CN210532765U - Ice making module and ice making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an ice making module and ice machine. The ice making module comprises an inner container, a water outlet nozzle, a cold water pump and a water outlet valve. Wherein the inner container is provided with a cold water cavity and a warm water cavity. The water outlet nozzle is provided with a first water inlet, a second water inlet and a water outlet. The cold water pump is used for communicating the cold water cavity with the first water inlet. The water outlet valve is arranged at the position, higher than the water outlet nozzle, of the inner container and comprises a valve seat and a valve, the valve seat is provided with a cavity, a normally closed end, a normally open end and an outlet end, the normally closed end is communicated with the warm water cavity, the normally open end is communicated with the ambient atmosphere, and the outlet end is communicated with the second water inlet; the valve is movably mounted in the cavity, and when the cold water pump is closed, the valve is moved from the normally open end to the closed normally closed end. The utility model discloses an ice-making module provides a new solution siphon problem mode of leaking, reduces the cost of ice-making machine.

Description

Ice making module and ice making machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an ice machine technical field, in particular to ice making module and ice machine.

Background

Ice makers typically can produce both hot and cold water. The inner container of the ice maker is usually designed to be higher than the water outlet nozzle so as to utilize the potential energy of water to flow out downwards. In order to ensure the water yield of the cold water, a cold water pump is designed on a first pipeline connecting a cold water cavity and a water outlet nozzle to drive the cold water to flow out in an accelerated manner, so that the water yield of the cold water is high. However, the cold water pump itself has no stop function, so when the cold water needs to be closed, the cold water pump stops working, a closed pipeline is formed between the first pipeline and the water outlet nozzle, so that the water in the cold water cavity can generate siphon effect and continuously flows out from the water outlet of the water outlet nozzle, and the water leakage phenomenon occurs. The conventional solution to the siphon leakage problem is to add a cold water valve to the first pipeline, and to synchronize the cold water valve and the cold water pump, but this will increase the cost.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide an ice making module aims at providing a new solution siphon problem mode of leaking, reduces the cost of ice machine.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides an ice making module, ice making module includes inner bag, faucet, cold water pump and outlet valve. Wherein, the inner container is provided with a cold water cavity and a warm water cavity. The water outlet nozzle is provided with a first water inlet, a second water inlet and a water outlet. The cold water pump communicates the cold water cavity with the first water inlet. The water outlet valve is arranged at the position, higher than the water outlet nozzle, of the inner container and comprises a valve seat and a valve, the valve seat is provided with a cavity, a normally closed end, a normally open end and an outlet end, the normally closed end is communicated with the warm water cavity, the normally open end is communicated with the ambient atmosphere, and the outlet end is communicated with the second water inlet; the valve is movably mounted in the cavity and moves away from the normally open end to close the normally closed end when the cold water pump is closed.

Optionally, the cold water cavity is located at a position higher than the water outlet of the water outlet nozzle.

Optionally, the cold water pump is arranged at the bottom of the inner container, and the position of the water outlet nozzle is higher than that of the cold water pump.

Optionally, the water outlet valve and the water outlet nozzle are arranged on the outer side surface of the inner container, and the water outlet valve is located above the water outlet nozzle.

Optionally, the normally open end of the outlet valve is located above the normally closed end thereof.

Optionally, the ice making module further comprises a hot tank, a water inlet of the hot tank is communicated with the warm water cavity, and a water outlet of the hot tank is communicated with the normally closed end of the water outlet valve.

Optionally, the ice making module further comprises a hot water pump, and the hot water pump communicates the water inlet of the hot tank with the warm water cavity.

Optionally, an overflow preventing pipe is connected to a water outlet of the water outlet nozzle, and a water outlet end of the overflow preventing pipe is higher than the cold water cavity.

Optionally, the ice making module further comprises an ice making module, the ice making module comprises a middle rotary disc, an ice receiving disc arranged on the upper side of the middle rotary disc, an evaporator arranged on the upper side of the ice receiving disc, and a water spraying piece used for supplying water to the evaporator, and a water leakage hole for draining water to the cold water cavity is formed in the bottom of the middle rotary disc.

Optionally, the ice receiving tray is rotatably mounted on the middle rotating disc, and an ice stirring shovel is arranged on one side of the ice receiving tray and driven by the ice receiving tray to rotate so as to stir the ice of the middle rotating disc into the inner container ice storage cavity.

The utility model also provides an ice maker, ice maker includes casing, drinking water subassembly and ice making module. The casing is provided with a water receiving port and an ice receiving port. The drinking water component is communicated with the water receiving port. And the ice outlet of the ice making module is communicated with the ice receiving port.

