39results about How to "Increase ice production" patented technology

This disclosure is related to software that responds to consumer usage patterns in order to create more ice. The developed software monitors ice dispenses rather they are crushed or cubed. When a threshold of the number of dispenses within the preset time period has been met, the freezer enters a high demand mode. During high demand mode, the freezer is commanded to run at a colder temperature for a preset period of time. The method described in this disclosure includes setting a threshold for the number of dispenses within a time interval and detecting the number of dispenses that are related to a trigger's activation. The method continues with sending a signal when the number of dispenses surpasses the threshold within the time interval and taking a corrective action that increases the production of ice when the signal is received.

An ice maker assembly is disposed in the ice compartment of a refrigerator, the ice maker assembly including an ice maker tray / evaporator having an evaporator cooling tube which is in direct contact with an ice maker tray portion, and a tray temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the ice maker tray portion. A controller is configured to control ice making, ice harvesting, and ice maintenance based on the temperature sensed by the tray temperature sensor. The tray temperature sensor is the only temperature sensor used to control ice making, ice harvesting, and ice maintenance. Alternatively, an additional temperature sensor can be disposed inside an ice maker assembly gear box for sensing a temperature of a housing of the gear box. In that case, the tray temperature sensor and the additional temperature sensor are the only temperature sensors used to control ice making, ice harvesting, and ice maintenance.

The invention provides a refrigerator, which comprises a box body defining a refrigerating chamber inside and a refrigerating chamber door body composed of a door body, a door liner and a foaming layer. A containing box with an ice making and cooling chamber is arranged at the top of the box body, an ice making evaporator and a fan are arranged in the ice making and cooling chamber, and a heatingpart is arranged on the ice making evaporator to heat and defrost the ice making evaporator; an ice making chamber with an ice maker is formed in the door liner; a top air supply chamber is formed inthe containing box, a top air inlet chamber and a top air return chamber are formed in the top air supply chamber, the bottom of the top air inlet chamber is respectively provided with a top air outlet and a top air return inlet penetrating through the top of the box body, and the upper part of the door liner is provided with an ice making chamber air inlet and an ice making chamber air return inlet penetrating through the ice making chamber. When the refrigerating chamber door body is closed, the ice making chamber air inlet communicates with the top air outlet, the ice making chamber air return inlet communicates with the top air return inlet, so that the amount of cooling supplied to the ice maker is increased and the ice making efficiency of the ice maker is improved.

The invention discloses a structure-improved ice-making evaporator, which belongs to the technical field of refrigerating devices. The ice-making evaporator comprises evaporating tubes, ice-making bars and a fixing tube, wherein a plurality of ice-making bars are fixed on a pipeline of the evaporating tube at certain intervals. The ice-making evaporator is characterized in that: two or more evaporating tubes are arranged in parallel, and are fixed on the fixing tube respectively. The structure-improved ice-making evaporator has the advantages that: the evaporating tubes which are arranged in parallel are adopted instead of a single evaporating tube in the prior art, and a reflowing pipeline is formed respectively by each evaporating tube, so that time consumed by a refrigerant flowing through the evaporating tubes is shortened, the evaporating temperature difference between the inlet and the outlet of each evaporating tube is reduced, the defects of slow ice making and slow ice removing existing in the conventional evaporator are overcome, the problem of non-uniform freezing at the front and back segments of the evaporating tubes is solved simultaneously, and the ice block quality and the ice-making amount of a whole ice-making machine are improved.

The invention provides a refrigerator which comprises a refrigerator body and a refrigerating chamber door body. A refrigerating chamber is defined by the refrigerator body, and the refrigerating chamber door body comprises a door main body, a door liner and a foaming layer; a containing box with an ice-making cold-supply chamber is arranged at the top of the refrigerator body, and an ice-making evaporator and a fan are arranged in the ice-making cold-supply chamber; an ice-making cavity with an ice-making machine is formed in the door liner, a top air feeding chamber is further formed in thecontaining box, a top air inlet chamber and a top air return chamber are formed in the top air feeding chamber, a top air outlet and a top air return opening which penetrate the top of the refrigerator body are formed in the bottom of the top air feeding chamber, and an ice-making chamber air inlet and an ice-making air return opening which communicate with the ice-making cavity are formed in theupper portion of the door liner; and when the refrigerating chamber door body is closed, the ice-making chamber air inlet communicates with the top air outlet, and the ice-making air return opening communicates with the top air return opening. According to the refrigerator, the ice-making cold-supply chamber and the top air feeding chamber are arranged at the top of the refrigerator body, the topspace of the refrigerator body is sufficiently used, sufficient cold capacity is provided for the ice-making machine, and the ice-making efficiency of the ice-making machine is improved.

