The utility model content
The utility model is intended to solve at least one of technical problem that exists in the prior art.
For this reason, a purpose of the present utility model is to propose a kind of insulating assembly that is used for the refrigerator ice-making device.
Another purpose of the present utility model is to propose a kind of ice maker that is used for refrigerator with above-mentioned insulating assembly.
Of the present utility modelly be to propose a kind of refrigerator with above-mentioned ice maker a purpose.
The insulating assembly that is used for the refrigerator ice-making device according to the utility model first aspect embodiment comprises: body is formed with on the described body along the opening that vertically runs through described body; Insulated door, described insulated door rotatably are located on the described body to open and close described opening, and wherein said insulated door comprises: door shell, described door shell are hollow housing; And heat-barrier material, described heat-barrier material is filled in the described door shell; And the motor that opens the door, the described motor that opens the door is located at least one side of described insulated door to drive described insulated door rotation.
According to the insulating assembly that is used for the refrigerator ice-making device of the present utility model, insulated door is closed when ice making, open to prevent that temperature from influencing each other the space of insulated door both sides is isolated, and behind finishing ice-making, insulated door is opened, the space of insulated door both sides is communicated with the output ice cube, make in ice making and the process of deicing become to ice effective.
In addition, also have following additional technical feature according to the insulating assembly that is used for the refrigerator ice-making device of the present utility model:
Described door shell is the ladder platy structure, and comprises: first board; With second board, described second board is located on the lower surface of described first board and with described first board and is integral, and the surface area of described second board is less than the surface area of described first board.
Correspondingly, described opening is configured to the stairstepping opening that shape matches with described door shell.
The described insulating assembly that is used for the refrigerator ice-making device further comprises: seal, described seal are located on described first board and the surface that described opening matches.
Alternatively, described seal is an elastic caoutchouc spare.
Thus, seal can prevent after the door shell closure because ice making space that fit clearance causes and the mutual play of cold air between the ice storage space, and seal has retractility simultaneously, can buffer compartment popular impulsive force when closed.
Alternatively, described second board is located at the central authorities of described first board.
The two ends longitudinally of described door shell are respectively equipped with groove, and the output shaft of two described motors that open the door matches with described groove respectively the described motor that opens the door is located at the two ends of described door shell.
A kind of ice maker that is used for refrigerator according to the utility model second aspect embodiment comprises: ice-making compartment is limited with chamber in the described ice-making compartment; According to the described insulating assembly that is used for the refrigerator ice-making device of the utility model first aspect embodiment, described insulating assembly is located in the described chamber described chamber is separated into the ice making space on top and the ice storage space of bottom; Ice tray, described ice tray are located in the described ice making space, and Open Side Down and corresponding with described opening along horizontal position for described ice tray; Ice making evaporator, the contiguous described ice tray setting of described ice making evaporator is to lower the temperature to described ice tray; Drip tray movable along the horizontal, described drip tray is provided with sparge pipe, and described sparge pipe has at least one water jet; Be connected by water inlet pipe and drainpipe between the water tank, described water tank and described drip tray, wherein on described water inlet pipe, be provided with first water pump so that the water in the water tank is injected into described ice tray by described water jet; Ice bank, described ice bank are located in the described ice storage space and the corresponding ice that makes with reception with the position of described insulated door; And the ice storage evaporimeter, the contiguous described ice bank setting of described ice storage evaporimeter is in case the thawing of stagnant ice piece.
According to the ice maker that is used for refrigerator of the present utility model, by built-in ice making evaporator with the water ice making in the ice tray, and open insulated door and remove drip tray after in the ice making space, having made ice, the ice that makes is directly dropped in the ice bank by opening, and the ice that makes has been avoided thawing owing to the ice storage evaporimeter in ice bank, thus, the fast and ice cube quality height of ice making speed.
The described ice maker that is used for refrigerator further comprises: first and second slide rails that are parallel to each other, described first and second slide rails are located at the both sides longitudinally of described drip tray respectively and move in the horizontal to support described drip tray; And driver, described driver is connected in a horizontal side of described drip tray and promotes described drip tray along laterally moving.
