US20200182529A1 - Refrigerator - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and particularly to a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system.
- an ice-making evaporator in the existing refrigerator is typically disposed in the ice-making chamber, and thus the effective area of the ice-making evaporator is still limited by the size of the ice-making chamber, and it cannot match the heat load demand of the ice maker well, thereby affecting the ice making speed of the ice maker.
- the frost-reducing capacity of the ice-making evaporator itself is also affected which requires frequent heating and defrosting, resulting in energy consumption loss and affecting the quality of ice cubes stored in the ice bucket.
- An object of the present disclosure is to provide a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system capable of solving at least one of the technical problems in the prior art that the effective area of the ice-making evaporator is limited and the ice-making efficiency is affected since the ice-making evaporator in the existing refrigerator is typically disposed in the ice-making chamber.
- the present disclosure provides a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system, comprising: a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged in the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air supply duct, an ice-making fan and an ice-making air return duct, the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct are located front to back, the ice-making evaporator is disposed in the refrigerating compartment and located outside the ice-making chamber, and the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct to form a refrigerating cycle loop.
- an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air supply duct, an ice
- the refrigerator further comprises a refrigerating ice-making air duct disposed in the refrigerating compartment, the refrigerating ice-making air duct includes an air duct front cover plate, air duct foam, and an air duct rear cover plate disposed in order from front to rear, the ice-making air return duct is provided between the air duct foam and the air duct rear cover plate, and the air duct front cover plate is disposed on an outer side surface of the rear side wall of a refrigerating compartment liner.
- the refrigerator further comprises a cover plate assembly disposed on a rear side of the ice maker and capable of sealing the inside of the ice maker, the cover plate assembly includes an ice maker front cover plate, ice maker back cover foam, and an ice maker rear cover plate disposed in order from front to rear; and the ice-making evaporator is mounted on an outer side of the rear side wall of the refrigerating compartment liner.
- the ice-making air supply duct is provided between the air duct rear cover plate and the ice maker rear cover plate, and the ice-making evaporator is installed in the ice-making air supply duct.
- the refrigerator further comprises a defrosting heating tube disposed below the ice-making evaporator and proximal to the outside of the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct.
- the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct are both located between the ice-making evaporator and the ice maker, the ice-making fan is disposed between the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct through an ice-making fan base; an ice-making inner air duct is formed in the ice maker, and the ice-making air supply duct, the ice-making inner air duct and the ice-making air return duct are sequentially connected to form the refrigerating cycle loop.
- the refrigerator further includes a main refrigeration system disposed in the refrigerating compartment, the main refrigeration system including a refrigerating evaporator, a refrigerating air supply duct, a refrigerating fan, and a refrigerating air return duct, wherein a refrigerating air supply duct is formed between the air duct foam and the air duct rear cover plate, the refrigerating fan directs cold air into the refrigerating air supply duct; and a refrigerating air return duct is formed between the air duct rear cover plate and the rear side wall of the refrigerating compartment liner.
- the main refrigeration system including a refrigerating evaporator, a refrigerating air supply duct, a refrigerating fan, and a refrigerating air return duct, wherein a refrigerating air supply duct is formed between the air duct foam and the air duct rear cover plate, the refrigerating fan directs cold air into the refrigerating air supply duct; and a
- the air duct front cover plate and the air duct rear cover plate are mounted on an outer side of the rear side wall of the refrigerating compartment liner by screws.
- the air duct rear cover plate and the ice maker rear cover plate are lapped and sealed from front to rear by a first fitting surface; the air duct foam and the refrigerating compartment liner are sealed at the lower part by a second fitting surface; the air duct rear cover plate and the refrigerating compartment liner are fixedly sealed by a third fitting surface through a screw at the left side; and the air duct rear cover plate and the refrigerating compartment liner are sealed by a four fitting surface through a sponge at a right side.
- the air duct foam and the ice maker front cover plate are sealed by a fifth fitting surface at an upper part; the air duct foam and the ice maker front cover plate are sealed by a sixth fitting surface at a lower part; the air duct foam and the ice maker rear cover plate are sealed by a seventh fitting surface at a left side; and the air duct foam and the ice maker rear cover plate are sealed by a eight fitting surface at a right side.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system according to some embodiments of the present disclosure
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a general assembly explosion structure of a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system according to some embodiments of the present disclosure
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the back structure of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the internal structure (E-E section) of the ice-making air return duct and the ice-making air supply duct of FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional structural view (D-D cross section) corresponding to the ice-making evaporator and the refrigerating evaporator of FIG. 1 and
- FIG. 6 is a partial enlarged view showing A of FIG. 4 .
- the terms “installed,” “connected with,” and “connected” shall be understood broadly, for example, it may be either fixedly connected or detachably connected, or can be integrated; it may be mechanically connected, or electrically connected; it may be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or may be internal communication between two elements.
- installed shall be understood broadly, for example, it may be either fixedly connected or detachably connected, or can be integrated; it may be mechanically connected, or electrically connected; it may be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or may be internal communication between two elements.
- the refrigerator is schematically shown to include a refrigerating compartment 17 and an ice-making chamber 18 disposed inside the refrigerating compartment 17 .
- a refrigerating compartment 17 In the interior of the refrigerator, there may be compartments such as a freezing compartment and a temperature-changing compartment.
- compartments such as a freezing compartment and a temperature-changing compartment.
