CN111197883A - Ice making component and ice maker comprising same - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an ice making component and an ice making machine comprising the same. An ice making component comprises an ice making body, an ice making piece and a resetting piece. The ice making body is hollow to form an ice making cavity. The ice making piece is arranged in the ice making cavity, the ice making piece has an initial state parallel to the ice making body and an ice taking state of rotating in two directions relative to a rotating axis of the ice making body for winding the ice piece, and the rotating axis is intersected with the side wall of the ice making body. The reset piece is arranged in the ice making cavity and connected with the ice making body and the ice making piece, and the reset piece is used for providing a twisting force opposite to the rotation direction of the ice making piece for the ice making piece when the ice making piece rotates so as to enable the ice making piece to be switched to an initial state from an ice taking state. The ice making component and the ice machine comprising the same have the characteristic of convenience in use.

Description

Ice making component and ice maker comprising same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to an ice making component and an ice making machine comprising the same.

Background

In order to expand the ice making function of the ice making machine, an ice making component is produced. The ice making part comprises an ice making body and an ice making piece, clear water is pre-contained in the ice making piece, the ice making piece is assembled in the refrigeration body, the refrigeration body is placed in a refrigeration chamber of the ice making machine, and water in the ice making piece can be frozen to form ice blocks under the condition that a refrigerant is repeatedly circulated. Then, the ice blocks in the ice making piece are manually taken down to complete the whole ice making process. However, the conventional ice making unit is troublesome to operate and inconvenient to use during use.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, it is desirable to provide an ice making device that is convenient to use and an ice maker including the ice making device.

An ice-making component comprising:

the ice making body is hollow to form an ice making cavity;

the ice making piece is arranged in the ice making cavity, the ice making piece has an initial state parallel to the ice making body and an ice taking state which rotates around a rotation axis of the ice making piece in a bidirectional mode relative to the ice making body, and the rotation axis is intersected with the side wall of the ice making body; and

the reset piece is arranged in the ice making cavity, connected with the ice making body and the ice making piece, and used for providing a torsional force opposite to the rotation direction of the ice making piece for the ice making piece when the ice making piece rotates, so that the ice making piece is switched from the ice taking state to the initial state.

In one embodiment, the ice making member has an operation portion and a reset portion which are opposite to each other, a first assembly portion and a second assembly portion are formed in the inner wall of the ice making chamber, the operation portion penetrates through the first assembly portion, the reset portion penetrates through the second assembly portion, and the operation portion rotates to drive the reset portion to rotate in the same direction.

In one embodiment, the device further comprises a knob, and the knob is connected with the operating part.

In one embodiment, the reset member includes at least two sub reset members, each sub reset member is a torsion spring, the reset portion is sleeved with at least two sub reset members, and two ends of each sub reset member are respectively connected with the ice making member and the ice making body and are respectively used for providing twisting force when the ice making member rotates clockwise and rotates anticlockwise.

In one embodiment, the ice making device further comprises an ice storage piece detachably connected to the bottom of the ice making body, an ice outlet is formed in the bottom of the ice making body, the ice storage piece is hollow to form an ice storage cavity, and an ice storage port communicated with the ice outlet and the ice storage cavity is formed in one side, facing the ice outlet, of the ice storage piece.

In one embodiment, a clearance gap communicating the ice outlet and the ice making cavity is formed in the side wall of the ice making body, the edge of the ice outlet is bent inwards to form a flange extending along the circumferential direction of the ice outlet, a hanging edge is formed on the edge of the ice storage opening, and the hanging edge is hung on the flange and slidably penetrates through the clearance gap.

In one embodiment, the inner wall of the ice making cavity protrudes to form a blank holder, and the blank holder and the flanging are distributed on two opposite sides of the hanging edge.

In one embodiment, the ice storage device further comprises a shock absorption piece, and the shock absorption piece at least covers the bottom wall of the ice storage cavity facing the ice storage opening.

In one embodiment, the ice making machine further comprises a hanging frame, an installation part for installation is formed on the periphery of the hanging frame, the hanging frame is hollow to form a containing cavity, and the ice making body is contained in the containing cavity.

In one embodiment, the side wall of the hanging rack is provided with an installation opening communicated with the accommodating cavity, the inner wall of the accommodating cavity protrudes to form an installation edge, the periphery of the ice making body is provided with a hook edge, and the hook edge is hooked on the installation edge and slidably penetrates through the installation opening.

In one embodiment, the side wall of the hanging rack is recessed inwards to form a supporting platform for supporting the ice making body.

