EP3172514A2 - Appareil de froid avec distributeur de glaçons et/ou d'eau - Google Patents

Appareil de froid avec distributeur de glaçons et/ou d'eau

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Publication number
EP3172514A2
EP3172514A2 EP15741216.4A EP15741216A EP3172514A2 EP 3172514 A2 EP3172514 A2 EP 3172514A2 EP 15741216 A EP15741216 A EP 15741216A EP 3172514 A2 EP3172514 A2 EP 3172514A2
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Prior art keywords
dispenser
refrigerating appliance
appliance according
sensor
ice
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German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Karl-Friedrich Laible
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BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
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BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/0878—Safety, warning or controlling devices
    • B67D1/0882—Devices for controlling the dispensing conditions
    • B67D1/0884—Means for controlling the parameters of the state of the liquid to be dispensed, e.g. temperature, pressure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/0003—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being a single liquid
    • B67D1/0004—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being a single liquid the beverage being stored in a container, e.g. bottle, cartridge, bag-in-box, bowl
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/0857—Cooling arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/0888—Means comprising electronic circuitry (e.g. control panels, switching or controlling means)
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/16—Devices for collecting spilled beverages
    • 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
    • F25C1/24—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds for refrigerators, e.g. freezing trays
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • F25D29/00—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
    • F25D29/008—Alarm devices
    • 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
    • F25C2700/00—Sensing or detecting of parameters; Sensors therefor
    • F25C2700/12—Temperature of ice trays
    • 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
    • F25D2323/00—General constructional features not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2323/121—General constructional features not provided for in other groups of this subclass the refrigerator is characterised by a water filter for the water/ice dispenser
    • 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
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/36—Visual displays
    • 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
    • F25D2700/00—Means for sensing or measuring; Sensors therefor
    • F25D2700/12—Sensors measuring the inside temperature
    • F25D2700/122—Sensors measuring the inside temperature of freezer compartments

