CN218033855U

CN218033855U - Ice making system

Info

Publication number: CN218033855U
Application number: CN202221102425.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘社军; 纪鹏伟; 陈雨恒
Original assignee: Foshan Xinyao Environmental Protection Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Xinyao Environmental Protection Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-09
Filing date: 2022-05-09
Publication date: 2022-12-13
Anticipated expiration: 2032-05-09

Abstract

The utility model provides an ice making system relates to the ice making field. The ice making system comprises a condenser, a conveying pipeline, an ice making mechanism and a cold water box, wherein the condenser is connected with the ice making mechanism through the conveying pipeline, part of the conveying pipeline is arranged in the cold water box, and the cold water box is communicated with the outside of the ice making system. According to the ice making system, the part of the conveying pipeline connecting the ice making mechanism and the condenser is arranged in the cold water box, so that the refrigerant in the part of the conveying pipeline in the cold water box can cool the water in the cold water box, the cold water box is communicated with the outside of the refrigeration system and can supply cold water to the outside, the problem of waste of cold energy in the conveying pipeline in the existing ice making machine is solved, and the cold energy of the part of the refrigerant in the conveying pipeline is utilized.

Description

Ice making system

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of ice making, and more particularly, to an ice making system.

Background

In the conventional ice making machine, the refrigerant in the condenser is generally conveyed to the ice making mechanism through the conveying pipeline, and the refrigerant can absorb the heat of water outside the ice making mechanism, so that the temperature of the water outside the ice making mechanism is reduced, and further ice making is realized.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the present application provides an ice making system, in which a portion of a transport pipeline connecting an ice making mechanism and a condenser is disposed inside a cold water tank, so that a refrigerant in the portion of the transport pipeline located inside the cold water tank can cool water in the cold water tank, the cold water tank is communicated with the outside of the refrigeration system, and cold water can be supplied to the outside, thereby solving the problem of waste of cold in the transport pipeline of the existing ice making machine, and realizing utilization of cold of the portion of the refrigerant in the transport pipeline.

According to the application, an ice making system is provided, the ice making system includes condenser, pipeline, ice making mechanism and cold water box, the condenser passes through pipeline with ice making mechanism connects, pipeline's part set up in the inside of cold water box, the cold water box with ice making system's outside intercommunication.

Preferably, the ice making system further comprises a water storage tank, the water storage tank is communicated with the outside through the cold water box, and in the use state of the ice making system, the water storage tank is arranged below the cold water box in the gravity direction.

Preferably, the ice making system further comprises a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe, the water storage tank is communicated with the water inlet pipe and the water outlet pipe respectively, the cold water box comprises a first opening and a second opening, the first opening is communicated with the water inlet pipe, and the second opening is communicated with the water outlet pipe.

Preferably, the ice making system further comprises a water pump, wherein the water pump comprises a water inlet and a water outlet, the water inlet is communicated with the inside of the water storage tank, and the water outlet is communicated with the water inlet pipe.

Preferably, the conveying pipeline comprises a first pipe, a second pipe and a third pipe which are sequentially communicated, the first pipe is connected with a refrigerant outlet of the condenser, the third pipe is communicated with a refrigerant inlet of the condenser, and the second pipe is communicated with the ice making mechanism.

Preferably, the second pipe is a U-shaped pipe, and the second pipe is disposed inside the cold water box.

Preferably, the ice making mechanism includes a plurality of ice making tubes respectively communicating with the transfer duct, each of the ice making tubes extending from the transfer duct to an outside of the cold water box.

Preferably, the ice making mechanism further comprises an ice making box, an ice making space is formed in the ice making box, and one end of the ice making pipe, which is far away from the conveying pipeline, is located in the ice making space.

Preferably, the ice making system further comprises a refrigerator, the ice making box, the refrigerator and the water storage tank are sequentially arranged, and the ice storage tank is used for storing ice cubes.