An ice making machine comprising:

the box body is hollow to form a refrigerating chamber; and

as described above, the ice making unit is detachably housed in the refrigerating chamber. According to the ice making component and the ice maker comprising the same, the ice making piece is manually operated to rotate, so that ice cubes in the ice making piece can be taken down, further, the external force of hands is released, and the ice making piece can be restored to the initial state under the action of the resetting piece, so that water is injected into the ice making piece for the next time to make ice. And the ice making piece can rotate in two directions relative to the ice making body, so that in the process of switching from the initial state to the ice taking state, a user can rotate the ice making piece in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction according to the operation habit of hands so as to take off ice blocks. Therefore, the function of the reset piece and the function of the ice making piece in bidirectional rotation are integrated, so that the ice making piece and the ice making machine comprising the ice making piece have the characteristic of convenience in use.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an ice making unit housed in a top wall of a refrigeration compartment of an ice making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the overall structure of an ice making unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the ice-making component shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the ice-making component shown in FIG. 2;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of the ice-making unit shown in fig. 2 with a hanger removed;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the ice making unit shown in fig. 2 with a hanger and an ice making cover removed;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view illustrating a plurality of reset pieces, a plurality of knobs and a plurality of ice making pieces in the ice making unit shown in fig. 2;

FIG. 8 is an exploded view of a single reset member, a single knob, and a single ice making member of the ice making assembly of FIG. 7;

fig. 9 is a schematic view of a single reset member, a single knob and a single ice making member of the ice making unit of fig. 8;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a structure of an ice storage member in the ice making unit shown in FIG. 2;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a hanger in the ice making unit shown in fig. 2.

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the invention, the invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Referring to fig. 1, an ice maker 10 according to the present invention includes a box 110 and an ice making unit 120. The case 110 is hollow to form a refrigerating chamber 111, fresh water is contained in the ice making unit 120, and the ice making unit 120 is detachably received in the refrigerating chamber 111 and makes ice under the condition that a refrigerant is repeatedly circulated.

Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 4, the ice making unit 120 includes an ice making body 121, an ice making member 122 and a reset member 123. The ice making body 121 provides a supporting basis for the ice making pieces 122 and the reset piece 123, the ice making pieces 122 and the reset piece 123 are accommodated in the ice making body 121, the ice making pieces 122 are used for accommodating clear water for making ice, ice taking operation can be performed after the clear water is frozen to form ice blocks, and the reset piece 123 is used for realizing automatic reset of the ice making pieces 122.

Referring to fig. 6, the ice making body 121 is hollow to form an ice making cavity 1212. The ice making unit 122 is disposed in the ice making cavity 1212, the ice making unit 122 has an initial state disposed in parallel with the ice making body 121 and an ice taking state bidirectionally rotated with respect to a rotational axis of the ice making body 121 around which the ice making unit 122 is wound, and the rotational axis intersects with a side wall of the ice making body 121. Specifically, in the initial state, the ice making body 121 and the ice making sheets are both horizontally disposed, the rotation axis of the ice making member 122 also extends in the horizontal direction, the surface of the ice making member 122 is recessed to form a plurality of ice making grooves 1221 for holding fresh water, and the notches of the ice making grooves 1221 face upward (the horizontal, vertical, bottom, top, bottom, and other directions mentioned in the present invention are all referred to as the state of the ice making member 120 in fig. 1 when horizontally disposed), so as to prevent the fresh water from flowing out of the ice making member 122. After a period of time under the circulation flow of the refrigerant, the fresh water in the ice making groove 1221 is frozen and frozen. Then, the manual operation ice making part 122 rotates relative to the ice making body 121, and the notch of the ice making groove 1221 gradually inclines downwards, so that the ice cubes in the ice making groove 1221 can fall off from the ice making part 122 under the action of gravity, and ice making and ice taking are completed. In the present application, the ice making member 122 is arranged to rotate in both directions (clockwise rotation and counterclockwise rotation) around its rotation axis, so that the user can operate the ice making member 122 to rotate according to the operation habit of the hand, thereby conveniently taking off the ice cubes. For example, a right-handed user may rotate clockwise using the right-handed ice maker 122, and a left-handed user may rotate counterclockwise using the left-handed ice maker 122. The reset piece 123 is disposed in the ice making cavity 1212 and connected to the ice making body 121 and the ice making piece 122, and the reset piece 123 is configured to provide a twisting force to the ice making piece 122 in a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the ice making piece 122 when the ice making piece 122 rotates, so that the ice making piece 122 is switched from an ice picking state to an initial state. When the ice is taken out, the external force of the hand is released, and under the action of the reset piece 123, the ice making piece 122 does not need to be manually operated again to rotate reversely, the ice making piece 122 can automatically return to the initial state, and the notch of the ice making groove 1221 faces upwards, so that the ice making groove 1221 is filled with water for the next time to make ice. Therefore, the reset function of the reset piece 123 and the function of the ice making piece 122 rotating in two directions are combined, so that the ice making piece 122 and the ice making machine 10 comprising the ice making piece 120 have the characteristic of convenient use.

