CN109028679B

CN109028679B - Door body of ice machine and ice machine with same

Info

Publication number: CN109028679B
Application number: CN201710428719.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨文勇
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Foshan Shunde Midea Water Dispenser Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Foshan Shunde Midea Water Dispenser Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-06-08
Filing date: 2017-06-08
Publication date: 2024-05-31
Anticipated expiration: 2037-06-08
Also published as: CN109028679A

Abstract

The invention discloses a door body of an ice maker, the front side of the ice maker is provided with an ice outlet, the door body comprises: the ice outlet device comprises a body frame, a body plate, a bottom plate and two triangular side plates, wherein the upper end of the body frame is pivotally connected relative to the ice outlet; the upper end of the body plate is connected to the body frame and extends obliquely backward and downward; the bottom plate is connected between the body plate and the lower end of the body frame; the two side plates are respectively connected among the body plate, the bottom plate and the body frame. According to the door body of the ice machine, which is disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the structure is simple and compact, the noise generated by collision of ice cubes to the ice outlet can be reduced, the ice outlet can be effectively prevented from being blocked by excessive aggregation of the ice cubes, and the ice can be conveniently realized.

Description

Door body of ice machine and ice machine with same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of ice machines, in particular to a door body of an ice machine and the ice machine with the door body.

Background

Ice machines typically employ an ice outlet door to open and close an ice outlet to control ingress and egress of ice.

However, in the ice maker in the related art, when ice cubes are gathered at the ice outlet, the ice outlet is easily blocked, so that ice is not easy to be discharged, and the ice cubes are easy to rigidly collide with the ice outlet door, so that high noise is caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides the door body of the ice machine, which has a simple and compact structure, can reduce the collision noise with ice cubes, can effectively prevent the ice cubes from blocking the ice outlet due to excessive aggregation, and is beneficial to ice realization.

According to an embodiment of the invention, a door body of an ice maker is provided with an ice outlet at the front side, and comprises: the ice outlet device comprises a body frame, a body plate, a bottom plate and two triangular side plates, wherein the upper end of the body frame is pivotally connected relative to the ice outlet; the upper end of the body plate is connected to the body frame and extends obliquely backward and downward; the bottom plate is connected between the body plate and the lower end of the body frame; the two side plates are respectively connected among the body plate, the bottom plate and the body frame.

According to the door body of the ice machine, which is disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the structure is simple and compact, the noise generated by collision of ice cubes to the ice outlet can be reduced, the ice outlet can be effectively prevented from being blocked by excessive aggregation of the ice cubes, and the ice can be conveniently realized.

In addition, the door body of the ice maker according to the embodiment of the present invention may have the following additional technical features:

According to some embodiments of the invention, the bottom plate extends forward and downward from a lower end of the body plate.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the door body further comprises a top plate connected between the body plate and the body frame.

Optionally, the top plate is substantially parallel to the horizontal plane when the door body closes the ice outlet.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the body plate and the body frame have an arcuate transition therebetween.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the upper end of the body frame is provided with a horizontally extending pivot shaft.

Optionally, the pivot shaft comprises two horizontally spaced apart and coaxial.

Further, the pivot shaft is connected with the upper end of the body frame through a connecting plate.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the upper surface of the body frame has a first relief groove recessed downward.

Optionally, the upper end of the body plate is provided with a second avoidance groove communicated with the first avoidance groove.

Further, the first avoidance groove and the second avoidance groove are arc grooves, and the center line of the first avoidance groove is collinear with the center line of the body frame.

The ice maker according to the embodiment of the invention comprises the door body according to the above embodiment of the invention.

According to the ice maker disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, by arranging the door body according to the embodiment of the invention, noise generated by collision of ice cubes to the ice outlet can be reduced, and the ice outlet can be effectively prevented from being blocked by excessive aggregation of the ice cubes, so that ice can be conveniently displayed.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and may be better understood from the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

fig. 1 is a perspective view of a partial structure of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which an ice outlet is closed;

FIG. 2 is a front view of a portion of the structure shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of a part of the structure of the ice maker of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a partial structure of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which an ice outlet is opened;

FIG. 6 is a front view of a portion of the structure shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is an angled perspective view of a door assembly of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 9 is another angled perspective view of the door assembly shown in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a front view of a door assembly of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line C-C of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is an exploded view of a door assembly of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is an angular perspective view of a door body of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is another angular perspective view of the door body shown in FIG. 13;

Fig. 15 is a front view of a door body of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view taken along line D-D of FIG. 15;

FIG. 17 is an angled perspective view of a sealing ring of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 18 is another angular perspective view of the seal ring of FIG. 17;

FIG. 19 is a front view of a sealing ring of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view taken along line E-E of FIG. 19;

Fig. 21 is an enlarged view of the F portion circled in fig. 20.

