CN217844386U - Ice maker with ice melting water recycling function - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an ice maker with the recycling of ice melting water, which comprises an ice storage box; the ice making barrel is arranged at the bottom of the ice storage box and is communicated with the ice storage box, an ice scraping rod is arranged in the ice making barrel, and the ice scraping rod is used for scraping ice blocks generated in the ice making barrel and conveying the ice blocks to the ice storage box; the water storage tank is positioned below the side of the ice storage box and above the side of the ice making barrel; the bottom of the refrigerator is communicated with the water storage tank, and the bottom of the water storage tank is communicated with the ice making barrel. Compare in prior art, melt ice water in the ice storage box directly flows to the storage water tank because of the effect of gravity (high potential energy), and the water in the storage water tank directly flows to in the ice making bucket because of the effect of gravity (high potential energy) to in the ice-melt water that the temperature is low directly participates in the ice making, on the one hand, promoted the efficiency of ice making, reduced the energy consumption of ice making, on the other hand, melt ice water reuse realizes the water economy resource.

Description

Ice maker with ice melting water recycling function

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a technical field of ice making equipment especially relates to an ice machine that ice-melt water recycles.

Background

The ice maker is a refrigeration mechanical device which cools water through an evaporator by a refrigerant of a refrigeration system to generate ice, and the ice melting water of the existing ice maker which automatically drops or extrudes the ice has two treatment modes.

The ice melting water is directly drained away, and the way of treating the ice melting water wastes water resources; meanwhile, because the temperature of the ice melting water is lower, the refrigerating capacity and the electric quantity of the water cooling are wasted, and the efficiency of the water cooling is lower than that of the direct use of the ice melting water.

The other method is that the ice melting water is discharged to a special water storage tank, and then the water is pumped from the water storage tank to the ice water tank by a power device (such as a water pump and the like) for reuse; for example, in the existing patent with publication number CN208983680U, a vehicle-mounted ice maker is disclosed, after ice in an ice storage shell melts, ice melting water flows to a water storage tank through a recovery pipe, a filter tank and a pipeline below the bottom of the filter tank, and is pumped to an evaporator again through a water diversion pipe by a water pump to make ice; it improves the cyclic utilization rate of ice making water and the utilization rate of water resources. However, the additional water pump is added, which not only occupies the internal space of the ice maker, but also increases the cost of the water pump, thereby increasing the cost of preparing the ice maker to reduce the market competitiveness of the ice maker.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to overcome the shortcoming and the deficiency that exist among the prior art, the utility model provides an ice machine that ice-melt water recycles, the ice storage box in melt ice water and flow to the storage water tank through the effect of gravity (high potential energy), rivers in the storage water tank are to the preparation in the ice making bucket, need not to increase the device of extra water of taking out, are favorable to reducing the cost of preparing the ice machine to promote the market competition of ice machine.

The utility model discloses a realize through following technical scheme:

an ice maker with recycled ice-melting water, comprising:

storing the refrigerator;

the ice making barrel is arranged at the bottom of the ice storage box and is communicated with the ice storage box, an ice scraping rod is arranged in the ice making barrel, and the ice scraping rod is used for scraping ice blocks generated in the ice making barrel and conveying the ice blocks to the ice storage box;

the water storage tank is positioned below the side of the ice storage box and above the side of the ice making barrel;

the bottom of the refrigerator is communicated with the water storage tank, and the bottom of the water storage tank is communicated with the ice making barrel.

By adopting the technical scheme, when the ice in the ice storage box is melted, the ice melting water flows into the water storage box due to the action of gravity, the water in the water storage box flows into the ice making barrel under the action of gravity, so that the ice making barrel can make the water into ice blocks, the ice blocks generated in the ice making barrel of the ice scraping rod are scraped off and conveyed to the ice storage box, the ice melting water is reused, the water resource is saved, the water temperature in the water storage box is reduced, and the energy consumption is reduced; the ice melting water is reused without additionally arranging a power device, so that the expenditure of the power device is reduced, the preparation cost of the ice maker is reduced, and the market competitiveness of the ice maker is improved.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the ice storage box comprises an inner container, an overflow port is arranged at the top of the water storage box, and the inner container is positioned above the overflow port.

