CN111895698B - Ice cube tray, ice maker and refrigeration equipment - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to the field of ice making, and provides an ice making grid, an ice making machine and refrigeration equipment, wherein the ice making grid comprises an ice grid bottom plate and a plurality of fixed ice grid pieces fixedly arranged on the ice grid bottom plate at intervals, and further comprises a movable assembly and a driving mechanism, the movable assembly comprises a guide rod and movable ice grid pieces connected to the guide rod, and the movable ice grid pieces are arranged between two adjacent fixed ice grid pieces; the driving mechanism is connected with the guide rod to drive the movable ice grid pieces to move between the two adjacent fixed ice grid pieces. The size of the ice grid unit of the embodiment of the invention is adjustable, ice cubes with different sizes can be made, and the diversified requirements of users are met; and can directly make small ice blocks, thereby omitting an ice crusher and greatly reducing the product cost.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of ice making, in particular to an ice making grid, an ice making machine and refrigeration equipment.
Background
Along with the increasing living standard of people, the demand of people for ice cubes in daily life is larger and larger, and the automatic ice maker is greatly convenient for people to use the ice cubes.
However, the conventional ice making mode has the following disadvantages:
(1) the existing ice cube tray is fixed in shape, once the ice cube tray is designed and installed, the size of each ice cube tray cannot be changed, and only ice cubes of one specification can be manufactured. Along with the diversification of the demands of users on ice blocks, the simplest method is to divide whole ice and crushed ice; the thought small-size ice blocks (crushed ice) need to be crushed by an ice crusher under the prior art, the ice discharging process is multiple, the ice discharging time is long, and the ice crusher needs to be configured, so that the product cost is increased.
(2) The running water ice-making machine mostly adopts a heating mode to ensure that the temperature of an ice grid is increased from twenty degrees below zero to more than ten degrees above zero, so that the surface of an ice block is melted, the energy is wasted and the ice-removing period is long.
(3) In the existing ice maker, the amount of water flowing into each ice tray unit from the water separator is fixed and cannot be adjusted.
Disclosure of Invention
Technical problem to be solved
The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art or the related art.
The invention aims to provide an ice making grid to solve the problem that the existing ice making grid is fixed in shape, once the ice making grid is designed and installed, the size of each ice making grid cannot be changed, and only ice blocks of one specification can be made.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an ice maker, so as to solve the problem that the amount of water flowing from the water separator to each ice tray unit of the existing ice maker is fixed and cannot be adjusted, so as to adapt to the variable-size ice tray water supply.
(II) technical scheme
In order to solve the above technical problem, in one aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an ice making tray, including an ice tray bottom plate and a plurality of ice fixing tray pieces fixed on the ice tray bottom plate at intervals, further including:
the movable assembly comprises a guide rod and movable ice grid pieces connected to the guide rod, and the movable ice grid pieces are arranged between two adjacent fixed ice grid pieces;
and the driving mechanism is connected with the guide rod to drive the movable ice grid sheets to move between the two adjacent fixed ice grid sheets.
In the embodiment of the invention, the movable ice grids comprise a plurality of movable ice grids which are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the guide rod and are fixed on the lower surface of the guide rod.
In the embodiment of the invention, the driving mechanism comprises a driving rotating shaft, the output end of the driving rotating shaft is coaxially provided with a transmission gear, and the surface of one end of the guide rod is provided with a transmission rack meshed with the transmission gear.
In the embodiment of the invention, in the direction towards the ice outlet, both side surfaces of the ice moving lattice piece and the ice fixing lattice piece are gradually inclined towards the direction close to the respective axes.
In the embodiment of the invention, the inclination angles of the two side surfaces of the movable ice grid sheet and the fixed ice grid sheet relative to the respective axes are both 0.5-1 degrees.
In the embodiment of the invention, the number of the movable assemblies is at least two groups, and the movable ice grid pieces of each group of movable assemblies are arranged between two adjacent fixed ice grid pieces in a staggered manner.
