CN209310321U - Ice maker - Google Patents

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CN209310321U
CN209310321U CN201821919159.3U CN201821919159U CN209310321U CN 209310321 U CN209310321 U CN 209310321U CN 201821919159 U CN201821919159 U CN 201821919159U CN 209310321 U CN209310321 U CN 209310321U
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25CPRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00Producing ice
    • F25C1/10Producing ice by using rotating or otherwise moving moulds
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25CPRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00Producing ice
    • F25C1/22Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds
    • F25C1/24Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds for refrigerators, e.g. freezing trays
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D17/00Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces
    • F25D17/04Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D17/00Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces
    • F25D17/04Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection
    • F25D17/06Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation
    • F25D17/08Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation using ducts
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D21/00Defrosting; Preventing frosting; Removing condensed or defrost water
    • F25D21/04Preventing the formation of frost or condensate

Abstract

The utility model provides a kind of ice maker for being able to suppress short transverse size and cold air capable of being made equably to spread the refrigerator equably made ice in ice-making disc.The ice maker of refrigerator has in inside: the ice-making compartment of the length direction configuration from the nearby side of refrigerator to inboard towards ice-making disc;The inboard top of ice-making compartment is configured at relative to ice-making disc, to the upper nozzle of the upper space of ice-making disc discharge cold air;And in the direction upper opening intersected with the direction that upper nozzle is open, to the side outlet of the upper space of ice-making disc discharge cold air.Side outlet is set to the position than upper nozzle on the lower.

Description

Ice maker
Technical field
The ice maker that the utility model relates to be set in refrigerator, more particularly to the construction of circulating cold air.
Background technique
In the past, there is known the refrigerators for the ice maker for having automatic ice-making.As patent document 1 is open, refrigerator tool Icehouse is prepared, is provided with the ice-making disc that driving portion is configured to rotation in inside.It is supplied from cooler to ice-making compartment Cold air, the water in ice-making disc are freezed thus to be made ice by cold air.The ice produced in ice-making disc, by making ice-making disc by driving portion Rotation, and fallen to the ice storage box being configured at below ice-making disc, it is stored.
The cold duct for importing cold air to ice-making disc is made of upper side cold duct and side side cold duct.Upper side Cold duct and side side cold duct avoid driving portion and are set.Upper side cold duct is configured at the upper of ice-making disc Side, via cold air entrance hole from the top cool-air feed of ice-making disc.Side cold duct is cold from the side for being set to ice-making disc Gas entrance hole cool-air feed in ice-making disc.The cold air to heat up by the water in ice-making disc is from the cold air entrance hole phase with side side The face of anti-side is discharged.
Patent document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2006-250489 bulletin
The ice maker of refrigerator disclosed in patent document 1, it is intended that whole positions in ice-making disc are equably It is made ice.Therefore, it is configured to each region pair of the water reservoir separated in side cold duct setting above and ice-making disc The cold air entrance hole answered, thus balancedly distributes cold air, is able to carry out stable heat exchange and independent of the position in ice-making disc It sets.However, the top of ice-making disc be configured with provided with cold air entrance hole upper side cold duct, and if ensure for from , then there is becoming large-sized in this way for the short transverse of ice maker entirety in the space for carrying out rotation driving of ice-making disc separation ice cube Project.
In addition, the cold air supplied from upper side cold duct via cold air entrance hole in ice-making disc is due to vertically being arranged Out, so being recycled along the vertical direction between side cold duct and the water surface above after being collided with the water surface in ice-making disc.Circulation Cold air include moisture, exist and generated in adhesive waters such as wall surfaces towards the space between upper side cold duct and the water surface Project as frost.Also, there is the spinning movement for hindering ice-making disc if generating excessive frosting in ice-making compartment, it can not be from system Ice pan separates ice, can not make ice such project.
If in order to prevent frosting and increase from the cold air entrance hole of side side cold duct import cold air import volume, from The cold air that upper side cold duct flows into is collided with the cold air from side side cold duct and is flowed to side.Accordingly, there exist Cold air is not spread in ice-making disc fifty-fifty, and such project can not be equably made ice.
Utility model content
The utility model is precisely in order to solving project as described above and completing, it is intended that providing one kind can Inhibit short transverse size and cold air can be made equably to spread the ice making of the refrigerator equably made ice in ice-making disc Device.
The ice maker of the utility model, is set in refrigerator, has in inside: ice-making compartment, is configured with from above-mentioned Ice-making disc of the nearby side of refrigerator towards inboard length direction;Upper nozzle is configured at than above-mentioned ice-making disc by above-mentioned Cold air is discharged in the upper space of the position of the inboard top of ice-making compartment, Xiang Shangshu ice-making disc;And side outlet, with The above-mentioned upper space discharge of the direction upper opening that the direction that above-mentioned upper nozzle is open intersects, Xiang Shangshu ice-making disc is above-mentioned Cold air, above-mentioned side outlet are set to the position than above-mentioned upper nozzle on the lower.
