CN106257171B - The method of ice pan and generation ice in ice making equipment - Google Patents
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Abstract
According to embodiment, a kind of refrigerator including ice pan, comprising: main body, including food storage space；Door is mounted in main body and is configured to open and close food storage space；And ice making equipment, it is mounted in food storage space, wherein ice making equipment includes: shell, including is limited at cooling space therein；Cooling unit is configured to cooling space is cooling；And Icemaker assembly, it is placed in cooling space and is configured to generate ice cube, Icemaker assembly includes: ice pan, has the ice making space of multiple independent definitions and is manufactured by disposable stamped metal；And water supplying unit, it is configured to feed water into ice making space, water supplying unit includes: supply pipe, is configured to supply water to Icemaker assembly；And water supplying pipe, it is integrated to supply pipe and is placed on ice pan to extend along the longitudinal direction of ice pan, multiple water supply holes are formed at position corresponding with ice making space in water supplying pipe, so that water is supplied to corresponding ice making space by corresponding water supply hole.
Description
Cross reference to related applications
The application is based on the 10-2015-0086165 South Korea patent application submitted on June 17th, 2015 and requires it
Priority, the disclosure of the South Korea patent application is by quoting whole be incorporated herein.
Technical field
This disclosure relates to ice pan, the refrigerator including ice pan and the method for manufacturing ice pan.
Background technique
Refrigerator is the device for storing food at a lower temperature, and be can be configured as in freezing state or refrigeration
Food is stored under state.Determine to store in a cold or frozen state or under frozen state what food can depend on being stored
The type of food.
The inside of refrigerator is cooled down by the cold air of supply, wherein usually by refrigerant based on refrigeration cycle (packet
Include compression, condensation, expansion and evaporation) temperature exchange act on to generate cold air.The cold air for being supplied to refrigerator inside can be with
It is 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 open rectangular shape in front side.Refrigerating chamber can be set within main body
(for example, refrigerating space, refrigeration position, refrigerator etc.) and freezing chamber (for example, reefer space, freezing position, freezer etc.).It can
With on the front side of main body or front surface be arranged for selectively close and open refrigerating chamber and freezing chamber refrigerating-chamber door and
Refrigerating chamber door.Can be arranged in the interior storage space of refrigerating chamber and freezing chamber for by different types of food storing in the phase
Multiple drawers, shelf and the container of the state of prestige.
As usual, the refrigerator of mainstream is top mount type refrigerator, has the freezing chamber of the upside or top positioned at refrigerator
And positioned at the downside of refrigerator or the refrigerating chamber of lower part.Market also available bottom freeze type refrigerator.Bottom freeze type refrigerator can
To improve the convenience of user, wherein the refrigerating chamber more frequently used is located at the top of refrigerator, and rarely needed freezing
Room is located at the lower part of refrigerator.It the advantage is that, user uses refrigerating chamber with can be convenient.However, when user uses freezing
When room, bottom freeze type refrigerator (wherein, freezing chamber is located at lower part or downside) can cause following inconvenience, and user usually must not
It does not bend over to open refrigerating chamber door (for example, to take out ice cube, food etc.).
The tradition for solving the problem above in bottom freeze type refrigerator is attempted to include: in some embodiments, to refrigerate
Installation divides ice device (ice dispenser) in room or refrigerating-chamber door.In this fashion, the inside of refrigerating-chamber door or refrigerating chamber can
To be provided with the ice maker for generating ice.
Ice making equipment may include: Icemaker assembly, be provided with for generate ice cube (e.g., including cube, cylindrical body,
The various shape of hemispherical etc.)；Ice bucket, stored ice；And supply device assembly, the ice cube being stored in ice bucket is supplied to point
Orchestration.
In traditional ice pan, the multiple ice making spaces for being able to maintain water are formed on the upper surface of disk body.In disk body
Being formed on one surface can be by the feed water inlet of water distribution to ice making space.Water distributing trough is formed between ice making space.Therefore, it makes
Ice space is connected to each other in a manner of allowing water to flow between ice making space.Correspondingly, the water quilt supplied by feed water inlet
An ice making space being supplied in ice making space and next ice making space is distributed to by each of supply flume.Knot
Water is supplied in fruit, ice making space.
