CN112444023A

CN112444023A - Ice making module and ice making machine

Info

Publication number: CN112444023A
Application number: CN201910829758.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘云波; 蔡健; 孙静怡; 程志明
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Foshan Shunde Midea Water Dispenser Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Foshan Shunde Midea Water Dispenser Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-30
Filing date: 2019-08-30
Publication date: 2021-03-05

Abstract

The invention discloses an ice making module and an ice making machine. The ice making module comprises an inner container, an ice outlet screw and an ice outlet door. Wherein, the inner container is provided with an ice storage cavity and an ice outlet corresponding to the ice storage cavity. The ice discharging screw is rotatably arranged in the ice storage cavity and used for pushing out the ice in the ice storage cavity from the ice outlet through rotation. The upper end of the ice outlet door is rotatably arranged on the ice outlet so that the ice outlet door is driven to upwards overturn by the ice pushed out by the ice outlet screw rod to open the ice outlet. The ice making module can provide a new mode for driving the ice outlet door to open and close so as to save the cost of the ice making module.

Description

Ice making module and ice making machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to an ice making module and an ice maker.

Background

The ice making module generally rotates using an ice discharge screw to push ice out of an ice discharge opening. The ice making module is generally provided with an ice outlet door at the ice outlet, and the ice outlet door is used to open or close the ice outlet so as to prevent impurities such as dust, bacteria and the like in the external environment from entering the ice making module from the ice outlet. However, the conventional ice making module usually needs to add an additional electromagnetic valve or motor to drive the ice door to open and close, which increases the cost of the ice making module and is not favorable for saving the cost.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide an ice making module, and aims to provide a novel method for driving an ice outlet door to open and close, so that the cost of the ice making module is saved.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an ice making module, which includes an inner container, an ice screw, and an ice door. Wherein, the inner container is provided with an ice storage cavity and an ice outlet corresponding to the ice storage cavity. The ice discharging screw is rotatably arranged in the ice storage cavity and used for pushing out the ice in the ice storage cavity from the ice outlet through rotation. The upper end of the ice outlet door is rotatably arranged on the ice outlet so that the ice outlet door is driven to upwards overturn by the ice pushed out by the ice outlet screw rod to open the ice outlet.

Optionally, the ice making module further comprises an ice outlet hopper disposed at the ice outlet, an inlet end of the ice outlet hopper is in butt joint with the ice outlet, and an upper end of the ice outlet door is rotatably mounted at the inlet end of the ice outlet hopper.

Optionally, the ice outlet hopper is provided with a mounting plate above the ice outlet door, the mounting plate is provided with a locking piece which is movable in the vertical direction, and the locking piece is provided with an avoiding state that the locking piece moves upwards to avoid the ice outlet door to open the ice outlet and a locking state that the locking piece moves downwards to position the ice outlet door to close the ice outlet.

Optionally, the ice making module further comprises a driving device for driving the ice discharging screw to rotate, the driving device is further connected with the locking piece, and the driving device can drive the locking piece and the ice discharging screw to move together.

Optionally, the driving device comprises a motor and a gear, and a motor shaft of the motor penetrates through the gear and is connected with the ice discharging screw; the upper portion of the side face of the locking piece is provided with a rack which extends vertically and is meshed with the gear, and when the motor drives the ice discharging screw to push ice, the gear drives the locking piece to move upwards to the avoiding state through the rack.

Optionally, the locking member comprises a side wall having the rack and a top wall connected to an upper end of the side wall; the driving device further comprises an elastic piece, the upper end of the elastic piece is connected to the top wall, and the lower end of the elastic piece is fixed on the upper plate surface of the mounting plate.

Optionally, the locking piece further comprises a limiting column arranged on the top wall and extending in the vertical direction, the elastic piece is sleeved on the limiting column, and the upper end of the elastic piece is fixed with the limiting column so as to be connected to the top wall through the limiting column.

Optionally, the surface of the ice outlet door, which faces away from the ice outlet screw, is provided with a stopping protrusion in a protruding manner, and after the ice outlet door is turned upwards to open the ice outlet, the stopping protrusion abuts against a structure, located above the ice outlet door, of the ice making module.

Optionally, the ice making module further comprises an ice making module, the ice making module is arranged in the inner container, and ice produced by the ice making module falls into the ice storage cavity.

