WO2019101000A1

WO2019101000A1 - Ice maker-integrated refrigerator

Info

Publication number: WO2019101000A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/115709
Authority: WO
Inventors: 邵阳; 司增强; 王金财
Original assignee: 合肥华凌股份有限公司; 合肥美的电冰箱有限公司; 美的集团股份有限公司
Priority date: 2017-11-23
Filing date: 2018-11-15
Publication date: 2019-05-31
Also published as: CA3083017C; AU2018372734B2; CA3083017A1; CN107990616A; AU2018372734A1; US20200393187A1

Abstract

An Ice maker-integrated refrigerator (100). The refrigerator (100) comprises: a refrigerator body (10), a refrigerator door body (20), an ice maker (30), an ice making evaporator (40), and a fan (50). An air return duct (14), a fan chamber (12), an ice making evaporation chamber (11), and an air supply duct (13) are sequentially connected. The free end of the air supply duct (13) forms an air supply port (13a) and the free end of the air return duct (14) forms an air return port (14a). The refrigerator door body (20) has an ice making chamber (21). The ice making chamber (21) has an air inlet port (211) and an air outlet port (212). When the refrigerator door body (20) is closed, the air inlet port (211) is in communication with the air supply port (13a) and the air outlet port (212) is in communication with the air return port (14a). The refrigerator door body (20) is pivotally connected to the side wall of the refrigerator body (10) where the fan chamber (12) is located.

Description

Integrated ice machine refrigerator

Cross-reference to related applications

This application claims Hefei Hualing Co., Ltd., Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co., Ltd. and Midea Group Co., Ltd. on November 23, 2017, the name of "the integrated ice machine refrigerator", the Chinese patent application number "201711185506.4" "Priority."

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances, and in particular to a refrigerator integrated with an ice maker.

Background technique

In the related art, generally, the cold air required for the ice maker on the refrigerator is provided by a freezing evaporator, the freezing evaporator is disposed at the lower portion of the refrigerator, and the ice maker is disposed at the upper portion of the refrigerator, thus requiring a long wind The channel delivers the cold air of the refrigerated evaporator to the ice machine, which not only causes the consumption of cold, but also requires a high-speed fan to drive the wind, which causes the overall noise of the refrigerator to be large, and is also blown by the freezing evaporator. The past wind passes through the freezer and can have a certain odor, which makes the ice taste poor and unsanitary.

Summary of the invention

The present disclosure is intended to address at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. To this end, the present disclosure proposes a refrigerator having an integrated ice making machine with reasonable space utilization and good ice making effect.

A refrigerator of an integrated ice maker according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a refrigerator case, a refrigerator door body, an ice maker, an ice making evaporator, and a fan, the refrigerator case defining a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, the refrigerator compartment The rear wall of the body has an ice making evaporation chamber, and one of the left side wall and the right side wall of the refrigerator case has a fan chamber, and the ice making evaporation chamber is located at the back of the refrigerating chamber, the refrigerator box The air supply duct and the return air duct are further disposed in the body, and the return air duct, the fan chamber, the ice making evaporation chamber, and the air supply air duct are sequentially connected, and the air supply duct is free The end is formed as a supply port and the free end of the return air duct is formed as a return air port, and the refrigerator door body has an ice making chamber, and the ice making chamber has an air inlet and an air outlet, and the refrigerator door body is closed The air inlet is connected to the air supply port, and the air outlet is connected to the air return port, and the refrigerator door body is pivotally connected to a side wall of the refrigerator cabinet where the fan room is located, and the ice maker is located at the air outlet. In the ice making chamber, the ice making evaporator is located in the ice making evaporation chamber, It is located in the blower chamber machine.

According to the refrigerator of the integrated ice maker of the embodiment of the present disclosure, the refrigerator door body has an ice making chamber for mounting the ice maker, and an ice making evaporation chamber is disposed on the rear wall of the refrigerator cabinet to install the ice making evaporator Cooling the ice machine, installing a fan chamber on the side wall of the refrigerator cabinet to install the fan and direct the low-temperature airflow generated by the ice making evaporator to the ice making chamber through the air supply duct to provide low temperature for the ice maker The air flow, which in turn makes the ice making mechanism ice.

In this way, the space arrangement of the refrigerator is more reasonable, the length of the air duct is reduced, and the cold volume of the low-temperature airflow generated by the ice making evaporator is less lost, so as to improve the ice making efficiency of the ice making machine and reduce the odor of the low-temperature airflow. Probability to improve the ice making effect of the ice machine.

The additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will be set forth in part in the description which follows.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic view of an angle of a refrigerator in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

2 is a schematic view of another angle of a refrigerator in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

3 is a schematic view of still another angle of the refrigerator in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

4 is a schematic view of a refrigerator door of a refrigerator in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

5 is a schematic diagram of an angle of a supply air duct, a return air duct, a fan, an ice making evaporator, and a refrigerator door body of the refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

6 is a schematic diagram of another angle of a supply air duct, a return air duct, a fan, an ice making evaporator, and a refrigerator door body of the refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

7 is a schematic view of a supply air duct and a return air duct according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

8 is a schematic view of a duct assembly of a refrigerator in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

9 is a schematic view of a door cover of a refrigerator in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of Figure 9;

Figure 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of Figure 9;

12 is a schematic exploded view of a liner of a case body of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

13 is a schematic exploded view of a refrigerator cabinet of a refrigerator in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed ways

The embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below, and the examples of the embodiments are illustrated in the drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals are used to refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative, and are not intended to be construed as limiting.

A refrigerator 100 of an integrated ice maker according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 through 13.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a refrigerator 100 of an integrated ice maker according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a refrigerator cabinet 10, a refrigerator door body 20, an ice maker 30, an ice making evaporator 40, and a blower 50.

The refrigerator case 10 defines a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment. The rear wall of the refrigerator cabinet 10 has an ice making evaporation chamber 11, and one of the left side wall and the right side wall of the refrigerator cabinet 10 has a fan chamber 12. The ice evaporation chamber 11 is located at the back of the refrigerating chamber. The refrigerator casing 10 is further provided with a supply air duct 13 and a return air duct 14, a return air duct 14, a fan chamber 12, an ice making evaporation chamber 11, and a supply air duct. 13 is sequentially connected, the free end of the air supply duct 13 is formed as the air supply port 13a, and the free end of the return air duct 14 is formed as a return air port 14a, the refrigerator door body 20 has an ice making chamber 21, and the ice making chamber 21 has an air inlet 211 And the air outlet 212, when the refrigerator door body 20 is closed, the air inlet 211 communicates with the air supply port 13a, and the air outlet 212 communicates with the air return port 14a. The refrigerator door body 20 is pivotally connected to the side wall of the refrigerator cabinet 10 where the fan chamber 12 is located. The ice maker 30 is located in the ice making chamber 21, and the ice making evaporator 40 is located in the ice making evaporation chamber 11, and the blowers 50 are all located in the fan chamber 12.

According to the refrigerator 100 of the integrated ice maker according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the refrigerator door body 20 has an ice making chamber 21 for mounting the ice maker 30, and an ice making evaporation chamber 11 is disposed on the rear wall of the refrigerator cabinet 10, The ice maker 30 is installed to provide a low-temperature airflow to the ice maker 30, and a fan chamber 12 is disposed on the side wall of the refrigerator cabinet 10 to install the fan 50 and pass the low-temperature airflow generated by the ice-making evaporator 40 through the air supply duct. 13 is diverted into the ice making chamber 21 to supply the ice maker 30 with a low temperature air stream, thereby causing the ice maker 30 to make ice.

In this way, the space arrangement of the refrigerator is made more reasonable, the refrigerator has a larger volume, the length of the air passage is reduced, and the cold air flow generated by the ice making evaporator 40 is less lost, and the independent ice making evaporator 40 is passed through. The cooling capacity is specifically provided for the ice making chamber, the ice making efficiency of the ice making machine 30 is improved, and the probability of the odor of the low temperature air flow is reduced, so as to improve the ice making effect of the ice making machine 30.

In addition, the fan chamber 12 may be directly defined by the refrigerator cabinet 10 to directly install the fan 50 into the fan chamber 12, or the installation space of the fan 50 may be disposed on the refrigerator cabinet 10, and the casing of the fan 50 is formed as a fan chamber. 12, and the fan 50 is directly installed in the installation space.

