direction of pull, is attached to the rear end of the interworking rib 154 of second guide portion 150 up to interworking projection 113.Be attached in interworking projection 113 under the state of rear end of interworking rib 154, have only the part of the front end of ice bank 100 to extract out from the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a by opening 15c.

Under this state, ice bank 100 moves and makes its front end be inclined upwardly on the pull direction.This causes ice bank 100 to be taken apart from second guide portion 150, and fully extracts out from the storage area 15s of home-bar shell 15a.Herein, rake 111 prevents

ice bank

100 and 150 interference of second guide portion as when ice bank 100 separates with second guide portion 150.

Hereinafter, illustrate in greater detail refrigerator with reference to the accompanying drawings according to second embodiment of the invention.With the detailed description of omitting to the structure identical with the structure of first embodiment.

Figure 10 illustrates according to the ice bank of second embodiment of the invention and the exploded perspective view of second guide portion.

With identical according to the refrigerator of first embodiment, difference only is the lock cell 233 and 234 of volume control module 230 according to the refrigerator of second embodiment.

Volume control module 230 comprises volume control flume 231, volume control projection 232 and lock cell 233 and 234, this volume control flume 231 is formed on in the outer surface that the inner surface of body 210 and volume enlarge container 220 one, this volume control projection 232 is formed on in the inner surface of body 210 and the outer surface that volume enlarges container 220 another, and this lock cell 233 and 234 is used for limiting step by step the relative motion of volume control flume 231 and volume control projection 232.

Volume control flume 231 enlarges container 220 from volume upper end is formed on the outer surface of volume expansion container 220 in a continuous manner to the lower end.That is, volume control flume 231 upwards forms in the volume controlling party of ice bank 200.

The part that volume control flume 231 forms two side surfaces of volume expansion container 220 curves inwardly.

Volume control projection 232 is formed on the inner surface of body 210 corresponding to volume control flume 231.

In order to maximize the volume of ice bank 200, volume control projection 232 preferably is formed on the lower end of the inner surface of body 210.

Lock cell comprises lock slots 233 and locking projection 234, this lock slots 233 upwards is formed on in volume control flume 231 and the volume control projection 232 one and has sinusoidal wave cross section in the volume controlling party of ice bank 200, and this locking projection 234 is formed on to cut in volume control flume 231 and the volume control projection 232 another has sinusoidal wave cross section.

In the present invention, lock slots 233 forms on the above-below direction of volume expansion container 220 continuously.This allows the volume of ice bank 200 to control in transformable mode.

Locking projection 234 is provided with corresponding to the lock slots 233 with continuous sinusoidal wave formation, and quantity is a plurality of.This coupling connection power that allows body 210 and volume to enlarge between the container 220 increases.

With the same in first embodiment, locking projection 234 preferably form in case perpendicular to the volume controlling party of ice bank 200 to direction on flexibly supported.

Hereinafter, illustrate in greater detail refrigerator with reference to the accompanying drawings according to third embodiment of the invention.With the detailed description of omitting to the structure identical with the structure of first embodiment.

Figure 11 illustrates according to the ice bank of third embodiment of the invention and the exploded perspective view of second guide portion.

With reference to Figure 11, volume control module 330 comprises first control part 331 and second control part 332, this first control part 331 is formed on in the outer surface that the inner surface of body 310 and volume enlarge container 320 one, and the volume controlling party at ice bank 300 upwards has sinusoidal wave cross section, this second control part 332 is formed on in the outer surface that the inner surface of body 310 and volume enlarge container 320 another so that engage with first control part 331, and upwards has sinusoidal wave cross section in the volume controlling party of ice bank 300.

Inner surface and volume that volume control module 330 is formed on the main part 310 that corresponds to each other enlarge on the outer surface of container 320.The volume controlling party that volume control module 330 forms at ice bank 300 upwards has sinusoidal wave cross section.

When first control part 331 and second control part 332 were engaged with each other, body 310 and volume enlarged container 320 and are coupled to each other, and body 310 and volume enlarge container 320 and relative to each other carry out relative motion along sinusoidal wave cross section.

Enlarge container 320 relative motion relative to each other for body 310 and volume, between the outer surface that the inner surface and the volume of body 310 enlarges container 320, preferably form predetermined air gap.

Hereinafter, illustrate in greater detail refrigerator with reference to the accompanying drawings according to four embodiment of the invention.With the detailed description of omitting to the structure identical with the structure of first embodiment.

With reference to Figure 12, volume control module 430 can be implemented as the volume control module according to first embodiment or second embodiment.

Volume control module 430 comprises volume control flume 431, volume control projection 432 and lock cell 433 and 434, this volume control flume 431 is formed on in the outer surface that the inner surface of body 410 and volume enlarge container 420 one, this volume control projection 432 is formed on in the inner surface of body 410 and the outer surface that volume enlarges container 420 another, and this lock cell 433 and 434 is used for limiting step by step the relative motion of volume control flume 431 and volume control projection 432.

With reference to Figure 12, guiding rib 435 upwards is formed on the inner surface of body 410 in the volume controlling party of ice bank 400.And, be used for the guiding groove 436 of guiding rib 435 channeling conducts is formed on the outer surface that volume enlarges container 420.

