CN216769875U

CN216769875U - Ice making machine

Info

Publication number: CN216769875U
Application number: CN202122689868.5U
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: 2022-06-17
Anticipated expiration: 2031-11-04

Abstract

The utility model discloses an ice maker, which comprises a base shell and a first water valve, wherein an ice making cavity and an ice storage cavity are arranged in the base shell, the ice making cavity is communicated with the ice storage cavity through an ice pouring port, a first water inlet communicated with the ice making cavity and a water outlet communicated with the ice storage cavity are arranged on the base shell, the first water valve is arranged on the base shell, and the first water inlet can be communicated with an external water source through the first water valve; the design structure is simple, and the cleaning is effective.

Description

Ice making machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to ice making equipment, in particular to an ice maker.

Background

Traditional ice machine, can refrigerate in order to condense into the ice-cube to water, and under long-term use, can leave over the foul on the ice machine inner wall, need wash, need the user to dismantle ice machine part in the past, open the inner chamber, wash again, the operation is troublesome, or, can be provided with ice making chamber and ice storage chamber in general ice machine, the ice storage intracavity generally stores the ice making water, be provided with the circulation water course between ice making chamber and the ice storage chamber, through constantly exchanging the water between ice making chamber and the ice storage chamber, form rivers, and then wash, but under this mode, the water that has carried the foul still remains in ice making chamber and ice storage chamber, lead to easily attaching to the foul in other positions, the cleaning performance is not good.

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 maker which is simple in structure and can be cleaned effectively.

An ice making machine according to an embodiment of a first aspect of the utility model comprises: the ice making device comprises a base shell, an ice making cavity and an ice storage cavity, wherein the ice making cavity is communicated with the ice storage cavity through an ice pouring port, and the base shell is provided with a first water inlet communicated with the ice making cavity and a water outlet communicated with the ice storage cavity; the first water inlet is communicated with an external water source through the first water valve; the first water valve, the first water inlet, the ice making cavity, the ice pouring opening, the ice storage cavity and the water outlet form at least part of a cleaning channel.

The ice maker provided by the embodiment of the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

when the ice making cavity and the ice storage cavity of the ice making machine need to be cleaned, the first water valve is opened, external water source water flows into the ice making cavity from the first water inlet through the first water valve to clean the ice making cavity, then water in the ice making cavity flows to the ice storage cavity from the ice pouring port to clean the ice storage cavity, and finally the water is discharged from the water outlet.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, a second water valve is disposed on the base housing, the second water valve interfacing with the drain opening.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, a first water outlet communicated with the ice storage cavity is disposed on the base shell, a flow change cavity is disposed in the first water valve, the first water valve is provided with a first water inlet, a second water inlet and a second water outlet, which are all communicated with the flow change cavity, the second water outlet is communicated with the first water inlet, the first water inlet can be communicated with an external water source in a butt joint manner, the second water inlet is communicated with the first water outlet, the first water valve can be switched in at least two states, in one state, the first water inlet is communicated with the second water outlet, the second water inlet is disconnected with the second water outlet, in the other state, the first water inlet is disconnected with the second water outlet, and the second water inlet is communicated with the second water outlet; the first water inlet, the flow changing cavity, the second water outlet, the first water inlet, the ice making cavity, the ice pouring port, the ice storage cavity and the water outlet form at least part of a cleaning channel; the second water inlet, the flow changing cavity, the second water outlet, the first water inlet, the ice making cavity, the ice pouring port, the ice storage cavity and the first water outlet form at least part of a circulating channel.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the base shell is provided with a first water outlet communicated with the ice storage cavity and a second water inlet communicated with the ice making cavity, and the first water outlet and the second water inlet are communicated through a pipeline, so that the second water inlet, the ice making cavity, the ice pouring port, the ice storage cavity, the first water outlet and the pipeline form at least part of a circulation channel.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the ice making device further comprises a water pump in the circulation channel, wherein the water pump is used for guiding the water flow of the ice storage cavity to the ice making cavity.

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 present invention, the base housing is provided with an ice making module in the ice making chamber, and the ice making module can refrigerate and output condensed ice to the ice storage chamber through the ice pouring port.

