CN216432212U

CN216432212U - Refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN216432212U
Application number: CN202122665335.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李玉稳; 李大鹏; 李闪闪; 周林芳
Original assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Current assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-01
Filing date: 2021-11-01
Publication date: 2022-05-03
Anticipated expiration: 2031-11-01

Abstract

The application discloses a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerator body, an ice maker, a mounting bracket and a water supply assembly; the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a refrigerating chamber and a heat insulation layer, wherein the refrigerator body is provided with a freezing chamber, a refrigerating chamber and the heat insulation layer arranged between the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber; the ice maker is arranged in the freezing chamber; the mounting bracket is arranged on the heat insulation layer and is provided with a sleeve for communicating the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber; the water supply assembly is used for supplying water to the ice maker and comprises a water tank and a water delivery pipe, the water tank is arranged in the refrigerating chamber, and the water delivery pipe penetrates through the sleeve and is connected with the water tank and the ice maker. The refrigerator of this application, when carrying out later maintenance to the ice-making machine, directly with the raceway from the sleeve pipe take out can, promoted the convenience that the ice-making machine maintained.

Description

Refrigerator

Technical Field

The application belongs to the field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a refrigerator.

Background

The refrigerator is an indispensable household appliance in daily life of people, and along with the continuous improvement of the living standard of people, some refrigerators with built-in ice makers appear in the market at present so as to meet the requirements of users on ice cubes. The ice maker needs water supply, and at present, the ice maker is usually supplied with water by adopting a water tank, the ice maker is arranged in a freezing chamber, the water tank is arranged in a refrigerating chamber, and water is supplied to the ice maker by arranging a water pipe for connecting the ice maker and the water tank between the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber. The water pipe of the existing ice maker is usually connected to two side walls of the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber through the fixing seat, and the water pipe is inconvenient to detach and difficult to maintain in the later maintenance process.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a refrigerator to solve the problem of inconvenient later maintenance of an ice machine.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a refrigerator, including:

the refrigerator comprises a box body, a refrigerating chamber and a heat insulation layer, wherein the box body is provided with a freezing chamber, the refrigerating chamber and the heat insulation layer arranged between the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber;

the ice maker is arranged in the freezing chamber;

the mounting bracket is arranged on the heat insulation layer and is provided with a sleeve for communicating the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber; and

the water supply assembly is used for supplying water to the ice maker and comprises a water tank and a water conveying pipe, the water tank is arranged in the refrigerating chamber, and the water conveying pipe penetrates through the sleeve and is connected with the water tank and the ice maker.

Optionally, the installing support includes relative first mounting panel and the second mounting panel that sets up, first mounting panel connect in the freezer is close to the lateral wall of freezer, the second mounting panel connect in the freezer is close to the lateral wall of freezer, the bushing connect in first mounting panel with between the second mounting panel.

Optionally, the side wall of the refrigerating chamber is provided with a first through hole for the water pipe to pass through, the side wall of the freezing chamber is provided with a second through hole for the water pipe to pass through, the first mounting plate is convexly provided with a first boss in plug-in fit with the first through hole, and the second mounting plate is convexly provided with a second boss in plug-in fit with the second through hole.

Optionally, the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber are arranged at intervals along the width direction of the box body, and the ice maker and the water supply assembly are arranged in parallel and level along the height direction of the box body.

Optionally, the water pipe horizontally passes through the casing.

Optionally, grooves are formed in the outer side walls of the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber in a concave manner;

the mounting bracket also comprises a first abutting plate and a second abutting plate, and the first abutting plate is connected to one side of the first mounting plate, which is far away from the second mounting plate, and is used for abutting and matching with the groove of the refrigerating chamber; the second butt joint plate is connected with one side of the second mounting plate, which deviates from the first mounting plate, and is used for abutting against and matching with the groove of the freezing chamber.

Optionally, the refrigerating chamber has a first opposite angle along the height direction thereof, the freezing chamber has a second opposite angle along the height direction thereof, and the first opposite angle and the second opposite angle are rounded;

the mounting bracket further comprises a first arc plate and a second arc plate, the first arc plate is connected to the first mounting plate, is close to and far away from one end of the sleeve and extends along the direction deviating from the second mounting plate, and is used for abutting against and holding the matching with the first diagonal, the second arc plate is connected to the second mounting plate, is far away from one end of the sleeve and extends along the direction deviating from the first mounting plate, and is used for abutting against and holding the matching with the second diagonal.

Optionally, a reinforcing rib is further connected between the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate.

Optionally, the outer circumferential wall of the sleeve is coated with a heating wire aluminum foil.

