Summary of the invention
The present invention is intended to solve at least one of technical problem that exists in the prior art.
In view of this, the present invention need provide a kind of ice bank, and the ice cube that said ice bank can be avoided being stored in the ice bank at least bonds, and makes things convenient for taking further of ice cube, and the present invention need provide a kind of refrigerator with this ice bank.
According to a first aspect of the invention, a kind of ice bank is provided, has comprised: box body, the top that has spatial accommodation and said box body in the said box body has opening; And shelf; Said shelf is provided with a plurality of through holes; Said shelf is located in the said box body and preset distance is to be divided into said spatial accommodation in first space and to be positioned at second space above said first space at interval with the inner bottom surface of said box body, and said first and second spaces are communicated with through said through hole.
Ice bank according to the embodiment of the invention; The spatial accommodation of ice bank is isolated into second space that is positioned at the shelf top and first space that is positioned at the shelf below through shelf; When in ice bank, putting into ice cube, can enter into from the through hole on the shelf in first space attached to aqueous water on the ice cube and ice slag, ice cube then is retained in second space of shelf top; Thus; Can avoid depositing in the process at ice cube, aqueous water and ice slag freeze and cause the bonding between the ice cube, influence taking of ice cube.This ice bank is simple in structure, through simple structural change, has avoided the bonding between the ice cube, has promoted the refrigeration plant that is used with ice bank, for example is the quality of refrigerator.
According to one embodiment of present invention, the top surface of said box body opens wide to form said opening.
According to one embodiment of present invention, said box body is a cuboid substantially.
According to one embodiment of present invention, said a plurality of through hole is the rectangle slotted eye and on said shelf, is arranged in multirow and multiple row.
According to one embodiment of present invention, said through hole is evenly distributed on the whole surface of said shelf.
According to one embodiment of present invention, said dividing plate removably level be located in the said box body and can take out from said opening.
According to one embodiment of present invention, the lower surface of said shelf is provided with a plurality of feets, and said feet is supported on the inner bottom surface of said box body.
According to one embodiment of present invention, the contiguous said shelf of said feet edge is provided with.
According to one embodiment of present invention, the madial wall of said box body is provided with a plurality of lug bosses that are used to support said shelf.
According to a second aspect of the invention, a kind of refrigerator is provided, has comprised: casing has refrigerating chamber in the said casing;
Chamber door, said chamber door is used to open and close said refrigerating chamber; And ice bank, said ice bank is arranged in the said refrigerating chamber, and said ice bank is according to the ice bank in the above embodiment of the present invention.
Refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention; The ice bank of this refrigerator is isolated into the spatial accommodation of ice bank in second space that is positioned at the shelf top and first space that is positioned at the shelf below through shelf; When in ice bank, putting into ice cube, can enter into from the through hole on the shelf in first space attached to aqueous water on the ice cube and ice slag, ice cube then is retained in second space of shelf top; Thus; Can avoid depositing in the process at ice cube, aqueous water and ice slag freeze and cause the bonding between the ice cube, influence taking of ice cube.This ice bank is simple in structure, through simple structural change, has avoided the bonding between the ice cube, has promoted the refrigeration plant that is used with ice bank, for example is the quality of refrigerator.
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; The orientation of indications such as term " " center ", " vertically ", " laterally ", " on ", D score, " preceding ", " back ", " left side ", " right side ", " vertically ", " level ", " top ", " end " " interior ", " outward " or position relation are 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, need to prove that only if clear and definite regulation and qualification are arranged in addition, term " installation ", " linking to each other ", " connection " should be done broad understanding, for example, can be to be fixedly connected, also can be to removably connect, or connect integratedly; Can be mechanical connection, also can be to be electrically connected; Can be directly to link to each other, also can link to each other indirectly through intermediary, can be the connection of two element internals.For those of ordinary skill in the art, can concrete condition understand above-mentioned term concrete implication in the present invention.
Like Fig. 1, shown in Figure 2, the ice bank according to the embodiment of the invention comprises: box body 10 and shelf 20.
Particularly, the top that has spatial accommodation and box body 10 in the box body 10 has opening 11, and opening 11 is used for placing ice cube 90 and in spatial accommodation, taking out ice cube 90 to spatial accommodation.For example, the top surface of box body 10 can open wide to form opening 11.
Shelf 20 is provided with a plurality of through holes 21, and wherein the size of each through hole is less than the size that is stored in the ice cube 90 in the box body 10, so that ice cube 90 is placed on the shelf 20.Shelf 20 be located in the box body 10 and with the inner bottom surface of box body 10 at interval preset distance spatial accommodation be divided into first space 101 and be positioned at 102, the first spaces 101, second space and second spaces 102 above first space 101 through through hole 21 connections.
