CN112136013A

CN112136013A - A kind of refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN112136013A
Application number: CN202080000814.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 翁浩; 姚惠民; 刘小锋; 干锦波; 赵子璇
Original assignee: Hisense Ronshen Guangdong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Ronshen Guangdong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-03
Filing date: 2020-05-22
Publication date: 2020-12-25

Abstract

The refrigerator (1) comprises a refrigerating chamber (10 a), wherein an ice making chamber (100) is arranged in the refrigerating chamber (10 a), an ice maker (120) and an ice making fan compartment (150) are arranged in the ice making chamber (100), the ice making chamber (100) comprises an ice making chamber front side wall (118), a first ice baffle plate (170) and a second ice baffle plate (180) are arranged on the ice making chamber front side wall (118), a first ventilation opening (171) is formed in the first ice baffle plate (170), and a second ventilation opening (181) is formed in the second ice baffle plate (180).

Description

A kind of refrigerator

The application requires the priority of Chinese patent application with the application number of 201910829072.X and the invention name of 'a refrigerator' submitted by the Chinese patent office on the 03 of 09 months in 2019; the application requires the priority of Chinese patent application with the patent number of 201910829087.6 and the name of 'a refrigerator' submitted by the Chinese patent office on the 03 th 09 month in 2019; the application requires the priority of Chinese patent application with the patent number of 201910829074.9 and the name of 'a refrigerator' submitted by the Chinese patent office on the 03 th 09 month in 2019; the application requires the priority of Chinese patent application with the patent number of 201921454615.6 and the name of 'a refrigerator' submitted by the Chinese patent office on the 03 th 09 month in 2019; the application requires the priority of Chinese patent application with the patent number of 201921455414.8 and the name of 'a refrigerator' submitted by the Chinese patent office on the 03 th 09 month in 2019; the application requires the priority of Chinese patent application with the application number of 201921454625.X and the invention name of 'a refrigerator' submitted by the Chinese patent office on the 03 of 09 month in 2019; the application requires the priority of PCT international patent application with the application number of PCT/CN2019/104808 and the invention name of 'air-conditioning circulation system and control method thereof', which is submitted by the China patent office as an acceptance office in 09/06.2019; the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference in the present application.

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 keep various foods fresh for a long time. Foods to be preserved below the freezing temperature, such as meat, fish, ice cream, etc., are stored in the freezing chamber, and foods to be preserved above the freezing temperature, such as vegetables, fruits, beverages, etc., are 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 freezer-freezer type refrigerator, the ice making chamber may be disposed at one corner of the inside of the refrigerating chamber or at the rear surface of the refrigerating chamber door. The ice making chamber may include an ice maker to generate ice, and an ice bucket to store the ice generated in the ice maker and transfer the ice to the dispenser.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerating chamber, wherein an ice making chamber is arranged in the refrigerating chamber; an ice maker is arranged in the ice making chamber; an ice making fan compartment is arranged in the ice making compartment; the ice making chamber comprises an ice making chamber front side wall; the front side wall of the ice making chamber is provided with a first ice baffle plate.

The embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator, and a second ice blocking plate is arranged on the front side wall of an ice making chamber.

The embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator, and a first ice blocking plate is provided with first ventilation.

The embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator, and a second ventilation opening is formed in a second ice blocking plate.

The embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator, and the front side of a first ice baffle is fixed on the front side wall of an ice making chamber.

The embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator, and a first ice blocking plate is positioned below an ice making fan compartment.

The embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator, and the rear part of a first ice baffle plate, an ice making fan compartment above the ice making fan compartment and the lower part of a water receiving disc are provided with intervals.

The embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator, and the rear side of a first ice baffle inclines to the rear upper side.

The embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator, the front side of a second ice blocking plate is fixed on the front side wall of an ice making chamber, and the rear side of the second ice blocking plate inclines towards the rear lower side.

The embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator, and a second ice blocking plate is located above an ice inlet of a crushed ice chamber.

