Ice making device, control method thereof and refrigerator

Abstract

The invention discloses an ice making device. The ice making device comprises an ice making plate, an ice storage box, an ice detection mechanism and a controller, wherein the ice making plate is usedfor making ice cubes; the ice storage box is arranged below the ice making plate; the ice detection mechanism comprises an ice detection rod arranged between the ice making plate and the ice storagebox, a driving piece connected with the ice detection rod and an elastic piece arranged on the ice detection rod; and the controller is electrically connected with the ice detection mechanism. When the ice detection mechanism receives an ice detection signal sent by the controller, the driving piece drives the ice detection rod to translate from a first position to a second position, and the elastic piece is in a compressed state; when the ice detection rod is located at the second position, the driving piece stops working, and the elastic piece releases elastic force and drives the ice detection rod to translate to the first position; and when the ice detection rod is subjected to resistance and cannot reach the first position, the ice detection mechanism sends an ice filling signal to the controller, and the controller controls the ice making plate to stop ice making. According to the ice making device, ice cube flattening operation can be carried out before each time of ice detection, so that the ice cubes in the ice storage box are uniformly distributed, and the problem of full ice false detection caused by non-uniform distribution of the ice cubes is avoided.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of ice making equipment, in particular to an ice making device, a control method thereof, and a refrigerator. Background technique [0002] At present, in order to facilitate the use of users, many refrigerator products have built-in ice-making devices. The ice-making devices generally include an ice-making tray and an ice storage box arranged under the ice-making tray. The ice cubes in the ice tray are discharged into the ice storage bin. [0003] In order to save energy, it is necessary to detect whether the ice storage box is full of ice, and control the ice making tray to stop ice making when it is full. In the prior art, an ice detection rod is generally installed above the ice storage box, so that the ice detection rod moves downward. When the ice detection rod stops moving downward due to touching ice cubes, it can be determined that the ice storage box is completely filled with ice cubes. . The ice detectio...

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[0004] In the above ice detection process, if the ice cubes in the ice storage box are unevenly distributed, there is a possibility of false detection, for example, the ice cubes under the ice detection rod are piled up higher, while the ice cubes in other parts of the ice storage box are piled up Low, the ice storage box is not full of ice at this time, but the ice detection rod will send out a full ice signal and the ice tray will stop making ice

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