CN111895695B

CN111895695B - Ice maker convenient to disassemble

Info

Publication number: CN111895695B
Application number: CN201910367172.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵振雨; 张延庆; 杜启海; 张方友; 薛建军; 米波
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-05-05
Filing date: 2019-05-05
Publication date: 2022-10-11
Anticipated expiration: 2039-05-05
Also published as: CN115540424A; CN115585587A; CN111895695A

Abstract

The invention provides a conveniently-detachable ice maker, which comprises a base, a power mechanism and an ice making tray, wherein the power mechanism and the ice making tray are arranged in the base, the power mechanism is connected with the ice making tray to drive the ice making tray to rotate, and the conveniently-detachable ice maker is characterized in that: the ice-making tray is provided with a fixing part protruding towards the base, the base is provided with a through groove for accommodating the fixing part, and the ice-making machine further comprises a stopper arranged in the through groove and used for disassembling and assembling the ice-making tray. The ice maker convenient to disassemble has the advantages of simple structure, convenience in operation, time saving and capability of ensuring that the ice making tray is cleaned more thoroughly.

Description

Conveniently-detachable ice maker

Technical Field

The invention relates to an ice maker convenient to disassemble.

Background

After the existing ice maker is used for a long time, in the cleaning process, the cleaning of the inside of the ice making tray is troublesome, and the whole ice making tray can be cleaned only by disassembling the whole ice maker, so that the problem is troublesome and the time is wasted.

In view of the above, there is a need for an improved ice making machine to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an ice maker which is convenient to disassemble, simple to clean and time-saving.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a conveniently detachable ice maker, which comprises a base, a power mechanism and an ice making tray, wherein the power mechanism and the ice making tray are arranged in the base, the power mechanism is connected with the ice making tray to drive the ice making tray to rotate, and the ice maker is characterized in that: the ice-making tray is provided with a fixing part protruding towards the base, the base is provided with a through groove for accommodating the fixing part, and the ice-making machine further comprises a stopper arranged in the through groove and used for disassembling and assembling the ice-making tray.

As a further improvement of the present invention, a pair of sliding grooves are disposed on a pair of inner walls of the through groove, the stopper has a main body portion, an operating portion connected to the main body portion and protruding out of the base for operation, and a pair of flanges located at two sides of the main body portion, and the pair of flanges are slidably assembled in the corresponding sliding grooves.

As a further improvement of the present invention, a pair of grooves is further concavely formed on a pair of inner walls of the through groove, the grooves are located above the sliding groove and parallel to the sliding groove in the up-down direction, each groove includes a first groove sunken from the inner wall by a first depth and a second groove sunken from the inner wall by a second depth, the first groove is communicated with the second groove, and a step is formed at the connection position of the first groove and the second groove.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the stopper includes a pair of stoppers disposed above the flange and protruding outward in the lateral direction, the stoppers are provided with a guiding inclined surface at the free ends thereof, and the stoppers are mounted in the second groove along the first groove by using the guiding inclined surface.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the stopper further includes a pair of elastic walls disposed at both sides thereof, the stopper is disposed on the elastic walls, and the elastic walls have elastic deformability along the transverse direction so that the stopper is installed into the first groove.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the stopper includes an operating portion exposed outside the base for operation and a circular rotating portion connected to the operating portion, and the rotating portion is provided with a slot recessed along a radial direction thereof for receiving the fixing portion.

As a further improvement of the invention, the ice maker frame is provided with a plurality of bumps positioned at two sides of the through groove, and the bumps surround to form a circle for the rotating part to rotate for 360 degrees.

As a further improvement of the invention, each side of the through groove is provided with a plurality of lugs, and a clamping hook for limiting the rotating part by hooking is arranged between every two adjacent lugs.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the base is provided with an elastic portion which is located above the through groove and is integrally formed to protrude outward in the lateral direction.