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.

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 an angled perspective view of one embodiment of the ice-making machine of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the internal structure of one embodiment of the ice-making machine of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of section A-A of one embodiment of the ice-making machine of the present invention of FIG. 1;

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

FIG. 5 is a schematic piping diagram of another embodiment of the ice-making machine of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is another perspective view of another embodiment of the ice-making machine of the present invention;

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

Reference numerals:

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 port 130, a first water inlet 140, a second water inlet 150, a first water outlet 160, a water outlet 170, a first cavity opening 180, a second cavity opening 190, a first flip cover 200, a second flip cover 300, a first water valve 400, a first water inlet 410, a second water inlet 420, a second water outlet 430, a second water valve 500, a water pump 600, a carrier rack 700, a water leakage opening 710, an ice making module 800, an ice making shell 810, a refrigeration cavity 811, an opening 812, an ice shoveling part 813, an ice making part 820 and a driving part 830.

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 is to be understood that the positional or orientational descriptions referred to, for example, the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc., are based on the positional or orientational relationships shown in the drawings and are for convenience of description and simplicity of description only, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element 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 there is a description of first and second for the purpose of distinguishing technical features only, this is not to be understood as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of 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 according to an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention includes a base housing 100 and a first water valve 400, an ice making chamber 110 and an ice storing chamber 120 are disposed in the base housing 100, the ice making chamber 110 is communicated with the ice storing chamber 120 through an ice pouring port 130, a first water inlet 140 communicated with the ice making chamber 110 and a water outlet 170 communicated with the ice storing chamber 120 are disposed on the base housing 100, the first water inlet 140 is communicated with an external water source through the first water valve 400, and the first water valve 400, the first water inlet 140, the ice making chamber 110, the ice pouring port 130, the ice storing chamber 120 and the water outlet 170 form at least a part of a cleaning channel.

The base housing 100 may have various shapes, a first cavity 180 that communicates with the ice making cavity 110 and faces upward and a second cavity 190 that communicates with the ice storage cavity 120 and faces upward are further disposed on the base housing 100, and a first flip cover 200 that can open or close the first cavity 180 and a second flip cover 300 that can open or close the second cavity 190 are further rotatably disposed on the base housing 100.

A partition is provided in the base housing 100 to partition and define the ice making chamber 110 and the ice storage chamber 120, and an ice pouring port 130 is defined between an upper end surface of the partition and an inner wall of the first folder 200 or the second folder 300.

Specifically, the first water valve 400 may be an electromagnetic valve, and a controller may be further disposed on the ice maker, and the controller is electrically connected to the first water valve 400 to automatically control on/off of the first water valve 400.

When the ice making cavity 110 and the ice storage cavity 120 of the ice making machine need to be cleaned, the first water valve 400 is opened, external water source water flows into the ice making cavity 110 from the first water inlet 140 through the first water valve 400 to clean the ice making cavity 110, and then the water in the ice making cavity 110 flows to the ice storage cavity 120 from the ice pouring port 130 to clean the ice storage cavity 120 and finally is discharged from the water outlet 170.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the base shell 100 is provided with a second water valve 500, the second water valve 500 is in butt joint with the water outlet 170, the second water valve 500 is controlled to be opened, the cleaned water can be communicated with dirt to be discharged, the second water valve 500 can be controlled to be closed when the water dispenser is in normal use, the ice storage cavity 120 can store water, and specifically, the controller can be electrically connected with the second water valve 500 to control the second water valve 500 to be opened and closed.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, a first water outlet 160 communicated with the ice storage cavity 120 is disposed on the base shell 100, a flow change cavity is disposed in the first water valve 400, a first water inlet 410, a second water inlet 420 and a second water outlet 430 which are all communicated with the flow change cavity are disposed on the first water valve 400, the second water outlet 430 is communicated with the first water inlet 140, the first water inlet 410 can be communicated with an external water source in a butt joint manner, the second water inlet 420 is communicated with the first water outlet 160, the first water valve 400 can be switched between at least two states, wherein in one state, the first water inlet 410 is communicated with the second water outlet 430, the second water inlet 420 is disconnected with the second water outlet 430, and in the other state, the first water inlet 410 is disconnected with the second water outlet 430, and the second water inlet 420 is communicated with the second water outlet 430; wherein, the first water inlet 410, the flow changing cavity, the second water outlet 430, the first water inlet 140, the ice making cavity 110, the ice pouring port 130, the ice storage cavity 120 and the water outlet 170 form at least part of a cleaning channel; the second water inlet 420, the flow changing cavity, the second water outlet 430, the first water inlet 140, the ice making cavity 110, the ice pouring port 130, the ice storage cavity 120 and the first water outlet 160 form at least part of a circulation channel.

