CN116465133A - Refrigerator with a refrigerator body - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a refrigerator, and belongs to the technical field of household appliances. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber; an ice making chamber provided in the refrigerator chamber, wherein: an ice maker for producing ice cubes; an ice making evaporator for providing cooling capacity for the ice maker; an ice bank for storing ice cubes generated by the ice maker; further comprises: and the air duct is communicated with the ice making chamber and the freezing chamber so as to realize the circulation of air flow between the ice making chamber and the freezing chamber. The refrigerator can avoid frosting phenomenon on the ice making chamber and the ice making evaporator, and has simple structure and low manufacturing cost.
Description
The application is domestic application 202111506654.8, application date: 2021-12-10.
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a refrigerator.
Background
In the related art, some refrigerators have an ice making structure to implement an ice making function of the refrigerator. Referring to fig. 1, a heat insulation wall 12 partitions an ice making chamber 11 at an upper portion of a refrigerating chamber 1, an ice maker 1122, an ice making evaporator 1121 and an ice bank 1111 are provided in the ice making chamber 11, and the ice making evaporator 1121 is provided near the ice maker 1122 to provide cooling capacity to the ice maker 1122 so that water in the ice maker 1122 is frozen into ice, and then the ice generated in the ice maker 1122 slides into the ice bank 1111 below by gravity, and ice cubes are dispensed to the outside of the refrigerator through an ice outlet 41 by a dispenser 4 on a door body by an ice-out push rod. The fan 6 is also arranged in the ice making chamber 11, and the cooling capacity at the ice making evaporator 1121 circulates in the ice making chamber 11 by the forced action of the fan 6 to control the temperature of the ice making chamber 11.
In the above ice making structure, frost is easily formed in the ice making chamber and on the ice making evaporator due to the moisture generated in the ice cubes in the ice making chamber, thereby affecting the refrigerating effect in the ice making chamber.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention solves at least one of the technical problems in the related art to a certain extent.
For this reason, the present application aims to provide a refrigerator that can avoid the phenomenon of frosting on an ice making chamber and an ice making evaporator.
The refrigerator according to the present application includes: a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber; an ice making chamber provided in the refrigerator chamber, wherein: an ice maker for producing ice cubes; the ice making evaporator is used for providing cold energy for the ice making machine; an ice bank for storing ice cubes generated by the ice maker; further comprises: the air duct is communicated with the ice making chamber and the freezing chamber so as to realize the circulation of air flow between the ice making chamber and the freezing chamber.
According to the refrigerator, through the arrangement of the air duct communicated with the ice making chamber and the freezing chamber, air flow circulation between the ice making chamber and the freezing chamber can be realized, and the purpose of introducing cooling capacity of the freezing chamber into the ice making chamber to regulate the temperature of the ice making chamber is realized; on the one hand, compared with the prior art that a fan is arranged in the ice making chamber to promote the circulation of air flow in the ice making chamber by adjusting the temperature of the ice making chamber through the ice making evaporator, the fan in the ice making chamber can be omitted by directly using the fan in the freezing chamber, and the structure in the ice making chamber is simplified; on the other hand, the air flow with moisture in the ice making chamber can flow into the freezing chamber through the air duct, so that the problem of frosting on the inner wall of the ice making chamber and the ice making evaporator caused by no release of the moisture in the ice making chamber in the related art is avoided, the ice making efficiency of the ice making machine and the refrigerating efficiency in the ice making chamber are improved, and the defrosting structure is not required to be arranged at the ice making evaporator, so that the product structure is further simplified, and the product cost is reduced; on the other hand, compared with the prior art that when the refrigerator system defrost the ice making evaporator, the ice making operation of the ice making machine and the temperature regulation of the ice making chamber must be suspended, the ice making machine can perform the ice making operation at any time, and the temperature regulation of the ice making chamber is not influenced by the ice making evaporator because the temperature of the ice making chamber is regulated by the cold quantity of the freezing chamber; on the other hand, compared with the problem that the ice making chamber is easy to frost in the places where the air flow is not circulated due to the narrow space and insufficient circulation of the ice making chamber in the related art, the circulation effect of the air flow flowing between the ice making chamber and the freezing chamber is better; in addition, compared with the prior art that the ice making evaporator still needs to work to maintain the temperature in the ice making chamber when the ice making machine is not working (such as ice full and ice making is not needed), the ice making evaporator can stop working when ice making is not needed because the temperature in the ice making chamber is maintained through the freezing chamber, and the ice making machine has the advantage of energy saving.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator of the present application, the air duct includes an air supply duct and an air return duct respectively communicating between the ice making compartment and the freezing compartment; the air flow in the freezing chamber is supplied into the ice making chamber through the air supply air duct, and then flows into the freezing chamber through the return air duct.
