CN102893105A

CN102893105A - Refrigeration device comprising an ice maker

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Publication number: CN102893105A
Application number: CN201080047742XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: B·安格勒; C·贝克; M·艾歇尔; R·斯塔度; T·蒂舍尔
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Current assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Priority date: 2009-10-27
Filing date: 2010-10-19
Publication date: 2013-01-23
Anticipated expiration: 2030-10-19
Also published as: CN102893105B; WO2011051141A2; WO2011051141A3; DE102009046022A1; EP2494282A2

Abstract

An ice maker can be displaced between a freezing position inside a storage compartment of a refrigeration device and a filling position in a guided manner.

Description

The refrigerating appliance that comprises ice machine

Background technology

Existed many kinds to be used for the ice machine of refrigerating appliance and used the refrigerating appliance of these ice machines, particularly Domestic refrigerator, these refrigerating appliances at their technical complexity with obviously different aspect they offer user's convenience.In the simplest example, ice machine is the simple pallet with a plurality of compartments, and for ice making, compartment is filled with water, and then pallet is placed in the freezer unit.This solution is very economical, but has inconvenience concerning the user.If pallet is filled outside freezer unit, then be carried to freezer unit, then the flat shape of pallet so that water may spill very much.The horizontal surface that pallet can be placed in freezer unit can not obtain usually, therefore must obtain by the article that are cooled around removing.If pallet is not fully flatly to locate or slide, then water may be splashed in freezer unit very much.

Another extremely is fully automatic ice machine, itself so that pallet can automatically be filled with by means of water lines and the valve permanently implanted in the refrigerating appliance, in case and water is frozen in pallet, automatically rotates and twist described pallet by means of motor, so that ice cube drops out.This solution only has the small part user interested, because it has high cost.In addition, for operating the required permanent fixture of this ice machine so that when ice machine not with the time be difficult to dismantle ice machine so that final free space can be used for the article that other are cooled.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of refrigerating appliance with ice machine, this ice machine is so that the user obtains high convenience and operating reliability with low cost.

Above-mentioned purpose realizes by a kind of refrigerating appliance, particularly Domestic refrigerator, described refrigerating appliance has: the storage chamber and the ice machine that particularly are constructed to compartment freezer, described ice machine can be in storage chamber icing position and the filling position between mobile, and unlike simple pallet, can freely move, but can be mobile between icing position and filling position in the mode that is guided.Therefore, on the one hand, the icing position in the refrigerating appliance is scheduled, and needn't all need to produce the space for ice machine at every turn.Because ice machine is guided, therefore eliminated the danger that the water in the moving process spills between filling position and icing position.

The rail that serves as guiding device is arranged on the refrigerating appliance expediently, to guide ice machine between icing position and filling position.Guiding device preferably is configured to telescopic.

Rail preferably includes the first rail parts and the second rail parts on the sidewall that is arranged on ice machine, and the first rail parts can move in the mode that is guided along described the second rail parts.

In a preferred embodiment, the first rail parts are arranged on support member, particularly the frame-type support member, and the second rail parts are arranged on the horizontal surface separation substrate or roof in the middle of described horizontal surface particularly is constructed to.

In icing position, ice machine preferably is retained at least and is adjacent to, particularly is positioned at the adjacent underneath of the horizontal surface of storage chamber.At this, have little other article that are cooled with usually being stacked on the horizontal surface below and produce the possibility of conflicting in the space.If horizontal surface belongs to the evaporimeter that is generally refrigerator, ice machine is positioned at adjacent underneath has also guaranteed efficient and fast cooling.

For the filling ice machine, its part below horizontal surface is pulled out forward and got final product.If the rear section of ice machine is below the filling position remains on horizontal surface, the guiding piece that then is used for ice machine simply mode is implemented.

Ice machine advantageously comprises at least one pallet, and described pallet is divided into a plurality of compartments, forms an ice cube in known mode own in each compartment.