Thus, in ice-making process, driver with drip tray move to ice tray under be frozen into ice so that water is sprayed onto ice tray from sparge pipe.And behind finishing ice-making, driver can be with drip tray along laterally moving, and promptly makes ice cube in the ice tray can directly drop from opened the opening behind the insulated door in the ice bank.
Alternatively, described driver is a motor, and described ice maker further comprises: external threaded, and an end of described external threaded is connected on the output shaft of described motor; With the internal thread screw rod, a described side and the other end that an end of described internal thread screw rod is connected to described drip tray cooperate with the other end of described external threaded.Thus, when needing mobile drip tray, the starter motor forward or reverse makes external threaded be engaged in the internal thread screw rod and relative motion, and then makes drip tray move to the left or to the right.
The described ice maker that is used for refrigerator further comprises: second water pump, described second water pump is located on the described drainpipe.Thus, can guarantee the water in the drip tray is carried in the recovery tank, finish the water spray circulation.
A kind of refrigerator according to the utility model third aspect embodiment, comprise refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber, also further comprise: according to the described ice maker that is used for refrigerator of the utility model second aspect embodiment, described ice maker is located at the top in the described refrigerating chamber; And distributor, described distributor is arranged on the chamber door of refrigerating chamber and is connected ice output refrigerator making with described ice bank in the described ice maker.
According to refrigerator of the present utility model, utilize the evaporimeter be located in the refrigerating chamber to carry out ice making and ice storage, the quality height of the fast and ice cube that obtains of ice making speed, ice maker convenience simple in structure, and cost is lower.
Additional aspect of the present utility model and advantage part in the following description provide, and part will become obviously from the following description, or recognize by practice of the present utility model.
The specific embodiment
Describe embodiment of the present utility model below in detail, the example of described embodiment is shown in the drawings, and wherein identical from start to finish or similar label is represented identical or similar elements or the element with identical or similar functions.Below by the embodiment that is described with reference to the drawings is exemplary, only is used to explain the utility model, and can not be interpreted as restriction of the present utility model.
In description of the present utility model, it will be appreciated that, term " vertically ", " laterally ", " on ", close the orientation of indications such as D score, " preceding ", " back ", " left side ", " right side ", " interior ", " outward " or position is based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relation, only be the utility model and simplification description for convenience of description, rather than indication or the hint device of indication or element must have specific orientation, with specific orientation structure and operation, therefore can not be interpreted as restriction of the present utility model.In addition, term " first ", " second " only are used to describe purpose, and can not be interpreted as indication or hint relative importance.
In description of the present utility model, need to prove that unless clear and definite regulation and qualification are arranged in addition, term " installation ", " linking to each other ", " connection " should be done broad understanding, for example, can be fixedly connected, also can be to removably connect, or connect integratedly; Can be directly to link to each other, also can link to each other indirectly by intermediary, can be the connection of two element internals.For the ordinary skill in the art, can concrete condition understand the concrete implication of above-mentioned term in the utility model.
Below with reference to a kind of insulating assembly 2 that be used for refrigerator ice-making device of Fig. 1-Fig. 4 description according to the utility model first aspect embodiment.This insulating assembly 2 can be located in the ice maker ice making space and ice storage space are separated, and interacts to prevent two temperature in the space.
According to the insulating assembly that is used for the refrigerator ice-making device 2 of the utility model embodiment, comprise body 20, insulated door 22 and the motor 23 that opens the door.As shown in Fig. 1-Fig. 4, be formed with on the body 20 along the opening 21 that vertically runs through body 20.
