CN1837720B - Ice bank of refrigerator - Google Patents
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Abstract
An ice bank of a refrigerator is provided. The ice bank includes an ice accommodation chamber storing ice pieces made by an ice maker, and an ice pressing unit circulating the ice pieces by pressing the ice pieces for preventing sticking of the ice pieces in the ice accommodation chamber.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator, especially relate to a kind of ice bank of refrigerator.
Background technology
The ice bank of refrigerator stores the ice cube by the ice maker preparation, and after ice cube is crushed to suitable size, again these ice cubes is supplied to the user.
Ice maker is connected to the ice cube of refrigerator with the preparation required size, and these ice cubes are supplied to the user.Recently in order to satisfy client's demand, more manufacturer is installed in ice maker on the refrigerator as fixture, rather than ice maker is installed as selecting piece installing or adding piece installing.Ice bank (or ice groove) stores the ice cube by the ice maker preparation, to be supplied to the user.Even therefore when the user needed a large amount of ice cube, ice bank also can be supplied required ice cube immediately.
Usually, ice bank comprises: be used to store the apotheca of a large amount of ice cubes, the ice breaker and chipper of broken ice cube, and the toter that ice cube is transported to ice breaker and chipper from apotheca.
Simultaneously, when a large amount of ice cubes was stored in the apotheca, ice cube may mix and bond together mutually.In this case, ice cube just can not transport by toter.Therefore, the user has to take out ice bank, and the ice cube of manually broken these cakings is so that reuse this ice bank.And, although ice bank is not filled up by ice cube fully, may detect ice bank and be filled up fully, thereby may cause the unusual operation of ice maker by ice cube.
Especially, if ice maker and ice bank are installed in the door of refrigerator as fixture, then ice bank is size-constrained, thereby is easy to be in contact with one another the possibility that increases the ice cube bonding owing to ice cube.That is, when ice maker and ice bank are installed in the door of refrigerator as fixture, increased the possibility of ice bank medium floe bonding.
And ice bank of the prior art comprises bar, and the bottom of this bar is equipped with blade.This bar is connected with each blade.Therefore, when ice cube when ice bank is sent in the bottom of ice bank, this bar will hinder sending of ice cube.And when ice cube is sent, this bar also will increase the possibility of ice cube bonding.Thus, need a kind of ice bank that improves structure that has, it can overcome above-mentioned these problems.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the present invention relates to a kind of ice bank of refrigerator, it can overcome fully because the restriction of prior art and the not enough one or more problems that produce.
An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of ice bank of refrigerator, it has improved structure, bonds mutually with the ice cube that prevents to be stored in the ice bank.
Other advantage of the present invention, purpose and feature will partly be described in the following description, and partly become clear by those skilled in the art to analysis described below or by practice of the present invention is known.Purpose of the present invention and other advantage can realize by the structure that particularly points out in written specification and claims and accompanying drawing or obtain.
For obtaining these purposes and other advantage and according to the intent of the present invention, as also extensively describing ground in this concrete enforcement, the invention provides a kind of ice bank of refrigerator, be used to store ice cube by the ice maker preparation, this ice bank comprises: the ice cube accommodation chamber, and it stores the ice cube by this ice maker preparation; And the ice cube pressurizing unit, it goes in ring described ice cube by pushing described ice cube in this ice cube accommodation chamber, bond in this ice cube accommodation chamber to prevent described ice cube.
Particularly, refrigerator ice bank of the present invention comprises: the ice cube accommodation chamber, and it stores the ice cube by this ice maker preparation; The ice cube that passes through for described ice cube exports; And ice cube pressurizing unit, it goes in ring the ice cube in this ice cube accommodation chamber, wherein, this ice bank also comprises the ice cube acceptance division, this ice cube acceptance division tilts with predetermined angle, the ice cube that falls from this ice maker can move to this ice cube pressurizing unit from this ice cube acceptance division that tilts, ice cube by this ice cube pressurizing unit extruding can be along the inclined surface reverse slide of this ice cube acceptance division, and push adjacent ice cube, can transmit continuously by adjacent ice cube by the extruding force that this ice cube pressurizing unit produces, thereby ice cube is oppositely moved continuously, thereby ice cube can go in ring in this ice cube accommodation chamber, prevent the ice cube bonding thus.