In another aspect, another embodiment of the present invention further provides an ice making machine, including a water separator and the ice making compartment described above; the water distributor comprises a water distributor body provided with a cavity, a water outlet matched with the length of the ice making grid is formed in the side wall of one side of the water distributor body, fixed water distribution pieces in one-to-one butt joint with the fixed ice grid pieces are arranged at the water outlet, and a movable water distribution piece extending to the water outlet is arranged at the upper end of each movable ice grid piece.
In another embodiment of the invention, a water outlet surface extending outwards is arranged at the water outlet of the water separator body, the lower end of the water outlet surface is in butt joint with the upper end of the ice grid bottom plate, the fixed water distribution piece is fixedly arranged on the water outlet surface, and the bottom surface of the movable water distribution piece is attached to the upper surface of the water outlet surface.
In another embodiment of the invention, the water outlet surface is an outward convex cambered surface, and the cambered surface and the side wall of the water separator body are integrally in arc transition connection.
In another embodiment of the invention, the top of the water knockout drum body is open, a flow stabilizing plate which can lift together with the water level is arranged in the open, and a limit strip for limiting the stroke of the flow stabilizing plate is arranged at the top end of the open of the water knockout drum body.
In another embodiment of the invention, the flow stabilizing plate rises to be in contact with the limiting strip, and a gap formed between the flow stabilizing plate and the corresponding side wall of the water knockout drum body forms the water outlet.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the method further comprises:
the water collecting tank is provided with a water inlet and a water outlet, the water outlet is communicated with the water separator through a water pipe, a water pump is arranged on the water pipe, and the ice cube tray is obliquely and downwards arranged towards the water collecting tank;
the ice storage box is arranged on one side of the water collecting tank;
the lower extreme of ice check bottom plate is equipped with downwardly extending to the diversion board of water catch bowl notch, the water catch bowl is close to one side of ice storage box is equipped with the orientation the slope of ice check bottom plate leads the ice sheet, lead the ice sheet with leave the space between the diversion board.
On the other hand, another embodiment of the present invention further provides a refrigeration device, which includes the ice maker according to the above technical solution.
(III) advantageous effects
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages:
according to the ice making grid provided by the embodiment of the invention, on the basis of the existing ice making grid, the movable ice grid piece is additionally arranged between the two adjacent fixed ice grid pieces, the movable ice grid piece is connected with the guide rod, and the guide rod is driven to transversely move through the driving mechanism, so that the movable ice grid piece is driven to move between the two adjacent fixed ice grid pieces, the distance between the adjacent movable ice grid pieces and the adjacent fixed ice grid pieces is adjusted, ice cubes with different sizes can be conveniently made, and the diversified requirements of users on the ice cubes are met.
In addition, towards the direction of the ice outlet, two side surfaces of the movable ice grid sheet and the fixed ice grid sheet are gradually inclined towards the direction close to the respective axes, so that inclined surfaces are formed on the left side and the right side of the movable ice grid sheet and the fixed ice grid sheet; when ice needs to be removed, the driving mechanism drives the movable ice grid piece to vibrate at high frequency, so that the ice blocks bear the acting force towards the direction of the ice outlet under the action of the inclined surface, and the ice blocks are stressed to fall off quickly; the ice removing device can remove ice through vibration, ice blocks do not need to be heated, the ice blocks cannot be melted, resources are wasted, and the ice removing speed is high.
According to the ice maker provided by the embodiment of the invention, the structure of the water separator is improved, the ice grid units with variable sizes can be adapted, the stable and uniform water flow entering each ice grid unit can be ensured, and the effect of stabilizing the flow can be realized through the flow stabilizing plate.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an ice making tray not showing a driving mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of an ice making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic front view of an ice making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 3;
fig. 5 is a schematic side view of an ice making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a partial enlarged view of B in FIG. 5;
fig. 7 is a schematic top view of an ice making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of a portion C of FIG. 7;
fig. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a water divider in an ice making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 10 is a schematic front view of a water divider in an ice making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken at A-A of FIG. 10;
in the figure: 1: a water separator; 11: fixing a water distribution sheet; 12: a flow stabilizer; 13: a limiting strip; 14: discharging from the water surface; 15: a water inlet; 16: a water separator body; 17: a water outlet; 2: an ice making grid; 21: freezing the ice grid sheet; 22: moving ice grid sheets; 22-1: a dynamic water distribution sheet; 23: an evaporator; 24: an ice grid base plate; 24-1: a water diversion plate; 25: a guide bar; 3: a water collection tank; 31: an ice guide plate; 4: an ice bank; 5: a motor; 51: a transmission gear; 52: a drive rack; 6: a water pump; 7: a water pipe.
