EP1790922A1 - Eiswürfelbehälter in einem Kühlgerät - Google Patents

Eiswürfelbehälter in einem Kühlgerät Download PDF

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EP1790922A1
EP1790922A1 EP06124431A EP06124431A EP1790922A1 EP 1790922 A1 EP1790922 A1 EP 1790922A1 EP 06124431 A EP06124431 A EP 06124431A EP 06124431 A EP06124431 A EP 06124431A EP 1790922 A1 EP1790922 A1 EP 1790922A1
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Ivano Morandi
Paolo Russo
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00—Producing ice
    • F25C1/04—Producing ice by using stationary moulds
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D11/00—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators
    • F25D11/006—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators with cold storage accumulators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/06—Walls
    • F25D23/061—Walls with conduit means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00—Producing ice
    • F25C1/22—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2400/00—Auxiliary features or devices for producing, working or handling ice
    • F25C2400/06—Multiple ice moulds or trays therefor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2400/00—Auxiliary features or devices for producing, working or handling ice
    • F25C2400/10—Refrigerator units

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  • the present invention relates to an ice cube tray.
  • It also relates to an appliance, and preferably a refrigerator, equipped with an ice cube tray according to the invention.
  • the present invention relates to household electrical appliances in which a freezing zone is not provided.
  • trays comprising housing for the formation of ice cubes and cavities containing a eutectic liquid.
  • This type of tray is described for example in the document FR 2,619,896 .
  • These tanks must be placed, without water in the housing, in a freezing zone of a refrigerator so that the eutectic liquid is at a low temperature. Once the liquid has reached a sufficiently low temperature, the user can fill the housings with water and obtain ice cubes. The procedure for the formation of ice cubes from these trays is relatively restrictive.
  • containers containing a eutectic liquid to be disposed in a refrigeration zone of a static refrigerator comprising an evaporator incorporated in the insulation and positioned on at least one of the walls of said refrigeration zone.
  • This type of tray can be removably mounted on said wall.
  • the temperature of the refrigerator wall is below 0 ° C to allow the formation of ice cubes.
  • Water condenses on the walls of such a refrigerator and preferably on the wall comprising an evaporator. As a result, an insulating layer of ice water forms between the ice cube tray and the refrigerator wall and prevents the formation of ice cubes in the tank housing.
  • such an ice bin has only a limited number of ice cubes.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to provide closed ice bins, to adapt to all types of refrigeration apparatus, to minimize the amount of eutectic liquid for forming and preserving ice cubes, and to simplify existing ice bins. .
  • the present invention provides an ice cube tray in a refrigeration apparatus comprising an ice cube compartment and a support disposed on a wall of the refrigeration apparatus and said compartment being in thermal relation with a evaporator integrated in said wall, said compartment comprising a thermal insulation provided with a plastic envelope and an insulating layer, a cavity containing a eutectic liquid and housings for forming ice cubes.
  • the ice cube tray comprises means for evacuating the water in contact with the wall of the refrigeration apparatus comprising the evaporator and the support of the ice cube tray.
  • the ice tray according to the invention has a closed compartment comprising housings for forming ice cubes and adapted to prevent the formation of a layer of water between the wall of the refrigeration apparatus and the support.
  • the means for discharging the water make it possible to guide the trickling water on the wall of the refrigeration apparatus outside the zone where the compartment is in thermal relation with the evaporator.
  • the water can then flow along the walls of the support.
  • the means for discharging water comprise a chute.
  • the Applicant has found that by sparing a chute sufficiently large, the ice cube tray is adapted to collect water and evacuate outside the zone where the compartment is in thermal relation with the evaporator, while avoiding the formation of frost on the ice cube tray support.
  • the compartment forms a box comprising a bottom wall, an upper wall, two side peripheral walls and a front peripheral wall for supporting the ice boxes.
  • This simplified form of the compartment makes it possible to obtain at an inexpensive cost an ice cube tray that adapts to static and ventilated refrigeration equipment.
