CN219283706U

CN219283706U - Ice maker

Info

Publication number: CN219283706U
Application number: CN202320007927.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蒋彦; 李小男; 倪娜
Original assignee: Shanghai Yuwei Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Yuwei Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-01-04
Filing date: 2023-01-04
Publication date: 2023-06-30
Anticipated expiration: 2033-01-04

Abstract

The utility model provides an ice maker, which comprises a shell and a liner arranged in the shell, wherein a water tank with an upward opening is formed at the lower part of the liner; an ice storage box is arranged above the water tank opening in the inner container, a diversion inclined plane is formed on one side wall of the inner container, which is positioned in the horizontal direction of the ice storage box, the diversion inclined plane is communicated with the water tank opening, and a water isolation frame is arranged on one side, close to the diversion inclined plane, of the ice storage box; the inner container is rotationally provided with an ice making box, and the ice making box is positioned above the water isolation frame and the ice storage box; when making ice, the opening of the ice making box is upward; after the ice making is finished, one side of the opening of the ice making box, which is close to the water isolation frame, rotates downwards, so that ice water and ice cubes in the ice making box flow out and slide onto the water isolation frame to carry out ice-water separation operation; the outer wall of the opening of the ice making box, which is close to one side of the water isolation frame, is provided with a first water blocking plate for reducing the situation that ice water at the opening of the ice making box flows to the outer bottom wall of the ice making box and drops into the ice storage box, improving the ice and water separation effect and further improving the ice storage effect of the ice storage box.

Description

Ice maker

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of ice machine production, in particular to an ice machine.

Background

An ice maker is a refrigeration mechanical device that cools water through an evaporator by a refrigerant of a refrigeration system to produce ice. At present, with the continuous expansion of the domestic ice market, the ice machine is also widely used.

At present, in order to realize the efficient separation of ice water, an ice-making machine in the related art is generally provided with an ice-water separation frame below an ice-making box, the upper side surface of the ice-water separation frame is communicated with an ice-storage box, the lower side surface of the ice-water separation frame is provided with a water receiving disc, and the water receiving disc is communicated with a water permeable hole of the ice-water separation frame and a water tank; when normally making ice, the ice making box is filled with water and is in a horizontal state with an upward opening, and the evaporator refrigerates to condense the ice on the evaporator; after the ice making is completed, the ice making box rotates, an opening at one side close to the ice-water separation frame turns downwards, and ice water in the ice making box and ice blocks slide down to the ice-water separation frame together; then, the ice water flows to the water receiving disc along the water permeable holes of the ice water separation frame and then flows into the water tank; the ice cubes slide down the upper side surface of the ice-water separation frame to the ice storage box to finish the storage of the ice cubes; thereafter, the ice-making housing is reversely rotated until the opening of the ice-making housing is upward and maintained horizontally.

In view of the above-mentioned related art, the inventors believe that when ice water and ice cubes are poured out from the ice making box, a certain amount of ice water is adhered to the opening of the ice making box, and during the reverse rotation process of the ice making box, the ice water at the opening of the ice making box flows downwards to the bottom wall of the ice making box along the outer wall of the ice making box, and falls into the ice storage box after the ice making box resumes the ice replication state, so that the ice water in the ice storage box is in the ice water coexistence state, thereby affecting the ice cube storage effect, and there is a need for improvement.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide an ice maker which is used for realizing efficient separation of ice and water and further improving the ice storage effect of an ice storage box.

The technology provided by the utility model is as follows:

the utility model provides an ice maker, comprising:

the shell is internally provided with an inner container, a water tank is formed at the lower part of the inner container, and an opening of the water tank is upwards arranged;

the ice storage box is positioned in the inner container and above the opening of the water tank; the inner wall of one side of the inner container, which is positioned in the horizontal direction of the ice storage box, is provided with a diversion inclined plane which is communicated with the opening of the water tank, and one side of the ice storage box, which is close to the diversion inclined plane, is provided with a water isolation frame for separating ice and water;

the ice making box is rotationally arranged in the inner container and is positioned above the water isolation frame and the ice storage box;

when making ice, the opening of the ice making box is upward;

after ice making is completed, one side of the opening of the ice making box, which is close to the water isolation frame, rotates downwards to enable ice water and ice cubes in the ice making box to flow out and slide onto the water isolation frame, ice water permeates from the water isolation frame to the diversion inclined plane and then flows into the water tank along the diversion inclined plane, and ice cubes slide into the ice storage box along the upper side surface of the water isolation frame;

the outer wall of the opening of the ice making box, which is close to one side of the water isolation frame, is provided with a first water blocking plate.

