CN217209935U - Ice maker with ice block hardness adjusting function - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses an ice machine with ice-cube hardness regulatory function, the evaporimeter includes the barrel, and barrel internally mounted has screw conveyor, screw conveyor is including the screw rod that is located the axle center and the spiral skates of locating the screw rod outside, and screw rod one end is connected with the speed adjusting device that drive screw rotated and control screw rod slew velocity. The utility model discloses a connect speed adjusting device in screw rod one end, can drive the rotational speed that the screw rod rotated and controlled screw to control the dwell time of water in the barrel. The screw has high rotation speed, short retention time of water in the cylinder, short cooling time of water, low hardness of frozen ice and soft ice output; on the contrary, the screw rod has slow rotating speed, long retention time of water in the cylinder, long water cooling time, high hardness of frozen ice and hard ice output; therefore, the function of adjusting the hardness of the ice cubes is realized, and the use requirements of users on different occasions are met.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to an ice machine technical field especially relates to an ice machine with ice-cube hardness regulatory function.
Background
The ice maker only has a basic ice making function at first, and as the application of the ice maker is wider and wider, users put forward various use requirements, and the ice maker is gradually accompanied with functions of automatic ice making, automatic water adding, water drainage cleaning and the like. However, the current ice making machine still has a function which is not complemented and is often ignored by the public, namely the ice hardness adjusting function.
When the beverage is made, ice cubes with different hardness are often selected according to different beverage types. For example: hard ice can be placed in a cup of pure whisky, the melting speed of the hard ice is slow, and the taste of the whisky is not seriously diluted; however, since the hard ice has a long refrigeration time, when the amount of ice used is large, the hard ice is used for all drinks, so that the ice amount is easy to be insufficient, and at the time, soft ice needs to be added to a small cup of drinks, so that the refrigeration time is shortened. Accordingly, there is a need for improvements in the art.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims at solving the defects existing in the prior art and providing an ice maker with an ice hardness adjusting function.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
an ice maker having an ice hardness adjusting function, comprising:
a housing;
the evaporator is arranged in the shell and is provided with a water inlet and an ice outlet;
the ice outlet is communicated with an inlet at the top end of the ice basket;
the water storage container is arranged in the shell, at least part of the water storage container is positioned below the ice basket, and the water storage container is provided with a water supply connector communicated with the water inlet;
the evaporator comprises a barrel, a spiral conveying device is arranged in the barrel, the spiral conveying device comprises a screw rod located at the axis and a spiral ice skate arranged on the outer side of the screw rod, and one end of the screw rod is connected with a speed regulating device which drives the screw rod to rotate and controls the rotating speed of the screw rod.
Preferably, the speed regulating device comprises a speed regulating motor with a speed regulating function, and an output shaft of the speed regulating motor is connected with the screw.
Preferably, the speed regulating device comprises a motor and a gear set, and the motor is in transmission connection with the screw rod through the gear set.
Preferably, the gear shifting device is used for changing the gear ratio of the gear set, and the gear shifting device is connected with the gear set.
Preferably, the device further comprises a frequency conversion device for controlling the rotation speed of the motor, and the frequency conversion device is electrically connected with the motor.
Preferably, the screw serves as an output shaft of the speed adjusting device or is connected with the output shaft of the speed adjusting device.
Preferably, the spiral ice blade is spirally wound outside the screw in the axial direction of the screw.
Preferably, one end of the cylinder is connected with a base, and the base is fixedly connected with the speed regulating device.
Preferably, the screw rod penetrates through the base to extend out, and a bearing is sleeved between the screw rod and the base.
Preferably, the water storage container includes:
the first water storage container is positioned below the ice basket and can be transversely pulled out of the shell;
the second water storage container is provided with the water supply connector, and the water supply connector is higher than the water inlet;
a pump for creating a fluid flow from the first water reservoir to the second water reservoir.
