CN113631877B - Ice making system and refrigeration equipment - Google Patents
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Abstract
An ice making system and a refrigerating apparatus, the ice making system includes an ice moving sheet (9) configured to carry and move ice cubes, an ice bank (11) provided with an openable and closable ice door (10), and an ice moving linkage driving assembly; the ice-moving linkage driving assembly comprises an opening and closing mechanism configured to open and close an ice door (10), an ice-moving mechanism configured to drive an ice-moving piece (9) to move or reset ice, and a driving mechanism configured to drive the opening and closing mechanism to be linked with the ice-moving mechanism. The ice making system realizes that the ice moving piece (9) is driven to move or reset when the ice door (10) is opened or closed through a set of driving assembly, the transportation efficiency of ice blocks is high, the operation reliability of the whole ice making system is high, and the cost is lower.
Description
Cross-referencing
The present disclosure is incorporated into the present disclosure by reference in its entirety, in patent application No. PCT/CN2019/082995, entitled "ice making system and refrigeration equipment", filed on 17.4.2019.
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of ice making, in particular to an ice making system and refrigeration equipment.
Background
Along with the increasing living standard of people, the demand of people for ice cubes in daily life is larger and larger, and the automatic ice maker is greatly convenient for people to use the ice cubes.
However, in the process of ice making, moving and storing of the existing ice making system, most of the components are controlled by respective driving assemblies, so that a plurality of sets of driving assemblies are required to be arranged, the sequence of actions among the driving assemblies is required to be ensured, the structure is complex, the transportation efficiency of ice blocks is low, the operation reliability of the whole system is low, and the cost is high.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides an ice making system and refrigeration equipment, which can achieve the effects of moving ice and storing ice by opening a door through one driving assembly, and have the advantages of high ice block transportation efficiency, high operation reliability of the whole system and low cost.
In one aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an ice making system, including:
a ice transfer sheet configured to carry and transfer ice cubes;
an ice storage box provided with an openable ice door;
the ice-moving linkage driving component is connected with the ice-moving linkage driving component,
includes an opening and closing mechanism configured to open and close the ice door,
an ice-moving mechanism configured to move or reset the ice-moving blade, and
a driving mechanism configured to drive the opening and closing mechanism in conjunction with the ice moving mechanism.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the ice moving mechanism comprises an ice moving gear and an ice moving connecting rod connected with the ice moving piece, one side of the ice moving connecting rod is provided with an ice moving tooth groove, the ice moving tooth groove is meshed with the ice moving gear, and the driving mechanism is used for driving the ice moving gear to rotate.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the ice door is hinged with the ice storage box through a connecting shaft, the opening and closing mechanism comprises the connecting shaft and an opening gear coaxially arranged on the connecting shaft, and the driving mechanism is also used for driving the opening gear to rotate.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the door opening gear is meshed with the ice moving gear.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the opening and closing mechanism further includes:
and one end of the transmission rack is meshed with the door opening gear, and the other end of the transmission rack is meshed with the ice moving gear.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the driving mechanism includes a driving motor, and one of the ice moving gear and the door opening gear is coaxially disposed on an output shaft of the driving motor.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the ice moving piece is obliquely and downwards arranged towards the ice storage box, and the ice moving connecting rod is connected to one side of the ice moving piece; the upper side or the lower side of the ice moving connecting rod is provided with the ice moving tooth groove.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the ice removing device further comprises a mounting seat which is provided with a rear cover and a front cover oppositely along the axial direction of the connecting shaft, and the mounting seat is internally provided with mounting spaces of the ice removing mechanism and the opening and closing mechanism; the rear cover or the front cover is provided with a sliding groove, and the side face of the transmission rack is fixedly provided with a sliding block matched with the sliding groove.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the front cover or the rear cover is provided with a guide groove, and the ice moving connecting rod is movably arranged in the guide groove.
The ice making assembly comprises an ice making grid and a water return groove arranged below the ice making grid, the ice making grid is arranged downwards in an inclined mode towards the water return groove, and the ice moving pieces are arranged between a water outlet of the ice making grid and the water return groove.
In an embodiment of the present invention, an ice guiding plate disposed along an ice moving direction of the ice moving plate is disposed in the water returning tank; the ice guide plate is connected with the side wall of the water return groove and extends to the position below the initial position of the ice moving plate.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the upper surface of the ice guiding plate is provided with a plurality of ribs at intervals.
