CN219222934U - Refrigerator and ice making device - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a refrigerator and an ice making device, wherein the ice making device comprises: the ice making mold is provided with a crystallization port at the top, the crystallization port is communicated with a low-temperature space for providing a low-temperature ice making environment, an ice making cavity is arranged in the ice making mold, and an exhaust part correspondingly communicated with the ice making cavity is arranged at the bottom of the ice making mold; the water storage box is arranged at the bottom of the ice making mould, a water storage cavity is formed in the water storage box, the exhaust part is communicated with the water storage cavity, and the exhaust part is used for communicating the ice making cavity with the water storage cavity; the heating mechanism is arranged on the water storage box and is positioned at the bottom of the ice making mould; the ice making device and the ice making device can effectively inhibit the existence of bubbles in ice cubes, ensure the permeability of the made ice cubes, improve the freezing time and freezing effect of the made ice cubes on drinks, and greatly improve the user experience.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a refrigerator and an ice making device.
Background
With the development of science and technology, the daily necessities of human beings are more and more abundant, and the refrigerator is becoming more and more indispensable as an electrical device for storing food for human beings; especially in summer, the refrigerated beverage can be drunk at home, so that the user experience is greatly improved, and convenience is brought to the user; however, because of the limited space of the refrigerator, users often forget to chill the beverage in advance, and at this time, the need for ice cubes to chill the beverage can arise.
Currently, in the prior art, since the ice maker on the market generally appears in the catering industry, the domestic rate of the refrigerator is far higher than that of the ice maker, and an individual user cannot spend money to purchase an ice maker on the premise of buying the refrigerator. Therefore, for a general refrigerator, a user can put an ice mold of plastic, soft rubber or other materials into a freezing cavity of the refrigerator to make ice cubes; there are also some refrigerators provided with an ice making device, which make ice by using a similar static water ice making principle, namely, filling water into an ice mold and directly freezing the ice mold in a freezing chamber. However, more bubbles are generated in ice cubes made by the ice maker or the refrigerator applying the static ice making method, so that the permeability of the made ice cubes is poor, the freezing time of the ice cubes and the freezing effect of the ice cubes are greatly reduced, and the experience of users is greatly reduced.
Disclosure of Invention
It is an object of the present utility model to provide a refrigerator and an ice making apparatus capable of overcoming at least one of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the related art.
The utility model further aims to enable the water in the ice making cavity to be frozen and crystallized from the crystallization opening preferentially, so that the dissolved gas in the water is discharged downwards into the water storage cavity through the exhaust part, thereby effectively inhibiting the existence of bubbles in ice cubes, ensuring the permeability of the ice cubes and improving the user experience.
Another further object of the present utility model is to ensure that the gas dissolved in the water in the ice making chamber is smoothly discharged downward into the water storage chamber through the air discharging part, so as to ensure the inhibition effect on the bubbles existing in the ice cubes made.
In particular, the present utility model provides an ice making apparatus comprising:
the top of the ice making mould is provided with a crystallization port which is communicated with a low-temperature space for providing a low-temperature ice making environment, an ice making cavity is arranged in the ice making mould, and the bottom of the ice making mould is provided with an exhaust part which is correspondingly communicated with the ice making cavity;
the water storage box is arranged at the bottom of the ice making mould, a water storage cavity is arranged in the water storage box, the exhaust part is communicated with the water storage cavity, and the exhaust part is used for communicating the ice making cavity with the water storage cavity;
the heating mechanism is arranged on the water storage box and is positioned at the bottom of the ice making mould.
Further, the heating mechanism includes:
the heating wire is arranged on the water storage box and is wound around the outer periphery of the ice making cavity and the periphery of the exhaust part.
Further, the ice making mold is provided with a plurality of ice making areas, the number of the ice making cavities is a plurality, and at least one ice making cavity is arranged in each ice making area;
the number of the heating wires is multiple, and each heating wire is corresponding to at least one ice making area.
Further, the ice making apparatus further includes:
the heat insulation structure is arranged around the outer sides of the ice making mould and the water storage box, and the crystallization port is exposed out of the heat insulation structure.