  • the chute extends substantially in a plane forming an angle of between 1 and 5 ° with said upper wall of the support.
  • the invention also relates to a device household appliance, and preferably a refrigerator comprising an ice cube tray according to the invention.
  • This appliance has similar features and advantages to those described above with reference to the first aspect of the invention.
  • the refrigerator comprises a refrigeration tank 9 defined by walls 4a, 4b and 4c comprising an inner surface 23.
  • This inner surface 23 is contained in an outer housing 24.
  • An insulation layer 25 is provided between the inner surface 23 of the 9 and the outer housing 24.
  • This insulation layer 25 may be made by foam or by vacuum air.
  • An evaporator 10 is disposed in said insulating layer 25 and in contact with the inner surface 23 of the tank 9.
  • the evaporator 10 may be included in one of the walls 4a, 4b or 4c or in the three walls or at least two.
  • the evaporator 10 may be in thermal relation with only a part of said walls 4a, 4b or 4c.
  • Figures 2 to 5 illustrate, by way of non-limiting example, the arrangement of an ice cube tray according to the invention in a refrigerator.
  • the refrigeration apparatus comprises a tank 9 closed by a door 4d.
  • the tank 9 provided with a thermal insulation material in which is incorporated the evaporator 10 form part of the refrigeration circuit of the refrigeration apparatus.
  • This evaporator 10 is positioned against the outer wall of the tank 9 which is the coldest wall of the tank 9.
  • the tank 9 of the apparatus comprising a refrigeration circuit (not shown) is adapted to maintain the temperature within a predetermined range of values.
  • the regulation of the temperature of the tank 9 is guaranteed by control means (not shown) of the refrigeration and temperature measurement circuit.
  • the refrigeration circuit comprises all the conventional elements constituting such a device and well known to those skilled in the art. These elements are not shown in the figures.
  • the refrigerator has a single tank for cooling food. This refrigerator does not require a freezing tank.
  • the temperature inside the tank 9 is of the order of + 4 ° C.
  • the ice cube tray subject of the present invention does not require that the temperature of the tank 9 is close to 0 ° C to form and keep ice cubes.
  • a tray with ice cubes according to an embodiment of the invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.
  • This ice cube tray is generally in the form of a box 1 defined by at least three peripheral walls, intended to be arranged vertically when using the ice cube tray, a bottom and a top for closing the box 1 .
  • the support 3 of the ice cube tray is in contact with the wall 4a of the tank 9 of the refrigeration apparatus.
  • the contact of the wall 4a of the tank 9 with the support 3 of the ice cube tray may be made by a peripheral wall or directly in contact with a surface of the cavity 13 containing the eutectic liquid.
  • the box 1 comprises three or four peripheral walls.
  • the support 3 may be perforated in the central portion to promote the thermal relationship between the compartment 2 and the evaporator 10 to form ice cubes.
  • This opening 17 in the support 3 makes it possible to remove an insulating wall between the compartment 2 and the wall 4 of the tank 9.
  • the opening 17 of the support 3 can have a height of 180mm and a width of 180mm.
  • the support 3 may comprise a peripheral wall only on a portion of the surface of the box 1 in contact with the wall 4 of the tank 9.
  • the box 1 comprises a compartment 2 and a support 3 disposed substantially parallel to a wall 4 of the tank 9 of a refrigeration apparatus.
  • the compartment 2 comprises a bottom wall 5, an upper wall 6, a front peripheral wall 7 and two lateral peripheral walls 20, 21 intended to support the ice storage units 8.
  • the front peripheral wall 7 of the compartment 2 is disposed substantially parallel to the wall 4a of the tank 9.
  • this front peripheral wall 7 is intended to receive means for storing water in compartment 2.
  • These water storage means in the compartment 2 consist for example of ice cubes 8 forming an integral part of the compartment 2 or formed in a removable tray.
  • the ice cubes 8 include cavities for containing water to turn it into ice cubes.
  • the support 3 of the ice cube tray is an integral part of the wall 4a of the tank 9 or is fixed by means known to those skilled in the art.