Optionally, the ice making module comprises a middle turntable, an ice receiving tray arranged on the upper side of the middle turntable, an evaporator arranged on the upper side of the ice receiving tray, and a water spraying piece for supplying water to the evaporator.

Optionally, the ice receiving tray is rotatably mounted on the middle turntable, and an ice stirring blade is disposed on one side of the ice receiving tray, and the ice stirring blade is driven by the ice receiving tray to rotate so as to stir the ice of the middle turntable to the ice storage cavity.

The invention also provides an ice maker, which comprises a machine shell, a drinking water assembly and an ice making module. Wherein, the casing is equipped with water receiving port and connects the ice mouth. The drinking water component is communicated with the water receiving port. The ice making module comprises an inner container, an ice outlet screw and an ice outlet door. Wherein, the inner container is provided with an ice storage cavity and an ice outlet corresponding to the ice storage cavity. The ice discharging screw is rotatably arranged in the ice storage cavity and used for pushing out the ice in the ice storage cavity from the ice outlet through rotation. The upper end of the ice outlet door is rotatably arranged on the ice outlet so that the ice outlet door is driven to upwards overturn by the ice pushed out by the ice outlet screw rod to open the ice outlet. And the ice outlet of the ice making module is communicated with the ice receiving port.

According to the technical scheme, the rotatable ice discharging screw is arranged in the ice storage cavity, and the ice falling on the ice storage cavity by the ice making module is pushed out from the ice outlet by the rotation of the ice discharging screw. And through set up out the ice door at the ice outlet, rotationally locate the ice outlet with the upper end of this ice outlet door for the ice outlet door can be opened the ice outlet by the upset of the ice drive that the ice screw rod was released, and after the ice screw rod stopped anti-icing, the ice outlet door was fallen back to initial position under its action of gravity. Therefore, the ice making module does not need to additionally increase an electromagnetic valve or a motor to drive the ice outlet door to open and close, and the cost is effectively reduced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention 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 invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

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

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the ice-making module of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the ice screw and the ice door and the locking member of FIG. 2 assembled together;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the assembly structure of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the ice hopper and locking member assembly of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the locking member of FIG. 3 in a locked state;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the locking member of FIG. 3 in a retracted state;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the ice door of FIG. 3;

fig. 9 is an internal structural view of the ice-making module of fig. 1;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an ice-making machine according to the present invention;

fig. 11 is an exploded view of the ice maker of fig. 10.

The reference numbers illustrate:

the objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the 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 invention.

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, and back … …) are involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the movement situation, and the like in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are changed accordingly.

In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in an embodiment of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is 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 at least one such feature. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the present invention provides an ice making module 100, wherein the ice making module 100 is used for making ice cubes or ice particles. The ice making module 100 of the present invention includes an inner container 110, an ice screw 130, and an ice door 160. Wherein, the inner container 110 is provided with an ice storage cavity 112 and an ice outlet 113 corresponding to the ice storage cavity 112. The ice discharging screw 130 is rotatably disposed in the ice storage cavity 112 to push out the ice in the ice storage cavity 112 from the ice outlet 113 by rotation. The upper end of the ice outlet door 160 is rotatably provided at the ice outlet 113 so that the ice outlet door 160 is driven to be turned upward by the ice pushed out by the ice outlet screw 130 to open the ice outlet 113.

The ice outlet door 160 located at the ice outlet 113 is in a state of closing the ice outlet 113 at an initial position. When the ice pushed out to the ice outlet 113 abuts against the ice outlet door 160, the ice outlet door 160 is pushed by the ice and is turned back toward the ice screw 130 to open the ice outlet 113, and at this time, the ice outlet door 160 is in the open position, and the ice can be discharged from the ice outlet 113. When the ice discharging screw 130 stops pushing the ice, the ice outlet 113 is not pushed out of the ice, so that the ice discharging door 160 loses its pushing force and falls back to the original position by its gravity.

As for the manner of driving the ice screw 130 to rotate, theoretically, the ice screw 130 may be driven to rotate by a hand of a user, or may be driven to rotate by the driving motor 141, which is not limited herein. In order to make the ice discharging screw 130 rotate at a high speed and reduce the manual operation of the user, it is preferable to use a motor-driven mode, which will be described in detail later.