The invention discloses an ice machine with a snakelike refrigerating coil system. The ice machine comprises an ice maker. An evaporator pressure plate is arranged below the ice maker. A mounting space is formed by the evaporator pressure plate and one side wall of the ice maker. A snakelike coil is arranged in the mounting space, and consists of a first straight pipe and a second straight pipe, wherein the first straight pipe and the second straight pipe are communicated through a bent pipe; the joint of the first straight pipe and the bent pipe is in an arc shape having a central angle being 90 to 100 degrees; and the joint of the second straight pipe and the bent pipe is in an arc shape having a central angle being 40 to 60 degrees. The first straight pipe, the bent pipe and the second straight pipe are positioned on one plane to form a reclining surface which is tightly reclined on the corresponding side wall through heat-conducting silica gel. The snakelike coil is pressed against on the back surface of the ice maker, and the ice maker and the snakelike coil are fixed to an integrated structure by using the heat-conducting silica gel, so that the transfer of cold needed by the ice maker is increased, and the ice making capacity can be increased by 20% with the refrigeration system of the ice machine remaining unchanged.

The invention provides a refrigerator which comprises a tank body defining a refrigeration chamber, refrigeration chamber door bodies each of which comprises a door body, a door lining and a foaming layer, door body side air inlet ducts and door body side air return ducts; the top of the tank body is provided with an accommodating tank which is provided with an ice making and cold supplying chamber; the ice making and cold supplying chamber is internally provided with an ice making evaporator and a fan; the ice making evaporator is provided with a heating component; each door lining is internally provided with an ice making cavity which is provided with an ice maker; the accommodating tank is internally provided with a top air supply chamber; the top air supply chamber is provided with a top air inlet duct and a top air outlet duct; the door body side air inlet ducts are configured to be connected and communicate with the top air inlet duct when the refrigeration chamber door bodies are closed; and the door body side air return ducts are configured to be connected and communicate with the top air outlet duct when the refrigeration chamber door bodies are closed. For the refrigerator provided by the invention, by arranging the ice making and cold supplying chamber and the top air supply chamber on the top of the tank body, the top space of the tank body is fully utilized, sufficient cold quantity is provided to the ice makers, and the ice making efficiency of the ice makers is improved.

A refrigerator including a fresh food compartment; a freezer compartment; an ice compartment disposed in the fresh food compartment; an ice maker assembly disposed in the ice compartment, the ice maker assembly including an ice maker tray / evaporator having an evaporator cooling tube which is die cast over-molded inside an ice maker tray portion to form a one piece unit, such that the evaporator cooling tube is in direct contact with the ice maker tray portion; and an ice bucket for storing ice, the ice bucket being disposed in the ice compartment.

The invention relates to an ice producing assembly, which comprises an ice producing cavity, an ice producing machine arranged in the upper part of the interior of the ice producing cavity, and an ice storage box arranged in the lower part of the interior of the ice producing cavity. The ice producing assembly also comprises a movable partition plate, which is arranged between the ice producing machine and the ice storage box and is used to communicate / partition the ice producing machine and the ice storage box; a fan, which is arranged in the opening in the upper end of the ice producing cavity; an ice storage area temperature sensor, which is arranged in the lower part of the ice storage box, is connected to the inner wall of the ice storage box, and is used to collect the actual temperature of the ice storage area; and a microprocessor, which is connected to the ice storage area temperature sensor, receives the actual temperature collected by the ice storage area temperature sensor, is connected to the fan, and controls the operation mode of the fan. The ice producing assembly has the advantages that the ice producing area and the ice storage area are separated; the energy loss is reduced, the ice output is increased, and the temperature can be simply controlled.

The invention discloses a transcritical carbon dioxide continuous ice-making cycle control system and a control method thereof. According to the transcritical carbon dioxide continuous ice-making cycle control system, an ice-making cycle suitable for carbon dioxide and provided with an ejector and a heat regenerator is provided, and the COP of carbon dioxide in a low-temperature refrigeration areacan be greatly improved; along with the trend of later refrigerant use to environmental protection and maturity of a carbon dioxide refrigeration technology, carbon dioxide can well replace traditional refrigerants; double evaporators are connected in parallel, so that a second ice-making evaporator continuously makes ice without intervals while a first ice-making evaporator is used for deicing,the situation that a refrigerant is not used for refrigeration during deicing is reduced, the ice-making time is shortened, and the ice-making yield in unit time is increased; inlet gas of a compressor is carbon dioxide gas coming out of a gas phase outlet of a gas-liquid separator, no liquid exists, and the situation that in the prior art, during deicing, a small part of hot gas releases heat andis liquefied in the evaporator, gathered liquid enters the compressor, and liquid impact is caused to the compressor is avoided; and continuous ice making is achieved, and the ice-making efficiency is improved.