- the specific form of the refrigerator is not specifically limited, and may be a cross-door refrigerator with a refrigerating compartment 17 above and two compartments below, and the like.
- An ice maker 1 is disposed inside the ice-making chamber 18 , which is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator 2 , an ice-making air supply duct 3 , an ice-making fan 4 and an ice-making air return duct 5 , the ice-making air supply duct 3 and the ice-making air return duct 5 are located front to back, the ice-making evaporator 2 is disposed inside the refrigerating compartment 17 and located outside the ice-making chamber 18 , and the ice-making evaporator 2 is communicated with the ice maker 1 through the ice-making air supply duct 3 and the ice-making air return duct 5 to form a refrigerating cycle loop.
- an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator 2 , an ice-making air supply duct 3 , an ice-making fan 4 and an ice-making air return duct 5 , the ice-making air supply duct 3
- the cold air of the ice-making evaporator 2 is introduced into the inside of the ice maker 1 through the ice-making air supply duct 3 by the ice-making fan 4 and exchanges heat with the air in the ice maker 1 after being transferred to the ice maker 1 , heat-exchanged cold air is introduced back to the inside of the ice-making evaporator 2 by the ice-making air return duct 5 and the heat exchange is repeated, and the above steps are executed cyclically.
- the arrangement of the ice-making fan 4 can speed up the flow velocity of cold air as well as the refrigerating circulation, thereby improving the refrigerating efficiency.
- a defrosting heating tube 10 described below in the ice-making evaporator 2 is disposed distal from the ice-making chamber 18 and an ice storage bucket in the ice-making chamber 18 by allowing both the ice-making air supply duct 3 and the ice-making air return duct 5 to be connected to the ice maker 1 , and thus the heat transfer to the ice-making chamber 18 during the heating and defrosting of the ice-making evaporator 2 , especially the heat transfer into the ice storage bucket is reduced and ice cubes in the ice storage bucket are prevented from melting on the surfaces of the ice cubes during the heating and defrosting, thereby further effectively improving the ice-making efficiency.
- the space in the refrigerating compartment 17 is much larger than the space of the ice-making evaporator 2 , it is convenient to install the ice-making evaporator 2 and increase the effective area of the ice-making evaporator 2 , the heat load of the ice maker 1 and the area of the ice-making evaporator 2 are more rationally matched, the ice-making speed of the ice maker 1 is increased, the frost-reducing capacity of the ice-making evaporator 2 is improved, the heating defrosting frequency of the ice-making evaporator 2 is lowered, the energy consumption is reduced, and the surface quality of the ice cubes is improved.
- the cold air is introduced into the inside of the ice maker 1 in the ice-making chamber 18 through a shorter ice-making air supply duct 3 by an ice-making fan 4 disposed at the back of the ice-making chamber 18 for making ice, and thus the loss of cooling capacity is small and the ice-making efficiency is ensured.
- the ice-making evaporator 2 may be disposed at the rear of the ice-making chamber 18 .
- the ice-making evaporator 2 can be changed from an original narrow and high shape to a wide and short shape in the case that the area of the ice-making evaporator 2 is constant so that in the case where the defrosting heating tube 10 is located at the lower end of the ice-making evaporator 2 as described below, the heat transfer resistance of the ice-making evaporator 2 is greatly reduced, the heat can be transferred to the distal end of the ice-making evaporator 2 in the shortest time, the defrosting time is shortened and the defrosting efficiency is improved.
- the positions of the ice-making air supply duct 3 and the ice-making air return duct 5 may be interchanged, that is, the ice-making air supply duct 3 can be located on the front side of the ice-making air return duct 5 and can also be located on the rear side of the ice-making air return duct 5 .
- the refrigerator in order to further optimize the refrigerator in the above technical solution, further comprises a refrigerating ice-making air duct 19 disposed in the refrigerating compartment 17 , the refrigerating ice-making air duct 19 includes an air duct front cover plate 6 , air duct foam 7 , and an air duct rear cover plate 8 disposed in order from front to rear, wherein an ice-making air return duct 5 is provided between the air duct foam 7 and the air duct rear cover plate 8 , and the air duct front cover plate 6 is disposed on an outer side surface of the rear side wall of a refrigerating compartment liner 9 .
- the refrigerating ice-making air duct 19 may be shared by a refrigerating air supply duct 13 , a refrigerating air return duct 20 , the ice-making air supply duct 3 , and the ice-making air return duct 5 as described below. This greatly improves the versatility between the structural members, saves both installation space and raw materials, and reduces the difficulty of the manufacturing process.
- the left and right sides and the lower sides of the ice-making air supply duct 3 and the ice-making air return duct 5 of the present disclosure can be fixed by the air duct rear cover plate 8 and the refrigerating compartment liner 9
- the upper sides of the ice-making air supply duct 3 and the ice-making air return duct 5 can be fixed by the ice maker rear cover plate 113 as described below so as to realize the sealing between the ice-making air supply duct 3 and the ice-making air return duct 5 in the ice-making refrigeration system and the refrigerating compartment 17 , thereby preventing the cold air in the ice-making refrigeration system from entering the refrigerating compartment 17 . Further, it is avoided to affect the normal temperature in the refrigerating compartment 17 and ensure the normal operation of the refrigerating compartment 17 .
