CN217154619U

CN217154619U - Ice making assembly and ice making equipment

Info

Publication number: CN217154619U
Application number: CN202221102673.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘社军; 纪鹏伟; 陈雨恒
Original assignee: Foshan Xinyao Environmental Protection Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Xinyao Environmental Protection Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-09
Filing date: 2022-05-09
Publication date: 2022-08-09
Anticipated expiration: 2032-05-09

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to an ice making assembly and ice making equipment, wherein the ice making assembly comprises an ice making part, a water supply part and a refrigeration part, and the water supply box is communicated with the ice making part and is used for providing liquid for the ice making part; the refrigeration portion set up in the feed water tank is to in the feed water tank the liquid carries out the precooling and handles. According to the ice making assembly and the ice making equipment, liquid in the water supply tank is lower than normal temperature water under the pre-cooling treatment effect of the cooling part, the ice making period of the ice making part is effectively shortened, and the ice making efficiency of the ice making assembly is improved.

Description

Ice making assembly and ice making equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to an ice making assembly and ice making equipment.

Background

Currently, with the technical development of refrigerators, ice making efficiency becomes a determining factor of competitiveness of ice makers in the market today. However, most ice makers make ice using normal temperature water, and the ice making cycle is long and the ice making efficiency is low.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides an aim at provides an ice making subassembly and ice making equipment to solve the ice-making cycle length that exists among the prior art to a certain extent, make the technical problem of inefficiency.

According to a first aspect of the present application there is provided an ice making assembly comprising:

an ice-making section for making ice,

a water supply tank communicating with the ice making part, for supplying liquid to the ice making part;

the refrigeration portion, the refrigeration portion set up in the feed water tank is in order to right in the feed water tank liquid carries out the precooling and handles.

Preferably, both the ice making part and the water supply tank are disposed in a predetermined direction.

According to the technical characteristics, the distance between the ice making part and the water supply part is shortened, the length of a line connecting the ice making part and the water supply part is saved, and the space and the cost are saved.

Preferably, the ice-making assembly further includes an ice bank disposed between the ice-making part and the water supply tank.

According to the above technical features, the distance between the ice making part and the ice bank is further shortened to shorten the conveying distance of the ice cubes, thereby saving space and kinetic energy for conveying the ice cubes.

Preferably, the predetermined direction is a direction of gravity;

the ice making part is provided with a liquid outlet which is communicated with the water supply tank.

According to the technical characteristics, the preset direction is formed into the gravity direction, so that the gravity effect is effectively utilized, and the power is saved for the conveying of ice blocks and the drainage of the ice storage box; when the refrigeration part finishes ice making, liquid which is not condensed into ice can be discharged through the liquid discharge port, so that the liquid which is not condensed into ice blocks is prevented from entering the ice storage box along with the ice blocks, the melting of the ice blocks in the ice storage box is accelerated, the low-temperature liquid which is not condensed into the ice blocks is led back to the water supply tank, the water temperature of the water supply tank can be further reduced through the low-temperature liquid, and the utilization rate of the cold energy of the ice making machine is improved.

Preferably, a weep hole penetrating the ice bank is formed at a side of the ice bank facing the water supply tank.

According to the technical characteristics, the low-temperature liquid melted in the ice storage box can flow into the water supply tank in time through the liquid seepage hole, so that on one hand, the melted liquid can be prevented from being mixed with ice blocks in the ice storage box to accelerate the melting of the ice blocks; on the other hand, the water supply tank can reduce the water temperature in the water supply tank by using the cold energy of the low-temperature liquid melted in the ice storage box, and the utilization rate of the cold energy of the ice maker is further improved.

Preferably, the ice making assembly further includes a liquid outlet portion, the liquid outlet portion being in communication with the water supply tank.

According to the technical characteristics, the function of directly providing low-temperature water to the outside by the ice making assembly is realized through the arrangement of the liquid outlet part.

Preferably, the cooling portion is formed as an evaporator.

Preferably, a portion of the evaporator provided to the water supply tank is formed as an evaporation tube having a spiral shape, and is wound a predetermined number of turns inside the water supply tank in the predetermined direction.

According to the technical characteristics, the evaporator is uniformly distributed in the water supply tank while the flowing smoothness of the refrigerant liquid in the evaporator is ensured, so that the temperature of the liquid in the water supply tank is uniform, and the refrigeration efficiency of the evaporator is improved.

Preferably, the water service box includes an inlet of the evaporator and an outlet of the evaporator, both of which are disposed on the same side of the water service box.

According to the technical characteristics, the evaporator is convenient to connect with the pipeline, and the arrangement of the evaporator pipeline is simplified.

