CN101889180B

CN101889180B - Ice making apparatus for refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN101889180B
Application number: CN2008801194702A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李亨九
Original assignee: LG Electronics Inc
Current assignee: LG Electronics Inc
Priority date: 2007-12-05
Filing date: 2008-11-14
Publication date: 2012-11-07
Anticipated expiration: 2028-11-14
Also published as: EP2223025A2; KR20090058789A; WO2009072756A3; WO2009072756A2; EP2223025A4; EP2223025B1; US20100251747A1; CN101889180A; KR101443912B1

Abstract

Provided is an ice making apparatus for a refrigerator. The ice making apparatus includes an ice making unit and a storage unit. The ice making unit generates ice, and the storage unit supplies water into the ice making unit. The storage unit includes a body in which a storage space storing the water is defined, a cover opening and closing the storage space, and a leakage prevention member coupled to the cover to prevent the water within the body from leaking. The leakage prevention member includes one or more chambers therein.

Description

Ice-making apparatus for refrigerator

Technical field

Embodiment relates to a kind of ice-making apparatus for refrigerator.

Background technology

Refrigerator is a kind of household electrical appliance of stored food at low temperatures.

Because the variation of diversified taste of consumer and dietetic life, the consumer prefers bigger and multi-functional refrigerator, so has occurred having the refrigerator of multiple different parts on the market.

For user's convenience, be provided with the ice maker that generates ice in the refrigerator.Ice-making apparatus for refrigerator is arranged in the refrigerator main body or in the refrigerator doors, ices thereby use cold air to generate.Ice maker can comprise ice making unit and the water cell that supplies water to the ice making unit at least.

Summary of the invention

[technical problem]

Embodiment provides a kind of ice-making apparatus for refrigerator, and its water that can prevent to be stored in the water cell leaks.

[technical scheme]

In one embodiment, ice-making apparatus for refrigerator comprises: ice making unit, said ice making unit are used for generating ice; And storage element, said storage element is used for supplying water to said ice making unit.Wherein, said storage element comprises: main body is limited with the storage area of store water in its said main body; Lid, the said storage area of said lid open and close; And leakage prevention member, said leakage prevention member is connected in said lid, thereby prevents that the water in the said main body from leaking, and comprises one or more chambers in said leakage prevention member.

In another embodiment, ice-making apparatus for refrigerator comprises: ice making unit, said ice making unit are used for generating ice; And storage element, said storage element is used for supplying water to said ice making unit, and wherein, said storage element comprises: main body is limited with the storage area that is used for store water in said main body; Lid, the said storage area of said lid open and close; A plurality of ribs, said a plurality of ribs are from said lid protrusion and be spaced apart from each other; And leakage prevention member, said leakage prevention member is connected between said a plurality of rib, and wherein, the said rib that protrudes from said lid has the height that differs from one another.

[technique effect]

According to the embodiment that is proposed, owing to increasing, the elastic force of leakage prevention member improved sealing property, can prevent that therefore the water in the water cell from leaking.

And, therefore because the water in the water cell can not leak, can prevent the outward appearance of ice maker (particularly water cell) because freezing of leaking and dirty.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the stereogram according to the ice-making apparatus for refrigerator of embodiment, and said ice maker is installed in the refrigerator doors.

Fig. 2 is the stereogram according to the ice-making apparatus for refrigerator of embodiment.

Fig. 3 is the stereogram according to the water cell of embodiment.

Fig. 4 is the stereogram according to the embodiment water cell, and the lid of wherein said water cell is opened.

Fig. 5 is the sectional view along the line I-I intercepting of Fig. 4.

The specific embodiment

In the detailed description to preferred implementation, the accompanying drawing with reference to a part that constitutes this detailed description shows the concrete preferred implementation that the present invention can implement through demonstration mode in said accompanying drawing below.These embodiments are to explain with enough detailed mode; So that those of ordinary skill in the art can embodiment of the present invention; And should be appreciated that the embodiment that under the situation that does not deviate from the spirit or scope of the present invention, can utilize other and can carry out logical construction, mechanical aspects, electric aspect and the change of chemical aspect.In order to exempt the unwanted details of those of ordinary skill in the art's embodiment of the present invention, specification may omit some known information of those of ordinary skill in the art.Therefore, the detailed description of hereinafter is also carried out with the meaning of restriction, and scope of the present invention only is defined by the following claims.

