CN111288700B

CN111288700B - Ice making assembly and refrigerator with same

Info

Publication number: CN111288700B
Application number: CN201811489764.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 米波; 牟国梁; 张方友; 张延庆
Original assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-12-06
Filing date: 2018-12-06
Publication date: 2022-06-24
Anticipated expiration: 2038-12-06
Also published as: CN111288700A

Abstract

The present invention provides an ice making assembly comprising: a chassis; the ice tray is positioned above the bottom plate, and the bottom plate and the ice tray are detachable; a first drive member for driving the ice tray closer to or away from the chassis; when ice making is completed, the first driving component drives the ice grids to be separated from the chassis, and ice blocks are located on the chassis. Compared with the prior art, the ice tray and the chassis can be separated from each other when ice making is finished, and ice blocks in various shapes can be made by controlling the shapes of the ice trays.

Description

Ice making assembly and refrigerator with same

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly relates to an ice making assembly and a refrigerator with the same.

Background

With the continuous improvement of living standard of people, more and more refrigerators in the market have the automatic ice making function at present, and most of automatic ice makers are aluminum mode automatic ice makers or twisted disc type ice makers. Ice cubes made by aluminum mode ice makers are typically approximately semi-circular and ice cubes made by twist-tray ice makers are approximately square, but neither ice maker can be implemented for making ice of a particular shape.

In view of the above, there is a need to improve the structure of the existing ice making machine to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The object of the present invention is to provide an ice-making assembly that solves the above-mentioned technical problems and that can make ice cubes of various shapes.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an ice making assembly.

The invention also aims to provide the refrigerator.

Wherein, ice-making subassembly includes:

a chassis;

the ice tray is positioned above the bottom plate, and the bottom plate and the ice tray are detachable;

a first drive member for driving the ice tray closer to or away from the chassis;

when ice making is completed, the first driving component drives the ice grids to be separated from the chassis, and ice blocks are located on the chassis.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, the first driving member includes a first driving motor, a first rotating shaft, and a bracket rotatably sleeved on the first rotating shaft, and the bracket includes a first connecting arm, a second connecting arm, and a cross arm connecting the first connecting arm and the second connecting arm, which are parallel to each other.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the first rotating shaft passes through the first connecting arm and the second connecting arm, respectively, and the first rotating shaft is parallel to the cross arm.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, two ends of the ice tray are respectively provided with a fixing element, one end of each of the first connecting arm and the second connecting arm is respectively provided with a fixing hole adapted to the fixing element, and the fixing element and the fixing hole are mutually matched to enable one end of each of the first connecting arm and the second connecting arm to be respectively fixed to two ends of the ice tray.

As a further improvement of the embodiment of the present invention, a first driven gear part is disposed at the other end of the first connecting arm or the second connecting arm, a first driving gear part is connected to the first driving motor, and the first driving gear part and the first driven gear part are meshed with each other, so that the first driving motor drives the bracket to rotate around the first rotating shaft.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the ice making assembly further includes a second driving member, the second driving member includes a second driving motor and a second rotating shaft, the second rotating shaft is fixed to the chassis, and the second driving motor drives the second rotating shaft to rotate, so as to drive the chassis to rotate around an axis thereof.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, a heating element is further disposed inside the chassis.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, a sealing ring is disposed at the bottom of the ice tray, and when the ice tray abuts against the bottom plate, the sealing ring seals a gap between the ice tray and the bottom plate.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the ice tray is a hollow structure, and includes a plurality of small trays, and each of the small trays is provided with a soft rubber sleeve.

Accordingly, a refrigerator comprising an ice-making assembly as claimed in any preceding claim.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: it can be seen from the above technical solutions that the present invention has many outstanding substantial technical features, and after implementing the technical solution of the present invention, the significant technical progress thereof is mainly reflected in: the ice tray can separate the ice tray from the chassis when ice making is finished, and ice blocks in various shapes can be made by controlling the shapes of the ice trays.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the construction of an ice-making assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an exploded view of the ice grid and tray of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. However, these embodiments do not limit the present invention, and structural or functional changes made by those skilled in the art according to these embodiments are included in the scope of the present invention.

Also, it should be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements or structures, these described elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish these descriptive objects from one another. For example, the first drive member may be referred to as the second drive member, and similarly the second drive member may also be referred to as the first drive member, without departing from the scope of the present application.

Referring to fig. 1-2, a preferred embodiment of the ice-making assembly of the present invention is shown. The ice making assembly 10 comprises a chassis 11, an ice tray 12 and a first driving member 13, wherein the ice tray 12 is positioned on the chassis 11, the chassis 11 and the ice tray 12 adopt a detachable design, the first driving member 13 can drive the ice tray 12 to be close to or far away from the chassis 11, and when water is filled and ice is made, the first driving member 13 drives the ice tray 12 to be close to the chassis 11 until the ice tray 12 is abutted against the chassis 11; when the ice making is completed, the first driving member 13 drives the ice tray 12 away from the bottom chassis 11.

Preferably, the bottom of the ice tray 12 is provided with a sealing ring 121, and when the ice tray 12 is abutted against the bottom plate 11, the sealing ring 121 seals the gap between the ice tray 12 and the bottom plate 11.

The first driving member 13 includes a first driving motor 131, a first rotating shaft 132, and a bracket 133 rotatably disposed on the first rotating shaft 132. In detail, the bracket 133 includes a first connecting arm 1331, a second connecting arm 1332, and a cross arm 1333 connecting the first connecting arm 1331 and the second connecting arm 1332 in parallel. The first rotating shaft 132 passes through the first connecting arm 1331 and the second connecting arm 1332, respectively, and the first rotating shaft 132 is parallel to the cross arm 1333.

