KR20140039880A - Ice maker kit and refrigerator having the same - Google Patents

Abstract

An ice maker kit, according to the present invention, includes: a water tank for storing water; a feed valve which controls the water dropped from the water tank; an ice machine which freezes the water discharged from the feed valve; an ice bank where the ice made in the ice machine is stored; a control unit which controls the ice machine and the feed valve; a battery cell mounter which is electrically connected to the control unit; and an ice maker casing which protects the water tank, feed valve, ice machine, ice bank, control unit, and batter cell mounter. The ice maker kit does not require a power supply or water from a freezing machine such as a refrigerator, thereby simplifying the structure of the freezing machine and minimizing the running costs.

Description

Ice maker kit and refrigerator having him {Ice maker kit and Refrigerator having the same}

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an ice maker kit and a refrigerator having the same, and more particularly, to an ice maker kit having a battery operated battery and a refrigerator having the same.

In general, the ice maker generates ice, and may include an ice maker for exchanging water and cold air to produce ice, and an ice bank for storing ice iced in the ice maker.

The ice maker is installed in a refrigerating device such as a freezer or a refrigerator, and it is possible to generate and store ice using cold air of the freezing device.

The ice maker itself is equipped with a thermoelectric module or refrigeration cycle circuit for cooling the ice maker, the power line connected to the outlet in the building is extended to the outside and supplied with power from the outside, the thermoelectric module or refrigeration cycle circuit is It is possible to cool the ice maker directly.

When the ice maker is installed in a refrigerating device such as a freezer or a refrigerator, the freezing device may be provided with a wire for applying electric current to the ice maker and a water supply device for supplying water to the ice maker. The ice maker may be connected to a control unit for controlling a refrigerating device such as a freezer or a refrigerator and may be controlled by the control unit of the freezing device. The water supply device is a water supply unit connected to the water supply in the building and extending into the refrigeration unit, a water filter installed in the water connection pipe, and a water supply connecting the water filter to guide the water passing through the water filter to the ice maker. It may include a water supply valve installed in the hose and the water supply hose and controlled by the control unit of the refrigerating device.

Patent Document 1 Patent 1999-024853 (1999.04.06)

The ice maker according to the prior art is connected to a refrigerating device such as a freezer or a refrigerator by an electric wire, and a separate water supply device is mounted on the freezing device, so that the structure of the freezing device is complicated and is always installed in the freezing device when the ice maker is not in use. There is a problem that the space utilization of the refrigeration unit is low.

Ice maker kit according to the present invention for solving the above problems is a water tank containing water; A water supply valve in which water dropped from the water tank is intermittent; An ice maker for deicing water discharged from the water supply valve; An ice bank containing ice iced in the ice maker; A controller for controlling the ice maker and a water supply valve; A battery detachable part electrically connected to the controller; It includes an ice making casing, the water reservoir, the water supply valve, the ice maker, the ice bank, the control unit and the battery detachable part.

It may include a reservoir heater for heating the reservoir. The reservoir heater may be controlled by the controller.

The ice making casing may be provided with a cold air flow path that is discharged to the outside after the external cold air flows in, the ice maker may be disposed in the cold air flow path.

The ice making casing may include an insulating chamber in which the water reservoir, the water supply valve, the controller, and the battery detachable part are located, and a cooling chamber in which the ice maker and the ice bank are located.

It may include a heat insulating material for insulating the heat insulation chamber.

The ice making casing may include a partition member for partitioning the heat insulation chamber and the cooling chamber. The partition member may have a water supply hose through hole through which a water supply hose for guiding water passing through the water supply valve to the ice maker is passed through.

The water supply valve may be installed higher than the ice maker and lower than the water storage tank.

 The ice making casing may be formed with a reservoir water supply hole for supplying water to the reservoir.

The ice making casing may be formed with an ice bank entrance through which the ice bank enters and exits.

It may further include an on, off switch installed in the ice making casing.

A refrigerator having an ice maker kit according to the present invention includes a main body in which a storage compartment is formed; A door that opens and closes the storage compartment; An ice maker kit detachable from the door, wherein the ice maker kit comprises: a water reservoir containing water; A water supply valve in which water dropped from the water tank is intermittent; An ice maker for deicing water discharged from the water supply valve; An ice bank containing ice iced in the ice maker; A controller for controlling the ice maker and a water supply valve; A battery detachable part electrically connected to the controller; It includes an ice making casing, the water reservoir, the water supply valve, the ice maker, the ice bank, the control unit and the battery detachable part.