Alternatively, the ice making body 121 may have a rectangular parallelepiped shape, a cylindrical shape, an irregular prism shape. In the present embodiment, the ice making body 121 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape. An opening 1213 communicated with the ice making cavity 1212 is opened at the top of the ice making body 121, and the ice making piece 122 and the reset piece 123 can be loaded into the ice making cavity 1212 from the opening 1213.

Optionally, the ice making member 122 is in an axisymmetric pattern, and the rotation axis of the ice making member 122 is the central axis of the ice making member 122.

Referring to fig. 5, in some embodiments, the ice making unit 120 further includes an ice making cover 124, and the ice making cover 124 is detachably disposed on the opening 1213 to prevent external objects from entering the ice making cavity 1212 from the opening 1213 and contacting with fresh water to contaminate the fresh water.

In some embodiments, edges of the openings 1213 at both ends of the ice making body 121 protrude out of edges of the openings 1213 at both sides of the ice making body 121. The ice making cover 124 includes a main plate 1241 and a side plate 1243 bent along a direction toward the opening 1213 relative to the main plate 1241, the main plate 1241 is rectangular, the side plate 1243 is connected to two opposite sides of the main plate 1241, and the main plate 1241 and the side plate 1243 both extend along a length direction of the ice making body 121. When the ice making cover 124 is assembled on the ice making body 121, the side plates 1243 at two sides of the main plate 1241 abut against the edges of the openings 1213 at two ends of the ice making body 121, the edges of the openings 1213 at two ends can limit the ice making cover 124 to prevent the ice making cover 124 from falling, and the main plate 1241 covers the whole opening 1213 to close the openings 1213.

Further, in some embodiments, the edges of the openings 1213 at the same end of the ice making body 121 and at the opposite sides of the ice making body 121 are recessed to form the limiting grooves 1214, the side plates 1243 at the two sides of the main plate 1241 are protruded to form limiting protrusions (not shown), and the limiting protrusions are in one-to-one correspondence with and engaged with the limiting grooves 1214 at the two sides of the ice making body 121, so as to further improve the mounting reliability of the ice making cover 124 and the ice making body 121.

It should be noted that, in other embodiments, there are a plurality of limiting grooves 1214, a plurality of limiting grooves 1214 are disposed at intervals along the circumference of the opening 1213, and a plurality of limiting protrusions are also disposed, corresponding to the plurality of limiting grooves 1214 one by one.

Alternatively, there may be one or more ice making pieces 122, and if there are a plurality of ice making pieces 122, the plurality of ice making pieces 122 are disposed at intervals in the width direction of the ice making body 121, and each ice making piece 122 extends to both ends of the ice making body 121 in the length direction of the ice making body 121.

In some embodiments, the ice making unit 122 has an operating portion 1222 and a reset portion 1223 opposite to each other, the ice making chamber 1212 has an inner wall formed with a first assembling portion 12181 and a second assembling portion 12182, the operating portion 1222 is coupled to the first assembling portion 12181, the reset portion 1223 is coupled to the second assembling portion 12182, and the operating portion 1222 rotates to drive the reset portion 1223 to rotate in the same direction.

Specifically, the first assembling portion 12181 and the second assembling portion 12182 may be both of a through hole structure, the operating portion 1222 is inserted into the first assembling portion 12181, the reset portion 1223 is inserted into the second assembling portion 12182, the ice making member 122 further includes a rectangular main body 1224, the main body 1224 extends along the length direction of the ice making body 121, the operating portion 1222 and the reset portion 1223 are respectively disposed at two opposite ends of the main body 1224, and the rotation axis of the ice making member 122 extends along the length direction of the ice making body 121 and intersects with two opposite side walls of the ice making body 121. The surface of the body 1224 is recessed to form a plurality of ice making grooves 1221. The first and second assembling portions 12181 and 12182 are distributed at opposite ends of the ice making body 121 and correspond to the operating portions 1222 and the reset portions 1223, respectively, one to one. The user operates the operating unit 1222 from the first assembling unit 12181 to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise around the rotation axis of the ice-making member 122, which can drive the main body 1224 and the reset unit 1223 to rotate synchronously, so that the ice cubes in the ice-making body 121 gradually incline downwards, and the ice cubes can fall from the ice-making member 122 under the action of gravity, thereby achieving quick ice-taking.

