CN110440513B

CN110440513B - Refrigerator with a refrigerator body

Info

Publication number: CN110440513B
Application number: CN201910829087.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵子璇; 姚惠民; 翁浩; 干锦波; 刘小锋
Original assignee: Hisense Ronshen Guangdong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Ronshen Guangdong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-03
Filing date: 2019-09-03
Publication date: 2024-04-19
Anticipated expiration: 2039-09-03
Also published as: CN110440513A

Abstract

The invention discloses a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerating chamber, wherein an ice making chamber is arranged in the refrigerating chamber; and an ice maker disposed in the ice making chamber. An ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline penetrates into the ice making chamber from the outer side of the inner container of the refrigerating chamber; at least part of the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline is arranged below the ice maker; the ice making chamber is provided with an ice making chamber rear side wall; the rear side wall is provided with a protector conduit extending towards the interior of the ice making chamber; the protecting piece is arranged on the refrigerant pipeline in a surrounding mode and is inserted into the protecting piece guide pipe; the protector guide may serve to restrict movement of the protector toward the inside of the ice making compartment.

Description

Refrigerator with a refrigerator body

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator with an ice making compartment.

Background

A refrigerator is a home appliance capable of supplying cool air generated from an evaporator to a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber to maintain freshness of various foods for a long time. Food such as meat, fish, ice cream, etc. that should be preserved below the freezing point temperature is stored in the freezing chamber, and food such as vegetables, fruits, beverages, etc. that should be preserved above the freezing point temperature is stored in the refrigerating chamber.

The refrigerator may include an ice making device that generates and stores ice. In the case of a bottom-mounted ice bin freezer type refrigerator, the ice making compartment may be provided at one corner of the inside of the refrigerating compartment or at the rear surface of the refrigerating compartment door. The ice making chamber may include an ice maker for generating ice, and an ice bucket for storing the ice generated in the ice maker and transferring the ice to the dispenser.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to provide an ice making chamber with good refrigeration performance, certain embodiments of the invention provide a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerating chamber, wherein the refrigerating chamber is internally provided with the ice making chamber; and an ice maker disposed in the ice making chamber. An ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline extending into the ice making chamber from the outer side of the inner container of the refrigerating chamber; at least part of the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline is arranged below the ice maker; the ice making chamber is provided with an ice making chamber rear side wall; the rear side wall is provided with a protective piece guide pipe which extends towards the inside of the ice making chamber; the protecting piece is arranged on the refrigerant pipeline in a surrounding mode and is inserted into the protecting piece guide pipe; the protector guide may be used to restrict movement of the protector toward the inside of the ice making compartment. Through setting up protection piece and protection piece pipe, carry out preliminary fixed to ice making room refrigerant pipeline, and then can ensure the normal clear of foaming between inner bag and the refrigerator shell to the ice making room refrigerant pipeline has been realized setting up in the ice making room.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator in which a minimum size of a section of a protector guide pipe perpendicular to an extension direction of a refrigerant line is smaller than a maximum size of a section of a protector perpendicular to an extension direction of the refrigerant line, and movement of the protector into an ice making compartment is restricted.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator, a protector conduit comprising a first conduit and a second conduit; the first conduit extends from the substrate inner side of the rear side wall to the front side of the ice making chamber; the front end of the first conduit is provided with a bending limiting surface facing the center of the conduit; the second guide pipe extends from the bending limiting surface to the front part of the ice making chamber; the first conduit has a cross section perpendicular to the direction of extension of the refrigerant line that is larger than a cross section perpendicular to the direction of extension of the refrigerant line of the second conduit, and restricts movement of the protector into the ice making chamber.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator in which a protector includes an upper protector and a lower protector, facilitating installation of the protector.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator, an upper protection member including a first upper protection member and a second upper protection member; the lower protection piece comprises a first lower protection piece and a second lower protection piece; the first upper protection piece and the first lower protection piece are oppositely arranged; the second upper protection piece and the second lower protection piece are oppositely arranged; the first upper protecting piece and the first lower protecting piece are matched with the first guide pipe; the second upper and lower protectors are mated with the second conduit.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator, an upper protection member including a first upper protection member and a second upper protection member; the lower protection piece comprises a first lower protection piece and a second lower protection piece; the first upper protection piece and the first lower protection piece are oppositely arranged; the second upper protection piece and the second lower protection piece are oppositely arranged; the first upper protecting piece and the first lower protecting piece are matched with the first guide pipe; the second upper and lower protectors are mated with the second conduit. The second upper guard and the second lower guard extend from the second conduit. The refrigerant lines are further protected.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator, further comprising a fixing member; the fixing piece is fixed with the rear side wall of the ice making chamber. The protection member is further limited by moving backwards.

