CN212645040U

CN212645040U - Water tank structure for ice maker

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Publication number: CN212645040U
Application number: CN202021325526.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄超; 董小龙
Original assignee: Jiangsu Binghong Catering Equipment Co ltd
Current assignee: Jiangsu Binghong Catering Equipment Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-08
Filing date: 2020-07-08
Publication date: 2021-03-02
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-08

Abstract

The utility model discloses a water tank structure for an ice maker, which comprises an ice maker shell and a micro motor, wherein a water pump is fixedly arranged in the ice maker shell, a water tank main body is movably arranged in the ice maker shell, when the water tank main body is cleaned, the water tank main body is driven by the micro motor to move downwards along the vertical direction, and the locking state is released by limiting mechanisms arranged on two sides of the water tank main body; when the water tank main body is installed after being cleaned, the water tank main body is kept in a locked state through the limiting mechanism, and the water tank main body is driven by the micro motor to move upwards to any height along the vertical direction. This a basin structure for ice machine adopts the mode that sets up movable basin main part in the inside of ice machine casing, can make basin main part descend and break away from the water pump when wasing the basin main part, takes out the basin main part from the slider is inside simultaneously and washs.

Description

Water tank structure for ice maker

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an ice machine technical field specifically is a basin structure for ice machine.

Background

An ice maker is a refrigerating mechanical device which cools water through an evaporator by a refrigerating system refrigerant to generate ice. According to different principles and production modes of the evaporator, the shapes of the generated ice blocks are different; ice makers are generally classified in the shape of ice into a pellet ice maker, a flake ice maker, a plate ice maker, a tube ice maker, a shell ice maker, and the like, in which a water tank located inside the ice maker is a component for collecting and storing water for making ice in the ice maker.

But current ice machine is in the use, debris such as partial incrustation scale can remain in inside pipeline and the basin, consequently need the regular work of wasing the ice machine, but discovery when wasing the basin, because the basin is fixed structure, and the inside water pump that is provided with of basin, because blockking of water pump, can only discharge the rivers of basin inside through the siphon mode during the clearance, pour into clean rivers again and wash then the rivers discharge of the inside of rethread siphon mode with the basin, unable convenient and fast clears up the basin.

In view of the above problems, there is a need for an innovative design based on the structure of the original water tank for an ice maker.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the utility model is to provide a basin structure for ice machine to propose current ice machine in solving above-mentioned background art in the use, can remain debris such as part incrustation scale in inside pipeline and the basin, because blockking of water pump, unable convenient and fast carries out the problem of clearing up to the basin.

Technical scheme

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: a water tank structure for an ice maker comprises an ice maker shell and a micro motor, wherein a water pump is fixedly installed in the ice maker shell, a water tank main body is movably arranged in the ice maker shell, when the water tank main body is cleaned, the water tank main body is driven by the micro motor to move downwards along the vertical direction, and the locking state is released by limiting mechanisms arranged on two sides of the water tank main body; when the water tank main body is installed after being cleaned, the water tank main body is kept in a locked state through the limiting mechanism, and the water tank main body is driven by the micro motor to move upwards to any height along the vertical direction.

Preferably, the bottom of the ice maker shell is symmetrically provided with electric cavities, the insides of the two electric cavities are respectively connected with a driving gear and a driven gear in a shaft mode, the tail end of the driving gear is fixedly installed at the output end of the micro motor, and the top end of the driving gear is fixedly installed with a first lead screw.

Preferably, the bottom of the ice maker shell is coupled with a linkage rod, two ends of the linkage rod are located in the electric cavity, linkage gears are arranged at two ends of the linkage rod, one end of one of the linkage gears is connected with the driving gear, the other linkage gear is connected with the driven gear, a second lead screw is fixedly mounted at the top end of the driven gear, and the thread rotating directions of the second lead screw and the first lead screw are opposite.

Preferably, the limiting mechanism comprises a sliding block, the sliding block is arranged on the outer walls of the first screw rod and the second screw rod in a sliding mode, a clamping groove is formed in the outer wall of one side of the adjacent water tank main body, and the clamping groove is connected with clamping blocks arranged on two sides of the water tank main body.

