CN102326042A - Refrigerator and full ice level sensing apparatus thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
A refrigerator and a fullan ice level sensing apparatus are provided. The refrigerator including a refrigerator may include a main body, and a fullan ice level sensing apparatus provided with including an electronic optical element unit for sending or receiving a signal, and an alignment unit device for aligning and maintaining alignment of the electronic optical element unit in a preset direction, and configured to. The sensing apparatus may sense whether an ice bank for storing ice cubes make storage container in which ice cubes made by an ice maker disposed at the refrigerator main body is at a full ice level, whereby. the The electronic optical element unit is allowed to may be aligned at a preset position by, thus preventing the movement of the electronic optical element unit, resulting in improvement of improved reliability of the sensing of the full ice level apparatus.
Description
Technical field
The disclosure relates to a kind of ice position sensor device that is used for refrigerator.
Background technology
Refrigerator cold-storage or frozen food or the like are to keep them fresh in storage.The ice container that refrigerator comprises the ice machine that is used for ice making and is used to admit the ice of being processed by ice machine.
Detect whether completely ice of ice container with the joining test rod (mechanical device) of completely icing of controller.Completely icing test rod is positioned at downside and rises to accumulate in the ice of ice in the container the same high.When making full ice test rod rise greater than certain height owing to gathering of ice, it is full that controller is confirmed as the ice container.
Yet, in correlation technique, freeze if completely ice test rod, the mechanically actuated of completely icing test rod is impossible carry out, and controller whether can not confirm to ice container be full.Under this malfunction, supply is iced constantly, thereby causes ice from the ice container, to overflow.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem
An object of the present invention is to provide and a kind ofly can improve a refrigerator and the full ice position sensor device thereof whether sensing fills up the reliability of made ice cube.
The solution of this problem
In order to realize these and other advantage and,, a kind of refrigerator be provided in one embodiment that this refrigerator comprises: refrigerator main body like enforcement and broadly described here according to purpose of the present disclosure; And door, this couplet on the door is received main body; Be arranged in the ice machine at refrigerator place, this ice machine is installed in main body or the door and is configured to make ice cube; The ice chest reservoir vessel, it is configured to admit and store the ice cube of being processed by ice machine; And a full ice position sensor device, this full ice position sensor device is provided with the ice position that is configured in the reservoir vessel and carries out sensing, and this sensor device comprises: be used to the electro optical element unit that sends or receive, its transmitt or receive signal; And being used at least one alignment device unit of aiming at and keeping, this at least one alignment device unit makes the electro optical element unit aim in a predetermined direction and fix.
According to another embodiment; Provide a kind of refrigerator that is used for sensing with ice position sensor device; Whether ice chest or reservoir vessel that this ice position sensor device sensing stores the ice cube of being processed by ice machine fill up ice cube, and this equipment comprises: housing, and this housing is formed with the spatial accommodation that is formed at wherein; Printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB), this printed circuit board (PCB) hold and are received in the housing spatial accommodation; The electro optical element unit, this electro optical element unit is installed in the PCB place and is configured to transmitt or receive signal, and is installed in the PCB place; And the aligned units device, this aligned units device is constructed such that the electro optical element unit aims in a predetermined direction and keep electro optical element unit aligning in a predetermined direction.
According to another embodiment; A kind of ice position sensor device that is used for refrigerator is provided, and this sensor device comprises: transmitting element and receiving element, transmitter that is spaced apart from each other and receiver; Its each have housing, this housing is formed with the spatial accommodation that is formed at wherein; And be arranged in the printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB) in this housing; Wherein whether the sensor device sensing ice chest container that stores the ice cube of being processed by ice machine fills up ice cube; Wherein the transmitting element transmitter comprises: first electronic component unit, this first electronic component unit are installed in the corresponding PCB of the transmitting element that is used to send its signal; And be used to the first aligned units device aiming at and keep; This first aligned units device is aimed at and fixing first electronic component unit on first predetermined direction; And wherein the receiving element receiver comprises: second electronic component unit, this second electronic component unit are installed in the corresponding PCB of the receiving element that is used to receive its signal; And being used to the second aligned units device aiming at and keep, this second aligned units device is aimed at and fixing second electronic component unit on second predetermined direction.
