CN218672861U - Refrigerator with a door - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a refrigerator, include: a cabinet defining a refrigerating chamber therein; the box door is rotationally connected to the box body; the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator door, an ice maker and/or a water dispenser, wherein the ice maker is arranged in a refrigerating chamber and is provided with a water inlet, the water dispenser is provided with a water taking port, and the water taking port is positioned on one side of the refrigerator door, which is far away from the refrigerator body; the water box is arranged in the refrigerating chamber; the water pump is positioned at the bottom of the refrigerating chamber, is communicated with the inside of the water box and is communicated with the water inlet and/or the water intake; the protection box is covered outside the water pump; the temperature sensor is arranged inside the protection box; the electric heater is arranged inside the protection box; under the condition that the internal temperature of the protection box detected by the temperature sensor is lower than the preset temperature T1, the electric heater is electrified and heated; and when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is higher than the preset temperature T2, the electric heater is powered off to stop heating, and T2 is more than T1 and more than 0 ℃, so that the internal temperature of the protection box is always kept at the normal temperature between T1 and T2, and the water channel in the water pump is prevented from being frozen and blocked.

Description

Refrigerator with a door

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of refrigeration plant, especially, relate to a refrigerator.

Background

With the pursuit of people for quality of life being higher and higher, the functional requirements for household appliances such as refrigerators are higher and higher, and high-end refrigerators with the functions of drinking water and automatic ice making machines are favored by users more and more. In such a refrigerator, a water box is provided in a refrigerating chamber, an ice maker is generally provided in a freezing chamber below the refrigerating chamber, and a door of the refrigerator is provided with water inlets for supplying ice cubes and drinking water to a user, respectively. When drinking water or making ice is needed, the water pump can pump water in the water box inside the refrigerator and then convey the water to the water taking port or the ice maker.

In the prior art, because the water pump is usually located the walk-in bottom, and the cold air in the refrigerator room has sunken characteristics and the bottom of walk-in is nearer from the wind gap position, so the position temperature that the water pump was located is lower, and the condition of negative temperature often can appear, in case negative temperature appears, thereby the inside water of water pump will freeze very easily and make the inside water route of water pump block up and can't supply water. And because the ice machine is usually arranged in the freezing chamber, the water injection pipe of the ice machine is frozen due to the extremely low temperature of the freezing chamber, and the operation of the ice machine is disabled. In the prior art, a water pipe heating unit or a heater is adopted to heat a water injection pipe to solve the problem that the water injection pipe is easy to be blocked by ice, but no corresponding anti-freezing measures are provided in the related art to solve the problem that the water pump is easy to freeze in the use process of the refrigerator to block a water channel to cause water supply failure.

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. For this purpose,

according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a refrigerator including:

a cabinet defining a refrigerating chamber therein;

the refrigerator door is rotationally connected to the refrigerator body and used for opening or closing the refrigerating chamber;

the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator door, an ice maker and/or a water dispenser, wherein the refrigerator door is provided with a refrigerator door, the refrigerator door is provided with a refrigerator door opening, the refrigerator door opening is provided with a refrigerator door opening, and the refrigerator door opening is arranged on one side of the refrigerator door opening, which is far away from the refrigerator body;

the water box is arranged in the refrigerating chamber and used for storing water;

the water inlet end of the water pump is communicated with the inside of the water box through a water inlet waterway, and the water outlet end of the water pump is communicated with the water inlet and/or the water intake through a water supply waterway so as to convey water to an ice maker and/or a water dispenser;

the protection box is covered outside the water pump;

the temperature sensor is arranged inside the protection box and is close to the water pump, and the temperature sensor is used for detecting the internal temperature of the protection box;

the electric heater is arranged inside the protection box;

the electric heater is in a power-on heating state under the condition that the internal temperature of the protection box detected by the temperature sensor is lower than a preset temperature T1, so that water flowing through the water pump is heated; and under the condition that the internal temperature of the protection box detected by the temperature sensor is higher than a preset temperature T2, the electric heater is in a power-off state, wherein T2 is more than T1 and more than 0 ℃, so that the internal temperature of the protection box is always kept between the preset temperature T1 and T2.

