CN103256768A - Ice maker with manually operated handle and domestic refrigeration appliance having such an ice maker - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to an ice maker (11) for making ice cubes, comprising: device (25) for producing ice cubes, an ice cube forming housing (29) which is pivotably mounted in the device (25) between a filling position and a discharge position and has at least one ice cube forming recess (35), a water tank (39) for filling the at least one ice cube forming recess (35) with water and a storage device (37) for storing ice cubes discharged from the ice cube forming housing (29), wherein the ice maker (11) has a manually operable handle (41) and a transmission (51) which couples the handle (41) to the pivotably mounted ice cube forming housing (29) and which transmits the movement of the handle (41) to the ice cube forming housing (29). The invention also relates to a domestic refrigeration device (1) having such an ice maker (11).
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The present invention relates to a kind of ice maker for the manufacture of ice cube, have device for the manufacture of ice cube, be bearing in ice cube shaping shell in the device, that have at least one ice cube forming pockets between the attitude swingably, be used for pouring into the water tank of at least one ice cube forming pockets and for the storage device of depositing the ice cube of dishing out from ice cube shaping shell with water with dishing out in perfusion position attitude.The invention still further relates to a kind of family expenses refrigerating appliance with this ice maker.
Background technology
EP1 857 750A1 have described a kind of refrigerating appliance that has adiabatic housing and be installed in the ice maker in the inner chamber of housing, and this ice maker comprises support and at least one container that can pull out from this support.This support be installed in inner chamber can the grid by valve sealing in, and this valve has the space, container can be pulled out by this space in the closed position of liner plate.The space that the knob that is used for direct rotation ice cube forming containers of ice maker can pass valve touches when valve is closed.
WO2007/091875A1 has described a kind of ice maker for refrigerator.This ice maker is installed in the cooling thing drawer, thereby ice cube can be only because the cold air that circulates in refrigerator generation.This ice maker comprises the water tank on the receiving box that is arranged on ice maker.Water tank has water storage chamber and at least one outlet, and water can flow into the shaping shell from the water storage chamber by this outlet, thereby can make ice cube by the water that flows into.Water tank has two valve followers, and in two outlets is closed or opened to these valve followers respectively.Ice maker has two shaping shells, and each shaping shell wherein can manually turn to by knob.
Summary of the invention
Task of the present invention is, proposes a kind of ice maker and the family expenses refrigerating appliance with this ice maker, and this ice maker can be used with manual mode and method by the user simple and reliablely.
Task of the present invention solves by a kind of ice maker for the manufacture of ice cube, this ice maker has the device for the manufacture of ice cube, in perfusion position attitude and dish out and be bearing in the device swingably between the attitude, ice cube shaping shell with at least one ice cube forming pockets, be used for pouring into water the water tank of at least one ice cube forming pockets, with the storage device that is used for depositing the ice cube of dishing out from ice cube shaping shell, wherein, this ice maker has the handle that can manually operate and the transmission device that this handle and the ice cube shaping shell that supports swingably are coupled, and this transmission device is delivered to the motion of handle on the ice cube shaping shell.
Should be constituted by housing, framework or holding device of the same type basically for the manufacture of the device of ice cube, on this holding device, support at least one ice cube shaping shell swingably.In the attitude of the perfusion position of at least one ice cube shaping shell, the water that does not freeze can be injected into the ice cube forming pockets from water tank, thereby pour into each ice cube forming pockets with water.Because this preferred embodiment whole ice maker be arranged in the refrigerating chamber of family expenses refrigerating appliance, the water that exists in the ice cube forming pockets can be only because low temperature that be full of in refrigerating chamber, that be significantly less than zero degrees celsius be frozen into ice cube automatically, and ice maker need not the low temperature generation device of oneself.Ice maker especially may be embodied to do not have fully electrically driven (operated).Ice maker may be embodied to pure machinery, thereby it can only be operated by user's manual operation.The swing of this at least one ice cube shaping shell is especially mechanically carried out according to the present invention, that is, manually carry out by the user.Especially do not need and/or electronic drive unit is not set.
