Classifications

• • 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
  • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
  • F25D23/028—Details
• • 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
  • F25C1/25—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
  • 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
  • F25C5/02—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice
  • F25C5/04—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice without the use of saws
  • F25C5/06—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice without the use of saws by deforming bodies with which the ice is in contact, e.g. using inflatable members
• • 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
  • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
  • F25D23/04—Doors; Covers with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners
• • 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
  • F25D29/005—Mounting of control 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
  • F25C2305/00—Special arrangements or features for working or handling ice
  • F25C2305/022—Harvesting ice including rotating or tilting or pivoting of a mould or tray
  • F25C2305/0221—Harvesting ice including rotating or tilting or pivoting of a mould or tray rotating ice mould
• • 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
  • F25C2400/08—Auxiliary features or devices for producing, working or handling ice for different type of ice
• • 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
  • F25C2500/02—Geometry problems
• • 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

Definitions

• the present disclosure relates to a refrigerator.
• the refrigerator is configured to keep stored food in in a refrigerated state or frozen state by cooling an inside of the storage space using cold air.
• the ice stored in the ice bin can be discharged through a dispenser provided in the door, or the user can open a freezing chamber door, approach the ice bin, and take out the ice in the ice bin.
• the ice making device includes a tray on which ice is generated and a frame that rotatably supports the tray.
• the frame is fixedly mounted on the inner surface of the door, and the tray is rotatably mounted on the frame.
• the tray rotates at a predetermined angle.
• one edge is caught on the frame, causing the tray to twist around a rotation axis.
• the ice generated in the tray is separated and falls into an inside of the ice bank.
• the tray includes a plurality of ice cubes formed with a predetermined size and depth.
• One embodiment provides a refrigerator in which water can be evenly distributed to a plurality of ice making cells within a tray.
• one embodiment provides a refrigerator in which water can be distributed to a plurality of ice making cells while allowing easy installation of a temperature sensor.
• one embodiment provides a refrigerator in which ice can be smoothly separated from each of a plurality of ice making cells of a tray during an ice separation process.
• one embodiment provides a refrigerator in which a dispenser is slim.
• the refrigerator may include a door to open and close the storage space.
• the refrigerator may further include an ice maker that receives cold air for cooling the storage space and generates ice.
• the ice tray may include a first region positioned close to the connector.
• the ice tray may include a second region positioned close to the shaft.
• Water may be supplied to one ice making cell of the second region.
• a water channel in the first region may be provided with a first blade, and a water channel in the second region may be provided with a second blade.
• a width of the first blade may be greater than a width of the second blade.
• a second row may be arranged between a first row and a third row.
• ice making cells of the second row of the second region may be supplied with water through the first water channel or the second water channel.
• the refrigerator may further include a sensor module installed on a cell wall forming ice making cells of the second row.
• the sensor module may include a temperature sensor positioned between two cell walls forming ice making cells of the second row, and a sensor frame to support the temperature sensor.
• the first region may be provided with a water channel for moving water between ice making cells of the second row.
• a water channel for moving water between ice making cells of the second row in the first region does not exist, so that ice making cells of the second row in the first region may be supplied with water through the first water channel or the second water channel.
• a number of ice making cells in the first region may be less than a number of ice making cells in the second region.
• water may be smoothly distributed to ice making cells while reducing a rotational trajectory of an ice tray in which a temperature sensor is installed.
• a force for ice separation at a portion of an ice tray located adjacent to a driver may be increased, so that an overall ice separation reliability in the ice tray can be improved.
• ice generated the second ice maker 500 can be transferred to the dispenser 11 by a separate transfer mechanism.
• a position of the second ice maker 500 in the present embodiment may vary.
• the second ice maker 500 may be positioned in the storage space.
• the second space 124 may be present or may be omitted.
• the refrigerator 1 may include a supply passage 2a that guides cold air of the freezing chamber 19 or cold air of a space where an evaporator that generates cold air for cooling the freezing chamber 19 is disposed to the first refrigerating chamber door 10.
• the refrigerator 1 may further include a discharge passage 2b that guides cold air discharged from the first refrigerating chamber door 10 to the freezing chamber 19 or the space where the evaporator is disposed.
• the supply passage 2a and the discharge passage 2b may be provided in the cabinet 2.
