CN218328777U

CN218328777U - Ice maker

Info

Publication number: CN218328777U
Application number: CN202222535549.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邓超胜; 李文武
Original assignee: Guangdong Delma Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Delma Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-22
Filing date: 2022-09-22
Publication date: 2023-01-17
Anticipated expiration: 2032-09-22

Abstract

The utility model discloses an ice maker, ice maker include casing, system ice subassembly and be used for to the water tank that system ice subassembly supplied water, system ice subassembly is established in the casing, be equipped with the water tank groove on the casing, the water tank can remove to be established the water tank inslot, be equipped with the water gauge that is used for instructing the water level on the lateral wall of water tank. The utility model discloses ice machine is convenient for wash the water tank through setting up the water tank that can remove to set up the water gauge that is used for instructing the water level on the lateral wall of water tank, be convenient for observe the inside water level of water tank, convenient to use.

Description

Ice making machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, especially, relate to an ice maker.

Background

An ice maker is a refrigeration machine that produces ice by cooling water from a refrigeration system through an evaporator. According to the principle of different modes of an evaporator and a generation process, the shapes of generated ice are different, people generally divide ice machines into a particle ice machine, a flake ice machine, a plate ice machine, a tube ice machine, a shell ice machine and the like according to the shapes of the ice, the ice machines in the related technology supply water through a water tank, but the water tank is generally integrated with the whole machine, so that the ice machines are inconvenient to clean, the water level in the water tank cannot be observed, the water replenishing of the ice machines cannot be determined, and the ice machines are inconvenient to use.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention aims at solving one of the technical problems in the related art at least to a certain extent.

Therefore, the embodiment of the utility model provides an ice machine convenient to clean the water tank and can observe the inside water level of water tank.

The utility model discloses ice machine include casing, system ice subassembly and be used for to the water tank that system ice subassembly supplied water, system ice subassembly is established in the casing, be equipped with the water tank groove on the casing, the water tank can be removed and establish the water tank inslot, be equipped with the water gauge that is used for instructing the water level on the lateral wall of water tank.

The utility model discloses ice machine is convenient for wash the water tank through setting up the water tank that can remove to set up the water gauge that is used for instructing the water level on the lateral wall of water tank, be convenient for observe the inside water level of water tank, convenient to use.

In some embodiments, the water tank comprises a bottom plate, and an inner peripheral plate and an outer peripheral plate which are arranged on the bottom plate, the outer peripheral plate is suitable for being plugged at the notch of the water tank groove, the water ruler is arranged on the outer peripheral plate, and a handle is further arranged on the outer peripheral plate.

In some embodiments, the peripheral plate is provided with a bar-shaped hole extending in a vertical direction, and the water gauge is mounted in the bar-shaped hole.

In some embodiments, the water gauge is a transparent water gauge, and a scale layer is arranged on the water gauge.

In some embodiments, an ice storage tank is arranged at the top of the housing, the ice making assembly is arranged in the ice storage tank, and the ice making machine further comprises a cover plate movably arranged at the notch of the ice storage tank.

In some embodiments, a water outlet is arranged at the bottom of the ice storage tank and is positioned above the water tank.

In some embodiments, the ice-making assembly comprises:

the ice cube tray is movably arranged in the ice storage tank, and a plurality of grids are arranged on the ice cube tray;

the upper ends of the fixing rods are connected with the shell, and the lower ends of the fixing rods stretch into the grids in a one-to-one correspondence mode.

In some embodiments, the ice maker further comprises a water pump disposed within the housing, an input of the water pump being in communication with the water tank, and an output of the water pump being in communication with the ice cube tray.

In some embodiments, the ice maker further comprises a cooling pack comprising a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator connected end-to-end in series, the compressor, the condenser, and the evaporator all secured within the housing, and the evaporator disposed adjacent to the ice cube tray.

In some embodiments, the ice maker further comprises an operation panel provided on a top of the housing and/or a peripheral wall of the housing.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an ice making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the water tank of the ice maker according to the embodiment of the present invention in a drawn-out state.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a water tank of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is another schematic diagram of a water tank of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the internal structure of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals are as follows:

1. a housing; 11. an ice storage tank; 111. a water outlet; 12. a cover plate; 13. a water tank;

2. an ice making assembly; 21. an ice cube tray; 22. a fixing rod;

3. a cooling assembly; 31. a compressor; 32. a condenser; 33. an evaporator;

4. a water tank; 41. a base plate; 42. a peripheral plate; 421. a water gauge; 422. a handle; 43. an inner coaming;

5. a water pump;

6. an operation panel.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary and intended to be used for explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing 1, an ice making assembly 2, and a water tank 4 for supplying water to the ice making assembly 2, wherein the ice making assembly 2 is disposed in the housing 1 and used for making ice cubes.

