CN113932508A - Control method of automatic ice maker, automatic ice maker and refrigerator - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a control method of an automatic ice maker, the automatic ice maker and a refrigerator, wherein the control method of the automatic ice maker comprises the following steps: calculating the time length for stopping ice making of the automatic ice maker; if the time length of stopping ice making exceeds a set threshold value, injecting water into an ice making box of the automatic ice making machine at least once and directly discharging the water in the ice making box; and injecting water into the ice making box to form ice blocks.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of refrigeration, in particular to a control method of an automatic ice maker, the automatic ice maker and a refrigerator.
Background
With the popularization of intelligent refrigerators, high-end intelligent refrigerators are more and more popular with users.
Many refrigerators now have an ice making function, and ice making in the refrigerator is from simple ice mold making to manual ice making to automatic ice making. The automatic ice maker can automatically add water into the ice making box to make ice by externally connecting tap water or injecting water into the built-in water box, and automatically injects water into the ice making box again to make ice along with the reduction of the ice amount, so that the automatic ice making circulation of the refrigerator is realized. Therefore, it is not necessary for the user to fill water into the ice-making housing every time ice is made. However, the automatic ice maker is convenient for users, the structure of the automatic ice maker is more complex, a control circuit and a sensor are arranged in the automatic ice maker, and meanwhile, when the ice maker is not used for a long time, a water injection pipe and an ice mold of the ice maker are exposed to the environment for a long time, pollutants such as dust and the like are remained on the inner wall of the water injection pipe, and the automatic ice maker cannot be cleaned by users.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a control method of an automatic ice maker, which can avoid the problem that foreign matters in a water injection pipe and an ice making box cannot be discharged because the automatic ice maker does not make ice for a long time.
Two other objects of the present invention are to provide an automatic ice maker and a refrigerator thereof, wherein the automatic ice maker makes ice according to the above control method to overcome the problem that foreign materials in a water filling pipe and an ice making box cannot be discharged.
In order to achieve one of the above objects, an embodiment of the present invention provides a control method of an automatic ice maker, the control method including: calculating the time length for stopping ice making of the automatic ice maker; if the time length of stopping ice making exceeds a set threshold value, injecting water into an ice making box of the automatic ice making machine at least once and directly discharging the water in the ice making box; and injecting water into the ice making box to form ice blocks.
As an optional technical solution, the step of directly discharging water in the ice making box after injecting water into the ice making box of the automatic ice making machine at least once further includes:
judging whether the ice making box has overdue ice blocks or not;
if the overdue ice blocks exist, discharging the overdue ice blocks out of the ice making box; and
and directly discharging water in the ice making box of the automatic ice maker after water is injected into the ice making box.
As an optional technical solution, the step of directly removing the water in the ice making box further includes:
discharging water in the ice-making box into a sewage collecting box;
disassembling the sewage collecting box and discharging water in the sewage collecting box; or, guiding the water in the sewage collecting box to the outside of the automatic ice maker to be discharged.
As an optional technical solution, the control method further includes:
after receiving an ice taking signal, judging whether the overdue ice blocks are taken out or not;
and if the overdue ice blocks are taken out, discharging the ice blocks made in the ice making box.
As an optional technical solution, the control method further includes: and if the overdue ice blocks are not taken out, outputting prompt information for prompting that the overdue ice blocks are taken out.
The present invention also provides an automatic ice maker including an ice making housing and a water injection pipe, the automatic ice maker including:
a sewage collecting box arranged below the ice making box;
the timing module is used for calculating the time length for stopping ice making of the automatic ice maker;
a control unit controlling the automatic ice maker to make ice according to the control method of any one of claims 1 to 5; and
and the prompting unit is used for outputting the prompting information output by the control unit.
As an optional technical solution, the automatic ice maker further comprises an ice bank disposed between the ice bank and the ice making box and the sewage collecting box, wherein a water overflow preventing groove is disposed at the bottom of the ice bank, and water directly drained from the ice making box flows into the sewage collecting box from the water overflow preventing groove.
