Ice machine and have the refrigerator of this ice machine
Technical field
The present invention relates to field of domestic appliances manufacture technology, particularly relate to a kind of refrigerator that has the ice machine of detachable ice-making disc unit and have this ice machine.
Background technology
Columniform ice machine is owing to little being gazed at that take up room.Consider from the health aspect; Require cylindrical ice machine can ice-making disc and ice-making disc framework dismantled from ice machine and can ice-making disc be dismantled from the ice-making disc framework in use for some time; So that ice-making disc and ice-making disc framework are cleaned, and after cleaning, can further assemble.
Yet there is following problem in columniform ice machine, promptly after cleaning, ice-making disc and ice-making disc framework is inserted in the process of ice machine main body, because the space is the cylinder dress in ice-making disc framework and the ice machine main body, brings certain difficulty to installing and locating.
In addition; After cleaning, ice-making disc is installed on the ice-making disc framework and with in the process of ice-making disc in the ice-making disc framework is installed to the ice machine main body; If ice-making disc is carried out improper rotation and is surpassed certain angle then can not normally playback, thereby causes the ice-making disc in the ice making of packing into to be rollover states and then to cause the ice making fault.
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 ice machine that when ice-making disc and ice-making disc framework being inserted and be mounted in the ice machine main body, is easy to locate.Another object of the present invention is to propose a kind of refrigerator with ice machine of being convenient to locate.
One aspect of the present invention has proposed a kind of ice machine.
Ice machine according to the embodiment of the invention comprises:
Ice machine main body, said ice machine main body are formed with openend and said ice machine main body inner wall is formed with first guide portion, and the circumferential inner surface of said ice machine body openings end is formed with the first annular holding section;
The ice-making disc framework, said ice-making disc framework is cylindrical, and said ice-making disc framework comprises:
Trunk portion is provided with second guide portion on the outer peripheral face of said trunk portion, said second guide portion and said first guide portion are suitable inserts and extract said ice machine main body to guide said ice-making disc framework; With
Be arranged on the end cap of said trunk portion front end, said end cap transversely be formed with the second annular holding section,
Wherein said ice-making disc framework is arranged in the said ice machine main body insertedly and removedly, and said ice-making disc framework engages with the said second annular holding section to realize the said first annular holding section with respect to the rotatable predetermined angular of said ice machine main body each other in the time of wherein and in inserting said ice machine main body fully;
Ice-making disc, said ice-making disc are rotatably installed in the said ice-making disc framework; With
Drive unit, said drive unit are installed in and are used to drive said ice-making disc on the said ice machine main body and in said ice-making disc framework, rotate.。
According to the ice machine of present embodiment, when ice-making disc and ice-making disc framework being inserted and be mounted in the ice machine main body, can easily locate.
In addition, ice machine according to the above embodiment of the present invention can also have following additional technical characterictic:
In a concrete example; Said first guide portion is the groove that extends along fore-and-aft direction; The rear end of wherein said groove is provided with the dovetail slot part; Said second guide portion is the convexity adaptive with said groove, thereby and said convexity is removable in said dovetail slot part can rotate said ice machine framework so that the said first annular holding section can engage with the said second annular holding section each other.
Said convexity is arranged on the outer peripheral face of said trunk portion and the rear end of adjacent posts body.
According to above-mentioned ice machine of the present invention; Because first guide portion is the groove that fore-and-aft direction extends in ice machine main body madial wall upper edge; Thereby can with protruding ice-making disc and ice-making disc framework be inserted in the ice machine main body exactly through the groove that fits each other, thereby and can easily realize the installation that easily realizes ice machine that engages of the said first annular holding section and the said second annular holding section through the set dovetail slot part that has in the rear end of groove.And this is simple in structure, and operability is high.
In another example; First location division and second location division in the spaced apart setting of inner surface upper edge Zhou Fangxiang of said end cap or said trunk portion bottom; Said first location division and second location division are towards the outstanding above and below that is provided with and lays respectively at said ice-making disc of said ice-making disc; And said first location division and said second location division are positioned at the same side of said trunk portion axis in the horizontal, are used to be limited in said ice-making disc framework and insert the improper rotation of ice-making disc described in the process in the said ice machine main body so that said ice-making disc open surfaces is in the position that horizontal plane is interior and open surfaces makes progress.