Be provided with breach if be separated out the separating part of the compartment of pallet, then water can overflow to from full compartment the adjacent compartments of also underfill.Water can be diffused on the entire depth of pallet by this way, even it is not pulled out fully from the horizontal surface below.

Propagate into the miscellaneous part of storage chamber from pallet in order to limit water vapour, it is favourable that lid is provided above pallet.Be formed on the lid neutralization recess that water is discharged in the pallet can be simplified filling, and prevent more reliably each compartment overflow.

Particularly advantageously, ice machine has removable measuring vessel, and the capacity of described measuring vessel is corresponding with the capacity of pallet, or with the integer of the capacity of pallet divide one corresponding.When the user uses measuring vessel filling pallet, the user can determine, by once having toppled over measuring vessel or repeatedly be poured in some instances in the pallet, no matter be directly or by means of the recess in the lid, all compartments of pallet all can correctly be filled, even the user can not see them.

The retainer that is used for measuring vessel is preferably formed in the front area of ice machine, so that when ice machine is drawn forward out icing position, can be immediately near measuring vessel.

Ice machine comprises framework expediently, and pallet is maintained in the described framework in mode rotatable and distortion, to separate the ice cube that forms.The collection container of the ice cube that is used to form preferably is directed can be similar to the mode that drawer pulls out on framework.

If framework have with storage chamber in the interactional structure of guiding piece, with in the motion of guiding ice machine between position and the filling position of freezing, then the structure of corresponding shaping also can be arranged on the collection container expediently.This means, collection container not only can be engaged with framework, and can with the storage chamber guide member engagement.Therefore, can when not using, will be stored in outside the refrigerating appliance with the framework of pallet, and collection container still can remain in the refrigerating appliance, until used the ice that wherein stores.

Description of drawings

Further feature and advantage of the present invention below will manifest by describing exemplary embodiment referring to accompanying drawing, and accompanying drawing comprises:

Fig. 1 shows the perspective view of ice machine of the present invention;

Fig. 2 shows the exploded view of the ice machine of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows ice machine and is installed in wherein refrigerating appliance;

Fig. 4 shows the cutaway view of ice machine; And

Fig. 5 shows the view according to the ice machine of the embodiment of a simplification.

The specific embodiment

Ice machine 28 shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 has: be roughly the framework 1 of rectangle, described framework 1 is by injection-moulding plastic, and opens wide at end face and bottom surface.The lid 2 of the end face that opens wide of closed frame 1 has two walls 3,4 from top bonded to frame 1, and the supporting member of pallet 5 remains in the described framework 1, and described pallet 5 extends between wall 3,4, and can rotate around the axis along the longitudinal extension of ice machine.Pallet 5 is by elastoplast injection moulding, and is divided into a plurality of compartments 6 in known mode itself, and described compartment 6 is provided for the water that keeps to be freezed.Separating part between the compartment 6 is to be provided with the breach (not shown) by means of the same known mode shown in Fig. 5 in their upper edge, thereby, when the water level in the compartment 6 rose on the minimum point of described breach, water will overflow to the adjacent compartment from a compartment 6.The target of pallet 5 is filled water level and is designed to make all compartments 6 to interconnect via breach.

Groove 7 is arranged on above pallet 5 and covers in 2.The outflow section 8 of groove ends at compartment 6 tops of pallet 5, so that the water that pours in the groove 7 arrives compartment 6 reliably.Outflow section 8 can have a plurality of openings above different compartments 6, flow out rapidly to guarantee water.The cross section of each described opening is less than the cross section of the breach that connects compartment 6, so that water can be not faster to the speed of adjacent compartments by the breach overflow than water by the speed of one of them opening inflow compartment 6.This has guaranteed, as long as the importing water yield is no more than the capacity of pallet 5, pallet 5 just can not overflow.

Outflow section also can be constructed to the seam of extension above a plurality of compartments 6, rather than leads to respectively the opening of the separation in each compartment 6.Such advantage is to reduce because the possibility that outflow section place's water freezing results in blockage.