According to the ice maker provided by the utility model, when ice is made, the opening of the ice making box is upward, and the system evaporator refrigerates to enable the ice to be condensed on the evaporator; after the ice making is completed, the evaporator heats, so that ice cubes fall into the ice making box; meanwhile, one side of the opening of the ice making box, which is close to the water isolation frame, rotates downwards, and ice water and ice blocks in the ice making box flow out and slide down to the water isolation frame; then, the ice water permeates from the water isolation frame to the diversion inclined plane and continuously flows into the water tank; meanwhile, the ice cubes slide down the upper side surface of the water isolation frame into the ice storage box; after the ice and water in the ice making box are poured, the ice making box reversely rotates until the state that the opening is upward and horizontal is restored; at this time, the ice water of ice-making box opening part flows to first water blocking plate department along ice-making box outer wall downwardly flowing, and first water blocking plate prevents the downward flow of ice water along ice-making box outer wall to reduce ice-making box outer wall ice water flow to ice-making box bottom and instil into the circumstances emergence in the ice storage box, promote the separation effect of ice water and ice-cube, and then promote the ice storage effect of ice storage box.

In some embodiments, a second water blocking plate is provided at the bottom of the ice bank outer wall.

According to the ice maker provided by the utility model, the second water blocking plate is used for reducing the occurrence of the situation that ice water at the first water blocking plate flows to the bottom of the outer wall of the ice making box along the outer wall of the ice making box and flows into the ice storage box, so that the separation effect of ice cubes and ice water in the ice storage box is further improved.

In some embodiments, the ice making housing opening is provided with a plurality of shunt grooves spaced apart at a side close to the water blocking frame.

According to the ice maker provided by the utility model, after ice making is finished, one side of the opening of the ice making box, which is close to the water isolation frame, rotates downwards, ice water flows out along different diversion grooves and dispersedly disperses on the water isolation frame, so that the situation that a large amount of water flow impacts one part of the water isolation plate to cause water drops to splash to the ice making box is reduced, and the ice and water separation effect is further improved; meanwhile, after the ice cubes are scattered on the water-proof frame along different diversion grooves, the ice cubes slide into the ice storage box along the water-proof frame, so that the ice cubes in the ice storage box are reduced to be accumulated at one place, and the uniformity of the ice cubes scattered in the ice storage box is improved.

In some embodiments, the ice bank is of a drawer type structure, and a handle is arranged on one side of the ice bank, which faces away from the water isolation frame.

According to the ice maker provided by the utility model, the ice storage box is arranged in a drawer type structure, and the handle is arranged, so that a user can conveniently switch the ice storage box to take ice cubes, the structure is simple, and the operation is convenient.

In some embodiments, a supporting platform is disposed at the lower end of the inner container located at the diversion inclined plane, and one end of the ice storage box, which is away from the handle, is lapped on the supporting platform.

According to the ice machine provided by the utility model, the ice storage box is supported by the supporting platform, so that the ice machine is simple in structure, convenient to manufacture and beneficial to saving the production cost of enterprises.

In some embodiments, the bottom surface of the ice bank is inclined, and the lowest end of the ice bank is provided with a water dripping hole.

According to the ice maker provided by the utility model, when ice water flows into the ice storage box, the ice water flows to the lowest end of the ice storage box along the bottom plate of the ice storage box and flows out of the water dripping holes to the water tank, so that the effective separation of ice and water is realized, the coexistence time of the ice water is reduced, and the storage effect of ice cubes is effectively ensured.

In some embodiments, the ice bank is detachably provided with a silica gel plug at the water dripping hole.

