WO2018145370A1 - 排冰器以及包含该排冰器的冰箱 - Google Patents

排冰器以及包含该排冰器的冰箱 Download PDF

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WO2018145370A1
WO2018145370A1 PCT/CN2017/085754 CN2017085754W WO2018145370A1 WO 2018145370 A1 WO2018145370 A1 WO 2018145370A1 CN 2017085754 W CN2017085754 W CN 2017085754W WO 2018145370 A1 WO2018145370 A1 WO 2018145370A1
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邵阳
司增强
杨广卿
吕正光
王金财
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合肥华凌股份有限公司
合肥美的电冰箱有限公司
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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
    • F25C5/20—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
    • 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
    • F25C5/18—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
    • F25C5/22—Distributing ice particularly adapted for household refrigerators
    • 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
    • F25D11/00—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators

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  • the present invention relates to the field of refrigerators, and more particularly to an ice eliminator for an ice blasting system, and a refrigerator including the same.
  • refrigerators with automatic ice making function are favored by more and more consumers.
  • a refrigerator has an automatic ice maker including an ice making system, an ice storage system, and an ice discharging system, wherein the ice making system stores the prepared ice cubes into an ice storage system for use by consumers.
  • the ice is ice
  • the ice system discharges the ice from the ice storage system.
  • the existing ice-out system usually consists of a crushing device arranged in an ice storage box.
  • the ice cube is pushed out from the ice-out port by the stirring knife under the action of gravity, but the discharged ice is disordered, sometimes sometimes less.
  • the user's experience when picking up ice will be very poor, and there will be very little for a while, and suddenly there will be a bunch of sudden down.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator including the ice eliminator.
  • an ice eliminator for an ice discharging system comprising: an ice storage box and an ice stirring unit and an ice pushing unit located in the ice storage box;
  • An ice outlet is disposed at a position of a bottom wall of the ice storage box near a side wall of the ice storage box, and an ice inlet is disposed at a top of the ice storage box;
  • the ice stirring unit includes an ice stirring section disposed in a central portion of a lower portion of the ice bank and a stirrer rotatably disposed in the ice stirring section, and an ice to be stirred is disposed at a top of the ice stirring section An ice block inlet into which the block falls, and an ice block outlet is disposed on a side wall of the ice stirring section;
  • the ice pushing unit includes an annular ice exit passage and a push ice assembly; the annular ice exit passage is a space between the ice stirring section and an inner wall of the ice storage box, and the annular ice exit passage respectively and the out An ice port is connected to the ice block outlet of the ice stirring section; the ice pushing component is rotatably disposed in the annular ice exit passage for pushing ice cubes from the ice cube outlet of the ice stirring section The ice outlet of the ice storage box.
  • the ice-carrying section is surrounded by an ice guiding wall located on the bottom wall of the ice storage box, the ice guiding wall comprises a circular arc segment and a connecting section, and the circular arc segment is located in the ice storage box At the center of the connecting section, the two ends of the connecting section are respectively connected to the arc segment and the side wall of the ice storage box.
  • the connecting section is an arc structure, and the arc segment is in smooth transition connection with the connecting section.
  • the ice pushing assembly comprises a circular ice pushing plate disposed above the annular ice exit passage, the annular ice exit passage is pushed by the circular ice block, and the side of the ice storage box a wall and a bottom wall and a circular arc segment of the ice guiding wall; a plurality of radially arranged ice pushing blades are disposed on a lower surface of the annular ice pushing plate, and the ice pushing blade The bottom should be higher than the top of the straight section of the ice guide wall.
  • the ice pushing assembly comprises a circular ice pushing plate and a cylindrical ice pushing plate, the annular ice pushing plate is disposed above the annular ice exiting passage, the cylindrical ice block a push plate is coupled to the outer circumference of the annular ice pushing plate, the annular ice exit passage is pushed by the circular ice block, the side wall and the bottom wall of the ice storage box, and the ice block a circular arc segment of the guiding wall is defined, and a plurality of radially arranged ice pushing blades are disposed on the inner side wall of the cylindrical ice pushing plate, and the bottom of the ice pushing blade should be higher than the ice guiding The top of the straight section of the wall.
  • the ice-carrying section comprises a circular top plate and an ice guiding wall disposed on a lower surface of the circular top plate, the ice guiding wall comprising a circular arc segment and a connecting section, wherein the circular arc segment is located In the center of the ice storage box, two ends of the connecting section are respectively connected with the arc segment and the side wall of the ice storage box, and the annular ice exit channel is surrounded by the circular top plate The side wall and the bottom wall of the ice box and the arc segment of the ice guide wall are enclosed.