Lid 2 end face has recess 9 being adjacent to groove 7 places, in the described recess 9 sliding part 10 is housed.Described sliding part is used for rotation and distortion pallet 5, as more detailed description ground hereinafter.As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, sliding part is not projected into more than the end face of lid at its off-position.

At recess 9 with cover between 2 the leading edge 11 and be formed with otch 12, described otch 12 is provided for and keeps measuring cup 13.Otch 12 is except finger grip section 14, its shape is mated the shape of measuring cup 13 substantially, so that the mode that described otch can cooperate with general shape when measuring cup does not use keeps described measuring cup 13, described finger grip section 14 cuts out from leading edge 11, so that the user more easily grasps the sidewall 15 of measuring cup 13 when measuring cup 13 is arranged in otch 12.

The capacity of measuring cup 13 is corresponding with the capacity of pallet 5.Therefore, be full of water in order to give pallet 5, only need be full of measuring cup 13 once and will water wherein be poured onto fully in the groove 7 and get final product.

In order to save the space, also the volume of measuring cup 13 can be designed to the n of the volume of pallet 5/one, wherein, n is a little natural number.At this moment, must be full of measuring cup 13 and water is poured in the groove 7 fully just can be full of pallet 5 for n time.

Framework 1 comprises two vertical walls 16, rear wall 17 and towards wall 18, and is described towards wall 18 door in the face of refrigerating appliance when ice machine is mounted in the refrigerating appliance.Horizontal lug 19 is outwards outstanding at the top edge of vertical wall 16, forms and covers 2 area supported.Top and the open front of the cavity 20 of antetheca 18, and hollow leading edge 11 combinations with lid 2, described leading edge 11 bottom-open, to form undercut portions, the user can hold whole ice machine and pull out ice machine from refrigerating appliance at described undercut portions place, perhaps can be by holding the lid 2 that the ice machine that has been drawn out is mentioned at edge 11 from the below via cavity 20.

Type exterior feature section 21 with C type cross section is molded on the lower limb of each vertical wall 16.Type exterior feature section 21 limits the groove of facing.The size of these C type exterior feature sections 21 and their groove is selected in displaceable mode and keeps lug 22, and described lug 22 is molded on the top edge of the sidewall 23 that is roughly box-like collection container 24.

Fig. 3 shows a kind of refrigerating appliance of above-mentioned ice machine, perspective view of for example Domestic refrigerator of being equipped with.The apotheca of refrigeration machine is divided into a plurality of compartments 25 in common mode, and top compartment can be reversed baffle plate 2 sealings, and telescopic drawer 27 can be placed in the following compartment 25.One of them upset baffle plate 26 is illustrated as open position, and ice machine 28 places the compartment 25 after this upset baffle plate 26.Be fixed on the top 29 of compartment 25 along two L-type exterior feature sections 30 that depth direction extends, one of them is blocked described L-type exterior feature section 30 by ice machine 28 in the view of Fig. 3.The horizontal arm of two L-type exterior feature sections 30 forms area supported, and the lug 19 of framework 1 is touching on this area supported, so that lug 19 can move along depth direction.By holding the handgrip shell 31 that is formed by cavity 20 and the leading edge 11 that covers 2, the user can pull out forward kayser at the ice machine 28 that inserts the stop dog position place, thereby overcome little resistance, how far take out measuring cup 13, activate sliding part 10 or pour water to groove 7 in order to can be drawn out according to ice machine.

Collection container 24 is provided with handgrip otch 32 in its bottom surface.The displacement of collection container in the C of framework 1 type exterior feature section 21 is more prone to than the displacement of whole ice machine 28 in L-type exterior feature section 30, so when pulling collection container 24, framework 1 can not move.

Ice machine 28 can be from L-type exterior feature section 30 whole shifting out, so that ice machine can be stored in outside the refrigeration machine when not using, thereby so that the space that so discharges can be used as other purposes.Because

lug

19 and 22 has identical size, therefore also can directly hang separately collection container 24 in L-type exterior feature section 30.Therefore, by only shifting out framework 1 and lid 2, can discharge the most of space that is taken by ice machine 28 in the compartment 25, but the ice cube that forms continues to have fixed space in collection container 24.

