TWI724966B - Automatic ice making system - 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 rotating motor installed on the base, and an ice making box assembly detachably connected to the rotating motor and detachably installed on the base. The rotating motor has a motor body and a first pivot shaft pivotally connected to the motor body. The ice making box assembly has a connecting hole. The connecting hole is detachably sleeved on the first pivot shaft, so that the ice box assembly can rotate relative to the motor body using the first pivot shaft as the axis. With the ice making box assembly detachably connected to the rotating motor and slidably mounted on the base, the ice making box assembly can be removed from the base, and the automatic ice making system can be The purpose of the detachable ice box.

Description

Automatic ice making system

The invention relates to an ice making device, in particular to a removable 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 to be used for chilled drinks, preservation or ice compresses and other functions that require cooling. When preparing ice cubes, it takes several hours to make the ice-making water in the ice-making box turn into ice cubes. Therefore, people usually store the prepared ice cubes in the ice-making box in the ice storage box. More ice cubes in the ice space. In order to avoid that people often forget to pour the ice cubes in the ice box into the ice storage box, and prepare the next batch of ice cubes, resulting in insufficient ice cubes, the existing refrigerators already have an automatic ice making system that can The ice cubes in the ice box are automatically poured into the ice storage box for storage. However, the ice box of the existing automatic ice making system is fixedly installed in the refrigerator, and there will be a problem of bacteria breeding after long-term use because it cannot be cleaned. In addition, in the process of injecting the ice-making water into the ice-making box in the existing automatic ice-making system, the ice-making water is often sprayed outside the ice-making box. Therefore, how to clean the ice box of the automatic ice making system and avoid splashing of ice-making water outside the ice box becomes a topic worthy of research.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ice making system with a detachable ice making box with stable water flow in the water supply pipe and not easy to splash when the water is filled.

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 respectively communicates with the water storage tank and the water supply pipe, and is used for pumping and outputting the water stored in the water storage tank to the water supply pipe. The water supply pipe has a water injection end away from the water injection motor. The ice making unit is aligned with the water injection end, and includes a base suitable for being installed on the refrigerating equipment, a rotating motor installed on the base, and a detachably connected to the rotating motor and detachably installed An ice box assembly on the base and an ice storage box aligned with the ice box assembly. The rotating motor has a motor body and a first pivot shaft pivotally connected to the motor body. The ice making box assembly has a connecting hole. The connecting hole is detachably sleeved on the first pivot shaft, so that the ice box assembly can rotate relative to the motor body using 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 fixed seat assembly has a rear side wall of the fixed seat adjacent to the rotary motor, two guide members extending from the left and right sides of the rear side wall of the fixed seat in a direction away from the rotary motor, and one or two opposite sides are respectively connected to the The front side member which is equal to the guide member and is spaced from the rear side wall of the fixing seat. The rear side wall of the fixing seat, the guide members and the front side member jointly define a rotating space. The rear side wall of the fixing seat has a through hole penetrating the front and rear opposite sides of the rear side wall of the fixing seat and communicating with the rotation space. The front side member has a pivot groove aligned with the through hole and communicating with the rotation space. The ice-making box body is located in the rotating space and has an ice-making tray component, an engagement piece respectively connected to two opposite sides of the ice-making tray component, and a second pivot shaft. The connecting piece detachably extends through the through hole and has the connecting hole. The second pivot shaft is detachably inserted into the pivot groove. The ice box body can be driven by the rotating motor to pivot with the connecting piece and the second The shaft is a shaft center that rotates relative to the fixed seat assembly.

In some embodiments, the front side member further has two protrusions. The protrusions are located in the pivot groove, and the distance apart 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 groove is greater than the height of the second pivot shaft diameter of. The pivot groove is formed on the upper surface of the front side member and extends downward, and can expand the opening size of the pivot groove in the direction in which the protrusions move away from each other, and can return to the direction in which the protrusions approach each other The opening size of the pivoting groove is such that when the second pivoting shaft is inserted into the pivoting groove from the top of the fixing seat assembly downwards, the second pivoting shaft can be buckled by the protrusions.