However, supply flume is typically provided between ice making space in traditional ice pan, as a result some water are usually protected
It holds in supply flume.As a result, the ice cube generated in ice pan can have not only with ice making space but also shape corresponding with supply flume
Shape.That is, it is understood that there may be following potential problems, that is, the ice cube generated in traditional ice pan is formed to have and is connected to each other
Multiple ice cubes or ice cubes monolithic.
In order to solve this problem, the cutting list for monolithic to be cut into each ice cube is set usually in ice making equipment
Member.However, the size and shape of obtained ice cube or ice cubes may also even if the ice cube for forming monolithic is cut by cutter unit
Unevenly.
Furthermore traditional ice pan is usually manufactured by melting and injecting the method for aluminium.In the situation of injection moulding method
Under, the intensity and mechanical performance of product usually could be only maintained when aluminium is with a thickness of about 2mm or thicker.However, if ice pan
Thickness increase, then exist ice pan rate of heat exchange reduce potential problems.Furthermore aluminium injection moulding method is asked there are following
Topic, that is, aftertreatment technology is complicated and is difficult to carry out cleaning.
Summary of the invention
The disclosure provides the ice pan that can generate the ice cube of multiple isolated ice cubes or ice cubes form.Furthermore the disclosure
The method that ice pan can be easily manufactured is provided.In addition, the disclosure provides the refrigerator including ice pan, which can be uniform by water
Ground is supplied to ice pan.
According to one embodiment, refrigerator includes: main body, including food storage space；Door, is mounted in main body and is configured
To open and close food storage space；And ice making equipment, it is mounted in food storage space.Ice making equipment includes: matrix
Or shell, including it is limited at cooling space therein；Cooling unit is configured as cooling space is cooling；And ice making group
Part is placed in cooling space, and is configured as generating ice cube.Icemaker assembly includes: ice pan, the ice making with multiple independent definitions
Space；And water supplying unit, it is configured as feeding water into ice making space.Ice pan can be made by disposable stamped metal
It makes.Water supplying unit includes: supply pipe, is configured as supplying water to Icemaker assembly；And water supplying pipe, it is connected to supply pipe, and
It is placed on ice pan and extends along ice pan, water supplying pipe includes the multiple water supply being formed at position corresponding with ice making space
Hole, so that water is supplied to corresponding ice making space by corresponding water supply hole.
In one embodiment, remoter apart from supply pipe with water supply hole, the diameter of water supply hole becomes bigger.It is configured as
The heater for heating water supplying pipe can be arranged on water supplying pipe in a manner of around the periphery of water supplying pipe.It is configured as preventing from heating
The outer of heater can be arranged in the heater waterproof case of device contact water in a manner of around the periphery of heater and water supplying pipe
Portion.
In one embodiment, the ice pan of ice making equipment may include: disk body, is configured to supply and keeps the ice making of water empty
Between；And multiple spaced walls, it is upwardly extended from the bottom surface of disk body and is configured as ice making space being limited to multiple independent
Ice making space, wherein disk body and spaced walls are made of metal material, and are manufactured by disposable punch process.Disk body and
Next door can be made of the material selecting from stainless steel, copper and copper alloy.
In an exemplary embodiment, the method for generating ice includes: to fill ice pan, supply for automatically supplying the water of pipe
Manage the hole with the ice making space of alignment ice pan；Cold air is supplied to ice pan and water；And the ice cube of generation is arranged from ice pan
Out.This method can also include: that water is supplied to supply pipe from water supplying pipe.In one embodiment, it is supplied to ice making space
The amount of water becomes uniform.This method also may include: heating supply pipe and water supplying pipe to prevent each supply pipe of stagnant ice obstruction and confession
Water pipe.Heater waterproof case can be used to reduce the steam with heater contacts.Ice pan can also be heated in order to discharge ice
Block.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the perspective view of ice pan according to one aspect of the disclosure.
Fig. 2 is the front view for being provided with the refrigerator of ice making equipment of the ice pan including illustrating in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the decomposition perspective view for the ice making equipment being arranged in the refrigerator illustrated in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is the side view of the ice making equipment illustrated in Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is for explaining that water is supplied to the diagram of the structure of the ice pan of the ice making equipment illustrated in Fig. 4 by it.