Drawings

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a refrigerator door in a closed position according to one embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of a refrigerator freezer door in an open condition in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a refrigerator freezer door with the door removed in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4A is an exploded view of an ice making chamber wall of a refrigerator in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4B is a partially exploded schematic view of an ice making chamber wall of a refrigerator in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4C is an exploded view of a portion of a mounting structure of a rear side wall of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4D is a schematic view of an embodiment of the refrigerator ice making compartment right and lower sidewalls in one piece;

fig. 4E is a schematic cross-sectional view of a refrigerator door body in a state parallel to the door body and in a state of being mounted on an ice making chamber wall of the refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

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

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of an exterior mechanism of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic view illustrating a fixed state of an ice making compartment refrigerant line of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is an exploded view of a fixing structure of an ice making compartment refrigerant pipe of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of an installation structure of a refrigerant pipe in an ice making chamber of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a side view of an ice maker mounting structure for a refrigerant pipe in an ice making compartment of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a side view of a mounting structure for a water tray in an ice making compartment of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 12 is a side view schematically illustrating a mounting structure of an in-ice-making chamber fan of an ice-making chamber of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 13 is an exploded view of an ice making compartment structure of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 14 is a schematic view of an ice making compartment structure of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 15 is a schematic sectional view of an ice making compartment structure of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 16 is a schematic view of an ice bank related structure of an ice making chamber of a refrigerator in an embodiment of the present application.

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It should be apparent that the embodiments described in this section are only some embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application. The various embodiments of the principles of the present application are provided as examples only and should not be construed in any way to limit the scope of the present application. Those skilled in the art will understand that the principles of the present application may be implemented in any suitably arranged system or device.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application.

The terms "first", "second" and "first" 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 defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

In the embodiment of the application, the front side and the rear side are respectively the side of the refrigerator body provided with the opening and the door body as the front side, and the side of the refrigerator departing from the opening as the rear side.

Some embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator, including a refrigerating chamber, in which an ice making chamber is disposed, the ice making chamber including an ice making chamber wall, the ice making chamber wall including 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 refrigerating chamber liner; the upper side wall and the inner container of the refrigerating chamber are directly provided with a heat insulation pad.

Certain embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator having a cooling compartment disposed above a refrigerator cabinet, such as a top-cooling and bottom-freezing refrigerator.

Some embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator, an ice making chamber is disposed at an upper left corner of a refrigerating chamber, and a left side wall of the ice making chamber is disposed near a left wall of a refrigerating chamber liner; the left side wall of the ice making chamber and the inner container of the refrigerating chamber are directly provided with a heat insulation pad. The ice making chamber is arranged at the upper left corner of the refrigerating chamber, and the upper side wall and the left side wall of the ice making chamber are an integrated piece. The right side wall and the lower side wall of the ice making chamber are an integral piece. The ice making chamber comprises a first connecting rail which is fixedly connected with the lower side wall. Including the second rail of connecting, the second rail of connecting and right side wall fixed connection. 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. And 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 present application provide a refrigerator, wherein an ice making chamber is disposed at a right upper corner of a refrigerating chamber, and a right side wall is disposed near a right wall of a refrigerating chamber liner; the right side wall and the inner container of the refrigerating chamber are directly provided with a heat insulation pad. The upper and right side walls are one piece. The lower side wall and the left side wall of the ice making chamber are an integral piece. Including the third rail of connecting, the third rail of connecting and lower lateral wall fixed connection. Including the fourth connection rail, fourth connection rail and left side wall fixed connection. 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 left and lower sidewalls have a thickness greater than the upper and right sidewalls.

Some embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator, wherein the ice making chamber wall comprises a rear sidewall, the rear sidewall is disposed adjacent to a rear wall of the inner container of the refrigerating chamber, and a heat insulating pad is disposed between the rear sidewall and the inner container of the refrigerating chamber.

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

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

The main body 10 may include an inner container 15 forming the

storage chambers

10a, 10b, 10c, an outer case 14 coupled to the inner container 15 to form an external appearance, and an insulation material 16 foamed between the inner container 15 and the outer case 14.

The storage chamber may have an open front surface, and may be partitioned into a refrigerating chamber 10a at an upper portion and a freezing chamber 10b and a warming chamber 10c at a lower portion by a partition 19a and a partition 19 b. The

partitions

19a and 19b may include an adiabatic material 16 for blocking heat exchange between the refrigerating chamber 10a and the freezing chamber 10 b.