According to the refrigerator, the air supply air duct and the air return air duct are arranged, so that air flow between the ice making chamber and the freezing chamber is orderly, and the circulation efficiency of air flow is improved.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator of the present application, the ice making chamber is further provided with: and the air supply channel is communicated with the air supply channel, and an air supply port is arranged on the air supply channel so as to supply air flow from the air supply channel to the ice storage box.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator of the present application, the air supply passage divides the ice making compartment into a first region in which the ice bank is located and a second region in which the ice making evaporator and the ice maker are located.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator of the present application, the air supply channel is surrounded by a partition.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator of the present application, the refrigerator further comprises a fan arranged in the refrigerating chamber; and the air flow circulation between the freezing chamber and the ice making chamber is realized under the action of the fan.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator, an evaporator is further arranged in the freezing chamber, the evaporator and the fan are positioned in an evaporator cavity at the rear part of the freezing chamber, and the evaporator cavity is respectively communicated with the front area of the freezing chamber and the air duct.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator of the present application, the rear part of the ice making chamber is provided with a first air port, a second air port positioned below the first air port, the rear part of the evaporator cavity is provided with a third air port, and a fourth air port positioned below the third air port; the two ends of the air supply air duct are respectively connected with the first air opening and the fourth air opening, and the two ends of the air return air duct are respectively connected with the second air opening and the third air opening.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator of the present application, the air duct is located within the foam layer of the refrigerator.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator of the present application, the ice making evaporator is located at the lower side of the ice maker.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a related art refrigerator;
fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application;
in the above figures: 100. a refrigerator; 1. a refrigerating chamber; 11. an ice making chamber; 111. a first region; 1111. an ice bank; 112. a second region; 1121. an ice making evaporator; 1122. an ice maker; 113. a gas supply channel; 1131. an air supply port; 1132. a partition plate; 114. a first tuyere; 115. a second tuyere; 116. an ice dispensing port; 12. a heat insulating wall; 2. a freezing chamber; 21. an evaporator chamber; 211. a blower; 212. an evaporator; 213. a third tuyere; 214. a fourth tuyere; 3. an air duct; 31. an air supply duct; 32. an air return duct; 4. a dispenser; 41. an ice outlet; 5. a foaming layer; 6. a fan.
Description of the embodiments
The present invention will be specifically described below by way of exemplary embodiments. It is to be understood that elements, structures, and features of one embodiment may be beneficially incorporated in other embodiments without further recitation.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate describing the present invention and simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
The terms "first," "second," and the like, 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 defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 2 is a side sectional view of the refrigerator 100 according to an embodiment of the present application.
Referring to fig. 2, a refrigerator 100 according to an embodiment of the present application includes a refrigerating chamber 1 and a freezing chamber 2 provided at a lower side of the refrigerating chamber 1. An ice making chamber 11 provided in the refrigerating chamber 1, and an ice maker 1122, an ice making evaporator 1121, and an ice bank 1111 are provided in the ice making chamber 11. An ice maker 1122 for producing ice cubes; an ice making evaporator 1121 for providing cooling capacity to the ice maker 1122; the ice bank 1111 stores ice cubes generated by the ice maker 1122.
The refrigerator 100 may further include an air duct 3, the air duct 3 communicating the ice making compartment 11 and the freezing compartment 2 to enable circulation of air flow between the ice making compartment 11 and the freezing compartment 2.
