US20100275635A1 - Ice making apparatus and refrigerator comprising the same - Google Patents

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US20100275635A1
US20100275635A1 US12/377,917 US37791707A US2010275635A1 US 20100275635 A1 US20100275635 A1 US 20100275635A1 US 37791707 A US37791707 A US 37791707A US 2010275635 A1 US2010275635 A1 US 2010275635A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00—Producing ice
    • F25C1/22—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds
    • F25C1/24—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds for refrigerators, e.g. freezing trays
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C5/00—Working or handling ice
    • F25C5/02—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice
    • F25C5/04—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice without the use of saws
    • F25C5/06—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice without the use of saws by deforming bodies with which the ice is in contact, e.g. using inflatable members
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C5/00—Working or handling ice
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C5/00—Working or handling ice
    • F25C5/02—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/025—Secondary closures
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/04—Doors; Covers with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2305/00—Special arrangements or features for working or handling ice
    • F25C2305/022—Harvesting ice including rotating or tilting or pivoting of a mould or tray
    • F25C2305/0221—Harvesting ice including rotating or tilting or pivoting of a mould or tray rotating ice mould
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2400/00—Auxiliary features or devices for producing, working or handling ice
    • F25C2400/10—Refrigerator units
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2500/00—Problems to be solved
    • F25C2500/06—Spillage or flooding of water
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/06—Refrigerators with a vertical mullion

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  • the present disclosure relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to an ice maker provided to a refrigerator to make ice and the refrigerator having the same.
  • An ice maker for making ice is provided to a refrigerator brought to the market recently.
  • the ice maker is an apparatus for making ice automatically or manually.
  • an ice maker including a plurality of ice cubes for making ice, and an ice tray twisted for separating made ice from the ice cubes.
  • the ice made from the ice maker is stored in an ice bank.
  • the related art ice maker is installed inside a storage space of the refrigerator in general. Therefore, a storage capacity of the refrigerator substantially reduces by the volume of the ice maker.
  • the ice maker including the ice tray
  • water stored in the ice cubes falls down to an outside by external impact before the water is frozen.
  • the water stored in the ice cubes may flood into an outside, i.e., the storage space of the refrigerator by an impact generated during a process of opening/closing a refrigerator door.
  • the storage space should be opened by opening the refrigerator door to use the ice stored in the ice bank. Therefore, using the ice may be inconvenient.
  • Embodiments provide an ice tray configured to minimize reduction in a storage capacity of a refrigerator, and the refrigerator including the same.
  • Embodiments also provide an ice tray configured to minimize a phenomenon that water for making ice floods into an outside during a process of opening/closing a refrigerator door, and the refrigerator including the same.
  • an ice maker includes: an ice tray rotatably installed on a rear side of a refrigerator door, and including ice cubes for making ice; and a tray cover rotating in cooperation with rotation of the ice tray to selectively open/close the ice cubes.
  • an ice maker in another embodiment, includes: a support frame mounted on a rear side of a refrigerator door; an ice tray rotatably installed to the support frame, and storing water for making ice; and a tray cover rotatably installed in relative to the ice tray, and preventing the water stored in the ice tray from flooding.
  • a refrigerator in further another embodiment, includes: a main body including a storage space; a door for selectively opening/closing the storage space; and an ice maker according to one of claims 1 to 17 , mounted on a rear side of the door
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a refrigerator including an ice maker according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the inside of a refrigerator including an embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating an ice tray and a tray cover according to an embodiment.
  • FIGS. 5 to 8 are vertical cross-sectional views explaining an operating process according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating an ice tray and a tray cover forming an ice maker according to another embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a refrigerator including an ice maker according to an embodiment
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the inside of a refrigerator including an embodiment.
  • the refrigerator includes a main body 1 , a freezing chamber door 4 , and a cooling chamber door 5 .
  • a storage space for storing food is provided inside the main body 1 .
  • the storage space is divided left and right to form a freezing chamber 2 and a cooling chamber 3 .
  • the freezing chamber door 4 and the cooling chamber door 5 selectively open/close the freezing chamber 2 and the cooling chamber 3 , respectively.
