CN213811248U

CN213811248U - Ice making equipment

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Publication number: CN213811248U
Application number: CN202022616468.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 程晓飞; 高嵩; 罗逊; 叶超平; 胡平波; 吴田
Original assignee: Shenzhen Daozhong Innovation Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Daozhong Innovation Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-12
Filing date: 2020-11-12
Publication date: 2021-07-27
Anticipated expiration: 2030-11-12

Abstract

The utility model relates to an ice making technical field relates to an ice making equipment, and this ice making equipment includes: the ice making mechanism comprises a water tank, a heat exchange assembly for condensing water in the water tank and a dumping assembly for discharging ice water in the water tank; the ice-water separating mechanism comprises a collecting box and an ice outlet assembly arranged in the collecting box, a first filter plate is arranged in the collecting box and divides the collecting box into an upper ice collecting area and a lower water collecting area, an ice outlet is formed in the side wall, located on the ice collecting area, of the collecting box, the ice outlet assembly is arranged at the ice outlet, and the ice outlet assembly is used for controlling the ice outlet amount. The ice making equipment is particularly in work, after the heat exchange assembly quickly makes ice, the ice is poured into the collecting box by the pouring assembly, ice and water separation is carried out in the collecting box, and finally the ice made by the ice discharging assembly is discharged, so that the ice making efficiency can be greatly improved, and the requirements of users are met.

Description

Ice making equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an ice making technical field especially relates to an ice making equipment.

Background

With the improvement of living standard, people have more and more demand for ice cubes in hot summer, and particularly in some cold drink shops, the demand of customers cannot be met by adopting a refrigerator for ice making, so that equipment capable of quickly making ice is needed.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the embodiment of the utility model is to provide an ice making equipment for solve and adopt the slower technical problem of refrigerator ice making speed at present.

In order to solve the technical problem, an embodiment of the utility model provides an ice making equipment has adopted technical scheme as follows:

an ice making apparatus comprising:

the ice making mechanism comprises a water tank, a heat exchange assembly and a dumping assembly, wherein the heat exchange assembly is used for condensing water in the water tank, and the dumping assembly is used for discharging ice water in the water tank;

the ice-water separation mechanism is arranged at the bottom end of the water tank and comprises a collecting box and an ice outlet assembly arranged in the collecting box, a first filter plate is arranged in the collecting box and divides the collecting box into an upper ice collecting area and a lower water collecting area, an ice outlet is formed in the side wall of the collecting box, which is positioned in the ice collecting area, the ice outlet assembly is arranged at the ice outlet, and the ice outlet assembly is used for controlling the ice outlet amount.

In some embodiments, further comprising a water saving mechanism comprising a first circulation line and a second circulation line;

the first circulating pipeline comprises a first water pump and a sterilizer, the water inlet end of the first water pump is connected with the water collecting area of the collecting box, the water outlet end of the first water pump is connected with the water inlet end of the sterilizer, and the water outlet end of the sterilizer is connected with the water collecting area of the collecting box;

the second circulating pipeline comprises a second water pump, the water inlet end of the second water pump is connected with the water collecting area of the collecting box, and the water outlet end of the second water pump is connected with the water tank.

In some embodiments, the ice making mechanism includes a support, the water tank is rotatably disposed on the support, a dumping opening is disposed at a top end of the water tank, the dumping assembly includes a first driving member and a positioning member, the first driving member is used for driving the water tank to rotate, the positioning member is used for detecting a rotating angle of the water tank, the first driving member is electrically connected with the positioning member, and when the positioning member detects that the water tank rotates to a predetermined position, the first driving member stops rotating the water tank.

In some embodiments, the bottom end of the water tank is provided with an ice filtering assembly, the ice filtering assembly comprises a second filter plate and a water receiving groove arranged at the bottom end of the second filter plate, the second filter plate is arranged obliquely downwards towards the collecting box, the water receiving groove is provided with a drainage channel, and the drainage channel is connected with a water collecting area of the collecting box.