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With reference now to following accompanying drawing, embodiment is described in detail, identical in the accompanying drawings Reference numeral is represented components identical, wherein:
Fig. 1 be according to as here the perspective view of refrigerator of broadly described one embodiment of the present of invention;
Fig. 2 is the ice machine of refrigerator shown in Figure 1 and the enlarged perspective of full ice position sensor device;
Fig. 3 is the amplification view in the ice machine zone of Fig. 1 shown in Figure 2;
Fig. 4 is the partial enlarged view of the regional A of Fig. 3;
Fig. 5 is a full decomposition diagram of icing the position sensor device shown in Figure 2;
Fig. 6 is the amplification view along the line VI-VI intercepting of Fig. 2;
Fig. 7 shows the perspective view that the operation that comes sensing completely to ice a sense operation to the full ice position sensor device that utilizes Fig. 2 describes;
Fig. 8 is the control block diagram of the ice machine of refrigerator shown in Figure 1; And
Fig. 9 be according to as the decomposition diagram of a full ice sensor device of the broadly described another embodiment of the present invention of institute here.
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As shown in Figure 1, implement here and broadly described refrigerator can comprise main body 110, door 125 and 135, be arranged in the main body 110 or of door 125 or 135 in ice machine 150, be used to store the made ice cube of ice machine 150 ice storehouse or ice container 180, be provided with the ice position sensor device 220 of the sensor element 240 that is used for transmitt or receive signal and be used to make sensor element 240 to aim at and keep the alignment device 250 of sensor element 240 aligning in a predetermined direction in a predetermined direction.
The refrigerating chamber 120 and the refrigerating chamber 130 that can in main body 110, be formed for keeping food to be in the frozen fresh state.Main body 110 can be the type side by side with the refrigerating chamber arranged in the horizontal direction 120 and refrigerating chamber 130 each other adjacently.Alternatively, main body 110 can be top household freezer or the bottom household freezer type that has in vertical direction a refrigerating chamber that ground is arranged on another top 120 and refrigerating chamber 130.
Be used to open and close the refrigerating chamber door 125 of refrigerating chamber 120 and refrigerating chamber 130 and the front surface that refrigerating-chamber door 135 can rotatably be connected to refrigerating chamber 120 and refrigerating chamber 130 respectively.Shown in Fig. 1 for the ease of for the purpose of discussing and among the embodiment of very simple type side by side, the ice machine 150 that is used to make ice cube can be arranged in refrigerating chamber door 125 places.In alternate embodiment, ice machine 150 can be arranged in the main body 110.In other alternate embodiment, can ice machine 150 be installed in the ice-making compartment place that is formed in the refrigerating-chamber door (not shown).In any one of these embodiment, the ice storehouse or the ice container 180 that are used to store the made ice cube of ice machine 150 can be positioned at ice machine 150 belows.
As shown in Figures 2 and 3, ice machine 150 can comprise: ice tray 151, and this ice tray 151 has a plurality of grooves (cell), supplies water has designated shape with manufacturing ice cube therein; Water-feed 155 is used for water is fed to ice tray 151; Displacer 161 is used for discharging ice cube from ice tray 151; Directed obliquely the ice cube channeling conduct of slider 167, this slider 167 so that displacer 161 is discharged; The ice separating heater is used for ice tray 151 is heated so that separate with groove at the made ice cube of each groove; Driver is used to drive displacer 161; And control box 170, be used to hold the controller that driver and ice separating heater are controlled.
Ice storehouse or ice container 180 can comprise the body 181 that wherein has spatial accommodation.Body 181 can have the ice that is formed on place, its underpart and export 182, is arranged in conveying screw rod of locating body 181 inner bottoms (or spiral propeller) 183 and the icecap 191 that is used for broken ice/crushing ice with rotatable mode.Conveying screw rod 183 can form spiral-shaped so that will ice towards icecap 191 guiding.
Icecap 191 can comprise a plurality of fixed blades 193 that are fixed to body 181 inside and a plurality of removable blade 195 that rotates with respect to fixed blade 193.Therefore, fragmentation/crushing is placed on the ice cube between fixed blade 193 and the removable blade 195.Be used to make the conveying screw rod CD-ROM drive motor 185 of conveying screw rod 183 rotations can be arranged in the place, an end of the axle of conveying screw rod 183.
The ice passage 212 of guiding ice can be formed on the downside of the ice outlet 182 of ice storehouse or ice container 180 downwards.Ice passage 212 can link to each other with distributor 210.Ice passage 212 can be provided with the switching mechanism (not shown) that is used to open and close ice passage 212.
