CN106257171A - Ice pan in ice making equipment and the method for generation ice - Google Patents
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Abstract
According to embodiment, a kind of refrigerator including ice pan, including: main body, including food storage space；Door, is arranged in main body and is configured to open and close food storage space；And ice making equipment, it is arranged in food storage space, wherein, ice making equipment includes: housing, including being limited at cooling space therein；Cooling unit, is configured to cool down cooling space；And Icemaker assembly, it is placed in cooling space and is configured to produce ice cube, Icemaker assembly includes: ice pan, has the ice making space of multiple independent definition and is manufactured by disposable stamped metal；And water supplying unit, it being configured to feed water into ice making space, water supplying unit includes: supply pipe, is configured to supply water to Icemaker assembly；And feed pipe, it being attached to supply pipe and be placed on ice pan extending with the longitudinal direction along ice pan, multiple water supply holes are formed at the position corresponding with ice making space in feed pipe so that water is fed to corresponding ice making space by corresponding water supply hole.
Description
Cross-Reference to Related Applications
10-2015-0086165 korean patent application that the application submitted to based on June 17th, 2015 also requires it
Priority, the disclosure of this korean patent application is herein incorporated by quoting entirety.
Technical field
It relates to ice pan, the refrigerator including ice pan and the method manufacturing ice pan.
Background technology
Refrigerator is the device for storing food at a lower temperature, and can be configured at freezing state or cold preservation shape
Food is stored under state.Decision in a cold or frozen state or to store food under frozen state and can depend on to be stored
The kind of food.
The inside of refrigerator is cooled down by the cold air of supply, wherein, and generally (wrapping based on kind of refrigeration cycle by cold-producing medium
Include compression, condense, expand and evaporate) temperature exchange effect to produce cold air.It is fed to the cold air of refrigerator inside
Can to be distributed in refrigerator by convection current.Therefore, the article within refrigerator can be stored in desired temperature.
Refrigerator generally includes the main body with the rectangular shape that front side is opened wide.Cold room (example can be set within main body
As, refrigerating space, cold preservation position, refrigerator etc.) and refrigerating chamber (such as, reefer space, freezing position, freezer
Deng).On the front side of main body or front surface, can be provided for selectively closing and opening the cold preservation of cold room and refrigerating chamber
Room door and refrigerating chamber door.Can be provided for different types of food in the interior storage space of cold room and refrigerating chamber
It is stored in multiple drawers, shelf and the container of desired state.
As usual, the refrigerator of main flow is top mount type refrigerator, its have be positioned at the upside of refrigerator or the refrigerating chamber on top with
And it is positioned at the downside of refrigerator or the cold room of bottom.Market the most available bottom freeze type refrigerator.Bottom freeze type refrigerator can
To improve the convenience of user, wherein, the cold room more frequently used is positioned at the top of refrigerator, and rarely needed
Refrigerating chamber is positioned at the bottom of refrigerator.Having an advantage in that, user can be conveniently used cold room.But, work as user
When using refrigerating chamber, bottom freeze type refrigerator (wherein, refrigerating chamber is positioned at bottom or downside) can cause following inconvenience,
User generally has to bend over to open refrigerating chamber door (such as, taking out ice cube, food etc.).
The tradition solving the problem above in bottom freeze type refrigerator attempts including: in some embodiments, at cold room
Or refrigerating-chamber door is installed a point ice device (ice dispenser).In this fashion, the inside of refrigerating-chamber door or cold room can
To be provided with the ice maker producing ice.
Ice making equipment may include that Icemaker assembly, be provided with for produce ice cube (such as, including cube, cylinder,
Hemispherical etc. variously-shaped)；Ice bucket, stored ice；And feeder assembly, the ice cube supply that will be stored in ice bucket
To allotter.
In traditional ice pan, the upper surface of disk body forms the multiple ice making space that can keep water.At disk body one
Being formed on individual surface can be by the feed water inlet of water distribution to ice making space.Distribution channel is formed between ice making space.Therefore,
Ice making space is connected to each other in the way of allowing water to flow between ice making space.Correspondingly, supplied by feed water inlet
An ice making space that water is supplied in ice making space and be distributed to next ice making space by each in supply flume.
As a result, ice making space is supplied water.
