CN113007941B

CN113007941B - Refrigerating cabinet

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Publication number: CN113007941B
Application number: CN202110343827.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 付志明; 张勇; 朱宝平; 刘辉
Original assignee: Hisense Ronshen Guangdong Freezer Co Ltd; Qingdao Hisense Commercial Cold Chain Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Hisense Commercial Cold Chain Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-30
Filing date: 2021-03-30
Publication date: 2023-01-06
Anticipated expiration: 2041-03-30
Also published as: CN113007941A

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of ice condensation, and discloses a refrigerated cabinet, which comprises a cabinet body, a door body and an ice condensation machine; the ice maker comprises: the shell is connected with the cabinet body or the door body, an inner concave part for placing the bottle body is formed on the front side wall of the shell, a first through hole is formed in the bottom surface of the inner concave part, and a convex edge is arranged at the edge of the first through hole; the vibrating piece is arranged in the shell and is positioned below the first through hole; tray, it is connected with the top of vibrating part from last down covering first through-hole, and the tray edge is equipped with the annular that the notch is down, and protruding edge stretches into in the annular and does not contact with the tray. According to the ice condenser installed on the refrigerator, when liquefied water flows down on the surface of the bottle body, the water flows into the tray and does not flow into the vibrating part or the position inside the shell, the technical problem that the vibrator and an electronic control element inside the vibrator are invalid due to the fact that the water flows into the ice condenser can be effectively solved, and a small amount of water left in the tray can be naturally volatilized without manual cleaning.

Description

Refrigerating cabinet

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of ice condensation, in particular to a refrigerated cabinet.

Background

With the continuous improvement of living standard, people have higher and higher requirements on the mouthfeel of refrigerated beverages. In the hot summer days, refrigerated beverages capable of forming ice crystals are becoming increasingly popular with consumers.

Some refrigerated cabinets on the market are provided with ice condensing machines, each ice condensing machine mainly comprises a vibrator and a fixed seat connected with the vibrator, liquid (supercooled liquid) which is refrigerated and reaches zero degree but is not frozen is placed into the fixed seat, the ice condensing machines are started, the vibrator generates vibration, the vibration is transmitted to a beverage bottle body, the supercooled liquid in the bottle body vibrates together, the supercooled liquid is in an unstable state, when the supercooled liquid vibrates, the distance between molecules can be changed, the molecules approach to each other to form crystal nuclei required by condensation, namely, condensation nuclei, and then the supercooled liquid is rapidly condensed into an ice crystal state due to the condensation nuclei in the supercooled liquid.

When the refrigerator is actually used, after the supercooled beverage is taken out of the refrigerator, water beads are easily condensed on the surface of the bottle body due to the change of the ambient temperature, and when the ice condenser works, the water beads drop into the ice condenser, so that the vibrator and the internal electronic control element are easily disabled, and the work of the ice condenser is influenced.

Thus, improvements in the prior art are needed.

Disclosure of Invention

The purpose of the invention is: the utility model provides a refrigerator to solve prior art's ice machine that congeals when using, the water droplet of bottle surface condensation can drip in the ice machine, leads to vibrator and inside electronic control element inefficacy's technical problem easily.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a refrigerator cabinet comprising:

a cabinet body, wherein a refrigerating chamber is arranged in the cabinet body;

a door for opening and closing the refrigerating chamber;

wherein, the ice maker is also included;

the ice maker includes:

the shell is connected with the cabinet body or the door body, an inner concave part for placing a bottle body is formed on the front side wall of the shell, a first through hole is formed in the bottom surface of the inner concave part, and a convex edge is formed at the edge of the first through hole;

the vibrating piece is arranged in the shell and is positioned below the first through hole;

the tray, it down covers from last first through-hole and with the top of vibration piece is connected, the tray edge is equipped with notch annular down, protruding edge stretches into in the annular and not with the tray contacts.

In some embodiments of the present application, a transparent cover is further included;

the front side wall of the shell is recessed backwards to form the inner concave part, the inner concave part extends downwards to a first preset height position from the top of the shell along the vertical direction, and the transparent cover is arranged in front of the inner concave part and forms a first accommodating cavity with an upper opening together with the inner concave part.

In some embodiments of the present application, the bottom surface of the concave portion is a slope inclined downward from back to front, so that a gap is formed between the front end of the bottom surface of the concave portion and the bottom of the transparent cover.

In some embodiments of the present application, the edge of the tray is turned outward to form the ring groove.

In some embodiments of the present application, the vibrating member is bonded to the bottom surface of the tray by a two-liquid mixing hardening adhesive.

