CN102472548B - Refrigerator - Google Patents
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Abstract
Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage space; a door that is connected to the main body to selectively shield the storage space; a water supply container disposed in the storage space in a state where the door shields the storage space; an ice-maker disposed in a predetermined position of the storage space above the water supply container in a state where the door shields the storage space; a dispenser that is provided to a predetermined position of the door above the water supply container, to receive water or ice; a water supply passage extending from the water supply container to the ice-maker and the dispenser; a pump that is provided on the water supply passage to forcedly direct the water stored in the water supplying container to the ice-maker or the dispenser; ; and a valve that is provided on a predetermined position of the water supply passage near an outlet side of the pump to selectively supply the water to the ice-maker or the dispenser, wherein the pump is located at a height lower than the water supply container, and the valve is located at a height identical to or higher than the pump.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator.
Background technology
Conventionally, refrigerator is a kind of household electrical appliance, and it has the interior storage space of being screened by door and food cold storage in apotheca.At length, refrigerator produces cold air by the heat exchange with cold-producing medium (cold-producing medium is converted to low-pressure state by kind of refrigeration cycle).Storage area remains on low-temperature condition by cold air, and therefore by food, Keep cool so that it is fresh-keeping.
The variation of following dietetic life and client's grade to promote, refrigerator becomes increasing and is designed to multi-functional.In addition, consider user's facility, there is various structures and facilitate the refrigerator of device to be devoted to market.
As the typical device facilitating in device, in refrigerator, be provided with ice machine and distributor for ice making.Ice machine and distributor are used for providing ice or drinking water to user, and are arranged in refrigerator and door.
Conventionally, ice machine is divided into: hand, and wherein user is to water filling in ice-making tray; And self-action, the water supply container wherein with an ice making capacity is marked with water and is installed on ice-making tray, and the water that makes to be stored in water supply container can automatically be fed to ice-making tray.
Above-mentioned two types have can only an ice making shortcoming.If use the water supply container with the water yield that is greater than an ice making capacity, the water in water supply container will solidify due to the temperature profile of refrigerating chamber and therefore can not realize continuously ice making.
In order to solve above limitation, developed the refrigerator that is designed with water supply line, therefore this water supply line is directly connected to tap water pipeline and is connected to distributor, operates serially ice maker and user can obtain drinking water by distributor.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem
Embodiment provides a kind of refrigerator, and it is designed to have water supply container, stores the water for ice making in this water supply container; And described refrigerator is designed to, by pump and feed pipe, water is fed to ice machine and distributor.
Embodiment also provides a kind of refrigerator, even when water supply container is placed in than ice machine and the low position of distributor, this refrigerator still can be fed to water ice machine and distributor effectively.
The solution of problem
In one embodiment, refrigerator comprises: main body, has storage area; Door, is connected to this main body with this storage area of optionally screening; Water supply container, under the state of being screened by door, is arranged in storage area; Ice machine, under door is screened the state of storage area, is arranged on the precalculated position on water supply container that is positioned at of storage area; Distributor, what be set to door is positioned at the precalculated position on this water supply container, in order to receive water or ice; Water channel, extends to this ice machine and this distributor from this water supply container; Pump, is arranged on this water channel, in order to the water being stored in this water supply container is forcibly directed to ice machine or distributor; And valve, be arranged on the precalculated position close to this delivery side of pump side of water channel, in order to optionally to supply water to this ice machine or this distributor; Wherein, this pump is positioned at the height lower than this water supply container, and this valve is positioned at identical with this pump or higher than this pump height.
