CN217464993U - Ice making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses ice maker, includes: the device comprises a shell, an ice storage chamber and a drainage device, wherein the shell is provided with a first drainage hole and a second drainage hole; the ice storage chamber is provided with an ice storage chamber water outlet, the drainage device is positioned at the lower side of the ice storage chamber to collect and discharge ice-making dirty liquid, the drainage device comprises a drainage box, a water pump, a water outlet pipe and a water inlet pipe, the water pump, the water outlet pipe and the water inlet pipe are arranged in the drainage box, the drainage box is provided with a gravity water outlet positioned at the lower side of the water inlet pipe and the water outlet pipe, the water outlet pipe is communicated with the drainage box and a first drainage hole in a fluid mode, the water inlet pipe is communicated with the ice storage chamber water outlet and the drainage box in a fluid mode, the gravity water outlet is communicated with the drainage box and a second drainage hole in a fluid mode, and the water pump is communicated with the water outlet pipe in a fluid mode to convey the ice-making dirty liquid in the drainage box to the first drainage hole through the water outlet pipe; the drainage device prevents the ice making dirty liquid flowing back from the drain hole from polluting ice blocks, and is environment-friendly and sanitary; the water outlet pipe is communicated with the water pump fluid for negative pressure drainage to increase the water outlet speed of the ice making dirty liquid and improve the drainage efficiency.

Description

Ice making machine

Technical Field

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

Background

The ice maker is used for producing ice cubes, is generally applied to industries such as catering and supermarkets, and is used for freezing foods and the like by using the ice cubes produced by the ice maker.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the application is to provide an ice maker capable of preventing backflow of sewage, and the ice maker can be used for solving the problems in the prior art.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme is as follows: an ice making machine comprising:

the shell is provided with a first drainage hole and a second drainage hole;

the ice storage chamber is arranged in the shell, and an ice storage chamber water outlet is formed in the bottom of the ice storage chamber; and

the drainage device is arranged in the shell and positioned at the lower side of the ice storage chamber, and comprises a drainage box, a water pump arranged in the drainage box, and an outlet pipe and an inlet pipe which are independent of each other, wherein the inlet pipe is communicated with the drainage port of the ice storage chamber and the drainage box in a fluid mode, the outlet pipe is communicated with the drainage box and the first drainage hole in a fluid mode, the drainage box is provided with a gravity drainage port positioned at the lower side of the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe in a fluid mode, the gravity drainage port is communicated with the interior of the drainage box and the second drainage hole in a fluid mode, and the water pump is communicated with the outlet pipe in a fluid mode so that the ice-making dirty liquid in the drainage box can be conveyed to the first drainage hole through the outlet pipe.

In the above technical scheme, it is further preferred, the drain tank include that the top has open catch basin, the upper cover that has water inlet and delivery port, cover uncovered and be located the upper cover with the catch basin between the baffle, the water pump setting be in the upper cover with the baffle between, the inlet tube run through the baffle, outlet pipe detachably set up the baffle on, the gravity outlet set up on the catch basin, the gravity outlet be close to the bottom of catch basin.

In the above technical solution, it is further preferred that the inlet tube with the baffle be integrated into one piece, one end of the inlet tube pass through the water inlet expose in the outside of drain box and with ice storage room outlet fluid intercommunication, another end of the inlet tube stretch into the catch basin in.

In the above technical solution, it is further preferable that one end of the water outlet pipe is exposed to the outside of the drainage box through the water outlet and is in fluid communication with the first drainage hole, and the other end of the water outlet pipe is located between the upper cover and the partition and is in fluid communication with the water pump.

In the above technical solution, it is further preferred that a seal ring is provided in the water inlet and the water outlet.

In the above technical solution, it is further preferable that the drainage device has a first drainage mode, a second drainage mode, and a third drainage mode, and when the drainage device is in the first drainage mode, the water pump operates, and the ice making waste liquid in the water storage tank is drained out of the ice making machine through the first drainage hole and the second drainage hole; when the drainage device is in a second drainage mode, the water pump works, and the ice-making dirty liquid in the water storage tank is discharged out of the ice machine through the first drainage hole; when the drainage device is in a third drainage mode, the ice making dirty liquid in the water storage tank is drained out of the ice making machine through the second drainage hole.

