Automatic ice maker and refrigerator with same

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic ice maker comprising an ice maker main body, an ice making tray unit, an ice making motor assembly, an ice cube container, an ice detecting rod and an ice detecting rod brake device, wherein, the ice making tray unit can be inserted into and pulled out of the ice maker main body and can rotate in the ice maker main body; the ice making motor assembly is fixed at the lower side of the ice maker main body and drives the ice making tray unit to rotate; the ice cube container is arranged below the ice maker main body; the ice detecting rod is arranged at one side of the ice making motor assembly and can be driven by the ice making motor assembly to measure whether ice cubes exist in the ice cube container or not; and the ice detecting rod brake device is arranged on the same side of the ice maker main body positioned on the ice detecting rod in a pivoting and rotating manner, the ice detecting rod brake device brakes the ice detecting rod when the ice making tray unit is taken out from the ice maker body, and the ice detecting rod brake device releases the brake to the ice detecting rod when the ice making tray unit is completely installed in the ice maker main body. The automatic ice maker provided by the embodiment of the invention can brake the ice detecting rod when the ice making tray unit is taken out; and the incapability of braking can not occur.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of household appliance manufacturing, in particular to an automatic ice maker and a refrigerator with the same. Background technique [0002] The automatic ice maker is usually equipped with an ice probe, which is used to rotate a predetermined angle around a certain shaft from the original position at predetermined intervals to detect whether the storage bin is filled with ice. An ice making stop signal is sent out by the ice detecting rod, so that the ice machine stops working. [0003] In addition to the above, when the ice tray is taken out, the ice maker needs to be stopped to prevent the ice maker from continuing to work so as to prevent water from flowing into other spaces and causing ice making failures. [0004] In view of the above situation, the existing ice machine generally adopts the following two structures. [0005] One is an electronic and electrical structure, that is, the circuit is turn...

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However, this structure cannot work normally in some cases. For example, when the ice tray is taken out, if the ice probe just runs below the limiting part, the ice probe cannot return to its normal position, thus failing to limit the ice probe. function to stop the ice machine after the ice tray is removed

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