KR200470633Y1 - The ice storage for ice maker with ice amount sensing - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is an ice water purifier to control the ice making by sensing the load of ice in the ice storage of the ice water purifier in which the ice storage tank, the water tank and the cold water control tank are integrated in the bottom enclosure of the ice making unit. Of the storage, this storage,
A storage enclosure; A storage space in which a cold water tank and a full ice detection member are formed in the storage enclosure; A water purification tank formed in the storage compartment and controlled and supplied by a predetermined control means; As the storage of the ice water purifier consisting of a cold water control tank communicated at the bottom side of the storage space in the storage compartment, the upper edge of the plate body 43 forms a linear form, the rotation axis point 41 is formed at one end along the upper edge, The other end protrudes and forms a rectangular contact portion 42, and extends below the plate body 43 to form a curved surface, the inside of the plate body 43 forms a boundary surface gradually gradually shortens the width of the rotating shaft ( An ice-covering member 4 having a bent surface 44 sharply bent close to 41; The contact portion 42 of the ice sensing member 4 is provided with the ice storage of the ice purifier further comprises a contact sensor 45 for generating a predetermined output signal.

Description

The ice storage for ice maker with ice amount sensing}

The present invention is designed to be in contact with ice as a storage bin (貯 氷庫 음, ice reservoir, hereinafter referred to as a reservoir), a water tank (water tank supplied with purified water) and a cold water control tank (water supply water). A water tank that keeps the water level constant, hereinafter referred to as an adjustment tank, is a bottom enclosure of an ice making unit (an integral structure of a water plate in which the evaporating tube and the immersion portion of the evaporating tube are refrigerated and immersed in water) are housed. It is related to the ice storage of the ice water purifier in which ice detection is performed in order to control the ice making by detecting the load of ice in the ice storage of the ice water purifier integrated in the]).

The structure of ice makers of the known ice water purifier is commonly used to supply an ice making unit (hereinafter referred to as an evaporation tube and a water plate combination ice making unit), an ice storage unit (storage) installed under the ice making unit, and cold water. It is known to have a cold water tank for it.

That is, the ice storage structure (see Fig. 1a in the accompanying drawings) is formed so that the ice and purified water to contact a portion of the ice in order to supply the cold water, and the structure to drop the ice in the water purification tank so that the cold water is supplied Cold water supply structures (see FIG. 1B in the accompanying drawings) are known.

However, the structure of ice makers for supplying such ice, purified water and cold water is mostly installed at the upper part of the water purification tank, at the bottom of the ice storage space, and a part of the ice is contacted with the divided cold water tank to supply the cold water. The structure of the storage container for ice extraction was structurally unreasonable because it consisted of a storage container with a separate cold water tank, and a separate pipeline was connected so that the purified water supply structure for the cold water tank was provided at the top. The pipe connection structure was designed in a complicated arrangement, and in particular, the ice and the cold water tank were blocked by the second barrier wall to implement a separate grille contact structure to supply the cold water through the ice storage.

Meanwhile, in the known ice storage of ice makers, various filter means for purifying raw water such as tap water, cold and hot water tanks for storing purified water, and cooling means for the cold water tank, heating means for heating the hot water tank, In the cold and hot water purifier having a conventional ice making function equipped with an ice making means for freezing the cooling water, a falling means for lowering the ice cubes into the storage tank (T), opening and closing by a solenoid at the front outlet of the known ice storage tank An operating door is mounted, and a coil is mounted on the inner bottom of the ice storage tank T so as to be connected to a rotating shaft of a motor separately mounted on the outside of the storage tank T, and the solenoid and the motor are taken out of ice. The operation is started or stopped by electrically connecting to the switch that turned the power ON / OFF according to the press or release of the push button. It is an automatic ice take-out device of a cold and hot water purifier that enables a proper amount of ice taking out operation.When ice making is completed, a motor (not shown) that receives an operation signal from a sensor that detects the ice is rotated, and the ice making tray connected thereto is Rotating together, the difference between the rotation angle of the rear end and the tip of the ice tray causes the ice tray to be torsional operation, and the ice fragments are automatically released from the ice tray, so it falls down and inside the ice storage tank (T). As the storage lever is lowered or raised about the axis according to the accumulated height, the control valve which receives the operation signal from the sensor which detects it is opened and closed, and the cooling water is re-supplied or the water is supplied to the ice tray. It is stopped.

In the conventional ice water purifier, cold water heater, etc., the structure of the water purifier is designed to be separately arranged, and the structure of the storage bin is complicated, and the detection structure of the ice is extended in a stick shape to detect the load of the ice. There is a disadvantage of the sensing structure that must be set, and since the ice is loaded until the loading height of the ice reaches a considerable height, when the ice water purifying unit of the ice purifier like the present invention is applied, the position of the ice making unit must be partially disposed in the storage space. If there was an inadequate problem.

The present invention improves the structure of the conventional ice water purifier and divides the storage space of the storage bin that allows the supply water to come into contact naturally from the ground where ice is stored, to provide a cold water control tank, and to separate the storage space to supply the purified water tank. The purpose of the present invention is to stably arrange and design the water treatment tank by providing a storage reservoir of the ice water purifier implemented on the bottom side of the storage container.