The refrigerator 10 includes a pair of rotatable refrigerating chamber doors 11 for opening or closing an opened front surface of a refrigerating chamber 10a, and the doors 11 may be hinge-coupled to the main body 10. The refrigerating compartment door 11 may include a first refrigerating compartment door 11a disposed at the left side and a second refrigerating compartment door 11b disposed at the 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 may enable 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 through which ice pieces may be introduced into the dispenser. The ice dispenser 20 may include a lever 21 for controlling selection of whether to extract ice. The dispenser 20 may further include an ice discharge passage 23 for guiding ice entering from the ice inlet 22 to be discharged to an 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 temperature varying chamber door 13, the freezing chamber door 13 for opening or closing an opened front surface of the temperature varying chamber 10c, the temperature varying chamber door 13 being hinge-coupled to the main body 10.

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

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

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

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

Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide that the ice making compartment 100 is cooled by direct cooling. That is, the ice making compartment 110 is provided therein with an ice making compartment refrigerant line 130. The ice maker, which is excluded by the compressor, may flow through an ice making compartment refrigerant line 130 in the ice making compartment 110 for refrigerating the ice making compartment. The refrigerant discharged from the compressor of the refrigerator flows through the condenser for heat dissipation and then flows through the refrigerant pipeline of the ice making chamber, and the refrigerant absorbs heat in the refrigerant pipeline of the ice making chamber, then flows back to the compressor for compression and is circulated again.

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

In some embodiments, the ice making compartment case 110 of the embodiment includes a right sidewall 111, a lower sidewall 112, an upper sidewall 113, a left sidewall 114, and a rear sidewall 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 having an open front in the refrigerating compartment. The rear sidewall 115 is disposed adjacent to the rear wall of the refrigerating compartment liner.

In some embodiments of the present application, the ice making compartment is disposed at the upper left corner of the refrigerating compartment 10 a. The upper sidewall 113 may be disposed adjacent to an upper wall of the refrigerating compartment liner, and the left sidewall 114 may be disposed adjacent to a left wall of the refrigerating 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 sidewall 113 and the upper wall of the refrigerating compartment liner, a heat insulation pad 114a is disposed between the left sidewall 114 and the left wall of the refrigerating compartment liner, and a heat insulation pad 115a is disposed between the rear sidewall 115 and the rear wall of the refrigerating compartment liner. The

insulation pads

113a, 114a and 115a may be insulation foam.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the lower sidewall 112 and the right sidewall 111 are opposite to the upper sidewall 113, and the left sidewall 114 has a greater thickness than the lower sidewall 112 and the right sidewall 111. The lower sidewall 112 and the right sidewall 111 are filled with an insulating material 16.

In some embodiments of the present application, specifically, the right sidewall 111 and the lower sidewall 112 may be an integral structural member. The upper side wall 113 and the left side wall 114 may be a unitary structural member. The specific installation process is that the rear side wall 115 is installed on the inner container 15, then the left side wall 114 and the upper side wall 113 are installed on the inner container 15 in an integrated structure, and the box body is arranged and foamed after installation.

The right side wall 111 and the lower side wall 112 are made in a separately foamed form. After the foaming of the box body and the right and lower side walls is completed, the integrated right and

lower side walls

111 and 112 are installed on the box body.

Specifically, the rear wall 115 is fixed to the inner container 15 by self-tapping screws 115b, and a heat insulating pad 115a is provided between the rear wall and the inner container during the installation.

In some embodiments, the ice making compartment housing 110 further includes a first connection rail 116 and a second connection rail 117. The heat insulating pad 113a is attached to the upper sidewall 113, and the heat insulating pad 114a is attached to the left sidewall 114. The left lower part of the integrated structural member 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 portion 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 inner container 15 by the second connecting rail 117.

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

After the installation, 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 having an open front in the refrigerating compartment.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, 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 application, the front sidewall 118 is connected with the ice bank 119. When the front sidewall 118 closes the front opening of the ice making compartment, an ice bank 119 is located in the ice making compartment for storing ice pieces made in the ice making machine. When the front sidewall 118 is opened, the ice bank 119 may be pulled out of the ice making compartment 100 as the front sidewall 118 is opened together.