Preferably, above-mentioned ice-making disc is configured to the water reservoir that will be made ice upward, and above-mentioned ice-making compartment has position Top and the ceiling face opposed with above-mentioned water reservoir in above-mentioned water reservoir, above-mentioned ceiling face have with from above-mentioned system Towards nearby side and to the inclined plane part that above-mentioned ice-making disc declines, above-mentioned inclined plane part is located adjacent to above-mentioned ice-making disc for the inboard of icehouse Side beveled ends, positioned at than above-mentioned side outlet by above-mentioned ice-making compartment nearby side position.
Preferably, has the driving portion for making above-mentioned ice making disc spins, above-mentioned upper nozzle is configured at above-mentioned driving portion Top, above-mentioned side outlet are configured at the position than above-mentioned driving portion by the nearby side of above-mentioned ice-making compartment.
Preferably, above-mentioned driving portion is in the inboard position for leaning on above-mentioned ice-making compartment than above-mentioned ice-making disc and above-mentioned ice-making disc phase It is configured adjacently, and is configured to protrude driving portion top upwards than above-mentioned ice-making disc, above-mentioned side outlet is towards upper State the region in corner in the above-mentioned upper space of ice-making disc, being formed by the upper end and above-mentioned driving portion top of above-mentioned ice-making disc Opening.
Preferably, have: above-mentioned cold air is discharged in cold gas exhausting outlet;Upper pipe, from above-mentioned cold gas exhausting outlet branch And reach above-mentioned upper nozzle;And side ducts, from above-mentioned cold gas exhausting outlet branch and above-mentioned side outlet is reached, The equivalent diameter d of the section of above-mentioned upper pipe1Than the equivalent diameter d of the section of above-mentioned side ducts2It is small.
Preferably, have cold air return port, it is upper for being discharged from above-mentioned upper nozzle and above-mentioned side outlet State cold air inflow, the equivalent diameter d of above-mentioned cold air return port3Meet d3≥d1d2/(d1+d2) relationship.
Ice maker according to the present utility model, the even water in the ice-making disc of the nearby side of ice-making compartment can also supply cold Gas, so inhibiting the size of the short transverse of ice maker, realizes space saving without pipeline is arranged in the top of ice-making disc.
It can be using the inboard upper nozzle for being set to ice-making disc, in the ice-making disc for the nearby side for being located at ice-making compartment Water supply the cold air from upper nozzle.In addition, since side outlet is set to the position than upper nozzle on the lower It sets, so not collided from the cold air that upper nozzle is discharged with the cold air being discharged from side outlet, is easy to positioned at ice-making compartment Nearby side ice-making disc on water supply the cold air from upper nozzle.In addition, it is stagnant to be able to suppress the cold air comprising moisture The upper space of ice-making disc is stayed in, so as to inhibit frosting.
Cold air from upper nozzle after being discharged from upper nozzle not sharp to ice-making disc lateral bend, but It is dynamic along the ceiling surface current of ice-making compartment in the ice-making disc of ice-making compartment inboard.Therefore, it is not produced from the cold air that upper nozzle is discharged The pressure loss is so flow will not be reduced, to the cold air of the water on the ice-making compartment nearby ice-making disc of side caused by the raw flowing because of bending Supply amount increases.In addition, the cold air from side outlet can be supplied in the ice-making disc of ice-making compartment inboard, so can be all over And the whole region cool-air feed of ice-making disc, ice making can be carried out similarly to the water in ice-making disc.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the refrigerator of the embodiments of the present invention 1 being observed from the front.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram for indicating the profile construction of refrigerator of the embodiments of the present invention 1.
Fig. 3 is the perspective view of the ice maker of the embodiments of the present invention 1.
Fig. 4 is the top view of the ice maker of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is the cross-sectional view of the ice maker of Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram observed above the slave ice-making disc of the ice maker of the embodiments of the present invention 1.
Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram for indicating the construction of ice maker of comparative example.
Fig. 8 be the ice-making disc comprising upper nozzle and side outlet of the ice maker of Fig. 7 and length direction The explanatory diagram of the construction of vertical section.
Fig. 9 is the cross-sectional view vertical with length direction of the ice-making disc of the ice maker of Fig. 4.
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Embodiment 1.