The ice making casing may include a door detachable part detachable from the door.

The ice making casing may be formed with an ice bank entrance through which the ice bank enters, and the ice bank entrance may be formed in addition to a surface facing the door among front, rear, left, right, and bottom surfaces.

The present invention does not need to be supplied with power and water from a refrigerating device, such as a refrigerator, thereby simplifying the structure of the freezing device and minimizing the cost of the freezing device.

In addition, the user can generate a large amount of ice in the ice bank by a simple operation of watering the water in the reservoir, there is an advantage that the user is more convenient than the manual ice maker to separate the ice from the ice maker.

In addition, if the user does not want to temporarily create ice, it can be stored separately from the freezer, there is an advantage that can increase the space utilization of the freezer.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing the inside of an embodiment of an ice maker kit according to the present invention;
2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an ice maker kit according to the present invention;
3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA shown in FIG.
4 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a refrigerator having an ice maker kit according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view when the ice maker kit shown in FIG. 4 is removed from the refrigerator.

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

  1 is a cross-sectional view showing the inside of an embodiment of an ice maker kit according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an ice maker kit according to the invention, Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA shown in FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a refrigerator having an ice maker kit according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view when the ice maker kit shown in FIG. 4 is separated from the refrigerator.

The ice maker kit 2 includes a reservoir 4 in which water is contained; A water supply valve 6 in which water dropped from the reservoir 4 is intermittent; An ice maker 8 in which water discharged from the water supply valve 6 is iced; An ice bank 10 in which ice iced in the ice maker 8 is contained; A control unit 12 for controlling the ice maker 8 and the water supply valve 6; A battery detachment unit 14 electrically connected to the control unit 12; It may include an ice making casing 16 in which the reservoir 4, the water supply valve 6, the ice maker 8, the ice bank 10, the controller 12, and the battery detachable part 14 are protected.

When the battery 15 is mounted on the battery detachable part 14, the ice maker kit 2 may flow a current to the controller 12, and the controller 12 may operate the ice maker kit 2. The ice maker kit (2) is the water supplied to the ice maker (8) through the water supply valve (6) in the reservoir (4) can be iced by the cold air, the ice ice in the ice maker (8) is the ice bank (10) It can be frosted and filled. The ice maker kit 2 may be selectively installed in a refrigeration apparatus such as a freezer or a refrigerator. When the ice maker kit 2 is installed in the freezer, water is stored in the reservoir 4, and when the battery 15 is attached to the battery detachable portion 14, the ice maker kit 2 automatically cools the ice by the cold air of the freezer. Can be created and archived. The ice maker kit 2 may generate ice on its own without being connected to a freezing device such as a freezer or a refrigerator by a separate water supply hose and a wire. The ice maker kit 2 can be varied in its installation position and can be a mobile independent ice maker kit.

