Summary of the invention
The present invention is intended to one of solve the problems of the technologies described above at least.
For this reason, one object of the present invention be to propose a kind of can be at the ice machine of the refrigerating chamber rapid ice making of refrigerator.
Second purpose of the present invention is to propose to have the refrigerator of above-mentioned ice machine.
Ice machine according to the embodiment of the invention; Comprise: box body; Be provided with the ice making frame in the said box body; Said ice making frame limits the ice making space, is limited with water space in the said box body and goes out to ice passage, saidly goes out to ice passage and has the ice mouth with said box body external communications; Be provided with water knockout drum between the bottom surface in said ice making space and the said water space, the side in said ice making space and said go out to ice to be provided with between the passage allow ice cube to get into saidly to go out to ice passage and stop water to get into the said water deflector that goes out to ice passage from said ice making space from said ice making space; Water inlet pipe, said water inlet pipe links to each other with said box body, is used in said water space, supplying water; Ice making box, said ice making box has a plurality of ice trays, said ice making box be located on the said ice making frame and said a plurality of ice tray Open Side Down towards said water knockout drum; Supply-water pump, said supply-water pump are located in the said water space and with said water knockout drum and link to each other so that the water in the said water space is ejected in said a plurality of ice tray through said water knockout drum; Evaporation tube, the contiguous said ice making box setting of said evaporation tube provides ice making required cold to give said ice making box; With deice part, the said part that deices links to each other with said ice making box so that said a plurality of ice tray deices.
According to the ice machine of the embodiment of the invention, ice making box has a plurality of ice trays that Open Side Down, and closes on ice making box and be provided with evaporation tube and deice part, and the refrigeration water in the water space is ejected in a plurality of ice trays through supply-water pump.Thus, the evaporation tube that closes on the ice making box setting makes supply-water pump be ejected into the interior cooling water of a plurality of ice trays and forms ice cube fast, improved ice making efficient.The water that sprays has been got rid of most air in the water, makes ice cube transparent.Open Side Down for a plurality of ice trays, and use deices part and can deice fast, makes ice machine deice the efficient height, has improved the automaticity of ice machine, is user-friendly to.
In addition, ice machine according to the above embodiment of the present invention can also have following additional technical characterictic:
Ice machine according to an embodiment of the invention also comprises drainpipe and the draining pump that links to each other with said drainpipe, and said drainpipe links to each other with said box body and is used to discharge the water in the said water space.
Ice machine according to an embodiment of the invention; Be provided with spaced apart along the vertical direction first and second sensors in the said water space, said first and second sensors link to each other with said water inlet pipe and are defined as scheduled volume with the water yield with said water space.
Ice machine according to an embodiment of the invention, the said heating tube that deices part for contiguous said ice making box setting.
Ice machine according to an embodiment of the invention, said water knockout drum comprise distributor and the branch water plate that said water space and said ice making space are separated, and the water plate was provided with a plurality of tapping holes in said minute, and said water knockout drum is installed on the lower surface of branch water plate.
Ice machine according to an embodiment of the invention, said ice making frame comprises first and second side plates of spaced apart setting, the water plate linked to each other with said first and second side plates in said minute.
Ice machine according to an embodiment of the invention, said water deflector comprise pivot and a plurality of water diversing sheet, and the two ends of said pivot link to each other with said first and second side plates respectively, and said a plurality of water diversing sheet is pivotably mounted on the said pivot.
Ice machine according to an embodiment of the invention also comprises:
Go out the ice door, saidly go out the ice door and be located at and be used to open and close said ice mouth on the said box body; With
Go out to ice door switch, saidly go out to ice door switch and go out the ice door and link to each other and be used to drive the said said ice mouth of ice door opening and closing that goes out with said.
Refrigerator according to second aspect present invention embodiment comprises: casing has chamber between refrigeration in the said casing; The door body, body is pivotable is installed on the said casing to open or close chamber between said refrigeration for said door; Ice machine, said ice machine are the described ice machine of previous embodiment according to the present invention; And ice bank, said ice bank is installed on the said door body and has on the said ice bank and is used for from what the ice mouth of said ice machine was admitted ice cube advancing ice mouthful, when said door body is opened said ice mouth close and said door body when closing said ice mouth open.