Reference numerals:

1: a body; 10: an ice outlet;

2: a bracket; 20: a rotation shaft hole;

3: a door assembly; 30: a chute; 31: an accommodation space;

4: a door cover plate;

5: a door body; 50: an annular groove;

51: a body frame; 52: a body plate; 53: a bottom plate; 54: a side plate; 55: a top plate;

56: a pivot shaft; 57: a connecting plate; 510: a first avoidance groove; 520: a second avoidance groove;

6: thermal insulation foam;

7: a seal ring; 71: embedding the segment; 72: a stop section;

7101: a notch groove; 7102: a process tank; 7103: a guide slope;

8: a drive assembly; 81: a motor; 82: a transmission member; 821: a sliding part.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element in question must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, features defining "first", "second" may include one or more such features, either explicitly or implicitly.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

An ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention, which may be a vertical shower type ice maker, may be used to cool water into ice cubes, but is not limited thereto, as described below with reference to fig. 1 to 21. The vertical direction and the front-rear direction are respectively the vertical direction and the front-rear direction in the figure.

As shown in fig. 1, 2, 5 and 6, an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a machine body 1, a bracket 2, a door assembly 3 and two driving assemblies 8.

Specifically, the machine body 1 has an ice outlet 10, and an ice making container and an ice making device (not shown) for making ice may be installed in the machine body 1, and the ice outlet 10 may communicate with the ice making container to discharge the ice cubes made from the ice outlet 10. The bracket 2 may be provided on the body 1, and the bracket 2 is provided adjacent to the ice outlet 10. As shown in fig. 1 and 5, a door assembly 3 is pivotably provided to the body 1 to open or close the ice outlet 10 to control ice discharge.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, two driving components 8 may be disposed on the bracket 2, and the two driving components 8 are respectively located at two sides of the door component 3, where each driving component 8 includes a motor 81 and a transmission member 82, and the motor 81 drives the transmission member 82 to drive the door component 3 to move, so as to implement opening and closing control of the ice outlet 10.

When the ice maker operates, ice is made by the ice making device, ice blocks fall into the ice making container after ice making is finished, when a user needs to take the ice blocks, the driving assembly 8 can be controlled to open the ice outlet 10, the motor 81 is started and drives the transmission member 82 to move, the transmission member 82 drives the door assembly 3 to move, the door assembly 3 is enabled to pivot relative to the ice outlet 10 to open the ice outlet 10, at the moment, the user can conveniently take out the ice blocks, after taking out the ice blocks, the driving assembly 8 can be controlled to close the ice outlet 10, and as can be understood, when the ice outlet 10 is closed, the actions of the driving assembly 8 and the door assembly 3 are opposite to those when the ice outlet 10 is opened.

According to the ice maker disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the ice outlet 10 can be conveniently opened and closed to realize ice, and the operation process of a user is simple, and compared with a manual door opening mode in the related art, the ice maker does not need to manually open the door. Therefore, the operation of a user can be simplified, the uncomfortableness of manually opening the door is reduced, and the degree of automation of the ice machine is improved.

And, the door assembly 3 is driven by the driving assembly 8 to open or close the ice outlet 10, so that ice cubes are output, the collision of the ice cubes with the door assembly 3 can be reduced, the collision noise can be reduced, the door assembly 3 can be prevented from being damaged, the service life of the door assembly 3 is prolonged, and the maintenance and replacement cost of the door assembly 3 can be reduced.

In addition, the two driving assemblies 8 provide driving force for opening and closing the door assembly 3 from two sides of the door assembly 3, so that the stress uniformity of the door assembly 3 can be improved, the door assembly 3 can be tightly closed to the ice outlet 10 when the ice outlet 10 is closed, and therefore external hot air can be prevented from entering the ice maker from the ice outlet 10, heat exchange inside and outside the ice outlet 10 is prevented, melting of ice cubes at the ice outlet 10 can be slowed down, the ice making effect can be improved, and the running energy consumption of the ice maker is reduced.

