KR20000032977A - Ice dispenser of refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An ice dispenser of refrigerator is provided to allow users to have a choice between fragment ice and cube ice. CONSTITUTION: An ice dispenser includes an automatic ice piece maker(100) for forming ice pieces with water provided thereto, and a crusher box(200) arranged under the ice piece maker(100) and which has a first compartment(210) and a second compartment(220), the crusher box(200) having a first ice piece extracting unit(300) and a second ice piece extracting unit(400) for extracting ice pieces from the first compartment(210) and the second compartment(220), respectively.

Description

Ice Feeder of Refrigerator

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ice supply device for a refrigerator, and more particularly, to an ice supply device for a refrigerator to supply various types of ice to a dispenser employed in a side-by-side refrigerator in which a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment are separated on both sides. will be.

In general, a refrigerator is a home appliance used to freeze and refrigerate food by the heat of evaporation of a refrigerant using a cooling cycle. A refrigerator is used to freeze and refrigerate stored food by introducing cold air cooled by a cooler into a refrigerator. do.

A conventional refrigerator is roughly divided into a cabinet having a cavity having a predetermined volume in appearance and a door rotatably provided at a side of the cabinet to selectively open and close the cavity.

In addition, a rear of the cabinet is provided with a separate machine room for accommodating components such as a compressor, a condenser, and a capillary tube constituting the aforementioned cooling cycle.

The cooling cycle includes a compressor for compressing a gas refrigerant such as a freon into a gas refrigerant of high temperature and high pressure, and a condenser for cooling, condensing and liquefying gas refrigerant of high temperature and high pressure conveyed from the compressor by external air. And a capillary tube for depressurizing the liquid refrigerant from the condenser, and an evaporator for absorbing and cooling the surrounding heat while the depressurized refrigerant from the capillary is evaporated.

However, some recent large refrigerators have been proposed to be provided with a dispenser for providing cold water and ice to the consumer by using the cooling cycle of the refrigerator, as shown in Figure 1, the cabinet (A) on both sides The compartment is divided into a freezer compartment (B) and a refrigerator compartment (C), and has a structure in which a dispenser (D) for supplying water and ice to the front side of the door of the freezer compartment (B) side is provided.

This dispenser (D) is provided with two operation levers to selectively supply water or ice, respectively, according to the user's intention. To provide ice, an automatic ice maker and a crushed ice are crushed and extracted according to a user's request. Ice extractor is required.

Existing automatic ice makers supply water to ice making trays, ice-making to freeze water by condensing cold water from the evaporator, and ice to freeze iced ice from ice trays into the ice box. Process.

At this time, the ice is classified into ice cubes and pieces of ice according to the shape of the ice tray in the ice making process.

On the other hand, the conventional ice extracting device is to supply the ice from the above-described automatic ice making device to the dispenser, it is supplied to the dispenser after crushed ice or cubed ice is crushed to an appropriate size.

As shown in FIG. 2, the ice extractor includes a crusher box 10 in which ice is supplied from an automatic ice making machine and temporarily stored, and is accommodated in the crasher box 10 and is provided with a motor (not shown). Rotating body 20 for interlocking with the rotation of the crasher box 10 to the outside and provided on one side of the crasher box 10 is externally discharged according to the rotation of the rotating body 20 A blade cartridge 30 or the like for crushing ice to a predetermined size is provided.

In more detail, the rotating body 20 is installed in the horizontal direction, which is the axial direction of the motor, and has a coil shape so that its shape can draw ice to the outside at the same time as the rotation.

In addition, the crash box 10 has a recessed groove 12 is formed on one side in order to prevent interference with the rotating body 20 is a coil-shaped horizontally installed on the bottom surface.

And, the blade cartridge 30 is composed of three rotary blades 32 and two fixed blades 34, it is a structure that is arranged at different angles so that ice is crushed while passing through the blade.

Referring to the operation process of the conventional ice extraction apparatus having such a structure, if the ice ejection signal is transmitted from the dispenser (D) after the ice-making process is completed from the automatic ice making apparatus and the ice is supplied to the crasher box 10 and stored, the motor The rotor 20 is rotated while being driven.

Subsequently, as the rotating body 20 is rotated, the ice in the crasher box 10 is discharged to the outside. At this time, ice cubes and ice cubes can be selected according to the user's intention. While passing through the blade cartridge 30 is broken into a suitable size is supplied to the dispenser (D) side.

Such a refrigerator equipped with a conventional dispenser has the following problems.

As described above, since the user is required to separately drive the blade cartridge and the blade driving means for crushing to the appropriate size in order to receive the desired ice from the dispenser, thereby increasing the cost of parts and work efficiency during assembly work.

The present invention was created in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the object thereof is to provide various types of ice according to the user's request, and to reduce the number of components accordingly. It is to provide the ice supply of the refrigerator.