According to the refrigerator of the embodiment of the invention, the described ice machine of previous embodiment according to the present invention is installed.Thus, improved ice making efficient.Ice machine has been got rid of most air in the water, makes ice cube transparent.Deice fast, improved the automaticity of ice machine, be user-friendly to.
Refrigerator according to an embodiment of the invention; Said ice machine is the described ice machine of previous embodiment according to the present invention, and touching was said when wherein said door body was closed goes out to ice door switch so that saidly go out the ice door and open to discharge when said ice mouth and said door body are opened and saidly go out to ice door switch so that saidly go out the ice door and close said ice mouth.
Refrigerator according to an embodiment of the invention, the chamber comprises refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber between said refrigeration, said ice machine is installed in the said refrigerating chamber.
Refrigerator according to an embodiment of the invention has in the sidewall of said casing and is used for when said door body is closed, the cold in the said refrigerating chamber being supplied to the air channel in the said ice bank.
Additional aspect of the present invention and advantage part in the following description provide, and part will become obviously from the following description, or recognize through practice of the present invention.
The specific embodiment
Describe embodiments of the invention below in detail, the example of said embodiment is shown in the drawings, and wherein identical from start to finish or similar label is represented identical or similar elements or the element with identical or similar functions.Be exemplary through the embodiment that is described with reference to the drawings below, only be used to explain the present invention, and can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.
In description of the invention; It will be appreciated that; The orientation of indications such as term " " center ", " vertically ", " laterally ", " on ", D score, " preceding ", " back ", " left side ", " right side ", " vertically ", " level ", " top ", " end " " interior ", " outward " or position relation are for based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relation; only be to describe with simplifying for the ease of describing the present invention; rather than the device or the element of indication or hint indication must have specific orientation, with specific azimuth configuration and operation, therefore can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.
In addition, term " first ", " second " only are used to describe purpose, and can not be interpreted as indication or hint relative importance.
In description of the invention, need to prove that only if clear and definite regulation and qualification are arranged in addition, term " installation ", " linking to each other ", " connection " should be done broad understanding, for example, can be to be fixedly connected, connect integratedly, also can be to removably connect; Can be mechanical connection or electrical connection, also can be the connection of two element internals; Can be directly to link to each other, also can link to each other indirectly, for those of ordinary skill in the art, can understand the concrete implication of above-mentioned term as the case may be through intermediary.
Describe ice machine with reference to the accompanying drawings in detail according to the embodiment of the invention.
Shown in Fig. 1-6, the ice machine according to the embodiment of the invention comprises: box body 310, water inlet pipe 320, ice making box 330, supply-water pump 340, evaporation tube 350 with deice part 360.
Specifically, be provided with ice making frame 311 in the box body 310, ice making frame 311 limits the ice making space, and said ice making space is as shown in Figure 4, is the space that upwards has opening of ice making frame 311 qualifications.
Be limited with water space in the box body 310 and go out to ice passage.Go out to ice passage and have the ice mouth 312 (as shown in Figure 7) with box body 310 external communications, be provided with water knockout drum 370 between the bottom surface in ice making space (being bottom surface as shown in Figure 4) and the water space.
The side in ice making space (being left surface as shown in Figure 4) and go out to ice and be provided with water deflector 380 between the passage.Wherein, water deflector 380 allows ice cube to get into out the ice passage from the ice making space and stops water to get into out the ice passage from the ice making space.
Go out to ice passage and be positioned at the left side in ice making space, and spaced apart with water deflector 380, favourable with the ice making space, go out to ice passage and tilt along fore-and-aft direction, in other words, the rear end that goes out to ice passage is higher than front end, so that ice cube moves to ice mouth 312 along going out to ice passage.
Water inlet pipe 320 links to each other with box body 310, is used in water space, supplying water, so that have the water of scheduled volume in the water space 31.
Ice making box 330 has a plurality of ice trays 331, and ice making box 330 is located on the ice making frame 311, and Open Side Down for a plurality of ice trays 331 (being downward direction as shown in Figure 1 or the outside direction of vertical paper as shown in Figure 6) towards water knockout drum 370.
Supply-water pump 340 is located in the water space, and supply-water pump 340 links to each other with water knockout drum 370 so that the water in the water space is ejected in a plurality of ice trays 331 through water knockout drum 370.
Evaporation tube 350 contiguous ice making boxs 330 are provided with provide ice making required cold for ice making box 330.
Deicing part 360 links to each other so that a plurality of ice tray 331 deices with ice making box 330.