The reservoir 4 may contain water that can be iced at least twice by the ice maker 8. Reservoir (4) is not connected to a refrigeration unit, such as a freezer or refrigerator with a separate water hose. When the reservoir 4 contains water corresponding to twice the water receiving space of the ice maker 8, the water of the reservoir 4 can be watered twice in total with the ice maker 8, and the ice maker 8 The ice can be iced twice in total with a time difference, and the ice bank 10 can contain a large amount of ice iced with the time difference in the ice maker 8. When the water tank 4 contains water corresponding to three times the water receiving space of the ice maker 8, the water of the water tank 4 may be watered three times in a timely manner to the ice maker 8, and the ice maker 8 may be The ice can be iced a total of three times with a time difference, and the ice bank 10 can contain a large amount of ice iced with a time difference in the ice maker (8). The volume of the reservoir 4 preferably has a volume capable of making the ice maker 8 at least twice ice-making, and when water is supplied to the reservoir 4 once, the volume of the reservoir 4 becomes larger than that of the ice maker. The amount of ice that can be iced in 8) and the amount of ice that can be contained in the ice bank 10 can be large. For example, if a user waters a large amount of water in the reservoir 4 in the morning, the water of the reservoir 4 may be supplied to the ice maker 8 by a predetermined amount at a time difference, and the ice maker 8 may set a time difference. It can be left to continue ice-making, a large amount of ice in the afternoon can be contained in the ice bank (10). The reservoir 4 preferably has a volume of 2 to 20 times the water receiving space of the ice maker 8. The reservoir 4 may be configured as a box body whose upper surface is open. The lower plate of the reservoir 4 may be formed with a water supply hole 5 through which water in the reservoir 4 may freely fall toward the water supply valve 6. The water reservoir 4 is fixed to the inside of the ice making casing 16 so as not to be detached from the ice making casing 16, and the user waters the water into the water storage tank 4 while fixing the water reservoir 4 inside the ice making casing 16. It is possible to water. In this case, the ice making casing 16 may be formed with a reservoir water supply hole 22 capable of supplying water to the reservoir 4 from the outside of the ice making casing 16. The reservoir water supply hole 22 may be formed to be opened in an up and down direction at an upper position of the reservoir 4 among the ice making casings 16. In the ice making casing 16, when the reservoir water supply hole 22 is always open, cold air flows into the ice making casing 16 through the reservoir water supply hole 22 to supply water from the reservoir 4 to the inside of the reservoir 4. The ice making casing 16 may include a water supply door 24 that opens and closes the reservoir water supply hole 22. On the other hand, the de-icing casing 16 may be provided with a separate water supply passage (not shown) for guiding the water supplied from the outside of the de-icing casing 16 to the reservoir 4, of course. The ice making casing 16 may be provided with a water supply passage that opens and closes the water supply passage. Reservoir 4 may be detachably disposed on the ice making casing 16, the user withdraws the reservoir 4 to the outside of the ice making casing 16 to supply water to the reservoir 4, the reservoir with water It is possible to insert (4) again into the ice-making casing 16 inside. In this case, in the ice making casing 16, the water storage tank 4 may be pulled out of the ice making casing 16 and the water storage tank 4 located outside the ice making casing 16 may be inserted into the ice making casing 16. An entrance (not shown) may be formed. The ice making casing 16 may be formed with a reservoir entrance to which the reservoir 4 enters and exits. The ice making casing 16 may be provided with a reservoir entrance door (not shown) that opens and closes the reservoir entrance.

The water supply valve 6 may control the water freely falling from the water storage tank 4 so that the water in the water storage tank 4 is not supplied to the ice maker 8 at a time but is supplied to the ice maker 8 by a predetermined amount. The water supply valve 6 may be a solenoid valve. When the signal supplied from the control unit 12 is input, the water supply valve 6 may open the internal flow path to drop water to the ice maker 8, and when the off signal is input, the internal flow path may be blocked to further remove water. The abnormal ice maker 8 can be prevented from falling. The control unit 12 may turn on the water supply valve 6 during the water supply setting time, and turn off the water supply valve 6 when the water supply setting time elapses after the water supply to the ice maker 8 is started. The water supply valve 6 may drop the water freely falling from the water storage tank 4 to the ice maker 8 during the water supply setting time. When the water supply setting time elapses, the water supply valve 6 may block the water freely falling from the water storage tank 4. . The water supply valve 6 may be turned on when the ice of the ice maker 8 completes the ice extraction to the ice bank 10. The ice maker kit 2 may be supplied with water from the water storage tank 4 to the ice maker 8 in a free-falling manner, and the water supply valve 6 may be installed higher than the ice maker 8 and lower than the water storage tank 4. Can be. The water supply valve 6 may be installed to be located below the water supply hole 5 of the water storage tank 4, and is directly installed in the water supply hole 5 of the water storage tank so as to communicate with the water supply hole 5 of the water storage tank 4. It is possible, it may be connected to the water supply hole 5 of the reservoir 4 through a separate guide hose (not shown). The water supply valve 6 is provided to be located above the ice maker 8, and it is possible to freely drop water into the ice maker 8. The water supply valve 8 may supply water to the ice maker 8 through the water supply hose 30. The water supply hose 30 may have an upper end connected to the water supply valve 8, extend downward of the water supply valve 8, and a lower end of the water supply hose 30 may be positioned above the water receiving space of the ice maker 8.