Certain embodiments of the invention provide a refrigerator, wherein a limit inverted groove is arranged on the rear side wall of an ice making chamber, and a fixing piece can be inserted into the rear side wall of the ice making chamber along the limit inverted groove. The quick installation of the fixing piece is realized.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator in which a rear sidewall of an ice making compartment is disposed in parallel with a fixing member. The fixing piece is ensured not to influence the fit between the rear side wall of the ice making chamber and the inner container as much as possible.

Certain embodiments of the invention provide a refrigerator in which a fixing member is provided with a receiving groove with one side open, and an ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline is nested in the receiving groove. The installation of mounting is convenient.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator in which a size of a section of a protector guide pipe perpendicular to an extending direction of a refrigerant line is gradually reduced from rear to front, restricting movement of a protector toward an inside of an ice making compartment.

Drawings

For a more complete understanding of the present invention and the advantages thereof, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numbers indicate like parts, and in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a refrigerator door in a closed state according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic front view illustrating a state in which a door of a refrigerating chamber of a refrigerator is opened in one embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention with a door of a refrigerating chamber removed;

FIG. 4A is an exploded view of the refrigerator ice making compartment wall in one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4B is a schematic view of a portion of an exploded view of the refrigerator ice making compartment wall in accordance with one embodiment of the invention;

fig. 4C is an exploded view showing a part of a mounting structure of a rear sidewall of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator in one embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4D is a schematic view of an integrated part of a right side wall and a lower side wall of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator in one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4E is a schematic cross-sectional view of a refrigerator door in a closed state parallel to the door in an installed state of an ice-making chamber wall of the refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view showing an internal structure of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator in one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of an external mechanism of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator in one embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a schematic view showing a fixed state of an ice making chamber refrigerant line of an ice making chamber of a refrigerator in one embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is an exploded view showing a fixing structure of an ice making compartment refrigerant line of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic view showing a mounting structure of a refrigerant pipe in an ice making chamber of a refrigerator and an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 10 is a schematic side view showing a mounting structure of a refrigerant pipe in an ice making chamber of a refrigerator in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention to an ice maker;

FIG. 11 is a schematic side view showing a mounting structure of a water tray in an ice making chamber of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 12 is a side view schematically showing a mounting structure of an indoor fan of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following description will briefly explain the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort to a person skilled in the art.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described in an exemplary, clear and complete manner with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is apparent that the embodiments described in this section are only some, but not all, embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention. The various embodiments of the principles of the present invention described are provided by way of illustration only and should not be construed in any way to limit the scope of the invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the principles of the present invention may be implemented in any suitably arranged system or device.

In the description of the present invention, it should 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 the orientation or positional relationships shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate describing the present invention and simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

The terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.

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; 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.

The front and the back in the embodiment of the invention are the front side of the refrigerator body with the opening and the door body, and the back side of the refrigerator away from the opening.

Some embodiments of the invention provide a refrigerator, comprising a refrigerating chamber, wherein an ice making chamber is arranged in the refrigerating chamber, the ice making chamber comprises an ice making chamber wall, and the ice making chamber wall comprises a lower side wall, a right side wall, an upper side wall and a left side wall; the upper side wall is arranged close to the upper wall of the inner container of the refrigerating chamber; the upper side wall and the inner container of the refrigerating chamber are directly provided with heat insulation pads.

Some embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator in which a refrigerating compartment is provided above a refrigerator body, such as an upper-refrigerating and lower-freezing refrigerator.

Some embodiments of the invention provide a refrigerator, wherein an ice making chamber is arranged at the left upper corner of a refrigerating chamber, and the left side wall of the ice making chamber is arranged close to the left wall of an inner container of the refrigerating chamber; a heat insulation pad is arranged between the left side wall of the ice making chamber and the inner container of the refrigerating chamber. The ice making chamber is arranged at the left upper corner of the refrigerating chamber, and the upper side wall and the left side wall of the ice making chamber are integrated. The right side wall and the lower side wall of the ice making chamber are integrated. The ice making chamber comprises a first connecting rail which is fixedly connected with the lower side wall. The connecting rail comprises a second connecting rail which is fixedly connected with the right side wall. The first connecting rail fixes the left side wall on the inner container of the refrigerating chamber. The second connecting rail fixes the upper side wall on the inner container of the refrigerating chamber. The right side wall and the lower side wall are integrated. The first connecting rail connects the lower side wall with the inner container of the refrigerating chamber. The first connecting rail connects the right side wall with the inner container of the refrigerating chamber. The first connecting rail connects the lower side wall with the left side wall. The first connecting rail connects the right side wall with the upper side wall. The thickness of the right and lower sidewalls is greater than the thickness of the upper and left sidewalls.