According to a second aspect of the present application, there is provided an ice making apparatus including the ice making assembly of any one of the above-mentioned technical solutions, so that all the advantageous technical effects of the ice making assembly are achieved, and the details are not repeated herein.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of this application do:

the application provides an ice-making assembly sets up the refrigeration portion in the feed tank for ice-making portion provides ice-making liquid for liquid in the feed tank is less than normal atmospheric temperature water under the precooling treatment effect of refrigeration portion, has shortened the ice-making cycle of ice-making portion effectively, has improved ice-making assembly's ice-making efficiency.

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the detailed description of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the detailed description of the present application or the prior art description will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic axial view of an ice making assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of another axial structure of an ice making assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Reference numerals are as follows:

110-an ice-making box; 120-an ice-making evaporator; 130-liquid discharge port; 210-an ice bank; 220-a spiral rod; 230-weep hole; 300-water supply tank; 310-Pre-cooled evaporator.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present application will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments.

The components of the embodiments of the present application, generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, can be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed application, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the application.

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.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being 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 application. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified 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 meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

An ice making assembly and an ice making apparatus according to some embodiments of the present application are described below with reference to fig. 1 and 2.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of the present application provides an ice making assembly, an ice making part, a water supply tank 300, and an ice making part. Specifically, the feed tank 300 with the ice-making portion intercommunication is used for doing the ice-making portion provides liquid, the refrigeration portion set up in the feed tank 300, in order to right in the feed tank 300 liquid carries out the precooling, so, set up the refrigeration portion in the feed tank 300 for the ice-making portion provides ice-making liquid for liquid in the feed tank 300 is less than normal temperature water under the precooling treatment effect of refrigeration portion, has shortened the ice-making cycle of ice-making portion effectively, has improved the ice-making efficiency of ice-making subassembly.

Preferably, the cooling part may be formed as a pre-cooling evaporator 310. However, not limited thereto, the cooling part may be other cooling devices, for example, a semiconductor cooler, as long as the liquid inside the water supply tank 300 can be cooled.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, a portion of the pre-cooling evaporator 310 provided to the water supply tank 300 may be formed as an evaporation tube having a spiral shape, which is wound a predetermined number of turns inside the water supply tank 300 in the predetermined direction, so that the evaporator is uniformly distributed in the water supply tank 300 while the smooth flow of the refrigerant in the evaporator is ensured, so that the temperature of the liquid in the water supply tank 300 is uniform, and the refrigeration efficiency of the evaporator is improved.

Referring to fig. 1, there is shown an example of the shape of the evaporation tube when the water service box 300 is a rectangular parallelepiped. The shape of the projection of the evaporation tube along the preset direction on the plane vertical to the preset direction can be formed into a rounded rectangle, an ellipse and other shapes with round corners and extended along the long side of the cuboid, so that the flowing smoothness of the refrigerant liquid is ensured.

It should be noted that the predetermined number of turns of the evaporation tube around the inside of the water service box 300 may be adaptively adjusted depending on the height of the water service box 300, and fig. 1 and 2 show an example in which the predetermined number of turns is 3 turns, but not limited thereto, and the predetermined number of turns may be 1 turn, 2 turns, 4 turns, 5 turns, 6 turns, 7 turns, … …, N turns (N is a positive integer).

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the water service box 300 may include an inlet of the evaporator and an outlet of the evaporator (the outlet of the evaporator is not shown due to the angle shown in fig. 1), both of which are disposed at the same side of the water service box 300, thus facilitating the evaporator connection piping and simplifying the arrangement of the evaporator piping. Further, the same side may be disposed at the same side as an inlet of the ice-making evaporator 120 described below, and the arrangement structure and position of the ice-making evaporator 120 will be described in detail below.

In an embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, both the ice making part and the water supply tank 300 may be disposed in a predetermined direction, and thus, a distance between the ice making part and the water supply part may be shortened, a length of a line connecting the two may be saved, and space and cost may be saved.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the ice-making assembly may further include an ice bank 210, the ice bank 210 being disposed between the ice-making part and the water supply tank 300, and further shortening a distance between the ice-making part and the ice bank 210 to shorten a transport distance of ice cubes, save space, and transport kinetic energy of ice cubes.

Further, the predetermined direction may be a gravity direction, and the ice making unit, the ice storage 210 and the water supply tank 300 may be arranged along the gravity direction, so that the ice cubes made by the ice making unit may be transported to the ice storage 210 by gravity, the gravity is effectively utilized, power is saved for the transportation of the ice cubes and the drainage of the ice storage 210, and the ice making unit, the ice storage 210 and the water supply tank 300 are further integrated, thereby saving the space occupied by the ice making assembly.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the ice making part may include an ice making housing 110 and an ice making evaporator 120. Specifically, a side of the ice-making housing 110 facing away from the water supply tank 300 is opened, and the ice-making evaporator 120 is disposed at the opened side of the ice-making housing 110.

