CN116857876A - Ice making apparatus and control method thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to an ice making device and a control method thereof, wherein the ice making device comprises an ice maker, a water storage box for providing ice making water for the ice maker, a water conveying pipeline connected between the ice maker and the water storage box, and a water pump for driving water to flow along the water conveying pipeline. The control method of the invention comprises the following steps: receiving a water supply end signal for indicating the end of a water supply flow of water from the water storage box to the ice maker; controlling the water pump to operate according to a second operation mode so as to drive water in the water conveying pipeline to flow back to the water storage box; acquiring the power of a water pump; and controlling the water pump to stop running when the power of the water pump is stabilized at the preset target power. The preset target power is less than the initial power of the water pump at the beginning of the second mode of operation. The invention effectively avoids the bubble sound of the ice making equipment for generating the gurgling in the ice making process, thereby not influencing the user and improving the use experience of the user.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to an ice making technology, and more particularly, to an ice making apparatus and a control method thereof.
Background
With the development of technology and increasing demands of users, some refrigerators now have an ice making function. In particular, some refrigerators having an ice making function generally include a water storage box, a water pump, a water delivery pipe, an ice maker, a driving device, and an ice storage box. Wherein the water storage box is used for storing water. One end of the water conveying pipeline is communicated with the water storage box, and the other end of the water conveying pipeline is communicated with the ice maker. The water pump is used for pumping the water in the water storage box into the water delivery pipeline and delivering the water into the ice machine through the water delivery pipeline. The ice maker is used for cooling water therein into ice. The ice bank is located below the ice maker and is used for storing ice cubes.
In the ice making process of the ice making refrigerator adopting the water storage box to supply water, the water pump is needed to be connected with the ice making machine and the water storage box so as to supply water for the ice making machine, and water in the water conveying pipeline is discharged after the water supply is finished so as to prevent the part of the water conveying pipeline in the freezing compartment from being frozen at low temperature. In the existing control logic, no matter whether water exists in the water delivery pipeline, the water pump can be reversed according to preset time length after water supply is finished, if the water in the water delivery pipeline is evacuated in a short time, the water pump can be continuously reversed to lead air to be pumped into the water storage box, and as the tail end of the water pumping pipe in the water storage box is immersed at the bottom of the water storage box, air pumped into the water storage box can generate bubbles, so that the water storage box generates 'gurgling' bubble sounds, and the user experience is poor. Especially when the refrigerator adopts the peak-shifting ice making control logic, most ice making processes are controlled to be carried out in late night, and bubble sounds are transmitted at intervals in late night, so that the rest of a user can be seriously influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the first aspect of the present invention is to overcome at least one of the drawbacks of the prior art and to provide a control method that avoids the generation of bubble sounds during the ice making process of an ice making apparatus.
A further object of the first aspect of the invention is to drain the water in the water delivery line more thoroughly.
An object of a second aspect of the present invention is to provide an ice making apparatus capable of avoiding generation of bubble sounds during ice making.
An object of a second aspect of the present invention is to provide a refrigerating and freezing apparatus having the above ice making device.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method of an ice making apparatus including an ice maker, a water storage tank for supplying ice making water to the ice maker, a water transport pipe connected between the ice maker and the water storage tank, and a water pump for driving water to flow along the water transport pipe, the control method comprising:
receiving a water supply end signal for indicating an end of a water supply flow of water from the water storage box to the ice maker;
controlling the water pump to operate according to a second operation mode so as to drive water in the water conveying pipeline to flow back to the water storage box;
acquiring the power of the water pump; and
when the power of the water pump is stabilized at a preset target power, controlling the water pump to stop running; wherein the method comprises the steps of
The preset target power is smaller than the initial power of the water pump at the beginning of the second operation mode.
Optionally, before receiving the water supply end signal, the control method further includes:
receiving a water supply start signal for indicating delivery of ice making water to the ice maker; and
and controlling the water pump to operate according to a first operation mode so as to drive water in the water storage box to flow to the ice maker through the water conveying pipeline.
Optionally, after controlling the water pump to operate according to the first operation mode, the control method further includes:
and when the operation time of the water pump according to the first operation mode reaches a first preset time, controlling the water pump to stop operation.