- the refrigerator in order to further optimize the refrigerator in the above technical solution, further comprises a cover plate assembly 11 disposed on a rear side of the ice maker 1 and capable of sealing the inside of the ice maker 1 , the cover plate assembly 11 includes the ice maker front cover plate 111 , an ice maker back cover foam 112 , and an ice maker rear cover plate 113 disposed in order from front to rear.
- the ice maker front cover plate 111 , the ice maker back cover foam 112 , and the ice maker rear cover plate 113 can be fastened into a whole by screws, and then integrally mounted at the rear side of the ice maker 1 , thereby realizing the sealing of the interior of the ice maker 1 .
- the ice-making evaporator 2 is mounted on the outer side surface of the rear side wall of the refrigerating compartment liner 9 .
- the ice-making evaporator 2 can be fixedly mounted on the outer side surface of the rear side wall of the refrigerating compartment liner 9 by a fastener such as a screw.
- the ice-making air supply duct 3 is provided between the air duct rear cover plate 8 and the rear side wall of the ice maker rear cover plate 113 , and the ice-making evaporator 2 is installed in the ice-making air supply duct 3 .
- an air cavity 21 is formed between the air duct rear cover plate 8 and the rear side wall of the ice maker rear cover plate 113 , and the ice-making air supply duct 3 is a part of the air cavity 21 .
- the ice-making evaporator 2 By disposing the ice-making evaporator 2 in the ice-making air supply duct 3 , it is possible to facilitate direct and rapid transport of the cold air inside the ice-making evaporator 2 into the ice maker 1 inside the ice-making chamber through the ice-making air supply duct 3 , such that the water in the ice trays of the ice maker is rapidly converted into all-solid ice cubes, thereby greatly improving the ice-making efficiency.
- the refrigerator in order to further optimize the refrigerator in the above technical solution, further comprises a defrosting heating tube 10 disposed below the ice-making evaporator 2 and proximal to the outsides of the ice-making air supply duct 3 and the ice-making air return duct 5 .
- the heat of the defrosting heating tube 10 can be simultaneously transmitted to the ice-making air inlet duct 3 and the ice-making air return duct 5 for defrosting, thereby avoiding the case that the ice blockage of the ice-making air return duct 5 occurs.
- the sealing fitting surfaces with the ice maker 1 are effectively reduced, so that the sealing structure is more simple and reliable.
- the ice-making air supply duct 3 and the ice-making air return duct 5 are both located between the ice-making evaporator 2 and the ice maker 1 .
- the ice-making fan 4 is disposed between the ice-making air supply duct 3 and the ice-making air return duct 5 through the ice-making fan base 16 .
- the arrangement of the ice-making fan base 16 can improve the fixing strength and the fixing stability of the ice-making fan 4 , and prevent the ice-making fan 4 from falling.
- An ice-making inner air duct 1 a is provided in the ice maker 1 , and the ice-making air supply duct 3 , the ice-making inner air duct 1 a and the ice-making air return duct 5 are sequentially communicated and form the refrigerating cycle loop.
- the cold air can be continuously transferred to the inside of the ice maker 1 to exchange heat with the air in the ice maker 1 , so that the purpose of cooling the interior of the ice maker 1 is achieved, and the water in the ice trays of the ice maker 1 may be rapidly converted into all-solid ice cubes, thereby improving the ice-making efficiency.
- the refrigerator is further schematically shown to further include a refrigerating refrigeration system disposed in the refrigerating compartment, the refrigerating refrigeration system including a refrigerating evaporator 12 , a refrigerating air supply duct 13 , a refrigerating fan 14 , and a refrigerating air return duct 20 , wherein the refrigerating air supply duct 13 is provided between the air duct foam 7 and the air duct rear cover plate 8 , the refrigerating fan 14 directs cold air into the refrigerating air supply duct 13 .
- the refrigerating refrigeration system is configured to refrigerate in the refrigerating compartment so as to ensure that the temperature of the refrigerating compartment can be kept constant at all times, and the temperature in the refrigerating compartment can be 5 degrees above zero.
- the refrigerating refrigeration system for refrigerating in the refrigerating compartment according to the present disclosure and the ice-making refrigeration system for refrigerating in the ice maker 1 are independent of each other and two separate refrigeration systems that are not communicated. Therefore, in the process of making ice, the temperature in the refrigerating compartment is not affected at all, and the normal use of the refrigerating compartment can be ensured.
- a refrigerating air return duct 20 is provided between the air duct rear cover plate 8 and the rear side wall of the refrigerating compartment liner 9 . That is, the refrigerating air return duct 20 is a part of the air cavity 21 constituted by the rear side wall of the refrigerating compartment liner 9 and the air duct rear cover plate 8 .
- the air duct front cover plate 6 and the air duct rear cover plate 8 are mounted on an outer side of the rear side wall of the refrigerating compartment liner 9 by screws. That is, the air duct front cover plate 6 and the air duct rear cover plate 8 are detachably connected and fastened to the outer side surface of the rear side wall of the refrigerating compartment liner 9 by screws or rivets.
- the air duct rear cover plate 8 and the ice maker rear cover plate 113 are lapped and sealed from front to rear by a first fitting surface 5 - 10 - 1 .
- the air duct foam 7 and the refrigerating compartment liner 9 are sealed at the lower part by a second fitting surface 3 - 13 - 1 .
- the air duct rear cover plate 8 and the refrigerating compartment liner 9 are fixedly sealed by a third fitting surface 5 - 13 - 1 through a screw at the left side.