Some embodiments of the invention provide a refrigerator, wherein an ice making chamber is arranged at the right upper corner of a refrigerating chamber, and the right side wall is arranged close to the right wall of an inner container of the refrigerating chamber; a heat insulation pad is arranged between the right side wall and the inner container of the refrigerating chamber. The upper side wall and the right side wall are integrated. The lower side wall and the left side wall of the ice making chamber are integrated. The connecting rail comprises a third connecting rail which is fixedly connected with the lower side wall. The connecting rail comprises a fourth connecting rail which is fixedly connected with the left side wall. The third connecting rail fixes the right side wall on the inner container of the refrigerating chamber. The fourth connecting rail fixes the upper side wall on the inner container of the refrigerating chamber. The left side wall and the lower side wall are integrated. The third connecting rail connects the lower side wall with the inner container of the refrigerating chamber. The fourth connecting rail connects the left side wall with the inner container of the refrigerating chamber. The third connecting rail connects the lower side wall with the right side wall. The fourth connecting rail connects the left side wall with the upper side wall. The thickness of the left and lower sidewalls is greater than the thickness of the upper and right sidewalls.

Some embodiments of the invention provide a refrigerator, wherein an ice making chamber wall comprises a rear side wall, the rear side wall is arranged close to a rear wall of a refrigerating chamber liner, and a heat insulation pad is arranged between the rear side wall and the refrigerating chamber liner.

Taking an example in which the ice making compartment is provided at the upper left corner of the refrigerating compartment of the refrigerator, in some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, some embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator 1 including a main body 10. The main body 10 is provided therein with a plurality of storage compartments for storing articles, such as a refrigerating compartment 10a for refrigerating food and a freezing compartment 10b and an adjustable temperature control compartment 10c for freezing food.

The ice making compartment 100 is disposed inside the refrigerating compartment 10a for making ice.

The main body 10 may include a liner 15 forming the storage chambers 10a, 10b, 10c, a case 14 connected to the liner 1 to form an external appearance, and a heat insulating material 16 foamed between the liner 15 and the case 14.

The storage compartments 10a and 10b may have an open front surface, and may be partitioned into a refrigerating compartment 10a at an upper portion and a freezing compartment 10b and a temperature-varying compartment 10c at a lower portion by a partition 19a and a partition 19 b. The partition 19a and the partition 19b may include a heat insulating material 16 for blocking heat exchange between the refrigerator compartment 10a and the freezer compartment 10 b.

The refrigerator 10 includes a pair of rotatable refrigerating chamber doors 11 for opening or closing an opened front surface of the refrigerating chamber 10a, and the refrigerating chamber doors 11 may be hinge-coupled to the main body 10. The refrigerating chamber door 11 may include a first refrigerating chamber door 11a disposed at a left side and a second refrigerating chamber door 11b disposed at a right side. The first door 11a and the second door 11b are opened by rotating in opposite directions to each other.

The refrigerating chamber door 11 may be provided with an ice dispenser 20, and the dispenser 20 enables a user to extract ice of the ice making chamber 100 from the outside without opening the refrigerating chamber door 11. Ice dispenser 20 may include an ice inlet 22, and ice cubes may be introduced into the dispenser through ice inlet 22. The ice dispenser 20 may include a lever 21 for controlling whether or not ice is selected to be extracted. The dispenser 20 may further include an ice discharge passage 23 for guiding ice, which enters from the ice inlet 22, from being discharged to the outside of the door body.

The refrigerator includes a freezing chamber door 12, the freezing chamber door 12 for opening or closing an opened front surface of the freezing chamber 10b, the freezing chamber door 12 being hinge-coupled to the main body 10.

The refrigerator includes a variable temperature chamber door 13, the variable temperature chamber door 13 being hinge-coupled to the main body 10 for opening or closing an opened front surface of the variable temperature chamber 10 c.

Each of the refrigerating chamber door 11, the freezing chamber door 12, and the temperature changing chamber door 13 may have a handle 11c so that a user can open and close the freezing chamber door 12.

The refrigerating compartment 10a is provided with an ice making compartment 100 for making ice. The ice making compartment 100 may be partitioned from other spaces of the refrigerating compartment 10 a.

The ice making compartment 100 may be disposed at an upper portion of one side of the refrigerating compartment 10a, and may be separated from other spaces of the refrigerating compartment 10a by the ice making housing 110.

Some embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator in which an ice making chamber in a refrigerating chamber makes ice by air cooling, that is, cool air near an evaporator outside the ice making chamber may be guided to the refrigerating chamber through an air duct to make ice, so as to cool water to make ice.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide ice making compartment 100 that is cooled using direct cooling. I.e., the ice making compartment 110 is provided therein with an ice making compartment refrigerant line 130. The ice maker discharged through the compressor may flow through an ice making chamber refrigerant line 130 in the ice making chamber 110 for refrigerating the ice making chamber. The refrigerant discharged from the refrigerator compressor flows through the condenser to dissipate heat, then flows through the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline, absorbs heat in the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline, and then flows back to the compressor to be compressed and circulated again.

