KR20090036725A

KR20090036725A - Dispener structure for refrigerator

Info

Publication number: KR20090036725A
Application number: KR1020070101923A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김창민
Original assignee: 주식회사 대우일렉트로닉스
Priority date: 2007-10-10
Filing date: 2007-10-10
Publication date: 2009-04-15

Abstract

A dispenser structure for a refrigerator is provided to maintain clean state by ejecting ice after moving on a container and not deviating from the container. A dispenser structure for a refrigerator comprises: a vent(110) ejecting ice from an icing machine equipped inside the refrigerator to a dispenser and having a plurality of holes(111) in a circumferential surface. A fan(120) is installed at both sides of the vent. A plurality of position detecting sensors(130) are installed in the space of the dispenser in which a container(113) is inserted and detect the location of the container and output fan driving signals to a controller.

Description

Dispenser Structure for Refrigerator

The present invention relates to a refrigerator dispenser structure, and more particularly, to a refrigerator dispenser structure that can adjust the discharge angle of the flake ice falling from the ice maker installed in the refrigerator.

In accordance with the recent trend of high-end and multi-functional refrigerators, dispensers are installed in refrigerators to provide cold drinks easily without opening doors, and ice makers are installed inside freezers or refrigerators to supply ice from dispensers as needed. I receive it.

Here, the ice maker freezes ice in pieces in the ice tray installed therein, and the ice is collected and stored in the ice maker housing installed under the ice tray.

Therefore, when the user presses the lever or the switch to obtain the ice from the dispenser, the shredder installed in the ice maker housing breaks the ice into small pieces by discharging the ice to the dispenser by the signal according to the lever or switch operation, or discharges the ice in the form of a dispenser as it is. To be discharged.

That is, in the dispenser, the ice frozen in pieces in accordance with the user's operation is discharged through the passage as it is and put in a container such as a cup placed on the bottom of the dispenser, or the pieces of ice are crushed again in a grinder and placed on the bottom of the dispenser. It is put in a container.

On the other hand, an example of the "dispenser ice extraction structure for refrigerators" (hereinafter referred to as "prior art") is disclosed in the following Document 1, which is shown in Figures 1a and 1b.

As shown in Figs. 1A and 1B, the refrigerator ice dispenser structure for the refrigerator according to the related art is a piece of ice frozen in the ice maker 10 is stored in the housing 11 and crushed in the grinder 13 according to user selection. Or is discharged through the passage 16 connected to the dispenser 15 in the form of each ice.

In addition, the flap 20 is rotatably mounted in the passage 16 through which ice is discharged, and the size of the ice discharge passage 16 is adjusted by operating the flap 20 according to an ice type switch signal operated by a user. A solenoid 21 is provided.

The ice extraction structure is designed so that the flap 20 is opened according to the size of the ice when the user selects ice having a different size.

[Document 1] Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2006-196 (January 6, 2006)

However, the above-described conventional refrigerator dispenser ice take-out structure for the refrigerator has pieces of ice or pulverized discharged through the passage when a container such as a cup, which is located on the lower side of the dispenser, is not located in a vertical position perpendicular to the passage through which the ice is discharged. There is a problem that the ice cubes are scattered to the outside of the container, the melted ice is melted, the floor around the dispenser or the refrigerator is very dirty.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to detect the position of the container such as a cup out of the correct position in the lower portion of the discharge port is discharged ice discharged from the discharge port to the container position To provide a dispenser structure for a refrigerator.

In order to achieve the above object, a dispenser structure for a refrigerator of the present invention includes a dispenser installed in a refrigerator door, an ice discharge port which discharges ice from the ice maker provided in the refrigerator to the dispenser, and a plurality of holes are formed on the circumferential surface thereof, left and right of the discharge port. Fans are installed on both sides, a plurality of spaces are installed in the dispenser in which the container is inserted, characterized in that it comprises a position sensor for sensing the position of the container to send a signal for driving the fan to the controller.

Wherein the position sensor of the present invention is installed on any one of the front or side, the lower surface of the space portion, characterized in that each installed on the left and right around the outlet.

The present invention is characterized in that the left and right fans rotate at the same or different speeds according to the position of the container sensed by the position sensor.

The present invention is characterized in that only one of the left and right pans of either side of the fan rotates according to the position of the container sensed by the position sensor.

According to the present invention, the ice discharged to the discharge port through the ice maker housing is discharged by moving the ice to the container position according to the container position, such as a cup, and thus the ice is not discharged out of the container, so that the surroundings of the dispenser or the refrigerator are always kept clean. There is a useful effect that can be sustained.

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

Figure 2 is a front view showing a dispenser refrigerator according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of Figure 2, Figure 4 is a state diagram showing a state in which the container is disposed in the dispenser according to the present invention.

In addition, the configuration described in the above-described prior art will be described using the same name and configuration reference, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in Figure 2 to 4, the refrigerator dispenser structure of the present invention, the discharge port 110 through which ice is discharged from the ice maker (not shown) or the ice maker housing (not shown), both the left and right of the discharge port 110 The fan 120 is installed in the side of the space portion or the lower surface to be placed cups of the dispenser 100 is made of a position sensor 130 for detecting the position of the container.