- the air duct rear cover plate 8 and the refrigerating compartment liner 9 are sealed by a four fitting surface 5 - 13 - 2 through a sponge at the right side.
- the air duct foam 7 and the ice maker front cover plate 111 are sealed by a fifth fitting surface 3 - 8 - 1 at an upper part.
- the air duct foam 7 and the ice maker front cover plate 111 are sealed by a sixth fitting surface 3 - 8 - 2 at a lower part.
- the air duct foam 7 and the ice maker rear cover plate 113 are sealed by a seventh fitting surface 3 - 5 - 1 at a left side.
- the air duct foam 7 and the ice maker rear cover plate 8 are sealed by a eight fitting surface 3 - 5 - 2 at a right side.
- the formation of the third fitting surface 5 - 13 - 1 can effectively prevent the cold air in the ice-making refrigeration system from entering the refrigerating air supply duct 13 and resulting in frosting of the cold storage evaporator 12 .
- the formation of the fourth fitting surface 5 - 13 - 2 can prevent cold air from entering the refrigerating compartment, and further prevent the temperature in the refrigerating compartment from being too low to make the temperature of the refrigerating compartment cannot be maintained within an appropriate range, thereby affecting the normal operation of refrigerating compartment.
- first to eighth fitting surfaces are formed in order to seal and prevent leakage of cold air, that is, prevent the cold air from exchanging and mixing between the refrigerating refrigeration system and the ice-making refrigeration system. At the same time, the case that the leakage of cold air to the outside of the refrigerator is prevented. In this way, the ice-making efficiency is greatly improved and the cooling efficiency in the refrigerating compartment of the refrigerator is effectively ensured.
- the cold air of the ice-making evaporator 2 is introduced to the inside of the ice maker 1 through the ice-making air supply duct 3 by the ice-making fan 4 and exchanges heat with the air in the ice maker 1 after being transferred into the ice maker 1 , heat-exchanged cold air is introduced back to the inside of the ice-making evaporator 2 by the ice-making air return duct 5 and the heat exchange is repeated, and the above steps are executed cyclically.
- the arrangement of the ice-making fan 4 can speed up the flow velocity of cold air as well as the refrigerating circulation, thereby improving the refrigerating efficiency.
- the ice-making evaporator 2 disposed inside the refrigerating compartment and outside the ice-making chamber is connected to the ice maker 1 through, both the ice-making air supply duct 3 and the ice-making air return duct 5 , and a defrosting heating tube 10 described below in the ice-making evaporator 2 is disposed distal from the ice-making chamber and an ice storage bucket in the ice-making chamber and thus the heat transfer to the ice-making chamber during the heating and defrosting of the ice-making evaporator 2 , especially the heat transfer into the ice storage bucket is reduced and ice cubes of the ice storage bucket are prevented from melting on the surfaces of the ice cubes during the heating and defrosting, thereby further effectively improving the ice-making efficiency.
- the space in the refrigerating compartment is much larger than the space of the ice-making evaporator 2 , it is convenient to install the ice-making evaporator 2 and increase the effective area of the ice-making evaporator 2 , the heat load of the ice maker 1 and the area of the ice-making evaporator 2 are more rationally matched, the ice-making speed of the ice maker 1 is increased, the frost-reducing capacity of the ice-making evaporator 2 is improved, the heating defrosting frequency of the ice-making evaporator 2 is lowered, the energy consumption is reduced, and the surface quality of the ice cubes is improved.
- the cold air is introduced into the inside of the ice maker 1 in the ice-making chamber through a shorter ice-making air supply duct 3 by an ice-making fan 4 disposed at the back of the ice-making chamber for making ice, and thus the loss of cooling capacity is small and the ice-making efficiency is ensured.
- the ice-making evaporator 2 can be changed from an original narrow and high shape to a wide and short shape in the case that the area of the ice-making evaporator 2 is constant so that in the case where the defrosting heating tube 10 is located at the lower end of the ice-making evaporator 2 as described below, the heat transfer resistance of the ice-making evaporator 2 is greatly reduced, the heat can be transferred to the distal end of the ice-making evaporator 2 in the shortest time, the defrosting time is shortened and the defrosting efficiency is improved.
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Description
- The present application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2019/072061, filed on Jan. 17, 2019, which claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 201811436035, 4 filed on Nov. 28, 2018, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
- The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and particularly to a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system.
- At present, an ice-making evaporator in the existing refrigerator is typically disposed in the ice-making chamber, and thus the effective area of the ice-making evaporator is still limited by the size of the ice-making chamber, and it cannot match the heat load demand of the ice maker well, thereby affecting the ice making speed of the ice maker. At the same time, the frost-reducing capacity of the ice-making evaporator itself is also affected which requires frequent heating and defrosting, resulting in energy consumption loss and affecting the quality of ice cubes stored in the ice bucket.
- An object of the present disclosure is to provide a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system capable of solving at least one of the technical problems in the prior art that the effective area of the ice-making evaporator is limited and the ice-making efficiency is affected since the ice-making evaporator in the existing refrigerator is typically disposed in the ice-making chamber.
- The present disclosure provides a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system, comprising: a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged in the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air supply duct, an ice-making fan and an ice-making air return duct, the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct are located front to back, the ice-making evaporator is disposed in the refrigerating compartment and located outside the ice-making chamber, and the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct to form a refrigerating cycle loop.