In another program of the present invention, a kind of ice bank of refrigerator is provided, is used to store the ice cube by the ice maker preparation, this ice bank comprises: the ice cube accommodation chamber, it stores the ice cube by this ice maker preparation, and comprises the ice cube acceptance division of the bottom that is positioned at this ice cube accommodation chamber; Toter, it transports the ice cube that is stored in this ice cube accommodation chamber; And separator, it pushes described ice cube and bonds in this ice cube accommodation chamber to prevent described ice cube.
In another scheme of the present invention, a kind of ice bank of refrigerator is provided, be used to store ice cube by the ice maker preparation, this ice bank comprises: housing; The ice cube accommodation chamber, it is formed in this housing, and stores the ice cube by this ice maker preparation; And fixed blade, it directly is connected with this housing.
In another scheme of the present invention, a kind of ice bank of refrigerator is provided, be used to store ice cube by the ice maker preparation, this ice bank comprises: housing, it is a closing structure; The ice cube accommodation chamber, it is formed in this housing, and stores the ice cube by this ice maker preparation; Shutter, it comprises the guide hump that is used for guiding the ice cube that is stored in this ice cube accommodation chamber; And rotating blade, it comprises the ice cube removing projection that is used to make this guide hump ice cube separation on every side that is bonded in this shutter.
According to ice bank of the present invention, can prevent that ice cube stored in this ice bank from preventing mutual bonding, thereby increase the reliability of this ice bank operation.
Should be appreciated that the present invention summarize the preceding with the following detailed description be exemplary and explanat, these descriptions aim to provide the further explanation to the invention of institute's prescription.
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The accompanying drawing that is comprised provides further to be understood the present invention, and the application's a part is incorporated and formed to accompanying drawing into.Accompanying drawing shows embodiments of the invention, and with specification with the principle of the present invention that lays down a definition.In the drawings:
Fig. 1 is the stereogram according to the refrigerator with ice bank of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the stereogram of the ice maker shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the stereogram of the ice bank shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is the vertical cross section along the line I-I ' of Fig. 1 that shows ice bank;
Fig. 5 is the vertical cross section of Fig. 4, and wherein ice bank is in job state;
Fig. 6 is the vertical cross section according to the ice bank of second embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 7 is the stereogram of the separator shown in Fig. 6;
Fig. 8 is the stereogram according to the ice bank of third embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 9 is the vertical cross section along the line II-II ' of Fig. 8;
Figure 10 is the stereogram of the fixed blade of the ice bank shown in Fig. 8;
Figure 11 is the stereogram of the rotating blade of the ice bank shown in Fig. 8; And
Figure 12 is the stereogram of the shutter of the ice bank shown in Fig. 8.
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Now will describe the preferred embodiments of the present invention in detail, example of the present invention diagram in the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the stereogram according to the refrigerator with ice bank of first embodiment of the invention.
With reference to figure 1, refrigerator 1 passes through to use the kind of refrigeration cycle of compressor, condenser, expansion valve and evaporimeter at low-temperature storage food.
Refrigerator 1 be included in (above freezing) more than 0 ℃ low-temperature storage food refrigerating chamber 2 and at the refrigerating chamber 3 of low-temperature storage food below 0 ℃ and ice cube.Refrigerator 1 also comprises and is arranged on the ice maker 5 that is used to prepare ice cube in the refrigerating chamber 3, stores the ice bank 6 by the ice cube of ice maker 5 preparations, and the ice dispenser (ice dispenser) 7 that is used for supplying to the user from ice bank 6 ice cube.
Refrigerator also comprises the toter 34 (with reference to figure 3) that is used for that ice cube is crushed to the ice breaker and chipper 37 (with reference to figure 3) of appropriate size and is used for transporting to ice breaker and chipper 37 ice cube.
Now the operation process of ice maker 5 will be described simply.
To an amount of water of ice maker 5 supply, and to ice maker 5 supplied with cooling air so that water is freezed.When the cooling air of supplying when passing through formed ice cube in ice maker 5, ice maker 5 operations to be separating described ice cube, and the ice cube that is separated is dropped in the ice bank 6.The user can utilize ice dispenser 7 to take out the ice cube of requirement from ice bank 6.