According to the technical scheme of the utility model, the water outlet valve is additionally arranged between the warm water cavity and the water outlet nozzle and comprises a valve seat and a valve, wherein the valve seat is provided with a cavity, and a normally closed end, a normally open end and an outlet end which are communicated with the cavity; wherein the normally closed end is communicated with the warm water cavity, the normally open end is communicated with the ambient atmosphere, and the outlet end is communicated with the second water inlet. After the cold water is taken, the cold water pump is closed, at the moment, the second water inlet of the water outlet nozzle is communicated with the ambient atmosphere through the normally open end of the water outlet valve, and a closed pipeline between the cold water cavity and the water outlet of the water outlet nozzle is damaged, so that the closed pipeline is not closed, a siphon effect cannot be formed, and water leakage at the water outlet of the water outlet nozzle is avoided.

It can be seen from the above-mentioned analysis, for "advance one and go out the valve" of connection between warm water chamber and faucet in the conventional system ice module, the utility model discloses a technical scheme of system ice module adopts foretell outlet valve (being equivalent to "two advance one go", wherein "one advances" for admitting air) to replace "one and advance one and go out the valve" of conventional system ice module in other words, realizes the break-make in cold and hot two way water routes of a outlet valve control, and then need not additionally to increase the cold water valve between cold water pump and faucet, reaches the effect of practicing thrift the cost.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an ice making module according to the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of a flow path of hot and cold water in the ice-making module of fig. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the ice-making module of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the faucet of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the outlet valve of FIG. 3 in a de-energized state;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the outlet valve of FIG. 3 in an energized state;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the ice-making module of FIG. 1;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the ice maker of the present invention;

fig. 9 is an exploded view of the ice maker of fig. 8.

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the purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel and improved method and apparatus for operating a computer.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear … …) are involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are changed accordingly.

In addition, if there is a description in the embodiments of the present invention referring to "cold water", "hot water", etc., the description of "cold water", "hot water", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, the features defined as "cold water" and "hot water" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the present invention provides an ice making module 100, wherein the ice making module 100 is used for making ice cubes or ice particles. The ice making module 100 of the present invention includes a liner 110, a faucet 120, a cold water pump 170 and a water outlet valve 130. Wherein, the inner container 110 is provided with a cold water chamber 111 (as shown in fig. 7) and a warm water chamber 112. The nozzle 120 has a first inlet 121, a second inlet 122, and an outlet 123 (shown in fig. 4). The cold water pump 170 connects the cold water chamber 111 to the first water inlet 121 to drive the cold water in the cold water chamber 111 to flow toward the first water inlet 121 of the water outlet nozzle 120. The outlet valve 130 comprises a valve seat 131 and a valve 132, wherein the valve seat 131 is provided with a cavity a10 and a normally-closed end a11, a normally-open end a12 and an outlet end a13 (shown in FIGS. 5 and 6) which are communicated with the cavity a 10; wherein the normally closed end a11 is communicated with the warm water cavity 112, the normally open end a12 is communicated with the ambient atmosphere, and the outlet end a13 is communicated with the second water inlet 122; the valve 132 is movably mounted in the cavity a10, and when the cold water pump 170 is closed, the valve 132 is moved away from the normally open end a12 and moved to close the normally closed end a 11.

Specifically, the ice making module 100 further includes an ice making module 150, the ice making module 150 is disposed in the inner container 110, ice water (cold water) made by the ice making module 150 flows into the cold water chamber 111 through the water flow passage, and the cold water in the cold water chamber 111 is supplied to the user through the water outlet nozzle 120. The warm water cavity 112 may be at the same height as the cold water cavity 111, or may be higher than the cold water cavity 111, and is not limited herein. The warm water chamber 112 is connected to a water source for storing the water at normal temperature provided by the water source, and the water in the warm water chamber 112 is heated by a heating process (heating in a hot tank) and then is delivered to the water outlet nozzle 120 through the water outlet valve 130.

With respect to the outlet valve 130, as shown in fig. 5, when the outlet valve 130 is in the power-off state, the valve 132 moves away from the normally open end a12 and moves to close the normally closed end a11, so that the normally open end a12 is opened and the normally closed end a11 is closed, and hot water cannot enter the cavity a10 from the normally closed end a 11. As shown in FIG. 6, when the outlet valve 130 is in the energized state, the valve 132 is moved away from the normally-closed end a11 and moves to close the normally-open end a12, such that the normally-open end a12 is closed, the normally-closed end a11 is opened, and hot water enters the cavity a10 from the normally-closed end a11 and flows out of the outlet end.

