CN102405386B - Refrigerator and control method thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
A refrigerator and a control method thereof are disclosed. A refrigerator is able to supply water preserved in a cool state to an ice maker. The refrigerator includes an ice-making chamber, an icemaker provided in the ice-making chamber, a dispenser for dispensing water, and a water tank connected to the dispenser and the icemaker. The water tank stores water in a cool state.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator and control method thereof.
Background technology
Conventionally, refrigerator is for making food keep fresh or freezing household electrical appliance.Refrigerator can use compressor, condenser, evaporimeter and expansion gear to carry out refrigeration.
In the main body of refrigerator, be provided with for making stored object keep fresh refrigerating chamber and the refrigerating chamber for freezing stored object.Here, evaporimeter is to refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber supply cold air.
The couplet on the door is received the front portion of each chamber, and is installed to door or refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber for the ice maker of ice making with for the distributor supplying water.
According to the way of supplying water of the ice maker to conventional refrigerator and distributor, the water of being supplied by outside watering is through filter, and then water is stored in the tank of being located at refrigerating chamber predetermined portions.
Water from tank flows in distributor.If user promotes the control lever of distributor with cup, be stored in that cooling water in tank is discharged from and this cooling water can be supplied with user.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem
But according to traditional refrigerator, the water that is fed to ice maker is to supply with from outside watering, does not pass through tank.As a result, water is with normal temperature but not is introduced in ice maker with cryopreserved temperature.
If such normal-temperature water is fed to ice maker, after supplying water, need to complete for a long time ice making operation.
Technical scheme
In a kind of scheme, refrigerator comprises: refrigerating chamber; Ice maker, it is configured to aqueous water to be frozen into ice; And distributor, it is configured to the ice that distributes aqueous water and be made up of ice maker.Refrigerator also comprises the tank that is positioned at refrigerating chamber place, and it is configured to receive the aqueous water from watering, and is configured to received aqueous water to be stored in cooling liquid state.Above-mentioned cooling liquid temperature is lower than the temperature of the water receiving from watering.Refrigerator also comprises: distributor tube, and it is configured to the liquid water in cooling being stored in tank to be directed to distributor to distribute; With ice making organ pipe, it is configured to the liquid water in cooling being stored in tank to be directed to ice maker to carry out ice making.
Embodiment can comprise one or more in following characteristics.For example, refrigerator can comprise: channel valve, it is connected to tank, distributor tube and ice making organ pipe, and be configured to control the liquid water in cooling being stored in tank is fed to separately to distributor, or be fed to separately ice maker, or be fed to distributor and ice maker simultaneously.In this example, refrigerator can comprise refrigerating-chamber door, and it is configured to open and close at least a portion of refrigerating chamber.Ice maker and distributor can be positioned on refrigerating-chamber door, and tank and channel valve can be positioned in refrigerating chamber.Refrigerator also can comprise control part, and it is configured at distributor operating period control channel valve to stop the water supply to ice maker, and control part is configured to control channel valve in the time that the operation of distributor stops restarting the water supply to ice maker.
In some example, refrigerator can comprise: channel valve, it is connected to tank, distributor tube and ice making organ pipe, and is configured to control the liquid water in cooling being stored in tank is fed to separately to distributor, or is fed to separately ice maker.In these examples, refrigerator can comprise refrigerating-chamber door, and it is configured to open and close at least a portion of refrigerating chamber.Ice maker and distributor can be positioned on refrigerating-chamber door, and tank and channel valve can be positioned in refrigerating chamber.In addition, in these examples, refrigerator can comprise control part, and it is configured at distributor operating period control channel valve to stop the water supply to ice maker, and control part is configured to control channel valve in the time that the operation of distributor stops restarting the water supply to ice maker.
In certain embodiments, refrigerator can comprise accommodation section, and it is configured to hold tank.In these embodiments, refrigerator can comprise: cold air guiding tube, and it is configured to guide accommodation section into from freezing indoor cold air; Temperature sensor, it is configured to measure the temperature of accommodation section; With can enclosed member, it is arranged on cold air guiding tube place and is configured to open and close cold air guiding tube, and thereby controls the amount that sucks the cold air in accommodation section.In addition, in these embodiments, more than the temperature of accommodation section can remain on cryogenic temperature.
