CN218410370U - Ice making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an ice making equipment technical field especially relates to an ice maker. The ice maker is provided with a mounting groove, the mounting groove is used for mounting the ice storage box, and the bottom of the mounting groove faces the box bottom of the ice storage box; the ice storage box comprises a box bottom, an ice storage box and a box bottom, wherein a pressing lock is arranged between the box bottom and the box bottom, the pressing lock comprises a locking component and a pressing component, one of the locking component and the pressing component is arranged at the box bottom, the other one of the locking component and the pressing component is arranged at the box bottom, the pressing component and the locking component are mutually extruded to enable the locking component to be switched between a locking state and an unlocking state, when the locking component is in the locking state, the ice storage box is fixed with the relative position of the installation groove, and when the locking component is in the unlocking state, the ice storage box can move relative to the installation groove. The utility model discloses an ice machine makes ice storage box and mounting groove be connected through pressing the lock, and the ice storage box can not be carried away from the ice machine by direct folk prescription to can effectively prevent child's maloperation, improve the utility model discloses an ice machine's safety in utilization.

Description

Ice making machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an ice making equipment technical field especially relates to an ice maker.

Background

An ice maker is a device for making ice of an appropriate size and discharging a desired amount of ice when a user desires the ice. Ice machines are generally classified in ice shapes into pellet ice machines, flake ice machines, plate ice machines, tube ice machines, shell ice machines, and the like.

The ice bank is an important element constituting the ice maker, and serves to receive the made ice and discharge the received ice in an appropriate amount. However, most of the existing ice banks are not fixed, the ice bank can be simply and freely lifted from the ice maker when in use, and in the occasion that a child can contact the ice bank, the ice bank which is not fixed is easy to be operated by the child, ice cubes in the ice bank are easily scattered, the ice bank collides with other parts of the ice maker to break the ice bank or the ice maker, and in some extreme cases, the ice bank can be even dangerous for the child.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Based on this, the utility model provides an ice maker, its inside ice storage box have can easily switch locking state and unblock state, and the ice storage box no longer can direct folk prescription lift from the ice maker when locking state, has strengthened the safety in utilization of ice maker.

The utility model discloses an ice maker, which is provided with a mounting groove, wherein the mounting groove is used for mounting an ice storage box, and the bottom of the mounting groove faces the bottom of the ice storage box; the ice storage box comprises a box bottom, an ice storage box and a pressing component, wherein the pressing lock is arranged between the box bottom and comprises a locking component and a pressing component, one of the locking component and the pressing component is arranged at the box bottom, the other pressing component is arranged at the box bottom, the pressing component and the locking component are mutually extruded to enable the locking component to be switched between a locking state and an unlocking state, when the locking component is in the locking state, the relative position of the ice storage box and the installation groove is fixed, and when the locking component is in the unlocking state, the ice storage box can move relative to the installation groove.

In some embodiments, the locking assembly comprises an actuating part and a lock catch linked with the actuating part, the pressing assembly comprises a pressing body and a lock hole penetrating through the pressing body, when the locking assembly is in a locking state, one side of the pressing body abuts against the actuating part, and the lock catch penetrates through the lock hole and is locked on the other side of the pressing body; when the locking assembly is in an unlocking state, the lock catch is separated from the pressing body.

In some embodiments, a guide structure is disposed in the mounting groove along a groove depth direction, and the ice bank moves along the guide structure.

In some embodiments, the ice maker further comprises a cover for closing the mounting groove.

In some embodiments, the ice maker includes an ice maker case having a mounting groove, and the cover is rotatably coupled to the ice maker case by a damper.

In some embodiments, the ice maker case is provided with a damper fixing seat, the damper is arranged on the damper fixing seat, and the cover body is provided with a damper connecting piece, and the damper connecting piece is connected with a rotating end of the damper.

In some embodiments, the dampener coupling is a gooseneck hinge.

In some embodiments, a sealing structure is disposed on a side of the cover body facing the mounting groove, and the sealing structure seals between the mounting groove and the cover body.

In some embodiments, the sealing structure completely covers one surface of the cover body facing the mounting groove.

In some embodiments, an air layer is sealed between the sealing structure and the cover.