Reason is, in order to prevent at the inner surface of body 410 in the time will changing the volume of ice bank 400 because tolerance etc. and and volume enlarge under the situation that the outer surface of container 420 separates following phenomenon take place: because body 410 and volume enlarge the motion between the container 420, the volume control projection 432 that is assembled in the volume control flume 431 does not move.

Under the situation that does not deviate from the spirit or scope of the present invention, can do various modifications and variations in the present invention, this also is conspicuous to those of ordinary skills.Therefore, be intended to the present invention and contain modifications and variations of the present invention, as long as their being equal in the alternative scope in claims and they.

Claims

1. refrigerator comprises:

Opening, described opening are placed in a side of door;

Ice bank, described ice bank are placed on the rear surface of described door, and are configured to extract out by described opening, and described ice bank is used for stored ice;

Guidance unit, described guidance unit are used for guiding described ice bank are extracted out; And

The volume control module, described volume control module is used for changing step by step the volume of described ice bank.

2. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described ice bank comprises:

Body, described body forms the box-shaped with opened upper surface and lower surface; And

Volume enlarges container, and described volume enlarges container and is inserted in the described body, so that can move vertically along the inner surface of described body, and forms the ice storage space with opened upper surface.

3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described ice bank is provided with handle, described handle enlarges container at described volume preceding lower end enlarges the recessed predetermined altitude in rear surface of container towards described volume, and between the front surface of the front surface that is formed on described body and described volume expansion container.

4. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described volume control module enlarges container is controlled described ice bank with respect to the motion of described body volume by limiting described volume step by step.

5. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described volume control module comprises:

The volume control flume, described volume control flume is on the volume controlling party of described ice bank upwards is formed in the inner surface of described body and the outer surface that described volume enlarges container one;

Volume control projection, described volume control projection is formed on in the described inner surface of described body and the described outer surface that described volume enlarges container another corresponding to described volume control flume; And

Lock cell, described lock cell are used for limiting step by step the relative motion of described volume control flume with respect to described volume control projection.

6. refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, wherein, described lock cell comprises:

Lock slots, described lock slots on the volume controlling party of described ice bank upwards is formed in described volume control flume and the described volume control projection one, and

Locking projection, described locking projection are formed on in described volume control flume and the described volume control projection another, and are locked step by step by described lock slots.

7. refrigerator as claimed in claim 6, wherein, described lock slots is formed on the surface in two side surfaces of described volume control flume, so that on the direction that described ice bank is extracted out, open wide, and

Described locking projection is arranged on the side surface of described volume control projection corresponding to described lock slots.

8. refrigerator as claimed in claim 6, wherein, described locking projection form perpendicular to the described volume controlling party of described ice bank to direction on flexibly supported.

9. refrigerator as claimed in claim 6, wherein, described locking projection forms and makes its inner surface upwards tilt in the described volume controlling party of described ice bank.

10. refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, wherein, described lock cell comprises:

Lock slots, described lock slots are formed on in described volume control flume and the described volume control projection one, and upwards have sinusoidal wave cross section in the volume controlling party of described ice bank; And

Locking projection, described locking projection is formed on in described volume control flume and the described volume control projection another corresponding to described lock slots.

11. refrigerator as claimed in claim 10, wherein, described lock slots is formed on the surface in two side surfaces of described volume control flume, so that on the direction that described ice bank is extracted out, open wide, and

12. refrigerator as claimed in claim 10, wherein, described locking projection form perpendicular to the described volume controlling party of described ice bank to direction on flexibly supported.

13. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described volume control module comprises:

First control part, described first control part are formed on in the outer surface that the inner surface of described body and described volume enlarge container one, and upwards have sinusoidal wave cross section in the volume controlling party of described ice bank; And

Second control part, described second control part is formed on in the described outer surface that the described inner surface of described body and described volume enlarge container another so that engage with described first control part, and upwards has sinusoidal wave cross section in the described volume controlling party of described ice bank.

14. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described guidance unit comprises:

First guide portion, described first guide portion is fixed in the described opening, is used to guide described ice bank to dip down and tiltedly shifts to described opening; And

Second guide portion, described second guide portion are configured to extract out from described opening under the guiding of described first guide portion, are used in the mode of pull described ice bank being installed.

15. refrigerator as claimed in claim 14, wherein, carry out sliding motion under the state of a pair of guide protrusion in being inserted into a pair of guiding groove, described a pair of guide protrusion is formed on in the inner surface of the outer surface of described second guide portion and described first guide portion one, and described a pair of guiding groove is formed on in the described inner surface of the described outer surface of described second guide portion and described first guide portion another.

16. refrigerator as claimed in claim 14, wherein, described second guide portion forms hexahedral shape, and its upper surface, lower surface and front surface open wide corresponding to described body, and

Described second guide portion guides described ice bank to introduce or extract out described opening.

17. refrigerator as claimed in claim 14, wherein, described second guide portion comprises:

The support portion, extend at the thickness direction of two side surfaces of described body from the lower end of two side surfaces of described second guide portion described support portion, is used to support described ice bank; And

A pair of interworking rib, described a pair of interworking rib is formed on the preceding upper end of two side surfaces of described second guide portion, and extends at thickness direction from two side surfaces of described body,

Wherein, a pair of interworking projection is formed on the back upper end of two side surfaces of described body, makes that described second guide portion is by extracting out with described interworking projection interworking when extracting described ice bank out.

18. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein, the posterior end of two side surfaces of described body forms on the direction that described ice bank is extracted out downward-sloping.