CN221076946U - Refrigerator with a refrigerator body - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a refrigerator, relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, and aims to solve the problem of low ice making efficiency of an ice maker. The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, an ice making box, a water outlet pipe and a water level detection piece. The box body is formed with a containing cavity and an ice making chamber arranged in the containing cavity; the ice making box is rotatably arranged on the inner wall of the ice making chamber and is provided with an ice making cavity and an opening communicated with the ice making cavity; the water outlet pipe is provided with a water inlet and a water outlet which are communicated, the water outlet is arranged towards one side close to the ice making box and is positioned above the ice making box, and the water outlet pipe is used for guiding water to the ice making cavity from a water source; the water level detecting member is formed with at least one detecting portion at least partially located inside the ice making chamber; in the height direction of the case, the highest position of the detecting portion is located above the lowest position of the ice making chamber, and the highest position of the detecting portion is located below the highest position of the ice making chamber. The refrigerator provided by the utility model can solve the problem of low ice making efficiency of the ice maker.

Description

Refrigerator with a refrigerator body

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a refrigerator.

Background

Refrigerators are a kind of refrigerating apparatus that maintains a constant low temperature, and also a kind of civil products that maintain foods or other objects in a constant low temperature state. Some refrigerators are integrated with an ice making function, and the temperature of water can be lowered by an ice making device so that the water forms ice in a solid state.

The ice making apparatus of a refrigerator includes: the water tank is used for receiving water, the water inlet of the water supply pump is communicated with the water tank, the water outlet of the water supply pump is communicated with the ice maker, the water supply pump is used for guiding water in the water tank to the ice maker, and the ice maker is used for reducing the temperature of the water so that the water is solidified from a liquid state to form ice.

In the related art, the water supply pump is operated for a preset time to inject water into the ice maker, the water amounts in the water tanks are different, the water amount sucked into the ice maker by the water supply pump is also different, if the water injected by the water supply pump is more, water can overflow the ice maker, and if the water injected by the water supply pump is less, the ice making amount can be reduced, so that the ice making efficiency of the ice maker can be low.

Disclosure of utility model

The embodiment of the utility model provides a refrigerator, which solves the problem of low ice making efficiency of an ice maker.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiment of the present utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

An embodiment of the present application provides a refrigerator, including: the ice-making box comprises a box body, an ice-making box body, a water outlet pipe and a water level detection piece. Wherein, the box body is formed with a containing cavity and an ice making chamber, and the ice making chamber is arranged in the containing cavity; the ice making box is rotatably arranged on the inner wall of the ice making chamber and is provided with an ice making cavity and an opening communicated with the ice making cavity; the water outlet pipe is provided with a water inlet and a water outlet which are communicated, the water inlet is externally connected with a water source, the water outlet is arranged towards one side close to the ice making box and is positioned above the ice making box, and the water outlet pipe is used for guiding water from the water source to the ice making cavity; the water level detection piece is provided with at least one detection part, and at least part of the at least one detection part is positioned in the ice making cavity; the water in the water source can enter the water outlet pipe after passing through the water inlet and is guided to the water outlet through the water outlet pipe, and the water in the water outlet can flow into the ice making cavity after passing through the opening under the action of self gravity.

It can be understood that the water level detection part can detect that the water level in the ice making cavity reaches the preset height according to the highest position of the detection part, so that the refrigerator provided by the application can effectively make ice by utilizing the water in the ice making cavity.

In the height direction of the case, the highest position of the detecting portion is located above the lowest position of the ice making chamber, and the highest position of the detecting portion is located below the highest position of the ice making chamber. The highest position of the detection part is higher than the lowest position of the ice making cavity, so that the liquid level in the ice making cavity can reach the highest position of the detection part, and water in the ice making cavity can be used for effectively making ice. The highest position of the detection part is lower than the highest position of the ice making cavity, and before the liquid level in the ice making cavity reaches the highest position of the ice making cavity, the detection part can detect the water level in the ice making cavity, so that the liquid level in the ice making cavity can be prevented from reaching the highest position of the ice making cavity, and water is prevented from overflowing the ice making cavity.

In summary, in the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application, the water level detection piece can detect the water level in the ice making cavity, so that the water level in the ice making cavity reaches the highest position of the water level detection piece before each ice making, and the ice cubes made by the ice making are the same in size, so that the ice making efficiency is improved.

In some embodiments, the ice making cavity includes: the water storage parts are mutually independent, one water storage part is communicated with at least one adjacent water storage part through at least one conduction part, the lowest position of the conduction part is higher than the lowest position of the water storage part in the height direction of the box body, and the highest position of the detection part is higher than the lowest position of the conduction part and lower than the highest position of the conduction part.

