Refrigerating appliance, especially there is the Domestic refrigerator of producing ice cakes device
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerating appliance, especially Domestic refrigerator, there is a producing ice cakes device, this producing ice cakes utensil has the driver for making 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 around a common rotation change orientation.
By the automatic ice maker of the known one of US 2007/0089441 A1, that this ice maker has rotatably support, that there are the first and second ice cube shells ice making body.These two ice cube shells are arranged with ice cube shell injection plane separately on the opposite side of ice making block with reciprocally leaving sensing.This ice making body is manufactured by elastomeric material and is fixed between two side.Two side is all rotatably supported in housing.In order to rotate, a motor is set, this revolution ice making body, thus each ice cube shell can be forwarded to head upwards to pour out ice cube.When ice cube shell is arranged in head position state upwards, motor can rotate ice making body further, until ice making body to be on a stop dog position and the distortion when rotating further, thus ice cube can get loose and to whereabouts from flexible ice making body.
By the known a kind of ice maker of JP 09-243220A, this ice maker has two ice cube shells arranged similarly with US 2007/0089441 A1, and namely these two ice cube shells are arranged with ice cube shell injection plane separately on the opposite side of ice making block with reciprocally leaving sensing.First ice cube shell is set in order to manufacture square ice cube, and the second ice cube shell is set in order to manufacture ice pellets (Koernern).The ice cube with two different size and shapes can be manufactured thus.
US 3,187,516 describes a kind of producing ice cakes device, and in this producing ice cakes device, two identical mould crust rotatably supports, these mould crusts are kept by the weight in identical weight state.After one of them mould crust of perfusion, the center of gravity of producing ice cakes device offsets due to the quality of the ice cube of formation, and thus, these mould crusts stagger with rotary motion.
JP 2005-351624 describes a kind of ice maker, in this ice maker, two different mould crusts are bearing on two independent driving shafts swingably, and wherein, each mould crust corresponds to independent current and arranges two take-up reels separated for receiving different ice cubes respectively.
US 4,233,819 and JP 06-185840 A and US 3,029,609 implemented similarly only arranges the one application of two opposed row's equal dies shells.
Task of the present invention is, realizes a kind of refrigerating appliance, the especially Domestic refrigerator with the producing ice cakes device of improvement.
This task passes through a kind of refrigerating appliance according to the present invention, especially Domestic refrigerator solves, it has producing ice cakes device, this producing ice cakes utensil has the driver for making 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 around a common rotation change orientation, wherein, described at least two ice cube shells are arranged to, their the first longitudinal side respectively than the second respective longitudinal side from this rotation more close to, wherein, first ice cube shell has for the manufacture of can respectively by the mould of the ice body of block portioning, second ice cube shell has the mould for the manufacture of the ice cube copying cracked ice cube form, wherein, driver constructions is used for these ice cube shells being changed to next ice cube shell from an ice cube shell and being rotated to water inflow direction by the ice cube shell with corresponding mould according to selection ice cube or little cracked ice cube respectively at this.
Ice cube shell is can with the mould of water or other pouring liquid.These moulds pre-determine the profile of ice cube to be manufactured.Each ice cube shell especially has multiple chamber at this, namely for the manufacture of the acceptance division of multiple ice cube, recessed arch.Each chamber preferably has that such as conically narrow gradually towards depths, that the ice cube be frozen into by water or liquid freon is easily deviate from profile at this.The ice cube shell flexibly constructed by distortion of deviating from of ice cube is realized.Ice cube shell can pass through driver or motor flexibly distortion, and this motor also can be for the driver overturning ice cube shell or be transformed to next ice cube shell from an ice cube shell simultaneously.The injection plane of each ice cube shell is formed by the functional upside of ice cube shell, forms the top edge end portion in chamber on this point and also determine the maximum open width in each chamber thus on the upside of this.The longitudinal side of ice cube shell can by for overturn or the extending longitudinally of corresponding rotation axis of distortion ice cube shell is determined.If ice cube shell has substantially square profile or the injection plane of substantial rectangular, the horizontal side of ice cube shell is at least substantially perpendicular to for overturn or the rotation ground of distortion ice cube shell extends with being substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal side of ice cube shell in other words.