At United States Patent(USP) No. 7,210, various types of ice machines and operation thereof are disclosed in 299, No.7,080,518, No.7,017,354, No.6,857,279 and No.6,705,091, its whole disclosure is incorporated into here by reference.These patents are also given the application's common assignee by co-assigned.
With reference to figure 2, Fig. 4 and Fig. 6; Transmitter unit or module 220a are installed in sensor outer housing or the housing 221, and receiving element or module 220b are installed in shell or the housing 221 on the part of stretching out from support 175 with corresponding with the sensor housing 221 of transmitter unit or module 220a.Transmitter 240a and the one or more receiver 240b that is used for transmitting and receiving signal can be installed in transmitter unit or module 220a and receiving element or module 220b respectively to face with each other.Based on launched with the signal that is received, transmitter unit or module 220a and receiving element or module 220b be used for to ice container 180 full ice state detect.Ice position sensor device 220 comprises at least one transmitter 240a and one or more receiver 240b; And may further include and transmit and receive unit or module 220a, 220b and sensor outer housing 221, and be used for confirming or detecting the full ice state of ice container 180.
Near the corresponding position of height that sensor device 220 can be arranged in the top of ice container 180 or the top, over top or below and ice gather fully or collects.Transmitter and/or receiver can be the Optical devices that are used to launch or receive IR light.For example, transmitter or to send device can be that IR photodiode and receiver can be photistors.At United States Patent(USP) No. 4,201, the structure of optical transmitting set or receiver is disclosed in 910, its whole disclosure is incorporated into here by reference.
Like Fig. 3 and shown in Figure 4, the receiving element of sensor device 220 or module 220b can extend downwardly into the inside of reservoir vessel 180 on downward direction.Receiver 240b can be arranged in and the corresponding position of height of icing the full ice state of container 180.Though the position to receiver 240b is described; But intelligible like those of ordinary skills, can with transmitter unit or module 220a and transmitter 240a forms corresponding with the height of receiving element or module 220b and receiver 240b or near this height.In this embodiment, the detection of sensor device 220 highly can have specific difference in height with the last top crestal line of ice container 180.
The transmitter unit of sensor device 220 or module 220a and receiving element or module 220b are positioned at the both sides of row's ice outlet, will ice from ice machine through passage and discharge.Receiver 240b receives from the infrared ray of the row's of crossing ice outlet of transmitter 240a emission, and is provided for confirming whether roughly full ice is to detect the corresponding signal of full ice state for ice container 180.As the position that it should be understood that transmitter unit or module 220a and receiving element or module 220b can put upside down, promptly receiver on the right side and transmitter in the left side.
In this embodiment, transmitter unit or module 220a and receiving element or module 220b separate the little predetermined distance of width than ice container 180.This distance littler than this width allows module is placed in the ice container 180.In alternate embodiment, this distance can be greater than width so that module can be positioned at the outside of following ice container 180, said ice container 180 can have otch with allow light through or said ice container 180 can process by transparent material.
More particularly, each of the housing 221 of ice position sensor device 220 can comprise: be positioned at spatial accommodation wherein, wherein each printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB) 231 is contained in the corresponding housing 221; Sensing (or optics) element 240 (transmitter or receiver) is used to send or be received in the signal that is provided on the PCB 231; And alignment device 250, be used for sensing/optical element 240 aligning is in a predetermined direction aimed at and kept.As stated, each sensing/optical element 240 can comprise and is used to one or more receiver 240b of sending the transmitter 240a of signal and being used to receive signal.
Each housing 221 can be integrally formed with support 175 so that with ice machine 150 be connected and transmitter unit or module 240a and receiving element or module 240b between aim at.Alternatively, each housing 221 can independently form so that link with support 175.In addition, housing 221 can link with ice storehouse or ice container 180.In certain embodiments; Housing 221 can be positioned at the periphery of ice storehouse or ice container 180; And after this ice the storehouse or ice container 180 can be provided with following signal through part (for example hole, transparent window or the like), can send the signal of spontaneous emission unit or module 240a through part through said signal.
The transmitter 220a of sensor device 220 can be provided with among the PCB 231, the transmitter 240a of electronics/optical element 240 and the alignment device 250.The receiver 220b of sensor device 220 can be provided with other PCB 231, one or more receiver 240b and another alignment device 250 of electronics/optical element 240.Therefore, can avoid moving of electronics/optical element 240, in more detail, can avoid moving of transmitter 240a and receiver 240b, can improve the reliability of the sensing function of ice position sensor device 220 thus.