This technical scheme is through locating the outside protection box of water pump at the cover to set up temperature sensor and heater in the protection box, can detect the inside temperature of protection box through temperature sensor, the heater can heat the water pump according to the temperature that temperature sensor detected. The heater heating has improved the inside temperature of protection box, and then has improved the inside temperature of water pump, avoids the condition that the water pump freezes because of the negative temperature. The refrigerator utilizes the matching of the temperature sensor and the heater to enable the internal temperature of the protection box to be always maintained under the positive temperature condition between T1 and T2, further enable the water pump to be under the positive temperature condition, achieve the purpose of preventing the water channel of the water pump from freezing, and improve the water supply reliability of the ice maker and/or the water dispenser of the refrigerator.

According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the protection box includes box body and lid, one side of box body has uncovered, the lid connect in the uncovered side of box body just the lid with inject jointly between the box body and hold the chamber, the water pump install in hold the intracavity and with the box body is connected, electric heater set up in the lid orientation on a side of box body, be convenient for heat the inside of protection box.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, electric heater is the heater strip, the heater strip is located through the aluminium foil subsides on the box cover just the heater strip is the shape of returning and lays, and the heater strip utilizes the aluminium foil subsides to establish and be the shape of returning and lay the heating area who has increased the heater strip, has improved heating effect.

According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, it is provided with the installed part to hold the intracavity, the one end of installed part set up in on the box body, its other end orientation the lid direction extends, the installed part is close to the one end of lid is formed with the draw-in groove, temperature sensor adapter connect in the inside of draw-in groove, the temperature sensor's of being convenient for installation.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the one end that the draw-in groove is close to the lid is provided with the guide way, the guide way with the draw-in groove intercommunication just the guide way with be provided with backstop portion between the draw-in groove, backstop portion is used for restricting temperature sensor follows deviate from in the draw-in groove, leads temperature sensor through setting up the guide way, makes things convenient for temperature sensor to get into in the draw-in groove smoothly.

According to this disclosed embodiment, the refrigerator still includes the controller, the controller with water pump electric connection, just the controller respectively with temperature sensor with electric heater electric connection through setting up opening and stopping of the steerable water pump of controller, and the controller can acquire and according to the operating condition of the temperature control electric heater that temperature sensor detected, and simple and convenient just can realize accurate control.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the water supply waterway comprises a water outlet waterway, an ice making waterway and/or a drinking water waterway, the water outlet waterway is communicated with the water outlet end of the water pump, the water outlet waterway is communicated with the ice making waterway and/or the drinking water waterway, water pumped out from the water outlet end of the water pump enters the water outlet waterway, and water in the water outlet waterway is supplied to the ice maker through the ice making waterway and/or is supplied to the water taking port through the drinking water waterway.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, when the water supply waterway comprises the ice making waterway and the drinking water waterway, the refrigerator further comprises a water valve, the water outlet waterway is communicated with the ice making waterway and the drinking water waterway through the water valve, and the water in the water outlet waterway is divided into two paths by the water valve and is respectively supplied to the ice maker and the water intake, so that the refrigerator is simple and convenient; one end of the drinking water path, which is far away from the water valve, extends to the outside of the refrigerating chamber and penetrates through the hinge of the box door to extend to the water taking port to supply water to the water taking port, and the arrangement ensures that the drinking water path does not influence the closing and opening of the box door, thereby being convenient for users to use.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the refrigerator further comprises an air channel cover plate, the air channel cover plate divides the refrigerating chamber into a storage cavity and an air channel cavity, the storage cavity is arranged close to the refrigerator door relative to the air channel cavity, the water pump is arranged in the air channel cavity, the water box is arranged in the storage cavity and provided with a water outlet for water to flow out, one end of the water inlet waterway is communicated with the water inlet end of the water pump, and the other end of the water inlet waterway penetrates through the air channel cover plate and is communicated with the water outlet; the water pump and the water inlet waterway are arranged in the air duct cavity, and the water inlet waterway penetrates through the air duct cover plate to be connected with the water box, so that the situation that the user observes the water pump and the water inlet waterway when opening the refrigerator can be avoided, the impression is improved, and the space of the storage cavity is avoided being occupied.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the box body comprises the outer shell and the inner container, a storage space is formed inside the inner container, the storage space is divided into the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber, the outer shell is covered outside the inner container, a foaming layer is filled between the outer shell and the inner container, at least part of the water supply waterway is arranged along the foaming layer, so that a user can not observe the water supply waterway when opening the box door, and meanwhile, the water supply waterway is prevented from being exposed and damaged to a certain extent.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure in a state where a door is opened;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure in a state where a door is opened;

fig. 3 is a sectional view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a connection of a water pump assembly to a water box according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of a portion of a water pump assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of a water pump assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure with the cover omitted;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 6 at A;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of a lid and a heater wire according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a partial schematic view of a lid according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 10 is a partial enlarged view at B in fig. 9.