Optionally, the first mounting panel is close to one side of second mounting panel is equipped with the confession the first electrical terminal mount pad that the heater strip aluminium foil electricity is connected, the second mounting panel is close to one side of first mounting panel is equipped with the confession the second electrical terminal mount pad that the ice machine electricity is connected.

In the embodiment of this application, through passing the raceway the sleeve pipe and being connected with water tank and ice machine, so, in the later maintenance in-process to the ice machine, directly with the raceway from the sleeve pipe take out can, it is convenient to dismantle, compare in prior art directly with the water pipe install in the thermal-insulated in situ between freezer and walk-in, very big the dismantlement of raceway of having made things convenient for, and need not to destroy the insulating layer of refrigerator, be convenient for maintain.

Drawings

The technical solutions and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present application when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the refrigerator of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the refrigerator of fig. 2 taken along section a-a.

Fig. 4 is a partially enlarged view of fig. 3 at B.

Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged view of C in fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a partial enlarged view of fig. 1 at D.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a mounting bracket of the refrigerator in fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a schematic view of the mounting bracket of fig. 7 at another angle.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present application and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The refrigerator for automatically making ice blocks in the current market generally comprises an ice maker and a water tank, wherein the water tank is used for automatically supplying water to the ice maker, the ice maker is arranged in a freezing chamber of the refrigerator and makes ice by virtue of cold air in the freezing chamber, the water tank is arranged in a refrigerating chamber of the refrigerator to prevent water in the water tank from freezing, and a water pipe is connected between the water tank and the ice maker to enable water in the water tank to flow into the ice maker. According to the existing refrigerator, a water pipe is firstly pre-installed in a heat insulation layer between a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber, and then heat insulation materials are filled in the heat insulation layer, so that the water pipe is difficult to detach when the ice maker is subjected to later maintenance, the heat insulation layer is damaged to take out the water pipe, and the maintenance is extremely difficult. Therefore, the application provides a refrigerator to solve the problem that an ice machine is inconvenient to maintain.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the refrigerator 100 includes a cabinet 10, an ice maker 20, a mounting bracket 60, and a water supply assembly, wherein the cabinet 10 has a freezing chamber 12, a refrigerating chamber 11, and an insulation layer 13 disposed between the freezing chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 11; the ice maker 20 is arranged in the freezing chamber 12; the mounting bracket 60 is arranged on the heat insulation layer 13, and the mounting bracket 60 is provided with a sleeve 63 for communicating the freezing chamber 12 with the refrigerating chamber 11; the water supply assembly is used for supplying water to the ice maker 20, and comprises a water tank 30 and a water pipe 50, wherein the water tank 30 is arranged in the refrigerating chamber 11, and the water pipe 50 is arranged in the sleeve 63 in a penetrating manner and is connected with the water tank 30 and the ice maker 20.

Referring to fig. 4, the ice maker 20 includes a box body 21, a water receiving groove 22, an ice cube tray (not shown), and an ice storage box 23, the water receiving groove 22 is disposed above the ice cube tray, the ice storage box 23 is disposed below the ice cube tray, one end of the water pipe 50 is connected to the water tank 30, the other end of the water pipe 50 sequentially passes through the sleeve 63 and the box body 21 and is connected to the water receiving groove 22, water in the water tank 30 flows into the ice cube tray through the water pipe 50, and the water in the ice cube tray is condensed into ice cubes under the cold wind of the freezing chamber 12.

It should be noted that the water pipe 50 may be directly connected to the water tank 30, or may be indirectly connected to the water tank 30 through a suction device (e.g., the water pump 40). When one end of the water pipe 50 is directly connected to the water tank 30, the water pipe 50 is connected to the bottom wall of the water tank 30 (or the bottom of the sidewall of the water tank 30) at this time, so that the water in the water tank 30 flows into the ice maker 20 by gravity. To facilitate quantitative control of the amount of water input into the ice cube tray, it is preferable in this application that the water pipe 50 is connected to the water tank 30 by a water pump 40, as shown in the figure. The water pump 40 has a water inlet and a water outlet, the water inlet of the water pump 40 is connected with a water inlet pipe 41, the water inlet pipe 41 is inserted into the water tank 30, the water outlet of the water pump 40 is connected with a water outlet pipe 42, and the tail end of the water outlet pipe 42 is hermetically connected with the water pipe 50.

