KR200191368Y1 - Ice feeding apparatus for refrigerators - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an ice conveying apparatus for a refrigerator, and more particularly, to an ice conveying apparatus for a refrigerator to prevent ice cubes from sticking together inside the ice storage container.

The ice transport device for a refrigerator according to the present invention is partitioned into a plurality of small spaces through a plurality of partition plates installed inside the ice reservoir, so that the ice pieces stored in the ice reservoir do not get stuck together. It is to facilitate the discharge of ice.

Description

ICE FEEDING APPARATUS FOR REFRIGERATORS}

The present invention relates to an ice conveying apparatus for a refrigerator, and more particularly, to an ice conveying apparatus for a refrigerator, in which ice cubes inside the ice storage container do not adhere to each other to facilitate discharge of ice.

In general, a freezer of a large refrigerator is provided with an ice making device for producing ice by freezing water supplied from the outside, and the ice produced by the ice making device is stored in an ice storage container installed therein. In addition, such a refrigerator is provided with an ice discharge tube communicating with the inside and the outside of the storage container and a device for storing the ice so that the user can take out the ice inside the storage container without opening the door. A conveying device for conveying to the pipe is provided.

As shown in Figure 1, the ice conveying apparatus of the refrigerator is installed inside the ice reservoir 1, the spiral shaft (2) for conveying ice, the guide cylinder (3) for guiding the ice, the guide cylinder ( 3) a spiral blade 4 on the inner side, and an ice grinder 5 provided inside the rear end of the guide tube 3. In addition, although not shown in the figure, the ice conveying apparatus is provided with a motor for driving them. At this time, the spiral shaft 2, the guide cylinder 3, and the ice crusher 5 are disposed in series in the ice storage container 1, and when the spiral shaft 2 is rotated by the driving of a motor (not shown). It is rotated together so that the ice can be transported and crushed.

That is, the ice pieces stored in the ice reservoir 1 enter the guide tube 3 by the rotation of the spiral shaft 2, and the ice pieces entered into the guide cylinder 3 are wound by the spiral blades 4. Pressurized and transferred to the ice crusher (5), it is crushed in the ice crusher (5) is discharged.

By the way, in the conventional ice conveying apparatus having such a configuration, since the width of the ice storage container 1 is large, and the spiral shaft 2 for conveying ice is generally disposed at the center of the ice storage container 1, the spiral shaft 2 and There is a problem that ice cubes on both sides of the ice storage spaces (1) are not well discharged and tangled with each other to form a large mass. That is, the ice cubes on both sides of the slow discharge are tangled with each other to form large chunks, and these large chunks have a problem in that transfer is impossible by the spiral shaft 2.

The present invention is to solve such a problem, the purpose of the present invention is to prevent the ice pieces stored in the ice storage container to be tangled with each other and at the same time to guide the ice pieces toward the spiral axis, to facilitate the discharge of ice It is to provide an ice feeder for the refrigerator.

1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a conventional ice transfer device for a refrigerator.

2 is a cross-sectional view of the refrigerator freezer to which the ice conveying apparatus according to the present invention is applied.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the ice transport apparatus for a refrigerator according to the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV 'of FIG. 3.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: body, 11: freezer,

12: door, 17: ice bin,

22: discharge tube, 23: storage space,

24: switch, 30: ice feeder,

31: spiral axis, 32: spiral wing,

34: grinder, 35: motor,

37: rotating shaft, 38: rotating member,

40: divider.

An ice conveying apparatus for a refrigerator according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the ice storage container containing the ice, a spiral shaft installed in the ice storage container for transporting ice, and including a motor for rotating the spiral shaft In the ice conveying apparatus for a refrigerator, a plurality of partition plates are installed in the ice storage container to partition the inner space at predetermined intervals so as to prevent the inner pieces of ice from being entangled with each other.

In addition, the partition plate is characterized in that the installation is installed in a direction intersecting the axial direction of the spiral axis.

In addition, the bottom surface of the ice storage container is fixed to the partition plate is characterized in that consisting of a curved surface inclined toward the spiral axis.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 2, the refrigerator having the ice conveying apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a freezing compartment 11 which is formed vertically long in the body 10 and whose front surface is opened, and the front surface of the freezing chamber 11. The door 12 is installed to open and close it. At this time, the door 12 is hinged to one side of the main body 10 to rotate and open and close. And the back wall of the main body 10 is provided with the evaporator 13 which produces cold air, and the compressor 14 is installed in the lower back of the main body 10. FIG.

In the freezer compartment 11, a first ice maker 15 and a second ice maker 16 are provided at upper and lower parts of the freezing chamber 11, and an ice storage container for storing the manufactured ice is provided at the lower part of the ice makers 15 and 16. 17, 18). At this time, each ice maker 15, 16 is connected to the water supply pipe 19 so that water from an external water supply source can be supplied. In addition, the freezer compartment 11 is provided with a shelf 20 and a plurality of storage boxes 21 for storing frozen food.

In addition, the door 12 is provided with a discharge tube 22 which communicates with the inside of the freezer compartment 11 to guide the discharge of ice so that the ice inside the ice reservoir 17 can be taken out without opening the door 12. Inside the freezing chamber 11 is provided with an ice transfer device 30 for transferring the ice of the ice reservoir 17 toward the discharge tube (22). At this time, the front of the door 12 is formed with an ice storage space 23 recessed inward to facilitate receiving the ice discharged to the discharge pipe 22, the outlet of the discharge pipe 22 is formed in the storage space (23) A switch 24 for operating the transfer device 30 inside the freezing compartment 11 and a guide member 25 for preventing the scattering of the discharged ice are provided at the same time.