By adopting the technical scheme, when the water in the water storage tank is increased, the water flows out from the overflow port, and the reverse water in the water storage tank can be effectively limited to overflow to the inner container, so that the influence of the water on ice blocks in the inner container is reduced.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the bottom of inner bag is equipped with protruding edge, be equipped with the waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall dish in the inner bag, the waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall dish cover is located protruding edge, the waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall dish will the inner bag divide into water storage chamber and ice storage chamber.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the ice-cube and the separation of water in the waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall dish is with the inner bag, can effectively slow down melting of ice-cube.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the middle part of the draining disc is higher than the edge, and the draining disc is obliquely arranged from the middle part to the edge.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme to the ice-cube gets into the effect of inner bag through the waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall dish from protruding edge and moves to the edge of waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall dish, plays the effect that the protruding edge was stopped up to the restriction ice-cube.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the top of waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall dish is equipped with a plurality of wash ports that run through the waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall dish, and a plurality of wash ports surround protruding edge sets up, there is the clearance between the waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall dish and the inner wall of inner bag.

By adopting the technical scheme, when the ice blocks on the draining disc are melted, water flows into the water storage cavity through the water discharging holes or the gaps between the draining disc and the inner wall of the inner container, so that the ice blocks are separated from the water.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the bottom of storage water tank is equipped with the feed water inlet, the ice making bucket is equipped with the connector, the feed water inlet is located the top of connector, the feed water inlet with the connector intercommunication.

By adopting the technical scheme, water in the water storage tank flows into the ice making barrel through the water supply opening and the connecting opening so as to facilitate ice making of the ice making barrel.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the ice storage box comprises an inner container and a shell sleeved on the inner container, and a heat insulation layer is arranged between the inner container and the shell.

By adopting the technical scheme, the heat preservation effect of the optimized inner container is achieved, so that the ice blocks in the inner container are limited from melting.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the top of the ice making barrel is provided with an ice squeezer, the ice squeezer is sleeved with the ice scraping rod, and the ice making barrel is connected with the ice storage box through the ice squeezer.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, order about to scrape the ice-cream pole and rotate and realize scraping the ice-cream of ice-making bucket inner wall and carry to crowded ice ware, crowded ice ware is with ice-cream extrusion shaping and save in the ice-cream storage box.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the outer wall of the ice making barrel is provided with an evaporator, the evaporator is provided with a first pipe body and a second pipe body, when the ice making barrel is used, a refrigerant is introduced into the evaporator from the first pipe body, and the refrigerant is discharged from the second pipe body after being vaporized.

By adopting the technical scheme, the refrigerant flows and evaporates in the evaporator, so that the temperature in the evaporator is reduced, the cold energy is transmitted into the ice making barrel through the barrel wall of the ice making barrel, and the water in the ice making barrel is driven to freeze.

The utility model discloses further set up to: the top of the water storage tank is provided with a float switch which extends into the water storage tank and is used for controlling the water level in the water storage tank.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, utilize the water level in the float switch control storage water tank, when the water level in the storage water tank is low, float switch control supplies water to the storage water tank from the external world to it has sufficient water in the guarantee storage water tank.

The utility model has the advantages of:

compared with the prior art, the utility model provides an ice maker with ice melting water recycling, the ice making barrel is arranged at the bottom of the ice storage box, the water storage box is arranged below the side of the ice storage box and above the side of the ice making barrel, and the bottom of the ice storage box is communicated with the water storage box, so that the ice melting water in the ice storage box directly flows into the water storage box under the action of gravity (high potential energy); the water storage tank is communicated with the ice making barrel, so that water in the water storage tank directly flows into the ice making barrel under the action of gravity (high potential energy), and ice melting water with low temperature directly participates in ice making, on one hand, the ice making efficiency is improved, the energy consumption of ice making is reduced, on the other hand, the ice melting water is reused, and water resources are saved; the ice melting water directly participates in ice making, the problem that a device for extracting water needs to be added in the prior art is solved, the cost for preparing the ice making machine is reduced, and therefore the market competitiveness of the ice making machine is improved.

