CN217357677U - Ice maker and refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an ice maker and a refrigerator, wherein the ice maker comprises an ice making bracket, an ice making tray, an ice detecting rod and a slide block; the ice-making tray is rotationally arranged on the ice-making bracket; the ice detecting rod is rotatably arranged on the ice making bracket and is used for detecting the storage state of ice blocks; the sliding block is connected to the ice making bracket in a sliding manner, when the sliding block slides to be close to the ice detecting rod, the sliding block can be positioned in the rotating stroke of the ice detecting rod, the ice detecting rod can be limited at the upper side of the sliding block, the rotation of the ice detecting rod is interfered, the rotation of the ice detecting rod is hindered, and therefore ice making is stopped; when the sliding block slides away from the ice detecting rod, the sliding block can be positioned outside the rotation stroke of the ice detecting rod, so that the ice detecting rod can rotate freely, the work of detecting ice blocks is normally executed, ice making is stopped if the ice is full, and ice making is continued if the ice is not full. The slider is matched with the ice detecting rod, so that the opening and closing functions of the ice maker can be controlled purely mechanically, display panel key resources and main control panel port resources are saved, and the production cost is reduced finally.

Description

Ice maker and refrigerator

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a refrigeration plant technical field, in particular to ice maker and refrigerator.

Background

Currently, an automatic ice maker of a refrigerator is generally equipped with an automatic on-off control function. The automatic switch control function generally has two modes, the first mode is to transmit a switch signal to the main control panel by using a display panel key to control ice making, and the second mode is to design a switch separately to directly feed back the control signal to the main control panel to control ice making.

However, the two switch control methods commonly used for the automatic ice maker of the refrigerator must occupy the buttons of the display panel or increase the input signal ports of the main control panel, and when the resources of the display panel and the main control panel are in shortage, the control function can be realized only by increasing the buttons of the display panel or increasing the input signal ports of the main control panel, which finally results in the increase of the product cost.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide an ice maker and refrigerator to optimize the on-off control function of the ice maker of refrigerator among the correlation technique, with the manufacturing cost who reduces the product.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

according to an aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides an ice maker including: an ice making bracket; the ice-making tray is rotatably arranged on the ice-making bracket; a plurality of ice making grids for forming ice blocks are concavely arranged on the ice making tray; the ice detecting rod is rotatably arranged on the ice making bracket and used for rotating and extending into the lower part of the ice making tray so as to detect the storage state of the prepared ice blocks; the sliding block is connected to the ice making bracket in a sliding mode and can slide close to the ice detecting rod or far away from the ice detecting rod; when the sliding block slides to be close to the ice detection rod, the sliding block can be positioned in the rotation stroke of the ice detection rod and can limit the ice detection rod at the upper side of the sliding block; when the sliding block slides away from the ice detection rod, the sliding block can be positioned outside the rotation stroke of the ice detection rod, so that the ice detection rod can rotate freely.

In some embodiments of the present application, a sliding groove extending transversely is formed on a side wall of the ice making bracket close to the ice detecting rod; one end of the sliding chute is close to the ice detection rod, and the other end of the sliding chute is far away from the ice detection rod; one end of the sliding block is connected in the sliding groove in a sliding mode, and the other end of the sliding block extends out of the sliding groove and is used for blocking the rotation action of the ice detection rod.

In some embodiments of the present application, the ice-making tray includes a first tray and a second tray detachably connected as one body; the first bracket and the second bracket are both of frame structures with hollow interiors, and the first bracket is sleeved on the outer peripheral side of the second bracket; the ice-making tray is rotatably arranged in the hollow area of the second bracket; the sliding groove is formed in the side wall of the first support in the periphery.

In some embodiments of the present application, a first protrusion and a second protrusion are respectively protruded from an inner end and an outer end of a top surface of the slider, the first protrusion and the second protrusion are arranged at an inner interval and an outer interval, and a guide groove is formed between the first protrusion and the second protrusion; when the sliding block is connected with the sliding groove in a sliding mode, the guide groove is located in the sliding groove, the extending direction of the guide groove is the same as that of the sliding groove, the first protruding block and the second protruding block are respectively arranged on the inner side and the outer side of the sliding groove, the first protruding block is clamped between the inner side wall of the first support and the outer side wall of the second support in a sliding mode, and the second protruding block is used for blocking the rotation action of the ice detecting rod.