As a further improvement of the invention, the ice making tray is provided with a stopper protruding in the same direction as the fixing part to prevent excessive rotation under the driving of the power mechanism.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: the ice maker convenient to disassemble is simple in structure, convenient to operate, time-saving and capable of ensuring that the ice making tray is cleaned more thoroughly, and the ice making tray is assembled and disassembled by the aid of the stop piece.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is another exploded perspective view of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view at a in fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the stopper in the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged view at B in fig. 7.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. This embodiment is not intended to limit the invention, and structural, methodical, or functional changes that may be made by one of ordinary skill in the art in view of this embodiment are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, a first embodiment of an ice maker convenient to detach according to the present invention is shown, in which an X axis is defined as a front-back direction, a Y axis is defined as a left-right direction (also referred to as a transverse direction), and a Z axis is defined as a vertical direction, and includes a base 1, a power mechanism 2 disposed in the base 1, and an ice tray 3 fixed between the power mechanism 2 and the base 1.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the power mechanism 2 is accommodated in the bearing table and is mainly used for taking out the ice cubes in the ice-making tray 3, and specifically, the ice cubes are separated by repeatedly rotating the ice-making tray 3. The base 1 completely covers the bearing table, the power mechanism 2 is provided with a rotating shaft 21 protruding in the front-back direction, the left side of the power mechanism 2 is further provided with a swing rod 22 for detecting the content of ice cubes, and when the ice cubes in the ice-making tray 3 fall off, the swing rod 22 rotates to detect whether the ice cubes in the ice-cube collecting device below the ice-making tray 3 are full.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, one end of the ice-making tray 3 adjacent to the power mechanism 2 is provided with a concave portion 31 engaged with the rotating shaft 21, and when the power mechanism 2 works, the rotating shaft 21 is controlled to rotate so as to drive the ice-making tray 3 to rotate and further drive ice cubes to fall off into an ice cube collecting device (not shown). The ice maker has a plurality of ice trays 32 arranged in an array, and a communication part 33 (see fig. 7) is provided between two adjacent ice trays 32, and when water is filled into the ice trays 32, it is only necessary to fill water into one of the ice trays 32 without performing a water filling operation for each ice tray 32, and when the amount of water is higher than the lowest end of the communication part 33, water can flow into the adjacent ice tray 32 through the communication part 33, thereby gradually filling all the ice trays 32.

The ice-making tray 3 has a fixing portion 34 disposed at an opposite end of the recess 31, the fixing portion 34 protrudes from a rear end of the ice-making tray 3 and is cylindrical, the ice-making tray 3 is provided with a stopper 35 protruding in the same direction as the fixing portion 34, the stopper 35 is configured to prevent the ice-making tray 3 from rotating excessively, the stopper 35 is located on a left side of the fixing portion 34, when the ice-making tray 3 is located in a horizontal position, an upper surface of the stopper 35 contacts the base 1, and when the ice-making tray 3 rotates, the stopper 35 abuts against the base 1 to prevent the ice-making tray 3 from rotating excessively.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, the base 1 has a through slot 4 for accommodating the fixing portion 34, a pair of sliding slots 41 are formed in the pair of inner walls of the through slot 4, a pair of grooves 42 parallel to the sliding slots 41 are formed in the pair of inner walls of the through slot 4, the grooves 42 include a first groove 421 having a first recess depth and a second groove 422 having a second depth, the first groove 421 is connected to the second groove 422, a step 423 is formed at a connection position, and a depth of the first groove 421 is smaller than a depth of the second groove 422.