Be equipped with water tank groove 13 on casing 1, water tank 4 can remove to be established in water tank groove 13, and the water tank 4 structure that can remove can be convenient for wash water tank 4 to observe the inside water level of water tank 4 after can taking water tank 4 out, thereby confirm whether need the moisturizing, the mode of removing of water tank 4 can be for pull formula removal, rotation type removal etc..

In addition, still be equipped with the water gauge 421 that is used for instructing the water level on the lateral wall of water tank 4, so set up, need not to take water tank 4 out, also can directly observe the inside water level of water tank 4, convenient and fast through water gauge 421.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in particular, the water tank 4 comprises a bottom plate 41, and an inner surrounding plate 43 and an outer surrounding plate 42 which are arranged on the bottom plate 41, wherein the inner surrounding plate 43 and the outer surrounding plate 42 are connected end to form a side wall of the water tank 4, when the water tank 4 is pushed into the water tank groove 13, the inner surrounding plate 43 is positioned inside the housing 1, the outer surrounding plate 42 is sealed at the groove opening of the water tank groove 13, and the outer surrounding plate 42 and the housing 1 form a whole, so that the appearance is better.

Further, the water gauge 421 is disposed on the peripheral plate 42, and the handle 422 is further disposed on the peripheral plate 42, so that the user can push and pull the water tank 4 conveniently.

In some embodiments, the peripheral plate 42 is provided with a strip-shaped hole extending in the vertical direction, the water gauge 421 is embedded in the strip-shaped hole, the water gauge 421 can be connected with the peripheral plate 42 through secondary injection molding or other processes, the water gauge 421 is a transparent water gauge 421, the water gauge 421 is provided with a graduated layer, and a user can more visually see the height of the water level through the graduated layer.

As shown in fig. 5, in some embodiments, an ice storage tank 11 is disposed on the top of the housing 1, the ice making assembly 2 is disposed in the ice storage tank 11, and the ice making machine further includes a cover plate 12, wherein the cover plate 12 is movably disposed at a notch of the ice storage tank 11. The connection mode between the cover plate 12 and the housing 1 can be hinged, detachable and the like, the hinged mode can directly open the ice storage tank 11 by turning over the cover plate 12, and the detachable connection can open the ice storage tank 11 after taking down the cover plate 12. The ice cubes made by the ice making assembly 2 can be stored in the ice storage tank 11, and the cover plate 12 can be opened again to take out the ice cubes for use when necessary.

The bottom of the ice storage tank 11 is provided with a water outlet 111, the water outlet 111 is positioned above the water tank 4, ice water formed after ice cubes are melted directly falls into the water tank 4 through the water outlet 111, so that the temperature of water in the water tank 4 is reduced, the water is changed into cold water, and the cold water in the water tank 4 can be used for making ice cubes and can also be directly drunk.

The ice making assembly 2 comprises an ice tray 21 and a plurality of fixing rods 22, the ice tray 21 is movably arranged in the ice storage tank 11, the ice tray 21 is connected with the shell 1, the connection mode can be turnover connection or sliding connection, a plurality of grids are arranged on the ice tray 21, the upper ends of the fixing rods 22 are connected with the shell 1, and the lower ends of the fixing rods 22 extend into the grids in a one-to-one correspondence mode.

When making the ice-cube, in evenly adding a plurality of check of ice-cube tray 21 with water earlier, supply cold subassembly 3 to provide cold energy and freeze into the ice-cube with water to the ice-cube links to each other with the lower extreme of dead lever 22, and ice-cube tray 21 moves away this moment, makes the ice-cube part melt through the mode of heating, and drops from dead lever 22 voluntarily, falls into ice-storage tank 11, accomplishes the ice-making process.

The ice cubes may be heated electrically or by heat generated by condenser 32, as long as the effect of increasing the temperature inside ice making unit 2 is achieved.