Preferably, the limiting mechanism further comprises a baffle, a limiting block and a reset spring, a sliding groove is formed in one side of the sliding block, the baffle is movably arranged inside the sliding groove, a limiting groove communicated with the sliding groove is formed in the sliding block, and one end of the limiting block is movably arranged inside the limiting groove and connected with the reset spring arranged inside the limiting groove.

Preferably, a water collecting tank located right below the water tank main body is provided inside the ice maker case.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:

1. this a basin structure for ice machine, adopt the mode that sets up mobilizable formula basin main part in the inside of ice machine casing, can be when wasing the basin main part, through starting micro motor, drive the driving gear through micro motor and drive first lead screw clockwise rotation, simultaneously through the trace and the link gear anticlockwise rotation of driving gear drive connection to make driven gear drive second lead screw anticlockwise rotation, the slider that sets up through first lead screw and second lead screw rotation driving surface drives the basin main part and descends.

2. This a basin structure for ice machine adopts the mode that sets up stop gear on the slider, can be in order to descend the back at the basin main part, through pressing the stopper to spacing inslot portion, makes the stopper compress reset spring to break away from the spout and remove to spacing inslot portion, can remove the baffle to the spout other end this moment, and release the stopper, make the stopper reset under reset spring's effort, can follow the basin main part this moment and take out and wash from the slider is inside.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

This document provides an overview of various implementations or examples of the technology described in this disclosure, and is not a comprehensive disclosure of the full scope or all features of the disclosed technology.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic front sectional view of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the water tank main body and the sliding block of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of the overlooking sectional structure of the limiting mechanism of the present invention.

In the figure: 1. an ice maker housing; 2. a water pump; 3. a sink body; 4. a water accumulation tank; 5. an electrical cavity; 6. a micro motor; 7. a driving gear; 8. a first lead screw; 9. a linkage rod; 10. a linkage gear; 11. a driven gear; 12. a second lead screw; 13. a slider; 14. a clamping block; 15. a card slot; 16. a chute; 17. a baffle plate; 18. a limiting block; 19. a limiting groove; 20. a return spring; 21. a limiting mechanism.

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 work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Unless otherwise defined, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. The use of the word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, in this disclosure is intended to mean that the elements or items listed before that word, include the elements or items listed after that word, and their equivalents, without excluding other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may also include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, the relative positional relationships may also be changed accordingly.

To maintain the following description of the embodiments of the present disclosure clear and concise, a detailed description of known functions and known components have been omitted from the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 1-4, the present invention provides a technical solution: a water tank structure for an ice maker comprises an ice maker shell 1 and a micro motor 6, wherein a water pump 2 is fixedly installed in the ice maker shell 1, a water tank main body 3 is movably arranged in the ice maker shell 1, when the water tank main body 3 is cleaned, the water tank main body 3 is driven by the micro motor 6 to move downwards along the vertical direction, and the locking state is released through limiting mechanisms 21 arranged on two sides of the water tank main body 3; when the water tank main body 3 is mounted after being cleaned, the water tank main body 3 is kept in a locked state through the limiting mechanism 21, and the water tank main body 3 is driven by the micro motor 6 to move upwards to any height along the vertical direction. In a specific embodiment, a movable water tank main body 3 is arranged inside an ice maker shell 1, when the water tank main body 3 is cleaned, the micro motor 6 is started, the driving gear 7 is driven by the micro motor 6 to drive the first lead screw 8 to rotate clockwise, and meanwhile, the linkage rod 9 and the linkage gear 10 which are connected through the driving gear 7 are driven to rotate anticlockwise, so that the driven gear 11 drives the second lead screw 12 to rotate anticlockwise, and the slider 13 arranged on the rotating driving surface of the first lead screw 8 and the second lead screw 12 drives the water tank main body 3 to descend.

Further, the mode that the limiting mechanism 21 is arranged on the sliding block 13 is adopted, namely, after the water tank main body 3 descends, the limiting block 18 is pressed towards the inside of the limiting groove 19, the limiting block 18 compresses the return spring 20 and is separated from the sliding groove 16 to move to the inside of the limiting groove 19, the baffle 17 can be moved to the other end of the sliding groove 16 at the moment, the limiting block 18 is released, the limiting block 18 is reset under the acting force of the return spring 20, and the water tank main body 3 can be taken out of the inside of the sliding block 13 and cleaned at the moment.

