CN1435622A - Device for detecting full ice in ice storage chamber of ice maker - Google Patents
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A full detector for ice accumulator of ice maker is composed of light source, light receiver and controller. Said light source and light receiver are oppositely mounted to the bottom of ice making container at same height or ice full height. When the ice is full of the ice accumulator, the light beam from light source can not be received by light receiver or is reflected back to light source by ice, so a signal is output to the controller.
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The present invention relates to a kind of being exclusively used in and detect the device that whether is filled with ice cube in the ice machine storage chamber
Background technology
Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b are the structural representations of general refrigerating ice making machine.Ice machine is by on the Connection Card 2a of its top, the wall that 2b is fixed on refrigerating chamber, and its ice build-up tank 12 is made by aluminium, and its cross sectional shape is a semilune, and supplying water in ice build-up tank 12 is to be undertaken by a plurality of feed pipes that are installed in a side.The top of ice build-up tank 12 is provided with ice shifting rod 14, is rotated to take out the ice cube that freezes fully from ice build-up tank 12 by the motor-driven that is installed in the casing 20.The below of ice build-up tank 12 is provided with heater 15, can start heater 15 and produce a spot of heat after the ice making operation finishes, so that the ice cube of being close on ice build-up tank 12 cell walls forces to melt and separate, facilitates the use the rotation of ice shifting rod and shifts out from ice build-up tank 12.The ice cube that is moved out of will fall into the storage chamber (not shown) of below, for the ice cube that prevents to shift out slips in the ice build-up tank 12 again, be provided with at the front upper side of ice build-up tank 12 and to scrape ice device 6.Shift out from ice build-up tank 12 before the ice cube, should utilize inspection to ice in the storage chamber of bar 16 its belows of detection whether be filled with ice cube, inspection ice bar 16 can the rotation up and down in certain angular range with the rotation of casing 20 motors.Scrape ice device 6 and extend back and form a plurality of poles, respectively scrape between the ice device 6 and form certain intervals, so that ice shifting rod 14 is rotated from the front panel 18 of ice build-up tank 12.The front panel 18 of ice build-up tank 12 should have certain altitude, contacts with ice build-up tank 12 to prevent the ice cube in the storage chamber.This is because in case be in contact with one another, ice cube promptly may bond together with ice build-up tank 12; Perhaps, the heating because of heater 15 in moving the ice process is partly melted ice cube, after heater 15 disconnects, and the water regelation after the thawing and the ice cube coagulation is bonded together.
As mentioned above, ice machine itself is arranged on the cold air that refrigerating chamber is inner and utilization provides and makes the water in the ice build-up tank 12 form ice cube in refrigerating chamber.Provide cold air as the direction of arrow in Fig. 1 a, then cold air will contact with ice build-up tank 12 through the rear of front panel 18, thereby reduces the temperature in the ice build-up tank 12 and make water freezing.In moving the ice process, heater 15 will start heating; But through behind the certain hour, heater 15 must stop heating, will bring adverse effect to the refrigeration of refrigerating chamber otherwise continue heating.
As mentioned above, in traditional ice machine, whether be filled with the ice ice cube in the detection storage chamber and utilize inspection ice bar 16 to finish, it is convenient inadequately that this mechanical inspection ice bar not only uses, and detects also not accurate enough.
Summary of the invention
Purpose of the present invention promptly is to provide a kind of device that whether is filled with ice cube in the light sensors storage chamber that utilizes, to improve the degree of accuracy that detects.
To achieve these goals, the present invention is oppositely arranged the illuminating part and the light accepting part of working in coordination in the bottom, front side of the ice build-up tank of ice machine, illuminating part and light accepting part are positioned on the sustained height, and generally, the light that illuminating part sends can arrive light accepting part smoothly and be received by light accepting part; Ice when expiring, because the obstruct of ice cube, light accepting part can not receive the light that illuminating part sends, and sends out a light accepting part and will induce full ice signal and send into control part, and can detect ice in view of the above expires.