In the above figures: a refrigerator 100; a case 10; a housing 101; an inner container 102; a foaming layer 103; a middle partition plate 104; a bottom separation plate 105; a refrigeration door 20; a freezing door body 30; a freezing chamber 301; a temperature-changing door body 40; a temperature-changing chamber 401; a drawer-type door body 50; a refrigerating chamber 1; a water box 11; an ice maker 12; a water dispenser 13; a water intake 131; an air duct cover plate 14; a storage chamber 15; an air duct chamber 16; a water pump 2; a protection box 3; a case 31; a box cover 32; a through hole 321; a mounting member 33; a carrier 34; an aluminum foil 35; a temperature sensor 4; an electric heater 5; a water inlet waterway 6; a water supply path 7; an effluent water path 71; an ice making water path 72; a drinking water path 73; a water valve 74; a clamping groove 8; a guide groove 81; a stop 9.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only some, not all embodiments of the invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "lateral," "longitudinal," "up," "down," "front," "back," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in the orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present invention and to simplify the description, but are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

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 one or more of that feature.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

The present invention provides a refrigerator 100, and the refrigerator 100 is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 10.

As shown in fig. 1 to 10, in an exemplary embodiment of the refrigerator 100 of the present invention, the refrigerator 100 includes a box body 10 and a door, the inside of the box body 10 has a storage space, the box body 10 is formed with an opening communicated with the storage space, the door is rotatably connected to the opening of the box body 10, the door is connected to the box body 10 to form an openable structure, and the door is rotated to open or close the storage space.

The cabinet 10 is substantially in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped and forms a main structure of the refrigerator 100, and an external appearance of the refrigerator 100 is defined by the cabinet 10 defining a storage space and a door for opening or closing the storage space.

Referring to fig. 3, the cabinet 10 includes a casing 101 and a liner 102, wherein the liner 102 is connected to the inside of the casing 101, that is, the casing 101 covers the outside of the liner 102, and the inside of the liner 102 defines a storage space. A foaming layer 103 can be arranged between the casing 101 and the inner container 102 to realize the heat preservation and insulation of the box body 10.

The storage space may be provided with a plurality of partition plates, the partition plates may partition the storage space into a plurality of chambers such as the refrigerating chamber 1 and the freezing chamber 301, and the chambers of the storage space may be further partitioned left and right or vertically.

The storage space may be partitioned by the intermediate partition plate 104 into an upper storage compartment serving as the refrigerating compartment 1 and a lower storage compartment serving as the freezing compartment 301. However, in other embodiments, the upper storage compartment may be used as the freezing compartment 301 and the lower storage compartment may be used as the refrigerating compartment 1.

Unlike this embodiment, in some other embodiments of the present application, a chamber such as a vacuum chamber and a temperature changing chamber 401 may be further disposed in the storage space of the refrigerator 100, and the aspects of the present invention may also be applied.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the lower storage compartment may be divided into a left storage compartment and a right storage compartment by a bottom partition plate 105, and the left storage compartment is used as a freezing compartment 301, and the right storage compartment is used as a temperature-changing compartment 401, which can meet the storage requirements of various food materials.

The opening of the box body 10 is a forward opening, so that a user can conveniently store or take out food materials to the storage space through the forward opening, and the opening can be opened or closed by a box door. In this embodiment, the casing 101 and the liner 102 both have a forward opening, and the front end surface of the casing 101 is located on the periphery of the front end surface of the liner 102.

The forward opening of the box body 10 is communicated with the storage space, and the box door is rotatably connected to the forward opening of the box body 10, wherein the box door can be connected with the box body 10 through a hinge to realize the rotation of the box door. In this embodiment, the top and bottom ends of one side of the door may be hinged to the cabinet 10 by a hinge, thereby opening or closing the cabinet 10.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in the present embodiment, the door includes a refrigeration door body 20, a freezing door body 30, and a temperature-varying door body 40, and the refrigeration door body 20, the freezing door body 30, and the temperature-varying door body 40 are rotatably connected to the box body 10 for opening or closing an opening of the box body 10, that is, for opening or closing the storage space.

Specifically, the refrigeration door 20 is rotatably connected to the refrigerator body 10 to open or close the refrigeration compartment 1, the freezing door 30 is rotatably connected to the refrigerator body 10 to open or close the freezing compartment 301, and the temperature-varying door 40 is rotatably connected to the refrigerator body 10 to open or close the temperature-varying compartment 401.