In certain embodiments, transmitter 240a and receiver 240b for example can be to use the signal infrared sensor of infrared ray.Transmitter 240a can be single parts, and receiver 240b can comprise a plurality of parts.In this embodiment, two receiver 240b are spaced apart from each other.Therefore, can on any of this two receiver 240b, receive the signal that is sent from single transmitter 240a, form the sensing region of broad thus, this causes further improving the reliability of sense operation.
In certain embodiments, transmitter 240a can export pulse type signal at interval with the fixed time.Can receiver 240b be configured to export from the number of received reception signal of transmitter 240a or pulse with as the signal with predetermined voltage (level).
In more detail; As shown in Figure 7, if ice is filled the ice storehouse or iced container 180 until Man Bingwei, stop that then the signal or the light that are sent from transmitter 240a arrive receiver 240b; Perhaps reflected, and receiver 240b can't receive the signal from transmitter 240a thus by ice cube.Receiver 240b can be spaced apart from each other vertically.Alternatively, receiver 240b can flatly be spaced apart from each other.
Each alignment device 250 can link with corresponding PCB 231, and this makes simple structureization and is convenient to make and assembling, has reduced manufacturing cost thus.Each PCB 231 can be provided with the circuit that permission electronics/optical element 240 sent or received signal.Each alignment device 250 can comprise admittance electronics/optical element 240 and the holding portion 251 that connects with electronics/optical element 240 and the coupling part 255 that is formed at holding portion 251 1 ends, and this coupling part 255 can link with corresponding PCB 231.
Each electronics/optical element 240 (being 240a and 240b) can be provided with main body 241 with approximate circular cross-section and stretch out to be installed in a plurality of lead-in wires 243 on the PCB 231 from a side of main body 241.Projection 242 can stretch out from an end of main body 241.Through hole 253 can be formed on corresponding holding portion 251 with projection 242 corresponding positions on so that allow an end of main body 241 outwards outstanding.In holding portion 251, can form spatial accommodation 254 so that hold the zone of projection 242.
Coupling part 255 can be provided with 231 joining a plurality of attachment tabs 257 with PCB.Each can stretch out attachment tabs 257 in a longitudinal direction from the end of holding portion 251 and can be spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction.For example, Fig. 5 and embodiment shown in Figure 6 adopt four attachment tabs 257.Attachment tabs 257 can be elastically deformable to allow to keep securely the coupled situation with PCB 231.Can on the end of each attachment tabs 257, form stop part 258 to prevent connecting separating suddenly of attachment tabs 257 afterwards with PCB 231 in attachment tabs 257.Can on a side of stop part 258, form the guiding surface 259 that tilts.
With this structure accordingly, PCB 231 can be provided with and form the patchhole 233 that passes it, so that attachment tabs 257 can be inserted into wherein and link with PCB 231.Each patchhole 233 can extend internally and pass PCB 231 and its size and be confirmed as and make corresponding attachment tabs 257 can be inserted in the patchhole 233 and elastically deformable.Correspondingly, when inserting attachment tabs 257, guiding surface 259 contacts with patchhole 233, thereby makes attachment tabs 257 distortion and allow attachment tabs 257 to slide through patchhole 233.Extend with after the opposite side of PCB 231 at it, attachment tabs 257 returns to its original state through the elastic force of himself always, so as with the inner surface Elastic Contact of patchhole 233.Stop part 258 backstops are in the outer edge of patchhole 233, thereby prevent that attachment tabs 257 from all of a sudden separating with patchhole 233.
Each housing 221 can be provided with the spatial accommodation 223 with a side opening.Lid 225 can be arranged on the open side of housing 221.Containment member 227 can be arranged between housing 221 and the lid 225.Containment member 227 can be formed by rubber-like elastomeric material (for example rubber, silicones or the like).Containment member 227 can prevent that outside moisture from entering into spatial accommodation 223 through the gap between housing 221 and the lid 225, thereby prevents owing to moisture freezes to damage electronic component 240.
Each lid 225 can be provided with transparent window, and the signal and the receiver 240b that can send spontaneous love dart 240a through this transparent window receive this signal.In certain embodiments, whole lid 225 can be processed by transparent material, and therefore lid 225 can also play transparent window.Alternatively, can the part of lid 225 be configured to transparent window, promptly can be with becoming transparent window with the corresponding regional structure of the front surface of electronics/optical element 240.