With reference to Fig. 1, be connected in the inner surface of refrigerator doors 5 according to the ice-making apparatus for refrigerator 10 of embodiment.In order to use ice maker 10 to generate ice, preferably, refrigerator doors 5 is a refrigerating chamber door.But, being used for supplying with under the situation of separate unit of cold airs adding to ice maker 10, ice maker 10 can be arranged in the refrigerating chamber.

Ice maker 10 comprises: housing 11, and it limits the outward appearance of ice maker 10; Ice making unit 100, it is contained in the housing 11; Ice bank 200, its bottom that is arranged at ice making unit 100 is to store the ice of being processed by ice making unit 100; And water cell 300, the water to 100 supplies of ice making unit is treated with storage in its top that is arranged at ice making unit 100.

Water cell 300 is connected in housing 11 respectively with ice bank 200.Alternately, water cell 300 can be slidably with ice bank 200 or rotatably is connected in housing 11, to allow at least part water cell 300 with part ice bank 200 can be from housing 11 taking-ups at least.

Hereinafter comprises simple declaration the operation of the ice maker 10 of above-mentioned parts.

In order to obtain ice, user's water is filled water cell 300.Be filled with in water cell 300 under the state of water, water cell 300 is connected in housing 300.The water that is stored in the water cell 300 is supplied in the ice making unit 100 via predetermined passage.

The water that is supplied in the ice making unit 100 freezes through the cold air that imports in the ice making unit 100.When in the ice making unit, generating ice, the user shifts the ice that in ice making unit 100, generates, thereby the ice that is shifted is stored in the ice bank 200.Thereby the user takes out ice bank 200 from housing 11 and obtains ice.

With reference to Fig. 2, ice making unit 100 comprises at least one or a plurality of

pallet

110 and 120, control lever 130, power transfering part 140 and lid member 104.Said at least one or a plurality of

pallet

110 and 120 rotatably are arranged in the housing 11.Control lever 130 makes

pallet

110 and 120 rotations.Power transfering part 140 is passed to

pallet

110 and 120 with the revolving force of control lever 130.Lid member 104 is connected in the side surface of housing 11, thereby hides power transfering part 140.

At length,

pallet

110 and 120 is divided into top tray 110 and following pallet 120.

The rotating shaft of following pallet 120 is arranged at backward and the rotating shaft of top tray 110 position of preset distance at interval, makes that the ice that in top tray 11, freezes can not fall into the top of pallet 120 when top tray 110 rotations.

Thereby

pallet

110 and 120 is connected in power transfering part 140 and accepts from the revolving force of control lever 130 generations.Therefore, pallet 110 rotates with control lever 130 identical directions with 120 edges.

Control lever 130 rotatably is connected in the side surface of housing 11, to power transfering part 140 revolving force to be provided.

To describe the structure of power transfering part 140 in detail at present.

Power transfering part 140 comprises driven wheel 150, a plurality of

connection gear

160 and 170 and a plurality of driven gear 180 and 190.Driven wheel 150 is connected in control lever 130 and rotates with control lever 130.A plurality of

connection gear

160 and 170 engage with driven wheel 150 and rotate through driven wheel 150.A plurality of driven

gears

180 and 190 engage and are connected in respectively the rotating shaft of

pallet

110 and 120 with

connection gear

160 and 170.

Driven wheel 150 is connected in the gear connection part 132 that is arranged on the control lever 130.

Connection gear

160 and 170 is divided into connection gear 160 and following connection gear 170.Last connection gear 160 engages with driven wheel 150.In following connection gear 170 and driven

gear

180 and 190 each engages.Last connection gear 160 is integrally formed each other with following connection gear 170.The diameter of last connection gear 160 is different with the diameter of following connection gear 170.

A plurality of driven

gears

180 and 190 are divided into last driven gear 180 that is connected with top tray 110 and the following driven gear 190 that is connected with following pallet 120.

Connection gear

160 and 170 and driven

gear

180 and 190 rotatably be connected in housing 11.

Therefore, when making driven wheel 150 along a direction rotation through pulling control lever 130, the connection gear 160 that engages with driven

wheel

150 and 170 is rotated along other direction.When

connection gear

160 and 170 when other direction rotates, the directions rotation that driven

gear

180 and 190 edges and driven wheel 150 are identical.When driven

gear

180 and 190 rotations,

pallet

110 and 120 rotations.Therefore, the ice that in

pallet

110 and 120, generates falls into ice bank 200 and is stored in ice bank 200.

Wherein store and remain to be arranged at the top of ice making unit 100 to the pallet 110 of ice making unit 100 and the water cell 300 of the water of 120 supplies.

Water cell 300 is connected in the top of housing 11 independently.

