CN216557807U

CN216557807U - Ice maker capable of being sterilized

Info

Publication number: CN216557807U
Application number: CN202122689870.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李毅生; 罗伟; 刘金荣
Original assignee: Guangdong Invitop Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Invitop Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-04
Filing date: 2021-11-04
Publication date: 2022-05-17
Anticipated expiration: 2031-11-04

Abstract

The utility model discloses an ice maker capable of being disinfected, which comprises a base shell, a first cover body, an ice making module, an ultraviolet disinfection module and a first switch detection module, wherein the base shell is provided with an ice making cavity with a first opening, the first cover body is movably arranged on the base shell to open or close the first opening, the ice making module is arranged on the base shell and positioned in the ice making cavity, the ultraviolet disinfection module is arranged on the base shell or the first cover body to emit ultraviolet rays towards the ice making cavity, the first switch detection module is arranged between the base shell and the first cover body to detect the opening and closing state of the first cover body relative to the base shell, the first switch detection module is electrically connected with the ultraviolet disinfection module to control the ultraviolet disinfection module to stop, the ultraviolet disinfection module can emit ultraviolet rays towards the ice making cavity, when a user opens the first cover body, the first switch detection module detects that the first cover body is opened relative to the base shell, the ultraviolet disinfection module can be immediately controlled to stop running, so that the safety of a user is guaranteed.

Description

Ice maker capable of being sterilized

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an ice making device, in particular to an ice making machine capable of being sterilized.

Background

Traditional ice machine can condense into the ice-cube to water refrigeration, and water long-term storage breeds the bacterium easily in making ice cavity, consequently, the producer can set up the disinfection module in making ice machine, but general disinfection module has certain harm to the human body, when the user need get ice, if the disinfection module is moving, causes the injury to the human body easily.

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 the ice maker capable of being sterilized, which can be sterilized, automatically stops, and is safe and reliable.

An ice maker capable of being sterilized according to an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention includes: a base case provided with an ice making chamber having a first opening; the first cover body is movably arranged on the base shell so as to be capable of opening or closing the first opening; the ice making module is arranged on the base shell and is positioned in the ice making cavity; the ultraviolet disinfection assembly is arranged on the base shell or the first cover body and can emit ultraviolet rays towards the ice making cavity; the first switch detection assembly is arranged between the base shell and the first cover body and can detect the switch state of the first cover body relative to the base shell, and the first switch detection assembly is electrically connected with the ultraviolet disinfection module to control the ultraviolet disinfection module to stop.

The ice maker capable of being disinfected according to the embodiment of the utility model has at least the following beneficial effects:

according to the ice maker, the ice making module can refrigerate water in the ice making cavity to be condensed into ice blocks, the ultraviolet disinfection assembly can emit ultraviolet rays towards the ice making cavity, when a user needs to take ice from the ice making cavity, the user opens the first cover body, the first switch detection assembly detects that the first cover body is opened relative to the base shell, and the ultraviolet disinfection module can be immediately controlled to stop running, so that the safety of the user is guaranteed.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the base shell is further provided with an ice storage cavity with a second opening, the base shell is movably provided with a second cover body capable of opening or closing the second opening, and the ice storage cavity is communicated with the ice making cavity through an ice pouring opening.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the apparatus further comprises a second switch detection assembly disposed between the base housing and the second cover body to be able to detect a switch state of the second cover body with respect to the base housing, the second switch detection assembly being electrically connected to the ultraviolet disinfection module to be able to allow the ultraviolet disinfection module to be activated only when both the first cover body and the second cover body are closed with respect to the base housing.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the second switch detection component is in series with the first switch detection component.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the ice making module includes an ice making housing having a refrigeration cavity therein with an opening, and an ice making member rotatably disposed in the base housing and located in the ice making cavity, the ice making member being disposed in the base housing and a portion of the ice making member being extendable into the refrigeration cavity.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, an ice shoveling part is arranged on an outer wall of the ice making shell, and the ice shoveling part can move to be in butt joint with the ice pouring port by rotating the ice making shell.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the first switch detecting assembly is electrically connected to the ice making part to be able to control the ice making part to stop.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the ice storage device further comprises a carrier, the carrier is located in the ice storage cavity and is detachably connected with the base shell, the carrier is provided with a water leaking opening, and the ice pouring opening is located above the carrier.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the first switch detection component comprises one or more of a touch switch, a hall sensor, a light sensitive sensor.