The ice maker 8 heats the water and the surrounding cold air to ice the water. The ice maker 8 ices the ice produced in the ice tray 34 and the ice tray 34 in which the water receiving space 32 in which the water is placed is formed. It may include a ribbing mechanism 35 for taking ice with (10). The ice making tray 34 may have an upper surface of the water receiving space 32 open, and the water supplied from the water supply valve 6 may be cooled in a state of being accommodated in the water receiving space 32. The ice making mechanism 35 can include a motor or the like which twists the ice making tray 34 while inverting the ice making tray 34. The ice making mechanism 35 is rotatably disposed above the ice making train 34 to rotate the ice making shaft 36 to pour the ice of the ice making tray 34 and drop it into the ice bank 10, and to rotate the ice making shaft 36. It is possible to include a drive source 37 such as a motor. The ice maker 8 may include a temperature sensor (not shown) for sensing the temperature of the ice making tray 34. The ice maker 8 may be able to operate the ice making mechanism 35 when the temperature of the ice making train 34 falls below the set ice temperature. When the ice maker 8 receives the ice signal from the controller 12, the ice maker 8 may drive a driving source 37 such as a motor to ice the ice of the ice maker 34 to the ice bank 10. The ice maker 8 may include an ice making heater (not shown) installed in the ice making tray 34. The ice making heater can heat the ice tray 34 prior to the operation of the ice making device 35 to help the ice easily separate from the ice tray 34. The ice maker 8 may further include a ice sensor device (not shown) that detects ice of the ice bank 10. The ice sensor device may include an ice lever to lift or lift the ice bank 10 to detect the maximum height of the ice contained in the ice bank 10. The ice maker 8 may no longer operate the icemaker 35 when the ice sensor detects the ice.

The ice bank 10 is an ice storage for storing ice that has been iced after being produced in the ice maker 8, and may be formed in a box shape having an upper surface open to receive the ice dropped from the ice maker 8. The ice bank 10 may be disposed inside the ice making casing 16 and is preferably arranged to be drawn out of the ice making casing 16 for ease of use. The ice bank casing 16 may be formed with an ice bank entrance 42 through which the ice bank 10 enters and exits.

The control unit 12 can control the ice maker kit 2 independently of a refrigerating device such as a freezer or a refrigerator, and can control various electric parts such as a valve and a motor provided in the ice maker kit 2. The controller 12 may be connected to each of the battery detachable part 14, the water supply valve 6, and the ice maker 8 by an electric wire.

The battery detachable part 14 may include a battery accommodating box in which the battery 15 is mounted and an electrode installed in the battery accommodating box. The battery 15 may allow the ice maker kit 2 to operate by itself without the ice maker kit 2 being supplied with power from a freezer such as a freezer or a refrigerator. The ice maker kit 2 does not need to be connected to a refrigerating device such as a freezer or a refrigerator by an electric wire, and when the battery 15 has reached the end of its life, the user can replace the battery.

The ice making casing 16 may form the appearance of the ice maker kit 2. The reservoir 4, the water supply valve 6, the controller 12, the battery detachable portion 14, the ice maker 8 and the ice bank 10 are directly installed in the ice making casing 16 or through a separate mounting member. Can be installed. The reservoir 4, the water supply valve 6, the controller 12, the battery detachable part 14, the ice maker 8, and the ice bank 10 may be installed in the ice making casing 16. The ice maker kit 2 includes at least one of the water storage tank 4, the water supply valve 6, the control unit 12, the battery detachment unit 14, the ice maker 8, and the ice bank 10. It can be installed to be located outside. The ice maker kit 2 preferably has a water reservoir 4, a water supply valve 6, a control unit 12, and a battery compartment 14 located inside the ice making casing 16, and the ice maker 8 and the ice bank. At least one of the 10 may be located inside or outside the ice making casing 16. Hereinafter, the reservoir 4, the water supply valve 6, the controller 12, the battery detachable part 14, the ice maker 8, and the ice bank 10 will be described as being installed inside the ice making casing 16. do. The ice making casing 16 may be formed with a battery access hole 44 through which the battery detachable part 14 may be placed inside the ice making casing 16. have. The ice making casing 16 may include a battery access door 46 that opens and closes the battery access hole 44.

The ice making casing 16 includes a body 48 having a space for accommodating the water reservoir 4, the water supply valve 6, the controller 12, the battery detachable portion 14, the ice maker 8, and the ice bank 10. It may include. The body 48 may include a reservoir water supply hole 22, an ice bank entrance 42, and a battery entrance hole 44, and the water supply door 24 may be installed to rotate or slide in the body 48. In addition, the battery access door 46 may be installed to rotate or slide on the body 48.