Specifically, a valve plate and a driver for driving the valve plate to move are disposed in the first water valve 400, the controller may be electrically connected to the driver to control the movement of the valve plate, the valve plate may close the first water inlet 410, so that the second water inlet 420 is communicated with the second water outlet 430, the first water inlet 410 is disconnected from the second water outlet 430, the valve plate may also close the second water inlet 420, so that the first water inlet 410 is communicated with the second water outlet 430, and the second water inlet 420 is disconnected from the second water outlet 430.

It should be noted that the second water outlet 430 and the first water inlet 140, and the first water outlet 160 and the second water inlet 420 may be in butt communication through pipes.

When cleaning is needed, the first water valve 400 enables the first water inlet 410 to be communicated with the second water outlet 430, the second water inlet 420 is disconnected with the second water outlet 430, so that the cleaning channel is communicated, the circulation channel is disconnected, an external water source can supply water to clean the ice making chamber 110 and the ice storage chamber 120, and finally the water is discharged from the water outlet 170, and under normal ice making use, the first water valve 400 enables the first water inlet 410 to be disconnected with the second water outlet 430, the second water inlet 420 is communicated with the second water outlet 430, so that the cleaning channel is disconnected, the circulation channel is communicated, water stored in the ice storage chamber 120 can be supplemented for the ice making chamber 110 at regular time or under the condition that the ice making chamber 110 is short of water, so that the ice making machine can continuously run for ice making, and the use is convenient.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, the circulation channel may be further configured such that the base housing 100 is provided with a first water outlet 160 communicating with the ice storage cavity 120 and a second water inlet 150 communicating with the ice making cavity 110, and the first water outlet 160 and the second water inlet 150 are communicated through a pipeline, so that the second water inlet 150, the ice making cavity 110, the ice pouring port 130, the ice storage cavity 120, the first water outlet 160, and the pipeline form at least part of the circulation channel.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, a water pump 600 is further included in the circulation channel, the water pump 600 is used for guiding the water in the ice storage chamber 120 to flow to the ice making chamber 110, and the controller may be electrically connected to the water pump 600 and may replenish water to the ice making chamber 110 at regular time or in case of water shortage in the ice making chamber 110.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, 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 rack 700 may be in a disc shape, the water outlet 710 is disposed at the bottom of the tray, ice cubes entering the ice storage cavity 120 from the ice pouring port 130 fall on the carrier rack 700, the carrier rack 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, water on the ice cubes can drop into the lower cavity 122 from the water outlet 710, and the first water outlet 160 and the water outlet 170 are both communicated with 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.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the ice making module 800 is disposed in the ice making chamber 110 of the base housing 100, and the ice making module 800 can refrigerate and output condensed ice to the ice storage chamber 120 through the ice pouring port 130, so that the condensed ice does not affect the ice making module 800 to continue making ice, thereby improving ice making efficiency. .

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 7, the ice making module 800 includes an ice making housing 810 and an ice making member 820, a refrigeration cavity 811 having an opening 812 is disposed in the ice making housing 810, the ice making housing 810 is rotatably disposed in the base housing 100 and located in the ice making cavity 110, the ice making member 820 is disposed in the base housing 100, and a portion of the ice making member 820 can extend into the refrigeration cavity 811.