The ice making compartment 100 in some embodiments of the present invention may include an ice making compartment housing 110. The ice making compartment 100 may be disposed at an upper corner of one side of the refrigerating compartment 10a.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the ice making housing 110 of the embodiment of the present invention includes a right side wall 111, a lower side wall 112, an upper side wall 113, a left side wall 114, and a rear side wall 115. A left side wall 111, a lower side wall 112, an upper side wall 113, a right side wall 114, and a rear side wall 115 enclose an ice making compartment 110 having a front opening in the refrigerating compartment. The rear side wall 115 is disposed adjacent to the rear wall of the refrigeration compartment liner.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the ice making compartment is disposed at the upper left corner of the refrigerating compartment 10 a. The upper side wall 113 may be disposed adjacent to an upper wall of the refrigeration compartment liner, and the left side wall 114 may be disposed adjacent to a left wall of the refrigeration compartment liner.

In some embodiments of the present invention, in order to increase the heat insulation performance between the ice making compartment and the refrigerating compartment, a heat insulation pad 113a is disposed between the upper side wall 113 and the upper wall of the inner container of the refrigerating compartment, a heat insulation pad 114a is disposed between the left side wall 114 and the left wall of the inner container of the refrigerating compartment, and a heat insulation pad 115a is disposed between the rear side wall 115 and the rear wall of the inner container of the refrigerating compartment. Insulation pads 113a,114a and 115a may be insulating foam.

In some embodiments of the invention, the thickness of the lower sidewall 112 and the right sidewall 111 is greater than the thickness of the lower sidewall 112 and the right sidewall 111 relative to the upper sidewall 113 and the left sidewall 114. The lower side wall 112 and the right side wall 111 are filled with the heat insulating material 16.

In certain embodiments of the present invention, the right side wall 111 and the lower side wall 112 may be integrally formed as one piece. The upper side wall 113 and the left side wall 114 may be an integral structural member. The specific installation process is that the rear side wall 115 is firstly installed on the inner container 15, then the integrated structure of the left side wall 114 and the upper side wall 113 is installed on the inner container 15, and the box body is tidied and foamed after the installation is finished.

The right side wall 111 and the lower side wall 112 are made in an independent foaming form. After foaming of the case and the right and lower sidewalls is completed, the integrated right and lower sidewalls 111 and 112 are mounted on the case.

Specifically, the rear sidewall 115 is mounted and fixed on the liner 15 by self-tapping screws 115b, and a heat insulating pad 115a is provided between the rear sidewall and the liner during the mounting process.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the ice making housing 110 further includes a first connection rail 116 and a second connection rail 117. The heat insulating pad 113a is adhered to the upper side wall 113, and the heat insulating pad 114a is adhered to the left side wall 114. The left lower part of the integrated structural part formed by the upper side wall 113 and the left side wall 114 is clamped and fixed on the left wall of the inner container through a first connecting rail 116; the upper part of the integral structural member formed by the upper side wall 113 and the left side wall 114 is fastened to the upper wall of the liner 15 by the second connecting rail 117.

After foaming of the integrated piece of the right side wall 111 and the lower side wall 112 is completed, the integrated piece is clamped to the first connecting rail 116 and the second connecting rail 117. The right side wall is clamped with the second connecting rail 117. The lower side wall is snapped into engagement with the first connecting rail 116.

After the installation, the upper side wall 113, the left side wall 114, the rear side wall 115, the left side wall 111, the lower side wall 112, the upper side wall 113, the right side wall 114, and the rear side wall 115 enclose the ice making compartment 110 with a front opening in the refrigerating compartment.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the ice making compartment 110 is further provided with a front sidewall 118 for opening and closing a front opening of the ice making compartment 110.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the front sidewall 118 is connected to the ice bank 119. When the front side wall 118 closes the front opening of the ice making chamber, the ice bank 119 is located inside the ice making chamber for storing ice cubes made in the ice maker. When the front side wall 118 is opened, the ice bank 119 may be pulled out of the ice making compartment 100 as the front side wall 118 is opened together.

An ice maker 120 is provided inside the ice making chamber 100. In some embodiments of the present invention, the ice maker 120 may be mounted on the upper sidewall 113 of the ice making compartment 100. The ice maker 120 is located above a position in the ice making chamber 100 in the ice bank 119 within the ice making chamber 100. The ice maker completes the ice maker and discharges ice into the ice bank 119.

The ice making chamber is provided with an ice making chamber ice outlet 400, and the ice making chamber ice outlet 400 communicates with the ice bank 119. When the refrigerating chamber door is closed, the ice making chamber ice outlet 400 may communicate with the dispenser ice inlet 22 of the dispenser 20 located on the refrigerating chamber door. The ice stored in the ice bank 119 may enter the ice discharge passage 23 of the dispenser 20 on the refrigerating chamber door through the ice making chamber ice outlet 400, and then be discharged outside the door through the dispenser 20. It is thereby achieved that ice located in the ice making chamber can be discharged through the dispenser located on the refrigerating chamber door in a state where the refrigerating chamber door is closed.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the ice making compartment ice outlet 400 is located on the front sidewall 118 of the ice making compartment housing 110.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the ice making compartment ice outlet is located on the lower sidewall 112 that may be formed on the ice making compartment housing 110.