  • the freezing chamber door 4 and the cooling chamber door 5 are rotatably installed in the main body 1 .
  • a home bar 6 is provided to the freezing chamber door 4 (referred to as a door hereinafter).
  • the home bar 6 is designed for taking in and out food without opening the door 4 to open the freezing chamber 2 .
  • the home bar 6 includes a home bar housing 8 and a home bar door 7 .
  • the home bar housing 8 is provided on the rear side of the door 4 .
  • a storage space for storing food is formed between the rear side of the door 4 and the inner side of the home bar housing 8 .
  • the upper end of the home bar door 7 vertically rotates around the lower end of the home bar door 7 at the door 4 to selectively open/close the home bar housing 8 .
  • an ice maker 10 is mounted on the rear side of the door 4 .
  • the ice maker 10 is designed for making ice, and detailed description thereof will be described below.
  • An ice bank 60 is installed on the rear side of the door 4 that corresponds to a portion below the ice maker 10 such that the ice bank 60 can be taken in and out.
  • the ice bank 60 stores ice made by the ice tray 30 .
  • the ice bank 60 is taken out from the rear side of the door 4 through the home bar 6 .
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an embodiment
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating an ice tray and a tray cover according to an embodiment.
  • the ice maker 10 includes a support frame 20 mounted on the rear side of the door 4 , an ice tray 30 rotatably installed at the support frame 20 , a tray cover 40 for selectively opening/closing the ice tray 30 , and a control housing 50 .
  • the support frame 20 is formed in a rectangular frame shape.
  • a mounting part 21 for being mounted onto the rear side of the door 4 is provided on the upper surface of one of the long sides of the support frame 20 .
  • Support holes 23 for rotation of the ice tray 30 are formed in the short sides of the support frame 20 .
  • a hooking threshold (not shown) is provided on one of the short sides of the support frame 20 .
  • the hooking threshold horizontally supports the ice tray 30 , and simultaneously, allows the ice tray 30 that has rotated by a predetermined angle to be twisted. Since the hooking threshold is an obvious structure in a related art twisting type ice maker, detailed description thereof is omitted.
  • a stopper protrusion 25 is provided to one of the long sides of the support frame 20 .
  • the stopper protrusion 25 allows the tray cover 40 to rotate in relative to the ice tray 30 .
  • the front end of the stopper protrusion 25 is so located as to deviate from the rotation trace of the ice tray 30 but overlap the rotation trace of the tray cover 40 . Therefore, the stopper protrusion 25 does not interfere with rotation of the ice tray 30 but interferes with rotation of the tray cover 40 .
  • the ice tray 30 is formed in a rectangular shape corresponding to the inside of the support frame 20 .
  • the ice tray 30 includes a plurality of ice cubes 31 storing water for making ice.
  • Rotational shafts 33 are provided to the short sides of the ice tray 30 , respectively. Each rotational shaft 33 is inserted into and supported by the support hole 23 .
  • the tray cover 40 substantially prevents the water stored in the ice cubes 31 from flooding into an outside.
  • the tray cover 40 selectively opens/closes the ice tray 30 , more specifically, the ice cubes 31 .
  • the tray cover 40 is formed in a semi-cylindrical corresponding to the rotation trace of the ice tray 30 .
  • a water supply opening 41 is provided to the tray cover 40 .
  • the water supply opening 41 is designed for storing water in the ice cubes 31 .
  • the water supply opening 41 is formed by cutting a portion of the tray cover 40 .
  • the projection of the water supply opening 41 overlaps at least a portion of all the ice cubes 31 .
  • a contact rib for selectively contacting the upper edge of the ice tray 30 is provided on the inner periphery of the tray cover 40 .
  • the contact rib 43 protrudes from both ends on the inner periphery of the tray cover 40 .
  • a height to which the contact rib 43 protrudes may be determined in a range that rotation of the ice tray 30 does not interfere with the contact rib 43 .
  • the tray cover 40 is installed to rotate in relative to the ice tray 30 .
  • one of the long sides of the tray cover 40 is rotatably connected to one of the long sides of the ice tray 30 by a rotation member 45 (refer to FIG. 5 ).