The refrigerator 100 is divided into a refrigerating compartment 1 and a freezing compartment 2 in a vertical direction, and in other embodiments, the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment may be disposed side by side in a lateral direction. The refrigerating chamber 1 and the freezing chamber 2 are provided with door bodies at front sides of the refrigerator 100, respectively, and the refrigerating chamber 1 and the freezing chamber 2 can be opened and closed by opening and closing the door bodies. The top of the refrigerating chamber 1 is provided with an ice making chamber 11, the ice making chamber 11 is separated from other areas of the refrigerating chamber 1 by a heat insulating wall 12, and the heat insulating wall 12 can maintain the low temperature in the ice making chamber 11 because the temperature in the ice making chamber 11 is lower than the temperature in other areas of the refrigerating chamber 1, and the heat insulating material can be foamed plastic or other heat insulating materials.
The ice making chamber 11 is internally provided with the ice making machine 1122, the ice making machine 1122 is used for making ice, and the ice making machine 1122 can select various types of ice making machines 1122, so that the method for selecting the ice making machine 1122 is various, flexible and convenient. An ice making evaporator 1121 is further provided in the ice making chamber 11, and a refrigerant flows in the ice making evaporator 1121, and absorbs heat by evaporation of the refrigerant to ice water.
According to an embodiment of the present application, the water supplied from the water source is first filtered through a filter to obtain drinkable water, and then sent to the ice maker 1122 through the ice maker water pipe, and the ice maker 1122 makes ice from the water.
An ice bank 1111 is provided in the ice making chamber 11 below the ice maker 1122, and the ice bank 1111 is capable of storing ice produced by the ice maker 1122. The ice produced by the ice maker 1122 slides down into the ice bank 1111 by gravity, the ice bank 1111 temporarily stores the ice produced by the ice maker 1122, and a screw (not shown) for conveying ice cubes is provided in the ice bank 1111.
The refrigerator 100 further includes a dispenser 4 provided on a door body of the refrigerating chamber 1, the dispenser 4 being capable of transferring ice cubes within the ice bank 1111 to the outside of the refrigerator 100, the dispenser 4 including an ice outlet 41 for discharging ice; the ice bank 1111 is provided with an ice dispensing port 116. The ice outlet 41 is disposed opposite to the ice dispensing opening 116 and below the ice dispensing opening 116, and ice cubes in the ice bin 1111 fall into the ice outlet 41 of the dispenser 4 through the ice dispensing opening 116, and thus fall into the dispenser 4. The dispenser 4 is provided with a lever or a button, and a user may open the ice outlet 41 to obtain ice cubes by using the lever or the knob without opening the door of the refrigerator 100.
The refrigerator 100 includes an air duct 3, and the air duct 3 can communicate the ice making compartment 11 and the freezing compartment 2. The low-temperature cool air in the freezing chamber 2 can be transferred to the ice making chamber 11 through the air duct 3 to adjust the temperature in the ice making chamber 11. The air in the ice making chamber 11 can be transmitted to the freezing chamber 2 through the air duct 3, so that the moisture in the air is prevented from condensing on the surface of the ice making evaporator 1121 and the inner wall of the ice making chamber 11 to form frost, and the ice making efficiency and the refrigerating effect of the ice making chamber 11 are improved.
In the current example, since the refrigerating chamber 1 and the freezing chamber 2 are disposed up and down, the air duct 3 extends vertically between the ice making chamber 11 and the freezing chamber 2; when the refrigerating compartment 1 and the freezing compartment 2 are laterally disposed, the air duct 3 is correspondingly laterally extended.
According to the refrigerator of the present application, by providing the air duct 3 between the ice making chamber 11 and the freezing chamber 2, the circulation of air flow between the ice making chamber 11 and the freezing chamber 2 is achieved. Thus, the temperature adjustment in the ice making compartment 11 in the present application can be achieved by introducing the cold energy of the freezing compartment 2 without relying on the ice making evaporator 1121 to adjust the temperature of the ice making compartment 11.
In this application, when the ice maker 1122 is not operated, for example, is full of ice and no ice making is required, the ice making evaporator 1121 may stop operating, and the present application is more energy-saving than the ice making evaporator 1121 of fig. 1 which also needs to operate to regulate the ice making chamber 11.
Because the air flow circulation in the ice making chamber 11 can be directly realized by the fan 211 in the freezing chamber 2, the fan 6 in the ice making chamber 11 in fig. 1 can be omitted, the product structure is simplified, and the product cost is reduced.
The moisture in the ice making chamber 11 can be discharged into the freezing chamber 2 through the air duct 3, so that the problem that frost is easily generated on the inner wall of the ice making chamber 11 and the ice making evaporator 1121 because the moisture in the ice making chamber 11 cannot be released in fig. 1 is avoided.
