CN107436061A - Refrigerator - Google Patents
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Abstract
There is provided a kind of refrigerator, the ice machine in refrigerator can produce ice cube by the refrigerant directly cooling circulated in cold air generation system.Ice making Pipe installing has the refrigerant flowed wherein in ice making unit.Refrigerant tubing is arranged in refrigerator main body, for receiving refrigerant from cold air generation system.Flexible duct is arranged on around the be hinged end (for example, corner) of refrigerator main body and door, and is configured as extendably interconnecting ice making pipeline and refrigerant tubing.Such as when door is removed to be repaired or replaced, control valve can be breaking at the flowing of the refrigerant flowed between ice making pipeline and refrigerant tubing.
Description
Technical field
Embodiment of the disclosure is related to refrigerator, more particularly, to the ice making mechanism and distribution mechanism in refrigerator.
Background technology
Refrigerator is to be used to (for example, in freezing state or frozen state) storage food or other articles at low temperature set
It is standby.
The inside of refrigerator is cooled down by the cold air circulated wherein.Cold air can pass through with refrigerant circulation
Compression, condensation, expand and evaporate and constantly produce.The cold air supplied in refrigerator is uniformly distributed by convection current.
Refrigerator includes the main body with rectangular shape, and it has open front.Refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber can be arranged on master
In body.Refrigerating-chamber door and refrigerating chamber door can cover the front side of main body.It can be provided in the interior storage space of refrigerator
Classify the drawer of variety classes article, shelf, storage tank etc..
In general, top mount type has the refrigerating chamber at the top of refrigerating chamber.By contrast, bottom-freezer type
Refrigerator has the refrigerating chamber below refrigerating chamber.This is allowed users to easily from refrigerating chamber access article.On the other hand,
If user must bend or reduce his or her body and can just take (for example, take out) ice cube, this may be to user from cold
Freeze room access article and cause inconvenience.
Some bottom-freezer type refrigerators have the ice dispenser being arranged in the refrigerating-chamber door on the upside of refrigerator.This feelings
Under condition, the ice maker for supplying ice can be arranged in refrigerating-chamber door or cooling compartment.
If ice maker is arranged in refrigerating-chamber door, the air cooled down by evaporator turns into cold air, and by
Supply to both refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber.Into the cold air of refrigerating chamber along the cold air being embedded in the side wall of refrigerator main body
Service flows to ice maker.With flow of cold air by ice maker inside, water congeals into ice block.Then, ice making fills
The cold air put is discharged to refrigerating chamber via the cool air reflux pipeline being embedded in the side wall of refrigerator main body.
But cool air supply duct, cold sky are installed in traditional refrigerator, it is necessary in the left wall or right wall of refrigerating chamber
Gas reflux line and the structure for making pipe insulation, this disadvantageously reduces wherein available storage area.In addition, this match somebody with somebody
Put so that whole interior pipe arrangement becomes extremely complex.
Further, since ice cube is produced by cooling down indirectly, it depends on the cold sky for flowing through cold air service
Gas, therefore, cooling effectiveness and production ice rate are very low and usual and unsatisfactory.
Patent document：Korean Patent No.10-0565621 (registration on March 22nd, 2006)
The content of the invention
Embodiment of the disclosure provides a kind of refrigerator, its can by using refrigerant direct cooling means door system
Manufacture ice cube in icehouse.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, refrigerator includes：Refrigerator main body；Door, it is connected to refrigerator main body；Ice making unit, its
It is mounted on a door；Cold air generation system, it is configured as making refrigerant circulation to produce the cold sky for the inside for being fed to refrigerator
Gas；Ice making pipeline, it is arranged in ice making unit so that ice making unit and refrigerant heat-shift；Refrigerant tubing, it is installed
In refrigerator main body, to receive refrigerant from cold air generation system；Flexible duct, it is configured as extendably to
Ice making pipeline and refrigerant tubing are connected with each other；And control valve, it is configured as selectively cutting off in ice making pipeline and system
The flowing of the refrigerant flowed between cryogen pipeline.
Flexible duct can be arranged in the be hinged end of refrigerator main body and door.
Flexible duct can be arranged on around the hinge of refrigerator main body and door.