In some embodiments of the present application, two opposite inner side walls of the first bracket are respectively concavely provided with a limiting slot, and the two limiting slots are parallel and opposite to each other at intervals; two relative lateral walls of the second support are respectively provided with a limiting rib in a protruding mode, the extending direction of the limiting ribs is consistent with the limiting clamping grooves, and the two limiting ribs slide in a one-to-one mode and are connected in the limiting clamping grooves in a clamped mode.

In some embodiments of the present application, the ice maker further comprises a driving module, the driving module is disposed on the first bracket and is disposed at one end of the second bracket; the driving module is in transmission connection with the ice-making tray and is used for driving the ice-making tray to turn and rotate in the second bracket; one end of the ice probing rod is rotatably connected to the driving module, and the driving module is further used for driving the other end of the ice probing rod to rotate up and down.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a refrigerator, which includes a box body and an ice maker disposed in the box body; a refrigerating chamber is arranged in the box body; the ice maker is arranged in the refrigerating chamber and adopts the ice maker.

In some embodiments of the present application, the refrigerator includes a water storage tank and a water supply line; the water storage tank is arranged in the refrigerating chamber, one end of the water supply pipeline is connected with the water storage tank, and the other end of the water supply pipeline is connected with the ice maker; the water storage tank supplies water to an ice making tray of the ice maker through the water supply pipe.

In some embodiments of the present application, one end of the water supply pipeline connected to the ice maker is disposed above the top of the ice-making tray, and a port of the end of the water supply pipeline faces one or more ice-making cells on the ice-making tray; the ice making grids on the ice making tray are communicated with each other.

In some embodiments of the present application, a plurality of mutually separated refrigerating compartments are arranged in the box body, and each of the plurality of refrigerating compartments includes a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment; the water storage tank is arranged in the refrigerating chamber, and the ice maker is arranged in the freezing chamber.

According to the above technical scheme, the embodiment of the utility model provides an at least have following advantage and positive effect:

in the ice maker of the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the ice detecting rod rotates to detect the storage state of ice blocks prepared under the ice making tray, so as to control the ice making tray to turn over ice or not, and open or stop ice making work; meanwhile, the sliding block is connected to the ice making bracket in a sliding manner, and the sliding block can slide close to the ice detecting rod or far away from the ice detecting rod; when the sliding block slides to be close to the ice detecting rod, the sliding block can be positioned in the rotation stroke of the ice detecting rod to interfere the rotation of the ice detecting rod, so that the rotation of the ice detecting rod is blocked, the ice detecting rod can feed back an ice full signal conveniently, and ice making is stopped; when the sliding block slides away from the ice detecting rod, the sliding block can be positioned outside the rotation stroke of the ice detecting rod, so that the ice detecting rod can rotate freely, the work of detecting ice blocks is normally executed, in this case, ice making is stopped if the ice is full, and ice making is continued if the ice is not full. Therefore, the slider can be matched with the ice detecting rod to realize the switching function of the purely-mechanically-controlled ice maker, the display panel key resources and the main control panel port resources are saved, and the reduction of the production cost is finally realized.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the inside of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the ice maker of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of the ice making tray of fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is another exploded view of fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the slider in fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a schematic side view of fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is another state diagram of fig. 7.

The reference numerals are explained below: 1. a box body; 10. a box liner; 101. a first refrigeration compartment; 102. a second refrigeration compartment; 103. a third refrigeration compartment; 11. a first separator; 12. a second separator; 2. an ice maker; 21. an ice making bracket; 210. a chute; 211. a first bracket; 2111. a limiting clamping groove; 2112. supporting ribs; 212. a second bracket; 2121. limiting ribs; 22. an ice-making tray; 221. an ice making grid; 222. a communicating groove; 23. a drive module; 24. an ice detecting rod; 25. a slider; 251. a first bump; 252. a second bump; 253. a guide groove; 3. a water storage tank; 4. a water supply pipeline.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments that embody features and advantages of the present invention will be described in detail in the following description. It is to be understood that the invention is capable of other and different embodiments, and its several details are capable of modification in various other respects, all without departing from the scope of the invention, and that the description and drawings are to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not as restrictive.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and for simplicity in description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated in a particular manner, and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

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.

