CN101231055A - Ice-making apparatus for refrigerator - Google Patents
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The invention relates to an ice-making device used for a refrigerator. A first ice-making case and a second ice-making case are arranged inside a refrigerating chamber door used for opening and closing an ice-making chamber of a main body of the refrigerator. A water tank is arranged between a door frame which is positioned inside the refrigerating chamber door and the first ice-making case. An ice-making plate used for making ice is arranged inside the arrangement space of the first ice-making case. When the ice-making plate is twisted under the condition of rotating at a certain angle, the ice that is made in an ice-making groove is separated off. A plate cover is arranged in the arrangement space of the first ice-making case. The plate cover can take one end of the plate cover as a center to rotate towards the rotating direction of the ice plate which can selectively cover the ice-making groove of the ice plate. An ice storage vessel is arranged in the arrangement space of the second ice-making case, which is used to store the ice made in the ice-making plate. The invention has the advantages of making the ice-making more hygienic.
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Technical scope
The present invention relates to refrigerator, say in more detail, relate to the ice-making apparatus for refrigerator that can manufacture ice (Ice-making device for refrigerator) of refrigerator.
Background technology
Refrigerator be to food carry out freezing or refrigeration so that the household electrical appliance that store for a long time.The refrigerator operated by rotary motion has refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber.In addition, the ice maker that is used to manufacture ice is arranged in the refrigerating chamber of refrigerator.Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 have shown the refrigerator that is provided with ice maker in the prior art.Fig. 3 shows the ice maker that refrigerator is provided with among Fig. 2.
As shown in the figure, the inside of refrigerator body 10 is provided with refrigerating chamber 11 and refrigerating chamber 13, and refrigerating chamber 11 and refrigerating chamber 13 split about the inside of refrigerator body 10.In addition, in order optionally to open and close refrigerating chamber 11 and refrigerating chamber 13, also be provided with refrigerating chamber door 11a and refrigerating-chamber door 13a.Refrigerating chamber door 11a and refrigerating-chamber door 13a are arranged on the side of body 10, and refrigerating chamber door 11a and refrigerating-chamber door 13a are the center with rear end separately, and its front end can be rotated at the fore-and-aft direction of body 10.
In addition, the side of refrigerating chamber door 11a and refrigerating-chamber door 13a is respectively arranged with drinks cabinet (HOME-BAR) 15,17, food such as drinks cabinet 15,17 is used to store the drinks, water.Drinks cabinet 15,17 is made of drinks cabinet shell 15a, 17a and drinks cabinet door 15b, 17b respectively. Drinks cabinet shell 15a, 17a are separately positioned on the inside of refrigerating chamber door 11a or refrigerating-chamber door 13a, and drinks cabinet shell 15a, 17a are formed with certain receiving space.
In addition, the effect of drinks cabinet door 15b, 17b is: be used for optionally closing the gateway that is formed on refrigerating chamber door 11a and the refrigerating-chamber door 13a.The gateway is to be cut and formed by the part of refrigerating chamber door 11a or refrigerating-chamber door 13a, and gateway and drinks cabinet door 15b, 17b are corresponding.The upper end of drinks cabinet door 15b, 17b can be that rotate at the center with its lower end.
As shown in Figure 2, a side of refrigerating chamber 11 is provided with ice maker 19.Ice maker 19 is used for making ice.In addition, as shown in Figure 3, ice maker 19 is arranged on the inside of refrigerating chamber 11, and can take out from the inside of refrigerating chamber 11.In addition, ice maker 19 is made of supporting bracket 21 and a pair of ice pan 23.
Supporting bracket 21 rotating support ice pans 23.Therefore, supporting bracket 21 forms rectangular shape.In addition, the ice pan 23 rotating inside that are arranged on supporting bracket 21.
In addition, as shown in the figure, the back of the supporting bracket 21 in back shaft 24 left sides is provided with the stop 25 of protrusion.The effect of stop 25 is: with back shaft 24 is the ice pan 23 that rotate at the center, and under the effect of stop 25, its front end produces distortion with respect to its rear end.
In addition, the front of the supporting bracket 21 on the right side of back shaft 24 is provided with the handle 26 of protrusion, and handle 26 is parts that the user grasps for ice pan 23 is rotated.Corresponding with ice pan 23, handle 26 also is provided with a pair of.
As shown in Figure 2, refrigerating chamber 11 inside of ice maker 19 belows are provided with ice holding vessel 27, and ice maker 19 produced ice are stored in ice holding vessel 27.In addition, ice holding vessel 27 can take out from the inside of refrigerating chamber 11.
The operation of the ice maker of the prior art of Gou Chenging is as follows as mentioned above.
At first, water is put in the ice build-up tank 23a of ice pan 23.Then, open refrigerating chamber door 11a, make refrigerating chamber 11 open.Afterwards, ice maker 19 is put into a side of refrigerating chamber 11.Ice maker 19 is closed refrigerating chamber door 11a after placing and finishing, and refrigerating chamber 11 is closed.
Through the regular hour, after the water freezing in the ice build-up tank 23a, open refrigerating chamber door 11a again, make refrigerating chamber 11 open.Then, handle is rotated along the clockwise direction among Fig. 2, ice pan 23 also rotates along identical direction.