When cold water is taken, the power of the water outlet valve 130 is controlled to be cut off, the cold water pump 170 is started, at this time, no hot water enters the water outlet nozzle from the warm water cavity 112, the cold water pump 170 drives the cold water in the cold water cavity 111 to flow towards the first water inlet 121 of the water outlet nozzle 120 and then flows out from the water outlet of the water outlet nozzle 120 for a user to take.

When the hot water is taken, the water outlet valve 130 is controlled to be powered on, the cold water pump 170 is closed, and the water in the warm water cavity 112 flows from the normally closed end a11 of the water outlet valve 130 to the first water inlet 121 of the water outlet nozzle 120 after being heated. At this time, since the pressure of the heated hot water in the warm water chamber 112 is higher than the pressure of the cold water in the cold water chamber 111, the cold water in the cold water chamber 111 does not enter the water outlet nozzle 130.

When the mixed hot water is taken, the water outlet valve 130 is controlled to be powered on, the cold water pump 170 is started at the same time, the cold water in the cold water cavity 111 enters the water outlet nozzle from the first water inlet 121 of the water outlet nozzle, the water in the warm water cavity 112 enters the water outlet nozzle through the normally closed end of the water outlet valve and the second water inlet 122 of the water outlet nozzle after being heated, so that the water meets and is mixed with the cold water, and finally the mixed hot water flows out from the water outlet of the water outlet nozzle for a user to take.

The technical scheme of the utility model, through increase the outlet valve between warm water chamber and faucet, this outlet valve 130 includes valve seat 131 and valve 132, valve seat 131 have cavity a10 and with cavity a10 intercommunication normally close end a11, normally open end a12, exit end a 13; wherein the normally closed end a11 is communicated with the warm water cavity 112, the normally open end a12 is communicated with the ambient atmosphere, and the outlet end a13 is communicated with the second water inlet 122. After the cold water is taken, the cold water pump 170 is turned off, and at this time, the second water inlet 122 of the water outlet nozzle 120 is communicated with the ambient atmosphere through the normally open end a12 of the water outlet valve 130, so that the closed pipeline between the cold water chamber 111 and the water outlet 123 of the water outlet nozzle 120 is broken, the closed pipeline is not closed, a siphon effect cannot be formed, and water leakage at the water outlet 123 of the water outlet nozzle 120 is avoided.

It can be seen from the above-mentioned analysis, for "advance one and go out the valve" of connection between warm water chamber and faucet in the conventional system ice module, the utility model discloses a system ice module 100's technical scheme adopts foretell outlet valve (being equivalent to "two advance one go", wherein "one advances" for admitting air) to replace the "one of conventional system ice module and advances one and goes out the valve", realizes the break-make in cold and hot two way water routes of a outlet valve control, and then need not additionally to increase the cold water valve between cold water pump and faucet, reaches cost-effective effect.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, based on the above embodiments, the specific positions and shapes of the hot water cavity 112 and the cold water cavity 111 in the inner container 110 may be designed according to the internal structures thereof. In one embodiment, the warm water chamber 112 and the cold water chamber 111 are disposed in the inner container 110 in an up-down direction, and a partition plate is disposed between the warm water chamber 112 and the cold water chamber 111. The partition plate may be selected as a heat insulating material to reduce the heat transfer from the warm water chamber 112 to the cold water chamber 111.

Further, the position of the cold water cavity 111 is higher than the water outlet of the water outlet nozzle 120, so that when cold water is taken, the water in the cold water cavity 111 can drive the cold water to flow to the water outlet nozzle 120 under the action of gravitational potential energy by the auxiliary cold water pump 170, and the water outlet amount of the cold water is increased.

In addition, the cold water pump 170 is disposed at the bottom of the inner container 110, and the position of the water outlet nozzle 120 is higher than the position of the cold water pump 170, so that a pipeline formed by connecting the cold water cavity 111, the cold water pump 170 and the water outlet nozzle 120 is bent from bottom to top, and the water in the cold water cavity 111 is prevented from automatically flowing to the water outlet nozzle 120 under the influence of self gravitational potential energy when the cold water pump 170 is closed.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in an embodiment, the water outlet valve 130 and the water outlet nozzle 120 are disposed on an outer side surface of the inner container 110, so that a user can conveniently receive water from the water outlet nozzle 120 from an outer side of the ice making module 100, and on the other hand, when the water outlet valve 130 or the water outlet nozzle 120 needs to be replaced or cleaned, the user can perform an assembly operation from the inner side and the outer side without opening the inner container 110, which is simple and convenient to operate. Furthermore, the outlet valve 130 can be disposed above the outlet nozzle 120, so that the normally open end of the outlet valve 130 is located at a position higher than the outlet nozzle 120, thereby enhancing the anti-siphon effect.