It should be noted that the refrigerator door body 20 is pivotally connected to the refrigerator cabinet 10. When the refrigerator door body 20 is closed, the air inlet 211 communicates with the air supply port 13a, and the air outlet port 212 communicates with the air return port 14a to connect the ice machine. 30 provides a low temperature air flow; when the refrigerator door body 20 is opened, the air inlet 211 and the air supply port 13a, the air outlet 212 and the return air port 14a are not in communication to stop providing low temperature airflow to the ice maker 30, and if the refrigerator is facing the left side Opening the left-door refrigerator, correspondingly, a fan 50 is disposed on the left side wall of the refrigerator to drive the low-temperature airflow from the air supply port 13a located on the left side wall of the refrigerator cabinet 10 to the air inlet 211; if the refrigerator is opened to the right side The right door refrigerator is correspondingly installed with a fan 50 on the right side wall of the refrigerator to drive the low temperature airflow from the air supply port 13a located on the right side wall of the refrigerator cabinet 10 to the air inlet 211.

As shown in FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 , FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , the air supply duct 13 is located above the return air duct 14 , the ice making evaporation chamber 11 , and the fan chamber 12 , and the fan chamber 12 is located behind the return air duct 14 . The inlet of the supply air duct 13 is connected to the upper end of the ice making evaporation chamber 11, and the outlet of the return air duct 14 is connected to the front end of the fan chamber 12.

That is, the supply air duct 13, the ice making evaporation chamber 11, the fan chamber 12, the ice making chamber 21, and the return air duct 14 form an air flow passage, and the supply air duct 13 is located above. Thereby, the airflow having a lower temperature flows into the ice making chamber 21 from the supply air duct 13, and the airflow having a higher temperature in the ice making chamber 21 flows back to the ice making evaporation chamber 11 from the return air opening 14a, thereby further supplying the air supply duct 13 Located above, the lower temperature airflow can be quickly flowed into the ice making chamber 21 by gravity, and the higher temperature airflow in the ice making chamber 21 is quickly withdrawn by the blower 50 to The circulation speed of the low-temperature airflow is increased, thereby increasing the ice making speed of the ice maker 30.

In the specific embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the ice making evaporation chamber 11 communicates with the fan chamber 12 through a connection chamber (located in the connecting section 133 shown in FIG. 13), connecting the front end of the chamber to the rear of the fan chamber 12. The end is connected, and the rear end of the connection chamber communicates with the lower portion of the ice making evaporation chamber 11.

Specifically, the lower portion of the ice making evaporation chamber 11 is attached to one end of the connecting chamber at the rear wall of the refrigerator case 10. The connecting chamber is located at one end of the side wall of the refrigerator case 10 and communicates with the fan chamber 12, and is screwed tightly. The connection region between the connection chamber and the fan chamber 12, the connection chamber and the ice making evaporation chamber 11 is sealed with a tape and a viscous foam. Thereby, not only the foaming agent can be prevented from entering the chamber to block the airflow passage, but also the airtightness of the airflow passage can be improved, the low-temperature airflow can be prevented from leaking, and the ice making efficiency can be improved.

It should be noted that the connecting portion 133 having a right angle between the ice making evaporation chamber 11 and the fan chamber 12, and the connecting chamber defined by the connecting portion 133, and the ice making evaporator through the right angle connecting chamber The low temperature gas stream in 40 can flow completely into the fan chamber 12.

As shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, the refrigerator casing 10 includes a casing body 15, a first cover plate 16, and a second cover plate 17, and the casing body 15 includes a casing 151, a liner 152, and a casing 151. The heat insulating layer 153 between the inner liner 152, the air supply duct 13, the return air duct 14 and the connecting air duct are embedded in the heat insulating layer 153, and the rear wall of the box body 15 has a through inner liner 152 and a part of the heat insulating layer. a first receiving groove of 153, the first cover 16 covers and closes the first receiving groove and both define an ice making evaporation chamber 11, and a portion of the insulating layer 153 of the side wall of the case body 15 protrudes inwardly The second accommodating groove is defined in the portion of the heat insulating layer 153, and the second cover plate 17 covers and closes the second accommodating groove. The second accommodating groove and the second cover plate together define the fan chamber 12.

Specifically, a heat insulating layer 153 is disposed between the outer casing 151 of the casing body 15 and the inner casing 152, and a portion of the heat insulating layer 153 is hollowed out or the air duct assembly 24 is embedded on the heat insulating layer 153 to form the air supply duct 13, The return air duct 14 and the connecting air duct are further provided with a first receiving groove on the rear wall of the box body 15, and an ice making evaporator 40 is installed in the first receiving groove, and is disposed on the side wall of the box body 15. a second receiving groove, and a fan 50 is installed in the second receiving groove, and the first cover 16 and the rear wall of the outer casing 151 of the box body 15 are fastened by screws to cover the ice making evaporator 40, the second cover The plate 17 is fastened to the side wall of the outer casing 151 of the casing body 15 by screws to define the fan chamber 12 together with the second receiving groove.