In some embodiments, the heat exchange assembly comprises a compressor and a heat exchange tube, the compressor is provided with an input tube and an output tube, the input tube and the output tube are respectively connected with two ends of the heat exchange tube, the heat exchange tube is located in a space enclosed by the water tank, and the bottom end of the heat exchange tube is vertically provided with a plurality of heat exchange branch tubes.

In some embodiments, the heat exchange assembly further comprises a heat sink for dissipating heat from the compressor.

In some embodiments, the ice discharging assembly includes a first screw shaft rotatably disposed at a bottom of the ice collecting box ice collecting area and a second driving member for driving the first screw shaft to rotate, and the first screw shaft rotates to discharge the ice from the ice outlet.

In some embodiments, a second screw shaft is rotatably arranged at the top of the ice collecting area of the collecting box, and a third driving piece for driving the second screw shaft to rotate is arranged outside the collecting box.

In some embodiments, the collection tank is further provided with a drainage pump, and a water inlet end of the drainage pump is communicated with the water collecting area of the collection tank.

In some embodiments, the bottom of the collection tank is provided with a drip tray.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the utility model provides an ice making equipment mainly has following beneficial effect:

the ice making equipment is particularly in work, after the heat exchange assembly quickly makes ice, the ice is poured into the collecting box by the pouring assembly, ice and water separation is carried out in the collecting box, and finally the ice made by the ice discharging assembly is discharged, so that the ice making efficiency can be greatly improved, and the requirements of users are met.

Drawings

In order to illustrate the solution of the present invention more clearly, the drawings needed for describing the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts. Wherein:

fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an ice making apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a water tank of the ice making apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an electrical connection frame diagram of the dump assembly of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of an ice filter assembly of the ice making apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a collection box of the ice making apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the internal structure of the collection tank of FIG. 5;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of a water path connection between a water tank and a collection tank of the ice-making device of fig. 1.

The reference numbers in the drawings are as follows:

10. a support; 11. a guide groove; 12. a water pan; 20. a water tank; 21. pouring a spout; 22. a rotating shaft; 23. A guide block; 30. a heat exchange assembly; 31. a compressor; 32. an input tube; 33. an output pipe; 34. a heat exchange pipe; 35. a heat exchange branch pipe; 36. a heat sink; 40. a pouring assembly; 41. a first driving member; 42. a processor; 43. a first photosensor; 44. a second photosensor; 50. a collection box; 51. a first filter plate; 52. a water collection area; 53. an ice collecting area; 54. draining pump; 55. a second screw shaft; 56. a third driving member; 60. an ice discharging assembly; 61. a first screw shaft; 62. a second driving member; 70. a first circulation line; 71. A first water pump; 72. a sterilizer; 80. a second circulation line; 81. a second water pump; 90. an ice filtering assembly; 91. a second filter plate; 92. a water receiving tank.

Detailed Description

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs; the terminology used herein in the description is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention, for example, the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "front," "rear," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," etc. refer to an orientation or position illustrated in the drawings, which are for convenience of description only and are not to be construed as limiting of the present disclosure.

The terms "including" and "having," and any variations thereof, in the description and claims of this invention and the description of the above figures are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions; the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and in the claims, or in the drawings, are used for distinguishing between different objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. The meaning of "plurality" is two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the description and claims of the present invention and in the description of the above figures, when an element is referred to as being "fixed" or "mounted" or "disposed" or "connected" to another element, it can be directly or indirectly located on the other element. For example, when an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly or indirectly connected to the other element.

Furthermore, reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

In order to make the technical solution of the present invention better understood, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to fig. 1 to 7.