In some embodiments of the present application, the vibrating element is mounted in the housing via a limiting assembly;

the limiting assembly comprises a first limiting piece and a second limiting piece; the first limiting piece is arranged on the inner surface of the front side wall of the shell, and a first cavity is formed in one side of the first limiting piece, which is far away from the front side wall of the shell; the second locating part has the second cavity towards one side of lateral wall before the casing, the second locating part with after first locating part is connected, first cavity reaches the second cavity forms the second jointly and holds the chamber, the vibration piece is fixed in the second holds the chamber.

In some embodiments of the present application, the first position-limiting member and the housing are integrally formed.

In some embodiments of the present application, the first position-limiting member includes a first supporting plate and a positioning bolt; the first concave cavity is arranged on the first supporting plate, and the positioning bolts are distributed on the periphery of the first supporting plate;

the second limiting part comprises a second supporting plate and a positioning hole plate; the second concave cavity is arranged on the second supporting plate, and the positioning hole plate is arranged on the side edge of the second supporting plate and used for being connected with the positioning bolt.

In some embodiments of the present application, further comprising a lamp housing;

the front surface of the inner concave part is recessed backwards to form a lamp holder groove, a wire hole is formed in the lamp holder groove, and the lamp shade is clamped in the lamp holder groove.

In some embodiments of the present application, the housing includes a front housing and a rear cover plate, the inner recess is formed in the front housing, the front housing has a rearward opening, and the rear cover plate covers the rearward opening and is connected to the front housing; the rear cover plate is connected with the cabinet body or the door body.

Compared with the prior art, the refrigerated cabinet provided by the embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that:

according to the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the invention, the ice condenser is arranged on the refrigerator, the first through hole with the convex edge is arranged at the position above the vibration piece correspondingly, the tray used for covering the first through hole and connected with the top of the vibration piece is arranged, when liquefied water flows down on the surface of the bottle body, the water can flow into the tray and cannot flow into the vibration piece or the position more inside the shell through the first through hole, the technical problem that the vibrator and an internal electronic control element are invalid due to the fact that the water flows into the interior of the ice condenser can be effectively solved, and a small amount of water left in the tray can be naturally volatilized without manual cleaning.

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic front view of an ice-condensing machine and a bottle body according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of the back structures of the ice-congealing machine and the bottle body according to the embodiment of the invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic side view of an ice-condensing machine and a bottle body according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of the backward explosion structure of the ice congealer of the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of the forward explosion structure of the ice coagulant machine of the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 isbase:Sub>A cross-sectional view A-A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view at B in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the stop assembly and the vibrating member;

FIG. 9 is a rear view of the first position-limiting member and the vibrating member;

fig. 10 is an exploded view of the second position-limiting member and the vibrating member;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the second position-limiting member and the vibrating member being mounted together;

in the figure, 100, ice coagulation machine; 110. a front housing; 111. an inner concave portion; 1111. a first card slot; 1112. a lamp socket groove; 1113. a wire hole; 112. a platform part; 1121. a first through hole; 1122. a convex edge; 113. a storage section; 114. a first accommodating chamber; 120. a rear cover plate; 130. a tray; 131. flanging; 132. a ring groove; 140. a vibrating member; 1401. inserting sheets; 150. a transparent cover; 151. a first hook; 160. a lamp shade; 170. a switch; 180. a progress indicator light; 190. a control module; 200. a bottle body; 300. a limiting component; 310. a first limit piece; 311. a first support plate; 312. positioning the bolt; 320. a second limiting member; 321. a second support plate; 322. the orifice plate is positioned.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of embodiments of the present invention is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

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

It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like, as used herein, refer to an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings, which is solely for the purpose of facilitating the description and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and is therefore not to be construed as limiting the invention.

Furthermore, 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 invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

The refrigerator according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention mainly comprises a refrigerator body, a door body and an ice condenser 100. Specifically, the inside of the cabinet body is provided with a refrigerating chamber, the refrigerating chamber is provided with a forward opening, and the door body is movably arranged at the forward opening and used for opening and closing the refrigerating chamber.

Referring to fig. 1 to 11, the ice maker 100 mainly includes a front housing 110, a rear cover 120, a tray 130, a vibrator 140, a transparent cover 150, a lamp cover 160, a switch 170, a progress indicator 180, and a control module 190, in which a bottle 200 is shown.

Referring to fig. 4, the front housing 110 has a rear opening, and has a storage space therein. Referring to fig. 1, the front case 110 may be divided into an inner recess 111, a terrace portion 112, and a storage portion 113 in order from top to bottom.

The inner recess 111 is a structure in which a front sidewall of the front case 110 is formed to be recessed rearward, and the inner recess 111 extends downward in a vertical direction from the top of the front case 110 to about the middle (first predetermined height) of the front case 110. The transparent cover 150 is disposed in front of the concave portion 111, and encloses a first accommodating chamber 114 with an upper opening together with the concave portion 111, and the bottle body 200 is placed in the first accommodating chamber 114, as shown in fig. 6. The transparent cover 150 allows a consumer to visually see the change of the beverage in the bottle 200 during the operation of the ice maker 100, and the transparent cover 150 may be made of a material such as a transparent acrylic plate.

