CN217764030U

CN217764030U - Ice storage mechanism of refrigerator

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Publication number: CN217764030U
Application number: CN202221106848.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李林; 徐佳伟; 费旭丹; 胡哲明
Original assignee: Ningbo Handian Electric Appliance Co ltd
Current assignee: Ningbo Handian Electric Appliance Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-10
Filing date: 2022-05-10
Publication date: 2022-11-08
Anticipated expiration: 2032-05-10
Also published as: WO2023216917A1

Abstract

The utility model discloses an ice storage mechanism of a refrigerator, which comprises a water storage device, an ice making device and an ice storage device which are arranged from top to bottom; the bottom of the water storage device is provided with a water outlet hole which is communicated with the water tank, the water outlet hole is provided with a rubber plug, and the rubber plug is provided with a pressure rod for a user to operate; the ice making device comprises an ice making box and an ice making support positioned in the ice making box, the ice making support is provided with a horizontal shaft, and the ice making box is provided with a knob device for driving the horizontal shaft to rotate; the ice making box is provided with a cold air port facing the refrigerating chamber of the refrigerator and a feed opening facing the ice storage device; the ice storage device includes a hopper having an opening facing the discharge opening. The device controls the rubber plug through operating the pressure lever, so that the blockage of the water outlet hole is controlled, and finally, the water quantity entering the ice making support from the water tank is controlled, and the ice making quantity is controlled. The rotary knob device can control the ice making tray to rotate, so that ice cubes on the ice making tray fall into the ice storage device. The utility model discloses occupation space is little, can control ice making volume, can store the ice-cube many times.

Description

Ice storage mechanism of refrigerator

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the refrigeration plant field, concretely relates to ice storage mechanism of refrigerator.

Background

In order to obtain ice cubes at any time, there are special ice making devices known, for example, in patent publication No. CN 215412643U: in the Chinese utility model patent of a granular ice maker with a shape capable of being fixed, a granular ice maker with a shape capable of being fixed is disclosed, which comprises a shell and an ice making mechanism; a housing: a partition plate is arranged at the upper end of the inner part of the shell, an air compressor is arranged at the right end of the upper surface of the partition plate, and a box door is hinged to the bottom of an opening at the front end of the shell through a hinge; an ice making mechanism: the pipeline is arranged at the working port of the air compressor and communicated with the right end of the ice making mechanism through a rotary joint, an ice mold is arranged at the upper end of the ice making mechanism, a water tank corresponding to the ice mold is arranged at the rear end of the lower surface of the clapboard, and through holes are uniformly formed in the lower surface of the water tank; wherein: still include the PLC controller, the PLC controller sets up in the right flank of shell, and external power source, this particle ice machine that can decide shape are connected to the input electricity of PLC controller. However, the equipment is too large and professional, is only suitable for being used in business places related to catering, and is not suitable for household use.

In order to meet the requirement of household ice making, the ice making equipment needs to be miniaturized, and the prior art is to reduce the size of the ice making equipment and place a cold circulation system in a refrigerator or directly use a refrigerating system of the refrigerator. For example, in chinese patent application publication No. CN113137819A, entitled refrigerator with ice maker and ice maker installation method, a refrigerator with an ice maker and an ice maker installation method are disclosed, the refrigerator including: the refrigerator comprises a box body, a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber, wherein a low-temperature storage chamber is arranged in the box body and comprises the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber; the partition board is arranged on the inner container of the box body and is used for partitioning the adjacent low-temperature storage chambers; a water supply assembly disposed in the refrigerating chamber; the ice maker is arranged in the freezing chamber and connected with the water supply assembly; the ice maker includes: the ice maker bracket is arranged on the clapboard; the ice grid bracket is detachably arranged in the ice machine bracket; the ice cube tray is fixedly arranged in the ice cube tray bracket; the magnet is arranged on the ice grid bracket; and the magnetic sensitive switch is arranged at the bottom of the partition board and is used for sensing whether the ice cube tray is taken out or not in a matching way with the magnet. In the refrigerator provided by the application, the ice cube tray and the ice cube tray bracket can be detached from the ice maker bracket, so that the refrigerator is simple and easy to operate and convenient to clean; in addition, whether the ice cube tray is taken out or not is sensed through the matching of the magnet and the magnetic sensitive switch, so that the ice cube tray is prevented from being injected with water after being taken out. However, this structure is too scattered and the ice making amount is difficult to control.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to solve the technical problem that to the current situation of above-mentioned prior art, and provide structural configuration reasonable, occupation space is little, can control ice making volume, can store the ice-storage mechanism of a refrigerator of ice-cube many times.