- In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the refrigerator further comprises a refrigerating ice-making air duct disposed in the refrigerating compartment, the refrigerating ice-making air duct includes an air duct front cover plate, air duct foam, and an air duct rear cover plate disposed in order from front to rear, the ice-making air return duct is provided between the air duct foam and the air duct rear cover plate, and the air duct front cover plate is disposed on an outer side surface of the rear side wall of a refrigerating compartment liner.
- In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the refrigerator further comprises a cover plate assembly disposed on a rear side of the ice maker and capable of sealing the inside of the ice maker, the cover plate assembly includes an ice maker front cover plate, ice maker back cover foam, and an ice maker rear cover plate disposed in order from front to rear; and the ice-making evaporator is mounted on an outer side of the rear side wall of the refrigerating compartment liner.
- In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the ice-making air supply duct is provided between the air duct rear cover plate and the ice maker rear cover plate, and the ice-making evaporator is installed in the ice-making air supply duct.
- In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the refrigerator further comprises a defrosting heating tube disposed below the ice-making evaporator and proximal to the outside of the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct.
- In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct are both located between the ice-making evaporator and the ice maker, the ice-making fan is disposed between the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct through an ice-making fan base; an ice-making inner air duct is formed in the ice maker, and the ice-making air supply duct, the ice-making inner air duct and the ice-making air return duct are sequentially connected to form the refrigerating cycle loop.
- In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the refrigerator further includes a main refrigeration system disposed in the refrigerating compartment, the main refrigeration system including a refrigerating evaporator, a refrigerating air supply duct, a refrigerating fan, and a refrigerating air return duct, wherein a refrigerating air supply duct is formed between the air duct foam and the air duct rear cover plate, the refrigerating fan directs cold air into the refrigerating air supply duct; and a refrigerating air return duct is formed between the air duct rear cover plate and the rear side wall of the refrigerating compartment liner.
- In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the air duct front cover plate and the air duct rear cover plate are mounted on an outer side of the rear side wall of the refrigerating compartment liner by screws.
- In an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the ice-making air supply duct, the air duct rear cover plate and the ice maker rear cover plate are lapped and sealed from front to rear by a first fitting surface; the air duct foam and the refrigerating compartment liner are sealed at the lower part by a second fitting surface; the air duct rear cover plate and the refrigerating compartment liner are fixedly sealed by a third fitting surface through a screw at the left side; and the air duct rear cover plate and the refrigerating compartment liner are sealed by a four fitting surface through a sponge at a right side.
- In an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the ice-making air return duct, the air duct foam and the ice maker front cover plate are sealed by a fifth fitting surface at an upper part; the air duct foam and the ice maker front cover plate are sealed by a sixth fitting surface at a lower part; the air duct foam and the ice maker rear cover plate are sealed by a seventh fitting surface at a left side; and the air duct foam and the ice maker rear cover plate are sealed by a eight fitting surface at a right side.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a general assembly explosion structure of a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the back structure ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the internal structure (E-E section) of the ice-making air return duct and the ice-making air supply duct ofFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional structural view (D-D cross section) corresponding to the ice-making evaporator and the refrigerating evaporator ofFIG. 1 and -
FIG. 6 is a partial enlarged view showing A ofFIG. 4 . -
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Description of the reference numbers 1 ice maker 1a ice-making inner air duct 2 ice- making evaporator 3 ice-making air supply duct 4 ice-making fan 5 ice-making air return duct 6 air duct front cover plate 7 air duct foam 8 air duct rear cover plate 9 refrigerating compartment liner 10 defrosting heating tube 11 cover plate assembly 111 ice maker front cover plate 112 ice maker rear cover foam 113 ice maker rear cover plate 12 refrigerating evaporator 13 refrigerating air supply duct 14 refrigerating fan 16 ice-making fan base 5-10-1 first fitting surface 3-13-1 second fitting surface 5-13-1 third fitting surface 5-13-2 fourth fitting surface 3-8-1 fifth fitting surface 3-8-2 sixth fitting surface 3-5-1 seventh fitting surface 3-5-2 eighth fitting surface 17 refrigerating compartment 18 ice- making chamber 19 refrigerating ice-making air duct 20 refrigerating air return duct 21 air cavity - The specific implementations of the present disclosure are further described in detail below in conjunction with the drawings and embodiments. The following examples are intended to illustrate the disclosure, but are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure.