After ice pan 23 rotating certain angle, the rear end of ice pan 23 can be blocked by limited device 25.Therefore, ice pan 23 can further not rotate by the clockwise direction in Fig. 2.Under this state, the clockwise direction swing handle 26 in Fig. 2, ice pan 23 can produce distortion.Thereby the ice of ice build-up tank 23a can be stored in ice holding vessel 27 then from separating from ice pan 23.
But there are the following problems for aforesaid ice maker of the prior art.
In the ice maker of the prior art, the water of ice build-up tank 23a is in the middle of the process of freezing, and the smell that is stored in other food of refrigerator 11 inside can be dissolved in the water.Therefore, the manufacture process of ice is unhygienic, and produced ice has the smell of other food.
Summary of the invention
The present invention proposes in order to solve above-mentioned the problems of the prior art, and its purpose is to provide a kind of ice-making apparatus for refrigerator, more the manufacturing of health ice.
For achieving the above object, the feature of ice-making apparatus for refrigerator of the present invention is, by being constituted as the lower part: water tank, be used for the water of portion's storage within it, and dismountable the inside that is arranged on refrigerator doors; Ice making housing, inside have certain space that is provided with, and dismountable door the inside that is arranged on the water tank below; Ice pan is arranged on the space that is provided with of ice making housing, and receives water and manufacturing ice that water tank stores; Disk cover is arranged on the space that is provided with of ice making housing, and optionally covers ice build-up tank; The ice holding vessel, dismountable the inside that is arranged on, and store the ice of making on the ice pan.
In addition, feature of the present invention is that also the ice making housing is respectively arranged with one or more than one cool-air feed mouth, and the cool-air feed mouth is used for to the internal feed cold air that the space is set.
In addition, feature of the present invention is that also the ice making housing also is provided with the perspective window, and the perspective window is used for from the process of the ice build-up tank manufacturing ice of visual observation ice pan.
In addition, feature of the present invention is that also water tank is arranged on installing space, and installing space is formed between the inside and ice making housing of door.The ice making housing also is provided with handle opening and admission port, can make hand insert handle opening in the time of the dismounting water tank, and the admission port is delivered to ice pan with the water of water tank.
In addition, feature of the present invention is that also ice pan is the rotating space that is provided with that is arranged on the ice making housing.
In addition, feature of the present invention is that also the both sides that ice pan is relative are provided with back shaft, and the effect of back shaft is: be supported on the ice making housing ice pan is rotating.The inboard of ice making housing also is provided with stop, and it is the rotary motion trace of the ice pan that rotates of center that stop is positioned at the back shaft.The arranged outside of ice making housing has dwang, when the user need rotate ice pan, can catch dwang, and ice pan is rotated.In the rotation process of ice pan, produce distortion when the limited device of a side of ice pan blocks, thereby ice is separated from ice build-up tank, then, separated ice is stored in the ice holding vessel.
In addition, feature of the present invention is that also dwang is arranged on a side of the ice making housing of the front end that rotates.
In addition, feature of the present invention is that also along with the rotation of ice pan, disk cover is the center with the one end, carries out in contrast to the rotation of ice pan rotation direction.
In addition, feature of the present invention is that also a side of disk cover is provided with the admission port, and the effect of admission port is that the water that will be stored in water tank is delivered to ice pan.
In addition, feature of the present invention also is, the admission port is arranged on beyond the scope that water that water tank the stores outlet by water tank supplies to.
In addition, feature of the present invention is that also disk cover is formed with the water guide surface, and the water guide surface is that the part by disk cover is directed downwards towards the admission port to tilt to form, and the water guide surface can be directed to the admission port with the water that water tank is supplied with.
In addition, feature of the present invention is that also disk cover is made by transparent or translucent material, so that with the naked eye be identified in the process of the ice build-up tank manufacturing ice of ice pan.
The effect of invention
The ice-making apparatus for refrigerator of the present invention of Gou Chenging as mentioned above, the ice pan that is used to make ice are arranged on the space that is provided with of the ice making housing that distinguishes with refrigerating chamber, and disk cover optionally covers the ice build-up tank of ice pan.Therefore, in the middle of the process of ice pan manufacturing ice, the smell that can prevent to be stored in other food of refrigerating chamber incorporates in the ice that ice pan makes, thereby has user's effect of health, convenient use ice more.
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Fig. 1 is the refrigerator outward appearance front elevation that is provided with ice maker of prior art.
Fig. 2 is the inside front elevation of the refrigerator among Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the plane that is arranged on ice maker in the refrigerator among Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is the refrigerator outward appearance front elevation that is provided with ice-making apparatus for refrigerator of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is the refrigerator inside front elevation that is provided with ice-making apparatus for refrigerator of the present invention.
Fig. 6 shows the side cross-sectional view of Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 shows the decomposing schematic representation of water tank among Fig. 5.
Fig. 8 shows the valve enlarged drawing of water tank among Fig. 5.
Fig. 9 shows the schematic appearance of the first ice making housing among Fig. 5.
Figure 10 shows the internal cross section figure of the first ice making housing among Fig. 5.
Figure 11 shows the schematic appearance of the second ice making housing among Fig. 5.
Figure 12 shows the internal cross section figure of the second ice making housing among Fig. 5.
Figure 13 a and Figure 13 b show the side cross-sectional view of water tank storage area process among Fig. 5 that water is stored into.
Figure 14 a and Figure 14 b show the side cross-sectional view of water tank installation process among Fig. 5.
Figure 15 a to Figure 15 c shows the side cross-sectional view of Fig. 5 medium floe operating process.