By handle according to the present invention, the user can swing at least one ice cube shaping shell the attitude of dishing out from its perfusion position attitude, in this dishes out an attitude, finishes the ice cube that freezes and can drop out or dish out for the storage device of depositing.Ice cube shaping shell can have elasticity, and this elasticity allows ice cube shaping shell with the angle distortion of necessity, thereby the ice cube forming pockets correspondingly is out of shape, and extrudes with the ice cube that will freeze.Subsequently, ice cube can drop in the storage device under the influence of gravity automatically.
Become can manually be operated by the user according to handle construction of the present invention, wherein, transmission device is configured to the motion of handle is converted to the oscillating motion of ice cube shaping shell.Thus, the motion of user's hand is then different with the oscillating motion of ice cube shaping shell.In other words, ice cube shaping shell is not directly swung by user's hands movement.Exactly, be provided with at least one especially independent coupling conversion joint between handle and ice cube shaping shell, this coupling conversion joint is with handle and the ice cube shaping shell coupling that can swing.This at least one coupling conversion joint constitutes transmission device.This transmission device can be configured to different respectively according to desirable embodiment, in order to the dissimilar motion of handle can be converted to the oscillating motion of ice cube shaping shell.Handle especially should carry out the motion different with pure rotational motion.Therefore, carry out more simple hands movement, for example pure roping is moving or press motion, the knob that replaces the swivel of hand burden that increases the weight of the user strongly rotatablely moves, and meets ergonomics for the user more.In the time high power should being delivered on the handle, roping is moved or the pressure motion can be especially meaningful.So for example can expend dish out very many and/or the big ice cube that freezes with few manual force.
Handle can support with the rotation different sensings of axis of oscillation of ice cube shaping shell, that especially point to perpendicular to the axis of oscillation of ice cube shaping shell swingably around one, and the transmission device driving torque that can be configured to the rotation effect of, thorny handle in the transmission device with importing to by operating grip manually convert to swing ice cube shaping shell, around the driving torque of the axis of oscillation effect of ice cube shaping shell.
Handle can have at least one handle arms, especially two handle arms.The length of this at least one handle arms can produce high torque in the few power of operating grip time cost for the user.Handle especially can support swingably around a rotation, and in the position of this rotation, handle can be moved to operate by hands movement or the arm that carries out substantially from the top down by the user.Become can be pulled down or be pressed by the user by handle construction, ice cube shaping shell can be operated under the situation of the few manual force of cost.
This transmission device can have the transmission converting unit that at least one pendulum angle with handle converts the different pendulum angle of ice cube shaping shell to.This transmission device especially can have the transmission converting unit that at least one little pendulum angle with handle converts the big pendulum angle of ice cube shaping shell to.At this, the less pendulum angle of handle can be understood as, and its angle is less than the pendulum angle of ice cube shaping shell.At this, the big pendulum angle of ice cube shaping shell can be understood as, and its angle is greater than the pendulum angle of handle.In a kind of special embodiment, the pendulum angle of handle is 90 degree, and greater than 90 degree, especially between 100 degree were spent to 120, for example 110 spent the pendulum angle of ice cube shaping shell at this.Be that transmission device not only can be constructed like this, feasible motion with handle is delivered on the ice cube shaping shell, and can construct like this, make and realize a kind of conversion, thereby for example can realize also that by the short distance motion of handle ice cube shaping shell is turned to the attitude of dishing out fully from its perfusion position attitude.
Handle not only can be used at least one ice cube shaping shell is swung to an attitude of dishing out from its perfusion position attitude usually, and can be used for twisting flexible ice cube shaping shell angledly, thereby the ice cube forming pockets correspondingly is out of shape, the ice cube that freezes with extrusion.Especially aspect this distortion of flexible ice cube shaping shell, the pendulum angle conversion from handle to ice cube shaping shell can suit.Thus, also can arrange, the bigger swing angular transition of handle is become the little pendulum angle of ice cube shaping shell, in order to bigger torque can be applied on the flexible ice cube shaping shell.
In one embodiment, transmission device can have the first transmission converting unit of endurance curves track and the second transmission converting unit of the curve track follower that carrying is moved along curve track.This transmission device may be embodied as the curve transmission device thus.With the acting in conjunction of the shape of curve track follower and position in, the profile of curve track and trend are determined the transmission of torque of transmission device and the mode of conversion.