• the first refrigerating chamber door 10 may include a cold air inlet 123a. When the first refrigerating chamber door 10 is closed, the cold air inlet 123a may be communicated with the supply passage 2a.
• the first refrigerating chamber door 10 may further include a cold air outlet 123b.
• the cold air outlet 123b may be communicated with the discharge passage 2b.
• the cold air inlet 123a may be formed on one side of the door liner 102.
• the one side of the door liner 102 may be a side facing a wall where the supply passage 2a is disposed in the refrigerating chamber 18 when the first refrigerating chamber door 10 is closed.
• the cold air inlet123a may be disposed to overlap the second space 124 in a horizontal direction.
• the cold air outlet 123b may be formed on one side of the door liner 102.
• the one side of the door liner 102 may be a side facing a wall where the discharge passage 2b is disposed in the refrigerating chamber 18 when the first refrigerating chamber door 10 is closed.
• the cold air outlet 123b may be disposed to overlap the second space 124 in a horizontal direction.
• a shape of the ice generated from the first ice maker 200 may be the same as or different from a shape of the ice generated from the second ice maker 200.
• the second ice maker 500 may form spherical ice.
• a size or volume of ice generated from the first ice maker 200 may be different from a size or volume of ice generated from the second ice maker 500.
• a size or volume of ice generated from the second ice maker 500 may be greater than a size or volume of ice formed from the first ice maker 200.
• the one side of the door liner 102 may include a first side portion 102a and a second side portion 102b having different widths in a front-back direction.
• the second side portion 102b may protrude further toward the refrigerating chamber18 than the first side portion 102a.
• At least a portion of the first cold air passage P1 may extend in a vertical direction.
• Cold air may rise in the first cold air passage P1 and be supplied to an upper portion of the first space 122.
• cold air guided by the first cold air passage P1 may flow toward the first ice maker 200.
• the dispenser 11 may include a dispenser housing 11a.
• the dispenser housing 11a may form a receiving space.
• a container such as a cup may be positioned in the receiving space. Water or ice may be discharged into the receiving space.
• the ice guide 800 may overlap at least a portion of the second space 124 in a horizontal direction.
• the second space 124 may be disposed at a rear side of the dispenser housing 11a because the dispenser housing 11a is slim.
• a shape of the ice tray 210 can be improved.
• a size of the ice generated may be reduced. If a size of ice is reduced, a width of the ice guide 800 or the ice chute 700 can be reduced, thereby making it possible to slim down a dispenser.
• a shape of the ice tray 210 will be described later with reference to the drawings.
• FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a first ice maker and a first ice bin according to the present embodiment.
• the first ice maker 200 may include an ice tray 210 forming an ice making cell.
• the first ice maker 200 may further include a tray cover 257 that covers the ice tray 210 to prevent water overflow when water is supplied to the ice tray 210.
• the first ice maker 200 may further include a water supply 256 that guides water to the ice tray 200.
• the support bracket 270 may include a first supporter 272 and a second supporter 274 coupled to the first supporter 272 or integrally formed with the first supporter 272.
• a structure of the support bracket 270 in the present embodiment is not limited thereto.
• a shaft 213 for rotation of the ice tray 210 may be rotatably supported by the support wall 254.
• the support wall 254 may be provided, for example, on the second supporter 274.
• the full ice detection device 260 may include a lever that rotates.
• the lever may rotate from a standby position to a full ice detection position. If the lever can rotate to the full ice detection position, it may be determined that full ice is not detected. On the other hand, if the lever cannot rotate to the full ice detection position, it may be determined that full ice is detected. Since the full ice detection device 260 may be implemented by a well-known technology, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
• FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 12-12 of FIG. 9 .
• FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 13-13 of FIG. 9 .
• FIG. 14 is a drawing for comparing a water channel of a first region and a water channel of a second region.
• FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 15-15 of FIG. 9 .
• the first direction may be a direction in which a rotation center of the ice tray 210 extends.
• the shaft 213 may extend in a direction parallel to the first direction.
• the ice making cells arranged in the first direction may be called “rows” (or groups).
• the ice making cells 230 may include first to third rows 222, 224, and 226 arranged in the second direction.
• the first row 222 may include a plurality of first ice making cells 232.
