WO2018161920A1

WO2018161920A1 - Water filling apparatus and ice making apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2018161920A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/078291
Authority: WO
Inventors: 姜明亮; 赵欣; 杨发林
Original assignee: 青岛海尔股份有限公司
Priority date: 2017-03-08
Filing date: 2018-03-07
Publication date: 2018-09-13
Also published as: CN106885410A

Abstract

Provided are a water filling apparatus (9) and an ice making apparatus (100). The water filling apparatus (9) comprises a water inlet (91), a water outlet (92) and a water guide part (93), wherein the water guide part (93) extends outwardly and protrudingly from within the water outlet. In the water filling apparatus (9), the water outlet (92) is arranged at an angle and a water guide part (93) which is arranged protrudingly from the water outlet (92) is provided, water may thus run down along the water guide part (93) without blocking the water outlet (92).

Description

Water injection device and ice making device

The present application claims the priority of the Chinese patent application entitled "Water-filling device, ice-making device and refrigerator" on the application date of March 8, 2017, the application number is 201710136323.7, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. .

Technical field

The invention relates to a water injection device and an ice making device.

Background technique

Existing ice machines generally need to take out the ice box and pour the water inward. Obviously, such a water pouring method is extremely troublesome. In order to solve this problem, some existing ice machines have a water injection structure. However, the biggest problem in setting the water injection structure is that the water outlet is easy to freeze and block, so that on the one hand, the efficiency of water injection is reduced, and on the other hand, the water outlet is completely After the blockage, it must be manually removed, which makes the user experience worse.

In view of this, it is necessary to improve the existing water injection device and ice making device to solve the above problems.

Summary of the invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide a water injection device to solve the problem that the water outlet of the conventional water injection device is easily blocked by ice.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a water injection device comprising a water injection port and a water outlet, the water injection device further comprising a water guiding portion, the water guiding portion protruding outwardly from the water outlet .

As a further improvement of the present invention, the water guiding portion is a rib-like structure extending from the water injection port toward the water outlet.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the water outlet is inclined such that the water outlet has a lowest point in the vertical direction, and the water guiding portion protrudes from the innermost outward from the lowest point of the water outlet.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the area of the water injection port is larger than the area of the water outlet.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the center of the water injection port is located in a different vertical direction from the center of the water outlet.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the water injection device further includes a cover for covering the water injection port.

The present invention also provides an ice making device comprising an ice making module and the above water injecting device, the ice making module comprising an ice making box, the water outlet of the water injecting device being located above the ice making box.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the ice making module further includes an ice making housing, and the ice making housing includes an ice making cover that blocks the ice making box, and the ice making cover is provided with a water inlet hole. The water injection port of the water injection device is inserted from the water inlet hole.

The utility model has the beneficial effects that the refrigerator of the invention realizes the ice making effect by separately providing the ice making module and the water injection module on the door body, and the ice making module and the water filling module can work separately and is convenient to use; the water injection module of the invention passes The water outlet is inclined and provided with a water guiding portion protruding from the water outlet, so that the water can slide down along the water guiding portion without blocking the water outlet, and the water injection module can be rationally utilized by combining the water injection device with the bottle seat portion. The space above the ice making module.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic perspective view showing the door body and the ice making device of the refrigerator of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural view showing the door body and the ice making device of the refrigerator of the present invention in an open state of the cover body and the ice receiving box;

3 is a schematic exploded view of a door body and an ice making device of the refrigerator of the present invention;

Figure 4 is a schematic exploded view showing the ice making device of the refrigerator of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a schematic structural view of a water injection module of the refrigerator of the present invention;

Figure 6 is an enlarged schematic view showing the structure of the area A in Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the water injection device of Figure 5;

Figure 8 is a schematic view showing the structure of the ice making box, the ice making bracket and the turning mechanism of Figure 4;

detailed description

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 8, the refrigerator of the present invention includes a cabinet, a door body 200 for opening and closing the cabinet, and an ice making device 100 for making ice.

The ice making device 100 includes an ice making module 1 and a water injection module 2 for injecting water into the ice making module 1. In this embodiment, the ice making module 1 and the water injection module 2 are separately disposed and are respectively mounted on the door body 200 for use. Accordingly, the ice making module 1 and the water injection module 2 can also be separately installed in the same. It is used independently on the door 200.