In the above technical solution, it is further preferred that the partition plate is further provided with a control panel and a water level detection assembly extending into the water storage tank from the bottom of the partition plate, the control panel is respectively in electrical signal connection with the water pump and the water level detection assembly, the water level detection assembly includes a first water level detection member, a second water level detection member and a third water level detection member sequentially arranged from top to bottom, and the control panel is configured to control the operation of the water pump when the first water level detection member or the second water level detection member is triggered.

In the above technical solution, it is further preferable that the ice maker further includes an alarm device in signal connection with the control board, and the alarm device gives an alarm when the first water level detecting member is triggered.

In the above technical solution, it is further preferable that a waterproof plug for plugging the second drainage hole is removably provided in the second drainage hole.

Compared with the prior art, the application has the following beneficial effects:

the water discharging device is provided with a water outlet pipe and a gravity water discharging port which are respectively connected with a first water discharging hole and a second water discharging hole on the ice machine, the water outlet pipe discharges water through negative pressure of a water pump, and the water discharging speed of ice making dirty liquid in a water storage tank is increased; when the drain hole has the backflow of the ice making dirty liquid, the drain box of the drainage device stores the backflow ice making dirty liquid, so that the backflow ice making dirty liquid is prevented from polluting ice blocks in the ice storage chamber, and the waterproof performance and the drainage efficiency of the drainage device and the sanitation of the ice maker are improved.

Drawings

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

FIG. 2 is a front view of the ice-making machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the ice-making machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the drain of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front view of the drain of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the drain of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the drain of FIG. 4;

fig. 8 is a front view of the drain of fig. 7.

Wherein: 100. an ice maker; 10. a housing; 11. a first drain hole; 12. a second drain hole; 20. an ice storage chamber; 21. a water outlet of the ice storage chamber; 30. a drainage device; 3. a drain tank; 31. an upper cover; 311. a water inlet; 312. a water outlet; 313. a seal ring; 32. a water storage tank; 320. opening the mouth; 321. a gravity drain outlet; 33. a partition plate; 4. a water pump; 41. an input tube; 5. a water inlet pipe; 6. a water outlet pipe; 61. a first end portion; 62. a second end portion; 7. a control panel; 8. a water level detection assembly; 81. a first water level detection member; 82. a second water level detection member; 83. and a third water level detecting member.

Detailed Description

To explain the technical content, the structural features, the achieved objects and the functions of the application in detail, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the application, and not all embodiments. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a detailed description of various exemplary embodiments or implementations of the invention. However, various exemplary embodiments may be practiced without these specific details or with one or more equivalent arrangements. Moreover, the various exemplary embodiments may be different, but are not necessarily exclusive. For example, the particular shapes, configurations and characteristics of the exemplary embodiments may be used or implemented in another exemplary embodiment without departing from the inventive concept.

In the following, the terms "first", "second", etc. 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, a feature defined as "first," "second," etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

The terms "upper" and "lower" in the present application are according to the upper and lower directions shown in fig. 1. In addition, the vertical direction is the up-down direction.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the term "coupled" is to be construed broadly, e.g., "coupled" may be a fixed connection or a releasable connection or may be integral; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate.

The embodiment of the present application provides an ice maker, as shown in fig. 1, the ice maker 100 includes: a housing 10, an ice storage compartment 20, and a drainage 30 in fluid communication with the ice storage compartment 20.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the housing 10 is opened with a first drain hole 11 and a second drain hole 12 for communicating the inside of the housing 10 with the outside of the housing 10.

The ice storage chamber 20 is disposed in the housing 10, the ice storage chamber 20 is used for storing ice cubes made by the ice making module, the bottom of the ice storage chamber 20 is provided with an ice storage chamber water outlet 21, and the ice storage chamber water outlet 21 is used for discharging ice making dirty liquid generated when the ice cubes in the ice storage chamber 20 are melted and defrosted out of the ice storage chamber 20.

