CN218480796U - Ice making machine - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses an ice maker, which comprises a shell (1); an ice-making assembly (2); the ice receiving box (3) is provided with a water leakage hole (31); and a water tank (6) having a first water storage tank (61) for receiving ice water flowing out of the water leakage hole (31); the method is characterized in that: an opening (111) is formed in one side of the machine shell (1), the water tank (6) can be drawn and pulled to enter and exit the machine shell (1) through the opening (111), and a valve (7) is arranged at the water leakage hole (31); in the process that the water tank (6) is placed into the machine shell (1), the water tank (6) drives the valve (7) to open so that the water leakage hole (31) is communicated with the first water storage tank (61) of the water tank (6); in the process of taking the water tank (6) out of the machine shell (1), the valve (7) is automatically closed so as to seal the water leakage hole (31). Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses an ice machine makes things convenient for the water tank to add water and clearance, and can avoid the frozen water to leak when the water tank takes out.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a water supply equipment technical field specifically indicates an ice maker.
Background
The water dispenser is an economical household appliance and is generally popular with people; the ice maker also belongs to an economical electric appliance, and is gradually brought into a family since the ice maker is mainly owned by hotels, wineries, entertainment places and dining halls in the past. In recent years, in order to save purchase cost for the public (consumers), facilitate daily use and management and protection, and consider the market competition of the manufacturers, the manufacturers of household appliances have put forward ice-making water dispensers in a break, that is, two machines of the water dispenser and the ice maker are integrated into one.
However, in the process of making ice by the ice maker, on one hand, ice cubes and ice water are generated simultaneously, on the other hand, the ice cubes are partially melted into ice water, and in order to recover the cold energy, the ice water is generally recovered and then used for making ice again. For example, in the chinese invention patent "small drinking water ice maker" with patent application No. CN201010292373.2 (publication No. CN 101949622B), a water storage chamber is arranged below an ice receiving box, after ice making is finished, a motor is turned over to pour a mixture of ice and ice water into the ice receiving box, wherein the ice water flows into the water storage chamber for utilization, and cold energy can be recovered.
For the ice maker, the water tank is arranged in the shell, so that the ice maker is inconvenient to take and place, inconvenient to add water, inconvenient to clean and easy to cause bacteria breeding; however, if the ice-making device is installed on the cabinet as a movable member, ice water formed by melting ice cubes stored in the ice-receiving box leaks into the interior of the cabinet when the water tank is taken out.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to solve the first technical problem to provide an ice machine that makes things convenient for water tank to add water and clearance to prior art's current situation.
The utility model aims to solve the second technical problem that an ice machine that can avoid frozen water to leak when the water tank takes out is provided.
The utility model provides a technical scheme that above-mentioned first and second technical problem adopted is: an ice maker comprises
A housing;
the ice making assembly is arranged in the shell and used for making ice blocks;
the ice receiving box is arranged in the shell and is used for receiving ice blocks made by the ice making assembly, and water leakage holes are formed in the ice receiving box; and
the water tank is provided with a first water storage tank for receiving ice water flowing out of the water leakage hole;
the method is characterized in that: one side of the machine shell is provided with an opening, the water tank can be drawn and pulled to enter and exit the machine shell through the opening, and a valve is arranged at the water leakage hole;
when the water tank is placed into the shell, the water tank drives the valve to be opened so that the water leakage hole is communicated with the first water storage tank of the water tank;
and in the process of taking the water tank out of the machine shell, the valve is automatically closed so as to seal the water leakage hole.
In order to realize the driving of the water tank to the valve and the automatic closing of the valve, the valve comprises
The movable seat is arranged on the ice receiving box in a manner of being capable of moving up and down relative to the ice receiving box and is provided with a sealing gasket for sealing the water leakage hole;
the elastic piece acts between the movable seat and the ice receiving box so that the sealing gasket of the movable seat always has the tendency of closing the water leakage hole; and
and the rotating arm is hinged on the shell and is used for transmitting the action of the water tank to the movable seat.