In one embodiment of the invention, a drain hole is arranged on the ice moving sheet; the drain holes are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the lower end of the ice removing piece.
In one embodiment of the invention, the ice making assembly further comprises a water separator for supplying water to the ice cube tray, an evaporator and a heater which are arranged on the back surface of the ice cube tray; the water return tank is connected to the water tank through a water discharge pipe, a water pump is arranged on the water discharge pipe, the water separator is communicated with the water tank through a water outlet pipe, and an opening and closing valve is arranged on the water outlet pipe.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the ice bank is provided as a double-layered thermal insulation case.
On the other hand, the embodiment of the invention also provides a refrigerating device which comprises the ice making system according to the technical scheme.
The embodiment of the invention provides an ice making system and refrigeration equipment, which comprise an ice moving piece, an ice storage box and an ice moving linkage driving component, wherein the ice moving piece is used for bearing and moving ice cubes; the ice moving linkage driving assembly can also drive the ice door to close and simultaneously drive the ice moving piece to reset after ice moving is finished, and the ice moving piece returns to the initial position where the ice moving piece bears ice blocks.
The ice moving linkage driving assembly comprises an opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing the ice door, an ice moving mechanism for driving the ice moving piece to move ice blocks or reset, and a driving mechanism for driving the opening and closing mechanism to be linked with the ice moving mechanism, the ice door is opened through the driving mechanism to be linked with the ice moving piece to move ice, and the ice door is closed to be linked with the ice moving piece to reset; therefore, the ice moving mechanism can drive the ice moving piece to move ice blocks or reset while the opening and closing mechanism drives the ice door to open or close. The transportation efficiency of ice blocks is high, the operation reliability of the whole ice making system is high, and the cost is low; the assembly, disassembly, maintenance and cleaning are convenient; while saving space size and cost.
In addition, due to the existence of the ice moving mechanism, the ice storage box and the ice making grids are arranged in a staggered mode in the vertical direction, the problem that the existing ice storage box can only be placed below the ice making grids, and the requirement of the ice making system for space in the vertical direction is great is solved, the space of the ice making system in the vertical direction is small, and the ice making system can be flexibly arranged in the refrigeration equipment such as a refrigerator conveniently.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention or the prior art, the drawings needed for the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings according to the drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an ice making system after being disassembled at an ice moving linkage driving assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of an ice making system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 isbase:Sub>A cross-sectional view A-A of FIG. 2 with the ice-displacing blade in an initial position;
FIG. 4 isbase:Sub>A cross-sectional view A-A of FIG. 2 with the ice-displacing blades in an ice-shedding position;
in the figure; 1: a drive mechanism; 2: a rear cover; 3: a drive rack; 4: an ice moving gear; 5: a door opening gear; 6: a front cover; 7: a guide groove; 8: an ice-moving connecting rod; 81: an ice shifting gullet; 9: removing borneol; 91: a drain hole; 10: an ice door; 11: an ice bank; 12: a double-layer heat-insulating shell; 13: a connecting shaft; 14: a water return tank; 15: an ice making grid; 16: a water separator; 17: an evaporator; 18: a heater; 19: and an ice guide plate.
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The embodiments of the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the 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 embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "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 embodiments of the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred devices or elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "connected" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. Specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present invention can be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
In embodiments of the invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature may be "on" or "under" a second feature such that the first and second features are in direct contact, or the first and second features are in indirect contact via an intermediary. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.
In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of an embodiment of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.
As shown in fig. 1-2, in one aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an ice making system, which includes an ice bank 11 having an openable and closable ice door 10, an ice moving plate 9 disposed at one side of the ice bank 11 and configured to carry ice cubes and move the ice cubes toward the ice bank 11, and an ice moving linkage driving assembly configured to drive the ice door 10 to open and simultaneously drive the ice moving plate 9 to move the ice cubes into the ice bank 11.
Of course, the ice moving linkage driving assembly can also drive the ice door 10 to close and simultaneously drive the ice moving piece 9 to reset after the ice moving piece 9 finishes transferring the ice cubes, and the ice moving linkage driving assembly returns to the initial position where the ice moving piece 9 bears the ice cubes.