Control valve can include at least one end in the end of refrigerant tubing or the end of ice making pipeline
In close/open valve.
Cold air generation system can include：Evaporator, it can carry out heat transfer between refrigerant and air so that cold
Air produces and is supplied to the inner space of refrigerator main body；Compressor, it is configured as the refrigeration that will be supplied from evaporator
Agent is mutually changed into the vapor phase refrigerant with high temperature and high pressure；Condenser, it is configured as mutually for gaseous refrigerant being changed into having height
The liquid refrigerant of pressure；And expansion valve, it is configured as depressurizing liquid refrigerant and liquid refrigerant is fed into steaming
Send out device.
Ice making unit can include：Ice-making compartment, it is configured to supply ice making space；Ice-making tray, itself and ice making pipeline
Contact so that ice cube is produced by the heat exchange with refrigerant；And ice bucket, it is placed on below ice-making tray to store ice
Block.
According to the second embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a kind of refrigerator, including：Refrigerator main body；Door；Ice making unit, it is installed
On door；Cold air generation system, it is configured as making refrigerant circulation；And direct cooling unit, it is configured as passing through
Refrigerant is optionally fed to ice making unit by control valve from cold air generation system.Ice making unit includes：Ice-making compartment, its
It is configured to supply ice making space；Ice-making tray, it is configured to supply the framework with ice making tube contacts so that by with system
The heat exchange of cryogen produces ice cube；And ice bucket, it is placed on below ice-making tray with stored ice.
Direct cooling unit can include：Ice making pipeline, it is arranged in ice making unit, and refrigerant flows wherein；System
Cryogen pipeline, it is arranged in refrigerator main body, and refrigerant is fed into ice making pipeline from cold air generation system；Control valve,
It is configured as the flowing for selectively cutting off the refrigerant flowed between ice making pipeline and refrigerant tubing；And flexible pipe
Road, it is configured as being connected with each other ice making pipeline and refrigerant tubing in a manner of scalable or be coilable.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, the refrigerant in the refrigerant tubing of refrigerator main body side is supplied to refrigerator doors side
Ice making pipeline.Therefore, in the case of independent of cold air is supplied to ice machine, the direct cooling of refrigerant can be passed through
To produce ice cube, so as to realize the production of ice with high cooling efficiency.Furthermore, it is possible to significantly improve manufacturing speed.
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Embodiments of the invention will be better understood when by reading following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in the accompanying drawings,
Identical reference represents identical element, wherein：
Fig. 1 is perspective view of the diagram according to the exemplary refrigerator of the first embodiment of the present disclosure；
Fig. 2 is to illustrate ice making pipeline, refrigerant tubing and the flexible pipe in the refrigerator according to first embodiment of the present disclosure
The view of the exemplary arrangement in road；
Fig. 3 be diagram according to the ice making pipeline in the refrigerator of the modification of first embodiment of the present disclosure, refrigerant tubing and
The view of the exemplary arrangement of flexible duct；
Fig. 4 is the side view of the inside configuration for the exemplary ice making unit for being shown in the refrigerator shown in Fig. 1；
Fig. 5 is the plan of the inside configuration for the exemplary ice making unit for being shown in the refrigerator shown in Fig. 1；
Fig. 6 is block diagram of the diagram according to the exemplary cold air generation system of the refrigerator of first embodiment of the present disclosure；
Fig. 7 is block diagram of the diagram according to the cold air generation system of the refrigerator of the modification of first embodiment of the present disclosure；
Fig. 8 is perspective view of the diagram according to the exemplary refrigerator of second embodiment of the present disclosure；And
Fig. 9 is to illustrate ice making pipeline, refrigerant tubing and the flexible pipe in the refrigerator according to second embodiment of the present disclosure
The view of the exemplary arrangement in road.
Embodiment
Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of embodiment be will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.Following description is each of the disclosure
One of in terms of kind patentability, and a part for the detailed description of the disclosure can be formed.
But when describing the disclosure, it is convenient to omit make retouching in detail for known configurations that the disclosure thickens or function
State.