In order to achieve automatic opening and closing of the valve,
when the water tank is placed into the shell, the rotating arm rotates upwards around the axis under the action of the edge of the top of the water tank to extrude the movable seat, so that the movable seat overcomes the elastic action of the elastic piece to move upwards, and the sealing gasket is separated from the water leakage hole;
in the process that the water tank is taken out from the machine shell, the rotating arm turns downwards around the axis under the action of the gravity of the rotating arm to release the extrusion on the movable seat, so that the movable seat moves downwards under the action of the elasticity of the elastic part, and the sealing gasket seals the water leakage hole.
In order to apply acting force to the movable seat by the rotating arm and the elastic piece, the movable seat also comprises
The movable rod can movably penetrate through the ice receiving box, and the sealing gasket is arranged at the top end of the movable rod; and
the compression piece is arranged at the bottom end of the movable rod and used for the compression of the rotating arm, and the elastic piece acts on the compression piece and the ice receiving box.
In order to facilitate the installation of the movable rod and avoid additional holes, the water leakage hole is positioned on the bottom wall of the ice receiving box, the movable rod is arranged in the water leakage hole in a penetrating mode, and a water leakage gap is formed between the outer peripheral wall of the movable rod and the inner peripheral wall of the water leakage hole.
In order to facilitate the installation of the elastic part, the periphery of the water leakage hole is bent downwards and extends to form an annular seat, the elastic part is a compression spring, the compression spring is sleeved on the periphery of the annular seat, and two ends of the compression spring are respectively abutted to the pressed part and the opposite surface of the ice receiving box.
In order to guide the water flowing out of the water leakage hole into the first water storage tank conveniently and avoid the water from splashing into the machine shell, the free end of the rotating arm is provided with a water receiving part which is over against the water leakage gap, the water receiving part is surrounded to form a water receiving tank, and the bottom of the water receiving part is provided with a water through hole communicated with the water receiving tank.
In order to conveniently extrude the movable seat, an extruding part protruding upwards is arranged at the center of the water receiving groove, and the extruding part acts on the lower part of the movable seat in the opening state of the valve, so that the sealing gasket is separated from the water leakage hole.
In order to convert the drawing motion of the water tank into the turning motion of the rotating arm, the bottom wall of the water receiving part is provided with a guide surface which is gradually reduced along the moving direction of the water tank in the process of being placed into the machine shell.
In order to limit the limit position of the rotating arm which turns downwards, the edge of the water receiving part is provided with a convex limiting part, the shell is provided with a stopping part corresponding to the limiting part, and the limiting part is limited above the stopping part in the closed state of the valve.
In order to avoid exposing the internal devices of the machine shell and provide attractive appearance, the front side of the machine shell is inwards sunken to form a sunken part, an opening in the front side of the sunken part forms the opening, the water tank can be drawn forwards and backwards to get in and out of the sunken part, and under the condition that the water tank is put in place, the front side wall of the water tank is flush with the front side wall of the machine shell.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages of: the water tank that can draw through cooperatees with the valve of locating the leak department, put into the in-process of casing at the water tank, water tank drive valve opens, so that the first aqua storage tank of hole and water tank that leaks is linked together, in the in-process that the water tank was taken out from the casing, valve self-closing, so that the hole that leaks seals, thus, on the one hand, the water tank takes out the back, can convenience of customers add water, convenience of customers's clearance, avoid bacterial growing, on the other hand, the ice water that the ice-cube that accumulates in the connects the ice-cube box melts and forms still can remain in connecing the ice-cube box, can not leak through the hole that leaks, and the switching of valve is totally driven by the pull action of water tank, need not additionally to set up complicated circuit control system and control, moreover, the steam generator is simple in structure.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention when a water tank is placed therein;
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of portion I of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the water tank and the cabinet of FIG. 1 with the cabinet and the water tank omitted;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the ice receiving box of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the ice-making machine of FIG. 1 after the water tank has been removed;
fig. 7 is an enlarged view of section ii in fig. 6.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following embodiments.
Fig. 1 to 7 show a preferred embodiment of the ice maker of the present invention. The ice maker comprises a machine shell 1, an ice making assembly 2, an ice receiving box 3, an ice outlet assembly 4, a heater 5, a water tank 6 and a valve 7.