The ice storage box is provided with an ice draining disc, the ice storage box is divided into an ice storage cavity and an water storage cavity by the ice draining disc, ice cubes and water in the ice storage box are isolated by the ice draining disc, so that the influence of the water on the ice cubes is reduced, and the melting rate of the ice in the ice storage box is reduced.

The inner bag is located the top of overflow mouth to on the one hand, in the ice-melt rivers that are convenient for in the inner bag flow to the storage water tank, on the other hand, to the water of restriction storage water tank flows backward to the inner bag, reduces the influence of water to the ice-cube in the inner bag.

The water supply port is positioned above the connecting port and communicated with the connecting port, so that water in the water storage tank flows into the ice making barrel, and the water is condensed into ice in the ice making barrel.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an ice maker according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the inner container and the draining plate of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the draining pan of the present invention.

In the figure: 1. storing the refrigerator; 11. an inner container; 111. a convex edge; 112. a limiting block; 113. a water storage cavity; 114. an ice storage cavity; 115. a water collection tank; 12. a housing; 13. a heat-insulating layer; 14. a drain pipe; 2. an ice making barrel; 21. a connecting port; 3. an ice scraping rod; 4. a water storage tank; 41. an overflow port; 42. a float switch; 421. a first water level; 422. a second water level; 43. a water inlet; 44. a water supply port; 5. draining the water plate; 51. a drain hole; 52. a limiting groove; 6. an ice squeezer; 7. an evaporator; 71. a first pipe body; 72. a second tube.

Detailed Description

The terms of orientation of up, down, left, right, front, back, top, bottom, and the like referred to or may be referred to in this specification are defined relative to the configuration shown in the drawings, and are relative terms, and thus may be changed correspondingly according to the position and the use state thereof. Therefore, these and other directional terms should not be construed as limiting terms.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, in order to provide the ice maker with ice melting water recycling function of the present invention, the ice maker includes an ice storage tank 1, an ice making barrel 2 and a water storage tank 4, the ice making barrel 2 is installed at the bottom of the ice storage tank 1 and is communicated with the ice storage tank 1, an ice scraping rod 3 is disposed in the ice making barrel 2, and the ice scraping rod 3 is used for scraping ice cubes in the ice making barrel 2 and conveying the ice cubes to the ice storage tank 1; the water storage tank 4 is positioned below the side of the refrigerator 1 and above the side of the ice making barrel 2; the bottom of the ice storage box 1 is communicated with the water storage box 4, and when ice cubes in the ice storage box 1 are melted, the ice melting water in the ice storage box 1 can directly flow into the water storage box 4 under the action of gravity (high potential energy); the bottom of the water storage tank 4 is communicated with the ice making barrel 2, so that water in the water storage tank 4 directly flows into the ice making barrel 2 under the action of gravity (high potential energy) and is convenient for the ice making barrel 2 to make ice, and ice melting water with low temperature directly flows into the ice making barrel 2 from the water storage tank 4 and participates in ice making, on one hand, the ice making efficiency is improved, the energy consumption of ice making is reduced, on the other hand, the ice melting water is reused, and the water resource saving is realized; the ice melting water directly participates in ice making, the problem that a device for extracting water needs to be added in the prior art is solved, the cost for preparing the ice making machine is reduced, and therefore the market competitiveness of the ice making machine is improved.