According to the ice maker provided by the utility model, after ice and water are separated, the silica gel plug is used for plugging the water dripping hole, so that the sealing performance of the ice storage box is improved, and the ice storage effect of the ice storage box is improved.

In some embodiments, the upper side of the casing is provided with a water filling port, the inner container is positioned above the diversion inclined plane and is provided with a flow channel, and the flow channel is communicated with the water filling port and the diversion inclined plane.

According to the ice machine provided by the utility model, the water injection port is arranged on the upper side of the shell, so that water can be conveniently added to equipment by workers, and the ice machine is convenient to use.

In some embodiments, a cover plate is covered on the casing at a position corresponding to the upper part of the water filling port.

According to the ice maker provided by the utility model, the cover plate is used for covering the water filling port, so that the situation that dust falls into the machine shell from the water filling port in the environment is reduced, and the cleanliness of ice cubes is improved.

In some embodiments, a motor for driving the ice making box to rotate is arranged on the casing, and a limit switch for limiting the rotation angle of the ice making box is arranged at one end of the casing, which is away from the motor.

According to the ice machine provided by the utility model, the limit switch is used for limiting the rotation angle of the ice making box, so that the structure is simple, and the production convenience of the ice machine is improved.

Compared with the prior art, the ice maker provided by the application has at least one of the following beneficial effects:

1. the first water blocking plate is arranged on the outer wall of the ice making box, so that the situation that ice water at the opening of the ice making box flows to the bottom of the ice making box along the outer wall of the ice making box and drops into the ice storage box is reduced, the separation effect of ice and water is improved, the situation that ice and water coexist in the ice storage box is reduced, and the storage effect of ice cubes is improved;

2. the second water blocking plate arranged on the outer bottom wall of the ice making box is used for further reducing the occurrence of the situation that the ice water on the outer wall of the ice making box flows to the bottom wall of the ice making box and falls into the ice storage box, so that the ice storage effect of the ice storage box is further improved;

3. through setting up ice storage box bottom surface slope to offer the hole of dripping at ice storage box lower extreme, make ice-water in the ice storage box assemble in ice storage box lower extreme, and flow into the water tank from the hole of dripping, realize the effective separation of ice, water, effectively guarantee the storage effect of the ice-cube in the ice storage box.

Drawings

The above features, technical features, advantages and implementation modes of the present utility model will be further described in the following description of preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings in a clear and understandable manner.

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of the overall structure of an ice maker in accordance with the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the overall structure of the interior of the liner embodying the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the overall construction of the interior of the liner embodying the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is an isometric view of the overall structure of the ice making housing of the present utility model in its principal form;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the overall structure of an ice bank according to the present utility model;

fig. 6 is a schematic axial view of a mounting position of a limit switch according to the present utility model.

Reference numerals illustrate:

the ice-making device comprises a shell 1, a water injection port 100, a cover plate 110, an inner container 2, a water tank 200, a diversion slope 210, a supporting platform 220, a runner 230, an ice bank 3, a handle 310, a water isolation frame 320, a baffle 321, a partition plate 322, a water dropping hole 330, a silica gel plug 340, an ice-making box 4, a first water blocking plate 400, a second water blocking plate 410, a diversion channel 420, a motor 5 and a limit switch 6.

Detailed Description

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following description will explain the specific embodiments of the present utility model with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is evident that the drawings in the following description are only examples of the utility model, from which other drawings and other embodiments can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without inventive effort.