- In the description of the present disclosure, it is to be noted that unless explicitly stated and defined otherwise, the terms “installed,” “connected with,” and “connected” shall be understood broadly, for example, it may be either fixedly connected or detachably connected, or can be integrated; it may be mechanically connected, or electrically connected; it may be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or may be internal communication between two elements. The specific meanings of the terms above in the present disclosure can be understood by a person skilled in the art in accordance with specific conditions
- As shown in
FIGS. 1 to 5 , the refrigerator is schematically shown to include a refrigeratingcompartment 17 and an ice-making chamber 18 disposed inside the refrigeratingcompartment 17. Of course, in the interior of the refrigerator, there may be compartments such as a freezing compartment and a temperature-changing compartment. The specific form of the refrigerator is not specifically limited, and may be a cross-door refrigerator with a refrigeratingcompartment 17 above and two compartments below, and the like. - An
ice maker 1 is disposed inside the ice-making chamber 18, which is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-makingevaporator 2, an ice-makingair supply duct 3, an ice-makingfan 4 and an ice-makingair return duct 5, the ice-makingair supply duct 3 and the ice-makingair return duct 5 are located front to back, the ice-makingevaporator 2 is disposed inside the refrigeratingcompartment 17 and located outside the ice-making chamber 18, and the ice-makingevaporator 2 is communicated with theice maker 1 through the ice-makingair supply duct 3 and the ice-makingair return duct 5 to form a refrigerating cycle loop. Specifically, the cold air of the ice-makingevaporator 2 is introduced into the inside of theice maker 1 through the ice-makingair supply duct 3 by the ice-makingfan 4 and exchanges heat with the air in theice maker 1 after being transferred to theice maker 1, heat-exchanged cold air is introduced back to the inside of the ice-makingevaporator 2 by the ice-makingair return duct 5 and the heat exchange is repeated, and the above steps are executed cyclically. - The arrangement of the ice-making
fan 4 can speed up the flow velocity of cold air as well as the refrigerating circulation, thereby improving the refrigerating efficiency. - In the present disclosure, since the ice-making
evaporator 2 is disposed in the refrigeratingcompartment 17 and located outside the ice-making chamber 18, a defrostingheating tube 10 described below in the ice-makingevaporator 2 is disposed distal from the ice-making chamber 18 and an ice storage bucket in the ice-makingchamber 18 by allowing both the ice-makingair supply duct 3 and the ice-makingair return duct 5 to be connected to theice maker 1, and thus the heat transfer to the ice-makingchamber 18 during the heating and defrosting of the ice-makingevaporator 2, especially the heat transfer into the ice storage bucket is reduced and ice cubes in the ice storage bucket are prevented from melting on the surfaces of the ice cubes during the heating and defrosting, thereby further effectively improving the ice-making efficiency. - In addition, since the space in the refrigerating
compartment 17 is much larger than the space of the ice-makingevaporator 2, it is convenient to install the ice-makingevaporator 2 and increase the effective area of the ice-makingevaporator 2, the heat load of theice maker 1 and the area of the ice-makingevaporator 2 are more rationally matched, the ice-making speed of theice maker 1 is increased, the frost-reducing capacity of the ice-makingevaporator 2 is improved, the heating defrosting frequency of the ice-makingevaporator 2 is lowered, the energy consumption is reduced, and the surface quality of the ice cubes is improved. - In the present disclosure, since the
ice maker 1 and the ice-makingevaporator 2 are disposed in the refrigeratingcompartment 17 of the refrigerator respectively, the cold air is introduced into the inside of theice maker 1 in the ice-making chamber 18 through a shorter ice-makingair supply duct 3 by an ice-makingfan 4 disposed at the back of the ice-makingchamber 18 for making ice, and thus the loss of cooling capacity is small and the ice-making efficiency is ensured. - In an embodiment of the present disclosure as shown in
FIG. 1 , the ice-makingevaporator 2 may be disposed at the rear of the ice-making chamber 18. - In addition, since the ice-making
air supply duct 3 and the ice-makingair return duct 5 are disposed in order from front to rear in the refrigeratingcompartment 17, the ice-makingevaporator 2 can be changed from an original narrow and high shape to a wide and short shape in the case that the area of the ice-makingevaporator 2 is constant so that in the case where the defrostingheating tube 10 is located at the lower end of the ice-makingevaporator 2 as described below, the heat transfer resistance of the ice-makingevaporator 2 is greatly reduced, the heat can be transferred to the distal end of the ice-makingevaporator 2 in the shortest time, the defrosting time is shortened and the defrosting efficiency is improved. - In another embodiment, the positions of the ice-making
air supply duct 3 and the ice-makingair return duct 5 may be interchanged, that is, the ice-makingair supply duct 3 can be located on the front side of the ice-makingair return duct 5 and can also be located on the rear side of the ice-makingair return duct 5. - As shown in
FIGS. 1 and 2 , in order to further optimize the refrigerator in the above technical solution, the refrigerator, on the basis of the above technical solution, further comprises a refrigerating ice-makingair duct 19 disposed in the refrigeratingcompartment 17, the refrigerating ice-makingair duct 19 includes an air ductfront cover plate 6,air duct foam 7, and an air ductrear cover plate 8 disposed in order from front to rear, wherein an ice-makingair return duct 5 is provided between theair duct foam 7 and the air ductrear cover plate 8, and the air ductfront cover plate 6 is disposed on an outer side surface of the rear side wall of a refrigeratingcompartment liner 9. Specifically, the refrigerating ice-makingair duct 19 may be shared by a refrigeratingair supply duct 13, a refrigeratingair return duct 20, the ice-makingair supply duct 3, and the ice-makingair return duct 5 as described below. This greatly improves the versatility between the structural members, saves both installation space and raw materials, and reduces the difficulty of the manufacturing process. - It should be noted that the left and right sides and the lower sides of the ice-making
