CN113758093B

CN113758093B - Ice making device and refrigerator

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Publication number: CN113758093B
Application number: CN202111123021.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李玉稳; 李大鹏; 李闪闪; 周林芳
Original assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Current assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-24
Filing date: 2021-09-24
Publication date: 2023-08-01
Anticipated expiration: 2041-09-24
Also published as: CN113758093A

Abstract

The application discloses ice making device and refrigerator, including ice making subassembly and wind-guiding subassembly, ice making subassembly is including installation side and the function side of relative setting, and ice making subassembly is installed through the installation side, and installation side one side has first wind channel, and function side one side has the second wind channel. The air guide assembly is used for guiding the cold air to the first air duct and the second air duct. It is also understood that the ice-making device may simultaneously refrigerate both the mounting side and the functional side of the ice-making assembly. The two-side refrigeration can be used for refrigerating water in the ice making assembly from two sides, the ice making efficiency is higher, the ice making time is shorter, and the problems of low ice making efficiency and long ice making time of the ice making assembly in the related technology can be solved.

Description

Ice making device and refrigerator

Technical Field

The application belongs to the field of household appliances, and particularly relates to an ice making device and a refrigerator.

Background

In a refrigerator having an ice making function, an ice making device generally includes an ice making portion, an ice storing crushed portion, and an ice discharging portion. The ice making part comprises an air guide assembly, an ice making assembly, an ice separating motor and the like. The water is injected into the ice making assembly, and then the air guide assembly guides cold air to the ice making assembly, and the cold air provides cold energy for water in the ice making assembly, so that the water in the ice making assembly is made into ice. After the ice making is completed, the ice separating motor breaks away ice cubes from the ice making assembly, and the ice cubes fall into the ice storage box in the ice storage crushed ice part to be stored, and the crushed ice motor in the ice storage crushed ice part breaks the ice cubes and then provides the broken ice cubes for a user through the ice discharging part. However, the air guide assembly and the ice making assembly combined in the related art have the problems of low ice making efficiency, poor ice quality and the like.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an ice making device and a refrigerator, which can improve ice making efficiency.

In a first aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an ice making device, comprising:

the ice making assembly comprises a mounting side and a functional side which are oppositely arranged, the ice making assembly is mounted through the mounting side, a first air channel is formed in one side of the mounting side, and a second air channel is formed in one side of the functional side; and

and the air guide assembly is used for guiding the cold air to the first air channel and the second air channel.

Optionally, the air guiding assembly includes:

an air inducing member for transmitting external cool air into the ice making device, the air inducing member having an air outlet toward the ice making assembly; and

the first air guide piece is arranged at the air outlet of the air guide piece and is used for dividing cold air flowing out of the air outlet into first cold air and second cold air flowing in different directions, enabling the first cold air to flow into the first air channel and the second cold air to flow into the second air channel.

Optionally, the first wind-guiding piece includes first wind-guiding hole and second wind-guiding hole, first wind-guiding hole set up in first wind-guiding piece is close to first wind channel one side, the second wind-guiding hole set up in first wind-guiding piece is close to second wind channel one side, first wind-guiding hole certainly the wind-guiding piece orientation first wind channel slope sets up, in order to lead the cold air that flows through first wind-guiding hole first wind channel, the second wind-guiding hole certainly the wind-guiding piece orientation second wind channel slope sets up, in order to lead the cold air that flows through the second wind-guiding hole the second wind channel.

Optionally, the first air guide hole and the second air guide hole uniformly transmit the cool air flowing out of the air outlet.

Optionally, the open areas of the first air guide hole and the second air guide hole are equal.

Optionally, the ice making assembly includes a bottom side facing away from the air guide;

the wind-guiding subassembly still includes:

the second air guide piece is arranged on one side, deviating from the air guide piece, of the bottom side, and at least part of the second air guide piece is opposite to the first air channel, and the second air guide piece is used for guiding cold air flowing out of the first air channel to flow along the bottom side of the ice making assembly.

Optionally, a side of the second air guiding member facing the first air duct is an arc surface, and the arc surface can guide the cold air flowing out of the first air duct to flow along the bottom side of the ice making assembly.

Optionally, the ice making assembly further comprises an ice storage box, and the ice storage box is arranged at one side of the ice making assembly, which is away from the induced air piece;

the second air guide piece is provided with a diversion vent hole, and the diversion vent hole is used for guiding part of cold air flowing out of the first air channel to the ice storage box.

Optionally, the ice making device further includes:

the ice making machine core cover is arranged on the ice making assembly, and the second air duct is formed between the ice making machine core cover and the functional side of the ice making assembly.

