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 be to propose a kind of can be on fore-and-aft direction the automatic ice maker drive unit of extruded lattice.
Another object of the present invention is to propose a kind of automatic ice maker with said automatic ice maker with drive unit.
A further object of the present invention is to propose a kind of refrigerator with said automatic ice maker.
To achieve the above object, according to a first aspect of the present invention, an embodiment of an automatic ice machine proposed a driving device, said automatic ice making machine includes a housing and a drive means arranged in the housing of the drive assembly, wherein front wall of the housing is formed with a through hole and flip slots, said slots is to flip through hole as the center of the circular arc shape and passing through said front wall, said drive assembly comprises: a driving motor; drive gear mechanism said drive gear mechanism connected to said drive motor and said drive motor is driven to rotate in the vertical direction, said drive gear mechanism comprises: a cylindrical gears, said cylindrical gear and the driving motor is connected; gear provided in said cylindrical circular surface at the center deviation on the oval projection; and a bevel gear unit, the rotation of the bevel gear portion of said cylindrical gear axis coincides with the axis of rotation; drive member, said drive member and connected to said drive gear mechanism and including extrusion axis and parallel to each other roll axis, the front end of the extrusion axis through said through hole and said extruding shaft having a rear portion with said bevel gear meshed gear portion, the distal end of the roll axis through said groove and said roll axis flip through a linkage coupled to the shaft with the extrusion axis in said extrusion extruded around said driven shaft in The flip trough rotation axis of the extrusion portion of said bevel gear driven by rotation and oval boss said driven shaft axis along the extrusion direction from the first position to move forward second position; and the elastic member, said elastic member connected to one end of said housing and the other end coupled to the shaft of the extrusion by an elastic restoring force for said extrusion axis is the axial direction of the extrusion axis Recovery from the second position back to said first position.
According to the automatic ice maker of the embodiment of the invention with drive unit by be provided with can the rotatable said driven wheel mechanism of in the vertical direction and said bevel gear part by said driven wheel mechanism drive the said extrusion axis rotation of said actuator and the said ellipse around boss by said driven wheel mechanism and drive said extrusion axis and move forward; Thereby said extrusion axis is pushed to said ice box in ice box upset back; Can make each ice cube formation chamber of said ice box all produce enough big deformation like this, each said ice cube forms indoor ice cube can form indoor disengaging from this ice cube.Therefore, can make the ice cube in the said ice box of automatic ice maker all form indoor disengaging according to the automatic ice maker of the embodiment of the invention with drive unit, thereby guarantee that automatic ice maker can obtain ice cube of the same size from said ice cube.
In addition, the automatic ice maker according to the embodiment of the invention can have following additional technical characterictic with drive unit:
According to one embodiment of present invention, said turning groove is a semicircular arc, and the two ends of said turning groove and said through hole are positioned on the same horizontal line.Helping a plurality of ice cubes like this forms indoor ice cube and all falls in the ice bank.
According to one embodiment of present invention; Said automatic ice maker also comprises train of reduction gears with drive unit; Be formed with screw thread on the output shaft of said drive motors, said train of reduction gears respectively with said output shaft on screw thread and the roller gear of said driven wheel mechanism be meshed.Through being set, said train of reduction gears can reduce the manufacturing cost of automatic ice maker widely with drive unit.
According to one embodiment of present invention; Said reduction gear component comprises first; The second and the 3rd reduction gearing; Said first; The second and the 3rd reduction gearing includes rotation and overlaps and stacked gear wheel portion and the pinion part of in the vertical direction; The diameter of said gear wheel portion is greater than the diameter of said pinion part; The gear wheel portion of wherein said first reduction gearing and the threaded engagement on the said output shaft; The pinion part of said the 3rd reduction gearing is meshed with the roller gear of said driven wheel mechanism, and the gear wheel portion of said second reduction gearing and pinion part are meshed with the pinion part of said first reduction gearing and the gear wheel portion of the 3rd reduction gearing respectively.