air supply duct 3 and the ice-makingair return duct 5 of the present disclosure can be fixed by the air ductrear cover plate 8 and the refrigeratingcompartment liner 9, and the upper sides of the ice-makingair supply duct 3 and the ice-makingair return duct 5 can be fixed by the ice makerrear cover plate 113 as described below so as to realize the sealing between the ice-makingair supply duct 3 and the ice-makingair return duct 5 in the ice-making refrigeration system and the refrigeratingcompartment 17, thereby preventing the cold air in the ice-making refrigeration system from entering the refrigeratingcompartment 17. Further, it is avoided to affect the normal temperature in the refrigeratingcompartment 17 and ensure the normal operation of the refrigeratingcompartment 17. - As shown in
FIG. 2 , in order to further optimize the refrigerator in the above technical solution, the refrigerator, on the basis of the above technical solution, further comprises acover plate assembly 11 disposed on a rear side of theice maker 1 and capable of sealing the inside of theice maker 1, thecover plate assembly 11 includes the ice makerfront cover plate 111, an ice makerback cover foam 112, and an ice makerrear cover plate 113 disposed in order from front to rear. It should be noted that the ice makerfront cover plate 111, the ice makerback cover foam 112, and the ice makerrear cover plate 113 can be fastened into a whole by screws, and then integrally mounted at the rear side of theice maker 1, thereby realizing the sealing of the interior of theice maker 1. - The ice-making
evaporator 2 is mounted on the outer side surface of the rear side wall of the refrigeratingcompartment liner 9. Specifically, the ice-makingevaporator 2 can be fixedly mounted on the outer side surface of the rear side wall of the refrigeratingcompartment liner 9 by a fastener such as a screw. - As shown in
FIGS. 3 and 4 , in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the ice-makingair supply duct 3 is provided between the air ductrear cover plate 8 and the rear side wall of the ice makerrear cover plate 113, and the ice-makingevaporator 2 is installed in the ice-makingair supply duct 3. Specifically, anair cavity 21 is formed between the air ductrear cover plate 8 and the rear side wall of the ice makerrear cover plate 113, and the ice-makingair supply duct 3 is a part of theair cavity 21. By disposing the ice-makingevaporator 2 in the ice-makingair supply duct 3, it is possible to facilitate direct and rapid transport of the cold air inside the ice-makingevaporator 2 into theice maker 1 inside the ice-making chamber through the ice-makingair supply duct 3, such that the water in the ice trays of the ice maker is rapidly converted into all-solid ice cubes, thereby greatly improving the ice-making efficiency. - As shown in
FIG. 3 , in order to further optimize the refrigerator in the above technical solution, the refrigerator, on the basis of the above technical solution, further comprises a defrostingheating tube 10 disposed below the ice-makingevaporator 2 and proximal to the outsides of the ice-makingair supply duct 3 and the ice-makingair return duct 5. It should be noted that, during the defrosting operation, the heat of the defrostingheating tube 10 can be simultaneously transmitted to the ice-makingair inlet duct 3 and the ice-makingair return duct 5 for defrosting, thereby avoiding the case that the ice blockage of the ice-makingair return duct 5 occurs. - In addition, since the ice-making
air supply duct 3 and the ice-makingair return duct 5 are arranged in parallel, the sealing fitting surfaces with theice maker 1 are effectively reduced, so that the sealing structure is more simple and reliable. - As shown in
FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 , in another embodiment of the present disclosure, the ice-makingair supply duct 3 and the ice-makingair return duct 5 are both located between the ice-makingevaporator 2 and theice maker 1. - The ice-making
fan 4 is disposed between the ice-makingair supply duct 3 and the ice-makingair return duct 5 through the ice-makingfan base 16. The arrangement of the ice-makingfan base 16 can improve the fixing strength and the fixing stability of the ice-makingfan 4, and prevent the ice-makingfan 4 from falling. - An ice-making
inner air duct 1 a is provided in theice maker 1, and the ice-makingair supply duct 3, the ice-makinginner air duct 1 a and the ice-makingair return duct 5 are sequentially communicated and form the refrigerating cycle loop. In this way, the cold air can be continuously transferred to the inside of theice maker 1 to exchange heat with the air in theice maker 1, so that the purpose of cooling the interior of theice maker 1 is achieved, and the water in the ice trays of theice maker 1 may be rapidly converted into all-solid ice cubes, thereby improving the ice-making efficiency. - As shown in
FIG. 2 , in another embodiment, the refrigerator is further schematically shown to further include a refrigerating refrigeration system disposed in the refrigerating compartment, the refrigerating refrigeration system including a refrigeratingevaporator 12, a refrigeratingair supply duct 13, a refrigeratingfan 14, and a refrigeratingair return duct 20, wherein the refrigeratingair supply duct 13 is provided between theair duct foam 7 and the air ductrear cover plate 8, the refrigeratingfan 14 directs cold air into the refrigeratingair supply duct 13. The refrigerating refrigeration system is configured to refrigerate in the refrigerating compartment so as to ensure that the temperature of the refrigerating compartment can be kept constant at all times, and the temperature in the refrigerating compartment can be 5 degrees above zero. - Thus it can be seen, the refrigerating refrigeration system for refrigerating in the refrigerating compartment according to the present disclosure and the ice-making refrigeration system for refrigerating in the
ice maker 1 are independent of each other and two separate refrigeration systems that are not communicated. Therefore, in the process of making ice, the temperature in the refrigerating compartment is not affected at all, and the normal use of the refrigerating compartment can be ensured. - A refrigerating
air return duct 20 is provided between the air ductrear cover plate 8 and the rear side wall of therefrigerating compartment liner 9. That is, the refrigeratingair return duct 20 is a part of theair cavity 21 constituted by the rear side wall of therefrigerating compartment liner 9 and the air ductrear cover plate 8. - In one embodiment, the air duct