In some embodiments, the second pivot shaft has a stop ring. The stop ring is spaced apart from the end of the second pivot shaft. When the second pivot shaft is inserted into the pivot groove, the stop ring can abut a side surface of the front side member facing the rear side wall of the fixing seat, thereby restricting the second pivot shaft from moving away from the rotating space to the connecting piece Is inserted into the depth of the pivot groove in the direction of, so that the connecting piece cannot be separated from the rotating motor.

In some embodiments, the base has a base body, a base back wall extending downward from the rear side edge of the base body, and two opposite sides of the base body downward from the left and right sides of the base body. Extended side wall of the base. 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 side walls of the bases have two sliding grooves respectively formed on the surfaces of the side walls of the bases facing each other. The guides of the ice-making box assembly are detachably embedded in the sliding grooves through the opening of the installation space, so that the ice-making box assembly can slide along the sliding grooves and be inserted into the installation space, and It can slide along the sliding grooves toward the opening of the installation space to separate the ice-making box assembly from the base.

In some embodiments, the ice making unit further includes a pivotally connected to the base and The stop knob 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 surface of the front side member opposite to the rotating motor, so that the ice box assembly is confined 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 rotating motor from the base.

In some embodiments, the base body has two lock holes penetrating the upper and lower sides of the base body. The fixing seat assembly also has a fastener. The buckle is pivotally connected to the front side member and has two tenons. The latches respectively detachably latch the lock holes.

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

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

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 whose pipe diameter gradually increases toward the water injection end, and a second bent pipe portion connected with the first bent pipe portion and whose pipe diameter gradually decreases toward the water injection end. The intersecting angle of the first bending pipe portion and the second bending pipe portion is between 80 degrees and 100 degrees, so that the water flow in the second bending pipe portion is decelerated.

In some embodiments, the water injection end has two sharp corners formed at the nozzle 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 bending tube portion has a pressing surface formed on the top surface of the outer tube wall of the first bending tube portion, and the water supply unit further includes a device suitable for being installed in the refrigerating device. Equipment pressure The pressing top plate is provided with a protruding post, and the protruding post is pressed against the pressing surface to fix the first bending tube portion.

The effect of the present invention is that the ice making box assembly can be detachably connected to the rotating motor and slidably mounted on the base, so that the ice making box assembly can be removed from the base for cleaning , The replacement program can achieve the purpose of the automatic ice-making system with a detachable ice-making box. In addition, since the water in the water storage tank flows from the small pipe diameter portion to the large pipe diameter portion, when the outside air flows from the large pipe diameter portion to the small pipe diameter portion, it receives the water flow in the small pipe diameter portion. It is pushed and cannot flow to the small pipe diameter portion, which can prevent air from adhering to the small pipe diameter portion, thereby achieving the purpose of stabilizing the water flow of the water supply pipe. Similarly, the main conveying section is an integrally formed one-piece structure, so that the large pipe diameter part needs to be connected to the small pipe diameter part by lap joints, resulting in gaps at the lap joints, thereby preventing external air from being overlapped. The gap at the joint flows into the main conveying section and is attached to the small 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 right angles, and the pipe diameter at the right angle of the buffer section is from narrow to wide and then from wide to narrow, the The flow rate of the water flow in the second bending pipe part can also achieve the purpose of stable water flow of the water supply pipe and not easy to splash when water is injected. Moreover, 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 preventing splashing when the water supply pipe is filled with water. . Finally, the pressing surface is crimped through the protruding post, so that when the water flow in the water supply pipe impacts the pipe wall of the buffer section, the buffer section is not easy to shake, and the purpose of splashing when the water supply pipe is filled can also be achieved.