According to the technical scheme of the invention, the rotatable ice discharging screw 130 is arranged in the ice storage cavity 112, and the ice falling on the ice storage cavity 112 by the ice making module 120 is pushed out from the ice outlet 113 by the rotation of the ice discharging screw 130. And by providing the ice outlet door 160 at the ice outlet 113, the upper end of the ice outlet door 160 is rotatably provided at the ice outlet 113, so that the ice outlet door 160 can be turned over to open the ice outlet 113 by being driven by the ice pushed out by the ice-out screw 130, and after the ice-out screw 130 stops pushing the ice, the ice outlet door 160 falls back to the initial position by its gravity. Therefore, the ice making module 100 of the present invention does not need to additionally add an electromagnetic valve or a motor 141 to drive the ice outlet door 160 to open and close, thereby effectively reducing the cost.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, according to the above-mentioned embodiment, for the installation of the ice outlet door 160, the ice outlet door 160 may be directly installed on the inner container 110, or may be indirectly installed on the inner container 110 through other structural components. In one embodiment, the ice making module 100 further includes an ice outlet hopper 150 disposed at the ice outlet 113, and an inlet end of the ice outlet hopper 150 is butted against the ice outlet 113. To facilitate the installation of the ice outlet door 160, the upper end of the ice outlet door 160 is rotatably installed at the inlet end of the ice outlet hopper 150.

Specifically, the ice discharge hopper 150 includes a hopper base 151 and a hopper cover 152 provided on the hopper base 151. The ice discharging hopper 150 is formed at a side thereof with an inlet end, and the hopper seat 151 is provided with an outlet end provided with a protective cover 154. The upper end of the ice outlet door 160 is provided with a rotating shaft 161, and two ends of the rotating shaft 161 are rotatably connected to two sidewalls 171 of the inlet end of the ice outlet hopper 150. When the ice screw 130 pushes the ice out of the ice outlet 113, the ice outlet door 160 is pushed open, and the ice enters the ice outlet hopper 150 through the inlet end of the ice outlet hopper 150 and is finally discharged from the outlet end of the ice outlet hopper 150 for the user to receive the ice.

Referring to fig. 5 to 7, in an embodiment, when the ice outlet door 160 is at an initial position (i.e., a position for closing the air outlet), the ice outlet door 160 is not limited and is easy to shake and unstable. Here, in order to solve the problem, the ice hopper 150 has a mounting plate 153 above the ice outlet door 160, the mounting plate 153 is provided with a locking member 170 movable in the up-down direction, and the locking member 170 has an escape state moved up to escape the ice outlet door 160 to open the ice outlet 113 and a lock state moved down to position the ice outlet door 160 to close the ice outlet 113.

In FIGS. 6 and 7, f₁Indicating the direction of rotation of the latch. As shown in fig. 6, in the locked state of the locking member 170, the locking member 170 is located on a side of the ice outlet door 160 facing away from the ice outlet screw 130. When the ice screw 130 pushes ice toward the ice outlet 113, the locking member 170 moves upward to a retracted state, the pushed ice pushes the ice door 160 to turn over to open the ice outlet 113, and the ice can be discharged from the ice outlet 113. As shown in fig. 7, when the ice screw 130 stops pushing ice toward the ice outlet 113, the ice outlet door 160 returns to the initial position, and at this time, the locking member 170 moves downward and locks the ice outlet door 160, positioning the ice outlet door 160 at the initial position, so that the ice outlet door 160 is not easily moved.

As for the manner of driving the movement of the locking member 170, there are various design manners. The following two types are exemplified here:

one of the driving modes of the locking member 170: the mounting plate 153 is provided with a receiving chamber which is open downward, an elastic member 180 which can extend and retract in the vertical direction is provided in the receiving chamber, and the lower end of the elastic member 180 is connected with the locking member 170. When the ice door 160 is pushed open by ice, the ice door 160 pushes the locking member 170 to move upward and clear the ice door 160, and the elastic member 180 is pressed to accumulate elastic potential energy. When the ice outlet door 160 stops discharging ice, the ice outlet door 160 falls back to the initial position, and the elastic member 180 releases elasticity to push the locking member 170 to move downward, so that the locking member 170 restricts the movement of the ice outlet door 160.