Heating-up section 261 or heater for example can be electric heater or the baffle heater (form that for example has film or sheet) with relative thin thickness and can operate through being received in the electric power that is applied when main body 110 operation.Heating-up section 261 can have enough greatly to prevent going up the calorific value of frosting at electronic component 240 and lid 225 (transparent window).In certain embodiments, as shown in Figure 6, can support heating-up section 261 by the support section 228 on the back surface that is arranged on lid 225.
As shown in Figure 8, according to as here the refrigerator of broadly described this embodiment can comprise controller 265, this controller 265 for example is embodied as the microprocessor with the control program that is used for ice-making process is controlled.An ice position sensor device 220, driver 267 and can link to each other with controller 245 so that controller 265 can be controlled these parts such as the such ice separator 269 of heater, sensor device 220 sensings ice storehouse, ice position or ice container 180 and whether be in Man Bingwei so that the ice-making process of ice machine 150 is controlled.In more detail, the PCB 231, the PCB 231 that links to each other with a plurality of receiver 240b and the heating-up section (that is heater) 261 that link to each other with the transmitter 240a of ice position sensor device 220 all can link to each other with controller 265.
During operation, through water-feed 155 water is fed in the ice tray 151.After scheduled time slot (even water freezes the required time) passed, controller 265 was based on confirming from the sensing signal of ice position sensor device 220 whether ice storehouse or ice container 180 are in full ice position.If confirm as the ice storehouse or ice container 180 is not in full ice position, then controller 265 is applied on the ice separator 269 electric power so that ice separates with ice tray 151 and it is deposited in ice storehouse or the ice container 180, and the continuation ice-making process.
When electric power being applied to ice 269 last times of separator, the ice separating heater outer surface of the ice cube in the ice tray 151 is melted slightly and therefore ice cube separate with ice tray 151.265 pairs of drivers 267 of controller are controlled, and make that displacer 161 is rotatable so that discharge the ice cube that separates and they are stored in ice storehouse or the ice container 180.When displacer 161 rotation, displacer pin 165 upwards promotes the ice cube that separates with ice tray 151 and it is dropped in ice storehouse or the ice container 180 along the upper surface of sliding shoe 167.
Simultaneously, if ice position sensor device 220 senses the ice storehouse or ice container 180 is in full ice position, then controller 265 stops to ice the operation of separator 269 and driver 267 and ends ice-making process.
Hereinafter, with reference to 9 pairs of bases of figure as here the ice position sensor device of refrigerator of broadly described another embodiment discuss.
As shown in Figure 9, ice position sensor device 320 can comprise: housing 321 has formed spatial accommodation in each housing 321; Printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB) 331, each printed circuit board (PCB) are contained in the corresponding housing 321; Be arranged in the electronics/optical element that is used for transmitt or receive signal 240 on the PCB 331; And alignment device 250, be used to make electronic component 240 to aim at and keep the aligning of electronic component 240 towards predetermined direction towards predetermined direction.Each electronics/optical element 240 can comprise the receiver 240b that is used to send the transmitter 240a of signal and is used to receive the signal that is sent from transmitter 240a.Transmitter 240a and receiver 240b can be the infrared sensors that is used to send and receive infrared signal.
Hereinafter, for purpose is discussed, suppose that transmitter 240a aims at and is contained in the housing 321 of separation at PCB 331 places that separate through the alignment device 250 that separates with receiver 240b.Be appreciated that detailed description through the foregoing description, and hereinafter, will describe the ice position sensor device with receiver 240b as shown in Figure 9 to ice position sensor device with transmitter 240a.
As shown in Figure 9, on PCB 331, be provided with two electronics/optical elements 240.As stated, electronics/optical element 240 can comprise and is used to receive the receiver 240b from the signal of transmitter 240a.Therefore, the sensing region of a signal is extended so that improve the sensing reliability.
Two electronics/optical elements 240 are spaced apart from each other on PCB 331.Can form the patchhole 333 that passes with the peripheral corresponding PCB 331 of electronics/optical element 240, alignment device 250 links with this patchhole 333.
Each alignment device 250 can be provided with the holding portion 251 that holds respective electronic/optical element 240 and be used to make holding portion 251 and PCB 331 joining coupling parts 255.