The ice maker further includes a stopper 5 disposed at the through groove 4 for mounting and dismounting the ice making tray 3, the stopper 5 has an operation portion 51 for controlling the stopper 5 to horizontally move in the through groove 4, a pair of flanges 52 coupled to the sliding groove 41 and connected to the operation portion 51 are disposed on both left and right sidewalls of the stopper 5, the stopper 5 includes a pair of stoppers 53 disposed above the flanges 52, a guide inclined surface is disposed at a front end of the stopper 53, a pair of elastic walls 54 extending forward from a front end of the stopper 5 are disposed on both left and right sidewalls of the stopper 5, the stopper 53 is disposed on the elastic walls 54 in a same direction as the flanges 52, when the stopper 5 is mounted in the through groove 4, the flanges 52 are first slid into the through groove 4 along the sliding groove 41, at this time, the stoppers 53 contact with an inner wall of the through groove 4, the guide inclined surfaces continuously slide in by the elastic walls 54, and the elastic walls 54 are elastically deformed, so that the stopper 53 continuously slides into the first groove 421 and then slides into the second groove 422, at this time, the elastic walls 54 recover to the original shape, the stopper 5 is mounted, and the stopper 53 is easily mounted in a position where the second groove 423, and the stopper 53 is not easily mounted in the second groove 423, and the stopper 4 is not retained by the steps of the stopper 53.

The front end of the stopper 5 is in an arc-shaped concave arrangement, so that the fixing portion 34 is convenient to rotate in the through groove 4, when the ice-making tray 3 is installed, the concave portion 31 is aligned to the rotating shaft 21, so that one end of the ice-making tray 3 is installed on the power mechanism 2, then the stopper 5 is pulled, so that the limiting block 53 is located at the step 423, then the fixing portion 34 is pushed upwards along the through groove 4 until the top of the through groove 4, and finally the stopper 5 is pushed, so that the arc-shaped concave portion at the front end of the stopper 5 is located below the fixing portion 34, so that the ice-making tray 3 is fixed. When the ice making tray 3 needs to be cleaned, the ice making tray 3 can be detached only by pulling the stopper 5 to enable the fixing portion 34 to freely descend along the through groove 4 and then separating the recess 31 from the power mechanism 2.

Referring to fig. 6 to 8, a second embodiment of the present invention is shown, which is different from the first embodiment in that the stopper 5 includes a U-shaped operation portion 51 and a circular rotation portion 55 connected to the operation portion 51, an orthogonal projection of the operation portion 51 in the transverse direction is located inside an orthogonal projection of the rotation portion 55 in the transverse direction, and the rotation portion 55 is provided with a slot 551 for accommodating the fixing portion 34. The base 1 is provided with a bump 6 positioned on two sides of the through groove 4, and the bump 6 surrounds a circle to rotate the rotating part 55 for 360 degrees. The left side and the right side of the through groove 4 are provided with a plurality of the convex blocks 6, and a clamping hook 7 for fixing the rotating part 55 is arranged between every two adjacent convex blocks 6. The base 1 is further provided with an elastic part 11 which is located above the through groove 4 and protrudes outwards, and the elastic part 11 and the base 1 are integrally arranged.

The protruding direction of the hook 7 is the same as that of the protruding block 6, that is, the protruding direction is outward extended, and one end of the hook 7 is connected to the base 1, and the other end away from the base 1 is formed with a fastening portion for fastening and limiting the rotating portion 55.

When the ice-making tray 3 is installed, the concave portion 31 is aligned with the rotating shaft 21 to enable one end of the ice-making tray 3 to be installed on the power mechanism 2, then the stopper 5 is rotated to enable the groove 551 to face downwards, then the fixing portion 34 is pushed upwards along the through groove 4 until the groove 551 is formed, finally the stopper 5 is rotated to enable the groove 551 to face upwards, and at the moment, the elastic portion 11 protrudes into the groove 551. Due to the existence of the elastic part 11, the stopper 5 cannot automatically rotate easily, so that the ice making tray 3 is stably installed, when the ice making tray 3 needs to be cleaned, the stopper 5 is pulled to enable the open groove 551 to face downwards, the fixing part 34 freely descends along the open groove 551, and the concave part 31 is separated from the power mechanism 2, so that the ice making tray 3 can be disassembled.

