Ice crushing device and refrigerator

Abstract

The invention discloses an ice crushing device and a refrigerator. The ice crushing device comprises: a shell assembly, including an outer shell and an ice bucket supported in the outer shell; a driving mechanism for driving the ice bucket to rotate; the ice crushing mechanism is arranged in the inside the ice bucket; the drive mechanism includes a motor and a gear assembly driven by the motor, the gear assembly includes a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear that mesh with each other, and the drive mechanism also includes a same gear as the second bevel gear. A cylindrical gear arranged on the shaft, the rotation axis of the second bevel gear is parallel to the rotation axis of the ice bucket, and a blocking ring and a sealing assembly that cooperate with each other are arranged between the second bevel gear and the cylindrical gear, and the sealing assembly and the The housing is matched to separate the space between the second bevel gear and the cylindrical gear, the sealing assembly includes a convex ring protruding in the axial direction, one end of the blocking ring abuts against the bottom end face of the second bevel gear, The protruding ring extends into the inner side of the baffle ring and overlaps with the radial projection of the baffle ring.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to an ice crushing device and a refrigerator. Background technique [0002] With the continuous development of science and technology and the continuous improvement of people's living standards, in order to meet people's higher and higher requirements for quality of life, the functions of household appliances are also increasing, such as adding ice machines to refrigerators. The ice machine of the refrigerator comprises an ice making device and an ice crushing device, and the ice making device prepares ice cubes and stores them in a bucket-shaped container for people to use. At the same time, for the convenience of use, the technicians set the ice output mode of the refrigerator to the crushed ice mode and the ice cube mode. In the crushed ice mode, what people take are cut ice cubes; while in the ice cube mode, what people take are intact ice cubes. [0003] In the prior art, ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0006] There is another problem, the crushed ice can end up accumulating on the bottom of the ice bucket, affecting the drivetrain

[0007] The ice crushing device generally feeds ice from the top. If it is not used for a long time, a large number of ice cubes on the top will stick together, which requires an ice stirring rod to separate the sticky ice. , will cause the ice crushing mechanism to be stuck, and the speed of crushing ice is also relatively small

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