According to the application aspect, a kind of refrigerator is provided, this refrigerator comprises: main body, there is storage area, described storage area comprises at least one or two in refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber; Door, is connected to described main body with the described storage area of optionally screening, and described door comprises that at least one or two in refrigerating chamber door and refrigerating-chamber door, described refrigerating chamber door and refrigerating-chamber door close respectively and open described refrigerating chamber and described refrigerating chamber; Water supply container, is arranged on the rear surface of described refrigerating-chamber door removedly, and described water supply container is formed at described refrigerating-chamber door while closing to screen described refrigerating space, is arranged in described storage area; Ice machine, is arranged on the rear side of described refrigerating chamber door, and described ice machine is formed at described refrigerating chamber door while closing to screen described reefer space, is arranged on the precalculated position on the described water supply container of being positioned at of described storage area; Distributor, is set to the precalculated position on the described water supply container of being positioned at of described refrigerating chamber door, in order to receive water or ice; Water channel, extends to described ice machine and described distributor from described water supply container; Pump, is arranged on described water channel, in order to the water being stored in described water supply container is forcibly directed to described ice machine or described distributor; And valve, be arranged on the precalculated position of the described delivery side of pump side of approaching of described water channel, in order to optionally to supply water to described ice machine or described distributor; Wherein, described pump is positioned at the height lower than described water supply container, and described valve is positioned at identical with described pump or higher than described pump height.
The details of one or more embodiment is proposed in following accompanying drawing and description.According to description and accompanying drawing and according to claim, other features will be apparent.
Beneficial effect
Refrigerator according to the present invention has following effect.
Because the pump for supplying water is positioned at the height lower than water supply container, and valve is positioned at higher than pump or equals the height of pump, so thereby water just refluxes and overcomes disadvantageous water supply conditions when opening valve.
Therefore, even under disadvantageous water supply conditions (this often occurs when using dismountable water supply container), pump also can operate effectively, and therefore the operability of pump can promote.In addition, can effectively discharge the residue water in water channel.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is according to the front view of the refrigerator of embodiment;
Fig. 2 shows according to the front perspective view of the door open mode of the refrigerator of embodiment;
Fig. 3 shows according to the partial perspective view of the Machine Room of the refrigerator of embodiment;
Fig. 4 shows according to the stereogram of the supply-water pump of embodiment and valve arrangement;
Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 show the schematic diagram for water state according to the refrigerator of embodiment.
The specific embodiment
Now, with detailed reference to embodiments of the invention, the example of embodiments of the invention in accompanying drawing is described.Yet, the principle and scope of the present invention can not be interpreted as be confined to embodiment mentioned herein.On the contrary, it is evident that, by increasing, the element of revising or deleting wherein can easily obtain falling into other embodiment in the principle and scope of the present invention.
Below, for the convenience of describing and understanding, will be described as an example with side by side combination refrigerator (it has refrigerating chamber and the refrigerating chamber that is placed in left side and right side).
Fig. 1 is according to the front view of the refrigerator of embodiment, and Fig. 2 shows according to the front perspective view of the door open mode of the refrigerator of embodiment.
With reference to figure 1 and Fig. 2, according to the refrigerator 1 of embodiment, comprise casing 100, casing 100 limits storage area and door 40, and this door is used for opening and closing storage area.
At length, the front surface of casing 100 is open, and the inside of casing 100 is divided into left space and right space to limit refrigerating chamber 110 and refrigerating chamber 120 by dividing plate (barrier).In addition, in refrigerating chamber 110 and refrigerating chamber 120, be provided with for food-receiving a plurality of shelfs and drawer.
Door 40 comprises refrigerating chamber door 210 and refrigerating-chamber door 220, and refrigerating chamber door 210 and refrigerating-chamber door 220 are respectively used to close and open refrigerating chamber 110 and refrigerating chamber 120.In addition, door 40 passes through articulated elements 130 pivot couplings to casing 100.Therefore, can selectively open or close refrigerating chamber 110 and refrigerating chamber 120 by the pivoting action of refrigerating chamber door 210 and refrigerating-chamber door 220.
On refrigerating chamber door 210 and refrigerating-chamber door 220, can be respectively arranged with door handle 230.In addition, in refrigerating-chamber door 220, family bar 240 can be provided with, and water device 250 can be provided with in refrigerating chamber door 210.As described similar distributor 212 and Icemaker assembly 300 after a while, it is a kind of device of carrying out specific purpose and function from the water of outside supply of using that water device 250 may be defined as.