Optionally, the water supply end signal is generated when the following condition is satisfied:
and the water pump operates in the first operation mode for a first preset time period, and then stops operating for a second preset time period.
Optionally, the step of controlling the water pump to stop operating when the power of the water pump is stabilized at a preset target power includes:
judging whether the time length of the water pump running at the preset target power reaches a third preset time length or not;
if yes, judging that the power of the water pump is stable at the preset target power.
Optionally, the third preset time period is far smaller than the first preset time period.
Optionally, the water supply start signal is generated when:
the ice turning operation of the ice maker is finished; wherein the method comprises the steps of
The ice-turning operation is used for pouring ice made in the ice maker into an ice bank of the ice making device for preservation.
Optionally, the preset target power is 0.3-0.6 times of the initial power.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an ice-making apparatus including an ice-making machine, a water storage tank for supplying ice-making water to the ice-making machine, a water delivery pipe connected between the ice-making machine and the water storage tank, and a water pump for driving water to flow along the water delivery pipe, the ice-making apparatus further comprising:
the control device comprises a processor and a memory, wherein a machine executable program is stored in the memory, and the machine executable program is used for realizing the control method according to any scheme when being executed by the processor.
Alternatively, the ice making apparatus is a refrigerator having a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber; and is also provided with
The ice maker is arranged in the freezing chamber, and the water storage box is arranged in the refrigerating chamber.
After receiving the water supply end signal, the ice making device does not control the water pump to reversely run according to the preset time length, but firstly controls the water pump to run according to a second running mode capable of enabling water in the water conveying pipeline to return to the water storage box, namely controls the water pump to reversely run, and then judges whether water exists in the water conveying pipeline or not by monitoring the power of the water pump. When the power of the water pump is stabilized at the preset target power which is smaller than the initial power when the water pump is reversed, the water in the water conveying pipeline is emptied, and the water pump is controlled to stop running at the moment, so that air in the water conveying pipeline can be prevented from being pumped into the water storage box, and the bubble sound of gurgling in the ice making process of the ice making equipment is effectively avoided, so that no influence is caused to a user, and the use experience of the user is improved.
Further, when there is a bubble in the water delivery line, the power of the water pump may be briefly changed to a preset target power due to the bubble. Therefore, the invention judges that the power of the water pump is stabilized at the preset target power to stop the operation of the water pump after the operation time of the water pump reaches the third preset time at the preset target power, but not stops the operation of the water pump when the power of the water pump just reaches the preset target power, so that detection errors or premature stop of the reverse operation of the water pump caused by the existence of bubbles in the water delivery pipeline can be avoided, water in the water delivery pipeline is thoroughly discharged, and partial section freezing of the water delivery pipeline is avoided.
The above, as well as additional objectives, advantages, and features of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of a specific embodiment of the present invention when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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Some specific embodiments of the invention will be described in detail hereinafter by way of example and not by way of limitation with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts or portions. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the accompanying drawings:
fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an ice making apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of an ice making apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of an ice making apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of an ice making apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of an ice making apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural block diagram of an ice making apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments described below are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments of the present invention, and the some embodiments are intended to explain the technical principles of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive effort, based on the embodiments provided by the present invention, shall still fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.
It should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, terms such as "center", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate directions or positional relationships, which are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting 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.
Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, 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 mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected, can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can also be communicated with the inside of two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to the specific circumstances.
Further, in the description of the present invention, each functional module may be a physical module formed by a plurality of structures, members, or electronic components, or may be a virtual module formed by a plurality of programs; the functional modules may be independent modules or may be functionally divided by a single integral module. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that, on the premise of being able to implement the technical solution described in the present invention, the structural manner, implementation manner and positional relationship of each functional module do not deviate from the technical principle of the present invention anyway, and therefore all functional modules fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The present invention first provides a control method of an ice making apparatus, and fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an ice making apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 1, the ice making apparatus 10 includes an ice maker 11, a water storage tank 12 for supplying ice making water to the ice maker 11, a water pipe 13 connected between the ice maker 11 and the water storage tank 12, and a water pump 14 for driving water to flow along the water pipe 13.
Fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of the ice making apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 2, the control method of the present invention includes:
step S40, receiving a water supply end signal for indicating the end of the water supply flow of water from the water storage box 12 to the ice maker 11;
step S50, controlling the water pump 14 to operate according to the second operation mode so as to drive the water in the water conveying pipeline 13 to flow back to the water storage box 12;
step S60, obtaining the power of the water pump 14; and
step S70, when the power of the water pump 14 is stabilized at the preset target power, controlling the water pump 14 to stop running; wherein the method comprises the steps of
The predetermined target power is less than the initial power that the water pump 14 has at the beginning of the second mode of operation.
The inventors have recognized that the power of the water pump 14 when water is present in the water delivery line 13 is different from the power of the water pump 14 when water is not present in the water delivery line 13, because the driving object of the water pump 14 when water is present in the water delivery line 13 is water; the water pump 14 is driven by air when no water is present in the water supply line 13. In contrast, the driving action required for water is stronger than that required for air. Thus, the power of the water pump 14 will vary in response to the operating parameters of the water pump 14. For this purpose, the invention uses the power of the water pump 14 to determine whether water exists in the water delivery pipeline 13.
That is, the ice making apparatus 10 of the present invention, after receiving the water supply end signal, does not control the water pump 14 to be operated in reverse for a predetermined period of time, but firstly controls the water pump 14 to be operated in a second operation mode capable of allowing water in the water pipe 13 to flow back to the water storage box 12, i.e., controls the water pump 14 to be operated in reverse, and then judges whether water is present in the water pipe 13 by monitoring the power of the water pump 14. When the power of the water pump 14 is stabilized at the preset target power which is smaller than the initial power when the water pump is reversed, it is indicated that the water in the water conveying pipeline 13 is exhausted, and at the moment, the water pump 14 is controlled to stop running, so that air in the water conveying pipeline 13 can be prevented from being pumped into the water storage box 12, and the bubble sounds of gurgling in the ice making process of the ice making device 10 are effectively avoided, so that no influence is caused to a user, and the use experience of the user is improved.
It will be appreciated that the above-described preset target power is set to be the power that the water pump 14 has when driving the air flow.
In some embodiments, the preset target power may be 0.3 to 0.6 times the initial power. For example, the preset target power may be 0.3 times, 0.4 times, 0.5 times, or 0.6 times the initial power.
Fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of an ice making apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 3, in some embodiments, the control method of the present invention further includes, prior to receiving the water supply end signal:
step S10, receiving a water supply start signal for indicating that ice making water is supplied to the ice maker 11; and
in step S20, the water pump 14 is controlled to operate in the first operation mode to drive the water in the water storage tank 12 to flow to the ice maker 11 through the water delivery line 13.
It will be appreciated that the first and second modes of operation of the water pump 14 are two modes of operation with opposite rotational directions. Specifically, in the first operation mode, the water pump 14 rotates in the forward direction, driving the water in the water storage tank 12 to flow to the water delivery pipe 13, and to the ice maker 11 through the water delivery pipe 13. In the second mode of operation, the water pump 14 is rotated in a reverse direction, driving the water in the water delivery line 13 to flow back into the water storage tank 12.
Fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of an ice making apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 4, in some embodiments, after controlling the water pump 14 to operate in the first mode of operation, the control method of the present invention further includes:
in step S30, when the duration of the operation of the water pump 14 according to the first operation mode reaches the first preset duration, the water pump 14 is controlled to stop operating.
That is, the flow of water supplied from the water pump 14 may be performed according to a preset operation time period, and when the water supply time of the water pump 14 reaches a preset first preset time period, the water supply is ended. This is because, when the water pump is operated in the first operation mode, the water flows from the water storage tank 12 to the water delivery pipe 13, and the water amount in the water storage tank 12 is sufficient, so that the power of the water pump 14 is substantially constant, and the water supply flow of the water pump 14 can be precisely controlled in accordance with the length of the operation time.
In some embodiments, the water supply end signal is generated when the following condition is satisfied:
the water pump 14 is operated in the first operation mode for a first preset period of time and then is stopped for a second preset period of time.
