CN101749907A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

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CN101749907A
CN101749907A CN200810243208A CN200810243208A CN101749907A CN 101749907 A CN101749907 A CN 101749907A CN 200810243208 A CN200810243208 A CN 200810243208A CN 200810243208 A CN200810243208 A CN 200810243208A CN 101749907 A CN101749907 A CN 101749907A
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鲁松涛
李国仕
章礼生
马修·里歇
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The invention relates to a refrigerator. The refrigerator (1) comprises a box body (2) and an icing and ice storage mould (3); the icing and ice storage module (3) comprises an icing device (4), an ice container (5) and an ice discharging device (6) used for discharging ice out from the ice container (5); the icing device (4) comprises at least one first electrical element (40 and 45); the ice discharge device (4) comprises at least one second electrical element (26); the icing and ice storage module (3) comprises a first electrical connector (10) used for matching and connecting the icing and ice storage module (3) and the electrical elements of the refrigerator, wherein the first electrical connector (10) comprises an insulating body (11) and a plurality of conductive terminals (12a-121), at least part of which are accommodated in the insulating body (11). According to the suggestion of the invention, the first electrical elements (40 and 45) and the second electrical element (26) are respectively and electrically connected with the corresponding conductive terminals of the first electrical connector.

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Refrigerator
[technical field]
The present invention is about a kind of refrigerator, especially about can ice making also preserving family expenses or the commercial refrigerator of icing a kind of comprising.
[background technology]
Such refrigerator is known.For example, United States Patent (USP) 5,272,888 disclose a kind of refrigerator, and it comprises the ice storage unit that is arranged on the ice machine in the refrigerating chamber and is positioned at the ice machine below.The ice storage unit comprises in order to the ice container that receives and store the ice of being made by ice machine, in order to will ice the ice discharge apparatus of releasing in the clump ice container.Ice discharge apparatus comprises screw rod (auger) that is positioned at ice container and the motor that is used to drive screw rod.Usually also be provided with by electrically driven (operated) electric elements on the ice machine.
In the prior art, the ice storage unit comprises the electric connector that is connected with the refrigerator electric system in order to the electric elements of inciting somebody to action separately respectively with ice machine.Ice storage unit and ice machine are being installed in the process of casing, the electric connector of ice storage unit and ice machine respectively be positioned at the mating electrical connector that is arranged on the casing and be connected, so that ice storage unit and ice machine and the electric connection of refrigerator electric system, thereby the related elements of ice storage unit and ice machine can be worked under the control of refrigerator system.
The defective of prior art is, when being installed to ice storage unit and ice machine on the refrigerator, the ice storage unit needs be connected with refrigerator system by corresponding electric connector respectively with ice machine, and this has increased the difficulty and the man-hour of assembling, and makes mistakes easily.In addition, this also is unfavorable for many electric connectors are arranged in more safely and the position of easier connection.
[summary of the invention]
In order to overcome above-mentioned at least one technical problem, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of refrigerator of simplifying its assembly program and can improving packaging efficiency.
Therefore, an aspect of of the present present invention is about a kind of refrigerator, described refrigerator ice-making and ice storage module, described ice making and ice storage module comprise ice maker, in order to the ice container that stores the ice of making by described ice maker and in order to will ice from the ice discharge apparatus of described ice container discharge, described ice maker comprises at least one first electric elements, described ice discharge apparatus comprises at least one second electric elements, wherein, described ice making and ice storage module comprise first electric connector, wherein said first electric connector comprises insulating body and a plurality ofly is housed in conducting terminal in the described insulating body to small part, it is characterized in that described first electric elements and described second electric elements electrically connect with the corresponding conducting terminal of described first electric connector respectively.
Because the electric elements of ice maker and ice discharge apparatus can be connected to refrigerator system by common electric connector, thereby can significantly reduce the external electric connector of ice system.When the ice system was installed to refrigerator, the connection number of times of electric connector can be reduced, and this is beneficial to the installation of ice making and ice storage system, and then the manufacturing efficient of raising refrigerator can be expected.On the other hand, when the electric connector between ice making and ice storage module and the refrigerator machine system can be reduced, cable relevant with the ice storage module with ice making and electric connector were arranged in cleaner and tidier and hidden mode and also just are more prone in the refrigerator realize.
Other combine separately or with other features and the feature that is considered to characteristic of the present invention will be set forth in following additional claim.
