Automatic ice maker and refrigerator

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic ice maker and a refrigerator. The automatic ice maker comprises an ice making container, an ice making container bracket, a water tank, a suction pump, a water outlet pipe and a control unit, wherein the ice making container is rotatably arranged on the ice making container bracket through a rotating shaft; the water inlet end of the water outlet pipe is connected with the water tank, while the water outlet end is connected with the water inlet end of the suction pump; the water outlet end of the suction pump is communicated with the water inlet end of theice making container; the suction pump is electrically connected with the control unit; the device also comprises a driving motor and a transmission device; the driving motor is connected with the rotating shaft of the ice making container through the transmission device; and the control unit is electrically connected with the driving motor. When the driving motor is started, the ice making container is reversed under the transmission action of the transmission connecting device to achieve the effect of automatic deicing of the ice maker. The automatic ice maker overcomes the defect that the deicing is realized by manually reversing the ice maker, simplifies the operation of users, and improves the use convenience.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a refrigerator, more specifically, to an automatic ice making device for the refrigerator. Background technique [0002] Ice making is one of the most basic functions of a refrigerator. The ice making process consists of three steps: water injection, ice making, and ice removal. The ice making device commonly used for refrigerators in the market adopts the semi-automatic ice making mode. The ice-making device used in this type of refrigerator is located in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator. The ice-making device is generally equipped with two or three sets of independent ice-making containers and an ice box for storing ice cubes, and the water is filled by manually adding drinking water. . After the ice cubes are frozen, the user needs to manually operate the rotation of the ice-making container so that the ice cubes fall into the ice box to separate the ice cubes from the ice-making container, which brings...

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Problems solved by technology

After the ice cubes are frozen, the user needs to manually operate the rotation of the ice-making container so that the ice cubes fall into the ice box, so that the ice cubes and the ice-making container can be separated, which brings great inconvenience to the user.

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