Wherein, the front side of the casing 1 is recessed inwards to form a recessed portion 11, an opening of the front side of the recessed portion 11 is marked as an opening 111, the rear side of the top of the recessed portion 11 is provided with a notch 112, and the top wall of the top of the recessed portion 11 located in front of the notch 112 is formed with a stopping portion 113; the left side of the front part of the machine shell 1 is provided with an ice outlet 13; the right side of the front of the cabinet 1 has a hot water outlet 14.
The ice making assembly 2 is provided in the cabinet 1 to make ice cubes. In this embodiment, the ice making assembly 2 includes an ice making box 21, an ice making device 22 for making ice from water in the ice making box 21, and a first driving element 23 for driving the ice making box 21 to rotate to pour ice, which is a conventional structure, and the specific structure thereof can be referred to background patent and chinese utility model patent with patent application number CN202122997255.8 (publication number CN 216282190U) 'an energy-saving ice maker', and is not described herein again.
The ice receiving box 3 is disposed in the case 1, and receives ice cubes made by the ice making assembly 2. Specifically, the ice making box 21 is located in the ice receiving box 3 and is rotatably connected to the ice receiving box 3, a water leaking hole 31 is formed in the bottom wall of the ice receiving box 3, the periphery of the water leaking hole 31 is bent downwards and extends to form an annular seat 32, the water leaking hole 31 is located right above the notch 111, and an ice guiding slide 33 which is obliquely and upwards arranged is formed between the bottom of the ice receiving box 3 and the ice outlet 13.
The ice outlet assembly 4 is arranged in the ice receiving box 3 and used for guiding ice blocks in the ice receiving box 3 to the ice outlet 13. In this embodiment, the ice discharging assembly 4 includes a spiral ice discharging rod 41 disposed along the ice guiding chute 33 and a second driving member 42 for driving the spiral ice discharging rod 41 to rotate, which is a conventional structure, and the specific structure thereof can be referred to the "energy-saving ice maker" in the utility model patent application CN202122997255.8 (publication No. CN 216282190U), which is not described herein again.
A heater 5 is provided in the cabinet 1 for heating water and supplying the heated water to the hot water outlet 14.
The water tank 6 can be drawn back and forth to enter and exit the recess 11 through the opening 111, a first water storage groove 61 and a second water storage groove 62 which are arranged at intervals and have open tops are formed in the water tank 6, the first water storage groove 61 is used for receiving ice water flowing out of the water leakage hole 31 and supplying the ice water to the ice making box 21, and the second water storage groove 62 is used for supplying raw water to the heater 5.
The valve 7 is arranged at the water leakage hole 31 and comprises a movable seat 71, an elastic piece 72 and a rotating arm 73.
Specifically, the movable seat 71 includes a movable rod 711, a gasket 712, and a pressure receiving member 713. The movable rod 711 is basically vertically arranged and can be movably arranged in the water leakage hole 31 up and down, and a water leakage gap 7111 is formed between the outer peripheral wall of the movable rod 711 and the inner peripheral wall of the water leakage hole 31; a sealing gasket 712 disposed at the top end of the movable rod 711, substantially horizontally arranged, for sealing the water leakage hole 31; the pressure receiving member 713 is provided at the bottom end of the movable rod 711.
The elastic member 72 is a compression spring, which is sleeved on the outer periphery of the annular seat 32, and two ends of the compression spring respectively abut against the pressed member 713 and the opposite surface of the ice receiving box 3, so that the sealing gasket 712 of the movable seat 71 always has a tendency of sealing the water leakage hole 31.
The pivoting arm 73 is located at the notch 112 for transmitting the motion of the water tank 6 to the movable seat 71. The rear end of the rotating arm 73 is hinged on the rear side wall of the recessed part 11, the front end, namely the free end, of the rotating arm 73 is provided with a water receiving part 731 facing the water leakage gap 7111, the water receiving part 731 surrounds and forms a water receiving groove 7311, and the bottom of the water receiving part 731 is provided with a water through hole 7312 communicated with the water receiving groove 7311; a pressing portion 7313 protruding upward is provided at the center of the water receiving groove 7311, and the pressing portion 7313 corresponds to the pressure receiving member 713; a guide surface 7314 gradually decreasing from front to back is provided on the bottom wall of the water receiving portion 731; the edge of the water receiving portion 731 is provided with a convex limiting portion 7315, and the limiting portion 7315 corresponds to the stopping portion 113.