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the refrigerator 1 of the embodiments of the present invention 1 being observed from the front.In Fig. 1, omit Expression to the door of each storeroom of closing refrigerator 1.Refrigerator 1 has refrigerating chamber 100 in topmost.Under refrigerating chamber 100 Side, which has, to be allowed hand over as each temperature such as cryogenic temperature area (- 18 DEG C), refrigeration (3 DEG C), chilled (0 DEG C) and soft freezing (- 7 DEG C) The switching chamber 200 in area.In addition, being configured with ice-making compartment 300 side by side in the lower section of refrigerating chamber 100 and switching chamber 200.In switching chamber 200 are configured with freezing chamber 400 with the lower section of ice-making compartment 300, are configured with vegetable compartment 500 in the lower section of freezing chamber 400.Switching chamber 200, ice-making compartment 300, freezing chamber 400 and vegetable compartment 500 have the door of drawing and pulling type.In addition, the form of refrigerator 1 is not limited to Form shown in FIG. 1, such as can also there is no switching chamber 200.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram for indicating the profile construction of refrigerator 1 of the embodiments of the present invention 1.Fig. 2 shows Fig. 1 A-A section.Refrigerator 1 has compressor 2 in the back side of vegetable compartment 500, has cooler 3 in the back side of freezing chamber 400 And the Air Blast fan 4 of each space air-supply by the cooling cold air of cooled device 3 into refrigerator.The cooling cold air of cooled device 3 By the wind path 5 for being imported to each storeroom of refrigerator 1, to freezing chamber 400, switching chamber 200, ice-making compartment 300 and refrigeration Room 100 is blown, cooling each storeroom.Vegetable compartment 500 is by making the return cold air of refrigerating chamber 100 return to wind path from refrigerating chamber It is (not shown) circulation and be cooled.Moreover, being returned from vegetable compartment with return wind path (not shown) to cooler 3.Each storeroom Temperature is detected by being set to the thermistor (not shown) of each storeroom, (is not schemed by adjusting the air door for being set to wind path 5 Show) aperture, the operating condition of compressor 2 and the air output of Air Blast fan 4 and control the temperature of each storeroom, to become pre- The temperature first set.
The construction of each storeroom is schematically illustrated in Fig. 2.Arrow shown in Figure 2 indicates the flowing of cold air.Quilt The cooling cold air of cooler 3 is admitted to ice-making compartment 300 by Air Blast fan 4.Cold air is sent to ice-making compartment via cold gas exhausting outlet 6 In 300.Configured with the ice-making disc 11 for being configured to rotation using driving portion 12 in ice-making compartment 300.From cold gas exhausting outlet 6 Cold air be supplied in the upper space 302 above ice-making disc 11, carry out heat exchange with the water that is accumulated in ice-making disc 11 And it is made ice.The top and side of ice-making disc 11 are surrounded by ice making hood 18 so that cold air to be located at ice-making disc 11 with The supply of upper space 302 of the ice-making disc 11 between hood 18 is made ice without scattering and disappearing.
Fig. 3 is the perspective view of the ice maker 10 of the embodiments of the present invention 1.Fig. 4 is the ice maker 10 of Fig. 3 Top view.Fig. 5 is the cross-sectional view of the ice maker 10 of Fig. 4.Fig. 5 indicates the B-B section of Fig. 4.Ice maker 10 is configured at ice making In room 300.As shown in Fig. 2, though ice maker 10 has ice storage box 301 in the lower section of ice-making disc 11, in Fig. 3~Fig. 5 It is omitted.
The top of ice-making disc 11 is covered by ice making hood 18, is formed between ice-making disc 11 and ice making hood 18 for cold air The upper space 302 of circulation.Ice-making disc 11 is supported to rotate by being configured at the inboard driving portion 12 of ice-making compartment 300. Driving portion 12 is the device for falling the ice being formed in ice-making disc 11 to ice storage box 301 for reversing ice-making disc 11.? The lower section of ice-making disc 11 is provided with the ice detection bar 19 of the amount for detecting the ice that ice storage box 301 is stored.Ice detection bar 19 It is contacted with the ice in ice storage box 301, in the case where not lower than defined position, so that ice-making disc 11 is not isolated ice dynamic Make, so that anti-stagnant ice storage box 301 overflows ice.
As shown in figure 5, leaning on ice-making compartment in 300 internal ratio ice-making disc 11 of ice-making compartment position against the top and than ice-making disc 11 300 inboard positions are provided with upper nozzle 13.Upper nozzle 13 will be from the inboard, that is, refrigerator 1 for being located at ice-making compartment 300 The cold air that the cold gas exhausting outlet 6 of back side have passed through upper pipe 13a is discharged to the upper space 302 of ice-making disc 11.Upper tube Road 13a needs the driving portion 12 for avoiding being disposed adjacently with the inboard of ice-making disc 11 in ice-making compartment 300 and is laid with.Therefore, on Portion pipeline 13a is set as adjacent with the top of driving portion 12, and upper nozzle 13 is configured to adjacent with the top of driving portion 12.
Driving portion 12 is set as adjacent with the inboard of ice-making disc 11 in ice-making compartment 300.Driving portion 12 has use in inside In the mechanism of driving ice-making disc 11.For this purpose, the top of driving portion 12 be set as than ice-making disc 11 water reservoir 11a also upwards It is prominent.More top of the upper nozzle 13 on the top of driving portion 12 is open.