Preferably, a liquid discharge port 130 may be formed at a side of the ice making housing 110 adjacent to the water supply tank 300, and the liquid discharge port 130 may be in communication with the water supply tank 300, so that, when the ice making is completed at the ice making part, liquid that is not condensed into ice may be discharged through the liquid discharge port 130 to prevent the liquid that is not condensed into ice from entering the ice storage box 210 along with the ice, to accelerate melting of the ice in the ice storage box 210, and to guide low temperature liquid that is not condensed into ice back to the water supply tank 300, and the water temperature of the water supply tank 300 may be further reduced by the low temperature liquid, thereby improving the utilization rate of the cooling capacity of the ice making machine.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1, the water supply tank 300 is formed as a rectangular parallelepiped box body, and the sidewall of the water supply tank 300 extends in the gravity direction. The ice making box 110 and the ice storage part are disposed on the sidewall of the water supply tank 300, so that the ice making part, the ice storage box 210 and the water supply tank 300 are further integrated.

Optionally, the ice making evaporator 120 is disposed above the ice making box 110 by penetrating through the sidewall of the water supply tank 300 through the side of the water supply tank 300 where the inlet of the pre-cooling evaporator 310 is located, so that the pre-cooling evaporator 310 and the refrigeration evaporator may share the same compressor system, which is convenient for pipeline arrangement of the compressor system, where the connection relationship between the evaporator and the compressor system is the prior art in the field and is not described again.

Alternatively, the ice making box 110 may be hinged to a sidewall of the water supply tank 300, such that the ice making box 110 may rotate around an axis extending along a lengthwise direction of the rectangular parallelepiped box body, and when the ice making box 110 completes making ice, the ice making box 110 may rotate to a position above the ice making evaporator 120 by rotating the ice making box 110, the opening faces the ice storage box 210, and ice cubes fall into the ice storage box 210 by gravity.

In an embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, a liquid-permeating hole 230 is formed through the ice bank 210 on a side of the ice bank 210 facing the water supply tank 300, so that the low-temperature liquid melted in the ice bank 210 can be timely flowed into the water supply tank 300 through the liquid-permeating hole 230, and on one hand, the melted liquid can be prevented from being mixed with ice cubes in the ice bank 210 to accelerate melting of the ice cubes; on the other hand, the water supply tank 300 can reduce the temperature of water in the water supply tank 300 by using the cold of the low-temperature liquid melted in the ice bank 210, thereby further improving the utilization rate of the cold of the ice maker.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the ice making assembly may further include a screw bar 220 and a rotation motor coaxially connected to each other, the screw bar 220 may be disposed in the ice bank 210, the screw bar 220 may extend in the above-mentioned lengthwise direction, an ice outlet may be formed at an end of the water supply tank 300 opposite to the screw bar 220, and when the rotation motor drives the screw bar 220 to rotate, the ice cubes in the ice bank 210 may be discharged out of the ice outlet.

Further, the ice-making assembly further includes a liquid outlet portion, which communicates with the water supply tank 300. Specifically, the liquid outlet part may include a water pump and a water outlet pipe which are communicated with each other, and the water outlet pipe is communicated with the water supply tank 300 to directly supply the pre-cooled liquid (e.g., water) in the water supply tank 300 to the user, thereby implementing the function of the ice making assembly of providing the low temperature liquid below the room temperature to the outside.

Embodiments of the present application further provide an ice making apparatus, including the ice making assembly according to any of the above embodiments, so that all beneficial technical effects of the ice making assembly are achieved, and details are not repeated herein.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. An ice making assembly, comprising:

an ice-making section for making ice,

2. An icemaker assembly according to claim 1, wherein both the ice making part and the water supply tank are disposed in a predetermined direction.

3. An icemaker assembly according to claim 2 further comprising an ice bank disposed between said ice making section and said water supply tank.

4. An icemaker assembly according to claim 3,

the predetermined direction is a gravity direction;

5. An icemaker assembly according to claim 4, wherein a side of the ice bank facing the water supply tank is formed with a liquid permeation hole penetrating the ice bank.

6. An icemaker assembly according to claim 1 further comprising a liquid outlet portion in communication with said water supply tank.

7. An icemaker assembly according to claim 2 wherein said refrigeration section is formed as an evaporator.

8. An icemaker assembly according to claim 7, wherein a portion of the evaporator provided to the water supply tank is formed as an evaporation tube having a spiral shape surrounding a predetermined number of turns inside the water supply tank in the predetermined direction.

9. An icemaker assembly according to claim 8 wherein said water supply tank includes an inlet of said evaporator and an outlet of said evaporator, both of said inlet and said outlet being disposed on the same side of said water supply tank.

10. An ice making apparatus comprising the ice making assembly of any of claims 1-9.