The disclosure can carry out various modifications, and can include various embodiments.Specific embodiment will show in the accompanying drawings
Show and described in the detailed description of embodiment to example property.The disclosure is limited it is understood, however, that they are not intended as
Specific embodiment is formed on, but covers all modifications, analog and the equivalent being included in spirit and scope of the present disclosure.
Term used herein, including such as ordinal number of " first " and " second ", can be used for description and unrestricted each
Kind component.Simply component is distinguished from each other out for these terms.When mentioning the component " connection ", " connection " or " link " to another
During individual component, it will be appreciated that previous component can be directly connected to or be linked to latter component, or the 3rd component can be between two
Between individual component.Particular term use herein is only used for describing specific embodiment, without limiting the disclosure.Made with odd number
Statement covers the statement of plural number, unless it has visibly different implication within a context.
Hereinafter, one embodiment of the disclosure is described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is perspective view of the diagram according to the exemplary refrigerator of the first embodiment of the present disclosure.Fig. 2 is diagram according to the disclosure
First embodiment refrigerator in ice making pipeline, refrigerant tubing and flexible duct exemplary arrangement view.Fig. 3 is figure
Show the exemplary of ice making pipeline in the refrigerator according to the modification of first embodiment of the present disclosure, refrigerant tubing and flexible duct
The view of arrangement.Fig. 4 is the side view of the inside configuration for the exemplary ice making unit for being shown in the refrigerator shown in Fig. 1.Fig. 5 is
The plan of the inside configuration of the exemplary ice making unit for the refrigerator being shown in shown in Fig. 1.
As shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 5, it can be included according to the refrigerator of first embodiment of the present disclosure：Refrigerator main body 10, its by with
It is set to the outer body for limiting refrigerator；Door 20, it is configured as the inner space for opening and closing refrigerator main body 10；Ice making unit
30, it is arranged in door 20；Cold air generation system 40, it is configured as making refrigerant circulation；And direct cooling unit
100, it is configured as that the refrigerant of cold air generation system 40 is supplied into ice making unit via retractable and flexible pipeline 130
30, and it is configured as being controlled the flowing of refrigerant with control valve.
More specifically, refrigerator main body 10 be configured as limit refrigerator outer body housing, and can by every
Plate 12 is divided into refrigerating chamber F and refrigerating chamber R.For example, refrigerating chamber F can be located at the bottom of refrigerator main body 10, and refrigerating chamber R can
With positioned at the top of refrigerator main body 10.Refrigerating chamber F and refrigerating chamber R are covered by door 20.
Door 20 can include：Refrigerating-chamber door, it is configured as sealing at the opposite edges on the preceding surface of refrigerator main body 10
Refrigerating chamber R；And refrigerating chamber door, it is configured as the open front for sealing refrigerating chamber F.
In the present embodiment, the refrigerating-chamber door with ice making unit 30 is configured as covering refrigerating chamber R.Ice making unit 30
It can be arranged in refrigerating chamber F refrigerating chamber door.In addition, it is that refrigerating chamber F is placed at downside according to the refrigerator of the present embodiment
Bottom-freezer type refrigerator.However, disclosure not limited to this.The disclosure can apply to different types of refrigerator.
Ice making unit 30 can include：Ice-making compartment 32, it provides the ice making space for producing ice cube；Ice-making tray 33,
It is configured as with refrigerant heat-shift to produce ice cube；Ice bucket 34, it is placed on the lower section of ice-making tray 33；Rotation motor
36, it is configured as rotating ice-making tray 33, and ice cube is discharged into ice bucket 34 from ice-making tray 33；And heater
35, it is arranged on the peripheral part of ice-making tray 33.
Ice-making tray 33 receives water from water supply line (not shown).Multiple units of water, which can be accommodated, can form in ice making
In pallet 33.In various embodiments, these units can have different shape and quantity.
Ice-making tray 33 can be made up of the metal with high-termal conductivity.The lower surface of ice-making tray 33 can be with ice making pipe
Road 110 directly contacts.The ice making pipeline 110 contacted with ice-making tray 33 can have U-shaped contact portion 110a.For example, ice making
The contact portion 110a of pipeline 110 can extend from one end of ice-making tray 33, and can be in the other end of ice-making tray 33
180 degree bent around.Then, contact portion 110a can extend towards one end of ice-making tray 33.