Ceiling face 18a is installed above the water reservoir 11a of ice-making disc 11.Ceiling face 18a is ice making hood 18 Lower surface, especially in the top of ice-making disc 11, the part opposed with the water reservoir 11a of ice-making disc 11.Ceiling face 18a from The upper end 13b of upper nozzle 13 extends towards the nearby side of ice-making compartment 300.Ceiling face 18a is from the upper end of upper nozzle 13 Be until 13b to the top of the inboard end 11c of the water reservoir 11a of ice-making disc 11 it is horizontal, from there towards ice-making compartment 300 Nearby side inclined plane part 18b is provided in a manner of being lower.That is ceiling face 18a is provided with in the inboard of ice-making compartment 300 Region is towards the nearby side of ice-making compartment 300 and close to inclined plane part 18b as ice-making disc 11.In addition, in the embodiment 1, top Though canopy face 18a is a part for making ice hood 18, it is not limited to the form.Ceiling face 18 can also be by ice-making compartment 300 inside Other structures constitute.Such as it can also be made of division ice-making compartment 300 and the partition wall 150 of refrigerating chamber 100.
The inclined plane part 18b of ceiling face 18a is set to from the central portion of the length direction of ice-making disc 11 to inboard range.Tiltedly The beveled ends 18c of the side close to ice-making disc 11 of facial 18b is slightly leaned on positioned at the length direction central portion than ice-making disc 11 Inboard top.In from beveled ends 18c to ice-making compartment 300 nearby side, the water reservoir of ceiling face 18a and ice-making disc 11 The water surface 11b of 11a is substantially parallel.Ceiling face 18a is formed as not interfering 11 institute of ice-making disc when falling ice to ice storage box 301 The track of rotation.In Fig. 5, ceiling face 18a is located at the position more upper than the upper limit line 15 of the rotational trajectory of ice-making disc 11.
Fig. 6 is the signal that the top of the slave ice-making disc 11 of the ice maker 10 of the embodiments of the present invention 1 is observed Figure.Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of the C-C section of Fig. 5.The side of ice-making disc 11 is provided with side outlet 14.Side outlet 14 It is set to the wall for being located at the side of ice-making disc 11 in ice making hood 18, is intersected towards the direction being open with upper nozzle 13 Direction opening.Side outlet 14 by from be located at refrigerator 1 back side 6 branch of cold gas exhausting outlet and have passed through side ducts The cold air of 14a is discharged to the upper space 302 of ice-making disc 11.Identical as upper pipe 13a, side ducts 14a also avoids driving Portion 12 is arranged.
The position of side outlet 14 is indicated in Fig. 5 with the part shown in rectangular broken line.Side outlet 14 is to ice-making disc Cold air is discharged on the water reservoir 11a of the part of 11 close driving portion 12.It is discharged in addition, side outlet 14 is located at than top The position of the lower end 13c of mouth 13 on the lower.I.e. side outlet 14 towards it is in the upper space 302 of ice-making disc 11, by driving The region in the corner that the water reservoir 11a of portion top and ice-making disc 11 is formed configures.In other words, the upper space of ice-making disc 11 302 have by the upper end of water reservoir 11a, driving portion top 12a and by the lower end 13c horizontal extension of upper nozzle 13 and At imaginary plane surround, region that "U" word shape is divided into section shown in Fig. 5.Side outlet 14 towards this The inside region of "U" word shape is open.In addition, side outlet 14 is positioned at the inclined plane part 18b's than being set to ceiling face 18a Beveled ends 18c is by the inboard position of ice-making compartment 300.That is, upper space 302 of the side outlet 14 towards ice-making disc 11 , the outs open of the lower section of the inclined plane part 18b of ceiling face 18a positioned at ice-making compartment 300.
As shown in figure 5, from the ice making hood 18 on extended line of the cold air along discharge direction that upper nozzle 13 is discharged Inclined plane part 18b flowing.Inclined plane part 18b is set as 10 degree hereinafter, so inhibiting cold air due to the slope relative to discharge direction The pressure loss of flowing.It is discharged from upper nozzle 13 and is difficult to along the cold air that ceiling face 18a flows because of Coanda effect It is removed from ceiling face 18a, is accessible to the region of the nearby side of ice-making compartment 300.
In addition, position of the side outlet 14 in the lower end 13c than upper nozzle 13 on the lower, in ice-making compartment 300 It is configured at the nearby side of driving portion 12.Therefore, from side outlet 14 be discharged cold air be discharged from upper nozzle 13 it is cold Gas will not collide near upper nozzle 13 or near side outlet 14.Therefore, it is discharged from upper nozzle 13 Cold air be accessible to positioned at ice-making compartment 300 nearby side ice-making disc 11 on water reservoir 11a on.
The cold air being discharged from side outlet 14 does not hinder to reach driving portion 12 from the cold air that upper nozzle 13 is discharged Water reservoir 11a in neighbouring ice-making disc 11.
Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram for indicating the construction of ice maker 110 of comparative example.Fig. 8 is the packet of the ice maker 110 of Fig. 7 The explanation of the construction of the section vertical with length direction of ice-making disc 11 containing upper nozzle 113 and side outlet 114 Figure.The ice maker 110 of the comparative example and ice maker 10 of embodiment 1 is identical is also disposed in refrigerator 1.The ice making of comparative example Device 110, is provided with upper pipe 113a in the top of ice-making disc 11, and the side of ice-making disc 11 is provided with side ducts 114a.The cold air being discharged from cold gas exhausting outlet 6 is branched and flows into upper pipe 113a and side ducts 114a.To top The cold air that pipeline 113a is flowed into is discharged from the multiple upper nozzles 113 for the lower surface for being set to upper pipe 113a.Top row Outlet 113 is configured at the top of the water reservoir 11a of the nearby side positioned at ice-making compartment 300 of ice-making disc 11.
The cold air flowed into from cold gas exhausting outlet 6 to side ducts 114a is from 11 institute of ice-making disc for being configured at side ducts 114a Multiple side outlets 114 of the side of the side at place are discharged.Side outlet 114 be configured at ice-making disc 11 be located at ice-making compartment The side of 300 inboard water reservoir 11a.
As shown in figure 8, from upper nozzle 113 be discharged cold air vertically with the water reservoir 11a institute in ice-making disc 11 The water surface of the water of storage collides.Therefore, the cold air of the water surface is arrived to horizontal direction bending, and side rises then up.It is being located at The upper space 302 of ice-making disc 11 between ice-making disc 11 and the lower surface of upper pipe 13a, the cold air comprising moisture is upper and lower Direction circulation.In addition, the circulation of the cold air being discharged from side outlet 114 and the cold air being discharged from upper nozzle 113 is collaborated, And it is recycled in the upper space of ice-making disc 11 302.Upper space 302 because of the cold air comprising moisture in ice-making disc 11 recycles, and Adhere to frost in the wall surface etc. towards upper space 302.If the frost of attachment becomes more, frost hinders rotation of the driving portion 12 to ice-making disc 11 The reason of turning, becoming a problem that can not being made ice.
In addition, since the cold air from upper nozzle 113 is collided with the cold air from side outlet 114, since institute It is flowed due to the flowing of the cold air of side outlet 114 to side from the cold air of upper nozzle 113.Therefore, cold air is unequal In ice-making disc 11, the ice making in each portion of ice-making disc 11 generates deviation on ground.
On the other hand, the ice maker 10 of embodiment 1, as shown in figure 5, from upper nozzle 13 be discharged cold air along Ceiling face 18a passes through the top of side outlet 14, does not collide with the cold air being discharged from side outlet 14.Therefore, from top The cold air that outlet 13 is discharged reliably reaches the water reservoir 11a of the nearby side positioned at ice-making compartment 300 in ice-making disc 11.Separately Outside, the cold air being discharged from side outlet 14 reaches the water reservoir 11a of 12 side of driving portion of ice-making disc 11 without with from upper The cold air flow of portion's outlet 13.
Fig. 9 is the cross-sectional view vertical with length direction of the ice-making disc 11 of the ice maker 10 of Fig. 4.Fig. 9, which is shown, includes The section of upper pipe 13a, side ducts 14a and driving portion 12.According to the short transverse ruler in the section of upper pipe 13a Very little h1With width direction size W1, the equivalent diameter d of upper pipe 13a1Pass through d1=(h1×W1)/(2h1+2W1) and find out.Together Sample, the equivalent diameter d of side ducts 14a2Also according to the short transverse size h of side ducts 14a2With width direction size W2, lead to Cross d2=(h2×W2)/(2h2+2W2) and find out.The pressure loss and equivalent diameter d of fluid in usual pipeline1It is inversely proportional.I.e. The pressure reduction of the fluid flowed in pipeline if equivalent diameter d1 becomes smaller.If the pressure of the fluid in pipeline is because of the pressure loss And reduce, then the flow of the fluid in pipeline is reduced.In addition, equivalent diameter d is in upper pipe 13a and side ducts 14a The area of the section vertical with the direction that cold air is flowed become the smallest part and calculate.
In the ice maker 10 of embodiment 1, the equivalent diameter d of upper pipe 13a1It is more equivalent than side ducts 14a Diameter d2It is small.Thus to the amount Q of the side ducts 14a cold air flowed2Become the amount Q of the cold air than flowing to upper pipe 13a1 It is more.Therefore, in the case where generating the heat exchange of cold air and surrounding air, compared with the cold air flowed in side ducts 14a, The temperature rising of the cold air flowed in the small upper pipe 13a of thermal capacity becomes faster.If air themperature is set as t, using e as water Vapour pressure and using P as atmospheric pressure then finds out air by ρ=1.293 × P/ (1+t/273.15) × (1-0.378e/P) Density p.I.e. air themperature is higher, then atmospheric density becomes smaller.Therefore, in the temperature height and heat exchange with surrounding air Upper pipe 13a in the density of cold air that flows become smaller, flowing and be discharged from side outlet 14 in side ducts 14a The density of cold air is high.Therefore, the air being discharged from the cold air that upper nozzle 13 is discharged due to density ratio from side outlet 14 It is small, so generating buoyancy.The cold air being discharged from upper nozzle 13 is difficult to sink to 11 side of ice-making disc due to the buoyancy.Cause This, just contacts, heat exchange from the water that the cold air that upper nozzle 13 is discharged is not stored with ice-making disc 11, but is accessible to make The upper space 302 of the nearby side positioned at ice-making compartment 300 of ice pan 11.