The present invention is to provide a new ice water purifier including a detection structure that detects the ice ice state in the ice storage, which is simplified in structure and reduced in size in the ice storage of the ice water purifier. The purpose is.

The reservoir of the present invention ice water purifier for achieving the above object,

A storage enclosure; A storage space for forming an ice storage space in the storage enclosure, forming a cold water tank on the bottom side, and forming an ice-covering member at an upper entrance thereof; A water purification tank which is formed in the storage compartment and which is purified and supplied through a predetermined control means by a predetermined control means; As a storage tank of the ice water purifier formed in the storage box, consisting of a cold water control tank communicated from the bottom side of the storage space,

The upper edge of the plate forms a linear shape, and along the upper edge forms a rotation axis point, and the other end protrudes and forms a rectangular contact portion, and extends below the plate to form a curved surface. An ice sheet detecting member which forms a boundary surface of which the lower width is gradually shortened to form a bent surface sharply close to the rotation axis; The contact portion of this ice sensing member is achieved as a reservoir of an ice water purifier further comprising a contact sensor for contacting and generating a predetermined output signal.

The reservoir of the present invention ice water purifier for achieving the above object,

A storage enclosure; A storage space which forms an ice storage space in the storage enclosure, forms a rotary vane for rotating ice at the bottom center portion, forms a cold water tank at the bottom side, and forms a ice sensing member at an upper entrance thereof; A water purification tank which is formed in the storage compartment and which is purified and supplied through a predetermined control means by a predetermined control means; It is formed in the storage container, the storage of the ice water purifier consisting of a cold water control tank communicated from the bottom side of the storage space, the upper edge of the plate form a linear, one end along the upper edge to form a rotation axis point, the other end Has a rectangular contact portion, and extends below the plate to form a curved surface, while the inside of the plate forms a boundary surface that gradually shortens the upper and lower widths to form a bent surface that is rapidly bent close to the rotation axis. An ice sheet detecting member; The contact portion of this ice sensing member is achieved as a reservoir of an ice water purifier further comprising a contact sensor for contacting and generating a predetermined output signal.

The present invention improves the structure of the conventional ice water purifier, divides the storage space of the storage bin that allows the supply water to come into natural contact with the ice storage floor, provides a cold water control tank, and supplies the purified water tank to the bottom of the storage compartment. It provides the ice storage of the implemented ice water purifier, but the ice water purifier having a new ice detection structure formed in the ice storage space structure to detect the ice ice state.

The present invention simplifies the structure in the ice storage of the ice water purifier, and provides a new ice water purifier that achieves the compactness of the ice water purifier by providing the ice ice detection structure of the ice water purifier as a structure having a reduced size. .

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view omitting the ice making unit as the present invention ice maker,
3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the ice making unit is omitted as an ice maker of the present invention;
4 is a plan view of the storage box of the present invention ice maker,
5 is a cross-sectional view showing an ice maker applied to the ice storage of the present invention ice water purifier
Figure 6a is a perspective view of the ice-covering member applied to the storage of the ice water purifier of the present invention, Figure 6b is a front view of the ice-covering member applied to the storage of the ice water purifier of the present invention,
FIG. 7 is an overall view illustrating the whole ice-making structure to which the ice storage of the present invention is applied, together with the water extraction lines of purified water and cold water.

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

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the present invention ice maker omitting the ice making unit, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the ice maker unit is omitted as the ice maker of the present invention, and FIG. Top view.

As shown in these figures, the ice maker to which the ice storage device of the present invention is applied is divided into an upper cover 1, a lower storage box 2, and an ice making unit 3 positioned therebetween. Here, the detailed configuration of the ice making unit 3, that is, the evaporation tube, the water plate, the water plate swing mechanism, and the like are omitted.

The storage bin shown in the drawing is divided into an ice storage space 21, a cold water control tank 22, and a water purification tank 23 as a storage enclosure 2 divided into three spaces having an open upper side. In the storage space 21, the ice-covering member 4 is positioned on one side thereof, and the rotary blade 215 for taking out ice, the cold water tank 211, and the ice filter 212 disposed thereon are located at the bottom center. , The cold water control tank 22 is provided with a drain pipe 221 and a drain trap (not shown) at a predetermined height from the bottom side.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing an ice maker applied to the ice storage of the ice water purifier of the present invention, and FIG. 6A is a perspective view of the ice sensing member applied to the storage of the ice water purifier of the present invention, and FIG. 6B is a storage of the ice water purifier of the present invention. It is a front view of the applied ice sensing member.

As shown in the drawings, the ice-covering member 4 is installed above the storage space 21 of the storage enclosure 2.

The ice-sensing member 4 is composed of a thin plate-like body 43 as a whole, and the upper edge forms a linear shape and forms a rotation axis point 41 at one end portion along the upper edge portion, and a relatively thick and wide rectangular contact portion 42 at the other end. To protrude.