The vibrating member 140 is fixedly mounted in the front housing 110 and located below the first through hole 1121.

The platform portion 112 is a structure formed by forward protruding of a front side wall of the front case 110, the platform portion 112 extends downward from a bottom surface of the inner concave portion 111 to a height of about 1/3 of the front case 110 (a second predetermined height) along a vertical direction, a circular first through hole 1121 is formed in an upper surface of the platform portion 112 (i.e., the bottom surface of the inner concave portion 111), a convex edge 1122 is formed at an edge of the first through hole 1121, the tray 130 covers the first through hole 1121 from top to bottom and is connected with the top of the vibrating member 140, an annular groove 1122 facing downward is formed in the edge of the tray 130, the convex edge extends into the annular groove 132 and does not contact with the tray 130, and therefore vibration work of the vibrating member 140 and the tray 130 is prevented from being affected.

Referring to fig. 4, the rear cover plate 120 is connected to the cabinet or the door, so that the ice maker 100 is mounted on the refrigerator.

In the refrigerator provided by the invention, the ice condenser 100 is arranged on the refrigerator, the first through hole 1121 with the convex edge 1122 is arranged at the position above the vibration element 140, the tray 130 for covering the first through hole 1121 and connected with the top of the vibration element 140 is arranged, the convex edge 1122 is completely covered by the flanging edge of the tray 130, when liquefied water flows down on the surface of the bottle body 200, the water can flow into the tray 130 and cannot flow into the vibration element 140 or the position more inside the front shell 110 through the first through hole 1121, so that the technical problem that the vibrator and internal electronic control elements are failed due to the fact that the water flows into the ice condenser 100 can be effectively solved, and a small amount of water left in the tray 130 can be naturally volatilized and does not need to be manually cleaned.

In some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 6 and 7, the bottom surface of the concave portion 111 (the upper surface of the platform portion 112) is a slope inclined downward from back to front, i.e., has a certain inclination angle C with respect to the horizontal plane, so that a gap is formed between the front end of the bottom surface of the concave portion 111 and the bottom of the transparent cover 150. When the tray 130 is full of water, water overflowing from the tray 130 flows out of the gap. The angle of inclination is preferably 3 to 5 to facilitate the forward flow of water from the gap without interfering with the engagement of the annular groove 132 with the ledge 1122.

In some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 6 and 7, the ledge 1122 is a vertical plate perpendicular to the upper surface of the platform 112, the edge of the tray 130 has a flange 131 to form a circular groove 132 with a downward notch, and the sectional shapes of the flange 131 and the side wall of the tray 130 are inverted U-shaped.

In some embodiments, the vibrating member 140 and the bottom surface of the tray 130 may be adhered by a two-liquid hybrid hardened glue (AB glue), such as an AB glue using acrylic, epoxy, polyurethane, or the like. In other embodiments, bolts may be disposed on the bottom surface of the tray 130, screw holes may be disposed on the upper surface of the vibration member 140, the bolts are connected with the screw holes in a matching manner, and AB glue may be applied to the peripheries of the screw holes for further bonding.

In some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 5, a first locking groove 1111 is disposed at the turning point of the inner concave portion 111, and a first locking hook 151 engaged with the inner locking groove 1111 is disposed at the edge of the side edge of the transparent cover 150, so that the transparent cover 150 can be directly locked at the inner concave portion 111.

In some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 4, the vibration member 140 is installed in the front housing 110 through a stopper assembly 300. Referring to fig. 8-11, the position limiting assembly 300 includes a first limiting member 310 and a second limiting member 320. The first limiting member 310 is located on the inner surface of the front sidewall of the front housing 110, the first limiting member 310 includes a first supporting plate 311 and a plurality of positioning bolts 312 distributed around the first supporting plate 311, and one side of the first supporting plate 311 facing the rear cover plate 120 has a notch (a first cavity) for fitting the shape of the vibrating member 140. The first support plate 311 and the positioning bolts 312 may be integrally formed with the front housing 110. The second limiting member 320 includes a second supporting plate 321 and a positioning hole plate 322 disposed on two sides of the second supporting plate 321, the positioning hole plate 322 is used for connecting with the positioning bolt 312, one side of the second supporting plate 321 far away from the back cover plate 120 has a second cavity fitting the shape of the vibrating member 140, and the second cavity and the notch of the first supporting plate 311 form a second accommodating cavity for accommodating the vibrating member 140. The left and right sides of the vibrating member 140 are respectively provided with an inserting piece 1401 for assisting positioning. During actual installation, the vibrating member 140 is clamped in the notch of the first limiting member 310, the second limiting member 320 is covered on the vibrating member 140, and after the position is adjusted, the positioning hole plate 322 is connected with the positioning bolt 312, so that installation is completed. In the ice coagulation machine of the prior art, a split type limiting assembly is generally adopted when the vibrating element 140 is installed, namely, two half side plates with cavities are used for wrapping the vibrating element 140, and the two half side plates are firstly spliced into a vibrating assembly and then connected with a shell through installation structures on the half side plates. And this application directly in the front 110 suitable position department shaping out half spacing support piece (first backup pad 311) and fixed mounting spare (positioning bolt 312), the pre-installation of the vibrating part 140 of being convenient for, half spacing support piece then produces alone, simple process is high-efficient, and the cooperation precision is good, and the installation is more firm.