1: water supply unit

11: Water storage tank

12: Water injection motor

13: Water supply pipe

130: Pressing Noodles

131: Main conveyor section

132: buffer segment

133: water injection end

134: Small diameter part

135: Middle diameter part

136: Large pipe diameter

137: The first bending part

138: The second bending pipe part

139: sharp corners

14: Compress the top plate

141: Column

2: Ice making unit

21: Pedestal

211: base body

212: The back wall of the base

213: Pedestal side wall

214: installation space

215: keyhole

216: Chute

22: Rotating motor

221: Motor body

222: first pivot axis

23: Ice box assembly

24: Ice storage box

25: Stop knob

251: Stop

26: fixed seat assembly

261: Rear side wall of fixed seat

262: guide

263: front side member

264: Clip

265: Rotating Space

266: Through Hole

267: Pivot Slot

268: Protruding

269: Snap

27: Ice box body

271: Ice Cube Component

272: Adapter

273: second pivot axis

274: Connection Hole

275: Stop Ring

The other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly shown in the embodiments with reference to the drawings Now, among them: FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the connection relationship between an embodiment of the automatic ice making system of the present invention omitting a pressing top plate and a refrigeration equipment; FIG. 2 is an incomplete partial cross-sectional view illustrating one of the embodiments The connection relationship between the water supply pipe and the pressing top plate; FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a buckle of an ice-making unit with an ice storage box omitted in this embodiment in a buckled state, and a block of the ice-making unit The stop knob is in a locked state; FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating that the buckle of this embodiment is in an unfastened state, and the stop knob is in an unlocked state; FIG. 5 is a perspective exploded view illustrating the The water supply pipe and a base of the ice-making unit, a rotating motor, an ice-making box assembly and the stop knob; FIG. 6 is a top view illustrating an ice-making box body of the ice-making box assembly Ice state; Figure 7 is a top view illustrating the ice box body in an ice pouring state; Figure 8 is an incomplete top view illustrating the ice box assembly; and Figure 9 is a cross-sectional view, illustrating the omission of the ice storage Box of the ice making unit.

Refer to Fig. 1, which 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 equipment (not shown), and includes a water supply unit 1 and an ice making unit 2. The refrigeration equipment can be used to freeze food or other supplies.

1 and 2, the water supply unit 1 is suitable for installation in the refrigerating equipment, and includes a A water storage tank 11, a water injection motor 12, a water supply pipe 13 and a compression top plate 14. The water injection motor 12 respectively communicates with the water storage tank 11 and the water supply pipe 13, and is used for pumping and outputting the water stored 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 far from the water injection motor 12, and a buffer section 132 connected to the buffer section 132 and located at the end of the water supply pipe 13 The water injection end 133. The pressing top plate 14 is suitable for being installed in the refrigerating equipment 9 and has a protrusion 141.

In this embodiment, the main conveying section 131 respectively communicates with the water injection motor 12 and the buffer section 132, and has a small pipe diameter portion 134, a middle pipe diameter portion 135, and a large pipe diameter portion 136 that communicate 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 pipe diameter portion 136 is far away from the water injection motor 12 and is adjacent to the buffer section 132. In addition, the inner tube diameter of the small tube diameter part 134 is smaller than the middle tube diameter part 135 and the large tube diameter part 136, and the inner tube diameter of the middle tube diameter part 135 is smaller than the large tube diameter part 136. In this way, when the water stored in the water storage tank 11 flows out from the water injection end 133 through the main delivery section 131, air will flow back to the main delivery section 131 from the water injection end 133. At this time, due to the The storage water flows from the small diameter part 134 to the large diameter part 136, the inner tube of the small diameter part 134 will be filled with water flow, and the middle diameter part 135 and the large diameter part 136 are only partially filled with water flow When the external air flows from the large pipe diameter portion 136 to the small pipe diameter portion 134, it is pushed by the water flow in the small pipe diameter portion 134, and most of the air entering the main conveying section 131 will adhere to the large pipe diameter portion 134. The inner pipe wall of the pipe diameter portion 136, and a small amount of air will adhere to the inner pipe wall of the middle pipe diameter portion 135. Therefore, it is possible to prevent air from adhering to the inner pipe wall of the small pipe diameter portion 134 and affect the water supply pipe 13's water output.

In this embodiment, the main conveying section 131 is made by injection molding, die-casting, or over-molding. One-piece, one-piece construction prepared by the manufacturing method. The single-piece structure can omit the overlap between the pipeline and the pipeline, so that it can prevent air from entering the pipeline from the overlap between the pipelines and attaching to the pipe wall of the main conveying section 131 , Which further affects the water flow stability of the main conveying section 131. In other embodiments, the middle diameter portion 135 can be omitted, and only the small diameter portion 134 is directly connected to the large diameter portion 136 to prevent air from flowing to the small diameter portion 134, thereby stabilizing the main diameter. The purpose of the water flow of the conveying section 131.

