TW202210770A - Automatic ice-making system which includes a detachable ice-making box and a water supply pipe that has stable water flow and is not easy to splash when filling water - Google Patents

Abstract

An automatic ice-making system includes a water supply unit and an ice-making unit. The ice making unit includes a base, a rotary motor mounted on the base, and an ice-making box assembly detachably connected to the rotary motor and detachably mounted on the base. The rotary motor has a motor body and a first pivot shaft pivotally connected to the motor body. The ice-making box assembly has an engaging hole that is detachably sleeved on the first pivot shaft, so that the ice-making box assembly can rotate relative to the motor body with the first pivot shaft as an axis. With the ice-making box assembly detachably connected to the rotary motor and slidably mounted on the base, the ice-making box assembly can be removed from the base, so as to achieve the purpose of enabling the automatic ice-making system to have a detachable ice-making box.

Description

Automatic ice making system

The present invention relates to an ice making device, in particular to a detachable and washable automatic ice making system suitable for refrigerators.

Modern people are accustomed to preparing some ice cubes in the refrigerator for storage. These ice cubes can be taken out for cooling drinks, preservation or ice compresses and other functions that require cooling. When preparing ice cubes, it takes several hours for the ice-making water in the ice-making box to turn into ice cubes. Therefore, people usually store the prepared ice cubes in the ice-making box in the ice storage box. The ice space reserves more ice cubes. In order to avoid people often forget to put the ice cubes in the ice maker into the ice storage bin and prepare the next batch of ice cubes, resulting in insufficient ice cubes for use, the existing refrigerators already have an automatic ice making system, which can The ice cubes in the ice maker are automatically poured into the ice storage bin for storage. However, the ice-making box of the existing automatic ice-making system is fixedly installed in the refrigerator, and there is a problem of bacteria breeding after long-term use because it cannot be cleaned. In addition, in the process of injecting ice-making water into the ice-making box in the existing automatic ice-making system, the ice-making water is often sprayed out of the ice-making box. Therefore, how to clean the ice-making box of the automatic ice-making system and how to prevent the ice-making water from splashing outside the ice-making box has become a topic worthy of study.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic ice-making system with a detachable ice-making box in which the water flow of the water supply pipe is stable, and the water is not easily splashed during water filling.

Therefore, the automatic ice making system of the present invention is suitable for being installed in a refrigerating equipment, and includes a water supply unit and an ice making unit. The water supply unit is suitable for being installed in the refrigerating equipment, and includes a water storage tank, a water injection motor and a water supply pipe. The water injection motor is respectively connected with the water storage tank and the water supply pipe, and is used for drawing and outputting the stored water in the water storage tank to the water supply pipe. The water supply pipe has a water injection end remote from the water injection motor. The ice making unit is aligned with the water filling end, and includes a base suitable for being installed on the refrigerating equipment, a rotating motor installed on the base, a detachable connection to the rotating motor and a detachable installation An ice-making box assembly on the base, and an ice storage box aligned with the ice-making box assembly. The rotary motor has a motor body and a first pivot shaft pivotably connected to the motor body. The ice-making box assembly has an engaging hole. The engaging hole is detachably sleeved on the first pivot shaft, so that the ice-making box assembly can rotate relative to the motor body with the first pivot shaft as the axis.

In some embodiments, the ice-making box assembly has a fixing seat assembly and an ice-making box body. The fixing base assembly has a fixing base rear side wall adjacent to the rotating motor, two guide pieces extending from the left and right sides of the fixing base rear side wall in a direction away from the rotating motor, and two opposite sides respectively connected to the rotating motor. The guide pieces are equal to the front side member of the rear side wall of the fixing seat. The rear side wall of the fixed seat, the guide pieces and the front side member together define a rotation space. The rear side wall of the fixing seat has a through hole penetrating through two opposite sides of the rear side wall of the fixing seat and communicating with the rotating space. The front side member has a pivot slot aligned with the through hole and communicated with the rotation space. The ice-making box body is located in the rotating space, and has an ice-making tray member, a connecting piece respectively connected to two opposite sides of the ice-making tray member, and a second pivot shaft. The connecting piece detachably penetrates the through hole and has the connecting hole. The second pivot shaft is detachably inserted into the pivot slot. The ice-making box body can be driven by the rotating motor to rotate relative to the fixed seat assembly with the connecting member and the second pivot shaft as the axis.