Thereby, not only the arrangement of the fan 50 and the ice making evaporation chamber 11 on the refrigerator casing 10 can be made more rational, so that the refrigerating compartment of the refrigerator has a larger storage space, and the ice-making evaporation chamber 11 in the refrigerating compartment can be prevented. Condensation occurs.

In addition, the bottom of the ice making evaporation chamber 11 further has a drain port for discharging the condensed water generated when the ice making evaporator 40 is defrosted, and the first cover plate 16 may have an inner plate 161, an outer plate 162, and a cover insulating layer. 163 (see FIG. 12), and further, by providing the cover insulating layer 163, the first cover 16 can reduce the loss of the cold of the ice making evaporation chamber 11, so that the temperature of the low-temperature airflow entering the ice making chamber 21 is lower. To increase the ice making speed of the ice maker 30.

It should be noted that after the ice making evaporator 40 is installed in the first receiving groove, it is fixed by the first cover 16 and the front surface of the first cover 16 is flush with the surface of the inner liner 152 of the refrigerator case 10. In order to make the space inside the refrigerating compartment larger, the fan 50 is assembled in the second accommodating groove, and the side wall of the second accommodating groove is the same as the material of the heat insulating layer 153, so that not only the fan 50 can be fixedly supported, but also the low-temperature airflow can be prevented. Leakage inside the fan chamber 12.

Referring to FIGS. 3, 4, 8, and 9, the refrigerator door body 20 includes a door body 22, a door cover 23, and a duct assembly 24, and the door body 22 defines an ice making chamber 21, and an ice making chamber 21 There is also an ice storage box 60 in which the door cover 23 is pivotally connected to the door body 22, the air duct assembly 24 is located in the ice making chamber 21 and the ice making chamber 21 is partitioned above it for mounting the ice maker 30. The ice making chamber 21 and the ice storage chamber below it for installing the ice bank 60, the ice maker 30 is installed in the ice making chamber 21, the ice storage box 60 is installed in the ice storage chamber, and the air inlet 211 has The upper branch port 2111 and the lower branch port 2112 communicate with each other, the upper branch port 2111 communicates with the ice making chamber 21, the lower branch port 2112 communicates with the air duct assembly 24, and the air outlet port 212 communicates with the ice storage chamber, and the air duct assembly 24 has The upper open air guiding passage 241 and the lower air guiding opening 242 communicating with the air guiding passage 241 toward the ice storage chamber.

Specifically, the ice maker 30 is located at an upper portion of the ice making chamber 21, and is fixed to a screw column of the boss of the inner wall of the ice making chamber 21 by screws, and a water injection pipe is provided on the upper right side of the ice making chamber 21 for the ice making machine. 30 is filled with water to make ice, and the air guiding passage 241 is located below the ice making machine 30, assembled with the ice making machine 30, and fixed to the ice making machine 30 by a screw column, and the right end of the air guiding passage 241 and the ice making chamber 21 are advanced. The tuyere 211 is fitted so that the low-temperature airflow directly flows into the air guiding passage 241 to accelerate the ice making efficiency, the upper branch port 2111 guides the low-temperature airflow to blow from above the ice maker 30, and the lower branch port 2112 guides the low-temperature airflow from the ice making. The bottom of the machine 30 is blown, and the low-temperature airflow blown from the lower portion enters the ice storage chamber through the lower air guiding port 242 to cool the ice bank 60 to prevent the ice stored in the ice bank 60 from melting, and the ice making chamber 21 The inside has a rib, which functions to guide the low-temperature airflow on the one hand, and to support the ice maker 30 and the air guiding passage 241 on the other hand.