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

The ice making chamber is provided with an ice making chamber outlet 400, and the ice making chamber outlet 400 is communicated with the ice storage barrel 119. When the refrigerating chamber door body is closed, the ice making chamber outlet 400 may communicate with the dispenser inlet 22 of the dispenser 20 located on the refrigerating chamber door body. The ice stored in the ice bank 119 may enter the ice discharge passage 23 of the dispenser 20 on the refrigerating chamber door body through the ice making chamber outlet 400, and then be discharged outside the door through the dispenser 20. Therefore, the ice in the ice making chamber can be discharged through the distributor on the refrigerating chamber door body under the condition that the refrigerating chamber door body is closed.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the ice making compartment outlet 400 is located on the front sidewall 118 that may be formed on the ice making compartment housing 110.

In some embodiments of the present application, the ice making compartment outlet 400 is located on the lower sidewall 112 that may be formed on the ice making compartment case 110. As shown in fig. 13, in some embodiments of the present invention, an ice making compartment de-icing opening is formed on the lower sidewall 112 of the ice making compartment housing 110. The front sidewall 118 includes a front sidewall front housing 1181 and a front sidewall rear housing 1182, and the ice bank 119 is fixedly connected to the front sidewall rear housing. An ice crushing chamber is arranged between the front shell 1181 of the front side wall and the rear shell 1182 of the front side wall. The crushed ice compartment 1180 is communicated with the ice bank 119, the crushed ice compartment is provided with a crushed ice compartment ice discharge opening 1180, and when the front side wall 118 closes the ice making chamber 100, the crushed ice compartment ice discharge opening 1180 is communicated with the ice making chamber ice outlet 400. For better sealing of the ice making compartment, a sealing ring 1183 is disposed around 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 in the refrigerating compartment, around the front opening of the ice making compartment 110.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the sealing ring 1183 is fixedly disposed inside the left sidewall 111, the lower sidewall 112, the upper sidewall 113, the right sidewall 114, and the rear sidewall 115.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the sealing ring 1183 is fixedly disposed on the front side of the left sidewall 111, the lower sidewall 112, the upper sidewall 113, the right sidewall 114, and the rear sidewall 115.

In some embodiments, the sealing ring 1183 is fixedly disposed on the front side of the rear housing 1182 of the front side wall 118.

In some embodiments of the present application, the gasket 1183 is fixedly disposed at the rear of the front housing 1181 of the front sidewall 118.

In order to better eliminate water drops falling in the ice making process of the ice making machine, certain embodiments of the application provide a refrigerator, which comprises 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 tray is arranged in the ice making chamber and is arranged below the ice making machine; the rear part of the water receiving tray is inclined downwards; a water receiving funnel is arranged at the rear lower part of the water receiving tray.

Some embodiments of this application provide a refrigerator, and water collector rear portion sets up by the water conservancy diversion mouth, and water receiving funnel is located the backward flow mouth below.

Certain embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator in which a water receiving funnel is disposed on a rear sidewall of an ice making chamber.

Some embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator, the water receiving funnel including a funnel drain; the funnel water 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 application provide a refrigerator, further comprising a water guide pipe, at least a portion of which is disposed in a heat insulating material between the inner container and the refrigerator case, and a funnel drain pipe communicated with the water guide pipe.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a refrigerator in which a rear sidewall of an ice making chamber and an inner container of a refrigerating chamber are provided with heat insulating mats.

Some embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator, an ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline is provided in an ice making chamber, and a water receiving funnel is located below the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline.

Some embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator, in which an ice bank is disposed in an ice making chamber, and a water receiving funnel is located behind the ice bank.

Certain embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator having at least a portion of a refrigerant line between a drip tray and an ice maker.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a refrigerator, further including an ice making compartment fan disposed at a front side of the ice maker.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 5, 6, and 7, an ice maker 120 is disposed in the ice making chamber, and a water receiving tray 160 is disposed below the ice maker and is used for receiving water leaked from the ice maker 120 during ice making and discharging processes, so as to prevent the water leaked from the ice maker from directly entering the ice storage box 119, which may cause ice cubes in the ice storage box to freeze and adhere or partially separate from the water through heat exchange.