In some embodiments, the ice storage box 1 comprises an inner container 11, the top of the water storage box 4 is provided with an overflow port 41, and the inner container 11 is located above the overflow port 41 to limit water in the water storage box 4 from flowing back into the inner container 11, so as to limit water in the water storage box 4 from flowing back into the ice storage box 1; when the water in the water storage tank 4 increases, the water level in the water storage tank 4 increases, and the water in the water storage tank 4 flows out from the overflow port 41 to limit the water in the water storage tank 4 from flowing back into the ice storage tank 1. The refrigerator 1 also comprises a shell 12 sleeved on the inner container 11, and the shell 12 plays a role in heat preservation of the inner container 11 so as to slow down the melting of ice cubes in the inner container 11; there is the clearance between shell 12 and the inner bag 11, and it has heat preservation 13 to fill between shell 12 and the inner bag 11, and heat preservation 13 further promotes the heat preservation effect to inner bag 11 to slow down the ice-cube in the inner bag 11 and melt.

In some embodiments, the inner container 11 is internally provided with the draining disc 5, the draining disc 5 divides the inner container 11 into a water storage cavity 113 and an ice storage cavity 114, the ice storage cavity 114 is located above the water storage cavity 113, that is, the ice storage cavity 114 is formed between the draining disc 5 and the top of the inner container 11, and the water storage cavity 113 is formed between the draining disc 5 and the bottom of the inner container 11, so that ice cubes in the inner container 11 are separated from ice melting water, thereby reducing the influence of the ice melting water on the ice cubes and being beneficial to slowing down the melting of the ice cubes. The bottom of the inner container 11 is provided with a convex edge 111, the draining disc 5 is sleeved on the convex edge 111, ice blocks enter the inner container 11 from the bottom of the tube seat through the tube seat, namely, the ice blocks enter the inner container 11 from the ice making barrel 2 through the tube seat and are placed above the draining disc 5. The middle part of draining dish 5 is higher than the edge, and draining dish 5 slope sets up, and draining dish 5 sets up from the middle part to the edge downward sloping gradually, is favorable to arranging the ice-cube on draining dish 5 in to the marginal movement of draining dish 5 to the ice-cube on the restriction draining dish 5 falls to in the ice-making barrel 2 from the tube socket once more. A plurality of drain holes 51 penetrating through the draining disc 5 are formed in the top of the draining disc 5, the plurality of drain holes 51 are arranged around the convex edge 111, and when ice blocks are melted on the draining disc 5, ice melting water flows into the water storage cavity 113 through the drain holes 51; a gap is formed between the draining disc 5 and the inner wall of the inner container 11, and when ice blocks melt on the draining disc 5, ice-melting water flows from the middle part of the draining disc 5 to the edge and flows into the water storage cavity 113 through the gap between the draining disc 5 and the inner wall of the inner container 11. The perisporium of waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall dish 5 is equipped with spacing groove 52, and spacing groove 52 is equipped with threely, and the inside of inner bag 11 is equipped with the stopper 112 with spacing groove 52 matched with, and stopper 112 corresponds and is equipped with threely, and when waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall dish 5 was installed in inner bag 11, stopper 112 card was arranged in spacing groove 52 to restriction waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall dish 5 internal rotation in inner bag 11. The bottom of inner bag 11 is equipped with water catch bowl 115, water catch bowl 115 is located water storage cavity 113, water catch bowl 115 is the annular and sets up and locate the tube socket, the bottom of inner bag 11 is equipped with drain pipe 14, drain pipe 14 and water catch bowl 115 intercommunication, so that rivers in the water catch bowl 115 arrive in drain pipe 14, drain pipe 14 runs through heat preservation 13 and shell 12 and stretches outside shell 12, so that drain pipe 14 and storage water tank 4 intercommunication, drain pipe 14 and storage water tank 4 accessible pipeline intercommunication, so as to realize inner bag 11 and storage water tank 4 intercommunication, thereby storage refrigerator 1 and storage water tank 4 intercommunication.