  • the connecting section is an arc structure, and the arc segment is in smooth transition connection with the connecting section.
  • the ice pushing assembly comprises a circular ice pushing plate disposed under the annular ice exiting passage, and a plurality of radially arranged ice pushing bodies are arranged on the upper surface of the circular ice pushing plate a blade, an ice falling port is disposed between the adjacent ice pushing blades on the circular ice pushing plate, and the lower surface of the circular ice pushing plate is in contact with the bottom of the ice storage box,
  • the bottom of the straight section of the ice guiding wall should be higher than the top of the pusher blade.
  • the plurality of pusher blades are uniformly disposed along the circumferential direction of the ice pushing plate.
  • the present invention also discloses a refrigerator including an ice maker, further comprising an ice eliminator as described above, the ice inlet of the ice eliminator being in communication with an outlet of the ice maker.
  • the ice eliminator provided by the present invention is provided with an ice pushing unit provided in the ice storage box, the ice pushing unit comprising an ice pushing component rotatably disposed in the annular ice exit channel between the ice storage box and the ice stirring unit,
  • the ice cubes from the ice stirring unit are pushed to the ice outlet, and the ice pushing unit makes the movement of the ice cubes in the annular ice passage more convenient, and it is not easy to get stuck, thereby improving the uniformity of the ice output.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of an ice eliminator for an ice extraction system in accordance with the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a top plan view of the ice ejector of Figure 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the pusher blade of the ice eliminator of FIG. 1 on a lower surface of the ice pushing plate;
  • Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of an ice discharge device according to the present invention, wherein the pusher blade is located on a side wall of the ice pushing plate;
  • Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view showing still another embodiment of an ice discharge device according to the present invention, wherein the pushing blade is located on the upper surface of the ice pushing plate;
  • 1 ice storage box; 11: ice outlet; 12: ice inlet; 2: ice stirring unit; 21: ice guiding wall; 22: ice stirring section; 23: stirring shaft; 24: ice stirring blade 25: ice inlet; 3: ice pushing unit; 31: circular ice exit channel; 32: circular ice block pushing plate; 33: pushing ice blade; 35: falling ice; 4: ice.
  • first and second are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated.
  • features defining “first” or “second” may include at least one of the features, either explicitly or implicitly.
  • the meaning of "a plurality” is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.
  • the terms “installation”, “connected”, “connected”, “fixed” and the like shall be understood broadly, and may be either a fixed connection or a detachable connection, unless explicitly stated and defined otherwise. Or in one piece; it may be a mechanical connection, or it may be an electrical connection or a communication with each other; it may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and may be an internal connection of two elements or an interaction relationship between two elements. Unless otherwise expressly defined. For those skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood on a case-by-case basis.
  • the ice eliminator includes an ice storage box 1 and an ice stirring unit 2 and an ice pushing unit 3 located in the ice storage box 1.
  • the bottom wall of the ice storage box 1 is provided with an ice outlet 11 through which the ice block passes, and the ice outlet 11 is located at a bottom wall of the ice storage box 1 near the side wall of the ice storage box 1, in the ice storage box 1
  • the top of the top is provided with an ice inlet 12 through which ice cubes pass.
  • the ice stirring unit 2 includes an ice stirring section 22 disposed in a central portion of the lower portion of the ice bank 1 and an agitator rotatably disposed in the ice stirring section 22, and ice cubes to be agitated are disposed at the top of the ice stirring section 22
  • the ice cube inlet of the upper tribe of the ice bank 1 is provided with an ice outlet on the side wall of the ice stirring section 22.
  • the ice pushing unit 3 includes a circular ice exit channel 31 and an ice pushing assembly, wherein the annular ice exit passage 31 is a space between the ice stirring section 22 and the inner wall of the ice storage box 1, and the annular ice exit passage 31 is respectively associated with the ice of the ice outlet 11 and the ice stirring section 22.
  • the block outlet is in communication; the ice pushing assembly is rotatably disposed in the annular ice exit passage 31 for pushing the ice cubes 4 coming out of the ice cube outlet of the ice stirring section 22 to the ice outlet 11 of the ice bank 1 .
  • the ice cube 4 enters the ice bank 1 from the ice inlet 12 at the top of the ice storage box 1.
  • the ice 4 enters the ice-filling section 22 from the ice inlet 25 above the ice-splitting section 22 due to gravity.