For the sake of simplicity of the drawing, the parts relevant to the present utility model are shown only schematically in the figures, which do not represent the actual structure thereof as a product. Additionally, in order to simplify the drawing for ease of understanding, components having the same structure or function in some of the drawings are shown schematically with only one of them, or only one of them is labeled. Herein, "a" means not only "only this one" but also "more than one" case.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 2 of the drawings, an ice maker includes a housing 1, a liner 2 is disposed in the housing 1, a water tank 200 is formed at a lower portion of the liner 2, and an opening of the water tank 200 is upward; meanwhile, an ice storage box 3 is arranged above the opening of the water tank 200 in the inner container 2, a diversion inclined plane 210 is formed on the inner wall of one side of the inner container 2 in the horizontal direction of the ice storage box 3, and the diversion inclined plane 210 is communicated with the opening of the water tank 200; and, one side of the ice bank 3 near the diversion slope 210 is provided with a water-proof frame 320 for separating ice and water; an ice making box 4 is arranged above the water isolation frame 320 and the ice storage box 3 in the inner container 2, and when ice is made, the opening of the ice making box 4 is upward. Referring to fig. 3 and 4, a first water blocking plate 400 is provided on an outer wall of the ice making housing 4 on a side of the opening near the water blocking frame 320.

After the ice making is completed, the opening of the ice making box 4 is downwards rotated near one side of the water isolation frame 320, so that the ice water and the ice blocks in the ice making box 4 flow out and slide onto the water isolation frame 320, the ice water permeates from the water isolation frame 320 to the diversion inclined plane 210, then flows into the water tank 200 along the diversion inclined plane 210, and the ice blocks slide into the ice storage box 3 along the upper side surface of the water isolation frame 320; after the ice and water in the ice making box 4 are poured, the ice making box 4 reversely rotates until the state that the opening is upward and horizontal is restored; at this time, the ice water at the opening of the ice making case 4 flows down to the first water blocking plate 400 along the outer wall of the ice making case 4, and the first water blocking plate 400 prevents the ice water at the outer wall of the ice making case 4 from continuing to flow down and dripping into the ice storage case 3, so that the coexistence of ice and water in the ice storage case 3 is reduced, and the storage effect of ice cubes in the ice storage case 3 is improved.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 3 and 4 of the drawings, the difference between the embodiment and the above embodiment is that the bottom of the outer wall of the ice storage box 3 is provided with a second water blocking plate 410, and the second water blocking plate 410 is used for reducing the situation that ice water at the first water blocking plate 400 continuously flows down to the bottom of the ice making box 4 along the outer wall of the ice making box 4 and drops into the ice storage box 3, so as to further improve the separation effect of ice and water.

Referring to fig. 3, in order to enhance convenience of taking ice cubes in the ice bank 3, in this embodiment of the present application, the ice bank 3 is provided with a drawer structure, and a handle 310 is provided at a side of the ice bank 3 facing away from the water blocking frame 320; and, the lower extreme that inner bag 2 is located water conservancy diversion inclined plane 210 is provided with supporting platform 220, and the one end that ice bank 3 deviates from handle 310 is set up on supporting platform 220, and the other end of ice bank 3 is set up on casing 1 to with casing 1 sliding fit. The handle 310 is held and the ice bank 3 is pushed and pulled to realize the closing and opening of the ice bank 3, so that the structure is simple and the operation is convenient.

Specifically, in this embodiment of the present application, a baffle 321 is disposed in the ice storage box 3, the baffle 321 is disposed vertically, the length direction of the baffle 321 is perpendicular to the sliding direction of the ice storage box 3, and the baffle 321 and a side plate on one side of the ice storage box 3 facing away from the handle 310 form a frame body that is penetrated up and down; the waterproof frame 320 includes a frame body and a partition 322 installed in the frame body; wherein, the frame body is fixedly connected with the ice storage box 3, and the length direction of the frame body is perpendicular to the sliding direction of the ice storage box 3; the baffle 322 is vertical setting, and the length direction of baffle 322 is on a parallel with the slip direction of ice bank 3, and the even interval of baffle 322 along the length direction of framework is provided with the polylith. Meanwhile, referring to fig. 4, in order to promote uniformity of scattering of ice cubes within the ice bank 3, a plurality of shunt grooves 420 are uniformly spaced apart from one side of the opening of the ice bank 4 adjacent to the water blocking frame 320.

After the ice making is completed, the opening of the ice making box 4 is downwards rotated near one side of the water isolation frame 320, and the ice water mixed ice blocks flow out along different diversion grooves 420 and are uniformly scattered on the water isolation frame 320; ice cubes slide down the upper end surfaces of the corresponding partitions 322 on the water blocking frame 320 into the ice bank 3, and ice water permeates into the diversion slope 210 from the gaps between the adjacent partitions 322 and continues to flow into the water tank 200.