Coupling part 255 can comprise a plurality of attachment tabs 257 of elastically deformable.The guiding surface 259 that each attachment tabs 257 can have stop part 258 and tilt in direction of insertion at an end of stop part 258.
Housing 321 can have the spatial accommodation of upward opening.Can on a side of each housing 321, form transparent window 323, can send/receive the signal that is sent from transmitter 240a through this transparent window 323.
Can in each housing 321, form guiding groove 324, this guiding groove 324 was used for the holding and aim at channeling conduct of PCB331, and said PCB 331 has the electronics/optical element 240 that is connected to this PCB 331.Can on two opposite side zones within the housing 321, form guide protrusion 325 to limit guiding groove 324.Guiding groove 324 can be positioned in the housing 321 so that insert two opposed ends of PCB 321 slidably.
Can on the side such as the housing 321 of the upside of the housing among this embodiment 321, form coupling arrangement 327, this coupling arrangement 327 is used to utilize the coupling member (not shown) of screw for example and corresponding housing 321 is linked with ice machine 150.Alternatively, a plurality of coupling arrangements 327 can be arranged on the lateral parts of housing 321 for example housing 321 is fixed to the madial wall of ice storehouse or ice container 180.
Be used for the inside of housing 321 can be arranged in respect to the sealing cap 333 of its outside seal the upper opening portion of housing 321.Therefore, can prevent that outside moisture from getting into housing 321, thereby avoid because the harmful effect that moisture caused.
Can on a side of housing 321, form transparent window 323.Can heating-up section be set in a zone on the back surface of transparent window 323 is electric heater 261, to improve internal temperature and to prevent electro optical element 240 and transparent window 323 frostings.Heater 261 can produce heat when electric power is applied to heater 261, and heater 261 can be a baffle heater for example.
When structure like this, the end that is installed in the electronic component 240 on the PCB 331 is inserted in the aligned units 250, and the end of each attachment tabs 257 of respective aligned device 250 is inserted in the corresponding patchhole 333 of PCB 331.When patchhole 333 contacts with the guiding surface 259 that tilts, each attachment tabs 257 strain, and after this after being inserted through patchhole 333 elastic force through himself return to its initial position.Therefore, can prevent that alignment device 250 from all of a sudden separating with PCB 321.
When electric power is applied to heater 261; Heater 261 heating with the temperature that improves transparent window 323 and electronics/optical element 240 so that prevent because electronics/optical element 240 and transparent window 323 frostings make signal sensitivity worsen (for example damage, refraction, distortion or the like), thereby improve the reliability that sensing is iced the storehouse or iced the ice position of the ice cube in the container 180.
As stated; According to as a broadly described embodiment here; Be used to make electronics/optical element to aim at and keep the aligned units of the alignment of electronic component in a predetermined direction through employing; Can prevent that electronics/optical element from becoming flexible (move, shake), and therefore can improve the reliability that its sensing is completely iced the position.
In addition; Alignment device can have the coupling part that is used to hold the holding portion of electronics/optical element and is used for object fixed is arrived holding portion one side; So that allow simple structure and be convenient to make and assemble, thereby improve the sensing reliability with low manufacturing cost.
In addition, the heater that is used to prevent the electronic component frosting is provided further also, so that further improve the sensing reliability.
The full ice position sensor device that a kind of refrigerator is provided and has been used for this refrigerator, this refrigerator can improve the reliability whether the sensing ice cube fills up ice storehouse or ice container.
The full ice position sensor device that a kind of refrigerator is provided and has been used for this refrigerator, this refrigerator can be realized simple structure and can improve the reliability whether sensing completely contains ice cube with low manufacturing cost.
Such as here enforcement and broadly described refrigerator can comprise: refrigerator main body and door; Ice machine, this ice machine are arranged in refrigerator main body or ice cube is located and be configured to make to door; Ice storehouse or ice container, this ice storehouse or ice container are configured to store the ice cube of being processed by ice machine; And full ice position sensor device; Should full ice position sensor device be provided with the electronic component unit that is used for transmitt or receive signal and be used to the aligned units that makes electronic component unit aim in a predetermined direction and keep, and be configured to sensing ice storehouse or whether the ice container fills up ice cube.
Electronic component unit can comprise and is used to the receiving unit that sends the transmitting section of signal and be used to receive signal.
Full ice position sensor device can be arranged on the ice machine.