Fig. 2 is the stereogram of the ice maker 5 shown in Fig. 1.
With reference to figure 2, the cooling air that ice maker 5 uses refrigerator 1 to provide comes ice making.This ice maker 5 comprises: water-feed 12 is used for from outside reception water; Ice-making compartment 13, water freezes in ice-making compartment 13; Displacer 14 is used for ice cube is separated with ice-making compartment 13; And control cabinet 11, many parts that are used to rotate displacer 14 wherein are installed.This ice maker 5 also comprises: a plurality of installed parts 19 that are positioned at ice-making compartment 13 dorsal areas, and it is used for ice maker 5 is installed in the inboard of refrigerator 1; Whether and ice cube is full of sensor bar 18, be used to detect ice bank 6 and filled by ice cube fully.
In more detail, this displacer 14 comprises from control cabinet 11 extended rotating shafts 15 and from rotating shaft 15 extended adjutages 16, is used for discharging ice cube from ice-making compartment 13 when rotating shaft 15 is rotated.On the inner surface of ice-making compartment 13, be formed with a plurality of every rib (barrier rib) 20, ice-making compartment 13 is separated into the corresponding part of the size a plurality of and ice cube that will in ice-making compartment 13, prepare.At the top of ice-making compartment 13 separator 17 is installed, is used to guide the ice cube that ejects by displacer 14 to fall into ice bank 6.The heater (not shown) is installed below ice-making compartment 13, is used to heat ice cube so that the inner surface of ice cube and ice-making compartment 13 is separated.
The operation process of ice maker 5 is now described according to the said structure of ice maker 5.
Supply water to water-feed 12 by feed pipe.Water from water-feed 12 flow into the ice-making compartments 13 by in the each several part that forms every rib 20.In the each several part of ice-making compartment 13, water is by being supplied to the cooling freezing by means of air below 0 ℃ of ice-making compartment 13.
After water freezed fully, displacer 14 was by the driving mechanism running of control cabinet 11.In more detail, rotating shaft 15 is rotated, and ice cube is upwards pushed away along the inner surface of ice-making compartment 13 to utilize adjutage 16.Before displacer 14 operations, the heater (not shown) that is installed in ice-making compartment 13 belows is to ice-making compartment 13 heat supplies, so that the inner surface of ice cube and ice-making compartment 13 is separated.
The ice cube that separator 17 guiding are upwards released falls into and is stored in ice bank 6.
Carry out this process repeatedly till ice bank 6 is filled up by ice cube fully.When ice cube was full of sensor bar 18 and detects ice bank 6 and be in complete full state, ice maker 5 quit work.
Fig. 3 is the stereogram of the ice bank shown in Fig. 1.
With reference to figure 3, ice bank 6 comprises: form the housing 31 of ice cube storage area, be arranged on the ice breaker and chipper 37 of housing 31 bottoms, and the toter 34 that ice cube is transported to ice breaker and chipper 37.Ice bank 6 also comprises: ice cube outlet 38, and trash ice falls by exporting 38; And shutter 39, it changes the size of ice cube outlet 38, to regulate the size of the ice cube that falls by ice cube outlet 38.Toter 34 can adopt spiral propeller (spiral auger).
Ice breaker and chipper 37 comprises: fixed blade 36, and it is installed on housing 31; Rotating blade 35, but its relative fixed blade 36 rotates; Axle 33, it is connected with rotating blade 35, to transmit driving force to rotating blade 35; And motor 32, its end with axle 33 is connected.
In more detail, motor 32 is arranged on the outer surface of housing 31.Axle 33 is connected so that driving force is sent to rotating blade 35 from motor 32 with motor 32.One end of fixed blade 36 is installed on the fixed blade installation portion 40 that forms in pre-position on housing 31 inner surfaces.Axle 33 can insert the predetermined position of fixed blade 36 with supporting.Therefore, fixed blade 36 can be maintained fixed when axle 33 rotates.For this reason, axle 33 and fixed blade 36 can not be fixed together.