The utility model provides a technical scheme that above-mentioned technical problem adopted does: an ice storage mechanism of a refrigerator comprises a water storage device, an ice making device and an ice storage device which are arranged from top to bottom;

the bottom of the water storage device is provided with a water outlet hole which is communicated with the water tank, the water outlet hole is provided with a rubber plug, and the rubber plug is provided with a pressure rod for a user to operate;

the ice making device comprises an ice making box and an ice making support positioned in the ice making box, the ice making support is provided with a horizontal shaft, and the ice making box is provided with a knob device for driving the horizontal shaft to rotate;

the ice making box is provided with a cold air port facing the refrigerating chamber of the refrigerator and a feed opening facing the ice storage device;

the ice storage device includes a hopper having an opening facing the discharge opening. The device is generally arranged behind a refrigerator door, and the rubber blocking piece is controlled by operating the pressure lever, so that the passing and blocking of the water outlet hole are controlled, and finally, the water quantity poured from the water cabin to the ice making support is controlled, and the ice making quantity is controlled. The rotary knob device can control the ice making support to rotate, so that ice cubes on the ice making support fall into the ice storage device.

In the preferred scheme, the rubber plug is positioned below the water outlet hole, the pressing rod is sleeved with a spring, the pressing rod is provided with an expansion part which is propped against the upper end of the spring, and the water storage device is provided with a blocking part which is propped against the lower end of the spring. The expansion part is exposed outside the water storage device, the rubber plug can be pushed away from the water outlet hole by pressing the expansion part, water in the water tank enters the ice making support through the water outlet hole, meanwhile, the spring is elastically deformed, and after the pressure on the expansion part is removed, the spring is reset, the rubber plug plugs the water outlet hole again, and then the water in the water tank is prevented from pouring. The preferable scheme is more convenient in controlling the ice making amount.

In a preferable scheme, the water storage device is provided with a tubular body, the tubular body is positioned at the periphery of the pressure lever, and the stopper is positioned in the tubular body; the tubular body is provided with a water delivery port communicating the water outlet with the water tank. The water delivery port is transversely arranged, so that water in the water tank can be prevented from rapidly rushing towards the water outlet hole. In the preferred scheme, the height of the water delivery port in the water tank is raised, so that fine particles at the bottom of the water tank can be prevented from entering the water outlet hole.

In the preferred scheme, a water filling port is arranged above the water storage device and is provided with a cover plate.

In a preferred aspect, the knob device includes a knob body located outside the ice making housing, and a gear transmission mechanism located between the knob and the horizontal shaft. The rotary knob body can drive the gear transmission mechanism, so that the ice making tray is driven to rotate and unload ice. The gear transmission mechanism can provide rotation, increase damping and prevent the ice making box from overturning randomly.

In a preferred scheme, the axle center of the knob body is perpendicular to the horizontal shaft, the gear transmission mechanism comprises a first bevel gear connected to the knob body and a second bevel gear connected to the horizontal shaft, and the first bevel gear is meshed with the second bevel gear. When the refrigerator door is opened, the palm faces the back of the refrigerator door in the most habitual posture, and the knob body faces the palm.

In a preferable scheme, a torsion spring connected to the ice making box is arranged on the horizontal shaft. The torsion spring can reset the horizontal shaft after the external force of the knob body is removed, so that the ice making support is rotated and reset.

In the preferred scheme, the ice storage device further comprises a fixed hopper clamped by the feeding hopper, shaft bodies are respectively arranged on two sides of the hopper, and shaft holes for rotating the shaft bodies are formed in the fixed hopper.

In the preferred scheme, every shaft hole is equipped with two circular screens that set up from top to bottom, and the axis body is including two cylinders that can block respectively in two screens.

In the preferred scheme, fixed fill is equipped with and supplies the axis body slope to pull out the guide way of a section distance to conveniently pull out a section distance with the hopper and get ice.

To sum up, the utility model discloses an innovation scheme occupation space is little, can control ice making volume, can store the ice-cube many times.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded schematic view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the internal structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the internal structure of FIG. 2;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an exploded schematic view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of the water storage device in FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is an exploded schematic view of FIG. 7;

fig. 9 is a schematic top view of the ice-making device of fig. 2;

FIG. 10 is an exploded schematic view of FIG. 9;

fig. 11 is a left side view of the ice storage device of fig. 2;

FIG. 12 is an operational view illustrating an ice storage device in which a hopper is turned out of a fixed hopper according to an embodiment;

fig. 13 is an exploded schematic view of fig. 11.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention are described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 to 11 are schematic structural views of the present invention.