Optionally, the ice maker core cover includes set up in first wind-guiding piece with the lateral wall between the ice making subassembly, be provided with first ventilation hole and second ventilation hole on the lateral wall, first ventilation hole with first wind channel and air outlet intercommunication, the second ventilation hole with second wind channel and air outlet intercommunication.

Optionally, the side wall includes a first sub-side wall that forms the first ventilation hole and a second sub-side wall that forms the second ventilation hole, the first sub-side wall is from the induced air piece to the first wind channel slope setting, the second sub-side wall is from the induced air piece to the second wind channel slope setting.

Optionally, the ice making device further includes:

a mounting member mounted on the other component;

the installation side of the ice making assembly is installed in the installation piece, the ice making assembly further comprises an ice making box, the ice making box is arranged on one side, deviating from the installation piece, of the installation side, an air guide through hole is formed between the installation side and the ice making box, and the air guide through hole forms the first air channel.

Optionally, the ice making device further includes:

the third air guide piece is connected with the mounting piece and arranged between the first air guide piece and the ice making assembly, and the third air guide piece is used for guiding cold air to the first air channel.

Optionally, the third wind-guiding piece includes towards first tip of first wind-guiding piece and with the second tip that first tip set up relatively, first tip includes the third wind-guiding hole, the third wind-guiding hole with first wind-guiding hole intercommunication, the second tip include with the fourth wind-guiding hole of third wind-guiding hole intercommunication, the fourth wind-guiding hole still with first wind channel intercommunication.

Optionally, the size of the third air guiding hole is larger than the size of the fourth air guiding hole.

Optionally, the ice making device further includes:

a mounting member mounted on the other component;

the installation side of the ice making assembly is installed on the installation piece, a spacing space is formed between the installation side and the installation piece, and the spacing space forms the first air duct.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator, including:

a refrigerator body; and

and the ice making device is arranged on the refrigerator body and is as described above.

Optionally, the mounting piece of the ice making device is fixedly mounted on the refrigerator body.

Optionally, the ice making assembly is mounted on the refrigerator body, a gap is formed between the ice making assembly and the refrigerator body, and the gap forms a first air channel.

Optionally, the refrigerator body includes a door body, and the ice making device is mounted to the door body.

In this embodiment, the installation side and the function side that make ice subassembly relatively set up are adjacent first wind channel and second wind channel respectively, and the wind-guiding subassembly can be with cold air direction first wind channel and second wind channel respectively, also can understand that ice making device can make ice the installation side and the function side both sides of subassembly simultaneously refrigerate. The two-side refrigeration can be used for refrigerating water in the ice making assembly from two sides, the ice making efficiency is higher, the ice making time is shorter, and the problems of low ice making efficiency and long ice making time of the ice making assembly in the related technology can be solved. It should be noted that, because the ice making assembly in the related art performs one-side refrigeration, the introduction of cold air into one side can make the internal tension of the ice cubes uneven in the process of forming the ice cubes, which results in poor quality of the ice cubes and is very easy to generate the problem of broken ice. The ice making assembly in the embodiment of the application is used for refrigerating at two sides, the ice making process is uniformly cooled, the anisotropism of the growth process in the ice cubes is reduced, and the prepared ice cubes are good in quality and not easy to break. In addition, the ice making assembly in the related art has one side for refrigerating, the temperature of the cooled surface is low, the temperature of the other side is relatively high, and the temperature difference of the two sides can cause the frosting of the related structure of the cooled surface. And in the embodiment of the application, the temperature difference at two sides of the ice making assembly can be eliminated by refrigerating at two sides of the ice making assembly, and the temperatures at two sides of the ice making assembly are the same or close to each other, so that the frosting phenomenon caused by the temperature difference at two sides is avoided.

The first air guide piece can evenly guide the cold air flowing out of the air guide piece to the first air channel and the second air channel, so that the cold air quantity of the first air channel and the cold air quantity of the second air channel are equal, the refrigerating effect of two sides of the ice making assembly is close, the uniformity of ice making of two sides of the ice making assembly is better, the hardness of ice made in the ice making assembly is more uniform, and ice crushing is difficult. The second air guide piece can guide a part of cold air flowing out of the first air duct to the bottom side of the ice making assembly, so that the cold air can encircle the ice making assembly for refrigeration, the ice making efficiency of the ice making assembly can be improved, the temperature difference of the ice making assembly can be further eliminated, and frosting of other structures is avoided. The second air guide piece is provided with the split ventilation hole, cold air in the first air channel can be guided to the ice storage box below the ice making assembly, ice in the ice storage box can be refrigerated and stored, and recycling of the cold air is perfected. The first ventilation holes and the second ventilation holes on the ice maker core cover are different in orientation, and cool air is further guided to flow towards the first air channel and the second air channel, so that the cool air can smoothly flow towards the first air channel and the second air channel. The third air guide hole of the third air guide piece is larger than the fourth air guide hole, the third air guide hole faces the first air guide hole, the fourth air guide hole faces the first channel, more cold air can be guided to enter the third air guide piece, and the cold air can be gathered into the first air channel.

