CN216282191U

CN216282191U - Ice making box

Info

Publication number: CN216282191U
Application number: CN202122175643.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨明; 席永学; 任志洁; 解卫浩
Original assignee: Hefei Hualing Co Ltd; Midea Group Co Ltd; Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hefei Hualing Co Ltd; Midea Group Co Ltd; Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-07
Filing date: 2021-09-07
Publication date: 2022-04-12
Anticipated expiration: 2031-09-07

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of ice making, and provides an ice making box, which comprises: a box body formed with a plurality of ice grid grooves; the cover body is arranged on the box body in a covering mode so as to cover the ice grid groove; and ice taking pieces which are in one-to-one correspondence with the ice grid grooves are formed on one side, facing the box body, of the cover body. According to the ice making device, the ice taking pieces which are in one-to-one correspondence with the ice grid grooves are arranged on one side, facing the box body, of the cover body, the ice taking pieces can extend into the corresponding ice grid grooves after the cover body is covered on the box body, and the parts, extending into the ice grid grooves, of the ice taking pieces are frozen together with water in the ice making process. When the ice is taken, the whole ice making box is firstly twisted to remove the ice, then the box body is taken down after the whole ice making box is inverted, and all ice blocks fall on the cover body. Due to the ice taking piece, the ice blocks are freely supported on the ice taking piece and cannot move relative to the cover body. The user can directly pull the ice cubes in required quantity from the cover body according to actual needs. The ice-making machine can realize ice taking as required, and prevents ice blocks from scattering on the ground when a user pours the ice blocks.

Description

Ice making box

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of ice making, in particular to an ice making box.

Background

With the continuous improvement of living standard of people, people drink cold drinks and adds ice cubes to become a fashion, and more refrigerators are provided with ice making grids. When the ice is taken, a user needs to twist the ice making grids firstly, then turn over the ice making grids and pour the ice blocks. The user may only need two or three pieces of ice, but when the ice is poured, the quantity of ice falling from the ice cube tray is often more than the quantity required by the user, which not only easily falls on the ground and causes waste, but also may pollute other ice if the redundant ice is put back into the ice cube tray.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the utility model provides an ice making box to realize ice taking according to needs and avoid ice blocks from scattering in the ice taking process.

An ice-making housing according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

a box body formed with a plurality of ice grid grooves;

the cover body is arranged on the box body in a covering mode so as to cover the ice grid groove; and ice taking pieces which are in one-to-one correspondence with the ice grid grooves are formed on one side, facing the box body, of the cover body.

According to the ice making box provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the ice taking piece corresponding to the ice grid groove is arranged on one side of the cover body facing the box body, the ice taking piece can extend into the corresponding ice grid groove after the cover body is covered on the box body, and the part of the ice taking piece extending into the ice grid groove is frozen with water in the ice making process. When the ice is taken, the whole ice making box is firstly twisted to remove the ice so as to separate the ice blocks from the ice grid grooves and the ice taking pieces; then the whole ice making box is inverted and then the box body is taken down, and the ice blocks are all fallen on the cover body. Due to the ice-picking member, the ice cubes are freely supported on the ice-picking member, and therefore, the ice cubes cannot move relative to the cover body. The user can directly pull the ice cubes in required quantity from the cover body according to actual needs. After the ice is taken out, if the cover body is provided with residual ice blocks, the box body can be buckled on the cover body again, and then the box body is turned over by 180 degrees and horizontally placed into the refrigerator for the next use. Therefore, the ice-making box can achieve ice taking according to needs, prevents ice cubes from scattering on the ground when a user pours the ice cubes, and can prevent crushed ice generated by twisting the box body in the ice taking process from falling outside and remaining in the ice-making box for the user to use.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the cross-sectional area of the ice pick-up member is gradually reduced in a direction away from the cover body.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the ice-picking member is arranged corresponding to the center of the ice grid groove.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, a rib protruding outwards is formed on one side of the cover body facing the box body, and the rib abuts against the end face of the ice tray groove.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the number of the ribs is multiple, the ribs are distributed in a criss-cross mode, and the ice taking pieces are formed at the intersection points of the ribs.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the side wall of the cover body is provided with a handheld part which extends outwards horizontally.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the surface of the box body is formed with an ice making area and an annular water tank surrounding the outside of the ice making area, and all the ice grid tanks are positioned in the ice making area.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a spillway is formed on an upper portion of a sidewall of the case, and the spillway is communicated with the annular water tank.