As shown in fig. 2, the bottom of the ice maker housing 1 is symmetrically provided with electrical cavities 5, the insides of the two electrical cavities 5 are respectively coupled with a driving gear 7 and a driven gear 11, the tail end of the driving gear 7 is fixedly mounted at the output end of the micro motor 6, the top end of the driving gear 7 is fixedly mounted with a first lead screw 8, the bottom of the ice maker housing 1 is coupled with a linkage rod 9, the two ends of which are located in the electrical cavities 5, two ends of the linkage rod 9 are provided with linkage gears 10, one end of one linkage gear 10 is connected with the driving gear 7, the other linkage gear 10 is connected with the driven gear 11, the top end of the driven gear 11 is fixedly mounted with a second lead screw 12, the rotation directions of the second lead screw 12 and the first lead screw 8 are opposite, when the water tank main body 3 needs to be cleaned, firstly the micro motor 6 is started to rotate forwardly, meanwhile, the driving gear 7 drives the linkage rod 9 and the linkage gear 10 to rotate anticlockwise, so that the driven gear 11 drives the second screw rod 12 to rotate anticlockwise, and the slider 13 arranged on the surface is driven by the first screw rod 8 and the second screw rod 12 to rotate to drive the water tank main body 3 to descend.

As shown in fig. 2-4, the limiting mechanism 21 includes a sliding block 13, a baffle 17, a limiting block 18 and a return spring 20, the sliding block 13 is slidably disposed on the outer walls of the first lead screw 8 and the second lead screw 12, and a clamping groove 15 is disposed on the outer wall of one side of the adjacent water tank main body 3 and connected to the clamping blocks 14 disposed on the two sides of the water tank main body 3, after the water tank main body 3 is cleaned, the clamping blocks 14 on the two sides of the water tank main body 3 are inserted into the clamping grooves 15 disposed on the sliding block 13, so that the water tank main body 3 can be temporarily fixed on the sliding block 13.

Furthermore, as can be seen from fig. 3, a sliding groove 16 is formed at one side of the sliding block 13, a baffle 17 is movably disposed inside the sliding groove 16, a limiting groove 19 communicated with the sliding groove 16 is formed inside the sliding block 13, one end of a limiting block 18 is movably disposed inside the limiting groove 19 and connected with a return spring 20 disposed inside the limiting groove 19, when the sink body 3 is lowered to a predetermined position, the limiting block 18 disposed on the sliding block 13 is pressed toward the inside of the limiting groove 19, the limiting block 18 compresses the return spring 20 and moves away from the sliding groove 16 to the inside of the limiting groove 19, at this time, the baffle 17 can be moved to the other end of the sliding groove 16, the limiting block 18 is released, the limiting block 18 is reset under the action force of the return spring 20 and blocks the baffle 17, at this time, the sink body 3 can be taken out of the inside of the sliding block 13 and cleaned, and after the cleaning is completed, the limiting block, make stopper 18 compress reset spring 20, break away from spout 16 simultaneously and remove to inside the spacing groove 19, can remove baffle 17 to draw-in groove 15 port department this moment to relieve stopper 18, make stopper 18 reset and block baffle 17 under reset spring 20's effort, can make basin main part 3 keep fixed on slider 13, start micro motor 6 reversal this moment, can make the home position of micro motor 6 drive basin main part 3 motion.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, a water collecting tank 4 is provided inside the icemaker case 1 and located just below the water tank main body 3, and when the water tank main body 3 is detached and attached, water inside the water tank main body 3 is prevented from being spilled to the outside of the icemaker case 1.