Fig. 4 shows along the constructed profile of the ice machine 28 on the plane that extends through recess 9 perpendicular to the rotating shaft of pallet 5.Can find out, sliding part 10 is parts of single-arm lever 33, described single-arm lever 33 can be around axle 35 rotation, and described axle 35 is positioned at below and parallel with rotating shaft 34 with respect to the rotating shaft 34 of pallet, and single-arm lever 33 extends through the seam 36 in the matrix of recess 9.Axle 34,35 is fixed on the wall 4, and described wall 4 extends between pallet 5 and lever 33.The alar part 37 of pallet 5 is crossed wall 4 and is extended away from the end face axial in the face of wall 4 of pallet 5 perpendicular to this section, and is held to be squeezed on the shoulder 38 of lever 33 by the spring (not shown) that acts on the pallet 5.When pallet 5 during in its icing position, that is, be in level and compartment 6 when opening up, lever 33 is in an end place of seam 36 by contact alar part 37 at its off-position.Shoulder 38 and alar part 37 are being in contact with one another near rotating shaft 34 places.

As user in the counterclockwise direction during rotating lever 33, shoulder 38 is squeezed on the alar part 37, and the power that pallet 5 overcomes spring is counterclockwise rotated.In this process, dotted line arc path movement shown in shoulder 38 edges.In the first in this path, the distance between shoulder 38 and the rotating shaft 34 still further reduces, and makes the opening down of compartment 6 so that only need a small amount of ground deflection lever 33 just pallet 5 can be rotated to.

As shown in Figure 4, in the second place of lever 33, pallet 5 has counterclockwise been rotated general 150 ° with respect to icing position, and the end face of the dorsad lever 33 of pallet 5 runs into stopper section 39, and described stopper section is outstanding forward from building 2 rear wall 3.When lever 33 be pulled in the counterclockwise direction surpass shown in during the position, the end face towards lever 33 of pallet 5 also can rotate and shoulder 38 outwards slides on alar part 37.Because the end face away from lever 33 of pallet 5 can not be followed rotation again, therefore, pallet 5 is twisted gradually, and like this, the ice cube of formation is extruded compartment 6.Lever 33 is drawn far, and its shoulder 38 and the distance between the rotating shaft 34 are just far away, and the moment of torsion that the user can be applied on the pallet 5 is just larger.Therefore, only needing some strength just pallet 5 can be twisted into the ice cube that makes all formation is evicted from reliably.Because lever 33 can run into the left end of seam 36 or the top edge 40 that alar part 37 arrives wall 4, so the distortion of pallet 5 is limited in getting rid of reliably this degree of plastic deformation.

Fig. 5 shows the partial view that has according to the refrigerating appliance of the ice machine of the second simplified embodiment of the present invention.The figure shows the part of inner bag 41 and the level board 42 of refrigerating appliance skeleton, described level board 42 can be cooled support member or the evaporimeter of article.The L-type exterior feature section 30 that is fixed on plate 42 belows supports and guiding pallet 5, wherein, also is only to see a L-type exterior feature section 30, and pallet 5 is by integrally injection moulding.Pallet 5 illustrates with the filling position, in described filling position, and some exposures in the compartment 6 of pallet; In icing position, pallet 5 blocks fully below plate 42.L-type exterior feature section also can be assembled on the top of inner bag of refrigerating appliance, rather than is installed in the below of plate 42.

Separating part 43 between the compartment 6 of pallet 5 is provided with breach 44 in their upper edge.Water can flow in the compartment that is hidden in plate 42 belows by means of from the compartment 6 of the exposure of front side one of breach 44.The use capacity equals the measuring cup 13 filling compartments 6 of the capacity of pallet 5 to be guaranteed, all compartments 6 of pallet 5 all are filled.