Therefore, the ice maker according to the embodiment of the invention has the advantages of being beneficial to outputting ice cubes, small in ice outputting noise, good in ice making effect, low in operation energy consumption and the like by driving the door assembly 3 to open or close the ice outputting opening 10 from two sides of the door assembly 3 through the two driving assemblies 8.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the transmission member 82 is a link, one end of which is fixedly connected to a motor shaft of the motor 81, and the other end of which is movably connected to the door assembly 3 to drive the pivoting movement of the door assembly 3, and has a simple and compact structure and is convenient and labor-saving to process and assemble.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 4, both sides of the door assembly 3 have a sliding groove 30, and the other end of the link is movably fitted in the sliding groove 30. Thus, when the motor 81 drives the connecting rod to rotate, the other end of the connecting rod can slide in the chute 30, at this time, the connecting rod and the door assembly 3 can form a crank-connecting rod mechanism, and the connecting rod can drive the door assembly 3 to pivot, so that the pivoting motion of the door assembly 3 can be realized, and the ice outlet 10 can be opened or closed. Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, the other end of the link may be provided with a sliding portion 821 adapted to be engaged with the sliding slot 30 to slide, and when the motor 81 drives the link to rotate, the sliding portion 821 slides in the sliding slot 30 to drive the door assembly 3 to perform a compound motion. Thus, the motor 81 has small load and good stability when the door assembly 3 moves, the design concept is ingenious, the opening and closing actions of the ice outlet 10 can be conveniently realized, the layout is reasonable, and the occupied space can be saved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the motor 81 may be mounted to a surface of the bracket 2 remote from the ice outlet 10, and a motor shaft of the motor 81 is coupled to the driving member 82 after passing through the bracket 2. This can improve the reliability of the motor 81, improve the stability of opening and closing the ice outlet 10, and further "hide" the motor 81 at a position of the bracket 2 away from the ice outlet 10, thereby improving the appearance.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 to 7, the both sides of the door assembly 3 may be left and right sides, and the pivot axis 56 of the door assembly 3 may be located at the upper end of the ice outlet 10. That is, two driving assemblies 8 may be installed at both left and right sides of the door assembly 3, in which case the door assembly 3 is pivotable about a pivot axis above the ice outlet 10. I.e. the door assembly 3 is openable and closable in the up-down direction. It can be understood that, at this time, the sliding grooves 30 on the door assembly 3 are located at the left side and the right side and extend along the up-down direction, and the motor 81 drives the driving member 82 to overcome the gravity of the door assembly 3 to do work, so as to realize the opening and closing of the ice outlet 10, and the ice outlet opening device has good stability and high reliability.

In other embodiments, the two sides of the door assembly 3 are upper and lower sides, and the pivot axis of the door assembly 3 is located at the left or right end of the ice outlet 10. That is, two driving assemblies 8 may be installed at both upper and lower sides of the door assembly 3, and at this time, the door assembly 3 is pivotable about a pivot axis located at the left or right end of the ice outlet 10. I.e. the door assembly 3 is openable and closable in the left-right direction. It can be understood that, at this time, the sliding groove 30 on the door assembly 3 is located at the upper side and the lower side and extends along the left-right direction, the motor 81 drives the driving member 82 to rotate around the axis extending along the vertical direction, so as to realize opening and closing of the door assembly 3, and the flexibility is good.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the ice outlet 10 may be positioned at the front side of the body 1, so that ice cubes may be conveniently taken by a user, and the beauty is good.

Optionally, the front side of the body 1 has a recess facing rearward, the ice outlet 10 being provided in the recess, and the bracket 2 being constituted by two side walls of the recess. Thereby, the side wall of the machine body 1 can be fully utilized to mount and support the motor 81, the structure is simple and compact, the redundant assembly process can be omitted, the assembly efficiency is improved, and meanwhile, the aesthetic property of the ice maker can be further improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 8-12, the door assembly 3 may include: door cover 4, door body 5 and insulating foam 6. Specifically, the door body 5 may be connected to one side of the door cover 4, and an accommodating space 31 may be defined between the door body 5 and the door cover 4, and the thermal insulation foam 6 may be provided in the accommodating space 31, wherein the door body 5 passes through the ice outlet 10 and then protrudes into the inside of the ice maker when the door assembly 3 closes the ice outlet 10. From this, the space that forms between door body 5 and door apron 4 can hinder cold volume outflow to a certain extent, can cushion vibrations and collision simultaneously, to a certain extent noise reduction, when door assembly 3 closed the ice outlet 10, heat preservation foam 6 is located ice outlet 10, heat preservation foam 6 can further hinder the heat exchange of the inside and outside both sides of ice outlet 10, slows down the melting speed of ice-cube of ice outlet 10 department, in addition, the foam of heat preservation foam 6 can provide good buffering cushioning effect for vibration damping noise reduction effect further promotes.