According to an embodiment of the utility model, the overflow is a notch formed in an edge of the box.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the upper portions of two adjacent ice grid grooves are communicated with each other.

One or more technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention have at least one of the following technical effects:

according to the ice making box, the ice taking piece corresponding to the ice grid groove is arranged on one side, facing the box body, of the cover body, the ice taking piece can extend into the corresponding ice grid groove after the cover body is covered on the box body, and the part, extending into the ice grid groove, of the ice taking piece is frozen with water in the ice making process. When the ice is taken, the whole ice making box is firstly twisted to remove the ice so as to separate the ice blocks from the ice grid grooves and the ice taking pieces; then the whole ice making box is inverted and then the box body is taken down, and the ice blocks are all fallen on the cover body. Due to the ice-picking member, the ice cubes are freely supported on the ice-picking member, and therefore, the ice cubes cannot move relative to the cover body. The user can directly pull the ice cubes in required quantity from the cover body according to actual needs. After the ice is taken out, if the cover body is provided with residual ice blocks, the box body can be buckled on the cover body again, and then the box body is turned over by 180 degrees and horizontally placed into the refrigerator for the next use. Therefore, the ice-making box can achieve ice taking according to needs, prevents ice cubes from scattering on the ground when a user pours the ice cubes, and can prevent crushed ice generated by twisting the box body in the ice taking process from falling outside and remaining in the ice-making box for the user to use.

Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the utility model.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings 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 drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic front view of an ice-making housing according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of an ice making box (a box cover is arranged on the box body) according to an embodiment of the utility model;

fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of an ice-making housing (with a housing cover separated from a housing body) according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of an ice-making box (with a box cover separated from a box body) when the ice-making box is inverted according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a front view of the ice making housing (with the housing cover separated from the housing body) when it is inverted according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

100. a cover body; 101. taking an ice piece; 102. ribs; 103. flanging;

200. a box body; 201. an ice grid groove; 202. and an annular table top.

Detailed Description

The embodiments of the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the utility model but are not intended to limit the scope of the utility model.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "central", "longitudinal", "lateral", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only used for convenience in describing the embodiments of the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise, 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; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. Specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present invention can be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

In embodiments of the utility model, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through intervening media. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of an embodiment of the utility model. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, an embodiment of the present invention provides an ice making box, which includes a box body 200 and a cover 100; the box body 200 is formed with a plurality of ice grid grooves 201, the cover body 100 is used for covering the box body 200 to cover the ice grid grooves 201, and one side of the cover body 100 facing the box body 200 is formed with ice-picking pieces 101 corresponding to the ice grid grooves 201 one to one.

During ice making: first, as shown in fig. 3, the case 200 is placed on an operation table such as a table; then injecting water into the ice grid groove 201 until the ice grid groove 201 is filled with water; then, as shown in fig. 2, the cover body 100 is covered on the box body 200, and at this time, the ice-picking member 101 extends into the corresponding ice grid groove 201; finally, as shown in fig. 1, the whole ice-making box is put into a refrigerator to be frozen. During freezing, the part of ice picking member 101 extending into ice grid groove 201 is frozen with water. When the user needs to take ice cubes: the ice box is taken out of the refrigerator, and the whole ice box is twisted to remove ice so as to separate ice blocks from the ice grid grooves 201 and the ice taking pieces 101. Due to the existence of the cover body 100, the crushed ice generated by twisting the ice making box can not be collapsed outside, and the crushed ice still remains in the ice making box; then, the whole ice making box is inverted, namely turned 180 degrees and then horizontally placed; next, as shown in fig. 4, the case 200 is removed and the ice cubes are all dropped on the cover 100. Due to the ice picker 101, the ice cubes are freely supported on the ice picker 101, and thus, the ice cubes do not move relative to the cover 100. Finally, the user can pull the ice cubes from the cover 100 by a desired amount according to actual needs. After the ice is taken out, if the cover body 100 has residual ice blocks, the box body 200 can be buckled on the cover body 100 again, and then the box body is turned over by 180 degrees and horizontally placed into the refrigerator for the next use.