The heat insulating layer 13 is filled with a heat insulating material, and in order to ensure the heat insulating effect of the heat insulating layer 13, the heat insulating material is formed by a foam molding process by filling a foaming agent in the heat insulating layer 13, specifically, before the refrigerator 100 is foamed, the mounting bracket 60 needs to be pre-installed at a pre-installation position of the heat insulating layer 13 so that the sleeve 63 communicates with the freezing chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 11, and after the foaming is finished, the mounting bracket 60 is connected with the heat insulating material in the heat insulating layer 13 into a whole.

It will be appreciated that the sleeve 63 of the present application is a straight tube. Wherein, the inner diameter of the sleeve 63 is larger than the outer diameter of the water pipe 50, so that the water pipe 50 is smoothly inserted into the sleeve 63. Moreover, since the sleeve 63 is slightly deformed by the impact force generated by foaming during the foaming process of the refrigerator 100, a certain gap is formed between the outer wall of the water pipe 50 and the inner wall of the sleeve 63 by setting the inner diameter of the sleeve 63 to be larger than the outer diameter of the water pipe 50, so that the problem that the water pipe 50 is difficult to pass through the sleeve 63 due to the deformation of the sleeve 63 can be avoided.

In this application technical scheme, through being provided with the sleeve pipe 63 that communicates freezer 12 and walk-in 11 at insulating layer 13, so, the water pipe is not direct and the insulating part contact in the insulating layer 13, when maintaining ice-making machine 20 in the later stage, directly take out raceway 50 from sleeve pipe 63 can, avoid destroying the insulating layer 13 of refrigerator 100, greatly promoted ice-making machine 20 later maintenance's convenience.

Moreover, the mounting bracket 60 is arranged in the heat insulation layer 13, and when the refrigerator 100 is subjected to foam molding, the foaming mold does not interfere with the mounting bracket 60, so that redesign of the foaming mold can be avoided, and the production cost is reduced.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, 7 and 8, in an embodiment, the mounting bracket 60 includes a first mounting plate 61 and a second mounting plate 62 which are oppositely disposed, the first mounting plate 61 is connected to an outer side wall of the refrigerating chamber 11 close to the freezing chamber 12, the second mounting plate 62 is connected to an outer side wall of the freezing chamber 12 close to the refrigerating chamber 11, the sleeve 63 is connected between the first mounting plate 61 and the second mounting plate 62, and both the first mounting plate 61 and the second mounting plate 62 are provided with an opening communicated with the sleeve 63.

It can be understood that, because the distance between the two adjacent outer side walls of the freezing chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 11 is small, and it is inconvenient to install screws, the first mounting plate 61 and the second mounting plate 62 can be connected to the two adjacent outer side walls of the refrigerating chamber 11 and the freezing chamber 12 respectively by bonding or by clamping connection.

The sleeve 63, the first mounting plate 61 and the second mounting plate 62 can be connected in a split manner, for example, the sleeve 63, the first mounting plate 61 and the second mounting plate 62 can be respectively and separately processed and formed, and then are connected into a whole through screwing or hot-melt welding; the sleeve 63, the first mounting plate 61, and the second mounting plate 62 may be formed by integral injection molding. In the embodiment of the present application, in order to reduce the number of mounting steps and improve the mounting efficiency, the mounting bracket 60 is integrally formed by injection molding.

Further, in order to accurately position the mounting bracket 60 at the pre-mounting position in the heat insulation layer 13, referring to fig. 5, in an embodiment, a first through hole 111 through which the water pipe 50 passes is formed in a side wall of the refrigerating chamber 11, a second through hole 121 through which the water pipe 50 passes is formed in a side wall of the freezing chamber 12, a first boss 611 inserted and matched with the first through hole 111 is convexly formed on the first mounting plate 61, and a second boss 621 inserted and matched with the second through hole 121 is convexly formed on the second mounting plate 62. In this way, the first boss 611 and the second boss 621 are positioned, so that the mounting bracket 60 is accurately positioned at the pre-installation position in the compartment.

Moreover, the first boss 611 is in insertion fit with the first through hole 111, and the second boss 621 is in insertion fit with the second through hole 121, so that the mounting bracket 60 is firmly clamped on two adjacent outer side walls of the freezing chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 11, and the mounting bracket 60 is prevented from deviating from the preassembly position due to impact force generated in a foaming process.

In the present embodiment, the shapes of the first boss 611, the second boss 621, the first via hole 111, and the second via hole 121 are set in a square shape, as shown in fig. 7 and 8.