  • the long sides of the ice tray 30 and the tray cover 40 connected to each other by the rotation member 45 are the long sides of the ice tray 30 and the tray cover 40 that are separated from the stopper protrusion 25 .
  • the rotation member 45 may be a hinge shaft provided to one of the ice tray 30 and the tray cover 40 , and a hinge hole provided to the other of the ice tray 30 and the tray cover 40 to receive the hinge shaft.
  • control housing 50 is provided to the outer surface of one of the short sides of the support frame 20 .
  • Various parts including a motor (not shown) for rotating the ice tray 30 are provided inside the control housing 50 . That is, the ice tray 30 is rotated by driving force delivered from the motor.
  • FIGS. 5 to 8 are vertical cross-sectional views explaining an operating process according to an embodiment.
  • the ice cubes 31 are shielded by the tray cover 40 .
  • the contact rib 43 is closely attached on the upper edge of the ice tray 30 . Therefore, shielding of the ice cubes 31 by the tray cover 40 is more efficiently performed.
  • the ice cubes 31 store water for making ice.
  • the water W stored in the cubes 31 is delivered through the water supply opening 41 . Therefore, a phenomenon that the water W is flooded into an outside by the tray cover 40 while the water W is supplied to the ice cubes 31 is prevented.
  • the water W stored in the ice cubes 31 is frozen by cooling air circulating through the freezing chamber 2 (refer to FIG. 2 ), so that ice is made.
  • the ice tray 30 starts to rotate counterclockwise around the rotational shaft 33 using driving force from the motor.
  • the tray cover 40 also rotates counterclockwise around the rotational shaft 33 when seen from the drawing in cooperation with the ice tray 30 .
  • the ice tray 30 rotates counterclockwise by a predetermined angle
  • one of the long sides of the tray cover 40 rotating in cooperation with the ice tray 30 is closely attached on the stopper protrusion 25 .
  • rotation of the tray cover 40 that operates in cooperation with the rotation of the ice tray 30 interferes with the stopper protrusion 25 .
  • the tray cover 40 does not rotate in cooperation with the rotation of the ice tray 30 . That is, when the ice tray 30 rotates clockwise around the rotational shaft 33 , the tray cover 40 rotates clockwise in relative to the ice tray 30 around the rotation member 45 . Therefore, the ice cubes 31 is opened while they are shielded by the tray cover 40 . Also, the contact ribs 43 are separated from each other while they contact the upper edges of the ice tray 30 .
  • the ice I is stored in the ice bank 60 , a user can take out the ice bank 60 through the home bar 6 (refer to FIGS. 1 and 2 ) to use the ice I. Therefore, it is possible to minimize a phenomenon that cooling air from the freezing chamber 2 leaks to an outside while the ice I stored in the ice bank 60 is used.
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating an ice tray and a tray cover foaming an ice maker according to another embodiment.
  • a tray cover 40 for selectively shielding ice cubes 31 of an ice tray 30 rotating around a rotational shaft 33 is formed in a rectangular plate shape. At this point, the tray cover 40 may be formed in a size that can extend to the outside of the ice tray 30 . Also, a water supply opening 41 for supplying water to be stored in the ice cubes 31 is formed in the tray cover 40 . Since other elements of the embodiment of FIG. 9 are the same as those of the previous embodiment, detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.
  • An ice maker and a refrigerator including the same according to the present disclosure provides the following effects.
  • an ice maker is mounted in a refrigerator door.
  • the ice maker prevents reduction in the storage capacity of a storage space of a refrigerator, so that a larger amount of food can be stored in the refrigerator.
  • a tray cover is provided to prevent water stored in an ice tray from flooding. Accordingly, a phenomenon that the water stored in the ice tray floods by an impact generated when a refrigerator door is opened/closed is prevented, so that a refrigerator can be used more cleanly.
  • an ice bank storing ice can be taken in and out by opening a home bar door without opening a refrigerator door. Accordingly, the ice can be taken out more simply.
  • ice can be taken out by opening/closing a home bar door, leakage of cooling air flowing through a storage space is minimized. Therefore, a refrigerator can be used more economically.

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