An ice making apparatus comprising:

an ice making mechanism (not marked in the figures) comprising a water tank 20, a heat exchange assembly 30 for condensing water in the water tank 20, and a dumping assembly 40 for discharging ice water in the water tank 20;

the ice-water separation mechanism (no mark in the figure) is arranged at the bottom end of the water tank 20, the ice-water separation mechanism comprises a collecting tank 50 and an ice outlet assembly 60 arranged in the collecting tank 50, a first filter plate 51 is arranged in the collecting tank 50, the collecting tank 50 is divided into an upper ice collecting area 53 and a lower water collecting area 52 by the first filter plate 51, the first filter plate 51 is provided with filter holes, an ice outlet (no mark in the figure) is formed in the side wall of the collecting tank 50, which is positioned in the ice collecting area 53, the ice outlet assembly 60 is arranged at the ice outlet, and the ice outlet assembly 60 is used for controlling the ice outlet amount.

The specific during operation of ice making equipment, heat exchange assembly 30 makes out ice fast after, topples over in subassembly 40 empties into collecting box 50 with ice, carries out ice-water separation in collecting box 50, and the ice of making is discharging through ice outlet assembly 60 at last, improvement ice-making efficiency that can be very big satisfies user's demand.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, in order to save water, the ice making apparatus further includes a water saving mechanism (not labeled in the drawing) including a first circulation line 70 and a second circulation line 80;

the first circulation pipeline 70 comprises a first water pump 71 and a sterilizer 72, the water inlet end of the first water pump 71 is connected with the water collecting area 52 of the collecting tank 50, the water outlet end of the first water pump 71 is connected with the water inlet end of the sterilizer 72, and the water outlet end of the sterilizer 72 is connected with the water collecting area 52 of the collecting tank 50; specifically, the sterilizer 72 is an UX sterilizer, and can sterilize bacteria in water by ultraviolet irradiation, thereby improving the hygienic quality of ice making.

The second circulation pipeline 80 comprises a second water pump 81, the water inlet end of the second water pump 81 is connected with the water collecting area 52 of the collecting tank 50, and the water outlet end of the second water pump 81 is connected with the water tank 20. Because the water temperature in the water collecting area 52 is low, when the low-temperature water in the water collecting area 52 is pumped into the water tank 20 again through the second water pump 81 for use, the heat exchange amount can be reduced, and the electric energy can be saved.

When the water saving mechanism works specifically, firstly, the water in the water collecting area 52 is sterilized circularly through the first circulating pipeline 70, so that the sanitary quality of the water in the water collecting area 52 is ensured, and after the water is sterilized for a period of time, the low-temperature water in the water collecting area 52 is pumped into the water tank 20 again through the second circulating pipeline 80 for use, so that the water saving mechanism is beneficial to saving resources and energy.

Preferably, the collection tank 50 is further provided with a drain pump 54, and a water inlet end of the drain pump 54 is communicated with the water collecting area 52 of the collection tank 50. Before and after ice making, the water in the water collecting area 52 can be drained by the drainage pump 54, so that the water collecting area 52 is clean and sanitary.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the ice making mechanism includes a support 10, the water tank 20 is rotatably disposed on the support 10, a dumping opening 21 is disposed at a top end of the water tank 20, the heat exchange assembly 30 includes a compressor 31 and a heat exchange pipe 34, the compressor 31 is provided with an input pipe 32 and an output pipe 33, the input pipe 32 and the output pipe 33 are respectively connected to two ends of the heat exchange pipe 34, the heat exchange pipe 34 is located in a space surrounded by the water tank 20, and a plurality of heat exchange branch pipes 35 are vertically disposed at a bottom end of the heat exchange pipe 34. Specifically, the compressor 31 is disposed outside the water tank 20, and the heat exchange pipe 34 is disposed inside the water tank 20; during ice making, the water tank 20 is filled with water, the compressor 31 conveys low-temperature media to the heat exchange tube 34 through the output tube 33, the water around the heat exchange branch tube 35 is rapidly solidified into ice, after ice making is carried out for a period of time, the compressor 31 conveys high-temperature media to the heat exchange tube 34 through the input tube 32, the ice solidified on the heat exchange branch tube 35 falls off, and the ice in the water tank 20 can be conveniently taken out.