According to the ice machine of the embodiment of the invention, ice making box 330 has a plurality of ice trays 331 that Open Side Down, and closes on ice making box 330 and be provided with evaporation tube 350 and deice part 360, and the refrigeration water in the water space is ejected in a plurality of ice trays 331 through supply-water pump 340.Thus, the evaporation tube that closes on ice making box 330 settings makes supply-water pump 340 be ejected into a plurality of ice trays 331 interior cooling waters and forms ice cube fast, improved ice making efficient.The water that sprays has been got rid of most air in the water, makes ice cube transparent.Open Side Down for a plurality of ice trays 331, and use deices part 360 and can deice fast, makes ice machine deice the efficient height, has improved the automaticity of ice machine, is user-friendly to.
According to one embodiment of present invention, also comprise drainpipe 391 and the draining pump 392 that links to each other with drainpipe 391 according to the ice machine of the embodiment of the invention, drainpipe 391 links to each other with box body 310 and is used to discharge the water in the water space.When needs when changing the water in the water space, 392 work of controller control draining pump are to remove the water in the water space.Thus, guarantee to have higher quality in the water space, the security of the ice cube that raising ice machine 300 is processed.
According to one embodiment of present invention, be provided with along the vertical direction (direction up and down as shown in Figure 1) spaced apart first sensor 301a and second sensor 301b in the water space.First sensor 301a links to each other with water inlet pipe 320 with the second sensor 301b and is defined as scheduled volume with the water yield with water space.When the water level in the water space was lower than the first sensor 301a that is positioned at the below, water inlet pipe 320 injected water in water space, and made the interior water level of water space reach the position of the second sensor 301b.At this moment, second sensor 301b work, water inlet pipe 320 stops into water.Make the water that has scheduled volume in the water space, make ice machine intelligence more.
According to one embodiment of present invention, deice the heating tube that part 360 is provided with for contiguous ice making box 330.When needs deice, make the heating tube heating, ice cube is separated with corresponding ice tray, deice completion.Simple in structure, easy to use.
According to one embodiment of present invention, water knockout drum 370 comprises distributor 371 and the branch water plate 372 that water space and ice making space are separated.Divide water plate 372 to be provided with a plurality of tapping holes, water knockout drum 371 is installed on the lower surface (being lower surface as shown in Figure 4) of branch water plate 372.
Ice making frame 311 comprises the first side plate 3111a and the second side plate 3111b of spaced apart setting.Particularly, the first side plate 3111a is positioned at the front of the second side plate 3111b.Divide the front end of water plate 372 to link to each other, and divide the rear end of water plate 372 to link to each other with the second side plate 3111b with the first side plate 3111a.
Water deflector 380 comprises pivot 381 and a plurality of water diversing sheets 382, and the two ends of pivot 381 link to each other with the second side plate 3113b with the first side plate 3113a respectively.
Specifically, as shown in Figure 3, the front end of pivot 381 links to each other with the first side plate 3111a, and the rear end of pivot 381 links to each other with the second side plate 3111b.A plurality of water diversing sheets 382 are pivotably mounted on the pivot 381, and the upper end of a plurality of water diversing sheets 382 is all pivotable to link to each other with pivot 381, and the lower end of water diversing sheet 382 is a movable end.
When the water in the ice making space along the branch water plate 372 that tilts when going out to ice channel flow, water diversing sheet 382 cooperates prevention water to flow into out the ice passage with dividing water plate 372.When the ice cube in the ice making space along the branch water plate 372 that tilts when going out to ice passage and move; Because ice cube has bigger quality, ice cube impacts water diversing sheet 382 makes water diversing sheet 382 rotate along pivot 371, at this moment; Water diversing sheet 382 separates with a minute water plate 372, and ice cube can get into out the ice passage.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the upper surface of each in a plurality of ice trays 331 all is formed with venthole, so that the air in the water that supply-water pump 340 ejects can be discharged fast, further makes ice cube transparent.
According to one embodiment of present invention, also comprise: go out ice door (not shown) and go out to ice door switch 302.
Specifically, saidly go out the ice door and be located at and be used to open and close ice mouth 312 on the box body 310.
Going out to ice door switch 302 goes out the ice door and links to each other and be used to drive the said ice door opening and closing ice mouth 312 that goes out with said.