Opening 45 in the front area of pallet 5 forms retainer, and measuring cup 13 can be stored in the retainer when not using.On the one hand, the front end that measuring cup 13 is positioned at pallet 5 is convenient to when needs measuring cup 13 filled trays 5 near measuring cup 13, on the other hand owing to measuring cup 13 and the article that the are cooled collision that stores thereunder prevent from pulling out pallet 5.If need the space that is usually taken by measuring cup 13 of pallet 5 belows to store the article that other are cooled, measuring cup can be removed by means of opening 45, and is placed in outside the refrigerating appliance.As required, whole pallet 5 can remove in an identical manner, reaches another purposes to discharge the space that is taken by pallet 5.

The drawer type reservoir vessel also can be used as additional accessory and provides.Be similar to pallet 5, it is provided with for the side direction lug 19 that can be bonded on L-type exterior feature section 30 with being shifted.Therefore, as required, reservoir vessel can suspend rather than suspend from pallet 5 from lug 30, to store the ice cube that forms.

Claims

1. refrigerating appliance, Domestic refrigerator particularly, have: the storage chamber (25) and the ice machine (28) that particularly are constructed to compartment freezer, described ice machine (28) can be in storage chamber (25) icing position and the filling position between mobile, it is characterized in that, ice machine (28) can be upper mobile between icing position and filling position in the mode that is guided at guiding device (30).

2. refrigerating appliance as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described guiding device is constructed to rail (30), and described rail is used for guiding ice machine (28) between icing position and filling position.

3. refrigerating appliance as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, rail (30) is constructed to telescopic.

4. refrigerating appliance as claimed in claim 2 or claim 3, it is characterized in that, rail (30) comprises the first rail parts (19) and the second rail parts (30) that are arranged on the sidewall (16), and described the first rail parts (19) are directed along described the second rail parts (30).

5. refrigerating appliance as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, the first rail parts (19) are arranged on support member, the particularly framework (1), and the second rail parts (30) are arranged on the horizontal surface (29,42).

6. such as arbitrary described refrigerating appliance among the claim 1-5, it is characterized in that, at described icing position, ice machine (28; 5) be retained the horizontal surface (29 that is adjacent to, particularly is positioned at storage chamber (25); 42) adjacent underneath.

7. refrigerating appliance as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, the rear section of ice machine (28) remains on horizontal surface (29 in the filling position; 42) below.

8. such as arbitrary described refrigerating appliance in the claim of front, it is characterized in that ice machine (28; 5) comprise at least one pallet (5), described pallet (5) is divided into a plurality of compartments (6), in order to make respectively ice cube in each compartment.

9. refrigerating appliance as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, the separating part (43) that is separated out the compartment (6) of pallet (5) is provided with breach (44).

10. refrigerating appliance as claimed in claim 8 or 9 is characterized in that, ice machine (28) has the lid (2) that extends in pallet (5) top, and the recess (7) that water is discharged in the pallet (5) is formed in the lid (2).

11. such as claim 8,9 or 10 described refrigerating appliances, it is characterized in that ice machine (28; 5) have removable measuring vessel (13), it is one corresponding that the integer of the capacity of the capacity of described measuring vessel (13) and pallet (5) or the capacity of described at least one pallet (5) divides.

12. refrigerating appliance as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, is used for the retainer (12 of measuring vessel (13); 45) be formed on ice machine (28; 5) in the front area.

13. such as arbitrary described refrigerating appliance among the claim 8-12, it is characterized in that, ice machine (28) comprises framework (1), pallet (5) keeps in the mode that can be rotated and twist.

14. refrigerating appliance as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, the collection container (24) that is used for ice cube preferably is directed at framework (1) in the mode that can be drawn out.

15. refrigerating appliance as claimed in claim 14, it is characterized in that, framework (1) have with storage chamber (25) in the interactional structure of guiding piece (30) (19), and the structure (22) of collection container (24) is shaped as not only and can interacts with the structure (19) of framework (1) but also can interact with guiding piece (30).