  • This support 3 can be made removable depending on the fastening means used.
  • the support 3 can be fixed to a wall 4 of the tank 9 by welding, and preferably by ultrasonic welding.
  • the support 3 may comprise magnetic fastening means cooperating with other magnetic fastening means disposed on a wall 4 of the tank 9.
  • These fixing means are preferably magnets.
  • the fixing means of the wall 4 of the tank 9 may be embedded in the insulation foam.
  • the fixing means of the support 3 may be arranged to be flush with the outer surface in contact with the wall 4 of the tank 9.
  • the support 3 allows the compartment 2 to be fixed on the tank 9 of the refrigeration apparatus.
  • Said support 3 and compartment 2 are preferably of thin plastic material.
  • This ice cube tray in a refrigerating appliance comprises a compartment 2 with ice cubes and a support 3 disposed on a wall 4 of the refrigerating appliance and said compartment 2 is in thermal relation with an evaporator 10 integrated in said wall 4, said compartment 2 comprising a thermal insulation provided with a plastic envelope 11 and an insulating layer 12, a cavity 13 containing a eutectic liquid and housing 8 to form ice cubes.
  • the plastic casing 11 of the compartment 2 is of a thickness of the order of 2 mm.
  • the insulating layer 12 of the compartment 2 is preferably of foam whose thickness is between 5 and 15 mm, and preferably of the order of 10 mm.
  • said insulating layer 12 is made of expanded polystyrene.
  • the ice cube tray comprises water evacuation means 14 in contact with the wall 4 of the refrigeration apparatus comprising the evaporator 10 and the support 3 of the ice cube tray.
  • the water flow means 14 of the ice cube tray are intended to prevent water from flowing between the ice cube tray and a wall 4 of the tank 9 in particular during the defrosting of the refrigeration apparatus.
  • the refrigerating apparatus comprises at least one defrosting means for suppressing the formation of ice on one of said walls 4 of the tank 9.
  • the defrosting device can be operated automatically by control means of the refrigeration apparatus.
  • Said at least one heating means is generally achieved by the operating cycle of the compressor.
  • Water recovery means such as a pipe, are arranged in the bottom of the refrigeration apparatus.
  • the ice bin containing a eutectic liquid and a thermal insulation, is sized to withstand the temperature rise generated by the defrosting device to keep the ice cubes.
  • the water evacuation means 14 make it possible to evacuate the water during defrosting outside the zone where the compartment 2 is in thermal relation with the evaporator 10 to prevent the formation of ice between them.
  • the means for discharging the water 14 comprise a chute 15.
  • An upper wall of the support 3 comprises the chute 15.
  • the trough 15 extends substantially in a plane forming an angle of between 1 and 5 ° with said upper wall of the support 3.
  • the chute 15 comprises at least one opening at one end.
  • the opening is provided in a portion of one of the lateral peripheral walls 20, 21.
  • This opening is dimensioned so as to be able to discharge the water coming from the wall 4 of the tank 9 along the ice cube tray 9.
  • the portion of the lateral peripheral wall 20, 21 comprising the opening is disposed in the part near the wall 4 of the tank 9.
  • the chute 15 includes an opening at each end.
  • the evacuation of water can also be effected by overflow of the water level above the upper edge of a peripheral wall of the support.
  • the box 1 has in its upper part a water flow concavity which extends substantially in a plane.
  • the means for discharging the water 14 comprise at least one water flow concavity 16.
  • This plane is inclined with respect to the wall 4 of the tank 9 and to the front peripheral wall 7 of the compartment 2.
  • An upper wall of the support 3 comprises said at least one water flow concavity 16.
  • Said at least one flow concavity of the water 16 extends substantially from the wall 4 of the tank 9 to the front peripheral wall 7 of the compartment 2.
  • the radius of said at least one water flow concavity 16 may be about 60mm.
  • this compartment 2 the internal dimensions of this compartment 2 are such that they make it possible to obtain a useful volume of the compartment authorizing the positioning of 25 ice cubes 8.
