CN214406609U

CN214406609U - Crawler-belt rotary type ice making and discharging device and refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN214406609U
Application number: CN202120164457.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 傅彦达; 王铭坤; 文翔; 郭琨; 钟泽健; 李信良
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2021-01-21
Filing date: 2021-01-21
Publication date: 2021-10-15
Anticipated expiration: 2031-01-21

Abstract

The utility model provides a track rotation ice making goes out ice device, refrigerator, track rotation ice making goes out ice device wherein, including rotary motion part, ice making box, rotary motion part includes first rotating member, the second rotating member that parallel interval set up and encircles the rotary track of the periphery setting of first rotating member and second rotating member, be equipped with the ice making box that has a plurality of ice making check on the rotary track, the ice making box can follow rotary track rotary motion, have on the urceolus wall of first rotating member along its radial outside bellied a plurality of top push parts, work as ice making box rotary motion extremely during first rotating member department, top push part can push up the diapire of ice making check. According to the utility model discloses, make system ice structure and go out the integration of ice structure and form, simple structure, compactness save the refrigerator space.

Description

Crawler-belt rotary type ice making and discharging device and refrigerator

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the refrigerator is made, concretely relates to track rotation system ice goes out ice device, refrigerator.

Background

The refrigerator ice maker (namely the ice making and discharging device) in the prior art mainly comprises an ice making disc, wherein the ice making disc is of a plane structure, when ice needs to be discharged after ice making is finished, ice cubes in ice grids are separated from the ice making disc by a rotating shaft blade in the ice making grid, on one hand, the appearance of the ice cubes is damaged when the rotating shaft blade occupies the position of the ice grids in the ice grids, on the other hand, the cantilever type rotating shaft blade needs higher strength when the ice cubes are rotationally separated from the ice making disc, and is very easy to break and the like, the structure is more complex, and the occupied space of equipment is larger.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, the to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model is to provide a track rotation system ice goes out ice device, refrigerator, makes system ice structure and goes out the integration of ice structure and form, and simple structure, compactness save the refrigerator inner space.

In order to solve the problem, the utility model provides an ice device is made to track rotation, including rotary motion part, ice making box, rotary motion part includes first rotating member, the second rotating member that parallel interval set up and encircles the rotary track of the periphery setting of first rotating member and second rotating member, be equipped with the ice making box that has a plurality of ice making check on the rotary track, the ice making box can follow rotary track rotary motion, it pushes away the portion along its radial outside bellied a plurality of tops to have on the outer tube wall of first rotating member, works as ice making box rotary motion extremely during first rotating member department, top pushes away the portion and can push away the diapire of ice making check.

Preferably, the first rotating member is a driving rotating roller; and/or the second rotating member is a driven rotating roller.

Preferably, the revolving track includes a first track ring and a second track ring, the first track ring and the second track ring are respectively located at axial end portions of the first rotating member and the second rotating member, and opposite ends of the ice making box are respectively connected to the first track ring and the second track ring in an erected manner.

Preferably, opposite ends of the ice making housing are detachably connected to the first and second endless track rings, respectively.

Preferably, the matching part of the first crawler ring and the first rotating member and/or the second rotating member is in tooth meshing; and/or the matching part of the second crawler ring and the first rotating member and/or the second rotating member is in tooth meshing.

Preferably, the ice making box comprises a box body bottom wall, a plurality of vertically and horizontally interwoven vertical ribs are arranged on the box body bottom wall, the plurality of vertically and horizontally interwoven vertical ribs form a plurality of ice making cells, and the bottom wall of each ice making cell is made of an elastic material.

Preferably, the vertical ribs are made of hard materials; and/or the bottom wall of the box body is made of elastic material.

Preferably, a communication hole is formed at the bottom of the vertical rib corresponding to each ice-making grid so as to communicate the accommodating cavities of two adjacent ice-making grids.

Preferably, the crawler-type rotary ice making and discharging device further includes an ice bucket disposed adjacent to the first rotating member and on the ice discharging path of the ice making housing.