In another scheme, refrigerator comprises: storeroom; Door, it is configured to open and close at least a portion of storeroom; Ice-making compartment; And ice maker, it is arranged in ice-making compartment and is configured to aqueous water is frozen into ice.Refrigerator also comprises: distributor, and it is arranged on door and goes up and be configured to the ice that distributes aqueous water and be made up of ice maker; Water supply installation, it is configured to supply water to ice maker and distributor.Water supply installation comprises at least one tank, and it is configured to aqueous water is stored in below predetermined temperature and is connected to ice maker and distributor.
Embodiment can comprise one or more in following characteristics.For example, water supply installation can comprise channel valve, and it is connected at least one tank, discharges or introduce passing through of water at least one tank to control from least one tank.In this example, channel valve is configured to, if distributor running during current direction ice maker, the water that channel valve stops flowing to allow to be stored at least one tank to ice maker by the water that makes to be stored at least one tank flows to distributor.
In certain embodiments, at least one tank can comprise: the first tank, and it is configured to store the water of preparing to be fed to distributor; The second tank, it is configured to store the water of preparing to be fed to ice maker.In these embodiments, channel valve can be positioned in the passage between outside watering and the first tank and the second tank of being located at storeroom outside, and can control to the water supply of the first tank and the second tank.In addition, in these embodiments, refrigerator can comprise: accommodation section, and it is configured to hold dividually the second tank with the first tank, and more than being configured to that the temperature of the second tank is remained on to cryogenic temperature, but lower than the temperature of the first tank.
In another scheme, the control method of refrigerator comprises: determine whether to input distributor operation signal; In response to determining input distributor operation signal, determine whether to supply water to ice maker; With in response to determine to ice maker supply water, stop at least provisionally supplying water to ice maker; And supply water to distributor.
Embodiment can comprise one or more in following characteristics.For example, the method can comprise the performance of the batch operation that monitoring is relevant to distributor operation signal, and surveys the performance of batch operation based on monitoring.In this example, the method can comprise: restart to ice maker and supply water in response to the performance of surveying batch operation.
In addition, the method can comprise make to ice maker supply water postpone predetermined time.Do not have to supply water to ice maker in response to determining, supply water to distributor, and stop startup to be supplied water to ice maker in supplying water to distributor.
In and describing at accompanying drawing, state one or more embodiments of the detail below.From description and accompanying drawing and claim, other possible feature and advantage of the present invention will be apparent.
Should be understood that the spirit and scope in the case of not deviating from claim, can make multiple remodeling.For example,, if if the parts of carrying out with different orders in step and/or the disclosed system of disclosed technology combine in a different manner and/or substituted or supplemented by other parts, still can obtain favourable result.Therefore, other embodiment is also in the scope in following claim.
Beneficial effect
According to the present invention, cooling water is supplied to ice maker.As a result, the time of ice making can reduce.
In addition, if between ice maker delivery period, user attempts to use distributor with dispensing water, and preferential execution supplied water to distributor.Thus, improved user's convenience.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 shows an example of refrigerator.As shown in Figure 1, comprise according to the refrigerator of exemplary embodiment of the present invention: casing 1; Be located at the storeroom 3 in casing 1; With the door 5 for opening and closing storeroom.
Tank 13 is arranged in storeroom 3, particularly, is arranged in refrigerating chamber, to store the water of supplying from outside watering 10.
Water regulating valve 16 and filter 19 are arranged between tank 13 and external water source 10.Water regulating valve 16 is controlled current and regulating pondage, filter 19 filtered water.
Door 5 is rotatably connected to casing 1, and door 5 comprises ice-making compartment 23, and distributor (40, see Fig. 2) is arranged on wherein.Ice making and preservation ice in ice-making compartment 23, distributor 40 dispensing water.
Ice-making compartment 23 comprises for the ice maker 26 of ice making and is stored in the ice container 29 of ice-making compartment 23 for the ice that ice maker 26 is made.
Channel valve 33 is arranged on the below of ice-making compartment 23, to supply selectively or side by side the water of cooling preservation in tank 13 to distributor 40 and ice maker 26.
Channel valve 33 can be three-way valve and be arranged on towards the guiding hose 55 of distributor 40 and the branch location place between the guiding hose 56 of ice maker.
The flexible pipe 57 of connection water channel 13 and channel valve 33 is arranged to arrive via hinge unit 60 along the wall of casing 1 inwall of door 5, rotatably support door 5 of this hinge unit 60.