The disclosure is not limited to this particular implementation.The contact portion 110a of ice making pipeline 110 can bend multi-turn, and
And multiple (for example, route to and fro) can be wriggled on the lower surface of ice-making tray 33.In order to improve heat transfer efficiency, ice making support
Disk 33 and ice making pipeline 110 can use adhesive or fastener to be combined together.
Therefore, the refrigerant for ice making pipeline 110 being fed to from refrigerant tubing 120 can be with accommodating in ice-making tray 33
The direct heat-shift of water, without cold air is fed into pallet.Specifically, the contact portion of ice making pipeline 110 is passed through
Heat exchange occurs for 110a.As a result, water freezes and is transformed into ice cube.By this way, the contact portion 110a of ice making pipeline 110
Operation and effect it is similar with the evaporation pan in cold air generation system.
As described above, in the present embodiment, in the case of independent of cold air is fed into pallet, ice cube can lead to
The heat exchange crossed between ice making pipeline 110 and ice-making tray 33 carries out directly cooling to produce.On the contrary, in traditional system
In, it is fed into ice-making tray from the cold air of refrigerator main body supply and ice-making tray is cooled down by gas-solid heat exchange.With
This mode, refrigerant can not directly cool down pallet, but cool down pallet by intermediate medium (for example, cold air).Therefore,
In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, can significantly shorten for producing the time needed for a collection of ice cube.
Therefore ice cube caused by can be transferred on the ice bucket 34 being arranged on below ice-making tray 33 by rotation motor 36.
Now, heater 35 can heat ice-making tray 33 with the short time, so that the surface of the ice cube contacted with ice-making tray 33 is slightly
Fusing so that ice cube is easily separated from ice-making tray 33.
If the upper surface of ice-making tray 33 rotates towards ice bucket 34, ice-making tray 33 can be (for example, at a predetermined angle
Or bigger angle) reverse so that ice cube is discharged into ice bucket 34.Then the ice cube in ice bucket 34 is placed on auger 37
Between blade.When auger 37 rotates, ice cube can be supplied to user by the distributor (not shown) on door 20.
Direct cooling unit 100 can include：Ice making pipeline 110, it is arranged in ice making unit 30；Refrigerant tubing
120, it is arranged in refrigerator main body 10；Flexible duct 130, it is configured as ice making pipeline 110 and the phase of refrigerant tubing 120
Connect；Control valve, it is configured as the stream for the refrigerant that control is flowed between ice making pipeline 110 and refrigerant tubing 120
Road；And pipeline shell 140, it is configured as the end for surrounding refrigerant tubing 120.
Ice making pipeline 110 may be mounted in ice-making compartment 32 so that at least a portion of ice making pipeline 110 is (for example, contact
Part 110a) directly contacted with the ice-making tray 33 of ice making unit 30.Therefore, the refrigerant for being fed to ice making pipeline 110 can be with
Ice is quickly cooled down by the direct heat exchange with ice-making tray 33 (especially by the contact portion 110a of ice making pipeline 110)
Water in pallet.
Refrigerant tubing 120 is the pipeline from the branch of refrigerant lines 45 of cold air generation system 40.Refrigerant tubing
120 can be from the branch of cold air generation system 40 so that is placed on refrigerator main body 10 to the end horizontal of refrigerant tubing 120
In side wall.Refrigerant tubing 120 can include：Refrigerant tubing is flowed into, it is configured as refrigerant producing system from cold air
System 40 is fed to ice making pipeline 110；And outflow refrigerant tubing, it is configured as making refrigerant flow back from ice making pipeline 110
To cold air generation system 40.
Refrigerant tubing 120 is connected to ice making pipeline 110 via flexible duct 130.Therefore, refrigerant tubing 120 can be with
Refrigerant is fed to ice making pipeline 110 from cold air generation system 40, and refrigerant is back to from ice making pipeline 110 cold
Air generating system 40.Therefore, the refrigerant for refrigerant tubing 120 being fed to from refrigerant pipe diatom 45 can be via flexible pipe
Road 130 flows to ice making pipeline 110, so as to cool down ice making unit 30.Hereafter, refrigerant can be via flexible duct 130 and refrigeration
Agent pipeline 120 flows to refrigerant lines 45.