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a refrigerator, in particular a household refrigerator, with a dispenser for ice and / or water.
  • a dispenser for ice and / or water are highly comfortable for the user, allowing them to enjoy cold drinks at all times. However, they also require a certain amount of user attention to actually be operational when needed and to be able to provide ice or cold water in sufficient quantity and quality.
  • Object of the present invention is to provide a refrigeration device that allows a supply of cold water and / or ice with minimal effort on the part of the user.
  • a refrigeration device in particular a household refrigerator, is equipped with a dispenser for ice and / or water with a communication interface for transmitting at least one operating status message from the donor to an external receiver.
  • the external receiver typically a stationary or mobile computer in the user's home, a smartphone, or the like, should be able to either display the received operating status message itself, or it, for example, by e-mail, SMS in a mobile network, or otherwise forward appropriate ways to a display device that allows the user to take note of the operating status message. Therefore, the user does not have to go to the refrigeration device to get the
  • the operating status message may be an improper one
  • the refrigeration device may comprise a sensor for detecting the fill level of a reservoir of the dispenser, and the
  • Operating status message may specify the detected level.
  • Operating status message can contain a quantitative indication of the level
  • a binary assessment of the filling level may also be included as sufficient or insufficient, or the operating status message is transmitted to the external receiver only in the case when the level is judged to be insufficient, so that the user from the reception of the filling level
  • Operational status message can already conclude that he must provide remedial action.
  • a quantitative information on the level, which may also be included in the message, can then provide the user with additional information on how urgent this remedy is.
  • the reservoir may be an ice container, typically an ice container, integrated with one in the dispenser
  • Ice maker is filled.
  • the remedies that apply to the user may be limited to turning on the icemaker or automatic
  • Communication supports as is typically the case with a WLAN interface, the user can also send a corresponding command to the control unit via the external receiver.
  • the reservoir may also be a water tank.
  • Comfortable dispensers may also include a C0 2 container and / or a
  • Flavoring container to carbonated water or Flavoring.
  • the operating status message may also specify the level of such a container to alert the user when the container is substantially empty and should be replaced or refilled.
  • Residual memory may be provided, and the operating status message may specify the detected storage capacity of the memory.
  • An example of such a residue storage may be a filter disposed in a supply line of the dispenser to remove unwanted ingredients of the water, such as substances used to sterilize the water, carriers of undesirable odors or contaminants.
  • filters must be replaced or regenerated from time to time to maintain their effectiveness.
  • a residue reservoir may be a drip tray conventionally located below an outlet of the dispenser, which must be emptied from time to time, in particular during intensive use of the dispenser
  • Some types of icemaker do not use molds in which the filled water freezes completely, but cold fingers that dip into a pool of water and on whose surface the water freezes. This dissolved salts accumulate in the still liquid portion of the water, and there is a brine residue, which should not freeze, so as not to affect the taste of the ice, but is discharged into a collection container. This one must, if he does not have one
  • Sewer line is connected to be emptied from time to time, whereupon the user can be informed by an appropriate operating status message.
  • the invention can also be used to improve the reliability of the refrigeration device.
  • a sensor for detecting the water flow rate and a shut-off valve may be provided, and the
  • Operating status message can be generated if, with the shut-off valve closed, a non-negligible throughput of the supply line is detected and indicates a leak in the dispenser.
  • a safety valve which is arranged at an inlet of the hose and controlled by a leak detector.
  • the refrigeration device can also be equipped with such a safety valve and the operating state message can indicate a blockage of the safety valve in order to possibly inform the user of the presence of a fault. The user can then contact customer support immediately to arrange for the fault to be remedied.
  • Operating status message contained information to enable a remote diagnosis of the cause of the fault.
  • a temperature sensor may be provided in an ice-making or storage area of the dispenser, and the operating status message may specify the temperature sensed by the sensor. Too high a temperature in this area may be due to an accidentally left door of the refrigerator or a blocked
  • Cooling mode with preferred cooling of the donor is switchable, the
  • Operating state message specify which of these operating states is currently active.
  • Switching between the normal cooling operating state and the cooling operating state with preferred cooling of the dispenser can expediently also be effected by means of a command received via the communication interface.
  • a display screen for displaying the operating status message should also be displayed on
  • Refrigeration device itself be provided.
  • Such a display screen can also be set up be to display information received via the communication interface. This information need not be limited to the operation of the refrigerator itself;
  • Fig. 1 shows in schematic form an inventive household refrigerator and cooperating with him recipients.
  • the refrigerator shown in Fig. 1 has a in the figure shown in section
  • heat-insulating body 1 and a door 2 which together define a refrigerated storage compartment, here a freezer compartment 3. From the freezer compartment 3 is in an upper part of the
  • Body 1 an evaporator chamber 4 divided, the evaporator 5, a fan 6 for driving the air exchange between the evaporator chamber 4 and the
  • An automatic ice maker 8 is in the freezer compartment 3 just below the
  • Evaporator chamber 4 is arranged.
  • the structure of the automatic icemaker 8 is not shown in the figure, since such ice makers are known and the applicability of the invention is not limited to any particular type of icemaker.
  • ice maker 8 may comprise, in a manner known per se, a tray with a plurality of ice cube molds to be filled with water, or an arrangement of cooling fingers engaging in the tray may be provided on the surface of which the water of the tray freezes.
  • a line 9 is provided to supply the ice maker 8 with fresh water.
  • An upstream portion of the conduit 9 is formed by a flexible hose 10 which is provided to connect to a faucet 11 as shown
  • hose 10 To the hose 10 includes a permanently installed in the body 1 line section 12, in which a filter cartridge 13 is inserted interchangeable.
  • a flow sensor 14 is arranged on the line section 12 and with an electronic control unit 15 which, based on the water consumption detected by the sensor 14, the residual capacity of the filter cartridge 13, in particular the amount of water that can still tile through the filter cartridge 13 until the filter capacity is exhausted, or expected to the flow of this amount remaining residual operating time the filter cartridge 13 appraises.
  • the conduit 9 Downstream of the filter cartridge 13, the conduit 9 bifurcates into a branch 16 passing through a solenoid valve 40 to the icemaker and a branch 17 made by a hinge in the door 2 to supply a water tank 18.