Preferably, the water storage tank comprises a bottom plate and a surrounding plate, the bottom plate is connected with the surrounding plate, a water storage space is surrounded by the bottom plate and the surrounding plate, a first connecting port and a second connecting port are formed in the surrounding plate, the first connecting port is connected with the water inlet pipe, and the second connecting port is connected with the water outlet pipe.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained from the drawings without inventive effort.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic structural view of an ice making system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 shows an enlarged schematic structure of a portion a in fig. 1.

Icon: 100-a conveying pipeline; 110-a first tube; 120-a second tube; 130-a third tube; 200-a cold water box; 300-an ice making tube; 400-a water storage tank; 410-enclosing plates; 510-a water inlet pipe; 520-a water outlet pipe; 600-water pump.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description is provided to assist the reader in obtaining a thorough understanding of the methods, devices, and/or systems described herein. However, various changes, modifications, and equivalents of the methods, apparatus, and/or systems described herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the disclosure of the present application. For example, the order of operations described herein is merely an example, which is not limited to the order set forth herein, but rather, variations may be made in addition to operations which must occur in a particular order, which will be apparent upon understanding the disclosure of the present application. Moreover, descriptions of features known in the art may be omitted for the sake of clarity and conciseness.

The features described herein may be embodied in different forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples described herein. Rather, the examples described herein have been provided merely to illustrate some of the many possible ways to implement the methods, devices, and/or systems described herein that will be apparent after understanding the disclosure of the present application.

Throughout the specification, when an element (such as a layer, region, or substrate) is described as being "on," "connected to," coupled to, "over," or "overlying" another element, it may be directly "on," "connected to," coupled to, "over," or "overlying" the other element, or one or more other elements may be present therebetween. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," "directly connected to," directly coupled to, "directly over" or "directly overlying" another element, there may be no intervening elements present.

As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any one of the associated listed items and any combination of any two or more of the items.

Although terms such as "first", "second", and "third" may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers or sections should not be limited by these terms. Rather, these terms are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another element, component, region, layer or section. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section referred to in the examples described herein may be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the examples.

For ease of description, spatial relationship terms such as "above … …", "upper", "below … …", and "lower" may be used herein to describe the relationship of one element to another element as shown in the figures. Such spatial relationship terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "above" or "upper" relative to other elements would then be oriented "below" or "lower" relative to the other elements. Thus, the term "above … …" includes both orientations "above … …" and "below … …" depending on the spatial orientation of the device. The device may also be otherwise oriented (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing various examples only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. The singular forms also are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having" specify the presence of stated features, quantities, operations, elements, components, and/or combinations thereof, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, quantities, operations, components, elements, and/or combinations thereof.

Variations from the shapes of the illustrations as a result, for example, of manufacturing techniques and/or tolerances, may be expected. Thus, the examples described herein are not limited to the particular shapes shown in the drawings, but include changes in shape that occur during manufacturing.

The features of the examples described herein may be combined in various ways that will be apparent after understanding the disclosure of the present application. Further, while the examples described herein have a variety of configurations, other configurations are possible, as will be apparent after understanding the disclosure of the present application.

Before this application proposes, in the system of making ice, the low temperature refrigerant in the condenser passes through pipeline and carries the refrigerant to the mechanism of making ice, the mechanism of making ice includes a plurality of system ice pipes, system ice pipe downwardly extending from pipeline, the below of system ice pipe is provided with the ice-making box, the part of conveyer pipe is located the ice-making box, in order to realize making ice, however, pipeline is at the in-process of transportation refrigerant, pipeline's temperature can reduce, it freezes to appear on pipeline's the outer wall, the ice on the pipeline outer wall can not utilize, make this part cold volume appear extravagantly, propose this application based on this.

According to the application, an ice making system is provided, the ice making system includes condenser, pipeline, ice making mechanism and cold water box, the condenser passes through pipeline with ice making mechanism connects, pipeline's part set up in the inside of cold water box, the cold water box with refrigerating system's outside intercommunication. According to the ice making system, the part of the conveying pipeline connecting the ice making mechanism and the condenser is arranged in the cold water box, so that the refrigerant in the part of the conveying pipeline in the cold water box can cool the water in the cold water box, the cold water box is communicated with the outside of the refrigeration system and can supply cold water to the outside, the problem of waste of cold energy in the conveying pipeline in the existing ice making machine is solved, and the cold energy of the part of the refrigerant in the conveying pipeline is utilized.

