CN109307392B - Ice discharging device and refrigerator - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses an ice discharging device and a refrigerator, relates to the technical field of refrigerators, and aims to take out ice cubes of different specifications after one-time ice making without mixing the ice cubes of different sizes. The ice discharging device comprises an ice storage barrel, wherein an ice outlet is formed in the bottom of the ice storage barrel, a first ice storage chamber and a second ice storage chamber are formed in the ice storage barrel, the first ice storage chamber is communicated with the ice outlet through a first ice discharging channel, the second ice storage chamber is communicated with the ice outlet through a second ice discharging channel, a first ice discharging control piece is arranged at the first ice discharging channel, a second ice discharging control piece is arranged at the second ice discharging channel, and a driving assembly can drive the first ice discharging control piece to rotate towards the ice discharging direction and synchronously drive the second ice discharging control piece to rotate towards the ice blocking direction; the driving assembly can drive the first ice outlet control piece to rotate towards the ice blocking direction and synchronously drive the second ice outlet control piece to rotate towards the ice outlet direction. The present invention can be used for a refrigerator having an ice making function.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of refrigerators, in particular to an ice discharging device and a refrigerator.
Background
Along with the improvement of the living standard of people, the functions of the refrigerator are more and more, for example, an automatic ice maker is added in some refrigerators, so that the refrigerator has an ice making function, a user can directly take ice through an ice taking opening in the refrigerator door, and the refrigerator is simple and convenient to use.
However, the conventional refrigerator having the ice maker can generally produce only ice cubes of one size, and when a user needs smaller ice cubes, the user generally needs to use the ice crushing function, the waiting time is long, all the ice cubes become small ice cubes after the ice crushing, and if the ice cubes of a large size are to be used, the user can only wait until the next ice making is finished. In addition, if the previous small-sized ice cubes are not taken out, the subsequently made large ice cubes are mixed with the small ice cubes, and the mixed large and small ice cubes may not be separated when the user takes the ice cubes next time.
Disclosure of Invention
Embodiments of the present invention provide an ice discharging device and a refrigerator, which can take out ice cubes of different sizes after one-time ice making without mixing the ice cubes of different sizes.
In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides an ice discharging device, including an ice storage barrel, an ice outlet is disposed at a bottom of the ice storage barrel, a first ice storage chamber and a second ice storage chamber are formed in the ice storage barrel, the first ice storage chamber is communicated with the ice outlet through a first ice outlet channel, the second ice storage chamber is communicated with the ice outlet through a second ice outlet channel, a first ice outlet control member is disposed at the first ice outlet channel, a second ice outlet control member is disposed at the second ice outlet channel, the first ice outlet control member and the second ice outlet control member are connected to a same driving assembly, and the driving assembly can drive the first ice outlet control member to rotate in an ice outlet direction and synchronously drive the second ice outlet control member to rotate in an ice blocking direction; the driving assembly can drive the first ice outlet control piece to rotate towards the ice blocking direction and synchronously drive the second ice outlet control piece to rotate towards the ice outlet direction.
On the other hand, the embodiment of the application further provides a refrigerator, which comprises an ice maker and an ice outlet device arranged below the ice maker, wherein the ice outlet device is the ice outlet device in the technical scheme, the ice maker can make ice cubes with two different sizes, the ice maker comprises a first ice cube outlet and a second ice cube outlet, the first ice cube outlet and the second ice cube outlet are used for respectively sending out the ice cubes with the two different sizes, the first ice cube outlet corresponds to the first ice storage chamber of the ice outlet device, and the second ice cube outlet corresponds to the second ice storage chamber of the ice outlet device.