With reference to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the ice-making module 100 further includes a hot tank 140 according to any of the above embodiments, the hot tank 140 connects the water outlet 123 of the hot water pump 180 with the normally closed end a11 of the water outlet valve 130, and is used for heating the water delivered from the water outlet 130 to the warm water chamber 112. The hot water produced is delivered through outlet valve 130 to outlet nozzle 120 for the user to take.

Further, in order to increase the hot water outlet amount, the ice making module 100 further includes a hot water pump 180, the hot water pump 180 communicates the water inlet of the hot tank 140 with the warm water chamber 112, and after the hot water pump 180 is turned on, the hot water pressure can be increased by the hot water pump 180, so that the hot water is driven to flow at an increased speed, and the hot water flow is increased.

Based on any of the above embodiments, in order to prevent the water from leaking from the water outlet nozzle 120, an anti-overflow pipe (not shown) may be connected to the water outlet 123 of the water outlet nozzle 120, and the water outlet end of the anti-overflow pipe is higher than the cold water cavity 111. By the design, the water level of the cold water cavity 111 is always lower than the water outlet end of the anti-overflow pipe, so that the phenomenon that water in the cold water cavity 111 automatically overflows from the anti-overflow pipe is avoided, and water leakage due to siphon effect is avoided.

Referring to fig. 3 and 7, based on any of the above embodiments, the inner container 110 of the ice making module is further provided with an ice storage cavity 113 and an ice outlet 114 corresponding to the ice storage cavity 113, and the ice storage cavity 113 is located above the cold water cavity 111. An ice storage chamber 113 is formed at the partition 111, and the partition 1 partitions the ice storage chamber 113 and the cold water chamber 111. The ice making module 100 further includes an ice making module 150 disposed above the ice storage cavity 113. Ice made by the ice making module 150 is stored in the ice storage cavity 113 and then is pushed out from the ice outlet 114 by the rotation and extrusion of the ice outlet screw 160; the ice making module 150 makes ice water (cold water) to flow into the cold water chamber 111 through the water flow passage.

In one embodiment, the ice making module 150 includes a middle turntable 151, an ice tray 152 disposed on an upper side of the middle turntable 151, an evaporator 153 disposed on an upper side of the ice tray 152, and a water spraying member 154 for spraying water to the evaporator 153, wherein a water leakage hole for discharging water to the cold water chamber 111 is formed at a bottom of the middle turntable 151, and the ice making module 150 makes ice water (cold water) to flow into the cold water chamber 111 through the water leakage hole.

The evaporator 153, the compressor 101, and the condenser 102 are connected in sequence by refrigerant pipes to form a refrigeration cycle. When the ice making module 100 makes ice, the refrigeration cycle is turned on, the water dripping member 154 drips water onto the evaporator 153 from the top down, and the evaporator 153 performs heat exchange with water on the surface thereof, so that the temperature of the water is lowered to form ice and/or ice water. The ice and/or the ice water drops into the ice receiving tray 152 and then moves from the ice receiving tray 152 to the turntable 151. When the ice needs to be discharged, the ice in the middle rotary disk 151 is transferred into the ice storage cavity 113 and is extruded by the rotation of the ice discharging screw 160, and the ice water in the middle rotary disk 151 flows into the cold water cavity 111 from the water outlet gap of the middle rotary disk 151.

There may be various embodiments as to the manner of transferring the ice in the ice receiving tray 152 to the middle turntable 151. Such as but not limited to: an ice outlet is formed in the ice receiving tray 152, and when a certain amount of ice in the ice receiving tray 152 reaches, the ice automatically falls into the middle rotary disk 151 through the ice outlet. Or a mechanical arm is added, and the ice in the ice receiving tray 152 is grabbed or pushed into the middle rotary disk 151 by the mechanical arm. Alternatively, the ice receiving tray 152 may be rotatably installed inside the middle rotary disk 151, and the ice in the ice receiving tray 152 may be tilted downward from one side thereof into the middle rotary disk 151 by driving the ice receiving tray 152 to be turned downward. Here, in particular, the ice receiving tray 152 employs the latter manner of transferring ice.