Preferably, the ice bucket has waterproof layer, heat preservation and insulating layer in proper order from inboard to outside.

Preferably, the crawler-type ice making and discharging device further includes a first cooling device and a second cooling device, wherein a minimum distance between the first cooling device and the ice making housing is smaller than a minimum distance between the second cooling device and the ice making housing.

Preferably, the first cooling device and the second cooling device can be controlled to operate independently.

The utility model also provides a refrigerator, including the ice-making device, the ice-making device is foretell track rotation ice-making device.

The utility model provides a pair of track rotation ice making goes out ice device, refrigerator, the ice making box has the ice making position and goes out the ice position after the ice making finishes, the ice making position is a quiescent condition, works as when the ice making box is in the ice making state, the opening of the ice making check of ice making box upwards, and wherein the water that fills will freeze under cooling device's effect, when needing to get ice after the ice making finishes, control first rotating member and/or the rotatory drive of second rotating member the gyration track produces rotatoryly, and then drives the ice making box is by the left side to the right side motion of figure, and the side facade position of first rotating member is in under the effect of top pushing away the portion, be in ice body in the ice making check is released, and the ice body that releases realizes out ice under the effect of dead weight, and understandable this moment, is provided with corresponding ice bucket on the ice path and collects rotation ice device to the ice-cube that releases ice making structure and goes out ice structure one The refrigerator is formed in a body-integrated mode, the structure is simple and compact, and the space in the refrigerator can be saved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a crawler rotary type ice making and discharging device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic top view of an ice making and discharging device with a track rotary type according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view (in axial projection) of the first rotating member of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of an ice cube tray in the ice cube tray of fig. 1.

The reference numerals are represented as:

11. a first rotating member; 111. a pushing part; 12. a second rotating member; 13. a revolving crawler; 131. a first endless belt loop; 132. a second endless belt loop; 2. an ice-making box; 21. an ice making grid; 22. the bottom wall of the box body; 23. erecting ribs; 31. a first cooling device; 32. a second cooling device.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1 to 4 in combination, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a track-revolving type ice-making and ice-making device, including a revolving motion component and an ice-making box 2, the revolving motion component includes a first revolving part 11, a second revolving part 12 arranged in parallel at an interval, and a revolving track 13 arranged around the peripheries of the first revolving part 11 and the second revolving part 12, when the first revolving part 11 or the second revolving part 12 is driven to rotate, the revolving track 13 is driven to produce a revolving motion, the ice-making box 2 having a plurality of ice-making cells 21 is arranged on the revolving track 13, the ice-making box 2 can follow the revolving motion of the revolving track 13, the outer cylinder wall of the first revolving part 11 has a plurality of pushing parts 111 (e.g. protruding columns) protruding along the radial direction thereof, when the box 2 revolves to the first revolving part 11, the pushing part 111 can push the bottom wall of the ice making compartment 21, specifically, the ice making housing 2 has an ice making position and an ice discharging position after ice making is finished, the ice making position is a static state, when the ice making housing 2 is in an ice making state, an opening of the ice making compartment 21 of the ice making housing 2 is upward, filled water freezes under the action of a cooling device, and when ice is required to be taken after ice making is finished, the first rotating member 11 and/or the second rotating member 12 is controlled to rotate to drive the rotating crawler belt 13 to rotate (as shown by an arrow in fig. 1, the rotating crawler belt 13 is driven to rotate clockwise), so as to drive the ice making housing 2 to move from the left side to the right side in fig. 1, and ice bodies in the ice making compartment 21 are pushed out under the action of the pushing part 111 at the side elevation position of the first rotating member 11, the pushed ice body is discharged under the action of its own weight, and at this time, it can be understood that a corresponding ice bucket (not shown in the figure) is provided on the ice discharge path to collect the pushed ice pieces. According to the crawler-belt rotary type ice making and discharging device in the technical scheme, the ice making structure and the ice discharging structure are integrally formed, the structure is simple and compact, and the space in the refrigerator can be saved.

