CN219083458U

CN219083458U - Ice maker with water supplied by side water tank

Info

Publication number: CN219083458U
Application number: CN202223412380.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张强; 舒云鹏; 康道勇
Original assignee: Ningbo Aquart Electrical Appliance Co Ltd
Current assignee: Ningbo Aquart Electrical Appliance Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-12-16
Filing date: 2022-12-16
Publication date: 2023-05-26
Anticipated expiration: 2032-12-16

Abstract

The application relates to an ice maker with side water tank for supplying water, which belongs to the technical field of ice making and comprises an ice maker body, a water tank base positioned outside the ice maker body, a water tank body arranged on the water tank base and an elastic check valve arranged on the water tank body; the water tank base is provided with a water containing cavity, the water tank body is provided with a water outlet hole communicated with the water containing cavity, the water tank base is provided with a water outlet pipe communicated with the water containing cavity, the water outlet pipe is provided with a connecting water pipe, and one end of the connecting water pipe, which is far away from the water outlet pipe, is connected with the ice machine body; the elastic check valve is arranged at the water outlet, and when the water tank body is arranged on the water tank base, the water outlet is in an open state; when the water tank body is taken down from the water tank base, the water outlet is in a closed state. The present application has the effect of reducing the number of times a user adds water into the ice maker during ice making.

Description

Ice maker with water supplied by side water tank

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of ice making, in particular to an ice maker with a side water tank for supplying water.

Background

An ice maker is a refrigeration mechanical device that cools water through an evaporator by a refrigeration system to produce ice cubes. The ice maker is largely divided into an internal water supply and an external water supply.

The ice maker with internal water supply is generally provided with a water tank inside, the refrigerating system makes ice cubes from water in the water tank, and water is added into the water tank after the water in the water tank is used up.

The ice maker with external water supply needs to be externally connected with a water source, and meanwhile, an electromagnetic valve is arranged in the ice maker to control the quantity of the water source entering the ice maker, and in addition, a connecting pipeline needs to be paved, so that the use occasion is limited. So there are typically a few users who use internal water supply ice making machines.

With respect to the related art as described above, the inventors consider that the water tank, which supplies water internally, is installed inside the ice maker and is easily affected by the size of the ice maker itself, and thus the capacity of the water tank is not easily made excessively large, and as the amount of ice discharged increases during ice making, the required water increases, and thus frequent water addition is required during ice making.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to reduce the number of times water is added into the ice maker by a user in the ice making process, the application provides the ice maker with water supplied by the side water tank and the ice maker.

The application provides an ice maker of side water tank water supply adopts following technical scheme:

an ice maker with side water tank for supplying water comprises an ice maker body, a water tank base positioned outside the ice maker body, a water tank body arranged on the water tank base and an elastic check valve arranged on the water tank body;

the water tank base is provided with a water containing cavity, the water tank body is provided with a water outlet hole communicated with the water containing cavity, the water tank base is provided with a water outlet pipe communicated with the water containing cavity, the water outlet pipe is provided with a connecting water pipe, and one end of the connecting water pipe, which is far away from the water outlet pipe, is connected with the ice machine body;

the elastic check valve is arranged at the water outlet, and when the water tank body is arranged on the water tank base, the water outlet is in an open state; when the water tank body is taken down from the water tank base, the water outlet is in a closed state.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the outside of ice machine body increases a water tank body, and the volume of outside water tank body does not receive the volume influence of ice machine body, and then the water tank body can provide the water source to the inside water tank of ice machine body, and the user only need to add water in the water tank body can, reduces the number of times of adding water to the water tank in the ice making process.

The water tank body can be freely taken down from the water tank base at any time, and water is conveniently added. After the water tank body is arranged on the water tank base, the elastic check valve drives the water outlet hole to be opened, so that water in the water tank body enters the water containing cavity and finally enters the ice machine body through the water inlet pipe and the connecting water pipe to be used for making ice.

After the water tank body is taken down from the water tank base, the elastic check valve enables the water outlet hole to be automatically closed to prevent water from flowing out.