In some embodiments of the present application, a water pan 160 is disposed below the ice maker 130. The water receiving tray 160 is fixed to the ice maker 130, and a rear portion of the water receiving tray is inclined downward. The water falling into the drip pan 160 flows backward and then flows into the drip funnel 170 through the flow guide port of the drip pan.

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

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 11, a latch 129 is disposed at a rear end of the ice maker of the refrigerator, and a corresponding latch hook 161 is disposed at a rear end of the water pan 160. Fig. 11 shows the installation process of the water pan. When the water-collecting tray is installed, the hook can be hooked on the clamping shaft 129 (for example, the position and the state of the water-collecting tray are shown by 160 '), then the front end of the water-collecting tray is lifted upwards, and the front end of the water-collecting tray is fixed at the front end of the ice maker (for example, the position and the state of the water-collecting tray are shown by 160'). After the installation, the front end of the drip tray 160 is higher than the rear end of the drip tray 160. Specifically, the front end of the water pan can be fixed at the front end of the ice maker through screws and the like.

In order to realize rapid ice making of the ice maker 120, the refrigerant pipe 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 application, the refrigerant tube 131 may be in direct contact with the bottom of the ice grid 121 of the ice maker.

In some embodiments of the present application, refrigerant tube 131 may be in contact with ice grid 121 of the ice making machine through a thermally conductive material.

For good thermal contact of refrigerant tubes 131 and ice grid 121. An ice making compartment refrigerant line bracket 136 is provided in certain embodiments of the present application. The ice making compartment refrigerant pipe bracket 136 may be fixed to the ice maker by a screw 137, so that the ice making compartment refrigerant pipe 131 between the ice maker 120 and the ice making compartment refrigerant pipe bracket 136 is fixed in a press-fit manner. Specifically, in some embodiments, the ice making compartment refrigerant pipe 131 is press-fit between the ice making compartment refrigerant pipe bracket 136 and the bottom of the ice tray 121, and is in direct contact with the ice tray 121 or in contact with the ice tray 121 through a heat conductive material.

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

To better promote the circulation of air, a plurality of openings are opened at the bottom of the refrigerant pipe bracket 136 of the ice making chamber, and air can enter the diversion pipe through the opening 1361 at the bottom of the pipe bracket 136. After the water tray 160 is installed, the ice making chamber refrigerant pipe bracket 136 is positioned between the water tray 160 and the ice maker 120. The bottom of the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline bracket 136 is opened with a plurality of openings facing the water receiving tray 160. Air can enter the diversion pipeline through the opening 1361 in the bottom of the pipeline bracket 136, so that the air flow near the water-receiving tray 160 is indirectly promoted, and the possibility of frost formation of the water-receiving tray 160 is reduced.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 14, 15, and 16, a first ice blocking plate 170 is provided at a rear portion of a front sidewall of the ice making compartment. Specifically, the first ice blocking plate 170 is located at the rear of the rear housing 1182 of the front sidewall 118 of the ice making compartment.

The front side of the first ice shutter 170 is fixed to the front sidewall of the ice making compartment. The front side of the first ice shutter 170 is fixed to the rear housing 1182 of the front sidewall 118 of the ice making compartment, and the rear side of the first ice shutter 170 is inclined upward and rearward. The first ice shutter 170 is provided with a first vent 171, and the first vent 171 may include a plurality of vents. Each first vent is elongated and extends in the front-rear direction with the longest dimension. The first ventilation opening 171 has a smallest dimension in the left-right direction, which is smaller than the dimension of the ice cube tray, to ensure that the ice cubes made by the ice cube tray cannot pass through the first ventilation opening.

The first ice shutter 170 is positioned below the ice-making fan compartment 150. The first ice barrier 170 may be entirely located within the ice bank 119 or a rear portion thereof protrudes out of the ice bank 119. The first ice shutter 170 is located at an upper front region of the ice bank 119. A space is provided between the rear of the first ice shutter 170 and the lower portions of the upper ice-making fan compartment 150 and the drip tray 160.

An ice feeder is provided in the ice bank 119 to feed ice toward the crushing compartment 1180 on the front side. The first ice shutter 170 is provided to prevent ice from being excessively accumulated in front of the ice bank 119, affecting the diffusion of air blown out from the ice making compartment. Meanwhile, air blown out of the ice making compartment may enter the ice bank 119 through the first vent 171.