In some embodiments, the water storage tank 4 is provided with a water inlet 43, the water inlet 43 is positioned below the water discharge pipe 14, the water inlet 43 is communicated with the water discharge pipe 14, and the water inlet 43 and the water discharge pipe 14 can be communicated through a pipeline, so that the water in the inner container 11 can flow into the water storage tank 4 due to gravity (high potential energy); the bottom of the water storage tank 4 is provided with a water supply port 44, the ice making barrel 2 is provided with a connecting port 21, the water supply port 44 is positioned above the connecting port 21, the water supply port 44 is communicated with the connecting port 21 through a pipeline, so that water in the water storage tank 4 flows into the ice making barrel 2 due to gravity (high potential energy), ice making of the ice making barrel 2 is facilitated, the water inlet 43 is positioned above the water supply port 44, the water inlet 43 is required to be as close to the water supply port 44 as possible, so that ice melting water flowing in from the water inlet 43 flows into the ice making barrel 2 again through the water supply port 44, and the energy consumption for making ice in the ice making barrel 2 is reduced. The top of the water storage tank 4 is provided with a float switch 42, and the float switch 42 extends into the water storage tank 4 and is arranged in the water body for controlling the water level in the water storage tank 4. The floating ball opening is provided with a first water level 421 and a second water level 422, the first water level 421 is a high water level, and the second water level 422 is a low water level; when the water level in the water storage tank 4 is lower than the second water level 422, the float switch 42 controls the external valve to open to start supplying water to the water storage tank 4, and when the water level in the water storage tank 4 reaches or is higher than the first water level 421, the float switch controls the external valve to close to stop supplying water to the water storage tank 4.

In some embodiments, the ice maker 6 is arranged at the top of the ice making barrel 2, the ice maker 6 is rotatably sleeved with the ice scraping rod 3, and the ice scraping rod 3 rotates relative to the ice maker 6. The ice making barrel 2 is connected with the refrigerator 1 through the ice squeezer 6, the bottom of the convex edge 111 is provided with a connecting cavity, the ice squeezer 6 is clamped in the connecting cavity of the convex edge 111, the ice squeezer 6 is provided with a through hole so as to realize the communication between the ice making barrel 2 and the inner container 11, and therefore the ice making barrel 2 is communicated with the refrigerator 1; the ice scraping rod 3 is rotated, the ice scraping rod 3 scrapes off ice blocks in the ice making barrel 2 and conveys the ice blocks to the inner container 11 through the through holes, and the ice blocks are conveyed to the ice storage box 1. Scrape the one end of keeping away from storage refrigerator 1 of ice pole 3 and be equipped with drive arrangement, drive arrangement includes the motor, and drive arrangement is used for ordering about and scrapes ice pole 3 and rotate to the realization is scraped ice pole 3 and is scraped the ice-cube in will making ice bucket 2 and fall and carry to in storing ice box 1.

In some embodiments, the evaporator 7 is disposed on the outer wall of the ice making barrel 2, the evaporator 7 is sleeved on the outer wall of the ice making barrel 2, the evaporator 7 is provided with a first pipe 71 and a second pipe 72, the second pipe 72 is located above the first pipe 71, the first pipe 71 is used for introducing the refrigerant, and the second pipe 72 is used for introducing the refrigerant; when the ice making device is used, the refrigerant is introduced into the evaporator 7 from the first pipe body 71, flows in the evaporator 7 and is evaporated, so that on one hand, the temperature in the evaporator 7 is reduced, the cold energy is transmitted into the ice making barrel 2 through the barrel wall of the ice making barrel 2, the water in the ice making barrel 2 is driven to freeze, and on the other hand, the refrigerant is evaporated in the evaporator 7 and then is discharged from the second pipe body 72.