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The following detailed description of embodiments of the present invention is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood as appropriate by those of ordinary skill in the art.
In addition, in the description of the present invention, "a plurality" or "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.
Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides an ice making grid 2, including an ice grid bottom plate 24 and a plurality of ice fixing grid pieces 21 fixedly arranged on the ice grid bottom plate 24 at intervals, where the ice fixing grid pieces 21 may be integrally formed with the ice grid bottom plate 24, and the ice fixing grid pieces 21 may also be fixedly connected with the ice grid bottom plate 24 in a manner of clamping, inserting, and the like, so as to ensure that the ice fixing grid pieces 21 are immovable and fixed in position after being installed; the ice cube tray 2 further includes:
the movable assembly specifically comprises a guide rod 25 and movable ice grid sheets 22 connected to the guide rod 25, the movable assembly is integrally inserted into an ice grid bottom plate 24 provided with the fixed ice grid sheets 21, and the movable ice grid sheets 22 are arranged between two adjacent fixed ice grid sheets 21.
A driving mechanism, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, connected to the guide rod 25, for driving the guide rod 25 to move transversely, so as to drive the moving ice cubes 22 to move between two adjacent fixed ice cubes 21, so as to adjust the distance between the adjacent moving ice cubes 22 and the fixed ice cubes 21; therefore, ice cubes with different sizes can be made to meet the diversified requirements of users on the ice cubes.
It should be noted that there may be one movable ice grid sheet 22 between two adjacent fixed ice grid sheets 21, or there may be two or more movable ice grid sheets 22, and the ice grid unit for forming ice cubes is formed between the adjacent fixed ice grid sheets 21 and movable ice grid sheets 22 and/or between the adjacent movable ice grid sheets 22 and movable ice grid sheets 22.
Further, after the position of the ice grid moving sheet 22 is adjusted, the size of each ice grid unit is determined, an evaporator 23 for refrigeration is arranged on the back of the ice grid bottom plate 24, and the evaporator 23 provides refrigeration for the ice grid bottom plate 24, the ice grid fixed sheet 21 and the ice grid moving sheet 22, so that flowing water flowing through the ice grid units can be refrigerated to form ice cubes with required sizes conveniently.
Furthermore, especially for the production of small ice blocks, the distance between the middle part of the movable ice grid sheet 22 and the fixed ice grid sheet 21 can be reduced, the formed ice blocks are the small ice blocks, the ice crusher is not required to crush again, the ice discharging process is less, the ice discharging time is short, and the cost for additionally installing the ice crusher can be saved.
In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the guide bar 25 is in an elongated shape, and the plurality of moving ice trays 22 are spaced apart from each other along the length direction of the guide bar 25 and fixed to the lower surface of the guide bar 25, that is, the guide bar 25 is disposed above the plurality of moving ice trays 22, so that the interference between the guide bar 25 and other surrounding components can be maximally avoided.
Here, the plurality of ice grid pieces 22 may be integrally formed with the ice guide bar, or may be fixed together by other means such as gluing or welding.
Specifically, the length of each ice fixing lattice piece 21 extends along the width direction of the ice lattice bottom plate 24, the plurality of ice fixing lattice pieces 21 are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the ice lattice bottom plate 24, the length of the moving ice lattice piece 22 can be arranged to match with the length of the ice fixing lattice piece 21, and the lengths of the moving ice lattice piece 22 and the ice fixing lattice piece 21 jointly determine the length size of the ice cubes.