The ice conveying apparatus 30 in the freezing compartment 11 is provided at the outlet side of the coil-shaped spiral shaft 31, the spiral blades 32, and the ice storage cylinder 17 rotatably installed in the ice storage cylinder 17. It is provided with an ice crusher 34 to finely crush the ice discharged installed. In addition, the transfer device 30 has a motor 35 installed at the rear of the ice reservoir 17 to rotate them.

In this case, the spiral shaft 31, the spiral blade 32, and the ice crusher 34 are arranged in series on the same axis, and are configured to rotate together when the spiral shaft 31 is rotated by the driving of the motor 35. . In addition, the outer surface of the spiral wing 32 is provided with a cylindrical guide cylinder 33 surrounding the outer surface of the spiral wing 32 to enable pressurized ice to be transferred. A plurality of cutters 34a are provided inside the grinder 34, and the outlet 34b of the grinder 34 is positioned above the discharge tube 22 so that the crushed ice is supplied to the discharge tube 22.

The motor 35 installed behind the ice reservoir 17 is supported in a state of being housed in a separate housing 36 surrounding the outer surface, and the rotating shaft 37 of the motor 35 is formed of the housing 36 and the reservoir 17. It penetrates rearward and is connected to the spiral shaft 31 inside the reservoir 17. At this time, the connecting portion of the rotating shaft 37 and the spiral shaft 31 of the motor 35 is connected to be separated and coupled to each other is configured to enable the separation of the reservoir (17). Reference numeral 38 denotes a cylindrical rotating member which rotatably supports the spiral shaft 31 inside the ice reservoir 17 and enables connection with the motor rotating shaft 37.

On the other hand, the ice transfer device 30 according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 3, a plurality of partition plates 40 for partitioning the inner space in order to prevent the pieces of ice stored in the ice storage container 17 intertwined with each other It is characterized by including). The partition plate 40 is manufactured by injecting the ice reservoir 17 and a single body in the process of manufacturing the ice reservoir 17, the plurality of plates are installed in both sides space around the spiral shaft (31). In addition, the plurality of partition plates 40 are disposed to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval so that the ice pieces can be accommodated in the space 41 between the partition plate 40 and the partition plate 40, adjacent partition plate 40 The distance between the two is formed slightly larger than the width of the ice cubes.

In addition, the plurality of dividers 40 generally have a direction intersecting with the axial direction A of the spiral shaft 31 so that the ice pieces accommodated in the space 41 between the split plates are easily supplied toward the spiral shaft 31. Arranged side by side with B). And, as shown in Figure 4, both sides of the bottom surface of the ice reservoir 17, each partition plate 40 is fixed inclined toward the spiral shaft 31 so that the ice pieces are easily supplied toward the central spiral shaft 31. It consists of a curved surface 17a.

The following describes the ice discharge operation of the ice feeder according to the present invention configured as described above.

The ice frozen in the first ice maker 15 in the upper part of the freezer compartment 11 is dropped and stored in the ice storage container 17 located at the lower part thereof. At this time, the ice pieces falling to the upper portion of the ice reservoir 17 is accommodated in the narrow space 41 between the partition plate 40 and the partition plate 40 in the process of entering into the ice reservoir 17, the adjacent ice It is stored in a spaced apart state. Therefore, even if the ice pieces are stored for a long time in the ice storage container 40, adjacent ice pieces are entangled with each other to prevent the phenomenon that the lumps grow.

Of course, at this time, since several pieces of ice are accommodated in the spaces 41 between the adjacent partition plates 40, some pieces of ice inside the same space 41 may be entangled, but by the partition plates 40. Since the size of the mass is limited, it is not a big problem for these ices to enter the spiral axis 31. That is, since the ice mass entangled in the space 41 between the partition plates 40 is long in the direction B intersecting with the axial direction A of the spiral shaft 31, when the spiral shaft 31 is rotated. , Part partially entered into the spiral shaft 31 can be supplied while being broken by the rotation of the spiral shaft 31.

When the motor 35 is rotated in this state, the rotational force of the motor 35 is transmitted to the spiral shaft 31 inside the reservoir 17 through the rotating member 38, and the rotational force transmitted to the spiral shaft 31 is It is passed to the spiral blades 32 and the ice crusher 34 connected in series. Therefore, the pieces of ice accommodated between the partition plates 40 of the ice storage container 17 are pushed by the spiral shaft 31 of the coil shape and are easily conveyed toward the spiral wing 32 inside the supply container 33. In addition, at this time, the spiral blade 32 rotating together with the spiral shaft presses the ice toward the grinder 34, and the ice entered into the grinder 34 is finely ground by the rotation of the cutter 34a, and then the discharge pipe 22 Is discharged to the storage space (23) through.

As described in detail above, the refrigerator ice transport apparatus according to the present invention is entangled with the pieces of ice stored in the ice reservoir because the inner space is partitioned into a plurality of small spaces through a plurality of partition plates installed inside the ice reservoir. Non-stick, thereby making it easy to discharge the ice.

Claims (3)

An ice storage device for a refrigerator comprising an ice storage container containing ice, a spiral shaft installed inside the ice storage container for transporting ice, and a motor for rotating the spiral shaft, The ice storage device for a refrigerator, characterized in that a plurality of partitions are installed in the ice storage compartment to partition the inner space spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval so as not to entangle each other. The method of claim 1, The partition plate is a refrigerator ice transport apparatus, characterized in that installed in the direction crossing the axial direction of the spiral shaft. The method of claim 1, The bottom surface of the ice storage container is fixed to the partition plate ice transfer device, characterized in that made of a curved surface inclined toward the spiral axis.