Further, the position of the water storage box corresponding to the exhaust part is provided with an avoidance hole communicated with the water storage cavity; and, in addition, the processing unit,
the exhaust section includes:
the exhaust hole is positioned at the bottom of the ice making cavity and communicated with the avoiding hole.
Further, the ice making apparatus further includes:
the overturning structure is drivingly connected with the water storage box and used for overturning the ice making mould under the condition of demoulding ice cubes in the ice making cavity so that the crystallization opening faces downwards; and, in addition, the processing unit,
the exhaust section further includes:
the exhaust pipe is arranged at the bottom of the ice making mould, communicated with the exhaust hole, penetrates through the avoidance hole and extends into the water storage cavity;
the valve body is arranged in the exhaust pipe, and the width of the end part of the exhaust pipe, which is close to the exhaust hole, is smaller than that of the end part of the exhaust pipe, which is far away from the exhaust hole;
under the condition of demolding ice cubes in the ice making cavity, the valve body is positioned at the end part of the exhaust pipe, which is close to the exhaust hole;
the valve body is positioned at the end of the exhaust pipe far away from the exhaust hole during the process of water crystallization in the ice making cavity and the process of water injection into the ice making cavity.
Further, the ice making apparatus further includes:
and the water injection mechanism is used for injecting water into the ice making cavity and the water storage cavity.
Further, the ice making apparatus further includes:
the ice storage box is arranged below the ice making mould and provided with an upward opening.
In particular, the present utility model also provides a refrigerator including:
the refrigerator comprises a box body, a refrigerator body and a refrigerator, wherein a freezing chamber for storing food materials is arranged in the box body, and the freezing chamber is also used for providing a low-temperature ice making environment;
the ice making device described above.
Further, an air outlet for the outflow of the refrigerating air flow is arranged in the refrigerating cavity;
the ice making mould of the ice making device, the water storage box of the ice making device, the overturning structure of the ice making device and the ice storage box of the ice making device are all arranged in the freezing chamber;
the box body is also internally provided with a refrigeration cavity, and the water injection mechanism of the ice making device is arranged in the refrigeration cavity.
The ice making device is provided with the ice making mould with the crystallization opening at the top, the crystallization opening is communicated with the low-temperature space for providing a low-temperature ice making environment, the ice making device is provided with the water storage box arranged on the ice making mould, and the ice making cavity is communicated with the water storage cavity through the exhaust part positioned at the bottom of the ice making mould, so that water in the ice making cavity is frozen and crystallized from the crystallization opening preferentially in the ice making process, and gas dissolved in the water is discharged downwards into the water storage cavity through the exhaust part. Therefore, the ice making device can effectively inhibit the existence of bubbles in ice cubes, ensure the permeability of the made ice cubes, improve the freezing time and freezing effect of the made ice cubes on drinks, and greatly improve the user experience.
Furthermore, the ice making device provided by the utility model has the advantages that the heating mechanism positioned at the bottom of the ice making mould is provided, so that the water in the ice making cavity can be crystallized at an excessively high speed, at least part of gas in the water in the ice making cavity can not be timely discharged to the water storage cavity through the exhaust part, and the ice making mould is heated under the condition that the water is crystallized into ice, so that at least part of ice cubes are melted, and the ice making device can re-crystallize the melted water. Therefore, the ice making device can effectively solve the problem that gas in water in the ice making cavity cannot be timely discharged into the water storage cavity through the exhaust part due to the fact that the water in the ice making cavity is too fast in crystallization speed, ensures that the gas dissolved in the water in the ice making cavity can be smoothly discharged into the water storage cavity through the exhaust part, can ensure the inhibition effect on bubbles in the made ice cubes, further ensures the permeability of the made ice cubes and improves the use experience of users.
The refrigerator of the utility model has the beneficial technical effects that the ice making device has because the refrigerator comprises the ice making device, and the refrigerator also has the beneficial technical effects that the ice making device has.