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

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a first cover flip-open structure of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a second cover flip-open structure of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the schematic construction of one embodiment of the ice-making machine of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the internal structure of one embodiment of the ice-making machine of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view A-A of one embodiment of the ice-making machine of the present invention of FIG. 1;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of an ice-making shell.

Reference numerals are as follows:

the ice making device comprises a base shell 100, an ice making cavity 110, an ice storage cavity 120, an upper cavity 121, a lower cavity 122, an ice pouring opening 130, a first opening 140, a second opening 150, a first cover 160, a second cover 170, an ice making module 200, an ice making shell 210, an opening 211, a refrigerating cavity 212, an ice shoveling part 213, an ice making part 220, a driving part 230, an ultraviolet disinfection assembly 300, a first switch detection assembly 400, a second switch detection assembly 500, a controller 600, a carrier rack 700 and a water leaking opening 710.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the positional or orientational descriptions, such as the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc., are referred to based on the positional or orientational relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, the meaning of a plurality of means is one or more, the meaning of a plurality of means is two or more, and larger, smaller, larger, etc. are understood as excluding the number, and larger, smaller, inner, etc. are understood as including the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; 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 meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, an ice maker capable of sterilization according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a base housing 100, a first cover 160, an ice making module 200, an ultraviolet sterilization module 300, and a first switch detection module 400, wherein the base housing 100 is provided with an ice making cavity 110 having a first opening 140, the first cover 160 is movably disposed on the base housing 100 to open or close the first opening 140, the ice making module 200 is disposed in the ice making cavity 110 and disposed on the base housing 100, the ultraviolet sterilization module 300 is disposed on the base housing 100 or the first cover 160 to emit ultraviolet rays toward the ice making cavity 110, the first switch detection module 400 is disposed between the base housing 100 and the first cover 160 to be capable of detecting an open/close state of the first cover 160 with respect to the base housing 100, and the first switch detection module 400 is electrically connected to the ultraviolet sterilization module to control the ultraviolet sterilization module to stop.

Wherein, the base housing 100 may be in various shapes, the first switch detection assembly 400 includes one or more of a touch switch, a hall sensor, and a photosensor, the ultraviolet disinfection assembly 300 may include at least one UV lamp, and the UV lamp may be disposed on the inner wall of the base housing 100, and may also be disposed on the inner wall of the first cover 160.

Specifically, a controller 600 may be further disposed in the ice maker, the controller 600 may be electrically connected to the first switch detection assembly 400 and the ultraviolet disinfection module, respectively, the switch state signal of the first cover 160 fed back by the first switch detection assembly 400, and the controller 600 controls the opening and closing of the ultraviolet disinfection module according to the switch state signal of the first cover 160.

In some embodiments, the first switch detection assembly 400 may be a touch switch, the external power source supplies power to the ultraviolet disinfection module through the touch switch, the first cover 160 is closed relative to the base housing 100 and can be pressed against the touch switch to close the touch switch, and the touch switch is opened when the first cover 160 is opened and separated relative to the base housing 100.

According to the ice maker of the utility model, the ice making module 200 can refrigerate water in the ice making cavity 110 to be condensed into ice cubes, the ultraviolet disinfection assembly 300 can emit ultraviolet rays towards the ice making cavity 110, when a user needs to take ice from the ice making cavity 110, the user opens the first cover 160, the first switch detection assembly 400 detects that the first cover 160 is opened relative to the base shell 100, and the ultraviolet disinfection module can be immediately controlled to stop running, so that the safety of the user is guaranteed.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, 3, 5 and 6, the base housing 100 is further provided with an ice storage cavity 120 having a second opening 150, a second cover 170 capable of opening or closing the second opening 150 is movably disposed on the base housing 100, and the ice storage cavity 120 is communicated with the ice making cavity 110 through the ice pouring opening 130.

