CN215216856U - Ice maker and refrigerator - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, and discloses an ice maker, which comprises an ice making chamber, an ice tray and at least two refrigerant circulating pipes, wherein the ice maker is provided with a water inlet communicated with the ice making chamber; the ice tray is arranged in the ice making chamber, at least one accommodating groove is formed in the ice tray, and the water inlet is used for supplying water to the accommodating groove; two refrigerant circulation pipes are arranged in the ice making chamber, and the two refrigerant circulation pipes are arranged below the ice grids along the extension direction of the ice grids. Adopt the utility model discloses technical scheme's ice machine has the binary channels, can cooperate multiple series-parallel refrigerating system to realize that ice machine refrigeration efficiency is bigger.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, especially, relate to an ice maker and refrigerator.
Background
Currently, ice makers used in refrigerators are classified into an air cooling type and a direct cooling type according to a refrigeration method, wherein the air cooling type has been widely used, and has a disadvantage of general ice making efficiency. The direct cooling type adopts a refrigeration pipe to directly contact with a metal ice making grid for refrigeration, has higher efficiency compared with the air cooling type, and has the defects of relatively complex structure and higher assembly requirement.
At present, all ice machines are in single-out series connection type refrigeration and perform passive refrigeration by matching with the refrigeration requirements of all chambers of a refrigerator, so that the ice machines refrigerate while all chambers of the refrigerator refrigerate, and the efficiency cannot reach the highest.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims at: the ice maker and the refrigerator are provided with double channels and can be matched with various series-parallel connection refrigerating systems, so that the refrigerating efficiency of the ice maker is improved.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an ice maker, which comprises an ice making chamber, an ice tray and at least two refrigerant circulation pipes,
the ice making chamber is provided with a water inlet;
the ice tray is arranged in the ice making chamber, at least one accommodating groove is formed in the ice tray, and the water inlet is used for supplying water to the accommodating groove;
at least two refrigerant circulating pipes are arranged in the ice making chamber, and the refrigerant circulating pipes are arranged below the ice grids along the extending direction of the ice grids.
In some embodiments of the present application, the ice maker further comprises a heating device disposed in the ice making chamber, the heating device being configured to heat the ice cubes in the container.
In some embodiments of the present application, the ice maker further comprises a turnover mechanism disposed in the ice making chamber for turnover the ice tray.
In some embodiments of the present application, the ice maker further includes an ice making fan disposed in the ice making chamber, the ice making fan being disposed opposite to the two refrigerant circulation pipes.
In some embodiments of the present application, the ice maker further has a water drainage channel for draining excess water in the ice mold out of the ice maker.
In some embodiments of the present application, an ice maker further comprises a fixture having an ice storage compartment therein, the ice maker being mounted above the ice storage compartment.
In some embodiments of the present application, the fixing device is a box body, a water inlet pipe is connected to the top of the box body, and a connection hole through which the two refrigerant circulation pipes pass is formed in the rear side of the box body.
In some embodiments of this application, be equipped with on the box with the outlet that drainage channel links to each other, the front side of outlet is connected with the collector pipe, the top of collector pipe is equipped with the opening, the bore of collector pipe is along pointing to drainage pipe's direction increases gradually, the opening of collector pipe with drainage pipe's end sets up relatively.
In some embodiments of the present application, a door is disposed on a front side of the box, and the door is rotatably mounted on the box.
Based on same purpose, the embodiment of the utility model provides a refrigerator is still provided, including keeping room and above-mentioned ice machine, the ice machine is installed in the keeping room, just the ice machine is located the top of keeping room.
The embodiment of the utility model provides an ice maker and refrigerator, compare with prior art, its beneficial effect lies in:
the utility model discloses ice machine and refrigerator, because the ice machine possesses two at least refrigerant circulating pipes, thereby can use with various multi-cycle systems and multiple subregion room cooperation, satisfy more kinds of refrigerator refrigerating system demands, furthermore, use two refrigerant circulating pipes to refrigerate the ice machine simultaneously, can improve the work efficiency of ice machine, in addition, owing to set up two independent refrigerant circulating pipes, thereby even a pipeline goes wrong wherein, the ice machine still can normally work, the stability of ice machine has been improved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an ice making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the location of the fan of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention in an installed state (with the side plate and the top plate of the case removed);
in the figure, 100, a first refrigerant circulating pipe, 200, a second refrigerant circulating pipe, 300, a water drainage channel, 400, a pressing plate, 500, an ice grid, 600, an ice turning rod, 700, an ice making fan, 800, a connecting hole, 900, a box body, 910, an ice storage chamber, 920, a door body, 930, a water inlet pipe, 940 and a water collecting pipe.