The second driving method of the locking member 170: the ice making module 100 further includes a driving device 140 for driving the ice discharging screw 130 to rotate, the driving device 140 is further connected to the locking member 170, and the driving device 140 can drive the locking member 170 and the ice discharging screw 130 to move together. Therefore, the locking piece 170 and the ice discharging screw 130 can be driven by one driving device 140 to move together, and another driving device does not need to be additionally arranged. To ensure that the stability of the movement of the locking member 170 is improved, the second driving method is adopted to assist the movement of the locking member 170 by the driving device 140.

Referring to fig. 4, 6 and 7, in an embodiment, the driving device 140 includes a motor 141 and a gear 142, and a motor shaft of the motor 141 penetrates through the gear 142 and is connected to the ice discharging screw 130; the upper portion of the side of the locking member 170 is provided with a rack 173 extending along the vertical direction and engaged with the gear 142, and when the motor 141 drives the ice discharging screw 130 to push ice, the gear 142 drives the locking member 170 to move upwards to the avoiding state through the rack 173.

In FIGS. 6 and 7, f₂Indicated as the direction of rotation of the gear. As shown in fig. 6, when ice is discharged from the ice making module 100, the motor 141 drives the ice discharging screw 130 to rotate forward through the gear 142, the gear 142 is meshed with the rack 173 of the locking member 170 and drives the locking member 170 to move upward, until the locking member 170 moves to a lowest tooth groove of the rack 173 to be meshed with the gear 142, the locking member 170 reaches the avoiding state, and the ice discharging door 160 is pushed open by the ice extruded by the ice discharging screw 130; at this time, the motor 141 can continuously drive the gear 142 and the ice discharging screw 130 to rotate to push ice, and the ice can not interfere with the locking member 170.

As shown in fig. 7, when the ice making module 100 stops making ice, the motor 141 drives the ice discharging screw 130 to rotate reversely through the gear 142, the gear 142 engages with the rack 173 of the locking member 170 and drives the locking member 170 to move downward, until the locking member 170 moves to an uppermost tooth groove of the rack 173 to engage with the gear 142, the locking member 170 reaches the locking state, the ice discharging door 160 returns to the initial position and is locked by the locking member 170, and at this time, the motor 141 is turned off.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, in order to improve the stability of the installation of the locking member 170, the locking member 170 includes a side wall 171 having a rack 173 and a top wall 172 connected to an upper end of the side wall 171; the ice making module 100 further includes an elastic member 180, an upper end of the elastic member 180 is connected to the top wall 172, and a lower end of the elastic member 180 is fixed to an upper plate surface of the mounting plate 153.

When the locking member 170 is in the locked state, the top wall 172 of the locking member 170 presses the elastic member 180 against the mounting plate 153, and at this time, the elastic member 180 accumulates elastic potential energy; once the ice making module 100 is opened to make ice, the motor 141 drives the gear 142 to rotate in the forward direction, the locking member 170 is driven by the gear 142 to move upward, and at this time, the elastic member 180 releases elastic potential energy to push the locking member 170, so as to assist the locking member 170 to move upward. The elastic member 180 is restored to the original state until the locking member 170 moves to the lowest tooth groove of the rack 173 thereof to be engaged with the gear 142.

As the motor 141 continues to drive the gear 142 and the ice-discharging screw 130 to rotate and push ice, the convex teeth around the gear 142 are sequentially meshed with the lowest tooth groove of the rack 173, so that the locking member 170 slightly moves up and down, and at the moment, the existence of the elastic member 180 can well buffer the slight movement of the locking member 170 and reduce the resistance effect of the locking bar on the rotation of the gear 142 (the ice-discharging screw 130).

As for the type of the elastic member 180, it may be a spring, or a leaf spring, or a coil spring, or a sponge. In this embodiment, the elastic member 180 is a spring. It is contemplated that the spring may shift its axial position during the up and down telescoping process. Therefore, in order to limit the extension and retraction direction of the elastic member 180, the locking member 170 further includes a limiting post 174 disposed on the top wall 172 and extending upward and downward, the elastic member 180 is sleeved on the limiting post 174, and the upper end of the elastic member 180 is fixed to the limiting post 174 to be connected to the top wall 172 through the limiting post 174. In the process of up-and-down extension of the elastic member 180, the elastic member 180 always keeps the ring sleeved on the limiting post 174 and does not easily deviate from the axial position.