Currently, an automatic ice maker of a refrigerator is generally equipped with an automatic on-off control function. The automatic switch control function generally has two modes, the first mode is to transmit a switch signal to the main control panel by using a display panel key to control ice making, and the second mode is to design a switch separately to directly feed back the control signal to the main control panel to control ice making.

However, the two switch control methods commonly used for the automatic ice maker of the refrigerator must occupy the buttons of the display panel or increase the input signal ports of the main control panel, and when the resources of the display panel and the main control panel are in shortage, the control function can be realized only by increasing the buttons of the display panel or increasing the input signal ports of the main control panel, which finally results in the increase of the product cost.

For convenience of description, unless otherwise specified, the directions of the upper, lower, left, right, front and rear are all referred to herein as the state of the refrigerator in use, the door body of the refrigerator is front, the opposite direction is rear, and the vertical direction is up and down.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the inside of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, the ice maker 2 of the present embodiment can be applied to other low-temperature refrigeration equipment with an automatic ice making function, such as a refrigerator and a freezer, and the following description will take the refrigerator as an example. The refrigerator provided by the embodiment mainly comprises a refrigerator body 1, an ice maker 2, a water storage tank 3 and a water supply pipeline 4.

Wherein, the box body 1 adopts a cuboid hollow structure. It will be appreciated that other shapes of hollow housing structures may be used for the housing 1.

A plurality of mutually separated refrigerating compartments can be arranged in the box body 1, and each separated refrigerating compartment can be used as an independent storage space, such as a freezing compartment, a refrigerating compartment, a temperature changing compartment and the like, so that different refrigerating requirements such as freezing, refrigerating and temperature changing can be met according to different food types, and the storage can be carried out. The multiple refrigerating compartments can be arranged in a vertically separated manner or in a horizontally separated manner.

A box container 10 is arranged in the box body 1, and a refrigerating chamber is formed in the box container 10. It is understood that a plurality of container containers 10 can be disposed in the container body 1, and one or more refrigerating compartments can be formed in each container 10.

In this embodiment, a first partition plate 11 and a second partition plate 12 are arranged in the tank liner 10, the first partition plate 11 and the second partition plate 12 are both transversely arranged, and the first partition plate 11 and the second partition plate 12 are vertically distributed at intervals, so that the space in the tank liner 10 is divided into a first refrigeration chamber 101, a second refrigeration chamber 102 and a third refrigeration chamber 103 which are sequentially arranged in an up-down separated manner. In the present embodiment, the first cooling compartment 101 serves as a refrigerating compartment, the second cooling compartment 102 serves as a temperature-changing compartment, and the third cooling compartment 103 serves as a freezing compartment. It should be noted that in some other embodiments, the first refrigeration compartment 101, the second refrigeration compartment 102 and the third refrigeration compartment 103 may be provided as other types of refrigeration compartments as needed.

It is understood that in other embodiments, a plurality of container containers 10 may be disposed in the box body 1, and each container may be used as a freezing chamber, a refrigerating chamber, a temperature changing chamber, etc., or only a freezing chamber, a refrigerating chamber, etc. may be disposed in the container 10, which is not limited herein.

A door (not shown in the figure) is arranged on the front side of the box body 1 and used for opening and closing the refrigerating chamber. The door body and the refrigerator body 1 can be connected through a hinge, so that the door body of the refrigerator can rotate around the axis, the door body of the refrigerator is opened and closed, and the corresponding refrigerating chamber is opened and closed. It can be understood that a plurality of door bodies can be arranged, and the door bodies are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the refrigeration compartments. And a plurality of door bodies can simultaneously open and close one refrigerating chamber.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the ice maker 2 of fig. 1.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the ice maker 2 is disposed in the third refrigerating compartment 103, that is, the ice maker 2 is disposed in the freezing compartment, so that ice is made by using cold air in the freezing compartment, and the utilization efficiency of energy in the refrigerator is improved.

It is understood that in some embodiments, an ice making chamber may be separately provided in the cabinet 10 to separately provide cold air for the refrigerant. In other embodiments, an ice making compartment may also be provided in the first or second compartment 101, 102.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view of fig. 2.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in some embodiments, the ice maker 2 includes an ice making bracket 21, an ice making tray 22, a driving module 23, an ice detecting rod 24, and a slider 25.