Detailed Description
The following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the invention, and 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 understood that the terms "first", "second", etc. are used herein to describe various information, but the information should not be limited to these terms, and these terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, "first" information may also be referred to as "second" information, and similarly, "second" information may also be referred to as "first" information, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "connected" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
It should be noted that, in the present invention, the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The invention will be further explained and explained with reference to the drawings and the embodiments in the following description. The step numbers in the embodiments of the present invention are provided only for convenience of illustration, the sequence between the steps is not limited at all, and the execution sequence of each step in the embodiments can be adapted according to the understanding of those skilled in the art.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in an ice maker according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the ice maker includes an ice making chamber, and the ice maker has a water inlet communicated with the ice making chamber;
the ice tray 500 is arranged in the ice making chamber, a plurality of accommodating grooves are formed in the ice tray 500, water inlets are used for supplying water to the accommodating grooves, and the water is frozen into ice blocks in the accommodating grooves;
the first refrigerant circulation pipe 100 is arranged in the ice making chamber, the first refrigerant circulation pipe 100 is arranged below the ice tray 500 along the extension direction of the ice tray 500, and the refrigerant flows in the first refrigerant circulation pipe 100, so that the water in the accommodating groove is cooled to form ice blocks;
the second refrigerant circulation pipe 200 is disposed in the ice making chamber, and the second refrigerant circulation pipe 200 is disposed below the ice tray 500 in the extending direction of the ice tray 500, and the refrigerant flows in the second refrigerant circulation pipe 200, thereby cooling the water in the storage tank to form ice cubes.
Based on the technical scheme, the ice maker is provided with at least two refrigerant circulating pipes, so that the ice maker can be matched with various multi-circulating systems and various partition chambers for use, the requirements of various refrigeration systems of refrigerators are met, furthermore, the ice maker is refrigerated by using the two refrigerant circulating pipes simultaneously, the working efficiency of the ice maker can be improved, in addition, the ice maker can still normally work even if one pipeline of the ice maker fails due to the arrangement of the two independent refrigerant circulating pipes, and the stability of the ice maker is improved.
In some embodiments of the present application, the ice maker further comprises a heating device disposed in the ice making chamber, the heating device being configured to heat the ice cubes in the accommodating tank, and the heating device being configured to facilitate the demolding of the ice cubes. In some embodiments of the present application, the heating device is a heater.
In some embodiments of the present application, the ice maker further includes a turnover mechanism disposed in the ice making chamber for turnover the ice tray 500.
In some embodiments of the present application, the turnover mechanism includes an ice-turning lever 600 and a motor,
the ice-turning lever 600 is disposed above the ice tray 500, and a motor is connected to the ice-turning lever 600 for driving the ice-turning lever 600 to rotate so as to rotate the ice tray 500.
The first refrigerant circulation pipe 100 and the second refrigerant circulation pipe 200 are in direct contact with the ice tray 500 of the ice maker, and through refrigerant evaporation, the first refrigerant circulation pipe 100 and the second refrigerant circulation pipe 200 reach a low temperature of about-33 degrees, and the ice tray 500 in contact with the first refrigerant circulation pipe 100 and the second refrigerant circulation pipe 200 also reaches-25 degrees, so that water in the ice tray 500 is cooled, and finally the water is changed into ice, and the ice blocks are separated from the ice tray 500 through heating of the heater, so that the ice blocks are separated from the ice tray 500 after the ice tray 500 is turned over by the turning mechanism.
In some embodiments of the present application, a pressing plate 400 for fixing the first and second refrigerant circulation pipes 100 and 200 is provided in the ice making compartment, thereby facilitating the fixing of the first and second refrigerant circulation pipes 100 and 200, preventing the first and second refrigerant circulation pipes 100 and 200 from being displaced from each other by an increase in distance from the ice tray 500, and thus preventing the waste of cooling energy.
In some embodiments of the present application, the ice maker further includes an ice making fan 700 disposed in the ice making chamber, and the ice making fan 700 is disposed opposite to the first refrigerant circulation pipe 100 and the second refrigerant circulation pipe 200, so that the ice making fan 700 performs an effective operation to form an air channel between the inside and the outside of the ice maker, and performs a small local circulation cooling, thereby achieving an effect of maintaining the temperature in the ice making chamber.
In some embodiments of the present application, the ice maker further has a water drainage channel 300, and the water drainage channel 300 is used for draining the excess water in the ice tray 500 out of the ice maker, so that the water in the ice maker can be quickly drained, and damage to components such as a circuit of the ice maker is avoided.
In some embodiments of the present application, the ice maker further includes a fixing device, which is provided to facilitate the ice maker to be installed on another article, the fixing device has an ice storage chamber 910 therein, the ice maker is installed above the ice storage chamber 910, and by providing the ice storage chamber 910, ice cubes can be stored in the ice storage chamber 910 after falling off from the ice tray 500, thereby facilitating storage, taking and placing of the ice cubes.
In some embodiments of the present application, the fixing means is a case 900, a water inlet pipe 930 is connected to the top of the case 900, thereby facilitating introduction of external water into the ice maker, since the ice maker is installed on the top of the case 900, the water inlet pipe 930 is also disposed on the top of the case 900, thereby shortening the length of the water inlet pipe 930 and saving space, and a connection hole 800 through which the first and second refrigerant circulation pipes 100 and 200 pass is provided at the rear side of the case 900, thereby facilitating connection of the first and second refrigerant circulation pipes 100 and 200 with the refrigeration system.