Referring to fig. 8, according to any of the above embodiments, in order to facilitate the ice outlet door 160 to return to the initial position under the action of gravity, a stopping protrusion 162 is protruded on a plate surface of the ice outlet door 160 facing away from the ice outlet screw 130, and after the ice outlet door 160 is turned upwards to open the ice outlet 113, the stopping protrusion 162 abuts against a structure of the ice making module 100 above the ice outlet door 160.

Specifically, when the ice outlet door 160 is opened to such an extent that the stopper protrusion 162 of the back surface thereof abuts against a structure (e.g., the mounting plate 153) above the ice outlet door 160, the ice outlet door 160 is turned at an angle of less than 90 °, the ice outlet door 160 is in a downwardly inclined state, and the center of gravity of the ice outlet door 160 is lowered, so that the ice outlet door 160 rapidly falls back to an initial position by its gravity after stopping ice discharge.

Referring to fig. 9, according to any of the above embodiments, the inner container 110 of the ice making module has a water storage cavity 114, a partition 111 is disposed above the water storage cavity 114 of the inner container 110, the ice storage cavity 112 is formed on the partition 111, and the partition 111 separates the ice storage cavity 112 from the water storage cavity 114. The ice making module further includes an ice making module 120 disposed above the ice storage cavity 112. The ice making module 120 makes ice stored in the ice storage cavity 112, and is then pushed out by the rotation and extrusion of the ice discharging screw 130.

In one embodiment, the ice making module 120 includes a middle turntable 121, an ice receiving tray 122 disposed on an upper side of the middle turntable 121, an evaporator 123 disposed on an upper side of the ice receiving tray 122, and a water spraying member 124 for spraying water to the evaporator 123. The evaporator 123, the compressor 101, and the condenser 102 are connected in sequence by refrigerant pipes to form a refrigeration cycle.

When the ice making module makes ice, the refrigeration cycle is turned on, the water dripping member 124 drips water onto the evaporator 123 from top to bottom, and the evaporator 123 performs heat exchange with water on the surface thereof, so that the temperature of the water is lowered to form ice and/or ice water. The ice and/or the ice water drops into the ice receiving tray 122 and then moves from the ice receiving tray 122 to the turntable 121. When the ice needs to be discharged, the ice in the middle turntable 121 is transferred to the ice storage cavity 112 and is extruded by the rotation of the ice discharging screw 130, and the ice water in the middle turntable 121 flows into the water storage cavity 114 from the water outlet gap of the middle turntable 121.

There may be various embodiments as to the manner of transferring the ice in the ice receiving tray 122 to the middle turntable 121. Such as but not limited to: an ice outlet is provided in the ice receiving tray 122, and when a certain amount of ice in the ice receiving tray 122 reaches, the ice automatically falls into the turntable 121 through the ice outlet. Or a mechanical arm is added, and the ice in the ice receiving tray 122 is grabbed or pushed into the middle rotating disc 121 by the mechanical arm. Alternatively, the ice receiving tray 122 may be rotatably installed inside the middle turntable 121, and the ice in the ice receiving tray 122 may be tilted downward from one side thereof into the middle turntable 121 by driving the ice receiving tray 122 to be tilted downward. Here, the ice receiving tray 122 employs the latter type of ice transfer.

The ice transfer in the ice tray 122 may be performed in a manner of transferring the ice in the turntable 121 to the ice storage chamber 112. Here, in order to accelerate the ice discharging speed, an ice-stirring blade 125 is optionally disposed at one side of the ice-receiving tray 122, and the ice-stirring blade 125 is rotated by the ice-receiving tray 122 to stir the ice of the middle rotary disk 121 to the ice storage cavity 112.

For example, when the ice receiving tray 122 rotates to the right side thereof, the ice in the ice receiving tray 122 is dumped in the turntable 121 from the left side to the bottom, and at this time, the ice-stirring blade 125 rotates to the right side of the turntable 121 along with the ice receiving tray 122. When the ice receiving tray 122 rotates leftward and returns to the initial position, the ice receiving tray 122 rotates leftward to stir the ice in the middle rotary disk 121 leftward, and the stirred ice reaches a position higher than the side wall 171 of the middle rotary disk 121 and falls into the ice storage cavity 112 from the position.