Can transmitting section and receiving unit be installed in respectively on the different printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB), wherein aligned units is connected to corresponding PCB.
Each aligned units can comprise the holding portion that holds transmitting section and receiving unit and be formed at holding portion a side and with the joining coupling part of corresponding PCB.
Coupling part can comprise a plurality of attachment tabs.
Each attachment tabs can comprise stop part, and this stop part is configured to separate to prevent attachment tabs with corresponding PCB contact.
Attachment tabs can be an elastically deformable.
Transmitting section can be constructed to single parts, and receiving unit can be provided with a plurality of.
Full ice position sensor device may further include the heating-up section of the temperature of the electronic component unit that is configured to raise.
Full ice position sensor device may further include and is respectively applied for housing and the lid that holds electronic component unit and aligned units, and this lid has transparent window.
Heating-up section can be arranged on the lid.
Be used for such as here the full ice position sensor device of enforcement and broadly described refrigerator can comprise: housing has formed spatial accommodation in this housing; Printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB), this printed circuit board (PCB) is contained in the housing; Electronic component unit, this electronic component unit are configured to transmitt or receive signal and are installed on the PCB; And aligned units, this aligned units is constructed such that electronic component unit aims in a predetermined direction and keep.
Housing can be provided with the opening that holds PCB through it, and this equipment may further include the sealing cap of the opening that is configured to seal casinghousing.
This equipment may further include the heater of the temperature of the electronic component unit that is configured to raise.
Housing can be provided with transparent window, and heater can be arranged in a side of transparent window.
Be used for such as here the full ice position sensor device of enforcement and broadly described refrigerator can comprise: transmitting element that is spaced apart from each other and receiving element, its each have the housing that has wherein formed spatial accommodation; And be arranged in the printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB) in the housing; This printed circuit board (PCB) is used for ice storehouse or ice container that sensing stores the ice cube of being processed by ice machine and whether fills up ice cube; Wherein transmitting element comprises: electronic component unit, this electronic component unit are installed in the PCB of the transmitting element that is used to send signal; And aligned units, be used to make electronic component unit to aim in a predetermined direction and keep, wherein receiving element comprises: electronic component unit, this electronic component unit are installed in the PCB of the receiving element that is used to receive signal; And aligned units, be used to make electronic component unit to aim in a predetermined direction and keep.
Any the quoting to " embodiment ", " embodiment ", " exemplary embodiment " or the like in this specification means that the described special characteristic of combination embodiment, structure or property bag are contained among at least one embodiment of the present invention.Appear at that not comprovincial this phrase is not all to relate to identical embodiment in this specification.In addition, when combining any embodiment to come special characteristic, structure or characteristic described, realize that in conjunction with other embodiment this characteristic, structure or characteristic are considered to be within those of ordinary skills' the scope.
Though a plurality of illustrative example of reference implementation example are described embodiment, should be clear that those of ordinary skills can design the spirit that falls into principle of the present disclosure and many other modifications and the embodiment within the scope.More specifically, in the scope of the disclosure, accompanying drawing and accompanying claims, can make many variations and modification to building block and/or layout that subject combination is arranged.Except variation and modification to building block and/or layout, alternative use also is conspicuous to those skilled in the art.
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1. refrigerator comprises:
Refrigerator main body;
And door, the said couplet on the door is received said main body;
Be arranged in the ice machine at said refrigerator place, said ice machine is installed in said main body or the said door, and is configured to make ice cube;
Ice chest reservoir vessel, said reservoir vessel are configured to admit and store the ice cube of being processed by said ice machine; And
Full ice position sensor device, said full ice position sensor device is provided with the ice position that is configured in the said reservoir vessel and carries out sensing, and said sensor device comprises:
Be used to the electro optical element unit that sends or receive, said electro optical element unit transmitt or receive signal; And
Be used at least one alignment device unit of aiming at and keeping, said at least one alignment device unit makes said electro optical element unit aim in a predetermined direction and fix, and is configured to the said ice chest of sensing and whether has filled up ice cube.
2. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein said electro optical element unit comprises:
The transmitting section transmitter module that is used to send, said transmitter module sends signal; And
The receiving unit receiver module that is used to receive, said receiver module receives the signal that is sent by said transmitter module.
3. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein said full ice position sensor device is arranged in said ice machine place.