Optionally, the water tank base includes drain pan and inner bag, the inner bag install in the drain pan, hold the water cavity set up in on the inner bag, just the water tank body part inserts hold the water cavity.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the drain pan protects the inner bag, and the drain pan is as a support to the water tank body simultaneously. The water tank body is inserted into the liner, and the water tank body is installed in a plugging manner, so that the water tank body is convenient to take down and install.

Optionally, the liner is provided with a convex column for driving the elastic check valve to open so that the water outlet hole is communicated with the water containing cavity.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, after the water tank body inserts in the inner bag, the elasticity check valve will open automatically under the effect of projection and provide the water source for ice maker body, and then it is comparatively convenient to supply water.

Optionally, the elastic check valve comprises a mounting plug, a valve plug and a valve rod, wherein the mounting plug is inserted into the water outlet hole, a through hole which enables the inside of the water tank body to be communicated with the water containing cavity is formed in the mounting plug, the valve plug is mounted on the valve rod, and the valve rod is slidably mounted on the mounting plug so that the valve plug shields or opens the through hole.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, valve plug and valve rod pass through the installation stopper and install in downthehole, after the water tank body inserts the inner bag, the projection makes it slide with the butt valve rod, and then makes the valve plug slide and does not shelter from the through-hole to the rivers in this internal water holding intracavity of supply tank, simple structure.

Optionally, the elastic check valve further comprises a spring which enables the valve plug to always have a tendency to block the through hole.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when taking off the water tank body from the water tank base, the valve plug removes under the effect of spring and shelters from the through-hole department automatically, has reduced the water tank body and has fallen the condition emergence that the back water was revealed from the water tank base.

Optionally, a limit post is arranged at one end of the valve rod, which is away from the valve plug, and the spring is sleeved on the valve rod; one end of the spring is abutted to one side, close to the valve plug, of the limiting column, and the other end of the spring is abutted to one side, close to the convex column, of the mounting plug.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, because the valve rod slides and installs on the installation stopper, consequently the spring is located between spacing post and the installation stopper will drive the valve rod to the inside of water tank body and slide, and then drive the valve plug to remove and shelter from the through-hole.

Optionally, a plug-in groove for inserting the convex column is formed in one side, close to the convex column, of the mounting plug, and the limiting column is located in the plug-in groove.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the projection inserts in the cartridge groove and can more accurate butt to be located the spacing post of cartridge inslot, and then drive valve rod slides.

Optionally, a water outlet channel for the water containing cavity to communicate with the water outlet pipe is formed in the inner container, and a one-way valve for enabling water in the water containing cavity to flow into the water outlet pipe is arranged in the water outlet channel.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when the liquid level of the internal water tank of ice maker is higher, the setting of check valve makes the inside water of ice maker body be difficult for flowing backwards to hold in the water cavity.

Optionally, the ice maker with side water tank for supplying water further comprises a connecting seat for connecting the ice maker body and the water tank base.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the focus is relatively more on after the water tank body fills water, and the base is in the same place through connecting seat and ice machine body coupling, has improved the stability of base, makes the water tank body be difficult for taking place to empty.

In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

the water tank body is positioned outside the ice maker body, so that the volume of the water tank body is not limited by the volume of the ice maker body, the volume of the water tank body can be increased, and the times of water adding in the water tank is reduced in the ice making process;

when the water tank body is taken down from the water tank base and water is added, the elastic check valve enables the water outlet hole to be automatically closed to prevent water from flowing out;

when the liquid level of the water tank in the ice machine body is higher, the one-way valve is arranged to ensure that the water in the ice machine body is not easy to flow back into the water containing cavity;

the gravity center is relatively close to the upper part after the water tank body is filled with water, and the base is connected with the ice maker body through the connecting seat, so that the stability of the base is improved, and the water tank body is not easy to fall down.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an ice maker for supplying water to a side tank in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a perspective cross-sectional view of a tank body and a tank base in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the connection base in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of the water tank body and the elastic check valve in the embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals illustrate: 1. an ice maker body; 11. an ice maker inserting groove; 2. a water tank base; 21. a bottom case; 211. a plug sleeve; 212. a water outlet pipe; 213. a slipping sleeve; 214. a base insertion groove; 22. an inner container; 221. a support groove; 222. a water containing cavity; 223. a water outlet channel; 224. a butt joint sleeve; 225. a convex column; 3. a water tank body; 31. a water outlet hole; 32. penetrating holes; 4. an elastic non-return valve; 41. installing a plug; 411. a through hole; 412. a clamping piece; 413. a limiting ring; 414. blocking the groove; 415. a plug-in groove; 42. a valve plug; 43. a valve stem; 44. a spring; 45. a limit column; 5. a connecting seat; 51. plug-in columns of the ice maker; 52. a water tank plug-in column; 6. connecting a water pipe; 7. a one-way valve.