In other embodiments, the refrigerator 100 may further be provided with a drawer-type door 50, and a part of the storage space may be opened or closed by the drawer-type door 50, and the drawer-type door 50 may be configured to be inserted into or pulled out from the inside.

Further, the refrigerator 100 is also provided with a cooling system to generate cold air, which is configured to form the cold air by circulating a cooling circuit and to supply the generated cold air into the storage space. The refrigeration system may include cooling circuit devices having a compressor, a condenser, a capillary tube, and an evaporator assembly, refrigerant tubes directing refrigerant into each cooling circuit device, and a fan forcibly circulating air to supply cold air generated at the evaporator assembly to the storage space.

The refrigerator 100 provided by the application further comprises an ice maker 12 and/or a water dispenser 13, wherein the ice maker 12 is arranged in the refrigerating chamber 1 and is used for making water into ice, and the water dispenser 13 is arranged on a refrigerator door and can be used for a user to take water, so that the requirement of the user on directly drinking cold water is met.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in the present embodiment, the refrigerator 100 includes an ice maker 12 and a water dispenser 13, the ice maker 12 is located at the top of the refrigerating chamber 1, and a water inlet is formed in the ice maker 12; the water dispenser 13 has a water intake 131 and the water intake 131 is located on the side of the door facing away from the cabinet 10, that is, the water intake 131 is located outside the door. In the present embodiment, the water dispenser 13 is disposed on the refrigeration door 20, and the refrigeration door 20 is located at the upper portion of the refrigerator 100 relative to the freezing door 30 and the temperature-variable door 40, so that a user can take drinking water through the water intake 131.

In other embodiments of the present application, the refrigerator 100 further includes an ice bank for storing ice produced by the ice maker 12. The present invention is not limited as to the type of ice maker 12, and is applicable to the present application as long as the ice maker 12 can receive water and freeze the water at a low temperature.

The ice produced by the ice maker 12 can be delivered to an ice bin in a variety of ways, for example, typically the ice bin can be located below the ice maker 12 and the ice pieces produced by the ice maker 12 fall by gravity into the ice bin.

Further, the refrigerator 100 further comprises a water box 11 and a water pump assembly, the water box 11 is arranged in the refrigerating chamber 1 and used for storing water, the water pump assembly is located at the bottom of the refrigerating chamber 1, the water pump assembly comprises a water pump 2, a water inlet end of the water pump 2 is communicated with the inside of the water box 11 through a water inlet waterway 6, a water outlet end of the water pump 2 is communicated with a water inlet and/or a water intake 131 through a water supply waterway 7, and the water pump 2 delivers water to the ice maker 12 and/or the water dispenser 13 through the water supply waterway 7.

Referring to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the water box 11 is disposed in the refrigerating compartment 1, the water box 11 is provided with a water outlet for flowing out water, and the water inlet end of the water inlet waterway 6 is connected to the water outlet of the water box 11, so that water in the water box 11 can be delivered to the ice maker 12 and the water intake 131 by the water pump 2.

A water box 11 as an internal water source may be installed at a lower portion of the refrigerating chamber 1. The water box 11 is located in the lower region of the refrigerating chamber 1, the water pump 2 is located at the bottom of the refrigerating chamber 1 and the water pump 2 can pump water from the lower region to the upper region to provide power for the water to flow to the high region, so that the water in the low region is delivered to the ice maker 12 and the water intake 131 in the upper region.

The water box 11 is provided in the refrigerating chamber 1 so that the water stored therein can be maintained at a low temperature and a user can drink cold water directly through the water intake 131. Meanwhile, the user can add water into the water box 11 at any time, thereby ensuring a continuous supply of water source inside the refrigerator 100. Generally, water added to the water box 11 by a user can be directly drunk, and when the water pump 2 is connected to the water box 11, the water pump 2 and the inlet water path 6 may not be provided with a filter, thereby simplifying the structure of the refrigerator 100 and reducing the cost of the product.

Further, referring to fig. 4 and 5, the water pump assembly further includes a protection box 3, the protection box 3 covers the outside of the water pump 2 to protect and support the water pump 2, and the water pump 2 is installed at the bottom of the refrigerating chamber 1 through the protection box 3, which is simple and convenient.

In the embodiment of the present application, the water pump 2 is disposed at the bottom of the refrigerating chamber 1, and since the cold air in the storage space of the refrigerator 100 has the sinking characteristic and the bottom of the refrigerating chamber 1 is closer to the air inlet, the temperature of the position where the water pump 2 is located is lower, the negative temperature is often generated, and once the negative temperature is generated, the water pump 2 is easy to freeze, so that water cannot be supplied.