According to the ice discharging device and the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the invention, the first ice storage chamber and the second ice storage chamber are formed in the ice storage barrel, the two ice storage chambers can store ice cubes with different specifications respectively, when a user needs to take the ice cubes in the first ice storage chamber, the driving assembly can be controlled to drive the first ice discharging control piece to rotate towards the ice discharging direction, the ice cubes in the first ice discharging channel are sent to the ice discharging port and then are discharged from the ice receiving port on the refrigerator door, and at the moment, the driving assembly can synchronously drive the second ice discharging control piece to rotate towards the ice blocking direction, so that the ice cubes in the second ice discharging channel can be sent back to the second ice storage chamber, and the ice cubes in the second ice storage chamber are prevented from falling into the ice discharging port; similarly, when ice cubes in the second ice storage chamber need to be taken, the controllable driving assembly drives the second ice outlet control piece to rotate towards the ice outlet direction, the ice cubes in the second ice outlet channel are sent into the ice outlet, then the ice cubes are sent out through the ice receiving port in the refrigerator door, and at the moment, the driving assembly can synchronously drive the first ice outlet control piece to rotate towards the ice blocking direction, so that the ice cubes in the first ice outlet channel can be sent back to the first ice storage chamber, and the ice cubes in the first ice storage chamber are prevented from falling into the ice outlet. Therefore, ice cubes with different specifications can be taken out after one-time ice making, and the ice cubes with two different specifications can be prevented from being mixed in the ice making process, so that different ice taking requirements of users can be met.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an ice dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a connection structure of an ice discharge control member and a driving assembly in an ice discharge device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an axial view of an ice discharge control and drive assembly of an ice discharge apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of an ice discharge control member and a driving assembly disposed in a housing of the ice discharge control member in an ice discharging device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the inner side of a refrigerator door of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is an exploded view of an ice maker in a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of an ice making box of an ice maker in a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of an outer side structure of a refrigerator door of the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is another schematic structural diagram of an ice dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an ice discharging device provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes an ice storage barrel 1, an ice outlet 11 is disposed at a bottom of the ice storage barrel 1, a first ice storage chamber 12 and a second ice storage chamber 13 are formed in the ice storage barrel 1, the first ice storage chamber 12 is communicated with the ice outlet 11 through a first ice outlet channel 14, the second ice storage chamber 13 is communicated with the ice outlet 11 through a second ice outlet channel 15, a first ice outlet control member 2 is disposed at the first ice outlet channel 14, the first ice outlet control member 2 is capable of rotating in an ice outlet direction or an ice blocking direction, a second ice outlet control member 3 is disposed at the second ice outlet channel 15, the second ice outlet control member 3 is capable of rotating in the ice outlet direction or the ice blocking direction, the first ice outlet control member 2 and the second ice outlet 3 are connected to a same driving assembly 4, and the driving assembly 4 is capable of driving the first ice outlet 2 to rotate in the ice outlet direction and synchronously drive the second ice outlet control member The workpiece 3 rotates towards the ice blocking direction; the driving assembly 4 can drive the first ice-out control member 2 to rotate towards the ice-blocking direction and synchronously drive the second ice-out control member 3 to rotate towards the ice-out direction.
According to the ice discharging device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the first ice storage chamber 12 and the second ice storage chamber 13 are formed in the ice storage barrel 1, the two ice storage chambers can store ice cubes with different specifications respectively, when a user needs to take the ice cubes in the first ice storage chamber 12, the driving assembly 4 can be controlled to drive the first ice discharging control member 2 to rotate towards the ice discharging direction, the ice cubes in the first ice discharging channel 14 are sent to the ice discharging port 11 and then are sent out from the ice receiving port on the refrigerator door, and at the moment, the driving assembly 4 can synchronously drive the second ice discharging control member 3 to rotate towards the ice blocking direction, so that the ice cubes in the second ice discharging channel 15 can be sent back to the second ice storage chamber 13, and the ice cubes in the second ice storage chamber 13 are prevented from falling into the ice discharging port 11; similarly, when the ice in the second ice storage chamber 13 needs to be taken, the controllable driving assembly 4 drives the second ice discharge control member 3 to rotate in the ice discharge direction, so as to send the ice in the second ice discharge channel 15 into the ice discharge port 11, and then the ice is sent out from the ice receiving port on the refrigerator door, at this time, since the driving assembly 4 can synchronously drive the first ice discharge control member 2 to rotate in the ice blocking direction, the ice in the first ice discharge channel 14 can be sent back to the first ice storage chamber 12, and the ice in the first ice storage chamber 12 is prevented from falling into the ice discharge port 11. Therefore, ice cubes with different specifications can be taken out after one-time ice making, and the ice cubes with two different specifications can be prevented from being mixed in the ice making process, so that different ice taking requirements of users can be met.
The first ice discharge control element 2 and the second ice discharge control element 3 may be structured as shown in fig. 2, the first ice discharge control element 2 includes a first rotating shaft 21 and a first ice picking claw 22 disposed on the first rotating shaft 21, the second ice discharge control element 3 includes a second rotating shaft 31 and a second ice picking claw 32 disposed on the second rotating shaft 31, the first driven gear 42 is connected to the first rotating shaft 21, and the second driven gear 43 is connected to the second rotating shaft 31. Therefore, the driving assembly 4 can respectively drive the first rotating shaft 21 and the second rotating shaft 31 to rotate, and further drive the first ice picking claw 22 and the second ice picking claw 32 to pick ice.