Drawings

The technical solution of the present application and the advantageous effects thereof will be made apparent from the following detailed description of the specific embodiments of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an ice making device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the ice making device shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the ice-making device shown in fig. 1 along the direction B-B.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a first air guide in the ice making apparatus shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the first wind guide shown in fig. 4 along A-A.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a second air guide in the ice making apparatus shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of a structure of an ice maker cover in the ice making apparatus of fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a third air guide in the ice making apparatus of fig. 1.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are only some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments herein without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.

An embodiment of the present application provides an ice making device, please refer to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the ice making device provided in the embodiment of the present application, fig. 2 is an exploded structural diagram of the ice making device shown in fig. 1, and fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the ice making device shown in fig. 1 along a B-B direction. The ice making device 100 includes an ice making assembly 3 and an air guiding assembly 5. The air guide assembly 5 is arranged close to the ice making assembly 3, the air guide assembly 5 is used for guiding cold air to the ice making assembly 3, the temperature of the ice making assembly 3 can be reduced by the cold air flowing through the ice making assembly 3, water in the ice making assembly 3 is condensed into ice, and the ice making assembly 3 and the air guide assembly 5 are matched to complete ice cake making. Illustratively, the ice-making assembly 3 includes oppositely disposed mounting sides 31 and functional sides 32, the ice-making assembly 3 being mounted by the mounting sides 31, the mounting sides 31 having a first air duct 6 on one side and a second air duct 7 on the other side. The air guiding assembly 5 is used for guiding cold air to the first air duct 6 and the second air duct 7.

In this embodiment, the installation side 31 and the functional side 32 of the ice making assembly 3 opposite to each other are adjacent to the first air duct 6 and the second air duct 7, respectively, and the air guiding assembly 5 can guide the cool air to the first air duct 6 and the second air duct 7, respectively, and it can also be understood that the ice making device 100 can simultaneously cool both sides of the installation side 31 and the functional side 32 of the ice making assembly 3. The two-side refrigeration can be used for refrigerating water in the ice making assembly 3 from two sides, the ice making efficiency is higher, the ice making time is shorter, and the problems of low ice making efficiency and long ice making time of the ice making assembly in the related art can be solved.

The outer surface of the water in the ice making assembly 3 is first contacted with the cool air, so the water is iced from the outer surface to the inside. In the related art, the ice making assembly 3 is cooled at one side, the temperatures of two sides of water are different in the process of ice making, the internal tension of ice cubes is uneven, and the ice breaking phenomenon is easy to occur, for example, the ice breaking phenomenon is easy to occur when the ice in the ice making assembly 3 is transferred to other parts. The ice making assembly 3 in the embodiment of the application is used for refrigerating at two sides, the ice making process is uniformly cooled, the anisotropism of the growth process in the ice cubes is reduced, and the prepared ice cubes are good in quality and not easy to break.

In addition, the ice making assembly in the related art has one side for refrigerating, the temperature of the cooled surface is low, the temperature of the other side is relatively high, and the temperature difference of the two sides can cause the ice making frame of the cooled surface to frost. In the embodiment of the application, the two sides of the ice making assembly 3 can be refrigerated to eliminate the temperature difference of the two sides of the ice making assembly 3, and the two sides of the ice making assembly 3 are the same or close to each other, so that the frosting phenomenon caused by the temperature difference of the two sides is avoided.