To ensure more stable ice cubes on the case 200, the ice picker 101 is disposed corresponding to the center of the ice tray 201. In addition, in order to more easily remove ice and remove ice from the box 200, the cross-sectional area of the ice-removing member 101 is gradually decreased toward a direction away from the cover 100, that is, the small end of the ice-removing member 101 extends into the ice grid groove 201 after the cover 100 is covered on the box 200. The shape of the ice-picking member 101 may be, but is not limited to, a cone, a pyramid or a frustum of a pyramid. It should be noted that, in order to facilitate ice shedding and ice block pulling, in addition to adjusting the shape of the ice-picking member 101, the height of the ice-picking member 101, that is, the length of the ice-picking member 101 extending into the ice grid groove 201, specifically, the height of the ice-picking member 101 satisfies: after the cover body 100 is covered on the box body 200, the end of the ice-fetching piece 101 just extends into the ice grid groove 201.

In addition, considering that the user may easily fill the ice tray groove 201 with water and overflow the ice tray groove 201, if the panel of the cover 100 is tightly attached to the end surface of the ice tray groove 201, that is, the top surface of the side wall of the ice tray groove 201, the cover 100 and the box 200 may be frozen together after the ice making is completed, and the subsequent separation is difficult, as shown in fig. 4, in order to avoid the above problem, the rib 102 protruding outward is formed on the side of the cover 100 facing the box 200. After the cover 100 is placed on the box 200, the ribs 102 abut against the end surfaces of the ice tray grooves 201, and the panel of the cover 100 does not contact with the end surfaces of the ice tray grooves 201, that is, a gap exists between the panel of the cover 100 and the end surfaces of the ice tray grooves 201, and the height of the gap is equal to the thickness of the ribs 102. It can be seen that the panel of the box body 200 and the cover body 100 are in line contact or point contact rather than surface contact due to the ribs 102, so that the box body 200 and the cover body 100 can be easily separated after ice making is completed even if water in the ice tray 201 overflows the ice tray 201 during water filling. In addition, due to the ribs 102, after a proper amount of water is injected into the box body 200 and the cover body 100 is covered, the panel of the cover body 100 does not directly contact with the water surface, so that when the ice making box is twisted to remove ice after ice making is completed, ice blocks can be well separated from the ice grid grooves 201 and the ice taking pieces 101. And, the ice cubes are freely supported on the ice taking member 101 at the time of taking the ice, and the user can easily take the ice cubes from the ice taking member 101.

As shown in fig. 4, the number of ribs 102 is plural, the plural ribs 102 are distributed in a crisscross manner, and the ice-catching members 101 are formed at the intersections of the ribs 102. The advantages of such an arrangement are: on the one hand, the plurality of ribs 102 not only can improve the strength of the cover 100, but also can ensure that the cover 100 is more stable when the cover 100 is covered on the box body 200. On the other hand, the positioning of the ice picking piece 101 is convenient.

In addition, in order to avoid the above situation, an ice making area and an annular water tank surrounding the outside of the ice making area are formed on the surface of the box body 200, and all the ice grid grooves 201 are located in the ice making area. Due to the existence of the annular water tank, in the water injection process, if a user injects too much water carelessly, water overflowing from the ice tray groove 201 flows into the annular water tank, that is, the annular water tank intercepts the water overflowing from the ice tray groove 201, so that the excessive water can be prevented from flowing to the ground or an operation table. Similarly, in the process of moving the box 200, if the box 200 slightly shakes, the water overflowing from the ice tray 201 directly flows into the annular water tank. In addition, after the box 200 is placed in the refrigerator, if the box 200 is unstably placed and slightly inclined, the water overflowing from the ice tray 201 may directly flow into the ring-shaped water tank. It should be noted that the annular water tank can be formed in various ways: in the first mode, the annular water tank is an annular groove which is formed downwards along the periphery of the ice making area, and the bottom of the annular groove is lower than the surface of the ice making area, so that redundant accumulated water in the ice making area can smoothly flow into the annular groove. In the second mode, the ice making region is a boss formed at the middle of the box body 200, the peripheral edge of the box body 200 is raised upwards, and an annular water tank is formed between the boss and the protrusion.

