WO2006137038A1 - Refrigerateur - Google Patents

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WO2006137038A1
WO2006137038A1 PCT/IB2006/052054 IB2006052054W WO2006137038A1 WO 2006137038 A1 WO2006137038 A1 WO 2006137038A1 IB 2006052054 W IB2006052054 W IB 2006052054W WO 2006137038 A1 WO2006137038 A1 WO 2006137038A1
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ice
conveyor
pieces
refrigerator
chamber
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Ridvan Kadir Celik
F. Emre Ozyuksel
Osman Vardar
Yeliz Yasemin
Rahsan Ozzeybek
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Arcelik Anonim Sirketi
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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
    • F25C5/00—Working or handling ice
    • F25C5/18—Storing ice
    • F25C5/182—Ice bins therefor
    • 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
    • F25C5/20—Distributing ice
    • F25C5/24—Distributing ice for storing bins
    • 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
    • F25C2500/02—Geometry problems

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  • the present invention relates to a refrigerator comprising an ice dispenser.
  • ice dispensers In the freezing compartments of the refrigerators that provide food and beverages to be frozen or stored by freezing, ice dispensers are utilized that provide the water to be frozen and used as ice pieces when desired. In state-of-the-art, there are devices that can make ice pieces and transfer the ice onto containers situated under them.
  • the aim of the present invention is to design a refrigerator comprising an ice dispenser that provides ice to be formed inside, evacuating the ice pieces formed and carrying the evacuated ice pieces to the desired location.
  • the present invention relates to a conveyor that provides the ice pieces formed in the ice dispenser in the refrigerator to be dosaged one by one to be used in any place outside the refrigerator.
  • the ice pieces frozen in the ice dispenser in the refrigerator are transferred into the conveyor made of insulating material or coated by insulating material, that is positioned retractably in the ice dispenser, through the passage holes and the ice pieces released from the refrigerator, stacked in the storage bin of the conveyor are transferred outside the conveyor preferably by a dosage apparatus shaped as a wheel, in the desired number ready to be served up to the user.
  • the water formed by the melting of ice pieces taken out of the refrigerator is drained to be collected in a drainer at the bottom of the conveyor without leaking out of the conveyor.
  • Figure 1 - is the perspective view of a refrigerator.
  • Figure 2 - is the perspective view of a shelf, an ice dispenser and a conveyor.
  • Figure 3 - is the perspective view of an ice dispenser and a conveyor situated on a supporter.
  • Figure 4 - is the perspective view of an ice dispenser and a conveyor positioned under the ice dispenser.
  • Figure 5 - is the perspective view of a conveyor with the ice pieces within being released into a container.
  • Figure 6 - is the partial perspective view of an ice dispenser comprising a rotated chamber for taking out the ice pieces within.
  • Figure 7 - is the partial perspective view of an ice dispenser comprising a chamber, the ice pieces within which are taken out.
  • Figure 8 - is the partial perspective view of an ice dispenser with its chamber in the water freezing position.
  • Figure 9 - is the partial perspective view of an ice dispenser with its chamber in the position for discharging the frozen ice pieces.
  • Figure 10 - is the exploded view of an ice dispenser.
  • Figure 11 - is the partial perspective view of a conveyor comprising a drainer.
  • Figure 12 - is the exploded view of a conveyor comprising a drainer.
  • Elements shown in figures are numbered as follows :
  • the refrigerator (1) of the present invention comprises a cabin (20) wherein food and beverages are stored, one or more doors (6) providing access into the cabin (20), one or more shelves (2) inside the door (6) and/or the cabin (20) onto which food and beverages are stocked, an ice dispenser (4) detachably mountable on the shelf (2) and/ or the cabin (20), and a conveyor (5) situated under the ice dispenser (4) for collecting the formed ice pieces to be used anywhere as desired.
  • the ice dispenser (4) comprises one or more chambers (7) of elastic material, into which water is poured to form the ice pieces, an axle (12) connected to the chamber (7), an activator (10) connected to the axle (12) activating the axle together with it, an ice dispenser body (8) housing the axle (12), in which the chamber (7) is situated, one or more thrusters (13) on the lateral surfaces of the ice dispenser body (8) providing the ice (B) in the chamber (7) to be pushed for releasing from the chamber (7), one or more thruster sockets (14) on the chamber (7) wherein the thruster (13) is fitted, at least one water inlet (19) for receiving water into the chamber (7) within the ice dispenser body (8), and at least one passage hole (15) providing to evacuate the ice (B) formed in the chamber (7) out of the ice dispenser body (8) after being released from the chamber (7).
  • the conveyor (5) comprises a storage bin (23) for storing the ice pieces received from the ice dispenser (4), a passage hole (150) allowing passage of ice from the ice dispenser (4) to the storage bin (23), a dosage hole (18) providing evacuation of the ice (B) pieces from the storage bin (23), a wheel (11) under the storage bin (23) providing the ice (B) pieces released from the dosage hole (18) to be served up to the user one by one, an axle (120) activating the wheel (11), an activator (100) activating the axle (120), a conveyor body (9) that houses the axle (120) and the wheel (11), inside which the storage bin (23) is situated, and a discharge hole (16) for the wheel (11) to evacuate the ice (B) pieces received from the storage bin (23).