The ice making bracket 21 has a hollow frame structure, and a hollow area in the ice making bracket 21 may be used to provide an installation space for the ice making tray 22. Meanwhile, other areas on the ice making bracket 21 may also provide installation space for the driving module 23, the ice detecting rod 24 and the slider 25.

The ice-making tray 22 is rotatably provided on the ice-making housing 21, and the ice-making tray 22 is used to make ice. A plurality of ice trays 221 for forming ice cubes are recessed on the top surface of the ice tray 22, and each ice tray 221 may be used to contain water. Ice cubes are formed in each ice making compartment 221 by the low temperature around the ice making tray 22, i.e., the low temperature in the third cooling compartment 103.

In some embodiments, the ice making frame 21 of the frame structure is a square structure, the top and bottom of the hollow area of the square structure are open, and the ice tray 22 is disposed in the square hollow area of the ice making frame 21. Water may be transported from an upper region of the ice making bracket 21 and the ice making tray 22 to directly fall into the respective ice making cells 221 of a lower region. When the water in each ice making cell 221 becomes ice under the low temperature, the ice making tray 22 can be turned over and rotated, so that the ice blocks prepared in each ice making cell 221 automatically fall into the lower part of the ice making bracket 21 for storage.

In some embodiments, an ice-making stand 21 is provided at the top of the third refrigeration compartment 103 to facilitate the prepared ice cubes to automatically fall into the space below for storage. An ice bank or an ice storage drawer (not shown) may be disposed below the ice making support 21 so that ice cubes automatically fall into the ice bank or the ice storage drawer for storage.

Still referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, the driving module 23 is disposed on the ice making bracket 21, and the driving module 23 is in transmission connection with the ice making tray 22 and is used for driving the ice making tray 22 to rotate and turn on the ice making bracket 21. After the ice making is completed, the driving module 23 may control the ice tray 22 to turn over, so that the ice cubes in the ice cube tray 221 automatically fall into the lower portion of the ice making bracket 21 to be stored, and control the ice tray 22 to turn over and reset, so as to make ice again.

In some embodiments, a driving motor (not shown) is disposed in the driving module 23, and the driving motor may be in transmission connection with the ice making tray 22 through a gear assembly or the like, and further, the driving motor and the gear assembly cooperate to change the speed, so as to drive the ice making tray 22 to turn over at a certain speed.

Still referring to fig. 2 and 3, the ice detecting rod 24 is rotatably disposed on the ice making bracket 21, one end of the ice detecting rod 24 is rotatably connected to the ice making bracket 21, and the other end of the ice detecting rod 24 extends into the lower portion of the ice making tray 22 along with the rotation of the ice detecting rod 24, so as to detect the storage state of the prepared ice stored under the ice making tray 22.

The ice detecting rod 24 rotates downward from a horizontal state, and the larger the rotation angle, the deeper the downward depth extending below the ice tray 22, which means the smaller the ice storage amount below the ice tray 22. Therefore, according to the rotation angle and the extending depth when the ice detecting rod 24 is blocked, a corresponding detection signal can be fed back, and the specific storage state of the ice below can be known according to the detection signal. And the ice detecting rod 24 can be preset to be in a specific rotation angle range to represent that the ice below is in an ice-full storage state, and in another specific rotation angle range to represent that the ice below is in an ice-full storage state.

In the normal ice making process of the ice maker 2, when the ice making tray 22 reaches the ice turning condition, the ice detecting rod 24 is rotated in advance, that is, the ice detecting operation is performed. When the ice detecting rod 24 is blocked in the downward detection process when rotating and the fed back detection signal is an ice full signal, the action of overturning the ice making tray 22 is not executed, and the ice making is stopped; if the fed back detection signal is an ice-not-full signal, the action of turning over the ice-making tray 22 is normally executed, and then the next ice-making is continued; when the ice turning condition is met next time, the process is repeated.

Fig. 4 is an exploded structure view of the ice making bracket 21 of fig. 3. Fig. 5 is another exploded view of fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the slider 25 in fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a schematic side view of fig. 2. Fig. 8 is another state diagram of fig. 7.

Referring to fig. 3 to 8, the slider 25 is slidably connected to the ice making bracket 21, and the slider 25 is used to block the rotation of the ice detecting rod 24 to move downward, so as to serve as a physical control switch for the ice making function.