Detailed Description

The present application is described in further detail below in conjunction with figures 1-4.

The embodiment of the application discloses an ice maker with a side water tank for supplying water.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the ice maker for side water tank water supply includes an ice maker body 1, a tank base 2, a tank body 3, an elastic check valve 4, and a connection seat 5. The water tank base 2 is located outside the ice maker body 1, and the water tank base 2 and the ice maker body 1 are connected together through the connecting seat 5. The water tank body 3 is detachably arranged on the water tank base 2, so that the water tank body 3 is convenient to detach from the water tank base 2 for water adding. The water tank body 3 is communicated with a small water tank in the ice maker body 1 through a base, so as to supply water to the small water tank in the ice maker body 1.

The tank base 2 includes a bottom case 21 and a liner 22. The top of the bottom shell 21 is provided with an opening, the liner 22 is placed inside the bottom shell 21 from the opening, and the liner 22 is fixed on the bottom shell 21 through bolts. The top of the liner 22 is provided with a supporting groove 221, the water tank body 3 is partially inserted into the supporting groove 221, and the water tank body 3 is erected on the side wall of the opening of the bottom shell 21.

Referring to fig. 2, the bottom of the supporting groove 221 is provided with a water containing cavity 222, the water containing cavity 222 and the supporting groove 221 form a stepped groove, and water in the water tank body 3 can enter the water containing cavity 222. The bottom of the water containing cavity 222 is provided with a water outlet channel 223, the bottom of the liner 22 is integrally formed with a butt joint sleeve 224, the water outlet channel 223 extends to the inside of the butt joint sleeve 224, namely, the inside of the butt joint sleeve 224 is also the water outlet channel 223. The bottom side inside the bottom case 21 is integrally formed with a socket sleeve 211, the socket sleeve 211 extends in a direction approaching the liner 22, and the docking sleeve 224 is inserted into the socket sleeve 211. The butt joint sleeve 224 is sleeved with a sealing ring for sealing a gap between the plug joint sleeve 211 and the butt joint sleeve 224, and the sealing ring is abutted against the inner wall of the plug joint sleeve 211.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a water outlet pipe 212 is integrally formed on the outer wall of the bottom shell 21, and the water outlet pipe 212 is communicated with the inside of the plug sleeve 211. The water outlet pipe 212 is sleeved with a connecting water pipe 6, and one end of the connecting water pipe 6 far away from the water outlet pipe 212 is communicated with a small water tank inside the ice maker body 1.

The water outlet channel 223 of the plug sleeve 211 is gradually smaller in diameter from the side close to the plug sleeve 211 to the direction channel of the water containing cavity 222. The one-way valve 7 is slidably inserted into the water outlet channel 223 of the plug-in sleeve 211, and one end of the one-way valve 7 is a conical head, that is, the diameter of one end of the one-way valve 7 is gradually reduced along the extending direction of the plug-in sleeve 211. The inside of the plug sleeve 211 and the bottom shell 21 are integrally formed with a sliding sleeve 213, and one end of the check valve 7, which is away from the conical head, is inserted into the sliding sleeve 213 and directionally slides in the sliding sleeve 213, so that the check valve is not easy to deviate. Through the structure, when water in the small water tank in the ice machine body 1 flows back into the water containing cavity 222, the impact of the water drives the one-way valve 7 to move, so that the conical head of the one-way valve 7 blocks the water outlet channel 223. When the water in the water containing cavity 222 flows into the ice maker body 1, the impact force of the water drives the conical head of the one-way valve 7 to move away from the butt sleeve 224, so that the water outlet channel 223 is opened.