In the operation process of ice breaker and chipper 37, by the rotation of rotating blade 35, ice cube is guided between fixed blade 36 and the rotating blade 35, and the power that the rotation by rotating blade 35 produces makes the ice cube fragmentation.Broken ice cube falls from the ice cube outlet 38 that is formed on fixed blade 36 belows.Distributor 7 is arranged on ice cube and exports 38 belows, is supplied to the user with the ice cube that will fall.
Now the operation process of ice bank 6 will be described simply.Ice cube by ice maker 5 preparations falls into ice bank 6.In ice bank 6, ice cube is broken into suitable size, and is supplied to the user in the desired amount.For this reason, the driving force that transmits through axle 33 by motor 32 makes toter 34 runnings.By the running of toter 34, ice cube is transported to ice breaker and chipper 37.Next, ice cube is by ice breaker and chipper 37 fragmentations, and discharges by ice cube outlet 38.Here, because ice breaker and chipper 37 contacts with ice cube and promote ice cube, so ice breaker and chipper 37 and toter 34 all can be used as ice cube and transport parts.In more detail, when rotating blade 35 began to rotate, rotating blade 35 directly contacted with ice cube and broken and mobile ice cube.
The size of ice cube outlet 38 can utilize shutter 39 to regulate, and discharges the ice cube with required size thereby can export 38 by ice cube.Promptly utilize shutter 39 to increase the size of ice cubes outlet 38, discharging relatively large ice cube, otherwise, utilize shutter 39 to reduce the size of ice cube outlet 38, to discharge less relatively ice cube.
By increasing or reduce the rotating speed of motor 32, can increase or reduce the ice cube velocity of discharge of ice bank 6.Like this, can control the amount of discharging ice cube from ice bank 6.If toter 34 has less pitch, then low speed transports less ice cube; If toter 34 has bigger pitch, then transport bigger ice cube at a high speed.And, size and quantity that size that can be by regulating blade 35 and 36 and number are controlled ice cube.
Simultaneously, ice bank 6 of the present invention is characterised in that and can prevents that ice cube from boning mutually in housing 31.This feature is described with reference to Fig. 4 to Fig. 7.
Fig. 4 is the vertical cross section along the line I-I ' of Fig. 1 that shows ice bank.
With reference to figure 4, ice bank 6 comprises: ice cube accommodation chamber 50 is used to receive the ice cube by ice maker 5 preparations; And the ice cube pressurizing unit, be used to prevent that ice cube from boning mutually and push ice cube.
In the present embodiment, the toter 34 that is installed in the ice bank 6 can be used as the ice cube pressurizing unit.As mentioned above, toter 34 can adopt spiral propeller.
And in the present embodiment, the ice breaker and chipper 37 that is installed in the ice bank 6 also can be used as the ice cube pressurizing unit.In more detail, ice breaker and chipper 37 comprises fixed blade 36 and rotating blade 35.Fixed blade 36 can not move relative to housing 31, and rotating blade 35 can rotate by relative fixed blade 36.Ice cube goes in ring by being rotated in the ice cube accommodation chamber 50 of rotating blade 35, thereby can prevent that ice cube from boning mutually.
Here, toter 34 and ice breaker and chipper 37 can all be used as the ice cube pressurizing unit, perhaps, toter 34 and ice breaker and chipper 37 one of them as the ice cube pressurizing unit.
Be formed with ice cube acceptance division 60 in the bottom of ice cube accommodation chamber 50.The bottom of ice cube acceptance division 60 formation ice cube accommodation chambers 50 and support are placed in the ice cube in the ice cube accommodation chamber 50.Ice cube receiving portion 60 tilts with predetermined angle, and ice cube can move to ice breaker and chipper 37 and/or toter 34 from ice cube acceptance division 60 effectively like this.Therefore, can improve the operational efficiency of ice breaker and chipper 37 and/or toter 34.