For distributing the distributor of drinking water or ice to be arranged on the front surface of refrigerating chamber door 210.Icemaker assembly 300 can be arranged on the rear surface of refrigerating chamber door 210.
Icemaker assembly 300 is to utilize the device that carrys out ice making from the water of water supply container 400 supplies, water supply container 400 will after description.Icemaker assembly 300 can be arranged on distributor 212.Need not go into the details, if necessary, Icemaker assembly 300 can be arranged in refrigerating chamber 110.Below, situation about being arranged in refrigerating chamber door 210 with Icemaker assembly 300 is described as an example.
Icemaker assembly 300 comprises ice machine 310 and ice bank (ice-bank) 320; Ice machine 310 utilizes the water ice making of supplying, and ice bank 320 is arranged on ice machine 310 belows in order to store ice.
At length, for the water of ice making, be automatically fed to ice machine 310, and the water of supplying is phased-changed into as ice by the cold air in refrigerating chamber 110.In addition, the made ice of ice machine 310 is automatically fallen ice bank 320 and is stored in ice bank 320.
Ice machine 310 made and be stored in ice in ice bank 320 and can ice bank be connected to distributor 212 by row's ice groove 330(row ice groove 330) distribute to user.That is, can ice be expelled to the container being located on distributor 212 by row's ice groove 330.
Meanwhile, water supply container 400 can be arranged on the rear surface of refrigerating-chamber door 220.
At length, water supply container 400 is a kind of reservoir vessels, and it is for storing ice making water and/or the drinking water that is fed to ice machine 310 and/or distributor 212.User can by water supply container 400 separated with refrigerating-chamber door 220 (unloading) and in water supply container 400 injected water.
The position of water supply container 400 is the height of ice machine 310 and distributor 212 lower than water device.The water that injects water supply container 400 is fed to water device 250 by pump 600, pump 600 will after description.
If necessary, water supply container 400 can be arranged in refrigerating chamber 120.In this case, the position of water supply container is also lower than the height of water device 250.
Water supply container 400 is removably disposed on refrigerating-chamber door 220, and is designed and sets size to be installed on the rear surface of refrigerating-chamber door 220.In addition, can be by the mineral water bottle of selling in market as water supply container 400.Selectively, can individually provide specific container.
On the rear surface of refrigerating-chamber door 220, be provided with a plurality of baskets of baskets 224.Basket basket 224 is designed to its setting height(from bottom) can be by dismantling or mobile adjusting.In addition, in a plurality of baskets of baskets 224 can be designed to support water supply container 400.
On the rear surface of refrigerating-chamber door 220, can be provided with container connecting portion 222, container connecting portion 222 is attached to water supply container 400.Container connecting portion 222 is designed to optionally be attached to the opening of water supply container 400.Container connecting portion 222 can be integrally formed on the rear surface of refrigerating-chamber door 220.Selectively, can container connecting portion 222 be removably mounted on refrigerating-chamber door 220 by an individual member.
At length, when container connecting portion 222 integral body are fixed to refrigerating-chamber door 220, can, by water supply container 400 is attached to container connecting portion 222, water supply container 400 be installed on the rear surface of refrigerating-chamber door 220.In addition, when container connecting portion 222 is set to individual member and is attached to refrigerating-chamber door 220, first water supply container 400 be attached to container connecting portion 222 and subsequently this assembly be installed on the rear surface of refrigerating-chamber door 220.
Meanwhile, water supply container 400, ice machine 310 and distributor 212 by water channel 500 each other fluid be connected, the water that makes to be stored in water supply container 400 can be fed to ice machine 310 and distributor 212.
Pump 600 and valve 700 can be arranged on the ad-hoc location of water channel 500.By pump 600, the water in water supply container 400 is forcibly fed to ice machine and distributor 212.In addition, can optionally to ice machine or distributor 212, supply water according to the position of valve 700.
The outside that pump 600 can be arranged on refrigerator is (see figure 3) in Machine Room 140.If needed, pump 600 can be arranged on the basal surface of casing 100 or on refrigerating-chamber door 220 or in refrigerating chamber 120.