Referring to fig. 3, an ice maker socket 51 and a water tank socket 52 are integrally formed on the connection base 5. The bottom of the ice maker body 1 is provided with an ice maker inserting groove 11, and the bottom of the bottom shell 21 is provided with a base inserting groove 214. The ice maker plug-in post 51 is inserted into the ice maker plug-in groove 11, and the water supply tank plug-in post 52 is inserted into the base plug-in groove 214, so that the ice maker body 1 and the base are connected together.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, a drain hole 31 communicating with the water containing chamber 222 is formed at the bottom of the portion of the tank body 3 inserted into the supporting groove 221. The elastic check valve 4 is installed in the drain hole 31. The elastic check valve 4 includes a mounting plug 41, a valve plug 42, a valve stem 43, and a spring 44. The mounting plug 41 is inserted into the sewer hole 31, a through hole 411 is formed in the mounting plug 41, and the through hole 411 is communicated with the water containing cavity 222 and the inside of the water tank body 3. The valve rod 43 is slidably inserted into the mounting plug 41, and one side of the valve rod 43 is positioned in the water tank body 3, and the other side is positioned in the water containing cavity 222. The valve plug 42 is in interference fit with the valve rod 43 on one side of the water tank body 3 and slides synchronously with the valve rod 43. The spring 44 is sleeved on the valve rod 43 and drives the valve rod 43 to always slide towards the outside of the water tank body 3, so that the valve plug 42 always has a tendency of shielding the through hole 411.

The outer wall of the mounting plug 41 is integrally formed with a clamping piece 412 and a limiting ring 413, and the clamping piece 412 and the limiting ring 413 are arranged at intervals along the sliding direction of the valve rod 43. The clamping pieces 412 are located on one side of the limiting ring 413, which is close to the valve plug 42, and the clamping pieces 412 are circumferentially arranged at intervals on the outer wall of the mounting plug 41. One side of the water tank body 3 provided with the water outlet hole 31 is provided with a penetrating hole 32, and the penetrating hole 32 is communicated with the water outlet hole 31 and the inside of the water tank body 3. The number of the through holes 32 is consistent with the number of the clamping pieces 412 and corresponds to one. When the installation plug 41 is installed, the installation plug 41 is inserted into the drain hole 31, the clamping piece 412 is aligned with the penetrating hole 32, then the clamping piece 412 penetrates through the penetrating hole 32, then the installation plug 41 is rotated, at this time, the clamping piece 412 is positioned inside the water tank body 3 and is abutted against the inner wall of the water tank body 3, the limiting ring 413 is positioned outside the water tank body 3 and is abutted against the outer wall of the water tank body 3, and then the installation plug 41 is installed on the water tank body 3.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, a blocking groove 414 is formed in a side of the mounting plug 41 adjacent to the tank body 3, and a through hole 411 is formed in a bottom of the blocking groove 414. The valve plug 42 is inserted into the blocking groove 414 in an interference manner under the action of the spring 44 to block the through hole 411. The mounting plug 41 is provided with a plug-in groove 415 on one side close to the water containing cavity 222, the plug-in groove 415 is communicated with the through hole 411, and one side, away from the valve plug 42, of the valve rod 43 is located in the plug-in groove 415. The end part of the valve rod 43 positioned in the insertion groove 415 is integrally provided with a limit post 45, the outer diameter of the limit post 45 is larger than that of the valve rod 43, one end of the spring 44 is abutted against the bottom of the insertion groove 415 at the other end of the limit post 45, and the valve rod 43 moves towards a direction away from the water tank body 3 under the action of the spring 44.

The cavity bottom integrated into one piece of water holding chamber 222 has projection 225, and the protrusion extends towards the direction of water tank body 3, and in projection 225 inserts cartridge groove 415, valve rod 43 slides to the inside of water tank body 3 under the effect of projection 225, makes valve plug 42 shelter from through-hole 411, and spring 44 receives spacing post 45 and cartridge groove 415's tank bottom extrusion and is compressed state this moment.

The implementation principle of the ice maker with water supplied by the side water tank is as follows: the valve rod 43 is pressed down so that the valve plug 42 does not block the through hole 411, and then water is injected into the tank body 3 from the through hole 411. After the water tank body 3 is filled with water, the valve rod 43 is not forced, the valve plug 42 shields the through hole 411 under the action of the spring 44, and the water in the water tank body 3 is not easy to leak through the through hole 411.