The first transmission converting unit can be connected with handle.The first transmission converting unit especially can not have with handle with relatively rotating and is connected.Alternatively or replenish ground, this curve track can have sloping surface is set.This slope may be embodied in the rotation direction of handle extends.Alternatively or replenish ground, angle of rotation extend through that this curve track can the thorny handle in circular arc ground.This curve track especially can have angle of rotation extend through of spacing ground, the thorny handle in circular arc ground with the rotation of handle.The curve track of therefore, transmission converting unit can be understood as worm screw helical pitch (Schneckengang) or lead (Gewindegang) one section.By the shape of curve track, can realize the torque change curve of variation and/or the conversion ratio of variation with respect to the pendulum angle of implementing of handle.In addition, torque change curve and/or conversion influence than shape that can be by the curve track follower and position or structurally control.
The second transmission converting unit can be connected with the ice cube shell that is shaped, especially do not have with ice cube shaping shell with relatively rotating be connected, and have the dish around the rotation motion of ice cube shaping shell, the rotation of curve track follower and ice cube shaping shell has spacing ground to extend from this dish on the direction of the rotation of ice cube shaping shell.The distance of the rotation of curve track follower and ice cube shaping shell or the rotation of dish is determined decreased food, and this decreased food determines to be applied to the torque on the ice cube shaping shell.
This dish can have circular arc ground around the slotted hole of an angle of rotation extend through of ice cube shaping shell, and the tenon that is embedded in this slotted hole can be rigidly fixed on this device.By the tenon that is embedded in the slotted hole, ice cube shaping shell can be fixed in its height and position with respect to the housing of device.Because this dish swings to the attitude of dishing out or during an attitude pendulum of dishing out is got back to the attitude of perfusion position from perfusion position attitude at ice cube shaping shell and rotates, the circular port that is complementary with the cross section of tenon is also not enough, but slotted hole must be crossed the pendulum angle extension of ice cube shaping shell, thereby the desirable motion of ice cube shaping shell is not blocked by tenon.
In one embodiment, handle can be on this device, especially be connected at the front plate upper support of device and with back-moving spring on being supported on this device, this back-moving spring is configured to make the handle in the attitude of dishing out that manually swings to ice cube shaping shell to move automatically and turns back in its initial position, in this initial position, ice cube shaping shell is arranged in perfusion position attitude again.By the manual movement of handle from the perfusion position attitude of ice cube shaping shell to an attitude of dishing out, back-moving spring is by manual pretension.After user's release handle, the back-moving spring of pretension can be applied on handle or the ice cube shaping shell like this, make handle and ice cube shaping shell automatically but especially have external energy input ground again motion turn back to initial position, be in the perfusion position attitude of ice cube shaping shell.Handle and/or ice cube shaping shell can be provided with stop handle undesirably return the damping brake device that bumps fast.
Back-moving spring can be configured on device, especially on back wall or the helix torsion spring of front plate upper support of device.Ice cube shaping shell for example can have pivot, and for shell that ice cube is shaped is bearing in the device swingably, this pivot is bearing in the hole or space of wall section, especially in the hole or space of the back wall of the housing of device.Back-moving spring can have a spring spiral section and two spring legs.Spring leg can be made of the wire ends of two perks of spring spiral section.The spring spiral section can be sleeved on the pivot of ice cube shaping shell.A spring leg can prop up ice cube shaping shell and support, and another spring leg can prop up housing, wall section especially device or back wall supports.
Alternatively or replenish ground, back-moving spring can be arranged between the housing and handle of device.In this embodiment, back-moving spring also can have a spring spiral section and two spring legs.Spring leg can be made of the wire ends of two perks of spring spiral section equally.A spring leg can prop up handle and support, and another spring leg can prop up housing, wall section especially device or the handle acceptance division supports.
Such as already mentioned, should have the housing that has sidewall for the manufacture of the device of ice cube.Water tank can be bearing on the last seamed edge of these sidewalls.Alternatively or replenish ground, at least one sidewall of housing can be provided with recess for forming the hand groove, and this recess configuration is used to manual taking-up water tank and vacates a bottom stage of water tank.By the hand groove of at least one sidewall structure extension on seamed edge on the housing at housing, although water tank is sleeved on the housing, the bottom stage of water tank still keeps and can touch, thereby can be simultaneously manually catches water tank from opposed two sides on the upper side of water tank and the bottom stage exposed.If water tank has handle, the hand groove can be arranged in the zone of this handle, thereby can catch handle when being sleeved on water tank on the housing.