Advantageous effects

The utility model discloses an ice machine makes ice storage box and mounting groove be connected through pressing the pressure lock, and the ice storage box can not be carried out the ice machine by direct folk prescription when being in locking state according to the pressure lock, and need carry the ice storage box when leaving the ice machine, only need press to press the pressure lock and can switch it from locking state into unlocking state to can effectively prevent child's maloperation, improve the utility model discloses an ice machine's safety in utilization.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an ice making machine according to the present invention in some embodiments;

fig. 2 is a schematic view showing an installation position of a pressing lock of the ice maker according to the present invention in some embodiments;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a pressing lock of the ice maker according to the present invention in some embodiments;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the push lock of FIG. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of the unlocking state of the pressing lock of the ice maker according to the present invention in some embodiments;

fig. 6 is a schematic view showing a locking state of a pressing lock of the ice maker according to the present invention in some embodiments;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of the ice maker according to the present invention in a partial embodiment, when the pressing lock is changed from the locking state to the unlocking state;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of the cover and the sealing structure of the ice maker according to the present invention in some embodiments;

fig. 9 is a schematic view of the connection mode of the cover body of the ice maker according to the present invention in some embodiments;

the ice making machine comprises an ice making machine 1, an installation groove 10, a cover 11, a damper fixing seat 12, a damper connecting piece 13, a damper 14, a sealing structure 15, an ice storage box 20, a chute 21, a pressing lock 30, a pressing assembly 31, a locking assembly 32, a guide structure 101, a locking hole 310, a lock catch 320, an actuating assembly 321, a guide column 322, a reset assembly 323, a lock catch driving assembly 324 and pressing angles 3201-3204.

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, as those skilled in the art will be able to make similar modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

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 the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and 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 implicitly indicating 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 expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; 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, the first feature may be directly on or directly under the second feature or indirectly via intermediate members. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not denote a unique embodiment.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 discloses an ice maker according to the present invention in some embodiments, and it can be seen from fig. 1 that the ice maker of the present invention comprises an ice maker body 1, wherein the ice maker body 1 is provided with a mounting groove 10 inside, the ice maker of the present invention further comprises an ice storage box 20, and the ice storage box 20 can be inserted and installed in the mounting groove 10.

As shown in fig. 2, the ice maker of the present invention is provided with a pressing lock 30 between the installation groove 10 and the ice bank 20, and specifically, the pressing lock 30 is provided between the bottom of the installation groove 10 and the bottom of the ice bank 20. As shown in fig. 3, which is a schematic view of a pressing lock, including a pressing member 31 and a locking member 32, in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the pressing member 31 is disposed at the bottom of the ice bank 20, and the locking member 32 is disposed at the bottom of the mounting groove 10. The pressing member 31 can be engaged with the locking member 32, and the locking member 32 can be switched between a locked state and an unlocked state when the pressing member 31 and the locking member 32 are pressed against each other.

Specifically, when the locking assembly 32 is currently in the locked state, the pressing assembly 31 and the locking assembly 32 will be locked together, and the pressing assembly 31 presses the locking assembly 32 once, the locking assembly 32 will be converted from the locked state to the unlocked state, and the pressing assembly 31 can be separated from the locking assembly 32. When the pressing member 31 presses the locking member 32 once again, the locking member 32 is locked with the pressing member 31, so that the locking member 32 returns to the locked state. Since the pressing and locking assemblies 31 and 32 are connected to the ice bank 20 and the installation groove 10, respectively, the locking and separating transitions of the pressing and locking assemblies 31 and 32 also cause the locking and separating of the ice bank 20 and the installation groove 10.

The utility model discloses an ice maker, through set up between the tank bottom at mounting groove 10 and the box bottom of ice storage box 20 and press down lock 30, press down the cooperation between the subassembly 31 of pressing down of lock 30 and the locking Assembly 32 only need the user along the groove depth direction of mounting groove 10 further promote ice storage box 20 can, accord with general consumer's operation habit. Under the condition that the connection between the ice bank 20 and the mounting groove 10 of the ice maker is known through the pressing lock 30, a general consumer cannot hinder the use convenience of the ice maker due to the arrangement of the pressing lock 30, and the use experience of the general consumer can be improved due to the fact that the stability of the ice bank 20 arranged in the mounting groove 10 is enhanced by the pressing lock 30. Besides, the pressing lock 30 also plays a role of a child lock, when a child pulls the ice storage box 20 outwards from the mounting groove 10 according to the child's instinct, the ice storage box 20 and the mounting groove 10 cannot be separated under the action of the pressing lock 30, so that the misoperation of the child is prevented, and the use safety of the ice maker is improved.

It should be noted that, although the pressing assembly 31 of the pressing lock 30 is disposed on the ice bank 20 and the locking assembly 32 is disposed in the installation groove 10 in the foregoing embodiment, it does not mean that the pressing assembly 31 and the locking assembly 32 can be disposed only in this manner. As is apparent from the foregoing analysis, the pressing members 31 and the locking members 32 are substantially in the same position, and thus the pressing members 31 can also be disposed in the mounting grooves 10 to mount the locking members 32 on the ice bank 20.