The first rotating member 11 and the second rotating member 12 can be implemented by a plurality of rollers, and preferably, the first rotating member 11 is a driving rotating roller, and the second rotating member 12 is a driven rotating roller, so as to further simplify the structure of the crawler-type rotary ice making and discharging device.

In some embodiments, the rotating track 13 includes a first track ring 131 and a second track ring 132, the first track ring 131 and the second track ring 132 are respectively located at axial ends of the first rotating member 11 and the second rotating member 12, opposite ends of the ice making box 2 are respectively connected to the first track ring 131 and the second track ring 132 in an erected manner, the first track ring 131 and the second track ring 132 may be two independent endless tracks, and may also be connected to form a whole through a connecting belt, and a hollow hole position between the first track ring 131 and the second track ring 132 can be understood to enable the plurality of pushing portions 111 to directly contact the box bottom wall 22, so that the pushing effect is higher, and the ice discharging effect is better. At this time, the opposite ends of the ice making housing 2 are detachably connected to the first track ring 131 and the second track ring 132, specifically, for example, the housing bottom wall 22 of the ice making housing 2 is snap-connected to the first track ring 131 and the second track ring 132, so as to facilitate replacement and exchange of ice making housings 2 of different specifications.

Preferably, the matching portion of the first crawler belt 131 and the first rotating member 11 and/or the second rotating member 12 is a tooth meshing, and the matching portion of the second crawler belt 132 and the first rotating member 11 and/or the second rotating member 12 is a tooth meshing, so that the transmission efficiency of the driving force of the first rotating member 11 or the second rotating member 12 can be improved by adopting the tooth meshing between the first crawler belt 131 and the second rotating member 12, and the phenomenon that the frictional force driving of the smooth surface may cause icing and slipping is prevented.

As a specific embodiment of the ice making box 2, preferably, the ice making box 2 includes a box bottom wall 22, the box bottom wall 22 has a plurality of vertically and horizontally interlaced vertical ribs 23, the plurality of vertically and horizontally interlaced vertical ribs 23 form a plurality of ice making cells 21, the bottom wall of each ice making cell 21 is made of an elastic material, and the bottom wall of the ice making cell 21 is made of the elastic material, so that on one hand, the pushing action of the pushing part 111 on the ice in the ice making cell 21 can be ensured, and on the other hand, the bottom wall can be restored after the pushing force is released, thereby ensuring the complete appearance of the ice.

Preferably, the vertical ribs 23 are made of hard material, such as hard rubber, so as to shape the ice body better; the bottom wall 22 of the box body is made of elastic material so as to be better matched with the rotary crawler 13 and ensure the smoothness of rotation of the ice making box 2.

In some embodiments, the bottom of the vertical rib 23 corresponding to each ice cube tray 21 is provided with a communication hole to communicate the receiving cavities of two adjacent ice cube trays 21, which can ensure that the water level in each ice cube tray 21 is consistent when the ice cube tray is filled with water, thereby ensuring the size consistency of the formed ice cubes.

Further, the ice bucket is adjacent to the first rotating part 11 and is located on an ice outlet path of the ice making box 2, the ice bucket is provided with a waterproof layer, a heat insulation layer and a heat insulation layer from the inner side to the outer side in sequence, heat exchange between the room temperature and ice blocks in the ice bucket can be effectively prevented, the phenomenon that the ice blocks are melted too fast is caused, and the waterproof layer can prevent water on the surfaces of the ice blocks after being melted from entering the heat insulation layer.

As a preferred embodiment, the cooling device includes a first cooling device 31 and a second cooling device 32, wherein a minimum distance between the first cooling device 31 and the ice-making housing 2 is smaller than a minimum distance between the second cooling device 32 and the ice-making housing 2. The cooling devices at different distances can provide various cooling temperatures to realize ice blocks with different tastes (hardness) or transparency or realize quick-freezing effect, preferably, the first cooling device 31 and the second cooling device 32 can be respectively and independently controlled to operate to realize various different cooling temperatures, and in addition, different purposes can be realized by controlling different operation modes of the two cooling devices, such as controlling one of the two cooling devices to operate for refrigeration and controlling the other one of the two cooling devices to operate for defrosting, so that the cooling devices are prevented from forming large frost masses due to long-time operation to influence the refrigeration effect of the devices. The rotation speed of the rotation crawler 13 may also determine the ice discharging speed and the ice discharging amount of the ice making housing 2.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment still provides a refrigerator, including the ice-making goes out the ice device, the ice-making goes out the ice device for foretell track rotation ice-making goes out the ice device.