Alternatively, the operation portion 1222 and the reset portion 1223 may have a cylindrical structure extending in a longitudinal direction of the ice making body 121, or may have a long-bar structure, or the like.

Referring to fig. 7, 8 and 9, in some embodiments, ice making unit 120 further includes a knob 125, and knob 125 is connected to operation unit 1222.

The knob 125 is connected to the operation unit 1222, and the operation knob 125 is rotated to drive the operation unit 1222, the main body 1224, and the reset unit 1223 to rotate synchronously. By arranging the knob 125, the user can conveniently operate the ice making member 122 to rotate, so that the ice making member 122 has the characteristic of convenient use.

Alternatively, when the first assembling portion 12181 has a through hole structure, the knob 125 may be inserted into the first assembling portion 12181 and may protrude from the outer wall of the ice making body 121.

In some embodiments, the operation portion 1222 is rectangular parallelepiped and extends along the width direction of the ice making body 121, the surface of the knob 125 facing the operation portion 1222 is provided with a receiving groove 1252 extending along the width direction of the ice making body 121, the operation portion 1222 is held in the receiving groove 1252, and the operation portion 1222 and the knob 125 can be detachably connected. This is easy to implement, and facilitates attachment and detachment of the knob 125 to and from the operation unit 1222.

Further, in some embodiments, the surface of the operating portion 1222 is provided with a snap structure 1225, the wall of the accommodating groove 1252 is formed with a snap structure 1254, and the snap structure 1225 is snapped with the snap structure 1254, so as to enhance the reliability of the installation of the operating portion 1222 and the knob 125, and prevent the knob 125 and the operating portion 1222 from being separated.

Optionally, the snap structure 1225 is a hook and the snap structure 1254 is a buckle. In some embodiments, the resetting member 123 includes at least two sub-resetting members 1232, each sub-resetting member 1232 is a torsion spring, the resetting portion 1223 is sleeved with at least two sub-resetting members 1232, and two ends of each sub-resetting member 1232 are respectively connected to the ice making member 122 and the ice making body 121, and are respectively configured to provide a twisting force when the ice making member 122 rotates clockwise and rotates counterclockwise.

Alternatively, the number of the sub-resetting pieces 1232 may be two, four or more. In the following embodiments, two sub-returning members 1232 are used, and the sub-returning members 1232 are torsion springs.

The sub-reset piece 1232 is a torsion spring which is convenient to obtain materials and simple to install, and the manufacturing cost of the ice making component 120 can be effectively reduced. The two torsion springs are all sleeved on the reset portion 1223, and two opposite ends of each torsion spring are respectively connected with the ice making piece 122 and the ice making body 121. Specifically, the two torsion springs are arranged in mirror symmetry with each other, and the directions of the torsional forces provided by the two torsion springs in the ice taking process are opposite. When the operation unit 1222 is rotated clockwise, the main body 1224 and the reset unit 1223 are also rotated clockwise, one torsion spring is twisted to generate a counterclockwise torsion force, the other torsion spring is inelastically deformed to have a negligible or smaller torsion force than the one torsion spring, and after ice cubes fall from the main body 1224, the operation unit 1222 is released, and the ice-making member 122 is restored to a state of being horizontal to the ice-making body 121 by the torsion force of the one torsion spring. If the user is used to operate with left hand, the operation part 1222 is rotated counterclockwise, the other torsion spring generates a clockwise torsion force, the torsion force of one torsion spring can be neglected or is smaller than that of the other torsion spring, and after the ice is taken out, the operation part 1222 is released, so that the ice making member 122 can be reset.

Therefore, by providing at least two torsion springs, on the one hand, the installation of the reset element 123 can be facilitated, and the bidirectional rotation of the ice making element 122 can be facilitated, and on the other hand, when the reset element 1223 is sleeved with the at least two torsion springs, and when the non-operation element 1222 is rotated, the torsion force of the two torsion springs can be set to be equal, so that the ice making element 122 can be maintained to be horizontally arranged in the initial state, and the clean water in the ice making groove 1221 is prevented from flowing out.

In some embodiments, the main body 1224 of the ice maker 122 is made of a material having certain elasticity, and the operating portion 1222 and the reset portion 1223 are made of a rigid material. The inner wall of the ice making chamber 1212 is protruded to form rotation limiting convexities 1215, the rotation limiting convexities 1215 are distributed on both sides of the main body 1224 and are located below the main body 1224, and when the main body 1224 is rotated to abut one of the rotation limiting convexities 1215, the rotation angle of the main body 1224 is maximized, and further, if the operation part 1222 is continuously operated to rotate, the main body 1224 is torsionally deformed, and ice cubes can be released from the main body 1224, so that the ice taking operation is more reliable.