In order to better exclude water drops falling during the ice making process of the ice maker, certain embodiments of the invention provide a refrigerator comprising a refrigerating chamber, wherein an ice making chamber is arranged in the refrigerating chamber; the ice making chamber comprises an ice making chamber rear side wall; an ice maker is arranged in the ice making chamber; a water receiving disc is arranged in the ice making chamber and is arranged below the ice making machine; the rear part of the water receiving disc is inclined downwards; a water receiving funnel is arranged at the rear lower part of the water receiving disc.

Certain embodiments of the invention provide a refrigerator, wherein a water guide port is arranged at the rear part of a water receiving disc, and a water receiving funnel is arranged below the water guide port.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator in which a water receiving funnel is provided on a rear sidewall of an ice making compartment.

Some embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator, a water receiving funnel including a funnel drain pipe; the funnel drain pipe passes through the rear side wall of the ice making chamber and the inner container of the refrigerating chamber.

Some embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator further comprising a water conduit, at least a portion of the water conduit being disposed in the insulating material between the liner and the refrigerator shell, the funnel drain conduit being in communication with the water conduit.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator in which a rear sidewall of an ice making compartment and a liner of a refrigerating compartment are provided with heat insulation pads.

Some embodiments of the invention provide a refrigerator, wherein an ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline is arranged in an ice making chamber, and a water receiving funnel is positioned below the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline.

Some embodiments of the invention provide a refrigerator, an ice storage box is arranged in an ice making chamber, and a water receiving funnel is positioned behind the ice storage box.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator with at least a portion of the refrigerant line between the water pan and the ice maker.

Some embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator further comprising an ice making chamber fan disposed at a front side of the ice maker.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, 6 and 7, an ice maker 120 is disposed in an ice making chamber, a water tray 160 is disposed below the ice maker, and the water tray is used for receiving water that is dropped from the ice maker 120 in the process of making and discharging ice, so as to prevent the water dropped from the ice maker from directly entering an ice storage box 119, and the ice cubes in the ice storage box are frozen and adhered or heat exchanged with the water to be partially opened.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a drip tray 160 is provided below the ice maker 130. The water tray 160 is fixed to the icemaker 130, and the rear portion of the water tray is disposed obliquely downward. The water falling into the drip tray 160 flows backward and then flows into the water funnel 170 through the diversion port of the drip tray.

The water receiving funnel 170 is provided on the rear sidewall 115 of the ice making compartment 100, and the water receiving funnel 170 includes a funnel drain pipe 171. The funnel drain pipe 171 passes through the rear sidewall 115 of the ice making compartment 100 and the refrigerating compartment liner 15, and is connected to a water guide pipe located outside the refrigerating compartment liner. The water flowing into the water receiving funnel flows back to the water storage tray of the refrigerator through the funnel drain pipe 171 and the water guide pipe. The water in the water storage tray can be heated and evaporated by a condenser or an electric heater, etc.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 11, a latch 129 is provided at a rear end of an ice maker of the refrigerator, and a corresponding hook 161 is provided at a rear end of a water tray 160. Fig. 11 illustrates the installation process of the drip tray. When the water pan is installed, the clamping hook can be hooked on the clamping shaft 129 (such as the position and the state of the 160 'displayed water pan), then the front end of the water pan is lifted upwards, and the front end of the water pan is fixed with the front end of the ice machine (such as the position and the state of the 160' displayed water pan). After the installation, the front end of the water pan 160 is higher than the rear end of the water pan 160. Specifically, the front end of the water pan can be fixed at the front end of the ice machine by screws and the like.

In order to achieve rapid ice making of the ice maker 120, the refrigerant tube 131 is disposed at a lower portion of the ice tray 121 of the ice maker 120 and is in thermal contact with the ice tray 121 of the ice maker.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the refrigerant tube 131 may directly contact the bottom of the ice tray 121 of the ice maker.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the refrigerant tube 131 may be in contact with the ice tray 121 of the ice maker through a thermally conductive material.

For good thermal contact of the refrigerant tube 131 and the ice tray 121. In some embodiments of the invention, an ice making compartment refrigerant line bracket 136 is provided. The ice making compartment refrigerant line bracket 136 may be fixed to the ice maker by screws 137, thereby press-fixing the ice making compartment refrigerant line 131 between the ice maker 120 and the ice making compartment refrigerant line bracket 136. Specifically, in certain embodiments, the ice making compartment refrigerant line 131 is compressed between the ice making compartment refrigerant line bracket 136 and the bottom of the ice tray 121, either in direct contact with the ice tray 121 or through a thermally conductive material.