Flexible duct 130 can be refrigerant hoses, and the refrigerant hoses are configured as in refrigerator main body 10 and door 20
Hinged end around region in ice making pipeline 110 is mutually interconnected with refrigerant tubing 120 on the opening/closing direction of door 20
Connect.For example, flexible duct 130 can be the refrigerant hoses made of any suitable coilable flexible material, and can
To be for example fastened by bolts to the end of ice making pipeline 110 and refrigerant tubing 120.
Specifically, flexible duct 130 can be with four-layer structure (e.g., including outer rubber layer, enhancement layer, inner rubber
And resin bed (nylon layer)) manufacture.Therefore, flexible duct 130 can reduce loss of cool air, and by refrigerant from peace
Refrigerant tubing 120 in refrigerator main body 10 is effectively transported to the ice making pipeline 110 in door 20, while keeps out door
20 frequent ON/OFF movement.
Control valve can be on/off valve 150, and it is configured as selectively opening and closing in the end of refrigerant tubing
In refrigerant stream, to selectively cut off the refrigerant flowed between ice making pipeline 110 and refrigerant tubing 120
Flowing.As shown in figure 3, close/open valve 150 may be mounted at the every of the end of refrigerant tubing 120 and the end of ice making pipeline 110
In individual end.
Therefore, can be before door 20 be removed by close/open valve when door 20 needs to be removed to place under repair or change
150 turn off to stop the flowing of refrigerant, so as to prevent the refrigerant tubing 120 of refrigerant from direct cooling unit 100 from leaking.
Pipeline shell 140 is configured as protecting the shell of the end of refrigerant tubing 120.It can be filled in pipeline shell 140
Heat-insulating material (such as, polyurethane foam etc.).Pipeline shell 140 can be blocked between refrigerant tubing 120 and flexible duct 130
Coupling part.Therefore internal arrangement can be hidden from the visual field.Cap (not shown) for opening and closing inner space can
With in pipeline shell 140.
Fig. 6 is block diagram of the diagram according to the exemplary cold air generation system of the refrigerator of first embodiment of the present disclosure.
Cold air can be fed to refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber by cold air generation system 40.Cold air passes through in cooling pipe
Heat exchange between the refrigerant and air that are flowed in (not shown) produces.
Cold air generation system 40 can include：Evaporator 41；Compressor 42, it is configured as to discharge from evaporator 41
Refrigerant be changed into the gaseous state with high temperature and high pressure；Condenser 43, it, which is configured as gaseous refrigerant being changed into, has
The liquid of high pressure；Expansion valve 44, it is configured as liquid refrigerant adiabatic expansion, and by the liquid refrigerant of adiabatic expansion
It is fed to evaporator 41.
Heat exchanging process includes compression, condensation, expansion and the evaporation of refrigerant.Kind of refrigeration cycle includes compressor 42, cold
Condenser 43, expansion valve 44 and evaporator 41.Accordingly, there exist the air in cooling pipe to be cooled, and by with
Refrigerant heat exchange in evaporator 41 becomes cold air.Compressor 42, condenser 43 and expansion valve 44 can be by refrigerants
It is fed to direct cooling unit 100.
More specifically, some refrigerants are passing through evaporator 41, compressor 42, the and of condenser 43 along refrigerant lines 45
While expansion valve 44 circulates, it can be used for producing the cold air for being supplied to refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber.Some refrigerants can be with
Ice making pipeline 110 is transferred to cool down refrigeration unit 30 by refrigerant tubing 120, then passes through evaporator 41, compressor
42nd, condenser 43 and expansion valve 44 circulate again.
Therefore, can be before door 20 be removed by close/open valve when door 20 needs to be removed to place under repair or change
150 turn off to stop the flowing of refrigerant, so as to prevent the refrigerant tubing 120 of refrigerant from direct cooling unit 100 from leaking.
Fig. 7 is frame of the diagram according to the exemplary cold air generation system of the refrigerator of the modification of first embodiment of the present disclosure
Figure.