But, in traditional ice pan, supply flume is typically provided between ice making space, and some water of result are generally protected
Hold in supply flume.As a result, the ice cube produced in ice pan can have not only with ice making space but also corresponding with supply flume
Shape.That is, it is understood that there may be following potential problems, i.e. the ice cube produced in traditional ice pan is formed has that
These multiple ice cubes connected or the monolithic of ice cubes.
In order to solve this problem, in ice making equipment, generally it is provided for cutting into monolithic the cutter unit of each ice cube.
But, even if the ice cube forming monolithic is cut unit cutting, the ice cube obtained or the size and dimension of ice cubes are likely to
Uneven.
Furthermore, traditional ice pan is generally manufactured by the method melting and injecting aluminum.When injecting forming method,
Intensity and the mechanical performance of product generally only could be maintained when the thickness of aluminum is about 2mm or thicker.But, such as fruit ice
The thickness of dish increases, then there are the potential problems that the rate of heat exchange of ice pan reduces.Furthermore, aluminum inject forming method exist with
Lower problem, i.e. aftertreatment technology is complicated and is difficult to carry out cleaning.
Summary of the invention
Disclosure offer can produce the ice cube of multiple separation or the ice pan of the ice cube of ice cubes form.Furthermore, the disclosure carries
For the method that can be easily manufactured ice pan.Additionally, the disclosure provides the refrigerator including ice pan, this refrigerator can be equal by water
It is fed to ice pan evenly.
According to an embodiment, refrigerator includes: main body, including food storage space；Door, is arranged in main body and is joined
It is set to open and close food storage space；And ice making equipment, it is arranged in food storage space.Ice making equipment includes:
Matrix or housing, including being limited at cooling space therein；Cooling unit, is configured to cool down cooling space；With
And Icemaker assembly, it is placed in cooling space, and is configured to produce ice cube.Icemaker assembly includes: ice pan, has multiple
The ice making space of independent definition；And water supplying unit, it is configured to feed water into ice making space.Ice pan can be by one
Secondary property stamped metal manufactures.Water supplying unit includes: supply pipe, is configured to supply water to Icemaker assembly；And supply
Water pipe, is connected to supply pipe, and is placed in along ice pan extension on ice pan, and feed pipe includes being formed at and ice making space
Multiple water supply holes of corresponding position so that water is supplied to corresponding ice making space by corresponding water supply hole.
In one embodiment, along with water supply hole distance supply Guan Yueyuan, the diameter of water supply hole becomes the biggest.It is configured to
The heater adding hot water supplying pipe can be to be arranged on feed pipe in the way of the periphery of feed pipe.It is configured to prevent from adding
The heater waterproof case of hot device contact water can be to be arranged on heater in the way of the periphery of heater and feed pipe
Outside.
In one embodiment, the ice pan of ice making equipment may include that disk body, is configured to supply the ice making sky keeping water
Between；And multiple spaced walls, upwardly extend from the basal surface of disk body and be configured to be defined to ice making space multiple independence
Ice making space, wherein, disk body and spaced walls are made up of metal material, and are manufactured by disposable punch process.Dish
Body and spaced walls can be made up of the material selecting from rustless steel, copper and copper alloy.
In an illustrative embodiments, the method producing ice includes: the water being used for automatically supplying pipe fills ice pan, supply
Pipe has the hole of the ice making space of alignment ice pan；Cold air is fed to ice pan and water；And by the ice cube of generation from ice pan
Discharge.The method can also include: from feed pipe, water is fed to supply pipe.In one embodiment, it is fed to ice making
The quantitative change of the water in space obtains uniformly.The method can also include: heating supply pipe and feed pipe are in case stagnant ice blocks each confession
Give pipe and feed pipe.Heater waterproof case can be used to reduce the steam with heater contacts.Can also heat ice pan with
It is easy to discharge ice cube.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the perspective view of the ice pan according to an aspect of this disclosure.
Fig. 2 is provided with including the front view of the refrigerator of the ice making equipment of the ice pan of diagram in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is provided in Fig. 2 the decomposition diagram of the ice making equipment in the refrigerator of diagram.
Fig. 4 is the side view of the ice making equipment of diagram in Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is for explaining that water is supplied in Fig. 4 the diagram of the structure of the ice pan of the ice making equipment of diagram by it.
Fig. 6 is the flow chart of the method for diagram ice making (ice pan such as, illustrated in fig. 2 is medium).