In one possible implementation manner, as shown in fig. 1, the first rotating shaft 21 and the second rotating shaft 31 are arranged in parallel, the first ice outlet channel 14 is located between the axis of the first rotating shaft 21 and the outer wall of the ice storage barrel close to the first ice outlet control member 2, and the second ice outlet channel 15 is located between the axis of the second rotating shaft 31 and the outer wall of the ice storage barrel close to the second ice outlet control member 3. Or the first ice outlet channel 14 and the second ice outlet channel 15 are both positioned between the axis of the first rotating shaft 21 and the axis of the second rotating shaft 31. At this time, in order to realize separate ice feeding of the two ice discharging passages, the first ice discharging control member 2 and the second ice discharging control member 3 may be controlled to rotate synchronously in the same direction by the driving assembly 4. Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the driving assembly 4 includes a motor (not shown), a driving gear 41, a first driven gear 42 and a second driven gear 43, the motor is connected to the driving gear 41, the first driven gear 42 is connected to the first ice discharge control member 2, the second driven gear 43 is connected to the second ice discharge control member 3, and the driving gear 41 is located between the first driven gear 42 and the second driven gear 43 and is engaged with the first driven gear 42 and the second driven gear 43, respectively. At this time, the driving gear 41 can drive the first driven gear 42 and the second driven gear 43 to synchronously rotate in the same direction. For example, referring to fig. 2, when the driving gear 41 rotates in a clockwise direction, the first driven gear 42 and the second driven gear 43 rotate in a counterclockwise direction synchronously, and then the first ice discharge control member 2 and the second ice discharge control member 3 are driven to rotate in a counterclockwise direction synchronously, as shown in fig. 1, when the first ice discharge control member 2 rotates in a counterclockwise direction, ice cubes in the first ice storage chamber 12 are brought into the first ice discharge passage 14 by the first ice discharge control member 2 and then fall into the ice outlet 11 below; when the second ice discharge control 3 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction, the ice cubes in the second ice storage chamber 13 are blocked by the second ice discharge control 3, preventing the ice cubes from entering the second ice discharge passage 15. Therefore, when the first ice outlet control part 2 is used for taking ice, the second ice outlet control part 3 is used for blocking ice or returning ice to the second ice storage chamber 13, and when the second ice outlet control part 3 is used for taking ice, the first ice outlet control part 2 is used for blocking ice or returning ice to the first ice storage chamber 12.
In another possible implementation manner, as shown in fig. 9, the first ice discharging passage 14 is located between the axis of the first rotating shaft 21 and the outer wall of the ice storage barrel close to the first ice discharging control member 2, on the side away from the second ice discharging control member 3, and the second ice discharging passage 15 is located between the axis of the second rotating shaft 31 and the axis of the first rotating shaft 21; or, the first ice outlet channel 14 is located between the axes of the first rotating shaft 21 and the second rotating shaft 31, and the second ice outlet channel 15 is located between the axis of the second rotating shaft 31 and the outer wall of the ice storage barrel close to the second ice outlet control member 3. At the moment, the driving assembly 4 is only required to be changed, so that the driving assembly 4 can simultaneously drive the first ice outlet control part 2 and the second ice outlet control part 3 to synchronously and reversely rotate, and the independent ice taking of the two ice storage chambers can be realized. For example, a transmission gear may be added between the driving gear 41 and the first driven gear 42 or between the driving gear 41 and the second driven gear 43. At this time, referring to fig. 9, when the first ice discharging control member 2 rotates in a clockwise direction, the second ice discharging control member 3 simultaneously rotates in a counterclockwise direction, and the ice cubes in the first ice storage chamber 12 are blocked by the first ice discharging control member 2, preventing the ice cubes from entering the first ice discharging passage 14; the ice cubes in the second ice storage chamber 13 are brought into the second ice discharge passage 15 by the second ice discharge control member 3 and then fall into the lower ice discharge port 11.
In order to transmit torque, the first driven gear 42 may be sleeved on the first rotating shaft 21 and connected with the first rotating shaft 21 through a key, alternatively, the first driven gear 42 may also be directly connected to an end surface of the first rotating shaft 21 through a screw, and the second driven gear 43 may be connected to an end surface of the second rotating shaft 31 through a screw, so that torque transmission between the gears and the rotating shafts may also be achieved.