Wherein the reference numerals are: the ice making device comprises a water storage device 1, a water outlet hole 11, a water cabin 12, a water filling opening 13, a cover plate 131, a blocking piece 14, a tubular body 15, a water delivery opening 151, an ice making device 2, an ice making tray 21, a horizontal shaft 211, an ice making box 22, a cold air opening 221, a feed opening 222, an ice storage device 3, a hopper 31, a shaft body 311, a cylinder 3111, a fixed hopper 32, a shaft hole 321, a blocking portion 3211, a guide groove 322, a pressure lever 4, an expansion portion 41, a spring 5, a rubber blocking piece 6, a knob device 7, a knob body 71, a gear transmission mechanism 72, a second bevel gear 721, a first bevel gear 722 and a torsion spring 8.

Fig. 1 to 11 are schematic structural views of a first embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in the drawings, the ice storage mechanism of a refrigerator of the present invention includes a water storage device 1, an ice making device 2 and an ice storage device 3 arranged from top to bottom;

the bottom of the water storage device 1 is provided with a water outlet hole 11 which is communicated with a water tank 12, the water outlet hole 11 is provided with a rubber plug 6, and the rubber plug 6 is provided with a pressure rod 4 for a user to operate;

the ice making device 2 comprises an ice making box 22 and an ice making tray 21 positioned inside the ice making box 22, the ice making tray 21 is provided with a horizontal shaft 211, and the ice making box 22 is provided with a knob device 7 for driving the horizontal shaft 211 to rotate;

the ice-making box 22 is provided with a cold air port 221 facing the refrigerating chamber of the refrigerator and a feed port 222 facing the ice storage device 3;

the ice storage device 3 includes a hopper 31 opened toward the discharge opening 222. The device is generally arranged behind a refrigerator door, and the rubber blocking piece 6 is controlled by operating the pressure lever 4 so as to control the passing and blocking of the water outlet hole 11, and finally the water quantity poured from the water cabin 12 to the ice making tray 21 is controlled so as to control the ice making quantity. The rotation knob device 7 can control the ice making tray 21 to rotate, so that the ice cubes on the ice making tray 21 fall into the ice storage device 3.

In the embodiment, as shown in the figure, the rubber plug 6 is located below the water outlet hole 11, the pressing rod 4 is sleeved with the spring 5, the pressing rod 4 is provided with an expanded part 41 which is propped against the upper end of the spring 5, and the water storage device 1 is provided with a stopper 14 which is propped against the lower end of the spring 5. The expansion part 41 is exposed outside the water storage device 1, the rubber plug 6 can be pushed away from the water outlet hole 11 by pressing the expansion part 41, water in the water tank 12 enters the ice making tray 21 through the water outlet hole 11, meanwhile, the spring 5 is elastically deformed, when the pressure on the expansion part 41 is removed, the spring 5 is reset, the rubber plug 6 plugs the water outlet hole 11 again, and then the water in the water tank 12 is prevented from pouring. The preferable scheme is more convenient in controlling the ice making amount.

In the embodiment, as shown in the figure, the water storage device 1 is provided with a tubular body 15, the tubular body 15 is positioned at the periphery of the pressure rod 4, and the stopper 14 is positioned in the tubular body 15; the tubular body 15 is provided with a water delivery opening 151 communicating the water outlet with the water compartment 12. The water delivery opening 151 is transversely arranged to prevent water in the water compartment 12 from rapidly rushing towards the water outlet hole 11. In a preferred scheme, the height of the water delivery port 151 in the water tank 12 is raised, so that fine particles at the bottom of the water tank 12 can be prevented from entering the water outlet hole 11.

In the embodiment, as shown in the figure, a water filling opening 13 is arranged above the water storage device 1, and a cover plate 131 is arranged on the water filling opening 13.

In the embodiment, as shown in the drawing, the knob device 7 includes a knob body 71 located outside the ice making housing 22, and a gear transmission mechanism 72 located between the knob and the horizontal shaft 211. The rotation knob body 71 can drive the gear transmission mechanism 72, thereby driving the ice tray 21 to rotate for ice discharge. The gear transmission mechanism 72 can provide rotation, and can increase damping to prevent the ice making housing 22 from being turned over at will.

In the embodiment, as shown, the axis of the knob body 71 is perpendicular to the horizontal shaft 211, and the gear transmission mechanism 72 includes a first bevel gear 722 connected to the knob body 71 and a second bevel gear 721 connected to the horizontal shaft 211, wherein the first bevel gear 722 is engaged with the second bevel gear 721. When the refrigerator door is opened, the palm faces the rear of the refrigerator door in the most habitual posture, and the knob body 71 faces the palm.

In the embodiment, as shown in the drawing, the horizontal shaft 211 is provided with a torsion spring 8 connected to the ice making housing 22. The torsion spring 8 resets the horizontal shaft 211 after the external force is removed from the knob body 71, thereby rotatably resetting the ice tray 21.