In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, the driving mechanism may be a motor 5, and certainly may also be a steering engine, and the like, the driving mechanism includes a driving rotating shaft, the output end of the driving rotating shaft is coaxially provided with a transmission gear 51, a transmission rack 52 meshed with the transmission gear 51 is arranged on the surface of one end of the guide rod 25, in order to facilitate the arrangement of the transmission rack 52, at least one end of the guide rod 25 extends out of the outermost movable ice grid sheet 22, the transmission rack 52 is preferably arranged on the lower surface of the extending end of the guide rod 25, and of course, the transmission rack 52 may also be directly manufactured on the lower surface of the extending end of the guide rod 25, so that the guide rod 25 is erected on the transmission gear 51 by its own weight without additionally arranging a connecting mechanism; the driving rotating shaft rotates to drive the guide rod 25 to move along the length direction of the guide rod 25, so that the movable ice grid sheet 22 is driven to move relative to the fixed ice grid sheet 21, and the size of the ice grid unit is changed. The transmission between the transmission gear 51 and the transmission rack 52 is reliable and has high transmission precision.
In addition, the driving mechanism can also adopt ball screw transmission, for example, the output end of the driving rotating shaft is integrally connected with a screw rod, the lower end of the extension section of the guide rod is fixedly provided with a slide block with a threaded hole, the screw rod penetrates through the slide block, and when the screw rod rotates, the slide block moves along the screw rod, and the guide rod can be driven to move.
In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 8, in the direction toward the ice outlet, both side surfaces of the moving ice grid piece 22 and the fixed ice grid piece 21 are gradually inclined toward the direction close to the respective axes, that is, toward the ice outlet, both left and right side surfaces of the moving ice grid piece 22 are inclined toward the axis direction of the moving ice grid piece 22 itself, and both left and right side surfaces of the fixed ice grid piece 21 are inclined toward the axis direction of the fixed ice grid piece 21 itself; the thickness or width of the movable ice grid sheet 22 and the fixed ice grid sheet 21 gradually decreases from large to small in the direction of the ice outlet, so that inclined surfaces are formed on the left side and the right side of the movable ice grid sheet 22 and the fixed ice grid sheet 21; the inclination angles of the two side surfaces of the movable ice grid piece 22 and the fixed ice grid piece 21 relative to the respective axes can be 0.5-1 degrees, and the arrangement of the angles is convenient for deicing on one hand and does not weaken the strength of the movable ice grid piece 22 and the fixed ice grid piece 21 on the other hand.
As shown in fig. 7, when ice cubes are made and ice shedding is required, the driving mechanism, such as the motor 5, drives the movable ice grid 22 to vibrate at high frequency, where the frequency of the high frequency vibration may be 100 and 150 times/min, so that the ice cubes are subjected to a force toward the ice outlet under the action of the inclined surface to shed ice cubes. Specifically, when the movable ice grid 22 vibrates, the inclined surface will generate an acting force F on the ice block, and F can be decomposed into a horizontal component force and a vertical component force, the left side and the right side of the horizontal component force are mutually offset, and the total force is downward towards the ice outlet along the ice grid, i.e. only the vertical component force is generated, so that the ice block is stressed and is convenient to rapidly fall off. The ice removing device can remove ice through vibration, ice blocks do not need to be heated, the ice blocks cannot be melted, resources are wasted, and the ice removing speed is high.
In the embodiment of the invention, in order to adjust the size of each ice grid unit more flexibly, the number of the movable assemblies is at least two, the movable ice grid pieces of each movable assembly are arranged between two adjacent fixed ice grid pieces in a staggered way, taking two sets of movable assemblies as an example for illustration, it is preferable that one movable ice grid 22 of each set of movable assemblies is located between two adjacent fixed ice grids 21, and at this time, two movable ice grids 22 are arranged between two adjacent fixed ice grids 21, the movable ice grids 22 of the two groups of movable assemblies are arranged in a staggered manner, two guide rods 25 are respectively driven to move through respective driving mechanisms, the movable ice grids can move in the same direction or in opposite directions so as to adjust the distance between the adjacent movable ice grids 22 and the fixed ice grids 21 between different movable assemblies, thereby enabling the size of each ice grid unit to be changed.