Wherein, the air guiding assembly 5 includes an air guiding member 51 and a first air guiding member 53, wherein the air guiding member 51 is disposed at one side of the ice making assembly 3, the air guiding member 51 has an air outlet 511 facing the ice making assembly 3, and the air guiding member 51 is used for transmitting external cool air into the ice making device 100. The first air guide 53 may be installed at the air outlet 511 of the air guide 51, and cool air reaches the inside of the ice making device 100 through the air outlet 511 of the air guide 51. The first air guide 53 may divide the cool air from the air guide 51 into a first path of cool air flowing in different directions and a second path of cool air flowing into the first air duct 6 and the second path of cool air flowing into the second air duct 7. The first path of cold air flows towards the first air channel 6, the second path of cold air flows towards the second air channel 7, and the first air guide piece 53 divides the cold air inlet into two paths of cold air towards the first air channel 6 and the second air channel 7, so that the cold air can conveniently flow towards the first air channel 6 and the second air channel 7.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5 in combination, fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a first air guiding member in the ice making device shown in fig. 1, and fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the first air guiding member shown in fig. 4 along A-A direction. The first air guiding member 53 includes a first air guiding hole 535 and a second air guiding hole 537, the first air guiding hole 535 is disposed on one side of the first air guiding member 53 close to the first air duct 6, the second air guiding hole 537 is disposed on one side of the first air guiding member 53 close to the second air duct 7, the first air guiding hole 535 is disposed obliquely from the air guiding member 51 toward the first air duct 6 to guide the cold air flowing through the first air guiding hole 535 to the first air duct 6, and the second air guiding hole 537 is disposed obliquely from the air guiding member 51 toward the second air duct 7 to guide the cold air flowing through the second air guiding hole 537 to the second air duct 7. The extending direction of the first air guiding hole 535 is towards the first air duct 6, the extending direction of the second air guiding hole 537 is towards the second air duct 7, and the cold air can be well guided to the corresponding first air duct 6 and second air duct 7 through the first air guiding hole 535 and the second air guiding hole 537 which are obliquely arranged.

The first and second air guide holes 535 and 537 may be provided by providing through holes of different orientations in the first air guide 53. Other arrangements may be used to provide the first and second air guide holes 535, 537. As an example, referring to fig. 4 and 5, the first air guiding member 53 includes a fixed frame 531 and an air dividing portion, the fixed frame 531 may be an annular frame with a hollow structure or may be another structure, such as a frame with an intermediate opening, the outer periphery of the fixed frame 531 is connected to the air guiding member 51, the air dividing portion is disposed in the hollow structure of the fixed frame 531, the air dividing portion includes a first air dividing plate 5331 and a second air dividing plate 5333, the first air dividing plate 5331 and the second air dividing plate 5333 are both connected to the fixed frame 531, the first air dividing plate 5331 is disposed obliquely toward the first air duct 6 to form a first air guiding hole 535, and the second air dividing plate 5333 is disposed obliquely toward the second air duct 7 to form a second air guiding hole 537. The first air guide holes 535 are communicated with the first air duct 6, the cold air is generated by the evaporator and reaches above the ice making assembly 3 along the air guide piece 51, and is guided to enter the first air duct 6 through the first air guide holes 535 by the first air dividing plate 5331, and the first air guide holes 535 are used for guiding the first cold air to the first air duct 6; the second air guide hole 537 is communicated with the second air duct 7, and the second air guide hole 537 is used for guiding the second cold air to the second air duct 7.

It should be noted that, the number of the first air guiding holes 535 and the second air guiding holes 537 may be set according to the need, and the number of the first air dividing plates 5331 and the second air dividing plates 5333 are set corresponding to the number of the first air guiding holes 535 and the second air guiding holes 537. Optionally, in some embodiments, a general air guide hole 539 may be further disposed on the first air guide 53, the general air guide hole 539 may be a non-inclined through hole, and the general air guide hole 539 may be disposed between the first air guide hole 535 and the second air guide hole 537, and the general air guide hole 539 introduces cold air into the ice making device without being inclined. The number of general air guide holes 539 may be set as desired. The first air guide 53 may further include a third air dividing plate 5335, the third air dividing plate 5335 is not obliquely disposed in the fixing frame 531, and the third air dividing plate 5335 is disposed between the first air dividing plate 5331 and the second air dividing plate 5333. The number of the third air dividing plates 5335 is set corresponding to the first air guiding holes and the second air guiding holes.

It is to be understood that the first air guiding holes 535 and the second air guiding holes 537 may uniformly transfer the cool air flowing out of the air outlet 511. The first air guide holes 535 and the second air guide holes 537 can respectively guide cold air into the corresponding first air duct 6 and second air duct 7, if the difference of the cold air quantity guided by the first air guide holes and the second air guide holes is large, the difference of the cold air quantity of the first air duct and the cold air quantity of the second air duct is large, so that the cold air quantity on two sides of the ice making assembly is uneven, the temperatures on two sides of the ice making assembly are different, and the produced ice cubes are bad in quality and easy to break. The first air guide holes 535 and the second air guide holes 537 can uniformly transmit the cool air flowing out of the air outlet 511, and guide the cool air into the corresponding first air duct 6 and second air duct 7 respectively, so that the cool air amounts at two sides of the ice making assembly 3 are equal or close, the temperatures at two sides of the ice making assembly 3 are the same or close, and the whole hardness of the ice cubes is close and not easy to break.