Detailed description of the invention
Reference will now be made in detail to now preferred embodiment, illustrate the example of preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings.Although will be in conjunction with preferably
Embodiment describes the present invention, it is to be understood that preferred embodiment is not intended to limit the invention to these embodiments.
But, on the contrary, it is intended to contain can be included in the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in appended claims it
Interior replacement, modification and equivalence.Furthermore, the present invention described in detail below in, elaborate that a large amount of detail is to carry
For the thorough explanation to the present invention.But, to those skilled in the art it will be apparent that do not having these to have
In the case of body details, it is also possible to put into practice the present invention.In other cases, do not describe in detail known method, step,
Component and circuit, to prevent the aspect unnecessarily making the present invention unclear.
In the following detailed description, referring to the drawings (part for accompanying drawing formation presents).Accompanying drawing, claims
And the illustrative embodiment described in describing in detail is not intended to become restriction.Without departing from purport presented herein
In the case of spirit or scope, it is possible to use other embodiments, and may be made that other change.
Hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings to be more fully described one or more exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, wherein,
One or more embodiment of the disclosure easily can be determined by those skilled in the art.As those skilled in the art will
Recognize, without departing from the spirit or the scope of the present disclosure, description can be revised with various different methods
Exemplary embodiment, the disclosure is not limited to exemplary embodiment described herein.
Noting, accompanying drawing is schematic and not necessarily illustrates by size.Relative size and the ratio of the part in accompanying drawing are permissible
Its size is exaggerated or reduces, and preliminary dimension is only exemplary rather than restrictive.Identical reference is specified
In two or more accompanying drawings, the identical structure of diagram, element or part are to show similar characteristic.
The exemplary embodiment of the disclosure can illustrate in greater detail the example embodiment of the disclosure.As a result, there is accompanying drawing
Other embodiments of various modification be expected.Correspondingly, exemplary embodiment is not limited to region specific of diagram
Form, such as, include the amendment to form by manufacture.
Fig. 1 is the perspective view of the ice pan according to an aspect of this disclosure.Seeing Fig. 1, ice pan 10 provides ice making space
13, in ice making space 13, water is phased-changed into ice cube.The shape of the ice cube produced in ice making space 13 can correspond to
The shape of ice making space 13.Specifically, ice pan 10 includes: disk body 11, has and is formed on for keeping water many
The upper surface of individual ice making space 13；And multiple spaced walls 12, vertically extending from the basal surface of disk body 11.Between
Next door 12 is placed between ice making space 13, so that ice making space 13 to be defined to the separate space separated.Eliminate traditional
The supply flume that multiple ice making space are interconnected.
Ice making space 13 can have and is of a variety of shapes, all shapes as illustrated, cube, cylinder, star
With heart etc..
Along with the conductivity of ice pan 10 becomes higher, ice pan 10 becomes able to improve the rate of heat exchange between water and cold air,
Thus ice pan 10 can serve as a kind of exchanger.Although the most not shown, but ice pan 10 can include for increasing
The cooling rib of the contact area of ice pan 10 and cold air.
Ice pan 10 (that is, disk body 11 and spaced walls 12) can pass through punching press such as rustless steel, copper or the metal of copper alloy
Manufacture.It is formed at the simple structure on the upper surface of disk body 11 owing to ice pan 10 has wherein ice making space 13, therefore energy
Enough manufacture ice pan 10 by processing method for stamping (press work method).Manufactured by processing method for stamping
When ice pan 10, it is possible to simplify manufacturing process, and therefore raising productivity ratio reduces manufacturing cost simultaneously.Furthermore, because of
Cleaning is easily performed for ice pan 10 has simple structure.
It is different from injection forming method (wherein, product needed is thicker to maintain intensity and the mechanical performance of product), punching press
Processing method can manufacture metal product with less thickness.Correspondingly, the ice pan 10 with relatively small thickness can be quick
The energy of cold air is delivered to the water in ice making space 13 by ground.Furthermore, owing to being used for manufacturing the amount of the metal of ice pan 10
Reduce, therefore manufacturing cost can be saved.If use there is the rustless steel of high ductility, copper or copper alloy (rather than have low
Unmanageable aluminum of ductility), then can be easily performed punch process.
Furthermore, if ice pan 10 is by having the rustless steel of relatively high corrosion-resistant or having the pyrite of antibacterial action and make, then with
The ice cube produced by the ice pan be made up of the aluminum comprising harmful material is compared, ice pan 10 ice cube produced
Harm to human body is less.