The simple with reference to the accompanying drawings method for using of describing according to the refrigerator of a specific embodiment of the present invention.
Shown in Fig. 1-6, when using for the first time, through water inlet pipe 320 water filling in water space, when water level reached the second sensor 301b, second sensor 301b work made water inlet pipe 320 stop water filling.When ice machine was installed in the refrigerating chamber of refrigerator, before the ice making, the water in the water space was received the refrigeration effect, has lower temperature, has improved ice making efficient.
When needing the ice making piece, open supply-water pump 340, make evaporation tube 350 work, under supply-water pump 340 and water knockout drum 370 actings in conjunction, the refrigeration water in the water space is ejected in a plurality of ice trays 331.Be ejected into water in a plurality of ice trays 331 and cool off fast and condense on the ice tray, ice cube begins to form from top to bottom.The water that does not condense in the injection comes back to water space.Because the upper wall of a plurality of ice trays 331 is provided with venthole, discharged most air in the water that is ejected in a plurality of ice trays 331, the ice cube that ice machine is processed is transparent.
Ice making is closed supply-water pump 340 and evaporation tube 350 is quit work after accomplishing, and heating is as the heating tube that deices part 360; Ice cube is separated with a plurality of ice trays 331; Because the gravity effect, ice cube drops on minute water plate 372, and along dividing water plate 371 through water deflector 380 and go out to ice passage and go out ice.
Because the output of ice cube, the water yield in the ice storage space will reduce.When the water level in the water space was lower than the first sensor 301a that is positioned at the below, water inlet pipe 320 injected water in water space, and made the interior water level of water space reach the position of the second sensor 301b.At this moment, second sensor 301b work, water inlet pipe 320 stops into water.
When needs when changing the water of water space, make draining pump 392 work, remove the water in the water space.After water in the water space is removed fully, can be according to above step ice making.This makes understandable for those of ordinary skill in the art.
Describe refrigerator with reference to the accompanying drawings in detail according to second aspect present invention embodiment.
Shown in Fig. 7-8, the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention comprises: casing 100, door body 200, ice machine 300 and ice bank 400.
Specifically, has chamber between refrigeration in the casing 100.
Door body 200 pivotable being installed on the casing 100 to open or close chamber between refrigeration.
Ice machine 300 is the described ice machine of previous embodiment according to the present invention.
Ice bank 400 is installed on the body 200, have on the ice bank 400 to be used for from what the ice mouth of ice machine 300 312 was admitted ice cubes advancing ice mouthfuls 401, when a door body 200 is opened ice mouth 312 close and a door body 200 when closing ice mouth 312 open.
According to the refrigerator of the embodiment of the invention, the described ice machine of previous embodiment according to the present invention is installed.Thus, improved ice making efficient.Ice machine has been got rid of most air in the water, makes ice cube transparent.Deice fast, improved the automaticity of ice machine, be user-friendly to.
According to one embodiment of present invention; Ice machine 300 is the described ice machine of previous embodiment according to the present invention; Wherein a door body 200 is touched out ice door switch 302 when closing so that saidly go out the ice door and open ice mouth 312, and a door body 200 discharges ice door switch 302 when opening so that saidly go out the ice door and close ice mouth 312.
According to one embodiment of present invention, the chamber comprises refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber between refrigeration, and ice machine 300 is installed in the refrigerating chamber.Thus, make refrigerator improve the serviceability of refrigerator, be user-friendly in the refrigerating chamber ice making.
According to one embodiment of present invention, have in the sidewall of casing 100 and be used for when door body 200 is closed, the cold in the refrigerating chamber being supplied to the air channel 101 in the ice bank 400.Thus, make to have lower temperature in the ice bank the convenient ice cube of preserving.
In the description of this specification, the description of reference term " embodiment ", " some embodiment ", " example ", " concrete example " or " some examples " etc. means the concrete characteristic, structure, material or the characteristics that combine this embodiment or example to describe and is contained at least one embodiment of the present invention or the example.In this manual, the schematic statement to above-mentioned term not necessarily refers to identical embodiment or example.And concrete characteristic, structure, material or the characteristics of description can combine with suitable manner in any one or more embodiment or example.
Although illustrated and described embodiments of the invention; Those having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: under the situation that does not break away from principle of the present invention and aim, can carry out multiple variation, modification, replacement and modification to these embodiment, scope of the present invention is limited claim and equivalent thereof.