The concrete working principle is that the sliding block 25 can slide close to the ice detecting rod 24 or slide away from the ice detecting rod 24. When the sliding block 25 slides close to the ice detecting rod 24, the sliding block 25 can be positioned in the rotating stroke of the ice detecting rod 24, so that the ice detecting rod 24 is prevented from rotating downwards, the ice detecting rod 24 is clamped and limited on the upper side of the sliding block 25, and as shown in a state of fig. 7, an ice full signal can be fed back by the ice detecting rod 24, and ice making is stopped. When the slider 25 slides away from the ice detecting rod 24, the slider 25 can be located outside the rotation stroke of the ice detecting rod 24, and at this time, the ice detecting rod 24 can rotate freely, and the work of detecting ice blocks is normally performed, as shown in fig. 8, in this case, if the detection result of the ice detecting rod 24 feeds back an ice full signal, ice making is stopped, and if the detection result feeds back an ice not full signal, ice making is continued. Therefore, the slider 25 is matched with the ice detecting rod 24, the switch function of the purely-mechanically-controlled ice maker 2 can be realized, and the control function can be realized without additionally increasing display panel keys or increasing a main control panel input signal port, so that the display panel key resources and the main control panel port resources are saved, and the reduction of the production cost is finally realized.

Referring to fig. 3 to 8, in some embodiments, a sliding groove 210 extending in a transverse direction is formed on a side wall of the ice making bracket 21 near the ice detecting rod 24. One end of the chute 210 is close to the ice-detecting rod 24, and the other end of the chute 210 is far away from the ice-detecting rod 24. One end of the slider 25 is slidably connected in the sliding groove 210, and is further slidably connected with the ice making bracket 21. The other end of the slider 25 protrudes out of the sliding groove 210 and is used for blocking the rotation of the ice detecting rod 24.

When the slide 25 approaches the ice-detecting rod 24 along the sliding chute 210, the slide 25 can be located in the rotation stroke of the ice-detecting rod 24, and further the ice-detecting rod 24 is prevented from rotating downwards, as shown in fig. 7. When the slide 25 is far away from the ice-detecting rod 24 along the chute 210, the slide 25 can be located outside the rotation stroke of the ice-detecting rod 24, so that the ice-detecting rod 24 can rotate freely, and the operation of detecting ice blocks is normally performed, as shown in fig. 8.

It should be noted that, in some other embodiments, the sliding chute 210 may not be provided, and the sliding block 25 may be directly slidably connected to the bottom or the top of the ice making bracket 21.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in some embodiments, the ice-making support 21 includes a first support 211 and a second support 212 detachably coupled as one body. The first bracket 211 and the second bracket 212 are both frame structures with hollow interiors, and the first bracket 211 is sleeved on the outer peripheral side of the second bracket 212, so that the ice making bracket 21 forms a frame structure with an inner interlayer and an outer interlayer.

Wherein the ice making tray 22 is rotatably installed in the hollow area of the second bracket 212. The driving module 23 is disposed on the first bracket 211 and is disposed at one end of the second bracket 212. One end of the ice probing rod 24 is rotatably connected to the driving module 23, and the driving module 23 can drive the other end of the ice probing rod 24 to rotate up and down, so as to realize ice probing. Meanwhile, the chute 210 is disposed on a peripheral side wall of the first bracket 211 near the ice-detecting rod 24. When the sliding groove 210 is slidably connected to the sliding groove 210 of the first bracket 211, the end of the slider 25 extending into the sliding groove 210 is blocked at the outer side of the second bracket 212, so as to prevent the slider 25 from affecting the ice making operation in the second bracket 212.

Referring to fig. 4, in some embodiments, two opposite inner side walls of the first bracket 211 are respectively provided with a position-limiting slot 2111 in a concave manner, the two position-limiting slots 2111 are arranged oppositely in parallel at intervals, and a support rib 2112 is formed at the bottom of the position-limiting slot 2111, and the support rib 2112 is used for supporting the second bracket 212. Meanwhile, two opposite outer side walls of the second support 212 are respectively provided with a limiting rib 2121 in a protruding manner, the extending directions of the two limiting ribs 2121 are consistent with the limiting clamping grooves 2111, and the two limiting ribs 2121 can slide and be clamped in the limiting clamping grooves 2111 in a one-to-one correspondence manner, so that the second support 212 can be inserted and fixed in the first support 211 in a sliding manner from one end of the first support 211, and at the moment, the two limiting ribs 2121 of the second support 212 are respectively supported on the two supporting ribs 2112 of the first support 211.