Thereby, not only the low-temperature airflow can be branched in the ice making chamber 21, but also the ice making effect of the ice making machine 30 can be improved, the ice in the ice bank 60 can be prevented from melting, and the ice making machine 30 and the air guiding passage 241 can be made. The connection is more stable to improve the operational stability of the ice maker 30.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 8, the air guiding passage 241 of the air duct assembly 24 is connected between the two side walls of the ice making chamber 21, and one end of the air guiding passage 241 is in communication with the lower branch opening 2112. Thereby, one end of the air guiding passage 241 communicates with the lower branch port 2112, so that part of the low temperature airflow can flow into the ice bank 60 via the lower branch port 2112 to prevent the ice in the ice bank 60 from melting and storing The temperature inside the ice box 60 is constant.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the door cover 23 has a hollow structure, and a side of the door cover 23 opposite to the ice making chamber 21 is provided with a plurality of bosses. Therefore, the door cover 23 of the hollow structure can have a better heat insulation effect without adding an insulating material inside, and the refrigerator door body 20 is made lighter and thinner, which can not only reduce the production cost of the refrigerator, but also facilitate the door body 20 of the refrigerator. Processing, and can make the refrigerator compartment have a larger volume to store more items.

In some embodiments, the plurality of bosses have a cavity inside. In order to make the boss also have better heat insulation effect, the cooling loss in the freezing chamber can be further reduced.

As shown in the specific embodiment shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the plurality of bosses are strip-shaped and include a left boss 231, a top boss 233, and a right boss 232 which are sequentially connected, and the left boss 231 is adjacent to the door cover. At the left edge of 23, the top boss 233 is adjacent to the upper edge of the door cover 23, and the right boss 232 is adjacent to the right edge of the door cover 23. Thus, the door cover 23 has a higher structural strength by the arrangement of the left boss 231, the right boss 232, and the top boss 233, and can pass through the left boss 231, the right boss 232, and the top boss 233. The door cover 23 is spaced apart from the ice storage box 60 to prevent the door cover 23 from being icing open, so that the operation of opening the door cover 23 is simpler and more convenient.

In some embodiments, the cavity of the left boss 231 gradually contracts from left to right, and the cavity of the right boss 232 gradually contracts from right to left. Thereby, the structure of the plurality of bosses is made more reasonable. When there is a large amount of ice in the ice bank 60, the interference between the boss and the ice block can be avoided, and the door body 20 of the refrigerator cannot be closed.

As shown in FIG. 7, the air supply duct 13 includes a first sub-wind supply section 131 and a second sub-wind supply section 132. The first sub-wind supply section 131 is located in the same side wall as the fan chamber 12 and the first sub-wind supply section 131 is from the front. Gradually downward, the front end of the first sub-winding section 131 is formed with an air supply opening 13a, the second sub-winding section 132 is located in the rear wall, and the second sub-winding section 132 is gradually inclined away from the side wall of the fan chamber 12. Extend downwards.

That is, the first sub-winding section 131 is located on the side wall of the refrigerator cabinet 10, and the second sub-winding section 132 is located on the rear wall of the refrigerator cabinet 10. Thereby, the air supply port 13a and the return air opening 14a at the upper end of the side wall of the refrigerator case 10 and the ice making at the lower end of the rear wall of the refrigerator case 10 are provided by providing the first sub air supply section 131 and the second sub air supply section 132. The evaporation chamber 11 is communicated so that the low-temperature airflow generated by the ice making evaporator 40 can flow directly from the supply air duct 13.

In some embodiments, the return air duct 14 gradually extends downward from the front to the rear, and the first sub air supply section 131 and the return air duct 14 are gradually separated from the front to the rear. Thereby, the supply air duct 13 is spaced apart from the return air duct 14 to reduce heat exchange between the air supply duct 13 and the return air duct 14, thereby reducing the low temperature airflow in the air supply duct 13. Loss of cold.

Referring to Fig. 7, air guiding grooves 18 are provided in both the air supply duct 13 and the return air duct 14. In this way, not only the air guiding groove 18 can be provided to guide the flow of the low-temperature airflow, but also the flow velocity of the airflow can be increased, the airflow can be prevented from accumulating in the air supply duct 13 or the return air duct 14, and the air supply duct 13 can be made. And the structural strength of the return air duct 14 is higher.

In some embodiments, the supply air duct 13 and the return air duct 14 are sequentially spliced by a plurality of air ducts. Specifically, the air supply duct 13 is composed of a first sub-winding section 131, a connecting section 133 (the inside of which defines a connecting chamber), and a second sub-winding section 132, and the connecting area has a sticky foam and tape. To improve the air tightness of the air duct.

Thereby, the supply air duct 13 and the return air duct 14 are divided into a plurality of air ducts to be separately processed, and the processing of the air supply duct 13 and the return air duct 14 is simplified, and the production cost of the duct is reduced.