Water tank can have the housing that is provided with through hole.Water tank especially can have the housing that is provided with such through hole, and this through hole is in the position of water tank seamed edge upper support on for the manufacture of the sidewall of the housing of the device of ice cube above the recess that opens wide at the edge in the sidewall of housing.Described hand groove is made of the recess that the edge opens wide thus.If water tank has the handle of through hole type, the hand groove can be arranged in the zone of this through hole, thereby can pass this through hole when being sleeved on water tank on the housing.
In order to pour at least one ice cube forming pockets, water tank can have the diapire that has opening, and this opening can be by being bearing in the tilt valve sealing on the diapire swingably.Water tank is arranged to such an extent that be higher than ice cube shaping shell.Water tank especially can be bearing on the housing of ice maker.If the tilt valve that can swing is arranged in its open position, the water of deposit in water tank can flow out by described at least one opening automatically owing to gravity.In the closed position of tilt valve, stop water to flow out from water tank.Replace unique opening, water tank can have two or more openings.Water tank especially can have the opening with the row that is configured in the ice cube forming pockets in the ice cube shaping shell or row as much.In one embodiment, water tank has two openings that can be sealed by independent tilt valve respectively.Tilt valve can have the reception dish, and the annular seal that is close on the cocked bead of the opening in the closed position is bearing in this reception dish.
Tilt valve can have rocking lever, and this rocking lever has at least one and remains on pivot in the bearing liner plate that is connected with the diapire of water tank.By the bearing liner plate of water tank, rocking lever can snap on the water tank swingably.This has simplified the assembling of tilt valve.Rocking lever can have first lever arm of being close to the opening of water tank in the closed position.Rocking lever can have especially and opposed second lever arm of first lever arm.Between the diapire of second lever arm and water tank, can launch a spring, especially leaf spring or spring spiral.
Water tank and/or the tilt valve that is connected with water tank or rocking lever can have tilt valve, especially rocking lever is tightened to spring, especially leaf spring or the spring spiral in the position of sealing opening in advance.This spring, especially leaf spring can with tilt valve or rocking lever single type ground structure.
In a kind of special embodiment, in other words, the ice cube mould is rotatably supported on the end face side of ice maker inside, wherein, on first direction, for example in the zone in drawer front, can arrange according to handle mechanism of the present invention.On opposed direction, for example in the zone of drawer back wall, can arrange first back-moving spring, helix torsion spring especially, this back-moving spring is because distortion power turns back in the initial position ice cube mould.End face side ground can be arranged in plastic wheel, for example disk on the ice cube mould on the direction in drawer front, and wherein, this plastic wheel has protuberance or lug boss and slotted hole.This slotted hole is used for protection ice cube mould when operating grip mechanism in order to avoid make progress, because the supporting arrangement of ice cube mould is open upwards.Be configured on the plastic wheel protuberance always on function and shape be in curve disc that correspondingly being shaped of handle mechanism sealedly and be connected, wherein, by operating grip mechanism, curve disc for example can vertically be moved to the water tank direction, and plastic wheel is owing to the relative configurations of curve disc is placed in the rotation, wherein, the ice cube mould moves in the final position.In the final position, the ice cube mould in Background Region with ice maker on stopper section collision.If the front area of ice cube mould is rotated further, ice cube mold distortion, and ice cube so gets loose out from mould and drops into and takes out in the shell.The handle of handle mechanism can be by back-moving spring, especially helix torsion spring automatically returns in the initial position.
The perfusion of ice cube mould is undertaken by one the case.The outlet valve that has a water conservation prevents from dripping during for example from kitchen faucet to the ice maker transport of water that is arranged in the family expenses refrigerating appliance at water tank.Having handle mechanism according to handle of the present invention causes for ice cube turning to from rotatablely moving of getting loose out of mould.This ice maker as an integral body be placed in the shell, in the cooling thing drawer of for example family expenses refrigerating appliance.This ice maker may be embodied to and can be taken out fully by the user.
Can apply more power when needed to the rotating mechanism of ice cube mould, when for example the quantity of ice cube to be formed is bigger by handle mechanism.Can be by vibration damping, for example to avoid damage by the power transmission that handle mechanism carries out.