Preferred embodiment according to the present invention, described ice maker comprise ice separator and the drive unit that is used to drive described ice separator, and described first electric elements comprise described drive unit.
Preferred embodiment according to the present invention, the heater that described ice maker comprises ice pan and is used to heat described ice pan, described first electric elements comprise described heater.
Preferred embodiment according to the present invention, described ice discharge apparatus comprise row's ice bar and are used to drive the motor that described row ices bar that described second electric elements comprise described motor.
Preferred embodiment according to the present invention, described ice making and ice storage module comprise deicing, and described deicing comprises the 3rd electric elements, and described the 3rd electric elements connect with the corresponding conducting terminal of described first electric connector.
Preferred embodiment according to the present invention, described ice making and ice storage module comprise lighting device, described lighting device connects with the corresponding conducting terminal of described first electric connector.
Most preferred embodiment according to the present invention, described ice making and ice storage module are connected with second electric connector on being arranged on refrigerator body by first a common electric connector.
Though it also is possible that first electric connector stretches out outside ice making and the ice storage module, preferred embodiment according to the present invention, described first electric connector is housed in described ice making and the ice storage module.By this way, this has been avoided being damaged at ice making and first electric connector before the ice storage module is installed on the casing and the cable that is connected with first electric connector.
Preferred embodiment according to the present invention, described ice making and ice storage module have the receiving space of accommodating described first electric connector, described first electric connector be not exposed to described casing by a door open front of closing at least in part or opening that is connected in described casing, thereby the user generally can not see first electric connector, thereby first electric connector stashes effectively.
Preferred embodiment according to the present invention, described ice making and ice storage module comprise the wall of the described receiving space of a plurality of qualifications, wherein at least one wall is removably to be connected in other described walls, thereby be beneficial to the first electric connector installation and maintenance, also be beneficial to second electric connector and first electric connector that to be arranged on the casing simultaneously and connect.
Preferred embodiment according to the present invention, described ice making and ice storage module comprise support body, described ice maker, described ice container and described ice discharge apparatus are installed on the described support body.
Preferred embodiment according to the present invention, described support body, described ice maker, described ice container and described ice discharge apparatus form prefabricated unit and are installed in the described casing.
Another aspect of the present invention is about a kind of refrigerator, described refrigerator comprises ice making and ice storage module, described ice making and ice storage module comprise ice maker, in order to store the ice container of the ice of making by described ice maker, in order to will ice the ice discharge apparatus and the deicing of discharging from described ice container, wherein said ice maker comprises at least one first electric elements, described ice discharge apparatus comprises at least one second electric elements, described deicing comprises at least one the 3rd electric elements, described ice making and ice storage module comprise one first electric connector, described first electric connector comprises insulation shell and a plurality ofly is housed in conducting terminal in the described insulating body to small part, it is characterized in that described first electric elements, at least two electrically connect with the corresponding conducting terminal of described first electric connector in described second electric elements and described the 3rd electric elements.
Another aspect of the present invention is about a kind of refrigerator, this refrigerator comprises, limit the casing of at least one storage space and be housed in described storage space interior ice making and ice storage module, described ice making and ice storage module comprise ice maker, in order to store the ice container of the ice of making by described ice maker, in order to will ice the ice discharge apparatus and the deicing of discharging from described ice container, wherein said ice maker and described ice discharge apparatus comprise at least one electric elements respectively, described ice making and ice storage module comprise one first electric connector, at least one electric connection in described first connector and the described electric elements, it is characterized in that, described ice making and ice storage module also comprise the lighting device in order at least a portion of the described storage space that throws light on, and described lighting device and described first electric connector electrically connect.
By this way, storage space can be by being arranged on the lighting device lighting on ice making and the ice storage module, thereby the possible adverse effect of illuminating position of storage space can be reduced greatly even no longer influential.On the other hand, according to the present invention, the shared external electric connector of the electric elements on lighting device and ice making and the ice storage module, thus can under the situation of the external electric connector that needn't increase ice making and ice storage module, improve the lighting condition of storage space.
Structure of the present invention and its other goals of the invention and beneficial effect will be in conjunction with the drawings and description of preferred embodiments and becoming apparent more.