The buffer section 132 has a first bent pipe portion 137 whose pipe diameter gradually increases toward the water injection end 133, and a first bent pipe portion 137 that communicates with the first bent pipe portion 137 and whose pipe diameter decreases toward the water injection end 133. The second bending tube portion 138. The first bending tube portion 137 has a pressing surface 130 formed on the top surface of the outer tube wall of the first bending tube portion 137. The pressing surface 130 is used for the pressing of the protruding post 141, so that the buffer section 132 is not easily shaken when being impacted by the water flow in the pipe, and it is not easy to splash when water is injected. Moreover, the angle at which the first bent pipe portion 137 and the second bent pipe portion 138 intersect is between 80 degrees and 100 degrees, so that the buffer section 132 has a nearly right-angled design, thereby making the water storage tank 11 When the stored water flows from the first bending pipe portion 137 to the second bending pipe portion 138, the water flowing along the length direction of the first bending pipe portion 137 will first flow between the first bending pipe portion 137 and the second bending pipe portion 138. The intersection of the second bent pipe portion 138 collides with the inner pipe wall of the second bent pipe portion 138, so that the flow rate of the water flow is slowed down and the flow direction is changed to flow along the length direction of the second bent pipe portion 138. To the water injection end 133, the water flow velocity can be slowed down in this way, and the water injection can also prevent splashing. 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. .

1, the ice making unit 2 is suitable for being installed in the freezer of the refrigerating equipment, and is aligned with the water injection end 133, and includes a base 21 suitable for being installed on the refrigerating equipment, and a base 21 for installing on the refrigerating equipment. The rotating motor 22 of the base 21, an ice box assembly 23 detachably connected to the rotating 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.

5 and 9, the base 21 has a base body 211, a base back wall 212 extending downward from the rear edge of the base body 211 (see FIG. 9), and two bases respectively The base side walls 213 extend downward from the left and right opposite side edges of the base body 211. The base body 211, the base rear wall 212, and the base side walls 213 jointly define an installation space 214 with an opening opposite to the base rear wall 212 (see FIG. 5). The installation space 214 is used for the ice box assembly 23 to be inserted. The base body 211 has two lock holes 215 penetrating through the upper and lower sides of the base body 211 (see FIG. 5). The lock holes 215 are used to detachably engage the latches (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 is restricted. The box assembly 23 is inserted into the depth of the installation space 214 from the opening of the installation space 214 toward the direction approaching the rotation motor 22. The base side walls 213 have two sliding grooves 216 respectively formed on the inner surfaces of the base side walls 213 facing each other and extending toward the outer surfaces of the base side walls 213 opposite to each other (see FIG. 9 ). The sliding grooves 216 are used for the ice box assembly 23 to slidably engage the base 21 and extend along the left and right side edges of the base body 211, and the openings of the sliding grooves 216 are formed in the base 21. The side wall 213 of the equal base is spaced from the side edge of the rear wall 212 of the base.