In this embodiment, the ice making module 1 includes an ice making housing 4, an ice making bracket 5 slidably coupled to the ice making housing 4, and an ice making box 3 supported by the ice making bracket 5, The ice bin 6 below the ice making box 3 is used to invert the ice making box 3 so that the ice in the ice making box 3 falls into the turning mechanism 7 of the ice bin 6.

The ice making housing 4 includes an ice making cover 41 that blocks the ice making box 3, and side walls 42 that are mounted on both sides, and the ice making housing 4 may further include a bottom wall disposed at the bottom ( Not marked). The side wall 42 and the door body 200 are connected to the first buckle 201 through the first card slot 421, and the ice making module 1 is engaged with the door body 200 through the side wall 42. In this embodiment, the first buckle 201 is disposed on the door body 200, and the first card slot 421 is disposed outside the side wall 42 to lift the ice making housing 4 upwards. The ice making module 1 is separated from the door body 200.

The ice making cover 41 is provided with a water inlet hole 411, and the water inlet hole 411 is disposed directly above the ice making box 3 so that the water injection module 2 can fill the ice making box 3 through the water inlet hole 411. . Of course, in other embodiments, the water injection module 2 can be directly filled with water from the water inlet hole 411 without the water injection module 2 being provided.

The inner side of the side wall 42 is provided with a first sliding slot 422 extending in the front-rear direction, and the ice-making bracket 5 is provided with a first sliding passage 51 that cooperates with the first sliding slot 422. The first chute 422 cooperates with the first chute 51 such that the ice making bracket 5 can be withdrawn from the ice making housing 4.

A rotating shaft bracket 52 is further disposed on both sides of the ice making bracket 5, and two sides of the ice making box 3 are provided with a rotating shaft 32, and the ice making box 3 and the ice making bracket 5 pass through the rotating shaft 32 and The shaft bracket 52 is pivotally connected.

The turning mechanism 7 includes a handle 73 disposed outside the side wall 42 of the ice making housing 4, a driving gear 72 connected to the handle 73, and a driven gear 71 meshing with the driving gear 72, the slave gear The moving gear 71 is connected to the ice making box 3. In this embodiment, by rotating the handle 73, the driving gear 72 can be rotated to drive the driven gear 71 to rotate, and the ice making box 3 is further driven to rotate. In this embodiment, the driving gear 72 has only a quarter of a tooth, and the turning mechanism 7 further includes a limiting member (not labeled) so that the rotating handle 73 can only rotate in one direction, thereby avoiding The reverse rotation handle 73 causes damage to the ice making device 100.

A resetting member 321 is disposed on the rotating shaft 32 of the ice making box 3 away from the turning mechanism 7 side, and the resetting member 321 is a return spring. When the user removes the external force on the handle 73, the ice making The cartridge 3 is turned from the inverted state to the normal state by the elastic force of the return spring.

a second chute 711 is disposed on a side of the ice gear box 3, and a second chute 31 is slidably connected to the second chute 711. The second sliding slot 711 is disposed in parallel with the first sliding slot 422. In this embodiment, when the ice-making bracket 5 is pulled out, the first slide 51 is separated from the first sliding slot 422, and the second slide 31 and the second sliding slot 711 are separated from the first sliding slot 711. The ice making stand 5 is taken out together with the ice making box 3, so that the ice making module 1 of the present embodiment can also pour water inward after taking out the ice making box 3. In addition, in the present embodiment, the second slide 31 is integrally formed with the rotating shaft 32 close to the turning mechanism 7.

The ice receiving box 6 is pivotally connected to the ice making housing 4, and the ice making housing 4 is provided with a limiting device 43 for limiting the rotation angle of the ice receiving box 6. In this embodiment, the top of the ice receiving box 6 has an arc shape. When ice is required to be taken, the upper end of the ice receiving box 6 can be pulled to rotate the ice box 6 by a certain angle, thereby making it The ice inside is fully exposed. The limiting device 43 prevents the ice bin 6 from being completely pulled out and falling off. The limiting device 43 is an abutting block 431 which is disposed inside the side wall 42 and protrudes inwardly and a resisting post 432 disposed on both sides of the ice receiving box 6.