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The part of book and in order to providing as an illustration to further understanding of the present invention, the following drawings diagram the specific embodiment of the present invention, and be used for illustrating principle of the present invention with specification.Wherein,
Fig. 1 is the schematic perspective view of refrigerator in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the show in schematic partial sections of refrigerator in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the stereogram of ice making in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention and ice storage module, and wherein drawer portion is drawn out.
Fig. 4 is the stereogram of ice making in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention and another angle of ice storage module, and the diapire of wherein accommodating the receiving space of first electric connector is disassembled.
Fig. 5 is the connection diagram of the electric elements and first electric connector of ice making in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention and ice storage module.
Fig. 6 is the side view of first electric connector in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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Please refer to accompanying drawing, at first please see figures.1.and.2 especially.Refrigerator 1 comprises casing 2, and casing 2 defines a plurality of storage spaces 22 with front opening 17.In the present embodiment, storage space 22 comprises refrigerating chamber and the refrigerating chamber that is arranged side by side.
Refrigerator 2 comprise pivotal mounting respectively in casing 2 to close or to open the door 16 of corresponding storage space 22.Door 16 is normally closed, with to preventing that the cold air in the storage space 22 from leaving and cause loss of refrigeration capacity from the front opening 17 of storage space 22.When needs, the user can open door 16 to operate accordingly, for example picks and places food.
Be provided with ice making and ice storage module 3 in the refrigerating chamber.Be kept at ice in ice making and the ice storage module 3 by on the door 16 that is arranged on corresponding refrigerating chamber and penetrate door 16 ice transfer passage 24 and flow to the distributor 28 that is arranged on the door 16, can obtain ice and make the user need not open door 16.
Ice making and ice storage module 3 comprise in order to water is made the ice maker 4 of ice.Ice maker 4 comprises ice pan 25, has the water/ice holding groove of a plurality of trellis on the ice pan 25, to receive the water of being carried by feed pipe.The water of ice pan 25 with carry out heat exchange and be made into ice cube from the cold air at refrigerating chamber rear.
After the ice cube in the ice pan 25 formed, ice cube was transferred in the ice container 5.Ice container 5 is lower than ice pan 25 ice cube that is beneficial to receive from ice pan 25 is set.When not required, ice cube is stored in the ice container 5.
Ice making and ice storage module 3 comprise the ice discharge apparatus 6 of discharging from ice container 5 in order to ice cube.In the present embodiment, ice discharge apparatus 6 is included in screw rod 14 that extends in the ice container 5 and the motor 26 of icing bar 14 in order to the row of driving.When motor 26 was connected, screw rod 14 rotated, thereby the ice cube that is positioned at ice container 5 is promoted forward by screw rod 14, and discharged ice container 5 via the opening (not indicating) of the antetheca that is positioned at ice container 5.The front bottom end of ice making and ice storage module 3 is provided with row ice mouthfuls 27, and the ice that is discharged from ice container 5 enters the ice transfer passage 24 that is positioned on the door 16 via this row ice mouthfuls 27 and arranges to distributor 28.Row ice mouthfuls 27 is positioned at the place ahead of ice container 5, so has formed one section row who is positioned at trash ice chamber 29 between the antetheca of ice container 5 and the row's ice mouthfuls 27 and ice the path.
Ice making and trash ice module 3 comprise deicing 13, with the ice cube of crushing when being necessary or chopping is discharged from ice container 5.Ice cube is broken into pieces in the trash ice chamber 29 that is communicated with ice container 5 and be positioned at the place ahead of ice container 5.
Deicing 13 comprises trash ice blade 30 that is positioned at trash ice chamber 29 and the moving plate 31 that cooperates with trash ice blade 30.In the present embodiment, trash ice blade 30 is arranged on the end of screw rod 14, and trash ice blade 30 is also driven and rotates by motor 26 together in row's ice process.Whether the ice that leaves ice container 5 is decided by moving plate 31 by deicing 13 processing (that is whether deicing 3 starts).
In the present embodiment, moving plate 31 is roughly arc, is provided with along trash ice blade 30.Moving plate 31 can move in the primary importance and the second place.In primary importance, moving plate 31 is away from trash ice blade 30, and the size in the row of making ice path remains on the size that allows ice cube to pass through smoothly.In the second place, moving plate 31 is near trash ice blades 30, thereby and in the row of the stretching into ice path the bigger ice cube of blockage size enter row's ice mouthfuls 27, therefore ice cube was crushed by trash ice blade 30 and moving plate 31 before discharge ice making and ice storage module 3.Ice after the crushing is iced the path by reduced row and is discharged ice making and ice storage module 3.