Specifically, the ice moving linkage driving assembly comprises: an opening and closing mechanism configured to open and close the ice door 10, an ice moving mechanism configured to bring the ice moving sheet 9 to move ice cubes or to reset, and a driving mechanism configured to drive the opening and closing mechanism to be linked with the ice moving mechanism. The driving mechanism enables the ice door to be opened and linked with the ice moving piece to transfer ice blocks, and the ice door is closed and linked with the ice moving piece to reset; so that the ice moving mechanism can drive the ice moving piece to move ice blocks or reset when the opening and closing mechanism drives the ice door to open or close. The transportation efficiency of ice blocks is high, the operation reliability of the whole ice making system is high, and the assembly, disassembly, maintenance and cleaning are convenient; while saving space size and cost.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the ice moving mechanism may specifically include an ice moving gear 4 and an ice moving connecting rod 8 connected to the ice moving plate 9, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, an ice moving spline 81 is disposed on one side of the ice moving connecting rod 8, the ice moving spline 81 is engaged with the ice moving gear 4, the driving mechanism 1 is configured to drive the ice moving gear 4 to rotate, and when the ice moving gear 4 rotates, the ice moving connecting rod 8 is driven to move, so as to drive the ice moving plate 9 to move.
It should be noted that the driving mechanism 1 may be a driving motor, an output gear is arranged on an output shaft of the driving motor, the output gear may directly engage with the ice moving gear 4 to drive the ice moving gear 4 to rotate, or the output gear drives the ice moving gear 4 to rotate through at least one transmission gear; of course, the ice moving gear 4 may be coaxially disposed on the output shaft of the driving motor, and when the output shaft rotates, the ice moving gear 4 rotates synchronously.
In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 3, the ice moving plate 9 is disposed obliquely downward toward the opening and closing side of the ice door 10 of the ice storage box 11 (i.e., the side away from the connection between the ice storage box 11 and the ice door 10), so that the ice blocks can smoothly slide into the ice storage box 11 for storage when being transferred to the opening of the ice storage box 11, and the ice moving link 8 is preferably vertically connected to one side of the ice moving plate 9 in the length direction; the upper side or the lower side of the ice moving connecting rod 8 is provided with the ice moving tooth grooves 81, and particularly, the ice moving tooth grooves are arranged on the upper side or the lower side of the ice moving connecting rod 8 and are determined according to the rotating direction of the ice moving gear 4, and it can be determined that the ice moving connecting rod 8 can move towards the ice storage box 11 when the ice door 10 rotates towards the opening direction, and the meshed side of the ice moving connecting rod 8 and the ice moving gear 4 is determined.
In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the driving mechanism 1 may specifically include a connecting shaft 13 and a door opening gear 5 coaxially disposed on the connecting shaft 13, and the driving mechanism 1 is further configured to drive the door opening gear 5 to rotate.
It should be noted here that the output gear is disposed on the output shaft of the driving mechanism 1, such as a driving motor, and may be directly engaged with the door opening gear 5 to drive the door opening gear 5 to rotate, or the output gear drives the door opening gear 5 to rotate through at least one transmission gear; of course, the door opening gear 5 may be coaxially disposed on the output shaft of the driving motor, and when the output shaft rotates, the door opening gear 5 rotates synchronously.
Further, the ice door 10 is hinged to the ice bank 11 through the connecting shaft 13, for example, connecting shafts 13 extending outwards are configured on two sides or one side of the ice door 10 in the length direction, corresponding connecting holes are configured on the ice bank 11, and the connecting shafts 13 pass through the connecting holes and can rotate in the connecting holes, so that the ice door 10 is hinged to the ice bank 11.
Of course, the ice bank 11 can be opened and closed in a translational manner without being limited to rotational opening and closing, for example, the lower side of the ice door is provided with a rack, the rack is engaged with the door opening gear 5, and when the door opening gear 5 rotates, the ice door 10 is opened and closed in a translational manner under the driving of the rack. The present embodiment will be described by taking the ice bank 11 as an example to be rotated to open and close.
