Ice making machine and refrigerator

Abstract

The invention discloses a refrigerator, which comprises a box body, a door body and a refrigerating assembly, wherein a refrigerating chamber is limited in the box body, and an evaporator for refrigerating is arranged on the box body; the door body can be pivotally connected to the box body and used for opening or closing the refrigerating chamber, an ice making chamber is limited in the door body, and an ice making machine and an ice storage box positioned below the ice making machine are arranged in the ice making chamber; and one end of the refrigerating assembly is connected with the evaporator, and the other end of the refrigerating assembly is connected with the ice making machine. According to the refrigerator disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, heat exchange can be realized in a conduction way, therefore the ice making efficiency is high; in addition, the structure is simpler and compacter, the occupied space of the door body is further reduced, and therefore utilization rate increase of the refrigerating space and energy consumption reduction are facilitated.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of household appliances, in particular to a refrigerator. Background technique [0002] For the convenience of users, high-end refrigerators, especially side-by-side refrigerators and French refrigerators, generally have a bar on the door for taking ice, which puts forward higher requirements for the structural design of the ice machine. [0003] The current automatic ice machines mainly include the following types: 1. The air-cooled method, the box makes ice and the door takes ice. The ice cubes fall off, and the transmission mechanism pushes the ice cubes into the ice storage box inside the door; 2. The direct cooling method, the box makes ice, and the door takes ice. In refrigerators with this structure, the ice maker and the transmission mechanism are usually installed. In the box, the refrigerant is led to the back of the ice-making tray through the pipeline to make ice quickly, the ice cubes fall off through th...

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Problems solved by technology

Moreover, when the above-mentioned first and second ice makers are in use, both the ice maker and the transmission mechanism need to be installed in the box, which takes up the largest space; the third ice maker needs to be removed from the box during use. The air duct is drawn out and takes up a lot of space

[0005] In addition, from the perspective of refrigeration methods, the first and third types of ice machines use air cooling to make ice, that is, transfer heat through air convection, and the efficiency is low, while the second and fourth types of ice machines use air cooling to make ice. Metal conducts heat with high efficiency. From the experimental data, the convection method generally takes 120 minutes to make ice each time, while the conduction method only takes 20 minutes.

[0006] In addition, from a safety point of view, there is no safety hazard in the use of the first and third types of ice machines, while the second and fourth types of ice machines need to lead out the refrigerant when in use, once the exposed pipeline If it breaks, it will cause refrigerant leakage, affect the entire refrigeration system, and even cause a fire

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