Further, two movable ice grids 22 between two adjacent fixed ice grids 21 can move respectively, and at this time, not only can the distance between the movable ice grids 22 and the fixed ice grids 21 be adjusted, but also the distance between the two movable ice grids 22 can be adjusted, so that the size of each ice grid unit can be adjusted; the same may be true for the case where three or more sets of active components are provided; however, the two sets of movable assemblies can meet the use requirement and save the cost.
Referring to fig. 2 to 8, another embodiment of the present invention provides an ice maker, including a water separator 1 and an ice cube tray 2 according to the above technical solution, wherein an evaporator 23 is disposed on a back surface of the ice cube tray 2, and is used for supplying cold to the ice cube tray unit to make ice; meanwhile, the water separator 1 is arranged above the ice cube tray 2 and used for supplying water to the ice cube tray 2; as shown in fig. 9 to 11, the water separator 1 includes a water separator body 16 having a cavity for storing water therein. In order to facilitate water outlet, the water separator body 16 is provided with a water outlet 17 towards the side wall of one side of the ice cube tray 2, the length of the water outlet 17 is matched with the length of the ice cube tray 2, namely the water outlet 17 is in a long strip shape, the water outlet 17 replaces the previous water outlet for water outlet, and the obtained water surface 14 can cover the whole ice cube tray 2. The water outlet 17 is provided with fixed water distribution pieces 11 which are in one-to-one butt joint with the fixed ice grid pieces 21, water overflowing from the water outlet 17 flows between every two adjacent fixed ice grid pieces 21 through the fixed water distribution pieces 11, the upper end of each movable ice grid piece 22 is provided with a movable water distribution piece 22-1 extending to the water outlet 17, water can be further distributed into the ice grid units on the two sides of each movable water distribution piece 22-1 through the movable water distribution piece 22-1, the movable water distribution pieces 22-1 can move along with the movable ice grid pieces 22, and water supply for the ice grid units with any size can be realized.
As shown in fig. 9 to 11, in order to enable the water flow to have a buffering process when flowing out of the water outlet 17, and also in order to reduce the distance between the water outlet 17 and the ice cube tray 2 and reduce the impact force of the water flow on the ice cube tray 2, the water outlet 17 of the water separator body 16 may be specifically provided with an outwardly extending water outlet surface 14 at the lower edge of the water outlet 17 to form a water outlet nozzle, and the lower end of the water outlet surface 14 is butted with the upper end of the ice cube tray bottom plate 24, so that the water flow smoothly flows into the ice cube tray 2 from the water outlet surface 14, noise when the water flow impacts is reduced, and water splash is also prevented from splashing out of the ice cube tray unit.
The fixed water distribution piece 11 is fixedly arranged on the water outlet surface 14, so that the fixed water distribution piece 11 is convenient to install, the fixed water distribution piece 11 is stable and reliable after installation, the bottom surface of the movable water distribution piece 22-1 is attached to the upper surface of the water outlet surface 14, water flow streaming is avoided, and stable and uniform water flow entering each ice tray unit is ensured.
Further, go out the surface of water 14 for evagination and downwardly extending's cambered surface, the cambered surface with the lateral wall that water knockout drum body 16 was equipped with delivery port 17 is integrative to be circular arc transitional coupling, avoids there being stress concentration in the junction, has avoided rivers to flow moreover and has crossed the junction and the torrent appears for rivers flow gently.
In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 9 and 11, the top of the water separator body 16 is open, a flow stabilizing plate 12 that rises and falls with the water level is arranged in the open, the flow stabilizing plate 12 floats after water is injected into the cavity of the water separator body 16, and in this process, flow stabilization is achieved, and the flow stabilizing plate 12 is always located on the water surface, which can flatten the water surface and prevent turbulence, so as to ensure that the water flow flowing out of the water outlet 17 is uniform and stable.