  • the compartment 2 comprises rows of housings 8 of ice cubes arranged vertically.
  • the number of rows of housings 8 to ice cubes is 4 in the embodiment described.
  • the lateral peripheral walls 20, 21 have a width of 80 mm and the front peripheral wall 7 has a width of about 200 mm.
  • the height of the compartment 2 may be about 200mm.
  • the corners of the support 2 and the compartment 3 have a radius sufficient to promote the flow of water along the ice cube tray, and for example a radius greater than 5mm.
  • the present invention makes it possible to propose an ice cube tray adapted to any type of refrigeration appliance.
  • the compartment 2 is placed in the refrigeration apparatus as illustrated in FIG. 2 by assembly on the support 3.
  • the eutectic liquid stores energy and the water becomes ice.
  • the compartment 2 is detached from the support 3 to extract ice cubes from the housing 8.
  • the ice cubes are removed from the housing 8 either by deformation of said housing 8 or removable trays.
  • the housing 8 can be placed under a stream of hot water from a tap.
  • the compartment 2 is removably attached to the support 3 and by resilient latching means 18.
  • the support 3 of the ice cube tray is attached to a wall 4 of the vessel 9 of the refrigerator.
  • the elastic latching means 18 comprise a deformable leaf spring on a peripheral wall 20, 21 of the compartment 2.
  • the deformable spring blade is provided in a portion of the lateral peripheral wall of the compartment 2.
  • the support 3 comprises a slot on a lateral peripheral wall 20, 21 adapted to receive the deformable leaf spring.
  • These elastic latching means 18 are dimensioned so as to hold the compartment 2 on the support 3, and in particular to isolate the ice cube tray from the tank 9.
  • the latching force must be large enough to allow the transport of the refrigeration apparatus.
  • the latching force is between 8 and 20N, and for example in this embodiment, a force equal to 10N.
  • the resilient latching means 18 comprise a positioning groove on an opposite peripheral wall 20 of the compartment 2 to the peripheral wall 21 comprising the deformable spring blade.
  • the support 3 comprises a lateral peripheral wall adapted to receive the groove.
  • the groove of the compartment 2 is engaged in a first slot of the lateral peripheral wall of the support 3.
  • the compartment 2 is moved in rotation until the detent of the deformable spring blade snaps into a second slot of an opposite lateral peripheral wall of the support 3.
  • the elastic latching means 18 are fixed by a rotational movement.
  • the compartment 2 can be fixed to the support 3 by a translational movement.
  • the support 3 and the compartment 2 comprise at least two resilient snap-fastening means 18.
  • the support 2 comprises two slots allowing the engagement of two spring blades arranged on the compartment 2. This mounting principle allows the user to remove compartment 2 from the refrigerator with a pulling motion requiring little effort.
  • the support 3 is removable.
  • a handle 19 is disposed on the outer face of the compartment 2 to remove the compartment 2 of the support 3.
  • This handle 19 can be integrated in the plastic casing 11 of the compartment 2.
  • the handle 19 allows easy handling of the compartment 2 to move it and fill the ice cubes 8 with water.
  • the handle 19 also facilitates the positioning of the compartment 2 for fixing on the support 3.
  • the support 3 can be fixed irremovably on a wall 4 of the vessel 9 of the refrigerator.
  • the compartment 2 can also be fixed on a sliding slide allowing the user to extract only the ice cubes 8 for filling water.
EP06124431A 2005-11-23 2006-11-21 Kühlgerät mit Eiswürfelbehälter Not-in-force EP1790922B8 (de)

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FR0511995A FR2893705B1 (fr) 2005-11-23 2005-11-23 Bac a glacons, notamment pour appareil electromenager du type refrigerateur

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EP0851191A1 (de) 1996-12-23 1998-07-01 Whirlpool Corporation Kühlschrank mit eingelagertem Verdampfer und Eiswürfelerzeugungseinrichtung
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ATE470116T1 (de) 2010-06-15
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EP1790922B8 (de) 2010-07-21
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