As shown in fig. 1, the ice making system includes a water storage tank 400, the water storage tank 400 includes a water storage space, the water storage tank 400 is communicated with the cold water tank 200, and thus, the cold water tank 200 is communicated with the water storage tank 400, so that water in the cold water tank 200 can enter the water storage space of the water storage tank 400, the water storage tank 400 can be communicated with the outside of the ice making system, for example, the water storage tank 400 can be provided with a water outlet, the water storage space is communicated with the outside of the ice making system through the water outlet, so that cold water in the water storage space can be directly utilized, for example, can be directly drunk after flowing out through the water outlet, and thus, utilization of cold water in the cold water tank 200 is realized.

The ice making system includes a water inlet pipe 510 and a water outlet pipe 520, and the water storage tank 400 is communicated with the water inlet pipe 510 and the water outlet pipe 520, respectively. Particularly, storage water tank 400 includes bottom plate (not shown in fig. 1) and bounding wall 410, the bottom plate is square board, bounding wall 410 includes four square bounding wall 410, four square bounding wall 410 sets up along the limit portion of bottom plate, bottom plate and bounding wall 410 enclose out the water storage space, first connector and second connector have been seted up on the bounding wall 410, first connector and inlet tube 510 intercommunication, the second connector communicates with the delivery port, so, storage water tank 400 and inlet tube 510 and storage water tank 400 and outlet pipe 520's intercommunication have been realized.

As shown in fig. 1, the cold water box 200 includes a first opening and a second opening, both of which are communicated with the water storage space, one end of the water inlet pipe 510 is connected with the first connection port, and the other end of the water inlet pipe 510 is communicated with the first opening. The one end and the outlet pipe 520 of outlet pipe 520 are connected, and the other end and the second opening intercommunication of outlet pipe 520 have so, have realized the intercommunication of cold water box 200 with storage water tank 400 for cold water in the cold water box 200 can get into the water storage space of storage water tank 400 through outlet pipe 520, and the hydroenergy in the water storage space of storage water tank 400 can get into cold water box 200 through inlet tube 510, has realized the cooling to the water in the storage water tank 400.

As shown in fig. 1, the ice making system further includes a water pump 600, the water pump 600 includes a water inlet and a water outlet, the water inlet is communicated with the water storage space of the water storage tank 400 through the first connection port, the water outlet is communicated with the water inlet pipe 510, and water in the water storage space is supplied to the cold water box 200 through the water pump 600 and the water inlet pipe 510 by the power supplied by the water pump 600. The water storage tank 400 is arranged below the cold water box 200, so that cold water in the cold water box 200 can enter the water storage tank 400 through the water outlet pipe 520, and circulation of water in the water storage tank 400 and the cold water box 200 is realized.

As shown in fig. 1, the ice making mechanism includes a plurality of ice making tubes 300, the plurality of ice making tubes 300 respectively communicating with the transfer duct 100, and each of the plurality of ice making tubes 300 extending from a portion of the transfer duct 100 to the outside of the cold water box 200. Ice making can be achieved. Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the transfer duct 100 includes a first pipe 110, a second pipe 120, and a third pipe 130, which are sequentially communicated, the first pipe 110 being connected to a refrigerant outlet of a condenser (not shown in fig. 1 and 2), the third pipe 130 being communicated with a refrigerant inlet of the condenser, the second pipe 120 being disposed in the cold water box 200 and being communicated with the ice making mechanism. The ice making mechanism includes a plurality of ice making pipes 300, a first end of each ice making pipe 300 of the plurality of ice making pipes 300 is communicated with the second pipe 120, a second end passes through the cold water box 200 and extends to a lower portion of the cold water box 200, an ice making box (not shown in fig. 1 and 2) is disposed below the cold water box 200, the ice making box includes an ice making space, and a second end of the ice making pipe 300 is located in the ice making space, so that water in the ice making space is frozen, and ice making is further achieved.

Preferably, the second tube 120 is a U-shaped tube.