In one embodiment, the door opening gear 5 is directly meshed with the ice moving gear 4, for example, an output gear is arranged on an output shaft of the driving motor, the output gear is only meshed with one of the ice moving gear 4 and the door opening gear 5, and one of the ice moving gear 4 and the door opening gear 5 rotates to drive the other meshed gear to rotate; or one of the ice moving gear 4 and the door opening gear 5 is coaxially arranged on the output shaft of the driving motor, and similarly, one of the ice moving gear 4 and the door opening gear 5 rotates to drive the other engaged with the ice moving gear to rotate.
Specifically, the ice moving gear 4 can be driven to rotate in the reverse direction towards the rotation direction of the door opening gear 5 by the rotation of the door opening gear 5, and of course, the ice moving gear 4 can also be driven to rotate in the reverse direction towards the rotation direction of the ice moving gear 4 by the rotation of the door opening gear 5; for example, when the connecting shaft 13 rotates the ice door 10 clockwise to rotate in the opening direction, the door opening gear 5 and the connecting shaft 13 synchronously rotate clockwise, and at the same time, the ice moving gear 4 meshed with the door opening gear 5 rotates counterclockwise; similarly, when the ice moving gear 4 rotates anticlockwise, the door opening gear 5 rotates clockwise; at this time, the ice shifting spline 81 needs to be disposed on the upper side of the ice shifting link 8, so that the ice shifting link 8 is engaged with the inclined lower side of the ice shifting gear 4, and the ice shifting link 8 can be driven to move obliquely upward by the counterclockwise rotation of the ice shifting gear 4 to move toward the ice bank 11 for ice shifting. When the ice bank 11 needs to be closed, the door opening gear 5 rotates towards the counterclockwise direction or the ice moving gear 4 rotates towards the clockwise direction, and meanwhile, the ice moving connecting rod 8 can be driven to move towards the oblique lower direction to reset.
In another embodiment, the door opening gear 5 and the ice moving gear 4 are engaged through at least one transmission gear, for example, an output gear is disposed on an output shaft of the driving motor, and the output gear is engaged with the ice moving gear 4 and the door opening gear 5 as the transmission gear.
In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the opening and closing mechanism may further include a transmission rack 3, one end of the transmission rack 3 is engaged with the door opening gear 5, the other end of the transmission rack 3 is engaged with the ice moving gear 4, the door opening gear 5 or the ice moving gear 4 can be driven to rotate in the same direction by the transmission rack 3 when rotating, of course, the transmission rack 3 may also be replaced by a transmission gear, the transmission gear is engaged with both the door opening gear 5 and the ice moving gear 4, and when any one of the transmission gear, the door opening gear 5 and the ice moving gear 4 rotates, the door opening gear 5 and the ice moving gear 4 can also rotate in the same direction. For example, when the connecting shaft 13 rotates the ice door 10 clockwise to open, the door opening gear 5 and the connecting shaft 13 rotate clockwise synchronously, at this time, the transmission rack 3 drives the ice moving gear 4 to rotate in the same direction as the door opening gear 5, that is, the door opening gear 5 also rotates clockwise, at this time, the ice moving spline 81 needs to be arranged on the lower side of the ice moving connecting rod 8, so that the ice moving connecting rod 8 is engaged with the oblique upper side of the ice moving gear 4, and therefore the ice moving connecting rod 8 can be driven to move obliquely upward when the ice moving gear 4 rotates clockwise to move ice toward the ice storage box 11. When the ice storage box 11 needs to be closed, the door opening gear 5 rotates towards the anticlockwise direction, and at the moment, the ice moving gear 4 synchronously rotates anticlockwise, so that the ice moving connecting rod 8 can be driven to move towards the oblique lower side to reset.
In addition, in another embodiment, the opening and closing mechanism can further comprise belt wheels arranged on the connecting shaft, belt wheels are coaxially arranged on an output shaft of the driving motor, the ice moving gear is also arranged on the output shaft, the two belt wheels are connected through a conveying belt, the ice moving gear can be driven to rotate together through the rotation of the output shaft, and the connecting shaft is driven to rotate together through the conveying belt; therefore, the linkage action of the opening and closing of the ice door and the ice block transferring or resetting of the ice moving connecting rod is realized. Of course, the driving mechanism can also adopt other transmission modes, and the transmission mode of linkage of the door opening gear and the ice moving gear is within the protection scope of the invention.