As an optional technical scheme, the sewage collecting box is detachably arranged at the bottom of the ice storage box.
As an optional technical solution, the sewage treatment device further comprises a drain pipe, an inlet of the drain pipe is connected with the sewage collecting box, and water in the sewage collecting box is discharged from an outlet of the drain pipe.
The invention also provides a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerating chamber, a door body for opening and closing the refrigerating chamber, and an automatic ice maker arranged on the refrigerating chamber or the door body, and the refrigerator also comprises:
a memory and a processor, said memory storing a computer program operable on said processor, characterized in that said processor when executing said program implements the steps of the method of controlling an automatic ice maker as described above.
Compared with the prior art, the invention provides a control method, an automatic ice maker and a refrigerator, wherein the control method is suitable for controlling the ice making process of the automatic ice maker in the refrigerator, and water in an ice making box is directly discharged after water is injected into the ice making box at least once by calculating the time length for stopping ice making of the automatic ice maker; then water is injected into the ice making box to prepare clean ice blocks; on one hand, foreign matters such as dust and the like in the water injection pipe and the ice making box which exist in the automatic ice making machine due to long-time non-use are taken away through at least one time of water injection and flushing of the water injection pipe and the ice making box; on the other hand, the ice-making machine ensures that clean ice blocks are obtained every time a user takes ice.
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Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method of controlling an automatic ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a flowchart of step S2 in the control method in fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a functional block diagram of the automatic ice maker of fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a refrigerator in an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic sectional view at a broken line b in fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of fig. 5 at the dotted line.
Fig. 7 is a schematic sectional view at a broken line a in fig. 4.
Fig. 8 is an enlarged schematic view of fig. 7 at the broken line.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments shown in the drawings. These embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention, and structural, methodological, or functional changes made by those skilled in the art according to these embodiments are included in the scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, a control method 101 of an automatic ice maker provided by the present invention includes:
step S1, calculating the time length for stopping the ice making of the automatic ice making machine;
step S2, if the time length of stopping ice making exceeds the set threshold, directly discharging water in the ice making box after injecting water into the ice making box of the automatic ice making machine for at least one time; and
and step S3, continuously injecting water into the ice making box to make ice blocks.
In this embodiment, the automatic ice maker is always in the power-on operation state, wherein in step S1, the calculating of the time length for stopping ice making of the automatic ice maker means that the time for stopping ice making of the automatic ice maker is recorded after the previous ice making is finished.
In this embodiment, in step S2, the step of directly discharging water from the ice making box after at least one time of water injection into the ice making box of the automatic ice making machine means that the cleanliness of the water discharged from the ice making box is determined, and if the cleanliness of the discharged water is low, the step S3 is repeated to inject water into the ice making box for a plurality of times, and the water injection pipe and the ice making box are repeatedly flushed until the cleanliness of the water directly discharged from the ice making box meets the preset condition. The predetermined condition is, for example, that the discharged water does not contain macroscopic foreign matter.
In step S2 of the control method 101, on one hand, if the automatic ice maker does not make ice for a long time, the water injection pipe and the ice-making box are flushed by periodic water injection to remove foreign matters such as dust existing in the water injection pipe and the ice-making box; on the other hand, when the automatic ice maker does not make ice for a long time, the ice taken by the user can be ensured to be clean ice.
As shown in fig. 2, step S2 further includes:
step S21, before filling water into the ice making box, judging whether overdue ice blocks exist in the ice making box;
step S22, if the overdue ice blocks exist, discharging the overdue ice blocks out of the ice making box;
and step S23, after water is continuously injected into the ice-making box, the water in the ice-making box is directly discharged.
In this embodiment, the directly discharging water in the ice making box in step S23 further includes:
step S24, discharging water in the ice making box to a sewage collecting box;
step S25, disassembling the sewage collecting box and discharging water in the sewage collecting box; or, guiding the water in the sewage collecting box to the outside of the automatic ice maker to be discharged.