Preferably, the heat exchanging pipe 34 is disposed at the upper portion of the water tank 20 in an S-shape, so that heat exchanging can be more uniform and faster.

Preselection, because compressor 31 heat production is huge, need cool off compressor 31, heat exchange assemblies 30 still include be used for right compressor 31 carries out radiating radiator 36, and the heat exchanger sets up in the one side that compressor 31 was kept away from to water tank 20, and on the one hand make full use of support 10 inner space, on the other hand can the at utmost get rid of water tank 20 unnecessary heat all around.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the dumping assembly 40 includes a first driving member 41 and a positioning member, the first driving member 41 is configured to drive the water tank 20 to rotate, the positioning member is configured to detect a rotation angle of the water tank 20, the first driving member 41 is electrically connected to the positioning member, and when the positioning member detects that the water tank 20 rotates to a predetermined position, the first driving member 41 stops rotating the water tank 20. Specifically, a rotating shaft 22 is installed at one side of the water tank 20, the rotating shaft 22 is rotatably connected to the bracket 10, the first driving member 41 is a servo motor, and an output shaft of the servo motor is connected to the rotating shaft 22. The free end of water tank 20 is provided with guide block 23, be provided with on the support 10 with guide block 23 sliding fit's curved guide way 11, when guide block 23 was located the guide way 11 top, pouring opening 21 was up, and when guide block 23 was located the guide way 11 bottom, pouring opening 21 was towards the horizontal direction, can conveniently pour the ice in the water tank 20. In this embodiment, two positioning members are provided, where the two positioning members may be a first photoelectric sensor 43 and a second photoelectric sensor 44, the first photoelectric sensor 43 is disposed at the top end of the guide slot 11, the second photoelectric sensor 44 is disposed at the bottom end of the guide slot 11, the tilting assembly 40 further includes a processor 42 for controlling the start and stop of the first driving member 41, the processor 42 is electrically connected to the first photoelectric sensor 43 and the second photoelectric sensor 44, respectively, when the ice is tilted, the first driving member 41 drives the water tank 20 to rotate until the guide block 23 slides to the bottom end of the guide slot 11, the guide block 23 triggers the second photoelectric sensor 44, the second photoelectric sensor 44 inputs a second signal to the processor 42, and the processor 42 controls the first driving member 41 to stop rotating after receiving the second signal. After the water tank 20 needs to be reset after the pouring is finished, the first driving member 41 rotates reversely to drive the water tank 20 to rotate reversely, the guide block 23 moves towards the first photoelectric sensor 43 until the first photoelectric sensor 43 is triggered, the first photoelectric sensor 43 inputs a first signal to the processor 42, and the processor 42 controls the first driving member 41 to stop rotating after receiving the first signal. By dumping the assembly 40, the level of automation of the present apparatus can be greatly improved.

As shown in fig. 1 and 4, an ice filtering assembly 90 is disposed at the bottom end of the water tank 20, the ice filtering assembly 90 includes a second filtering plate 91 and a water receiving tank 92 disposed at the bottom end of the second filtering plate 91, the second filtering plate 91 is disposed in an inclined manner, and the water receiving tank 92 is provided with a water collecting area 52 having a water discharging channel connected to the collecting tank 50. Through filtering ice subassembly 90, when water tank 20 emptys, can separate the ice-water mixture in the water tank 20 fast, avoid forming the massive ice-cube, inconvenient use. When the water tank 20 is dumped, the first ice-water separation is performed on the second filter plate 91, ice enters the ice collecting area 53 along the second filter plate 91, and water enters the water receiving tank 92 and finally enters the water collecting area 52.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the ice discharging assembly 60 includes a first screw shaft 61 rotatably provided at the bottom of the ice collecting area 53 of the collection bin 50 and a second driving member 62 for driving the first screw shaft 61 to rotate, and the first screw shaft 61 is rotated to discharge the ice through the ice outlet. Specifically, the second driving member 62 is a motor, and the motor drives the first screw shaft 61 to rotate, so that on one hand, larger ice cubes can be broken, and on the other hand, the ice cubes can be discharged out of the ice collecting area 53.