In this application, the air current circulates between the ice making chamber 11 and the freezing chamber 2 through the air duct 3, and compared with the problem that the air current circulation is poor in the ice making chamber 11 in fig. 1, the air current sequential effect of the refrigerator is better.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator 100 of the present application, the ice making evaporator 1121 is located at the lower side of the ice maker 1122, the low-temperature low-pressure refrigerant flows in the refrigerating evaporator 212, and absorbs the heat of the ice maker 1122 to become high-temperature high-pressure gas, and since the ice making evaporator 1121 is located at the lower side of the ice maker 1122, the heat exchange between the refrigerant and the ice maker 1122 can be more sufficient, and the heat exchange efficiency can be improved.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator 100 of the present application, the air duct 3 includes an air supply duct 31 and an air return duct 32 respectively communicating between the ice making compartment 11 and the freezing compartment 2. The air flow in the freezing chamber 2 is supplied into the ice making chamber 11 through the air supply duct 31, so that the cold air in the freezing chamber 2 can be supplied into the ice making chamber 11, and the cold energy is provided for the ice making chamber 11 to adjust the temperature in the ice making chamber 11; the air flow in the ice making chamber 11 flows into the freezing chamber 2 through the return air duct 32, so that the circulating flow of the air flow in the ice making chamber 11 is realized. The air in the ice making chamber 11 is contacted with ice cubes, so that water vapor is carried in the air, the water vapor contacts with the ice making evaporator 1121 to cause the ice making evaporator 1121 to frost, the ice making efficiency of the ice making evaporator 1121 is reduced, and the air flow in the ice making chamber 11 can flow into the freezing chamber 2 through the return air duct 32, so that the frost formation on the surface of the ice making evaporator 1121 and in the ice making chamber 11 by the water vapor is avoided, and the ice making efficiency of the ice making evaporator 1121 is ensured; meanwhile, a defrosting device is not required to be arranged in the ice making chamber 11, so that the cost is reduced, and the structure is simple.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator 100 of the present application, an air supply passage 113 is further provided in the ice making compartment 11. The air supply passage 113 communicates with the air supply duct 31, and an air supply port 1131 is provided in the air supply passage 113 to supply air flow from the air supply duct 31 to the ice bank 1111. The air supply channel 113 makes the air flow of the air supply channel 31 flow into the ice storage box 1111 from the air supply port 1131 orderly, makes the air flow along the air supply channel 113, and the air flow sent by the air supply channel 31 and the air flow flowing out of the air return channel 32 are not directly mixed, so that the heat exchange efficiency of the air flow and ice cubes in the ice making chamber 11 is improved, and the waste of cold energy is avoided.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator 100 of the present application, the air supply passage 113 divides the ice making compartment 11 into a first region 111 below the air supply passage 113 and a second region 112 above the air supply passage 113. The ice bank 1111 is located in the first region 111, and the ice making evaporator 1121 and the ice maker 1122 are located in the second region 112.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator 100 of the present application, the air supply channel 113 is surrounded by the partition 1132, the partition 1132 surrounds the air supply channel 113 into a rectangular channel, or other types of channels, so that the air flow in the air supply duct 31 is prevented from mixing with the air flow in the ice making chamber 11 when just entering the ice making chamber 11, and the air flow just entering the ice making chamber 11 is also prevented from directly flowing out of the return air duct 32, so that the air flow in the ice making chamber 11 entering from the air supply duct 31 is ensured to be capable of fully exchanging heat, and the heat exchange efficiency is enhanced.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator 100 of the present application, the refrigerator 100 further includes a blower 211 provided in the freezing chamber 2. The air flow between the freezing chamber 2 and the ice making chamber 11 is circulated by the blower 211. The blower 211 can power the air flow exchange of the freezing chamber 2 and the ice making chamber 11 to circulate the air flow between the freezing chamber 2 and the ice making chamber 11.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator 100 of the present application, an evaporator 212 is also provided within the freezer compartment 2. The evaporator 212 and the fan 211 are positioned in the evaporator chamber 21 at the rear of the freezing chamber 2, and the evaporator chamber 21 is respectively communicated with the front area of the freezing chamber 2 and the air duct 3. The evaporator 212 is connected to a compressor and a condenser, and low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant absorbs heat as it passes through the evaporator 212 to provide cold to the freezing chamber 2. The blower 211 can deliver a portion of the cool air in the evaporator chamber 21 to the front region of the freezing chamber 2 and another portion of the air to the ice making chamber 11.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator 100 of the present application, the rear portion of the ice making compartment 11 is provided with a first air port 114, and a second air port 115 located below the first air port 114, and the rear portion of the evaporator chamber 21 is provided with a third air port 213, and a fourth air port 214 located below the third air port 213. The two ends of the air supply duct 31 are respectively connected with the first air port 114 and the fourth air port 214, and the two ends of the air return duct 32 are respectively connected with the second air port 115 and the third air port 213. Since the first air port 114 is located above the second air port 115, the air flow sent from the first air port 114 directly enters the air supply channel 113, then slowly sinks into the ice bank 1111 to provide cold for ice cubes, and the air flow after heat exchange flows out of the ice bank 1111, then sinks to the second air port 115 and flows out through the second air port 115. In the evaporator chamber 21, the fan 211 is disposed above the evaporator 212, and the air flowing into the evaporator chamber 21 from the return air duct 32 is cooled by the evaporator 212 and then flows into the air supply duct through the fourth air port 214.