In the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application, water flowing out of the water outlet flows into one water storage part, the volume of the water flowing into the one water storage part is gradually increased, so that the liquid level of the water in the one water storage part is gradually increased, and under the condition that the liquid level of the water in the one water storage part reaches the height position of the conducting part, the water continuously injected flows into the other adjacent water storage part along the conducting part, so that the water can be split. When the water level in all the water storage parts reaches the liquid level of the conducting part, the liquid level of all the water storage parts can be increased by continuously injecting water. So that the ice cubes after the ice making is completed are uniform in size.

In some embodiments, the plurality of water storage portions includes a plurality of water storage portion groups disposed at intervals along a first direction, the first direction being perpendicular to a height direction of the tank, and one water storage portion group includes a plurality of water storage portions disposed at intervals along a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction and the height direction of the tank, at least one water storage portion of one water storage portion group being in communication with at least one water storage portion of an adjacent water storage portion group through the conductive portion.

In the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application, the plurality of water storage part groups are sequentially arranged along the first direction, and the plurality of water storage parts in the same water storage part group are sequentially arranged along the second direction, so that the water storage parts are regularly arranged, and the processing is convenient, and the ice making box is convenient to process. And at least one water storage part in one water storage part group is communicated with at least one water storage part in the adjacent water storage part group through the conducting part, so that the water storage parts in different water storage part groups can store water.

In some embodiments, the detection portion includes: a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode is arranged on the ice making box and extends towards the ice making cavity; the second electrode is arranged on the ice making box and extends towards the ice making cavity; the first electrode and the second electrode are arranged at intervals.

In the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application, the first electrode and the second electrode are arranged at intervals. The detection part can detect that the liquid level in the ice making cavity reaches a preset height under the condition that the first electrode and the second electrode are covered by water; in the case where at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is not covered with water, the first electrode and the second electrode are not communicated, and the liquid level in the ice making chamber does not reach a preset height. Therefore, the refrigerator provided by the application can detect whether the liquid level in the ice making cavity reaches the preset height by using the detection part.

In some embodiments, the first electrode and the second electrode are spaced apart in a third direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the height direction of the case; or the first electrode and the second electrode are arranged at intervals in a third direction, and an included angle between the third direction and the height direction of the box body is larger than or equal to 0 degrees and smaller than 90 degrees.

In the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application, among the first electrode and the second electrode, the electrode at the higher position is positioned between the highest position and the lowest position of the ice making cavity to detect the water level height of the water storage part.

In some embodiments, the refrigerator further includes: the ice box is arranged in the ice making chamber, is positioned below the ice making box in the height direction of the box body and is used for receiving ice cubes produced by the ice making box.

In the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application, the ice storage box is used for receiving ice cubes produced by the ice making box, so that the ice cubes are contained, and the production efficiency of the ice cubes is improved.

In some embodiments, the refrigerator further includes: the driving piece is arranged on the box body, the output end of the driving piece is fixedly connected with the ice making box, and the driving piece can drive the ice making box to rotate by taking the output end as a rotation center.

In the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application, the driving piece is used for driving the ice making box to rotate by taking the output end as the rotation center so as to transfer ice cubes produced by the ice making box, thereby improving the ice making efficiency.

In some embodiments, the refrigerator further includes: the movable piece is rotatably arranged on the driving piece and can rotate between a first position and a second position, a first abutting part and a second abutting part are formed on the movable piece, the first abutting part and the second abutting part are arranged at intervals along the height direction of the box body, and the first abutting part is positioned above the second abutting part; the first abutting part abuts against the inner top wall of the ice making chamber under the condition that the moving piece is at the first position; when the moving member is at the second position, the second abutting portion abuts against the ice.

In the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application, the moving part is used for limiting the rotation distance of the driving part so as to improve the safety of the driving part and protect the ice making process.

In some embodiments, the refrigerator further includes: the heating piece is arranged on one side of the water outlet pipe close to the water outlet and is used for improving the surface temperature of the water outlet pipe.

In the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application, high temperature is generated in the working process of the heating element, and the high temperature can improve the surface temperature of the water outlet pipe so as to reduce the occurrence of solidification and icing caused by the decrease of the temperature of residual water. Thereby improving ice making efficiency.

An embodiment of the present application provides a refrigerator, including: the ice-making box comprises a box body, an ice-making box body, a water outlet pipe and a water level detection piece. Wherein, the box body is formed with a containing cavity and an ice making chamber, and the ice making chamber is arranged in the containing cavity; the ice making box is rotatably arranged on the inner wall of the ice making chamber and is provided with an ice making cavity and an opening communicated with the ice making cavity; the water outlet pipe is provided with a water inlet and a water outlet which are communicated, the water inlet is externally connected with a water source, the water outlet is arranged towards one side close to the ice making box and is positioned above the ice making box, and the water outlet pipe is used for guiding water from the water source to the ice making cavity; the water level detecting member is used for detecting the water level in the ice making cavity. The water in the water source can enter the water outlet pipe after passing through the water inlet and is guided to the water outlet through the water outlet pipe, and the water in the water outlet can flow into the ice making cavity after passing through the opening under the action of self gravity.