Insulated door 22 rotatably is located on the body 20 to open and close opening 21, wherein insulated door 22 comprises door shell 221 and heat-barrier material, wherein door shell 221 is a hollow housing, and heat-barrier material is filled in the door shell 221 of hollow, this heat-barrier material is less with quality, and heat-proof quality is high as selecting foundation.Thus.When insulated door 22 was closed opening 21, insulating assembly 2 separated ice making space and ice storage space, influenced temperature to prevent the mutual play of air-flow in ice making space and the ice storage space.The motor 23 that opens the door is located at least one side of insulated door 22 to drive insulated door 22 rotations.Thus, before ice making began, the predeterminated position that motor 23 driving insulated doors 22 rotations of opening the door arrive the motor 23 that opens the door stopped, and has closed opening 21 thus; And behind finishing ice-making, motor 23 reverse rotations of opening the door drive insulated door 22 and open, and arrive desired location and stop, and have opened opening 21 thus, so that the ice cube in the ice making space is transported in the ice storage space.After deicing, continue to close insulated door 22.
The insulating assembly that is used for the refrigerator ice-making device 2 according to the utility model embodiment, insulated door 22 is closed when ice making, open to prevent that temperature from influencing each other the space of insulated door 22 both sides is isolated, and behind finishing ice-making, insulated door 22 is opened, the space of insulated door 22 both sides is communicated with the output ice cube, make in ice making and the process of deicing become to ice effective.
In embodiment more of the present utility model, as shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 4, door shell 221 is the ladder platy structure, and comprise first board 2211 and second board 2212, second board 2212 is located on the lower surface of first board 2211 and with first board 2211 and is integral, and the surface area of second board 2212 is less than the surface area of first board 2211.Correspondingly, opening 21 also can be configured to the stairstepping opening 21 that shape matches with door shell 221.
As shown in Figure 4, in an embodiment of the present utility model, insulating assembly 2 further comprises seal 24, and seal 24 is located on first board 2211 and the surface that opening 21 matches, and for example seal 24 can be bonded between first board 2211 and the opening 21.Alternatively, seal 24 is an elastic caoutchouc spare.Seal 24 can prevent the closed back of door shell 221 because ice making space that fit clearance causes and the mutual play of cold air between the ice storage space, and seal 24 has retractility simultaneously, can buffer compartment popular 22 impulsive forces when closed.
Alternatively, second board 2212 is located at the central authorities of first board 2211.
As shown in Figure 4, the two ends longitudinally of door shell 221 are respectively equipped with the open the door output shaft 231 of motor 23 of 2213, two of grooves and match with groove 2213 respectively and be installed in the two ends longitudinally of door shell 221 with the motor 23 that will open the door.Certainly, the utility model is not limited to this, and the motor 23 that opens the door also can only be located at an end of door shell 221, specifically can decide according to design.
Below with reference to the ice maker that be used for refrigerator 100 of Fig. 5-Fig. 7 description according to the utility model second aspect embodiment, described ice maker 100 is suitable for being arranged in the refrigerating chamber of refrigerator.
The ice maker that is used for refrigerator according to the utility model embodiment comprises ice-making compartment 1, insulating assembly 2, ice tray 3, ice making evaporator 4, drip tray 5, water tank 6, ice bank 7 and ice storage evaporimeter 8.
As shown in Figure 5, be limited with chamber in the ice-making compartment 1 and by heat-barrier material chamber be hedged off from the outer world preventing the temperature in the externally temperature influence chamber, insulating assembly 2 is located in the chamber with the ice making space 10a that chamber is separated into top and the ice storage space 10b of bottom.Can prevent when insulated door 22 is closed that the temperature in ice making space 10a and the ice storage space 10b from interacting, and when insulated door 22 is opened, be communicated with by opening 21 between the ice storage space 10b of the ice making space 10a on chamber top and bottom.
Ice tray 3 is located in the 10a of ice making space, and Open Side Down and corresponding with opening 21 along horizontal position for ice tray 3.The contiguous ice trays 3 of ice making evaporator 4 be provided with to ice tray 3 coolings with to being attached to the water ice making in the ice tray 3.