  • the ice dispenser (4) and the conveyor (5) are taken together out of the refrigerator (1) or distanced from the shelf (2) or the cabin (20) on which they are disposed for pouring in water from the water inlet (19) into the chamber (7) and are kept for a while in the freezing compartment of the refrigerator (1), after water is poured into the chamber (7).
  • the axle (11) and the chamber (7) attached to the axle (11) are activated by means of the activator (10) that is rotated about its central axis.
  • the chamber (7) comes in contact with the thruster (13) and the surfaces of the chamber (7) made of elastic material are deformed by the pushing of the thruster (13). Consequently the ice (B) pieces in the chamber (7) are released from the chamber (7).
  • the ice (B) pieces fall to the bottom of the ice dispenser body (8) since the chamber (7) has approached the top level of the ice dispenser body (8).
  • the conveyor (5) When the user wants to use the ice (B) in the storage bin (23) outside the refrigerator (1), she dislocates the conveyor (5) from the ice dispenser (4) and takes it out of the refrigerator (1). When the ice pieces (B) are desired to be released from the conveyor (5), the conveyor (5) is held so that the wheel (11) is at the top and the storage bin (23) is at the bottom and the activator (100) is rotated activating the axle (120) and the wheel (11).
  • the ice (B) pieces that are released from the storage bin (23) fall into the blades of the wheel (11) by way of the dosage hole (18), and are carried to the discharge hole (16) with the help of the blades of the wheel (11) that continue to rotate and are evacuated out of the conveyor (5) into the containers (A) that the user wants to use.
  • the conveyor (5) no longer having ice (B) inside, is again mounted onto the ice dispenser (4) in the refrigerator (1) to transfer the ice (B) pieces from the ice dispenser (4) into the conveyor (5).
  • the conveyor (5) is produced of an insulating material to decrease the transfer of heat and to delay the melting duration of the ice (B) pieces placed inside.
  • the conveyor (5) is coated by an insulating material to decrease the transfer of heat by means of the insulating material and accordingly to delay the melting duration of the ice (B) pieces situated inside.
  • the conveyor (5) comprises a dismountable drainer (25) positioned at the bottom section of the conveyor body (9), to collect the water formed due to the melting of the ice (B) pieces, one or more gaskets (28) between the drainer (25) and the conveyor body (9) to provide leak proofing, a guide (24) situated on the drainer (25), inserted into the discharge hole (16) but not blocking it, guiding the ice (B) pieces received from its inside and the discharge hole (16) to the outside, providing to collect the water leaking from melting of the ice (B) into the drainer (25) by means of the void between its side surfaces and the discharge hole (16), screens (29) allowing the water leaking from between the guide (24) and the discharge hole (16) to flow into the drainer (25), having the position, shape and number to avoid the unwanted release of the water collected in the drainer (25) flowing out of the drainer (25), one or more latches (26) providing the mounting, dismounting of the drainer (25) and a
  • the refrigerator (1) comprises at least one track (21) that allows the ice dispenser (4) to be mounted detachably to the shelf (2) and/or the cabin (20), at least one channel (22) inside which the track (21) can move, allowing the ice dispenser (4) to be mounted or dismounted, and at least one track (210) that allows the conveyor (5) to be mounted on or dismounted from the ice dispenser (4), the shelf (2) or the cabin (20) and at least one channel (220) inside which the track (210) can move, allowing the conveyor (5) to be detachably mounted.
  • the ice dispenser (4) is assembled preferably on the cabin (20) or the shelf (2) situated in the freezing compartments by means of the track (21) and the channel (22) and the conveyor (5) is mounted on the ice dispenser (4) by means of the track (210) and the channel (220).
  • the refrigerator (1) comprises a supporter (3) that is detachably mounted on the shelf (2) and/or the cabin (20) to detachably receive the ice dispenser (4) and the conveyor (5), one or more supporter sockets (17) allowing the ice dispenser (4) to be attached on the supporter (3) and one or more supporter sockets (170) allowing the conveyor (4) to be attached on the supporter (3).
  • the ice pieces can be carried out of the refrigerator (1) to the desired location by the user as the ice (B) forming continues in the refrigerator (1). Since the ice (B) pieces are transferred to the discharge hole (16) through the dosage hole (18) from the conveyor (5) by means of the wheel (11), the ice pieces waiting in the storage bin (23) can be kept without melting for a relatively long time and the user can evacuate any desired number of ice (B) pieces to the selected containers (A) in single pieces without touching by the hand or using tools such as a pair of tongs.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un réfrigérateur (1) comportant un distributeur de glace (4) permettant aux glaçons (B) formés à l'intérieur d'être utilisés en tout lieu désiré.
PCT/IB2006/052054 2005-06-24 2006-06-23 Refrigerateur WO2006137038A1 (fr)