Figure 16 a to Figure 16 d shows the side cross-sectional view of ice holding vessel taking-up process among Fig. 5.
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30: refrigerator body 31: refrigerating chamber
31a: refrigerating chamber door 32: door frame
33: refrigerating chamber 33a: refrigerating chamber door
34: door frame 35,37: drinks cabinet
35a, 37a: drinks cabinet shell 35b, 37b: drinks cabinet door
35c: gateway 35s: storage area
41: the first ice making housing 41a: fixing hole
41s: space 41h is set: the admission port
42: drive projection 43: guide rib
44: perspective window 45: handle opening
46: 51: the second ice making housings of stop
52: cool-air feed mouth 53: ice is transferred opening
54: transfer guide surface 55: guide hump
56: bolt hook 61: water tank
62: tank body 62r: insert rib
62a: support end 62b: handle portion
62c: bullport 63: tank lid
63h: feed water inlet 63a: encapsulation groove
63b: installation end 63c: handle slot
64: water supply flap 64a: be close to projection
64b: encapsulation projection 65: valve
66: valve support 66h: admission port
66a: mounting groove 66b: insertion groove
66c: stay hook 67: valve body
67a: insertion groove 67f: flange portion
67h: admission port 68: encapsulation circle
69: elastic component 71: ice pan
72: ice build-up tank 73: back shaft
74: dwang 75: the dish bar
75a: turning cylinder 75h: admission port
76: water guide surface 81: the ice holding vessel
81s: ice storage area 81a: support rim
81b: hook projection 83: guide box
83a: ice is transferred opening 84: the guiding slot
85: guide hump 86: supporting rib
87: base plate 87a: the handle rib
87b: pocket for the punch head 88: guiding slot
89: push bolt S: installing space
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Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 have shown the refrigerator that is provided with ice-making apparatus for refrigerator of the present invention.Fig. 6 has shown the lateral section of Fig. 5 embodiment.Fig. 7 has shown the water tank among Fig. 5.Fig. 8 shows the valve enlarged drawing of water tank among Fig. 5.Fig. 9 shows the schematic appearance of the first ice making housing among Fig. 5.Figure 10 shows the internal cross section figure of the first ice making housing among Fig. 5.Figure 11 shows the schematic appearance of the second ice making housing among Fig. 5.Figure 12 shows the internal cross section figure of the second ice making housing among Fig. 5.
As shown in the figure, the inside of refrigerator body 30 is provided with refrigerating chamber 31 and refrigerating chamber 33.Refrigerating chamber 31 and refrigerating chamber 33 are about the inside of body 30 splits.In addition, body 30 also is provided with refrigerating chamber door 31a and refrigerating-chamber door 33a, and refrigerating chamber door 31a and refrigerating-chamber door 33a can be the center with an end separately, and its other end rotates at fore-and-aft direction.The effect of refrigerating chamber door 31a and refrigerating-chamber door 33a is optionally to open and close refrigerating chamber 31 and refrigerating chamber 33 separately.
In addition, the inside two sides end of refrigerating chamber door 31a and refrigerating-chamber door 33a is provided with supporting side walls.Supporting side walls is rearward protruded certain altitude by the part of the door internal layer of the inside outward appearance that forms refrigerating chamber door 31a and refrigerating-chamber door 33a and is formed.
As shown in Figure 5, the inside of refrigerating chamber door 31a between the supporting side walls and refrigerating-chamber door 33a is provided with a plurality of door frames 32,34.The inside of door frame 32,34 is formed for accommodating the receiving space of food.Door frame 32,34 dismountable the insides that are arranged on refrigerating chamber door 31a and refrigerating-chamber door 33a.
In addition, be respectively arranged with drinks cabinet (HOME-BAR) 35,37 on refrigerating chamber door 31a and the refrigerating-chamber door 33a.The effect of drinks cabinet 35,37 is: under the situation of not opening refrigerating chamber door 31a and refrigerating-chamber door 33a, also can take out beverage, water etc.Shown in Fig. 4,5, drinks cabinet 35,37 is made of drinks cabinet shell 35a, 37a and drinks cabinet door 35b, 37b respectively.
As shown in Figure 6, the part of refrigerating chamber door 31a is cut and is formed inlet 35c.The gateway 35c that is formed on refrigerating chamber door 31a is connected with the storage area 35s of drinks cabinet shell 35a and the space 51s that is provided with of the following second ice making housing 51 that will illustrate.
In addition, the inside of drinks cabinet door 35b top refrigerating chamber door 31a is provided with ice making housing 41,51.The ice making housing is to be made of the first ice making housing 41 and the second ice making housing 51.The first ice making housing 41 and the second ice making housing 51 are formed with separately space 41s, 51s are set.
The first ice making housing 41 is dismountable to be arranged on the inside of the refrigerating chamber door 31a between the supporting side walls of refrigerating chamber door 31a.For this reason, the outside, the two sides of the first ice making housing 41 is formed with holddown groove 41a.The inboard of the supporting side walls of Dui Ying refrigerating chamber door 31a is provided with fixed lobe (not shown) therewith.
The first ice making housing 41 is arranged in any one below of the door frame 32 of the inside that is arranged on refrigerating chamber door 31a.When the first ice making housing 41 is arranged on the below of door frame 32, with door frame 32 certain height of being separated by.Therefore, form certain installing space S between the bottom surface of door frame 32 and the first ice making space 41 top.The water tank 61 that will illustrate below installing space S is used to install, and, water tank 61 dismountable being arranged among the installing space S.