front cover plate 6 and the air ductrear cover plate 8 are mounted on an outer side of the rear side wall of therefrigerating compartment liner 9 by screws. That is, the air ductfront cover plate 6 and the air ductrear cover plate 8 are detachably connected and fastened to the outer side surface of the rear side wall of therefrigerating compartment liner 9 by screws or rivets. - As shown in
FIGS. 4 and 5 , in an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the ice-makingair supply duct 3, the air ductrear cover plate 8 and the ice makerrear cover plate 113 are lapped and sealed from front to rear by a first fitting surface 5-10-1. - The
air duct foam 7 and therefrigerating compartment liner 9 are sealed at the lower part by a second fitting surface 3-13-1. - The air duct
rear cover plate 8 and therefrigerating compartment liner 9 are fixedly sealed by a third fitting surface 5-13-1 through a screw at the left side. - the air duct
rear cover plate 8 and therefrigerating compartment liner 9 are sealed by a four fitting surface 5-13-2 through a sponge at the right side. - In another embodiment of the present disclosure, in the ice-making air return
duct 5, theair duct foam 7 and the ice makerfront cover plate 111 are sealed by a fifth fitting surface 3-8-1 at an upper part. - The
air duct foam 7 and the ice makerfront cover plate 111 are sealed by a sixth fitting surface 3-8-2 at a lower part. - The
air duct foam 7 and the ice makerrear cover plate 113 are sealed by a seventh fitting surface 3-5-1 at a left side. - The
air duct foam 7 and the ice makerrear cover plate 8 are sealed by a eight fitting surface 3-5-2 at a right side. - It should be noted that the formation of the third fitting surface 5-13-1 can effectively prevent the cold air in the ice-making refrigeration system from entering the refrigerating
air supply duct 13 and resulting in frosting of thecold storage evaporator 12. - The formation of the fourth fitting surface 5-13-2 can prevent cold air from entering the refrigerating compartment, and further prevent the temperature in the refrigerating compartment from being too low to make the temperature of the refrigerating compartment cannot be maintained within an appropriate range, thereby affecting the normal operation of refrigerating compartment.
- It should be noted that the above-mentioned first to eighth fitting surfaces are formed in order to seal and prevent leakage of cold air, that is, prevent the cold air from exchanging and mixing between the refrigerating refrigeration system and the ice-making refrigeration system. At the same time, the case that the leakage of cold air to the outside of the refrigerator is prevented. In this way, the ice-making efficiency is greatly improved and the cooling efficiency in the refrigerating compartment of the refrigerator is effectively ensured.
- In sum up, the cold air of the ice-making
evaporator 2 is introduced to the inside of theice maker 1 through the ice-makingair supply duct 3 by the ice-makingfan 4 and exchanges heat with the air in theice maker 1 after being transferred into theice maker 1, heat-exchanged cold air is introduced back to the inside of the ice-makingevaporator 2 by the ice-making air returnduct 5 and the heat exchange is repeated, and the above steps are executed cyclically. - The arrangement of the ice-making
fan 4 can speed up the flow velocity of cold air as well as the refrigerating circulation, thereby improving the refrigerating efficiency. - In the present disclosure, the ice-making
evaporator 2 disposed inside the refrigerating compartment and outside the ice-making chamber is connected to theice maker 1 through, both the ice-makingair supply duct 3 and the ice-making air returnduct 5, and adefrosting heating tube 10 described below in the ice-makingevaporator 2 is disposed distal from the ice-making chamber and an ice storage bucket in the ice-making chamber and thus the heat transfer to the ice-making chamber during the heating and defrosting of the ice-makingevaporator 2, especially the heat transfer into the ice storage bucket is reduced and ice cubes of the ice storage bucket are prevented from melting on the surfaces of the ice cubes during the heating and defrosting, thereby further effectively improving the ice-making efficiency. - In addition, since the space in the refrigerating compartment is much larger than the space of the ice-making
evaporator 2, it is convenient to install the ice-makingevaporator 2 and increase the effective area of the ice-makingevaporator 2, the heat load of theice maker 1 and the area of the ice-makingevaporator 2 are more rationally matched, the ice-making speed of theice maker 1 is increased, the frost-reducing capacity of the ice-makingevaporator 2 is improved, the heating defrosting frequency of the ice-makingevaporator 2 is lowered, the energy consumption is reduced, and the surface quality of the ice cubes is improved. - In the present disclosure, since the
ice maker 1 and an ice-makingevaporator 2 are disposed in the refrigerating compartment of the refrigerator respectively, the cold air is introduced into the inside of theice maker 1 in the ice-making chamber through a shorter ice-makingair supply duct 3 by an ice-makingfan 4 disposed at the back of the ice-making chamber for making ice, and thus the loss of cooling capacity is small and the ice-making efficiency is ensured. - In addition, since the ice-making
air supply duct 3 and the ice-making air returnduct 5 are disposed in order from front to rear in the refrigerating compartment, the ice-makingevaporator 2 can be changed from an original narrow and high shape to a wide and short shape in the case that the area of the ice-makingevaporator 2 is constant so that in the case where the defrostingheating tube 10 is located at the lower end of the ice-makingevaporator 2 as described below, the heat transfer resistance of the ice-makingevaporator 2 is greatly reduced, the heat can be transferred to the distal end of the ice-makingevaporator 2 in the shortest time, the defrosting time is shortened and the defrosting efficiency is improved. - The embodiments above are only the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the disclosure. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., which are within the spirit and principles of the present disclosure, should be included in the protection scope of the present disclosure.
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