Next, an ice making process of the ice maker 30 of the embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, an ice making evaporator 40 is mounted on the rear wall of the refrigerator cabinet 10. The ice making evaporator 40 is connected to the blower 50 through the air supply duct 13 and the return air duct 14, and the fan 50 is installed in the refrigerator box. On the side wall of the body 10, the lower temperature airflow in the ice making evaporator 40 flows into the ice making chamber 21 through the supply air duct 13, and the higher temperature airflow in the ice making chamber 21 passes through the return air duct 14 The flow back to the ice making chamber 21, the ice making chamber 21 is located on the refrigerator door body 20, communicates with the air supply duct 13 through the air inlet 211, the air outlet 212 communicates with the return air duct 14, and the ice making chamber 21 is installed therein. The ice machine 30 and the air guiding passage 241 located below the ice maker 30.

Thereby, the ice making evaporator 40 lowers the temperature of the air flow, and is driven by the blower 50, flows into the ice making chamber 21 through the supply air duct 13, and a part directly cools the ice making chamber 21 via the upper branch opening 2111. The other portion enters the air duct assembly 24 via the lower branch port 2112 and is diverted by the air guiding passage 241, and is supplied not only to the ice maker 30 for ice making but also to the ice bank 60 to keep the temperature of the ice bank 60 constant. . Thus, the airflow having a higher temperature in the ice making chamber 21 is drawn away from the ice making chamber 21 by the blower 50, flows to the ice making evaporator 40 via the return air duct 14 to be cooled, and flows to the ice making chamber 21 again after the temperature is lowered. The air flow of the ice maker 30 is completed (the flow direction of the air flow is as indicated by an arrow in FIG. 5).

In the description of the present disclosure, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", " After, "Left", "Right", "Vertical", "Horizontal", "Top", "Bottom", "Inside", "Outside", "Clockwise", "Counterclockwise", "Axial", The orientation or positional relationship of the "radial", "circumferential" and the like is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is merely for the convenience of describing the present disclosure and the simplified description, and does not indicate or imply the indicated device or component. It must be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and is not to be construed as limiting the disclosure.

Moreover, the terms "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. Thus, features defining "first" and "second" may include one or more of the features either explicitly or implicitly. In the description of the present disclosure, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more unless specifically and specifically defined.

In the present disclosure, the terms "installation", "connected", "connected", "fixed", and the like, are to be understood broadly, and may be either a fixed connection or a detachable connection, unless explicitly stated or defined otherwise. , or integrated; can be mechanical connection, or can be electrical connection; can be directly connected, or can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, can be the internal communication of two elements or the interaction of two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present disclosure can be understood by those skilled in the art on a case-by-case basis.

In the present disclosure, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be a direct contact of the first and second features, or the first and second features may be indirectly through an intermediate medium, unless otherwise explicitly stated and defined. contact. Moreover, the first feature "above", "above" and "above" the second feature may be that the first feature is directly above or above the second feature, or merely that the first feature level is higher than the second feature. The first feature "below", "below" and "below" the second feature may be that the first feature is directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or merely that the first feature level is less than the second feature.

In the description of the present specification, the description with reference to the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "example", "specific example", or "some examples" and the like means a specific feature described in connection with the embodiment or example. A structure, material, or feature is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. In the present specification, the schematic representation of the above terms is not necessarily directed to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in a suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. In addition, various embodiments or examples described in the specification, as well as features of various embodiments or examples, may be combined and combined.

While the embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown and described above, it is understood that the foregoing embodiments are illustrative and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the disclosure The embodiments are subject to variations, modifications, substitutions and variations.

Claims

A refrigerator integrated with an ice making machine, comprising:

a refrigerator case, the refrigerator case defining a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, the rear wall of the refrigerator compartment having an ice making evaporation chamber, and one of a left side wall and the right side wall of the refrigerator compartment has a fan chamber, the ice making evaporation chamber is located at a back of the refrigerating chamber, and the refrigerator cabinet is further provided with a wind tunnel and a return air duct, the return air duct, the fan chamber, and the system The ice evaporation chamber and the supply air passage are connected in sequence, the free end of the air supply duct is formed as a air supply port, and the free end of the return air duct is formed as a return air outlet;

a refrigerator door body, the refrigerator door body has an ice making chamber, the ice making chamber has an air inlet and an air outlet, and the air inlet is connected to the air supply port when the refrigerator door is closed, and the air outlet is The return air outlet is connected, and the refrigerator door body is pivotally connected to a side wall of the refrigerator cabinet where the fan chamber is located;