Specifically, the opening areas of the first air guide holes 535 and the second air guide holes 537 may be equal, so that the amounts of the cool air introduced into the first air duct 6 and the second air duct 7 are equal or similar. Because the first air guide holes 535 and the second air guide holes 537 are both arranged on the first air guide member 53, the overall structure is similar, so that the open areas of the first air guide holes 535 and the second air guide holes 537 are equal, and the amounts of cool air guided by the two air guide holes are equal or similar. The opening areas of the first air guide holes 535 and the second air guide holes 537 are equal, and it is also understood that the cross-sectional areas of the first air guide holes 535 and the second air guide holes 537 are equal. The open areas of the first air guide holes 535 and the second air guide holes 537 may be equal or may be understood as being approximately equal rather than being decided to be equal.

The number of the first air guide holes 535 and the second air guide holes 537 may be set as required, and the open areas of the first air guide holes 535 and the second air guide holes 537 may be equal, and it may be understood that the total open area of the first air guide holes 535 and the total open area of the second air guide holes 537 may be equal.

The air volumes of the cool air entering the first air duct 6 and the second air duct 7 may be unequal. In ice making, the ice making assembly 3 may have different amounts of ice making near both sides of the first air duct 6 and the second air duct 7. Illustratively, the ice making amount of the side of the ice making assembly 3 adjacent to the first air duct 6 is 60% of the total ice making amount, and the ice making amount of the side of the ice making assembly 3 adjacent to the second air duct 7 is 40% of the total ice making amount. If the air volumes of the cooling air in the first air duct 6 and the second air duct 7 are still approximately the same at this time, the ice making efficiencies of the two sides of the ice making assembly 3 are different, that is, the ice cubes on the two sides cannot be made at the same time, which would affect the overall ice making efficiency. At this time, the air quantity of the cooling air in the first air duct 6 is required to be different from that in the second air duct 7, so that the whole ice making efficiency is improved. Specifically, the total opening area of the first air guide hole or the second air guide hole may be changed, for example, the opening area of the first air guide hole or the second air guide hole may be changed, or the number of the first air guide holes or the second air guide holes may be changed. It will be appreciated that the amount of chilled air in the first duct 6 and the second duct 7 may be adjusted and set according to the specific and experimental conditions of the ice making assembly 3.

It should be noted that, only one air dividing plate may be provided on the first air guiding member 53 to form two air dividing passages, or other similar air guiding structures may be provided to divide the cool air in the air guiding member 51. It will be appreciated that there may be a problem with a large wind speed when only two wind splitting channels are provided. The air guide plates and the air guide channels can effectively reduce the wind speed of cold air and reduce the impact of the cold air and other components, thereby reducing noise. Meanwhile, when cold air with lower wind speed flows through the ice making assembly 3, the heat exchange time between the cold air and the ice making assembly 3 can be prolonged, and the ice making efficiency can be improved to a certain extent.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a second air guide in the ice making apparatus shown in fig. 1. The ice making assembly 3 comprises a bottom side 34 facing away from the air guiding member 51, the air guiding assembly 5 further comprises a second air guiding member 55, the second air guiding member 55 is arranged on one side of the bottom side 34 facing away from the air guiding member 51 and at least partially opposite to the first air duct 6, and the second air guiding member 55 is used for guiding cold air flowing out of the first air duct 6 to flow along the bottom side 34 of the ice making assembly 3.

The second air guiding member 55 may be disposed at an air duct outlet of the first air duct 6, one side of the second air guiding member 55 facing the first air duct 6 is an arc surface 555, and the arc surface 555 can guide the cool air flowing out of the first air duct 6 to flow along the bottom side 34 of the ice making assembly 3.

Illustratively, the second air guiding member 55 includes an air guiding portion 551, the air guiding portion 551 includes an arc surface 555 facing the first air duct 6, and the arc surface 555 forms a preset angle with the first air duct 6, so that the first cool air flows along the air guiding portion 551 in a turning direction to the bottom side 34 of the ice making assembly 3. It can be appreciated that when the first path of cold air reaches the second air guiding member 55 and is redirected by the second air guiding member 55, the resistance of the cambered surface 555 structure during the direction redirection of the cold air can be reduced, the impact of the first path of cold air on the air guiding portion 551 is reduced, and the effect of reducing noise can be achieved.