 The ice making casing 16 includes a heat insulation chamber T in which a reservoir 4, a water supply valve 6, a controller 12, and a battery compartment 14 are located, and an ice maker 8 and an ice bank 10. It may include a cooling chamber (C). Insulating chamber (T) and cooling chamber (C) is preferably formed in the upper and lower compartments in the ice making casing (16). The heat insulation chamber T may be located at an inner upper portion of the body 48, and the cooling chamber C may be located at an inner lower portion of the body 48. The ice making casing 16 may include a partition member 50 for partitioning the heat insulation chamber T and the cooling chamber C. The partition member 50 may have an upper surface facing the heat insulation chamber T, and a lower surface facing the cooling chamber C. The partition member 50 is formed integrally with the ice making casing 16 but may be manufactured separately from the ice making casing 16 and then combined. The partition member 50 may have a water supply hose through hole 52 through which the water supply hose 30 for guiding the water passing through the water supply valve 6 to the ice maker 8 passes.

The ice maker kit 2 may include heat insulators 54, 56, 58 to insulate the heat insulation chamber T. The heat insulators 54, 56, 58 may include body heat insulators 54 installed on the inner wall of the body 48. The heat insulators 54, 56 and 58 may include a water supply door insulator 56 installed on a surface of the water supply door 24 facing the inside of the body 48. The heat insulators 54, 56, 58 may include a battery door insulator 58 installed on a surface of the battery door 46 that faces the body 48. In the ice maker kit 2, when the heat insulation chamber T is formed in a hexahedron shape, the whole hexahedron can be surrounded by the heat insulating materials 54, 56, 58. As shown in FIG.

 The ice making casing 16 may have a cold air flow path P which is discharged to the outside after the external cold air is introduced, and the ice maker 8 may be disposed in the cold air flow path P.

The ice maker kit 2 may have cold air inlets 61 and 62 through which cold air may enter and exit at least one surface of the cooling chamber C, and the cold air inlets 61 and 62 and the cooling chamber ( C) can comprise the cooling flow path P. FIG. The cold air outside the ice maker kit 2 can cool the ice maker 8 while passing through the cooling channel P. As shown in FIG.

The ice maker kit 2 may include a reservoir heater 70 that heats the reservoir 4. The reservoir heater 70 may be controlled by the controller 12. The reservoir heater 70 may be connected to the controller 12 by an electric wire. When the ON signal is input from the controller 12, the reservoir heater 70 may be heated to heat the reservoir 4, and when the OFF signal is input from the controller 12, the reservoir Do not heat (4) anymore. The reservoir heater 70 may be located in the heat insulation chamber (T). The reservoir heater 70 may be installed inside the reservoir 4 or may be installed on an outer wall of the reservoir 4. The reservoir 4 may be provided with a reservoir temperature sensor (not shown) for sensing the temperature of the reservoir 4, the control unit 12 is the temperature of the reservoir 4 detected by the reservoir temperature sensor is less than the heating set temperature. When down, the reservoir heater 70 can be turned on. If the temperature of the reservoir 4 detected by the reservoir temperature sensor is greater than the heating set temperature, the controller 12

The reservoir heater 70 can be turned off. The heating set temperature may be set to a predetermined temperature higher than the set temperature at which the water in the reservoir 4 may freeze.

 The ice maker kit 2 may further include an on and off switch 80 installed in the ice making casing 16. The on and off switch 80 may be installed on a wire between the battery detachable part 14 and the controller 12, and the knob may be disposed to be exposed to the ice making casing 16. The user may turn on the on / off switch 80 after installing the ice maker kit 2 in a refrigerating device such as a freezer or a refrigerator, and the ice maker kit 2 may turn the on / off switch 80 on. The current of the battery 15 may flow to the controller 12. The user can turn off the on / off switch 80 when the ice maker kit 2 is not in use, and the ice maker kit 2 no longer generates ice.

When the ice maker kit 2 is installed in the refrigerator R, the ice maker kit 2 may defrost water by cold of the storage compartment 100 of the refrigerator R. The ice maker kit 2 may be selectively detached from the door 102 of the refrigerator R, and in particular, may be detached from the rear surface of the door 102. In the refrigerator R, when the door 102 is closed, the ice maker kit 2 may be located in the storage compartment 100, and part of the cold air in the storage compartment 100 may be a cold air flow path of the ice maker kit 2. The ice maker 8 can be cooled while passing through P).