The invention still further relates to a kind of ice maker, but in this ice maker, be provided with the water tank for the modular taking-up of perfusion ice cube mould.This water tank can have the kayser protuberance, this kayser protuberance connects by clamping (Schnapp)-kayser when water tank being pushed in the set drawer and ice maker is permanently connected, wherein, clamping-kayser connection releasably is configured to take off by corresponding pressure-loaded.
Ice maker is at water tank, especially can have at least one valve between discharge outlet and the ice cube shell.This valve can be provided with out water conservation and/or sealing lip, avoids water to discharge when transportation thus.Valve is arranged on the water tank and can be bearing in swingably in the fixture of hook-type.Valve can keep sealing by integrated leaf spring or spring spiral.The switching mechanism of valve can unclamp in being inserted into ice maker afterwards, and the water in the water tank can flow in the ice cube mould.The capacity of water tank can be complementary with the receiving ability of ice cube mould.
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Fig. 1 has the three-dimensional view of the exemplary family expenses refrigerating appliance of freezer drawer;
Fig. 2 a had the three-dimensional view according to the exemplary freezer drawer of ice maker of the present invention before ice maker is encased in the freezer drawer;
In the position of Fig. 2 b ice maker in being encased in freezer drawer, have according to ice maker of the present invention, according to the freezer drawer three-dimensional view of Fig. 2 a;
Fig. 3 is according to the exploded view of ice maker of the present invention;
Fig. 4 a with the corresponding position of attitude, perfusion position of ice cube shaping shell in, according to the three-dimensional view according to handle of the present invention of the ice maker of Fig. 3;
Fig. 4 b with the corresponding position of an attitude of dishing out of ice cube shaping shell in, according to the three-dimensional view according to handle of the present invention of the ice maker of Fig. 3;
Fig. 5 is according to the view of cutting open of the solid of transmission device of the present invention;
Fig. 6 a is in the attitude of ice cube shaping shell perfusion position, according to the view of cutting open of ice maker solid of the present invention;
Fig. 6 b is in ice cube shaping shell is dished out an attitude, according to the view of cutting open of ice maker solid of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is according to the three-dimensional view of water tank of the present invention; With
Fig. 8 have tilt valve, according to the sectional view of the water tank of Fig. 7.
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Fig. 1 illustrates exemplary family expenses refrigerating appliance 1, has refrigerating chamber 3 and refrigerating chamber 5.Refrigerating chamber 5 arranges and will leave the temperature that wherein cooling thing is cooled to be lower than the freezing point of water in, especially up to negative 18 degrees centigrade temperature.Shown in refrigerating chamber 5 in, for example can arrange three freezer drawer 7a, 7b, 7c with pulling out.
As shown in Figure 3, ice maker 11 has the device 25 for the manufacture of ice cube.Device 25 comprises housing 27 and at least one in addition in perfusion position attitude and dishes out and is bearing in ice cube shaping shell 29 in the device 25 between the attitude swingably.Exemplary perfusion position attitude is shown in Fig. 6 a.An exemplary attitude of dishing out is shown in Fig. 6 b.Housing 27 has three sidewall 31a, 31b, 31c.In an illustrated embodiment, sidewall 29c has the recess 33 that the edge opens wide.As shown in the figure, recess 33 can form by the wall section of inwardly tumbling of sidewall 31c.In an illustrated embodiment, ice cube shaping shell 29 has a plurality of ice cube forming pockets 35 of two rows.Each single ice cube forming pockets 35 is as the mould of making single ice cube.Storage device 37 is used for depositing the ice cube of dishing out from ice cube shaping shell.In an illustrated embodiment, storage device 37 is configured to removable and/or telescopic drawer, and this drawer is bearing on the device 25 under ice cube shaping shell 29.
Be bearing in the top of device 25 for the water tank 39 that pours at least one ice cube forming pockets 35 with water.Ice maker 11 has the manually operated handle 41 of wanting.Handle 41 is bearing on the front plate 43 that is connected with the housing 27 that installs 25 swingably.In an illustrated embodiment, handle 41 is made of two handle arms 45a and 45b, and the free end of these handle arms connects by handlebar stem 47.Behind handlebar stem 47, structure proficiency groove 49 in front plate 43.Hand groove 49 can correspondingly be constructed with the handle bar 21 of freezer drawer 7a on moulding and size.In ice maker 11 is encased in position among the freezer drawer 7a, the handle bar 21 complementary front appearance that become to link up of hand groove 49 and freezer drawer 7a.