It can be understood that the cold air guided by the air guiding member 51 is split by the first air guiding member 53 to form a first path of cold air and a second path of cold air, the first path of cold air flows into the first air duct 6, and the second path of cold air flows into the second air duct 7. The first path of cold air flows out of the first air duct 6, is redirected through the second air guide member 55, and then flows to the bottom side 34 of the ice making assembly 3. In addition, at least a portion of the first and second cool air is blown toward the ice making assembly 3 toward the top side of the induced duct 51. In the related art, an air duct is provided only at one side of the ice making assembly, that is, only one side of the ice making assembly through which cool air flows. In this embodiment of the application, the top side, the installation side, the function side and the bottom side of the ice making assembly 3 all have cold air to pass through, and the cold air that has all around of ice making assembly 3 flows through promptly, this has increased heat transfer area, can improve ice making efficiency.

The ice-making assembly 3 further comprises an ice storage box 23, the ice storage box 23 is arranged at one end of the ice-making assembly 3 far away from the air inducing member 51, and the ice storage box 23 is used for storing ice cubes made by the ice-making assembly 3. The ice storage box 23 is disposed on a side of the ice making assembly 3 facing away from the air guiding member 51, a split vent 557 is disposed on the second air guiding member 55 to split the first path of cold air into a third path of cold air and a fourth path of cold air, the third path of cold air flows along the air guiding portion 551 of the second air guiding member 55 in the first direction X, that is, along the bottom side of the ice making assembly, the third path of cold air flows into the storage chamber of the refrigerator through the gap of the ice making device (for example, flows into the storage chamber along the gap between the ice storage box 23 and the ice maker core cover 4), and flows into the evaporator from the air return opening of the refrigerator compartment. The fourth cool air flows in the second direction Y along the diverting vent 557, and flows into the ice bank 23. The cool air flowing into the ice bank 23 can cool the ice cubes inside the ice bank 23, preventing the ice cubes inside the ice bank 23 from melting. It should be noted that the ice maker device may further include an ice crushing assembly therein, and the ice crushing assembly may provide crushed ice of ice cubes in the ice bank to a user.

Referring to fig. 7 in combination, fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of an ice maker cover in the ice making device shown in fig. 1. The ice making device 100 further comprises an ice making machine core cover 4, the ice making machine core cover 4 is covered on the ice making assembly 3, the ice making machine core cover 4 plays a role in protecting the ice making assembly 3, and safety accidents caused by contact of users with the ice making assembly 3 can be avoided.

The second air duct 7 is formed between the ice making cartridge housing 4 and the functional side 32 of the ice making assembly 3. It should be noted that, the ice making machine core cover 4 may not be provided, and at this time, the ice tray in the ice making assembly 3 directly faces the storage chamber of the refrigerator, and the second cool air may flow along the outside of the ice making assembly 3 away from the installation side under the action of gravity, and the second cool air may also flow into the storage chamber of the refrigerator. It can be appreciated that the ice making cartridge cover 4 can not only avoid potential safety hazards, but also guide the second path of cold air. The ice making machine core cover 4 and the ice making assembly 3 form a second air channel 7, so that the second path of cold air can cling to the ice making assembly 3 to flow, the cold air is prevented from being scattered into a storage chamber of the refrigerator, the second path of cold air clings to one side of the ice making assembly 3 away from the installation side to flow, and the ice making efficiency of the ice making assembly 3 can be improved.

Meanwhile, the ice making movement cover 4 comprises a side wall 41 arranged between the first air guide piece 53 and the ice making assembly 3, a first ventilation hole 43 and a second ventilation hole 45 are arranged on the side wall 41, the first ventilation hole 43 is communicated with the first air duct 6 and the air outlet 511, and the second ventilation hole 45 is communicated with the second air duct 7 and the air outlet 511.

The side wall 41 includes a first sub-side wall 411 forming the first ventilation hole 43 and a second sub-side wall 413 forming the second ventilation hole 45, the first sub-side wall 411 being disposed obliquely from the air guiding member 51 toward the first air duct 6, and the second sub-side wall 413 being disposed obliquely from the air guiding member 51 toward the second air duct 7. The ice making cartridge cover 4 thus provided has a first ventilation hole 43 for guiding cool air to the first air duct 6 and a second ventilation hole 45 for guiding cool air to the second air duct 7.