In order to solve the problem that the water pump 2 is easy to freeze in the use process of the refrigerator 100 to block a water path to cause water supply failure, in the embodiment, the water pump assembly further comprises a temperature sensor 4 and an electric heater 5, the temperature sensor 4 is installed in the protection box 3 and is close to the water pump 2, the temperature sensor 4 is used for detecting the internal temperature of the protection box 3, and the electric heater 5 is installed in the protection box 3 and can heat the internal space of the protection box 3.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, in a state where the internal temperature of the protective box 3 detected by the temperature sensor 4 is lower than the preset temperature T1, the electric heater 5 is energized and heated inside the protective box 3 to heat the water flowing through the water pump 2; and under the condition that the internal temperature of the protection box 3 detected by the temperature sensor 4 is higher than a preset temperature T2, the electric heater 5 is powered off to stop heating, wherein T2 is more than T1 and more than 0 ℃, so that the internal temperature of the protection box is always kept between the preset temperature T1 and T2, namely, the internal temperature is always kept under a normal temperature condition, and the internal waterway of the water pump is prevented from being frozen.

The utility model provides a refrigerator 100 carries the water in the water box 11 to the intake 131 department of ice machine 12 and/or water dispenser 13 through setting up water pump assembly, and water pump assembly includes that water pump 2 and cover establish at 2 outside protection boxes 3 of water pump, through setting up temperature sensor 4 and heater in protection boxes 3, and the inside temperature of protection boxes 3 is surveyed to temperature sensor 4, and the heater can heat water pump 2 according to the temperature that temperature sensor 4 detected. Under the state that the temperature that temperature sensor 4 detected is less than preset temperature T1, heater ohmic heating has improved the inside temperature of protection box 3, and then has improved the inside temperature of water pump 2, avoids the inside condition of freezing because of the negative temperature of water pump 2. Under the state that the temperature that detects at temperature sensor 4 is higher than preset temperature T2, the heater stop heating, the inside high temperature of avoiding protecting the box is avoided, avoids influencing the cold-stored temperature of walk-in room then, avoids causing extra refrigeration energy consumption, utilizes heater and temperature sensor 4 cooperation to use, makes the inside temperature of protecting the box remain throughout under the positive temperature condition between preset temperature T1 ~ T2.

The refrigerator 100 provided by the embodiment utilizes the cooperation of the temperature sensor 4 and the heater, so that the internal temperature of the protection box 3 is always maintained at the normal temperature condition between the preset temperatures T1-T2, and further the water pump 2 is in the normal temperature condition, the purpose of preventing the water channel of the water pump 2 from being frozen is achieved, and the water supply reliability of the ice maker 12 and/or the water dispenser 13 of the refrigerator 100 is improved.

Referring to fig. 5, the protection box 3 includes a box body 31 and a box cover 32, one side of the box body 31 has an opening, the box cover 32 is connected to the opening side of the box body 31, a containing cavity is defined between the box cover 32 and the box body 31, the water pump 2 is installed in the containing cavity and connected with the box body 31, and the electric heater 5 is arranged on one side of the box cover 32 facing the box body 31, so as to heat the inside of the protection box 3.

In this embodiment, the electric heater 5 is disposed on a side of the box cover 32 facing the box body 31, so that the accommodating space of the accommodating cavity has regularity, and the influence of the irregular accommodating space on the installation of the water pump 2 is avoided. And in the current embodiment, the box cover 32 and the box body 31 are fastened together by a snap assembly, which is simple and convenient.

Referring to fig. 8, the electric heater 5 may be a heating wire, which is attached to the box cover 32 through an aluminum foil 35 and arranged in a zigzag shape. In this embodiment, the box cover 32 is provided with two through holes 321, and two ends of the heating wire respectively penetrate through the two through holes 321 and then are electrically connected to the power supply unit. The heating wire utilizes aluminium foil 35 subsides to establish and be the shape of returning and lay the heating area who has increased the heating wire, has improved heating efficiency, and then has improved the heating effect.

Further, referring to fig. 9 and 10, the installation part 33 is arranged in the accommodating cavity, one end of the installation part 33 is arranged on the box body 31, the other end of the installation part extends towards the direction of the box cover 32, the clamping groove 8 is formed at one end of the installation part 33 close to the box cover 32, the temperature sensor 4 is connected to the inside of the clamping groove 8 in an adaptive mode, the temperature sensor 4 is conveniently installed through the clamping groove 8, and the installation mode is simple and convenient and is convenient to achieve.