Describing the ice making equipment for refrigerator, ice making equipment includes ice pan according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is provided with including the front view of the refrigerator of the ice making equipment of the ice pan of diagram in Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is provided in figure
The decomposition diagram of the ice making equipment in the refrigerator of diagram in 2.Fig. 4 is the side view of the ice making equipment of diagram in Fig. 3.
Seeing Fig. 2 to Fig. 4, water can be supplied by ice making equipment 20 including the ice pan 10 according to an embodiment equably
The ice making space 13 of ice pan 10 should be arrived.Ice making equipment 20 may include that housing 100；Cooling unit (not shown), quilt
It is configured to cool down the inside of housing 100；Icemaker assembly 200, ice pan 10 can be installed to Icemaker assembly 200；Ice bucket 320,
The ice cube produced in ice pan 10 is stored in ice bucket 320；And feeding assembly 400, it is configured to supply from ice
The ice cube of bucket 320.
Refrigerator 1 is the example of an embodiment of the refrigerator including main body 2, dividing plate 4, and wherein, main body 2 constitutes shell,
Dividing plate 4 divide be formed at food storage space within main body 2 (such as, room, position, etc.).One food storing
Space includes cold room R, and another food storage space includes lower refrigerating chamber F.Refrigerating-chamber door 3 is arranged on main body 2
The relative edge of front surface along upper, and the spinning movement being configured to refrigerating-chamber door 3 selectively opens and closes
Cold room R.Refrigerating chamber door 5 is configured to the action of refrigerating chamber door 5 to open and close the open front of refrigerating chamber F
Part.In an example embodiment, in the region on the side on the top that ice making equipment 20 is arranged on cold room R.
Ice making equipment 20 may be mounted in one in other positions of cold room R or refrigerating-chamber door 3.Alternatively, ice making
Equipment 20 can also be arranged in refrigerating chamber F.
Within cooling space 105 is formed at housing 100, cooling space 105 includes the ice pan 10 that can produce ice cube.System
Ice assembly 200 can cooling space 105 be built in upside.
Cooling unit is used to cool down cooling space 105.By producing cold air and the cold air of generation being fed to ice
Dish 10, or by making the contacts-side-down of cooling tube (such as, it supplies low-temperature refrigerant) and ice pan 10, cooling is single
Unit can cool down ice pan 10.Cooling unit can include compressor, condenser, expansion valve and the evaporation constituting cooling circulation
Device.Via discharge pipe 310 and cold air guide unit 220, cold air can be fed to ice pan by aerator etc.
10.In one embodiment, cold air is supplied to cool down space 105.
Icemaker assembly 200 may include that ice pan 10；Water supplying unit 210, is configured to feed water into ice pan 10；Cold
Air guide unit 220, is configured to guide the flowing of cold air so that from the cold air of cooling unit supply along ice
The lower surface of dish 10 moves；And rotary unit 230, it is configured to make the ice cube of generation in ice pan 10 fall into and is placed in ice
In ice bucket 320 under dish 10.
Fig. 5 illustrates an embodiment of the structure of the ice pan of the ice making equipment that water is supplied in Fig. 4 illustrate by it.
Seeing Fig. 5, water supplying unit 210 is configured to feed water into ice pan 10.Water supplying unit 210 can include combining
Supply pipe 211 to feed pipe 212.Supply pipe 211 is attached to water source (such as, supply tank, running water pipe etc.), and
It is configured to supply water to Icemaker assembly 200.Feed pipe 212 is placed on ice pan 10 with the longitudinal direction along ice pan 10
Direction extends.Multiple water supply holes 215 are formed at the position corresponding with ice making space 13 in feed pipe 212 so that
Water can be supplied to ice making space 13 by water supply hole 215.
Can enclose with heater 213 for preventing from supplying pipe 211 and the icing of feed pipe 212 and the heater 213 that ruptures
It is attached to supply pipe 211 around supply pipe 211 and the peripheral mode of feed pipe 212.Furthermore, heater waterproof case 214
To be arranged on the outside of heater 213 in the way of the periphery of supply pipe 211 and feed pipe 212.This can will add
Hot device 213 is isolated with steam, is therefore prevented from the accident of such as short circuit etc..