As shown in fig. 9 and 11, the door body 5 may have an annular groove 50 on a side surface (e.g., a rear surface as illustrated) thereof remote from the door cover 4, the annular groove 50 being disposed adjacent to an edge of the door body 5, and the door assembly 3 may further include: seal ring 7, a portion of seal ring 7 may be embedded in annular groove 50 to allow door assembly 3 to close ice outlet 10 while sealing. In other words, the edge of the surface of the door body 5, which is far away from the door cover plate 4, is provided with the annular groove 50, a part of the sealing ring 7 is embedded in the annular groove 50, and when the door body 5 is closed to the ice outlet 10, the sealing ring 7 can seal the gap between the door body 5 and the ice outlet 10, so that the air flow at the inner side and the outer side of the ice outlet 10 is blocked, the heat exchange is slowed down, the ice melting can be avoided, the ice making effect is improved, the heat insulation effect of the ice making machine is improved, and the energy consumption is reduced.

The door assembly 3 of the ice maker according to the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail with reference to fig. 8 to 12. The ice maker has an ice outlet 10, and a door assembly 5 may be installed at the ice outlet 10 to open or close the ice outlet 10.

As shown in fig. 11 and 12, the door assembly 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a door cover 4, a door body 5, a thermal insulation foam 6, and a gasket 7, wherein the door body 5 may be coupled to one side of the door cover 4, and an accommodating space 31 may be defined between the door body 5 and the door cover 4, and a surface (e.g., a rear surface as illustrated) of the door body 5, which is remote from the door cover 4, may have an annular groove 50, the annular groove 50 being disposed adjacent to an edge of the door body 5.

As shown in fig. 11, the insulating foam 6 may be provided in the receiving space 31, and a portion of the sealing ring 7 may be inserted into the annular groove 50 so that the door assembly 3 closes the ice outlet 10 while sealing.

In this way, the accommodation space 31 formed between the door body 5 and the door cover 4 can block the outflow of cold to a certain extent, and at the same time can buffer vibration and collision, reducing noise to a certain extent. And, the heat preservation foam 6 can further hinder the heat exchange of the inside and outside both sides of ice outlet 10, slows down the speed of melting ice-cube of ice outlet 10 department, and in addition, the foam of heat preservation foam 6 can provide good buffering cushioning effect for the shock attenuation noise reduction effect further promotes. Meanwhile, the sealing ring 7 can seal the gap between the door body 5 and the ice outlet 10, so that air flow at the inner side and the outer side of the ice outlet 10 is blocked, heat exchange is slowed down, ice cubes can be prevented from being melted, ice making effect is improved, heat preservation effect of the ice maker can be improved, and energy consumption is reduced.

Therefore, according to the door assembly 3 of the ice maker in the embodiment of the invention, the accommodating space 31 is formed between the door body 5 and the door cover plate 4, the heat insulation foam 6 is arranged in the accommodating space 31, and the sealing ring 7 embedded in the annular groove 50 is utilized to realize sealing when the door assembly 3 closes the ice outlet 10, so that vibration and collision of ice cubes and the door body 5 can be reduced, noise can be reduced, the melting speed of the ice cubes can be slowed down, the ice making effect and the heat insulation effect can be improved, and the energy consumption can be reduced.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 11, the accommodating space 31 may be configured such that its projection on a vertical plane is substantially triangular, the structure is simple and compact, the manufacturing is convenient, and the substantially triangular accommodating space 31 may enhance the shock absorbing and noise reducing effects. The thermal insulation foam 6 can be completely filled into the accommodating space 31, namely, the thermal insulation foam 6 is integrally arranged in the accommodating space 31, so that the thermal insulation foam 6 can be protected by the door body 5 and the door cover plate 4, the thermal insulation foam 6 is prevented from being damaged, meanwhile, the thermal insulation effect can be improved, the ice making effect can be further improved, and the energy consumption is reduced.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 3, when the door assembly 3 closes the ice outlet 10, the vertex of the generally triangular receiving space 31 may be above the ice outlet 10. In this way, the thicker part of the heat-insulating foam 6 can be positioned below the ice outlet 10, so that the heat exchange at the position where the heat exchange is rapid can be blocked, the heat exchange rule of air flow is broken, and the heat-insulating effect can be further optimized.