The water injection module 2 includes a bottle holder portion 8, a water injection device 9, and a second card slot 10 disposed on both sides. A second buckle 202 is disposed on the door body 200 for engaging with the second card slot 10, and the water injection module 2 is fixed by the cooperation of the second card slot 10 and the second buckle 202. On the door body 200.

The bottle holder portion 8 is integrally formed with the water injection device 9, so that the water injection module 2 can be used as a bottle holder, and the space above the ice making module 1 can be reasonably utilized. When the ice making module 1 is not provided, the water injection module 2 can also be used alone as a bottle holder.

The water injection device 9 is disposed on one side of the bottle holder portion 8 and disposed adjacent to the door body 200, so that the profiled portion of the door body 200 is properly utilized, so that the bottle holder portion 8 is uniform as a whole, and the appearance is increased.

The water injection device 9 includes a water injection port 91, a water outlet 92, a water guiding portion 93, and a cover 94 for covering the water injection port 91.

In the present embodiment, the area of the water injection port 91 is larger than the area of the water outlet 92, that is, the water injection device 9 has a funnel shape, so that the water flow speed of the water outlet 92 can be reduced, and the water droplet splash can be prevented due to the excessive flow rate. At the same time, the water outlet 92 is inserted from the water inlet hole 411 to reduce the distance between the water outlet 92 and the ice making box 3, and also functions to prevent splashing of water droplets.

The center of the water injection port 91 is located in a different vertical direction from the center of the water outlet 92. Thus, a water guiding slope can be formed between the water injection port 91 and the water outlet 92, and water injected from the water injection port 91 can flow out from the water outlet 92 from the water guiding slope, thereby further reducing the water flow speed.

The water outlet 92 is disposed obliquely such that the water outlet 92 has a lowest point in the vertical direction, and the water guiding portion 93 protrudes from the innermost outward portion from the lowest point of the water outlet 92. The water guiding portion 93 is a rib structure extending from the water injection port 91 toward the water outlet 92.

When the water injection is completed, the water droplets will slide down along the water guiding portion 93 at the lowest point of the water outlet 92, even if the surface tension is only frozen downward at the position where the water guiding portion 93 protrudes from the water outlet 92. Without gradual icing inward from the week of the water outlet 92.

In the refrigerator of the present invention, the ice making module 1 and the water injection module 2 are respectively disposed on the door body 200 to realize the ice making effect, and the ice making module 1 and the water filling module 2 can be operated separately and conveniently used; the ice making device 100 of the present invention is at least There are three types of water injection methods, which are flexible to use; the water injection module 2 of the present invention is disposed by tilting the water outlet 92 and providing a water guiding portion 93 protruding from the water outlet 92, so that the water can slide down along the water guiding portion 93 without blocking the water outlet. 92. The water injection module 2 utilizes the space above the ice making module 1 by combining the water injection device 9 with the bottle holder portion 8.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Although the present invention is described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions of the present invention may be modified or substituted. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.

Claims

A water injection device includes a water injection port and a water outlet, wherein the water injection device further includes a water guiding portion, and the water guiding portion protrudes outward from the water outlet.
The water injection device according to claim 1, wherein the water guiding portion is a rib-like structure extending from the water injection port toward the water outlet.
A water injection device according to claim 1, wherein said water outlet is inclined such that said water outlet has a lowest point in a vertical direction, and said water guiding portion is from the lowest point of said water outlet from the inside to the outside Protrusion extension.
A water injection device according to claim 1, wherein the area of the water injection port is larger than the area of the water outlet.
A water injection device according to claim 1, wherein a center of said water injection port is located in a different vertical direction from a center of said water outlet.
A water injection device according to claim 1, wherein said water injection device further comprises a cover for covering said water injection port.
An ice making device, comprising: an ice making module and the water injection device according to claim 1, wherein the ice making module comprises an ice making box, and a water outlet of the water filling device is located at the ice making device Above the ice box.
The ice making device according to claim 7, wherein the ice making module further comprises an ice making housing, and the ice making housing includes an ice making cover that blocks the ice making box, the system A water inlet hole is opened in the ice cover, and a water injection port of the water injection device is inserted from the water inlet hole.