In the present embodiment, the lower end height h1 of ice cube acceptance division 60 is less than the extruding height h2 of ice cube pressurizing unit (toter 34 and/or ice breaker and chipper 37).In more detail, ice cube acceptance division 60 comprises the surface 61 towards the ice cube pressurizing unit, and towards the height h1 on the surface 61 of the ice cube pressurizing unit extruding height h2 less than the ice cube pressurizing unit.Therefore, the extruding force of ice cube pressurizing unit (toter 34 and/or ice breaker and chipper 37) can act on the ice cube that is stacked on the ice cube acceptance division 60 reposefully.Like this, the ice cube on the ice cube acceptance division 60 can go in ring in ice cube accommodation chamber 50 by the extruding force of toter 34 and/or ice breaker and chipper 37, has prevented the ice cube bonding thus.
Fig. 5 is the vertical cross section of Fig. 4, and wherein ice bank is in job state.With reference to the operation process of Fig. 5 description according to the ice bank 6 of first embodiment of the invention.
Ice cube by ice maker 5 preparations is transported to ice cube accommodation chamber 50.In ice cube accommodation chamber 50, some ice cubes from ice maker 5 place on the ice cube acceptance division 60 of inclination.Next, be arranged on ice cube landing on the ice cube acceptance division 60 to toter 34 and/or ice breaker and chipper 37.Thus, can transport ice cube by toter 34, or ice cube is crushed to predetermined size by ice breaker and chipper 37.
According to the present invention, can use toter 34 and/or ice breaker and chipper 37 as the ice cube pressurizing unit, in case the bonding of stagnant ice piece.In more detail, toter 34 and/or ice breaker and chipper 37 extruding are from the ice cube of ice cube acceptance division 60 landings.As mentioned above, the height h1 on the surface 61 of ice cube acceptance division 60 is less than the extruding height h2 of ice cube pressurizing unit, and therefore, the ice cube pressurizing unit can push the ice cube that is positioned on the ice cube acceptance division 60 effectively.
Can be by the ice cube of ice cube pressurizing unit extruding along the inclined surface reverse slide of ice cube acceptance division 60, and push adjacent ice cube.Like this, transmit continuously by adjacent ice cube, thereby ice cube is oppositely moved continuously by the extruding force that the ice cube pressurizing unit produces.Therefore, ice cube can go in ring in ice cube accommodation chamber 50, and prevents the ice cube bonding thus.
Now another embodiment of the present invention will be described.To no longer be described with parts or operation process identical among first embodiment.
Fig. 6 is the vertical cross section according to the ice bank of second embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 7 is the stereogram at the separator shown in Fig. 6.
With reference to figure 6 and Fig. 7, the ice cube that ice bank 6 receives by ice maker 5 preparations.Ice bank comprises ice cube accommodation chamber 50 and toter 34.The bottom of ice cube accommodation chamber 50 comprises ice cube acceptance division 60, and toter 34 transports the ice cube that is stored in the ice cube accommodation chamber 50.Ice bank 6 comprises that also extruding is stored in the separator 70 of the ice cube in the ice cube accommodation chamber 50.
As mentioned above, in the present invention the height h1 on the surface 61 of ice cube acceptance division 60 less than the extruding of ice cube pressurizing unit height h2.Therefore, be positioned at ice cube on the ice cube acceptance division 60 and can be subjected to extruding force from separator 70 effectively, ice cube can oppositely move reposefully like this.Thereby the reverse flow of ice cube can promote continuously by adjacent ice cube, and ice cube just can go in ring in the inside of ice cube accommodation chamber 50 like this, thereby prevents the bonding of ice cube.
Here, bond mutually in order to prevent ice cube, separator 70 turns round with ice cube pressurizing unit (toter 34 and/or ice breaker and chipper 37).
Preferably, separator 70 is the same all around 33 rotations of identical axle with toter 34.Like this, separator 70 can rotate by the motor 32 that makes toter 34 rotations, and need not to utilize extra drive unit.
And preferably, separator 70 is arranged between ice cube acceptance division 60 and the toter 34.Like this, because separator 70 directly contacts the ice cube that is positioned on the ice cube acceptance division 60, so separator 70 can more effectively push ice cube.Based on same reason, be preferably the height h1 of the extruding height h2 of separator 70 greater than the surface 61 of ice cube acceptance division 60.
Fig. 8 is the stereogram according to the ice bank of third embodiment of the invention; And Fig. 9 is the vertical cross section along the line II-II ' of Fig. 8.
