Refrigerating appliance, especially has the Domestic refrigerator of producing ice cakes device
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerating appliance, especially Domestic refrigerator, has a producing ice cakes device, this producing ice cakes utensil is useful on the driver that makes at least two ice cube shells swings and/or distortion, and described ice cube shell has respectively by the injection plane of two longitudinal side gauges and can change orientation around a common rotation.
By the known a kind of automatic ice maker of US 2007/0089441 A1, this ice maker has ice making body rotatably support, that have the first and second ice cube shells.These two ice cube shells reciprocally leave with ice cube shell injection plane separately on the opposite side of ice making block and point to the ground layout.This ice making body is by the elastomeric material manufacturing and be fixed between the two side.The two side all is rotatably supported in housing.In order to rotate, a motor is set, this revolution ice making body, thus can forward each ice cube shell to head upwards in order to pour out ice cube.When the attitude of the ice cube shell is arranged in that head makes progress position, motor can further rotate the ice making body, until the ice making body is on a stop dog position and distortion when further rotating, thereby ice cube can get loose from flexible ice making body and to the whereabouts.
By the known a kind of ice maker of JP 09-243220A, this ice maker has two ice cube shells of arranging similarly with US 2007/0089441 A1, and namely these two ice cube shells reciprocally leave with ice cube shell injection plane separately on the opposite side of ice making block and point to the ground layout.In order to make square ice cube, the first ice cube shell is set, and in order to make ice pellets (Koernern), the second ice cube shell is set.Can make the ice cube with two different size and shapes thus.
Task of the present invention is to realize a kind of the have refrigerating appliance of improved producing ice cakes device, especially Domestic refrigerator.
This task solves by a kind of refrigerating appliance, especially Domestic refrigerator according to the present invention, it has the producing ice cakes device, this producing ice cakes utensil is useful on the driver that makes at least two ice cube shells swings and/or distortion, described ice cube shell has respectively by the injection plane of two longitudinal side gauges and can change orientation around a common rotation, wherein, described at least two ice cube shells are arranged to, their the first longitudinal side respectively than separately the second longitudinal side from this rotation more close to.
The ice cube shell is can be with the mould of water or the perfusion of other liquid.These moulds pre-determine the profile of ice cube to be manufactured.Each ice cube shell especially has a plurality of chambeies at this, namely for the manufacture of acceptance divisions a plurality of ice cubes, recessed arch.Each chamber preferably has profile that for example taper ground narrows down gradually towards the depths, that the ice cube that is frozen into by water or liquid freon is easily deviate from this.The ice cube shell of flexibly constructing by distortion of deviating from of ice cube is realized.The ice cube shell can pass through driver or flexibly distortion of motor, and this motor can be also simultaneously for upset ice cube shell or be transformed to the driver of next ice cube shell from an ice cube shell.The injection plane of each ice cube shell forms by the functional upside of ice cube shell, and this upside just forms in this point the top edge termination section in chamber and also determines thus the maximum open width in each chamber.The longitudinal side of ice cube shell can be passed through to determine for the longitudinal extension of the corresponding rotation axis of upset or distortion ice cube shell.If the ice cube shell has the injection plane of basically square profile or substantial rectangular, the horizontal side of ice cube shell is substantially perpendicular to ground, the longitudinal side extension that is substantially perpendicular in other words the ice cube shell for the rotation ground of upset or distortion ice cube shell at least.
Described at least two ice cube shells are arranged to, their the first longitudinal side respectively than separately the second longitudinal side should from rotation more close to, this means, in other words the ice cube shell departs from ground, center with respect to rotation and arranges.Therefore, the ice cube shell can be laterally by swinging also, especially the arranged concentric from the producing ice cakes device puts away on a circuit orbit.Being bearing on a common rotation even have more than two but ice cube shell a plurality of, that especially have different chambeies, is also particularly advantageous.
Therefore described at least two ice cube shells injection plane that can relative to each other be arranged to them is in mutually different angle positions.For example also can arrange 1 three, four or a plurality of ice cube shell on the polygonal shell surface of this rotation.
