CN219368075U

CN219368075U - Ice tray assembly

Info

Publication number: CN219368075U
Application number: CN202320777993.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 范若辰
Original assignee: Ningbo Nuoshi Design Co ltd
Current assignee: Ningbo Nuoshi Design Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-04-04
Filing date: 2023-04-04
Publication date: 2023-07-18
Anticipated expiration: 2033-04-04

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses ice tray assembly includes: the tray is provided with a plurality of upwards open ice grid grooves; and the cover body is covered on the upper side of the tray to form an ice making cavity with each ice grid groove, a partition piece is formed on one side of the cover body facing the tray, and the partition piece extends downwards to the ice grid groove to divide the ice grid groove into two sub ice making grooves. The ice tray assembly can quickly take out as much ice cubes as possible from the tray. In addition, because the partition piece occupies the ice grid groove volume, extrusion drainage or water level lifting can be realized while the partition is realized, and the preset cavity is more easily filled with water.

Description

Ice tray assembly

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of ice making moulds for refrigeration equipment, in particular to an ice grid assembly.

Background

To obtain ice cubes, trays having ice trays are often used to make ice cubes, and an example is to fill the ice trays with beverage such as purified water, then place the tray with beverage in a freezer of a refrigerator, take out the tray after the freezing is completed, and separate the tray from the ice cubes. In order to avoid pollution of ice cubes, the tray is also matched with the cover body. In the related art, the space enclosed by the ice tray groove of the tray is a square frustum, the ice tray groove defines the bottom surface and four side surfaces of the ice cubes, and the cover body defines the top surface of the ice cubes. However, since the contact area between the ice cubes and the parallel ice tray is large after the cover is opened, the adhesion force is also large, and thus the ice detachment is difficult, and it is difficult to separate all the ice cubes from the tray in a short time.

Disclosure of Invention

The main aim of the application is to provide an ice tray assembly, which aims at solving the technical problem that the existing ice tray assembly is difficult to rapidly de-ice.

To achieve the above object, an ice tray assembly according to the present application includes:

the tray is provided with a plurality of upwards open ice grid grooves; and

the cover body covers the upper side of the tray to enclose with each ice grid groove to form an ice making cavity, a partition piece is formed on one side of the cover body, which faces the tray, and extends downwards to the ice grid groove to divide the ice grid groove into a plurality of sub ice making grooves.

Preferably, the ice grid grooves are arranged along a first horizontal direction, and a drainage groove is formed in the upper edge of the side wall between two adjacent ice grid grooves in the first horizontal direction; the partition piece extends along the first horizontal direction to be long-strip-shaped, is embedded in each drainage groove and divides the corresponding ice grid groove into two sub ice making grooves.

Preferably, the cover body comprises a cover plate and the partition piece, and the partition piece is formed by protruding downwards from the cover plate.

Preferably, the tray is in a long disc shape, and a row of ice tray grooves are formed; a row of ice grid grooves are distributed along the length direction of the tray;

the cover plate is of a long plate shape matched with the tray, and the length direction of the separating piece is consistent with the length direction of the cover plate.

Preferably, the cover plate is in a long plate shape, first handle parts are respectively formed at two ends of the cover plate in the length direction, and second handle parts are formed at the end parts of the tray corresponding to the first handle parts; the edge part of the cover plate is bent downwards to form a flanging, and the upper part of the tray is positioned at the inner side of the flanging.

Preferably, the first handle part is formed with a first reinforcing rib surrounding a center of the first handle part.

Preferably, a water level indicating groove is formed in the side wall surface of the top inlet of the ice grid groove.

Preferably, the ice tray assembly further comprises an ice storage box, the ice storage box is provided with an ice storage cavity with an upward opening, a support plate extending horizontally outwards is formed on the upper edge of the tray, the tray covers the upper opening of the ice storage cavity, and the support plate is abutted with the upper side face of the side wall of the ice storage box.

Preferably, the outer edge of the support plate is formed with a limiting plate extending downward, and the limiting plate is located at the outer side of the side wall of the ice bank.

Preferably, the edge part of the cover plate is bent downwards to form a flanging, and the supporting plate and the limiting plate are both positioned on the inner side of the flanging; the outward flange of backup pad upwards extends and is formed with the second strengthening rib, the second strengthening rib with the medial surface butt of turn-ups.