  • the agitator agitates and pushes a part of the ice block 4 to move toward the ice block exit, and the ice block 4 is pushed from the ice block outlet of the ice stirring section 22 to the annular ice exit passage 31, and pushes the ice block 4 under the push of the ice pushing component.
  • the ice outlet 11 is uniformly discharged from the ice outlet 11. Due to the presence of the push unit, the movement of the ice block 4 in the annular ice exit passage 31 is more convenient, and jamming is less likely to occur to improve the uniformity of the amount of ice.
  • the ice-carrying section 22 is surrounded by an ice guiding wall 21 located on the bottom wall of the ice bank 1, wherein the ice guiding wall 21 comprises a circular arc section and a connecting section, wherein the circular arc section is located At the center of the ice box 1, the two ends of the connecting section are respectively connected to the arc segment and the side wall of the ice storage box 1 to ensure that the ice block 4 smoothly enters the annular ice exit passage 31.
  • the connecting section is an arc structure, and the arc segment and the connecting section are smoothly transitioned to make the movement of the ice block 4 more convenient and not easy to get stuck.
  • the connecting section may also adopt a linear configuration.
  • the agitator includes a stirring shaft 23 and three ice stirring blades 24 uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the stirring shaft 23, wherein the lower end of the stirring shaft 23 passes through the bottom wall of the ice storage box 1 and is driven by a driving device (for example, a motor, not shown).
  • the connecting device drives the stirring shaft 23 to rotate by the driving device, thereby driving the ice stirring blade 24 to rotate together, and in the process of rotating, the function of separating the ice block 4 is realized, and the ice block 4 is moved to move the ice block 4
  • the ice block outlet is pushed toward the ice stirring section 22 and enters the ice exit passage 31 through the ice block outlet.
  • the number of ice-splitting blades 24 may also be 4, 5, 6, etc., however, in order to ensure the agitating ability of the agitator 2, the number of ice-splitting blades 24 should be at least two.
  • the ice pushing assembly includes a circular ice pushing plate 32 disposed above the annular ice exit passage 31, wherein the annular ice exit passage 31 is pushed by the circular ice block 32, the side of the ice storage box 1
  • the wall and the bottom wall and the arc segment of the ice guide wall 21 are enclosed.
  • On the lower surface of the annular ice pushing plate 32 a plurality of radially arranged ice pushing blades 33 are disposed, and the ice pushing blades are located in a ring shape.
  • the bottom of the pusher blade 33 should be higher than the top of the straight section of the ice guide wall 21. To ensure that the rotation of the pusher blade 33 is not affected by the straight section of the ice guide wall 21.
  • the ice pushing blade 33 is used to push the ice cube 4 coming out of the ice cube outlet of the ice stirring section 22 to the ice outlet 11 of the ice bank 1, the distance of the bottom of the ice pushing blade 33 from the bottom wall of the ice bank 1 is It should be smaller than the height of the ice cube 4. Further, it is preferable that the plurality of pusher blades 33 are uniformly disposed along the circumferential direction of the annular ice pushing plate 32. In order to further ensure that the ice cubes 4 are uniformly and orderly discharged from the ice outlet 11, it is preferable that the gap between the adjacent two ice-engaging blades 33 can accommodate only one ice cube 4.
  • teeth are provided on the periphery of the circular ice pushing plate 32, and the ice storage box 1 corresponds to the teeth of the circular ice pushing plate 32.
  • a window is provided at the position where the annular ice pushing plate 32 cooperates with an external gear (not shown) to drive its rotation by an external gear.
  • the present embodiment is substantially the same as the first embodiment.
  • the same technical features as those of the first embodiment will not be described in the description of the present embodiment, and only the difference between the embodiment and the embodiment 1 will be described.
  • the ice pushing assembly includes a circular ice pushing plate 32 and a cylindrical ice pushing plate, wherein the circular ice pushing plate 32 is disposed above the annular ice receiving passage 31, and the cylindrical ice block
  • the push plate is coupled to the outer circumference of the annular ice pushing plate 32.
  • the annular ice exit passage 31 is surrounded by the circular ice pushing plate 32, the side wall and the bottom wall of the ice bank 1 and the arc segment of the ice guiding wall 21, in which the cylindrical ice is
  • a plurality of radially arranged ice pushing blades 33 are disposed on the inner side wall of the block pushing plate 32, and the bottom of the pushing blade 33 should be higher than the top of the straight section of the ice guiding wall 21.