The utility model discloses following beneficial effect has:
the utility model discloses a connect speed adjusting device in screw rod one end, can drive the rotational speed that the screw rod rotated and controlled screw to control the dwell time of water in the barrel. The screw has high rotation speed, short retention time of water in the cylinder, short cooling time of water, low hardness of frozen ice and soft ice output; on the contrary, the screw rod has slow rotating speed, long retention time of water in the cylinder, long water cooling time, high hardness of frozen ice and hard ice output; therefore, the function of adjusting the hardness of the ice cubes is realized, and the use requirements of users on different occasions are met.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an ice maker according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the evaporator of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of an assembly of the ice maker of the present invention.
Description of the drawings: the ice making machine comprises an evaporator 1, a barrel 2, a top plate 3, a base 4, a screw 5, a spiral ice skate 6, a speed regulating device 7, a shell 8, an ice basket 9, an ice outlet 10, a water inlet 11, a first water storage container 12, a second water storage container 13 and a pump 14.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the present invention provides an embodiment:
an ice maker having an ice hardness adjusting function, comprising:
a housing 8;
an evaporator 2 disposed in the housing 8 and having a water inlet 11 and an ice outlet 10;
an ice basket 9 arranged in the shell 8, wherein an ice outlet 10 leads to an inlet at the top end of the ice basket 9;
the water storage container is arranged in the shell 8, at least part of the water storage container is positioned below the ice basket 9, and the water storage container is provided with a water supply connector communicated with the water inlet 11;
the evaporator 1 comprises a cylinder 2, a spiral conveying device is arranged in the cylinder 2, the spiral conveying device comprises a screw rod 5 located at the axis and a spiral ice skate 6 arranged on the outer side of the screw rod 5, and one end of the screw rod 5 is connected with a speed regulating device 7 which drives the screw rod 5 to rotate and controls the rotating speed of the screw rod 5.
The ice maker comprises a shell 8, an evaporator 2, an ice basket 9 and a water storage container are arranged in the shell 8, the evaporator 2 is provided with a water inlet 11 and an ice outlet 10, the ice outlet 10 is communicated with an inlet at the top end of the ice basket 9, at least part of the water storage container is positioned below the ice basket 9, the water storage container is provided with a water supply interface, and the water supply interface is communicated with the water inlet 11; water is discharged from a water supply connector of the water storage container and enters the evaporator 2 through the water inlet 11, the water is refrigerated into ice in the evaporator 2, ice blocks are discharged from the ice outlet 10 and lead to the ice basket 9, and the ice blocks enter the ice basket 9 from an inlet at the top end of the ice basket 9. The evaporator 1 comprises a cylinder 2, a top plate 3 and a base 4 can be arranged at two ends of the cylinder 2, and a cavity is formed in the cylinder 2. The spiral conveying device is arranged in the barrel body 2 and comprises a screw rod 5, the screw rod 5 can be located at the axis of the spiral conveying device, a spiral ice skate 6 is arranged on the outer side of the screw rod 5, a refrigerating cavity is formed between the outer side of the spiral conveying device and the inner side of the barrel body 2, and water is cooled into ice in the refrigerating cavity. Specifically, water enters the refrigeration cavity from one end of the cylinder 2, after the spiral conveying device is started, the screw 5 drives the spiral ice skate 6 to rotate, the spiral ice skate 6 can push the water to move towards the other end of the cylinder 2, and the water is always in a refrigeration state in the period. Eventually, the water entering from one end of the drum 2 is condensed into ice and discharged from the other end of the drum 2.