As shown in fig. 1, after step S3, the control method 101 further includes:
step S4, after receiving the ice-taking signal, judging whether the overdue ice blocks are taken out;
and step S5, if the ice blocks are taken out due to expiration, discharging the ice blocks in the ice making box.
In this embodiment, after step S4, the method further includes:
and step S6, if the overdue ice blocks are not taken out, outputting prompt information for taking out the overdue ice blocks.
The ice-picking signal received in step S4 is a signal for the user to open the automatic ice picker to pick out ice cubes (clean ice cubes) newly designated in the ice-making box.
By prompting a user to take out the overdue ice blocks and then discharge the ice blocks (clean ice blocks) in the ice making box, the pollution of the clean ice blocks by the overdue ice blocks after the clean ice blocks are mixed with the overdue ice blocks is avoided.
In an embodiment of the present invention, if the clean ice is not taken out for a long time and the storage time of the clean ice in the ice making box is greater than or equal to the set threshold, the clean ice is determined to be the overdue ice. After step S1 of the control method 101, the ice-making box is discharged to facilitate the water injection pipe to pump water to flush the ice-making box.
Further, the control method 101 further includes: before water is injected into the ice making box, whether the automatic ice making machine meets ice making conditions needs to be judged; when the water level in a water tank of the automatic ice maker is higher than the lowest water level and the water storage amount is higher than the minimum water storage amount, judging that ice making conditions are met, and making ice; otherwise, ice making is not performed; thereby ensuring smooth ice making in step S3.
As shown in fig. 3, the automatic ice maker includes a timing unit 102, a control unit 103, and a prompt unit 104 electrically connected to each other.
The timing unit 102 is used for calculating the time when the automatic ice maker stops making ice, after the previous ice making is finished, the control unit 103 sends a timing signal to the timing unit 102, the timing unit 102 starts and starts to record the time when the automatic ice maker stops making ice, wherein when the time when the automatic ice maker stops making ice is greater than a set threshold value, the time recorded by the technical unit 102 is automatically cleared, and the time when the automatic ice maker stops making ice is recorded again. Therefore, the time counting unit 102 records the time for which the automatic ice making stops the ice making may be equal to or greater than the set threshold value at least once from the end of the previous ice making to the start of the next ice making.
The control unit 103 controls the turnover mechanism 107 to turn over the ice-making housing 108 so that water injected into the ice-making housing 108 is directly discharged or so that outdated ice cubes in the ice-making housing 108 are discharged.
In one embodiment, when the control unit 103 determines that the expired ice cubes discharged in step S2 have not been taken out after receiving the ice taking signal, it continues to output a text and/or voice prompt for taking out the expired ice cubes through the prompt unit 104.
In other embodiments, when it is determined that the water in the wastewater collection box is not discharged, the prompt unit 104 outputs a prompt to take out the wastewater collection box to prevent the water in the wastewater collection box from contaminating the clean ice cubes discharged from the ice making box.
The prompt unit 104 may be a display touch panel combined on a front side door body of the refrigerator, where the display touch panel includes a text display interface and a speaker, and the speaker is used to output a voice corresponding to text.
In a preferred embodiment, the control unit 103 is, for example, an integrated circuit board, and the timing unit 102 is integrated on the integrated circuit board and electrically connected to the control unit 103. The control unit 103 and the presentation unit 104 are electrically connected by a circuit or the like, and the presentation information output by the control unit 103 can be transmitted to the presentation unit 104 and output.
The automatic ice maker further includes a detection unit 106, and before controlling the water injection pipe 105 of the automatic ice maker to inject water toward the ice making housing 108, the detection unit 106 detects whether there is expired ice in the ice making housing 108. If overdue ice blocks exist, a signal is output to the control unit 103, and the control unit 103 controls the turnover mechanism 107 to turn over the ice making box 108 to discharge the overdue ice blocks, and then water is injected into the ice making box 108 through the water injection pipe 105.