In some embodiments, the front side member further has two protrusions. The protrusions are located in the pivot slot, and the distance from each other is smaller than the diameter of the second pivot shaft, and the height of the bottom edge of each protrusion relative to the bottom surface of the pivot slot is greater than the second pivot shaft diameter of. The pivot slot is formed on the upper surface of the front side member and extends downward, and can expand the opening size of the pivot slot in a direction in which the protrusions move away from each other, and can restore the pivot slot in a direction in which the protrusions approach each other The size of the opening of the pivot slot is such that when the second pivot shaft is inserted into the pivot slot downward from the top of the fixing base assembly, the second pivot shaft can be locked by the protrusions.

In some embodiments, the second pivot shaft has a stop ring. The stop ring is spaced from the end of the second pivot shaft. When the second pivot shaft is inserted into the pivot slot, the blocking ring can abut against a side surface of the front side member facing the rear side wall of the fixing seat, thereby restricting the second pivot shaft from the rotation space to move away from the engaging piece The direction is placed into the depth of the pivot slot, so that the engagement piece cannot be separated from the rotary motor.

In some embodiments, the base has a base body, a base rear wall extending downward from a rear side edge of the base body, and two downward from two opposite side edges of the base body respectively. Extended base sidewall. The base body, the base rear wall and the base side walls together define an installation space with an opening opposite to the base rear wall. The side walls of the base have two sliding grooves respectively formed on the surfaces of the side walls of the base which face each other. and The ice-making box assembly can be separated from the base by sliding along the sliding grooves toward the opening of the installation space.

In some embodiments, the ice making unit further includes a stop knob pivotally connected to the base and adjacent to the front side member. The blocking knob has a blocking portion and can be switched between a locked state and an unlocked state. In the locked state, the blocking portion abuts against the side of the front side member opposite to the rotating motor, so that the ice-making box assembly is limited to the base. In the unlocked state, the blocking portion is not aligned with the front side member, so that the ice-making box assembly can be separated from the base and the rotating motor.

In some embodiments, the base body has two locking holes penetrating through upper and lower opposite surfaces of the base body. The fixing seat assembly also has a clip. The clip is pivotally connected to the front side member and has two tenons. The locking tenons are respectively detachably locking the locking holes.

In some embodiments, the water supply pipe further has a main conveying section that communicates with the water injection end. The main conveying section has a small pipe diameter portion adjacent to the water injection motor, and a large pipe diameter portion connected to the small pipe diameter portion and away from the water injection motor. The inner pipe diameter of the small pipe diameter portion is smaller than that of the large pipe diameter portion.

In some embodiments, the main conveying section is an integrally formed one-piece construction.

In some embodiments, the water supply pipe further has a buffer section communicating with the water injection end. The buffer section has a first bent pipe portion with a gradually increasing pipe diameter toward the water injection end, and a second curved pipe portion connected with the first curved pipe portion and with a tapered pipe diameter toward the water injection end. The angle of intersection of the first bent tube portion and the second bent tube portion is between 80 degrees and 100 degrees, so that the water flow in the second bent tube portion is decelerated.

In some embodiments, the water injection end has two sharp corners formed at the mouth of the water supply pipe. The sharp corners are used to guide the direction of water flow in the water supply pipe.

In some embodiments, the first bent tube portion has a pressing surface formed on the top surface of the outer tube wall of the first bent tube portion, and the water supply unit further includes a The pressing top plate of the device has a protruding post, and the protruding post is pressed against the pressing surface to fix the first bent pipe portion.

The effect of the present invention is that: the ice-making box assembly is detachably connected to the rotary motor and slidably installed on the base, so that the ice-making box assembly can be removed from the base for cleaning , The replacement procedure can achieve the purpose of the automatic ice making system having a detachable ice making box. In addition, since the water in the water storage tank flows from the small pipe diameter part to the large pipe diameter part, when the external air flows from the large pipe diameter part to the small pipe diameter part, it receives the water flow in the small pipe diameter part It is pushed and cannot flow to the small pipe diameter part, which can prevent air from adhering to the small pipe diameter part, thereby achieving the purpose of stabilizing the water flow of the water supply pipe. Similarly, the main conveying section is integrally formed in a single-piece structure, which can avoid the need for the large diameter part to be connected to the small diameter part by lap joints, resulting in gaps in the lap joints, thereby preventing the external air from passing through the lap joints. The gap at the junction flows into the main conveying section and is attached to the small pipe diameter part, so as to achieve the purpose of stabilizing the water flow of the water supply pipe. In addition, by connecting the first bending pipe portion and the second bending pipe portion at a right angle, and the pipe diameter at the right angle of the buffer section is from narrow to wide and then from wide to narrow, it is possible to slow down the The flow velocity of the water flow in the second bent pipe portion can also achieve the purpose that the water flow of the water supply pipe is stable and the water is not easily splashed during water injection. In addition, through the sharp corners of the water injection end, when the water in the water supply pipe flows to the water injection end, it will flow out of the water supply pipe along the inner wall of the sharp corners, so as to achieve the purpose of not splashing when the water supply pipe is filled with water. . Finally, when the protruding column is pressed against the pressing surface, when the water flow in the water supply pipe hits the pipe wall of the buffer section, the buffer section is not easy to shake, and the purpose of not splashing when the water supply pipe is filled with water can also be achieved.