With reference to figure 8 and Fig. 9, ice bank 80 comprises: housing 81, be arranged on the ice breaker and chipper 85 in housing 81 bottoms, and the toter 84 that ice cube is transported to reposefully ice breaker and chipper 85.Ice bank 80 also comprises shutter 100 and is positioned at the ice cube outlet 86 of ice bank 80 bottom surfaces.Broken ice cube falls from exporting 86, and the size of ice cube outlet 86 can utilize shutter 100 to regulate, and falls from ice cube outlet 86 so that have the ice cube of the fragmentation of preliminary dimension.Here, toter 84 can adopt spiral propeller.
Ice breaker and chipper 85 comprises: be installed on the fixed blade 90 of housing 81, the rotating blade 110 that relative fixed blade 90 rotates inserts rotating blade 110 with the axle 83 to rotating blade 110 conveyance drive force, and the motor 82 that is connected with an end of axle 83.
In more detail, motor 82 is connected to the outer surface of housing 81 and is connected with conveyance drive force with axle 83.One end of fixed blade 90 is installed on the pre-position on housing 81 inner surfaces, axle 83 precalculated positions that can be inserted fixed blade 90 with supporting.Therefore, fixed blade 90 does not rotate when axle 83 rotates.For this reason, axle 83 and fixed blade 90 can not be fixed together.
In the operation process of ice breaker and chipper 85, by the rotation of rotating blade 110, ice cube is guided between fixed blade 90 and the rotating blade 110, and the power of rotating generation by rotating blade 110 makes the ice cube fragmentation.Broken ice cube falls from the ice cube outlet 86 that is formed on fixed blade 90 belows.Distributor is arranged on ice cube and exports 86 belows, is supplied to the user with the ice cube that will fall.
In more detail, utilize additional bar to install and fix blade in the prior art, yet according to the present invention, fixed blade 90 extend to housing 81 and fixedly connected with housing 81.In this case, other assembly is not set between fixed blade 90, so ice cube can be from passing between the fixed blade 90 to arrive ice cube outlet 86.That is, when ice cube was discharged from the bottom of ice bank 80, ice cube was not arranged on the component interference between the fixed blade 90, and ice cube can pass through between fixed blade 90 smoothly like this.
The fixed blade 90 of the 3rd embodiment is described in more detail below with reference to Figure 10.
According to the third embodiment of the present invention, shutter 100 comprises the guide hump 101 that guides ice cube, and rotating blade 110 comprises that ice cube removes projection 111, with when ice bank 80 operations, removes the ice cube that sticks to the housing 81 around the guide hump 101.
In more detail, can form two or more guide humps 101 on the top of shutter 100.Guide hump 101 is spaced from each other within a predetermined distance.Guide hump 101 has predetermined length along the rotation direction of rotating blade 110.Preferably, guide hump 101 is formed on the whole top of shutter 100 along the rotation direction of rotating blade 110.Guide hump 101 guides to ice breaker and chipper 85 with ice cube, and like this, ice cube can successfully move to rotating blade 110 and fixed blade 90.
And an end and the fixed blade 90 of shutter 100 adjoin, so that the ice cube that is positioned on the shutter 100 can not be discharged to the outside, guide to fixed blade 90 and can only be directed projection 101, unless these ice cubes have been crushed to needed size.
Simultaneously, if ice cube is bonded on the end face of shutter 100, then ice cube is removed projection 111 and promote ice cube when rotating blade 110 is rotated.Therefore, ice cube can be separated with shutter 100 and discharge ice bank 80 by ice cube outlet 86.That is, ice cube is removed the end face bonding that projection 111 can prevent ice cube and shutter 100.
With reference to Figure 10, Figure 11 and Figure 12 fixed blade 90, rotating blade 110 and shutter 100 according to third embodiment of the invention are described in more detail.
Figure 10 is the stereogram of the fixed blade 90 of the ice bank 80 shown in Fig. 8.
With reference to Figure 10, the fixed blade 90 of present embodiment comprises extension 91, connecting hole 92 and patchhole 93.After the assembling, extension 91 is fixed to housing 81, and connecting hole 92 is used for extension 91 is fixed to the predetermined portions of housing 81.Patchhole 93 ccontaining axles 83.