Water channel 500 comprises: suction passage 510, within it is arranged on water supply container 400; Access road 520, its entrance 610(that is connected to pump 600 is shown in Fig. 4); With exit passageway 530, it is connected to the outlet side 620(that is positioned at pump 600 and sees Fig. 4) valve 700; Ice machine passage 540, it extends to ice machine 310 from valve 700; And distributor passage 550, it extends to the water dispense aperture of distributor 212 from valve 700.
At length, the water that suction passage 510 stores for sucking water supply container 400.When water supply container 400 is arranged on container connecting portion 222, the lower end of suction passage 510 may extend into the inner side of water supply container 400 compared with lower curtate.In addition, within the upper end of suction passage 510 is arranged on container connecting portion 222.The upper end of suction passage 510 is detachable and be installed together with container connecting portion 222 as monomer, and is optionally connected to the end in refrigerating-chamber door 220 that is arranged on of water channel 500.In more detail, suction passage 510 can be exposed to by container connecting portion 222 rear surface of container connecting portion 222.In addition, the end of suction passage 510 (this ends exposed is in the rear surface of container connecting portion 222) is optionally connected to the end (ends exposed of this water channel 500 is in the rear surface of refrigerating-chamber door 220) of water channel 500.
Meanwhile, access road 520 is connected to the suction passage 510 being positioned on refrigerating-chamber door 220 and the entrance side 610 that extends to pump 600.In this, when pump 600 is arranged on a side of casing 100, access road 520 can be drawn towards casing 100 from refrigerating-chamber door 220 by articulated elements 130.
In addition, exit passageway 530 is connected to valve 700 by pump 600.Be that exit passageway 530 is connected to the outlet side of pump 600 620 entrance side 710 of valve 700, making can flow valves 700 from the water of pump 600 discharges.
Ice machine passage 540 and distributor passage 550 are the independently passages that are connected to valve 700.Ice machine passage 540 and distributor passage 550 are from valve 700 bifurcateds and the passage that extends towards ice machine 310 and distributor 212 respectively.
Can guide by the articulated elements 130 of refrigerating chamber door 210 ice machine passage 540 and distributor passage 550.In addition, ice machine passage 540 and distributor passage 550 can be contained in independent pipeline, until ice machine passage 540 and distributor passage 550 is through articulated elements 130 and at the port of export bifurcated of this pipeline.
Fig. 3 shows according to the partial perspective view of the Machine Room of the refrigerator of embodiment, and Fig. 4 shows according to the stereogram of the supply-water pump of embodiment and valve arrangement.
With reference to figure 3 and Fig. 4, Machine Room 140 is formed on the bottom of casing 100.Machine Room 140 is provided with a space, and a plurality of parts are arranged in this space as compressor 141, condenser 142, capillary, fan motor assembly 143 and drip tray 144 etc.
The storage area of Machine Room 140 and refrigerator is arranged on the rear lower surface place of casing 100 discretely.In addition, the unlimited rear surface of Machine Room 140 can be sealed by mechanical chamber cap 145.
In addition, pump 600 and valve 700 are arranged in Machine Room 140.Pump 600 and valve 700 can connect each other by installation component 800 integrated grounds, and are fixedly installed in Machine Room 140 by installation component 800.
In more detail, valve 700 is arranged on the left side (see figure 4) of installation component 800, and pump 600 is arranged on the right side of installation component 800.Therefore, installation component 800, pump 600 and valve 700 can be used as one and assemble.
Installation component 800 is provided with installation portion 810, and installation component 800 can be fixedly installed in Machine Room 140 by the coupling compoonent as screw.The position of installation portion 810 and shape can change and form according to 140Zhong installation site, Machine Room.
Installation component 800 forms and makes valve 700 and pump 600 can be arranged on abreast identical height.If need, can make valve 700 be positioned at the position higher than pump 600.
Valve 700 is closely arranged on installation component 800 with pump 600, and the water of therefore discharging from pump 600 can be fed to valve 700 by exit passageway 530, exit passageway 530 will after description.