Referring to fig. 5, the bottom surface of the ice bank 3 is inclined downward toward the side of the water blocking frame 320 in the sliding direction of the ice bank 3, and a water dripping hole 330 is formed at the lowest position of the bottom surface of the ice bank 3; after water flows into the ice storage box 3, ice water flows to the lowest part of the bottom surface along the bottom surface of the ice storage box 3, and then flows into the water tank 200 from the water dropping hole 330, so that the separation of ice and water is realized. Meanwhile, the silica gel plug 340 is detachably arranged at the position, located at the water dripping hole 330, of the ice storage box 3, the silica gel plug 340 is used for blocking the water dripping hole 330, and when the ice storage box 3 is completely separated from the machine shell 1, the situation that ice water in the ice storage box 3 drips on the ground is reduced.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 3, a runner 230 is formed above the diversion slope 210 by the liner 2, the runner 230 is communicated with the diversion slope 210, a water filling port 100 is disposed right above the runner 230 on the upper side surface of the casing 1, and a cover plate 110 is covered on the casing 1 corresponding to the water filling port 100. When ice is made, a worker opens the cover plate 110, injects water into the flow channel 230 from the water injection port 100, and the water flows to the diversion slope 210 through the flow channel 230 and then flows into the water tank 200.

In addition, in this embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 2 and 6, two ends of a rotating shaft of the ice making box 4 are rotatably mounted on two corresponding side walls of the casing 1, and a motor 5 for driving the ice making box 4 to rotate is disposed on the casing 1, and the rotating shaft of the motor 5 is coaxially connected with the rotating shaft of the ice making box 4 in a transmission manner; meanwhile, the limit switch 6 is arranged at the position on the shell 1 corresponding to the other end of the rotating shaft of the ice making box 4, the rotating range of the opening of the ice making box 4 is limited by limiting the rotating angle of the rotating shaft of the ice making box 4, the degree of automation is high, the structure is simple, the convenience of the enterprise in producing the ice making machine is effectively improved, and the production cost is saved.

It should be noted that the above embodiments can be freely combined as needed. The foregoing is merely a preferred embodiment of the present utility model and it should be noted that modifications and adaptations to those skilled in the art may be made without departing from the principles of the present utility model, which are intended to be comprehended within the scope of the present utility model.

Claims

1. An ice-making machine, comprising:

the shell is internally provided with an inner container; a water tank is formed at the lower part of the inner container, and an opening of the water tank is upwards arranged;

the ice making box is rotationally arranged in the inner container and is positioned above the water isolation frame and the ice storage box; when making ice, the opening of the ice making box is upward;

2. The ice-making machine of claim 1, wherein a bottom of said ice bank outer wall is provided with a second water blocking plate.

3. The ice making machine of claim 1, wherein said ice making housing opening is provided with a plurality of shunt grooves spaced apart on a side thereof adjacent said water barrier.

4. The ice-making machine of claim 1, wherein said ice bin is of drawer type construction, and a handle is provided on a side of said ice bin facing away from said water barrier.

5. The ice maker of claim 4, wherein a support platform is disposed at a lower end of said liner at said diversion ramp, and wherein an end of said ice bin facing away from said handle is mounted to said support platform.

6. The ice-making machine of claim 5, wherein said ice bank bottom surface is inclined and said ice bank bottom end is provided with drip holes.

7. The ice maker of claim 6, wherein said ice bin is removably provided with a plug of silicone at said drip opening.

8. The ice maker as claimed in claim 1, wherein said upper side of said housing is provided with a water filling port, said inner container is provided with a flow passage above said diversion slope, said flow passage communicating said water filling port with said diversion slope.

9. The ice-making machine of claim 8, wherein said housing is covered with a cover plate at a position above said water filling port.

10. The ice maker as claimed in claim 1, wherein a motor for driving the ice making case to rotate is provided on the housing, and a limit switch for limiting a rotation angle of the ice making case is provided at an end of the housing facing away from the motor.