Referring to FIG. 5, the rotating motor 22 has a motor body 221 and a first pivot shaft 222 rotatably connected to the motor body 221. The ice box assembly 23 has a fixed seat assembly 26 and a The ice box body 27. The fixed seat assembly 26 has a fixed seat rear side wall 261 adjacent to the rotating motor 22, two guide members 262 extending from the left and right sides of the fixed seat rear side wall 261 in a direction away from the rotating motor 22, and two opposite guide members 262. The sides are respectively connected to the guide members 262 and spaced apart from the front side member 263 of the rear side wall 261 of the fixing seat, and a fastening member 264. The rear side wall 261 of the fixing seat, the guide members 262 and the front side member 263 jointly define a rotating 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 that penetrates the front and back sides of the rear side wall 261 of the fixing seat and communicates with the rotation space 265 (see FIG. 5 ). The guides 262 are detachably embedded in the sliding grooves 216 from the openings of the sliding grooves 216 formed on the side edges of the side walls 213 of the base, so that the ice box assembly 23 can slide along the The groove 216 slides and is inserted into the installation space 214, and can slide along the slide grooves 216 toward the opening of the installation space 214 to separate the ice box assembly 23 from the base 21. In this embodiment, the guides 262 are flange structures that extend in the extension direction of the fixing seat assembly 26 and protrude to the left and right, respectively. Therefore, after the two are inserted into the sliding grooves 216, they can allow The ice-making box assembly 23 slides along the sliding grooves 216 to facilitate users to install and take the ice-making box assembly 23. As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 8, the front side member 263 has a pivoting groove 267 aligned with the through hole 266 and communicating with the rotating space 265, and two protrusions 268 (see FIG. 8). The protrusions 268 are located in the pivot groove 267 and are spaced apart from each other. The pivoting groove 267 is formed on the upper surface of the front side member 263 and extends downward, and the opening size of the pivoting groove 267 can be expanded along the direction in which the protrusions 268 are away from each other, or along the protrusions 268. The approaching direction restores the opening size of the pivoting groove 267, that is to say, the pivoting groove 267 can expand or reduce its width to a certain extent (in the horizontal direction in FIG. 8). The fastener 264 is pivotally connected to the front member 263 and has two tenons 269. The latches 269 detachably latch the locks The hole 215 allows the buckle 264 to switch between a buckled state and an unbuckled state. As shown in FIG. 3, in the buckled state, the buckle 264 is not pulled by the user. At this time, the latches 269 respectively latch the lock holes 215 (see FIG. 5) to make 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 to transform into the unfastened state. In the unfastened state, the buckle The front side of the member 264 is inclined relative to the front side of the buckle member 264 in the buckled state, so that the tenons 269 are disengaged downwardly and are spaced apart from the lock holes 215, so that the fixing seat assembly 26 can be The base 21 is detached.

Referring to Figures 5 to 8, the ice box body 27 is located in the rotating space 265, and has an ice-making tray member 271, an adapter 272 connected to two opposite sides of the ice-making tray member 271, and a second Pivot shaft 273. The engaging member 272 detachably extends through the through hole 266 and has an engaging hole 274 (see FIG. 5). The connecting hole 274 is detachably sleeved on the first pivot shaft 222, so that the ice box body 27 can rotate with the first pivot shaft 222 under the drive 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 larger than the distance between the protrusions 268. In addition, the diameter of the second pivot shaft 273 is smaller than each protrusion 268. The height of the bottom edge of the pivoting 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 groove 267 from the top of the fixing seat assembly 26 downwards, the second pivot shaft 273 can be buckled by the protrusions 268 to make The second pivot shaft 273 will not disengage from the pivot groove 267.

The stop ring 275 is spaced from the end of the second pivot shaft 273. When the second pivot shaft 273 is inserted into the pivot groove 267, the stop ring 275 can abut a side surface 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 The space 265 faces away from the connecting piece 272 The direction is inserted into the depth of the pivot groove 267. Since the stop ring 275 abuts against the side surface of the front member 263, the engaging member 272 on the opposite side can only move back and forth to a very small extent, so that the engaging member 272 will not be separated from the rotating motor 22.

1, 6 and 7, the ice box body 27 can be driven by the rotating motor 22 to rotate relative to the fixed seat assembly 26 with the connecting member 272 and the second pivot shaft 273 as the axis, so that the The ice box body 27 can switch 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 injection end 133 to receive the edible water injected by the water injection end 133. In the ice pouring state, the opening of the ice making box body 27 is aligned with the ice bank 24 so that the ice cubes in the ice making box body 27 can fall into the ice bank 24.

3 to 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 surface of the front side member 263 opposite to the rotation motor 22, so as to block the ice box assembly 23, so that The ice 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 box assembly 23 can be separated from the rotation motor 22 from the base 21. Accordingly, the stop knob 25 can cooperate with the buckle 264 to provide a dual locking and unlocking mechanism for the ice box assembly 23, so that the user can safely and conveniently perform the operation of the ice box assembly 23 Withdraw and insert.