Deicing 13 comprises the magnetic valve (Solenoid) 32 that is used to drive moving plate 31.When magnetic valve 32 energisings, moving plate 31 turns to the second place under the driving of magnetic valve 32, thereby starts the trash ice function.When magnetic valve 32 outages, moving plate 31 remains on primary importance.Preferably connect between magnetic valve 32 and the moving plate 31 by connecting rod (not shown).Deicing 13 can be provided with resetting means for example spring so that when not having the driving of magnetic valve 32 moving plate 31 remain on primary importance.Magnetic valve 32 can be started by the control device (for example switch) of operation setting on door 16 by the user.
Fig. 3 is the stereogram of ice making in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention and ice storage module 3, and wherein drawer portion is drawn out.Fig. 4 is the stereogram of ice making in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention and ice storage module 3 another angles, and the diapire of wherein accommodating the receiving space of first electric connector is disassembled.
Please refer to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, ice making and ice storage module 3 comprise support body 21.Ice maker 4, ice container 5, ice discharge apparatus 6 and deicing 13 are assembled in respectively on the support body 21.In the present embodiment, ice making and ice storage module 3 are installed in the casing 2 after forming prefabricated unit again.Forming the ice making of prefabricated unit and ice storage module 3 can cooperate with the counter structure of the sidewall of storage space 22 by the fixture on the sidewall that is positioned at support body 21 47 and be fixed on casing 2.
Ice making comprises the drawer portion 48 that is installed on support body 21 as drawer with ice storage module 3.Preferably, drawer portion 48 can disassemble from support body 21.The front portion 49 that drawer 48 comprises ice container 5 and is positioned at ice container 5 the place aheads, wherein trash ice chamber 29 is formed in anterior 49.Preferably, anterior 49 be formed for spurring the handle 50 of taking out bottom 48.
Support body 21 limits the slideway (not indicating) corresponding to the shape of ice container 5.When drawer portion 48 was installed on the support body 21, ice container 5 was housed in this slideway.Support body 21 comprises the roof 33 that is positioned at the slideway top, and this roof 33 covers the major part of the upper end open of ice container 5, but the rear portion of ice container 5 keeps open to receive the ice cube from ice maker 4.Preferably, anterior 49 upper surface is concordant with the upper surface of roof 33.
Ice maker 4 is positioned at the back upper place of ice container 5.Ice making and deposit ice module 3 and comprise in order to observe the observation door 36 of ice maker 4.Observe door 36 and preferably be pivotally mounted on the support body 21, and can between the primary importance and the second place, rotate round the axle that is parallel to horizontal plane.Generally, observe door 36 and be positioned at primary importance, ice maker 4 is blocked basically.Preferably, observe door 36 and when primary importance, be approximately perpendicular to horizontal plane.When observation door 36 was in primary importance, the upper side wall of refrigerating chamber was preferably closed in the upper end of observing door 36.In the second place, the top and bottom of observing door 36 respectively and form bigger distance between the upper side wall of refrigerating chamber and the roof 33, thereby the user can be by this apart from observing ice maker 4.Be roughly parallel to horizontal plane when preferably, observing on the door 36 second place.Observe on the door 36 and have a plurality of openings, to allow cold air to enter and to observe in the door 36 little material storage room 37 that define by the upper wall of roof 33, refrigerating chamber.
Observing door 36 is positioned near the rear end of roof 33, therefore, when object storing such as food or beverage are in described little material storage room 37, observe door 36 and constituted the barrier element that the restriction stored goods is moved backward, for example, it can prevent that stored goods from sliding backward and falling in ice container 5 or the ice pan 25.
Though in above embodiment, barrier element is to realize with the observation door 36 that is used to observe ice maker 4.But the present invention should not be subject to this, and for example, in another embodiment, barrier element also can be made of to the jut of upper process the rear end from roof 33.