In some embodiments of the present application, a water outlet connected to the water drainage channel 300 is provided on the box 900, a water collecting pipe 940 is connected to a front side of the water outlet, an opening is provided at a top of the water collecting pipe 940, an aperture of the water collecting pipe 940 gradually increases along a direction pointing to the water drainage channel, and the opening of the water collecting pipe 940 is opposite to a terminal of the water drainage channel, so that the water collecting pipe 940 collects and drains water drained from the water drainage channel 300613, drains the water in time, and prevents the ice maker 610 from being damaged.
In some embodiments of the present application, a door 920 is disposed at a front side of the box 900, and the door 920 is rotatably mounted on the box 900, so that a user can open the door 920 to take ice cubes in the ice storage chamber 910.
Based on same purpose, the embodiment of the utility model provides a refrigerator is still provided, including keeping room and above-mentioned ice machine, the ice machine is installed in keeping the room, and the ice machine is located the top of keeping the room, and the ice machine is installed at the top of keeping the room to improve space utilization, and convenient to use person takes the ice-cube, in addition, shortened the length of inlet tube 930, practiced thrift the space.
The utility model discloses a working process does: the first refrigerant circulation pipe 100 and the second refrigerant circulation pipe 200 are in direct contact with the ice tray 500 of the ice maker, and through refrigerant evaporation, the first refrigerant circulation pipe 100 and the second refrigerant circulation pipe 200 reach a low temperature of about-33 degrees, and the ice tray 500 in contact with the first refrigerant circulation pipe 100 and the second refrigerant circulation pipe 200 also reaches-25 degrees, so that water in the ice tray 500 is cooled, and finally the water is changed into ice, and the ice blocks are separated from the ice tray 500 through heating of the heater, so that the ice blocks are separated from the ice tray 500 after the ice tray 500 is turned over by the turning mechanism. In the ice making process, the ice making fan 700 is operated effectively to adjust the temperature of the ice making chamber, so that an air channel is formed between the inside and the outside of the ice making machine, and small local circulating refrigeration is performed to maintain the temperature of the ice making chamber.
To sum up, the embodiment of the utility model provides an ice maker and refrigerator, its ice maker and refrigerator are because the ice maker possesses two at least refrigerant circulating pipes, thereby can use with various multi-cycle system and the cooperation of multiple subregion room, satisfy more kinds of refrigerator refrigerating system demands, furthermore, use two refrigerant circulating pipes to refrigerate the ice maker simultaneously, can improve the work efficiency of ice maker, in addition, owing to set up two independent refrigerant circulating pipes, thereby even a pipeline wherein goes wrong, the ice maker still can normally work, the stability of ice maker has been improved.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "middle", "vertical", "horizontal", "longitudinal", "X-axis direction", "Y-axis direction", "Z-axis direction", etc. indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Moreover, some of the above terms may be used to indicate other meanings besides orientation or position, for example, the term "on" may also be used to indicate some kind of dependency or connection in some cases. The specific meaning of these terms in this application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.
The foregoing 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 replacements can be made without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, and these modifications and replacements should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. An ice maker, comprising:
an ice-making chamber having a water inlet;
the ice tray is arranged in the ice making chamber, at least one accommodating groove is formed in the ice tray, and the water inlet is used for supplying water to the accommodating groove; and
and at least two refrigerant circulating pipes arranged in the ice making chamber and below the ice tray along the extending direction of the ice tray.
2. The ice-making machine of claim 1, further comprising a heating device disposed within said ice-making chamber, said heating device for heating ice cubes within said container.
3. The ice-making machine of claim 2, further comprising a turnover mechanism disposed within said ice-making chamber for turning said ice grid over.
4. The ice-making machine of claim 2, further comprising an ice-making fan disposed in said ice-making chamber, said ice-making fan being disposed opposite to said two refrigerant circulation tubes.
5. The ice-making machine of claim 1, further comprising a water drainage channel for draining excess water in said ice mold out of said ice-making machine.
6. The ice-making machine of claim 5, further comprising a fixture having an ice storage compartment therein, said ice-making machine being mounted above said ice storage compartment.
7. The ice-making machine according to claim 6, wherein said fixing device is a tank body, a water inlet pipe is connected to the top of said tank body, and a connecting hole for two refrigerant circulating pipes to pass through is formed in the rear side of said tank body.
8. The ice-making machine of claim 7, wherein a water outlet connected to said water drainage channel is provided on said housing, a water collecting pipe is connected to a front side of said water outlet, an opening is provided at a top of said water collecting pipe, a diameter of said water collecting pipe is gradually increased along a direction toward said water drainage channel, and said opening of said water collecting pipe is disposed opposite to a terminal end of said water drainage channel.
9. The ice-making machine according to claim 7, wherein a door is provided at a front side of said box, said door being rotatably mounted on said box.
10. A refrigerator, characterized by comprising:
a storage room;
the ice maker of any of claims 1 to 9, wherein the ice maker is mounted in the storage compartment and the ice maker is located at a top of the storage compartment.
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