Here, the inner space of ice-making compartment 23 is closed by the ice making door of the intended wall that rotatably connects ice-making compartment 23, thereby this inner space can be separated with the inner space of storeroom 3.
Fig. 2 shows the exemplary refrigerator shown in Fig. 1 from front portion.As shown in Figure 2, distributor 40 is installed to the front surface of door 5, and channel valve 33 is arranged on the rear of distributor 40, thereby the water that makes to be introduced in distributor 40 or ice maker 26 can be directed as described above.
The sidewall setting along door 5 towards the flexible pipe 56 of ice maker 26 branches from channel valve 33, the ice-making tray 27 towards ice maker 26 is arranged in the outlet of flexible pipe 56.
Owing to taking this structure, so the water that flows to ice maker 26 falls into ice-making tray 27 through tank (13, see Fig. 1) and channel valve 33, thereby water is accommodated in ice-making tray 27.
In addition, if user promotes the control lever 42 of distributor 40, the water that flows to distributor 40 can be discharged from the outlet of being arranged to the flexible pipe 55 that exceeds control lever 42 upper ends through tank 13 and channel valve 33, thereby water is accommodated in the containers such as such as cup.
Be arranged on the flexible pipe 55,56 and 57 of door in 5 and can be arranged on the outside of ice-making compartment, to reduce (as, stop) mobile water is frozen in flexible pipe possibility.Here,, in the time that door 5 is opened, flexible pipe 55,56 and 57 can embed in door 5, to hide.
Because the temperature of ice-making compartment 23 inside must remain on subzero, thus can be heat insulation around the wall of ice-making compartment 23, and the temperature that is not exceeded cold point affects.
Below with reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, current are described.Not to be directly fed to ice-making compartment 23 but to be fed to tank 13 from the water of outside watering, to store therein predetermined time.
Here, tank 13 is arranged on rear portion or the sidepiece of refrigerating chamber 3, and the temperature that is stored in the water in tank 13 can be subject to refrigerating chamber 3 internal temperature (approaching 3 DEG C) impact and significantly reduce.
In tank 13, store under the state of water, if user promotes the control lever 42 of distributor 40, water flows to channel valve 33 (A direction) from tank 13, and the water of arrival channel valve 33 will flow to distributor 40 and is discharged from (B direction).
If input starts the signal of ice making, from the water of tank 13 by upwards flowing along the flexible pipe 56 being located on ice-making compartment 23 sidepieces via channel valve 33, then fall into the ice-making tray 27 (C direction) of ice maker 26.
If be supplied to ice-making tray 27 because the temperature in refrigerating chamber 3 keeps cooling water, the cold air in ice-making compartment 23 is taken away heat from water, therefore water is made to time that ice spends still less.
As a result, for example, than the situation of supply normal-temperature water (, 20 DEG C of left and right), can save the ice making time.
Fig. 3 shows exemplary refrigerator.As shown in Figure 3, two tanks are arranged on the rear portion of refrigerating chamber 3, and referred to as the first tank 113 and the second tank 213.
Here, what the first tank 113 was preserved is the cooling water of preparing to be fed to distributor (40, see Fig. 2), and what the second tank 213 was preserved is the cooling water of preparing to be fed to ice maker 26.
In some example, outside watering 10 and water regulating valve 116 are installed.Here, Water usage control valve 116 is definite is incorporated into the water (flow) direction the first tank 113 and the second tank 213 from outside watering 10, and Water usage control valve 116 carrys out regulating pondage.
The first filter 119 and the second filter 219 are arranged between the first tank 113 and the second tank 213 and water regulating valve 116 with filtered water.
The flexible pipe 155 that is connected to the outlet of the first tank 113 is connected to distributor 40 along the wall of wall, hinge unit 60 and the door 5 of casing 1.
Valve 133 is arranged in flexible pipe 155 to control current towards distributor 40.
The flexible pipe 256 that is connected to the outlet of the second tank 213 is installed along wall, hinge unit 60 and the door 5 of casing 1.Here, the outlet of flexible pipe 256 is arranged to towards ice-making tray 27.
The flexible pipe 155 and 256 that is connected to the outlet of the first tank 113 and the second tank 213 can be separately located in respectively in casing 1 and door 5.
The following describes the current of above-mentioned structure.
In the first tank 113, store under the state of water, if user promotes the control lever (42, see Fig. 2) of distributor 40, water regulating valve 116 is opened towards the first tank 113.