As shown in Fig. 4 a, the first transmission converting unit 51a has curve track 53.The first transmission converting unit 51a is connected rigidly with handle 41.For this reason, the first transmission converting unit 51a has two liner plates 55 that respectively have a receiving port 57, wherein, kayser one pivot 59 respectively in each receiving port 57, this pivot respectively with the proficiency shaft arm 45a of handle 41,45b connects.Curve track is connected with handle 41 nothings with regard to this respect with relatively rotating.Curve track 53 has the surface on the upwardly extending slope, side of a rotation D who is provided with at handle 41.In addition, curve track 53 has the rotation D of spacing ground, the thorny handle 41 in circular arc ground to extend an angle with the rotation D of handle.If handle 41 is shown the attitude of dishing out from perfusion position attitude shown in Fig. 4 a, ice cube shaping shell 29, so handle 41 and and thus curve track 53 also move in the position shown in Fig. 4 b, this position roughly is equivalent to half of total pendulum angle of handle 41.
As from seeing in the overview of the transmission device 51 Fig. 5, handle 41 is around supporting swingably with the rotation D of the different sensings of axis of oscillation S of ice cube shaping shell 29.In an illustrated embodiment, handle 41 winds the rotation D that points to perpendicular to the axis of oscillation S of ice cube shaping shell 29 and supports swingably.For the driving torque of the rotation D effect that will import to handle 41 in the transmission device 51, thorny by the manual operation of handle 41 convert to swing ice cube shaping shell 29, around the driving torque of the axis of oscillation S of ice cube shaping shell 29 effect, construct transmission device 51.
For can with around the transmission of torque of rotation D effect to ice cube shaping shell 29, the first transmission converting unit 51a and handle 41 are permanently connected.In an illustrated embodiment, the first transmission converting unit 51a has the supporting body 61 that is configured to shell portion basically.Supporting body 61 is implemented with liner plate 55 single type ground.Liner plate 55 plays swing handle, and this swing handle is around rotation D rotation and shell portion is swung at a circuit orbit.Outer surface at shell portion is arranged curve track 53.The surface of curve track 53 is in respect to rotation D in the radial direction all the time.Additionally, the surface of curve track 53 and rotation D have spirality ground, radial spacing ground to twine around rotation D.The second transmission converting unit 51b slides at curve track 53.The second transmission converting unit 51b is permanently connected with the ice cube shaping shell 29 that can swing.
In an illustrated embodiment, the second transmission converting unit 51b is configured to curve track follower 63.For this reason, curve track follower 63 is arranged on the surface sensing curve track 53 of dish 65, especially circular.Curve track follower 63 protrudes to the direction of curve track 53 from coiling 65 surface.Curve track follower 63 can for example be made of cylindrical tenon as shown in the figure.
If handle 41 swings to the position shown in Fig. 4 b from the position shown in Fig. 4 a, curve track 53 moves upward so.Between this moving period, curve track follower 63 slides into the final position 69 shown in Fig. 4 a from original position 67 shown in Fig. 4 a, on the curve track 53.The motion of curve track follower 63 makes dish 65 rotate around axis of oscillation S.Be permanently connected with ice cube shaping shell 29 because coil 65, the perfusion position attitude from it turns to its attitude of dishing out ice cube shaping shell 29 because it is bearing in the housing 27 swingably.Fig. 5 illustrates dish 65 and ice cube shaping shell 29 position in perfusion position attitude and the transition position attitude between the attitude of dishing out thus.Original perfusion position attitude is shown specifically in Fig. 6 a.Can also be clear that here handle 41 is arranged in the not initial position of operation.An attitude of dishing out is shown specifically in Fig. 6 b.Here can also know and find out that handle 41 is arranged in the final position of having operated in this case.
As seeing that from Fig. 3 is clear like that, in the present embodiment, dish 65 extends the slotted hole 71 of an angle around the rotation of ice cube shaping shell 29 with also having circular arc.Fix or be configured with tenon 75 at the crossbeam 73 that a sidewall 31a with housing 27 is connected with another sidewall 31c of housing 27.Tenon 75 is connected rigidly with device 25 thus.Tenon 75 passes slotted hole 71 and stretches out, as shown in Figure 3.Pass slotted hole 71 by tenon 75 and stretch out, prevent from coiling 65 and prevent that thus ice cube shaping shell 29 is with respect to axis of oscillation S offset movement radially.Simultaneously owing to be embodied as slotted hole 71, can realization dish 65 and ice cube shaping shell 29 rotate in the clear around axis of oscillation S.