Referring to FIG. 1 , it is an embodiment of the automatic ice making system of the present invention. The automatic ice making system is suitable for being installed in a refrigerating apparatus (not shown), and includes a water supply unit 1 and an ice making unit 2 . The refrigerator can be used to freeze food or other supplies.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 , the water supply unit 1 is suitable for being installed in the refrigerating equipment, and includes a water storage tank 11 , a water injection motor 12 , a water supply pipe 13 and a pressing top plate 14 . The water injection motor 12 is respectively connected to the water storage tank 11 and the water supply pipe 13 , and is used for drawing and outputting the stored water in the water storage tank 11 to the water supply pipe 13 . The water supply pipe 13 has a main conveying section 131 connected to the water injection motor 12 , a buffer section 132 connected to the main conveying section 131 and away from the water injection motor 12 , and a buffer section 132 connected to the end of the water supply pipe 13 . The water injection end 133. The pressing top plate 14 is suitable for being installed on the refrigerating apparatus 9 and has a protruding column 141 .

In this embodiment, the main conveying section 131 is respectively connected to the water injection motor 12 and the buffer section 132 , and has a small diameter portion 134 , a middle diameter portion 135 and a large diameter portion 136 which are communicated with each other. The small diameter portion 134 is adjacent to the water injection motor 12 . The middle diameter portion 135 is located between the small diameter portion 134 and the large diameter portion 136 . The large diameter portion 136 is far away from the water injection motor 12 and adjacent to the buffer section 132 . In addition, the inner diameter of the small diameter part 134 is smaller than that of the middle diameter part 135 and the large diameter part 136 , and the inner diameter of the middle diameter part 135 is smaller than that of the large diameter part 136 . In this way, when the water in the water storage tank 11 flows out from the water injection end 133 through the main conveying section 131 , the air will flow back from the water injection end 133 to the main conveying section 131 . The storage water flows from the small diameter part 134 to the large diameter part 136 , the inner pipe of the small diameter part 134 is filled with water flow, while the middle diameter part 135 and the large diameter part 136 are only partially filled with water flow , when the outside air flows from the large diameter part 136 to the small diameter part 134, it is pushed by the water flow in the small diameter part 134, and most of the air entering the main conveying section 131 will adhere to the large diameter part 134. The inner pipe wall of the pipe diameter part 136, and a small part of the air will adhere to the inner pipe wall of the middle pipe diameter part 135, so it can prevent the air from adhering to the inner pipe wall of the small pipe diameter part 134 and affecting the water supply pipe 13 water output.

In this embodiment, the main conveying section 131 is an integrally formed single-piece structure prepared by manufacturing methods such as injection molding, die casting or overmolding. The single-piece structure can omit the lap joint between the pipelines, so as to prevent the air from entering the pipeline from the lap joint between the pipelines and attaching to the pipe wall of the main conveying section 131 , thereby affecting the water flow stability of the main conveying section 131 . In other embodiments, the middle pipe diameter portion 135 may be omitted, and only the small pipe diameter portion 134 directly communicates with the large pipe diameter portion 136 to avoid air flowing to the small pipe diameter portion 134, so as to stabilize the main pipe diameter portion 134. The purpose of the water flow of the conveying section 131.