The above, as well as additional objectives, advantages, and features of the present utility model will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of a specific embodiment of the present utility model when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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fig. 1 is a schematic view of a structure of a refrigerator body in a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
fig. 2 is a schematic view of a structure of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of FIG. 2 at "A";
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of an ice making device according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an ice-making device according to an embodiment of the present utility model.
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In the description of the present embodiment, it should be understood that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "width", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.
The terms "first," "second," and the like, 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 defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature, i.e. one or more such features. In the description of the present utility model, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise. When a feature "comprises or includes" a feature or some of its coverage, this indicates that other features are not excluded and may further include other features, unless expressly stated otherwise.
Unless specifically stated or limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "connected," and the like should be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly, through intermediaries, or both, may be in communication with each other or in interaction with each other, unless expressly defined otherwise. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand the specific meaning of the terms described above in the present utility model as the case may be.
Furthermore, in the description of the present embodiments, a first feature "above" or "below" a second feature may include the first and second features being in direct contact, or may include the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact through another feature therebetween. That is, in the description of the present embodiment, the first feature being "above", "over" and "upper" the second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicates that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. A first feature "under", "beneath", or "under" a second feature may be a first feature directly under or diagonally under the second feature, or simply indicate that the first feature is less level than the second feature.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in the description of this embodiment have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs.
In the description of the present embodiment, the descriptions of the terms "present embodiment," "modified embodiment," "implementation," and the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present utility model. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The refrigerator of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 3. Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a structure of a refrigerator body in a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present utility model; fig. 2 is a schematic view of a structure of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present utility model; fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic view at "a" in fig. 2.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in the present embodiment, a refrigerator includes a cabinet 400 and an ice making device of the following embodiments. The case 400 has a freezing chamber 410 for storing food materials therein, and the freezing chamber 410 is also used to provide a low-temperature ice making environment. Further, the ice making device of the following embodiment has advantageous effects, and the refrigerator of the present embodiment also has the following advantages.
In addition, the refrigerator of the embodiment is provided with the ice making device, so that a user can make ice cubes without purchasing an ice maker on the premise of purchasing the refrigerator of the embodiment, and the use of the refrigerator is convenient for the user.
Referring to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, an air outlet 420 through which the refrigerant air flows out is provided in the freezing chamber 410, so as to provide cooling capacity for the ice making device.
Referring to fig. 2, in the present embodiment, a refrigerating chamber 430 is further provided in the case 400, and a water injection mechanism 340 of the ice making device is disposed in the refrigerating chamber 430.
The ice making apparatus of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to fig. 2 to 5. Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of an ice making device according to an embodiment of the present utility model; fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an ice-making device according to an embodiment of the present utility model.
Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in the present embodiment, the ice-making device includes a water storage case 200 and an ice-making mold 100 having a crystallization port 130 at the top, the crystallization port 130 being communicated with a low temperature space for providing a low temperature ice-making environment, the ice-making mold 100 having an ice-making cavity 110 therein, and the bottom of the ice-making mold 100 having an air discharge portion 120 correspondingly communicated with the ice-making cavity 110; the water storage box 200 is arranged at the bottom of the ice making mold 100, the water storage cavity 220 is arranged in the water storage box 200, the exhaust part 120 is communicated with the water storage cavity 220, and the exhaust part 120 is used for communicating the ice making cavity 110 with the water storage cavity 220.
Since the ice making device of the present embodiment has the ice making mold 100 having the crystallization port 130 at the top, and the crystallization port 130 is connected to the low temperature space for providing the low temperature ice making environment, and the ice making device has the water storage box 200 provided at the ice making mold 100, and the ice making cavity 110 and the water storage cavity 220 are connected through the air discharging part 120 at the bottom of the ice making mold 100, water in the ice making cavity 110 preferentially freezes and crystallizes from the crystallization port 130 during the ice making process, so that the dissolved gas in the water is discharged downward into the water storage cavity 220 through the air discharging part 120. Therefore, the ice making device of the embodiment can effectively inhibit the existence of bubbles in ice cubes, ensure the permeability of the made ice cubes, promote the freezing time and freezing effect of the made ice cubes on drinks, and greatly promote the user experience.