Fig. 6 is the flow chart of the method for diagram ice making (for example, the ice pan illustrated in Fig. 2 is medium).
Specific embodiment
It reference will now be made in detail to preferred embodiment now, illustrate the example of preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings.Although will combine excellent
Embodiment is selected to describe the present invention, it is to be understood that preferred embodiment, which is not intended to, limits the invention to these embodiments.
But, on the contrary, it is intended to which covering may include within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in appended claims
Replacement, modification and equivalence.Furthermore elaborate a large amount of details in the following detailed description of the invention, to provide to this
The thorough explanation of invention.However, will be apparent that those skilled in the art, in the feelings without these details
Under condition, the present invention can also be practiced.In other cases, well known method, step, component and circuit are not described in detail, with
It prevents from unnecessarily making aspect of the invention unclear.
In the following detailed description, referring to attached drawing (a part that attached drawing forms this document).Attached drawing, claims with
And illustrative embodiments described in detailed description is not intended to become and limit.In the spirit for not departing from purport presented herein
Or in the case where range, other embodiments can be used, and other changes can be made.
Hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings to one or more exemplary embodiments of the disclosure are more fully described,
In, one or more embodiments of the disclosure can easily be determined by those skilled in the art.Such as those skilled in the art
It will be recognized, without departing from the spirit or the scope of the present disclosure, can be described in a variety of different methods to modify
Exemplary embodiment, the disclosure is not limited to exemplary embodiment described herein.
Note that attached drawing is schematical and not necessarily illustrates by size.The relative size and ratio of part in attached drawing can
To exaggerate or reduce in its size, and predetermined size is merely exemplary and not restrictive.Identical appended drawing reference is specified
Identical structure, element or the part illustrated in two or more attached drawings is to show similar characteristic.
The example embodiment of the disclosure can be described in more detail in the exemplary embodiment of the disclosure.As a result, having attached
The other embodiments of the various modifications of figure are expected.Correspondingly, exemplary embodiment is not limited to the specific of the region of diagram
Form, for example including by manufacturing the modification to form.
Fig. 1 is the perspective view of ice pan according to one aspect of the disclosure.Referring to Fig. 1, ice pan 10 provides ice making space 13,
Water is phased-changed into ice cube in ice making space 13.The shape of the ice cube generated in ice making space 13 can correspond to ice making space
13 shape.Specifically, ice pan 10 includes: disk body 11, has and is formed on multiple ice making spaces 13 for keeping water
Upper surface；And multiple spaced walls 12, it is vertically extended from the bottom surface of disk body 11.Spaced walls 12 are placed in ice making space 13
Between, ice making space 13 is limited to isolated separate space.Traditional water supply for interconnecting multiple ice making spaces is omitted
Slot.
Ice making space 13 can have a variety of different shapes, all shapes as illustrated, cube, cylindrical body, star and
Heart etc..
As the conductibility of ice pan 10 becomes higher, ice pan 10 becomes able to improve the heat exchange between water and cold air
Rate, thus ice pan 10 may be used as a kind of exchanger.Although not shown in the accompanying drawings, ice pan 10 may include for increasing ice
The cooling rib of the contact area of disk 10 and cold air.
Ice pan 10 (that is, disk body 11 and spaced walls 12) can by the punching press such as metal of stainless steel, copper or copper alloy come
Manufacture.Since ice pan 10 has wherein, ice making space 13 is formed in the simple structure on the upper surface of disk body 11, therefore can pass through
Processing method for stamping (press work method) manufactures ice pan 10.Ice pan 10 is being manufactured by processing method for stamping
Under situation, manufacturing process can be simplified, and therefore improve productivity to reduce manufacturing cost simultaneously.Furthermore because ice pan 10 has
Simple structure and easily perform cleaning.
Different from injection moulding method (wherein, product needs thicker intensity and mechanical performance to maintain product), punching press
Processing method can manufacture metal product with lesser thickness.Correspondingly, the ice pan 10 with relatively small thickness can be rapidly
By the energy transmission of cold air to the water in ice making space 13.Furthermore the amount of the metal due to being used to manufacture ice pan 10 is reduced, therefore
Manufacturing cost can be saved.If (rather than being difficult to add with low ductility using stainless steel, copper or the copper alloy with high ductility
The aluminium of work), then it can be easily performed punch process.