As shown in fig. 4 to 8, a drainage device 30 is provided in the case 10 below the ice storage compartment 20, the drainage device 30 serving to collect and discharge the ice-making filth liquid. The drainage device 30 comprises a drainage tank 3, a water pump 4 arranged in the drainage tank 3, and a water inlet pipe 5 and a water outlet pipe 6 which are independent of each other, wherein the drainage tank 3 comprises an upper cover 31, a water storage tank 32 with an opening 320 at the top, and a partition plate 33 arranged between the upper cover 31 and the water storage tank 32, and the partition plate 33 covers the opening 320 of the water storage tank 32; an installation cavity 301 is formed between the upper cover 31 and the partition plate 33, the water pump 4 is arranged in the installation cavity 301, and the upper cover 31 is provided with a water inlet 311 for the water inlet pipe 5 to pass through and a water outlet 312 for the water outlet pipe 6 to pass through; the water storage tank 32 is provided with a gravity drainage port 321, and the gravity drainage port 321 is close to the bottom of the water storage tank 32.

The last input tube 41 that runs through baffle 33 that is provided with of water pump 4, input tube 41 passes behind the baffle 33 and stretches into in the catch basin 32, and input tube 41 is with catch basin 32 and water pump 4 fluid intercommunication, and water pump 4 pumps out catch basin 32 through input tube 41 with the dirty liquid of making ice in the catch basin 32, and in this application, water pump 4 can be fluid supercharging equipment such as diaphragm pump, straight-flow pump.

As shown in fig. 7 and 8, the water inlet pipe 5 vertically penetrates the partition 33, and the water outlet pipe 6 is detachably mounted on the partition 33.

As shown in fig. 4 to 7, when the partition 33 is overlaid on the reservoir tank 32 and the upper cover 31 is coupled to the partition 33, the top of the inlet pipe 5 is exposed to the outside of the drain tank 3 through the inlet port 311 of the upper cover 31 and the bottom of the inlet pipe 5 protrudes into the reservoir tank 32; the outlet pipe 6 has a first end portion 61 and a second end portion 62 which are far away from each other, the first end portion 61 of the outlet pipe 6 is exposed to the outside of the drainage device 30 through the water outlet 312 of the upper cover 31, and the second end portion 62 of the outlet pipe 6 is located in the mounting cavity 301. Sealing rings 313 are arranged in the water inlet 311 and the water outlet 312, the sealing ring 313 in the water inlet 311 is filled in a gap between the water inlet 311 and the water inlet pipe 5, the sealing ring 313 in the water outlet 312 is filled in a gap between the water outlet 312 and the water outlet pipe 6, the sealing ring 313 plays a role in sealing the drainage box 3, and the ice-making dirty liquid in the drainage box 3 is prevented from overflowing the drainage device 30 from the water inlet 311 and the water outlet 312.

As shown in fig. 1, 2, 7 and 8, the water inlet pipe 5 is in fluid communication with the ice storage chamber water outlet 21 through a pipe, and water in the ice storage chamber 20 flows into the water storage tank 32 through the water inlet pipe 5. The first end portion 61 of the water outlet pipe 6 is in fluid communication with the first water outlet hole 11, the second end portion 62 is in fluid communication with the water pump 4, the water pump 4 is used for pumping out the ice-making dirty liquid in the water storage tank 32 through the input pipe 41 and conveying the ice-making dirty liquid out of the ice maker 100 through the first water outlet hole 11 after the water outlet pipe 6 is conveyed, and at the moment, the water storage tank 32, the input pipe 41, the water pump 4, the water outlet pipe 6 and the first water outlet hole 11 are in fluid communication in sequence. The reservoir 32, the gravity drain 321 and the second drain hole 12 are in fluid communication in sequence.

When the first drain hole 11 and/or the second drain hole 12 is blocked or the ice making dirty liquid at the first drain hole 11 and/or the second drain hole 12 is refluxed due to the installation position of the ice maker 100, the refluxed ice making dirty liquid is returned to the water storage tank 32 without polluting the ice pieces in the ice storage chamber 20.