Fig. 7 illustrates water tank 39 separately.Water tank 39 comprises hollow component 81 in addition, receives water in the cavity of this hollow component.This hollow component constitutes at least one hydroecium that is provided with bottom side openings 91 (Fig. 8).Opening 91 is worked in the diapire 89 of water tank 39 thus.In an illustrated embodiment, diapire 89 is to the inclination that is directed downwards of opening 91, especially be configured to funnel shaped, thereby at least almost entirely emptying of hydroecium.
In the present embodiment, in water tank 39, be provided with two openings 91 that can be sealed by a tilt valve 95 respectively.Be shown specifically a kind of embodiment of tilt valve 95 among Fig. 8.This tilt valve 95 is bearing on the diapire 89 of water tank 39 swingably.For this reason, tilt valve 95 can have rocking lever 97 as shown in the figure, and this rocking lever has at least one and remains on pivot pin 99 in the bearing liner plate 101 that is connected with the diapire 89 of water tank 39.
The hollow component 81 of water tank 39 can have through hole 105 as shown in Figure 7.As being shown specifically among Fig. 3, this through hole 105 can be at the sidewall 31a of water tank 39 at the housing 27 of device 25,31b, (Fig. 3) is in recess 33 tops that the edge opens wide in the position of the last seamed edge upper support of 31c, thereby the water tank 39 that is sleeved on the device 25 can be held recess 33 and takes off from installing 25 by user's hand from below.
In an illustrated embodiment, water tank 39 also has as shown in Figure 7 and covers 107, and this lid is bearing on the hollow component 81 swingably, and this lid has seal section 109, the water filling port 111 of sealing section closed tank 39 in the detent position of lid 107.In addition, lid 107 also can have on shape and size the breach 113 with through hole 105 couplings, thereby under the situations of lid 107 sealings, although it is overlapping to cover 107 size and through hole 105, through hole 105 is still vacated, and is passed in order to point.
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1 family expenses refrigerating appliance
3 refrigerating chambers
5 refrigerating chambers
7a, 7b, 7c freezer drawer
9 receiving areas
11 ice makers
13 diapires
15a, the 15b sidewall
17 back walls
19 drawer fronts
21 handle bars
23 breach
25 devices
27 housings
29 ice cube shaping shells
31a, 31b, 31c sidewall
33 recesses
35 ice cube forming pockets
37 storage devices
39 water tanks
41 handles
43 front plate
45a, the 45b handle arms
47 handlebar stems
49 hand grooves
51 transmission devices
The 51a first transmission converting unit
The 51b second transmission converting unit
53 curve tracks
55 liner plates
57 receiving ports
59 pivots
61 supporting bodies
63 curve track followers
65 dishes
67 original positions
69 final positions
71 slotted holes
73 crossbeams
75 tenons
77 first back-moving springs
79 second back-moving springs
81 hollow components
89 diapires
91 openings
95 tilt valve
97 rocking levers
99 pivot pins
101 bearing liner plates
103 springs
105 through holes
107 lids
109 seal sections
111 water filling ports
113 breach
Claims (15)
1. for the manufacture of the ice maker of ice cube, have: for the manufacture of the device (25) of ice cube, in perfusion position attitude and dish out and be bearing in swingably between the attitude in this device (25), ice cube shaping shell (29) with at least one ice cube forming pockets (35), be used for pouring into water the water tank (39) of this at least one ice cube forming pockets (35), with the storage device (37) that is used for depositing the ice cube of dishing out from ice cube shaping shell (29), it is characterized in that, described ice maker (11) has can manually operated handle (41) and with the transmission device (51) of this handle (41) with ice cube shaping shell (29) coupling of supporting swingably, and this transmission device is delivered to the motion of handle (41) on the ice cube shaping shell (29).
2. according to the ice maker of claim 1, it is characterized in that, described handle (41) is around point to different with the axis of oscillation (S) of ice cube shaping shell (29), especially the rotation (D) that points to perpendicular to the axis of oscillation (S) of ice cube shaping shell (29) supports swingably, and described transmission device (51) is configured to the manual operation by handle (41) is imported in the transmission device (51), the driving torque of rotation (D) effect of thorny handle (41) converts to ice cube shaping shell (29) is swung, driving torque around the effect of the axis of oscillation (S) of ice cube shaping shell (29).