Specifically, in the above embodiment, the locking groove 8 is formed by the end of the mounting member 33 close to the cover 32 being recessed toward the direction away from the cover 32. Temperature sensor 4 is cylindricly, and the shape of draw-in groove 8 and temperature sensor 4's shape looks adaptation for temperature sensor 4 can connect in draw-in groove 8 steadily.

In other embodiments of this application, the one end that draw-in groove 8 is close to lid 32 is provided with guide way 81, and guide way 81 communicates with draw-in groove 8 and is provided with backstop portion 9 between guide way 81 and the draw-in groove 8, and backstop portion 9 is used for restricting temperature sensor 4 and deviates from in draw-in groove 8, leads temperature sensor 4 through setting up guide way 81, makes things convenient for temperature sensor 4 to get into in draw-in groove 8 smoothly.

Specifically, referring to fig. 7 and 10, an opening is formed in one side of the slot 8 close to the box cover 32 along the extending direction of the slot 8, the guide groove 81 is disposed at the opening of the slot 8, the width of the guide groove 81 is gradually reduced from the free end of the guide groove 81 to the direction of the slot 8, the guide groove 81 guides the temperature sensor 4, and the temperature sensor 4 can quickly and conveniently enter the slot 8 under the guiding action of the guide groove 81.

In this embodiment, two opposite side walls of the opening of the clamping groove 8 are provided with inclined surfaces, and a guide groove 81 is formed between the two opposite inclined surfaces to guide the temperature sensor 4.

Continuing to refer to fig. 10, be provided with backstop portion 9 between guide way 81 and the draw-in groove 8, backstop portion 9 plays limiting displacement for the guide way 81 inwards contracts rather than the linking department of the draw-in groove 8 of the intercommunication that corresponds and forms the neck, when temperature sensor 4 is connected in draw-in groove 8, is used for limiting temperature sensor 4 along the direction motion towards guide way 81, avoids temperature sensor 4 to deviate from in the draw-in groove 8, improves assembly stability.

Specifically speaking, in the assembly process of temperature sensor 4, temperature sensor 4 gets into guide way 81 and reachs the neck under the guide effect of guide way 81, through elastic deformation for temperature sensor 4 extrudes the neck and gets into in draw-in groove 8 smoothly, and then makes temperature sensor 4 joint in draw-in groove 8.

Referring to fig. 7 and 10, in some embodiments of the refrigerator of the present application, a bearing member 34 is further disposed in the receiving cavity, the bearing member 34 is connected to one side of the mounting member 33 and has a first end and a second end, the first end of the bearing member 34 is disposed on the box body 31, the second end extends to be flush with the bottom wall of the card slot 8 toward the box cover 32, and the bearing member 34 is in abutting contact with an outer surface of a portion of the temperature sensor 4. By providing the carrier 34 to carry the temperature sensor 4, the mounting robustness of the temperature sensor 4 is further improved.

Further, the refrigerator 100 further includes a controller electrically connected to the water pump 2, and the controller is electrically connected to the temperature sensor 4 and the electric heater 5.

The controller is electrically connected with the water pump 2 and is used for controlling the start and stop of the water pump 2 so as to realize the water pumping function. The controller is electrically connected with the temperature sensor 4, so that the controller can acquire the internal temperature data of the protection box 3 detected by the temperature sensor 4.

The controller is electrically connected with the electric heater 5, so that the controller can control the working state of the electric heater 5 according to the internal temperature of the protection box 3 detected by the temperature sensor 4, namely, the electric heater 5 is controlled to supply power for heating or stop heating, and the controller is simple, convenient and capable of realizing accurate control. In this embodiment, the controller may be a control board of the refrigerator 100.

The water supply waterway 7 comprises a water outlet waterway 71, an ice making waterway 72 and/or a drinking water waterway 73, the water outlet waterway 71 is communicated with the water outlet end of the water pump 2, the water outlet waterway 71 is communicated with the ice making waterway 72 and/or the drinking water waterway 73, water pumped out from the water outlet end of the water pump 2 enters the water outlet waterway 71, and the water in the water outlet waterway 71 is supplied to the ice maker 12 through the ice making waterway 72 and/or is supplied to the water intake 131 through the drinking water waterway 73.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, as an alternative embodiment, when the water supply path 7 includes an ice making water path 72 and a drinking water path 73, the refrigerator 100 further includes a water valve 74, the water outlet path 71 is communicated with the ice making water path 72 and the drinking water path 73 through the water valve 74, the water valve 74 divides water in the water outlet path 71 into two paths, and the two paths are respectively supplied to the ice making machine 12 and the water intake 131, which is simple and convenient, and the water valve 74 may be a three-way valve. The end of the drinking water waterway 73 far away from the water valve 74 extends to the outside of the refrigerating chamber 1 and extends to the water intake 131 through the hinge of the refrigerating door body 20 to supply water to the water intake 131.