In the ice storage cavity 120, ice cubes formed by the ice making module 200 through refrigeration can enter the ice storage cavity 120 from the ice pouring port 130 to be stored so as not to prevent the ice making module 200 from continuously working, and a user can open the second cover 170 to take the ice.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a second switch detection assembly 500 is further included, the second switch detection assembly 500 is disposed between the base housing 100 and the second cover 170 to be able to detect a switch state of the second cover 170 with respect to the base housing 100, and the second switch detection assembly 500 is electrically connected to the ultraviolet disinfection module to be able to allow the ultraviolet disinfection module to be activated when both the first cover 160 and the second cover 170 are closed with respect to the base housing 100.

Since the ice storage chamber 120 is communicated with the ice making chamber 110 through the ice pouring port 130, when the user opens the second cover 170, the ultraviolet light may leak from the ice pouring port 130, and therefore, the second switch detecting assembly 500 may detect the open/close state of the second cover 170 with respect to the base housing 100, and control the ultraviolet sterilizing module to stop when the second cover 170 is opened with respect to the base housing 100, that is, either the second cover 170 or the first cover 160 is opened with respect to the base housing 100, and the ultraviolet sterilizing module stops.

Specifically, the second switch detection assembly 500 includes one or more of a touch switch, a hall sensor, and a photo sensor.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the second switch detecting element 500 and the first switch detecting element 400 may be touch switches, the second switch detecting element 500 is connected in series with the first switch detecting element 400, an external power source supplies power to the ultraviolet disinfection module through a serial branch formed by the second switch detecting element 500 and the first switch detecting element 400, and any one of the second cover 170 and the first cover 160 is opened with respect to the base housing 100, so that any one of the second switch detecting element 500 and the first switch detecting element 400 is opened, and the ultraviolet disinfection module is powered off and stopped (not shown in the figure).

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the controller 600 may be electrically connected to the first switch detection assembly 400, the second switch detection assembly 500, and the ultraviolet disinfection module, respectively, so as to control the start and stop of the ultraviolet disinfection module according to the detection signals of the first switch detection assembly 400 and the second switch detection assembly 500.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the ice making module 200 includes an ice making housing 210 and an ice making component 220, a refrigeration cavity 212 having an opening 211 is disposed in the ice making housing 210, the ice making housing 210 is rotatably disposed in the base housing 100 and located in the ice making cavity 110, the ice making component 220 is disposed in the base housing 100, and a portion of the ice making component 220 can extend into the refrigeration cavity 212.

Water for ice making can be placed in the ice making chamber 110, the ice making housing 210 rotates to make the opening 211 lower than the water level in the ice making chamber 110, so that the water flows into the refrigeration chamber 212, and then the ice making housing 210 rotates again to make the opening 211 higher than the water level in the ice making chamber 110, so that the ice making component 220 refrigerates the water in the refrigeration chamber 212, and ice can be rapidly made.

Specifically, a driving member 230 such as a motor or an air cylinder is further disposed in the base case 100, and the driving member 230 is connected to the ice making case 210 to drive the ice making case 210 to rotate.

The ice making unit 220 may be composed of a compressor, a condenser tube, a throttle valve, and an evaporation tube, the evaporation tube extends into the ice making chamber 110, and when the ice making housing 210 rotates to make the opening 211 higher than the water level in the ice making chamber 110, a part of the evaporation tube is also located in the refrigeration chamber 212, the evaporation tube may be made into different shapes according to actual requirements, for example, a convex column is formed on the surface of the evaporation tube, the convex column extends into the water in the refrigeration chamber 212, and the water forms ice cubes on the outer surface of the convex column.

In some embodiments of the present invention, an ice scooping portion 213 is disposed on an outer wall of the ice making housing 210, and the ice scooping portion 213 can be moved to be in contact with the ice pouring port 130 by rotating the ice making housing 210.

When the ice cubes in the refrigeration cavity 212 are formed, the ice making housing 210 rotates, the ice cubes fall from the refrigeration cavity 212 to the ice making cavity 110, the ice making housing 210 rotates again, and the ice scooping portion 213 can hold the ice cubes falling into the ice making cavity 110 to move to the ice pouring port 130 along the inner wall of the ice making cavity 110, and then fall from the ice pouring port 130 to the ice storage cavity 120.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the first switch detection assembly 400 is electrically connected to the ice making assembly 220 to control the ice making assembly 220 to stop, and refrigeration is continuously performed during the operation of the ice making assembly 220, and in order to prevent a user from being frozen by the ice making assembly 220 after opening the first cover 160 and extending into the ice making chamber 110, the ice making assembly 220 may be controlled to stop according to a feedback signal of the first switch detection assembly 400, specifically, the controller 600 may be electrically connected to the first switch detection assembly 400 and the ice making assembly 220, respectively, or the first switch detection assembly 400 may be a touch switch, and the power supply source supplies power to the ice making assembly 220 through the first switch detection assembly 400.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the ice storage rack 700 is further included, the ice storage rack 700 is located in the ice storage cavity 120 and is detachably connected to the base shell 100, the water leakage port 710 is provided on the ice storage rack 700, and the ice pouring port 130 is located above the ice storage rack 700.