3. according to the ice maker of claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, described transmission device (51) has at least one transmission converting unit, and (51a, 51b), described transmission converting unit converts the pendulum angle of handle (41) to the different pendulum angle of ice cube shaping shell (29).
4. according to the ice maker of claim 3, it is characterized in that described transmission device (51) has the first transmission converting unit (51a) of endurance curves track (53) and carries along the second transmission converting unit (51b) of the curve track follower (63) of curve track (53) motion.
5. according to the ice maker of claim 4, it is characterized in that, the described first transmission converting unit (51a) is connected with handle (41), especially do not have with handle (41) and be connected with relatively rotating, described curve track (53) has the surface that is provided with on the upwardly extending slope, side of the rotation (D) of handle (41), and the rotation (D) of described curve track (53) and handle (41) has the rotation (D) of spacing ground, the circular arc thorny handle in ground (41) to extend an angle.
6. according to the ice maker of claim 4 or 5, it is characterized in that, the described second transmission converting unit (51b) is connected with ice cube shaping shell (29), especially do not have with ice cube shaping shell (29) and be connected with relatively rotating, and have the dish (65) around rotation (S) motion of ice cube shaping shell (29), described curve track follower (63) has spacing ground to extend from this dish on the direction of the rotation (S) of ice cube shaping shell (29) with the rotation (S) of ice cube shaping shell (29).
7. according to the ice maker of claim 6, it is characterized in that, described dish (65) has circular arc ground and extends the slotted hole (71) of an angle around the rotation (S) of ice cube shaping shell (29), and a tenon (75) that is embedded in the described slotted hole (71) is rigidly fixed on the described device (25).
8. according to each ice maker in the claim 1 to 7, it is characterized in that, described handle (41) goes up at described device (25), especially front plate (43) upper support of device (25) and be supported on that this device (25) is gone up or front plate (43) on back-moving spring (77,79) connect, described back-moving spring is configured to make the handle (41) in the attitude of dishing out that manually swings to ice cube shaping shell (29) to move automatically and turns back in its initial position, in this initial position, ice cube shaping shell (29) is arranged in perfusion position attitude again.
9. ice maker according to Claim 8 is characterized in that, described back-moving spring (77,79) is configured to go up at described device (25), especially at the helix torsion spring of front plate (43) upper support of back wall (17) or this device (25).
10. according to each ice maker in the claim 1 to 9, it is characterized in that, this device (25) for the manufacture of ice cube has the sidewall of having (31a, 31b, housing 31c) (27), water tank (39) are bearing on the last seamed edge of described sidewall, at least one sidewall (31a of described housing (27), 31b 31c) is provided with recess (33) in order to form hand groove (49), and this recess configuration is used to manual taking-up water tank and vacates a bottom stage of water tank (39).
11. according to each ice maker in the claim 1 to 10, it is characterized in that, described water tank (39) has housing, this housing is provided with through hole (105), especially be provided with such through hole (105): this through hole at water tank (39) in that (31a, 31b are in the sidewall (31a of housing (27) in the position of last seamed edge upper support 31c) for the manufacture of the sidewall of the housing (27) of the device (25) of ice cube, 31b, one of 31c) recess (33) top opened wide, the edge in.
12. according to each ice maker in the claim 1 to 11, it is characterized in that, the water tank (39) that is used at least one ice cube forming pockets (35) of perfusion has the opening of having (91,93) diapire (89), described opening can be by being bearing in tilt valve (95) sealing on the diapire (89) swingably.
13. the ice maker according to claim 12 is characterized in that, described tilt valve (95) has rocking lever (97), and this rocking lever has at least one and remains on pivot pin (99) in the bearing liner plate (101) that is connected with the diapire (89) of water tank (39).
14. the ice maker according to claim 12 or 13 is characterized in that, described water tank (39) has tilt valve (95), especially rocking lever (97) is tightened to spring (103), especially leaf spring or the spring spiral in the position of the described opening of sealing (91,93) in advance.
15. the family expenses refrigerating appliance has according to each ice maker (11) in the claim 1 to 14.
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