  • the present embodiment is substantially the same as the first embodiment.
  • the same technical features as those of the first embodiment will not be described in the description of the present embodiment, and only the difference between the embodiment and the embodiment 1 will be described.
  • the agitation section includes a circular annular plate and an ice guiding wall 21 disposed on the lower surface of the top plate, the ice guiding wall 21 including a circular arc segment and a connecting section, wherein the circular arc segment is located in the ice storage box At the center of 1, the two ends of the connecting section are respectively connected to the arc segment and the side wall of the ice storage box 1 to ensure that the ice block 4 smoothly enters the annular ice exit passage 31.
  • the annular ice exit passage 31 is surrounded by the circular top plate, the side wall and the bottom wall of the ice bank 1 and the arc segment of the ice guide wall 21. to make.
  • the ice pushing assembly includes a circular ice pushing plate 32 disposed under the annular ice exit passage 31, and a plurality of radially arranged ice pushing blades 33 are disposed on the upper surface of the circular ice pushing plate 32, in the circle
  • An ice falling port 35 is disposed between the adjacent ice pushing blades 33 on the annular ice pushing plate 32, and the lower surface of the circular ice pushing plate 32 is fitted to the bottom of the ice storage box 1, and the ice guiding wall
  • the bottom of the straight section of 21 should be higher than the top of the pusher blade 33.
  • the ice cube 4 enters the ice storage box 1 from the ice inlet above the ice storage box 1.
  • the ice cube 4 enters the ice-splitting section 22 from the ice inlet of the ice storage box 1 due to gravity, and the stirring shaft 23 is rotated by the external force, and drives the ice stirring blade 24 to rotate, the ice block 4 is stirred by the ice stirring blade 24, and at the same time, due to the guidance of the ice guiding wall 21, the ice block 4 is pushed to the annular ice exit passage 31.