As shown in fig. 7, triple valve 160 can be arranged on refrigerant tubing 120 from the joint of the branch of refrigerant lines 45.
Triple valve 160 can selectively cut off the flowing for the refrigerant for being transferred to direct cooling unit 100, and therefore, can be with
With with the above-mentioned identical effect of on off valve 150.
Hereinafter, the operation of the refrigerator of the present embodiment according to configuration as described above will be described.
First, if a part for refrigerant is transferred to refrigerant tubing 120, refrigerant pipe from refrigerant lines 45
Refrigerant in road 120 can flow to ice making pipeline 110 by flexible duct 130.Flexible duct 130 can the opening of door 20/
Guan Fang is upwardly extended and shunk.No matter the frequent movement of door 20, flexible duct 130 are enabled the refrigerant in refrigerant tubing 120
It is without hindrance or unrestrictedly flow between ice making pipeline 110.
Refrigerant in ice making pipeline 110 can directly cool down ice-making tray 33 by contact portion 110a.Therefore, supply
Water to ice-making tray 33 is directly cooled down by contact portion 110a, and therefore can promptly be transformed into ice.In ice making support
Caused ice cube can be fallen in the ice bucket 34 being arranged on below ice-making tray 33 in disk 33, may then pass through the distribution of door 20
Device supplies user.
The refrigerant that heat exchange is carried out with ice-making tray 33 in ice making pipeline 110 can be moved by flexible duct 130
To refrigerant tubing 120.The refrigeration of refrigerator can be entered by refrigerant lines 45 by being moved to the refrigerant of refrigerant tubing 120
Circulation.
Therefore, can be before door 20 be removed by close/open valve when door 20 needs to be removed to place under repair or change
150 turn off to stop the flowing of refrigerant, so as to prevent the refrigerant tubing 120 of refrigerant from direct cooling unit 100 from leaking.
Fig. 8 is perspective view of the diagram according to the exemplary refrigerator of second embodiment of the present disclosure.Fig. 9 is diagram according to this public affairs
The view of the exemplary arrangement of ice making pipeline, refrigerant tubing and flexible duct in the refrigerator for the second embodiment opened.
As shown in Figure 8 and Figure 9, in the refrigerator according to second embodiment of the present disclosure, direct cooling unit 100 is configured
For refrigerant is fed into ice making unit 30 from cold air generation system 40 by coilable flexible duct 130, and by with
It is set to by using control valve to control the flowing of refrigerant.
The configuration of the various assemblies in addition to direct cooling unit 100 has been described with reference to first embodiment, including
The configuration of refrigerator main body 10, door 20, ice making unit 30 and cold air generation system 40.
Direct cooling unit 100 can be via coilable flexible duct 130 by the refrigerant of cold air generation system 40
Ice making unit 130 is fed to, and the flowing of refrigerant can be controlled with close/open valve 150.
Flexible duct 130 can be the refrigerant hoses made of suitable coilable flexible material so that flexible pipe
Above-below direction of the road 130 along door 20 and around refrigerator main body 10 and door 20 hinge by ice making pipeline 110 and refrigerant pipe
Road 120 is connected with each other.Flexible duct 130 can be secured to the end of ice making pipeline 110 and refrigerant tubing 120 by bolt
Portion.
As described above, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, ice is produced using the cold air directly cooled down in cooling pipe
Block.It is thus possible to improve the efficiency of cooling ice cube and the efficiency of supply cold air.Cold air passes through in cooling pipe and refrigerator doors
Ice making space between shortcut route circulate.Therefore loss of cool air can be efficiently reduced.As a result, can reduce in ice
Power consumption during the operating of case.
Although describing the exemplary embodiment of the disclosure above with reference to accompanying drawing, skilled person will understand that
It is that, in the case where not changing the essential feature or spirit of the disclosure, the disclosure can be realized in a variety of ways.
It is understood, therefore, that exemplary embodiments mentioned above is not restricted, and only it is in all respects example
Property.The scope of the present disclosure is stated by following claims, rather than is expressed by embodiment；And it should be understood
It is all to cover the model in the disclosure from the whole changes and modification obtained by the implication and scope and its equivalents of claim
In enclosing.