The drainage device 30 has a first drainage mode, a second drainage mode and a third drainage mode, when the drainage device 30 is in the first drainage mode, the water pump 4 works, and the ice making dirty liquid in the water storage tank 32 is drained out of the ice making machine 100 through the first drainage hole 11 and the second drainage hole 12; when the drainage device 30 is in the second drainage mode, the water pump 4 works, and the ice-making dirty liquid in the water storage tank 32 is discharged out of the ice-making machine 100 through the first drainage hole 11; when the drainage device 30 is in the third drainage mode, the dirty ice-making liquid in the reservoir 32 is drained out of the ice-making machine 100 through the second drainage hole 12.

As shown in fig. 1 and 8, the drainage device 30 further includes a control board 7 and a water level detection assembly 8 installed in the drainage tank 3, and the water pump 4 and the water level detection assembly 8 are both in electrical signal connection with the control board 7. The control panel 7 is arranged in the mounting cavity 301, and the water level detection assembly 8 extends into the water storage tank 32 from the bottom of the partition plate 33. The water level detecting unit 8 has a first water level detecting member 81, a second water level detecting member 82 and a third water level detecting member 83 which are sequentially arranged from top to bottom, the first water level detecting member 81 is close to the bottom of the partition plate 33, and the third water level detecting member 83 is close to the bottom of the reservoir 32. The bottom of the inlet pipe 5 is located at the upper side of the second water level detecting member 82, and the bottom of the inlet pipe 41 is flush with the third water level detecting member 83 or located at the upper side of the third water level detecting member 83.

When the level of the ice-making waste liquid in the water storage tank 32 is higher than the first water level detection piece 81 or level with the first water level detection piece 81, the first water level detection piece 81 is triggered; when the level of the ice-making waste liquid in the water storage tank 32 is positioned between the first water level detection piece 81 and the second water level detection piece 82 or is level with the second water level detection piece 82, the second water level detection piece 82 is triggered; when the level of the ice-making waste liquid in the reservoir 32 is located at the lower side of the third water level detecting member 83 or is flush with the third water level detecting member 83, the third water level detecting member 83 is activated.

The water level detection assembly 8 is used for detecting the position of the level of the ice-making dirty liquid in the water storage tank 32 and feeding back the detection result to the control board 7, and when the first water level detection piece 81 and the second water level detection piece 82 are triggered, the control board 7 controls the water pump 4 to work; when the third water level detecting member 83 is triggered, the control panel 7 controls the water pump 4 to stop operating. The control board 7 is further configured to control the water pump 7 to clean the water storage tank 32 when the second water level detection member 82 is not triggered for one continuous circle, so as to flush out the ice making dirty liquid left in the water storage tank 32 for one circle out of the water storage tank 32.

The ice maker 100 further comprises an alarm device (not shown) in signal connection with the control board 7, when the first water level detecting member 81 is triggered, the control board 7 transmits an alarm signal to the alarm device, the alarm device gives an alarm, and a user timely checks the cause of the failure of the ice maker 100 after receiving the alarm.

In the present application, a waterproof plug is removably disposed in the second drain hole 12, and the waterproof plug blocks the second drain hole 12 when disposed in the second drain hole 12. When the waterproof plug is arranged in the second drain hole 12, the ice-making dirty liquid in the water storage tank 32 can not be drained out of the ice-making machine 100 through the second drain hole 12; when the waterproof plug is removed from the second drainage hole 12, part of the ice making dirty liquid in the reservoir 32 can be drained out of the ice maker 100 through the second drainage hole 12 under the influence of gravity.

The drainage device 30 of the present application is provided with a water outlet pipe 6 and a gravity drainage port 321 which are respectively connected with a first drainage hole 11 and a second drainage hole 12 on the ice maker 100, the water outlet pipe 6 drains water by negative pressure of a water pump, and the water outlet speed of the ice making dirty liquid in the water storage tank 32 is increased; when the drain hole has backflow of the ice making dirty liquid, the drain tank of the drain device 30 stores the backflow of the ice making dirty liquid, prevents the backflow of the ice making dirty liquid from polluting ice cubes in the ice storage chamber 20, and improves the waterproof performance and drainage efficiency of the drain device and the sanitation of the ice maker.

The foregoing shows and describes the general principles, essential features, and advantages of the application. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are presented solely for purposes of illustrating the principles of the application, and that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the application, which is defined by the appended claims, the specification, and equivalents thereof.