In an embodiment, as shown in the figure, the ice storage device 3 further includes a fixed hopper 32 into which the feeding hopper 31 is inserted, two sides of the hopper 31 are respectively provided with a shaft body 311, and the fixed hopper 32 is provided with a shaft hole 321 for the shaft body 311 to rotate.

In the embodiment, as shown in the figure, each shaft hole 321 is provided with two circular detents 3211 arranged up and down, and the shaft body 311 includes two cylinders 3111 which can be respectively engaged in the two detents 3211.

In the embodiment, as shown in the figure, the fixed hopper 32 is provided with a guide groove 322 for allowing the shaft body 311 to be obliquely pulled out for a certain distance, so that the hopper 31 can be conveniently pulled out for a certain distance to take ice.

According to the working principle of the first embodiment, when quantitative ice making is needed, the rubber blocking piece 6 can be pushed away from the water outlet hole 11 by pressing the expansion part 41, water in the water tank 12 enters the ice making tray 21 through the water outlet hole 11, meanwhile, the spring 5 is elastically deformed, when pressure on the expansion part 41 is removed, the spring 5 is reset, the rubber blocking piece 6 blocks the water outlet hole 11 again, and therefore water in the water tank 12 is prevented from pouring downward.

The cold air transferred from the refrigerator is blown into the ice making tray 21 from the cold air port 221, and after the ice making of the ice making tray 21 is completed, the knob body 71 is rotated until the ice making tray 21 is turned upside down, and the ice is introduced into the hopper 31.

The second embodiment is similar to the first embodiment in structure, except that the rubber plug 6 plugs the outlet hole 11 from above the outlet hole 11.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated, various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An ice storage mechanism of a refrigerator is characterized in that: comprises a water storage device (1), an ice making device (2) and an ice storage device (3) which are arranged from top to bottom;

a water outlet (11) is formed in the bottom of the water storage device (1), a rubber plug (6) is arranged in the water outlet (11), and a pressing rod (4) for a user to operate is arranged on the rubber plug (6);

the ice making device (2) comprises an ice making box (22) and an ice making support (21) positioned in the ice making box (22), wherein the ice making support (21) is provided with a horizontal shaft (211), and the ice making box (22) is provided with a knob device (7) for driving the horizontal shaft (211) to rotate;

the ice making box (22) is provided with a cold air port (221) facing the refrigerating chamber of the refrigerator and a feed opening (222) facing the ice storage device (3);

the ice storage device (3) comprises a hopper (31) with an opening facing the feed opening (222).

2. The ice storing mechanism of a refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the rubber plug (6) is positioned below the water outlet hole (11), the pressing rod (4) is sleeved with a spring (5), the pressing rod (4) is provided with an expanded part (41) which is propped against the upper end of the spring (5), and the water storage device (1) is provided with a stopper (14) which is propped against the lower end of the spring (5).

3. The ice storage mechanism of a refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the water storage device (1) is provided with a tubular body (15), the tubular body (15) is positioned at the periphery of the pressure lever (4), and the stopper (14) is positioned in the tubular body (15); the tubular body (15) is provided with a water delivery port (151) which is communicated with the water outlet and the water tank (12).

4. The ice storage mechanism of a refrigerator as claimed in claim 3, wherein: the water storage device (1) is provided with a water filling opening (13) above, and the water filling opening (13) is provided with a cover plate (131).

5. The ice storing mechanism of a refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: the knob device (7) comprises a knob body (71) positioned outside the ice making box (22) and a gear transmission mechanism (72) positioned between the knob and the horizontal shaft (211).

6. The ice storing mechanism of a refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, wherein: the axis of the knob body (71) is vertical to the horizontal shaft (211), the gear transmission mechanism (72) comprises a first bevel gear (722) connected with the knob body (71) and a second bevel gear (721) connected with the horizontal shaft (211), and the first bevel gear (722) is meshed with the second bevel gear (721).

7. The ice storage mechanism of a refrigerator as claimed in claim 6, wherein: the horizontal shaft (211) is provided with a torsion spring (8) connected with the ice making box (22).

8. The ice storing mechanism of a refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: the ice storage device (3) further comprises a fixed hopper (32) clamped into the feeding hopper (31), shaft bodies (311) are arranged on two sides of the hopper (31) respectively, and the fixed hopper (32) is provided with a shaft hole (321) for the shaft bodies (311) to rotate.

9. The ice storing mechanism of a refrigerator as claimed in claim 8, wherein: each shaft hole (321) is provided with two circular clamping positions (3211) which are arranged up and down, and the shaft body (311) comprises two cylinders (3111) which can be clamped in the two clamping positions (3211) respectively.

10. The ice storage mechanism of a refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, wherein: the fixed hopper (32) is provided with a guide groove (322) for obliquely pulling out the shaft body (311) for a certain distance.