Specifically, the carrier frame 700 may be shaped like a disc, the water leaking opening 710 is disposed at the bottom of the disc, ice cubes entering the ice storage cavity 120 from the ice pouring opening 130 fall on the carrier frame 700, the carrier frame 700 can divide the ice storage cavity 120 into an upper cavity 121 and a lower cavity 122, i.e., the ice cubes are located in the upper cavity 121, and water on the ice cubes can drop from the water leaking opening 710 into the lower cavity 122, so that ice and water separation is achieved, and the melting speed of the ice cubes is reduced.

Specifically, the carrier rack 700 may be detachably disposed on the base shell 100 by means of a buckle, a latch, or the like, and an outer wall of the carrier rack 700 may also be in interference fit with an inner wall of the ice storage cavity 120 to realize that the carrier rack 700 is detachably disposed on the base shell 100.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

While embodiments of the utility model have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An ice-making machine capable of being sanitized, comprising:

a base case provided with an ice making chamber having a first opening;

the first cover body is movably arranged on the base shell so as to be capable of opening or closing the first opening;

the ice making module is arranged on the base shell and is positioned in the ice making cavity;

the ultraviolet disinfection assembly is arranged on the base shell or the first cover body and can emit ultraviolet rays towards the ice making cavity;

the first switch detection assembly is arranged between the base shell and the first cover body and can detect the switch state of the first cover body relative to the base shell, and the first switch detection assembly is electrically connected with the ultraviolet disinfection module to control the ultraviolet disinfection module to stop.

2. The ice-making machine capable of being sterilized of claim 1, wherein: the base shell is further provided with an ice storage cavity with a second opening, a second cover body capable of opening or closing the second opening is movably arranged on the base shell, and the ice storage cavity is communicated with the ice making cavity through an ice pouring opening.

3. The ice-making machine capable of being sterilized of claim 2, wherein: the ultraviolet disinfection module is characterized by further comprising a second switch detection assembly, wherein the second switch detection assembly is arranged between the base shell and the second cover body so as to be capable of detecting the switch state of the second cover body relative to the base shell, and the second switch detection assembly is electrically connected with the ultraviolet disinfection module so as to allow the ultraviolet disinfection module to be started when the first cover body and the second cover body are both closed relative to the base shell.

4. The ice-making machine capable of being sterilized of claim 3, wherein: the second switch detection component is connected in series with the first switch detection component.

5. The ice-making machine capable of being sterilized of claim 2, wherein: the ice making module comprises an ice making shell and an ice making component, wherein a refrigeration cavity with an opening is formed in the ice making shell, the ice making shell is rotatably arranged on the base shell and is positioned in the ice making cavity, the ice making component is arranged on the base shell, and part of the ice making component can extend into the refrigeration cavity.

6. The ice-making machine capable of being sterilized of claim 5, wherein: an ice shoveling part is arranged on the outer wall of the ice making shell, and the ice shoveling part can be moved to be in butt joint with the ice pouring port by the rotation of the ice making shell.

7. The ice-making machine capable of being sterilized of claim 5, wherein: the first switch detecting assembly is electrically connected with the ice making part to be able to control the ice making part to stop.

8. The ice-making machine capable of being sterilized of claim 5, wherein: the ice storage device is characterized by further comprising a carrier, wherein the carrier is located in the ice storage cavity and detachably connected with the base shell, a water leakage port is formed in the carrier, and the ice pouring port is located above the carrier.

9. An ice-making machine capable of being sterilized according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein: the first switch detection assembly comprises one or more of a touch switch, a Hall sensor and a photosensitive sensor.