It can be understood that the water level detection part can detect that the water level in the ice making cavity reaches the preset height according to the highest position of the detection part, so that the refrigerator provided by the application can effectively make ice by utilizing the water in the ice making cavity.

In the height direction of the case, the highest position of the detecting portion is located above the lowest position of the ice making chamber, and the highest position of the detecting portion is located below the highest position of the ice making chamber. The highest position of the detection part is higher than the lowest position of the ice making cavity, so that the liquid level in the ice making cavity can reach the highest position of the detection part, and water in the ice making cavity can be used for effectively making ice. The highest position of the detection part is lower than the highest position of the ice making cavity, and before the liquid level in the ice making cavity reaches the highest position of the ice making cavity, the detection part can detect the water level in the ice making cavity, so that the liquid level in the ice making cavity can be prevented from reaching the highest position of the ice making cavity, and water is prevented from overflowing the ice making cavity.

In summary, in the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application, the water level detection piece can detect the water level in the ice making cavity, so that the water level in the ice making cavity reaches the highest position of the water level detection piece before each ice making, and the ice cubes made by the ice making are the same in size, so that the ice making efficiency is improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a box according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a second installation schematic diagram of the case according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view illustrating installation of a water outlet pipe and an ice-making housing according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the installation of a water outlet pipe and an ice making box according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the present application shown in FIG. 4A in a partially enlarged form;

Fig. 6 is a schematic view illustrating a structure of an ice making case according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of an ice making case according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of an ice-making case according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of an ice-making case according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of an ice-making case according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a partially enlarged structure of the present application at B in FIG. 10;

Fig. 12 is a schematic connection diagram of an ice making case, a driving member and a moving member according to an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals:

1-a box body; 11-a receiving cavity; 12-an ice making chamber;

2-an ice making box; 21-an ice making cavity; 211-water storage part; 212-a conducting part;

3-a water outlet pipe; 31-a water inlet; 32-a water outlet; 33-a water tank; 34-a water supply pump;

4-a water level detecting member; 41-a first electrode; 42-a second electrode;

5-an ice bank;

6-a driving member;

7-a moving member; 71-a first abutment; 72-a second abutment;

8-heating element.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the terms "center," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate describing the present utility model and simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured 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 one or more such feature. In the description of the present utility model, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art. In addition, when describing a pipeline or channel, the terms "connected" and "connected" as used herein have the meaning of conducting. The specific meaning is to be understood in conjunction with the context.

In embodiments of the application, words such as "exemplary" or "such as" are used to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "e.g." in an embodiment should not be taken as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present related concepts in a concrete fashion.

As used herein, "about," "approximately" or "approximately" includes the stated values as well as average values within an acceptable deviation range of the particular values as determined by one of ordinary skill in the art in view of the measurement in question and the errors associated with the measurement of the particular quantity (i.e., limitations of the measurement system).

In the related art, an ice making device is provided in a portion of a refrigerator, the ice making device including: the water tank is used for receiving water, the water inlet of the water supply pump is communicated with the water tank, the water outlet of the water supply pump is communicated with the ice maker, the water supply pump is used for guiding water in the water tank to the ice maker, and the ice maker is used for reducing the temperature of the water so that the water is solidified from a liquid state to form ice.

When the water supply pump guides the water in the water tank to the ice maker, the water supply pump operates for a preset time to inject the water into the ice maker, the water quantity sucked into the ice maker by the water supply pump is different under the condition that the water quantity in the water tank is changed, and if the volume of the water in the water tank is large, the volume of the water injected into the ice maker in unit time is also large; if the volume of the water tank is small, the volume of water injected into the ice maker per unit time is also small, that is, the volume of water injected into the ice maker by the water supply pump is positively correlated with the volume of water in the water tank.

If the water injected from the water supply pump is large, water overflows the ice maker, and if the water injected from the water supply pump is small, the ice making amount is reduced.

In order to solve the problem of low ice making efficiency of an ice maker, embodiments of the present application provide a refrigerator, and the refrigerator provided by the embodiments of the present application is exemplified below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1, a refrigerator provided by an embodiment of the present application includes: the case 1, the case 1 is formed with a receiving chamber 11 and an ice making chamber 12, and the ice making chamber 12 is placed in the receiving chamber 11.

The accommodating chamber 11 is used for accommodating the ice making chamber 12 and the member to be placed, and the ice making chamber 12 is used for converting water from a liquid state to a solid state and storing solid ice cubes.

As shown in fig. 2, the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes: ice-making housing 2, ice-making housing 2 is rotatably provided on an inner wall of ice-making chamber 12.

The ice making housing 2 is formed with an ice making chamber 21 and an opening communicating with the ice making chamber 21.