The ice making device 100 further includes a mounting member 1, and the mounting member 1 is mounted on other components such as a door liner of a refrigerator. The ice making cartridge housing 4 may be mounted on the mounting member 1, the mounting side 31 of the ice making assembly 3 being mounted to the mounting member 1. The installation side 31 of the ice making assembly 3 is installed in the installation piece 1, the ice making assembly further comprises an ice making box 33, the ice making box 33 is arranged on one side, deviating from the installation piece 1, of the installation side 31, an air guide through hole 311 is formed between the installation side 31 and the ice making box 33, and the air guide through hole 311 forms the first air duct 6. Illustratively, the ice making assembly may further include an ice making housing bracket 35, the ice making housing 33 is mounted on the ice making housing bracket 35, the ice making housing bracket 35 is mounted on the mounting member 1, the ice making housing bracket 35 is provided with an air guide through hole 311, or the air guide through hole 311 is provided between the ice making housing bracket 35 and the ice making housing 33. The installation side 31 of the ice making housing bracket 35 can be fixedly connected with the installation member 1 in a large area, so that the connection strength of the ice making housing bracket 35 and the installation member 1 is improved. In addition, the ice making box bracket 35 is provided with the air guide through holes 311 which can be reasonably arranged according to the needs, for example, the air guide through holes are reasonably arranged in the injection molding ice making box bracket 35, and the manufacture is convenient.

Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a third air guide in the ice making apparatus shown in fig. 1. The ice making device 100 further comprises a third air guiding member 57, the third air guiding member 57 is connected with the mounting member 1 and is disposed between the first air guiding member 53 and the ice making assembly 3, and the third air guiding member 57 is used for guiding cold air to the first air duct 6. It should be noted that, the third air guide 57 can further redirect the first cold air, so as to avoid the cold air from directly falling onto the ice making assembly 3, resulting in uneven surface of the ice cubes and affecting the quality of the ice cubes. The third air guide 57 can guide the first cold air to one side of the ice making assembly 3 close to the supporting frame, and the quality of ice cubes is not affected while heat exchange is performed. The third air guiding member 57 includes a first end 571 facing the first air guiding member 53 and a second end 573 disposed opposite to the first end 571, the first end 571 includes a third air guiding hole 572, the third air guiding hole 572 communicates with the first air guiding hole 535, and the second end 573 includes a fourth air guiding hole communicating with the third air guiding hole 572, and the fourth air guiding hole also communicates with the first air duct 6. The size of the third air guiding hole 572 is larger than that of the fourth air guiding hole, so that the first cold air flows into the first air duct 6. It will be appreciated that the first air duct 6 is formed by the ice making box bracket 35, the first air duct 6 is limited in size, the third air guide hole 572 is larger in size, more cold air can be guided into the third air guide 57, and the fourth air guide hole is smaller to allow the cold air to intensively enter the first air duct 6. Thereby the refrigerating effect of the first air duct 6 and the second air duct 7 on the ice making assembly 3 is approximate, and the temperatures of two sides of the ice making assembly 3 are approximate.

Alternatively, the first air duct may be formed of other structures. The main difference between this embodiment and the above-described embodiment is that there is a space between the mounting side 31 and the mounting member 1, which space may form the first air duct. The first air duct is formed through the interval space between the ice making assembly and the mounting piece, instead of the first air duct arranged in the ice making assembly, the ice making assembly does not need to be modified, and more space is available for the ice making assembly.

The embodiment of the application also provides a refrigerator, referring to fig. 9, and fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of the refrigerator provided in the embodiment of the application. The refrigerator 200 includes a refrigerator body 2 and an ice making device 100, and the ice making device 100 is mounted on the refrigerator body 2. The ice making device 100 may be any one of the ice making devices according to the above embodiments, and the ice making device will not be described herein.

The refrigerator body 2 includes a door 21 and a case (not shown), and the ice making device 100 of the ice making device 100 may be provided on the door 21 or the case.

Wherein, when the ice making device 100 includes a mounting member, the mounting member of the ice making device 100 may be fixedly mounted to the refrigerator body 2. Specifically, the refrigerator body 2 includes a door body 21, and the support wall mounting member in the ice making device 100 may be pre-buried in the door body 21 of the door container 211. Optionally, a gap is formed between the ice making assembly 3 and the refrigerator body 2, and the gap forms a first air duct 6. The ice-making assembly 3 may be directly mounted on the refrigerator body without a mounting member, such as the ice-making assembly is directly mounted on the refrigerator body. It should be noted that, the through hole may be formed inside the ice making assembly to form the first air duct.

It will be appreciated that the ice-discharging assembly 30 may be further disposed on the refrigerator body 2, and the ice-discharging assembly 30 may provide the output of ice cubes made by the ice-making assembly 3 to a user.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the embodiments are emphasized, and for parts of one embodiment that are not described in detail, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

The ice making device and the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application are described in detail, and specific examples are applied to illustrate the principle and the implementation of the application, and the description of the above embodiments is only used for helping to understand the method and the core idea of the application; meanwhile, as those skilled in the art will vary in the specific embodiments and application scope according to the ideas of the present application, the contents of the present specification should not be construed as limiting the present application in summary.