In addition, the automatic ice maker also comprises a water tank and a liquid level sensor arranged in the water tank, wherein the liquid level sensor detects the water level of the water tank and transmits the detected water level information of the water tank to the control unit 103, and the control unit 103 calculates the water storage capacity in the water tank according to the water level information of the water tank, wherein the water level is greater than the lowest water level, and when the water storage capacity is greater than the minimum water storage capacity, the ice making condition is judged to be met; otherwise, ice making is not performed.
As shown in fig. 4 to 8, the automatic ice maker further includes: a water injection pipe 41, an ice making box 42, an ice storage box 43 and a sewage collection box 44, wherein one end of the water injection pipe 41 is connected to an external water source, and the other end of the water injection pipe 41 is arranged to be inclined towards the upper part of the ice making box 42; an ice storage box 43 is arranged below the ice making box 42, the turnover mechanism discharges ice cubes in the ice making box 42 into the ice storage box 43 below the ice making box, or the turnover mechanism 42 turns over the ice making box 42 to discharge water in the ice making box 42, so that the water is poured into the ice storage box 43.
A plurality of overflow preventing grooves 432 are formed on the bottom 431 of the ice bank 43, and water discharged from the ice-making box 42 flows into the sewage collecting box 44 from the overflow preventing grooves 432 of the bottom 431 of the ice bank 43.
Wherein the sewage collection box 44 is detachably coupled to an outside of the bottom 431 of the ice bank 43. When the sewage needs to be discharged, the ice maker is turned on, the sewage collecting box 44 is removed from the bottom 431, and the sewage collecting box 44 is taken out to discharge the sewage and then is remounted to the outside of the bottom 431.
In order to prevent excessive sewage from being stored in the sewage collecting box 44, when the sewage collecting box 44 is removed, the sewage overflows and flows into the automatic ice maker. Another liquid level detector may be installed in the sewage collecting box 44, when the liquid level detector detects that the water level in the sewage collecting box 44 is too high, the prompt unit 104 electrically connected with the liquid level detector outputs a prompt to detach the sewage collecting box 44, and at the same time, the control unit 103 outputs a stop signal to stop the turnover mechanism 107 from turning over the ice making box and to control the main water pipe 105 not to inject water into the ice making box 42 any more.
When the sewage collecting box 44 is taken out and the water therein is discharged, the automatic ice maker makes ice again according to the steps of the control method 101.
In other embodiments of the present invention, a drain pipe is disposed on the sewage collecting box, one end of the drain pipe is communicated with the sewage collecting box, and the other end of the drain pipe discharges water in the sewage collecting box to the outside of the automatic ice making machine, for example, to an evaporation pan in a compressor bin of a refrigerator, and is removed by heating and evaporating through a heating pipe in the evaporation pan. Of course, the other end of the drain pipe can be communicated to the outside of the refrigerator, and the water in the sewage collecting box can be directly drained to the outside of the refrigerator.
The drainage pipe is arranged to discharge water in the sewage collecting box, water in the sewage collecting box can be discharged timely, the sewage collecting box does not need to be detached, and the problem that the control method of the automatic ice maker is interrupted due to the fact that the water in the sewage collecting box is too much is solved.
As shown in fig. 4, the present invention further provides a refrigerator 100, the refrigerator 100 includes a refrigerator body 10, the refrigerator body 10 includes a refrigerating compartment, a door (not shown) for opening and closing the refrigerating compartment, and an automatic ice maker disposed in the refrigerating compartment or the door, the refrigerator further includes: a memory storing a computer program executable on the processor and a processor implementing the steps of the control method 101 of the automatic ice maker described above when executing the computer program.
The interior of the ice making compartment is divided into a plurality of compartments 20, 30, with an automatic ice maker 40 located in compartment 30. The compartment 30 may be a refrigerated compartment or a frozen compartment. In addition, in other embodiments of the present invention, the automatic ice maker may be provided in a door body that opens and closes the cooling compartment.