In some embodiments, the door body 5 and the door cover plate 4 can be connected through a buckle, so that the assembly is convenient and labor-saving, the assembly efficiency can be improved, and the cost can be reduced.

The ice maker according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the door assembly 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The door body 5 of the ice maker according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which the front side of the ice maker has the ice outlet 10, may be provided at the ice outlet 10, is described in detail below with reference to fig. 13 to 16.

As shown in fig. 13 to 16, the door body 5 may include: the ice dispenser includes a body frame 51, a body plate 52, a bottom plate 53, and two triangular side plates 54, wherein an upper end of the body frame 51 is pivotably connected with respect to the ice outlet 10, an upper end of the body plate 52 may be connected to the body frame 51, and the body plate 52 extends obliquely rearward and downward.

The bottom plate 53 may be connected between the body plate 52 and the lower end of the body frame 51, and two side plates 54 may be connected between the body plate 52, the bottom plate 53 and the body frame 51, respectively.

Therefore, the door body 5 can be provided with a projection which is approximately triangular on a vertical plane, namely, the door body 5 is provided with a triangular outline modeling, so that noise generated by collision of ice cubes to the ice outlet 10 can be reduced, in addition, the ice outlet 10 can be effectively prevented from being blocked due to excessive aggregation of the ice cubes, and ice can be conveniently displayed.

According to the door body 5 of the ice maker in the embodiment of the invention, the upper end of the frame body is pivotally connected relative to the ice outlet 10, the upper end of the body plate 52 is connected to the body frame 51 and extends obliquely backwards and downwards, the bottom plate 53 is connected between the body plate 52 and the lower end of the body frame 51, and the body plate 52, the bottom plate 53 and the body frame 51 are respectively connected by the two side plates 54, so that the structure is simple and compact, noise generated by collision of ice cubes on the ice outlet 10 can be reduced, and the ice cubes blocking the ice outlet 10 due to excessive aggregation can be effectively prevented, thereby being beneficial to ice realization.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the bottom plate 53 extends forward and downward from the lower end of the body plate 52, i.e., the bottom plate 53 extends obliquely, so that the ice cubes are prevented from being blocked by being caught at the lower portion of the bottom plate 53, the ice outlet 10 is ensured to be normally opened, and the opening and closing stability is improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 14 and 16, the door body 5 may further include a top plate 55 connected between the body plate 52 and the body frame 51. Thus, the top plate 55 can connect the body plate 52 and the body frame 51, thereby improving the strength of the door body 5 and reducing the probability of damage.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 16, when the door body 5 closes the ice outlet 10, the top plate 55 is substantially parallel to the horizontal plane. That is, when the door body 5 closes the ice outlet 10, the top plate 55 is extended in the horizontal direction, so that a reasonable layout of the top plate 55 can be realized, the structure is simple and compact, the noise reduction effect is good, and the occupied space can be saved.

In some embodiments, the body plate 52 and the body frame 51 may be in an arc-shaped transition, i.e., the body plate 52 and the body frame 51 are connected and smoothly transition therebetween. Thus, the top plate 55 connected between the body plate 52 and the body frame 51 is omitted, so that the processing is facilitated, and the stress concentration can be reduced, the strength of the door body 5 can be improved, and the service life can be prolonged.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 13 to 15, the upper end of the body frame 51 may be provided with a horizontally extending pivot shaft 56, as shown in fig. 1 and 5, the bracket 2 may be provided with a pivot shaft hole 20, and the pivot shaft 56 may be rotatably fitted in the pivot shaft hole 20, so that the door body 5 may pivot with respect to the ice outlet 10, and the structure is simple and compact, and the processing is convenient.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 13-15, the pivot shaft 56 may include two horizontally spaced apart pivot shafts 56, and the two pivot shafts 56 are coaxial. It will be appreciated that in this case, there are two spindle holes 20 in the bracket 2. Therefore, the two pivot shafts 56 are respectively matched in the corresponding pivot shaft holes 20, so that the door body 5 can pivot to open or close the ice outlet 10, the rotation stability is good, the reliability is high, and the stress is uniform.