Preferably, since the crushed ice is easily coagulated together to form a high ice accretion, the second screw shaft 55 is rotatably provided at the top of the ice collecting compartment 53 of the collecting box 50, and the third driving member 56 for driving the second screw shaft 55 to rotate is provided outside the collecting box 50. Specifically, the third driving element 56 is a motor, the second spiral shaft 55 is similar to a spring, and the third driving element 56 drives the second spiral shaft 55 to rotate so as to break up the accumulated ice, thereby preventing the accumulated ice from protruding out of the collecting box 50.

As shown in figure 1, the bottom of the collecting box 50 is provided with a water pan 12, the water pan 12 is connected with the support 10 in a sliding mode, and the water pan 12 can be used for collecting water spilled in the pouring process, so that water accumulation on the ground is avoided.

In summary, the following steps:

the utility model discloses an ice making equipment, when specifically making ice, at first, fill water in the water tank 20, the compressor 31 conveys low temperature medium to the heat exchange tube 34 through the output tube 33, the water around the heat exchange branch tube 35 solidifies into ice fast, after making ice for a period of time, the compressor 31 conveys high temperature medium to the heat exchange tube 34 through the input tube 32, the ice that solidifies on the heat exchange branch tube 35 drops; then, the first driving member 41 drives the water tank 20 to rotate, the ice-water mixture in the water tank 20 is primarily separated through the second filter plate 91, and the separated ice slides onto the first filter plate 51 in the collection tank 50 to be secondarily separated; finally, the second driving member 62 drives the first screw shaft 61 to discharge the ice. Through the utility model discloses, improvement that can be very big system ice efficiency satisfies user's demand.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications and changes may occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. An ice making apparatus, comprising:

2. An ice making apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a water saving mechanism including a first circulation line and a second circulation line;

3. The ice making device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ice making mechanism comprises a support, the water tank is rotatably disposed on the support, a dumping opening is disposed at a top end of the water tank, the dumping assembly comprises a first driving member and a positioning member, the first driving member is used for driving the water tank to rotate, the positioning member is used for detecting an angle of rotation of the water tank, the first driving member is electrically connected with the positioning member, and when the positioning member detects that the water tank rotates to a predetermined position, the first driving member stops rotating the water tank.

4. An ice making apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the bottom end of the water tank is provided with an ice filter assembly, the ice filter assembly comprises a second filter plate and a water receiving tank arranged at the bottom end of the second filter plate, the second filter plate is arranged obliquely downward toward the collecting tank, the water receiving tank is provided with a drainage channel, and the drainage channel is connected with the water collecting area of the collecting tank.

5. The ice making equipment according to claim 3, wherein the heat exchange assembly comprises a compressor and a heat exchange pipe, the compressor is provided with an input pipe and an output pipe, the input pipe and the output pipe are respectively connected with two ends of the heat exchange pipe, the heat exchange pipe is positioned in a space enclosed by the water tank, and the bottom end of the heat exchange pipe is vertically provided with a plurality of heat exchange branch pipes.

6. The ice making apparatus of claim 5, wherein the heat exchange assembly further comprises a heat sink for dissipating heat from the compressor.

7. The ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ice discharging assembly includes a first screw shaft rotatably provided at a bottom of the ice collecting bin and a second driving member for driving the first screw shaft to rotate, the first screw shaft being rotated to discharge the ice from the ice discharging port.

8. An ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein a second screw shaft is rotatably provided at the top of the ice collecting bin, and a third driving member for driving the second screw shaft to rotate is provided outside the collecting bin.

9. The ice making apparatus of claim 1, wherein the collection tank is further provided with a drain pump, and a water inlet end of the drain pump is communicated with the water collection area of the collection tank.

10. An ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the collection tank is provided at its bottom with a drip tray.