The first ice making housing 41 is the polyhedron-shaped of lower openings.Be formed with admission port 41h above the first ice making housing 41.Admission port 41h makes the water that is stored in water tank 61 supply to the inside that space 41s is set.
In addition, on the first ice making housing 41 in, be provided with the peripheral position adjacent of admission port 41h and drive projection 42.Driving projection 42 is to protrude formation with certain height on the first ice making housing 41, the valve 65 that will illustrate below being used to drive.
Be provided with guide rib 43 above the first ice making housing 41.Guide rib 43 is adjacent with driving projection 42, certain height protruding upward on the first ice making housing 41, and, form along the direction prolongation of dismantling water tank 61.Water tank 61 is installed to installing space S inner or with water tank 61 when installing space S takes out, guide rib 43 plays the effect that guides water tank 61.
In addition, the back of the first ice making housing 41 is provided with perspective window 44.Perspective window 44 is made by transparent or trnaslucent materials.Perspective window 44 is used to observe the ice-making process of the ice pan 71 that will illustrate below.
The corner, upper end of the first ice making housing 41 is formed with handle opening 45.Handle opening 45 is a part of upper sheds of the upper end of a part and adjacent therewith perspective window 44 on the first ice making housing 41 of installing space S rear end and forming.The effect of handle opening 45 is: when the user need dismantle water tank 61, hand can insert in the handle opening 45; Simultaneously, can make cool-air feed being provided with in the 41s of space of refrigerating chamber 31 inside to the first ice making housing 41.
In addition, the inboard, two sides of the first ice making housing 41 is provided with stop 46.Stop 46 is that side direction is provided with space 41s protrusion certain height in the two sides of the first ice making housing 41.The rotary motion trace of the ice pan 71 that will illustrate below stop 46 is positioned at, stop 46 play the effect of supporting ice pan 71, simultaneously, also play making the ice pan 71 that has turned an angle produce the effect of distortion.
The second ice making housing 51 is dismountable to be arranged on the inboard of refrigerating chamber door 31a of the below of the first ice making housing 41.For this reason, identical with first ice maker 41, the outside, two sides of the second ice making housing 51 is formed with holddown groove 51a.The inboard of the supporting side walls of Dui Ying refrigerating chamber door 31a is provided with fixed lobe (not shown) therewith.
The second ice making housing 51 is the polyhedron-shaped of lower openings.The back of the second ice making housing 51 is provided with a plurality of cool-air feed mouths 52.The effect of cool-air feed mouth 52 is: with what the cold air of refrigerating chamber 31 inside was delivered to the second ice making housing 51 space 51s is set.
In addition, the second ice making housing 51 above be formed with ice and transfer opening 53.Ice is transferred the passage that opening 53 is the ice holding vessels 81 that will illustrate below the ice that ice pan 71 produces is transplanted on.
In addition, the second ice making housing 51 above be formed with and transfer guide surface 54.Transferring guide surface 54, to transfer opening 53 by the second ice making housing 51 top towards ice downward-sloping and form.The effect of transferring guide surface 54 is that the ice that will produce at ice pan 71 is directed to ice handover opening 53.
The inboard, two sides of the second ice making housing 51 is provided with guide hump 55.Guide hump 55 is the inboard certain height of protruding in the two sides of the second ice making housing 51, and the front and back prolongation that space 51s is set along the second ice making housing 51 forms.The slip of the guide box 83 that will illustrate below guide hump 55 guiding.
One side of the second ice making housing 51 is provided with bolt hook 56.Door fastens that hook 56 will illustrate below being inserted in pushes bolt 89, prevents from that ice pan 71 is housed under the situation that space 51s is set of the second ice making housing 51 to move arbitrarily.
In addition, the water of supplying with ice pan 71 is stored in the water tank 61, and water tank 61 is arranged among the installing space S.As shown in Figure 7, water tank 61 is to be made of tank body 61, tank lid 63, water supply flap 64 and valve 65.
In addition, bottom surface one side with the corresponding tank body 62 of admission port 41h of the first ice making housing 41 is provided with outlet 62h.The water that is stored in water storage space 62s supplies to ice pan 71 by outlet 62h.The bottom surface of the tank body 62 of the outside of outlet 62h is provided with inserts rib 62r, inserts rib 62r and protrudes certain height downwards.
In addition, the edge surface inboard of tank body 62 is provided with support end 62a.Support end 62a protrudes certain altitude in the upper end of edge surface inboard.The top support of the supported end 62a in edge of tank lid 63 bottom surfaces.
As shown in Figure 6, bottom surface one side of tank body 62 is provided with handle portion 62b, handle portion 62b be tank body 62 the bottom surface a part upwards depression form.The effect of handle portion 62b is: water tank 61 is installed in the installing space S or with water tank 61 when installing space S takes out, the user can hold handle portion 62b.
In addition, the bottom surface of tank body 62 is formed with guiding groove 62c.Water tank 61 is installed in the installing space S or with water tank 61 from the process that installing space S takes out, guiding groove 62c plays the effect of guiding water tank 61.Guiding groove 62c upwards caves in certain depth by the bottom surface part of the tank body 62 that comprises outlet 62h and forms.Water tank 61 is installed in the installing space S or with water tank 61 from the process that installing space S takes out, the side of the guide rib 43 of the first ice making housing 41 contacts with the both side ends of the guiding groove 62c of tank body 62 respectively.