Below, by the connection status of describing in more detail between water channel 500, pump 600 and valve 700.
First, water channel 500 is connected between pump 600 and valve 700, makes the water in water supply container 400 can be fed to ice machine 310 and distributor 212.
At length, access road 520 is connected to the entrance side 610 of pump, by access road 520, from water supply container 400, introduces water.Access road 520 comprises entrance side extension 522 and entrance side tube connector 524.
Entrance side extension 522 is formed by flexible polyethylene (flexible polyethylene) and has an internal diameter of about 1/16 inch.Entrance side extension 522 extends to the position of contiguous pump 600 from suction passage 510, and by entrance side tube connector 524, is connected to the entrance side 610 of pump 600.
Entrance side tube connector 524 is for being connected to entrance side extension 522 by the entrance side of pump 600 610.Entrance side tube connector 524 can be formed by flexible silicon (flexible silicon).By entrance side tube connector 524, can make the end of entrance side extension 522 and the entrance side of pump 610 align, the bending by entrance side tube connector 524 can prevent that passage from blocking.
The entrance side that is connected to entrance side tube connector 524 610 of pump 600 can have the internal diameter of approximately 1/4 inch.In addition, because entrance side tube connector 524 is formed by flexible material, so even if entrance side extension 522 differs from one another with the diameter of the entrance side 610 of pump 600, entrance side extension 522 also can easily be connected to the entrance side 610 of pump 600.
Selectively, the relative end of entrance side tube connector 524 can be designed to have the internal diameter differing from one another, and makes to have differ from one another entrance side 610 and the entrance side extension 522 of pump 600 of internal diameter and can be connected to each relative end of entrance side tube connector 524.At length, can be by making cross section stepping (stepping) and expand that the internal diameter of entrance side tube connector 524 is progressively expanded to the second end from first end.
Meanwhile, exit passageway 530 is connected to the outlet side of pump 600 620 entrance side 710 of valve 700, and exit passageway 530 comprises outlet side extension 532 and outlet side tube connector 534.Outlet side extension 532 can be formed by flexible polyethylene.Outlet side extension 532 extends to pump 600 from valve inlet side 710, and by outlet side tube connector 534, is connected to the outlet side 620 of pump 600.
Outlet side tube connector 534 can be formed by the material identical with entrance side tube connector 524, and the outlet side of pump 600 620 fluids is connected to the end of outlet side tube connector 534.In addition, outlet side tube connector 534 only forms at straightway, can prevent that thus inner passage is because of surrender or crooked obstruction.
Meanwhile, all delivery side of pump sides 620, outlet side tube connector 534 and outlet side extension 532 can have the internal diameter of approximately 1/4 inch.That is the internal diameter of access road 520 can be greater than the internal diameter of exit passageway 530.Therefore, can make Pulsating Flow (pulsatile flow, it may produce when the water yield of guiding to pump 600 is less than the water yield of discharging from pump 600) minimize.
In addition, the elastically deformable when introducing or discharging water by pump 600 due to entrance side tube connector 524 and outlet side tube connector 534, the noise minimization producing when can make passages shrink or expanding.
Meanwhile, ice machine passage 540 is connected to ice machine 310 at the first outlet side 720 of valve 700, and ice machine passage 540 can be formed and be had an internal diameter of approximately 1/4 inch by polyethylene.In addition, distributor wing passage 550 is connected to distributor 212 at the second outlet side 730 of valve 700, and distributor wing passage 550 can be formed and be had a diameter of approximately 5/16 inch by polyethylene.
Therefore,, due to when handling distributor 212, the ice making water yield that is fed to ice machine 310 is greater than the water yield of drinking of discharging by distributor 212, so user can obtain drinking water quickly.
Below description is there is to the operation of the refrigerator of said structure.
First, in order to use ice making water and drinking water, to water supply container 400 injected waters and container connecting portion 222 is connected to water supply container 400.Next, water supply container 400 is installed on the rear surface of refrigerating-chamber door 222.Water supply container 400 can be mineral water bottle, in this case, the mineral water of selling opened and be directly connected to container connecting portion 222 in market, and without water being fed to the process of water supply container 400.
