EP1957915A1 - Dispensing device for free-flowing or pourable products - Google Patents
Dispensing device for free-flowing or pourable productsInfo
- Publication number
- EP1957915A1 EP1957915A1 EP06807678A EP06807678A EP1957915A1 EP 1957915 A1 EP1957915 A1 EP 1957915A1 EP 06807678 A EP06807678 A EP 06807678A EP 06807678 A EP06807678 A EP 06807678A EP 1957915 A1 EP1957915 A1 EP 1957915A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- outlet
- dispensing device
- ice
- container
- flap
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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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
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D23/00—General constructional features
- F25D23/12—Arrangements of compartments additional to cooling compartments; Combinations of refrigerators with other equipment, e.g. stove
- F25D23/126—Water cooler
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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
- F25C5/00—Working or handling ice
- F25C5/20—Distributing ice
- F25C5/22—Distributing ice particularly adapted for household refrigerators
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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
- F25C2400/00—Auxiliary features or devices for producing, working or handling ice
- F25C2400/10—Refrigerator units
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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
- F25C2500/00—Problems to be solved
- F25C2500/06—Spillage or flooding of water
Definitions
- Dispensing device for flowable or pourable goods
- the present invention relates to a dispenser for liquid or pourable goods, in particular a dispenser for chilled water and ice on a refrigerator.
- Refrigerators with built-in ice maker and an output device for ice or chilled water enjoy increasing popularity.
- these dispensers have an outlet for ice and a water outlet, which are mounted on the outside of the refrigerator, so that a user can remove water and ice without having to open a door.
- a vertical supply channel for ice has an exit opening, below which the container to be filled is placed, and is supplied with ice from the lateral direction. This falls freely in the supply channel into the container.
- an outlet for water In an upper area of the feed channel, away from the path of the ice, there is an outlet for water. The water also falls vertically through the feed channel into the container. Since the outlet must not block the path of the ice, it must be located high above the container, resulting in a large drop height and the risk of splashing.
- the supply channel forms a heat leak, can pass through the heat inside the refrigerator, which increases its energy consumption.
- Another solution is to arrange the outlet for water laterally offset from an outlet for the ice and align it so that an oblique water jet is formed, which meets as well as the ice, the opening of a container to be filled.
- this regularly leads to the fact that the last drops of a filling process no longer hit the container, but fall laterally from this.
- Object of the present invention is to provide an output device of the type described, which allows a container at a same position both with water and with ice, which minimizes the risk of splashing water and which can be installed in an insulating wall without creating a strong thermal bridge.
- an output device with a feed pipe for pourable material, which has an outlet opening and one arranged at the outlet opening
- the outlet is preferably shaped and / or aligned to create a vertically downward liquid jet.
- the outlet may also be shaped and / or oriented to create a liquid jet extending within a fall path traced by the ice.
- An outlet opening of the outlet for the water is preferably within an imaginary smallest vertical cylinder surrounding the outlet opening for the ice and the butterfly valve in the open position. A container whose upper opening runs around the cylinder is thus hit with certainty by both the ice and the water.
- the outlet is preferably connected via a flexible hose to a tank.
- a check valve is preferably located upstream of the hose to prevent it from being subjected to a steady high water pressure.
- the outlet is preferably provided with a lip valve.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic section through a refrigeration device that with a
- Output device according to the present invention is equipped
- Fig. 2 is a schematic side view of the dispenser during the
- Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the dispenser during the filling of a container with ice.
- Fig. 4 is an exploded view of the water outlet of
- the refrigerating appliance shown in a schematic section in FIG. 1 has a heat-insulating body 1 and a door 2 which delimit an interior space 3.
- the door 2 is shown here disguised with a furniture panel 10.
- the interior space 3 is cooled by an evaporator, which is accommodated in an evaporator chamber 4 divided off in the upper region of the body.
- An automatic ice maker 5 is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the evaporator chamber 4 in the interior 3, so that it can preferably be acted upon by cold air from the evaporator chamber 4. To achieve temperatures below 0 °, the icemaker 5, if necessary, in a conventional manner with additional refrigerators such as Peltier elements be equipped. As part of the - A -
- Ice pieces produced by the icemaker 5 enter a collection container 6 located thereunder.
- a motor driven screw conveyor 7 at the bottom of the collection container 6 is operable to convey pieces of ice to a discharge opening 8 at the door near end of the collection container 6.
- One of the control buttons 9 is used to start the screw conveyor. 7
- a bulge 13 on the inside of the door surrounds the niche 12 and a water tank 14, which is embedded in an insulating layer of the door 2 at the back of the niche 12.
- the water tank 14 is connected via a supply line 15 and a check valve 16 to a building water pipe.
- an ice supply pipe 17 extends through the insulating layer of the door 2 into the niche 12.
- the supply pipe 17 is hermetically sealed by a heat-insulating flap 18, so that no hot air from the niche through the supply pipe 17 can get into the interior of the refrigerator.