  • the circular ice pushing plate 32 drives the pusher blade 33 to rotate, and the ice block 4 is moved to the ice outlet 11, and is uniformly discharged from the ice outlet 11. Due to the presence of the circular ice pushing plate 32, the ice block 4 is more convenient to move, and it is less likely to be stuck to improve the uniformity of the amount of ice.
  • the present invention also discloses a refrigerator comprising an ice maker and an ice eliminator as described above, wherein the ice inlet of the ice eliminator is in communication with an outlet of the ice maker.
  • the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the present invention is provided with the above-mentioned ice eliminator, and thus has all the advantages of the above-mentioned ice eliminator, it will not be described herein.

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提供了一种冰箱，该冰箱包括排冰器，排冰器包括储冰盒（1）以及位于储冰盒（1）内的搅冰单元（2）和推冰单元（3），在储冰盒（1）上设置有进冰口（12）和出冰口（11）；搅冰单元（2）包括设置在储冰盒（1）内的搅冰区间（22），在搅冰区间（22）的顶部设置有冰块入口（25），在搅冰区间（22）的侧壁上设有冰块出口，搅冰单元（2）还包括能够转动地设在搅冰区间（22）内的搅拌器；推冰单元（3）包括设在搅冰区间（22）和储冰盒（1）之间的环形出冰通道（31），以及能够转动地设在环形出冰通道（31）内的推冰组件，用于将冰块推送到储冰盒（1）的出冰口（11）。提供的排冰器通过在环形出冰通道（31）内设置推冰组件，以将从搅冰单元（2）出来的冰块推动至出冰口（11），从而改善出冰量的均匀性。

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排冰器以及包含该排冰器的冰箱
交叉引用
本申请引用于2017年02月13日提交的专利名称为“排冰器以及包含该排冰器的冰箱”的第2017100769686号中国专利申请，其通过引用被全部并入本申请。
技术领域
本发明涉及冰箱技术领域，特别是涉及一种用于出冰系统的排冰器，以及包含该排冰器的冰箱。
背景技术
随着人民生活水平的不断提高，具有自动制冰功能的冰箱受到越来越多消费者的青睐。通常，这种冰箱具有包括由制冰系统、储冰系统和出冰系统等组成的自动制冰机，其中，制冰系统将制成的冰块储存到储冰系统中，当消费者取用冰块时，出冰系统将冰块从储冰系统中排出。
现有的出冰系统通常由设置在储冰盒的碎冰装置组成，冰块在重力作用下通过搅拌刀推动从出冰口排出，但排出的冰块无序，有时多有时少。用户在接冰时的体验感会很差，一会很少，一会突然下来一堆。
发明内容
(一)要解决的技术问题
本发明的一个目的是提供一种排冰器，该排冰器能够改善出冰量的均匀性。
本发明的另一个目的是提供一种包含该排冰器的冰箱。
(二)技术方案
为了解决上述技术问题，本发明提供了一种用于出冰系统的排冰器，其中，包括储冰盒以及位于所述储冰盒内的搅冰单元和推冰单元；
在所述储冰盒的底壁靠近所述储冰盒侧壁的位置设置有出冰口，在所述储冰盒的顶部设置有进冰口；
所述搅冰单元包括设置在所述储冰盒下部中央区的搅冰区间以及能够转动地设置在所述搅冰区间内的搅拌器，在所述搅冰区间的顶部设置有供待搅动冰块落入的冰块入口，在所述搅冰区间的侧壁上设置有冰块出口；