It should be noted that, the air flow flowing in from the return air duct 32 is cooled by the evaporator 212, and the evaporator 212 in the evaporator chamber 21 can defrost, so that the refrigerator 100 only needs to provide a defrosting device in the evaporator chamber 21, and no additional defrosting device is required to be provided at the ice making evaporator 1121. The air in the ice making chamber 11 circulates with the air in the evaporator chamber 21, so that the water content of the air in the ice making chamber 11 can be reduced, the frosting phenomenon of the ice making evaporator 1121 and the ice making chamber 11 is avoided, and the operation effect of the refrigerator 100 is improved.
In some embodiments of the refrigerator 100 of the present application, the air duct 3 is located within the foam layer 5 of the refrigerator 100. The foaming layer 5 is heat insulation material, can play thermal insulation effect, and in the foaming layer 5 was located in the wind channel 3, can reduce the cold energy loss of cold air in the wind channel 3, improve the refrigeration efficiency of refrigerator 100, can hide wind channel 3 simultaneously, avoid wind channel 3 to distribute in cold chamber 1 and freezer 2, more pleasing to the eye.
The operation of the refrigerator 100 according to the present application will be described in detail as follows:
referring to fig. 2, when the refrigerator 100 starts to operate, the evaporator 212 and the compressor are connected to the condenser, and a low-temperature low-pressure liquid refrigerant flows in the evaporator 212, and the liquid refrigerant absorbs heat, thereby lowering the temperature of gas in the evaporator chamber 21. A fan 211 is provided in the evaporator chamber 21, a portion of the air being delivered to the front region of the freezer compartment 2 and another portion of the air being delivered to the ice making compartment 11 through the air duct 3. The air in the evaporator chamber 21 flows into the ice making chamber 11 through the air supply duct 31, and after the heat exchange in the ice making chamber 11 is completed, the air flows back to the evaporator chamber 21 through the return air duct 32.
An ice maker 1122 and an ice making evaporator 1121 are provided in the ice making chamber 11, the ice making evaporator 1121 provides cold energy, the ice maker 1122 produces ice cubes, an ice bank 1111 is provided below the ice maker 1122, and the ice bank 1111 can temporarily store ice cubes. The air in the evaporator chamber 21 delivers an air flow through the air duct 3 for cooling ice cubes in the ice bank 1111. The ice bank 1111 is provided with an ice dispensing port 116, and the ice dispensing port 116 communicates with the ice outlet 41 of the dispenser 4, so that ice cubes can fall into the ice outlet 41 through the ice dispensing port 116, enter the dispenser 4, and are sent to the outside of the refrigerator 100 through the ice outlet 41.
According to the application, through arranging the air duct communicated with the ice making chamber 11 and the freezing chamber 2, the circulation of air flow between the ice making chamber and the freezing chamber can be realized, and the purpose of introducing the cooling capacity of the freezing chamber 2 into the ice making chamber 11 to regulate the temperature of the ice making chamber 11 is realized.