Furthermore if ice pan 10 by being made with the stainless steel compared with high corrosion-resistant or the brass with antibacterial action, with
It is compared by the ice cube that the ice pan made of the aluminium comprising the substance being harmful to the human body generates, the ice cube pair generated by ice pan 10
The harm of human body is smaller.
Description is used for the ice making equipment of refrigerator, and ice making equipment includes ice pan according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the front view for being provided with the refrigerator of ice making equipment of the ice pan including illustrating in Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is arranged in Fig. 2
The decomposition perspective view of ice making equipment in the refrigerator of middle diagram.Fig. 4 is the side view of the ice making equipment illustrated in Fig. 3.
Fig. 4 is arrived referring to fig. 2, and the ice making equipment 20 including the ice pan 10 according to one embodiment can equably supply water
To the ice making space 13 of ice pan 10.Ice making equipment 20 may include: shell 100；Cooling unit (not shown), is configured as cooling down
The inside of shell 100；Icemaker assembly 200, ice pan 10 can be installed to Icemaker assembly 200；Ice bucket 320 generates in ice pan 10
Ice cube be stored in ice bucket 320；And feeding assembly 400, it is configured as supplying the ice cube from ice bucket 320.
Refrigerator 1 be include main body 2, partition 4 refrigerator one embodiment example, wherein main body 2 constitute shell, every
Plate 4 divide be formed within main body 2 food storage space (for example, room, position, etc.).One food storage space includes
Upper refrigerating chamber R, another food storage space include lower freezing chamber F.The opposite of the front surface of main body 2 is arranged in refrigerating-chamber door 3
On edge, and it is configured as selectively opening and closing refrigerating chamber R by the spinning movement of refrigerating-chamber door 3.Refrigerating chamber door 5
It is configured as opening and closing the open front part of freezing chamber F by the movement of refrigerating chamber door 5.In an example embodiment
In, ice making equipment 20 is arranged in the region on the side on the top of refrigerating chamber R.Ice making equipment 20 may be mounted at refrigerating chamber R
Other positions or refrigerating-chamber door 3 in one in.Optionally, ice making equipment 20 also may be mounted in freezing chamber F.
Cooling space 105 is formed within shell 100, and cooling space 105 includes the ice pan 10 that can produce ice cube.Ice making
Component 200 can be built in upside in cooling space 105.
Cooling unit is used to cooling space 105 is cooling.By generating cold air and being supplied to the cold air of generation
Ice pan 10, or the contacts-side-down by making cooling tube (for example, its supply low-temperature refrigerant) with ice pan 10, cooling unit can be with
Cooling ice pan 10.Cooling unit may include compressor, condenser, expansion valve and the evaporator for constituting cooling cycle.It can lead to
It crosses air blower etc. and cold air is supplied to ice pan 10 via discharge pipe 310 and cold air guide unit 220.Implement at one
In example, cold air is supplied to cooling space 105.
Icemaker assembly 200 may include: ice pan 10；Water supplying unit 210 is configured as feeding water into ice pan 10；Cold sky
Gas guide unit 220 is configured as the flowing of guiding cold air, so that the cold air supplied from cooling unit is along ice pan 10
Lower surface is mobile；And rotary unit 230, it is configured as that the ice cube generated in ice pan 10 is made to fall into the ice being placed under ice pan 10
In bucket 320.
Fig. 5 diagram water is supplied to one embodiment of the structure of the ice pan of the ice making equipment illustrated in Fig. 4 by it.
Referring to Fig. 5, water supplying unit 210 is configured as feeding water into ice pan 10.Water supplying unit 210 may include being integrated to
The supply pipe 211 of water supplying pipe 212.Supply pipe 211 is integrated to water source (for example, water feeding tank, running water pipe etc.), and be configured as by
Water is supplied to Icemaker assembly 200.Water supplying pipe 212 is placed on ice pan 10 to extend along the longitudinal direction of ice pan 10.Multiple confessions
Water hole 215 is formed at position corresponding with ice making space 13 in water supplying pipe 212, and water is allowed to pass through water supply hole 215
And it is supplied to ice making space 13.