According to one embodiment of present invention, said elastic component is a spring.
According to one embodiment of present invention, said spring housing is contained on the said extrusion axis.
According to one embodiment of present invention, said extrusion axis is provided with stop part, and the rear end of wherein said spring links to each other with the stop part of said extrusion axis.
According to the second aspect of the present invention embodiment proposes an automatic ice maker, including the automatic ice maker: ice lattice framework; ice lattice, the ice tray having a plurality of ice forming chamber for forming ice block, the ice tray is rotatably mounted on the ice lattice framework, the rear end surface of the ice cube has a first shaft hole; and automatic ice machine drive device, the automatic system Ice machine drive means mounted on said ice lattice frame, wherein said driving means automatic ice making machine according to a first aspect of the present invention, an automatic ice making machine drive means, said automatic ice machine turning the shaft with the drive device in the hole portion of the first shaft to drive the ice of the ice lattice position and rotated between a position off ice, and the automatic ice making machine of the drive device along the extrusion axis said axial ice lattice ice lattice away from said first position and squeeze the ice tray to move between a second position, and when the ice tray in the ice-making position, the a plurality of ice-forming chamber in the horizontal plane of the opening surface and said plurality of openings facing the formation of ice in the ice making chamber, said extrusion axis in said first position when said frame in said ice off the ice position, said plurality of ice forming chamber opening surface is a horizontal plane and said plurality of ice forming chamber or said opening opening downward angle to the horizontal surface, said extrusion axis from the first one position to the second position and squeeze off the ice in the ice tray.
Automatic ice maker according to the embodiment of the invention passes through to utilize according to the described automatic ice maker drive unit of first aspect present invention; Thereby can push to deice said ice box axial (being fore-and-aft direction) of said ice box; Can make each said ice cube formation chamber of said ice box all produce enough big deformation like this, each said ice cube forms indoor ice cube can form indoor disengaging from this ice cube.Therefore, can make prepared ice cube all form indoor disengaging according to the automatic ice maker of the embodiment of the invention, thereby can obtain ice cube of the same size from said ice cube.
According to one embodiment of present invention; Also be provided with second axle hole that is parallel to said first axle hole and is positioned at the central axis place of said ice box on the rear end face of said ice box; Said extrusion axis is engaged in said second axle hole movably, thereby can guarantee that when said extrusion axis pushes said ice box said extrusion axis moves forward all the time.
Embodiment according to third aspect present invention proposes a kind of refrigerator, and said refrigerator comprises: casing is limited with freezing compartment in the said casing; The door body, said door body is installed on the said casing; And automatic ice maker, said automatic ice maker is located in the said freezing compartment and is installed in the top of said freezing compartment, and wherein said automatic ice maker is according to the described automatic ice maker of second aspect present invention.
, can make prepared ice cube all form indoor disengaging, thereby can obtain ice cube of the same size through being provided with according to the refrigerator of the embodiment of the invention from said ice cube according to the described automatic ice maker of second 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.
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; It will be appreciated that; Term " vertically ", " laterally ", " on ", the orientation of indications such as D score, " preceding ", " back ", " left side ", " right side ", " vertically ", " level ", " top ", " end " " interior ", " outward " or position relation be for based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relation; Only be to describe with simplifying for the ease of describing the present invention; Rather than the device or the element of indication or hint indication must have specific orientation, with specific azimuth configuration and operation, therefore can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.
In addition, term " first ", " second " only are used to describe purpose, and can not be interpreted as indication or hint relative importance.
In description of the invention; Unless otherwise prescribed and limit; Need to prove that term " installation ", " linking to each other ", " connection " should be done broad understanding, for example; Can be mechanical connection or electrical connection; Also can be the connection of two element internals, can be directly to link to each other, and also can link to each other indirectly through intermediary; For the ordinary skill in the art, can understand the concrete implication of above-mentioned term as the case may be.