It is readily understood by a person skilled in the art that the advantageous ways described above can be freely combined, superimposed without conflict.

The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention. The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, a plurality of modifications and variations can be made without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, and these modifications and variations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The track rotary type ice making and discharging device is characterized by comprising a rotary motion part and an ice making box (2), wherein the rotary motion part comprises a first rotary part (11), a second rotary part (12) and a rotary track (13) arranged around the peripheries of the first rotary part (11) and the second rotary part (12) and arranged at intervals in parallel, the rotary track (13) is provided with the ice making box (2) with a plurality of ice making grids (21), the ice making box (2) can follow the rotary track (13) to perform rotary motion, the outer cylinder wall of the first rotary part (11) is provided with a plurality of pushing parts (111) protruding outwards in the radial direction, and when the ice making box (2) performs rotary motion to the first rotary part (11), the pushing parts (111) can push the bottom wall of the ice making grids (21).

2. The track rotary type ice making and discharging device according to claim 1, wherein the first rotating member (11) is a driving rotating roller; and/or the second rotating member (12) is a driven rotating roller.

3. The track rotary type ice making and discharging device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotary track (13) comprises a first track ring (131) and a second track ring (132), the first track ring (131) and the second track ring (132) are respectively located at axial ends of the first rotating member (11) and the second rotating member (12), and opposite ends of the ice making box (2) are respectively connected to the first track ring (131) and the second track ring (132).

4. The track rotary type ice making and discharging device according to claim 3, wherein opposite ends of the ice making housing (2) are detachably connected to the first track ring (131) and the second track ring (132), respectively.

5. The rotary type ice making and discharging apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first endless belt (131) is engaged with the first rotary member (11) and/or the second rotary member (12) at a tooth engagement; and/or the matching part of the second crawler belt (132) and the first rotating member (11) and/or the second rotating member (12) is in tooth meshing.

6. The track rotary type ice making and discharging device according to claim 1, wherein the ice making housing (2) comprises a housing bottom wall (22), the housing bottom wall (22) has a plurality of vertically and horizontally interlaced vertical ribs (23), the plurality of vertically and horizontally interlaced vertical ribs (23) form a plurality of ice making cells (21), and the bottom wall of each ice making cell (21) is made of an elastic material.

7. The track rotary type ice making and discharging device according to claim 6, wherein the vertical rib (23) is made of a hard material; and/or the bottom wall (22) of the box body is made of elastic material.

8. The track rotary type ice making and discharging device according to claim 7, wherein a communication hole is formed at a bottom position of the vertical rib (23) corresponding to each ice making cell (21) to communicate the receiving cavities of two adjacent ice making cells (21).

9. The track rotary type ice making and discharging device according to claim 1, further comprising an ice bucket disposed adjacent to the first rotating member (11) and on an ice discharging path of the ice making housing (2).

10. The track rotary type ice making and discharging device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the ice bucket has a waterproof layer, an insulating layer and a thermal insulating layer in order from inside to outside.

11. The track rotary type ice making and discharging device according to claim 1, further comprising a first cooling device (31), a second cooling device (32), wherein a minimum distance between the first cooling device (31) and the ice making housing (2) is smaller than a minimum distance between the second cooling device (32) and the ice making housing (2).

12. The track rotary type ice making and discharging device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first cooling means (31) and the second cooling means (32) can be independently controlled to be operated.

13. A refrigerator comprising an ice making and discharging apparatus, wherein the ice making and discharging apparatus is the crawler belt type rotary ice making and discharging apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 12.