In short, the movement of the ice sheet 9 when the connecting shaft 13 is rotated in a direction in which the ice door 10 is opened includes a movement of transferring ice toward the ice bank 11, and the movement of the ice sheet 9 when the connecting shaft 13 is rotated in a direction in which the ice door 10 is closed includes a movement of returning toward being away from the ice bank 11.
In the embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 1, the ice removing device further comprises a mounting seat provided with a rear cover 2 and a front cover 6 which are opposite to each other along the axial direction of the connecting shaft 13, wherein the mounting seat is provided with a mounting space for the ice removing mechanism and the opening and closing mechanism, and the ice removing mechanism and the opening and closing mechanism are arranged in the mounting space of the mounting seat, so that the pollution of impurities such as external dust can be avoided, and the use precision is ensured.
Further, be equipped with the spout on back lid 2 or the protecgulum 6, the fixed slider that matches with the spout that is equipped with in the side that transmission rack 3 and back lid 2 or protecgulum 6 are relative, transmission rack 3 passes through slider slidable locates in the spout to play the positioning action to transmission rack 3, inject transmission rack 3's movement track, in this embodiment, transmission rack 3 locates the upside that moves ice gear 4 and door opening gear 5, because the external diameter that moves ice gear 4 of this embodiment is greater than door opening gear 5 makes transmission rack 3 be the slope and sets up downwards.
In the embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 1, a guide groove 7 is arranged on the front cover 6 or the rear cover 2, the guide groove 7 protrudes forwards from the front cover 6 or backwards from the rear cover 2, an opening of the guide groove 7 is positioned below the protruding part and faces the direction of the ice moving piece 9, the ice moving connecting rod 8 is movably arranged in the guide groove 7, the movement of the ice moving connecting rod 8 can be stabilized through the guide groove 7, and the accuracy of the movement direction and the smoothness of the movement are ensured.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the driving mechanism 1 is taken as an example of a driving motor, the connecting shaft 13 may sequentially pass through the connecting holes of the front cover 6 and the rear cover 2 to be connected with the output shaft of the driving motor, of course, the connecting shaft 13 may pass through the front cover 6 to be located in the installation space, and the output shaft of the driving motor extends into the installation space from the connecting hole of the rear cover 2 to be connected with the connecting shaft 13. Or the output shaft of the driving motor passes through the rear cover 2 and extends into the installation space, the ice moving gear 4 is coaxially arranged on the output shaft of the driving motor, and the specific connection mode is not limited.
In the embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the ice making device further includes an ice making assembly, the ice making assembly includes an ice making cell 15 and a water returning groove 14 arranged below the ice making cell 15, the ice making cell 15 is arranged obliquely downward toward the water returning groove 14, so that excess water is discharged into the water returning groove 14 in the ice making process, and ice is also removed, an evaporator 17 on the back of the ice making cell 15 performs refrigeration to provide cold energy for the ice making cell 15 to perform ice making during ice making, during ice removal, a heater 18 on the back of the ice making cell 15 may be a heating pipe or a heating wire for heating the ice making cell 15 to perform ice removal, the ice removing sheet 9 is arranged between a water outlet of the ice making cell 15 and the water returning groove 14, ice pieces after ice removal fall onto the ice removing sheet 9, and excess ice water flowing through the ice removing sheet 9 also flows into the water returning groove 14 to be collected.
In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3 and fig. 4, an ice guiding plate 19 arranged along the ice moving direction of the ice moving plate 9 is arranged in the water returning tank 14; that is, the ice guide plate 19 is obliquely disposed in the water returning groove 14 in an oblique direction along the ice moving direction, so that the ice pieces can move against the ice guide plate 19 while moving, thereby guiding the ice pieces 9. The ice guiding plate 19 can be connected with the side wall of the water returning groove 14 to fix the position of the ice guiding plate 19; in order to prevent the ice pieces falling onto the ice transfer plate from falling into the return chute 14, the ice guide plate 19 extends below the initial position of the ice transfer plate 9, and the ice pieces move along the ice guide plate 19 during the process that the ice transfer plate pushes the ice pieces to move. In addition, a gap is left between the ice guide plate 19 and the side wall of the water return tank 14 below the ice moving sheet 9, so that redundant ice making water in ice making can flow into the water return tank 14 smoothly.