Water for ice making can be placed in the ice making cavity 110, the ice making housing 810 rotates to enable the opening 812 to be lower than the water level in the ice making cavity 110, so that the water flows into the refrigerating cavity 811, then the ice making housing 810 rotates again to enable the opening 812 to be higher than the water level in the ice making cavity 110, and the ice making component 820 refrigerates the water in the refrigerating cavity 811, so that ice can be rapidly made.

Specifically, a driving member 830 such as a motor or an air cylinder is further disposed in the base housing 100, and the driving member 830 is connected to the ice making housing 810 to drive the ice making housing 810 to rotate.

The ice making unit 820 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 810 rotates to make the opening 812 higher than the water level in the ice making chamber 110, a part of the evaporation tube is located in the refrigeration chamber 811, the evaporation tube may be made into different shapes according to actual requirements, for example, a convex pillar is formed on the surface of the evaporation tube, the convex pillar extends into the water in the refrigeration chamber 811, and the water forms ice cubes on the outer surface of the convex pillar.

In some embodiments of the present invention, an ice scooping portion 813 is disposed on an outer wall of the ice making housing 810, and the ice making housing 810 rotates such that the ice scooping portion 813 moves to be in abutment with the ice pouring port 130.

When the ice cubes in the refrigeration cavity 811 are formed, the ice making housing 810 rotates, the ice cubes fall from the refrigeration cavity 811 to the ice making cavity 110, the ice making housing 810 rotates again, and the ice scooping portion 813 can contain 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.

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 maker, comprising:

the ice making device comprises a base shell, an ice making cavity and an ice storage cavity, wherein the ice making cavity is communicated with the ice storage cavity through an ice pouring port, and the base shell is provided with a first water inlet communicated with the ice making cavity and a water outlet communicated with the ice storage cavity;

the first water inlet is communicated with an external water source through the first water valve;

the first water valve, the first water inlet, the ice making cavity, the ice pouring opening, the ice storage cavity and the water outlet form at least part of a cleaning channel.

2. An ice making machine according to claim 1, wherein: and a second water valve is arranged on the base shell and is butted with the water outlet.

3. An ice making machine according to claim 2, wherein: the base shell is provided with a first water outlet communicated with the ice storage cavity, a flow conversion cavity is arranged in the first water valve, the first water valve is provided with a first water inlet, a second water inlet and a second water outlet which are communicated with the flow conversion cavity, the second water outlet is communicated with the first water inlet, the first water inlet can be communicated with an external water source in a butt joint mode, the second water inlet is communicated with the first water outlet, the first water valve can be switched in at least two states, in one state, the first water inlet is communicated with the second water outlet, the second water inlet is disconnected with the second water outlet, in the other state, the first water inlet is disconnected with the second water outlet, and the second water inlet is communicated with the second water outlet;

the first water inlet, the flow changing cavity, the second water outlet, the first water inlet, the ice making cavity, the ice pouring port, the ice storage cavity and the water outlet form at least part of a cleaning channel;

the second water inlet, the flow changing cavity, the second water outlet, the first water inlet, the ice making cavity, the ice pouring port, the ice storage cavity and the first water outlet form at least part of a circulating channel.

4. An ice making machine according to claim 2, wherein: the base shell is provided with a first water outlet communicated with the ice storage cavity and a second water inlet communicated with the ice making cavity, and the first water outlet and the second water inlet are communicated through a pipeline so that the second water inlet, the ice making cavity, the ice pouring port, the ice storage cavity, the first water outlet and the pipeline form at least part of a circulation channel.

5. An ice making machine according to claim 3 or 4, wherein: the ice making machine further comprises a water pump positioned in the circulating channel, and the water pump is used for guiding water flow of the ice storage cavity to flow to the ice making cavity.

6. An ice making machine according to claim 1, 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.

7. An ice making machine according to claim 1, wherein: the base shell is provided with an ice making module in the ice making cavity, and the ice making module can refrigerate and output condensed ice blocks to the ice storage cavity through the ice pouring port.

8. An ice making machine according to claim 7, wherein: the ice making module comprises an ice making shell and an ice making component, wherein a refrigeration cavity with an opening is arranged 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.

9. An ice making machine according to claim 8, 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.