The diameter of water supply hole 215 can be configured so that along with water supply hole 215 is the most remote and become the biggest apart from supply pipe 211.
The water supplied by supply pipe 211 is flowed along feed pipe 212.Water be first supplied to distance supply pipe 211 closer to
Water supply hole 215, is then fed to the water supply hole 215 that distance supply pipe 211 is farther.If the diameter of water supply hole 215 that
This is equal, the most more substantial water be supplied to distance supply pipe 211 closer to water supply hole 215.It is to say, be fed to
The amount of the water of the ice making space 13 of ice pan 10 can be uneven.
On the other hand, if the diameter of water supply hole 215 be arranged to along with water supply hole 215 apart from supply pipe 211 the most remote and
Become the biggest, then the amount of the water being fed to ice making space 13 can become uniform.The diameter of water supply hole 215 can be according to system
The volume in ice space 13, from supply pipe 211 and the amount of the water of feed pipe 212 supply and pressure, the length of feed pipe 212
Etc. arranging.
Cold air guide unit 220 has the function guided by the cold air supplied from cooling unit to the downside of ice pan 10.
Cold air guide unit 220 can be incorporated into discharge pipe 310, and discharge pipe 310 is that cold air supplies institute's warp from cooling unit
The path crossed.Cold air guide unit 220 can include that the cold air being attached at least one surface of discharge pipe 310 is led
Draw part 221 and 222.As illustrated in Figure 4, cold air guide unit 220 can include the upper table from discharge pipe 310
The first cool air guide 221 that face extends and the second cool air guide 222 that the lower surface from discharge pipe 310 extends.
The cold air guided by cool air guide 221 and 222 can be moved to the lower surface of ice pan 10.Due to cold
Air and ice pan 10 heat-shift, therefore the aqueous phase in ice pan 10 becomes ice cube.
Rotary unit 230 may include that electromotor 232；Rotary shaft 231, is attached to ice pan 10 and by electromotor 232
Rotate；And engine housing 233, it is configured to contained therein for electromotor 232.
So, the ice cube of generation can be dropped in the ice bucket 320 being placed under ice pan 10 by rotary unit 230.
Specifically, by the rotation of rotary shaft 231, ice pan 10 can rotate the upper surface so that ice pan 10 towards ice bucket 320.
If ice pan 10 rotates with the angle of special angle or bigger, then the disturbed part of ice pan 10 (not shown) reverses.Due to
This twisting action, is contained in the ice cube in ice pan 10 and can drop in ice bucket 320.
It is alternatively possible to the longitudinal direction along rotary shaft 231 arranges multiple displacer (not shown).In this situation
Under, ice pan 10 is not rotated, and can take out ice cube by the rotation of the displacer of rotary shaft 231 from ice pan 10.
Furthermore, can arrange in ice pan 10 and release ice heater 240 so that releasing ice heater 240 can be in rotary shaft
Ice pan 10 is heated during or before the rotation of 231.By releasing the heat effect of ice heater 240, it is contained in ice pan 10
In ice cube surface melt and separate with ice pan 10.
Feeding assembly 400 can include that the auger 410 being configured to supply ice cube to discharge portion 600 and auger start
Machine 420.Auger 410 can be the revolving part with spiral or helical blade.Auger 410 is by auger electromotor
420 rotate.Within auger 410 is placed in ice bucket 320.The ice cube piled up in ice bucket 320 may be inserted into by spiral or
In the groove that blade limits, it is possible to supply to discharge portion 600.Auger electromotor 420 can be contained in auger and start
Within machine shell 430.
Discharge portion 600 can be incorporated into the allotter (not shown) in be arranged in refrigerating-chamber door 3.According to making
The selection of user, feeding assembly 400 ice cube supplied can distribute to user by allotter.
Effect and the effect of the ice making equipment that include ice pan according to an aspect of this disclosure of refrigerator be will now be described.
In an example embodiment of ice making equipment 20, water can be supplied equably by water supplying unit 210
Ice making space 13 to ice pan 10.Specifically, the water supplied by supply pipe 211 is along the longitudinal direction of feed pipe 212
Direction is moved, and falls into the ice making space 13 being placed under feed pipe 212 via the water supply hole 215 of feed pipe 212
In.Along with water supply hole 215 is the most remote apart from supply pipe 211, the diameter of water supply hole 215 becomes the biggest.Therefore, during unit
The water yield supplying the farther water supply hole 215 of pipe 211 by distance between and supply is supplied by distance than within the unit interval
To pipe 211 closer to water supply hole 215 and the water yield supplied is big.Therefore, the water yield being fed to each ice making space 13 is permissible
Become uniform.