As shown in fig. 8 to 10, the pivot shaft 56 may be connected to the upper end of the body frame 51 through the connection plate 57, so that the connection strength of the pivot shaft 56 and the body frame 51 may be improved, damage and falling of the pivot shaft 56 may be avoided, and stability and reliability may be further improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the upper surface of the body frame 51 may have a first escape groove 510 recessed downward to escape other components on the ice maker, avoiding interference with other components when the door body 5 pivots.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the upper end of the body plate 52 may have a second escape groove 520 communicating with the first escape groove 510. Advantageously, the first and second avoidance grooves 510, 520 may each be arcuate grooves, and the centerlines of the first and second avoidance grooves 510, 520 may be collinear with the centerline of the body frame 51. Therefore, the avoidance effect is good, and once interference occurs, the arc-shaped groove surface can provide buffering, hard collision is avoided, and the reliability and the stability are better.

The ice maker according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the door body 5 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Referring now to fig. 17 to 21 in detail, the gasket 7 of the ice maker according to the embodiment of the present invention may have a door assembly 3 for opening or closing the ice outlet 10, as shown in fig. 1 to 7, and the door assembly 3 may be provided with an annular groove 50, and the gasket 7 may be adapted to be inserted into the annular groove 50 such that the door assembly 3 closes the ice outlet 10 while sealing.

As shown in fig. 17 to 21, the seal ring 7 includes: an insertion section 71 and a stopper section 72, wherein the insertion section 71 may be formed in a ring shape, and the insertion section 71 may be inserted into the annular groove 50 to mount the seal ring 7 on the door assembly 3.

As shown in connection with fig. 20 and 21, the stopping section 72 may be connected to the insertion section 71, and the stopping section 72 may extend toward the ice outlet 10, and the stopping section 72 may be configured to stop against a peripheral wall of the ice outlet 10 or a portion of the body 1 of the ice maker surrounding the ice outlet 10 when the door assembly 3 closes the ice outlet 10. That is, when the door assembly 3 closes the ice outlet 10, the stopper 72 may be stopped against the inner circumferential wall of the ice outlet 10, or the stopper may be stopped against the front sidewall of the portion of the body 1 where the ice outlet 10 is formed.

From this, sealing washer 7 can install between outlet 10 and door subassembly 3, stop section 72 can take place to warp, seal the clearance between outlet 10 and the door subassembly 3, thereby can hinder the air of the inside and outside both sides of outlet 10 and flow each other, slow down the heat exchange, and then can avoid the ice-cube to melt, improve ice-making effect, can improve ice-making machine's heat preservation effect moreover, reduce the energy consumption, in addition, if ice-cube and door subassembly 3 bump, sealing washer 7 can also provide cushioning effect, not only can prevent that door subassembly 3 from being damaged by the collision, but also can reduce collision noise.