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EP2320176A4 (fr) * 2008-06-26 2017-12-20 Haier Group Corporation Réfrigérateur
EP3971497A1 (fr) * 2020-09-16 2022-03-23 Arçelik Anonim Sirketi Ensemble de fabrication de glace doté d'un moyen de distribution de glace
TWI809836B (zh) * 2022-04-25 2023-07-21 朱建融 智能落冰裝置及具有此智能落冰裝置之設備

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US5947342A (en) * 1997-05-17 1999-09-07 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Refrigerator ice supplying apparatus
US20010025505A1 (en) * 1998-12-28 2001-10-04 Nelson Mark H. Removable ice bucket for an ice maker
US6758047B1 (en) * 2003-04-09 2004-07-06 Robert R. Giles Portable ice storage container having an ice dispenser device and method therefor

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DE19639475A1 (de) * 1996-09-26 1998-04-09 Zlatko Obradovic Eiswürfelspender
US5947342A (en) * 1997-05-17 1999-09-07 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Refrigerator ice supplying apparatus
US20010025505A1 (en) * 1998-12-28 2001-10-04 Nelson Mark H. Removable ice bucket for an ice maker
US6758047B1 (en) * 2003-04-09 2004-07-06 Robert R. Giles Portable ice storage container having an ice dispenser device and method therefor

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2320176A4 (fr) * 2008-06-26 2017-12-20 Haier Group Corporation Réfrigérateur
EP3971497A1 (fr) * 2020-09-16 2022-03-23 Arçelik Anonim Sirketi Ensemble de fabrication de glace doté d'un moyen de distribution de glace
TWI809836B (zh) * 2022-04-25 2023-07-21 朱建融 智能落冰裝置及具有此智能落冰裝置之設備

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