Automatic ice maker according to the embodiment of the invention is described with drive unit 10 and automatic ice maker 20 with reference to Fig. 1-10 below.
Shown in Fig. 7-10, comprise that according to the automatic ice maker 20 of the embodiment of the invention ice box framework 300, ice box 400 and automatic ice maker are with drive unit 10.
Particularly, ice box 400 has a plurality of ice cubes formation chamber 410 and is used to form ice cube, and ice box 400 is rotatably installed in the ice box framework 300, and the rear end face of ice box 400 is provided with the first axle hole (not shown).Automatic ice maker is installed on the ice box framework 300 with drive unit 10; Automatic ice maker is engaged in said first axle hole to drive ice box 400 with the trip shaft 232 of drive unit 10 and rotates with deicing between the position in the ice making position, and what extrusion axis 231 can be along ice box 400 is axially mobile between the second place of the primary importance of leaving ice box 400 and extruded lattice 400.When ice box 400 was positioned at said ice making position, a plurality of ice cubes formed the opening that open surfaces is in the horizontal plane and a plurality of ice cube forms chamber 410 of chamber 410 up with ice making, and extrusion axis 231 is in said primary importance.When ice box 400 is positioned at said when deicing the position; The opening that the open surfaces that a plurality of ice cubes form chamber 410 is in the horizontal plane and a plurality of ice cubes form chamber 410 down or said open surfaces and horizontal plane inclination, extrusion axis 231 moves to the said second place and extruded lattice 400 to deice from said primary importance.
At first automatic ice maker according to the embodiment of the invention is described with drive unit 10 with reference to Fig. 1-6.
Shown in Fig. 1-6; Automatic ice maker according to the embodiment of the invention comprises housing 100 and the driven unit that is located in the housing 100 with drive unit 10; Wherein, The antetheca 130 of housing 10 is formed with through hole 110 and turning groove 120, and turning groove 120 is for being the circular arc in the center of circle with through hole 110 and connecting antetheca 130.Said driven unit comprises drive motors 210, driven wheel mechanism 220, actuator and elastic component.Driven wheel mechanism 220 link to each other with drive motors 210 and under the drive of drive motors 210 in the vertical direction rotatable; Driven wheel mechanism 220 comprises roller gear 221, ellipse around boss 222 and bevel gear part 223; Roller gear 221 links to each other with drive motors 210; Ellipse around boss 222 is located at the circle centre position that departs from the circular surface of roller gear 221, and the rotation of bevel gear part 223 overlaps with the rotation of roller gear 221.Said actuator links to each other with driven wheel mechanism 220 and comprises the extrusion axis 231 and trip shaft 232 that is parallel to each other; The rear portion that the front end of extrusion axis 231 passes through hole 110 and extrusion axis 231 has the gear part 234 that can be meshed with bevel gear part 223; The front end of trip shaft 232 pass turning groove 120 and trip shaft 232 by connecting rod 233 link to each other with extrusion axis 231 with under the drive of extrusion axis 231 around extrusion axis 231 along turning groove 120 rotations, extrusion axis 231 rotates under the drive of bevel gear part 223 and the axis direction of extrusion axis 231 moves forward to the second place from primary importance in the drive lower edge of ellipse around boss 222.One end of said elastic component links to each other with housing 100 and the other end links to each other with extrusion axis 231 is used for making extrusion axis 231 return to said primary importance along the axis direction of extrusion axis 231 backward from the said second place through elastic restoring force.