Further, the water knockout drum body 16 is located open top is equipped with the spacing 13 that is used for restricting the stabilizer 12 stroke, and spacing 13 can be including being vertical strip and the horizontal strip of cross connection, as long as can play guarantee that the stabilizer 12 reachs fixed position and no longer rises, when the surface of water risees to the stabilizer 12 and contacts with spacing 13, forms the slit of width about 1mm between the stabilizer 12 and the surface of water 14, and water flows out from this and gets into different ice tray units through the reposition of redundant personnel of deciding water segregator 11 and moving water segregator 22-1. The steady flow plate 12 and the water outlet surface 14 work together to stabilize the water flow in the water separator, the water surface height is uniform, and the water outlet flow of the water outlet 17 can be stably and equally realized.
It should be noted that when the flow stabilizer 12 rises to contact with the limiting strip 13, a gap formed between the flow stabilizer 12 and a corresponding side wall of the water knockout drum body 16 forms the water outlet 17, and the side wall is a side wall close to the ice cube tray 2; it can be seen that the water outlet 17 is formed only when the flow stabilizer 12 contacts the limit strip 13, so that it can be well ensured that the water in the water separator does not overflow randomly.
As shown in fig. 2, 3, 5 and 7, in another embodiment of the present invention, the ice maker further comprises:
a water collection tank 3 and an ice bank 4, the ice bank 4 is provided at one side of the water collection tank 3.
Further, a water inlet is formed in the side wall of one side of the water collecting tank 3, a water outlet is formed in the side wall of the other side of the water collecting tank 3, the water inlet of the water collecting tank 3 is communicated with a water tank through a pipeline, water is supplied to the water collecting tank 3 through the water tank, the water outlet is communicated with the water separator through a water pipe 7, a water inlet 15 communicated with a cavity of the water separator body 16 is formed in the side wall of the water separator body 16, one end of the water pipe 7 is communicated with the water inlet 15, the other end of the water pipe 7 is communicated with the water outlet of the water collecting tank 3, a water pump 6 is arranged on the water pipe 7, water is supplied to the water separator through the water collecting tank 3 during ice making, water supplied by a water supply system is partially used for making ice, redundant water flows into the water collecting tank 3, and the water in the water collecting tank 3 is powered by the water pump 6 and is discharged into the water separator through the water pipe 7 for recycling; the ice cube tray 2 is inclined downward toward the water collecting groove 3, so that the surplus water in the ice cube tray 2 can flow into the water collecting groove 3 conveniently.
Furthermore, an electric control water valve is arranged at a water inlet of the water collecting tank 3, a water level detector is arranged in the water collecting tank 3, the electric control water valve and the water level detector are in signal connection with a control system of the ice maker, the ice maker can automatically detect the residual water level of the water collecting tank 3, the electric control water valve at the water inlet is opened after the water level is lower than a set water level value, and the water tank injects water into the water collecting tank, so that the water quantity in the system is kept stable.
The lower extreme of ice tray bottom plate 24 is equipped with diversion board 24-1 that downwardly extends to 3 notches of water catch bowl, and diversion board 24-1 can guide rivers to flow into water catch bowl 3, reduces the impact force of water, avoids water to spatter outward, one side that water catch bowl 3 is close to ice storage box 4 is equipped with towards ice guide plate 31 that ice tray bottom plate 24 inclines, ice-cube after the deicing slides into ice storage box 4 along ice guide plate 31, ice guide plate 31 with leave the space between water guide plate 24-1 to rivers flow into water catch bowl 3 from the space, in addition, the size in this space is less than the size of ice-cube, prevents that the ice-cube from falling into water catch bowl 3 from the space.
The working process of the embodiment is as follows: the water supply system supplies water for the water separator, redundant water flows into the water collecting tank 3 from the ice making grid 2 and is stored in the water collecting tank 3, the water in the water collecting tank 3 enters the water separator through the water pipe 7 under the action of the water pump 6 and flows through the ice making grid 2 to make ice, and the ice blocks finally fall into the ice storage box 4 to realize complete circulation.
On the other hand, another embodiment of the present invention further provides a refrigeration device, including but not limited to a refrigerator, which includes the ice maker according to the above technical solution, and the refrigeration device provided with the ice maker can make ice cubes with different sizes, so as to meet diversified demands of different users.