The ice making chamber 21 is used for receiving water and ice cubes after ice making, and the opening is used for adding water, so that the ice cubes can be taken out conveniently. In the case of adding water, the ice making cavity 21 receives water inside the ice making cavity 21 after passing through the opening; the ice making chamber 21 is provided with an opening through which ice cubes pass from the inside of the ice making chamber 21 in the case of taking ice, so that the ice cubes are taken out from the ice making chamber 21 to the outside.

As shown in fig. 3, the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes: the water outlet pipe 3, the water outlet pipe 3 is formed with the water inlet 31 and the delivery port 32 of intercommunication, and water inlet 31 external water source, delivery port 32 set up towards the one side that is close to the ice making box 2, and lie in the top of ice making box 2, and the water outlet pipe 3 is used for leading water to the ice making chamber 21 by the water source.

It should be noted that, water in the water source may enter the water outlet pipe 3 after passing through the water inlet 31, and be guided to the water outlet 32 through the water outlet pipe 3, and the water in the water outlet 32 may flow into the ice making cavity 21 after passing through the opening under the action of self gravity.

As shown in fig. 4, exemplary, the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes: a water tank 33 and a water supply pump 34, the water tank 33 is communicated with the water inlet 31, and the water supply pump 34 is communicated with the water outlet pipe 3 and is arranged between the water inlet 31 and the water outlet 32.

The water tank 33 is provided in the case 1.

It will be appreciated that the water tank 33 is for storing water and the water supply pump 34 is for delivering water; the water in the water tank 33 is guided to the water outlet pipe 3 from the water inlet 31 under the drive of the water supply pump 34 and is guided to the water outlet 32 after passing through the water supply pump 34, and the water in the water outlet 32 can flow into the ice making cavity 21 after passing through the opening under the action of self gravity.

As shown in fig. 5, the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes: heating element 8, heating element 8 sets up on the outlet pipe 3 side near delivery port 32, and heating element 8 is used for improving the surface temperature of outlet pipe 3.

It should be noted that, the water outlet 32 is disposed toward a side close to the ice making case 2, during the ice making process, the cold air in the ice making chamber 12 and the air in the water outlet pipe 3 will form convection, and the temperature in the ice making chamber 12 is lower than the air temperature in the water outlet pipe 3, and the temperature difference between the two will cause thermal convection between the interior of the ice making chamber 12 and the interior air in the water outlet pipe 3, so that the interior temperature of the water outlet pipe 3 is reduced.

It can be understood that under the condition that the water outlet pipe 3 guides water, part of water remains in the water outlet pipe 3, and the internal temperature of the water outlet pipe 3 is reduced, so that the residual water is reduced in temperature and solidified, and the water outlet pipe 3 is blocked, so that the water outlet pipe 3 cannot normally outlet water.

The heating element 8 generates high temperature in the working process, and the high temperature can raise the surface temperature of the water outlet pipe 3 so as to reduce the occurrence of solidification and icing caused by the temperature reduction of residual water.

Illustratively, the heating element 8 has a plurality of different arrangements, and the arrangement of the heating element 8 is illustrated in turn.

Illustratively, the heating element 8 includes a resistance wire, which is disposed around the outer peripheral wall of the water outlet pipe 3, and the heat generated by the resistance wire drives the internal temperature of the water outlet pipe 3 to rise in a heat conduction manner.

Illustratively, the heating element 8 includes a heating pipe disposed on an outer side of the outer peripheral wall of the water outlet pipe 3, where the heating pipe drives the temperature of the outer peripheral wall of the water outlet pipe 3 to rise in a heat radiation manner, and the outer peripheral wall of the water outlet pipe 3 increases the internal temperature of the water outlet pipe 3 in a heat conduction manner, so as to increase the surface temperature of the water outlet pipe 3.

It can be understood that the specific setting mode of the heating element 8 is not limited, and can be selected according to the actual use requirement, and only the heating element 8 is required to be ensured to raise the surface temperature of the water outlet pipe 3, so that the water remained on the wall surface can freeze in the water outlet pipe 3.

As shown in fig. 6, the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes: the water level detecting member 4, the water level detecting member 4 is formed with at least one detecting portion, at least a portion of which is located inside the ice making chamber 21.

In the height direction of the case 1, the highest position of the detection unit is located above the lowest position of the ice making chamber 21, and the highest position of the detection unit is located below the highest position of the ice making chamber 21.

It is understood that the highest position of the detecting portion is located between the lowest position of the ice making chamber 21 and the highest position of the ice making chamber 21 so that the highest position of the detecting portion can detect the liquid level of water in the ice making chamber 21.

It should be noted that, the highest position of the detecting portion is higher than the lowest position of the ice making chamber 21, so that the water level in the ice making chamber 21 can be conveniently detected, and the highest position of the detecting portion is lower than the highest position of the ice making chamber 21, so that water overflowing the ice making chamber 21 can be reduced.