It can be understood that the ice maker of the present invention generally does not need to define the specific arrangement form of the pressing lock 30, and those skilled in the art can flexibly arrange the pressing lock according to actual situations. As a specific example, fig. 3 is a perspective view of a press lock 30 in a partial embodiment, fig. 4 is a front view of the press lock 30 in fig. 3, and as can be seen from fig. 3 and 4, a press assembly 31 includes a press body and a locking hole 310 penetrating through the thickness direction of the press body, a locking assembly 32 of the press lock 30 includes an actuating portion 321 and a lock catch 320, and there is a linkage relationship between the lock catch 320 and the actuating portion 321. Specifically, when the locking assembly 32 is in the locked state, one side of the pressing body of the pressing assembly 31 will be in contact with the actuating portion 321 of the locking assembly 32, and under the action of the actuating portion 321, the lock catch 320 passes through the locking hole 310 and is locked to the other side of the pressing body, so that the lock catch 320 and the actuating portion 321 clamp the pressing body of the pressing assembly 31 to achieve locking. When the locking assembly 32 is in the unlocked state, the latch 320 is no longer fastened to the pressing body, so that the pressing body can move freely relative to the locking assembly 32.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 5, which is a perspective view of the locking assembly 32 of the pressing lock 30, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the locking assembly 32 further includes a restoring assembly 323 (which may be a spring, for example), a guiding post 322, and a locking device driving member 324 (which may be a spring, for example), the locking device 320 includes four pressing corners 3201, 3202, 3203, 3204, the locking device 320 is rotatably connected to the guiding post 322 via a pin, the locking device 320 can rotate around the pin in an axial plane of the guiding post 322, and when the locking assembly 32 is in an unlocked state, as shown in fig. 5, the pressing corners 3201-3204 are located in the guiding post 322, and the guiding post 322 can be inserted into the locking hole 310. As shown in fig. 6, when locking assembly 32 is in the locked state, latch driver 324 drives latch 320 to rotate clockwise such that horn 3204 extends beyond guide post 322 and is above actuator 321, and horn 3203 is abutted by latch driver 324, resulting in the entire latch 320 having a tendency to rotate counterclockwise, and thus horn 3204 also having a tendency to rotate counterclockwise. Since the pressing body of the pressing assembly 31 presses the actuator 321 in the locked state, the pressing angle 3204 is also located above the pressing body of the pressing assembly 31, and the actuator 321 is moved upward by the reset assembly 323, so that the pressing angle 3204 and the actuator 321 form a clamping relationship to lock the pressing body of the pressing assembly 31. As shown in fig. 7, when the locking assembly 32 is further pressed in the locked state, the latch 320 is further rotated clockwise by the latch driver 324, and the pressing angle 3203 thereof also extends out of the guiding post 322 and is located above the actuator 321, at which time the latch 320 is no longer driven by the latch driver 324, the latch 320 can be rotated clockwise, and when the pressing body of the pressing assembly 31 is separated from the guiding post 322, the latch 320 is brought back to the unlocked state shown in fig. 5, and thus, the locking assembly 32 completes a complete locking and unlocking cycle.

The pressing lock 30 in the embodiment has extremely low processing requirements on the pressing component 31, the locking component 32 can be directly purchased, the whole implementation is very easy, and the cost of later maintenance is also low due to the simple structure.

Preferably, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, a guide 101 disposed in a groove depth direction is disposed in the mounting groove 10, and the ice bank 20 moves along the guide 101. The movement direction of the ice bank 20 relative to the installation groove 10 is limited due to the arrangement of the guide structure 101, the ice bank 20 is not easy to interfere in the process of being inserted into and fixed in the installation groove 10, and the ice bank 20 can be stably matched with the installation groove 10. As an example of realization, the guide structure 101 may include a guide rail provided in the installation groove 10, and a chute 21 provided on the ice bank 20, the chute 21 being slidable along the guide rail. The ice bank 20 slides along the installation groove 10 by the fit relationship between the guide rail and the chute 21, ensuring smooth sliding of the ice bank 20.

Referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments, the ice maker of the present invention further includes a cover 11 for closing the mounting groove 10. The cover 11 may block foreign materials from entering the installation groove 10 from the outside, preventing the stability of the ice bank 20 fitting the installation groove 10 from being disturbed. Further, as shown in fig. 8, a sealing structure 15 is provided on the side of the cover 11 facing the mounting groove 10, and the sealing structure 15 can seal between the mounting groove 10 and the cover 11. The sealing structure 15 can prevent the cold energy of the ice maker from escaping from the gap between the mounting groove 10 and the cover body 11, and improve the refrigeration efficiency of the ice maker. At this time, the sealing structure 15 may be a silicone sealing tape. In other embodiments, the sealing structure 15 preferably covers the cover 11 entirely on the side facing the mounting groove 10 as shown in fig. 8. The sealing structure 15 can form a whole heat insulation layer on the cover body 11 at this time, and the rate of cold energy directly radiating outwards through the cover body 11 is reduced. Preferably, in this embodiment, there is a space between the sealing structure 15 and the cover 11. For example, the lid 11 is a frame as shown in fig. 8, and the seal structure 15 is spaced from an outer surface of the lid 11 facing outward. Because the relatively poor certain heat-proof quality that has of heat conductivity of air, through keeping the space at seal structure 15 and lid 11, seal structure 15 and lid 11 will naturally form the air medium insulating layer, further reduce the utility model discloses a speed that air conditioning gived off in the ice-making machine.

As shown in fig. 1, the ice maker of the present invention further includes an ice maker case, wherein the ice maker case is provided with a mounting groove 10, and the cover 11 is rotatably connected to the ice maker case. Preferably, as shown in fig. 9, the cover 11 is rotatably coupled to the icemaker case through a damper 14. Under the effect of attenuator 14, through the viscidity of the inside liquid of attenuator 14 for lid 11 has certain resistance at the closure in-process, realizes slowly descending, plays the main tank body of slowly impacting, noise reduction, increase of service life's effect. Specifically, a damper fixing seat 12 is provided on the ice maker case, a damper 14 is provided on the damper fixing seat 12, a damper connecting member 13 is provided on the cover 11, and the damper connecting member 13 is connected to a rotation end of the damper 14.

Preferably, in some embodiments, the dampener attachment 13 is a gooseneck hinge, as shown in FIG. 9. The hinge arm of gooseneck hinge is longer for 11 distances from the hinge rotation axis of lid are far away relatively, lid 11 is difficult to take place to interfere with the ice-making machine box rotating the in-process, simultaneously gooseneck hinge is owing to have and bends, can let out sufficient rotatory position for lid 11 rotates, make lid 11 can have the bigger angle of opening and shutting of general scheme of comparing, guarantee that the user can not bump with lid 11 when taking out ice storage box 20, improve user's use and experience.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. The ice maker is characterized by comprising a mounting groove, wherein the mounting groove is used for mounting an ice storage box, and the bottom of the mounting groove faces to the box bottom of the ice storage box;

the ice storage box comprises a box bottom, an ice storage box and a pressing component, wherein the pressing lock is arranged between the box bottom and comprises a locking component and a pressing component, one of the locking component and the pressing component is arranged at the box bottom, the other pressing component is arranged at the box bottom, the pressing component and the locking component are mutually extruded to enable the locking component to be switched between a locking state and an unlocking state, when the locking component is in the locking state, the relative position of the ice storage box and the installation groove is fixed, and when the locking component is in the unlocking state, the ice storage box can move relative to the installation groove.

2. The ice-making machine of claim 1, wherein said locking assembly comprises an actuating portion and a latch cooperating with said actuating portion, said pressing assembly comprises a pressing body and a latch aperture extending through said pressing body, one side of said pressing body abuts said actuating portion when said locking assembly is in a locked state, and said latch is engaged with the other side of said pressing body through said latch aperture; when the locking assembly is in an unlocking state, the lock catch is separated from the pressing body.

3. The ice-making machine of claim 1, wherein a guide structure is disposed in said mounting groove along a groove depth direction, and said ice bank moves along said guide structure.

4. The ice-making machine of claim 1, further comprising a cover for closing said mounting groove.

5. The ice-making machine of claim 4, wherein said ice-making machine comprises an ice-making machine housing having a mounting groove, said cover being rotatably connected to said ice-making machine housing by a damper.

6. The ice-making machine of claim 5, wherein a damper mount is provided on the ice-making machine housing, the damper being disposed on the damper mount, and a damper connector is provided on the cover, the damper connector being connected to a rotating end of the damper.

7. The ice-making machine of claim 6, wherein said dampener connection is a gooseneck hinge.

8. The ice-making machine according to claim 4, wherein a side of said cover body facing said mounting groove is provided with a sealing structure that seals between said mounting groove and said cover body.

9. The ice-making machine of claim 8, wherein said sealing structure completely covers a side of said cover facing said mounting groove.

10. The ice-making machine of claim 9, wherein an air layer is sealed between said seal structure and said cover.

Images