The working principle is as follows: when the device is used, as shown in fig. 1-4, when the sink main body 3 needs to be cleaned, the micro motor 6 is started to rotate forward, the driving gear 7 is driven by the micro motor 6 to drive the first lead screw 8 to rotate clockwise, the linkage rod 9 and the linkage gear 10 are driven by the driving gear 7 to rotate anticlockwise, so that the driven gear 11 drives the second lead screw 12 to rotate anticlockwise, the slider 13 arranged on the surface is driven by the rotation of the first lead screw 8 and the second lead screw 12 to drive the sink main body 3 to descend, after the sink main body 3 descends to a preset position, the limit block 18 arranged on the slider 13 is pressed towards the inside of the limit groove 19, the limit block 18 compresses the return spring 20 and simultaneously moves away from the sliding groove 16 to the inside of the limit groove 19, at this time, the baffle 17 can be moved to the other end of the sliding groove 16, and the limit block 18 is released, so that the limit block 18 resets under the acting force of, at this moment, the water tank main body 3 can be taken out and cleaned from the inside of the sliding block 13, after the water tank main body 3 is cleaned, the clamping blocks 14 on the two sides of the water tank main body 3 are inserted into the clamping grooves 15 formed in the sliding block 13, the limiting blocks 18 are pressed towards the inside of the limiting grooves 19, the limiting blocks 18 compress the return springs 20, the sliding grooves 16 are separated from the inside of the limiting grooves 19, the baffle 17 can be moved to the port positions of the clamping grooves 15 at the moment, the limiting blocks 18 are released, the limiting blocks 18 are reset under the action force of the return springs 20 and block the baffle 17, the water tank main body 3 can be kept fixed on the sliding block 13, the micro motor 6 is started to rotate reversely, and the original position of the micro motor 6 driving the water tank main.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A water tank structure for an ice maker comprises an ice maker shell (1) and a micro motor (6), wherein a water pump (2) is fixedly installed in the ice maker shell (1), and the water tank structure is characterized in that:

the inner part of the ice maker shell (1) is movably provided with a water tank main body (3),

when the water tank main body (3) is cleaned, the micro motor (6) drives the water tank main body (3) to move downwards along the vertical direction, and the locking state is released through limiting mechanisms (21) arranged on two sides of the water tank main body (3);

when the water tank main body (3) is cleaned and installed, the water tank main body (3) is kept in a locked state through the limiting mechanism (21), and the water tank main body (3) is driven to move upwards to any height along the vertical direction through the micro motor (6).

2. The sump structure of claim 1, wherein: electric chamber (5) have been seted up to the bottom symmetry of ice maker casing (1), two the inside of electric chamber (5) has hub connection respectively driving gear (7) and driven gear (11), the tail end fixed mounting of driving gear (7) in the output of micro motor (6), driving gear (7) top fixed mounting has first lead screw (8).

3. The water tank structure for an ice maker according to claim 2, wherein: the bottom coupling of ice machine casing (1) has both ends to be located trace (9) in electric chamber (5), the both ends of trace (9) are provided with linkage gear (10), one of them the one end of linkage gear (10) with driving gear (7) are connected, another linkage gear (10) with driven gear (11) are connected, the top fixed mounting of driven gear (11) has second lead screw (12), second lead screw (12) with first lead screw (8) screw direction of rotation is opposite.

4. The sump structure of claim 1, wherein: the limiting mechanism (21) comprises a sliding block (13), the sliding block (13) is arranged on the outer walls of the first screw rod (8) and the second screw rod (12) in a sliding mode, the sliding block is adjacent to the outer wall of one side of the water tank main body (3), a clamping groove (15) is formed in the outer wall of one side of the water tank main body, and the sliding block is connected with clamping blocks (14) arranged on the two sides of the water tank main body (3).

5. The water tank structure for ice maker according to claim 4, wherein: stop gear (21) still include baffle (17), stopper (18) and reset spring (20), spout (16) have been seted up to one side of slider (13), the inside activity of spout (16) is provided with baffle (17), the inside of slider (13) seted up with spacing groove (19) that spout (16) are linked together, the one end activity of stopper (18) set up in the inside of spacing groove (19), and with inside setting up of spacing groove (19) reset spring (20) are connected.

6. The sump structure of claim 1, wherein: the ice maker is characterized in that a water collecting tank (4) which is positioned right below the water tank main body (3) is arranged in the ice maker shell (1).