In order to promote the thermal cycle of the entire ice making chamber, the front end of the ice maker 120 is further provided with an ice making fan compartment 150 having an ice making fan 151. The ice making compartment refrigerant line bracket is a U-shaped bracket, and an air guide line is formed between the inner surface of the ice making compartment refrigerant line bracket 136 and the ice maker 120. The rear end of the air guide line is open, forming an opening 1362. The front end of the air guide pipeline is communicated with the ice making fan room through an air inlet 152 of the ice making fan room. An air inlet 152 is provided at the rear side of the ice making fan compartment 150 below the ice maker. An outlet 153 is provided at the front of the ice making fan compartment 150. After the fan runs, the ice making fan chamber continuously sucks air from the air guide pipeline and blows the air forward. The air blown out from the ice making compartment is blown to the front wall of the ice making compartment and then spread in all directions, mainly downward. And heat exchange with different parts of the entire ice making chamber such as the ice bank, the ice crushing chamber, etc. When the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline normally operates, the temperature of the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline is lower, and the space sucked from the air guide pipeline and the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline exchange heat, so that the temperature is relatively lower. After being blown out by the ice making fan, the air is diffused to different sections, so that the cooling of the whole ice making chamber space is promoted.

To better facilitate the circulation of air, a plurality of openings are provided in the bottom of ice making compartment refrigerant line brackets 136 and air may enter the diversion line through openings 1361 in the bottom of line brackets 136.

After the drip tray 160 is installed, the ice making compartment refrigerant line bracket 136 is positioned between the drip tray 160 and the ice maker 120. The bottom of the ice making compartment refrigerant line bracket 136 is provided with a plurality of openings toward the drip tray 160. Air may enter the diversion conduit through the opening 1361 in the bottom of the conduit bracket 136 also indirectly facilitates air flow near the drip tray 160, reducing the likelihood of frost formation of the drip tray 160.

The ice making compartment refrigerant line 131 is introduced into the ice making compartment 100 from the outside of the refrigerator cabinet. Specifically, the ice making compartment refrigerant line 131 communicates with a refrigeration cycle system of the refrigerator. And extends to the area near the ice making chamber in the foaming layer of the refrigerator liner and the outer shell. And then passes through the inner container 15 and the ice making compartment housing 110 into the ice making compartment. Specifically, the ice making compartment is accessed from the rear sidewall 115 of the ice making compartment.

Since the refrigerator is manufactured by installing the ice making chamber refrigerant line 131 first, the foaming between the refrigerator inner container 15 and the refrigerator case is performed. It is necessary to pre-fix the ice making compartment refrigerant line 131. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a particular securing structure.

Some embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator including a refrigerating chamber in which an ice making chamber is provided; and an ice maker disposed in the ice making chamber. An ice making chamber refrigerant line; extending into the ice making chamber from the outer side of the inner container of the refrigerating chamber; at least part of the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline is arranged below the ice maker; the ice making chamber is provided with an ice making chamber rear side wall; the rear side wall is provided with a protective piece guide pipe which extends towards the inside of the ice making chamber; the protecting piece is arranged on the refrigerant pipeline in a surrounding mode and is inserted into the protecting piece guide pipe; the protector guide may be used to restrict movement of the protector toward the inside of the ice making compartment.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator in which a minimum dimension of a section of a protector guide pipe perpendicular to an extending direction of a refrigerant line is smaller than a maximum dimension of a section of a protector perpendicular to the extending direction of the refrigerant line.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator, a protector conduit comprising a first conduit and a second conduit; the first conduit extends from the substrate inner side of the rear side wall to the front side of the ice making chamber; the front end of the first conduit is provided with a bending limiting surface facing the center of the conduit; the second guide pipe extends from the bending limiting surface to the front part of the ice making chamber; the cross section of the first conduit perpendicular to the direction of extension of the refrigerant line is larger in size than the cross section of the second conduit perpendicular to the direction of extension of the refrigerant line.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator, the protector including an upper protector and a lower protector.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator, an upper protection member including a first upper protection member and a second upper protection member; the lower protection piece comprises a first lower protection piece and a second lower protection piece; the first upper protection piece and the first lower protection piece are oppositely arranged; the second upper protection piece and the second lower protection piece are oppositely arranged; the first upper protecting piece and the first lower protecting piece are matched with the first guide pipe; the second upper and lower protectors are mated with the second conduit. The second upper guard and the second lower guard extend from the second conduit.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator, further comprising a fixing member; the fixing piece is fixed with the rear side wall of the ice making chamber.

Certain embodiments of the invention provide a refrigerator, wherein a limit inverted groove is arranged on the rear side wall of an ice making chamber, and a fixing piece can be inserted into the rear side wall of the ice making chamber along the limit inverted groove.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator in which a rear sidewall of an ice making compartment is disposed in parallel with a fixing member.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator in which a fixing member is provided with a receiving groove having one side opened, and an ice making compartment refrigerant line 130 is nested in the receiving groove.