For preventing the heater 213 of icing and the rupture of supply pipe 211 and water supplying pipe 212 from can enclose with heater 213
Supply pipe 211 is integrated to around supply pipe 211 and the peripheral mode of water supplying pipe 212.Furthermore heater waterproof case 214 is to enclose
Around supply pipe 211 and the periphery of water supplying pipe 212 mode and the outside of heater 213 is set.This can by heater 213 with
Steam isolation, thus prevents the accident of short circuit etc..
The diameter of water supply hole 215 can be set to remoter apart from supply pipe 211 with water supply hole 215 and become bigger.
It is flowed by the water that supply pipe 211 is supplied along water supplying pipe 212.Water is supplied to the water supply closer apart from supply pipe 211 first
Hole 215 is then fed to apart from the farther water supply hole 215 of supply pipe 211.If the diameter of water supply hole 215 is equal to each other,
A greater amount of water is supplied to the water supply hole 215 closer apart from supply pipe 211.That is, the ice making for being supplied to ice pan 10 is empty
Between 13 amount of water can be uneven.
On the other hand, if the diameter of water supply hole 215 be arranged to it is remoter apart from supply pipe 211 with water supply hole 215 and
Become bigger, then the amount for being supplied to the water of ice making space 13 can become uniform.The diameter of water supply hole 215 can be empty according to ice making
Between 13 volume, the amount for the water supplied from supply pipe 211 and water supplying pipe 212 and pressure, the length of water supplying pipe 212 etc. be arranged.
Cold air guide unit 220 has the function for guiding the cold air supplied from cooling unit to the downside of ice pan 10
Energy.Cold air guide unit 220 can be incorporated into discharge pipe 310, and discharge pipe 310 is that cold air is passed through from cooling unit supply
Path.Cold air guide unit 220 may include the cool air guide for being integrated at least one surface of discharge pipe 310
221 and 222.As illustrated in Figure 4, cold air guide unit 220 may include first extended from the upper surface of discharge pipe 310
Cool air guide 221 and the second cool air guide 222 extended from the lower surface of discharge pipe 310.
The cold air guided by cool air guide 221 and 222 can be mobile to the lower surface of ice pan 10.Due to cold sky
Gas exchanges heat with ice pan 10, therefore the water phase in ice pan 10 becomes ice cube.
Rotary unit 230 may include: engine 232；Rotary shaft 231, be integrated to ice pan 10 and by engine 232 come
Rotation；And engine housing 233, it is configured as accommodating engine 232 wherein.
In this way, the ice cube generated can be fallen 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 so that the upper surface of ice pan 10 is towards ice bucket 320.Such as fruit ice
Disk 10 is rotated with the angle of special angle or bigger, then ice pan 10 is disturbed part torsion (not shown).Due to this twisting action,
The ice cube being contained in ice pan 10 can be fallen in ice bucket 320.
It is alternatively possible to which multiple displacers (not shown) are arranged in the longitudinal direction along rotary shaft 231.In this situation
Under, ice pan 10 is not rotated, can take out ice cube from ice pan 10 by the rotation of the displacer of rotary shaft 231.
Furthermore it can be arranged in ice pan 10 and release ice heater 240, allow and release ice heater 240 in rotary shaft 231
Rotation during or before heat ice pan 10.By releasing the heat effect of ice heater 240, it is contained in the ice cube in ice pan 10
Melt and separated with ice pan 10 in surface.
Feeding assembly 400 may include being configured as starting to the auger 410 and auger of the supply ice cube of discharge unit 600
Machine 420.Auger 410 can be the revolving part with spiral or helical blade.Auger 410 by auger engine 420
Rotation.Auger 410 is placed within ice bucket 320.The slot limited by spiral or blade can be inserted in the ice cube accumulated in ice bucket 320
In, and can be supplied to discharge unit 600.Auger engine 420 can be contained within auger engine housing 430.
Discharge unit 600 can be incorporated into the distributor (not shown) in one be arranged in refrigerating-chamber door 3.According to using
The selection of person, the ice cube supplied by feeding assembly 400 can distribute to user by distributor.
Refrigerator will now be described includes the effect and effect of the ice making equipment of ice pan according to one aspect of the disclosure.