From upper nozzle 13 be discharged cold air near driving portion 12 using by be discharged from side outlet 14 it is cold The buoyancy that density contrast between gas generates is without sinking.In addition, leaving driving portion 12 from the cold air that upper nozzle 13 is discharged Position due to Coanda effect along ceiling face 18a flow.Therefore, the cold air for not carrying out heat exchange with water is supplied to ice making The water reservoir 11a of the nearby side positioned at ice-making compartment 300 on disk 11.
In addition, from upper nozzle 13 be discharged cold air due to 12 side of driving portion not in ice-making disc 11 region sharply Ground bending, so not flowing the pressure loss caused by (bend flow) as bending.Also, since ceiling face 18a is smooth Face and the obstructions such as not set protrusion flowing construction, so the pressure loss of cold air tails off, flow will not be reduced, thus can will Water reservoir 11a of the cool-air feed of sufficient amount to the nearby side positioned at ice-making compartment 300 of ice-making disc 11.
As shown in fig. 6, the cold air being discharged from side outlet 14 is mainly stored to the water of 12 side of driving portion of ice-making disc 11 It is supplied on portion 11a, carries out heat exchange with water, flowed to the region of the nearby side of ice-making compartment 300.It is located at ice making in ice-making disc 11 The upper space 302 of the nearby side of room 300, cold air enter the cold air return port 20 positioned at the side of ice-making disc 11.In addition, from upper Portion's outlet 13 is discharged and the cold air supplied on the water reservoir 11a of the nearby side positioned at ice-making compartment 300 of ice-making disc 11 exists Also enter cold air return port 20 after having carried out heat exchange with water.
The equivalent diameter d of cold air return port 203Meet the equivalent diameter d for using upper pipe 13a1And side ducts 14a Equivalent diameter d2The following conditions of expression.The equivalent diameter d of cold air return port 203It is set to meet 1/d3≤1/d1+1/d2 Relationship.Meet d3≥d1d2/(d1+d2) relationship.In the side that cold air the is flowed out i.e. equivalent diameter of cold air return port 20 d3In the case where meeting above-mentioned condition, the pressure loss for the side that cold air is flowed out becomes smaller, the stream that Xiang Lengqi return port 20 flows into Enter amount increase.Therefore, to the cold air that the upper space 302 of ice-making disc 11 supplies be not above in space 302 circulation be detained and It is to be easily accessible cold air return port 20.Therefore, it is able to suppress the cold air comprising moisture to recycle in space 302 above, can press down Frosting in ice-making compartment 300 processed.In addition, the equivalent diameter d by making cold air return port 203Meet above-mentioned condition, is thus making The flow of the cold air to circulate in the upper space 302 of ice pan 11 also increases.
As described above, the water stored by 12 side of driving portion in ice-making disc 11 be mainly discharged from side outlet 14 it is cold Air cooling.In addition, what water stored in the ice-making disc 11 of the nearby side of ice-making compartment 300 was mainly discharged from upper nozzle 13 Cold air is cooling.In this way, cold air is fifty-fifty spread in ice-making disc 11, and ice is similarly made of in ice-making disc 11.This is practical new The ice maker of type can be inexpensive and be able to carry out same ice making to ice-making disc entirety cool-air feed in space-saving way, and Without to components such as the additional ceiling wind paths of existing ice maker.
(effect of embodiment 1)
(1) ice maker 10 of the embodiments of the present invention 1 is the ice maker 10 being set in refrigerator 1, inside Portion has: the ice-making compartment 300 of the ice-making disc 11 configured with the nearby side from refrigerator 1 to inboard towards length direction;It is configured at ratio Ice-making disc 11 also by the position of the inboard top of ice-making compartment 300, is arranged to the top of the upper space 302 of ice-making disc 11 discharge cold air Outlet 13;And the direction upper opening intersected in the direction being open with upper nozzle 13, to the upper space of ice-making disc 11 The side outlet 14 of 302 discharge cold air.Side outlet 14 is set to the position than upper nozzle 13 on the lower.