  • the water tank 18 is embedded in a heat-insulating layer of the door 2 so that it adjusts a temperature just above 0 ° C in it when the refrigerator is in normal ambient temperature in operation.
  • the tank 18 is connected via a controlled by the control unit 15 solenoid valve 19 with a water outlet 20 on the ceiling of a recessed in the door 2 dispenser 21.
  • the water tank 20 can be acted upon with carbon dioxide from an exchangeable pressure bottle 23 via a further solenoid valve 22 controlled by the control unit 15.
  • a pressure sensor 24 arranged on a line section between the pressure bottle 23 and the solenoid valve 22 allows the control unit 15 to estimate the residual content of the pressure bottle 23 on the basis of the pressure measured in the line section.
  • a flavor bottle 25 for soda base stock or another suitable for admixing with the water outlet 20 is interchangeably mounted in the door 2 and connected via a solenoid valve 26 to an outlet adjacent to the water outlet 20 on the ceiling of the dispensing counter 21.
  • Level sensor 27 for detecting the content of the storage bottle 25 is connected to the
  • Control unit 15 connected. At the bottom of the dispenser 21 a drip tray 28 is removably arranged. This is associated with a connected to the control unit 15 level sensor 29. Under the ice maker 8, an ice storage container 30 is arranged to be ejected from the ice maker 8 in the finished pieces of ice. A discharge opening 31 at the front end of the storage container 30 communicates with an ice passage 32 in the ceiling of the
  • Reservoir 30 is provided to move the pieces of ice in the storage container 30 from time to time to prevent freezing, and if necessary for
  • a passage 34 is kept free, can pass through the cold air from the evaporator chamber 4 with a corresponding position of the flap 7 in a lying below the reservoir 30 area of the freezer compartment 3 ,
  • the control unit 15 is connected to a WLAN radio interface 35, which allows bidirectional communication with other WLAN subscribers, such as a smartphone 36, a tablet computer, a PC or a WLAN repeater 38 connected to the telephone network 37.
  • WLAN radio interface 35 allows bidirectional communication with other WLAN subscribers, such as a smartphone 36, a tablet computer, a PC or a WLAN repeater 38 connected to the telephone network 37.
  • the control unit 15 estimates the residual capacity of the filter cartridge 13 based on the measured values of the flow sensor 14 and sends a message about the
  • Radio interface 35 if this residual capacity has fallen below a predetermined or user-programmed limit.
  • the user has the option of setting on the control unit 15 whether the message is to be transmitted only within the WLAN, for example to the smartphone 36, in order to inform him of the necessity of the cartridge change, or whether a message in this regard,
  • the repeater 38 and the telephone network 37 should go directly to the address set by a dealer, so this one
  • a user interface to which such settings of the control unit 15 can be made may include a display screen 39, here on the door 2 of the refrigeration device.
  • Telephone network 37 to send operating status messages in the form of e-mails, it can also be used at the same time, in the opposite direction any Internet content on the Telephone network 37 and the repeater 38 to receive and play on the display screen 39.
  • control unit 15 When the control unit 15 has been configured to communicate with a mobile device such as the smartphone 36, a user interface with which further configurations of the control unit 15 may be made or existing ones may be changed, also implemented in the form of an application program on the mobile terminal be.
  • Control unit 15 by means of the pressure sensor 24, the level of the pressure bottle 23 and generates, as soon as the pressure has fallen below a limit, a
  • Operational status message indicating the need to replace or refill the pressure bottle 23 soon.
  • This message can also be transmitted within the WLAN and / or sent as an e-mail to a predetermined address, depending on the user's specification. If the default e-mail address belongs to a terminal of the user himself, this may be due to the need of
  • the e-mail can also go directly to a dealer or service provider, so that provides for replacement.
  • Replacement procurement indicates when the level sensor 27 detects a low level in the supply bottle 25.
  • the sensors 14, 24, 27 a quantitative detection of
  • Control unit 15 upon receipt of a corresponding request via the
  • Radio interface 35 back to a BetnebsShsmeldung regarding the remaining capacity or the level, so that the user when he at a corresponding
  • the level sensor 29 monitors the contents of the drip tray 28. If the
  • the level of the drip tray 28 should increase at most shortly after the tapping of water from the tank 18 slightly. In this case, it is usually sufficient that the control unit 15 a
  • the control unit 15 recognizes that a leak has occurred. In this case, the control unit 15 locks a safety valve 41 on
  • the fault message can be written by the control unit 15 as an e-mail, which only has to be forwarded by the repeater 38; but it can also be a
  • WLAN internal message acting to another participant of the WLAN e.g. a PC, causes to send a corresponding e-mail.
  • the control unit 15 responds in the same way by blocking the safety valve 41 and emitting a fault message, when closed solenoid valves 19, 40, a non-vanishing flow at the sensor 14 indicates a leakage of the water-bearing system downstream of the flow sensor 14, or if a sensor in a the Hose 10 surrounding, not shown in Fig. 1
  • control unit 15 can monitor the operation of a compressor (not shown in FIG. 1) on the basis of the temperature detected by a temperature sensor 42
  • Temperature in the freezer compartment 3 control. If the freezer compartment 3 heats above a predetermined setpoint temperature, although the control unit 15 has turned on the compressor, this indicates a malfunction such as improper closing of the door 2 or a malfunction of the compressor, and the control unit 15 generates a Operating status message indicating that the temperature is too high to cause the user to remedy the situation.
  • the smartphone 36 or another computer which may be connected to the radio interface 35 within the WLAN or connected to the WLAN via the telephone network 37 and the WLAN repeater 38, may be used to acquire sensor data from the control unit 15 to query or otherwise the
  • Interface 35 transmitted command to turn on the icemaker 8.
  • this switching on may be to open the solenoid valve once to fill a tray of the icemaker with water and to freeze the water.
  • the possibility can be provided to switch on an automatic operating mode of the ice maker, which consists in filling the
  • commands can also be transmitted to the control unit 15 via the WLAN radio interface 35, which commands influence the setpoint temperature in the freezer compartment 3 and / or the position of the flap 7.
  • a quick cooling mode may be activated in which the setpoint temperature of the freezer compartment 3 is significantly lowered compared to the normal cooling mode, and which typically causes the compressor to run nonstop while the rapid cooling mode is stopped.
  • the control unit 15 can be made to set the flap 7 so that it completely or largely blocks the passage 34, so that the fan 6 circulates it Cold air flows entirely or at least for the most part through the ice maker 8 and thus leads to a very rapid freezing of the water in the tray.
  • the control unit 15 confirms the execution of the commands by appropriate

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Abstract

Appareil de froid, en particulier appareil de froid domestique, comprenant un distributeur de glaçons et/ou d'eau et une interface de communication (35) permettant la transmission d'au moins un message relatif à l'état de fonctionnement du distributeur à un récepteur externe (36, 38).
EP15741216.4A 2014-07-25 2015-07-24 Appareil de froid avec distributeur de glaçons et/ou d'eau Ceased EP3172514A2 (fr)

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