The utility model discloses an implement the principle and do: the ice making barrel 2 is arranged at the bottom of the ice storage box 1, the water storage tank 4 is arranged below the side of the ice storage box 1 and above the side of the ice making barrel 2, and the bottom of the ice storage box 1 is communicated with the water storage tank 4, so that ice melting water in the ice storage box 1 directly flows into the water storage tank 4 due to the action of gravity (height potential energy); the water storage tank 4 is communicated with the ice making barrel 2, so that water in the water storage tank 4 directly flows into the ice making barrel 2 under the action of gravity (high potential energy), and ice melting water with low temperature directly participates in ice making, on one hand, the ice making efficiency is improved, the energy consumption of ice making is reduced, on the other hand, the ice melting water is reused, and water resources are saved; the ice melting water directly participates in ice making, the problem that a device for extracting water needs to be added in the prior art is solved, the cost for preparing the ice making machine is reduced, and therefore the market competitiveness of the ice making machine is improved.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and if various modifications or variations of the present invention do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention, they are intended to be covered if they fall within the scope of the claims and the equivalent technology of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. An ice maker for recycling ice-melting water, comprising:

a refrigerator storage (1);

the ice making barrel (2) is installed at the bottom of the ice storage box (1) and is communicated with the ice storage box (1), an ice scraping rod (3) is arranged in the ice making barrel (2), and the ice scraping rod (3) is used for scraping ice blocks generated in the ice making barrel (2) and conveying the ice blocks to the ice storage box (1);

the water storage tank (4), the water storage tank (4) is positioned below the side of the ice storage box (1) and above the side of the ice making barrel (2);

the bottom of the refrigerator storage (1) is communicated with the water storage tank (4), and the bottom of the water storage tank (4) is communicated with the ice making barrel (2).

2. Ice maker with recycling of ice melting water according to claim 1, wherein the ice storage tank (1) comprises an inner container (11), the top of the water storage tank (4) is provided with an overflow port (41), and the inner container (11) is located above the overflow port (41).

3. The ice maker as claimed in claim 2, wherein a convex edge (111) is arranged at the bottom of the inner container (11), a draining disc (5) is arranged in the inner container (11), the convex edge (111) is sleeved with the draining disc (5), and the draining disc (5) divides the inner container (11) into a water storage cavity (113) and an ice storage cavity (114).

4. Ice maker for recycling of ice melting water according to claim 3, characterised in that the draining tray (5) is higher in the middle than at the edges, the draining tray (5) being inclined from the middle towards the edges.

5. The ice maker for recycling ice melting water as claimed in claim 4, wherein a plurality of drainage holes (51) penetrating through the drain pan (5) are formed in the top of the drain pan (5), the drainage holes (51) are arranged around the convex edge (111), and a gap is formed between the drain pan (5) and the inner wall of the inner container (11).

6. Ice maker with recycled ice melting water according to any of claims 1-5, characterized in that the bottom of the water storage tank (4) is provided with a water supply port (44), the ice making barrel (2) is provided with a connection port (21), the water supply port (44) is positioned above the connection port (21), and the water supply port (44) is communicated with the connection port (21).

7. The ice maker for recycling ice melting water according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the ice storage box (1) comprises an inner container (11) and a shell (12) sleeved on the inner container (11), and an insulating layer (13) is arranged between the inner container (11) and the shell (12).

8. The ice maker capable of recycling ice melting water as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein an ice squeezer (6) is arranged at the top of the ice making barrel (2), the ice squeezer (6) is sleeved with the ice scraping rod (3), and the ice making barrel (2) is connected with the ice storage box (1) through the ice squeezer (6).

9. An ice maker according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein an evaporator (7) is arranged on the outer wall of the ice making barrel (2), the evaporator (7) is provided with a first pipe body (71) and a second pipe body (72), when in use, refrigerant is introduced into the evaporator (7) from the first pipe body (71), and the refrigerant is discharged from the second pipe body (72) after being vaporized.

10. The ice maker for recycling ice melting water as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a float switch (42) is installed at the top of the water storage tank (4), and the float switch (42) extends into the water storage tank (4) and is used for controlling the water level in the water storage tank (4).

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