Then the water tank body 3 is inserted into the bearing groove, at the moment, the convex column 225 is abutted against the valve rod 43, so that the valve rod 43 moves, the valve plug 42 does not shade the through hole 411, and water in the water tank body 3 flows into the water containing cavity 222 and flows into the water tank in the ice machine body 1 through the connecting water pipe 6 to provide a water source for the ice machine. When the liquid level of the water tank in the ice maker body 1 is higher, the one-way valve 7 is arranged to prevent the water in the ice maker body 1 from flowing back into the water containing cavity 222.

The foregoing are all preferred embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application in any way, therefore: all equivalent changes in structure, shape and principle of this application should be covered in the protection scope of this application.

Claims

1. An ice maker for supplying water to a side water tank, characterized in that: comprises an ice maker body (1), a water tank base (2) positioned outside the ice maker body (1), a water tank body (3) arranged on the water tank base (2) and an elastic check valve (4) arranged on the water tank body (3);

the water tank comprises a water tank base (2), wherein a water containing cavity (222) is formed in the water tank base (3), a water outlet hole (31) communicated with the water containing cavity (222) is formed in the water tank body (3), a water outlet pipe (212) communicated with the water containing cavity (222) is formed in the water tank base (2), a connecting water pipe (6) is installed on the water outlet pipe (212), and one end, far away from the water outlet pipe (212), of the connecting water pipe (6) is connected with the ice machine body (1);

the elastic check valve (4) is arranged at the water outlet hole (31), and when the water tank body (3) is arranged on the water tank base (2), the water outlet hole (31) is in an open state; when the water tank body (3) is taken down from the water tank base (2), the water outlet hole (31) is in a closed state.

2. The ice maker for supplying water to a side tank of claim 1, wherein: the water tank base (2) comprises a bottom shell (21) and an inner container (22), the inner container (22) is installed in the bottom shell (21), the water containing cavity (222) is formed in the inner container (22), and the water tank body (3) is partially inserted into the water containing cavity (222).

3. The ice maker for supplying water to a side tank as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the liner (22) is provided with a convex column (225) which drives the elastic non-return valve (4) to open so that the water outlet hole (31) is communicated with the water containing cavity (222).

4. The ice maker for supplying water to a side tank as claimed in claim 3, wherein: the elastic check valve (4) comprises a mounting plug (41), a valve plug (42) and a valve rod (43), wherein the mounting plug (41) is inserted into the water outlet hole (31), a through hole (411) which enables the inside of the water tank body (3) to be communicated with the water containing cavity (222) is formed in the mounting plug (41), the valve plug (42) is mounted on the valve rod (43), and the valve rod (43) is slidably mounted on the mounting plug (41) so that the valve plug (42) shields or opens the through hole (411).

5. The ice-making machine for side tank water supply according to claim 4, wherein: the elastic non-return valve (4) further comprises a spring (44) which keeps the valve plug (42) with a tendency to block the through hole (411).

6. The ice-making machine for side tank water supply according to claim 5, wherein: one end of the valve rod (43) deviating from the valve plug (42) is provided with a limit post (45), and the spring (44) is sleeved on the valve rod (43); one end of the spring (44) is abutted against one side of the limit post (45) close to the valve plug (42), and the other end of the spring is abutted against one side of the mounting plug (41) close to the convex post (225).

7. The ice-making machine for side tank water supply according to claim 6, wherein: an inserting groove (415) for inserting the convex column (225) is formed in one side, close to the convex column (225), of the mounting plug (41), and the limiting column (45) is located in the inserting groove (415).

8. The ice maker for supplying water to a side tank as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the water outlet channel (223) for the water containing cavity (222) to be communicated with the water outlet pipe (212) is formed in the inner container (22), and the one-way valve (7) for enabling water in the water containing cavity (222) to flow into the water outlet pipe (212) is arranged in the water outlet channel (223).

9. The ice maker for supplying water to a side tank of claim 1, wherein: the ice maker further comprises a connecting seat (5) for connecting the ice maker body (1) and the water tank base (2).