Further, in order to prevent ice cubes from adhering to each other during the ice moving process, a plurality of ribs (not shown) are spaced on the upper surface of the ice guide plate 19, and the ice cubes are pressed by the ribs during the ice moving process, so that the ice cubes are prevented from adhering to each other.
In the embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 1, the ice-removing piece 9 is provided with a drainage hole 91, so that redundant ice-making water flowing down from the ice-making grid 15 in the ice-making process is drained into the water return tank 14 through the drainage hole 91 to separate the ice and water; the drain holes 91 are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the lower end of the ice removing plate 9, so that water can be drained uniformly.
The ice moving pieces 9 may be in a strip-shaped plate shape, the length directions of the ice moving pieces 9 and the ice making cells 15 are the same, ice cubes are arranged on the ice moving pieces 9 along the length direction of the ice moving pieces 9 after falling off, and the ice moving pieces 9 are inclined toward the water returning groove 14.
In the embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the ice making assembly further includes a water separator 16 for supplying water to the ice making cells 15, each ice making cell 15 includes a plurality of ice cell units arranged side by side, the water separator 16 supplies water to each ice cell unit through water separation branch pipes corresponding to the ice cell units one to one, and the water separator 16 can uniformly supply water to each ice cell unit, so that the consistency of ice cube forming in each ice cell unit is realized.
In addition, the water return tank 14 is connected to a water tank through a water discharge pipe, a water pump is arranged on the water discharge pipe, the water separator 16 is communicated with the water tank through a water outlet pipe, and an on-off valve is arranged on the water outlet pipe and is switched on and off according to the demand of water for ice making; the water in the water return tank 14 is discharged into the water tank through the water discharge pipe by the operation of the water pump, so that the ice making water is recycled; the water in the water tank and the water collected in the return water tank 14 are supplied to the ice making cells 15 through the water separator 16 to make ice.
In the embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the ice storage box 11 is arranged on one side of the ice making assembly, and due to the existence of the ice moving mechanism, the ice storage box and the ice making grid are arranged in a staggered manner in the vertical direction, so that the problem that the space requirement of the ice making system in the vertical direction is extremely large because the existing ice storage box can only be placed below the ice making grid is solved, the space occupation of the ice making system in the vertical direction is small, and the flexible arrangement of the ice making system in the refrigeration equipment such as a refrigerator is facilitated.
Further, the ice storage box 11 is arranged as a double-layer heat-insulation shell 12, so that the heat insulation effect is good, the ice blocks can be stored for a long time, and the quality of the ice blocks is ensured to be good.
The working process of the embodiment of the invention is as follows: as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the ice making system is powered on, the water tank starts to supply water, then the water is supplied to the water separator 16 through the water pump, meanwhile, the water separator 16 supplies water to the ice making grid 15, the evaporator 17 starts to cool, the return water enters the return water tank 14 through the ice removing piece 9, the ice making is delayed and the ice removing process is started; in the ice removing process, water supply is stopped, the heating wire is opened, the surface of the ice blocks, which is in contact with the ice making grids 15, is gradually melted and separated from the ice making grids 15, and the ice blocks slide down and fall off to the ice moving piece 9.
Further, after a module of ice is completely separated from the ice making grid 15 and enters the ice moving piece 9, the ice moving procedure is started: the driving motor acts, as shown in fig. 1, the connecting shaft 13 is driven to rotate, the door opening gear 5 rotates clockwise to drive the ice door 10 to open, meanwhile, the door opening gear 5 drives the transmission rack 3 to move obliquely downwards, the transmission rack 3 drives the ice moving gear 4 to rotate clockwise to drive the ice moving connecting rod 8 and the ice moving piece 9 to move obliquely upwards, the driving motor stops when the ice moving piece 9 reaches a specified position, ice blocks enter the ice storage box 11 along the ice moving piece 9 under the action of self gravity through an opening of the ice storage box 11 to be stored, and then the driving motor drives reversely, so that the ice moving piece 9 moves reversely and the ice door 10 is closed, and the ice storage and heat preservation effects are achieved; after the ice moving sheet 9 and the ice door 10 reach the initial positions, a new cycle of ice making is started.