In the process of placing the water tank 6 into the recess 11, the water tank 6 drives the valve 7 to open, specifically, the rotating arm 73 is turned upwards around the axis under the action of the top edge of the water tank 6, and the extrusion part 7313 extrudes the pressure piece 713 of the movable seat 71, so that the movable seat 71 moves upwards against the elastic force of the elastic piece 72, and the sealing pad 712 is separated from the water leakage hole 31, and finally the water leakage hole 31 is communicated with the first water storage groove 61 of the water tank 6; as shown in fig. 2 and 3, when the valve 7 is opened, the top edge of the water tank 6 abuts against and acts on the lower side of the rotating arm 73, the pressing portion 7313 abuts against and acts on the lower side of the pressure receiving member 713, and the top opening of the first water storage tank 61 is located right below the water leakage hole 31; in addition, when the water tank 6 is put in place, the front side wall of the water tank 6 is flush with the front side wall of the machine shell 1, and the top edge of the water tank 6 is abutted and acts below the middle part of the rotating arm 73;
during the process of taking out the water tank 6 from the recess 11, the valve 7 is automatically closed, specifically, the rotating arm 73 is turned downward around the axis under the action of its own gravity, and the pressing portion 7313 releases the pressing of the pressed member 713, so that the movable seat 71 moves downward under the action of the elastic force of the elastic member 72, and the sealing gasket 712 closes the water leakage hole 31; as shown in fig. 6 and 7, in a state where the valve 7 is closed, the top edge of the water tank 6 is separated from the rotating arm 73, the pressing portion 7313 is separated from the pressure receiving member 713, and the limiting portion 7315 is limited above the stopper portion 113.
The working principle of the embodiment is as follows:
(1) Before starting the ice maker, the water tank 6 needs to be placed into the recess 11, in this process, the rotating arm 73 is turned upwards around the axis under the action of the top edge of the water tank 6, and the extrusion part 7313 extrudes the pressure piece 713 of the movable seat 71, so that the movable seat 71 moves upwards against the elastic force of the elastic piece 72, and the sealing pad 712 is separated from the water leakage hole 31, and finally the water leakage hole 31 is communicated with the first water storage tank 61 of the water tank 6 (as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the valve 7 is in an open state);
when ice making is performed, the first water storage tank 61 supplies raw water into the ice making box 21, the ice making device 22 makes ice for water in the ice making box 21, after the ice making is finished, the first driving element 23 drives the ice making box 21 to rotate to pour the ice, a mixture of ice cubes and ice water is poured into the ice receiving box 3, when the ice needs to be discharged, the second driving element 42 drives the spiral ice discharging rod 41 to rotate to supply the ice cubes to the ice outlet 13, meanwhile, the ice water in the ice receiving box 3 is collected into the water receiving tank 7311 through the water leakage channel 7111 in the water leakage hole 31 and then is recovered into the first water storage tank 61 through the water through hole 7312, and the ice water in the first water storage tank 61 can be supplied into the ice making box 21 again, so that cold energy recovery is realized;
when the hot water is produced, the second water storage tank 62 supplies the raw water to the heater 5, and the heater 5 heats the raw water and supplies the heated raw water to the hot water outlet 14;
(2) After the ice maker is finished, the user can take the water tank 6 out of the recess 11, and in the process, the rotating arm 73 is turned downwards around the axis under the action of the self gravity, and the extrusion part 7313 releases the extrusion of the pressure-receiving member 713, so that the movable seat 71 moves downwards under the action of the elastic force of the elastic member 72, and the sealing gasket 712 closes the water leakage hole 31 (as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the valve 7 is in a closed state);
therefore, on one hand, after the water tank 6 is taken out, water can be conveniently added by a user, the user can conveniently clean the water tank, and bacteria breeding is avoided; on the other hand, the ice water formed by melting the ice pieces accumulated in the ice receiving box 3 remains in the ice receiving box 3 and does not leak through the water leakage hole 31.