Referring to fig. 3 to 6, in some embodiments, the inner end and the outer end of the top surface of the slider 25 are respectively provided with a first protrusion 251 and a second protrusion 252, the first protrusion 251 and the second protrusion 252 are arranged at an inner and outer interval, and a guide groove 253 is formed between the first protrusion 251 and the second protrusion 252. When the sliding block 25 is slidably connected with the sliding groove 210, the guide groove 253 is located in the sliding groove 210, the extending direction of the guide groove 253 is the same as that of the sliding groove 210, and the first projection 251 and the second projection 252 are respectively arranged at the inner side and the outer side of the sliding groove 210, that is, the first projection 251 and the second projection 252 can be clamped at the inner side and the outer side of the side wall of the first bracket 211 where the sliding groove 210 is located, so that the sliding block 25 can stably slide along the sliding groove 210; and slidably clamps the first projection 251 between the inner sidewall of the first bracket 211 and the outer sidewall of the second bracket 212 so that the slider 25 does not disengage from the sliding slot 210. The second protrusion 252 can protrude from the sliding groove 210 and is used for blocking the rotation of the ice-detecting rod 24 to detect ice.

Referring to fig. 1, a water storage tank 3 is disposed in a tank body 1, and the water storage tank 3 is communicated with an ice maker 2 and further used for providing water for the ice maker 2.

In some embodiments, the water storage tank 3 is provided in the first compartment 101, i.e. in the cold storage compartment. The temperature of the cold storage compartment is higher than that of the freezing compartment to avoid the ice cubes frozen before the water in the water storage compartment 3 is extracted.

Still referring to fig. 1, a water supply pipeline 4 is disposed in the box body 1, one end of the water supply pipeline 4 is connected to the water storage tank 3, and the other end of the water supply pipeline 4 is connected to the ice maker 2. The water storage tank 3 can supply water to the ice making tray 22 of the ice maker 2 through the water supply line 4.

In some embodiments, the water supply line 4 is provided on the back side inside the tank 10. The upper end of the water supply pipeline 4 extends into the first refrigerating chamber 101 and is connected with the back side of the water storage tank 3; the lower end of the water supply pipe 4 extends downward and into the third compartment 103 and is disposed above the top of the ice tray 22, and the lower port of the water supply pipe 4 faces one or more ice cube trays 221 on the ice tray 22. Therefore, when water flows down from the lower end opening of the water supply pipe 4, the water automatically flows into each ice cube tray 221 of the ice tray 22, and ice is continuously made.

Referring to fig. 3, in some embodiments, communication grooves 222 are formed between adjacent ice-making cells 221 on the ice-making tray 22, and the ice-making cells 221 are communicated with each other through the corresponding communication grooves 222. Therefore, the lower port of the water supply line 4 only needs to supply water to any one of the ice cube trays 221, and all the ice cube trays 221 can be simultaneously supplied with water.

Based on the technical scheme, the embodiment of the utility model provides a have following advantage and positive effect at least:

in the ice maker 2 of the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention, the ice detecting rod 24 rotates to detect the storage state of ice cubes prepared under the ice tray 22, and further control whether the ice tray 22 performs an ice turning operation, thereby realizing the operation of opening or stopping ice making; meanwhile, the sliding block 25 is connected to the ice making bracket 21 in a sliding manner, and the sliding block 25 can slide close to the ice detecting rod 24 or slide away from the ice detecting rod 24; when the sliding block 25 slides to be close to the ice detecting rod 24, the sliding block 25 can be positioned in the rotation stroke of the ice detecting rod 24 to interfere the rotation of the ice detecting rod 24, so that the rotation of the ice detecting rod 24 is blocked, and the ice detecting rod 24 feeds back an ice full signal to stop ice making; when the slide block 25 slides away from the ice detecting rod 24, the slide block 25 can be positioned outside the rotation stroke of the ice detecting rod 24, so that the ice detecting rod 24 can rotate freely, the work of detecting ice blocks is normally performed, in this case, ice making is stopped when the ice is full, and ice making is continued when the ice is not full. Therefore, the slider 25 and the ice detecting rod 24 can be used for matching to realize the switch function of the purely mechanical control ice maker 2, thereby saving the display panel key resources and the main control panel port resources and finally realizing the reduction of the production cost.