In some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 4 and 5, the front surface of the inner recess 111 is recessed backward to form a socket groove 1112, a wire hole 1113 is formed in the socket groove 1112, the led light bar can be installed in the socket groove 1112, and the wires of the led light bar pass through the wire hole 1113 to the inside of the front housing 110 and are connected to the control module 190. The lamp cover 160 is directly engaged with the socket groove 1112 by a snap fit. In the ice maker of the prior art, a lamp holder fixing plate is generally arranged in a housing, and then the LED light bank is mounted on the lamp holder fixing plate. And this application directly goes up the lamp stand groove 1112 of shaping a LED lamp row on preceding casing 110, then locates lamp stand groove 1112 department with lamp shade 160 card, can effectively reduce the installation of spare part, and improve the aesthetic property.

In some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 5, a beverage bottle shaped progress indicator 180 is provided on the front side of the platform portion 112 to indicate the working progress of the ice maker, which facilitates the consumer to visually see the progress of the vibration of the ice.

In some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 5, a switch 170 is disposed at a front side of the storage portion 113, and a consumer only needs to press the switch 170 to start the ice coagulation machine, which is convenient to operate.

In some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 4, the control module 190 is disposed at a position corresponding to the storage portion 113 in the front housing 110, and is connected to the electric control elements such as the vibrating member 140, the progress indicator 180, the LED light bank, and the switch 170, for controlling the electric control elements to operate according to a set manner.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various modifications and substitutions can be made without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, and these modifications and substitutions should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A refrigerated case comprising:

a door for opening and closing the refrigerating chamber;

it is characterized by also comprising an ice coagulation machine;

the ice maker includes:

the tray covers the first through hole from top to bottom and is connected with the top of the vibrating piece, an annular groove with a downward notch is formed in the edge of the tray, and the convex edge extends into the annular groove and is not in contact with the tray;

a transparent cover; the front side wall of the shell is recessed backwards to form the inner concave part, the inner concave part extends downwards from the top of the shell to a first preset height along the vertical direction, the transparent cover is arranged in front of the inner concave part, and the transparent cover and the inner concave part jointly form a first accommodating cavity with an upper opening; the bottom surface of the concave part is an inclined surface which is inclined downwards from back to front, so that a gap is formed between the front end of the bottom surface of the concave part and the bottom of the transparent cover.

2. A refrigerated cabinet as claimed at claim 1 wherein the edge of the tray is turned outwardly to form the annular groove.

3. A refrigerated cabinet as claimed at claim 1 wherein the top of the vibrator is bonded to the bottom of the tray by a two liquid mix cured glue.

4. A refrigerated cabinet as claimed at claim 1 wherein the vibratory member is mounted within the housing by a spacing assembly;

the limiting assembly comprises a first limiting piece and a second limiting piece; the first limiting piece is arranged on the inner surface of the front side wall of the shell, and a first concave cavity is formed in one side of the first limiting piece, which is far away from the front side wall of the shell; one side of the second limiting part, which faces the front side wall of the shell, is provided with a second cavity, after the second limiting part is connected with the first limiting part, the first cavity and the second cavity jointly form a second accommodating cavity, and the vibrating part is fixed in the second accommodating cavity.

5. A refrigerated cabinet according to claim 4 wherein the first stop is integrally formed with the housing.

6. A refrigerated cabinet according to claim 5 wherein the first stop comprises a first support plate and a locating bolt; the first concave cavity is arranged on the first supporting plate, and the positioning bolts are distributed on the periphery of the first supporting plate;

7. The refrigerated cabinet of claim 1 further comprising a light cover;

8. A refrigerated cabinet as claimed in claim 1 wherein the housing includes a front housing and a rear cover plate, the interior recess being formed in the front housing, the front housing having a rearward opening, the rear cover plate capping the rearward opening and being connected to the front housing; the rear cover plate is connected with the cabinet body or the door body.