Automatic ice machine and refrigerator comprising same

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic ice machine comprising an ice machine body, an ice dish frame, an ice dish, an actuating device, an ice searching rod and an elastic fastening part, wherein the ice dish frame can be inserted from one longitudinal end and is pulled out of the body of the ice machine; the ice dish can be rotatablely installed in the ice dish frame; the actuating device is connected to the body of the ice machine; one end of the ice searching rod can be rotatablely installed on one side of the actuating device by a pivot and can be driven by the actuating device to search ice; the elastic fastening part is arranged on the body of the ice machine and moves between the first position which permits the ice searching rod to rotate and a second position restricting the ice searching rod to rotate along lateral direction by elastic deformation; when the ice dish frame is inserted, the elastic fastening part moves to the first direction from the second direction along the lateral direction; and when the ice dish frame is pulled out, the elastic fastening part moves to the second position from the first position. The ice machine of the embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the whole journey for the ice dish to be inserted in and pulled out of the body of the ice machine can limit the whole journey of the ice searching rod, and no detection dead zone isgenerated. The invention also discloses a refrigerator provided with the automatic ice machine.

Description

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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Problems solved by technology

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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