In some embodiments, the first ice shield 170 may be integrally formed with the rear housing 1182 of the front sidewall 118 of the ice making compartment.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 14, 15 and 16, a second ice blocking plate 180 is further provided at the rear of the front sidewall of the ice making compartment. Specifically, the front side of the second ice blocking plate 180 is fixed to the rear housing 1182 of the front sidewall 118 of the ice making compartment, and the rear side of the second ice blocking plate 180 is inclined downward and rearward. The second ice blocking plate 180 is located below and in front of the first ice blocking plate 170. An ice crushing chamber is arranged between the front shell 1181 of the front side wall and the rear shell 1182 of the front side wall. The crushed ice compartment 1180 is communicated with the ice bank 119, and the second ice baffle 180 is located at a communication port between the crushed ice compartment 1180 and the ice bank 119, i.e., above an ice inlet of the crushed ice compartment 1180.

The second ice blocking plate 180 is provided with a second ventilation opening 181, and the second ventilation opening 181 may include a plurality of ventilation openings. The size of each second ventilation opening is smaller than that of the ice-making grid so as to ensure that ice blocks made by the ice-making grid cannot pass through the second ventilation openings. Through the second ventilation opening 181, air can circulate between the crushed ice compartment 1180 and the ice bank 119.

An air inlet 152 is formed at the rear side of the ice making fan compartment 150 below the ice maker. An air outlet 153 is formed in 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 forwards. The air blown out from the ice making chamber blows to the front wall of the ice making chamber and then diffuses in all directions, and then exchanges heat with different parts in the whole ice making chamber, such as an ice storage box, an ice crushing chamber and the like.

An ice feeder is provided in the ice bank 119 to feed ice toward the crushing compartment 1180 on the front side. The ice enters the crushed ice compartment 1180 through an ice inlet of the crushed ice compartment 1180. Due to the arrangement of the second ice baffle 180, on one hand, the normal opening size of the ice inlet of the crushed ice compartment 1180 is ensured, and when the ice crushing device of the crushed ice compartment 1180 works due to overlarge size, ice blocks return to the ice storage box 119 from the crushed ice compartment 1180. Meanwhile, the second vent 181 is formed through the second ice blocking plate 180, so that air blown out from the ice making compartment can enter the crushed ice compartment 1180 through the second vent 181, and the flow rate is increased.

In some embodiments, the second ice blocking plate 180 may be integrally formed with the rear housing 1182 of the front sidewall 118 of the ice making compartment.

In certain embodiments of the present application, both the first ice shutter 170 and the second ice shutter 180 are provided.

In some embodiments, the second ice guard 180 may be integrally formed with the first ice guard 170.

The ice making compartment refrigerant pipe 131 is introduced into the ice making compartment 100 from the outside of the refrigerator cabinet. Specifically, the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline 131 is communicated with a refrigeration cycle system of the refrigerator. And the foaming layers of the inner container and the outer shell of the refrigerator extend to the area near the ice making chamber. And then enters the ice making compartment through the inner container 15 and the ice making compartment case 110. Specifically, the ice making compartment is entered from a rear sidewall 115 of the ice making compartment.

The refrigerator is manufactured by first installing the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline 131 and then foaming between the refrigerator inner container 15 and the refrigerator outer shell. It is necessary to pre-fix the ice making compartment refrigerant pipe line 131. Certain embodiments of the present application provide a specific fixation structure.

Certain embodiments of the present application 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; the ice making chamber is penetrated from the outer side of the refrigerating chamber liner; at least part of the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline is arranged below the ice making machine; 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 inside of the ice making chamber; a protector surrounding the refrigerant pipe and inserted into the protector pipe; the protector duct may serve to restrict movement of the protector to the inside of the ice making chamber.

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

Certain embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator in which a protector duct includes a first duct and a second duct; a first duct extending from a substrate inner side of the rear sidewall to a front side of the ice making compartment; the front end of the first conduit is provided with a bending limiting surface facing the center of the conduit; the second duct extends from the bending limiting surface to the front part of the ice making chamber; the dimension of a cross section of the first conduit perpendicular to the direction of extension of the refrigerant tubes is larger than the dimension of a cross section of the second conduit perpendicular to the direction of extension of the refrigerant tubes.