An ice maker assembly is disposed in the ice compartment of a refrigerator, the ice maker assembly including an ice maker tray / evaporator having an evaporator cooling tube which is in direct contact with an ice maker tray portion, and a tray temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the ice maker tray portion. A controller is configured to control ice making, ice harvesting, and ice maintenance based on the temperature sensed by the tray temperature sensor. The tray temperature sensor is the only temperature sensor used to control ice making, ice harvesting, and ice maintenance. Alternatively, an additional temperature sensor can be disposed inside an ice maker assembly gear box for sensing a temperature of a housing of the gear box. In that case, the tray temperature sensor and the additional temperature sensor are the only temperature sensors used to control ice making, ice harvesting, and ice maintenance.

The invention relates to a refrigeration device, in particular a household refrigeration device comprising an ice maker situated in a refrigeration compartment (3) for producing ice (69), said ice maker being equipped with an ice cube tray (10) that can be filled with water and supplied with cold air via an air conduction element (31) located in the refrigeration compartment. According to the invention, the air conduction element (31) has outlets (51, 55, 57) to direct the air onto the ice cube tray (10) from different directions.

The ice making device of the air conditioner comprises a box body, the box body is provided with an upper ice receiving cavity, a lower ice receiving cavity located below the upper ice receiving cavity, an upper ice discharging opening and a lower ice discharging opening, the upper ice discharging opening is communicated with the upper ice receiving cavity and the lower ice receiving cavity, and the lower ice discharging opening is communicated with the lower ice receiving cavity; the upper ice making module is arranged in the upper ice receiving cavity; the lower ice making module is arranged in the lower ice receiving cavity; the upper ice discharging valve assembly is used for opening and closing the upper ice discharging opening; and the lower ice discharging valve assembly is used for opening and closing the lower ice discharging opening. The ice making device of the air conditioner has the advantages that the ice making amount of a single time can be increased, the ice making efficiency is improved, and time is saved.

An ice maker for fitting into a cooling or freezing appliance includes an ice-making tray which forms a plurality of ice-piece-producing cavities for producing one ice piece each. An air channel is formed above the ice-making tray, which serves to guide a cold air stream. There is provided a heat-dissipating structure including a metal material and having a plurality of heat-dissipating pins, each of which, in a freezing phase, projects from above, with a pin tip leading, into one of the ice-piece-producing cavities. In some embodiments, the heat-dissipating pins extend into and through the upper air channel, so that the cold air flowing in the air channel flows around shaft portions of the heat-dissipating pins situated inside the air channel. When the ice-piece-producing cavities are filled with water, the heat-dissipating pins immersed in the water ensure improved dissipation of thermal energy from the water, which accelerates freezing.

The invention provides a refrigerator as well as an ice making method and device thereof. The method comprises the following steps that when an ice making program is executed in an ice making chamber,an ice making subprogram currently executed by the ice making program is determined; the current ice making subprogram is determined to belong to a preset subprogram, and refrigeration parameters ofa refrigeration chamber are obtained; and when it is determined that the refrigeration parameters meet preset refrigeration conditions, cold energy is stopped to be provided for the ice making chamber, and the cold energy is provided for the refrigeration chamber. According to the ice making method, it can be guaranteed that the cold energy is provided for the refrigeration chamber when the ice making chamber does not need the cold energy, so that when the ice making chamber needs the cold energy for refrigeration, the refrigeration chamber is occasionally opened or not opened, the maximum cold energy is provided for the ice making chamber, the ice-making speed is increased, and then the ice-making amount of the ice making chamber is increased.

The invention relates to the technical field of ice making, in particular to an ice making system and an ice maker. The ice making system comprises a refrigerating device and a water supply device, wherein the refrigerating device comprises an ice making container and a cooling element; two ends of the ice making container are respectively an inlet and an outlet; the cooling element is arranged onthe outer wall of the ice making container; and the water supply device is used for spraying water to the inner wall of the ice making container. According to the ice making system and the ice makerprovided by the invention, the cooling element is arranged on the outer wall of the ice making container, so that the inner area of the ice making container is cooled during ice making; and the watersupply device sprays water to the inner wall of the ice making container at the inlet of the ice making container, and the water continuously flows into the ice making container along the inner wall of the ice making container and is continuously accumulated on an iced ice surface so as to be attached onto the inner wall of the ice making container and slowly grow toward the middle, so that a hollow cylindrical ice block is finally formed. According to the ice making system and the ice maker provided by the invention, the cylindrical ice block is gradually frozen from outside to inside, the stage that ice grows fast in the front section in the ice making period is fully utilized, the ice making period can be shortened to be within one third of the original ice making period, and meanwhile,the generated cylindrical ice block is high in strength.