According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a refrigeration apparatus, which may be, but is not limited to, a refrigerator, including the ice making system according to the above technical solution, and by providing the ice making system, the transportation efficiency of ice cubes is high, and the whole ice making system has high operation reliability and low cost.
It can be seen from the above embodiments that the ice door can be opened or closed and the ice moving piece is driven to move or reset by one set of driving assembly in the embodiments of the present invention; the transportation efficiency of ice blocks is high, the operation reliability of the whole ice making system is high, and the cost is low; and the whole structure is simple and compact, and the operation is convenient.
The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like that fall within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included therein.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.
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1. An ice making system, comprising:
a ice transfer sheet configured to carry and transfer ice cubes;
the ice storage box is provided with an openable ice door, and the ice moving pieces are obliquely and downwards arranged towards the ice storage box;
the ice making assembly comprises an ice making grid and a water return groove arranged below the ice making grid, and the ice making grid and the ice storage box are arranged in a staggered manner in the vertical direction; the ice moving piece is arranged between the water outlet of the ice making grid and the water return groove, an ice guide plate arranged along the ice moving direction of the ice moving piece is arranged in the water return groove, a gap is reserved between the ice guide plate and the side wall of the water return groove, and the ice guide plate is connected with the side wall of the water return groove and extends to the position below the initial position of the ice moving piece;
the ice-moving linkage driving component is connected with the ice-moving linkage driving component,
includes an opening and closing mechanism configured to open and close the ice door,
an ice-moving mechanism configured to move or reset the ice-moving blade, and
a driving mechanism configured to drive the opening and closing mechanism in conjunction with the ice moving mechanism.
2. The ice making system of claim 1, wherein the ice moving mechanism comprises an ice moving gear and an ice moving link connected to the ice moving plate, an ice moving gullet is disposed on one side of the ice moving link, the ice moving gullet is engaged with the ice moving gear, and the driving mechanism is configured to drive the ice moving gear to rotate.
3. The ice making system of claim 2, wherein the ice door is hinged to the ice bank through a connecting shaft, the opening and closing mechanism comprises the connecting shaft and a door opening gear coaxially disposed on the connecting shaft, and the driving mechanism is further configured to drive the door opening gear to rotate.
4. An ice making system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said door opening gear is in meshing engagement with said ice moving gear.
5. The ice making system of claim 4, wherein the drive mechanism includes a drive motor, one of the ice moving gear and the door opening gear being coaxially disposed on an output shaft of the drive motor.
6. The ice making system of claim 3, wherein the opening and closing mechanism further comprises:
one end of the transmission rack is meshed with the door opening gear, and the other end of the transmission rack is meshed with the ice moving gear.
7. The ice making system according to claim 6, further comprising a mounting seat provided with a rear cover and a front cover opposite to each other in an axial direction of the connecting shaft, wherein the mounting seat is provided with a mounting space for the ice moving mechanism and the opening and closing mechanism; the rear cover or the front cover is provided with a sliding groove, and the side face of the transmission rack is fixedly provided with a sliding block matched with the sliding groove.
8. The ice making system of claim 7, wherein a guide groove is formed on the front cover or the rear cover, and the ice moving link is movably disposed in the guide groove.
9. An ice making system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said ice transfer link is connected to one side of said ice transfer sheet; the upper side or the lower side of the ice moving connecting rod is provided with the ice moving tooth groove.
10. The ice making system of claim 1, wherein the ice cube tray is disposed obliquely downward toward the water returning groove.
11. The ice making system of claim 1, wherein the top surface of the ice guide plate is spaced apart by a plurality of ribs.
12. The ice making system of claim 1, wherein said ice removing sheet has drainage holes; the drain holes are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the lower end of the ice removing piece.
13. The ice making system of claim 10, wherein the ice making assembly further comprises a water separator for supplying water to the ice cube tray, an evaporator and a heater disposed on a back side of the ice cube tray; the water return tank is connected to the water tank through a water discharge pipe, a water pump is arranged on the water discharge pipe, the water separator is communicated with the water tank through a water outlet pipe, and an opening and closing valve is arranged on the water outlet pipe.
14. The ice making system of any of claims 1-13, wherein the ice bank is provided as a double insulated housing.
15. A refrigeration appliance comprising the ice making system of any of claims 1-14.
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