According to the ice grid assembly, the separating piece is arranged on the cover body and extends into the ice grid groove to separate the ice grid groove into the two sub ice making grooves, so that the separating piece participates in limiting the side wall surface of ice cubes in each sub ice making groove, the contact area between the ice cubes in the sub ice making groove and the tray is reduced, the bonding force between each ice cube and the tray is reduced after the cover body is separated from the tray, the difficulty of separating the ice cubes from the tray is reduced, and therefore, as much ice cubes as possible can be taken out of the tray quickly. In addition, because the partition piece occupies the ice grid groove volume, extrusion drainage or water level lifting can be realized while the partition is realized, and the preset cavity is more easily filled with water.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of an ice tray assembly according to the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an exploded view of the ice tray assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the underside of the cover of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a front view of the ice tray assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure of FIG. 4 along the line V-V;

fig. 6 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the structure at a in fig. 5.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments herein without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, in an embodiment, an ice tray assembly 100 according to the present application includes:

a tray 10, the tray 10 being formed with a plurality of upwardly open ice tray grooves 11; and

and a cover 20, wherein the cover 20 is covered on the upper side of the tray 10 to form ice making cavities 21 with the ice tray grooves 11, a partition member 22 is formed on one side of the cover 20 facing the tray 10, and the partition member 22 extends downwards to the ice tray grooves 11 to divide the ice tray grooves 11 into a plurality of sub ice making grooves 111.

In this embodiment, to facilitate ice removal by twisting, tray 10 is typically flexible or of a generally thin-walled construction. The ice tray 11 can be provided with different shapes according to the needs, such as square frustum, semi-elliptic and the like; to facilitate de-icing, the side walls of the ice tray 11 have a draft or lift.

The partitions 22 on the cover may be disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the ice tray grooves 11 or may be disposed in one-to-many correspondence with the distance as in the following embodiment. It is understood that the division of the partition 22 into the plurality of sub-ice making grooves 111 with respect to the ice tray groove 11 includes dividing into two or more sub-ice making grooves 111.

In the ice tray assembly 100 of the present utility model, the cover 20 is provided with the partition member 22, and the partition member 22 extends into the ice tray 11 and divides the ice tray 11 into two sub-ice making grooves 111, so that the partition member 22 participates in defining the side wall surface of the ice cubes in each sub-ice making groove 111, and the contact area between the ice cubes in the sub-ice making groove 111 and the tray 10 is reduced, so that after the cover 20 is separated from the tray 10, the adhesion force between each ice cube and the tray 10 is reduced, and the difficulty of separating the ice cubes from the tray 10 is reduced, so that as much ice cubes as possible can be rapidly taken out from the tray 10. In addition, due to the occupation of the partition member 22 on the volume of the ice tray 11, the extrusion water discharge or the water level elevation can be realized while the partition is realized, so that the water can be more easily filled in the preset cavity.

Further, the ice tray grooves 11 are arranged along the first horizontal direction, and a drainage groove 12 is formed in the upper edge of the side wall between two adjacent ice tray grooves 11 in the first horizontal direction; the partition 22 extends in the first horizontal direction to have a long strip shape, and the partition 22 is further embedded in each drainage groove 12 and divides the corresponding ice tray groove 11 into two sub-ice making grooves 111.

In this embodiment, one partition 22 is embedded in each drain groove 12 and extends into each grid groove 11 to divide the plurality of partitions 22 into a plurality of sub-ice-making grooves 111, so that the structure of the cover 20 is simplified and the cover 20 can be more easily matched with the tray 10. The division of the ice tray 11 into two sub-ice making trays 111 is advantageous in reducing the contact area of ice cubes with the cover 20, so that the operation of opening the cover 20 is easier after the completion of freezing. Meanwhile, since the drain tank 12 communicates with the adjacent ice tray tanks 11, water can be filled into the remaining ice tray tanks 11 at the same time by filling water into only one ice tray tank 11 during water filling.

Further, the cover 20 includes a cover plate 23 and a partition 22, and the partition 22 is formed to protrude downward from the cover plate 23. In this embodiment, the partition 22 may be formed in a relatively hollow structure, so that a relatively light structure may be formed, and the efficiency of heat conduction and heat radiation may be improved, thereby improving the formation speed of ice cubes.

Further, the tray 10 is in a long disc shape, and is formed with a row of ice tray grooves 11; a row of ice tray grooves 11 are arranged along the length direction of the tray 10; the cover plate 23 is long and plate-shaped to be fitted to the tray 10, and the longitudinal direction of the separator 22 coincides with the longitudinal direction of the cover plate 23.

In this embodiment, the tray 10 is twisted to have a long disc shape at both ends to facilitate the accumulation of torsional deformation, and the cover plate 23 has a long plate shape to facilitate the bending deformation when being uncovered, so that the ice discharging operation is faster.

Further, referring to fig. 6, for convenience of grasping, the cover plate 23 is long, and first handle portions 24 are formed at both ends of the cover plate 23 in the longitudinal direction, and the second handle portions 13 are formed at the ends of the tray 10 corresponding to the first handle portions 24. In order to position the cover 20, the edge of the cover plate 23 is bent downward to form a flange 25, and the upper portion of the tray 10 is positioned inside the flange 25.

Further, the first handle part 24 is formed with the first reinforcing rib 241 around the center of the first handle part 24, which can locally increase the structural strength and make the bending shape of the cover 20 more distributed in the area where the ice cubes are adhered.

Further, a water level indicating groove 112 is provided on a side wall surface of the top inlet of the ice tray 11. In this embodiment, the water or other ice raw material is filled to be level or slightly higher than the water level indication groove 112, so that the partition 22 is used for extrusion and discharge, and the preset cavity can be filled without overflowing.