It is known that the content of the gas in the ice-forming region, the crystallization interface, the water supersaturation region, the water high saturation region and the water initial saturation region is sequentially increased due to the influence of the temperature in the water crystallization process. Therefore, the ice making device of the present embodiment can crystallize water in the ice making cavity 110 from the crystallization port 130 to the air discharge part 120 by using the aforementioned principle, gradually discharging the gas in the water into the water storage case 200. However, if the low temperature environment where the water is in is unstable during the crystallization, the water will be crystallized instantaneously or crystallized faster, and then the dissolved gas in the un-waiting water is completely discharged into the water storage box 200, so that the water is completely crystallized into ice, and the inhibition effect of the ice making device of the embodiment on the bubbles in the ice cubes made is greatly reduced. In order to overcome the aforementioned technical drawbacks, in the present embodiment, referring to fig. 4, the ice making apparatus includes a heating mechanism 310, the heating mechanism 310 is disposed on the water storage box 200, and the heating mechanism 310 is located at the bottom of the ice making mold 100, and the heating mechanism 310 is used to provide heat to the ice making mold 100 to heat the inner space of the ice making cavity 110.
Since the ice making device of the embodiment has the heating mechanism 310 at the bottom of the ice making mold 100, the water in the ice making cavity 110 can be crystallized at too high speed, and at least part of the gas in the water in the ice making cavity 110 can not be timely discharged to the water storage cavity 220 through the air exhaust part 120, so that the ice making mold 100 is heated under the condition that the water is crystallized into ice, at least part of the ice cubes is melted, and the ice making device can re-crystallize the melted water. Therefore, the ice making device of the embodiment can effectively solve the problem that the gas in the water in the ice making cavity 110 cannot be timely discharged into the water storage cavity 220 through the air exhaust part 120 due to the excessively high water crystallization speed in the ice making cavity 110, ensure that the gas dissolved in the water in the ice making cavity 110 can be smoothly discharged into the water storage cavity 220 through the air exhaust part 120 downwards, ensure the inhibition effect on the bubbles in the made ice cubes, further ensure the permeability of the made ice cubes and improve the use experience of users.
Referring to fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the heating mechanism 310 includes a heating wire 311, the heating wire 311 is disposed on the water storage box 200, and the heating wire 311 is wound around the outside of the ice making cavity 110. Thereby providing heat to the ice making mold 100 and heating the inner space of the ice making cavity 110.
Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in the present embodiment, the heating mechanism 310 is provided around the exhaust portion 120. That is, the heating wire 311 is wound around the exhaust portion 120.
It can be appreciated that the heating wire 311 is wound around the exhaust part 120, so that the situation that the exhaust part 120 is not frozen before the gas in the water is completely discharged into the water storage box 200 in the crystallization process of the water in the ice making cavity 110 can be effectively avoided, the dissolved gas in the water in the ice making cavity 110 can be smoothly discharged into the water storage cavity 220 through the exhaust part 120, the inhibition effect on bubbles in the made ice cubes can be ensured, the permeability of the made ice cubes can be further ensured, and the use experience of a user can be further improved.
It should be understood that, because the distances between each ice making cavity 110 and the cooling source are different, the water crystallization rate in each ice making cavity 110 is inconsistent, and the volume of the final formed ice cubes is different, so that the use experience of users is reduced. In particular, an air-cooled type ice maker or an air-cooled refrigerator, for example, an air outlet 420 of the air-cooled refrigerator is generally provided on a rear wall of the freezing chamber 410 or the refrigerating chamber 430, and the temperature of the refrigerating air flow is slightly attenuated during the flow to the whole freezing chamber 410 or the refrigerating chamber 430, so that the rate of formation of ice cubes in the ice making chamber 110 is slower as it is further from the air outlet 420; in addition, there is a space in the freezing chamber 410 or the refrigerating chamber 430 through which the refrigerant air flow does not flow, and thus the temperature of the freezing chamber 410 or the refrigerating chamber 430 is not uniform throughout, and thus the formation rate of ice cubes in the ice making chamber 110 disposed throughout the freezing chamber 410 is also not uniform. Accordingly, in the present embodiment, the ice making mold 100 has a plurality of ice making regions, the number of ice making cavities 110 is plural, referring to fig. 4, and at least one ice making cavity 110 is disposed in each ice making region; the number of the heating wires 311 is set to be plural, and each heating wire 311 is set corresponding to at least one ice making region.