The two ends of the ice tray 12 are respectively provided with a fixing part 124, one end of the first connecting arm 1331 and one end of the second connecting arm 1332 are respectively provided with a fixing hole 13311 and a fixing hole 13321 which are matched with the fixing part 124, and the fixing part 124 and the

fixing holes

13311 and 13321 are matched with each other to enable one end of the first connecting arm 1331 and one end of the second connecting arm 1332 to be respectively fixed with the two ends of the ice tray 12. The fixing piece and the fixing hole can be matched with each other by threads or the cross sections of the fixing piece and the fixing hole are polygons matched with each other, so that the ice tray 12 can be detached from the first connecting arm 1331 and the second connecting arm 1332.

The other end of the first connection arm 1331 or the second connection arm 1332 is provided with a first driven gear part, in this embodiment, the first driven gear part 13312 is arranged at the other end of the first connection arm 1331, the first driving gear part 1311 is connected to the first driving motor 131, and the first driving gear part 1311 and the first driven gear part 13312 are engaged with each other, so that the first driving motor 131 drives the first driving gear part 1311 to rotate, thereby driving the bracket 133 to rotate around the first rotating shaft 132. (the tooth flanks of the first driving gear 1311 and the first driven gear 13312 are not shown in the figure)

The ice making assembly further includes a second driving member 14, the second driving member 14 includes a second driving motor 141 and a second rotating shaft 142, and the second rotating shaft 142 is fixed to the chassis 11. In detail, the second driving motor 141 is connected to a second driving gear portion 1411, one end of the first rotating shaft 142 close to the second driving motor 141 is provided with a second driven gear portion 1421, the second driving gear portion 1411 and the second driven gear portion 1421 are engaged with each other, the second driving motor 141 drives the second driving gear portion 1411 to rotate, so as to drive the second rotating shaft 142 to rotate, and further drive the chassis 11 to rotate around its own axis. (the tooth surfaces of the second driving gear portion 1411 and the second driven gear portion 1421 are not shown in the figure)

During water filling and ice making, the ice tray 12 abuts against the chassis 11, when ice making is completed, the first driving member 13 drives the ice tray 12 to separate from the chassis 11, and ice cubes are located on the chassis, and the first driving member 14 drives the chassis 11 to turn over, so that the ice cubes are poured into an ice storage box (not shown) below. Preferably, a heating element 111 is further provided inside the chassis 11, and the heating element 111 is a heating wire, and when the ice making is completed, the heating element 111 starts to heat, so that the ice cubes are easily separated from the chassis 11.

More preferably, the ice tray 12 is a hollow structure, and includes a plurality of small compartments 122, a soft rubber sleeve 123 is disposed in each small compartment 122, and the soft rubber sleeve 123 is used for preventing ice cubes from adhering to the inner walls of the small compartments 122.

Accordingly, the present invention further provides a refrigerator (not shown), which can obtain the beneficial effects of the ice making assembly in the above embodiments by using the ice making assembly described in the above embodiments, and since no improvement is made to other structures or functions of the refrigerator, further description is not repeated here.

It should be understood that although the specification describes embodiments, not every embodiment includes only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity purposes only, and it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the specification as a whole may be appropriately combined to form other embodiments as will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

The above-listed detailed description is only a specific description of a possible embodiment of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and equivalent embodiments or modifications made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An ice making assembly, comprising:

a chassis;

the ice tray is positioned on the base plate, the ice tray is of a hollow structure and comprises a plurality of small trays, and the base plate and the ice tray are detachable;

when ice making is finished, the first driving component drives the ice tray to be separated from the chassis, and ice blocks are located on the chassis.

2. An icemaker assembly according to claim 1 wherein: the first driving component comprises a first driving motor, a first rotating shaft and a support which is rotatably sleeved on the first rotating shaft, and the support comprises a first connecting arm, a second connecting arm and a cross arm which is connected with the first connecting arm and the second connecting arm which are parallel to each other.

3. An icemaker assembly according to claim 2 wherein: the first rotating shaft penetrates through the first connecting arm and the second connecting arm respectively, and the first rotating shaft is parallel to the cross arm.

4. An icemaker assembly according to claim 3 wherein: the two ends of the ice tray are respectively provided with a fixing piece, one end of each of the first connecting arm and the second connecting arm is respectively provided with a fixing hole matched with the fixing piece, and one end of each of the first connecting arm and the second connecting arm is respectively fixed with the two ends of the ice tray through the mutual matching of the fixing piece and the fixing holes.

5. An icemaker assembly according to claim 4 wherein: the other end of first linking arm or second linking arm is equipped with first driven gear portion, be connected with first initiative gear portion on the first drive motor, first initiative gear portion with first driven gear portion intermeshing makes first drive motor drive the support winds first pivot is rotated.

6. An icemaker assembly according to claim 1 wherein: the ice making assembly further comprises a second driving component, the second driving component comprises a second driving motor and a second rotating shaft, the second rotating shaft is fixed to the chassis, and the second driving motor drives the second rotating shaft to rotate so as to drive the chassis to rotate around the axis of the chassis.

7. An icemaker assembly according to claim 1 wherein: and a heating element is also arranged in the chassis.

8. An icemaker assembly according to claim 1 wherein: and a sealing ring is arranged at the bottom of the ice tray, and when the ice tray is abutted against the bottom plate, the sealing ring seals a gap between the ice tray and the bottom plate.

9. An icemaker assembly according to claim 1 wherein: and a soft rubber sleeve is arranged in each small lattice.

10. A refrigerator comprising the ice making assembly of any of the preceding claims.