In some embodiments, the rotation limiting protrusion 1215 is provided with a limiting hole 1216, one end of the torsion spring connected to the ice making member 122 can be hooked on the bottom of the main body 1224, and one end of the torsion spring connected to the ice making body 121 can be inserted into the limiting hole 1216 adjacent to the end, so that the torsion spring can be conveniently installed.

It should be noted that, in some other embodiments, when two torsion springs are installed in the reset portion 1223, one end of one torsion spring may be hooked to the bottom of the main body 1224, the other end of the torsion spring may be inserted into the limiting hole 1216 adjacent to the end, and one end of the other torsion spring may be hooked to the bottom of the main body 1224, and the other end of the torsion spring abuts against the inner wall of the ice making cavity 1212.

Referring to fig. 3 and 10, in some embodiments, the ice making component 120 further includes an ice storage member 126 detachably connected to the bottom of the ice making body 121, the bottom of the ice making body 121 is opened with an ice outlet 1217, the ice storage member 126 is hollow to form an ice storage cavity 1262, and one side of the ice storage member 126 facing the ice outlet 1217 is opened with an ice storage opening 1261 communicating the ice outlet 1217 and the ice storage cavity 1262.

The ice storage 126 is disposed at the bottom of the ice making body 121 and connected with the ice making body 121. By rotating the operation unit 1222, ice cubes fall from the ice making groove 1221 of the ice maker 122 into the ice storage cavity 1262 through the ice outlet 1217 and the ice storage port 1261, and the ice storage unit 126 is detached and removed out of the ice maker 10, so that the ice can be used. By providing the ice storage member 126, ice cubes can be taken out without disassembling the ice making member 122, so that the ice taking operation is simpler and more convenient.

In some embodiments, a sidewall of the ice making body 121 is formed with a clearance gap (not visible in the drawings) communicating the ice outlet 1217 and the ice making cavity 1212, an edge of the ice outlet 1217 is bent inward to form a flange 1219 extending along a circumferential direction of the ice outlet 1217, an edge of the ice storage opening 1261 is formed with a hanging edge 1263, and the hanging edge 1263 is hooked on the flange 1219 and slidably disposed through the clearance gap.

Specifically, the avoiding gap is opened at one end of the ice making body 121 where the operation portion 1222 is installed, the flange 1219 is horizontally arranged or approximately horizontally arranged, the flange 1219 is located at the bottom of the ice making piece 122 and extends from one side of the ice making piece 122 to the other side of the ice making piece 122 through the other end of the ice making piece 122, and the avoiding gap is matched with the flange 1219 in an avoiding manner, that is, a projection of the flange 1219 on one end face of the ice making body 121 where the operation portion 1222 is installed is located in a range where the avoiding gap is located. The hanging edge 1263 protrudes from the edge of the ice storage opening 1261 and is opposite to the flanging 1219. The ice storage piece 126 is slid, and the hanging edge 1263 extends into the ice making cavity 1212 from the clearance gap and is hooked on the flange 1219, so that the ice storage piece 126 is connected with the ice making body 121. When the operation portion 1222 is rotated, the ice cubes in the ice making member 122 are collected in the ice storage cavity 1262, and then the ice making member 122 is reversely slid until the hanging edge 1263 slides out of the gap, at this time, the ice storage member 126 can be taken down from the ice making body 121, so as to facilitate the use of ice. Therefore, the arrangement of the hanging edge 1263, the flanging 1219 and the avoiding gap can improve the convenience of assembling and disassembling the ice storage piece 126 and the ice making body 121, so that the ice making component 120 is more concise and convenient to use.

Further, in some embodiments, the inner wall of ice-making chamber 1212 is raised to form edge 1211, where edge 1211 and edge 1219 are disposed on opposite sides of hanging edge 1263.

During specific setting, the pressing edge 1211 is in clearance fit with the clearance gap, that is, the projection of the end face of the end of the ice making body 121, where the operating portion 1222 is installed, of the pressing edge 1219 is located within the range of the clearance gap. During the sliding of the ice storage member 126, the edge 1211 can limit the position of the ice storage member 126 in a vertical direction or a substantially vertical direction, so that the ice making member 122 has a better sliding stability. Thus, it is possible to prevent the ice making material 122 from being detached from the ice making body 121 because the hanging edge 1263 abuts against the inner wall of the ice making chamber 1212 to which the operation portion 1222 is attached during the sliding process due to the excessive shaking of the ice storage material 126.