Then the water of, just having introduced in the first tank 113 is pushed the water being previously stored in wherein to distributor 40 (D direction).
The water being previously stored in the first tank 113 is exposed in the cold air of storeroom 3, and the preservation that is cooled.Thus, can be to user's feeding cold water.
In addition, if input starts the signal of ice making, water regulating valve 116 is opened towards the second tank 213.In the second tank 213, the water of cooling preservation is just fed to water promotion wherein and is flowed to ice maker (E direction).
Once the water that its predetermined temperature is identical with temperature in storeroom 3 is supplied to ice-making tray 27, carries out the time that ice making spends take away heat from water after, that is, the ice making time can reduce to some extent, and can be reduced for the whole time that completes ice making.
Fig. 4 shows another exemplary refrigerator.As shown in Figure 4, compared with above embodiment, refrigerator can comprise: accommodation section 300, cold air guiding tube 310 and can enclosed member 313.Accommodation section 300 holds the second tank 213, and what this second tank 213 stored is the water of preparing to be fed to ice maker, and cold air guiding tube 310 is guided the part cold air in refrigerating chamber into accommodation section 300.Can enclosed member 313 be arranged in cold air guiding tube 310 or be arranged on accommodation section 300 and cold air guiding tube 310 between coupling part in, to optionally control the cold air supply to refrigerating chamber.
In addition, temperature sensor 315 is arranged in accommodation section 300, to measure the temperature in accommodation section 300.
Accommodation section 300 is configured such that the temperature near the second tank 213 remains under the temperature of refrigerating chamber 3 and exceedes the cold point (namely zero centigrade) of water.
That is to say, if the temperature of refrigerating chamber 3 remains on about 3 DEG C, the temperature in accommodation section 300 can remain on 1 DEG C-2 DEG C.
If it is more to be fed to the water temperature reduction of ice maker 26, the ice making time can further reduce.
Shown in Fig. 4 can be to above similar with reference to the description of Fig. 3 towards the current of distributor (40, see Fig. 2) and the ice making of refrigerator operation.Therefore, no longer repeat previous description, below by the structure of describing about accommodation section 300.
If exceed predetermined scope by the temperature being arranged in determined this accommodation section 300 of temperature sensor 315 in accommodation section 300, can operate so that accommodation section 300 is communicated with refrigerating chamber by enclosed member 313.
Thus, the Quilt with air conditioning of refrigerating chamber is incorporated in accommodation section 300, and the temperature in accommodation section 300 reduces.Therefore, if by the definite measurement temperature of temperature sensor 315 within predetermined scope, can enclosed member 313 again closed, thus reduce the excessively cold possibility in inside of (for example, stoping) accommodation section 300.
If the inside of accommodation section 300 is excessively cold, being contained in water in the second tank 213 may be freezing, and running that therefore can enclosed member 313 should be carried out as far as possible rapidly.
Fig. 5 shows exemplary refrigerator control part part.As shown in Figure 5, control part 400 is arranged in refrigerator to control to the water supply of distributor with for the water supply of ice making.
In the case of the refrigerator shown in Fig. 4, can be connected to the input terminal of control part 400 for the control lever 42 of the power supply unit 401 of powering, distributor 40 and temperature sensor 315.Row's ice drive division (ice-ejector driving part) 402, dispenser drive portion 41 and channel valve/water regulating valve drive division 216 can be connected to control part 400 outlet terminals.Now, row's ice drive division 402 is actuated to the ice cube being stored in the ice tray of ice-making compartment 23 to discharge, and dispenser drive portion 41 is actuated to supply water to distributor simultaneously.
Utilize above structure, carry out to the water supply of distributor 40 and ice maker 26 according to the order of control part.
In some embodiments, if at the control lever to operation commutator between ice maker delivery period, the priority supplying water may be a problem, and the exemplary control method of water supply priority has been shown in Fig. 6.
First, determine whether to have inputted the distributor operation signal (S101) from distributor dispensing water.Can whether be operated to determine whether to have inputted operation signal by the action bars based on distributor.
Determine current whether to ice maker water supply (S102).Supply water to ice maker if definite, stop supplying water (S103) to ice maker, start to distributor water supply (S104) simultaneously.Do not supply water to ice maker if current, supply water to distributor.
Can stop supplying water to ice maker, thereby make when simultaneously to distributor and ice maker water supply, the pressure that flows to the water in distributor disperses to some extent.