4. refrigerator according to claim 2; Wherein said transmitting section transmitter module and said receiving unit receiver module are installed in respectively not exist together and are connected to first printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB) and second printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB); And wherein comprise first alignment device and second alignment device with joining said at least one aligned units of corresponding PCB device, said first alignment device and said second alignment device make said transmitter module and said receiver module be connected to a said PCB and said the 2nd PCB respectively.
5. refrigerator according to claim 4, each in the wherein said aligned units device comprises:
Holding portion accommodates said transmitting section and said receiving unit as corresponding transmitter module or receiver module in the described accommodation section is divided; And
Coupling part, said coupling part are formed on the side that the described accommodation section is divided, and are connected so that the described accommodation section branch is connected to corresponding PCB.
6. refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein said coupling part comprises a plurality of attachment tabs.
7. refrigerator according to claim 6, each in the wherein said attachment tabs comprises stop part, said stop part is configured to corresponding PCB contact to separate with corresponding PCB separates so that prevent said a plurality of attachment tabs.
8. refrigerator according to claim 6, each in the wherein said attachment tabs are deformable elastically deformables.
9. refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein said transmitting section are constructed to comprise the single transmitter module of single emitter element, and said receiving unit is arranged to comprise a plurality of modules of a plurality of receivers.
10. refrigerator according to claim 9; Wherein said single transmitter is positioned at first side of said ice machine; And said a plurality of receiver is positioned at second side relative with said first side of said ice machine; And wherein said a plurality of receiver is spaced apart from each other on said second side of said ice machine, so that form the range of receiving that receives from the signal of said single transmitter.
11. refrigerator according to claim 1, a wherein said full ice position sensor device further comprises the heating-up section adjuster, and said heating-up section adjuster is configured to raise and increases the temperature of said electro optical element unit.
12. refrigerator according to claim 11, wherein said thermoregulator comprises heater, and said heater is configured to increase the temperature of said optical element.
13. according to claim 10 11 described refrigerators, wherein said full ice position sensor device further comprises: be used for admitting respectively the housing and the lid that hold said electro optical element unit and said at least one aligned units device; And the lid that covers the opening surface of said housing, said lid has transparent window.
14. according to claim 11 13 described refrigerators, wherein said heating-up section adjuster is arranged in said lid place or is positioned to said lid contiguous.
15. an ice position sensor device that is used for refrigerator, whether the ice chest reservoir vessel that the said ice position sensor device sensing that is used for sensing stores the ice cube of being processed by ice machine fills up ice cube, and said equipment comprises:
Housing, said housing form has the spatial accommodation that is formed in the said housing;
Printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB), said printed circuit board (PCB) hold and are received in the said housing spatial accommodation;
The electro optical element unit, said electro optical element unit is installed in said PCB place and is configured to transmitt or receive signal, and is installed in said PCB place; And
Aligned units device, said aligned units device are constructed such that said electro optical element unit aims in a predetermined direction and keep the aligning of said electro optical element unit on said predetermined direction.
16. according to claim 13 15 described equipment, wherein said housing is provided with opening, said PCB is held being positioned in the said spatial accommodation through said opening, and
Wherein said equipment further comprises the sealing cap of the opening that is configured to seal said housing, and said sealing cap covers and also seals said opening.
17. according to claim 13 15 described equipment, further comprise heater, said heater is configured to raise and increases the temperature of said electro optical element unit.
18. according to claim 15 17 described equipment, wherein said housing is provided with and comprises transparent window, and said heater positioned is in a side of said transparent window.
19. an ice position sensor device that is used for refrigerator, said sensor device comprises: transmitting element and receiving element, and transmitter that is spaced apart from each other and receiver, each all has housing, and said housing is formed with the spatial accommodation that is formed in the said housing; And be arranged in the printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB) in the said housing, whether the ice chest container that wherein said sensor device sensing stores the ice cube of being processed by ice machine fills up ice cube,
Wherein said transmitting element transmitter comprises: first electronic component unit, said first electronic component unit are installed in the PCB place of the correspondence of the said transmitting element that is used to send its signal; And being used to the first aligned units device aiming at and keep, the said first aligned units device is aimed at and fixing said first electronic component unit on first predetermined direction, and
Wherein said receiving element receiver comprises: second electronic component unit, said second electronic component unit are installed in the PCB place of the correspondence of the said receiving element that is used to receive its signal; And being used to the second aligned units device aiming at and keep, the said second aligned units device is aimed at and fixing said second electronic component unit on second predetermined direction.
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