In some embodiments, the ice storage member 126 is further provided with a drawing notch 1264, a drawing structure such as a drawing ring, at an end adjacent to the clearance notch, so as to facilitate a user to act on the drawing structure and operate the ice storage member 126 to slide in a drawing manner.

In some embodiments, ice making component 120 further comprises a shock absorber 127, wherein shock absorber 127 is disposed at least over a bottom wall of ice storage cavity 1262 facing ice storage port 1261.

The shock absorbing member 127 is generally made of a material with good elasticity, and optionally, the shock absorbing member 127 can be covered on the bottom wall of the ice storage cavity 1262 facing the ice storage opening 1261, or can be completely covered on the inner wall of the ice storage cavity 1262. Due to the hardness of the ice, when the ice drops into the ice storage cavity 1262, the ice storage member 126 may be impacted to a greater degree, resulting in damage to the ice storage member 126. And through setting up the shock pad, can cushion the impact force when the ice-cube falls to reduce the probability that stores up ice 126 and damage, be convenient for prolong the life of storing up ice 126. In addition, the shock absorbing member 127 can reduce noise when ice cubes contact the ice storage member 126, thereby facilitating noise reduction.

Referring to fig. 4 and 11, in some embodiments, the ice making unit 120 further includes a hanging rack 128, a mounting portion 1282 is formed on an outer circumference of the hanging rack 128 for mounting, the hanging rack 128 is hollow to form a receiving cavity 1281, and the ice making body 121 is received in the receiving cavity 1281.

Specifically, the inner wall of the refrigerating chamber 111 of the cabinet 110 is further provided with a fitting portion (not shown) that can be used in cooperation with the mounting portion 1282. Alternatively, the mounting portion 1282 can be an opposite-shaped hole and the mating portion can be a hook. Alternatively, the mounting portion 1282 and the mating portion may be magnets or the like that are attracted to each other. Generally, in order to facilitate taking and placing the to-be-cooled member, a drawable movable member, such as a drawer, is disposed in the cooling chamber 111. The to-be-refrigerated member is placed in the movable member, and can be accommodated in the refrigerating chamber 111 or taken out from the refrigerating chamber 111 through the movable member at one time by drawing. In this way, if ice is to be made in the ice making unit 120, the ice making unit 120 is also housed in the movable member in advance, and ice is made by pushing the movable member so that the ice making unit 120 is housed in the cooling chamber 111. However, such an operation causes the ice making unit 120 to shake, causing the fresh water contained in the ice making unit 122 to overflow. By arranging the hanging rack 128, before the ice making component 120 is installed, the movable component is taken out of the ice making chamber in advance, and then the installation part 1282 of the hanging rack 128 is matched with the matching part of the refrigeration chamber 111, so that the installation and the fixation of the ice making component 120 can be realized, and then the movable component is installed.

In some embodiments, the mounting portion 1282 is a shaped hole formed in the top of the hanger 128 and the mating portion is a hook formed in the top wall of the refrigeration compartment 111. The hook is hooked in the opposite hole, and the hanging rack 128 and the ice making body 121 can be fixed. Moreover, the hook is hooked in the opposite hole, so that the ice making component 120 is simple and easy to fix and convenient to mount and dismount.

The mounting portion 1282 is located on the top wall of the hanger 128, and in the process of mounting the ice making member 120 in the refrigerating chamber 111, only the movable member needs to be partially pulled out, and then the ice making member 120 is mounted in the space formed by the top wall of the refrigerating chamber 111 and the movable member. Moreover, after the movable member is installed, in the process of pushing the movable member to be continuously accommodated in the refrigeration chamber 111, the ice-making component 120 does not hinder the movement of the movable member, so that the movable member can be conveniently pulled out.

Alternatively, the mounting portion 1282 can be one, two, or even more. In some embodiments, the mounting portion 1282 and the mating portion are multiple, and the mounting portions 1282 correspond to the mating portions one to one. The fitting of the plurality of mounting portions 1282 and the plurality of fitting portions may improve the reliability of the mounting of the ice making member 120.

Generally, the shape of the hanger 128 should match the shape of the ice making body 121. In this embodiment, the hanging rack 128 is a hollow rectangular parallelepiped, and the hanging rack 128 extends along the length direction of the ice making body 121.

In some embodiments, the side wall of the hanger 128 is provided with an installation opening 1283 communicated with the receiving cavity 1281, an installation edge 1284 is formed by protruding the inner wall of the receiving cavity 1281, a hook edge 1210 is formed on the periphery of the ice making body 121, and the hook edge 1210 is hooked on the installation edge 1284 and slidably inserted into the installation opening 1283.