In addition, a side of tank lid 63 is provided with feed water inlet 63h.The water that external water source (not shown) is supplied with is stored among the water storage space 62s by feed water inlet 63h.
Simultaneously, the feed water inlet 63h of the outlet 62h of tank body 62 and tank lid 63 on transverse direction at intervals.That is, the outlet 62h of tank body 62 is formed on the position of feed water inlet 63h outside the water supply coverage of water storage space 62s by tank lid 63.Its reason is: prevent that water that feed water inlet 63h by tank lid 63 the is stored into water storage space 62s outlet 62h by tank body 62 from directly discharging.
In addition, tank lid 63 is formed with installation end 63b.Installation end 63b is a part that comprises the tank lid 63 of the feed water inlet 63h of tank lid 63 and encapsulation groove 63a, and stepped and form.In addition, water supply flap 64 is installed on the installation end 63b under the state of the feed water inlet 63h that covers tank lid 63.Because water supply flap 64 is installed on the installation end 63b as described above, therefore, cover at water supply flap 64 under the state of feed water inlet 63h, can not protrude to the top of tank lid 63.
The effect of water supply flap 64 is: the feed water inlet 63h that optionally opens and closes tank lid 63.For this reason, the front end of water supply flap 64 can be that rotate up and down at the center with its rear end.Water supply flap 64 is under the state of the feed water inlet 63h that covers tank lid 63, is installed in the installation end 63b.
The bottom surface of water supply flap 64 is respectively arranged with is close to protruding 64a and the protruding 64b of encapsulation.Be close to protruding 64a and the protruding 64b of encapsulation and protruding certain altitude downwards with the outside of tank lid 63 feed water inlet 63h and the bottom surface of the corresponding water supply flap 64 of encapsulation groove 63a respectively.Cover at water supply flap 64 under the state of feed water inlet 63h of tank lid 63, the edge surface outside of being close to protruding 64a be close to feed water inlet 63h around.In addition, water supply flap 64 covers under the state of feed water inlet 63h of tank lid 63, encapsulates protruding 64b and inserts in the encapsulation groove 63a.
As shown in Figures 7 and 8, valve 65 optionally opens and closes the outlet 62h of tank body 62.The effect of valve 65 is: only be installed under the state of installing space S at water tank 61, just make the water that is stored in water storage space 62s supply to ice pan 71.For this reason, valve 65 is to be made of valve support 66, valve body 67, encapsulation circle 68 and elastic component 69.
In addition, in the upper side of valve support 66, a side adjacent with the admission port 66h of valve support 66 is formed with mounting groove 66a.The outer peripheral portion of encapsulation circle 68 can be packed in the mounting groove 66a.
Be formed with insertion groove 66b above the valve support 66, the insertion rib 62r of tank body 62 is inserted into insertion groove 66b.In addition, the valve support 66 of insertion groove 66b inboard above be provided with stay hook 66c.62r is inserted under the state of insertion groove 66b at the insertion rib, and stay hook 66c hangs over the bottom surface of tank body 62, thereby makes valve support 66 be fixed on the bottom surface of tank body 62.
When valve body 67 connects the admission port 66h of valve support 66, can move along above-below direction.Valve body 67 is the admission port 66h of open and close valve support 66 optionally.That is, water tank 61 is installed to after the installing space S, and valve body 67 moves up under the effect that drives projection 42, thus the admission port 66h of relief valve support 66.
The upper end of valve body 67 is formed with insertion groove 67a, and the interior circumferential portion of encapsulation circle 68 is inserted into insertion groove 67a.In addition, the lower end of valve body 67 is provided with flange portion 67f.One end of elastic component 69 be supported on flange portion 67f above.In addition, flange portion 67f is provided with admission port 67h, and the admission port 67h of flange portion 67f is formed on the corresponding position of admission port 66h with valve support 66.
The effect of encapsulation circle 68 is: cover the slit between valve support 66 and the valve body 67, thereby can prevent that the water that is stored in water storage space 62s is discharged to the outside by the slit between valve support 66 and the valve body 67.Insert under the state of insertion groove 66b in the interior circumferential portion of encapsulation circle 68, encapsulation circle 68 can carry out moving of above-below direction along valve body 67.
In addition, be provided with packing component 68b between the insertion groove 66b of the insertion rib 62r of tank body 62 and valve support 66.The effect of packing component 68b is: be inserted under the state of insertion groove 66b inserting rib 62r, the water that can prevent to be stored in water storage space 62s is discharged to the outside by slit between the two.
The two ends of elastic component 69 are supported by the top of flange portion 67f of the bottom surface of valve support 66 and valve body 67 respectively.The effect of elastic component 69 is: the admission port 66h that prevents valve support 66 is open arbitrarily under the effect of valve body 67.For this reason, elastic component 69 applies elastic force along the direction that valve body 67 covers the admission port 66h of valve support 66 to valve body 67.
In addition, as Fig. 6 and shown in Figure 9, the space 41s that is provided with of the first ice making housing 41 is provided with ice pan 71, and ice pan 71 is a rectangular shape.Ice pan 71 is provided with a plurality of ice build-up tanks 72 that are used to make ice.Ice pan 71 is rotating to be arranged on being provided with in the 41s of space of the first ice making housing 41.