Claims

1. An ice making apparatus, comprising:

the mounting piece is used for being mounted on a door liner of the refrigerator;

the ice making assembly is arranged on the mounting piece and comprises a mounting side and a functional side which are oppositely arranged, the ice making assembly is arranged on the mounting piece through the mounting side, a first air channel is formed between the mounting side and the mounting piece, a second air channel is formed on one side of the functional side, the ice making assembly further comprises a bottom side, and the bottom side is the downward side of the ice making assembly along the gravity direction; and

the air guide assembly is used for guiding cold air to the first air channel and the second air channel; the wind-guiding subassembly includes:

the second air guide piece is arranged on the same side as the installation side, the second air guide piece is arranged opposite to the first air duct, an air guide surface is arranged on one side, facing the first air duct, of the second air guide piece, and the air guide surface is used for guiding cold air flowing out of the first air duct to flow along the bottom side of the ice making assembly;

the ice storage box is arranged on one side, away from the induced air piece, of the ice making assembly, the ice storage box is arranged towards one side of the ice making assembly in an open mode, and the open part of the ice storage box is opposite to the second air duct;

the second air guide piece is also provided with a split ventilation hole, the split ventilation hole is arranged opposite to the first air channel, and the split ventilation hole is used for guiding part of cold air flowing out of the first air channel to the ice storage box;

the third air guide piece is arranged between the air guide piece and the ice making assembly, at least part of the third air guide piece is positioned on one side, far away from the ice storage box, of the ice making assembly, the third air guide piece is used for guiding cold air to the first air duct, the third air guide piece comprises a third air guide hole facing the air guide piece and a fourth air guide hole far away from the air guide piece, and the size of the third air guide hole is larger than that of the fourth air guide hole;

the ice maker core cover is arranged on the mounting piece, the ice maker core cover is arranged on the ice making assembly, and the second air channel is formed between the ice maker core cover and the functional side of the ice making assembly; the ice maker core cover comprises a side wall arranged between the air inducing piece and the ice making assembly, a first vent hole and a second vent hole are formed in the side wall, the first vent hole is communicated with the first air duct and the air outlet, and the second vent hole is communicated with the second air duct and the air outlet; the side walls comprise first sub side walls forming the first ventilation holes and second sub side walls forming the second ventilation holes, the first sub side walls are obliquely arranged from the air guiding piece to the first air duct, and the second sub side walls are obliquely arranged from the air guiding piece to the second air duct.

2. The ice making apparatus of claim 1, wherein the air guiding assembly comprises:

3. The ice making apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first air guide member comprises a first air guide hole and a second air guide hole, the first air guide hole is disposed on a side of the first air guide member adjacent to the first air channel, the second air guide hole is disposed on a side of the first air guide member adjacent to the second air channel, the first air guide hole is disposed obliquely from the air guide member toward the first air channel to guide cool air flowing through the first air guide hole to the first air channel, and the second air guide hole is disposed obliquely from the air guide member toward the second air channel to guide cool air flowing through the second air guide hole to the second air channel.

4. The ice making apparatus of claim 3, wherein said first and second air guiding holes uniformly transmit cool air flowing out of said air outlet.

5. The ice making apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first air guide holes and the second air guide holes have equal open areas.

6. The ice making apparatus of claim 1, wherein a side of the second air guide facing the first air duct is an arc surface capable of guiding cool air flowing out of the first air duct to flow along a bottom side of the ice making assembly.

7. The ice-making apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein,

8. The ice making apparatus of claim 7, wherein the third air guide is disposed between the first air guide and the ice making assembly.

9. The ice-making device as claimed in claim 8, wherein,

the third air guide piece comprises a first end part facing the first air guide piece and a second end part opposite to the first end part, the first end part is provided with a third air guide hole, the third air guide hole is communicated with the first air guide hole, the second end part is provided with a fourth air guide hole communicated with the third air guide hole, and the fourth air guide hole is also communicated with the first air duct.

10. The ice making apparatus of claim 1, wherein a mounting side of the ice making assembly is mounted to the mounting member with a spacing space therebetween, the spacing space forming the first air duct.

11. A refrigerator, comprising:

a refrigerator body; and

an ice making device mounted to the refrigerator body, the ice making device being as set forth in any one of claims 1 to 10.

12. The refrigerator of claim 11, wherein the mounting member of the ice making device is fixedly mounted to the refrigerator body.

13. The refrigerator of claim 11, wherein the ice making assembly is mounted to the refrigerator body with a gap therebetween, the gap forming a first air duct.

14. The refrigerator of claim 11, wherein the refrigerator body includes a door body, and the ice making device is mounted to the door body.