When the width of the first ice discharging channel 14 along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 21 is large, as shown in fig. 2, a plurality of first ice-picking claws 22 may be provided, the plurality of first ice-picking claws 22 are arranged along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 21, and the gap between two adjacent first ice-picking claws 22 is smaller than the size of the ice pieces in the first ice storage chamber 12, so that the ice pieces can be prevented from being exposed through the gap between two adjacent first ice-picking claws 22. Similarly, when the width of the second ice discharging channel 15 along the axial direction of the second rotating shaft 31 is larger, a plurality of second ice-picking claws 32 may be provided, the plurality of second ice-picking claws 32 are arranged along the axial direction of the second rotating shaft 31, and the gap between two adjacent second ice-picking claws 32 is smaller than the size of the ice cubes in the second ice storage chamber 13. Thereby, the ice cubes are prevented from being exposed through the gap between the adjacent two second harvest claws 32.
In order to achieve a fixed quantity of ice, as shown in fig. 2, the blades of the first ice-picking claw 22 are uniformly distributed around the first rotating shaft 21, so that the gaps between two adjacent blades in the same first ice-picking claw 22 are equal, and the amount of ice cubes accommodated in the gaps is equal, thereby facilitating the control of the ice-picking amount in each ice-picking process. Likewise, the blades of the second ice-picking claw 32 are also evenly distributed around the second rotating shaft 31.
In order to reduce the impact of the movement of the ice cubes on the ice discharge control member, as shown in fig. 3, the blades of the first ice-taking claws 22 are not overlapped in pairs along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 21, that is, the first ice-taking claws 22 are sequentially staggered by a certain angle, so that the ice cubes can be dispersed in the ice-taking process, and the ice cubes cannot enter the first ice-outlet channel 14 at the same time, thereby reducing the impact of the movement of the ice cubes on the first ice-outlet control member 2. Similarly, along the axial direction of the second rotating shaft 31, the blades on the second ice-picking claws 32 do not overlap with each other, that is, the second ice-picking claws 32 are arranged in a staggered manner by a certain angle, so that the impact of the movement of ice blocks on the second ice-discharging control member 3 is reduced.
As shown in fig. 1, the first ice storage chamber 12 and the second ice storage chamber 13 are partitioned by a partition 16 provided in the ice bank, so that the ice cubes of the first ice storage chamber 12 are conveniently guided into the first ice discharging passage 14, and the ice cubes of the second ice storage chamber 13 are guided into the second ice discharging passage 15. Preferably, a first ice guide plate 5 and a second ice guide plate 6 may be respectively disposed at the lower end of the partition 16, the first ice guide plate 5 extending toward the first ice outlet passage 14, and the second ice guide plate 6 extending toward the second ice outlet passage 15. Thereby, the ice cubes of the first ice storage chamber 12 can be guided into the first ice discharging passage 14 through the first ice guiding plate 5, and the ice cubes of the second ice storage chamber 13 can be guided into the second ice discharging passage 15 through the second ice guiding plate 6.
The partition 16, the first ice guiding plate 5 and the second ice guiding plate 6 may be integrally formed or may be separately manufactured and then connected, which is not limited herein.
Preferably, the first ice guide plate 5 and the second ice guide plate 6 may have a curved structure, thereby preventing ice cubes from being accumulated at the corners where the ice guide plates are connected to the partition 16 and not being taken out.
In order to increase the volume of the ice storage barrel, the first ice guide plate 5 and the second ice guide plate 6 may be manufactured to positions as close as possible to the ice discharge control member, and in order to avoid interference with the ice discharge control member, as shown in fig. 4, a first avoiding gap 51 may be formed in a position on the first ice guide plate 5 corresponding to the first ice picking claw 22, a blade of the first ice picking claw 22 passes through the first avoiding gap 51, a second avoiding gap 61 may be formed in a position on the second ice guide plate 6 corresponding to the second ice picking claw 32, a blade of the second ice picking claw 32 passes through the second avoiding gap 61, and both the width of the first avoiding gap 51 and the width of the second avoiding gap 61 are smaller than the size of ice cubes in the ice storage barrel. To prevent ice cubes from directly falling into the ice outlet 11 through the first bypass slit 51 and the second bypass slit 61.