Like Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 6; When deicing; Drive motors 210 can drive the rotation of driven wheel mechanism 220 in the vertical directions, and promptly drive motors 210 can drive roller gear 221 rotations, roller gear 221 and then can drive bevel gear part 223 and rotate with ellipse around boss 222.Because the gear part 234 of extrusion axis 231 is meshed with bevel gear part 223; Therefore bevel gear part 223 can drive extrusion axis 231 rotations; And then extrusion axis 231 can drive trip shaft 232 and rotate, and trip shaft 232 can drive ice box 400 and turn to the said position that deices from said ice making position.Subsequently; Under the drive of roller gear 221; Ellipse around boss 222 can turn to and contacted position, the rear end of extrusion axis 231; And ellipse around boss 222 can be rotated further and can drive extrusion axis 231 and move forward to the said second place with extruded lattice 400 along the axis direction of extrusion axis 231 from said primary importance; Thereby the ice cube that each ice cube that can make ice box 400 forms in the chamber 410 all forms disengaging in the chamber 410 from ice cube, has so just accomplished deicing.Move forward to the process of the said second place from said primary importance at extrusion axis 231, said elastic component can produce deformation.After deicing end; Drive motors 210 beginning backward rotation; And under the effect of the elastic restoring force of said elastic component, carry out with the motion of above-mentioned reverse movement so that extrusion axis 231 from the said second place move to said primary importance backward, trip shaft 232 drives ice boxes 400 backward rotation to get back to said ice making position.
According to the automatic ice maker of the embodiment of the invention with drive unit 10 by be provided with can the rotatable driven wheel of in the vertical direction mechanism 220 and bevel gear part 223 by driven wheel mechanism 220 drive extrusion axis 231 rotations of said actuator and the ellipse around boss 222 by driven wheel mechanism 220 and drive extrusion axises 231 and move forward; Thereby extrusion axis 231 is pushed to ice box 400 in ice box 400 upset backs; Can make each ice cube formation chamber 410 of ice box 400 all produce enough big deformation like this, ice cubes that each ice cube forms in chamber 410 can form disengaging in chamber 410 from this ice cube.Therefore, ice cubes in the ice box 400 of automatic ice maker 20 are all formed in the chamber 410 from ice cube break away from, thereby guarantee that automatic ice maker 20 can obtain ice cube of the same size.
According to the automatic ice maker 20 of the embodiment of the invention through utilizing above-mentioned automatic ice maker with drive unit 10; Thereby can be in the axial A of the ice box 400 (direction of arrow among Figure 10; Be fore-and-aft direction) ice box 400 is pushed to deice; Can make each ice cube formation chamber 410 of ice box 400 all produce enough big deformation like this, ice cubes that each ice cube forms in chamber 410 can form disengaging in chamber 410 from this ice cube.Therefore, according to the automatic ice maker 20 of the embodiment of the invention prepared ice cube is all formed in the chamber 410 from ice cube and break away from, thereby can obtain ice cube of the same size.
As shown in Figure 1, in some embodiments of the invention, turning groove 120 can be a semicircular arc, and the two ends of turning groove 120 can be positioned on the same horizontal line with through hole 110.Can make trip shaft 232 rotate 180 degree through the turning groove 120 that semicircular arc is set, and and then can make ice box 400 rotate 180 degree to deice.Because when ice box 400 is positioned at said ice making position; The opening that the open surfaces that a plurality of ice cubes form chamber 410 is in the horizontal plane and a plurality of ice cubes form chamber 410 up; Therefore be positioned at said when deicing the position when ice box 400; The opening that the open surfaces that a plurality of ice cubes form chamber 410 is in the horizontal plane and a plurality of ice cubes form chamber 410 helps the ice cubes that a plurality of ice cubes form in the chamber 410 like this and all falls in the ice bank down.
In examples more of the present invention; Automatic ice maker can also comprise train of reduction gears with drive unit 10; Can be formed with screw thread on the output shaft 211 of drive motors 210, said train of reduction gears can be respectively with output shaft 211 on screw thread and the roller gear 221 of driven wheel mechanism 220 be meshed.Usually the rotating speed of drive motors 210 is bigger, and through the rotating speed that said train of reduction gears can reduce drive motors 210 widely is set, thereby the performance demands that can reduce drive motors 210 drives to utilize conventional drive motors.Therefore, through being set, said train of reduction gears can reduce the manufacturing cost of automatic ice maker widely with drive unit 10.
