KR20060027467A - An icing tray for refrigerators - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator ice-making container in which a plurality of recesses 11 protruding downwards are formed and mounted on an ice maker, and then iced by duvet after automatic water supply and ice-making. The film heater 13 is provided on the outer surface of the groove so that the ice melts easily on the surface and is easily iced, and has a heat and electrical insulation and a heating element formed therein. The generated heat causes the ice to melt on the groove surface of the ice-making vessel, and subsequently the ice cubes fall out of the grooves of the ice-making vessel in perfect state during the ice-breaking by the back of the ice-making vessel. The ice cubes do not fall off or the ice cubes crumble and only partially drift away, resulting in no ice loss, and subsequent ice removal Because due to the residual ice in the ice tray recess as in the conventional ice tray when the water supply to prevent overflowing water problems conventionally consumer complaints about the ice maker is solved for an advantage which improves product reliability.

Refrigerator Ice Container

Description

Refrigerator ice tray {AN ICING TRAY FOR REFRIGERATORS}

       1 is a schematic perspective view showing an ice maker of a conventional refrigerator.

       Figure 2 is a side view of an ice maker for a refrigerator according to the present invention.

       FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 2, showing a heater arrangement for easy moving in an ice making container.

       Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

  10: ice tray 11: groove

13: film heater

The present invention relates to an ice-making container for a refrigerator, and more particularly, to an ice-making container having a heater for melting ice on the surface of the ice-making container so that the ice iced in the ice-making container can be easily iced.

In general, a large refrigerator is provided with an ice maker 1 as schematically shown in FIG. 1 so as to make ice easily at home by ice making by using the cold air generated in the evaporator of the refrigerator to improve the merchandise. have.

The ice maker 1 typically forms a plurality of grooves in the ice maker 2, fills the grooves with ice, and defrosts by cold air generated in the evaporator. The ice is rotated and iced. As a result, ice cubes are taken out of the ice making container and watered into the grooves of the ice making container for subsequent ice making.

However, in the conventional ice-making container, the pieces of ice that are opened in the grooves of the ice-making container at the time of the ice-making action do not fall off the surface of the grooves of the ice-making container or only a part of the ice pieces are broken, so that at least a part of the ice remains in the grooves. If there is a piece of ice remaining in the groove of the problem there is a problem that the water that is automatically supplied to the ice maker in the subsequent ice making process overflows from the groove with the residual ice.

Therefore, in order to prevent the water supplied in the ice making process from overflowing in the ice making container, it is desired to improve the ice making container or the ice making process so that the ice cubes can be completely filled in the groove of the ice making container during the ice making after the ice making.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is that the ice ice in the ice container of the conventional refrigerator remains in the groove of the ice container, so that ice cubes are completely removed from the groove surface of the ice container in order to solve the problem of water overflow during the subsequent water supply process. It is to provide an improved ice making container provided with a heater on the outer surface of the groove.

Refrigerator ice-making container of the present invention for achieving the above object is a refrigerator ice-making container that is formed by a plurality of, grooves formed to protrude downward, is mounted on the ice maker, after the automatic water supply and ice making, iced by the duchen, It is characterized in that the film heater is provided on the outer surface of the groove so that the ice melts easily on the surface of the groove during the after-evaporation, and is heat-resistant and electrically insulating, and a heating element is formed therein.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings showing an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail the present invention.

The ice making container 10 according to the present invention shown in FIG. 2 is provided with a film heater 13 on the outer circumferential surface of the groove 11 formed to protrude downward.

The film heater 13 is formed of a film by coating a carbon heating layer on a heat-resistant and insulating film and then again coated with the same material as the film, so-called a film heater, because it has the flexibility to bend easily, ice making There is an advantage that it is easy to attach in close contact with the curved surface of the container (10). Polyethylene, which can withstand 150 degrees, is generally used as the film material.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view in which the film heater of FIG. 2 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the recess of the ice maker, and an electrode terminal 15 is provided at an end of the film heater 13, and a voltage of 5-24V is applied to the electrode terminals. .

In FIG. 2, the film heater 13 is illustrated as being attached to the circumference of the recess 11. However, the film heater 13 may be attached to the bottom surface of the recess 11. It can be attached and used easily according to the shape of an ice maker with favorable flexibility. Attaching the film heater to the ice making container can firmly attach the film to the outer surface of the groove of the ice making container by ultrasonic welding or by a heat resistant adhesive.

By attaching a film heater on the outer surface of the groove of the ice maker according to the present invention, the ice iced in the groove is melted on the groove surface by heat generated by applying power to the film heater before twisting the ice container for ice after ice making. As a result, the ice skewing process is smooth and all the ice cubes are completely iced out of the ice container recess.

According to the present invention, by attaching a film heater to the outer surface of the groove protruding downward in the ice making container of the refrigerator, the ice is melted on the surface of the groove of the ice making container by the heat generated by the heater after ice making, and subsequently the back of the ice making container. Since the ice cubes fall out of the groove of the ice making container in the perfect state at the time of ice removal by the ice, the ice cubes do not fall out of the grooves as in the conventional ice-making container or the pieces of ice are broken so that only a part of the ice is lost. When the water supply for conventional ice making is prevented as a problem of water overflow due to residual ice in the groove of the ice making container as in the conventional ice making container, there is an advantage that the conventional consumer dissatisfaction with the ice making machine is solved and the product reliability is improved.

Claims (1)

In the ice-making container for a refrigerator in which a plurality of grooves 11 formed to protrude downward are formed and mounted on an ice maker, and then iced by automatic water supply and ice-making, the ice is formed on the surface of the grooves 11 during ice-making after ice-making. The ice-making container for a refrigerator, characterized in that the film heater (13) is provided on the outer surface of the groove so that it can be easily melted and iced and has heat and electrical insulation and a heating element formed therein.

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