By connecting the speed adjusting device 7 to one end of the screw 5, the speed adjusting device 7 can drive the screw 5 to rotate and control the rotating speed of the screw 5. When soft ice needs to be prepared, the speed regulating device 7 improves the rotating speed of the screw rod 5, the rotating speed of the screw rod 5 is high, the retention time of water in the cylinder 2 is short, the cooling time of the water is short, and the hardness of freezing is low; when hard ice needs to be prepared, the speed regulating device 7 reduces the rotating speed of the screw rod 5, the rotating speed of the screw rod 5 is low, the retention time of water in the cylinder 2 is long, the cooling time of the water is long, and the hardness of solidified ice is high, so that the function of regulating the hardness of ice blocks is realized.
The utility model discloses a connect speed adjusting device 7 in 5 one ends of screw rod, can drive screw rod 5 and rotate and control screw rod 5's slew velocity to control water dwell time in barrel 2. The screw 5 has high rotation speed, short retention time of water in the barrel 2, short water cooling time, low hardness of frozen ice and soft ice production; on the contrary, the screw 5 has slow rotating speed, long retention time of water in the cylinder 2, long water cooling time, high hardness of freezing and icing and hard ice production; therefore, the function of adjusting the hardness of the ice cubes is realized, and the use requirements of users on different occasions are met.
In this embodiment, the speed adjusting device 7 preferably includes a speed adjusting motor with a speed adjusting function, and an output shaft of the speed adjusting motor is connected to the screw 5. By arranging the speed regulating motor, the speed regulating motor has a speed regulating function and is connected with the screw 5, so that the screw 5 can be driven to rotate, and the rotating speed of the screw 5 can be controlled; the structure is simple, the volume is small, and the installation space can be saved.
In this embodiment, the speed adjusting device 7 preferably includes a motor and a gear set, and the motor is in transmission connection with the screw 5 through the gear set. The motor can be a motor with or without a speed regulation function by arranging the motor and a gear set, the motor is in transmission connection with the screw rod 5 through the gear set, the screw rod 5 can be driven to rotate by starting the motor, and the rotation speed of the screw rod 5 can be regulated by regulating the transmission ratio of the gear set or controlling the rotation speed of the motor; the speed regulation mode is various, and a wider rotating speed range can be provided.
In the embodiment, the gear shifting device is preferably further provided for changing the gear ratio of the gear set, and the gear shifting device is connected with the gear set. Through setting up gearshift, gearshift is connected with the gear train, provides the function of shifting gears for the gear train to this meshing relation of transform gear train internal gear, adjusts the drive ratio of gear train promptly, realizes screw 5 rotational speed's control.
In this embodiment, preferably, the device further includes a frequency conversion device for controlling the rotation speed of the motor, and the frequency conversion device is electrically connected to the motor. Through setting up frequency conversion device, frequency conversion device and motor electric connection provide the frequency conversion function for the motor, through the slew velocity of control motor, realize 5 slew velocity's of screw rod control.
In the present embodiment, the screw 5 is preferably connected to the output shaft of the speed adjusting device 7 or the output shaft of the speed adjusting device 7. One end of the screw 5 is connected with a speed regulating device 7, and the screw 5 can be used as an output shaft of the speed regulating device 7 and is integrally arranged with the speed regulating device 7; or the screw rod 5 can be separately arranged by being connected with an output shaft of the speed regulating device 7.
In the present embodiment, the spiral ice blade 6 is preferably spirally wound around the outside of the screw 5 in the axial direction of the screw 5. The screw 5 is provided with the spiral ice skate 6 on the outer side, the spiral ice skate 6 is spirally wound along the axial direction of the screw 5, and when the screw 5 and the spiral ice skate 6 rotate, the spiral ice skate 6 can better push water to move.
In this embodiment, preferably, one end of the cylinder 2 is connected with a base 4, and the base 4 is fixedly connected with a speed adjusting device 7. Through setting up base 4 in barrel 2 one end, speed adjusting device 7 fixed connection is at base 4, enables speed adjusting device 7 more stable when rotating, reduces the vibration of evaporimeter 1.