It can be understood that, since the distance between the first boss 611 and the second boss 621 is greater than the distance between the two side walls of the thermal insulation layer 13, during the process of installing the mounting bracket 60 into the thermal insulation layer 13, the two side walls of the thermal insulation layer 13 are expanded by the elastic deformation of the two side walls, so that the mounting bracket 60 is installed into the thermal insulation layer 13. In order to facilitate the installation of the mounting bracket 60 in the thermal insulation layer 13, the distance that the first boss 611 protrudes from the first mounting plate 61 is not too large, and in this embodiment, the distance that the first boss 611 protrudes from the first mounting plate 61 is 1-2 mm. Similarly, the distance that the second boss 621 protrudes from the second mounting plate 62 is not too large, and the distance that the second boss 621 protrudes from the second mounting plate 62 is the same as the distance that the first boss 611 protrudes from the first mounting plate 61.

Further, referring to fig. 3, in an embodiment of the present invention, the freezing chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 11 are disposed at intervals along a width direction of the box body 10, and the ice maker 20 and the water supply assembly are disposed flush with each other along a height direction of the box body 10.

Note that, the level as described herein means that the top of the ice maker 20 is disposed flush with the top of the water supply unit, or the bottom of the ice maker 20 is disposed flush with the bottom of the water supply unit. It can be understood that, by arranging the ice maker 20 and the water supply assembly flush with each other along the height direction of the cabinet 10, so that the ice maker 20 and the water supply assembly are both located at approximately the same height position of the cabinet 10 of the refrigerator 100, compared with arranging the ice maker 20 below the water supply assembly or arranging the ice maker 20 above the water supply assembly, the design length of the water pipe 50 can be reduced, and the material cost of the water pipe 50 can be saved.

In order to further reduce the length of the water duct 50, referring to fig. 3, the ice maker 20 is installed at an inner sidewall of the freezing chamber 12 adjacent to the refrigerating chamber 11, and the water supply unit is installed at an inner sidewall of the refrigerating chamber 11 adjacent to the freezing chamber 12.

Further, referring to fig. 3 and 4, in order to further facilitate the installation of the water pipe 50, the water pipe 50 is horizontally disposed through the casing 63.

As can be understood, by horizontally penetrating the water pipe 50 through the sleeve 63, compared with the inclined arrangement of the water pipe 50, on one hand, the installation of the water pipe 50 is facilitated, and the interference between the water pipe 50 and the partition plate in the refrigerating chamber 11 is avoided; on one hand, the length of the water pipe 50 is further reduced, and the material cost of the water pipe 50 is further saved. Moreover, the water pipe 50 horizontally penetrates through the sleeve 63, which means that the sleeve 63 is vertically connected between the first mounting plate 61 and the second mounting plate 62, so that the processing difficulty of the mounting bracket 60 can be reduced, and the design difficulty of a forming die of the mounting bracket 60 can be reduced.

The water receiving tank 22 has a first connection port connected to the water pipe 50, the water outlet pipe 42 of the water pump 40 has a second connection port connected to the water pipe 50, and the first connection port and the second connection port are arranged at the same height so that the water pipe 50 horizontally passes through the sleeve 63.

Referring to fig. 1, 5 to 8, grooves 14 are recessed in adjacent outer side walls of the freezing chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 11, the mounting bracket 60 further includes a first abutting plate 64 and a second abutting plate 65, the first abutting plate 64 is connected to a side of the first mounting plate 61 away from the second mounting plate 62, and is used for abutting and matching with the groove 14 of the refrigerating chamber 11; the second abutting plate 65 is connected to a side of the second mounting plate 62 away from the first mounting plate 61, and is used for abutting and matching with the groove 14 of the freezing chamber 12.

Wherein, through providing the groove 14 on the outer sidewall of the freezing chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 11, on one hand, the strength of the wall body of the freezing chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 11 can be strengthened; on the one hand, the position of the groove 14 corresponds to the installation position of the partition in the freezing chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 11, and the installation position for placing the partition can be formed by arranging the groove 14.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the first abutting plate 64 abuts against the groove wall of the groove 14 of the refrigerating chamber 11, and the second abutting plate 65 abuts against the groove wall of the groove 14 of the freezing chamber 12, so that the whole mounting bracket 60 is clamped on the two adjacent side walls of the freezing chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 11 under the combined action of the first abutting plate 64 and the second abutting plate 65, and thus, when the mounting bracket 60 is preassembled, the mounting bracket 60 is directly pushed into the heat insulation layer 13, so that the first abutting plate 64 and the second abutting plate 65 abut against the corresponding grooves 14, and the convenience of installation is greatly improved.