In summary, in the ice maker convenient to disassemble according to the present invention, one end of the ice tray 3 is fixed on the power mechanism 2, and the fixing portion 34 at the other end is installed in the through groove 4 of the base 1, so that the ice tray 3 is disassembled and assembled by the horizontally-displaced stopper 5 or the rotationally-operated stopper 5, which not only has a simple structure and is convenient to operate, but also saves time, and ensures that the ice tray 3 is cleaned more thoroughly.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a convenient ice machine who dismantles which includes the base, sets up power unit and the ice making dish in the base, power unit with the one end of ice making dish links to each other in order to drive the ice making dish rotates its characterized in that: the ice maker comprises an ice making tray, a base and a stopper, wherein the other end of the ice making tray, which is arranged opposite to the ice making tray, is provided with a fixing part which protrudes towards the base and is cylindrical, the base is provided with a through groove for mounting the fixing part from bottom to top so as to accommodate the fixing part, the ice maker further comprises a stopper which is arranged in the through groove and is used for dismounting the ice making tray, the stopper is matched with the through groove to form a shaft hole for rotating the fixing part, a pair of sliding grooves are respectively arranged on a pair of inner walls of the through groove, the stopper is provided with a main body part, an operating part which is connected with the main body part and is exposed out of the base so as to be operated, and a pair of flanges which are positioned on two sides of the main body part and are connected with the operating part, the pair of flanges are slidably assembled in the corresponding sliding grooves, and the operating part is used for controlling the stopper to horizontally displace in the through groove.

2. The conveniently removable ice-making machine of claim 1, wherein: the through groove is oppositely arranged, the inner wall is further concavely provided with a pair of grooves, the grooves are located above the sliding groove and are parallel to the sliding groove in the up-down direction, each groove comprises a first groove with a first depth sunken in the inner wall and a second groove with a second depth sunken in the inner wall, the first groove is communicated with the second groove, and a step is formed at the joint of the first groove and the second groove.

3. The conveniently removable ice-making machine of claim 2, wherein: the stop piece comprises a pair of limiting blocks which are arranged above the flange and are formed by protruding outwards along the transverse direction, guiding inclined planes are arranged at the free tail ends of the limiting blocks, and the limiting blocks are arranged in the second grooves along the first grooves by utilizing the guiding inclined planes.

4. The conveniently removable ice-making machine of claim 3, wherein: the stop piece further comprises a pair of elastic walls arranged on two sides of the stop piece, the limiting blocks are arranged on the elastic walls, and the elastic walls have elastic deformation capacity along the transverse direction so that the limiting blocks can be installed in the first grooves conveniently.

5. The ice-making machine of claim 4, wherein: the limiting block and the flange extend in the same direction, when the stop piece is installed in the through groove, the flange slides into the through groove along the sliding groove part, at the moment, the limiting block is in contact with the inner wall of the through groove and continues to slide in by virtue of the guide inclined plane, meanwhile, the elastic wall deforms elastically so that the limiting block continues to slide until the limiting block slides into the second groove through the first groove, at the moment, the elastic wall restores to the original shape, and the installation of the stop piece is completed.

6. The conveniently removable ice-making machine of claim 5, wherein: one end of the ice-making tray, which is adjacent to the power mechanism, is provided with a concave part matched with the rotating shaft of the power mechanism, and the concave part and the fixing part are oppositely arranged at two ends of the ice-making tray.

7. The ice-making machine of claim 6, wherein: when the ice-making tray is installed, the sunken part is aligned to the rotating shaft, so that one end of the ice-making tray is installed on the power mechanism firstly, then the stop piece is pulled to enable the limiting block to be located at the step, then the fixing part is pushed upwards along the through groove until the top of the through groove, and finally the stop piece is pushed to enable the arc-shaped sunken part at the front end of the stop piece to be located below the fixing part, so that the ice-making tray is fixed.

8. The conveniently removable ice-making machine of claim 1, wherein: the ice making disc is provided with a stop block which protrudes in the same direction as the fixing part so as to prevent the stop block from excessively rotating under the driving of the power mechanism.