Certain embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator in which a protector includes an upper protector and a lower protector.

Certain embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator, in which an upper protector includes a first upper protector and a second upper protector; the lower protector comprises a first lower protector and a second lower protector; 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 protection piece and the first lower protection piece are matched with the first conduit; the second upper and lower guards mate with the second conduit.

Certain embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator, in which an upper protector includes a first upper protector and a second upper protector; the lower protector comprises a first lower protector and a second lower protector; 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 protection piece and the first lower protection piece are matched with the first conduit; the second upper and lower guards mate with the second conduit. A second upper guard and a second lower guard extend from the second conduit.

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

Some embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator, and ice making room rear side wall is provided with spacing undercut, and the mounting can insert ice making room rear side wall along spacing undercut.

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

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a refrigerator, in which a fixing member is provided with a receiving groove having an opening at one side, and an ice making chamber refrigerant pipe 130 is nested in the receiving groove.

Certain embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator characterized in that a dimension of a cross-section of a dimension of the protector conduit perpendicular to an extending direction of the refrigerant pipe is gradually reduced from back to front.

As shown in fig. 7, 8 and 9, the ice making compartment refrigerant pipeline 131 passes through the refrigerator liner 15 and enters the ice making compartment after passing through the ice making compartment rear sidewall 115. The rear side wall of the ice making compartment 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 substrate 1150 of the rear side wall 115 toward the front of the ice making compartment. The front end of the first guide tube 1151 is formed with a bend limiting surface 11511 toward the center of the guide tube. The second duct 1152 extends from a bending stopper surface 11511 formed at the front end of the first duct 1151 toward the center of the duct toward the front of the ice making compartment. The first and

second conduits

1151 and 1152 are in communication.

Meanwhile, a rear portion of a portion of the ice making chamber refrigerant pipe 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, and the ice making chamber refrigerant pipe is nested in the protector. The lower protectors 133 include first lower protectors 1331 and second lower protectors 1332, respectively. The upper protectors 134 include first upper protectors 1341 and second upper protectors 1432, respectively, the first upper protectors 1341 and the first lower protectors 1331, and the second upper protectors 1342 and the second lower protectors 1332 are oppositely disposed, respectively. The first upper guard 1341 and the first lower guard 1331 have fixed outer dimensions that match the inner dimensions of the first conduit 1151, and the first upper guard 1341 and the first lower guard 1331 have fixed outer dimensions that are greater than the inner dimensions of the second conduit 1152. the second upper guard 1342 and the second lower guard 1332 have fixed outer dimensions that match the inner dimensions of the second conduit 1152. After the protectors are maintained on the ice making chamber refrigerant pipe 130, they are inserted into the first and

second ducts

1151 and 1152, at least a portion of the second upper protector 1342 and the second lower protector 1332 are positioned in the second duct, at least a portion of the first upper protector 1341 and the first lower protector 1331 are positioned in the first duct, and a bend limiting surface 11511 formed at the front end of the first duct 1151 toward the center of the duct limits the first upper protector 1341 and the first lower protector 1331 so that the first upper protector 1341 and the first lower protector 1331 cannot enter the second duct. Utilize protection piece and first pipe and second pipe to carry out the fibre of upper and lower left and right sides direction to ice making room refrigerant pipeline jointly, restrict the removal of ice making room refrigerant pipeline, realized on the one hand preliminary fixed to ice making room refrigerant pipeline, protected ice making room refrigerant pipeline simultaneously. The ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline can be in better thermal contact with the refrigerant.

In some embodiments of the present application, at least a portion of the second upper guard 1342 and the second lower guard 1332 protrudes from the front side in the second duct, further protecting the ice making compartment refrigerant pipe.

In some embodiments of the present application, the first conduit 1151 has a cross-section perpendicular to the extending direction of the refrigerant tubes that is gradually reduced in size. The first upper guard 1341 and the first lower guard 1331 have cross-sections perpendicular to the extending direction of the refrigerant pipe that are gradually reduced in size to match the first guide pipe 1151.