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 through the main delivery section 131 and the buffer section 132 of the water supply pipe 13 from the water injection end 133 The ice box flowing into the ice making unit 2 In the main body 27, the ice-making box main body 27 is in the ice-making state as shown in FIG. 6 at this time. When the water in the ice box body 27 is affected by the temperature of the refrigerating equipment and forms ice cubes, the motor body 221 drives the first pivot shaft 222 to rotate, and drives the ice box body 27 to switch from the ice making state As shown in FIG. 7, the ice is poured into the ice box, so that the ice cubes in the ice 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 box body 27 to return from the ice pouring state to the ice making state, thus completing an ice making process. After multiple ice making processes, the user can switch the blocking knob 25 from the locked state as shown in FIG. 3 to the unlocked state as shown in FIG. 4, and hold the front side of the buckle 264 to make the 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 box assembly 23 can be removed from the base 21 for cleaning. After cleaning, the ice box assembly 23 can be inserted into the installation space 214 along the sliding grooves 216, and the front side of the buckle 264 can be pushed to switch the buckle 264 from the unbuckled 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 box assembly 23 is installed on the base 21, and the ice making process can be restarted.

In summary, by the ice making box assembly 23 detachably connected to the rotating motor 22 and slidably mounted on the base 21, the ice making box assembly 23 can be taken from the base 21 The following procedures for cleaning and replacement can achieve the purpose of the automatic ice making system with a detachable ice making box. In addition, since the water in the water storage tank 11 flows from the small pipe diameter portion 134 to the large pipe diameter portion 136, when the outside air flows from the large pipe diameter portion 136 to the small pipe diameter portion 134, the small pipe diameter portion 134 receives the small pipe 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. Similarly, the main conveying section 131 is an integrally formed one-piece structure, such as This can avoid the need for the large pipe diameter portion 136 to connect the small pipe diameter portion 134 by overlapping, resulting in gaps at the overlapped joints, thereby preventing external air from flowing into the main conveying section 131 from the gaps at the overlapping joints and attaching to the main conveying section 131. The small pipe diameter portion 134 achieves the purpose of stabilizing the water flow of the water supply pipe 13. In addition, by the first bending tube portion 137 and the second bending tube portion 138 being connected at right angles, and the tube diameter at the right angle of the buffer section 132 is from narrow to wide and then from wide to narrow, The flow rate of the water flow in the second bent pipe portion 138 can be slowed down, and the water flow of the water supply pipe 13 can be stabilized and splashing is not easy when the water is injected. 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 wall of the sharp corners 139 and reach the water supply pipe. 13 The purpose of not splashing easily when filling water. Finally, press the pressing surface 130 through the protrusion 141, so that when the water flow in the water supply pipe 13 impacts the pipe wall of the buffer section 132, the buffer section 132 is not easy to shake, but can also reach the time when the water supply pipe 13 is filled with water. The purpose of not easy to splash. , So it can indeed achieve the purpose of the invention.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention. When the scope of implementation of the present invention cannot be limited by this, all simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the content of the patent specification still belong to Within the scope covered by the patent of the present invention.

1: water supply unit

11: Water storage tank

12: Water injection motor

13: Water supply pipe

131: Main conveyor section

132: buffer segment

133: water injection end

134: Small diameter part

135: Middle diameter part

136: Large pipe diameter

137: The first bending part

138: The second bending pipe part

2: Ice making unit

21: Pedestal

22: Rotating motor

23: Ice box assembly

24: Ice storage box

25: Stop knob

Claims (11)