The cold air produced by the effect of compressor, condenser, expansion valve and vaporizer is supplied by discharge pipe 310
To cooling space 105.The cold air of supply can make to be placed in the water freezing comprised in the ice pan 10 within cooling space 105.
In one embodiment, cold air move along the lower surface of ice pan 10 and with the lower surface heat-shift of ice pan 10,
The water freezing in ice pan 10 is thus made to become ice cube.Owing to heater 213 is attached to supply pipe 211 and feed pipe 212, therefore
Being prevented from cold air makes supply pipe 211 and feed pipe 212 freeze and rupture.Furthermore, heater waterproof case 214 prevents
Heater 213 contacts with water.Therefore, it is possible to prevent the generation of short circuit accident.
Fig. 6 is the flow chart of the method for diagram ice making (ice pan such as, illustrated in fig. 2 is medium).An example
Property embodiment in, produce ice method include: be used for automatically supply pipe water fill ice pan, supply pipe there is alignment ice pan
The hole (such as, S610) of ice making space；Cold air is fed to ice pan and water (such as, S620)；The ice that will generate
Block discharges (such as, S630) from ice pan.The method can also include feeding water into supply pipe from feed pipe.A reality
Executing in example, the quantitative change of the water being fed to ice making space obtains uniformly.The method can also include heating supply pipe and feed pipe,
In case stagnant ice blocks each supply pipe and feed pipe.Heater waterproof case can be used to reduce the steam with heater contacts.
Ice pan can also be heated so that discharging ice cube.
Each separate ice cube or ice cubes can be had by the ice cube in the ice making space 13 of spaced walls 12 independent definition
Form.The surface of the ice cube produced in ice pan 10 is melted by the heat effect releasing ice heater 240.As a result, ice cube is easy
Separate with ice pan 10.Thereafter, due to the rotation of rotary shaft 231, ice cube falls down and is deposited in ice bucket 320.
In an illustrative embodiments, in the ice making equipment 20 including the refrigerator of the ice pan 10 according to present example
The ice cube produced has each form separated.It is therefore not necessary to use extra cutting equipment.Furthermore, due to ice cube
Shape can be just the same with the shape of ice making space 13, therefore the outward appearance of ice cube is considered as favorable or beautiful.
This can produce the ice cube of difformity (such as star, heart etc.).
Furthermore, each ice making space 13 can be fed water into by water supplying unit 210.Therefore, each system it is fed to
The amount of the water in ice space 13 can become uniform.
Although below having described including the refrigerator of ice pan, ice pan and manufacturing ice pan according to the disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings
The exemplary embodiment of method, but it will be understood by those skilled in the art that and do not changing the essential feature of the disclosure or spirit
In the case of, the disclosure can be implemented in various ways.
It should therefore be understood that above-mentioned exemplary embodiment is not restrictive, and it is the most all example.These public affairs
The scope opened is by appended claims rather than describes in detail and expresses, and should be interpreted, from claim and
Being changed that the meaning of design of equal value and scope obtain is the most included within the scope of the present disclosure with modification.
From above content it will be recognized that the most illustratively describe the various enforcements of the disclosure
Example, and in the case of without departing from the scope of the present disclosure and spirit, various modification can be made.Description in the disclosure
Disclosed in exemplary embodiment be not intended to the disclosure.The scope of the present disclosure will be explained by appended claims, and
Shall be interpreted as, broadly fall into the scope of the present disclosure with all technology within the scope of its equivalence.
For illustrative and illustrative purpose, give the foregoing description of only certain embodiments of the present invention.Above-mentioned retouch
State and be not intended to exhaustive or limit the invention to disclosed accurate form, and it is evident that in view of above-mentioned teaching energy
Enough carry out many modification and change.Select and describe these embodiments, most preferably to explain principle and the reality thereof of the present invention
Application so that those skilled in the art can most preferably use the present invention and various embodiment (have be applicable to pre-
The various modification of the specific use of phase).The scope of the present invention is intended to be limited by appended claims and equivalent thereof.
Unless the most additionally clearly stated, otherwise listing of the step within claim to a method does not means that and performs step
Rapid any certain order.