An ice maker, the ice maker being located in the ice making chamber;

An ice making evaporator, the ice making evaporator being located in the ice making evaporation chamber;

A fan, each of which is located in the fan chamber.
The integrated ice maker refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the air supply duct is located above the return air duct, the ice making evaporation chamber, and the fan chamber, and the fan chamber Located at the rear of the return air duct, an inlet of the air supply duct is connected to an upper end of the ice making evaporation chamber, and an outlet of the return air duct is connected to a front end of the fan chamber.
The integrated ice maker refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the ice making evaporation chamber and the fan chamber communicate with each other through a connection chamber, and a front end of the connection chamber The rear end of the fan chamber is in communication, and the rear end of the connection chamber communicates with a lower portion of the ice making evaporation chamber.
The refrigerator of the integrated ice maker according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the refrigerator cabinet comprises:

a case body, the case body includes a housing, a liner, and an insulation layer interposed between the outer casing and the inner casing, the air supply duct, the return air duct, and the connecting wind The track is embedded in the insulation layer;

a first cover, a rear wall of the case body has a first receiving groove extending through the inner casing and a portion of the heat insulating layer, the first cover covers and closes the first receiving groove and both Cooperating to define the ice making evaporation chamber;

a second cover plate, a portion of the insulating layer of the side wall of the box body protrudes inwardly and through the inner casing, and a portion of the heat insulating layer defines a second receiving groove, the second cover cover And closing the second receiving groove, the second receiving groove and the second cover jointly define the fan chamber.
The refrigerator of the integrated ice maker according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the refrigerator door body comprises:

a door body, the door body defines an ice making chamber, and the ice making chamber is further provided with an ice storage box;

a door cover, the door cover being pivotally coupled to the door body;

a duct assembly, the duct assembly being located in the ice making chamber and partitioning the ice making chamber into an ice making chamber for mounting an ice maker and a lower portion thereof for mounting an ice storage box An ice storage chamber, the ice maker is installed in the ice making chamber, and the ice storage box is installed in the ice storage chamber;

Wherein, the air inlet has an upper branch port and a lower branch port communicating with each other, the upper branch port is in communication with the ice making chamber, and the lower branch port is in communication with the air duct assembly, the air outlet and the air outlet The ice storage chamber is in communication, and the air duct assembly has an upper open air guiding passage and a lower air guiding port communicating with the air guiding passage toward the ice storage chamber.
The integrated ice maker refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein an air guiding passage of the air duct assembly is connected between the two side walls of the ice making chamber, and one end of the air guiding passage is The lower branch is connected.
The refrigerator of the integrated ice maker according to claim 5, wherein the door cover is a hollow structure, and a side of the door cover opposite to the ice making chamber is provided with a plurality of bosses.
A refrigerator for an integrated ice maker according to claim 7, wherein said plurality of bosses have a cavity inside.
The refrigerator of the integrated ice maker according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of bosses are strip-shaped and include a left boss, a top boss and a right boss which are sequentially connected, and the left boss Adjacent to the left edge of the door cover, the top boss is adjacent to an upper edge of the door cover, and the right boss is adjacent to a right edge of the door cover.
The refrigerator of the integrated ice maker according to claim 7, wherein the cavity of the left boss gradually contracts from left to right, and the cavity of the right boss gradually contracts from right to left.
The refrigerator of the integrated ice maker according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the air supply duct comprises:

a first sub-wind supply section, the first sub-wind supply section and the fan chamber are located in the same side wall, and the first sub-wind supply section is gradually inclined downward from the front to the rear, and the front end of the first sub-wind supply section is formed Air supply; and

a second sub-wind supply section, the second sub-wind supply section is located in the rear wall and the second sub-wind supply section gradually extends downward in a direction away from a side wall where the fan chamber is located.
The refrigerator of the integrated ice maker according to claim 11, wherein the return air duct gradually extends downward from the front to the rear, and the first sub air supply duct and the return air duct are gradually extended from the front to the rear. keep away.
The refrigerator of the integrated ice maker according to claim 1, wherein the air supply duct and the return air duct are provided with air guiding grooves.
The refrigerator of the integrated ice maker according to claim 1, wherein the air supply duct and the return air duct are sequentially spliced by a plurality of air ducts.