In a preferred embodiment, when door 16 was closed, the front surface of ice making and ice storage module 3 was near door 16 inner surface, and the distance before for example between the front surface of the inner surface of door 16 and ice making and ice storage module 3 is less than 5 millimeters.In one embodiment, the front surface of ice making and ice storage module 3 extends on the plane, open front place of refrigerating chamber.Bad for air in the refrigerating chamber can be followed well, ice making and ice storage module 3 are provided with the gas channel 39 that main storage space 38 fluids that make caboose 37 and be positioned at ice making and ice storage module 3 belows are communicated with.Gas channel 39 preferably is arranged on the front portion 49 of ice making and ice storage module 3, therefore, can flow to little material storage room 37 after blowing over ice pan 25 from the cold air of evaporator room's (indicate), and flow to main storage space 38 via gas channel 39.This makes the air in the little material storage room 37 obtain good circulation, and the relative condition with higher of local temperature is avoided in the storage space 22.
The a particularly preferred embodiment according to the present invention, ice making and ice storage module 3 are provided with lighting device 15, with the appropriate section of illumination storage space 22, for example little material storage room 37.In one embodiment, lighting device 15 is arranged on the roof 33, with the part that is positioned at roof 33 tops of illumination storage space 22.Preferably, lighting device 15 is LED, is housed in the roof 33.Roof 33 is configured to translucent at least at corresponding lighting device 33 places.
In a further embodiment, lighting device 15 also can be arranged on the bottom of ice making and ice storage module 3, to illuminate the main storage space 38 that is positioned at ice making and ice storage module 15 belows.In one embodiment, the top of ice making and ice storage module 3 and bottom are provided with respectively in order to the little material storage room 37 of illumination storage space 22 and the lighting device 15 of main storage space 38.It also is possible with the appropriate section of illumination storage space 22 that lighting device 15 is arranged on ice making and ice storage module 3 other suitable positions.
The rear wall 34 of support body 21 is positioned at ice maker 4 rears, constitutes the back border of ice making and ice storage module 3.Rear wall 34 is provided with a plurality of in order to send the hole (not shown) of cold air to ice pan 25.Preferably, ice maker 4 for example is fixed on the rear wall 34 by screw.
Ice maker 4 comprises the ice separator 41 that is positioned at ice pan 25 tops, separates from ice pan 25 with the ice cube that will make.Ice separator 41 comprises the axle at the two ends that are connected ice pan 25 and a plurality of with preset distance separate sheet 42 spaced apart (indicating).Separate sheet 42 is along the radial distribution of the axle of ice separator 41.Under normal circumstances, separate sheet 42 is positioned at the top of the water/ice holding groove of ice pan 25.After the ice on the ice pan 25 formed, the axle of ice separator 41 was driven by the drive unit 40 that is connected with ice separator 21 and rotates, thereby separate sheet 42 enters corresponding water/ice holding groove respectively and stirs the ice that is positioned at water/ice holding groove forward.Therefore ice cube leaves ice pan 25 and moves towards ice container 5.In the present embodiment, drive unit 40 is set in place in the electric apparatus room 43 of ice pan 25 1 sides, is preferably electric machine.
Ice maker 4 can also comprise in order to the heater 45 of certain heat being provided for ice pan 25, so that the thawing of the part between the surface of ice cube and water/ice holding groove and be easy to leave ice pan 25.Heater 45 preferably is arranged on the bottom of ice pan 25.Ice maker 4 can also be provided with in order to the microswitch of control heater 45, temperature controller and prevent overheated overheat switch.
Refrigerator 1 comprises the feed water valve (not shown) that is used to control the water supply path (not shown) that supplies water to ice pan 25.When feed water valve was energized, water supply path supplied water to ice pan, and when feed water valve was de-energized, water supply path stopped to supply water to ice pan.Be provided with the electric switchgear of whether connecting in order to the electric switchgear of control feed water valve (not shown) in the electric apparatus room 43.This electric switchgear for example is arranged on the microswitch in the electric apparatus room 43.
As mentioned above, ice making and ice storage module 3 comprise many electric elements, for example are arranged on drive unit 40, heater 45, switching device on the ice maker 4, the motor 26 of ice discharge apparatus 6, the magnetic valve 32 of deicing 13 and lighting device 15.
As Fig. 2, Fig. 4 and shown in Figure 5, illustrated embodiments according to the present invention, ice making and ice storage module 3 comprise with its on first electric connector 10 that electrically connects of all electric elements.By this first electric connector 10, the electric elements of ice making and ice storage module 3 are connected with refrigerator system.