That is, after step S30, if the time period for which the water pump 14 is stopped reaches the second preset time period, a water supply end signal is generated, that is, the water pump 14 is controlled to operate in the second operation mode.
Further, the second preset time period is far less than the first preset time period, and the second preset time period can be in the second level, that is, the water pump 14 is stopped briefly, so as to allow the water in the water conveying pipeline 13 to flow to the ice maker 11 as much as possible. Specifically, the second preset time period may be, for example, 0.4S, 0.5S, 0.6S, or the like.
Specifically, fig. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of an ice making apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 5, the control method of the present invention includes:
step S10, receiving a water supply start signal for indicating that ice making water is supplied to the ice maker 11; and
in step S20, the water pump 14 is controlled to operate in the first operation mode to drive the water in the water storage tank 12 to flow to the ice maker 11 through the water delivery line 13.
Step S30, when the operation time of the water pump 14 according to the first operation mode reaches a first preset time, controlling the water pump 14 to stop operation;
step S40', judging whether the time length of stopping the operation of the water pump 14 reaches a second preset time length, if so, turning to step S50; if not, returning to continue judgment;
step S50, controlling the water pump 14 to operate according to the second operation mode so as to drive the water in the water conveying pipeline 13 to flow back to the water storage box 12;
step S60, obtaining the power of the water pump 14; and
in step S70, when the power of the water pump 14 is stabilized at the preset target power, the water pump 14 is controlled to stop running.
The inventors have recognized that when there is a bubble in the water delivery line 13, the power of the water pump 14 may briefly become a preset target power due to the presence of the bubble. To this end, in some embodiments, the step S70 of controlling the water pump 14 to stop operating when the power of the water pump 14 is stabilized at a preset target power may specifically include:
judging whether the duration of continuous operation of the water pump 14 at the preset target power reaches a third preset duration;
if yes, it is determined that the power of the water pump 14 is stabilized at the preset target power.
That is, the present invention determines that the power of the water pump 14 is stabilized at the preset target power to stop the operation of the water pump 14 after the duration of the operation of the water pump 14 at the preset target power reaches the third preset duration, rather than stopping the operation of the water pump 14 when the power of the water pump 14 just reaches the preset target power, so that detection errors or premature stopping of the reverse operation of the water pump 14 due to the existence of bubbles in the water delivery pipeline 13 can be avoided, thereby thoroughly draining water in the water delivery pipeline 13, and effectively avoiding freezing of a part of the sections of the water delivery pipeline 13.
In some embodiments, the third predetermined time period is substantially less than the first predetermined time period.
Specifically, the first preset duration and the third preset duration are both seconds, the specific value of the first preset duration may be different according to the specific type or size of the ice maker, and the third preset duration may be a fraction of a second, that is, the power of the water pump is temporarily stable. Preferably, the third preset time period may be, for example, 0.4S, 0.5S, 0.6S, or the like.
In some embodiments, the ice making apparatus 10 further includes an ice bank 15 for storing ice cubes. In these embodiments, the water supply start signal may be generated when the following condition is satisfied:
the ice-turning operation of the ice maker 11 is completed; wherein the method comprises the steps of
The ice-turning operation is for pouring ice made in the ice maker 11 into the ice bank 15 of the ice-making device 10 for preservation.
That is, the ice making operation of the next round starts after the previous round of ice making operation of the ice maker 11 is finished.
The present invention also provides an ice making apparatus 10, and fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of an ice making apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 1 and 6, the ice making apparatus 10 includes an ice maker 11, a water storage tank 12 for supplying ice making water to the ice maker 11, a water pipe 13 connected between the ice maker 11 and the water storage tank 12, and a water pump 14 for driving water to flow along the water pipe 13.
In particular, the ice making apparatus 10 further includes a control device 40, the control device 40 includes a processor 41 and a memory 42, the memory 42 stores a machine executable program 43, and the machine executable program 43 is used to implement the control method described in any of the above embodiments when executed by the processor 41.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the control method described above may be applied to the processor or may be implemented by the processor. The processor is illustratively an integrated circuit chip having the capability of processing signals. In the process of executing the control method by the processor, each step of the control method can be completed by an integrated logic circuit in a hardware form or an instruction in a software form in the processor. Further, the processor may be a general purpose processor such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), a network processor (Network Processor, NP), a digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), a Field-programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, a microprocessor, and any other conventional processor.