As shown in fig. 7, in the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the present application, the ice making chamber 21 includes: the water storage parts 211 and the conduction parts 212 are independent of each other, and one water storage part 211 is communicated with the adjacent at least one water storage part 211 through the at least one conduction part 212.

In the height direction of the casing 1, the lowest position of the conduction portion 212 is higher than the lowest position of the water storage portion 211. The water flowing out from the water outlet 32 flows into one water storage portion 211, the volume of the water flowing into the one water storage portion 211 is gradually increased, so that the liquid level of the water in the one water storage portion 211 is gradually increased, and when the liquid level of the water in the one water storage portion 211 reaches the height position of the conducting portion 212, the water continuously injected flows into the other adjacent water storage portion 211 along the conducting portion 212, so that the water can be split. When the water level in all the water storage portions 211 reaches the liquid level of the conduction portion 212, the water to be continuously injected increases the liquid level of all the water storage portions 211.

The highest position of the detection portion is higher than the lowest position of the conduction portion 212, and is lower than the highest position of the conduction portion 212.

It will be appreciated that in the case where all the water levels in the water storage portion 211 reach the level of the water level of the conducting portion 212 and water injection is continued, the level of water gradually increases so that the highest position of the detecting portion and the level of water can be brought into contact.

Under the condition that the liquid level of the water is in contact with the highest position of the detection part, the liquid level of the water is lower than the highest position of the conduction part 212, so that ice cubes generated by the water storage part 211 independent of each other are prevented from adhering to each other, and the ice taking difficulty of a user is reduced.

Therefore, the water level detecting member 4 provided by the embodiment of the application can detect the water level in the ice making cavity 21, so that the water level in the ice making cavity 21 reaches the highest position of the water level detecting member 4 before each ice making, and the ice cubes made by the ice making are the same in size, thereby improving the ice making efficiency and solving the problem of low ice making efficiency of the ice making machine.

The plurality of water storage portions 211 include a plurality of water storage portion 211 groups, the plurality of water storage portion 211 groups are arranged at intervals along the first direction, and one water storage portion 211 group includes a plurality of water storage portions 211 arranged at intervals along the second direction.

The first direction and the second direction have a plurality of different directions, and the directions of the first direction and the second direction are illustrated in order.

As shown in fig. 8, the ice making housing 2 may be an exemplary square housing, and one water storage 211 group is extended in a length direction of the parallel ice making housing 2, that is, a plurality of water storages 211 within one water storage 211 group are spaced apart in the length direction of the parallel ice making housing 2; adjacent two water storage 211 groups are arranged to extend in parallel with the width direction of the ice making housing 2, that is, adjacent two water storage 211 groups are arranged at intervals in the width direction of the ice making housing 2.

When the ice making case 2 is a square case, the first direction is the longitudinal direction of the square case, and the second direction is the width direction of the square case.

It will be appreciated that in the case where the ice making housing 2 is a square housing, the first direction is perpendicular to the height direction of the housing 1, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the height direction of the housing 1.

As shown in fig. 9, the ice making housing 2 may be a circular housing, one water storage 211 group being disposed to extend in a circumferential direction of the circular housing, i.e., a plurality of water storages 211 within one water storage 211 group being disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction of concentric circles of the circular housing; the two adjacent water storage 211 groups extend along the radial direction of the circular box, namely, the two adjacent water storage 211 groups are arranged at intervals along the radial direction of the circular box.

In the case where the ice making case 2 is a circular case, the first direction is a circumferential direction of the circular case, and the second direction is a radial direction of the circular case.

It can be appreciated that the directions of the first direction and the second direction are not limited, and the direction can be selected according to the actual use requirement, only the plurality of water storage portions 211 are required to be arranged at intervals, and two adjacent water storage portions 211 are required to be arranged at intervals.

Illustratively, in an embodiment of the present application, one water reservoir 211 of a set of water reservoirs 211 is in communication with an adjacent other water reservoir 211 via a conduit 212.

Illustratively, in the embodiment of the present application, there are a plurality of communication modes of the adjacent two water storage 211 groups, and the communication modes of the adjacent two water storage 211 groups are illustrated in sequence below.

As shown in fig. 10, exemplary, one water storage portion 211 of one water storage portion 211 group communicates with one water storage portion 211 of an adjacent water storage portion 211 group through a conduction portion 212.

Illustratively, a first one of the set of first water reservoirs 211 is in communication with a second one of the set of second water reservoirs 211 via a first one of the conductive portions 212, and a second one of the set of second water reservoirs 211 is in communication with a third one of the set of third water reservoirs 211 via a second one of the conductive portions 212.

It is understood that one water storage portion 211 may be respectively communicated with two different water storage portions 211 through two conducting portions 212. That is, at least one water reservoir 211 of one water reservoir 211 group communicates with at least one water reservoir 211 of an adjacent water reservoir 211 group through a conducting portion 212.