When the processor of the refrigerator executes the corresponding computer program, the automatic ice maker 40 performs the steps of the control method 101.
In this embodiment, the refrigerator 100 is a double door refrigerator, the refrigerating chamber 20 and the freezing chamber 30 are parallel and adjacent to each other in the right and left directions, and the automatic ice maker 40 is disposed at the upper portion of the freezing chamber 30.
In summary, the invention provides a control method, an automatic ice maker and a refrigerator, the control method is suitable for controlling an ice making process of the automatic ice maker in the refrigerator, and water in an ice making box is directly discharged after water is injected into the ice making box at least once by calculating the time length for the automatic ice maker to stop making ice; then water is injected into the ice making box to prepare clean ice blocks; on one hand, foreign matters such as dust and the like in the water injection pipe and the ice making box which exist in the automatic ice making machine due to long-time non-use are taken away through at least one time of water injection and flushing of the water injection pipe and the ice making box; on the other hand, the ice-making machine ensures that clean ice blocks are obtained every time a user takes ice.
It should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment contains only a single technical solution, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should make the description as a whole, and the technical solutions in the embodiments can also be combined appropriately to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.
The above-listed detailed description is only a specific description of a possible embodiment of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and equivalent embodiments or modifications made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. A method of controlling an automatic ice making machine, the method comprising:
calculating the time length for stopping ice making of the automatic ice maker;
if the time length of stopping ice making exceeds a set threshold value, injecting water into an ice making box of the automatic ice making machine at least once and directly discharging the water in the ice making box; and
and injecting water into the ice making box to form ice blocks.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of directly discharging the water in the ice-making housing after filling the water in the ice-making housing of the automatic ice-making machine at least once further comprises:
judging whether the ice making box has overdue ice blocks or not;
if the overdue ice blocks exist, discharging the overdue ice blocks out of the ice making box; and
and directly discharging water in the ice making box of the automatic ice maker after water is injected into the ice making box.
3. The control method of claim 2, wherein the step of directly removing the water in the ice-making housing further comprises:
discharging water in the ice-making box into a sewage collecting box;
disassembling the sewage collecting box and discharging water in the sewage collecting box; or, guiding the water in the sewage collecting box to the outside of the automatic ice maker to be discharged.
4. The control method according to claim 2, characterized by further comprising:
after receiving an ice taking signal, judging whether the overdue ice blocks are taken out or not;
and if the overdue ice blocks are taken out, discharging the ice blocks made in the ice making box.
5. The control method according to claim 4, characterized by further comprising:
and if the overdue ice blocks are not taken out, outputting prompt information for prompting that the overdue ice blocks are taken out.
6. An automatic ice maker, comprising an ice making box and a water injection pipe, characterized in that the automatic ice maker comprises:
a sewage collecting box arranged below the ice making box;
the timing module is used for calculating the time length for stopping ice making of the automatic ice maker;
a control unit controlling the automatic ice maker to make ice according to the control method of any one of claims 1 to 5; and
and the prompting unit is used for outputting the prompting information output by the control unit.
7. The automatic ice maker of claim 6, further comprising an ice bank disposed between the ice making housing and the sewage collection housing, wherein a water overflow preventing groove is provided at a bottom of the ice bank, and water directly drained from the ice making housing flows into the sewage collection housing from the water overflow preventing groove.
8. The automatic ice-making machine of claim 7, wherein said waste water collection bin is removably mounted to the bottom of said ice bank.
9. The automatic ice maker of claim 7, further comprising a drain pipe, an inlet of the drain pipe being connected to the dirty water collecting box, water in the dirty water collecting box being discharged from an outlet of the drain pipe.
10. The utility model provides a refrigerator, includes the refrigeration room, opens and shuts the door body of refrigeration room, and set up in automatic ice machine on refrigeration room or the door body, its characterized in that, refrigerator still includes:
memory and processor, said memory storing a computer program operable on said processor, characterized in that said processor when executing said program implements the steps of the method of controlling an automatic ice maker according to any of claims 1-5.
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