Drip tray 5 is movable along the horizontal, in the ice-making process, drip tray 5 move to ice tray 3 under, and after ice making was finished, drip tray 5 was laterally removed so that ice tray 3 faces opening 21.Drip tray 5 is provided with sparge pipe 51, and sparge pipe 51 has at least one water jet 52.Particularly, as shown in Figure 6, drip tray 5 and sparge pipe 51 can be all along the fore-and-aft direction settings.Alternatively, at least one water jet 52 is turned up the soil along length direction (being the fore-and-aft direction among Fig. 6) each interval of sparge pipe 51 and is provided with and the two ends sealing of sparge pipe 51.Water tank 6 links to each other with external water source by valve (scheme not shown), and wherein whether this valve can be regulated the water source according to the drip tray 5 interior water yields and enter, and this water tank 6 can be located at the interior any position of refrigerating chamber of refrigerator.Level sensor, ball valve that persons of ordinary skill in the art may appreciate that the control panel that is connected to refrigerator etc. all can be realized being not described in detail above-mentioned control procedure at this.
Be connected by water inlet pipe 61 and drainpipe 62 between water tank 6 and the drip tray 5, wherein on water inlet pipe 61, be provided with first water pump 63 so that the water in the water tank 6 is injected into ice tray 3 by water jet 52.Thus, external water source can controlledly be conveyed into earlier in the water tank 6, from water tank 6, be injected into ice tray 3 by water jet 52 again by first water pump 63 and water inlet pipe 61, part water can be attached to that ice tray 3 is lowered the temperature by ice making evaporator 4 and then freeze, and remaining water can fall back in the drip tray 5, water in the drip tray 5 returns in the water tank 6 by drainpipe 62, thereby has realized the shuttling movement of water.
Ice bank 7 is located in the ice storage space and the corresponding ice that makes with reception with the position of insulated door 22, and ice storage evaporimeter 8 contiguous ice banks 7 are provided with in case the stagnant ice piece melts.In addition, other configuration examples in the ice bank as ice exploration bar 71, push away ice bar 72 and trash ice blade etc. and operation all is known for those of ordinary skills, be not described in detail here.
The ice maker that is used for refrigerator 100 according to the utility model embodiment, by built-in ice making evaporator 4 with the water ice making in the ice tray 3, and open insulated door 22 and remove drip tray 5 after in the 10a of ice making space, having made ice, the ice that makes is directly dropped in the ice bank 7 by opening 21, and the ice that makes has been avoided thawing owing to ice storage evaporimeter 8 in ice bank 7, thus, the fast and ice cube quality height of ice making speed.
In an embodiment of the present utility model, the described ice maker 100 that is used for refrigerator further comprises: first slide rail 91 that is parallel to each other and second slide rail 92, and driver 93.As shown in Figure 7, move in the horizontal to support drip tray 5 first slide rail 91 and second slide rail 92 both sides longitudinally that are located at drip tray 5 respectively.Driver 93 is connected in a horizontal side of drip tray 5 and promotes drip tray 5 along laterally moving, and for example shown in Fig. 6, driver 93 can be located at the left side of drip tray 5 and laterally move with the push-and-pull drip tray.Thus, in ice-making process, driver 93 with drip tray 5 move to ice tray 3 under be frozen into ice so that water is sprayed onto ice tray 3 from sparge pipe 51.And behind finishing ice-making, driver 93 can be with drip tray 5 along laterally moving, and promptly makes ice cube in the ice tray 3 directly drop the opening 21 after having opened insulated door 22 in the ice bank 7.
In examples more of the present utility model, driver 93 is a motor, and ice maker 100 further comprises external threaded 94 and internal thread screw rod 95, as shown in Figure 6, wherein an end of external threaded 94 is connected on the output shaft of motor, and a side and the other end that an end of internal thread screw rod 95 is connected to drip tray 5 cooperate with the other end of external threaded 94.Thus, when needing mobile drip tray 5, the starter motor forward or reverse makes external threaded 94 be engaged in the internal thread screw rod 95 and relative motions, and then makes drip tray 5 move to the left or to the right.
In other examples of the present utility model, driver 93 is hydraulic cylinder (scheming not shown), and wherein the piston rod of hydraulic cylinder is connected to a side of drip tray 5.