Alternatively, the mounting opening 1283 is open at one end of the hanger 128, and the mounting edge 1284 may be disposed horizontally or inclined upwardly. The mounting edge 1284 extends along one side of the hanger 128 to the other side of the hanger 128 through an end opposite the mounting opening 1283. The edge of the opening 1213 at the top of the ice making body 121 is bent in a direction toward the bottom of the ice making body 121 to form a hooked edge 1210 outside the ice making cavity 1212, and the hooked edge 1210 is hooked on the mounting edge 1284 to fix the ice making body 121. Specifically, during installation, the ice making body 121 slides into the accommodating cavity 1281 along the installation opening 1283, the hook edge 1210 is hooked on the installation edge 1284, and the ice making body 121 can be accommodated and installed in the accommodating cavity 1281 as the ice making body 121 continues to slide. When the ice making body 121 needs to be detached, the ice making body 121 may be slid in reverse. Therefore, the arrangement of the hook edge 1210, the mounting edge 1284 and the mounting opening 1283 facilitates the mounting and dismounting of the ice making body 121 and the hanger 128.

In some embodiments, the bottom of the hanging rack 128 is also provided with a mounting opening 1283, and the mounting opening 1283 at the bottom of the hanging rack 128 can avoid the ice storage member 126, so as to prevent the ice storage member 126 from being worn due to an excessively large contact area between the ice storage member 126 and the hanging rack 128 during sliding.

In some embodiments, the sidewalls of the hanging rack 128 are recessed inward to form a supporting platform 1285 for supporting the ice making body 121.

Specifically, opposite side walls of the hanger 128 are recessed inward to form a receiving platform 1285, and the receiving platform 1285 is located below the ice making body 121. When the mounting edge 1284 is not stably engaged with the hook edge 1210, which causes the ice making body 121 to fall off the mounting edge 1284, the supporting platform 1285 may support the ice making body 121 to prevent the ice making body 121 from falling off the hanger 128.

In addition, during the process of installing the hanger 128 in the refrigeration compartment 111, the user can also hold the recessed portion of the hanger 128 from both sides of the hanger 128, so as to facilitate the user to install and detach the hanger 128.

In some embodiments, the edges of the mounting opening 1283 at the bottom of the hanger 128 are bent inward to form a support edge 1286 for supporting the ice bank 126.

In this embodiment, when the ice making body 121 is received in the receiving cavity 1281, the ice storage member 126 connected to the ice making body 121 is also received in the receiving cavity 1281. The support edge 1286 may be disposed horizontally or inclined upward, and the support edge 1286 is located below the ice bank 126 and extends along a circumference of the mounting opening 1283 at the bottom of the hanger 128. When the ice storage member 126 is not firmly connected to the ice making body 121, such that the ice storage member 126 falls off from the ice making body 121, the supporting edge 1286 can support the ice storage member 126 to prevent the ice storage member 126 from falling off the hanging rack 128 and causing the ice cubes to be scattered everywhere.

The assembly and use of the entire ice making unit 120 will be described in detail below.

First, the reset unit 1223 and the operation unit 1222 of the ice making unit 122 are respectively coupled to the first coupling unit 12181 and the second coupling unit 12182, the reset unit 123 is coupled to the ice making unit 122 and the ice making body 121, the knob 125 is coupled to the operation unit 1222, and the hanging edge 1263 slides into the ice making cavity 1212 from the clearance gap and is hooked to the flange 1219, thereby completing the mounting of the ice making body 121 and the ice storage unit 126. Then, clear water is injected into the ice making member 122, and the ice making cover 124 covers the opening 1213 of the ice making body 121, so that the entire structure of the main body 1224 of the ice making unit 120 can be mounted. Further, the entire structure of the main body 1224 of the ice making member 120 is slid into the housing chamber 1281 from the mounting port 1283 at one end of the hanger 128, and the hook edge 1210 is hooked to the mounting edge 1284, so that the entire ice making member 120 can be assembled. When ice making is required, the mounting portion 1282 of the hanger 128 is fixed to a mating portion in the cooling chamber 111 so that the ice making unit 120 can be fixed in the cooling chamber 111 and ice making is performed under repeated circulation of a refrigerant.

When ice needs to be taken, according to the operation habit, the knob 125 is rotated clockwise or anticlockwise, the ice blocks fall into the ice storage piece 126, then the user holds the pull-out structure, the ice storage piece 126 is operated to slide out of the ice making body 121, and the ice taking can be realized.