Some embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator characterized in that a size of a section of a protector guide pipe perpendicular to an extending direction of a refrigerant line is gradually reduced from rear to front.

As shown in fig. 7, 8 and 9, the ice making chamber refrigerant line 131 passes through the refrigerator inner 15 and the ice making chamber rear side wall 115, and then enters the ice making chamber. The ice making compartment rear side wall is provided with a first duct 1151 and a second duct 1152 extending toward the front of the ice making compartment, the first duct 1151 extending from the inside of the base plate 1150 of the rear side wall 115 toward the front of the ice making compartment. The front end of the first conduit 1151 is formed with a bend limiting surface 11511 toward the center of the conduit. The second duct 1152 extends from a bending stopper surface 11511 formed at a front end of the first duct 1151 toward a center of the duct toward a front of the ice making chamber. The first conduit 1151 and the second conduit 1152 are in communication.

Meanwhile, the rear portion of the ice making compartment refrigerant line 130 inserted into the inner container 15 is provided with a protector, and a specific protector may include a lower protector 133 and an upper protector 134. In some embodiments, the upper and lower protectors may be integrally formed with the ice making compartment refrigerant lines nested within the protectors. The lower protector 133 includes a first lower protector 1331 and a second lower protector 1332, respectively. The upper protection members 134 include a first upper protection member 1341 and a second upper protection member 1432, respectively, the first upper protection member 1341 and the first lower protection member 1331, and the second upper protection member 1342 and the second lower protection member 1332 are disposed opposite to each other, respectively. The outer dimensions of the first upper and lower protectors 1341, 1331 after being secured match the inner dimensions of the first conduit 1151, the outer dimensions of the first upper and lower protectors 1341, 1331 after being secured are greater than the inner dimensions of the second conduit 1152. The outer dimensions of the second upper and lower protectors 1342, 1332 after being secured match the inner dimensions of the second conduit 1152. After the protector is enclosed on the ice making compartment refrigerant line 130, it is inserted into the first and second pipes 1151 and 1152, at least a portion of the second upper and lower protectors 1342 and 1332 are located in the second pipe, at least a portion of the first upper and lower protectors 1341 and 1331 are located in the first pipe, and a bending limit surface 11511 formed at the front end of the first pipe 1151 toward the center of the pipe limits the first upper and lower protectors 1341 and 1331 such that the first upper and lower protectors 1341 and 1331 cannot enter the second pipe. The protection piece, the first guide pipe and the second guide pipe are used for limiting the refrigerant pipeline of the ice making chamber in the vertical and horizontal directions, so that the movement of the refrigerant pipeline of the ice making chamber is limited, the primary fixation of the refrigerant pipeline of the ice making chamber is realized, and meanwhile, the refrigerant pipeline of the ice making chamber is protected. Also allows the ice making compartment refrigerant lines to be better in thermal contact with the refrigerant.

In some embodiments of the present invention, at least a portion of the second upper and lower protectors 1342 and 1332 protrude from the front side in the second duct, further protecting the ice making compartment refrigerant line.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the cross-section of the first conduit 1151 perpendicular to the extending direction of the refrigerant line is tapered in size. The first upper and lower protectors 1341 and 1331 have cross sections perpendicular to the direction of extension of the refrigerant lines that gradually decrease in size to match the first conduit 1151.

The protection piece, the first guide pipe and the second guide pipe are used for limiting the refrigerant pipeline of the ice making chamber in the vertical and horizontal directions, so that the movement of the refrigerant pipeline of the ice making chamber is limited, the primary fixation of the refrigerant pipeline of the ice making chamber is realized, and meanwhile, the refrigerant pipeline of the ice making chamber is protected. Also allows the ice making compartment refrigerant lines to be better in thermal contact with the refrigerant.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the refrigerant line 131 passes through the refrigerator liner 15, the ice making compartment rear side wall 115, and then into the ice making compartment. The ice making compartment rear side wall is provided with a first duct 1151 extending toward the ice making compartment front, the first duct 1151 extending from the inside of the base plate 1150 of the rear side wall 115 toward the ice making compartment front side. The cross section of the first duct 1151 perpendicular to the extending direction of the refrigerant line becomes gradually smaller in size. Meanwhile, the rear portion of the ice making compartment refrigerant line 130 inserted into the inner container 15 is provided with a protector, and a specific protector may include a lower protector 133 and an upper protector 134. In some embodiments, the upper and lower protectors may be integrally formed with the ice making compartment refrigerant lines nested within the protectors. After the protector is disposed around the ice making compartment refrigerant line 130, it is inserted into the first duct 1151. The cross-sections of the lower and upper protectors 133, 134 perpendicular to the extending direction of the refrigerant lines become smaller in size, matching the first duct 1151. Since the first duct 1151 has a cross section having a gradually smaller size perpendicular to the extending direction of the refrigerant line, when the protector is inserted into the first duct, the insertion depth of the protector is limited, thereby realizing the limitation of the upper, lower, left, right and front sides of the insert and the refrigerant line of the ice making chamber. In this implementation, the second conduit is no longer provided. The upper protecting piece and the lower protecting piece are also arranged in a single section, so that the structure is simpler.