Claims (9)

1. An ice maker, comprising:

a shell (10) provided with a first drain hole (11) and a second drain hole (12);

the ice storage chamber (20) is arranged in the shell (10), and an ice storage chamber water outlet (21) is arranged at the bottom of the ice storage chamber (20); and

a drainage device (30) for collecting and discharging the ice-making waste liquid, wherein the drainage device (30) is arranged in the shell (10) and is positioned at the lower side of the ice storage chamber (20), the drainage device (30) comprises a drainage box (3), a water pump (4) arranged in the drainage box (3), and a water outlet pipe (6) and a water inlet pipe (5) which are independent of each other, the water inlet pipe (5) is communicated with the ice storage chamber drainage port (21) and the drainage box (3) in a fluid manner, the water outlet pipe (6) is communicated with the drainage box (3) and the first drainage hole (11) in a fluid manner, the drainage box (3) is provided with a gravity drainage port (321) positioned at the lower side of the water inlet pipe (5) and the water outlet pipe (6), and the gravity drainage port (321) is communicated with the interior of the drainage box (3) and the second drainage hole (12) in a fluid manner, the water pump (4) is communicated with the water outlet pipe (6) in a fluid mode so as to convey the ice-making dirty liquid in the drainage box (3) to the first drainage hole (11) through the water outlet pipe (6).

2. An ice maker according to claim 1, wherein the water discharge tank (3) comprises a water storage tank (32) having an opening (320) at the top, an upper cover (31) having a water inlet (311) and a water outlet (312), and a partition (33) covering the opening (320) and located between the upper cover (31) and the water storage tank (32), the water pump (4) is disposed between the upper cover (31) and the partition (33), the water inlet pipe (5) penetrates through the partition (33), the water outlet pipe (6) is detachably disposed on the partition (33), the gravity water outlet (321) is disposed on the water storage tank (32), and the gravity water outlet (321) is close to the bottom of the water storage tank (32).

3. An ice maker according to claim 2, wherein the water inlet pipe (5) and the partition (33) are integrally formed, one end of the water inlet pipe (5) is exposed to the outside of the water discharge tank (3) through the water inlet (311) and is in fluid communication with the ice storage chamber water discharge port (21), and the other end of the water inlet pipe (5) extends into the water storage tank (32).

4. An ice maker according to claim 2, wherein one end of the outlet pipe (6) is exposed to the outside of the drain tank (3) through the outlet port (312) and is in fluid communication with the first drain hole (11), and the other end of the outlet pipe (6) is located between the upper cover (31) and the partition (33) and is in fluid communication with the water pump (4).

5. An ice maker according to claim 2, wherein sealing rings (313) are provided in said water inlet (311) and said water outlet (312).

6. The ice maker as claimed in claim 2, wherein the drainage device (30) has a first drainage mode, a second drainage mode and a third drainage mode, when the drainage device (30) is in the first drainage mode, the water pump (4) is operated, and the ice making dirt liquid in the water storage tank (32) is drained out of the ice maker through the first drainage hole (11) and the second drainage hole (12); when the drainage device (30) is in a second drainage mode, the water pump (4) works, and the ice-making dirty liquid in the water storage tank (32) is discharged out of the ice machine through the first drainage hole (11); when the drainage device (30) is in a third drainage mode, the ice-making dirty liquid in the water storage tank (32) is drained out of the ice-making machine through the second drainage hole (12).

7. An ice maker according to claim 2, wherein the partition plate (33) is further provided with a control panel (7) and a water level detection assembly (8) extending into the water storage tank (32) from the bottom of the partition plate (33), the control panel (7) is electrically connected to the water pump (4) and the water level detection assembly (8), respectively, the water level detection assembly (8) comprises a first water level detection member (81), a second water level detection member (82) and a third water level detection member (83) which are sequentially arranged from top to bottom, and the control panel (7) is configured to control the operation of the water pump (4) when the first water level detection member (81) or the second water level detection member (82) is triggered.

8. The ice maker as claimed in claim 7, further comprising an alarm device in signal connection with the control board (7), the alarm device giving an alarm when the first water level detecting member (81) is triggered.

9. An ice maker according to claim 1, wherein a water-proof plug is removably arranged in said second drainage hole (12) to close said second drainage hole (12).

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