Like Fig. 2, Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 6, in a concrete example of the present invention, said reduction gear component can comprise first reduction gearing 241, second reduction gearing 242 and the 3rd reduction gearing 243.First reduction gearing 241, second reduction gearing 242 and the 3rd reduction gearing 243 can comprise gear wheel portion and the pinion part that in the vertical direction is stacked, and the rotation of wherein said gear wheel portion and the rotation of said pinion part can overlap.In other words, said gear wheel portion and pinion part can flatly be provided with, and said pinion part can be located on the upper surface of said gear wheel portion, and the rotation of said gear wheel portion and the rotation of said pinion part all vertically extend.The diameter of said gear wheel portion can be greater than the diameter of said pinion part; Wherein the gear wheel portion of first reduction gearing 241 can with the threaded engagement on the output shaft 211; The pinion part of the 3rd reduction gearing 243 can be meshed with the roller gear 221 of driven wheel mechanism 220, and the gear wheel portion of second reduction gearing 242 and pinion part can be meshed with the pinion part of first reduction gearing 241 and the gear wheel portion of the 3rd reduction gearing 243 respectively.Because the rotation of said gear wheel portion and said pinion part can overlap, therefore the angular speed of said gear wheel portion and said pinion part is identical.Pinion part when a reduction gearing is meshed with the gear wheel portion of another reduction gearing like this, can reduce rotating speed, and promptly the angular speed of the gear wheel portion of said another reduction gearing is less than the angular speed of the pinion part of a said reduction gearing.
In one embodiment of the invention, like Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 6, said elastic component can be a spring 250.Particularly, spring 250 can be sleeved on the extrusion axis 231.In a concrete example of the present invention, can be provided with stop part 235 on the extrusion axis 231, the rear end of its medi-spring 250 can link to each other with the stop part 235 of extrusion axis 231.For example, the front end of spring 250 can link to each other with the antetheca 130 of housing 100, and the rear end of spring 250 can link to each other with stop part 235.
As shown in Figure 7; In some embodiments of the invention; Can also be provided with second axle hole 430 that is parallel to said first axle hole on the rear end face of ice box 400; And second axle hole 430 can be positioned at the central axis place of ice box 400, and extrusion axis 231 can be engaged in second axle hole 430 movably.Like this, ice box 400 can rotate around extrusion axis 231.And, through extrusion axis 231 being engaged in movably in second axle hole 430, can, 231 pairs of ice boxes 400 of extrusion axis guarantee that extrusion axis 231 moves forward all the time when pushing.
It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the automatic ice maker 20 according to the embodiment of the invention can also comprise ice bank 700 and ice exploration bar 800.
With reference to Figure 11 the refrigerator 30 according to the embodiment of the invention is described below.As shown in figure 11, the refrigerator 30 according to the embodiment of the invention comprises casing 500, door body 600 and automatic ice maker.Be limited with freezing compartment 510 in the casing 500, door body 600 is installed on the casing 500.Said automatic ice maker is located in the freezing compartment 510 and is installed in the top of freezing compartment 510, and wherein said automatic ice maker is above-mentioned automatic ice maker 20.
, prepared ice cube is all formed in the chamber 410 from ice cube break away from, thereby can obtain ice cube of the same size through above-mentioned automatic ice maker 20 is set according to the refrigerator 30 of the embodiment of the invention.
Automatic ice maker according to the embodiment of the invention can push ice box 400 in ice box 400 upset backs with drive unit 10; Thereby the ice box 400 interior ice cubes that can make automatic ice maker 20 all form in the chamber 410 from ice cube and break away from, and have guaranteed that automatic ice maker 20 can obtain ice cube of the same size.
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.