An automatic ice making system, suitable for installation in a refrigerating equipment, and comprising: a water supply unit suitable for installation in the refrigerating equipment, and comprising a water storage tank, a water injection motor and a water supply pipe, the water injection motors are respectively connected The water storage tank and the water supply pipe are used for pumping and outputting the water stored in the water storage tank to the water supply pipe. The water supply pipe has a water injection end far away from the water injection motor; and an ice making unit aligned with the water injection end, It also includes a base suitable for being installed on the refrigerating equipment, a rotating motor installed on the base, and an ice box assembly detachably connected to the rotating motor and detachably installed on the base Body, and an ice storage box aligned with the ice box assembly, the rotation motor has a motor body, and a first pivot shaft pivotally connected to the motor body, the ice box assembly has a A fixed base assembly and an ice box body, the fixed base assembly has a fixed base rear side wall adjacent to the rotating motor, and two guide members respectively extending from the left and right sides of the fixed base rear side wall in a direction away from the rotating motor , And one or two front-side members connected to the guides on the opposite sides and spaced apart from the rear side wall of the fixing seat, the rear side wall of the fixing seat, the guides and the front member jointly define a rotation space, The rear side wall has a through hole that penetrates the front and rear opposite sides of the rear side wall of the fixing seat and communicates with the rotation space, the front side member has a pivot groove aligned with the through hole and communicates with the rotation space, and the ice box body is located The rotating space has an ice-making tray member, an adapter piece and a second pivot shaft respectively connected to two opposite sides of the ice-making tray component, the adapter piece detachably penetrates the through hole and has an engagement piece The connecting hole is detachably sleeved on the first pivot shaft, so that the ice box assembly can rotate relative to the motor body with the first pivot shaft as the axis, and the second pivot shaft is detachably inserted The pivoting groove, the ice box body can be driven by the rotating motor and the connecting piece and the second pivot The rotating shaft is a shaft center that rotates relative to the fixed seat assembly. The automatic ice making system according to claim 1, wherein the front side member further has two protrusions, the protrusions are located in the pivot groove and are spaced apart from each other less than the diameter of the second pivot shaft, and each The height of the bottom edge of a protrusion relative to the 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 follow the protrusions The opening size of the pivoting groove is expanded in the directions away from each other, and the opening size of the pivoting groove can be restored along the direction in which the protrusions approach each other, so that the second pivot shaft is inserted downward from the top of the fixing seat assembly When the pivot groove is used, the second pivot shaft can be locked by the protrusions. The automatic ice making system according to claim 1, 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 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 to limit the depth of the second pivot shaft from being inserted into the pivot groove from the rotation space in a direction away from the connector, The connecting piece cannot be separated from the rotating motor. The automatic ice making system according to claim 1, wherein the base has a base body, a base rear wall extending downward from the rear side edge of the base body, and two base bodies respectively extending from the base body 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 sliding grooves respectively formed on the inner surfaces of the side walls of the bases facing each other. The guides of the ice box assembly are respectively detachably embedded into the sliding grooves through the opening of the installation space, so that the manufacturing The ice box assembly can slide along the slide grooves and be placed in the installation space, and can slide along the slide grooves toward the opening of the installation space to separate the ice box combination from the base. The automatic ice making system according to claim 1, wherein the ice making unit further includes a pivotable A stop knob rotatably connected to the base and adjacent to the front side member. The stop knob has a stop portion and can be switched between a locked state and an unlocked state. In the locked state, the stop knob The stop portion abuts against the side surface of the front side member opposite to the rotation motor, so that the ice box assembly is restricted to the base, and in the unlocked state, the stop portion is not aligned with the front side member, causing the brake The ice box assembly can be separated from the base and the rotating motor. The automatic ice making system according to claim 4, wherein the base body has two lock holes penetrating through the upper and lower sides of the base body, and the fixing seat assembly further has a buckle, and the buckle can It is pivotally connected to the front side member and has two latches, and the latches respectively detachably latch the lock holes. The automatic ice making system according to claim 1, wherein the water supply pipe further has a main conveying section connected to the water injection end, and the main conveying section has a small pipe diameter portion adjacent to the water injection motor, and a small pipe connected to the small pipe The diameter portion is far away from the large pipe diameter portion of the water injection motor, and the inner pipe diameter of the small pipe diameter portion is smaller than the large pipe diameter portion. The automatic ice making system according to claim 7, wherein the main conveying section is an integral single-piece structure. The automatic ice making system according to claim 1, wherein the water supply pipe further has a buffer section communicating with the water injection end, and the buffer section has a first bent pipe portion whose pipe diameter gradually increases toward the water injection end, and A second bent pipe portion connected with the first bent pipe portion and whose pipe diameter is tapered toward the water injection end, the angle between the first bent pipe portion and the second bent pipe portion is between 80 degrees and Between 100 degrees, the water flow in the second bending pipe portion is decelerated. The automatic ice making system according to claim 1, wherein the water injection end has two sharp corners formed at the nozzle of the water supply pipe, and the sharp corners are used to guide the water flow direction in the water supply pipe. The automatic ice making system according to claim 9, wherein the first bending tube portion has a shape The water supply unit is formed on the pressing surface of the top surface of the outer pipe wall of the first bent pipe portion, and the water supply unit further includes a pressing top plate suitable for being installed in the refrigerating equipment, the pressing top plate having a protruding post, the protruding post Crimping the crimping surface to fix the first bent tube portion.

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