In order to facilitate drainage, an overflow is formed at the upper portion of the sidewall of the case 200, and the overflow is communicated with the annular water tank. When drainage is required, the user only needs to align the overflow with the wastewater tank or the wastewater tub and then slightly lift the opposite side of the case 200 from the overflow. Under the driving of gravity, the accumulated water accumulated in the annular water tank is completely drained from the overflow port. The overflow port may be a notch formed at the edge of the box 200, or a through hole formed in the sidewall of the box 200. Compared with the through hole, the notch arranged on the edge of the box body 200 can make the water capacity of the annular water tank larger.

As shown in fig. 3, the box body 200 includes an ice tray body and an annular table 202 surrounding the ice tray body, the ice tray body is formed with a plurality of ice tray grooves 201, and the upper surface of the annular table 202 is higher than the upper surface of the ice tray body; the rim of the cover body 100 is bent downward to form a flange 103 for snap-fitting with the rim of the annular table 202. The cover 100 and the case 200 may be made of food-grade silica gel.

Of course, the cover 100 may be covered on the case 200 by other methods: for example, the cover 100 is connected to the case 200, a first connecting portion is formed on one side of the cover 100 facing the case 200, a second connecting portion connected to the first connecting portion is formed on the case 200, one of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion is a groove, and the other is a protrusion. For another example, the cover 100 is attached to the surface of the box 200, the cover 100 is a silicone cover, and the box 200 is a polypropylene box. Of course, the cover 100 may be made of a highly active adsorbent material that can adsorb to the surface of the case 200, and the case 200 may be made of other materials having smooth surfaces.

In addition, in order to facilitate the separation of the cover 100 and the case 200, a handle portion extending horizontally outward is provided on a sidewall of the cover 100. In the ice-taking process, after the ice-making box is entirely inverted, one hand pulls the box body 200 upwards, the other hand pinches the hand-held part and slightly pulls the cover body 100 downwards, and then the cover body 100 and the box body 200 can be separated. Since the ice cubes are freely supported on the ice picker 101, the ice cubes are not released from the cover 100 during the separation of the cover 100 from the case 200.

The upper portions of two adjacent ice tray grooves 201 are communicated with each other. Therefore, when making ice, the user only needs to fill water into one of the ice grid grooves 201. Taking fig. 3 as an example, if a user fills water into the ice grid groove 201 at the upper left corner, after the ice grid groove 201 at the upper left corner is filled with water, the water in the ice grid groove 201 at the upper left corner overflows into two adjacent ice grid grooves 201, and after the two ice grid grooves 201 are filled with water, the water overflows into the ice grid grooves 201 adjacent to the two ice grid grooves until all the ice grid grooves 201 are filled with water. It should be noted that there are various ways to communicate two adjacent ice grid grooves 201, for example, a gap is formed on the upper edge of the partition plate between two adjacent ice grid grooves 201.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the utility model. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various combinations, modifications or equivalents may be made to the technical solution of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present invention, and the technical solution of the present invention is covered by the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. An ice making box, comprising:

a box body formed with a plurality of ice grid grooves;

2. The ice-making housing according to claim 1, wherein the cross-sectional area of the ice-picking member is gradually reduced in a direction away from the cover.

3. The ice-making housing according to claim 1, wherein the ice picker is disposed corresponding to a center of the ice tray.

4. The ice making box according to claim 1, wherein a rib protruding outwards is formed on one side of the cover body facing the box body, and the rib abuts against the end face of the ice grid groove.

5. The ice-making box according to claim 4, wherein the number of the ribs is plural, the plurality of ribs are distributed in a criss-cross manner, and the ice-taking member is formed at the intersection point of the ribs.

6. The ice making housing according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a hand-held portion extending horizontally outward is provided on the side wall of the cover body.

7. The ice-making box according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the surface of the box body is formed with an ice-making area and an annular water tank surrounding the outside of the ice-making area, and all the ice grid grooves are located in the ice-making area.

8. The ice-making housing according to claim 7, wherein an overflow vent is formed at an upper portion of a sidewall of the housing, the overflow vent being in communication with the annular water groove.

9. The ice-making housing according to claim 8, wherein the overflow vent is a notch formed at an edge of the housing.

10. The ice making housing according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein upper portions of adjacent two of the ice recesses communicate with each other.