The outlet 110 is made of a funnel shape, a plurality of holes 111 are formed in the circumferential surface of the lower portion of the funnel made of a cylindrical shape, these holes 111 are evenly generated wind power from the fan 120 It is formed to flow in the longitudinal direction as well as to be arranged at regular intervals.

In addition, the size of the hole 111 may be formed to increase or decrease the diameter of the hole 111 as necessary so that the wind is sufficiently introduced from the fan 120.

In addition, the dispenser 100 is provided with a button 112 in contact with a container 113 such as a cup, and the button 112 opens a flap 20 so as to discharge ice to the container 113. Is generated and sent to a controller (not shown).

The fan 120 is installed on both left and right sides of the outlet 110. These fans 120 are connected to a controller installed in the refrigerator to control the wind power generated according to the rotation speed of the fan 120.

That is, when the fan 120 rotates at a high speed, the wind power generated from the fan 120 increases, and when the fan 120 rotates at a low speed, the wind power generated from the fan 120 decreases.

In addition, a plurality of position detection sensors 130 for detecting the position of the container 113 is installed on the front, side or bottom surface of the dispenser 100 is inserted into the container 113. The position sensor 130 detects whether the container 113 is biased left or right from the outlet 110, and the position sensor 130 detects how much the container 113 is biased from the outlet 110. Will be sent to the controller.

Hereinafter, the operation of the refrigerator dispenser structure of the present invention having such a configuration will be described.

First, the user selects the size of the ice in order to obtain ice, presses a switch (not shown) installed in the refrigerator, and then pushes the container 113 into the space portion of the dispenser 100.

At this time, the button 112 installed in the dispenser 100 is pushed backward by the container 113, and sends a signal generated as the button 112 is pushed backward.

The controller discharges the crushed ice stored in the ice maker housing to the outlet 110 as it is, if the crushed ice (large ice) according to the switch selected by the user, and stored in the ice maker housing when the user selects a small size of ice. The ice is crushed by a grinder and then discharged to the outlet 110.

At this time, when the discharged ice is ice having a large size, the controller does not drive the fan 120 installed at the left and right sides of the discharge port 110, and the ice is discharged to the discharge port 110 through the passage to allow the container 113 to be discharged. It is put in.

On the other hand, when the size of the discharged ice is small (ice crushed in the crusher), the controller drives the fan 120.

That is, when the crushed ice is discharged from the grinder, the controller is driven by applying power to the fan 120. In the controller, the fan on the left side is located according to the position of the container 113 detected by the position sensor 130. The 120 and the fan 120 on the right side are selectively rotated or rotated at different speeds.

In the driving of the fan 120, as shown in FIG. 4, when the container 113 is positioned on the left side of the drawing, the controller rotates the rotation speed of the fan 120 on the left side of the outlet 110 at a low speed. The rotation speed of the fan 120 on the right side of the outlet 110 is rotated at high speed.

The wind generated in the fan 120 is introduced into the outlet 110 in which the hole 111 is formed.

Accordingly, the ice cube passing through the outlet 110 is pushed to the left in the drawing by the wind power of the fan 120, the ice cube discharged in this state falls to the container on the left side.

On the other hand, when the container 113 is located on the right side of the drawing of FIG. 4, the controller rotates the fan 120 on the left at high speed and rotates or stops the fan 120 on the right at a low speed. Ice cubes discharged from are pushed to the right to fall into the container (113).

Meanwhile, the controller moves ice cubes toward the container 113 by adjusting or selectively stopping the rotational speed of the fan 120 according to the position of the container 113, and when the container 113 is located at the center of the outlet 110, The controller discharges pieces of ice without driving both fans 120 at the same wind power or without driving the fan 120.

1A is a cross-sectional view of a conventional dispenser.

Figure 1b is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a portion of a conventional dispenser.

Figure 2 is a front view showing the dispenser of the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG.

Figure 4 is a use state showing a state in which the container is located in the dispenser of the present invention.

100: dispenser 110: outlet

111: hole 112: button

113: container 120: pan

130: position sensor

Claims

Dispenser installed on the refrigerator door,

An outlet for discharging ice from the ice maker provided in the refrigerator to the dispenser and having a plurality of holes formed on a circumferential surface thereof;

Fans installed on the left and right sides of the outlet,

A plurality of dispenser structures for refrigerators, comprising: a position sensor installed in a plurality of space portions of the dispenser in which the container is inserted, and detecting a position of the container and sending a signal for driving the fan to the controller.

The method of claim 1,

Wherein the position sensor is installed on any one of the front or side, the lower surface of the space portion, the refrigerator dispenser structure, characterized in that installed on the left and right respectively with respect to the outlet.

The method according to claim 1 or 2,

Refrigerator dispenser structure, characterized in that the left and right fans rotate at the same or different speeds according to the position of the container detected by the position sensor.

The method according to claim 1 or 2,

Refrigerator dispenser structure, characterized in that only one of the left and right fans of the left and right sides of the fan rotates according to the position of the container detected by the position sensor.