• the second row 224 may include a plurality of second ice making cells 234.
• the third row 226 may include a plurality of third ice making cells 236.
• the second row 224 is positioned between the first row 222 and the third row 226.
• a size of ice generated in each ice making cell may be reduced without reducing an ice making amount.
• water may be supplied to one ice making cell 234a of the second region 228.
• the one making cell 234a may be an ice making cell provided in the second row 224.
• the one ice making cell 234a can be referred to as a water supplied ice making cell.
• Water supplied to the water supplied ice making cell 234a may be distributed to the first ice making cell 232 of the first row 222 and the third ice making cell 236 of the third row 226. However, water supplied to the water supplied ice making cell 234a is not directly distributed to the second ice making cell 234 of the second row 224.
• the ice tray 210 may include a first water channel 241 (water passage) for moving water between the first ice making cell 232 of the first row 222 and the second ice making cell 234 of the second row 224.
• the first water channel 241 and the second water channel 242 may be arranged to face each other.
• the ice tray 210 may further include a third water channel 243 for moving water between a plurality of first ice making cells 232 of the first row 222.
• the ice tray 210 may further include a fourth water channel 244 for moving water between a plurality of third ice making cells 236 of the third row 226.
• a passage for moving water between a plurality of second ice making cells 234 of the second row 224 may not be formed in the ice tray 210.
• a portion of water may be distributed to the second ice making cell 234 of the second row 224 through the first water channel 241.
• a portion of water may be distributed to the second ice making cell 234 of the second row 224 through the second water channel 242.
• the water channels 241 to 244 are formed as a portion of the tray body 211 is recessed downward to allow water to move. Accordingly, the walls forming the water channels 241 to 244 may protrude toward between two adjacent cell walls.
• the temperature sensor 294 may be positioned between two adjacent cell walls, but if there is a protruding portion forming a water channel between the two cell walls, a space for forming the temperature sensor 294 may be reduced, and it is difficult to install the temperature sensor 294.
• a length of the sensor module protruding below the tray body 211 may increase. Then, a rotational trajectory of the tray body 211 on which the sensor module is installed may increase, causing a problem in that a space of remaining portion is reduced by a rotational trajectory of the tray body 211.
• a plurality of installation ribs 238 for installing the sensor frame 294 may be formed in the plurality of second cell walls 234b.
• the sensor frame 294 may be coupled to two installation ribs 238 that are spaced apart from each other. At this time, a number of installation ribs 238 may be at least three or more.
• an installation location of the sensor module may be changed.
• a location of the sensor module in the same type of ice tray 210 may be changed. In other words, a location of the sensor module can be changed without changing a structure of the ice tray 210.
• a shape of a portion of water channels in the second region 228 may be the same as a shape of a water channel in the first region 227, and a shape of another of water channels in the second region 228 may be different from a shape of the water channel in the first region 227.
• two or more types of water channels with different shapes may exist in the second region 228, and a shape of the water channels in the second region 228 may be different from a shape of the water channel in the first region 227.
• FIG. 12 illustrates a water channel of a first region
• FIG. 13 illustrates a water channel of a second region.
• a third water channel 243a of the first region 227 may be provided with a first blade 245.
• an ice separation force in a first region 227 disposed close to the connector 212 may be increased, thereby ensuring an ice separation reliability.
• the ice tray 210 may further include a blocking wall 215, 216 for preventing water overflow.
• One blocking wall 215 may be disposed around the connector 212, and another blocking wall 216 may be disposed around the shaft 212.
• an ice separation force in a portion of the ice tray disposed adjacent to a driver can be increased, so that an overall ice separation reliability in an ice tray can be improved.
• FIG. 16 is a plan view of an ice tray according to another embodiment.
• This embodiment is identical to a previous embodiment in other parts, but is characterized in that a water channel is formed in some of second cell walls forming second ice making cells of a second row. Therefore, only characteristic parts of this embodiment will be described below.
• the ice tray 210a may be divided into a first region 227 disposed close to a connector 212 and a second region 228 disposed far from the connector 212.
• a water channel 245 (a fifth water channel) may be formed in a second cell wall 234b forming a second ice making cell of the first region 227.
• a water channel may not be formed in a second cell wall forming the second ice making cell of the second region 228.

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