In addition, the ice making system further comprises a refrigerator (not shown in fig. 1 and 2), the ice making box, the refrigerator and the water storage tank are sequentially arranged from top to bottom, the ice storage tank is used for containing a space for storing ice blocks, and water in the ice making box can enter the refrigerator after being made into ice by the ice making mechanism, so that ice collection is realized.

In the operation process of the ice making system, the refrigerant in the condenser (not shown in fig. 1 and 2) returns to the refrigerant inlet through the refrigerant outlet, the first pipe 110, the second pipe 120, the ice making mechanism and the third pipe 130, and the refrigerant in the ice making mechanism can cool the water in the ice making box, so that ice can be made. The ice storage box is arranged below the ice making box, and after the ice making box finishes making ice, the ice in the ice making box can enter the ice storage box so as to realize the storage of the ice. Further, the refrigerant in the second pipe 120 cools the water in the cold water tank 200, the cold water tank 200 is communicated with the water storage tank 400, the water can circulate in the cold water tank 200 and the water storage tank 400, the water storage tank 400 is communicated with the outside of the ice making system, so that the cold water in the water storage tank 400 can be supplied to the outside, and thus, the utilization of the cold energy of the refrigerant in the conveying pipeline 100 is realized.

According to the ice making system, the part of the conveying pipeline connecting the ice making mechanism and the condenser is arranged inside the cold water box, so that the refrigerant in the part of the conveying pipeline in the cold water box can cool the water in the cold water box, the cold water box is communicated with the outside of the refrigeration system, the cold water can be supplied to the outside, the problem of waste of cold energy in the conveying pipeline in the existing ice making machine is solved, and the utilization of the cold energy of the part of the refrigerant in the conveying pipeline is realized.

In addition, according to the ice making system, the water storage tank communicated with the outside of the ice making system is arranged, so that water in the water storage tank can be supplied to the outside, and cold water in the cold water tank can be conveniently used.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The ice making system is characterized by comprising a condenser, a conveying pipeline, an ice making mechanism and a cold water box, wherein the condenser is connected with the ice making mechanism through the conveying pipeline, part of the conveying pipeline is arranged in the cold water box, and the cold water box is communicated with the outside of the ice making system.

2. The ice making system of claim 1, further comprising a water storage tank in communication with the exterior via the cold water box, the water storage tank being disposed below the cold water box in a direction of gravity in a use state of the ice making system.

3. The ice making system of claim 2, further comprising a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe, said water storage tank being in communication with said water inlet pipe and said water outlet pipe, respectively,

the cold water box comprises a first opening and a second opening, the first opening is communicated with the water inlet pipe, and the second opening is communicated with the water outlet pipe.

4. The ice making system of claim 3, further comprising a water pump including a water inlet in communication with the interior of the water storage tank and a water outlet in communication with the water inlet pipe.

5. The ice making system of claim 1, wherein the delivery conduit comprises a first tube, a second tube and a third tube in sequential communication, the first tube being connected to the refrigerant outlet of the condenser, the third tube being in communication with the refrigerant inlet of the condenser, the second tube being in communication with the ice making mechanism.

6. The ice making system of claim 5, wherein the second tube is a U-shaped tube, the second tube being disposed inside the cold water box.

7. The ice making system of claim 2, wherein the ice making mechanism includes a plurality of ice making tubes that are respectively in communication with the delivery conduit,

each of the ice making tubes extends from the delivery duct to an outside of the cold water box.

8. The ice making system of claim 7, wherein the ice making mechanism further comprises an ice making housing defining an ice making space, an end of the ice making tube distal from the conveyor duct being located in the ice making space.

9. The ice making system of claim 8, further comprising a storage bin, wherein the ice making housing, the storage bin and the storage bin are arranged in series, and wherein the storage bin is configured to store ice pieces.

10. The ice making system of claim 4, wherein the water storage tank comprises a bottom plate and a wall plate, the bottom plate is connected with the wall plate, a water storage space is defined by the bottom plate and the wall plate, the wall plate is provided with a first connecting port and a second connecting port, the first connecting port is connected with the water inlet pipe, and the second connecting port is connected with the water outlet pipe.