1 is a perspective view showing a refrigerator equipped with a general dispenser,

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a conventional ice extraction apparatus,

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the ice supply apparatus of the refrigerator according to the present invention,

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: automatic ice maker 110,120: first and second ice tray

200: crasher box 210,220: first and second space

300,400: first and second ice extraction means

402: slope 410: door

430: motor member

An ice supply device of the refrigerator of the present invention for achieving the above object is an automatic ice maker provided with a plurality of ice trays for receiving each ice of a predetermined amount of ice / ice to form different forms;

A crasher box partitioned and divided into first and second space portions having a predetermined volume to supply ice iced from the plurality of ice trays;

Predetermined ice extracting means for extracting the ice in the first and second space portions to the outside, respectively, characterized in that provided in the first and second space portions.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The ice supply apparatus of the refrigerator according to the present invention, referring to FIG. 1 again and described with reference to FIG. 3, an automatic ice maker 100 for receiving a certain amount of water and ice-making it into a certain type of ice; It is provided on the lower side of the automatic ice maker 100 and is formed into a plurality of first and second space parts 210 and 220, and predetermined first and second ice extraction for extracting ice in the first and second space parts 210 and 220, respectively. It is provided with a crasher box 200 is provided with a means (300,400).

In more detail, the automatic ice maker 100 includes a first ice tray 110 partitioned in the form of ice cubes, a second ice tray 120 partitioned in the form of ice cubes, and a first and second ice trays ( 110 and 120 is provided with a water supply pipe 130 for supplying a certain amount of water.

The water supply pipe 130 is supplied with a predetermined amount of water branched from a predetermined water supply source to the first and second ice trays 110 and 120, and may differentially supply water according to the sizes of the first and second ice trays 110 and 120. It is preferable that the inner diameters of the branched portions are formed to be different from each other.

In addition, the crasher box 200 is divided into first and second space parts 210 and 220, and the first and second space parts 210 and 220 have an upper side open so that ice is supplied from the first and second ice making trays 110 and 120. Has a structure.

In addition, the first ice extracting means 300 for extracting the ice in the first space portion 210 has a discharge hole 314 formed on one side of the first space portion 210, and the first space portion 210. ), A rotor 312 for extracting ice to the outside according to the driving of a motor (not shown) is accommodated.

On the other hand, the second ice extracting means 400 is provided with an inclined surface 402 having an inclined angle of the bottom surface of the second space portion 220, is hinged to the outer surface of the second space portion 220 A door 410 is provided to selectively open and close the inside thereof, and is provided with a motor member 430 that is driven as power is applied to rotate the door 410.

Then, the motor of the first ice extracting means and the motor member 430 of the second ice extracting means have a structure in which power is applied so as to be driven in accordance with the on / off operation of the dispenser (D) selection button (not shown). Have

Reference numeral 412 denotes a hinge shaft 412 of the door 410, and 432 denotes a motor shaft 432 engaged with the hinge shaft 412 of the door 410.

Although the operation of the ice supply device of the present invention refrigerator having such a configuration will be described separately from the case where the user selects ice cubes and the ice cubes. First, in the case of selecting ice cubes, since they are almost the same as the existing ice extracting apparatus, the ice cubes are supplied from the first ice tray 110 to the first space portion 210 of the crasher box 200. Subsequently, as the motor is driven, the rotating body 312 is rotated to extract ice through the discharge hole 314.

On the other hand, when the sculpted ice is selected, the crushed ice is iced from the second ice making tray 120 is supplied to the second space portion 220 of the crasher box 200, the supplied crushed ice is seated on the inclined surface 402 do.

Subsequently, when power is applied to the motor member 430, the motor member 430 is driven, and then the hinge shaft 412 meshed with the motor shaft 432 is rotated to open the door 410.

Accordingly, the crushed ice in the second space 220 is extracted to the outside while sliding on the inclined surface 402.

Therefore, when the user selects and operates the selection button on the dispenser D side, one of the first and second ice extracting means 300 and 400 is operated to extract pieces of ice or ice cubes to the outside.

The ice supply device of the present invention refrigerator as described above is improved in the structure to selectively supply the crushed ice or ice cubes according to the user's selection, according to the present invention to crush the ice to a certain size Since it is possible to delete the blade cartridge and its driving means for the assembly is not only improved, but also has the effect of cost reduction of parts.

Claims (2)

An automatic ice maker provided with a plurality of ice trays for receiving / feeding a predetermined amount of water into different types of ice; A crasher box partitioned and divided into first and second space portions having a predetermined volume to supply ice iced from the plurality of ice trays; And a predetermined first and second ice extracting means for extracting the ice in the first and second spaces to the outside, respectively, in the first and second spaces. The method of claim 1, wherein the second ice extracting means is provided with an inclined surface of which the bottom surface of the second space portion is inclined at a predetermined angle, the outer surface of the second space portion is hinged to selectively open and close the interior The door is provided, the ice supply device of the refrigerator characterized in that it is driven when the power is applied to the motor member for rotating the door.