Described at least two ice cube shells are arranged to, their the first longitudinal side respectively than the second respective longitudinal side should from rotation more close to, this means, in other words ice cube shell is arranged relative to rotation with departing from center.Therefore, ice cube shell also can put away from the arranged concentric producing ice cakes device on a circuit orbit laterally, especially by swinging.Even if there is more than two but ice cube shell that is multiple, that especially have different chambeies be bearing on a common rotation, be also particularly advantageous.
Therefore the injection plane that at least two ice cube shells described in relative to each other can be arranged to them is in mutually different angle positions.Such as also can arrange three, four or multiple ice cube shell one on the polygonal shell surface of this rotation.
In special embodiment, the injection plane that described at least two ice cube shells can be arranged to them is in acute angle, right angle, obtuse angle or reflex angle.Preferably can especially these ice cube shells be arranged with the sensing being different from parallel or antiparallel orientations mutually in these embodiments.Such as, therefore, when two ice cube shells, if the second ice cube shell is in order to directed with water or pouring liquid, then the first ice cube shell be not must be arranged in overturning pour out position.Therefore, two ice cube shells can successively freeze with water perfusion, and an ice cube shell need not be made to arrive pour out in position and there is not ice cube by mistake from the danger that ice cube shell is deviate from.
In the with good grounds configuration of the present invention of institute, described at least two ice cube shells with the longitudinal side of its injection plane at least substantially parallel to, especially with being parallel to rotation to extend and the horizontal side of injection plane at least radially extends from rotation substantially with leaving.The horizontal side of the horizontal side of injection plane ice cube shell be in other words similar on this point in wheel spoke outwards leave from wheel hub or rotation.The horizontal side of the horizontal side of injection plane ice cube shell is not in other words accurately radially to extend at this, but can arrange with staggering with rotation and can especially tangentially pass through rotation is other.
An embodiment according to producing ice cakes device of the present invention can have the second ice cube shell, and this second ice cube shell has the injection plane of horizontal side, and the horizontal side of the injection plane of this horizontal side and the first ice cube shell is arranged at a right angle.Therefore first ice cube shell is vertically positioned on the second ice cube shell.In other words, two ice cube shells get on to be formed the layout of L shape from the side.Rotation is especially in the corner of the layout of i.e. L shape near the top of the horn at this and especially extends abreast with it.
Especially can arrange two ice cube shells like this, make the injection plane of two ice cube shells form an intersecting lens, this intersecting lens and rotation at interval, are especially parallel to rotation and extend.The injection plane of two ice cube shells tangentially extends on rotation side with passing through, and wherein, these injection planes enclose at angle and are not parallel to each other mutually or anti-parallel extend.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, two ice cube shells can be arranged like this, rotation is extended from center relative to the horizontal lateral deviation of injection plane.Namely rotation this amesiality be positioned at the orientation in order to pour into ice cube shell under, but to stagger.At this, gravity can support the ice cube shell be especially poured to lower swing.Ice cube shell can relative to rotation rotatably or supported with swinging back and forth on clockwise and counterclockwise and driven in other words.
In all embodiments, the first ice cube shell has for the manufacture of can respectively by the mould of the ice body of block portioning, and the second ice cube shell has the mould for the manufacture of the ice cube copying cracked ice cube form.In addition, also cracked ice cube can be called the ice (crushed ice) smashed to pieces.Similar to the ice crushed, cracked ice cube should be obviously less than common ice cube in size, to construct larger surface area and thus can cooled beverage quickly, and they preferably should have and have angle or irregular shape or rather, preferably have the shape of acute angle.
For the manufacture of the inlet copying the mould of the ice cube of cracked ice cube form therefore can have at least substantially parallel quadrangle according to the present invention.The ice cube with acute angle can be produced by the inlet of parallelogram.Chamber corresponding to respective inlet can have sidewall, and these sidewalls can be configured to diminish gradually to the depths in chamber, especially come to a point.Other acute angle can be produced thus on ice cube.
For the manufacture of copying multiple moulds of the ice cube of cracked ice cube form can be formed by the flute profile in ice cube shell, long recess, these recesses can be provided with especially equably spaced, from the muscle of bottom land projection.Therefore, these chambeies can be manufactured in a straightforward manner in ice cube shell.These muscle can have the height less than the total depth in chamber.Therefore, first produce long, corresponding to the bar of slotted recess, first these can be associated together, but such as can to drop to due to gravity in a collection container and to be split into single fragment.These muscle also can have between each ice cube, only retain thin wall-type connection strap and these braces ice cube shell reverse or distortion time the height that split.