Referring to fig. 6, the refrigerating compartment 11 has a first diagonal 112 along a height direction thereof, the freezing compartment 12 has a second diagonal 122 along the height direction thereof, and the first diagonal 112 and the second diagonal 122 are rounded; the mounting bracket 60 further comprises a first arc plate 66 and a second arc plate 67, the first arc plate 66 is connected to the first mounting plate 61, extends along a direction departing from the second mounting plate 62 by being far away from one end of the sleeve 63, and is used for abutting against the first diagonal 112, and the second arc plate 67 is connected to the second mounting plate 62, is far away from one end of the sleeve 63, extends along a direction departing from the first mounting plate 61, and is used for abutting against the second diagonal 122.

Since the first mounting plate 61 and the second mounting plate 62 are connected by the sleeve 63 only, the portions of the first mounting plate 61 and the second mounting plate 62 away from the sleeve 63 are easily bent outward to deform the sleeve 63, and in order to prevent the sleeve 63 from deforming, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 7, a rib 68 is further connected between the first mounting plate 61 and the second mounting plate 62. Thus, by providing the reinforcing rib 68, the overall strength of the mounting bracket 60 is enhanced, and the deformation of the sleeve 63 caused by the deformation of the mounting bracket 60 due to external force is avoided.

Since the end of the water pipe 50 far from the water tank 30 is located in the freezing chamber 12, and the temperature of the freezing chamber 12 is low, in order to prevent the freezing of the water drops remaining in the water pipe 50, which may cause the unsmooth water supply of the pipeline, in an embodiment, the peripheral wall of the sleeve 63 is coated with a heating wire aluminum foil, and the temperature of the sleeve 63 is raised by electrifying the heating wire aluminum foil, so that the temperature of the water pipe is raised, and the freezing of the water remaining in the water pipe is prevented.

As can be understood, the heating wire is coated on the peripheral wall of the sleeve 63, not directly coated on the peripheral wall of the water pipe 50, so that when the ice maker 20 is maintained, the water pipe 50 is not affected by the heating wire aluminum foil, and the water pipe 50 can be directly drawn out, thereby further improving the convenience of maintenance; moreover, the heating wire aluminum foil is arranged between the heat insulation piece and the sleeve 63 and insulated and isolated from the two side walls of the water delivery pipe 50 and the heat insulation layer 13, so that electric shock of a user is avoided.

Specifically, referring to fig. 7 and 8, a first electrical terminal mounting seat 612 for electrically connecting the heating wire aluminum foil is disposed on one side of the first mounting plate 61 close to the second mounting plate 62, and a second electrical terminal mounting seat 622 for electrically connecting the ice maker 20 is disposed on one side of the second mounting plate 62 close to the first mounting plate 61.

The refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail above, and the principle and the implementation of the present application are explained by applying specific examples herein, and the description of the above embodiment is only used to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present application; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

1. A refrigerator, characterized by comprising:

the ice maker is arranged in the freezing chamber;

2. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein the mounting bracket includes first and second opposing mounting plates, the first mounting plate being attached to the outer side wall of the fresh food compartment adjacent the freezer compartment, the second mounting plate being attached to the outer side wall of the freezer compartment adjacent the fresh food compartment, the sleeve being attached between the first and second mounting plates.

3. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein a first through hole for the water pipe to pass through is formed in a side wall of the refrigerating chamber, a second through hole for the water pipe to pass through is formed in a side wall of the freezing chamber, a first boss inserted and matched with the first through hole is convexly formed on the first mounting plate, and a second boss inserted and matched with the second through hole is convexly formed on the second mounting plate.

4. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber are spaced apart in a width direction of the cabinet, and the ice maker and the water supply assembly are disposed flush with each other in a height direction of the cabinet.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the water duct is disposed horizontally through the bushing.

6. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein outer sidewalls of the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber are each recessed with a groove;

7. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein the refrigerating compartment has a first diagonal angle in a height direction thereof, the freezing compartment has a second diagonal angle in a height direction thereof, and the first diagonal angle is rounded off from the second diagonal angle;

the mounting bracket further comprises a first arc plate and a second arc plate, the first arc plate is connected to one end, far away from the sleeve, of the first mounting plate, extends in the direction far away from the second mounting plate and is used for being abutted and matched with the first diagonal; the second arc plate is connected to one end, far away from the sleeve, of the second mounting plate and extends along the direction far away from the first mounting plate, and is used for being abutted and matched with the second diagonal.

8. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein a reinforcing rib is further coupled between the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate.

9. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein the peripheral wall of the sleeve is coated with a heating wire aluminum foil.

10. The refrigerator according to claim 9, wherein a first electric terminal mounting seat for the electric connection of the heating wire aluminum foil is provided at one side of the first mounting plate close to the second mounting plate, and a second electric terminal mounting seat for the electric connection of the ice maker is provided at one side of the second mounting plate close to the first mounting plate.