The ice maker has a cooling principle similar to that of a refrigerator, and performs cooling through a structure such as a compressor 31, specifically, the cooling assembly 3 includes a compressor 31, a condenser 32 and an evaporator 33 which are connected end to end in sequence, the compressor 31, the condenser 32 and the evaporator 33 are all fixed in the housing 1, the evaporator 33 is arranged adjacent to the ice tray 21, the condenser 32 performs heat dissipation, and the evaporator 33 performs cooling, so that the temperature in the ice tray 21 is rapidly reduced to zero, and the liquid in the ice tray 21 is frozen into ice blocks.

The compressor 31 is used for compressing the refrigerant into high-temperature high-pressure steam and sending the high-temperature high-pressure steam into the condenser 32, the steam compressed into high-temperature high-pressure steam enters the condenser 32 through the exhaust pipe for condensation, the refrigerant radiates heat into the outside air, the refrigerant is condensed into high-pressure liquid, the high-pressure liquid enters the capillary tube through the filter, the high-pressure liquid is intercepted and depressurized and enters the evaporator 33 for vaporization, the refrigerant liquid in the evaporator 33 absorbs the outside heat to vaporize into dry saturated steam, the temperature reduction is realized, and the refrigerant is changed into low-pressure superheated steam and is sucked back by the compressor 31.

Further, the ice maker further comprises a water pump 5, the water pump 5 is arranged in the shell 1, the input end of the water pump 5 is communicated with the water tank 4, and the output end of the water pump 5 is communicated with the ice cube tray 21, so that water in the water tank 4 can be directly pumped into the ice cube tray 21 to be processed into ice cubes. Since the ice cube tray 21 is movable, the connection can be achieved by providing a quick-connect coupling.

As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments, the ice maker further comprises an operation panel 6, the operation panel 6 is disposed on the top of the housing 1 and/or the peripheral wall of the housing 1, and a user can control the on and off of the ice maker and adjust the operation mode of the ice maker through the operation panel 6.

In the description of the present invention, 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", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description of the present invention and to simplify the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

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 to implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, e.g., as being fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrated; may be mechanically coupled, may be electrically coupled or may be in communication with each other; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "on" or "under" a second feature may be directly contacting the second feature or the first and second features may be indirectly contacting the second feature through intervening media. Also, a first feature "on," "above," and "over" a second feature may be directly on or obliquely above the second feature, or simply mean that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature "under," "beneath," and "under" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the second feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the present disclosure, the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Although the above embodiments have been shown and described, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art are intended to be within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The ice maker is characterized by comprising a shell, an ice making assembly and a water tank, wherein the water tank is used for supplying water to the ice making assembly, the ice making assembly is arranged in the shell, a water tank groove is formed in the shell, the water tank is removably arranged in the water tank groove, and a water gauge used for indicating the water level is arranged on the side wall of the water tank.

2. The ice-making machine of claim 1, wherein said water tank includes a bottom plate, and inner and outer peripheral plates provided on said bottom plate, said outer peripheral plate being adapted to close off at a notch of said water tank sump, said water ruler being provided on said outer peripheral plate, said outer peripheral plate further being provided with a pull handle.

3. The ice-making machine of claim 2, wherein said peripheral plate is provided with a bar-shaped hole extending in a vertical direction, and said water gauge is installed in said bar-shaped hole.

4. The ice-making machine of claim 1, wherein said water gauge is a transparent water gauge having a graduated layer thereon.

5. The ice-making machine of claim 1, wherein an ice storage tank is disposed at the top of said housing, said ice-making assembly is disposed in said ice storage tank, and said ice-making machine further comprises a cover plate movably disposed at the notch of said ice storage tank.

6. The ice-making machine of claim 5, wherein said ice storage tank is provided with a drain at a bottom thereof, said drain being located above said water tank.

7. The ice-making machine of claim 5, wherein said ice-making assembly comprises:

the upper ends of the fixing rods are connected with the shell, and the lower ends of the fixing rods extend into the grids in a one-to-one correspondence mode.

8. The ice-making machine of claim 7, further comprising a water pump disposed within said housing, an input of said water pump being in communication with said water tank, an output of said water pump being in communication with said ice cube tray.

9. The ice-making machine of claim 7, further comprising a cooling package comprising a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator in series end-to-end, said compressor, said condenser, and said evaporator all secured within said housing, and said evaporator disposed adjacent said ice cube tray.

10. The ice-making machine of claim 1, further comprising an operating panel disposed on a top of said housing and/or a peripheral wall of said housing.