Perhaps install one in ice build-up tank front side bottom illuminating part and light accepting part be incorporated into the optical sensor of one, generally, the light that illuminating part sends can not directly be received by light accepting part; When completely icing, the light that illuminating part sends can be light accepting part and receives after ice cube reflexes to light accepting part, can detect full ice equally in view of the above.
The optical sensor of above-mentioned two kinds of patterns is not only easy to install, and it is also more accurate to detect full ice.Be described in further detail below in conjunction with the technical characterictic of specific embodiment device for detecting full ice in ice storage chamber of ice maker of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 a, Fig. 1 b are the structural representations of general ice machine.
Fig. 2 a is the schematic diagram of first embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 b utilizes the present invention to detect the control block diagram of full ice.
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of second embodiment of the invention.
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Fig. 2 a is the schematic diagram of first embodiment of the invention, and the illuminating part 35 of its optical sensor and light accepting part 40 are relatively arranged on the bottom, front side of casing 20a and the bottom, front side of ice build-up tank 12a.Generally, the light that sends of illuminating part 35 will unobstructedly arrive light accepting part 40 smoothly; When storage chamber 60 is filled with ice cube 60 ', will there be ice cube between illuminating part 35 and the light accepting part 40 and will block the light arrival light accepting part 40 that illuminating part 35 sends, light accepting part 40 will induce full ice signal.
Fig. 2 b utilizes the present invention to detect the control block diagram of full ice, and control part 30 is located in the casing 20a and is used to control the power supply of illuminating part 35 and receives the full ice signal that light accepting part 40 induces, to detect in the storage chamber 60 whether be filled with ice cube.In addition, control part 30 also is used to control the motor driving part 45 that drives ice shifting rod 14a; Whether the temperature signal of the ice build-up tank 12a that temperature detecting part 50 detects is delivered to control part 30 equally, finish to confirm ice-making process.In addition, the control part among the present invention 30 also is used for controlling heater-driven portion 80 that drives heater 15 and the solenoid-driven portion 55 that drives the magnetic valve (not shown) that feeds water to ice build-up tank 12a.
In ice making with move in the process of ice, control part 30 is luminous by certain periodic Control illuminating part 35.When the storage chamber 60 of ice build-up tank 12a below piles with ice cube 60 ', also will pile with ice between illuminating part 35 and the light accepting part 40, the light that illuminating part 35 sends is blocked by ice cube and can not be arrived light accepting part 40, and light accepting part 40 will induce full ice signal.Therefore, receive at light accepting part 40 under the situation of light, control part 30 will judge in the ice machine bin 60 less than ice, ice making and move the ice process and will proceed; And can not receive the light time that illuminating part 35 sends at light accepting part 40, control part 30 will be judged and full ice and stop ice making and move ice.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of second embodiment of the invention, and the illuminating part 35a of its optical sensor and light accepting part 40a are incorporated into one and are arranged on the height that full ice state can be sensed in bottom, casing 20a front side.Be provided with photomask 70 between illuminating part 35a and the light accepting part 40a, therefore, in the normal state, the light that illuminating part 35a sends can not directly arrive light accepting part 40a.But under full ice state, the light that illuminating part 35a sends can arrive light accepting part 40a through ice cube 60 ' reflection, and light accepting part 40a will induce full ice signal and send into control part 30.
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1, a kind of device for detecting full ice in ice storage chamber of ice maker is characterized in that by illuminating part and the light accepting part and the control part that receive the light that illuminating part sends formed; The relative sustained height that is installed in bottom, ice build-up tank front side of illuminating part with light accepting part; The electrified light emitting of control part control illuminating part also receives the full ice signal that light accepting part induces.
2, a kind of device for detecting full ice in ice storage chamber of ice maker is characterized in that by illuminating part and the light accepting part and the control part that receive the light that illuminating part sends formed; Illuminating part and light accepting part are incorporated into one and are installed in the full ice height of bottom, ice build-up tank front side, are provided with photomask between illuminating part and the light accepting part; The electrified light emitting of control part control illuminating part also receives the full ice signal that light accepting part induces.
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