In the refrigerator R, at least one bucket 104 in which an article such as food is placed may be installed in the door 102. The ice maker kit 2 may be formed with a door detachable part 106 detachable from the door 102. The door detachment unit 106 may be formed in the ice making casing 16, and may protrude on at least one surface of the ice making casing 16.

The door detachable part 106 may protrude in the shape of a hook, a protrusion, or a hook on the ice making casing 16. The door detacher 106 may be detachable from the door 102 or the bucket 104. The ice maker kit (2) is hooked or hooked into the engaging hole formed in the door 102 of the door detachable portion 106, or the hook-shaped door detachable portion 106 is hooked to the bucket 104 Can be installed in a manner. The refrigerator R has a bucket 104 in which the ice maker kit 2 is separated after one of the plurality of buckets 104 is temporarily separated from the door 102 when the ice maker kit 2 is installed. It is possible to be installed at the location. When the ice maker kit 2 is installed, the refrigerator R can be installed in the bucket 104 without removing the bucket 104 from the door 102. The ice making casing 16 may have a door detachable portion 106 protruding forward from a front side thereof or a door detachable portion 106 protruding upward from a top surface thereof. The ice making casing 16 may be installed to face the front door 102. The ice making casing 16 is formed with a water tank water supply hole 22, an ice bank entrance 42, and a battery access hole 44 in addition to the front, rear, left, right, top, and bottom surfaces facing the door 102. Can be. The reservoir water supply hole 22 is preferably opened up and down on the upper surface of the ice making casing (16). The battery access hole 44 may be vertically opened on the top surface of the ice making casing 16, left or right openings on the side surface of the ice making casing 16, or opened back and forth on the rear surface of the ice making casing 16. The ice bank inlet and outlet 42 is preferably left or right open to the side of the ice making casing 16 or back and forth.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described.

First, the user may supply water to the reservoir water supply hole 22, and the water may be contained in the reservoir 4. If the battery 15 is not attached to the battery detachable unit 14, the user may attach the battery 15 to the battery detachable unit 14.

When the user wants to install the ice maker kit 2 in the refrigerator R, the user may open the door 102 and install the ice maker kit 2 in the door 102. The ice maker kit 2 may have a door detachable portion 106 mounted on the door 102, and the ice maker kit 2 may be installed to protrude from the rear surface of the door 102.

 The user may turn on and off the switch 80 installed in the ice making casing 16, the control unit 12 may flow a current of the battery 15, the ice maker kit (2) to the refrigerator (R) In the installed state, ice can be produced and stored. The ice maker kit 2 may turn on the water supply valve 6 when the on / off switch 80 is turned on or when a predetermined time has elapsed after the on / off switch is turned on. After passing through the valve 6 can be free fall to the ice maker (8). The water supply valve 6 may be turned off when the water supply setting time elapses after the water supply to the ice maker 8 is started.

The user may close the door 102 in a state where the ice maker kit 2 is mounted on the door 102, and cold air of the storage compartment 100 may flow into the ice making casing 16. The cold air introduced into the ice making casing 16 may cool the ice maker 8, the ice maker 8 may generate ice, and the ice maker 8 may store the generated ice in an ice bank when the ice production is completed. You can go to 10). When the ice maker kit 2 finishes ice ice, the water supply valve 6 may be turned on again, and the water contained in the water reservoir 4 may be supplied to the ice maker 8 through the water supply valve 6. have. The ice maker 8 may further generate ice by heat-exchanging freshly watered water in the water storage tank 4 with cold water, and when the ice generation is completed, the ice maker 8 may ice the generated ice into the ice bank 10.

While the on / off switch 80 is turned on and the water in the reservoir 4 remains, the ice maker kit 2 can continuously and automatically perform water supply, ice making, and ice ice. The ice maker kit (2) repeats water supply, deicing, and ice ice until no more water is left in the reservoir (4), and ice flows in the ice bank (10) with a time difference and continues to flow. If ice is repeated, the ice bank 10 will contain a large amount of ice.

The user can cause a large amount of ice to be generated by supplying water once with the ice maker kit 2, and other operations other than the operation of supplying water to the water storage tank 4 once are the ice maker kit 2 Can run automatically. The user may use the ice of the ice bank 10 after opening the door 102.