It is appreciated that for illustrative purposes from foregoing, various embodiments disclosed herein is described herein,
Also, in the case where not departing from the scope of the present disclosure and spirit, various modifications can be made.It is public in the specification of the disclosure
The exemplary embodiment opened does not limit the disclosure.The scope of the present disclosure will explain by following claims, and should be understood that
It is to belong to the scope of the present disclosure with all technologies in its equivalency range.
Claims (17)
1. a kind of refrigerator, including：
Main body, it limits the outer body of refrigerator；
Door, it is configured as the inner space for covering main body；
Ice making unit, its is mounted on a door；
Cold air generation system, it is configured as making refrigerant circulation and is fed to the cold air of inner space to produce；
Ice making pipeline, it is connected to cold air generation system and in ice making unit, wherein, ice making pipeline is configured as
By cold-producing medium supply to ice making unit；
Refrigerant tubing, it is arranged in main body and is operable as that system reception refrigerant occurs from cold air；
Flexible duct, it is configured as extendably being connected with each other ice making pipeline and refrigerant tubing；And
Control valve, it is configured as making the refrigerant between ice making pipeline and refrigerant tubing to flow and forbid in ice making pipeline
The flowing of refrigerant between refrigerant tubing.
2. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein, flexible duct is arranged in the be hinged end of main body and door.
3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein, flexible duct is arranged on around the hinge being connected between main body and door.
4. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein, control valve is included installed in the end of refrigerant tubing and ice making pipeline
The close/open valve at least one end in end.
5. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein, cold air generation system includes：
Evaporator；
Compressor；
Condenser；And
Expansion valve.
6. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein, ice making unit includes：
Ice-making compartment, it provides the space for ice making；
Ice-making tray, it is configured as receiving the water for being used for being transformed into ice cube, wherein, ice-making tray directly connects with ice making pipeline
Touch；And
Ice bucket, it is placed on below ice-making tray to store the ice cube from ice-making tray supply.
7. refrigerator as claimed in claim 6, wherein, ice making unit also includes being arranged on adding in the peripheral part of ice-making tray
Hot device.
8. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, in addition to pipeline shell, the pipeline shell is configured as surrounding the end of refrigerant tubing
Portion.
9. a kind of refrigerator, including：
Main body, it limits the outer body of refrigerator；
Door, it is configured as the inner space for covering main body；
Ice making unit, its is mounted on a door；
Cold air generation system, it is configured as making refrigerant circulation and produces the cold air for being fed to inner space；And
Direct cooling unit, it is configured as that refrigerant optionally is fed into system from cold air generation system by control valve
Ice unit.
10. refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, wherein, ice making unit includes：
Ice-making compartment, the space of its offer ice making；
Ice-making tray, it is configured as receiving the water for being used for being transformed into ice cube, wherein, ice-making tray directly connects with ice making pipeline
Touch；And
Ice bucket, it is placed on below ice-making tray to store the ice cube from ice-making tray supply.
11. refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, wherein, direct cooling unit includes：
Ice making pipeline, it is arranged in ice making unit, and is configured to supply the stream of refrigerant；
Refrigerant tubing, it is arranged in main body, and is configured as refrigerant being fed to ice making from cold air generation system
Pipeline；And
Control valve, it is configured as the flowing for selectively cutting off the refrigerant between ice making pipeline and refrigerant tubing.
12. refrigerator as claimed in claim 11, in addition to flexible duct, the flexible duct is configured as with scalable or can
Ice making pipeline and refrigerant tubing are connected with each other by the mode of torsion.
13. refrigerator as claimed in claim 10, wherein, ice making unit also includes being arranged in the peripheral part of ice-making tray
Heater.
14. refrigerator as claimed in claim 11, in addition to pipeline shell, the pipeline shell is configured as surrounding refrigerant tubing
End.
15. refrigerator as claimed in claim 12, wherein, flexible duct is arranged on the hinge week being connected between main body and door
Enclose.
16. refrigerator as claimed in claim 11, wherein, control valve is included installed in the end of refrigerant tubing and ice making pipeline
End at least one end in close/open valve.
17. refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, wherein, cold air generation system includes：
Evaporator；
Compressor；
Condenser；And
Expansion valve.
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