The ice transfer in the ice receiving tray 152 may be performed in a manner of transferring the ice in the middle turntable 151 to the ice storage chamber 113. Here, in order to accelerate the ice discharging speed, optionally, an ice-stirring blade 155 is disposed at one side of the ice receiving tray 152, and the ice-stirring blade 155 is rotated by the ice receiving tray 152 to stir the ice of the middle rotary disk 151 to the ice storage cavity 113.

For example, when the ice receiving tray 152 rotates to the right side thereof, the ice in the ice receiving tray 152 is dumped down into the middle rotary disk 151 from the left side, and at this time, the ice-removing shovel 155 rotates to the right side of the middle rotary disk 151 along with the ice receiving tray 152. When the ice receiving tray 152 is rotated leftward and restored to the initial position, the ice receiving tray 152 is rotated leftward by the ice pushing blade 155, so that the ice in the middle rotary disk 151 is pushed leftward, and the pushed ice reaches a position higher than the side wall 170 of the middle rotary disk 151, and falls into the ice storage chamber 113 from the position.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9, an ice maker 200 is further provided. The ice maker 200 includes a cabinet 210, a drinking water assembly, and an ice making module 100. Wherein, the casing 210 is provided with a water receiving port and an ice receiving port. The drinking water component is communicated with the water receiving port. Detailed structure of the ice making module 100 referring to the above-described embodiment, the ice outlet 113 of the ice making module 100 communicates with the ice receiving port. Since the ice maker 200 adopts all technical solutions of all the embodiments, all the advantages brought by the technical solutions of the embodiments are also achieved, and are not described in detail herein.

In one embodiment, the housing 210 includes a bottom plate 211, a front plate 212, a back plate 213, a left side plate 214, and a right side plate 215. The chassis 211, the front panel 212, the back panel 213, the left side panel 214 and the right side panel 215 enclose a cavity for receiving and installing the drinking water assembly and the ice making module 100.

The above only is the preferred embodiment of the present invention, not limiting the scope of the present invention, all the equivalent structure changes made by the contents of the specification and the drawings under the inventive concept of the present invention, or the direct/indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. An ice-making module, comprising:

the inner container is provided with a cold water cavity and a warm water cavity;

the water outlet nozzle is provided with a first water inlet, a second water inlet and a water outlet;

the cold water pump is used for communicating the cold water cavity with the first water inlet; and

the water outlet valve is arranged at the position, higher than the water outlet nozzle, of the inner container and comprises a valve seat and a valve, the valve seat is provided with a cavity, a normally closed end, a normally open end and an outlet end, the normally closed end is communicated with the warm water cavity, the normally open end is communicated with the ambient atmosphere, and the outlet end is communicated with the second water inlet; the valve is movably mounted in the cavity and moves away from the normally open end to close the normally closed end when the cold water pump is closed.

2. An icemaker module in accordance with claim 1 wherein said cold water chamber is located at a position higher than a water outlet of said water outlet nozzle.

3. An icemaker module according to claim 2 wherein said cold water pump is disposed at the bottom of said inner container and said water outlet nozzle is positioned higher than said cold water pump.

4. An icemaker module in accordance with claim 1 wherein said outlet valve and said spout are located on the outside of said bladder and said outlet valve is located above said spout.

5. An icemaker module according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein said normally open end of said outlet valve is located above its normally closed end.

6. An ice making module as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a hot tank, the hot tank having a water inlet in communication with said warm water chamber and a water outlet in communication with the normally closed end of said water outlet valve.

7. An ice making module as recited in claim 6, further comprising a hot water pump communicating a water inlet of said hot tank with said warm water chamber.

8. An ice making module as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an overflow preventing pipe is connected to the water outlet of said water outlet nozzle, and the water outlet end of said overflow preventing pipe is higher than said cold water chamber.

9. An ice making module as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising an ice making module including a middle rotary plate, an ice receiving tray disposed at an upper side of the middle rotary plate, an evaporator disposed at an upper side of the ice receiving tray, and a water spray member for supplying water to the evaporator, wherein a water leakage hole for discharging water to the cold water chamber is formed at a bottom of the middle rotary plate.

10. An ice making module as claimed in claim 9, wherein the ice receiving tray is rotatably mounted to the middle rotary tray, and an ice-stirring blade is provided at one side of the ice receiving tray, and rotated by the ice receiving tray to stir the ice of the middle rotary tray into the inner container ice storage cavity.

11. An ice maker, characterized in that the ice maker comprises:

the refrigerator comprises a shell, a water inlet and an ice inlet, wherein the shell is provided with the water inlet and the ice inlet;

the drinking water assembly is communicated with the water receiving port; and

the ice making module of any of claims 1-10, an ice outlet of the ice making module in communication with the ice receiving port.

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