Further, the ice tray assembly 100 further includes an ice bank 30, the ice bank 30 has an ice storage cavity 31 with an opening facing upwards, a support plate 14 extending horizontally outwards is formed at an upper edge of the tray 10, the tray 10 covers the upper opening of the ice storage cavity 31, and the support plate 14 abuts against an upper side surface of a side wall of the ice bank 30.

In this embodiment, the ice bank 30 may form a support for the tray 10 to be in a relatively better ice making environment. After the ice making is completed, the ice bank 30 may receive ice cubes, thereby preventing the ice cubes from being additionally contaminated.

Further, in order to prevent the tray 10 from being horizontally dislocated with respect to the ice bank 30, the outer edge of the support plate 14 is downwardly extended to form a stopper 15, and the stopper 15 is located at the outer side of the sidewall of the ice bank 30.

Further, the edge part of the cover plate 23 is bent downwards to form a flanging 25, and the supporting plate 14 and the limiting plate 15 are positioned on the inner side of the flanging 25; the outer edge of the support plate 14 extends upward to form a second reinforcing rib 141, and the second reinforcing rib 141 abuts against the inner side surface of the flange 25.

In this embodiment, the flange 25 can limit the cover 20 from horizontally dislocating relative to the tray 10, and the second reinforcing ribs 141 can further strengthen the top edge of the tray 10, so that the twisting deformation is more concentrated in the region where the ice tray 11 is located. The second reinforcing rib 141 abuts against the inner side surface of the flange 25 to further promote the support of the tray 10 to the cover 20, and to increase the sealing property between the tray 10 and the cover 20.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and are not limiting thereof; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not drive the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. An ice tray assembly (100), comprising:

a tray (10), wherein the tray (10) is formed with a plurality of ice tray grooves (11) which are opened upwards; and

the cover body (20), the cover body (20) cover in the upside of tray (10) in order to enclose with each ice grid groove (11) forms ice making chamber (21), the cover body (20) orientation one side of tray (10) is formed with separator (22), separator (22) downwardly extending extremely ice grid groove (11) is in order to separate ice grid groove (11) into a plurality of sub-ice making grooves (111).

2. The ice tray assembly (100) according to claim 1, wherein the ice tray grooves (11) are arranged along a first horizontal direction, and a drainage groove (12) is formed at the upper edge of the side wall between two adjacent ice tray grooves (11) along the first horizontal direction; the partition piece (22) extends along the first horizontal direction to be long, and the partition piece (22) is further embedded in each drainage groove (12) and divides the corresponding ice grid groove (11) into two sub ice making grooves (111).

3. The ice tray assembly (100) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cover (20) comprises a cover plate (23) and the separator (22), the separator (22) being formed to protrude downward from the cover plate (23).

4. The ice tray assembly (100) of claim 3, wherein,

the tray (10) is in a long disc shape, and a row of ice tray grooves (11) are formed; a row of ice grid grooves (11) are distributed along the length direction of the tray (10);

the cover plate (23) is a long plate adapted to the tray (10), and the longitudinal direction of the separator (22) is identical to the longitudinal direction of the cover plate (23).

5. The ice tray assembly (100) according to claim 3, wherein the cover plate (23) is in a long plate shape, first handle portions (24) are respectively formed at two ends of the cover plate (23) in the length direction, and second handle portions (13) are formed at the ends of the tray (10) corresponding to the first handle portions (24); the edge part of the cover plate (23) is bent downwards to form a flanging (25), and the upper part of the tray (10) is positioned on the inner side of the flanging (25).

6. The ice tray assembly (100) of claim 5, wherein the first handle portion (24) is formed with a first stiffener (241) surrounding a center of the first handle portion (24).

7. The ice tray assembly (100) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the side wall surface of the top inlet of the ice tray (11) is provided with a water level indicating groove (112).

8. The ice tray assembly (100) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the ice tray assembly (100) further comprises an ice bank (30), the ice bank (30) is provided with an ice storage cavity (31) with an opening upwards, a support plate (14) extending horizontally outwards is formed on the upper edge of the tray (10), the tray (10) covers the upper opening of the ice storage cavity (31), and the support plate (14) is abutted with the upper side face of the side wall of the ice bank (30).

9. The ice tray assembly (100) of claim 8, wherein the outer edge of the support plate (14) extends downwardly to form a stop plate (15), the stop plate (15) being located outside of the side wall of the ice bank (30).

10. The ice tray assembly (100) of claim 9, wherein the cover (20) includes a cover plate (23) and the separator (22), the separator (22) being formed to bulge downwardly from the cover plate (23); the edge part of the cover plate (23) is bent downwards to form a flanging (25), and the supporting plate (14) and the limiting plate (15) are both positioned on the inner side of the flanging (25); the outer edge of the supporting plate (14) extends upwards to form a second reinforcing rib (141), and the second reinforcing rib (141) is abutted with the inner side face of the flanging (25).