In this embodiment, one end of the drinking water path 73, which is far away from the water valve 74, extends to the outside of the refrigerating chamber 1 through the top wall of the refrigerating chamber 1, and extends to the refrigerating door 20 through the hinge, so that the water supply path 7 can be prevented from being pulled when the refrigerating door 20 is rotated to open or close, and the closing and opening of the refrigerating door 20 can be prevented from being influenced. The water supply waterway 7 penetrates into the refrigeration door body 20 from the hinge and is communicated with the water intake 131, so that a user can obtain water through the water intake 131 to drink directly.

In other embodiments of the refrigerator of the present application, at least part of the water supply path 7 is disposed in the foaming layer 103 and is disposed along the foaming layer 103, so that the user cannot observe the water supply path 7 when opening the door of the refrigerator, and meanwhile, the water supply path 7 is prevented from being damaged by exposure to some extent.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the ice making water path 72 close to the refrigerating chamber 1 is arranged along the foaming layer 103 of the box 10, one end far away from the water valve 74 penetrates through the top wall of the refrigerating chamber 1 to communicate with the water inlet of the ice maker 12, the drinking water path 73 close to the refrigerating chamber 1 is arranged along the foaming layer 103 of the box 10, and one end far away from the water valve 74 penetrates out of the top wall of the refrigerating chamber 1 from the foaming layer 103 to extend to the upper hinge of the refrigerating door body 20. This arrangement makes it impossible for the user to directly observe the drinking water path 73 when opening the refrigeration door body 20, so that the interior of the refrigeration compartment 1 is more neat in appearance.

In other embodiments of the refrigerator of the present application, the ice making water path 72 may be disposed along the foaming layer 103, so as to prevent the ice making water path 72 from being damaged due to long-term exposure.

As an optional embodiment, the refrigerator 100 further includes an air duct cover plate 14, the air duct cover plate 14 separates the refrigerating chamber 1 into a storage chamber 15 and an air duct chamber 16, the storage chamber 15 is disposed close to the refrigerating door 20 relative to the air duct chamber 16, the water pump 2 is disposed in the air duct chamber 16, the water box 11 is disposed in the storage chamber 15 and provided with a water outlet through which water flows out, one end of the water inlet waterway 6 is communicated with a water inlet end of the water pump 2, and the other end of the water inlet waterway penetrates through the air duct cover plate 14 and is communicated with the water outlet.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the refrigerating chamber 1 is divided into a storage chamber 15 and an air duct chamber 16 by an air duct cover 14 at the rear portion thereof, wherein the storage chamber 15 is located in front of the air duct chamber 16. The ice maker 12 is located in the storage cavity 15 and located at the top of the storage cavity 15, the water pump 2 and the water inlet waterway 6 are arranged in the air duct cavity 16 and are shielded by the air duct cover plate 14, and the water inlet waterway 6 penetrates through the air duct cover plate 14 to be connected with the water box 11, so that when a user opens the refrigeration door body 20 of the refrigerator 100, the water pump 2 and the water inlet waterway 6 can be prevented from being directly observed, the internal appearance of the refrigeration chamber 1 is tidier, and the space of the storage cavity 15 is prevented from being occupied.

Through laying water pump 2 and water inlet waterway 6 in air duct cavity 16 at the rear of refrigerating chamber 1, realized hiding water pump 2 and water inlet waterway 6 in refrigerating chamber 1, guaranteed the inside wholeness and the pleasing to the eye degree of refrigerating chamber 1, also avoided water pump 2 and water inlet waterway 6 to directly establish at refrigerating chamber 1's storage cavity 15 and influence the problem that the user got and put the edible material simultaneously.