Figure 11 is the stereogram of the rotating blade 110 of the ice bank 80 shown in Fig. 8.
With reference to Figure 11, the rotating blade 110 of the 3rd embodiment comprises: core 113 is formed with shaft insertion hole 114 in this core; And extension 112, it divides 113 to stretch out predetermined length from central division.Can form two or more extension 112, and with same angle setting.Comprise ice cube removing projection 111 on one end of each extension 112.Ice cube is removed projection 111 and is used to make ice cube to separate with the end face of shutter 100.
In more detail, ice cube removing projection 111 ends from extension 112 stretch out predetermined length to its two sides.Preferably, the ice cube length W1 that removes projection 111 is equal to or less than the interval W2 between the guide hump 101 of shutter 100.In this case, ice cube is removed projection 111 and can be passed between the guide hump 101, thereby ice cube is removed the ice cube that projection 111 can promote to be bonded in guide hump 101 effectively.Therefore, remove projection 111 by ice cube and can prevent effectively that ice cube is bonded on the end face of shutter 100.
Figure 12 is the stereogram of the shutter 100 of the ice bank 80 shown in Fig. 8.
With reference to Figure 12, the shutter 100 of the 3rd embodiment comprises and is formed on the guide hump 101 that is used to guide ice cube on the end face.Preferably, on the end face of shutter 100, form two or more guide humps 101, more effectively to guide ice cube.Shutter 100 is used to discharge the ice cube with required size.And, can prevent that by shutter 100 ice cube is at ice bank 80 internal bonds.
Particularly, an end of shutter 100 and fixed blade 90 adjoin.Therefore, the ice cube that is positioned on the shutter 100 can successfully move to fixed blade 90.
Operation process according to the ice bank 80 of third embodiment of the invention now will be described.
Be arranged on the ice maker 5 preparation ice cubes of housing 81 tops, then ice cube falls into ice bank 80.Ice cube is fractured into suitable size and is supplied to the user in a quantity as required in ice bank 6.
For this reason, the driving force running of toter 84 by transmitting through axle 83 from motor 82.Ice cube is transported to ice breaker and chipper 85 by the running of toter 84.Next, ice cube is by ice breaker and chipper 84 fragmentations, and discharges by ice cube outlet 86.Here, because ice breaker and chipper 85 contacts with ice cube and promote ice cube, so ice breaker and chipper 85 and toter 84 are all as the ice cube carrying member.In more detail, when rotating blade 110 began to rotate, rotating blade 110 directly contacted with ice cube with fragmentation and mobile ice cube.
Ice cube can bond around ice cube exports 86 mutually, thereby reduces the operating reliability of ice bank 80.In the present embodiment, fixed blade 90 is directly fixed on housing 81, and the parts that need not to add, thereby ice cube can successfully pass through between fixed blade 90.Therefore, the path that ice cube moves can clearly be defined as the outlet 86 from fixed blade 90 to ice cube, and ice cube can successfully move and discharge like this, and mutual bonding can not occur.And, because an end and the fixed blade 90 of shutter 100 adjoin,, and be not discharged to the outside on shutter 100 so the ice cube that moves can arrive fixed blade 90.Further say, remove projection 111,, thereby can prevent that ice cube is bonded on the end face of shutter 100 with the ice cube of promotion on shutter 100 end faces owing on an end of rotating blade 110, be formed with ice cube.Like this, can prevent that according to present embodiment of the present invention ice cube from boning in ice bank 80.
Simultaneously, the size of ice cube outlet 86 can utilize shutter 100 to regulate, and discharges the ice cube with required size thereby can export 86 by ice cube.In more detail, when shutter 100 turned to open position, an end and the fixed blade 90 of shutter 100 were spaced apart.In this case, the ice cube outlet 86 between shutter 100 and the fixed blade 90 enlarges, and relatively large like this ice cube can export 86 from ice cube and discharge.
When shutter 100 backward rotation during to the closed position, an end and the fixed blade 90 of shutter 100 adjoin.In this case, the ice cube outlet 86 between shutter 100 and the fixed blade 90 is dwindled, and the less relatively ice cube by fixed blade 90 fragmentations can export 86 discharges from ice cube like this.