For this reason, the end limit of ice pan 71 is respectively arranged with back shaft 73, the rotating medial surface that is supported on the first ice making housing 41 of the front end of back shaft 73.In addition, as shown in Figure 5, in the lateral surface of the first ice making housing 41, the front end face that refrigerating chamber door 31a rotates is provided with dwang 74.In the back shaft 73 of dwang 74 and ice pan 71 any one links together.In addition, when the user held dwang 71 and rotates, the ice pan 71 that is connected with dwang 74 also rotated thereupon.
As shown in Figure 6, the limited device 46 of a side of ice pan 71 supports.At this time, ice pan 71 is in level.Therefore, ice pan can only carry out the rotation of (when seeing from Fig. 6) direction clockwise.
In addition, though not shown, back shaft 73 is provided with elastic component.Elastic component is along the direction opposite with the rotation of ice pan 71, and promptly the counter clockwise direction among Fig. 6 applies elastic force to ice pan 71.Therefore, when the external force that dwang 74 is rotated was cancelled, under the effect of elastic force, ice pan 71 reset to initial position.At this time, with aforesaid identical, ice pan 71 is kept level under the effect of stop 46, and therefore, ice pan 71 can not rotate along counter clockwise direction (when seeing from Fig. 6).
In addition, be that carry out in the rotating process at the center at ice pan 71 with back shaft 73, the limited device 46 of a side of ice pan 71 blocks.Therefore, be that carry out in the rotating process at the center at ice pan 71 with back shaft 73, ice pan 71 produces distortion, thereby the ice and the ice build-up tank 72 that produce at ice build-up tank 72 are separated.
As Fig. 6 and shown in Figure 9, the space 41s that is provided with of the first ice making housing 41 is provided with disk cover 75.Disk cover 75 is used for optionally covering the ice build-up tank 72 of ice pan 71.Ice pan 75 be with the corresponding tabular formation of the cross section of ice pan 71.In addition, can discern the process of making ice in the ice build-up tank 72 in order to make the user, disk cover 75 is to be made by transparent or translucent material.
In addition, a side of disk cover 75 is formed with admission port 75h.The admission port 75h of disk cover 75 is passages that the water that is stored in the water storage space 62s of water tank 61 supplies to ice pan 71.In addition, the outlet 62h of the admission port 75h of disk cover 75 and water tank 61 on transverse direction at intervals.That is, the admission port 75h of disk cover 75 is formed on outside the outlet 62h draining scope of water tank 61.Like this, the bottom surface that can prevent water that water tank 61 supplies with and the ice build-up tank 72 of ice pan 71 produces directly collision and generation is splashed to ice build-up tank 72 outsides.
In addition, disk cover 75 is provided with water guide surface 76.The water that water guide surface 76 is supplied with water tank 61 is directed to the admission port 75h of disk cover 75.Water guide surface 76 is downward-sloping and form towards admission port 75h by the part of disk cover 75.
In addition, as Fig. 6 and shown in Figure 11, the space 51s that is provided with of the second ice making housing 51 is provided with ice holding vessel 81.Ice holding vessel 81 can take out or be installed to being provided with in the 51s of space of the second ice making housing 51 from the space 51s that is provided with of the second ice making housing 51 by gateway 35c.In addition, ice holding vessel 81 is hexahedral shape of upper opening, and inside is formed with the ice storage area 81s that is used to store the ice that ice pan 71 produces.In addition, in order to be stored in the ice of ice storage area 81s from outside identification, the front of ice holding vessel 81 is made by transparent or translucent material.
The edge of the front of ice holding vessel 81 is provided with support rim 81a, and support rim 81a prolongs in the edge of the front of ice holding vessel 81 certain-length laterally.The front edge of the guide box 83 that will illustrate below support rim 81a is close to respectively.
Bottom surface one side of ice holding vessel 81 is provided with the protruding 81b of hook, link up with protruding 81b and protrude certain length downwards in the bottom surface of ice holding vessel 81, and the left and right directions prolongation forms.The protrusion length of linking up with protruding 81b is: the bottom surface with ice holding vessel 81 is a benchmark, and is identical with the height of the support rim 81a that is positioned at the lower front face edge of icing holding vessel 81 among the support rim 81a.Link up with among the pocket for the punch head 87b that protruding 81b is inserted in guide box 83.
The effect of guide box 83 is: will ice holding vessel 81 be inserted into the second ice making housing 51 that space 51s is set is inner or from space 51s is set takes out of the second ice making housing 51 time, guiding ice holding vessel 81.Guide box 83 has the hexahedral shape corresponding to the front-back opening of ice holding vessel 81.In addition, be provided with ice above the guide box 83 and transfer opening 83a, ice is transferred opening 83a and is connected with the ice handover opening 53 of the second ice making housing 51.
In addition, ice holding vessel 81 is installed on the base plate 87 of guide box 83.The base plate 87 of guide box 83 can carry out the slip of fore-and-aft direction with respect to the two sides of guide box 83.For this reason, guide hump 85 forms along the fore-and-aft direction prolongation in the lower end of the inboard, two sides of guide box 83.In addition, the both side ends of the base plate 87 of guide box 83 is provided with the guiding slot 88 that is used to insert guide hump 85.
At this time, the two sides front end of the front end of guide hump 85 and guide box 83 at intervals, and the front end of guide hump 85 is at the rear of the two sides of guide box 83 front end.Therefore, be arranged in the middle of the process that the guiding slot 88 of the base plate 87 of guide box 83 moves along guide hump 85, the base plate 87 of guide box 83 can not be separated from fully from guide box 83.