The buffer section 132 has a first bent pipe portion 137 whose diameter increases toward the water injection end 133 , and a first bend pipe portion 137 that communicates with the water injection end 133 and has a tapered pipe diameter toward the water injection end 133 . The second bent tube portion 138 . The first bent tube portion 137 has a pressing surface 130 formed on the top surface of the outer tube wall of the first bent tube portion 137 . The pressing surface 130 is used for pressing the protruding post 141, so that the buffer section 132 is not easily shaken when impacted by the water flow in the pipe, and is not easily splashed when water is poured. In addition, the intersecting angle of the first bent tube portion 137 and the second bent tube portion 138 is between 80 degrees and 100 degrees, so that the buffer section 132 has a nearly right-angle design, so that the water storage tank 11 is When the stored water flows from the first bent tube portion 137 to the second bent tube portion 138, the water flowing along the length direction of the first bent tube portion 137 will first flow between the first bent tube portion 137 and the second bent tube portion 138. The intersection of the second bent tube portion 138 collides with the inner tube wall of the second bent tube portion 138 , so that the flow velocity of the water flow is slowed down and the flow direction is changed to flow along the length direction of the second bent tube portion 138 . To the water injection end 133, the flow velocity of the water can be slowed down, and the water can not be splashed easily when the water is injected. As shown in FIG. 2 , in this embodiment, the water injection end 133 has two sharp corners 139 formed at the mouth of the water supply pipe 13 . The sharp corners 139 are used to guide the direction of the water flow in the water injection end 133, so that the water flow in the water injection end 133 flows out of the water supply pipe 13 along the inner wall of the sharp corners 139, which can also prevent splashing during water injection. .

Referring to FIG. 1 , the ice making unit 2 is suitable for being installed in the freezer of the refrigerating equipment, is aligned with the water filling end 133 , and includes a base 21 suitable for installation in the refrigerating equipment, a base 21 installed in the refrigerating equipment The rotary motor 22 of the base 21 , an ice box assembly 23 detachably connected to the rotary motor 22 and detachably mounted on the base 21 , and an ice storage box aligned with the ice box assembly 23 24 (see FIG. 1 ), and a stop knob 25 pivotally connected to the base 21 and adjacent to the ice box assembly 23 .

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 9 , the base 21 has a base body 211 , a base rear wall 212 (see FIG. 9 ) extending downward from the rear side edge of the base body 211 , and two bases respectively extending from the base body 211 . The base side walls 213 extending downward from the left and right opposite side edges of the seat body 211 . The base body 211 , the base rear wall 212 and the base side walls 213 together define an installation space 214 with an opening opposite to the base rear wall 212 (see FIG. 5 ). The installation space 214 is used to accommodate the ice-making box assembly 23 . The base body 211 has two locking holes 215 (see FIG. 5 ) extending through the upper and lower opposite surfaces of the base body 211 . The locking holes 215 are used for detachable engagement of the tenon (described later) of the ice-making box assembly 23 , so that when the ice-making box assembly 23 is installed on the base 21 , the ice making can be restricted. The box assembly 23 is inserted into the depth of the installation space 214 toward the direction close to the rotary motor 22 through the opening of the installation space 214 . The base side walls 213 have two sliding grooves 216 (see FIG. 9 ) respectively formed on the inner surfaces of the base side walls 213 facing each other and extending toward the opposite outer surfaces of the base side walls 213 . The sliding grooves 216 are used for the ice box assembly 23 to be slidably connected to the base 21 and extend along the left and right side edges of the base body 211 respectively, and the openings of the sliding grooves 216 are formed in the base 21 . The side walls 213 of the base are spaced apart from the side edges of the rear wall 212 of the base.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the rotary motor 22 has a motor body 221 and a first pivot shaft 222 rotatably connected to the motor body 221 . The ice-making box assembly 23 has a fixing seat assembly 26 and an ice-making box body 27 . The fixing base assembly 26 has a fixing base rear side wall 261 adjacent to the rotating motor 22 , two guide members 262 extending from the left and right sides of the fixing base rear side wall 261 in a direction away from the rotating motor 22 , one opposite The sides are respectively connected to the guide pieces 262 and spaced apart from the front side member 263 of the rear side wall 261 of the fixing seat, and a buckle piece 264 . The rear side wall 261 of the fixing seat, the guide pieces 262 and the front side member 263 together define a rotation space 265 .