Angle between said first location division and said second location division is 120~160 degree angles.
According to above-mentioned ice machine of the present invention; Restriction through first location division and second location division; Can avoid in ice machine framework that ice-making disc is packed into and in process, avoiding the improper rotation of ice-making disc, thereby can guarantee to be in the position in the horizontal plane in portion's open surfaces that ready back ice-making disc is installed with ice-making disc and ice-making disc framework insertion ice machine main body and rotation installation.
In another example of the present invention, said end cap transversely be formed with first clamping part, said trunk portion openend transversely be formed with second clamping part, said first clamping part can with the mutual buckle of said second clamping part.
According to above-mentioned ice machine of the present invention, can easily realize the assembly and disassembly of ice-making disc and ice-making disc framework, and its installment state is stable, that can not cause parts takes off mistake easily.And this result is simple, and operability is high.
According to the ice machine of the embodiment of the invention, further comprise ice exploration bar, the side and by said drive unit driven of an end of said ice exploration bar through being pivotally mounted in said drive unit rotated to visit ice; And ice tray, said ice tray be arranged on said ice machine main body under, be used to hold by the made ice cube of said ice-making disc.
Thus, can automatically visit ice and detect, behind finishing ice-making, can in time stop ice making work, thereby can cut down the consumption of energy.
The present invention has proposed a kind of refrigerator on the other hand.
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.
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.
Description of drawings
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 schematic perspective view according to the ice machine of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the stereogram of the ice machine main body in the ice machine shown in Figure 1;
Fig. 3 a is ice-making disc and the combination schematic perspective view of ice-making disc framework in the ice machine shown in Figure 1;
Fig. 3 b is ice-making disc and the exploded perspective sketch map of ice-making disc framework in the ice machine shown in Figure 1;
Fig. 3 c is that sketch map is looked on ice-making disc and the left side of ice-making disc framework in the ice machine shown in Figure 1.
Description of reference numerals
10: the ice machine main body; 10b: the first annular holding section; 11: the first guide portion; 111: groove; 112: the dovetail slot part;
20: the ice-making disc framework; 20b: the second annular holding section;
21: end cap; 2111: the first location divisions; 2112: the second location divisions; 21a: first clamping part;
22: trunk portion; 22a: second clamping part; 221: the second guide portion; 2211: convexity;
30: ice-making disc;
40: drive unit;
50: ice exploration bar
The specific embodiment
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.
Following with reference to the ice machine of figure 1-3c description according to the embodiment of the invention.
Shown in Fig. 1-3c, comprise ice machine main body 10, ice machine framework 20, ice-making disc 30 and drive unit 40 according to the ice machine of the embodiment of the invention.
Ice machine main body 10 is formed with openend, and is formed with first guide portion 11 at ice machine main body 10 inwalls, and is formed with the first annular holding section 10b at the circumferential inner surface of ice machine main body 10 openends.
Ice-making disc framework 20 forms cylindrical, and it comprises trunk portion 22 and the end cap 21 that is arranged on said trunk portion front end.On the outer peripheral face of trunk portion 22, be provided with second guide portion 221, said second guide portion 221 is suitable with said first guide portion 11, inserts and extract ice machine main body 10 thereby can guide ice-making disc framework 20.End cap 21 transversely be formed with the second annular holding section 20b, thereby the said first annular holding section 10b can engage each other with the said second annular holding section 20b and realizes ice-making disc framework 20 is installed in the ice machine main body 10.Ice-making disc framework 20 is arranged in the ice machine main body 10 insertedly and removedly, and in inserting said ice machine main body 10 fully the time said ice-making disc framework 20 with respect to ice machine main body 10 rotatable predetermined angulars so that engage each other between the first annular holding section 10b and the second annular holding section 20b.
Ice-making disc 30 is rotatably installed in the ice-making disc framework 10.
Drive unit 40 is installed in and is used to drive ice-making disc 10 on the ice machine main body 10 and in ice-making disc framework 20, rotates.