In addition, the upper and lower end parts of the back of guide box 83 is provided with supporting rib 86.Supporting rib 86 the upper and lower end parts of the back of guide box 83 upward or below extend certain length.The inboard of supporting rib 86 is close to the upper and lower end parts of the back of the ice holding vessel 81 that is arranged on guide box 83 base plates 87 respectively.
The base plate 87 of guide box 83 is provided with handle rib 87a.Handle rib 87a protrudes certain length downwards at the bottom surface front end of the base plate 87 of guide box 83.Handle rib 87a is the part that the user grasps for the base plate 87 that makes guide box 83 slides with respect to the two sides of guide box 83.
One side of the base plate 87 of guide box 83 is formed with pocket for the punch head 87b.Pocket for the punch head 87b is that the part of the base plate 87 of guide box 83 forms with respect to linking up with to cut about protruding 81b.Link up with protruding 81b and be inserted into pocket for the punch head 87b, thereby make ice holding vessel 81 along with the slip of the base plate 87 of guide box 83 is moved.
Back one side of guide box 83 is provided with pushes bolt 89.Ice holding vessel 81 is housed under the state that space 51s is set of the second ice making housing 51, pushes bolt 89 and is inserted in the bolt hook 56.In addition, by icing the operation that push 51s inside, space that is provided with of holding vessel 81 or guide box 83 to the second ice making housing 51, bolt hook 56 is separated from pushing bolt 89, thereby the be provided with space 51s of ice holding vessel 81 from the second ice making housing 51 can be taken out.
Below, will be in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, describe the ice-making process of ice-making apparatus for refrigerator of the present invention in detail.
Figure 13 a and Figure 13 b have shown the process that water is stored into the water tank storage area that constitutes ice-making apparatus for refrigerator of the present invention.Figure 14 a and Figure 14 b have shown the installation process of the water tank that constitutes ice-making apparatus for refrigerator of the present invention.Figure 15 a to Figure 15 c has shown the operating process of the ice pan that constitutes ice-making apparatus for refrigerator of the present invention.Figure 16 a to Figure 16 d has shown the taking-up process of the ice holding vessel of ice-making apparatus for refrigerator of the present invention.
At first, shown in Figure 13 a, make water supply flap 64 carry out the rotation of certain angle with respect to tank lid 63, thus open feed water inlet 63h.Then, by feed water inlet 63h water is stored into the water storage space 62s of water tank 61.At this time, the feed water inlet 62h of the feed water inlet 63h of tank lid 63 and tank body 62 at intervals in the horizontal.Therefore,, water is stored in the process of water storage space 62s, can prevents that sealing directly passes through the outlet 62h discharge of tank body 62 by the feed water inlet 63h of tank lid 63.
Water is stored into after the water storage space 62s, shown in Figure 13 b, is the center for an end of water cap 64, rotates water supply flap 64, thereby covers feed water inlet 63h.In addition, with aforesaid identical, under the state of feed water inlet 63h crested, water tank 61 is installed to installing space S.
More detailed says, at first, shown in Figure 14 a, water tank 61 is slided into the inside of installing space S, thus make tank body 62 bottom surfaces touch the first ice making housing 41 above.In addition, tank lid 63 above touch the bottom surface of door frame 34.
Shown in Figure 14 b, water tank 61 is continued to slide in installing space S, the state of both side ends that touches the guiding groove 62c of tank body 62 with the guide rib 43 of the first ice making housing 41 separately slides.That is the installation of guide rib 43 and guiding groove 62c guiding water tank 61.
After water tank 61 was installed in the installing space S fully, the position of the outlet 62h of water tank 61 was corresponding with the admission port 41h of the first ice making housing 41.Then, under the effect of the driving projection 42 of the first ice making housing 41, valve body 67 is moved upward, that is, move to the inside of water tank 61.Thereby make the outlet 62h of water tank, the admission port 66h of the valve support 66 of substantially saying so is opened.Therefore, the water that is stored in the water storage space 62s of water tank 61 can supply water by the admission port 66h of valve support 66 and the admission port 67h of valve body 67.
The water that admission port 66h by valve support 66 is supplied to, by the admission port 41h of the first ice making housing 41, drop to disk cover 75 above.In addition, drop water on disk cover 75 is directed into the admission port 75h of disk cover 75 under the guiding function of water guide surface 76.
Shown in Figure 15 a, the water that is directed into the admission port 75h of disk cover 75 is passed to the ice build-up tank 72 of ice pan 71.With aforesaid identical, be stored in the water of the water storage space 62s of water tank 61, drop to after disk cover 75 top, be fed into the ice build-up tank 72 of ice pan 71.Thereby can prevent to be stored in water tank 61 water storage space 62s water directly with ice build-up tank 72 collisions of ice pan 71, and the phenomenon that generation is splashed to the outside.
In addition, the water that is contained in the ice build-up tank 72 of ice pan 71 is build-up ice under the effect of the cold air of refrigerating chamber 31.What at this time, the handle opening 45 of the cold air of refrigerating chamber 31 by the first ice making housing 41 supplied to the first ice making housing 41 is provided with space 41s.
After the water that is contained in the ice build-up tank 72 of ice pan 71 is build-up ice, rotate dwang 74.At this time, shown in Figure 15 b, the ice pan 71 that is connected dwang 74 is that rotate at the center with back shaft 73.
Shown in Figure 15 c, after ice pan 71 turned an angle, the limited device 46 of a side of ice pan 71 blocked.At this time, ice pan 71 produces distortion, thereby ice is separated from ice build-up tank 72.