With this configuration, the cold air being discharged from upper nozzle 13 will not be with the cold air being discharged from side outlet 14 It is collided near upper nozzle 13 and side outlet, but reaches the defined region in ice-making disc 11.Therefore, from upper The cold air that portion's outlet 13 is discharged reaches the water reservoir 11a of the nearby side positioned at ice-making compartment 300 of ice-making disc 11.In addition, from The cold air that side outlet 14 is discharged reaches the inboard water reservoir 11a for being located at ice-making compartment 300 of ice-making disc 11.In this way, energy Enough water reservoir 11a entirety cool-air feeds in ice-making disc 11 can made in space-saving way without pipeline is arranged on top Ice making is carried out similarly on ice pan 11.
(2) ice maker 10 of embodiment 1 according to the present utility model, ice-making disc 11 are configured to make the water storage for ice making Upward, ice-making compartment 300 has the top positioned at water reservoir 11a and the ceiling face opposed with water reservoir 11a to the portion 11a of depositing 18a.Ceiling face 18a has with the inboard inclined plane part 18b that declines to ice-making disc 11 towards nearby side from ice-making compartment 300. Beveled ends 18c in the side for being located adjacent to ice-making disc 11 of inclined plane part 18b is located at and leans on ice-making compartment than side outlet 14 The position of 300 nearby side.
With this configuration, side outlet 14 is located at the lower section of the inclined plane part 18b of ceiling face 18a, so arranging from top The cold air of 13 discharge of outlet passes through on the cold air that side outlet 14 is discharged, and becomes easy the position for reaching ice-making disc 11 Water reservoir 11a in the nearby side of ice-making compartment 300.In addition, the cold air being discharged from upper nozzle 13 is due to along gentle Inclined plane part 18b flowing, so being able to suppress the pressure loss, is able to suppress the reduction of flow.
(3) ice maker 10 of embodiment 1 according to the present utility model has the driving portion for rotating ice-making disc 11 12, upper nozzle 13 is configured at the top of driving portion 12, and side outlet 14 is configured at than driving portion 12 by ice-making compartment 300 The nearby position of side.
(4) in addition, driving portion 12 than ice-making disc 11 by the inboard position and ice-making disc 11 of ice-making compartment 300 be adjacent to by Configuration, and driving portion top 12a is configured to protrude upwards than ice-making disc 11.Side outlet 14 is towards ice-making disc 11 The region openings in corner in upper space 302, being formed by the upper end and driving portion top 12a of ice-making disc 11.
With this configuration, side outlet 14 is cold to the upper end of ice-making disc 11 and the corner supply of driving portion top 12a Gas, it is not required that from the cold air that upper nozzle 13 is discharged sharp be bent and to the corner cool-air feed.Therefore, from upper The cold air that portion's outlet 13 is discharged does not need to carry out bending flowing, is able to suppress the pressure loss.
(5) ice maker 10 of embodiment 1 according to the present utility model has: be discharged cold air cold gas exhausting outlet 6, from 6 branch of cold gas exhausting outlet and reach upper nozzle 13 upper pipe 13a, from 6 branch of cold gas exhausting outlet and reach side arrange The side ducts 14a of outlet 14.The equivalent diameter d of the section of upper pipe 13a1It is equivalent more straight than the section of side ducts 14a Diameter d2It is small.
With this configuration, the cold air that the density ratio for the cold air being discharged from upper nozzle 13 is discharged from side outlet 14 Density it is small, it is difficult to downwards sink.Therefore, the cold air being just discharged from upper nozzle 13 does not sink downwards, but readily along Ceiling face 18a flowing.
(6) ice maker 10 of embodiment 1 according to the present utility model has from upper nozzle 13 and side row The cold air return port 20 that the cold air of 14 discharge of outlet flows into, the equivalent diameter d of cold air return port 203Than cuing open for side ducts 14a The equivalent diameter d in face2Greatly.
It with this configuration, is not to recycle in space 302 above to the cold air that the upper space 302 of ice-making disc 11 supplies It is detained but is easily accessible cold air return port 20.Therefore, the cold air comprising moisture is able to suppress to recycle in space 302 above, The frosting being able to suppress in ice-making compartment 300.
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1 ... refrigerator, 2 ... compressors, 3 ... coolers, 4 ... Air Blast fans, 5 ... wind paths, 6 ... cold gas exhausting outlets, 10 ... systems Ice production apparatus, 11 ... ice-making discs, 11a ... water reservoir, 11b ... the water surface, the inboard end 11c ..., 12 ... driving portions, 12a ... driving Portion top, 13 ... upper nozzles, 13a ... upper pipe, the upper end 13b ..., the lower end 13c ..., 14 ... side outlets, 14a ... Side ducts, 15 ... upper limit lines, 18 ... ice making hoods, 18a ... ceiling face, 18b ... inclined plane part, 18c ... beveled ends, 19 ... ice Detection bar, 20 ... cold air return ports, 100 ... refrigerating chambers, 110 ... ice makers, 113 ... upper nozzles, 113a ... upper tube Road, 114 ... side outlets, 114a ... side ducts, 200 ... switching chambers, 300 ... ice-making compartments, 301 ... ice storage boxes, 302 ... Upper space, 400 ... freezing chambers, 500 ... vegetable compartments, Q1... amount, Q2... amount, W1... width direction size, W2... width direction ruler It is very little, d1... equivalent diameter, d2... equivalent diameter, h1... short transverse size, h2... short transverse size, ρ ... atmospheric density.