As mentioned above, according to ice bank of the present invention, the height of the ice cube acceptance division of ice cube accommodation chamber is less than the extruding height of ice cube pressurizing unit, and the extruding force of ice cube pressurizing unit can act on the ice cube that places on the ice cube acceptance division reposefully like this.Therefore, ice cube can go in ring in the ice cube accommodation chamber in regular turn, prevents that thus ice cube from boning mutually.
And the separator that is installed in the ice cube accommodation chamber can act on extruding force the ice cube that places on the ice cube acceptance division.Therefore, can act on ice cube, ice cube is gone in ring in the ice cube accommodation chamber, can prevent more effectively that like this ice cube from boning in the ice cube accommodation chamber from the extruding force of separator and ice cube pressurizing unit.
And, because fixed blade is directly fixed on housing, and need not, so the interference of the support component that the mobile route of ice cube can not be added such as additional support components such as bars.Therefore, can prevent that ice cube from preventing bonding around fixed blade 90.
And, remove projection owing on an end of rotating blade, be formed with ice cube, with the ice cube on the promotion shutter end face, thereby can prevent ice cube and shutter end face bonding.
In addition, because an end and the fixed blade of shutter adjoin, so can be more effectively ice cube be guided to fixed blade from the end face of shutter.
Therefore, according to the present invention, can prevent that ice cube from boning in ice bank, thereby increase the operating reliability of ice bank.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various modifications and changes to the present invention.Therefore, should be appreciated that the present invention cover drop into claims scope and full scope of equivalents thereof to various modifications and variations of the present invention.
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1. the ice bank of a refrigerator (6) is used for storing the ice cube by ice maker (5) preparation, and described ice bank comprises:
Ice cube accommodation chamber (50), it stores the ice cube by this ice maker (5) preparation;
The ice cube that passes through for described ice cube exports (38); And
The ice cube pressurizing unit, it goes in ring the ice cube in this ice cube accommodation chamber (50),
It is characterized in that this ice bank also comprises ice cube acceptance division (60), this ice cube acceptance division tilts with predetermined angle,
Wherein, the ice cube that falls from this ice maker (5) can move to this ice cube pressurizing unit from this ice cube acceptance division (60) that tilts, ice cube by this ice cube pressurizing unit extruding can be along the inclined surface reverse slide of this ice cube acceptance division (60), and push adjacent ice cube, can transmit continuously by adjacent ice cube by the extruding force that this ice cube pressurizing unit produces, thereby ice cube is oppositely moved continuously, thereby ice cube can go in ring in this ice cube accommodation chamber (50), prevents the ice cube bonding thus.
2. ice bank as claimed in claim 1, wherein this ice cube acceptance division (60) is formed on the bottom of this ice cube accommodation chamber (50), and the height (h1) of the lower end of this ice cube acceptance division (60) is less than the extruding height (h2) of this ice cube pressurizing unit.
3. ice bank as claimed in claim 1, wherein this ice cube pressurizing unit comprises the toter (34) that transports described ice cube and the ice breaker and chipper (37) of broken described ice cube,
And this ice breaker and chipper (37) is configured to the lower end of contiguous this ice cube acceptance division (60).
4. ice bank as claimed in claim 3 also comprises:
Axle (33), this toter (34) and this ice breaker and chipper (37) are arranged on this axle; And
Motor (32), it is connected in an end of this axle (33), in order to drive this ice cube pressurizing unit.
5. ice bank as claimed in claim 4, wherein this ice breaker and chipper (37) comprising: fixed blade (36), it is fixed in this ice bank (6); And rotating blade (35), it is fixed in this axle (33).
6. ice bank as claimed in claim 4 also comprises
With the separator (70) of this connection, this separator pushes described ice cube and bonds mutually in this ice cube accommodation chamber (50) to prevent described ice cube.
7. ice bank as claimed in claim 6, wherein this separator (70) is arranged between this toter (34) and this ice cube acceptance division (60).
8. ice bank as claimed in claim 6, wherein the height (h1) of the lower end of this ice cube acceptance division (60) is less than the height of this separator (70).
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