As shown in Figure 5, according to the ice maker that is used for refrigerator 100 of some embodiment of the utility model, further comprise second water pump 64, second water pump 64 is located on the drainpipe 62, thus, can guarantee the water in the drip tray 5 is carried in the recovery tank 6, finish the water spray circulation.Certainly, when drip tray 5 middle water levels are higher than in the water tank 6 water level, the water in the drip tray 5 since gravity will directly be discharged in the water tank 6 by drainpipe 62.
In further embodiment of the present utility model, as shown in Figure 5, ice maker 100 also comprises the motor 23 that opens the door, and the motor 23 that opens the door is arranged in the chamber to control the opening and closing of insulated door 22.
The ice maker that is used for refrigerator 100 according to the utility model embodiment, first water pump 63 is with the ejection of the water in the water tank 6, the part water of ejection is attached to ice tray 3 and freezes, and in the drip tray 5 that surplus water will fall downwards, then owing to the gravity or second water pump 64 of water are carried in the recovery tank 6 by drainpipe, finish a water spray circulation, water spray finished after the water freezing in ice tray 3 was finished.And behind the finishing ice-making, driver 93 starts, and drip tray 5 is laterally removed, and the ice cube in the ice tray 3 falls, and drops into by opening 21 in the ice bank of below.
Describe a kind of refrigerator of the utility model third aspect embodiment below with reference to Fig. 8, this refrigerator comprises refrigerating chamber 200 and refrigerating chamber 300.
Refrigerator according to the utility model embodiment also comprises ice maker 100 and the distributor 400 that is used for refrigerator, wherein ice maker 100 is the ice maker that is used for refrigerator according to the utility model one side embodiment, and this ice maker 100 is located at the top in the refrigerating chamber 200.Distributor 400 is arranged on the chamber door of refrigerating chamber 200 and is connected ice output refrigerator making with ice bank 7 in the ice maker 100.
Ice-making process according to the refrigerator of the utility model embodiment is described below.
In ice-making process, water is entered in the water tank 6 from external water source by valve control, and regulates water by control valve and whether enter into water tank 6.
When ice making is carried out, under the effect of first water pump 63 water in the water tank 6 is sprayed by water jet 52 via water inlet pipe 61, water is sprayed to the ice tray 3 of top.Part water is attached to ice tray and freezes, and most of water falls after rise in the drip tray 5 of below, because the gravity of water or second water pump 64 are carried in the recovery tank 6 by drainpipe, finish a water spray circulation then, water spray finished after the water freezing in ice tray 3 was finished.
After water freezing in the ice tray 3 is finished, the motor 23 that opens the door drives insulated door 22 and opens, at this moment, ice making space 10a and ice storage space 10b are communicated with by opening 21, and simultaneously, driver 93 starts, drip tray 5 is laterally removed, fall the ice cube in the ice tray 3 this moment, drops into by opening 21 in the ice bank of below, deices end up to setting-up time.Ice cube is kept in the ice bank 7, and ice exploration bar 71 stops ice making after detecting and being full of in the ice bank 7, when the user needs ice cube, pushes away ice bar 72 ice cube is pushed to the refrigerator outside by distributor 400.
According to the refrigerator of the utility model embodiment, utilize the evaporimeter be located in the refrigerating chamber to carry out ice making and ice storage, the quality height of the fast and ice cube that obtains of ice making speed, ice maker convenience simple in structure, and cost is lower.
All is known according to other configuration examples in the refrigerator of the utility model embodiment for those of ordinary skills as refrigerating control and refrigeration system etc. and operation, is not described in detail here.
In the description of this specification, concrete feature, structure, material or characteristics that the description of reference term " embodiment ", " some embodiment ", " illustrative examples ", " example ", " concrete example " or " some examples " etc. means in conjunction with this embodiment or example description are contained at least one embodiment of the present utility model or the example.In this manual, the schematic statement to above-mentioned term not necessarily refers to identical embodiment or example.And concrete feature, structure, material or the characteristics of description can be with the suitable manner combination in any one or more embodiment or example.
Although illustrated and described embodiment of the present utility model, those having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: can carry out multiple variation, modification, replacement and modification to these embodiment under the situation that does not break away from principle of the present utility model and aim, scope of the present utility model is limited by claim and equivalent thereof.