Referring to FIGS. 3 to 5 , 8 and 9 , the rear side wall 261 of the fixing seat has a through hole 266 (see FIG. 5 ) that penetrates the front and rear opposite sides of the rear side wall 261 of the fixing seat and communicates with the rotating space 265 . The guide members 262 are detachably inserted into the sliding grooves 216 through the openings of the sliding grooves 216 formed on the side edges of the side walls 213 of the base, so that the ice-making box assembly 23 can slide along the sliding grooves 216 . The grooves 216 are slid and inserted into the installation space 214 , and can slide toward the opening of the installation space 214 along the sliding grooves 216 to separate the ice box assembly 23 from the base 21 . In this embodiment, the guide members 262 are flange structures extending in the extension direction of the fixing seat assembly 26 and protruding to the left and right respectively. The ice-making box assembly 23 slides along the sliding grooves 216 to facilitate the user to install and take the ice-making box assembly 23 . As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 8 , the front member 263 has a pivot slot 267 aligned with the through hole 266 and communicated with the rotation space 265 , and two protrusions 268 (see FIG. 8 ). The protrusions 268 are located in the pivot slot 267 and are spaced apart from each other. The pivoting slot 267 is formed on the upper surface of the front side member 263 and extends downward, and can expand the opening size of the pivoting slot 267 along the direction in which the protruding portions 268 move away from each other, and can also expand the opening size of the pivoting slot 267 along the protruding portions 268 The approaching direction restores the opening size of the pivot slot 267 , that is to say, the pivot slot 267 can expand or reduce its width (in the lateral direction in FIG. 8 ) to a certain extent. The buckle 264 is pivotally connected to the front side member 263 and has two tenons 269 . The latching tenons 269 detachably latch the locking holes 215 respectively, so that the latching member 264 can be switched between a latched state and an unlatched state. As shown in FIG. 3 , in the snap-fit state, the latch 264 is not pulled by the user, and the tenons 269 engage the locking holes 215 (see FIG. 5 ) respectively, so that the fixing The seat assembly 26 cannot be separated from the base 21 . As shown in FIG. 4 , when the user pulls the buckle 264 , the buckle 264 rotates relative to the front side member 263 and changes to the unbuckled state. In the unbuckled state, the buckle The front side of the fastener 264 is inclined relative to the front side of the latching element 264 in the buckled state, so that the tenons 269 are respectively disengaged downward and spaced apart from the locking holes 215, so that the fixing seat assembly 26 can be removed by the The base 21 is disengaged.

Referring to FIGS. 5 to 8 , the ice making box body 27 is located in the rotating space 265 and has an ice making tray member 271 , a connecting piece 272 and a second connecting piece 272 respectively connected to two opposite sides of the ice making tray member 271 . Pivot shaft 273 . The engaging piece 272 detachably penetrates the through hole 266 and has an engaging hole 274 (see FIG. 5 ). The engaging hole 274 is detachably engaged with the first pivot shaft 222 , so that the ice box body 27 can rotate with the first pivot shaft 222 under the driving of the motor body 221 . The second pivot shaft 273 has a stop ring 275 , and the diameter of the second pivot shaft 273 is greater than the distance between the protrusions 268 , and the diameter of the second pivot shaft 273 is smaller than that of each protrusion 268 The height of the bottom edge of the pivot groove 267 relative to the bottom surface of the groove. When the second pivot shaft 273 is detachably inserted into the bottom of the pivot slot 267 from the top of the fixing seat assembly 26 downward, the second pivot shaft 273 can be locked by the protrusions 268, so that the The second pivot shaft 273 cannot be disengaged from the pivot slot 267 .

The stop ring 275 is spaced apart from the end of the second pivot shaft 273 . When the second pivot shaft 273 is inserted into the pivot slot 267 , the blocking ring 275 can abut against the side of the front side member 263 facing the rear side wall 261 of the fixing seat, thereby restricting the second pivot shaft 273 from rotating by the The space 265 is inserted into the depth of the pivot slot 267 in a direction away from the engaging piece 272 . Since the blocking ring 275 abuts against the side surface of the front side member 263 , the engaging piece 272 on the opposite side can only move back and forth to a very small extent, so that the engaging piece 272 will not be separated from the rotating motor 22 .

Referring to FIGS. 1 , 6 and 7 , the ice-making box body 27 can be driven by the rotating motor 22 to rotate relative to the fixing seat assembly 26 with the connecting member 272 and the second pivot shaft 273 as the axis, so that the The ice making box body 27 can be switched between an ice making state and an ice pouring state. In the ice making state, the opening of the ice making box body 27 faces upwards, so that the opening of the ice making box body 27 can be aligned with the water filling end 133 to receive the edible water injected by the water filling end 133 . In the ice pouring state, the opening of the ice making box body 27 is aligned with the ice storage box 24 , so that the ice cubes in the ice making box body 27 can be dropped into the ice storage box 24 .