Fig. 3 is the stereogram according to the water cell of embodiment, and Fig. 4 is the stereogram according to the water cell of embodiment, and the lid of wherein said water cell is opened, and Fig. 5 is the sectional view along the line I-I intercepting of Fig. 4.

With reference to Fig. 3 to Fig. 5, water cell 300 comprises: main body 310 wherein stores water; Lid 330, it is connected in main body 310; And leakage prevention member 370, thereby it is connected in and covers 330 and prevent that the water in the main body 310 from leaking.

Main body 310 is the rectangular shape with open top surface.In main body 310, be limited with the water space 311 that is used for water storage.Water space 311 is separated by separator, with each water supply in pallet 110 and 120.Although do not illustrate, the basal surface of water space 311 is provided with deliverying unit, and it is used for optionally discharging the water that is stored in water space 311.

That is, when the water cell that contains water 300 was connected in the top of housing 11, deliverying unit was supplied to the water in the water space 311 respectively in pallet 110 and 120.When water cell 300 was separated with housing 11, drainage cell prevented that the water in the water space 311 from leaking.

The upper end of the front surface of clasp joint end 313 autonomous agents 310 that connect with the blocking element 334 of lid 330 is protruded (when in Fig. 4, observing) forward.Clasp joint end 313 when making main body 310 and main body 310 integrally formed.Clasp joint end 313 is the plate shape with predetermined thickness, makes blocking element 334 interfere and by clasp joint.

The top surface of main body 310 is provided with the crush rib 314 of extruding leakage prevention member 370 when lid 330 closures.Crush rib 314 when making main body 310 and main body 310 integrally formed.Crush rib 314 is protruded along the upwards direction of main body 310 from the position corresponding to leakage prevention member 370.

Crush rib 314 is cast.

The upper end on the back surface of main body 310 (when in Fig. 4, observing) is provided with union end 316, and lid 330 is articulated in said union end 316.Be limited with pan 317 in the union end 316, lid 330 is articulated in said pan 317.

Lid 330 is connected in the upper end of main body 310, optionally to cover water space 311.

Import 331 is to limit through the central part that covers 330 top surface is punched.Import 331 is covered under the state of water space 111 at lid 330 water is imported in the water space 311.Import 331 is through import cap 332 open and close optionally.

Import cap 332 is hinged in and covers 330 top surface.Thereby between import cap 332 and the import 331 the containment member (not shown) can be set prevents to leak.

The guide recess that is arranged at the horizontal plane place lower than the horizontal plane of lid 330 top surfaces is configured to around import 331.When via import 331 water fillings, guide recess 333 prevents not flow through the water of import 331 along the top surface trickling of lid 330.

That is, because guide recess 333 is arranged at the low horizontal plane place of horizontal plane than lid 330 top surfaces recessedly, the therefore predetermined water yield collects in the guide recess 333, and water imports in the water space 311 via import 331 then.

Clasp joint is arranged to the blocking element 334 on the clasp joint end 313 and covers 330 front end (when in Fig. 3, observing).Blocking element 334 rotatably is connected in and covers 330 front end.When lid 330 closures, be provided with the interference bump 335 of interfering in clasp joint end 313 corresponding positions with clasp joint end 313 with protrusion.

When blocking element 334 when downwards the state lower edge downward direction of pressing cover 330 pivots, interference bump 335 clasp joints are to the bottom of clasp joint end 313.

Be used to make the hinge 336 that covers 330 rotations to be arranged at and cover 330.

Connection groove 337 is arranged at and covers 330 basal surface and crush rib 314 corresponding positions, and leakage prevention member 370 is inserted in the said connection groove 337.

Rib

338 and 339 protrudes from the basal surface that covers 330 in the both sides of leakage prevention member 370, makes leakage prevention member 370 be connected in with inserting and connects groove 337.Leakage prevention member 370 and connects groove 337 and

rib

338 and 339 has and leakage prevention member 370 corresponding shapes ringwise.

Rib

338 and 339 comprise internal rib 338 and with internal rib 338 isolated external ribs 339.

Rib

338 and 339 has the height that differs from one another.

At length, internal rib 338 is set to have with leakage prevention member 370 corresponding height or has the height bigger than the height of leakage prevention member 370.On the other hand, external rib 339 is set to have the height lower than the height of leakage prevention member 370.

Therefore, when lid 330 closures, the part of leakage prevention member 370 stretches and holds the upper end 339a of external rib 339, thereby has increased the sealing force of main body 310, prevents thus to leak.

