CN216448428U

CN216448428U - Top water tank structure for supplementing water to drum type ice maker

Info

Publication number: CN216448428U
Application number: CN202123141450.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈越鹏; 王峥聪; 夏星
Original assignee: Ningbo Hicon International Industry Co ltd
Current assignee: Ningbo Huikang Industrial Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-13
Filing date: 2021-12-13
Publication date: 2022-05-06
Anticipated expiration: 2031-12-13

Abstract

The utility model discloses a top water tank structure for supplementing water to a barrel type ice maker, which comprises a tank body, wherein the tank body is of a thin shell structure with an opening at the upper end, a water supplementing opening used for being connected with the barrel type ice maker and a backflow opening used for being connected with a bottom water storage tank are arranged on the bottom of the tank body, and the height of a water inlet end surface of the water supplementing opening is lower than that of a backflow end surface of the backflow opening; the corresponding edge of the box body is provided with an overflow port, and the height of the overflow end surface of the overflow port is higher than that of the backflow end surface of the backflow port; and a control floating ball for controlling the water level in the box body is also arranged in the box body. The automatic water replenishing device is simple and reasonable in structure, realizes real-time water replenishing of the drum type ice maker through the water replenishing port, and enables the water levels of the drum type ice maker and the drum type ice maker to be basically kept flush, so that the normal work of the drum type ice maker can be ensured by ensuring the water level in the box body through the control floating ball, and meanwhile, the self-cleaning of the box body and the drum type ice maker can be realized by replenishing water to the box body through the backflow port until the overflow outlet and overflow port are full.

Description

Top water tank structure for supplementing water to drum type ice maker

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of ice making equipment, in particular to a top water tank structure for supplementing water to a drum type ice maker.

Background

An ice maker (english name: ice maker or ice machine) is a refrigeration machine that produces ice by passing water through an evaporator to be cooled by a refrigerant of a refrigeration system. The existing ice making machines are classified into an ice-type ice making machine, a bullet-head type ice making machine and an extruded ice type ice making machine according to the ice making manner, wherein the existing extruded ice type ice making machine generally includes a water storage tank for supplying water required for making ice to a cartridge type ice making machine, and a cartridge type ice making machine generally has a water level detecting device for detecting a water level to control the water supply of the water storage tank therein.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to overcome the defects in the prior art, and provides a top water tank structure for supplementing water to a drum type ice maker, which has a simple and reasonable structure, can supplement water to the drum type ice maker in real time through a water supplementing opening, and enables the water level of a box body to be basically flush with that of the drum type ice maker, so that the water level in the box body is controlled by a control floating ball to ensure that the drum type ice maker can normally work for making ice, and the single water supplementing quantity of a water storage tank is increased, thereby effectively reducing the water supply times of ice making and reducing the energy consumption; meanwhile, water is supplemented into the box body through the return opening until the overflow outlet and the overflow opening are full of water, so that self-cleaning of the box body and the drum type ice maker can be realized.

In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model provides a top water tank structure of an ice maker for supplementing water to a drum-type ice maker, which comprises a tank body, wherein the tank body is of a thin shell structure with an opening at the upper end, a water supplementing opening used for being connected with the drum-type ice maker and a return opening used for being connected with a bottom water storage tank are arranged on the bottom of the tank body, and the height of a water inlet end surface of the water supplementing opening is lower than that of a return end surface of the return opening;

the corresponding edge of the box body is provided with an overflow port, and the height of the overflow end surface of the overflow port is higher than that of the backflow end surface of the backflow port;

and a control floating ball for controlling the water level in the box body is also arranged in the box body.

Further setting the following steps: the cross section of the box body is of a C-shaped structure, the two overflow ports are respectively and correspondingly arranged at two ends of a C-shaped opening of the box body, and a cavity for containing the barrel-type ice maker is formed in the C-shaped opening of the box body.

Further setting the following steps: the outer wall of the box body is provided with a flow guide inclined plane which is connected with the overflow outlet edge of the overflow outlet and extends downwards in an inclined mode.

Further setting the following steps: and a supporting surface protruding out of the flow guide inclined surface is arranged on one side of the outer wall of the box body, which corresponds to the flow guide inclined surface at least.

Further setting the following steps: the cover plate is used for sealing an opening at the upper end of the box body, and a water baffle matched with the abutting surface is arranged on the cover plate corresponding to the overflow outlet.

Further setting the following steps: the bottom of box is provided with the pit of undercut, control floater and moisturizing mouth all set up in the pit.

Further setting the following steps: and an extending pipe extending upwards is arranged at the position of the box body corresponding to the return port.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has simple and reasonable structure, and the top water tank with the C-shaped structure can be better matched with the drum type ice maker, so that the overall structure of the ice maker is more compact; meanwhile, the top water tank can supplement water to the drum type ice maker in real time through the water supplementing port, the water level of the box body is basically kept flush with that of the drum type ice maker, the water level in the box body is controlled through the control floating ball to ensure that the drum type ice maker can normally work to make ice, and the single water supplementing amount of the water storage tank is increased, so that the water supply times of ice making can be effectively reduced, and the energy consumption is reduced; moreover, the self-cleaning of the box body and the drum type ice maker can be realized through supplementing water into the box body through the return opening until the overflow outlet and the overflow gap are full.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the ice-making machine of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a split configuration of the top tank of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the case.