Claims (19)
1. include a refrigerator for ice pan, including:
Main body, including food storage space；
Door, is arranged in main body and is configured to open and close food storage space；And
Ice making equipment, is arranged in food storage space, and wherein, ice making equipment includes: housing, including being limited at it
In cooling space；Cooling unit, is configured to cool down cooling space；And Icemaker assembly, it is placed in cooling space
And be configured to produce ice cube, Icemaker assembly includes:
Ice pan, has multiple ice making space limited independently；And
Water supplying unit, is configured to feed water into ice making space, and water supplying unit includes:
Supply pipe, is configured to supply water to Icemaker assembly；And
Feed pipe, is attached to supply pipe and is placed on ice pan, and feed pipe includes being formed at and ice making space phase
Multiple water supply holes of corresponding position so that water is supplied to corresponding ice making by corresponding water supply hole
Space.
2. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein, along with water supply hole distance supply Guan Yueyuan, the diameter of water supply hole becomes
Must be the biggest.
3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein, is configured to the heater adding hot water supplying pipe with around feed pipe
The mode of periphery is arranged on feed pipe.
4. refrigerator as claimed in claim 3, wherein, be configured to the heater waterproof case preventing heater contacts water with
Mode around heater and the described periphery of feed pipe is arranged on the outside of heater.
5. an ice pan for ice making equipment, including:
Disk body, is configured to supply the ice making space keeping water；And
Multiple spaced walls, upwardly extend from the basal surface of disk body, and are configured to be defined to ice making space multiple independent
Ice making space,
Wherein, disk body and spaced walls are made up of metal material, and are disposably manufactured by punch process.
6. ice pan as claimed in claim 5, wherein, disk body and spaced walls are selected by from rustless steel, copper and copper alloy
Material make.
7. the method producing ice, including:
The water being used for automatically supplying pipe fills ice pan, and supply pipe has the hole of the ice making space of alignment ice pan；
Cold air is fed to ice pan and water；And
The ice cube generated is discharged from ice pan.
8. method as claimed in claim 7, also includes: from feed pipe, water is fed to supply pipe.
9. method as claimed in claim 8, wherein, the quantitative change of the water being supplied to ice making space obtains uniformly.
10. method as claimed in claim 7, also includes: heating supply pipe and feed pipe, in case stagnant ice blocks each
Supply pipe and feed pipe.
11. methods as claimed in claim 7, also include: use heater waterproof case to reduce and heater contacts
Steam.
12. methods as claimed in claim 7, also include: heating ice pan is so that discharging ice cube.
13. 1 kinds of ice making equipments, including:
Housing, including being limited at cooling space therein；
Cooling unit, is configured to cool down cooling space；And
Icemaker assembly, is placed in cooling space and is configured to produce ice cube, and Icemaker assembly includes:
Ice pan, has multiple ice making space limited independently；And
Water supplying unit, is configured to feed water into ice making space, and water supplying unit includes:
Supply pipe, is configured to supply water to Icemaker assembly；And
Feed pipe, is attached to supply pipe and is placed on ice pan, and feed pipe includes being formed at and ice making space phase
Multiple water supply holes of corresponding position so that water is supplied to corresponding ice making by corresponding water supply hole
Space.
14. ice making equipments as claimed in claim 13, wherein, along with water supply hole distance supply Guan Yueyuan, water supply hole
Diameter becomes the biggest.
15. ice making equipments as claimed in claim 13, wherein, are configured to the heater adding hot water supplying pipe with around confession
The mode of the periphery of water pipe is arranged in feed pipe.
16. ice making equipments as claimed in claim 15, wherein, are configured to the heater preventing heater from contacting with water
Waterproof case is to be arranged on the outside of heater in the way of the described periphery of heater and feed pipe.
17. ice making equipments as claimed in claim 13, wherein, ice pan includes:
Disk body, is configured with the ice making space keeping water；And
Multiple spaced walls, upwardly extend from the basal surface of disk body, and are configured to be defined to ice making space multiple independent
Ice making space.
18. ice making equipments as claimed in claim 17, wherein, disk body and spaced walls are made up of metal material, and pass through
Punch process disposably manufactures.
19. ice making equipments as claimed in claim 17, wherein, disk body and spaced walls are by from rustless steel, copper and copper alloy
The material of middle selection is made.
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