On the other hand, as shown in fig. 5, an embodiment of the present application further provides a refrigerator, which includes an ice maker 100 and an ice discharging device 200 disposed below the ice maker, where the ice discharging device 200 is the ice discharging device according to any of the above embodiments, the ice maker 100 is capable of preparing ice cubes with two different sizes, the ice maker 100 includes a first ice cube outlet and a second ice cube outlet, the first ice cube outlet and the second ice cube outlet are used for respectively sending out the ice cubes with the two different sizes, the first ice cube outlet corresponds to the first ice storage chamber 12 of the ice discharging device 200, and the second ice cube outlet corresponds to the second ice storage chamber 13 of the ice discharging device.
According to the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the invention, the ice maker 100 can make two ice cubes with different sizes, the first ice cube outlet corresponds to the first ice storage chamber 12 of the ice discharging device 200, and the second ice cube outlet corresponds to the second ice storage chamber 13 of the ice discharging device 200, so that the two ice cubes with different sizes made by the ice maker can fall into the first ice storage chamber 12 and the second ice storage chamber 13 respectively, and can be taken out through the ice discharging control members in the first ice storage chamber 12 and the second ice storage chamber 13, and the ice discharging device 200 is the ice discharging device 200 in any embodiment, so that the ice cubes with different sizes can be taken out after one-time ice making, and the ice cubes with different sizes can be prevented from being mixed in the ice discharging process, thereby meeting different ice taking requirements of users.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, the ice maker 100 includes an ice maker support 103 and an ice making box 104 rotatably connected in the ice maker support 103, a plurality of ice grids are formed in the ice making box 104, the ice making box 104 includes a first ice making region 1041 and a second ice making region 1042, the ice grids in the first ice making region 1041 are different in size from the ice grids in the second ice making region 1042, the first ice making region 1041 corresponds to the first ice storage compartment 12, the second ice making region 1042 corresponds to the second ice storage compartment 13, the ice twisting device 105 is connected to the ice making box 104, and a water filling device is disposed above the ice making box 104. When ice making is started, the opening of the ice tray in the ice box 104 faces upward, the water injection pipe injects water into the ice tray, after the ice making is completed, the ice twisting device 105 drives the ice box 104 to rotate, so that the opening of the ice box 104 faces downward, and the ice box 104 is twisted, so that ice blocks in the first ice making area 1041 of the ice box 104 fall into the first ice storage chamber 12, and ice blocks in the second ice making area 1042 of the ice box 104 fall into the second ice storage chamber 13.
As shown in fig. 7, the partition ribs in the ice making box 104 may have grooves 1043, so that water can flow into each ice tray easily during water injection.
In addition, as shown in fig. 6, the ice maker 100 further includes an ice detecting lever 106, wherein the ice detecting lever 106 is used for detecting whether ice cubes in an ice storage chamber below the ice making box are full; specifically, water baffles 107 may be disposed above the ice-making housing 104 and at two axial end faces, so as to prevent water in the ice-making housing 104 from spilling when the door of the refrigerator is opened and shaken.
As shown in fig. 5 and 8, in the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention, both the ice maker 100 and the ice discharging device 200 are disposed on the refrigerator door 300, and the ice taking port 400 is disposed on an outer surface of the refrigerator door 300, so that an internal storage space of the refrigerator can be saved and the refrigerator door does not need to be opened when ice is taken.
The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.
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1. An ice discharging device is characterized by comprising an ice storage barrel, wherein an ice outlet is formed in the bottom of the ice storage barrel, a first ice storage chamber and a second ice storage chamber which are isolated from each other are formed in the ice storage barrel, the first ice storage chamber is communicated with the ice outlet through a first ice outlet channel, the second ice storage chamber is communicated with the ice outlet through a second ice outlet channel, a first ice outlet control piece is arranged at the first ice outlet channel, a second ice outlet control piece is arranged at the second ice outlet channel, the first ice outlet control piece and the second ice outlet control piece are connected with the same driving assembly, and the driving assembly can drive the first ice outlet control piece to rotate towards an ice outlet direction and synchronously drive the second ice outlet control piece to rotate towards an ice blocking direction; the driving assembly can drive the first ice outlet control piece to rotate towards the ice blocking direction and synchronously drive the second ice outlet control piece to rotate towards the ice outlet direction;
the first ice outlet control piece comprises a first rotating shaft and a first ice picking claw arranged on the first rotating shaft, the second ice outlet control piece comprises a second rotating shaft and a second ice picking claw arranged on the second rotating shaft, and the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are arranged in parallel;
the first rotating shaft is arranged outside the first ice outlet channel, and the first ice taking claw extends into the first ice outlet channel; the second rotating shaft is arranged outside the second ice outlet channel, and the second ice taking claw extends into the second ice outlet channel.