Referring to fig. 10 and 11, an ice maker 200 is further provided. The ice maker 200 includes a cabinet 210, a drinking water assembly, and an ice making module 100. Wherein, the casing 210 is provided with a water receiving port and an ice receiving port. The drinking water component is communicated with the water receiving port. Detailed structure of the ice making module 100 referring to the above-described embodiment, the ice outlet 113 of the ice making module 100 communicates with the ice receiving port. Since the ice maker 200 adopts all technical solutions of all the embodiments, all the advantages brought by the technical solutions of the embodiments are also achieved, and are not described in detail herein.

In one embodiment, the housing 210 includes a bottom plate 211, a front plate 212, a back plate 213, a left side plate 214, and a right side plate 215. The chassis 211, the front panel 212, the back panel 213, the left side panel 214 and the right side panel 215 enclose a cavity for receiving and installing the drinking water assembly and the ice making module 100.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An ice making module, comprising:

the refrigerator comprises a liner, a refrigerator body and a refrigerator door, wherein the liner is provided with an ice storage cavity and an ice outlet corresponding to the ice storage cavity;

the ice discharging screw is rotatably arranged in the ice storage cavity and used for pushing the ice in the ice storage cavity out of the ice outlet through rotation; and

and the upper end of the ice outlet door is rotatably arranged at the ice outlet, so that the ice outlet door is driven to upwards overturn through the ice pushed out by the ice outlet screw rod, and the ice outlet is opened.

2. An ice-making module as recited in claim 1, further comprising an ice outlet hopper disposed at said ice outlet, said ice outlet hopper having an inlet end abutting said ice outlet, said ice outlet door having an upper end rotatably mounted to said inlet end of said ice outlet hopper.

3. An ice making module as recited in claim 2, wherein said ice discharge hopper has a mounting plate positioned above said ice discharge door, said mounting plate having a locking member movable in an up and down direction, said locking member having an escape position moved upward to escape said ice discharge door to open said ice discharge opening and a lock position moved downward to position said ice discharge door to close said ice discharge opening.

4. An icemaker module according to claim 3 further comprising a drive means for driving rotation of said ice-out screw, said drive means being further connected to said locking member, said drive means driving said locking member and said ice-out screw in unison.

5. An ice making module as claimed in claim 4, wherein said drive means includes a motor and a gear, a motor shaft of said motor is connected to said ice discharging screw after passing through said gear; the upper portion of the side face of the locking piece is provided with a rack which extends vertically and is meshed with the gear, and when the motor drives the ice discharging screw to push ice, the gear drives the locking piece to move upwards to the avoiding state through the rack.

6. An icemaker module according to claim 5 wherein said latch member includes a side wall having said rack gear and a top wall connected to an upper end of said side wall; the ice making module further comprises an elastic piece, the upper end of the elastic piece is connected to the top wall, and the lower end of the elastic piece is fixed on the upper plate surface of the mounting plate.

7. An icemaker module according to claim 6 wherein said latch member further includes a stopper post disposed on said top wall and extending in an upward and downward direction, said elastic member being fitted around said stopper post, an upper end of said elastic member being fixed to said stopper post so as to be connected to said top wall through said stopper post.

8. An ice making module as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a surface of said ice door facing away from said ice screw is provided with a protrusion for abutting against a structure of said ice making module above said ice door after said ice door is flipped upward to open said ice outlet.

9. An ice making module as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising an ice making module disposed in the inner container, wherein ice produced by the ice making module falls into the ice storage chamber.

10. An ice making module as claimed in claim 9, wherein the ice making module comprises a middle turntable, an ice receiving tray disposed at an upper side of the middle turntable, an evaporator disposed at an upper side of the ice receiving tray, and a water spraying member for supplying water to the evaporator.

11. An ice making module as claimed in claim 10, wherein the ice receiving tray is rotatably mounted to the middle rotary tray, and an ice-stirring blade is provided at one side of the ice receiving tray, and rotated by the ice receiving tray to stir the ice of the middle rotary tray to the ice storage cavity.

12. An ice maker, characterized in that the ice maker comprises:

the refrigerator comprises a shell, a water inlet and an ice inlet, wherein the shell is provided with the water inlet and the ice inlet;

the drinking water assembly is communicated with the water receiving port; and

the ice making module of any of claims 1-11, an ice outlet of the ice making module in communication with the ice receiving port.