Stopping under the state supplying water to ice maker, when carrying out after distributor water supply, determining whether distributor operation signal stops (S105).If determine that distributor operation signal stops, restarting (may restart at once) to ice maker water supply (S106).
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Fig. 1 is the stereogram that refrigerator is shown;
Fig. 2 is the front view that refrigerator is shown;
Fig. 3 is the stereogram that refrigerator is shown;
Fig. 4 is the stereogram that refrigerator is shown;
Fig. 5 is the block diagram that the control assembly of refrigerator is shown; And
Fig. 6 is the flow chart that control method is shown.
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1. a refrigerator, comprising:
Refrigerating chamber;
Ice maker, described ice maker is configured to aqueous water to be frozen into ice;
Distributor, the ice that described distributor configuration composition is joined aqueous water and is made up of described ice maker;
At least one tank, described at least one tank is positioned at described refrigerating chamber place, and be configured to receive the aqueous water from watering, and be configured to received aqueous water to be stored in cooling liquid state, described cooling liquid temperature is lower than the temperature of the water receiving from described watering;
Distributor tube, described distributor tube is configured to the liquid water in cooling being stored in described at least one tank to be directed to described distributor to distribute;
Ice making organ pipe, described ice making organ pipe is configured to the liquid water in cooling being stored in described at least one tank to be directed to described ice maker to carry out ice making;
Accommodation section, described accommodation section is configured to hold described tank;
Cold air guiding tube, described cold air guiding tube is configured to guide described accommodation section into from freezing indoor cold air; And
Channel valve, described channel valve is connected to described at least one tank, described distributor tube and described ice making organ pipe, and the liquid water in cooling that described channel valve is configured to control being stored in described at least one tank is fed to separately described distributor, or be fed to separately described ice maker, or be fed to described distributor and described ice maker simultaneously
Wherein, described at least one tank comprises:
The first tank, described the first sink structure becomes to store the water of preparing to be fed to described distributor; And
The second tank, described the second sink structure becomes to store the water of preparing to be fed to described ice maker; And
Wherein, described channel valve is positioned in the passage between outside watering and described the first tank and described second tank in the outside of being located at described refrigerating chamber, and described channel valve control is to the water supply of described the first tank and described the second tank.
2. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, also comprises:
Refrigerating-chamber door, described refrigerating-chamber door is configured to open and close at least a portion of described refrigerating chamber, wherein, described ice maker and described distributor are all positioned on described refrigerating-chamber door, and described at least one tank and described channel valve are all positioned in described refrigerating chamber.
3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, also comprises:
Control part, described control part is configured to control described channel valve to stop the water supply to described ice maker in described distributor operating period, and described control part is configured to control described channel valve in the time that the operation of described distributor stops restarting the water supply to described ice maker.
4. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, also comprises:
Temperature sensor, described temperature sensor is configured to measure the temperature of described accommodation section; With
Can enclosed member, describedly can enclosed member be arranged on described cold air guiding tube place and be configured to cold air guiding tube described in open and close, and thereby control the amount of introducing the cold air in described accommodation section.
5. refrigerator as claimed in claim 4, wherein, more than the temperature of described accommodation section remains on cryogenic temperature.
6. refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, wherein, described accommodation section is configured to hold dividually described the second tank with described the first tank, and more than being configured to that the temperature of described the second tank is remained on to cryogenic temperature, but lower than the temperature of described the first tank.
7. a control method for refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, comprising:
Determine whether to input distributor operation signal;
In response to determining the described distributor operation signal of input, determine whether to supply water to described ice maker; With
Supply water to described ice maker in response to determining:
Stop at least provisionally supplying water to described ice maker; And
Supply water to described distributor,
Wherein, stop at least provisionally comprising and making to supply water and postpone predetermined time to described ice maker to described ice maker water supply.
8. the control method of refrigerator as claimed in claim 7, also comprises:
Monitor the performance of the batch operation relevant to described distributor operation signal; With
Survey the performance of described batch operation based on described monitoring.
9. the control method of refrigerator as claimed in claim 8, also comprises: restart the water supply to described ice maker in response to the performance of surveying described batch operation.
10. the control method of refrigerator as claimed in claim 7, also comprises: supply water to described ice maker in response to not determining, supply water to described distributor, and stop the startup of supplying water to described ice maker in supplying water to described distributor.
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