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1. a kind of ice maker, is set in refrigerator, which is characterized in that
Have in inside:
Ice-making compartment, configured with from the nearby side of above-mentioned refrigerator towards the ice-making disc of inboard length direction;
Upper nozzle is configured at the position than above-mentioned ice-making disc by the inboard top of above-mentioned ice-making compartment, to above-mentioned ice making Cold air is discharged in the upper space of disk;And
Side outlet, in the direction upper opening that the direction being open with above-mentioned upper nozzle intersects, Xiang Shangshu ice-making disc Above-mentioned upper space above-mentioned cold air is discharged,
Above-mentioned side outlet is set to the position than above-mentioned upper nozzle on the lower.
2. ice maker according to claim 1, which is characterized in that
Above-mentioned ice-making disc is configured to the water reservoir that will be made ice upward,
Above-mentioned ice-making compartment has the top positioned at above-mentioned water reservoir and the ceiling face opposed with above-mentioned water reservoir,
Above-mentioned ceiling face has with from the inboard towards nearby side and to the inclined plane part that above-mentioned ice-making disc declines of above-mentioned ice-making compartment,
The beveled ends of the side for being located adjacent to above-mentioned ice-making disc of above-mentioned inclined plane part are located at than above-mentioned side outlet by above-mentioned The position of the nearby side of ice-making compartment.
3. ice maker according to claim 1 or 2, which is characterized in that
Have the driving portion for making above-mentioned ice making disc spins,
Above-mentioned upper nozzle is configured at the top of above-mentioned driving portion,
Above-mentioned side outlet is configured at the position than above-mentioned driving portion by the nearby side of above-mentioned ice-making compartment.
4. ice maker according to claim 3, which is characterized in that
Above-mentioned driving portion is adjacent to above-mentioned ice-making disc in the position for the inboard for leaning on above-mentioned ice-making compartment than above-mentioned ice-making disc and is configured, And it is configured to protrude driving portion top upwards than above-mentioned ice-making disc,
Above-mentioned side outlet is towards in the above-mentioned upper space of above-mentioned ice-making disc, upper end by above-mentioned ice-making disc and above-mentioned drive The region openings in the corner that dynamic portion top is formed.
5. ice maker according to claim 1 or 2, which is characterized in that
Have:
Above-mentioned cold air is discharged in cold gas exhausting outlet;
Upper pipe from above-mentioned cold gas exhausting outlet branch and reaches above-mentioned upper nozzle;And
Side ducts from above-mentioned cold gas exhausting outlet branch and reach above-mentioned side outlet,
The equivalent diameter d of the section of above-mentioned upper pipe1Than the equivalent diameter d of the section of above-mentioned side ducts2It is small.
6. ice maker according to claim 5, which is characterized in that
Have cold air return port, flowed into for the above-mentioned cold air being discharged from above-mentioned upper nozzle and above-mentioned side outlet,
The equivalent diameter d of above-mentioned cold air return port3Meet d3≥d1d2/(d1+d2) relationship.
7. ice maker according to claim 3, which is characterized in that
Have:
Above-mentioned cold air is discharged in cold gas exhausting outlet;
Upper pipe from above-mentioned cold gas exhausting outlet branch and reaches above-mentioned upper nozzle;And
Side ducts from above-mentioned cold gas exhausting outlet branch and reach above-mentioned side outlet,
The equivalent diameter d of the section of above-mentioned upper pipe1Than the equivalent diameter d of the section of above-mentioned side ducts2It is small.
8. ice maker according to claim 7, which is characterized in that
Have cold air return port, flowed into for the above-mentioned cold air being discharged from above-mentioned upper nozzle and above-mentioned side outlet,
The equivalent diameter d of above-mentioned cold air return port3Meet d3≥d1d2/(d1+d2) relationship.
9. ice maker according to claim 4, which is characterized in that
Have:
Above-mentioned cold air is discharged in cold gas exhausting outlet;
Upper pipe from above-mentioned cold gas exhausting outlet branch and reaches above-mentioned upper nozzle;And
Side ducts from above-mentioned cold gas exhausting outlet branch and reach above-mentioned side outlet,
The equivalent diameter d of the section of above-mentioned upper pipe1Than the equivalent diameter d of the section of above-mentioned side ducts2It is small.
10. ice maker according to claim 9, which is characterized in that
Have cold air return port, flowed into for the above-mentioned cold air being discharged from above-mentioned upper nozzle and above-mentioned side outlet,
The equivalent diameter d of above-mentioned cold air return port3Meet d3≥d1d2/(d1+d2) relationship.
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