Illustratively, a first conductive portion 212 of one set of water reservoirs 211 communicates with a second conductive portion 212 of an adjacent set of water reservoirs 211 through a third conductive portion 212.

Illustratively, a first conductive portion 212 of a first set of water reservoirs 211 communicates with a second conductive portion 212 of an adjacent second set of water reservoirs 211 through a third conductive portion 212, and the second conductive portion 212 of the second set of water reservoirs 211 communicates with a fifth conductive portion 212 of the third set of water reservoirs 211 through a fourth conductive portion 212.

It is understood that the first conductive portion 212 may communicate with the third conductive portion 212 through the second conductive portion 212. That is, one conductive portion 212 may be connected to at least one adjacent conductive portion 212 through at least one conductive portion 212.

Illustratively, at least one water reservoir 211 of one set of water reservoirs 211 communicates with at least one water reservoir 211 of an adjacent set of water reservoirs 211 through a pass-through 212; and one conductive portion 212 may be connected to an adjacent at least one conductive portion 212 through at least one conductive portion 212. The specific connection manner is referred to above and will not be described herein.

It can be appreciated that the communication manner of the two adjacent water storage 211 groups is not limited, and the two adjacent water storage 211 groups can be selected according to actual use requirements, and only the two adjacent water storage 211 groups can be communicated.

In the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the present application, the water level detecting member 4 has a plurality of different setting types, and the setting types of the water level detecting member 4 are exemplified in sequence.

Illustratively, the water level detecting member 4 may be a photo-electric liquid level sensor, the emitter of which is mounted on one side inner wall of the ice making chamber 21, the receiver of which is mounted on the other side inner wall of the ice making chamber 21, and the emitter of which and the receiver of which are disposed opposite to each other, and the emitter of which and the receiver of which are at the same level.

Illustratively, the water level detecting member 4 may be a static pressure level gauge, the detecting portion of which protrudes into the interior of the ice making cavity 21, and is located between the highest and lowest positions of the ice making cavity 21 in the height direction of the case 1.

It will be appreciated that the specific type of arrangement of the water level detecting member 4 is not limited, and may be selected according to the actual use requirement, and only the water level detecting member 4 is required to detect the water level in the ice making chamber 21.

The water level detecting members 4 are different in type, so the number of detecting portions is also different, and it is only necessary to ensure that the detecting portions are located inside the ice making chamber 21.

As shown in fig. 11, in the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the present application, the detection part includes: a first electrode 41 and a second electrode 42. Wherein the first electrode 41 is disposed on the ice making housing 2 and extends toward the ice making chamber 21; the second electrode 42 is disposed on the ice making housing 2 and extends toward the ice making cavity 21.

The first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are disposed at a distance from each other. Wherein air is not conductive and water is conductive, and in the case where both the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are covered with water, the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 communicate; in the case where both the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are covered with air, the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are not communicated.

The first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are mounted in various ways, and the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are mounted in this order.

Illustratively, the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are spaced apart in a third direction perpendicular to the height direction of the case 1.

In the height direction of the case 1, the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are located at the same height, and the plane where the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are located is located between the highest position and the lowest position of the ice making chamber 21; the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are disposed at a spacing on a projection in the height direction of the vertical casing 1.

Illustratively, the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are disposed at intervals in a third direction, and an included angle between the third direction and the height direction of the case 1 is greater than or equal to 0 ° and less than 90 °; the third direction is perpendicular to the height direction of the case 1.

The first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are disposed at intervals in the projection of the height direction of the case 1, and among the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42, the electrode at the higher position is located between the highest position and the lowest position of the ice making chamber 21; the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are disposed at a spacing on a projection in the height direction of the vertical casing 1.

It can be understood that the mounting manner of the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 is not limited, and can be selected according to actual use requirements, and only the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are required to be arranged at intervals.

Illustratively, there are a variety of mounting positions of the first and second electrodes 41 and 42 within the ice making cavity 21, and the mounting positions of the first and second electrodes 41 and 42 within the ice making cavity 21 will be illustrated in sequence.

Illustratively, the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are mounted on the same inner wall of the reservoir 211, with the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 being spaced apart.

Illustratively, the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 are mounted on the inner walls of the two reservoirs 211, respectively.

It will be appreciated that the mounting positions of the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 in the ice making cavity 21 are not limited, and may be selected according to actual use requirements, and only the first electrode 41 and the second electrode 42 need to be arranged at intervals.

With continued reference to fig. 2, the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application further includes: an ice bank 5, the ice bank 5 being disposed in the ice making chamber 12; in the height direction of the case 1, the ice bank 5 is located below the ice making case 2, and the ice bank 5 is for receiving ice cubes produced by the ice making case 2.