The invention relates to a refrigerating system of an ice maker. The refrigerating system of the ice maker comprises an ice tray for making ice, a heat exchange sleeve, a compressor, a four-way reversing valve, a condenser, an auxiliary heater, a fan motor, a filter, a throttling mechanism, a one-way valve, a water feeding mechanism, a water feeding equalizer and an electromagnetic valve. According to the refrigerating system of the ice maker provided by the invention, the water feeding equalizer is arranged between the water feeding mechanism and the electromagnetic valve, so that a water flow is uniformly distributed into channels distributed on a large horizontal plane. According to the refrigerating system of the ice maker provided by the invention, the four-way reversing valve is arranged in the refrigerating system of the ice maker and is used for achieving mutual switching between a refrigerating system loop I and a refrigerating system loop II, so that the ice removing efficiency of the ice maker is improved, the 24-hour ice production yield of the ice maker is greatly improved, and the refrigerating system of the ice maker is more energy-efficient.

The invention discloses an ice making apparatus and a refrigerator to solve the problems of no simultaneous ice taking and large structure of a plurality of large making boxes. The ice making apparatus comprises at least two ice making boxes, a supporting frame for accommodating and supporting the at least two ice making boxes, and an overturning assembly for overturning the at least two ice making boxes, the overturning assembly comprises a driving wheel, a driving device and at least one driven wheel, the driving wheel drives the at least one driven wheel through the driving device, and the rotation of the driving wheel and the at least one driven wheel drives the at least two ice making boxes to simultaneously overturn. The driving wheel drives the at least one driven wheel to rotate through the transmission of an engagement belt. The ice making apparatus can realize the simultaneous ice making of the plurality of large ice making boxes, simultaneous ice taking, and has a stable and reliable structure.

A refrigerator including a refrigerator compartment; a freezer compartment; an ice compartment disposed in the refrigerator compartment; an ice maker assembly disposed in the ice compartment, the ice maker assembly including an ice maker tray / evaporator having an evaporator cooling tube which is in direct contact with the ice maker tray portion; an ice bucket for storing ice disposed in the ice compartment; and an air handler / auger motor assembly disposed at a rear portion of the ice compartment behind the ice bucket. The air handler / auger motor assembly includes an air passage having a fan disposed therein. An inlet of the fan communicates with an airflow passage under the ice maker tray / evaporator, such that the fan creates a suction and draws cool air from the ice maker tray / evaporator and discharges the cool air through the air passage and to the ice bucket to prevent any ice in the ice bucket from melting.

A clear ice maker assembly for use in a home refrigerator appliance, the clear ice maker assembly including: an evaporator plate that is cooled via contact with a refrigerant tube; at least one thermally non-conductive ice mold part disposed below the evaporator plate and having one or more walls that together with a surface of the evaporator plate form an ice mold cavity; a spray bar having at least one opening for introducing water vertically into the ice mold cavity such that a clear ice piece forms on the surface of the evaporator plate inside the ice mold cavity of the at least one thermally non-conductive ice mold part; a water reservoir system configured to supply water to the spray bar; and an ejection system configured to eject the clear ice piece formed inside the ice mold cavity of the at least one thermally non-conductive ice mold part.

The invention relates to the technical field of evaporator evaporation barrels, in particular to an annular drum-type evaporation barrel for realizing uniform shunting of gas-liquid two-phase refrigerants. The annular drum-type evaporation barrel comprises an outer barrel, an inner barrel is arranged in the outer barrel, a liquid blocking assembly is welded outside the inner barrel, a liquid inlet assembly is mounted on the position, close to the top, of the outer wall of the side face of the inner barrel through bolts, and the liquid inlet assembly comprises a liquid inlet pipe. Through holes distributed in an annular structure at equal intervals are formed in the position, close to the bottom, of the inner wall of the side face of the liquid inlet pipe, a liquid inlet is formed in the outer wall of one side of the liquid inlet pipe, a connecting pipe is integrally formed in the liquid inlet, the top end of the connecting pipe is in threaded connection with a connecting sleeve, and a filter screen is inserted into the connecting sleeve. The device has the beneficial effects that a refrigerant can uniformly flow on the outer wall of the side surface of the inner barrel through the liquid inlet pipe, and the refrigerant can be shunted by a shunting block when flowing out of the liquid inlet pipe, so that the refrigerant is uniformly distributed on the outer wall of the inner barrel; and meanwhile, liquid baffles are arranged layer by layer in a staggered manner, so that the refrigerant uniformly flows on the outer wall of the side surface of the inner barrel.