In special embodiment, the injection plane that described two ice cube shells can be arranged to them at least is in acute angle, right angle, obtuse angle or reflex angle.Preferably can especially these ice cube shells be arranged with the sensing that is different from parallel or antiparallel orientations mutually in these embodiments.Therefore, for example in the situation that two ice cube shells, if the second ice cube shell for water or liquid perfusion and directed, the first ice cube shell is not the position of pouring out that must be arranged in overturning.Therefore, two ice cube shells can successively pour into and freeze with water, and needn't make an ice cube shell arrive the danger of pouring out in the position and not existing ice cube by mistake to deviate from from the ice cube shell.
In the with good grounds configuration of the present invention of institute, described at least two ice cube shells radially extend from rotation at least substantially parallel to, the horizontal side that especially is parallel to rotation ground extension and injection plane at least basically with the longitudinal side of its injection plane with leaving.The horizontal side of the injection plane horizontal side of ice cube shell in other words just is similar in this point in the spoke ground of wheel and outwards leaves from wheel hub or rotation.The horizontal side of the injection plane horizontal side of ice cube shell in other words is not accurately radially to extend at this, but can arrange with rotation with staggering and can especially tangentially pass through by rotation.
Can have the second ice cube shell according to an embodiment of producing ice cakes device of the present invention, the injection plane that this second ice cube shell has horizontal side, the horizontal side of the injection plane of this horizontal side and the first ice cube shell is arranged with meeting at right angles.Therefore the first ice cube shell vertically is positioned on the second ice cube shell.In other words, two ice cube shells get on to form L shaped layout from the side.Rotation is the corner of L shaped layout near this especially is in the top of the horn and extends abreast especially with it.
Especially can arrange like this two ice cube shells, make the injection plane of two ice cube shells form an intersecting lens, this intersecting lens and rotation at interval, especially are parallel to rotation and extend.The injection plane of two ice cube shells tangentially extends on process ground, rotation side, and wherein, these injection planes surround an angle and are not parallel to each other mutually or antiparallel ground extension.These injection planes can be arranged to be in acute angle, right angle, obtuse angle or reflex angle.
In the with good grounds configuration of the present invention of institute, can arrange like this two ice cube shells, make rotation extend from ground, center with respect to the horizontal lateral deviation of injection plane.Being rotation is positioned under the ice cube shell directed in order to pour on this amesiality ground, but staggers.At this, gravity can support the ice cube shell that especially is poured to lower swing.The ice cube shell can be with respect to rotation rotatably or clockwise and be supported driven in other words counterclockwise with swinging back and forth.
In all embodiments, the first ice cube shell can have for the manufacture of can be respectively by the mould of the ice body of piece portioning, the second ice cube shell can have the mould for the manufacture of the ice cube of copying cracked ice cube form.In addition, also cracked ice cube can be called the ice (crushed ice) of smashing to pieces.Similar to the ice of crushing, cracked ice cube should be obviously less than common ice cube in size, in order to construct larger surface area and cooled beverage quickly thus, and they should preferably have the angle or irregular shape are arranged or rather, preferably have the shape of acute angle.
Therefore mould for the manufacture of the ice cube of copying cracked ice cube form can have substantially parallel at least tetragonal inlet according to the present invention.Inlet by parallelogram can produce the ice cube with acute angle.Can have sidewall corresponding to the chamber of inlet separately, these sidewalls can be configured to diminish gradually, especially come to a point to the depths in chamber.Can produce other acute angle thus on ice cube.
Can be formed by the flute profile in the ice cube shell, long recess for the manufacture of a plurality of moulds of the ice cube of copying cracked ice cube form, these recesses can be provided with space especially equably, from the muscle of bottom land projection.Therefore, can make in simple mode these chambeies in the ice cube shell.These muscle can have the height less than the total depth in chamber.Therefore, at first produce long, corresponding to the bar of slotted recess, at first these can be associated together, but for example can be because gravity drops in a collection container and is split into single fragment.These muscle also can have the height that has split when only keeping thin wall-type connection strap and these braces in the torsion of ice cube shell or distortion between each ice cube.
Generally speaking and in other words, this producing ice cakes utensil has two ice cube shells of fixing stackedly.These ice cube shells leave ground from a rotation respectively and outwards point to.Ice cube shell for generation of ice cube the second ice cube shell for generation of the ice cube of copying cracked ice cube (Crusched Ice) form.For this reason, by means of set predetermining fracture position, the mould in that elongate, avette chamber can be used for the broken ice of opening when rotation and distortion ice cube shell.Two ice cube shells can interconnect and be fixed on a CD-ROM drive motor.Two microswitches can gauge ice cube shell the perfusion position, according to being to select ice cube or little cracked ice cube to decide.But, also can use the ice cube shell that produces single ice cube.The connection in a plurality of chambeies can be favourable, but is not that pressure is necessary.