In an example embodiment of ice making equipment 20, water can equably be supplied by water supplying unit 210
To the ice making space 13 of ice pan 10.Specifically, the water supplied by supply pipe 211 is moved along the longitudinal direction of water supplying pipe 212
It is dynamic, and fallen into the ice making space 13 being placed under water supplying pipe 212 via the water supply hole of water supplying pipe 212 215.With water supply hole
215 is remoter apart from supply pipe 211, and the diameter of water supply hole 215 becomes bigger.Therefore, by apart from supply pipe within the unit time
211 farther water supply holes 215 and supply water than passing through the water supply hole 215 closer apart from supply pipe 211 within the unit time
And the water supplied is big.Therefore, the water for being supplied to each ice making space 13 can become uniform.
It is supplied by the cold air that the effect of compressor, condenser, expansion valve and evaporator generates by discharge pipe 310
To cooling space 105.The cold air of supply can make the water freezing for including in the ice pan being placed within cooling space 105 10.
In one embodiment, cold air moves along the lower surface of ice pan 10 and exchanges heat with the lower surface of ice pan 10
Amount, thus makes the water freezing in ice pan 10 at ice cube.Since heater 213 is integrated to supply pipe 211 and water supplying pipe 212, therefore energy
Enough prevent cold air from supply pipe 211 and water supplying pipe 212 being made to freeze and rupture.Furthermore heater waterproof case 214 prevents heater
213 contact with water.Therefore the generation of short circuit accident can be prevented.
Fig. 6 is the flow chart of the method for diagram ice making (for example, the ice pan illustrated in Fig. 2 is medium).It is exemplary at one
In embodiment, the method for generating ice includes: to fill ice pan for automatically supplying the water of pipe, and supply pipe has the ice making of alignment ice pan
The hole (for example, S610) in space；Cold air is supplied to ice pan and water (for example, S620)；The ice cube of generation is discharged from ice pan
(for example, S630).This method can also include feeding water into supply pipe from water supplying pipe.In one embodiment, it is supplied to system
The amount of the water in ice space becomes uniform.This method also may include heating supply pipe and water supplying pipe, block each confession to prevent stagnant ice
To pipe and water supplying pipe.Heater waterproof case can be used to reduce the steam with heater contacts.Can also heat ice pan so as to
In release ice cube.
Each ice cube or ice cubes separated can have by the ice cube in the ice making space 13 of 12 independent definition of spaced walls
Form.The heat effect that ice heater 240 is released on the surface of the ice cube generated in ice pan 10 melts.As a result, ice cube be easy with
Ice pan 10 separates.Thereafter, due to the rotation of rotary shaft 231, ice cube falls down and is deposited in ice bucket 320.
In an exemplary embodiment, including in the ice making equipment 20 according to the refrigerator of the ice pan 10 of present example
The ice cube of generation has each isolated form.It is therefore not necessary to use additional cutting equipment.Furthermore due to the shape of ice cube
Can be just the same with the shape of ice making space 13, therefore the appearance of ice cube is considered favorable or beautiful.This can
Generate the ice cube of different shape (star, heart etc.).
Furthermore each ice making space 13 can be fed water by water supplying unit 210.Therefore, it is supplied to each system
The amount of the water in ice space 13 can become uniform.
Although being described with reference to the accompanying drawings above according to the refrigerator including ice pan of the disclosure, ice pan and manufacture ice pan
Method exemplary embodiment, but it will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the essential feature or spirit for not changing the disclosure
In the case of, the disclosure can be implemented in various ways.
It should therefore be understood that the above exemplary embodiments are not limiting, and all it is in all respects example.This public affairs
The range opened is by the appended claims rather than detailed description is to express, and should be interpreted, from claim and its waits
All changes and modification that the meaning and range of valence design obtain all are included within the scope of the present disclosure.
From the above content it will be recognized that illustratively having described the various realities of the disclosure herein
Example is applied, and in the case where not departing from the scope of the present disclosure and spirit, various modifications can be made.In the specification of the disclosure
Disclosed exemplary embodiment does not limit the disclosure.The scope of the present disclosure will be explained by the appended claims, and will be solved
It is interpreted as, belongs to the scope of the present disclosure with all technologies within the scope of its equivalence.