2. The ice discharging device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first ice discharging passage is located between the first rotating shaft axis and an outer wall of the ice storage barrel close to the first ice discharging control member, the second ice discharging passage is located between the second rotating shaft axis and an outer wall of the ice storage barrel close to the second ice discharging control member, or,
the first ice outlet channel and the second ice outlet channel are both positioned between the axis of the first rotating shaft and the axis of the second rotating shaft; the driving assembly can drive the first ice outlet control piece and the second ice outlet control piece to synchronously rotate in the same direction.
3. The ice ejecting device of claim 1,
the first ice outlet channel is positioned between the axis of the first rotating shaft and the outer wall of the ice storage barrel close to the first ice outlet control piece, and the second ice outlet channel is positioned between the axis of the second rotating shaft and the axis of the first rotating shaft; or the like, or, alternatively,
the first ice outlet channel is positioned between the axis of the first rotating shaft and the axis of the second rotating shaft, the second ice outlet channel is positioned between the axis of the second rotating shaft and the outer wall of the ice storage barrel close to the second ice outlet control piece,
the driving assembly can drive the first ice outlet control piece and the second ice outlet control piece to synchronously and reversely rotate.
4. The ice discharging device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the driving assembly includes a motor, a driving gear, a first driven gear and a second driven gear, the motor is connected to the driving gear, the first driven gear is connected to the first ice discharging control member, the second driven gear is connected to the second ice discharging control member, the driving gear is located between the first driven gear and the second driven gear and engaged with the first driven gear and the second driven gear, respectively, the first driven gear is connected to the first rotating shaft, and the second driven gear is connected to the second rotating shaft.
5. The ice discharging device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the number of the first ice-picking claws is multiple, the multiple first ice-picking claws are arranged along the axial direction of the first rotating shaft, and the gap between two adjacent first ice-picking claws is smaller than the size of the ice in the first ice storage chamber; the second ice-picking claws are arranged along the axial direction of the second rotating shaft, and the gap between every two adjacent second ice-picking claws is smaller than the size of ice blocks in the second ice storage chamber.
6. The ice discharging device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first ice-picking claws are arranged in sequence in a staggered manner at a certain angle; and the second ice-picking claws are sequentially staggered by a certain angle.
7. The ice discharging device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first ice storage chamber and the second ice storage chamber are separated by a partition board disposed in the ice storage barrel, and a first ice guide plate and a second ice guide plate are respectively disposed at a lower end of the partition board, the first ice guide plate extending towards the first ice discharging passage and the second ice guide plate extending towards the second ice discharging passage.
8. The ice discharging device as claimed in claim 7, wherein a first avoiding gap is formed in the first ice guiding plate at a position corresponding to the first ice picking claw, a blade of the first ice picking claw is arranged to penetrate through the first avoiding gap, a second avoiding gap is formed in the second ice guiding plate at a position corresponding to the second ice picking claw, a blade of the second ice picking claw is arranged to penetrate through the second avoiding gap, and the width of the first avoiding gap and the width of the second avoiding gap are both smaller than the size of ice cubes in the ice storage bucket.
9. A refrigerator, characterized in that, it includes an ice maker and an ice discharging device disposed under the ice maker, the ice discharging device is the ice discharging device of any one of claims 1 to 8, the ice maker can make two kinds of ice pieces with different sizes, the ice maker includes a first ice piece outlet and a second ice piece outlet, the first ice piece outlet and the second ice piece outlet are used for respectively sending out the two kinds of ice pieces with different sizes, the first ice piece outlet corresponds to a first ice storage chamber of the ice discharging device, and the second ice piece outlet corresponds to a second ice storage chamber of the ice discharging device.
10. The refrigerator of claim 9, wherein the ice maker comprises an ice maker bracket and an ice box rotatably connected in the ice maker bracket, a plurality of ice cells are formed in the ice box, the ice box comprises a first ice making area and a second ice making area, the ice cells in the first ice making area are different in size from the ice cells in the second ice making area, the first ice making area corresponds to the first ice storage chamber, the second ice making area corresponds to the second ice storage chamber, the ice box is connected with a twist ice device, and a water injection device is arranged above the ice box.
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