According to selecting ice cube or little cracked ice cube to decide, the ice cube shell with corresponding mould rotates to the direction that water flows into.Pour into these ice cube shells with water subsequently.Can be by means of the temperature sensor, for example thermal resistance (NTC) the monitoring refrigerating process that are arranged between the ice cube shell.After freezing, motor turns to the ice cube shell on definite direction, until the ice cube shell is encountered on stop part by means of a protuberance.Due to the further rotation of motor, can make the ice cube shell bear torsional loading, this causes icing brokenly opens and with the form of uniform piece or with the form of the irregular ice fragment of different sizes, cracked ice cube is poured in receiving vessel.Copy the ice cube of cracked ice cube form by producing in the ice cube shell according to the present invention, can save and have the metal cutter, additional, mechanical powder millstone.This home appliances is not only lighter on weight thus, and can more make in the lowland by cost, and the sound that works together is lighter, because do not produce the pulverizing noise.
By means of Fig. 1 to 4, exemplified embodiment of the present invention is described.Described by the details of this specific embodiment and also draw other universals of the present invention and advantage.Accompanying drawing illustrates:
The exemplary side elevation of Fig. 1 refrigerating appliance, in first attitude, as to have two ice cube shells producing ice cakes device is in this first attitude, for the manufacture of can be respectively being positioned at the injection phase by the first ice cube shell of the ice body of piece portioning;
Fig. 2 in the second attitude, according to the side view of the producing ice cakes device of Fig. 1, in this second attitude, for the manufacture of can be respectively being positioned at the position of pouring out of overturning by the first ice cube shell of the ice body of piece portioning;
Fig. 3 is at the horizontal view according to the producing ice cakes device in first attitude of Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is at the horizontal view according to the producing ice cakes device in the second attitude of Fig. 2.
The producing ice cakes device 1 that schematically shows in Fig. 1 has a housing 2, and axle 3 can be bearing in this housing rotationally around rotation D.The first ice cube shell 4 and the second ice cube shell 5 are fixed on axle 3.The first ice cube shell 4 is as making the mould that can be divided into respectively the ice body of fritter.The second ice cube shell 5 is as the mould of making the ice cube of copying cracked ice cube form.The first ice cube shell 4 and the second ice cube shell 5 interconnect by connector 6 in an embodiment.Two ice cube shells 4 and 5 are by means of driver 7(Fig. 2) but swingably and/or the supporting movingly in housing 2 of distortion ground.
The first ice cube shell 4 has the first injection plane 8.The first injection plane 8 is by two longitudinal side 9a, 9b and two horizontal side 10a, 10b gauge.The second ice cube shell 5 has the second injection plane 11.The second injection plane 11 is by two longitudinal side 12a, 12b and two horizontal side 13a, 13b gauge.These at least two ice cube shells 4 and 5 are arranged to, and their the first longitudinal side 9a, 12a be respectively than separately the second longitudinal side 9b, 12b from rotation D more close to.
The injection plane 8 and 11 that two ice cube shells 4 and 5 are arranged to them is in mutually different angle positions, as being shown specifically in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, is in the right angle.
In the embodiment shown, two ice cube shells 4 and the 5 longitudinal side 9a with them, 12a and 9b, 12b are parallel to rotation ground and extend, wherein, injection plane 8 and 11 horizontal side 10a, 10b and 13a, 13b radially extend from rotation D at least basically with leaving.The second ice cube shell 5 has injection plane 11, and this injection plane has horizontal side 13a, 13b, and the horizontal side 10a of the injection plane 8 of this horizontal side and the first ice cube shell 4,10b arranges with meeting at right angles.Two ice cube shells 4 and 5 arrange like this, make the injection plane 8 and 11 of two ice cube shells 4 and 5 form intersecting lens S, and this intersecting lens and rotation D are at intervals, especially extend with rotation D abreast.
The second ice cube shell 5 has the mould 14 for the manufacture of the ice cube of copying cracked ice cube form, and this mould has the inlet 14a of parallelogram according to the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.Mould 14 is become by in the second ice cube shell 5, flute profile, long recess V-arrangement in this embodiment, this recess be provided with space equably, from the muscle 15 of bottom land projection.