Referring to FIG. 3 to FIG. 5 , the blocking knob 25 has a blocking portion 251 and can be switched between a locked state and an unlocked state after being rotated by the user. As shown in FIG. 3 , in the locked state, the blocking portion 251 abuts against the side of the front side member 263 opposite to the rotating motor 22 , so as to prevent the ice-making box assembly 23 , so that the The ice-making box assembly 23 is limited to the base 21 . As shown in FIG. 5 , in the unlocked state, the blocking portion 251 is not aligned with the front side member 263 , so that the ice-making box assembly 23 can be separated from the base 21 and the rotating motor 22 . Accordingly, the blocking knob 25 can cooperate with the latching member 264 to provide a double locking and unlocking mechanism for the ice-making box assembly 23 , so that the user can safely and conveniently perform the operation of the ice-making box assembly 23 . Extraction and insertion.

Hereinafter, the operation mode of the automatic ice making system will be described in detail. When ice making is required, the water stored in the water storage tank 11 will be drawn by the water injection motor 12 and output to the water supply pipe 13 , and then passed through the main conveying section 131 and the buffer section 132 of the water supply pipe 13 , from the water injection end 133 flows into the ice making box body 27 of the ice making unit 2 , and at this time the ice making box body 27 is in the ice making state as shown in FIG. 6 . When the water in the ice-making box body 27 is affected by the temperature of the refrigerating device and forms ice cubes, the motor body 221 will drive the first pivot shaft 222 to rotate, thereby driving the ice-making box body 27 to switch from the ice-making state In the ice pouring state as shown in FIG. 7 , the ice cubes in the ice making box body 27 fall into the ice storage box 24 . Then, the motor body 221 drives the first pivot shaft 222 to rotate again, and drives the ice making box body 27 to return from the ice pouring state to the ice making state, thus completing an ice making process. After several ice making processes, the user can switch the blocking knob 25 from the locked state shown in FIG. 3 to the unlocked state shown in FIG. The buckle 264 is switched from the buckled state as shown in FIG. 3 to the unbuckled state as shown in FIG. 4 , so that the ice-making box assembly 23 can be removed from the base 21 for cleaning. After cleaning, the ice-making box assembly 23 can be placed into the installation space 214 along the chutes 216, and the front side of the latch 264 can be pushed, so that the latch 264 can be switched from the unfastened state to In the buckled state, the blocking knob 25 is then switched from the unlocked state to the locked state, so that the ice-making box assembly 23 is installed on the base 21, and the ice-making process can be resumed.

To sum up, the ice-making box assembly 23 is detachably connected to the rotating motor 22 and slidably mounted on the base 21 , so that the ice-making box assembly 23 can be taken out from the base 21 . The procedure of cleaning and replacement is as follows, so that the purpose of the automatic ice making system having a detachable ice making box can be achieved. In addition, since the water in the water storage tank 11 flows from the small diameter part 134 to the large diameter part 136 , when the external air flows from the large diameter part 136 to the small diameter part 134 , the small diameter part 134 receives the small diameter. The water flow in the pipe diameter portion 134 is pushed and cannot flow to the small pipe diameter portion 134 , which can prevent air from adhering to the small pipe diameter portion 134 , thereby achieving the purpose of stabilizing the water flow of the water supply pipe 13 . Likewise, the main conveying section 131 is integrally formed in a single-piece structure, which can avoid the need for the large diameter portion 136 to be connected to the small diameter portion 134 by lap joints, resulting in gaps in the lap joints, thereby preventing external The air flows into the main conveying section 131 through the gap at the overlap and attaches to the small diameter portion 134 , so as to achieve the purpose of stabilizing the water flow of the water supply pipe 13 . In addition, because the first bending pipe portion 137 and the second bending pipe portion 138 are connected at right angles, and the pipe diameter at the right angle of the buffer section 132 is from narrow to wide and then from wide to narrow, The flow velocity of the water flow in the second bent pipe portion 138 can be slowed down, and the purpose of the water flow of the water supply pipe 13 being stable and not easily splashed during water injection can be achieved. Moreover, through the sharp corners 139 of the water injection end 133, when the water in the water supply pipe 13 flows to the water injection end 133, it will flow out of the water supply pipe 13 along the inner walls of the sharp corners 139 and reach the water supply pipe 13 The purpose of not being easy to splash when pouring water. Finally, through the protruding post 141 crimping the pressing surface 130 , when the water flow in the water supply pipe 13 hits the pipe wall of the buffer section 132 , the buffer section 132 is not easy to shake, and the water supply pipe 13 can also be filled with water. The purpose of not easy to splash. , so it can indeed achieve the purpose of the present invention.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention, and should not limit the scope of implementation of the present invention. Any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the contents of the patent specification are still included in the scope of the present invention. within the scope of the invention patent.