- a derivative 19 extends from the tank 14 into the outside of
- Fig. 2 shows a section through the lower portion of the feed tube 17 and its surroundings with the flap 18 closed.
- the flap 18 is accommodated in a recess 20 which opens down into the recess 12. It comprises a flat-cylindrical body 22 which is filled with insulating material and which is shown in FIG.
- the body 22 is latched by means of integrally formed hooks 24 on a plate 25 which is integral with a transverse to the cutting plane 26 shaft.
- the shaft 26 is driven by a motor, not shown, in
- a water outlet 27 is integrally formed.
- the water outlet 27 comprises from top to bottom a nipple 28, on which a flexible rubber hose 29 is attached, a downwardly open cup 30, which receives a lip valve 31, and a flange 32, which has an external thread is provided to screw a cap 33 thereto, which fixes the lip valve 31 in the cup 30.
- the rubber tube 29 extends through the insulating layer of the door to the tank 14.
- the hooks 24, which anchor the body 22 of the flap to the shield 25, and the shield 25 itself are such that the Body 22 can be moved up the plate 25 along to release it from the plate 25 and replace it if necessary.
- the longitudinal axis of the water outlet 27 is oriented vertically, so that a vertically downwardly directed water jet 34 can be output.
- Fig. 3 shows the flap 18 in the open position with a container 35 placed underneath. In this position, the check valve 16 is closed, so that no water exits at the outlet 27; this is folded away to the side.
- two ellipses 36, 37 are shown, which respectively correspond to the projection of the outlet opening 23 or the region of the flap 18 covering it into the horizontal.
- a smallest possible circle surrounding both ellipses is designated 38. The circle 38 corresponds approximately to the minimum size of a container opening, which is required to safely collect ice and water dispensed.
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- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Thermal Sciences (AREA)
- General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
- Devices That Are Associated With Refrigeration Equipment (AREA)
- Devices For Dispensing Beverages (AREA)
Abstract
Description
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE102005057164A DE102005057164A1 (en) | 2005-11-30 | 2005-11-30 | A method for delivering chilled water and ice cubes from a refrigeration appliance has a pivotable baffle which opens an ice cube duct or a water nozzle with a drip free outlet |
PCT/EP2006/067956 WO2007062950A1 (en) | 2005-11-30 | 2006-10-31 | Dispensing device for free-flowing or pourable products |
Publications (1)
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EP1957915A1 true EP1957915A1 (en) | 2008-08-20 |
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EP06807678A Withdrawn EP1957915A1 (en) | 2005-11-30 | 2006-10-31 | Dispensing device for free-flowing or pourable products |
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US (1) | US9243837B2 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1957915A1 (en) |
CN (1) | CN101317064B (en) |
DE (1) | DE102005057164A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2007062950A1 (en) |
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DE102014214322A1 (en) * | 2014-07-23 | 2016-01-28 | BSH Hausgeräte GmbH | Refrigeration unit with liquid tank |
CN107024050B (en) * | 2017-04-25 | 2019-06-04 | 合肥华凌股份有限公司 | It distributes ice component, distribute ice production apparatus and refrigeration equipment |
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US3476295A (en) * | 1968-01-03 | 1969-11-04 | Henri E Telfer | Liquid dispensing apparatus having a dispensing top closure |
JP3112450B2 (en) * | 1998-03-03 | 2000-11-27 | 三星電子株式会社 | Refrigerator ice dispenser |
KR20040084297A (en) * | 2003-03-27 | 2004-10-06 | 엘지전자 주식회사 | Dispenser in refrigerator |
KR100510698B1 (en) | 2003-09-17 | 2005-08-31 | 엘지전자 주식회사 | Dispenser for ice-making apparatus in the refrigerator |
CN100432594C (en) * | 2004-04-12 | 2008-11-12 | 乐金电子(天津)电器有限公司 | Refrigerator door structure |
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2005
- 2005-11-30 DE DE102005057164A patent/DE102005057164A1/en not_active Withdrawn
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2006
- 2006-10-31 EP EP06807678A patent/EP1957915A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2006-10-31 CN CN2006800448312A patent/CN101317064B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2006-10-31 US US12/085,808 patent/US9243837B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2006-10-31 WO PCT/EP2006/067956 patent/WO2007062950A1/en active Application Filing
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US20100031691A1 (en) | 2010-02-11 |
WO2007062950A1 (en) | 2007-06-07 |
CN101317064A (en) | 2008-12-03 |
DE102005057164A1 (en) | 2007-05-31 |
CN101317064B (en) | 2012-07-18 |
US9243837B2 (en) | 2016-01-26 |
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Inventor name: MYSZKO, MAREK Inventor name: FLINNER, KLAUS Inventor name: HEGER, BERND Inventor name: NALBACH, PETER Inventor name: WRENCH, NATHAN Inventor name: YAZAN, KASIM Inventor name: BUCHSTAB, MARTIN Inventor name: FEINAUER, ADOLF Inventor name: DUMKOW, IRENE |
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Owner name: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH |
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