所述推冰单元包括环形出冰通道和推冰组件；所述环形出冰通道为所述搅冰区间和所述储冰盒内壁之间的空间，所述环形出冰通道分别与所述出冰口和所述搅冰区间的冰块出口连通；所述推冰组件转动地设置在所述环形出冰通道内，用于将从所述搅冰区间的冰块出口出来的冰块推送到所述储冰盒的出冰口。
其中，所述搅冰区间由位于所述储冰盒底壁上的冰块导向壁围成，所述冰块导向壁包括圆弧段和连接段，所述圆弧段位于所述储冰盒的中央，所述连接段的两端分别与所述圆弧段和所述储冰盒的侧壁连接。
其中，所述连接段为弧形结构，所述圆弧段与所述连接段为光滑过渡连接。
其中，所述推冰组件包括设置在所述环形出冰通道上方的圆环形冰块推动板，所述环形出冰通道由所述圆环形冰块推动板、所述储冰盒的侧壁和底壁以及所述冰块导向壁的圆弧段围成，在所述圆环形冰块推动板的下表面上设置有多个呈放射状布置的推冰叶片，所述推冰叶片的底部应高于所述冰块导向壁的直线段的顶部。
其中，所述推冰组件包括圆环形冰块推动板和圆筒形冰块推动板，所述圆环形冰块推动板设置在所述环形出冰通道上方，所述圆筒形冰块推动板与所述圆环形冰块推动板的外圆周连接，所述环形出冰通道由所述圆环形冰块推动板、所述储冰盒的侧壁和底壁以及所述冰块导向壁的圆弧段围成，在所述圆筒形冰块推动板的内侧壁上设置有多个呈放射状布置的推冰叶片，所述推冰叶片的底部应高于所述冰块导向壁的直线段的顶部。
其中，所述搅冰区间包括圆环形顶板以及设置在所述圆环形顶板下表面上的冰块导向壁，所述冰块导向壁包括圆弧段和连接段，所述圆弧段位于所述储冰盒的中央，所述连接段的两端分别与所述圆弧段和所述储冰盒的侧壁连接，所述环形出冰通道由所述圆环形顶板、所述储冰盒的侧壁和底壁以及所述冰块导向壁的圆弧段围成。
其中，所述连接段为弧形结构，所述圆弧段与所述连接段为光滑过渡连接。
其中，所述推冰组件包括设置在所述环形出冰通道下方的圆环形冰块推动板，在所述圆环形冰块推动板的上表面上设置有多个呈放射状布置的推冰叶片，在所述圆环形冰块推动板上相邻的推冰叶片之间设置有落冰口，所述圆环形冰块推动板的下表面与所述储冰盒的底部贴合，所述冰块导向壁的直线段的底部应高于所述推冰叶片的顶部。
其中，多个所述推冰叶片沿所述冰块推动板的周向均匀地设置。
本发明还公开了一种冰箱，包括制冰机，其中，还包括如上所述的排冰器，所述排冰器的进冰口与所述制冰机的出口连通。
(三)有益效果
本发明提供的排冰器通过在储冰盒设置推冰单元，该推冰单元包括能够转动地设置在储冰盒和搅冰单元之间的环形出冰通道内的推冰组件，以将从搅冰单元出来的冰块推动至出冰口，通过该推冰单元使得冰块在环形出冰通道中的移动更方便，不容易卡住，从而改善了出冰量的均匀性。
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图1为根据本发明的一种用于出冰系统的排冰器的一个优选实施例的立体示意图；
图2为图1中的排冰器的俯视示意图；
图3为图1中的排冰器的推动叶片位于冰块推动板的下表面上的结构示意图；
图4为根据本发明的一种排冰器的另一实施例的剖视图，其中推动叶片位于冰块推动板的侧壁上；
图5为根据本发明的一种排冰器的又一实施例的剖视图，其中推动叶片位于冰块推动板的上表面上；
图中，1：储冰盒；11：出冰口；12：进冰口；2：搅冰单元；21：冰块导向壁；22：搅冰区间；23：搅拌轴；24：搅冰叶片；25：冰块入口；3：推冰单元；31：环形出冰通道；32：圆环形冰块推动板；33：推冰叶片；35：落冰口；4：冰块。
具体实施方式
下面结合附图和实施例，对本发明的具体实施方式作进一步详细描述。以下实例用于说明本发明，但不用来限制本发明的范围。
在本发明的描述中，需要理解的是，术语“中心”、“纵向”、“横向”、“长度”、“宽度”、“厚度”、“上”、“下”、“前”、“后”、“左”、“右”、“竖直”、“水平”、“顶”、“底”“内”、“外”、“顺时针”、“逆时针”、“轴向”、“径向”、“周向”等指示的方位或位置关系为基于附图所示的方位或位置关系，仅是为了便于描述本发明和简化描述，而不是指示或暗示所指的装置或元件必须具有特定的方位、以特定的方位构造和操作，因此不能理解为对本发明的限制。
此外，术语“第一”、“第二”仅用于描述目的，而不能理解为指示或暗示相对重要性或者隐含指明所指示的技术特征的数量。由此，限定有“第一”、“第二”的特征可以明示或者隐含地包括至少一个该特征。在本发明的描述中，“多个”的含义是至少两个，例如两个，三个等，除非另有明确具体的限定。
在本发明中，除非另有明确的规定和限定，术语“安装”、“相连”、“连接”、“固定”等术语应做广义理解，例如，可以是固定连接，也可以是可拆卸连接，或成一体；可以是机械连接，也可以是电连接或彼此可通讯；可以是直接相连，也可以通过中间媒介间接相连，可以是两个元件内部的连通或两个元件的相互作用关系，除非另有明确的限定。对于本领域的普通技术人员而言，可以根据具体情况理解上述术语在本发明中的具体含义。