It can be understood that the heating wires 311 are correspondingly arranged in the ice making areas with different distances from the air outlet 420 in the freezing chamber 410 of the refrigerator or the air outlet 420 of the ice maker, and then when the temperature difference between the ice making areas and other ice making areas is large, the heating wires 311 corresponding to the ice making areas with lower temperature are started, so that at least part of ice cubes in the ice making areas are melted and re-frozen, the crystallization rate of the ice cubes in each ice making area is ensured to be consistent, the volume of the formed ice cubes is ensured to be consistent, and the use experience of users is further improved.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, the ice-making apparatus further includes a heat insulation structure 320, the heat insulation structure 320 is disposed around the outside of the ice-making mold 100 and the water storage case 200, and the crystallization port 130 is exposed to the outside of the heat insulation structure 320. It is further ensured that the water in the ice making cavity 110 is preferentially frozen and crystallized from the crystallization port 130, so that the gas dissolved in the water is discharged downward into the water storage cavity 220 through the air discharge portion 120.
In addition, the material of the thermal insulation structure 320 may be a polyester foam material, thermal insulation cotton, or the like. In addition, the heat preservation structure 320 can prevent the water in the water storage box 200 from being frozen, so that the dissolved gas in the water can be discharged into the water storage cavity 220.
Referring to fig. 4, in the present embodiment, a relief hole 210 communicating with a water storage cavity 220 is provided at a position of the water storage box 200 corresponding to the air exhaust portion 120; the air discharge portion 120 includes an air discharge hole 121, the air discharge hole 121 is located at the bottom of the ice making cavity 110, and the air discharge hole 121 communicates with the escape hole 210. And thus, communication between the ice making cavity 110 and the water storage cavity 220 can be achieved.
Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 4, in the present embodiment, the ice making apparatus further includes a flipping structure 330. The overturning structure 330 is drivingly connected to the water storage box 200, and the overturning structure 330 is used for overturning the ice-making mold 100 so that the crystallization port 130 faces downwards under the condition that the ice cubes in the ice-making cavity 110 are demolded.
It should be appreciated that upon demolding of ice cubes within ice making cavity 110, power may be supplied to heating mechanism 310 to separate ice cubes from walls of ice making cavity 110, and further when water storage bin 200 is flipped by flipping structure 330, ice making mold 100 is flipped so that crystallization port 130 is facing downward, ice cubes may be ejected from ice making cavity 110 through crystallization port 130.
Referring to fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the exhaust portion 120 further includes an exhaust pipe 122 and a valve body 123. The exhaust pipe 122 is arranged at the bottom of the ice making mold 100, the exhaust pipe 122 is communicated with the exhaust hole 121, the exhaust pipe 122 penetrates through the avoiding hole 210, and the exhaust pipe 122 extends into the water storage cavity 220; the valve body 123 is disposed in the exhaust pipe 122, and the width of the end of the exhaust pipe 122 near the exhaust hole 121 is smaller than the width of the end of the exhaust pipe 122 far from the exhaust hole 121; in the case of demolding of ice cubes in the ice making chamber 110, the valve body 123 is at an end of the exhaust duct 122 near the exhaust hole 121; the valve body 123 is at an end of the exhaust pipe 122 remote from the exhaust hole 121 during crystallization of water in the ice making cavity 110 and during injection of water into the ice making cavity 110.
It can be understood that by arranging the exhaust pipe 122 and the valve body 123, under the condition that the ice blocks in the ice making cavity 110 are demolded, the valve body 123 plugs the exhaust pipe 122, so that water in the water storage box 200 can be prevented from flowing out through the exhaust part 120, the ice making cavity 110 and the crystallization port 130, and normal ice block demolding of the ice making device after ice making is completed is ensured; when water is injected into the ice making chamber 110, it is ensured that water fills the ice making chamber 110 from the inside of the water storage case 200 through the air discharge portion 120 or water flows into the ice making chamber 110 from the crystallization port 130 and fills the water storage case 200 and the ice making chamber 110 through the air discharge portion 120. When the water in the ice making chamber 110 is crystallized, it is ensured that the gas dissolved in the water in the ice bank 350 can be discharged into the water storage chamber 220 through the gas discharge portion 120.
Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in one implementation of the valve body 123 in this embodiment, the density of the valve body 123 is greater than that of the water body, and a limiting portion 124 that allows the water body to flow through and limits the valve body 123 from moving out of the exhaust pipe 122 is provided at an end of the exhaust pipe 122 away from the exhaust hole 121, and the limiting portion 124 may be a plate body provided with a flow hole. Further, in the case of demolding ice cubes in the ice making chamber 110, the valve body 123 is positioned at the end of the exhaust pipe 122 close to the exhaust hole 121; the valve body 123 is at an end of the exhaust pipe 122 remote from the exhaust hole 121 during crystallization of water in the ice making cavity 110 and during injection of water into the ice making cavity 110.
In another implementation manner of the valve body 123 in this embodiment, the valve body 123 has magnetism, and a magnet driving device is arranged outside the exhaust pipe 122 to drive the valve body 123 to move, so that the valve body 123 is positioned at the end of the exhaust pipe 122 close to the exhaust hole 121 under the condition that the ice cubes in the ice making cavity 110 can be demolded; the valve body 123 is at an end of the exhaust pipe 122 remote from the exhaust hole 121 during crystallization of water in the ice making cavity 110 and during injection of water into the ice making cavity 110.
In the present embodiment, the ice making apparatus further includes a water injection mechanism 340, and the water injection mechanism 340 is used to inject water into the ice making cavity 110 and the water storage cavity 220.
In addition, the water injection mechanism 340 may be provided in the refrigerating chamber 430 of the refrigerator to prevent water in the water injection mechanism 340 from being frozen, may be provided outside the ice maker or the refrigerator cabinet 400, or the water injection mechanism 340 may be an external water supply unit directly.
In one embodiment of the water injection mechanism 340, the water injection mechanism 340 may include a water pipe 341 communicating with the water storage cavity 220 to inject water into the water storage cavity 220 and the ice making cavity 110.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in another embodiment of the water injection mechanism 340, the water injection mechanism 340 may include a water pipe 341 with a water outlet disposed at the top of the crystallization port 130, so that water can be injected into the ice making cavity 110 and the water storage cavity 220.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, the ice making apparatus further includes an ice bank 350, the ice bank 350 is disposed under the ice making mold 100, and the ice bank 350 has an upward opening. Further, in the case of demolding the ice cubes in the ice making chamber 110, the ice cubes in the ice making chamber 110 may drop from the crystallization port 130 into the ice bank 350 so that the ice making device may make ice of the next mold.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, an ice making mold 100 of an ice making device, a water storage case 200 of the ice making device, a tilting structure 330 of the ice making device, and an ice storage case 350 of the ice making device are all disposed within a freezing chamber 410. In particular, the flipping structures 330 and the ice bank 350 may be coupled to the walls of the freezing chamber 410 and the flipping structures 330 may be drivingly coupled to the water storage tank 200.
In the modified embodiment, the ice making mold 100 of the ice making device, the water storage case 200 of the ice making device, the flip structure 330 of the ice making device, and the ice storage case 350 of the ice making device are all disposed within the refrigerating chamber 430. Specifically, the freezing chamber 410 may be disposed at the bottom of the refrigerating chamber 430, and the flipping structure 330 and the ice bank 350 may be coupled to the wall of the refrigerating chamber 430, and the flipping structure 330 may be drivingly coupled to the water bank 200; and a communication hole is provided on the partition between the freezing chamber 410 and the refrigerating chamber 430 such that the crystallization port 130 is sealingly abutted at the communication hole, or the crystallization port 130 and the communication hole are communicated through a heat-insulating pipe, or the ice making mold 100 may be directly provided as a part of the partition between the freezing chamber 410 and the refrigerating chamber 430.