The utility model provides a refrigerator possesses drinking water and/or ice-making function, is injectd in the refrigerator and has had the walk-in, is provided with water pump assembly in the walk-in, and water pump assembly includes water pump 2 to and the protection box 3 at 2 outsides of water pump is established to the cover, through setting up temperature sensor 4 and heater in protection box 3, the inside temperature of protection box 3 is surveyed to temperature sensor 4, the heater can heat water pump 2 according to the temperature that temperature sensor 4 detected. The temperature sensor 4 and the heater are matched to enable the internal temperature of the protection box to be kept between the preset temperature T1-T2 all the time, water supply is prevented from being influenced by icing and blocking of a water channel in the water pump, and the water supply reliability of an ice maker and/or a water dispenser of the refrigerator is improved.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. A refrigerator, characterized by comprising:

a cabinet defining a refrigerating chamber therein;

the refrigerator door is rotationally connected to the refrigerator body and used for opening or closing the refrigerating chamber;

the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator door, an ice maker and/or a water dispenser, wherein the refrigerator door is provided with a refrigerator door, the refrigerator door is provided with a refrigerator door opening, the refrigerator door opening is provided with a refrigerator door opening, and the refrigerator door opening is arranged on one side of the refrigerator door opening, which is far away from the refrigerator body;

the water box is arranged in the refrigerating chamber and used for storing water;

the water inlet end of the water pump is communicated with the inside of the water box through a water inlet waterway, and the water outlet end of the water pump is communicated with the water inlet and/or the water intake through a water supply waterway and is used for conveying water to an ice maker and/or a water dispenser;

the protection box is covered outside the water pump;

the temperature sensor is arranged inside the protection box and is close to the water pump, and the temperature sensor is used for detecting the internal temperature of the protection box;

the electric heater is arranged inside the protection box;

the electric heater is in a power-on heating state under the condition that the internal temperature of the protection box detected by the temperature sensor is lower than a preset temperature T1, so that water flowing through the water pump is heated; and under the condition that the internal temperature of the protection box detected by the temperature sensor is higher than a preset temperature T2, the electric heater is in a power-off state, wherein T2 is more than T1 and more than 0 ℃.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the protective case includes a case body and a case cover, one side of the case body has an opening, the case cover is connected to the opening side of the case body and defines a receiving chamber together with the case body, the water pump is installed in the receiving chamber and connected to the case body, and the electric heater is disposed on a side of the case cover facing the case body.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the electric heater is a heating wire, the heating wire is attached to the box cover through an aluminum foil, and the heating wire is arranged in a zigzag shape.

4. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 2 or 3, wherein a mounting member is disposed in the receiving chamber, one end of the mounting member is disposed on the box body, the other end of the mounting member extends toward the box cover, a locking groove is formed at an end of the mounting member close to the box cover, and the temperature sensor is adapted to be connected to an inside of the locking groove.

5. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 4, wherein a guide groove is formed at an end of the locking groove adjacent to the lid, the guide groove communicates with the locking groove, and a stopper is formed between the guide groove and the locking groove to limit the temperature sensor from being removed from the locking groove.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising a controller electrically connected to the water pump and the temperature sensor and the electric heater, respectively.

7. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the water supply path comprises a water outlet path, an ice making path and/or a water drinking path, the water outlet path is communicated with a water outlet end of the water pump, the water outlet path is communicated with the ice making path and/or the water drinking path, water pumped by the water outlet end of the water pump enters the water outlet path, and water in the water outlet path is supplied to the ice maker through the ice making path and/or supplied to the water intake through the water drinking path.

8. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein when the water supply waterway comprises the ice making waterway and the drink waterway, the refrigerator further comprises a water valve, the water outlet waterway being in communication with the ice making waterway and the drink waterway through the water valve; one end of the drinking water path, which is far away from the water valve, extends to the outside of the refrigerating chamber and extends to the water taking port through the hinge of the box door so as to supply water to the water taking port.

9. The refrigerator of claim 1, further comprising an air duct cover plate, wherein the air duct cover plate divides the refrigerating chamber into a storage chamber and an air duct chamber, the storage chamber is disposed close to the door relative to the air duct chamber, the water pump is disposed in the air duct chamber, the water box is disposed in the storage chamber and provided with a water outlet for water to flow out, one end of the water inlet path is communicated with a water inlet end of the water pump, and the other end of the water inlet path penetrates through the air duct cover plate and is communicated with the water outlet.

10. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cabinet further defines a freezing chamber therein, the cabinet includes an outer shell and an inner container, a storage space is formed inside the inner container, the storage space separates the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber, the outer shell covers the outer portion of the inner container, a foaming layer is filled between the outer shell and the inner container, and at least a part of the water supply path is arranged along the foaming layer.

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