By water supply container 400 and container connecting portion 222 are connect, and suction passage 510 is placed in to water supply container 400 to absorb water from water supply container 400.When container connecting portion 222 is installed, just suction passage 510 is connected to access road 520, thereby becomes and can supply water to ice machine 310 and distributor 212.
Under this state, when by being arranged on the load button on distributor 212, when the signal supplying water to ice machine 310 is transferred to control module or the signal that distributes drinking water is transferred to control module, pump entry into service.
By the running of pump 600, water is guided to water absorption channel 510 from water supply container 400, and be further directed to pump 600 by access road 520.That is, after sequentially passing through the entrance side 610 of entrance side extension 522, entrance side tube connector 524 and pump 600, the water being incorporated in suction passage 510 is fed to pump 600.
When in this, entrance side tube connector 524 can be because of driving pump, issuable Pulsating Flow radially expands or shrinks.This pucker & bloat has weakened the impulsive force being applied on pipe passage, and therefore can reduce pipeline noise.In addition, owing to can sufficiently water being fed to the inside of pump 600, so can reduce pulsation.
In addition, by exit passageway 530, the water of discharging from pump 600 is directed to valve 700.In this, the water of discharging from pump 600, after sequentially passing through the outlet side 620 of pump 600, outlet side tube connector 534 and outlet side extension 532, is supplied to valve 700.In addition, by the flexibility of outlet side tube connector 534, can reduce Pulsating Flow phenomenon that the water because discharging from pump 600 causes and the noise of pipe passage.
When transmission ice making water suppling signal, the first outlet side 720 of valve 700 is opened, and makes the water that is fed to valve 700 to be fed to ice machine 310 by ice machine passage 540.
When transmission drinking water distributing signal, the second outlet side 620 is opened, and makes drinking water to be fed to distributor 212 by distributor passage 550.
Meanwhile, the water in water supply container 400 is used up and when therefore water supply container 400 be empty, as shown in Figure 5, the empty G&W in water channel 500 can be mixed with each other at pump 600 run durations at the run duration of refrigerator 1.
Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 show the schematic diagram for water state according to the refrigerator of embodiment.
By Fig. 5, for convenience of description, the structure to supply water to ice machine is described as an example.
With reference to figure 5, before the water in water supply container 400 is used up completely, pass through the entrance side 610 of driven pump 600 and the pressure differential between outlet side 620, the water that injects water channel 500 is fed to ice machine 310.
Meanwhile, after the water in water supply container 400 is used up completely, when the operation signal by ice machine carrys out driving pump 600, water and air coexists in water channel 500, and may therefore air be introduced in the entrance side 610 of pump 600.
At length, under the state that there is no injected water in water supply container 400, during driving pump, the air in water supply container 400 may be introduced in pump 600 by access road 520.In addition, the air of introducing in pump 600 may be drawn towards exit passageway 530.In addition, the air that is discharged into exit passageway 530 is introduced in valve 700 by exit passageway 530, and is supplied to subsequently ice machine passage 540.
Therefore, air is just injected in the some passages in suction passage 510, access road 520, exit passageway 530 and ice machine passage 540.
In this state, even when reinstalling after water supply container 400 is injected into water, pump 600 can not produce yet can be by the pressure that in ice machine passage 540, remaining water is discharged.That is at entrance side 610 and outlet side 620, the two coexists and has become disadvantageous water supply conditions air, and therefore pump 600 can not produce the pressure that effectively water is fed to pump 600.
In order to eliminate above-mentioned disadvantageous water supply conditions, pump 600 is designed to, and when inputting the operation signal of ice machine, pump 600 brings into operation when valve 700 is opened.
Meanwhile, valve 700 and pump 600 are positioned at not only the height lower but also lower than water supply container 400 than water device 250.In addition, valve 700 and pump 600 are set to located adjacent one another and maintenance connected condition.