Ice machine according to the embodiment of the invention; Through cooperatively interacting between second guide portion 221 that forms on ice machine main body 10 interior first guide portion 11 that form and the ice-making disc framework; Thereby can guide ice-making disc framework 20 to insert and extract ice machine main body 10, therefore when ice-making disc 30 and ice-making disc framework 20 being inserted and be mounted in the ice machine main body 10, can easily locate.
Shown in Fig. 1-3c; In preferred embodiments more of the present invention; Said first guide portion 11 is the groove 111 that extends along fore-and-aft direction; The rear end of its further groove 111 is provided with dovetail slot part 112, and said second guide portion 221 is the convexity 2211 adaptive with said groove, thereby and said protruding 2211 removablely in said dovetail slot part 112 can rotate said ice machine framework 20 so that the said first annular holding section 10b engages with the said second annular holding section 20b each other.Particularly, in that to insert initial location convenient, said protruding 2211 are arranged on the outer peripheral face of trunk portion 22 and the rear end of adjacent posts body 22.
According to above-mentioned ice machine of the present invention; Through fit each other, can ice-making disc and ice-making disc framework be inserted in the ice machine main body exactly with certain direction in ice machine main body 10 madial wall upper edge fore-and-aft directions first guide portion 11 (being groove 111) of extending and second guide portion 221 that on ice-making disc framework 20, is provided with (promptly protruding 2211), thereby and since the set dovetail slot part 112 in groove 111 rear ends allow convexities 2211 within it portion move through and rotate the installation that easily realizes ice machine that engages that ice machine framework 20 can easily be realized the said first annular holding section 10b and the said second annular holding section 20b.The ice machine of present embodiment is simple in structure, and operability is high.
In addition; Shown in Fig. 3 a-3c; In other preferred embodiment of the present invention; Towards the ice-making disc 30 outstanding above and belows that are provided with and lay respectively at ice-making disc 30, and first location division 2111 and second bonding part 2112 are positioned at the same side of said trunk portion axis in the horizontal shown in Fig. 3 b in isolated first location division 2111 of inner surface upper edge Zhou Fangxiang of end cap 21 (or trunk portion 22 bottoms) and 2112, the first location divisions 2111, second location division and second location division 2112.Thus; In the process of ice machine framework 20 that ice-making disc 30 is packed into and with the improper rotation that can limit ice pan 30 in the process in the ice-making disc framework 20 insertion ice machine main bodys 10; Thereby after installing, guarantee the position that the open surfaces of ice-making disc 30 is in the horizontal plane and open surfaces makes progress through the gravity interaction energy.So-called improper rotation is promptly rotated above predetermined angular; Situation under the open surfaces that also promptly turns to ice-making disc 30 is tilted to; Under the situation that improper rotation takes place, install the back owing to the open surfaces with ice-making disc 30 in the gravity then becomes downwards, thereby cause the ice making fault.
More specifically, the angle between first location division 2111 and second location division 2112 is 120~160 degree angles.
Need to prove; Fig. 3 a-3c is to be that example provides with the situation that on the inner surface of end cap 21, forms first location division 2111 and second location division 2112; Yet first location division 2111 and second location division 2112 that the position is set is not limited; It promptly can be arranged on the inner surface of end cap 21, also can be arranged on the inner surface of trunk portion 22 bottoms.
In preferred exemplary of the present invention; Shown in Fig. 3 c; End cap 21 transversely be formed with the first clamping part 21a, said trunk portion 22 openends transversely be formed with the second clamping part 22a, the said first clamping part 21a can with the mutual buckle of the said second clamping part 22a.Thus, can easily realize the assembly and disassembly of ice-making disc 30 and ice-making disc framework 20 (being end cap 21 and trunk portion 22), and its installment state is stable, that can not cause parts takes off mistake easily.
In other embodiments of the invention, ice machine further comprises ice exploration bar 50, and the side and by drive unit driven of an end of this ice exploration bar 50 through being pivotally mounted in drive unit 40 rotated to visit ice; And ice tray (not shown), said ice tray be arranged on ice machine main body 10 under, be used to hold by ice-making disc 30 made ice cubes.Thus, can automatically visit ice and detect, behind finishing ice-making, can in time stop ice making work, thereby can cut down the consumption of energy.
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 ice machine, and said ice machine can be the ice machine 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.