Utilize protection piece and first pipe and second pipe to carry out the fibre of upper and lower left and right sides direction to ice making room refrigerant pipeline jointly, restrict the removal of ice making room refrigerant pipeline, realized on the one hand preliminary fixed to ice making room refrigerant pipeline, protected ice making room refrigerant pipeline simultaneously. The ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline can be in better thermal contact with the refrigerant.

In some embodiments, the refrigerant line 131 passes through the refrigerator liner 15 and enters the ice making compartment after passing through the ice making compartment rear sidewall 115. The rear side wall of the ice making compartment is provided with a first duct 1151 extending toward the front of the ice making compartment, and the first duct 1151 extends from the inside of the base plate 1150 of the rear side wall 115 toward the front of the ice making compartment. The first guide pipe 1151 has a gradually smaller size in a cross section perpendicular to the extending direction of the refrigerant tube. Meanwhile, a rear portion of a portion of the ice making chamber refrigerant pipe 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, and the ice making chamber refrigerant pipe is nested in the protector. After the protector is enclosed on the ice making compartment refrigerant pipe 130, it is inserted into the first guide pipe 1151. The cross-sections of the lower protector 133 and the upper protector 134 perpendicular to the extending direction of the refrigerant pipe line are gradually reduced in size to match the first guide pipe 1151. Since the size of the cross-section of the first guide pipe 1151 perpendicular to the extending direction of the refrigerant pipe is gradually reduced, when the protector is inserted into the first guide pipe, the insertion depth of the protector is limited, thereby achieving the limitation of the upper, lower, left, right, and front sides of the insert and the ice making compartment refrigerant pipe. In this implementation, the second conduit is no longer provided. The upper protection piece and the lower protection piece are only arranged in a single-stage mode, and 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 protector is positioned at the front of the fixing member 135. The fixing member 135 restricts the rearward movement of the protector. Therefore, the ice making room refrigerant pipeline is limited to move in the front-rear direction by being matched with the front-side guide pipe, and the ice making room refrigerant pipeline is preliminarily positioned.

In some embodiments of the present application, the ice making compartment rear sidewall 115 is provided with a stopper guide groove. The fixing member 135 may be inserted into the ice making compartment rear sidewall 115 along the limiting 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 disclosure, the fixing member 135 is provided with a receiving groove with an opening at one side, and the ice making chamber refrigerant pipeline 130 is nested in the receiving groove, so that the fixing member 135 is more conveniently installed.

In the case of the cross section perpendicular to the extending direction of the refrigerant tube as mentioned in the above embodiment, the extending direction of the refrigerant tube means the extending direction of the refrigerant tube at the cross sectional position.

Specific embodiments of the present application have been illustrated and described above. However, the present application is not limited to the foregoing specific exemplary embodiments, and those skilled in the art can variously modify the present application within the scope of the claims without departing from the gist of the present application claimed in the appended claims.

Although the present application has been described with exemplary embodiments, various changes and modifications may be suggested to one skilled in the art. The embodiments of the present application can be reasonably combined. This application is intended to cover such changes and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A refrigerator comprises a refrigerating chamber, wherein an ice making chamber is arranged in the refrigerating chamber;

an ice maker is arranged in the ice making chamber;

an ice making fan compartment is arranged in the ice making compartment;

the ice making chamber comprises an ice making chamber front side wall;

and a first ice baffle plate is arranged on the front side wall of the ice making chamber.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein a second ice shutter is provided on a front sidewall of the ice making compartment.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first ice shutter is provided with a first vent.

4. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein a second ventilation opening is provided in the second ice shutter.

5. The refrigerator of claim 3, wherein a front side of the first ice shutter is fixed to a front sidewall of the ice making compartment.

6. The refrigerator of claim 3, wherein the first ice shutter is positioned below the ice making fan compartment.

7. The refrigerator of claim 3, wherein a rear portion of the first ice shutter is spaced apart from the upper ice-making fan compartment and a lower portion of the water tray.

8. The refrigerator of claim 5, wherein a rear side of the first ice shutter is inclined upward and rearward.

9. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein a front side of the second ice shutter is fixed to a front sidewall of the ice making compartment, and a rear side of the second ice shutter is inclined downward and rearward.

10. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second ice shutter is positioned above the ice inlet of the ice crushing chamber.