Generally speaking and in other words, the ice cube shell that this producing ice cakes utensil has two to fix stackedly.These ice cube shells respectively from a rotation leave outwardly.Ice cube shell for generation of ice cube the second ice cube shell for generation of the ice cube 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 rotate and distortion ice cube shell time brokenly open ice.Two ice cube shells can be interconnected and be fixed on a CD-ROM drive motor.Two microswitches can the perfusion position of gauge ice cube shell, according to being select ice cube or little cracked ice cube and determine.But, also can use the ice cube shell producing single ice cube.The connection in multiple chamber can be favourable, but is not that pressure is necessary.
Determine according to selection ice cube or little cracked ice cube, the ice cube shell with corresponding mould rotates to the direction that water flows into.These ice cube shells are poured into subsequently with water.Refrigerating process can be monitored by means of the temperature sensor be arranged between ice cube shell, such as thermal resistance (NTC).After freezing, ice cube shell turns on the direction determined by motor, until ice cube shell is encountered on stop part by means of a protuberance.Due to the further rotation of motor, ice cube shell can be made to bear torsional loading, this causes, and ice is broken to be opened and is poured in receiving vessel by cracked ice cube with the form of uniform block or with the form of the irregular ice fragment of different size.By producing the ice cube copying cracked ice cube form in ice cube shell according to the present invention, can save and there is metal knife, additional, mechanical powder millstone.This home appliances is not only lighter in weight thus, and can manufacture by cost lowlyer, and the sound that works together is lighter, because do not produce 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:
Fig. 1 refrigerating appliance, in first state, the exemplary side elevation of the producing ice cakes device with two ice cube shells, in this first state, for the manufacture of being positioned at injection phase by the first ice cube shell of the ice body of block portioning respectively;
Fig. 2 in second state, according to the side view of the producing ice cakes device of Fig. 1, in this second state, pour out position for the manufacture of what can be positioned at overturning by the first ice cube shell of the ice body of block portioning respectively;
Fig. 3 is at the horizontal view according to the producing ice cakes device in first state of Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is at the horizontal view according to the producing ice cakes device in the second state of Fig. 2.
The producing ice cakes device 1 schematically shown in FIG has a housing 2, and axle 3 can be bearing in this housing rotationally around rotation D.First ice cube shell 4 and the second ice cube shell 5 are fixed on axle 3.First ice cube shell 4 is used as to manufacture the mould that can be divided into the ice body of fritter respectively.Second ice cube shell 5 is used as to manufacture the mould copying the ice cube of cracked ice cube form.First ice cube shell 4 and the second ice cube shell 5 are interconnected by connector 6 in an embodiment.Two ice cube shells 4 and 5 are by means of driver 7(Fig. 2) swingably and/or can support movingly in housing 2 to distortion.
First ice cube shell 4 has the first injection plane 8.First injection plane 8 is by two longitudinal side 9a, 9b and two horizontal side 10a, 10b gauges.Second ice cube shell 5 has the second injection plane 11.Second injection plane 11 is by two longitudinal side 12a, 12b and two horizontal side 13a, 13b gauges.These at least two ice cube shells 4 and 5 are arranged to, their the first longitudinal side 9a, 12a respectively than the second respective 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 figs. 3 and 4, is in right angle.
In the embodiment shown, two ice cube shells 4 and 5 are with their longitudinal side 9a, 12a and 9b, 12b extend with being parallel to rotation, and wherein, the horizontal side 10a of injection plane 8 and 11,10b and 13a, 13b radially extend from rotation D at least substantially with leaving.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 at a right angle.Two ice cube shells 4 and 5 are arranged like this, and make the injection plane 8 and 11 of two ice cube shells 4 and 5 form an intersecting lens S, this intersecting lens and rotation D extend abreast with rotation D at intervals, especially.
Second ice cube shell 5 has the mould 14 for the manufacture of the ice cube copying cracked ice cube form, and this mould has the inlet 14a of parallelogram in the embodiment according to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.Mould 14 in this embodiment by the second ice cube shell 5, flute profile, long recess V-arrangement becomes, this recess be provided with equably spaced, from the muscle 15 of bottom land projection.