While the present invention has been described with reference to several exemplary embodiments, it is understood that the terminology used is intended to be in the nature of words of description and illustration, rather than of limitation. As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described embodiments are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. An ice maker, comprising:

an ice making bracket;

the ice-making tray is rotatably arranged on the ice-making bracket; a plurality of ice making grids for forming ice blocks are concavely arranged on the ice making tray;

the ice detecting rod is rotatably arranged on the ice making bracket and used for rotating and extending into the lower part of the ice making tray so as to detect the storage state of the prepared ice blocks;

the sliding block is connected to the ice making bracket in a sliding mode and can slide close to the ice detecting rod or far away from the ice detecting rod;

when the sliding block slides to be close to the ice detecting rod, the sliding block can be positioned in the rotating stroke of the ice detecting rod and can limit the ice detecting rod at the upper side of the sliding block;

when the sliding block slides away from the ice detection rod, the sliding block can be positioned outside the rotation stroke of the ice detection rod, so that the ice detection rod can rotate freely.

2. The ice-making machine of claim 1, wherein a laterally extending chute is provided in a side wall of said ice-making bracket adjacent to said ice-detecting rod; one end of the sliding chute is close to the ice detection rod, and the other end of the sliding chute is far away from the ice detection rod;

one end of the sliding block is connected in the sliding groove in a sliding mode, and the other end of the sliding block extends out of the sliding groove and is used for blocking the rotation action of the ice detection rod.

3. The ice-making machine of claim 2, wherein said ice-making bracket comprises a first bracket and a second bracket removably connected as one;

the first bracket and the second bracket are both of a hollow frame structure, and the first bracket is sleeved on the outer peripheral side of the second bracket;

the ice-making tray is rotatably installed in the hollow area of the second bracket;

the sliding groove is formed in the side wall of the first support in the periphery.

4. The ice-making machine of claim 3, wherein said slider has a top surface with a first protrusion and a second protrusion protruding from the top surface, said first protrusion and said second protrusion being spaced apart from each other, and a guide groove being formed between said first protrusion and said second protrusion;

when the sliding block is in sliding connection with the sliding groove, the guide groove is located in the sliding groove, the extending direction of the guide groove is the same as that of the sliding groove, the first protruding block and the second protruding block are respectively arranged on the inner side and the outer side of the sliding groove, the first protruding block is clamped between the inner side wall of the first support and the outer side wall of the second support in a sliding mode, and the second protruding block is used for blocking the rotation action of the ice detection rod.

5. The ice-making machine of claim 3, wherein two opposite inner side walls of said first bracket are respectively recessed with a limiting slot, and said two limiting slots are parallel and spaced oppositely;

two opposite outer side walls of the second support are respectively and convexly provided with a limiting rib, the extending direction of the limiting rib is consistent with the limiting clamping groove, and the two limiting ribs slide in a one-to-one correspondence manner and are connected in the limiting clamping groove in a clamping manner.

6. The ice-making machine of claim 3, further comprising a drive module disposed on said first bracket and at one end of said second bracket;

the driving module is in transmission connection with the ice-making tray and is used for driving the ice-making tray to turn and rotate in the second bracket;

one end of the ice probing rod is rotatably connected to the driving module, and the driving module is further used for driving the other end of the ice probing rod to rotate up and down.

7. The refrigerator is characterized by comprising a refrigerator body and an ice maker arranged in the refrigerator body; a refrigerating chamber is arranged in the box body; the ice maker is arranged in the refrigerating chamber and adopts the ice maker as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6.

8. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 7, wherein the refrigerator comprises a water storage tank and a water supply line; the water storage tank is arranged in the refrigerating chamber, one end of the water supply pipeline is connected with the water storage tank, and the other end of the water supply pipeline is connected with the ice maker; the water storage tank supplies water to an ice making tray of the ice maker through the water supply pipe.

9. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 8, wherein an end of the water supply line connected to the ice maker is disposed above a top of the ice tray, and the end of the water supply line faces the ice making cells or the ice making cells on the ice tray; the ice cube trays are communicated with each other.

10. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 8, wherein a plurality of partitioned refrigerating compartments are provided in the cabinet, and the plurality of refrigerating compartments include a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment;

the water storage tank is arranged in the refrigerating chamber, and the ice maker is arranged in the freezing chamber.

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