On the other hand, if the user does not use the ice maker kit (2), or if you want to store other items in the space where the ice maker kit (2) is located in the refrigerator (R), the ice maker kit (2) to the refrigerator (R) Can be separated from, and the installation position of the ice maker kit (2) can be varied in the refrigerator (R) as needed. Since the ice maker kit 2 is not directly connected to the refrigerator R by an electric wire and a water supply hose, the installation height of the ice maker kit 2 may be variously changed.

2: ice maker kit 4: reservoir
6: feed valve 8: ice maker
10: ice bank 12: control unit
14: battery detachable part 16: ice-making casing
50: partition member 54, 56, 58: heat insulating material
70: reservoir heater 80: on / off switch
102: door 106: door detachable
C: cooling chamber P: cold air flow path
R: Door T: Insulation Room

Claims (20)

A reservoir containing water;
A water supply valve in which water dropped from the water tank is intermittent;
An ice maker for deicing water discharged from the water supply valve;
An ice bank containing ice iced in the ice maker;
A controller for controlling the ice maker and a water supply valve;
A battery detachable part electrically connected to the controller;
Ice maker kit including the ice tank and the water reservoir, the water supply valve, the ice maker, the ice bank, the control unit and the battery detachable portion. The method according to claim 1,
An ice maker kit comprising a reservoir heater for heating the reservoir. 3. The method of claim 2,
The reservoir heater is an ice maker kit controlled by the control unit. The method according to claim 1,
The ice making casing is formed with a cold air flow path that is discharged to the outside after the external cold air flows in,
The ice maker kit is provided in the ice maker. The method according to claim 1,
The ice making casing is an insulating chamber in which the water tank, the water supply valve, the controller, and the battery detachable part are located;
An ice maker kit comprising a cooling chamber in which the ice maker and the ice bank are located. 6. The method of claim 5,
An ice maker kit comprising an insulation for insulating the insulation chamber. 6. The method of claim 5,
The ice making casing comprises a partition member for partitioning the heat insulation chamber and the cooling chamber. The method of claim 7, wherein
The partition member is an ice maker kit formed with a water supply hose through hole through which a water supply hose for guiding the water passing through the water supply valve to the ice maker. The method according to claim 1,
The water supply valve is installed higher than the ice maker and lower than the reservoir tank. The method according to claim 1,
The ice making casing is an ice maker kit formed with a reservoir water supply hole for supplying water to the reservoir. The method according to claim 1,
The ice making casing is an ice maker kit formed with an ice bank entrance to the ice bank entrance. The method according to claim 1,
Ice maker kit further comprises an on, off switch installed in the ice making casing. A body having a storage chamber;
A door for opening and closing the main body;
Including an ice maker kit detachable to the door,
The ice maker kit includes a water tank containing water;
A water supply valve in which water dropped from the water tank is intermittent;
An ice maker for deicing water discharged from the water supply valve;
An ice bank containing ice iced in the ice maker;
A controller for controlling the ice maker and a water supply valve;
A battery detachable part electrically connected to the controller;
A refrigerator having an ice maker kit including the water reservoir, the water supply valve, the ice maker, the ice bank, the controller, and an ice making casing in which the battery detachable part is protected. 14. The method of claim 13,
A refrigerator having an ice maker kit including a reservoir heater for heating the reservoir. 15. The method of claim 14,
And the reservoir heater has an ice maker kit controlled by the control unit. 14. The method of claim 13,
The ice making casing is an insulating chamber in which the water tank, the water supply valve, the controller, and the battery detachable part are located;
A refrigerator having an ice maker kit including a cooling chamber in which the ice maker and the ice bank are located. 17. The method of claim 16,
A refrigerator having an ice maker kit including a heat insulating material for insulating the heat insulating chamber. 14. The method of claim 13,
A refrigerator having an ice maker kit further comprising an on / off switch installed in the ice making casing. 14. The method of claim 13,
And the ice maker casing has an ice maker kit having a door detachable part detachable from the door. 14. The method of claim 13,
The ice making casing is provided with an ice bank entrance through which the ice bank enters and exits,
The ice bank entrance is a refrigerator having an ice maker kit formed in addition to the front, rear, left, right, top, bottom of the surface facing the door.

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