In this embodiment, preferably, the screw 5 extends through the base 4, and a bearing is sleeved between the screw 5 and the base 4. Through set up the bearing between screw rod 5 and base 4, screw rod 5 is when rotating, and the frictional force between screw rod 5 and the bearing is littleer, rotates more steadily, effectively reduces the vibration, improves life.
In this embodiment, preferably, the water storage container includes:
a first water storage container 12 located below the ice basket 9 and capable of being laterally pulled out from the case 8;
the second water storage container 13 is provided with a water supply connector, and the water supply connector is higher than the water inlet 11;
and a pump 14 for forming a fluid flow from the first water storage container 12 to the second water storage container 13.
The water storage containers comprise a first water storage container 12, a second water storage container 13 and a pump 14; the first water storage container 12 is positioned below the ice basket 9, can be transversely pulled out of the shell 8, and is designed in a drawer mode, so that water can be conveniently added into the first water storage container 12 and the first water storage container can be conveniently cleaned; the second water storage container 13 is provided with a water supply interface, the position of the water supply interface is higher than that of the water inlet 11, and when the second water storage container 13 carries out fluid conveying on the evaporator 1, the backflow phenomenon is not easy to occur; the pump 14 can pressurize the fluid, and may be connected between the first water storage container 12 and the second water storage container 13; when the pump 14 is activated, the fluid in the first water storage container 12 can be pumped and transferred into the second water storage container 13, so that the fluid flows.
Finally, it should be noted that: although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and variations can be made in the embodiments or in part of the technical features of the embodiments without departing from the spirit and the principles of the present invention.
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1. An ice maker having an ice hardness adjusting function, comprising:
a housing;
the evaporator is arranged in the shell and is provided with a water inlet and an ice outlet;
the ice outlet is communicated with an inlet at the top end of the ice basket;
the water storage container is arranged in the shell, at least part of the water storage container is positioned below the ice basket, and the water storage container is provided with a water supply connector communicated with the water inlet;
the evaporator comprises a barrel, a spiral conveying device is arranged in the barrel, the spiral conveying device comprises a screw rod located at the axis and a spiral ice skate arranged on the outer side of the screw rod, and one end of the screw rod is connected with a speed regulating device which drives the screw rod to rotate and controls the rotating speed of the screw rod.
2. The ice maker with ice hardness adjustment function according to claim 1, wherein: the speed regulating device comprises a speed regulating motor with a speed regulating function, and an output shaft of the speed regulating motor is connected with the screw rod.
3. The ice maker with ice hardness adjustment function according to claim 1, wherein: the speed regulating device comprises a motor and a gear set, and the motor is in transmission connection with the screw rod through the gear set.
4. The ice maker with ice hardness adjusting function according to claim 3, wherein: the gear shifting device is connected with the gear set.
5. The ice maker with ice hardness adjustment function according to claim 3, wherein: the motor is characterized by further comprising a frequency conversion device for controlling the rotating speed of the motor, and the frequency conversion device is electrically connected with the motor.
6. The ice maker with ice hardness adjustment function according to claim 1, wherein: the screw rod is used as an output shaft of the speed regulating device or is connected with the output shaft of the speed regulating device.
7. The ice maker with ice hardness adjustment function according to claim 1, wherein: the spiral ice skate is spirally wound on the outer side of the screw along the axial direction of the screw.
8. The ice maker with ice hardness adjustment function according to claim 1, wherein: one end of the cylinder is connected with a base which is fixedly connected with a speed regulating device.
9. The ice maker with ice hardness adjustment function according to claim 8, wherein: the screw rod passes through the base and stretches out, and a bearing is sleeved between the screw rod and the base.
10. The ice maker with ice hardness adjustment function according to claim 1, wherein: the water storage container includes:
the first water storage container is positioned below the ice basket and can be transversely pulled out of the shell;
the second water storage container is provided with the water supply connector, and the water supply connector is higher than the water inlet;
a pump for creating a fluid flow from the first water reservoir to the second water reservoir.
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