In addition, valve 700 is positioned at the height identical with pump 600 or higher than the height of pump 600.As shown in Figure 6, once open valve 700, in ice machine passage 540, remaining water is just introduced into the outlet side of pump 600 by this valve.
That is to say, by the position of valve 700 and pump 600 and the structure of water channel 500, when valve 700 is opened, water is just introduced in pump 600.Therefore, can be promptly by the entrance side 610 of the inside of water injection pump 600 and pump 600 and outlet side 620.
As mentioned above, by the installation site of water device 250, water supply container 400 and pump 600, by the difference in height of water device 250, water supply container 400 and pump 600, can when valve 700 is opened, water be fed in pump 600, can eliminate rapidly the disadvantageous water supply conditions in water channel thus.Therefore, pump 600 can produce normal discharge pressure, and thereby the residue water in ice machine passage 540 can be discharged.In addition, can effectively be supplied water by water supply container 400.
Meanwhile, this principle not only can be applicable to ice machine passage 540 but also can be applied to equally distributor passage 550.
Although embodiment is described with reference to a plurality of exemplary embodiments, should understand multiple other remodeling and the embodiment that can be designed by those skilled in the art will fall in the principle and scope of principle of the present invention.More specifically, parts that subject combination is arranged in the scope of the present invention, accompanying drawing and claims and/or arrange, multiple modification and remodeling are possible.Except parts and/or the modification of arranging and remodeling, substituting use is also apparent to those skilled in the art.
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1. a refrigerator, comprising:
Main body, has storage area, and described storage area comprises the one or both in refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber;
Door, is connected to described main body with the described storage area of optionally screening, and described door comprises that the one or both in refrigerating chamber door and refrigerating-chamber door, described refrigerating chamber door and refrigerating-chamber door close respectively and open described refrigerating chamber and described refrigerating chamber;
Water supply container, is arranged on the rear surface of described refrigerating-chamber door removedly, and described water supply container is formed at described refrigerating-chamber door while closing to screen described refrigerating space, is arranged in described storage area;
Ice machine, is arranged on the rear side of described refrigerating chamber door, and described ice machine is formed at described refrigerating chamber door while closing to screen described reefer space, is arranged on the precalculated position on the described water supply container of being positioned at of described storage area;
Distributor, is set to the precalculated position on the described water supply container of being positioned at of described refrigerating chamber door, in order to receive water or ice;
Water channel, extends to described ice machine and described distributor from described water supply container;
Pump, is arranged on described water channel, in order to the water being stored in described water supply container is forcibly directed to described ice machine or described distributor; And
Valve, is arranged on the precalculated position of the described delivery side of pump side of approaching of described water channel, in order to optionally to supply water to described ice machine or described distributor;
Wherein, described pump is positioned at the height lower than described water supply container, and described valve is positioned at identical with described pump or higher than described pump height.
2. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described pump and described valve connect each other by installation component, and described installation component is fixedly mounted in the outside of described refrigerator.
3. refrigerator according to claim 2, also comprises: Machine Room, is arranged on the bottom of described main body; Wherein, described installation component is arranged in described Machine Room.
4. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described pump and described valve are arranged on the downside of the inside of described refrigerating chamber.
5. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described water channel extends to described ice machine and described distributor by articulated elements, and described articulated elements is connected described door with described main body.
6. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described water channel comprises:
Suction passage, is arranged in described water supply container;
Access road, has the first end that is connected to described suction passage and the second end that is connected to the entrance side of described pump;
Exit passageway, is connected to the described valve that is positioned at described delivery side of pump side;
Ice machine passage, extends to described ice machine from described valve; And
Distributor passage, extends to the water out of described distributor from described valve.
7. refrigerator according to claim 6, also comprises: container connecting portion, is detachably connected to the rear surface of described; Wherein, described water supply container is optionally attached to described container connecting portion.
8. refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein, described suction passage is also integrally formed with described container connecting portion through described container connecting portion.
9. refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein, goes up by described container connecting portion being removably mounted on to described door, and described suction passage is optionally connected to described access road.
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