Leakage prevention member 370 is inserted in and connects in the groove 337.For example, leakage prevention member 370 can be formed by the elastomeric material with elastic force that comprises silicon rubber.Therefore, when lid is closed, the be squeezed extruding of rib 314 of leakage prevention member 370, thereby sealed body 310 and the space of covering between 330.

In leakage prevention member 370, be provided with at least one or a plurality of chamber 372, make elastic force, to improve sealing force owing to external force increases.Chamber 372 is provided with along the length direction of leakage prevention member 370 continuously.Each chamber 372 all becomes cast.

In this embodiment, be provided with a plurality of chambers 370 in the leakage prevention member 370, make the elastic force of leakage prevention member 370 increase and improve the sealing effectiveness of leakage prevention member 370.And, in connecting groove 337, a plurality of chambers 370 are set along the direction that is parallel to the direction of insertion of leakage prevention member 370.

Therefore; When leakage prevention member 370 is squeezed the extruding of rib 314; 339a stretches the part of leakage prevention member 370 towards the upper end of external rib 339; And thereby the be squeezed extruding of rib 314 of the major part of leakage prevention member 370 will cover 330 and be sealed in main body 310, prevent that thus the water in the main body 310 from leaking into the outside.

Hereinafter comprises simple declaration the operation of the water cell 300 of above-mentioned parts.

In order to supply water to ice making unit 100, the user is injected into water in the water cell 300.With regard to water filling, carry out water filling or under the state that import cap 332 is opened, carry out water filling via import 331 through water cell 300 and ice maker were opened in 10 minutes.

To describe water cell 300 separated situation now in detail.

Under state as shown in Figure 3, thus the user as illustrated in fig. 4 swivelling cover 330 open water space., filtered water or drinking water be injected in the water space 311 of main body 310, then will cover closed thereafter.

At this moment, crush rib 314 extruding leakage prevention members 370.Therefore, leakage prevention member 370 is squeezed along the direction of crush rib 314 extruding leakage prevention members 370.And the part of leakage prevention member 370 stretches towards external rib 314, thereby the space between seal cover 330 and the main body 310 prevents that thus the water in the water cell 300 from leaking.

Water cell 300 is connected in the top of housing 11.Water is supplied in each

pallet

110 and 120 via being arranged at the deliverying unit on water space 311 basal surfaces.

According to this embodiment, owing to increasing, the elastic force of leakage prevention member improved sealing property, can prevent that therefore the water in the water cell from leaking.

Claims

1. ice-making apparatus for refrigerator comprises:

Housing, it limits the outward appearance of ice maker;

Pallet, said pallet are arranged at and are used for producing ice in the said housing and comprise top tray and following pallet;

Control lever, said control lever rotatably is connected in the side surface of said housing;

Power transfering part, said power transfering part is connected to said pallet, and a part of power that makes said power transfering part transmit said control lever arrives said pallet;

Water cell, said water cell is attached to said housing on the top of said pallet, is used to supply water in the interior and said pallet down of said top tray,

Wherein, said water cell comprises:

Main body is limited with the storage area of store water in said main body;

Separator, said separator is separated said storage area, supplies water with each pallet in said pallet;

Lid, the said storage area of said lid open and close;

Hinge, said hinge is arranged on said covering, and makes said lid can be connected to said main body rotationally;

Leakage prevention member, said leakage prevention member is connected in said lid, leaks to prevent the water in the said main body, and said leakage prevention member comprises one or more chambers within it,

Wherein, the rotating shaft of said down pallet is arranged at backward and the rotating shaft of the said top tray position of preset distance at interval.

2. ice maker as claimed in claim 1, wherein, said lid comprises the connection groove that is connected in said leakage prevention member, and said main body comprises the crush rib that is used to push said leakage prevention member.

3. ice maker as claimed in claim 2, wherein, said lid comprises internal rib and the external rib that is arranged at the said internal rib outside, and said connection groove is arranged between said internal rib and the said external rib.

4. ice maker as claimed in claim 3, wherein, said external rib has the height lower than the height of said internal rib.

5. ice maker as claimed in claim 4, wherein, said external rib has the height lower than the height of said leakage prevention member.

6. ice maker as claimed in claim 2, wherein, said leakage prevention member comprises a plurality of spaces, and said a plurality of space is inserted in the direction setting in the said connection groove along said leakage prevention member.

7. ice maker as claimed in claim 1, wherein, said one or more chambers are provided with along the length direction of said leakage prevention member continuously.

8. an ice maker according to claim 1 wherein, covers the outer surface that member is attached to said housing, to hide said power transfering part.