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1. An ice maker comprises
A housing (1);
the ice making assembly (2) is arranged in the shell (1) and is used for making ice blocks;
the ice receiving box (3) is arranged in the machine shell (1) and is used for receiving ice blocks made by the ice making assembly (2), and water leakage holes (31) are formed in the ice receiving box (3); and
a water tank (6) having a first water storage tank (61) for receiving ice water flowing out of the water leakage hole (31);
the method is characterized in that: an opening (111) is formed in one side of the machine shell (1), the water tank (6) can be drawn out and pulled into and out of the machine shell (1) through the opening (111), and a valve (7) is arranged at the water leakage hole (31);
in the process that the water tank (6) is placed into the machine shell (1), the water tank (6) drives the valve (7) to be opened, so that the water leakage hole (31) is communicated with a first water storage groove (61) of the water tank (6);
and in the process that the water tank (6) is taken out of the machine shell (1), the valve (7) is automatically closed, so that the water leakage hole (31) is closed.
2. The ice-making machine of claim 1, wherein: the valve (7) comprises
The movable seat (71) is arranged on the ice receiving box (3) in a manner of being capable of moving up and down relative to the ice receiving box (3) and is provided with a sealing gasket (712) for sealing the water leakage hole (31);
the elastic piece (72) acts between the movable seat (71) and the ice receiving box (3) so that the sealing gasket (712) of the movable seat (71) always has the tendency of closing the water leakage hole (31); and
and the rotating arm (73) is hinged on the shell (1) and is used for transmitting the action of the water tank (6) to the movable seat (71).
3. The ice-making machine of claim 2, wherein:
in the process that the water tank (6) is placed into the machine shell (1), the rotating arm (73) rotates upwards around the axis under the action of the top edge of the water tank (6) to extrude the movable seat (71) so that the movable seat (71) moves upwards against the elastic force of the elastic piece (72) and the sealing gasket (712) is separated from the water leakage hole (31);
in the process that the water tank (6) is taken out of the machine shell (1), the rotating arm (73) turns downwards around the axis under the action of self gravity to release the extrusion on the movable seat (71), so that the movable seat (71) moves downwards under the action of the elastic force of the elastic piece (72), and the sealing gasket (712) seals the water leakage hole (31).
4. The ice-making machine of claim 3, wherein: the movable seat (71) also comprises
The movable rod (711) can be movably arranged on the ice receiving box (3) in a penetrating way, and the sealing gasket (712) is arranged at the top end of the movable rod (711); and
the compression piece (713) is arranged at the bottom end of the movable rod (711) and used for the rotating arm (73) to extrude, and the elastic piece (72) acts between the compression piece (713) and the ice receiving box (3).
5. The ice-making machine of claim 4, wherein: hole (31) that leaks be located on the diapire that connects ice box (3), movable rod (711) wear to establish in this hole (31) that leaks, and the periphery wall of movable rod (711) with clearance (7111) of leaking have between the internal perisporium in hole (31) that leaks.
6. The ice-making machine of claim 5, wherein: the free end of the rotating arm (73) is provided with a water receiving part (731) which is opposite to the water leakage gap (7111), the water receiving part (731) surrounds and forms a water receiving groove (7311), and the bottom of the water receiving part (731) is provided with a water through hole (7312) which is communicated with the water receiving groove (7311).
7. The ice-making machine of claim 6, wherein: the center of the water receiving groove (7311) is provided with an upwards-protruding extrusion part (7313), and under the state that the valve (7) is opened, the extrusion part (7313) acts on the lower part of the movable seat (71) so as to enable the sealing gasket (712) to leave the water leakage hole (31).
8. The ice-making machine of claim 6, wherein: the bottom wall of the water receiving part (731) is provided with a guide surface (7314) which is gradually reduced along the moving direction of the water tank (6) in the process of being put into the machine shell (1).
9. The ice-making machine of claim 6, wherein: the edge of the water receiving part (731) is provided with a convex limiting part (7315), the shell (1) is provided with a stopping part (113) corresponding to the limiting part (7315), and the limiting part (7315) is limited above the stopping part (113) in the state that the valve (7) is closed.
10. The ice-making machine of any of claims 1-9, wherein: the front side of the machine shell (1) is inwards sunken to form a sunken part (11), an opening in the front side of the sunken part (11) forms the opening (111), the water tank (6) can be drawn in and out of the sunken part (11) in a front-back drawing manner, and under the condition that the water tank (6) is put in place, the front side wall of the water tank (6) is flush with the front side wall of the machine shell (1).
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