According to the present application, the fan 211 and the cooling capacity in the freezing chamber 2 are directly used to adjust the ice making chamber 11, the fan 6 in fig. 1 can be omitted, and the structure in the ice making chamber 11 is simplified.
According to the application, the air flow with moisture in the ice making chamber 11 can flow into the freezing chamber 2 through the air duct 3, so that the problem that the moisture in the ice making chamber 11 is released everywhere to cause frosting on the inner wall of the ice making chamber 11 and the ice making evaporator 1121 in fig. 1 is avoided, and the ice making efficiency of the ice making machine and the refrigerating efficiency in the ice making chamber are improved.
According to the present application, since the problem of frosting at the ice making evaporator 1121 is solved, there is no need to provide a defrosting structure, further simplifying the product structure and reducing the product cost.
According to the present application, since the problem of frost formation at the ice making evaporator 1121 is solved, compared to the problem of the ice making machine 1122 not being operated and the temperature of the ice making chamber 11 not being adjusted when the ice making evaporator 1121 is defrosted in fig. 1, the ice making machine 1122 of the present application can be operated with ice making and the temperature of the ice making chamber 11 can be adjusted at any time.
According to the present application, the air flow flows between the ice making chamber 11 and the freezing chamber 2 through the air duct 3, and compared with the problem that the air flow circulation is insufficient in the ice making chamber 11 due to the narrow space of the ice making chamber 11 and the air flow circulation is easy to frost in the place where the ice making chamber 11 cannot circulate in fig. 1, the air flow circulation effect of the present application is better.
According to the present application, compared to the case where the ice maker 1122 in fig. 1 is not operated (e.g., is full of ice and does not need to make ice), the ice making evaporator 1121 still needs to operate to maintain the temperature in the ice making chamber 11, and the ice making evaporator 1121 can stop operating when ice making is not needed because the temperature in the ice making chamber 11 is maintained by the freezing chamber 2, which has the advantage of energy saving.
The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art will readily recognize that variations or substitutions are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
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1. A refrigerator, comprising:
a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber;
an ice making chamber provided in the refrigerator chamber, wherein:
an ice maker for producing ice cubes;
an ice making evaporator for providing cooling capacity for the ice maker;
an ice bank for storing ice cubes generated by the ice maker;
further comprises:
the air duct is communicated with the ice making chamber and the freezing chamber so as to realize the circulation of air flow between the ice making chamber and the freezing chamber;
when the ice making machine makes ice, the ice making evaporator is started, and the air duct stops or continuously circulates cold air to the ice making chamber;
when the ice maker does not make ice, the ice making evaporator is turned on or off, and the air duct continuously circulates cool air to the ice making chamber.
2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the air duct includes an air supply duct and an air return duct respectively communicating between the ice making compartment and the freezing compartment;
the air flow in the freezing chamber is supplied into the ice making chamber through the air supply duct, and the air flow in the ice making chamber flows into the freezing chamber through the return air duct.
3. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein the ice making chamber is further provided with:
and the air supply channel is communicated with the air supply channel, and an air supply port is arranged on the air supply channel so as to supply air flow from the air supply channel to the ice storage box.
4. The refrigerator of claim 3, wherein the air supply passage divides the ice making compartment into a first region in which the ice bank is located and a second region in which the ice making evaporator and the ice maker are located.
5. The refrigerator of claim 4, wherein the air supply passage is surrounded by a partition plate.
6. The refrigerator of any one of claims 2-5, further comprising a blower disposed within the freezer compartment; and the air flow circulation between the freezing chamber and the ice making chamber is realized under the action of the fan.
7. The refrigerator of claim 6, wherein an evaporator is further provided in the freezing chamber, the evaporator and the blower being located in an evaporator chamber at a rear portion of the freezing chamber, the evaporator chamber being respectively in communication with a front region of the freezing chamber, the air duct.
8. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein a first air port is provided at a rear portion of the ice making compartment, and a second air port is provided below the first air port, and a third air port is provided at a rear portion of the evaporator chamber, and a fourth air port is provided below the third air port;
the two ends of the air supply duct are respectively connected with the first air opening and the fourth air opening, and the two ends of the air return duct are respectively connected with the second air opening and the third air opening.
9. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the air duct is located within a foam layer of the refrigerator.
10. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the ice making evaporator is located at an underside of the ice maker.
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