It should be noted that, the ice storage box 5 is formed with a storage cavity and an inlet and outlet communicated with the storage cavity, the inlet and outlet is located below the ice storage box 5, ice cubes in the ice making box 2 can fall into the storage cavity after passing through the inlet and outlet under the action of gravity, and the section size of the inlet and outlet is larger than that of the ice making box 2, so that the ice cubes in the ice making box 2 can fall into the ice storage box 5 completely.

As shown in fig. 12, the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes: the driving piece 6, driving piece 6 sets up in box 1, and the output fixed connection of driving piece 6 makes ice chest 2, and driving piece 6 can drive and make ice chest 2 and rotate with the output as the center of rotation.

It should be noted that the driving member 6 has a plurality of different setting types, and the setting types of the driving member 6 are exemplified in the following.

Illustratively, the driving member 6 may be a rotating motor, the rotating motor is fixedly installed in the case 1, an output shaft of the rotating motor extends toward a side close to the ice making chamber 12, a plane where the output shaft of the rotating motor is located is perpendicular to a height direction of the case 1, and the ice making case 2 is fixedly installed at a side of the output shaft facing away from the rotating motor.

It should be noted that, the rotation machine can drive the ice making box 2 to rotate by taking the output shaft as the rotation center under the driving of the first external force, and the rotation direction is the direction in which the opening is close to the ice storage box 5, so as to drive the ice cubes in the ice storage box 5 to rotate towards one side close to the ice storage box 5, and the ice cubes can fall into the ice storage box 5 under the action of gravity.

It should be noted that, the rotation machine can drive the ice making box 2 to rotate by taking the output shaft as the rotation center under the driving of the second external force, and the rotation direction is the direction in which the opening deviates from the ice storage box 5, so as to drive the opening of the ice storage box 5 to rotate towards the side close to the water outlet 32.

It will be appreciated that the first external force and the second external force are in opposite directions.

The driving member 6 may be an air cylinder, the air cylinder is fixedly disposed in the case 1, an output shaft of the air cylinder is extended toward a side close to the ice making chamber 12, and the output shaft of the air cylinder is extended in a height direction parallel to the case 1; one side of the output shaft, which is away from the air cylinder, is hinged with one side wall of the ice making box 2, and the connection position of the output shaft and the ice making box 2 is positioned at one side end part of the ice making box 2.

It should be noted that, the cylinder can drive the output shaft to move upwards under the drive of the third external force to drive the articulated ice making box 2 to rotate with the connected position of the ice making box 2 and the ice making chamber 12 as the rotation center, thereby making one side of the ice making box 2 deviating from the output shaft rotate towards one side close to the ice storage box 5, so as to drive the ice cubes inside the ice storage box 5 to rotate towards one side close to the ice storage box 5, and the ice cubes can fall into the interior of the ice storage box 5 under the action of gravity.

It should be noted that, the air cylinder can drive the output shaft to move downward under the driving of the fourth external force, so as to drive the hinged ice making box 2 to rotate with the connection position of the ice making box 2 and the ice making chamber 12 as the rotation center, so that one side of the ice making box 2 away from the output shaft rotates towards one side close to the water outlet 32.

It will be appreciated that the third external force and the fourth external force are in opposite directions.

It should be noted that the specific type of the driving member 6 is not limited, and may be selected according to the actual requirement, and only the driving member 6 is required to be ensured to drive the ice making box 2 to rotate relative to the inner wall of the ice making chamber 12.

With continued reference to fig. 12, the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the application further includes: a moving member 7. The moving member 7 is rotatably provided on the driving member 6, and the moving member 7 is rotatable between a first position and a second position.

It should be noted that, the driving member 6 may be a dual output shaft motor, one output shaft of the dual output shaft motor is connected with the ice making box 2, and the other output shaft of the dual output shaft motor is connected with the moving member 7.

It will be appreciated that the moving member 7 is disposed in parallel with the height direction of the case 1, and the opening of the ice making housing 2 is disposed toward the upper side of the case 1.

The mover 7 is formed with a first abutting portion 71 and a second abutting portion 72, the first abutting portion 71 and the second abutting portion 72 are provided at a distance from each other in the height direction of the casing 1, and the first abutting portion 71 is located above the second abutting portion 72.

It should be noted that, the double output shaft motor is driven by the fifth external force to drive the moving member 7 to move along a side close to the inner top wall of the ice making chamber 12, so that the first abutting portion 71 abuts against the inner top wall of the ice making chamber 12, and then the double output shaft motor stops running, and the ice making case 2 and the horizontal plane are arranged in parallel in a case where the first abutting portion 71 abuts against the inner top wall of the ice making chamber 12.

It should be noted that, the double output shaft motor is driven by the sixth external force, and drives the moving member 7 to move along the side close to the ice storage box 5, so that the second abutting portion 72 abuts against the ice making block, and then the double output shaft motor stops running, and under the condition that the second abutting portion 72 abuts against the ice making block, the plane where the ice making box 2 is located is intersected with the horizontal plane.

It will be appreciated that the fifth external force is in the opposite direction to the sixth external force.