1: Water supply unit 11: Water storage tank 12: Water injection motor 13: Water supply pipe 130: Press the surface 131: Main conveying section 132: buffer segment 133: water injection end 134: Small diameter part 135: Middle diameter part 136: Large diameter part 137: The first bending tube 138: Second bending tube 139: sharp corners 14: Compression top plate 141: Column 2: Ice making unit 21: Pedestal 211: base body 212: Pedestal rear wall 213: Pedestal side walls 214: Installation space 215: Keyhole 216: Chute 22: Rotary motor 221: Motor body 222: First pivot axis 23: Ice Box Assembly 24: Ice Storage Box 25: Stop knob 251: Stopper 26: Fixed seat assembly 261: Rear side wall of fixed seat 262: Guide 263: Front Side Member 264: Snaps 265: Rotation Space 266: Through hole 267: Pivot slot 268: Protrusion 269: Tenon 27: Ice box body 271: Ice making tray components 272: Connector 273:Second pivot axis 274: Engagement hole 275: Stop Ring

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, wherein: 1 is a perspective view illustrating the connection relationship between an embodiment of an automatic ice-making system of the present invention that omits a pressing top plate and a refrigerating device; 2 is an incomplete partial cross-sectional view illustrating the connection relationship between a water supply pipe and the compression top plate of the embodiment; FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a latching state of an ice making unit without an ice storage box of the embodiment, and a locking state of a stop knob of the ice making unit; FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating that the latching member of this embodiment is in an unbuckled state, and the blocking knob is in an unlocked state; 5 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the water supply pipe and a base of the ice-making unit, a rotary motor, an ice-making box assembly and the stop knob; FIG. 6 is a top view illustrating an ice-making state of an ice-making box body of the ice-making box assembly; FIG. 7 is a top view illustrating the ice tray body in a state of pouring ice; Figure 8 is a fragmentary top plan view illustrating the ice making tray assembly; and 9 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the ice making unit with the ice bank omitted.

1: Water supply unit

11: Water storage tank

12: Water injection motor

13: Water supply pipe

131: Main conveying section

132: buffer segment

133: water injection end

134: Small diameter part

135: Middle diameter part

136: Large diameter part

137: The first bending tube

138: Second bending tube

2: Ice making unit

21: Pedestal

22: Rotary motor

23: Ice Box Assembly

24: Ice Storage Box

25: Stop knob

Claims (12)