Below the upper edge, the plate-like thin plate 43 extends downwardly to bend, and extends to the lower end of the contact portion 42 side to form a curved surface as a whole, the plate body 43 inside the plate 43 It is necessary to form a curved surface 44 that is sharply bent at a portion close to the rotating shaft 41 while forming a boundary surface while the upper and lower widths of the? Are gradually shortened. This was shortened close to the rotating shaft portion 41 in consideration of contact with the top portion of the stacked ice. The contact portion 42 of the ice sensing member 4 detects the contact force as a contact sensor 45 to generate an output signal. The ice sensing member 4 has a rotating shaft 41 as a whole for rotating ice of ice. The ice contact is much narrower to match the direction.

7 of the accompanying drawings shows an overall ice making structure to which the ice storage of the present invention is applied, and is an overall view showing a water extraction line of purified water and cold water together.

As shown in the figure, the first water supply pipe 245 for supplying water to the water purification tank 23 is connected from the upper side, and is controlled to be opened and closed by the purified water supply valve 244, and the second water supply pipe 246 is the ice making water. The water supply valve 243 is opened and closed, and is connected to the water supply pipe 241 through the water filter 242 to form a water supply control line 24.

At the bottom of the water purification tank 23, a water discharge line is formed between the water purification outlet 233 and the water discharge valve 234, and the water level is detected by the water level sensor 247. ) Is turned on to supply, and when overflowed, the purified water feed valve 244 is turned off as the purified water level sensor 247 to stop the supply.

In addition, the open / close operation of the purified water amount opens the cold water discharge valve 218 and, after the cold water is discharged from the cold water outlet 214, detects a decrease in the cold water level detected by the cold water level sensor 248 to detect the purified water supply valve as a detection signal. 244 is turned on to be supplied to the water purification tank 23, and the purified water overflows through the adjustment groove 232 (overflow).

When the cold water level rises, it is controlled to overflow through the drain pipe 221. The supply and blockage of the purified water and cold water are made of a valve structure in which the control line 24 of the purified water is opened and closed when a signal is input from the cold water level sensor 248 and the purified water level sensor 247. Detailed description will be omitted.

As shown in the drawings and described by the above-mentioned ice-sensing member 4, the operation of the ice-sensing member 4 is first performed by a water plate of the ice-making unit by the ice-water level sensor 249 of the ice-making unit (not shown). The water level operation is performed by detecting the water level, and the iced ice is loaded into the storage space 21 after ice making, and the ice sensing member 4 is used as the height of the ice as the ice sensing member 4 moves. It rotates so that the contact portion 42 detects a signal as the contact sensor 45 to pause the ice making operation of the ice making unit.

2: storage enclosure, 21: storage space, 4: 4: ice sensing member, 41: rotation axis point, 42: contact portion,
3: plate, 44: bending surface, 45: contact sensor,

Claims (3)

A storage enclosure; A storage space for forming an ice storage space in the storage enclosure, forming a cold water tank on the bottom side, and forming an ice-covering member at an upper entrance thereof; A water purification tank which is formed in the storage compartment and which is purified and supplied through a predetermined control means by a predetermined control means; A reservoir of an ice water purifier formed in the storage compartment and formed of a cold water control tank communicating at the bottom side of the storage space, the upper edge of the plate body 43 forming a linear shape, and a rotation axis point 41 at one end thereof along the upper edge. ), The other end protrudes and forms a rectangular contact portion 42, and extends below the plate body 43 to form a curved surface, while the upper and lower widths of the plate body 43 gradually become shorter. An ice-covering member 4 which forms a boundary surface and forms a bent surface 44 which is rapidly bent close to the rotation axis 41; And a contact sensor (45) for contacting the contact portion (42) of the ice sensing member (4) to generate a predetermined output signal. A storage enclosure; A storage space which forms an ice storage space in the storage enclosure, forms a rotary vane for rotating ice at the bottom center portion, forms a cold water tank at the bottom side, and forms a ice sensing member at an upper entrance thereof; A water purification tank which is formed in the storage compartment and which is purified and supplied through a predetermined control means by a predetermined control means; A reservoir of an ice water purifier formed in the storage compartment and formed of a cold water control tank communicating at the bottom side of the storage space, the upper edge of the plate body 43 forming a linear shape, and a rotation axis point 41 at one end thereof along the upper edge. ), The other end protrudes and forms a rectangular contact portion 42, and extends below the plate body 43 to form a curved surface, while the upper and lower widths of the plate body 43 gradually become shorter. An ice-covering member 4 which forms a boundary surface and forms a bent surface 44 which is rapidly bent close to the rotation axis 41; And a contact sensor (45) for contacting the contact portion (42) of the ice sensing member (4) to generate a predetermined output signal. In the ice storage of the ice water purifier, the upper edge portion of the plate body 43 is linear, and along the upper edge portion, a rotation axis point 41 is formed at one end portion, and a square contact portion 42 protrudes and is formed at the other end thereof. (43) It extends downward to form a curved surface, the inner surface of the plate 43 forms a boundary surface that gradually shortens the upper and lower widths to form a bent surface 44 sharply bent close to the rotation axis (41) One ice-covering member 4; And a contact sensor (45) for contacting the contact portion (42) of the ice sensing member (4) to generate a predetermined output signal.

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