Although the application is described herein in connection with various embodiments, other variations to the disclosed embodiments can be understood and effected by those skilled in the art in practicing the claimed application, from a study of the drawings, the disclosure, and the appended claims. In the claims, the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the "a" or "an" does not exclude a plurality. A single processor or other unit may fulfill the functions of several items recited in the claims. The mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different dependent claims does not indicate that a combination of these measures cannot be used to advantage.

Although the application has been described in connection with specific features and embodiments thereof, it will be apparent that various modifications and combinations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are merely exemplary illustrations of the present application as defined in the appended claims and are considered to cover any and all modifications, variations, combinations, or equivalents that fall within the scope of the application. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the present application without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, it is intended that the present application also include such modifications and alterations insofar as they come within the scope of the appended claims or the equivalents thereof.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present utility model, and the present utility model is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art will readily recognize that variations or substitutions are within the scope of the present utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of the present utility model shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. A refrigerator, the refrigerator comprising:

the box body is provided with a containing cavity and an ice making chamber, and the ice making chamber is placed in the containing cavity;

an ice-making case rotatably provided on an inner wall of the ice-making chamber, the ice-making case being formed with an ice-making chamber and an opening communicating with the ice-making chamber;

The water outlet pipe is provided with a water inlet and a water outlet which are communicated, the water inlet is externally connected with a water source, the water outlet is arranged towards one side close to the ice making box and is positioned above the ice making box, and the water outlet pipe is used for guiding water from the water source to the ice making cavity;

A water level detecting member formed with at least one detecting portion, at least a portion of which is located inside the ice making chamber;

Wherein, in the height direction of the box, the highest position of the detection part is located above the lowest position of the ice making cavity, and the highest position of the detection part is located below the highest position of the ice making cavity.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the ice making chamber comprises: a plurality of water storage parts and a plurality of conduction parts, wherein the water storage parts are mutually independent, one water storage part is communicated with at least one adjacent water storage part through at least one conduction part,

In the height direction of the box body, the lowest position of the conducting part is higher than the lowest position of the water storage part, and the highest position of the detecting part is higher than the lowest position of the conducting part and lower than the highest position of the conducting part.

3. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein the plurality of water storage parts comprises a plurality of water storage part groups, the plurality of water storage part groups are arranged at intervals along a first direction, the first direction is perpendicular to the height direction of the refrigerator body,

One of the water storage portion groups includes a plurality of water storage portions arranged at intervals along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and a height direction of the tank,

At least one water storage part in one water storage part group is communicated with at least one water storage part in the adjacent water storage part group through the conducting part.

4. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the detecting part comprises:

The first electrode is arranged on the ice making box and extends towards the ice making cavity;

The second electrode is arranged on the ice making box and extends towards the ice making cavity;

the first electrode and the second electrode are arranged at intervals.

5. A refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein,

The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged at intervals in a third direction, and the third direction is perpendicular to the height direction of the box body; or alternatively

The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged at intervals in a third direction, and an included angle between the third direction and the height direction of the box body is larger than or equal to 0 degrees and smaller than 90 degrees.

6. The refrigerator of any one of claims 1-5, further comprising:

The ice box is arranged in the ice making chamber, is positioned below the ice making box in the height direction of the box body, and is used for receiving ice cubes produced by the ice making box.

7. The refrigerator of claim 6, further comprising:

The driving piece is arranged on the box body, the output end of the driving piece is fixedly connected with the ice making box, and the driving piece can drive the ice making box to rotate by taking the output end as a rotation center.

8. The refrigerator of claim 7, further comprising:

The movable piece is rotatably arranged on the driving piece and can rotate between a first position and a second position, a first abutting part and a second abutting part are formed on the movable piece, the first abutting part and the second abutting part are arranged at intervals along the height direction of the box body, and the first abutting part is positioned above the second abutting part;

The first abutting portion abuts against the inner top wall of the ice making chamber when the moving member is at the first position; the second abutting portion abuts against ice pieces when the moving member is at the second position.

9. The refrigerator of any one of claims 1-5, further comprising:

The heating piece is arranged on one side of the water outlet pipe, which is close to the water outlet, and is used for improving the surface temperature of the water outlet pipe.

10. A refrigerator, the refrigerator comprising:

the box body is provided with a containing cavity and an ice making chamber, and the ice making chamber is placed in the containing cavity;

an ice-making case rotatably provided on an inner wall of the ice-making chamber, the ice-making case being formed with an ice-making chamber and an opening communicating with the ice-making chamber;

The water outlet pipe is provided with a water inlet and a water outlet which are communicated, the water inlet is externally connected with a water source, the water outlet is arranged towards one side close to the ice making box and is positioned above the ice making box, and the water outlet pipe is used for guiding water from the water source to the ice making cavity;

and the water level detection piece is used for detecting the water level in the ice making cavity.