图1和图2示出了根据本发明的一种排冰器的一个优选实施例。如图1所示，该排冰器包括储冰盒1以及位于储冰盒1内的搅冰单元2和推冰单元3。其中，在储冰盒1的底壁设置有供冰块通过的出冰口11，该出冰口11位于储冰盒1的底壁靠近储冰盒1侧壁的位置，在储冰盒1的顶部设置有供冰块通过的进冰口12。搅冰单元2包括设置在储冰盒1下部中央区的搅冰区间22以及能够转动地设置在搅冰区间22内的搅拌器，在搅冰区间22的顶部设置有供待搅动的冰块从储冰盒1的上部落入的冰块入口，在搅冰区间22的侧壁上设置有冰块出口。推冰单元3包括环形出冰通道 31和推冰组件，其中，该环形出冰通道31为搅冰区间22和储冰盒1内壁之间的空间，且该环形出冰通道31分别与出冰口11和搅冰区间22的冰块出口连通；推冰组件转动地设置在该环形出冰通道31中，用于将从搅冰区间22的冰块出口出来的冰块4推送到储冰盒1的出冰口11。
冰块4从储冰盒1顶部的进冰口12进入储冰盒1中，当需要出冰时，冰块4由于重力作用从搅冰区间22上方的冰块进口25进入到搅冰区间22，搅拌器搅动并推动部分冰块4向冰块出口移动，冰块4从搅冰区间22的冰块出口被推至环形出冰通道31，在推冰组件的推动下将冰块4推送到出冰口11并从出冰口11均匀地排出。由于推送单元的存在，冰块4在环形出冰通道31中的移动更方便，不容易产生卡住，以改善出冰量的均匀性。
在该实施例中，搅冰区间22由位于储冰盒1底壁上的冰块导向壁21围成，其中该冰块导向壁21包括圆弧段和连接段，其中，圆弧段位于储冰盒1的中央，连接段的两端分别与圆弧段和储冰盒1的侧壁连接，以保证冰块4顺利地进入环形出冰通道31。进一步地，连接段为弧形结构，且圆弧段与连接段为光滑过渡连接，以便使冰块4的移动更加方便，不容易卡住。在本发明的其它一些实施例中，该连接段也可以采用直线形结构。
搅拌器包括搅拌轴23和沿搅拌轴23的周向均匀分布的3个搅冰叶片24，其中，搅拌轴23的下端穿过储冰盒1的底壁后与驱动装置(例如电机，未示出)连接，通过驱动装置带动搅拌轴23旋转，进而带动搅冰叶片24一起旋转，在转动的过程中既实现了分离冰块4的作用，又可以推动冰块4移动，以将冰块4推向搅冰区间22的冰块出口，并通过该冰块出口进入出冰通道31。在本发明的其它一些实施例中，搅冰叶片24的数量也可以为4、5、6等，但是，为了保证搅拌器2的搅拌能力，搅冰叶片24的数量应至少为两个。
如图3所示，推冰组件包括设置在环形出冰通道31上方的圆环形冰块推动板32，其中环形出冰通道31由圆环形冰块推动板32、储冰盒1的侧壁和底壁以及冰块导向壁21的圆弧段围成，在圆环形冰块推动板32的下表面上设置有多个呈放射状布置的推冰叶片33，该推冰叶片位于环形出冰通道31内，且推冰叶片33的底部应高于冰块导向壁21的直线段的顶 部，以保证推冰叶片33的旋转不受冰块导向壁21的直线段的影响。由于推冰叶片33用于将从搅冰区间22的冰块出口出来的冰块4推送到储冰盒1的出冰口11，因此推冰叶片33的底部距离储冰盒1底壁的距离应小于冰块4的高度。此外，优选多个推冰叶片33沿圆环形冰块推动板32的周向均匀地设置。为了进一步地保证冰块4从出冰口11均匀有序地排出，优选相邻的两个推冰叶片33之间的空隙仅能够容纳一块冰块4。
为了实现圆环形冰块推动板32的旋转，在圆环形冰块推动板32的外围设置有齿(未示出)，在储冰盒1与圆环形冰块推动板32的齿对应的位置处设置有窗口，圆环形冰块推动板32在该窗口处与外部的齿轮(未示出)配合，以通过外部的齿轮带动其旋转。
实施例2:
本实施例与实施例1基本相同，为了描述的简要，在本实施例的描述过程中，不再描述与实施例1相同的技术特征，仅说明本实施例与实施例1不同之处：
如图4所示，推冰组件包括圆环形冰块推动板32和圆筒形冰块推动板，其中圆环形冰块推动板32设置在环形出冰通道31上方，圆筒形冰块推动板与该圆环形冰块推动板32的外圆周连接。在这种情况下，环形出冰通道31由圆环形冰块推动板32、储冰盒1的侧壁和底壁以及冰块导向壁21的圆弧段围成，在该圆筒形冰块推动板32的内侧壁上设置多个呈放射状布置的推冰叶片33，该推冰叶片33的底部应高于冰块导向壁21的直线段的顶部。
实施例3：
本实施例与实施例1基本相同，为了描述的简要，在本实施例的描述过程中，不再描述与实施例1相同的技术特征，仅说明本实施例与实施例1不同之处：
如图5所示，搅拌区间包括圆环形顶板以及设置在该顶板下表面上的冰块导向壁21，该冰块导向壁21包括圆弧段和连接段，其中圆弧段位于储冰盒1的中央，连接段的两端分别与圆弧段和储冰盒1的侧壁连接，以保证冰块4顺利地进入环形出冰通道31。在这种情况下，环形出冰通道31由圆环形顶板、储冰盒1的侧壁和底壁以及冰块导向壁21的圆弧段围 成。推冰组件包括设置在环形出冰通道31下方的圆环形冰块推动板32，在圆环形冰块推动板32的上表面上设置有多个呈放射状布置的推冰叶片33，在圆环形冰块推动板32上相邻的推冰叶片33之间设置有落冰口35，且圆环形冰块推动板32的下表面与储冰盒1的底部贴合，冰块导向壁21的直线段的底部应高于推冰叶片33的顶部。