Therefore, according to the sealing ring 7 of the ice maker, the annular embedded section 71 is embedded into the annular groove 50 of the door assembly 3, and the stop section 72 is connected to the embedded section 71 and extends towards the ice outlet 10, so that the gap between the ice outlet 10 and the door assembly 3 can be sealed by the sealing ring 7, the heat exchange at the ice outlet 10 can be slowed down, ice melting can be slowed down, energy consumption is reduced, and the ice maker has the advantages of good sealing, good buffering and noise reduction effects, low cost and the like.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 20 and 21, the stop section 72 may be connected at a radially inner end of the insertion section 71, and the stop section 72 may extend radially outward simultaneously in a direction toward the ice outlet 10. In other words, the stop section 72 may extend in a trumpet shape from the radially inner end of the embedded section 71. The structure is simple and compact, the sealing effect can be improved, and the energy conservation and noise reduction can be realized.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 21, the cross section of the stop section 72 may be formed in an arc shape, so that when the door assembly 3 closes the ice outlet 10 after the sealing ring 7 is mounted on the door assembly 3, deformation of the stop section 72 is facilitated, and the sealing effect may be improved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 21, the cross-section of the stop segment 72 may be formed in a circular arc shape with a radius r to facilitate manufacturing. Advantageously, the radius r of the cross section of the abutment section 72 may satisfy: on one hand, the stop section 72 has better deformability, improves the sealing effect, and on the other hand, can reduce the processing difficulty and save the cost, and r is less than or equal to 1.5mm and less than or equal to 3.7 mm. For example, in the example shown in fig. 21, the radius r=2.6 mm of the cross section of the abutment section 72, and of course, the structure of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the value of r is not limited to the above description, but may be other values, such as 1.5, 2, 2.2, 3, and the like. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, this will not be described in detail herein.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the free end of the stop segment 72 may extend radially beyond the embedded segment 71, as shown in fig. 21. In other words, the outer end of the stopper section 72 extends beyond the outer peripheral surface of the embedded section 71. In this way, the contact area between the contact section 72 and the ice outlet 10 can be increased, so that the sealing effect can be optimized.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 21, a radially inner end of a side surface of the embedded section 71 remote from the door cover plate 4 of the ice maker may have a notch groove 7101, the stopper section 72 may be connected into the notch groove 7101, and a gap in a radial direction may be provided between the stopper section 72 and the embedded section 71. In this way, when the door assembly 3 closes the ice outlet 10, the contact area between the stop section 72 and the peripheral wall of the ice outlet 10 or the surface of the machine body 1 surrounding the ice outlet 10 can be further increased, so that the sealing effect is further improved.

According to some embodiments of the invention, as shown in fig. 21, the embedded segment 71 may have a guiding ramp 7103 adapted to be guided into the annular groove 50 to facilitate the assembly of the sealing ring 7 to the door assembly 3. For example, in the example shown in fig. 21, the insertion section 71 has guide inclined surfaces 7103 on both sides, and the insertion section 71 can be inserted into the annular groove 50 under the guide of the guide inclined surfaces 7103, so that the assembly is convenient and labor-saving, the assembly efficiency can be improved, and the cost can be reduced.

As shown in fig. 21, a surface (for example, a front side in the drawing) of the embedded section 71 far away from the ice outlet 10 is provided with a process groove 7102, and the process groove 7102 can be arranged to uniformly level during processing, so that the material is convenient to be moved and cooled during processing and manufacturing, the thickness uniformity of the embedded section 71 can be improved, the processing precision is improved, and the sealing effect is better.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 21, the process groove 7102 may be located in the middle of the embedded section 71, and the ratio h of the width of the process groove 7102 to the width of the embedded section 71 in the radial direction may satisfy: h is more than or equal to 0.1 and less than or equal to 0.5. That is, the width of the process groove 7102 may be between one tenth and one half of the width of the embedded segment 71. Therefore, the processing is convenient and the cost is low.

The ice maker according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the sealing ring 7 according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention.

Other constructions and operations of ice making machines according to embodiments of the present invention are known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description of the present specification, reference to the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "illustrative embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: many changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the spirit and principles of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A door body of an ice maker, the front side of the ice maker having an ice outlet, the door body comprising:

the upper end of the body frame is pivotally connected relative to the ice outlet;

A body plate having an upper end connected to the body frame and extending obliquely rearward and downward;

A bottom plate connected between the body plate and a lower end of the body frame;

the two triangular side plates are respectively connected between the body plate, the bottom plate and the body frame;

The upper surface of the body frame is provided with a first avoidance groove which is concave downwards;

The upper end of the body plate is provided with a second avoidance groove communicated with the first avoidance groove;

the first avoidance groove and the second avoidance groove are arc-shaped grooves, and the center line of the first avoidance groove is collinear with the center line of the body frame.

2. The door body of claim 1, wherein the bottom plate extends forwardly and downwardly from a lower end of the body plate.

3. The door body of claim 1, further comprising a top plate connected between the body plate and the body frame.

4. A door body as claimed in claim 3, wherein the top plate is substantially parallel to the horizontal when the door body closes the ice outlet.

5. The door body of claim 1, wherein the body panel and the body frame have an arcuate transition therebetween.

6. The door body as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper end of the body frame is provided with a horizontally extending pivot shaft.

7. The door body of claim 6, wherein the pivot axis comprises two horizontally spaced apart and coaxial.

8. A door body as claimed in claim 6 or claim 7, wherein the pivot shaft is connected to the upper end of the body frame by a connection plate.

9. An ice maker, characterized by comprising a door body according to any one of claims 1-8.