For illustrative and descriptive purpose, the foregoing description of the particular embodiment of the present invention is given.It is above-mentioned
Description is not intended to exhaustive or limits the invention to disclosed accurate form, and it is evident that in view of above-mentioned introduction energy
Enough carry out many variations and modifications.These embodiments are chosen and described, most preferably to explain the principle of the present invention and its actually answer
With so that those skilled in the art can most preferably (be had expected from being suitable for using the present invention and various embodiments
The various modifications of specific use).The scope of the present invention is intended to limit by the appended claims and its equivalent.Unless
In addition clearly stated in claim, otherwise within claim to a method the step of list do not mean that execute step it is any
Certain order.
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1. a kind of refrigerator, comprising:
Main body, including food storage space；
Door is mounted in main body and is configured as opening and closing food storage space；And
Ice making equipment is mounted in food storage space, wherein ice making equipment includes: shell, including is limited at therein cold
But space；Cooling unit is configured as cooling space is cooling；And Icemaker assembly, it is placed in cooling space and is configured as
Ice cube is generated, Icemaker assembly includes:
Ice pan has multiple ice making spaces independently limited；And
Water supplying unit is configured as feeding water into ice making space, and water supplying unit includes:
Supply pipe is configured as supplying water to Icemaker assembly；And
Water supplying pipe is integrated to supply pipe and is placed on ice pan, and water supplying pipe includes being formed in position corresponding with ice making space
Multiple water supply holes at place, so that water is supplied to corresponding ice making space by corresponding water supply hole,
Wherein, remoter apart from supply pipe with water supply hole, the diameter of water supply hole becomes bigger.
2. refrigerator as described in claim 1, wherein be configured as the heater of heating water supplying pipe to surround the periphery of water supplying pipe
Mode be arranged on water supplying pipe.
3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein be configured as preventing the heater waterproof case of heater contacts water to surround
The outside of heater is arranged in the mode of the periphery of heater and water supplying pipe.
4. a kind of method for generating ice using refrigerator as described in claim 1, comprising:
Ice pan is filled for automatically supplying the water of pipe, supply pipe has the hole of the ice making space of alignment ice pan；
Cold air is supplied to ice pan and water；And
The ice cube of generation is discharged from ice pan.
5. method as claimed in claim 4, further includes: water is supplied to supply pipe from water supplying pipe.
6. method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the amount for being supplied to the water of ice making space becomes uniform.
7. method as claimed in claim 4, further includes: heating supply pipe and water supplying pipe block each supply pipe to prevent stagnant ice
And water supplying pipe.
8. method as claimed in claim 4, further includes: reduce the steam with heater contacts using heater waterproof case.
9. method as claimed in claim 4, further includes: heat ice pan in order to discharge ice cube.
10. a kind of ice making equipment, comprising:
Shell, including it is limited at cooling space therein；
Cooling unit is configured as cooling space is cooling；And
Icemaker assembly is placed in cooling space and is configured as generating ice cube, and Icemaker assembly includes:
Ice pan has multiple ice making spaces independently limited；And
Water supplying unit is configured as feeding water into ice making space, and water supplying unit includes:
Supply pipe is configured as supplying water to Icemaker assembly；And
Water supplying pipe is integrated to supply pipe and is placed on ice pan, and water supplying pipe includes being formed in position corresponding with ice making space
Multiple water supply holes at place, so that water is supplied to corresponding ice making space by corresponding water supply hole,
Wherein, remoter apart from supply pipe with water supply hole, the diameter of water supply hole becomes bigger.
11. ice making equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein be configured as the heater of heating water supplying pipe around water supplying pipe
The mode of periphery be arranged in water supplying pipe.
12. ice making equipment as claimed in claim 11, wherein be configured as the heater waterproof for preventing heater from contacting with water
The outside of heater is arranged in part in a manner of around the periphery of heater and water supplying pipe.
13. ice making equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein ice pan includes:
Disk body is configured with the ice making space for keeping water；And
Multiple spaced walls are upwardly extended from the bottom surface of disk body, and are configured as ice making space being limited to multiple independent systems
Ice space.
14. ice making equipment as claimed in claim 13, wherein disk body and spaced walls are made of metal material, and pass through punching press
The disposable manufacture of processing.
15. ice making equipment as claimed in claim 13, wherein disk body and spaced walls from stainless steel, copper and copper alloy by selecting
The material selected is made.
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