In some embodiments, a fixing member 135 is provided, the fixing member 135 is fixed to the ice making compartment rear sidewall 115, and the protection member is located at the front of the fixing member 135. The fixing member 135 limits rearward movement of the protection member. Thereby limiting the movement of the refrigerant pipeline in the front-rear direction by being matched with the front-side conduit, and carrying out preliminary positioning on the refrigerant pipeline of the ice making chamber.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the ice making compartment rear sidewall 115 is provided with a limit guide groove. The fixing member 135 may be inserted into the ice making compartment rear sidewall 115 along the limit guide groove, and the fixing member 135 is parallel to the base plate of the ice making compartment rear sidewall. The fixing member 135 is located between the protecting member and the limiting portion of the limiting guide groove.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the fixing member 135 is provided with a receiving groove having one side opened, and the ice making compartment refrigerant line 130 is nested in the receiving groove, so that the fixing member 135 can be more conveniently installed.

When the cross section perpendicular to the extending direction of the refrigerant line is mentioned in the above embodiment, the extending direction of the refrigerant line means the extending direction of the refrigerant line at the cross section position.

The foregoing has illustrated and described specific embodiments of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the foregoing specific exemplary embodiments, and those skilled in the art can variously modify the present invention within the scope of the claims without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the appended claims.

While the present invention has been described with exemplary embodiments, various changes and modifications may be suggested to one skilled in the art. The present invention is intended to embrace such alterations and modifications that fall within the scope of the appended claims.

The foregoing is merely illustrative 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 think about variations or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and the invention should be covered. Therefore, the protection scope of the invention is subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A refrigerator comprises a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber, wherein an ice making chamber is arranged in the refrigerating chamber; the refrigerator is characterized in that the refrigerator also comprises

An ice maker disposed in the ice making chamber;

An ice making chamber refrigerant line; extending into the ice making chamber from the outer side of the inner container of the refrigerating chamber;

at least a portion of the ice making compartment refrigerant line is disposed below the ice maker;

The ice making chamber is provided with an ice making chamber rear side wall;

the rear side wall is provided with a protector guide pipe which extends towards the interior of the ice making chamber;

the protection piece is arranged on the refrigerant pipeline of the ice making chamber in a surrounding mode and is inserted into the protection piece guide pipe;

The protector guide may serve to restrict movement of the protector toward the inside of the ice making compartment.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein a minimum size of a section of the protector guide pipe perpendicular to an extending direction of the ice making compartment refrigerant line is smaller than a maximum size of a section of the protector perpendicular to the extending direction of the refrigerant line.

3. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the protector conduit comprises a first conduit and a second conduit;

the first guide pipe extends from the inner side of the base plate of the rear side wall of the ice making chamber to the front side of the ice making chamber;

The front end of the first conduit is provided with a bending limiting surface facing the center of the conduit;

the second guide pipe extends from the bending limiting surface to the front part of the ice making chamber;

The first conduit has a cross-section perpendicular to the direction of extension of the refrigerant line that is larger in size than a cross-section perpendicular to the direction of extension of the refrigerant line of the second conduit.

4. A refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein the protector comprises an upper protector and a lower protector.

5. The refrigerator of claim 4, wherein the protector guide includes a first guide and a second guide, and the upper protector includes a first upper protector and a second upper protector;

the lower protection piece comprises a first lower protection piece and a second lower protection piece;

The first upper protection piece and the first lower protection piece are oppositely arranged;

The second upper protection piece and the second lower protection piece are oppositely arranged;

the first upper guard and the first lower guard are mated with the first conduit;

The second upper and lower protectors are mated with the second conduit.

6. The refrigerator of claim 5, wherein the second upper protector and the second lower protector extend from the second duct.

7. The refrigerator of claim 1, further comprising a fixing member; the fixing piece is fixed with the rear side wall of the ice making chamber.

8. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein the rear side wall of the ice making compartment is provided with a limiting guide groove, and the fixing member is inserted into the rear side wall of the ice making compartment along the limiting guide groove.

9. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein a rear sidewall of the ice making compartment is disposed in parallel with the fixing member.

10. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein the fixing member is provided with a receiving groove opened at one side, and the ice making chamber refrigerant line is nested in the receiving groove.

11. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein a cross section of a size of the protector guide perpendicular to an extending direction of the ice making compartment refrigerant line is tapered from rear to front.