An automatic ice-making system, suitable for installation in a refrigerating device, and comprising: a water supply unit, suitable for being installed in the refrigerating equipment, and comprising a water storage tank, a water injection motor and a water supply pipe, the water injection motor is respectively connected to the water storage tank and the water supply pipe, and is used for storing water in the water storage tank draw output to the water supply pipe, the water supply pipe having a water injection end remote from the water injection motor; and an ice-making unit, aligned with the water filling end, and comprising a base suitable for being installed on the refrigerating device, a rotating motor installed on the base, a detachable connection to the rotating motor and detachable An ice-making box assembly installed on the base, and an ice storage box aligned with the ice-making box assembly, the rotary motor has a motor body, and a first pivotally connected to the motor body A pivot shaft, the ice-making box assembly has an engaging hole, the engaging hole is detachably sleeved on the first pivot shaft, so that the ice-making box assembly can take the first pivot shaft as the axis relative to the motor body rotate. The automatic ice making system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ice making box assembly has a fixing seat assembly and an ice making box body, the fixing seat assembly has a fixing seat rear side wall adjacent to the rotating motor, two respectively A guide member extending from the left and right sides of the rear side wall of the fixing seat in the direction away from the rotary motor, and a front side member respectively connected to the guide members and spaced from the rear side wall of the fixing seat. The rear side wall of the seat, the guides and the front side member jointly define a rotation space, the rear side wall of the fixed seat has a through hole that penetrates the front and rear opposite sides of the rear side wall of the fixed seat and communicates with the rotation space, and the front side member has a A pivot slot aligned with the through hole and communicating with the rotating space, the ice-making box body is located in the rotating space, and has an ice-making tray member and a connecting piece respectively connected to two opposite sides of the ice-making tray member and a second pivot shaft, the engaging piece detachably extends through the through hole and has the engaging hole, the second pivot shaft is detachably inserted into the pivot slot, and the ice box body can be driven by the rotating motor The connecting piece and the second pivot shaft are used as axes to rotate relative to the fixed seat assembly. The automatic ice making system according to claim 2, wherein the front side member further has two protrusions, the protrusions are located in the pivot groove, and the distance from each other is smaller than the diameter of the second pivot shaft, and each The height of the bottom edge of a protrusion relative to the groove bottom surface of the pivot groove is greater than the diameter of the second pivot shaft, the pivot groove is formed on the upper surface of the front side member and extends downward, and can extend along the protrusions The opening size of the pivot slot can be expanded in the direction away from each other, and the opening size of the pivot slot can be restored along the direction in which the protrusions approach each other, so that the second pivot shaft is placed downward from the top of the fixed seat assembly. When the pivot slot is used, the second pivot shaft can be locked by the protrusions. The automatic ice making system of claim 2, wherein the second pivot shaft has a stop ring, and the stop ring is spaced from the end of the second pivot shaft, and when the second pivot shaft is inserted into the pivot shaft When the groove is formed, the stop ring can abut against a side surface of the front side member facing the rear side wall of the fixing seat, so as to limit the depth of the second pivot shaft being inserted into the pivot groove from the rotation space in the direction away from the connecting piece, The engagement piece cannot be separated from the rotary motor. The automatic ice making system according to claim 2, wherein the base has a base body, a base rear wall extending downward from a rear side edge of the base body, and two The base side walls extending downward from the left and right opposite side edges, the base body, the base rear wall and the base side walls jointly define an installation space with an opening opposite to the base rear wall, the base side walls There are two chutes formed on the surfaces of the side walls of the base that face each other, and the guides of the ice-making box assembly are detachably inserted into the chutes through the opening of the installation space, so that the ice-making can be The box assembly can slide along the chutes and be placed in the installation space, and can slide along the chutes toward the opening of the installation space to separate the ice-making box assembly from the base. The automatic ice making system of claim 2, wherein the ice making unit further comprises a stop knob pivotally connected to the base and adjacent to the front side member, the stop knob having a stop portion, And can switch between a locked state and an unlocked state. In the locked state, the stopper abuts on the side of the front side member opposite to the rotating motor, so that the ice-making box assembly is limited to the side of the rotating motor. The base, and in the unlocked state, the blocking portion is not aligned with the front side member, so that the ice-making box assembly can be separated from the base and the rotary motor. The automatic ice-making system according to claim 2, wherein the base body has two locking holes penetrating through the upper and lower opposite sides of the base body, and the fixing seat assembly further has a latch, the latch can be It is pivotally connected to the front side member and has two tenons, and the tenons are respectively detachably latching the locking holes. The automatic ice making system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water supply pipe further has a main conveying section communicating with the water injection end, the main conveying section having a small pipe diameter portion adjacent to the water injection motor, and a small pipe communicating with the water injection end The diameter part is far from the large pipe diameter part of the water injection motor, and the inner pipe diameter of the small pipe diameter part is smaller than the large pipe diameter part. The automatic ice making system of claim 8, wherein the main conveying section is of integrally formed one-piece construction. The automatic ice making system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water supply pipe further has a buffer section communicating with the water injection end, the buffer section has a first bent pipe portion whose diameter increases toward the water injection end, and a second bent tube part communicating with the first bent tube part and tapered in diameter towards the water injection end, the first bent tube part and the second bent tube part intersecting at an angle ranging from 80 degrees to Between 100 degrees, the water flow in the second bent pipe portion is decelerated. The automatic ice making system of claim 1, wherein the water injection end has two sharp corners formed at the mouth of the water supply pipe, and the sharp corners are used to guide the direction of water flow in the water supply pipe. The automatic ice making system according to claim 10, wherein the first bent pipe portion has a pressing surface formed on the top surface of the outer pipe wall of the first bent pipe portion, and the water supply unit further comprises a It is suitable for a pressing top plate installed in the refrigerating equipment. The pressing top plate has a protruding post, and the protruding post is pressed against the pressing surface to fix the first bent pipe portion.

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