冰块4从储冰盒1上方的进冰口进入储冰盒1中，当需要出冰时，冰块4由于重力作用从储冰盒1的冰块进口进入到搅冰区间22，搅拌轴23在外力的带动下进行旋转，并带动搅冰叶片24旋转，冰块4在搅冰叶片24的搅拌下，同时由于冰块导向壁21的引导，冰块4被推到环形出冰通道31，在圆环形冰块推动板32带动推冰叶片33旋转推动冰块4移动到出冰口11，从出冰口11均匀地排出。由于圆环形冰块推动板32的存在，冰块4移动更方便，不容易产生卡住，以改善出冰量的均匀性。
本发明还公开了一种冰箱，其包括制冰机以及如上所述的排冰器，其中，该排冰器的进冰口与制冰机的出口连通。
由于本发明实施例提供的冰箱设置了上述排冰器，从而具有上述排冰器的所有优点，故在此不再赘述。
以上所述仅为本发明的较佳实施例而已，并不用以限制本发明，凡在本发明的精神和原则之内，所作的任何修改、等同替换、改进等，均应包含在本发明的保护范围之内。

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  1. 一种用于出冰系统的排冰器，其特征在于，包括储冰盒以及位于所述储冰盒内的搅冰单元和推冰单元；
    在所述储冰盒的底壁靠近所述储冰盒侧壁的位置设置有出冰口，在所述储冰盒的顶部设置有进冰口；
    所述搅冰单元包括设置在所述储冰盒下部中央区的搅冰区间以及能够转动地设置在所述搅冰区间内的搅拌器，在所述搅冰区间的顶部设置有供待搅动冰块落入的冰块入口，在所述搅冰区间的侧壁上设置有冰块出口；
    所述推冰单元包括环形出冰通道和推冰组件；所述环形出冰通道为所述搅冰区间和所述储冰盒内壁之间的空间，所述环形出冰通道分别与所述出冰口和所述搅冰区间的冰块出口连通；所述推冰组件转动地设置在所述环形出冰通道内，用于将从所述搅冰区间的冰块出口出来的冰块推送到所述储冰盒的出冰口。
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的排冰器，其特征在于，所述搅冰区间由位于所述储冰盒底壁上的冰块导向壁围成，所述冰块导向壁包括圆弧段和连接段，所述圆弧段位于所述储冰盒的中央，所述连接段的两端分别与所述圆弧段和所述储冰盒的侧壁连接。
  3. 根据权利要求2所述的排冰器，其特征在于，所述连接段为弧形结构，所述圆弧段与所述连接段为光滑过渡连接。
  4. 根据权利要求2所述的排冰器，其特征在于，所述推冰组件包括设置在所述环形出冰通道上方的圆环形冰块推动板，所述环形出冰通道由所述圆环形冰块推动板、所述储冰盒的侧壁和底壁以及所述冰块导向壁的圆弧段围成，在所述圆环形冰块推动板的下表面上设置有多个呈放射状布置的推冰叶片，所述推冰叶片的底部应高于所述冰块导向壁的直线段的顶部。
  5. 根据权利要求2所述的排冰器，其特征在于，所述推冰组件包括圆环形冰块推动板和圆筒形冰块推动板，所述圆环形冰块推动板设置在所述环形出冰通道上方，所述圆筒形冰块推动板与所述圆环形冰块推动板的外圆周连接，所述环形出冰通道由所述圆环形冰块推动板、所述储冰盒的 侧壁和底壁以及所述冰块导向壁的圆弧段围成，在所述圆筒形冰块推动板的内侧壁上设置有多个呈放射状布置的推冰叶片，所述推冰叶片的底部应高于所述冰块导向壁的直线段的顶部。
  6. 根据权利要求1所述的排冰器，其特征在于，所述搅冰区间包括圆环形顶板以及设置在所述圆环形顶板下表面上的冰块导向壁，所述冰块导向壁包括圆弧段和连接段，所述圆弧段位于所述储冰盒的中央，所述连接段的两端分别与所述圆弧段和所述储冰盒的侧壁连接，所述环形出冰通道由所述圆环形顶板、所述储冰盒的侧壁和底壁以及所述冰块导向壁的圆弧段围成。
  7. 根据权利要求6所述的排冰器，其特征在于，所述连接段为弧形结构，所述圆弧段与所述连接段为光滑过渡连接。
  8. 根据权利要求6所述的排冰器，其特征在于，所述推冰组件包括设置在所述环形出冰通道下方的圆环形冰块推动板，在所述圆环形冰块推动板的上表面上设置有多个呈放射状布置的推冰叶片，在所述圆环形冰块推动板上相邻的推冰叶片之间设置有落冰口，所述圆环形冰块推动板的下表面与所述储冰盒的底部贴合，所述冰块导向壁的直线段的底部应高于所述推冰叶片的顶部。
  9. 根据权利要求1-8中任一项所述的排冰器，其特征在于，多个所述推冰叶片沿所述冰块推动板的周向均匀地设置。
  10. 一种冰箱，包括制冰机，其特征在于，还包括如权利要求1-9中任一项所述的排冰器，所述排冰器的进冰口与所述制冰机的出口连通。
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