It can be appreciated that in the present modified embodiment, the water in the ice storage cavity is preferably crystallized from the crystallization opening 130, so that the water in the ice making cavity 110 is prevented from being preferably crystallized from other positions, and the gas dissolved in the water is discharged into the water storage cavity 220 through the air discharging portion 120, and meanwhile, the water in the water storage box 200 is prevented from being frozen, so that the normal operation of the ice making device is ensured.
By now it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the utility model have been shown and described herein in detail, many other variations or modifications of the utility model consistent with the principles of the utility model may be directly ascertained or inferred from the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model. Accordingly, the scope of the present utility model should be understood and deemed to cover all such other variations or modifications.
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1. An ice making apparatus, comprising:
the ice making mold is provided with a crystallization port at the top, the crystallization port is communicated with a low-temperature space for providing a low-temperature ice making environment, an ice making cavity is arranged in the ice making mold, and an exhaust part correspondingly communicated with the ice making cavity is arranged at the bottom of the ice making mold;
the water storage box is arranged at the bottom of the ice making mould, a water storage cavity is formed in the water storage box, the exhaust part is communicated with the water storage cavity, and the exhaust part is used for communicating the ice making cavity with the water storage cavity;
the heating mechanism is arranged on the water storage box and is positioned at the bottom of the ice making mould.
2. The ice-making device as claimed in claim 1, wherein,
the heating mechanism includes:
the heating wire is arranged on the water storage box and is wound around the outer periphery of the ice making cavity and the periphery of the exhaust part.
3. The ice-making device as claimed in claim 2, wherein,
the ice making mold is provided with a plurality of ice making areas, the number of the ice making cavities is plural, and at least one ice making cavity is configured in each ice making area;
the number of the heating wires is multiple, and each heating wire is corresponding to at least one ice making area.
4. The ice making apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
and the heat insulation structure is arranged around the outer sides of the ice making mould and the water storage box, and the crystallization opening exposes out of the heat insulation structure.
5. The ice-making device as claimed in claim 4, wherein,
the water storage box is provided with an avoidance hole communicated with the water storage cavity at a position corresponding to the exhaust part; and, in addition, the processing unit,
the exhaust section includes:
the exhaust hole is positioned at the bottom of the ice making cavity and communicated with the avoidance hole.
6. The ice making apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:
the overturning structure is drivingly connected with the water storage box and used for overturning the ice making mould under the condition that ice cubes in the ice making cavity are demoulded so that the crystallization port faces downwards; and, in addition, the processing unit,
the exhaust part further includes:
the exhaust pipe is arranged at the bottom of the ice making die, communicated with the exhaust hole, penetrates through the avoidance hole and extends into the water storage cavity;
the valve body is arranged in the exhaust pipe, and the width of the end part of the exhaust pipe, which is close to the exhaust hole, is smaller than that of the end part of the exhaust pipe, which is far away from the exhaust hole;
in the case of ice nugget de-molding in the ice making cavity, the valve body is at the end of the exhaust pipe near the exhaust hole;
the valve body is positioned at the end of the exhaust pipe far away from the exhaust hole during the process of crystallizing water in the ice making cavity and the process of injecting water into the ice making cavity.
7. The ice making apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
and the water injection mechanism is used for injecting water into the ice making cavity and the water storage cavity.
8. The ice making apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
the ice storage box is arranged below the ice making mould and provided with an upward opening.
9. A refrigerator, comprising:
the refrigerator comprises a box body, a storage device and a storage device, wherein a freezing chamber for storing food materials is arranged in the box body, and the freezing chamber is also used for providing a low-temperature ice making environment;
the ice making apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
10. The refrigerator of claim 9, wherein,
an air outlet for the outflow of the refrigerating air flow is arranged in the refrigerating cavity;
the ice making mould of the ice making device, the water storage box of the ice making device, the overturning structure of the ice making device and the ice storage box of the ice making device are all arranged in the freezing cavity;
the refrigerator is characterized in that a refrigerating chamber is further arranged in the refrigerator body, and a water injection mechanism of the ice making device is arranged in the refrigerating chamber.
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