Need to prove that second space 102 can be used for stored ice 90, the first spaces 101 and can be used for storing ice slag and the aqueous water of being brought into when just putting into ice cube 90.
Ice bank according to the embodiment of the invention; The spatial accommodation of ice bank is isolated into second space 102 and first space 101 that is positioned at shelf 20 belows that is positioned at shelf 20 tops through shelf 20; When in ice bank, putting into ice cube 90, can enter in first space 101 from the through hole on the shelf 20 21 attached to aqueous water on the ice cube 90 and ice slag, ice cube 90 then is retained in second space 102 of shelf 20 tops; Thus; Can avoid depositing in the process at ice cube 90, aqueous water and ice slag freeze and cause the bonding between the ice cube 90, influence taking of ice cube 90.This ice bank is simple in structure, through simple structural change, has avoided the bonding between the ice cube 90, has promoted the refrigeration plant that is used with ice bank, for example is the quality of refrigerator.
As shown in Figure 1, according to one embodiment of present invention, box body 10 can be the cardinal principle cuboid, and promptly the top has the cuboid of opening.In other words, box body 10 can for rectangular box body 10. thus, can make things convenient for and refrigeration plant, for example be the installation of refrigerator, simultaneously can reduce the volume that it takies in refrigeration plant.
As shown in Figure 2, according to some embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of through holes 21 can be arranged in multirow and multiple row for the rectangular channel hole and on shelf 20.Thus, not only shelf 20 can support ice cube 90, and this multirow of a plurality of through holes 21 and the structure of multiple row can make ice slag and aqueous water have the bigger chance in first space 101 that drops to, and prevent the bonding between the ice cube 90 effectively.
According to one embodiment of present invention, through hole 21 can be evenly distributed on the whole surface of shelf 21.Thus, not only shelf 20 can support ice cube 90, can also make ice slag and aqueous water have the bigger chance in first space 101 that drops to, and prevents the bonding between the ice cube 90 effectively.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, dividing plate 20 removably level is located in the box body 10 and can takes out from opening 11.Thus; After shelf 20 takes out, can reach the aqueous water that has changed into ice to the ice slag of box body 10 bottoms and clear up, to avoid accumulating too much ice in first space 101; Shelf 20 and box body are freezed together, and ice slag and aqueous water accumulate in more than the upper surface of shelf 20.
As shown in Figure 2, further, can be provided with a plurality of feets 22 on the lower surface of shelf 20, feet 22 is supported on the inner bottom surface of box body 10.For example, feet 22 can be two, feet 22 contiguous shelf 20 edge settings.Promptly can be arranged on the both sides of shelf lower surface, on the inner bottom surface that is supported on box body 10, thus, construct first space 101 highly identical with feet 22.
According to another embodiment of the present invention; The madial wall of box body 10 is provided with a plurality of lug boss (not shown) that are used for a staked shelf 20; So that shelf 20 is supported; A plurality of lug bosses can be on same horizontal plane, and the upper surface of a plurality of lug bosses is a preset distance apart from the distance of the inner bottom surface of box body 10, through limiting a plurality of lug bosses and cooperating of shelf 20 first space 101 and second space 102.
Refrigerator comprises: casing (not shown), chamber door (not shown) and ice bank according to an embodiment of the invention.
Particularly, has refrigerating chamber in the casing.
Chamber door is used to open and close said refrigerating chamber.And
Ice bank is arranged in the refrigerating chamber, and ice bank is according to the ice bank in the above embodiment of the present invention.
Refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention; Have ice bank, through shelf 20 spatial accommodation of ice bank is isolated into second space 102 and first space 101 that is positioned at shelf 20 belows that is positioned at shelf 20 tops, when in ice bank, putting into ice cube 90; Can enter in first space 101 from the through hole on the shelf 20 21 attached to aqueous water on the ice cube 90 and ice slag; Ice cube 90 then is retained in second space 102 of shelf 20 tops, thus, can avoid depositing in the process at ice cube 90; Aqueous water and ice slag freeze and cause the bonding between the ice cube 90, influence taking of ice cube 90.This ice bank is simple in structure, through simple structural change, has avoided the bonding between the ice cube 90, has promoted the refrigeration plant that is used with ice bank, for example is the quality of refrigerator.
In the description of this specification, the description of reference term " embodiment ", " some embodiment ", " illustrative examples ", " 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.