Ice from ice build-up tank 72 is separated shown in Figure 16 a, is stored into the ice holding vessel 81 that is installed in guide box 83.Be stored in the ice of ice holding vessel 81, under the guiding function of the handover guide surface 54 of the second ice making housing 51, transfer the ice of opening 53 and guide box 53 by the ice of the second ice making housing 51 and transfer opening 53a, transferred.
Simultaneously,, at first open the drinks cabinet door 35b of drinks cabinet (HOME-BAR) 35, thereby make gateway 35c open in order to use the ice that is stored in ice holding vessel 81.What in addition, ice holding vessel 81 or guide box 83 are advanced to the second ice making housing 51 is provided with space 51s.Like this, be inserted in the bolt hook 56 of the second ice making housing 51 of pushing bolt 89 of guide box 83 originally, separate from the bolt 89 of pushing of guide box 83.
At this time, under the state that ice holding vessel 81 is mounted, guide box 83 can be slided to the place ahead that space 51s is set of the second ice making housing 51.In addition, shown in Figure 16 b, after sliding in the place ahead that space 51s is set of the second ice making housing 51, ice holding vessel 81 and guide box 83 also begin to draw to the outside that space 51s is set of the second ice making housing 51 with guide box 83.
Then, shown in Figure 16 c, ice holding vessel 81 is pulled out to the place ahead that space 51s is set of the second ice making housing 51 with respect to guide box 83.At this time, the base plate 87 of ice holding vessel 81 and guide box 83 by the gateway 35c of drinks cabinet 35, is pulled out to the outside that space 51s is set of the second ice making housing 51 fully.
At this time, shown in Figure 16 d, be installed under the state of base plate 87 of guide box 83, take out ice holding vessel 81 at ice holding vessel 81.That is, carry away ice holding vessel 81 upward, take out to the outside from the gateway 35c of drinks cabinet 35, thereby the taking-up of finishing ice holding vessel 81 is operated thereby will ice holding vessel 81.
In the category that does not exceed aforesaid basic fundamental thought of the present invention, the operator of relevant industries can carry out various deformation and application to it, and the distortion of carrying out and use and all to be under the jurisdiction of claim scope of the present invention.
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1. ice-making apparatus for refrigerator is characterized in that component part comprises:
Water tank is used for the water of portion's storage within it, and dismountable the inside that is arranged on refrigerator doors;
Ice making housing, inside are provided with certain space that is provided with, and dismountable the inside that is arranged on water tank below door;
Ice pan is arranged on the ice making housing space is set, and reception is stored in the water of water tank to make ice;
Disk cover is arranged on the ice making housing space is set, and optionally covers the ice build-up tank of ice pan;
The ice holding vessel, dismountable the inside that is arranged on door, and store the ice that manufactures on the ice pan.
2. ice-making apparatus for refrigerator according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the ice making housing is respectively arranged with one or more than one cool-air feed mouth, and the cool-air feed mouth is used for to the internal feed cold air that the space is set.
3. according to claim 1 or the described ice-making apparatus for refrigerator of claim 2, it is characterized in that: the ice making housing also is provided with the perspective window, and the perspective window is used for making the process of ice in visual observation ice pan ice build-up tank.
4. ice-making apparatus for refrigerator according to claim 3, it is characterized in that: water tank is arranged on installing space, and installing space is formed between the inside and ice making housing of door; The ice making housing also is provided with handle opening and admission port, can make hand insert handle opening in the time of the dismounting water tank, and the admission port is delivered to ice pan with the water of water tank.
5. ice-making apparatus for refrigerator according to claim 1 is characterized in that: rotating being arranged on of ice pan is provided with the space.
6. ice-making apparatus for refrigerator according to claim 5 is characterized in that: the relative both sides of ice pan are provided with back shaft, and back shaft is supported on the ice making housing ice pan is rotating;
The inboard of ice making housing also is provided with stop, and it is the rotary motion trace of the ice pan that rotates of center that stop is positioned at the back shaft;
The arranged outside of ice making housing has dwang, when needs rotate ice pan, can catch dwang that ice pan is rotated;
In the rotation process of ice pan, produce distortion when the limited device of a side of ice pan blocks, thereby ice is separated from ice build-up tank, the separated ice of opening is stored in the ice holding vessel.
7. ice-making apparatus for refrigerator according to claim 6 is characterized in that: dwang is arranged on a side of the ice making housing of the front end that rotates.
8. ice-making apparatus for refrigerator according to claim 7 is characterized in that: along with the rotation of ice pan, disk cover is the center with the one end, carries out in contrast to the rotation of the rotation direction of ice pan.
9. ice-making apparatus for refrigerator according to claim 8 is characterized in that: a side of disk cover is provided with the admission port, and the water that the admission port will be stored in water tank is delivered to ice pan.
10. ice-making apparatus for refrigerator according to claim 9 is characterized in that: the admission port of disk cover is formed on outside the draining scope of water tank outlet.
11. ice-making apparatus for refrigerator according to claim 10 is characterized in that: disk cover is formed with the water guide surface, the water guide surface be a part by disk cover towards the admission port downward-sloping forming, the water guide surface can be directed to the admission port with the water that water tank is supplied with.
12. ice-making apparatus for refrigerator according to claim 11 is characterized in that: disk cover is made by transparent or translucent material, so that observe ice manufacture process in the ice pan ice build-up tank.
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