As Fig. 4, Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 6, first electric connector 10 comprises insulation shell 11 and a plurality of conducting terminal 12a~12l that is housed in the insulation shell 11.Ice discharge apparatus 6, deicing 13, ice maker 4 and lighting device 15 by cable and respectively with corresponding conducting terminal 12a~12c, 12e~12f, 12h~12i, 12k~12l electrically connects.
In the present embodiment, conducting terminal 12e, 12f, 12h, 12i are connected with ice maker 4 by cable 8e, 8f, 8h, 8i respectively.Wherein, terminal 12f is in order to ground connection, terminal 12e, 12i in order to the electric elements (for example drive unit 40, heater 45) that connect ice maker 4 to supply working power to the latter.The switching device of control feed water valve then is connected with terminal 12h.The end that cable 8e, 8f, 8h, 8i are connected with ice maker 4 can be connected with ice maker 4 by a connector with four terminals (indicating).
Conducting terminal 12a, 12b, 12c are connected with deicing 13 with ice discharge apparatus 6 by cable 8a, 8b, 8c respectively.Particularly, conducting terminal 12a, 12b are used to connect the magnetic valve 32 of deicing 13 to supply operating voltage to the latter.Conducting terminal 12a, 12c are used for being connected with the motor 26 of ice discharge apparatus 6 and give motor 26 supply operating voltages.
Conducting terminal 12k, 12l are used for being connected with lighting device 15 by cable 8k, 8l respectively, to give lighting device 15 supply operating voltages.In the present embodiment, the residue conducting terminal 12d of first electric connector 10,12g, 12j are retained, and are not used.
In a preferred embodiment, first electric connector 10 is housed in ice making and the ice storage module 3.Ice making and ice storage module 3 have the receiving space 18 in order to accommodate first electric connector 10.First receiving space 18 preferably is configured to make the user can not see first electric connector 10 when normal the use, and therefore first electric connector 10 preferably is not exposed to the front opening 17 of storage space 22.
The rear wall 34 of ice making and ice storage module 3 is provided with the through hole 46 that is communicated with receiving space 18 fluids, passes this through hole 46 with the cable that allows second electric connector 9 and be connected with second electric connector 9 and enters in the receiving space 18.
In the present embodiment, receiving space 18 is formed on the bottom of ice making and ice storage module 3.First electric connector 10 is connected with second electric connector 9 with being convenient to for the ease of assembling first electric connector 10, at least one wall 36 that limits receiving space 18 is to be installed on other walls 20 after first electric connector 10 and second electric connector, 9 joints again.In the present embodiment, the diapire 36 of receiving space 18 is removably to be connected on other walls 20, thereby dismounting diapire 36 can or be changed first and/or second electric connector 9,10 in maintenance.
Ice making and ice storage module 3 are being installed in the process of casing 2, second electric connector 9 stretches in the receiving space 18 and is connected with first electric connector 10, thereby the electric elements on ice making and the ice storage module 3 are connected with other electric elements of refrigerator 1 by first and second electric connectors 9,10.
In above embodiment, all electric elements all pass through first a common electric connector 10 and electrically connect with refrigerator system on ice making and the ice storage module 3.Yet the present invention should not be subject to this.For example in a possible embodiment, any two electric elements in ice maker 4, ice discharge apparatus 6 and the deicing 13 are connected with connector on being arranged on casing 2 by a shared electric connector, and ice making and ice storage module 3 remaining electric elements are connected to refrigerator system by the another one electric connector.In another embodiment, any one or two are connected to ice making and ice storage module 3 by a common electric connector in lighting device 15 and ice maker 4, ice discharge apparatus 6 and the deicing 13.

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1. a refrigerator (1), comprise ice making and ice storage module (3), described ice making and ice storage module (3) comprise ice maker (4), in order to the ice container (5) that stores the ice of making by described ice maker (4) and in order to will ice from the ice discharge apparatus (6) of described ice container (5) discharge, described ice maker (4) comprises at least one first electric elements (40,45), described ice discharge apparatus (4) comprises at least one second electric elements (26), wherein, described ice making and ice storage module (3) comprise first electric connector (10), wherein said first electric connector (10) comprises insulating body (11) and a plurality ofly is housed in conducting terminal in the described insulating body (11) (12a~12l) to small part, it is characterized in that, described first electric elements (40,45) and described second electric elements (26) respectively with the corresponding conducting terminal (12a of described first electric connector (10), 12c, 12e~12f, 12h~12i) electrically connect.
2. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 (1), it is characterized in that, described ice maker (4) comprises ice separator (41) and the drive unit (40) that is used to drive described ice separator (41), and described first electric elements (40,45) comprise described drive unit (40).
3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 or 2 (1) is characterized in that, the heater (45) that described ice maker (4) comprises ice pan (25) and is used to heat described ice pan (25), and described first electric elements (40,45) comprise described heater (45).
4. as above any described refrigerator of claim (1), it is characterized in that, described ice discharge apparatus (6) comprises row's ice bar (14) and is used to drive the motor (26) that described row ices bar (14) that described second electric elements (26) comprise described motor (26).
5. as above any described refrigerator of claim (1), it is characterized in that, described ice making and ice storage module (3) comprise deicing (13), described deicing (13) comprises the 3rd electric elements (32), (12a 12c) connects the corresponding conducting terminal of described the 3rd electric elements (32) and described first electric connector (10).
6. as above any described refrigerator of claim (1), it is characterized in that, described ice making and ice storage module (3) comprise lighting device (15), and described lighting device (15) connects with the corresponding conducting terminal (12k, 12l) of described first electric connector (10).
7. as above any described refrigerator of claim (1), it is characterized in that described ice making and ice storage module (3) are connected with second electric connector (9) on being arranged on refrigerator body (2) by common first electric connector (10).
8. as above any described refrigerator of claim (1), it is characterized in that described first electric connector (10) is housed in described ice making and the ice storage module (3).
9. refrigerator as claimed in claim 8 (1), it is characterized in that, described ice making and ice storage module (3) have the receiving space (18) of accommodating described first electric connector (10), described first electric connector (11) be not exposed to described casing (2) by door (a 16) open front (17) of closing at least in part or opening that is connected in described casing (2).
10. refrigerator as claimed in claim 9 (1) is characterized in that, described ice making and ice storage module (3) comprise the wall (36,20) of the described receiving space of a plurality of qualifications (18), and wherein at least one wall (36) is removably to be connected in other described walls (20).
11. as above any described refrigerator of claim (1), it is characterized in that, described ice making and ice storage module (3) comprise support body (21), and described ice maker (4), described ice container (5) and described ice discharge apparatus (6) are installed on the described support body (4).
12. refrigerator as claimed in claim 11 (1) is characterized in that, described support body (21), described ice maker (4), described ice container (5) and described ice discharge apparatus (6) form prefabricated unit and are installed in the described casing (2).
A 13. refrigerator (1), comprise ice making and ice storage module (3), described ice making and ice storage module (3) comprise ice maker (4), in order to store the ice container (5) of the ice of making by described ice maker (4), in order to will ice the ice discharge apparatus (6) and the deicing (13) of discharging from described ice container (5), wherein said ice maker (4) comprises at least one first electric elements (40,45), described ice discharge apparatus (6) comprises at least one second electric elements (26), described ice making and ice storage module (3) comprise first electric connector (10), described first electric connector (10) comprises insulation shell (11) and a plurality ofly is housed in conducting terminal in the described insulating body (11) (12a~12l) to small part, it is characterized in that, described first electric elements (40,45), in described second electric elements (26) and described the 3rd electric elements (32) at least two with described corresponding conducting terminal (12a~12b, 12e~12f, 12h~12i, 12k~12l) electrically connect.
14. refrigerator as claimed in claim 13 (1) is characterized in that, described ice making and ice storage module (3) comprise lighting device (15), and described lighting device (15) electrically connects with the corresponding conducting terminal (12k, 12l) of described first electric connector (10).
A 15. refrigerator (1), comprise, limit the casing (2) of at least one storage space (22) and be housed in described storage space (22) interior ice making and ice storage module (3), described ice making and ice storage module (3) comprise ice maker (4), in order to the ice container (5) that stores the ice of making by described ice maker (4) and in order to will ice from the ice discharge apparatus (6) of described ice container (5) discharge, wherein said ice maker (4) and described ice discharge apparatus (6) comprise at least one electric elements (26 respectively, 40,45), described ice making and ice storage module (3) comprise one first electric connector (10), described first connector (10) and described electric elements (26,40,45) at least one electric connection in, it is characterized in that, described ice making and ice storage module (3) also comprise the lighting device (15) in order at least a portion of the described storage space (22) that throws light on, and described lighting device (15) electrically connects with described first electric connector (10).
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