When ice making is needed again, the ice making body 121 and the ice making piece 122 synchronously slide out from the mounting port 1283 at one end of the hanging rack 128, the ice making cover 124 is opened, clear water is refilled in the ice making piece 122, then the ice making cover 124, the ice storing piece 126 and the ice making body 121 are remounted, and then the main body 1224 structure of the whole ice making component 120 is remounted with the hanging rack 128.

If ice making is not needed again, after ice is taken, the hanging edge 1263 of the ice storage piece 126 slides into the ice making cavity 1212 from the avoiding notch, so that the ice storage piece 126 and the ice making body 121 are assembled again, and the whole ice making component 120 can be stored.

The ice making component 120 and the ice making machine 10 including the ice making component 120 can remove ice cubes in the ice making component 122 by manually operating the ice making component 122 to rotate, and further release external force of hands, and under the action of the reset component 123, the ice making component 122 can be restored to an initial state, so that water can be injected into the ice making component 122 for making ice next time. And the ice making member 122 is rotatable in both directions with respect to the ice making body 121, so that the user can rotate the ice making member 122 in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction according to the operation habit of the hand in the process of switching from the initial state to the ice taking state to take off the ice cubes. Therefore, the comprehensive functions of the reset piece 123 and the ice making piece 122 in two-way rotation enable the ice making piece 122 and the ice maker 10 comprising the ice making component 120 to have the characteristic of convenient use.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (12)

1. An ice making component, comprising:

the ice making body is hollow to form an ice making cavity;

the ice making piece is arranged in the ice making cavity, the ice making piece has an initial state parallel to the ice making body and an ice taking state which rotates around a rotation axis of the ice making piece in a bidirectional mode relative to the ice making body, and the rotation axis is intersected with the side wall of the ice making body; and

the reset piece is arranged in the ice making cavity, connected with the ice making body and the ice making piece, and used for providing a torsional force opposite to the rotation direction of the ice making piece for the ice making piece when the ice making piece rotates, so that the ice making piece is switched from the ice taking state to the initial state.

2. An ice making component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ice making component has an operating portion and a reset portion which are opposite to each other, a first assembling portion and a second assembling portion are formed on an inner wall of the ice making chamber, the operating portion is coupled to the first assembling portion, the reset portion is coupled to the second assembling portion, and the operating portion rotates to drive the reset portion to rotate in the same direction.

3. An ice making component as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a knob connected to the operating portion.

4. An ice making assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the reset member includes at least two sub reset members, each of the sub reset members is a torsion spring, at least two of the sub reset members are sleeved on the reset portion, and both ends of each of the sub reset members are respectively connected to the ice making member and the ice making body and are respectively configured to provide a twisting force when the ice making member rotates clockwise and counterclockwise.

5. An ice making component as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an ice storage member detachably connected to the bottom of the ice making body, wherein the bottom of the ice making body is provided with an ice outlet, the ice storage member is hollow to form an ice storage cavity, and one side of the ice storage member facing the ice outlet is provided with an ice storage port communicating the ice outlet and the ice storage cavity.

6. An ice making component as claimed in claim 5, wherein a clearance gap is formed on a side wall of the ice making body to communicate the ice outlet and the ice making cavity, an edge of the ice outlet is bent inward to form a flange extending along a circumferential direction of the ice outlet, an edge of the ice storage port is formed with a hanging edge, and the hanging edge is hooked on the flange and slidably inserted into the clearance gap.

7. An icemaker assembly according to claim 6 wherein said ice making chamber has an inner wall that protrudes to form a lip, said lip and said flange being disposed on opposite sides of said lip.

8. An icemaker according to claim 5, further comprising a shock absorbing member covering at least a bottom wall of said ice storage cavity facing said ice storage opening.

9. An icemaker according to claim 1, further comprising a hanger having an installation portion formed on an outer periphery thereof for installation, the hanger being hollow to form a housing chamber in which the icemaker body is housed.

10. An ice making unit as claimed in claim 9, wherein a mounting opening communicating with the housing cavity is formed in a side wall of the hanger, a mounting edge is formed on an inner wall of the housing cavity in a protruding manner, and a hook edge is formed on an outer circumference of the ice making body, and the hook edge is hooked to the mounting edge and slidably inserted into the mounting opening.

11. An icemaker assembly according to claim 9 wherein said hanger has sidewalls recessed inwardly to form a platform for supporting said icemaker body.

12. An ice maker, comprising:

the box body is hollow to form a refrigerating chamber; and

the ice making device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, which is detachably housed in the refrigerating chamber.

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