The following reference numerals are marked thereon in conjunction with the accompanying drawings:

100. a top water tank; 1. a box body; 11. a water replenishing port; 12. a return port; 13. an overflow port; 14. a diversion bevel; 15. an abutting surface; 16. a pit; 17. an extension pipe; 2. controlling the floating ball; 3. a cover plate; 31. a water baffle; 200. a water storage tank; 201. a water pump; 300. a cartridge type ice maker.

Detailed Description

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, but it should be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiment.

An ice maker of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, includes a water storage tank 200, a top water tank 100, and a drum type ice maker 300; the cross section of the top water tank 100 is a C-shaped structure, the drum type ice maker 300 is installed in a C-shaped opening of the top water tank 100, the top water tank 100 is connected with the drum type ice maker 300 through a water supplementing pipe, and real-time automatic water supplementing is realized through the height difference between the top water tank 100 and the drum type ice maker, so that the water level in the top water tank 100 is basically kept flush with the water level in the ice maker, and thus, the drum type ice maker 300 can make ice in normal operation; the water storage tank 200 is installed below the top water tank 100 and located in front of the C-shaped opening of the top water tank 100, the water storage tank 200 is connected with the top water tank 100 through a water supply pipe, a water pump 201 is arranged on the water supply pipe, a control floating ball 2 for controlling the water level is arranged in the top water tank 100, and the control floating ball 2 is used for controlling the on-off of the water pump 201 to achieve the effect of controlling the water storage tank 200 to supplement water to the top water tank 100.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the top water tank 100 of the present invention includes a tank body 1 and a cover plate 3 for covering an upper end opening of the tank body 1, wherein the tank body 1 is a thin shell structure with an upper end opening and a C-shaped cross section, a pit 15 recessed downward is provided at the bottom of the tank body 1, a water replenishing port 11 for connecting with a cartridge ice maker 300 and a control float ball 2 for controlling the water level of the tank body 1 are provided in the pit 15, a return port 12 for connecting with a water storage tank 200 is further provided at the bottom of the tank body 1, and an extending pipe 17 extending upward is provided corresponding to the return port 12 of the tank body 1, so that a return end surface of the return port 12 is higher than a water replenishing end surface of the water replenishing port 11; two ends of the box body 1 corresponding to the C-shaped opening are respectively provided with an overflow gap 13, and the overflow end surface of the overflow gap 13 is higher than the return end surface of the return gap 12; through such arrangement, the water storage tank 200 can automatically replenish water to the top water tank 100, and meanwhile, the top water tank 100 replenishes water to the drum type ice maker 300 in real time to ensure the normal operation of the drum type ice maker.

In the above solution, preferably, the outer wall of the tank 1 is correspondingly provided with a diversion inclined plane 14 which is engaged with the opening edge of the overflow opening 13 and extends obliquely downwards, so that the overflowed water can be better guided into the water storage tank 200 by the diversion inclined plane 14; meanwhile, at least one side of the outer wall of the box body 1 corresponding to the diversion inclined plane 14 is provided with a supporting surface 15 protruding out of the diversion inclined plane 14, the cover plate 3 corresponding to the overflow opening 13 is provided with a water baffle 31 matched with the supporting surface 15, and the water baffle 31 and the diversion inclined plane 14 can be arranged in a certain gap under the action of the supporting surface 15 to ensure the normal outflow of fluid.

The above disclosure is only an example of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and any variations that can be made by those skilled in the art should fall within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A top water tank structure for supplementing water to a drum type ice maker is characterized by comprising a tank body, wherein the tank body is of a thin shell structure with an opening at the upper end, a water supplementing opening used for being connected with the drum type ice maker and a backflow opening used for being connected with a water storage tank at the bottom are formed in the bottom of the tank body, and the height of a water inlet end face of the water supplementing opening is lower than that of a backflow end face of the backflow opening;

2. The top water tank structure of claim 1, wherein the tank body has a C-shaped cross-section, two overflows are formed and disposed on two ends of the C-shaped opening of the tank body, and a cavity for receiving the cartridge ice maker is formed in the C-shaped opening of the tank body.

3. The structure of a top tank for refilling an ice drum maker as claimed in claim 2, wherein the outer wall of the housing is provided with a guide slope which meets an overflow outlet rim of the overflow outlet and extends obliquely downward.

4. The top water tank structure for refilling an ice drum according to claim 3, wherein an abutting surface protruded from the guide slope is provided at least at one side of the outer wall of the case corresponding to the guide slope.

5. The structure of a top water tank for refilling an ice drum according to claim 4, further comprising a cover plate for closing an upper opening of the tank body, the cover plate being provided with a water guard plate corresponding to the overflow port to be engaged with the abutting surface.

6. The structure of a top tank for refilling an ice drum according to claim 1, wherein a recess depressed downward is formed at a bottom of the housing, and the control float and the refilling water port are formed in the recess.

7. The structure of a top water tank for refilling an ice drum maker as claimed in claim 1, wherein an extension pipe extending upward is provided at the tank body corresponding to the return port.