In some embodiments, the ice making apparatus 10 may be a refrigerator having a refrigerating chamber 21 and a freezing chamber 22. The ice maker 11 is disposed in the freezing chamber 22, and the water storage box 12 is disposed in the refrigerating chamber 21. Thereby, it is possible to make ice using the temperature environment of the freezing chamber 22 and store cooling water having a relatively low temperature using the temperature environment of the refrigerating chamber 21.
Specifically, the freezer compartment 22 is a storage compartment having a refrigerated storage environment in which temperatures typically can reach-24 ℃ to-18 ℃. The refrigerating chamber 21 is a storage compartment having a refrigerating storage environment, and the temperature in the refrigerating chamber 21 can be generally 0 to 8 ℃.
Thus far, the technical solution of the present invention has been described in connection with the foregoing embodiments, but it will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is not limited to only these specific embodiments. The technical solutions in the above embodiments can be split and combined by those skilled in the art without departing from the technical principles of the present invention, and equivalent changes or substitutions can be made to related technical features, so any changes, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the technical principles and/or technical concepts of the present invention will fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Claims (10)
1. A control method of an ice making apparatus including an ice maker, a water storage box for providing ice making water to the ice maker, a water delivery pipe connected between the ice maker and the water storage box, and a water pump for driving water to flow along the water delivery pipe, the control method comprising:
receiving a water supply end signal for indicating an end of a water supply flow of water from the water storage box to the ice maker;
controlling the water pump to operate according to a second operation mode so as to drive water in the water conveying pipeline to flow back to the water storage box;
acquiring the power of the water pump; and
when the power of the water pump is stabilized at a preset target power, controlling the water pump to stop running; wherein the method comprises the steps of
The preset target power is smaller than the initial power of the water pump at the beginning of the second operation mode.
2. The control method according to claim 1, wherein, before receiving the water supply end signal, the control method further comprises:
receiving a water supply start signal for indicating delivery of ice making water to the ice maker; and
and controlling the water pump to operate according to a first operation mode so as to drive water in the water storage box to flow to the ice maker through the water conveying pipeline.
3. The control method according to claim 2, wherein after controlling the water pump to operate in the first operation mode, the control method further comprises:
and when the operation time of the water pump according to the first operation mode reaches a first preset time, controlling the water pump to stop operation.
4. The control method according to claim 3, wherein,
the water supply end signal is generated when the following conditions are satisfied:
and the water pump operates in the first operation mode for a first preset time period, and then stops operating for a second preset time period.
5. The control method according to claim 3, wherein the step of controlling the water pump to stop operating when the power of the water pump stabilizes at a preset target power comprises:
judging whether the time length of the water pump running at the preset target power reaches a third preset time length or not;
if yes, judging that the power of the water pump is stable at the preset target power.
6. The control method according to claim 5, wherein,
the third preset time period is far smaller than the first preset time period.
7. The control method according to claim 2, wherein,
the water supply start signal is generated when the following conditions are satisfied:
the ice turning operation of the ice maker is finished; wherein the method comprises the steps of
The ice-turning operation is used for pouring ice made in the ice maker into an ice bank of the ice making device for preservation.
8. The control method according to claim 1, wherein,
the preset target power is 0.3-0.6 times of the initial power.
9. An ice making apparatus comprising an ice maker, a water storage box for providing ice making water to the ice maker, a water delivery line connected between the ice maker and the water storage box, and a water pump for driving water to flow along the water delivery line, the ice making apparatus further comprising:
control device comprising a processor and a memory, said memory having stored therein a machine executable program, and said machine executable program when executed by said processor being adapted to carry out the control method according to any one of claims 1-8.
10. The ice making apparatus of claim 9, wherein,
the ice making apparatus is a refrigerator having a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber; and is also provided with
The ice maker is arranged in the freezing chamber, and the water storage box is arranged in the refrigerating chamber.
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