The embodiment of the invention can be seen in that the ice tray has adjustable shape and size, ice cubes with different sizes can be made, and diversified requirements of users are met; small ice blocks can be directly made, an ice crusher is omitted, and the product cost can be greatly reduced; in addition, the mechanical quick ice-shedding is utilized, a heating process is not needed, ice blocks are prevented from melting, energy is prevented from being wasted, and time is saved.
The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like that fall within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included therein.
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1. The ice maker comprises a water separator and is characterized by also comprising an ice cube tray;
the ice making grid comprises an ice grid bottom plate and a plurality of ice fixing grid pieces fixedly arranged on the ice grid bottom plate at intervals;
the movable assembly comprises a guide rod and movable ice grid pieces connected to the guide rod, and the movable ice grid pieces are arranged between two adjacent fixed ice grid pieces;
the driving mechanism is connected with the guide rod to drive the movable ice grid sheets to move between two adjacent fixed ice grid sheets;
the water distributor comprises a water distributor body provided with a cavity, a water outlet matched with the length of the ice making grid is formed in the side wall of one side of the water distributor body, fixed water distribution pieces in one-to-one butt joint with the fixed ice grid pieces are arranged at the water outlet, and a movable water distribution piece extending to the water outlet is arranged at the upper end of each movable ice grid piece.
2. The ice maker as claimed in claim 1, wherein a water outlet surface extending outward is arranged at a water outlet of the water separator body, the lower end of the water outlet surface is in butt joint with the upper end of the ice tray bottom plate, the fixed water distribution piece is fixedly arranged on the water outlet surface, and the bottom surface of the movable water distribution piece is attached to the upper surface of the water outlet surface.
3. The ice-making machine of claim 2, wherein said water outlet surface is a convex arc surface, and said arc surface is integrally connected with the side wall of said water separator body in a circular arc transition manner.
4. The ice-making machine of claim 1, wherein the top of the water knockout vessel body is open, a flow stabilizing plate which can rise and fall together with the water level is arranged in the open, and a limit strip for limiting the stroke of the flow stabilizing plate is arranged at the top end of the open of the water knockout vessel body.
5. The ice-making machine of claim 4, wherein the flow stabilizer rises to contact the stop strip, and a gap formed between the flow stabilizer and a corresponding side wall of the diverter body forms the water outlet.
6. The ice-making machine of claim 1, further comprising:
the water collecting tank is provided with a water inlet and a water outlet, the water outlet is communicated with the water separator through a water pipe, a water pump is arranged on the water pipe, and the ice cube tray is obliquely and downwards arranged towards the water collecting tank;
the ice storage box is arranged on one side of the water collecting tank;
the lower extreme of ice check bottom plate is equipped with downwardly extending to the diversion board of water catch bowl notch, the water catch bowl is close to one side of ice storage box is equipped with the orientation the slope of ice check bottom plate leads the ice sheet, lead the ice sheet with leave the space between the diversion board.
7. The ice making machine of claim 1, wherein said movable ice grid comprises a plurality of movable ice grids, and a plurality of movable ice grids are arranged at intervals along the length direction of said guide rod and fixed on the lower surface of said guide rod.
8. The ice-making machine according to claim 1, wherein said driving mechanism comprises a driving rotating shaft, an output end of said driving rotating shaft is coaxially provided with a transmission gear, and one end surface of said guide rod is provided with a transmission rack engaged with said transmission gear.
9. The ice-making machine of claim 1, wherein both sides of said ice-moving and ice-fixing sheets are gradually inclined toward a direction close to their respective axes in a direction toward the ice outlet.
10. The ice-making machine of claim 9, wherein both sides of said moving ice cube tray and said fixed ice cube tray are inclined at an angle of 0.5 ° to 1 ° with respect to their respective axes.
11. The ice-making machine of claim 1, wherein said movable assemblies are in at least two groups, and the movable ice grid pieces of each group of movable assemblies are staggered between two adjacent fixed ice grid pieces.
12. A refrigeration appliance comprising an ice maker as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 11.
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