Ice maker and refrigerator having the same

Abstract

The present application provides an ice maker, a refrigerator ice bucket and a crushed ice structure having the same; an ice storage area and a crushed ice area are provided in the ice bucket; an ice outlet is provided on the ice bucket; the crushed ice structure includes a crushed ice part and a movable part; a crushed ice chamber is provided on the movable part; the crushed ice part is arranged in the crushed ice area; the crushed ice part is used for making the ice cubes in the crushed ice chamber into crushed ice; the movable part can enter and exit the ice outlet, and the crushed ice part is movable between the ice outlet and the crushed ice area. According to the ice maker of the present application and the refrigerator having the same, it can prevent the ice cubes or crushed ice from being discharged in a mixed form when the ice cubes or crushed ice are discharged.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application belongs to the technical field of refrigerators, and particularly relates to an ice maker and a refrigerator having the same. Background Art

[0002] Currently, a refrigerator is a device including a main body and a cold air supply system. A storage room is provided in the main body, and a freezer compartment for storing food in a refrigerated and frozen manner. The refrigerator may include an ice maker to provide ice for convenient use. The refrigerator includes an automatic ice maker, which can automatically produce ice, store the produced ice, and discharge the stored ice. The automatic ice maker includes an ice tray for making ice, an ice bucket for storing the ice generated in the ice tray, a transfer member provided in the ice bucket to transfer the ice in the ice bucket, a crushing device for discharging the ice conveyed before discharge into ice cubes or crushed ice according to a discharge mode, and a motor for driving the transfer member and the crushing device.

[0003] However, when the ice cubes or crushed ice in the refrigerator are discharged, the ice cubes and crushed ice are both discharged in a mixed form; that is, there are crushed ice mixed in the ice cubes and ice cubes mixed in the crushed ice, which cannot meet the needs of people who require separate ice cubes or crushed ice.

[0004] Therefore, how to provide an ice maker and a refrigerator having the same that can prevent the ice cubes or crushed ice from being discharged in a mixed form when discharging the ice cubes or crushed ice has become an urgent problem to be solved by those skilled in the art. Summary of the Invention

[0005] Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by this application is to provide an ice maker and a refrigerator having the same, which can prevent the ice cubes or crushed ice from being discharged in a mixed form when discharging the ice cubes or crushed ice.

[0006] To solve the above problems, this application provides an ice maker, including:

[0007] An ice bucket; an ice cube storage area and a crushed ice area are provided in the ice bucket; an ice outlet is provided on the ice bucket;

[0008] A crushed ice structure; the crushed ice structure includes a crushed ice part and a movable part; a crushed ice chamber is provided on the movable part; the crushed ice part is arranged in the crushed ice area; the crushed ice part is used to make the ice cubes in the crushed ice chamber into crushed ice; the movable part can enter and exit the ice outlet, and the crushed ice part can move between the ice outlet and the crushed ice area.

[0009] Preferably, the ice outlet is located in the ice cube storage area; the movable part can move in a first direction to enter and exit the ice outlet; the ice outlet and the crushed ice part are arranged in sequence in the first direction.

[0010] Preferably, an ice outlet cover is provided outside the ice outlet; a detachable cover body is provided on the top of the ice outlet cover; the movable part can enter and exit the ice outlet through the ice outlet cover.

[0011] Preferably, an ice stop portion is provided inside the ice outlet cover; when the ice stop portion extends into the ice outlet, the ice in the ice storage area is separated from the ice outlet at the first position; when the ice stop portion is entirely located inside the ice outlet cover at the second position; the ice stop portion is movable between the first position and the second position.

[0012] Preferably, the ice stop portion is an annular baffle provided circumferentially around the inner peripheral wall of the ice outlet cover; the annular baffle is in contact with the inner surface of the ice outlet cover.

[0013] Preferably, a movable hole is provided on the ice outlet cover; a handle is provided on the ice stop portion; the handle is movable in the movable hole to drive the ice stop portion to move between the first position and the second position.

[0014] Preferably, a hand-held rod is provided on the movable portion; the movable portion is connected to the first end of the hand-held rod; the second end of the hand-held rod extends out of the ice outlet;

[0015] And / or, the ice bucket has a bottom; the ice outlet is located at the bottom; in the direction close to the ice outlet, the inner surface of the bottom slopes downward.

[0016] Preferably, a scraping portion is provided in the ice crushing chamber; the scraping portion is movably provided in the ice crushing chamber to scrape the crushed ice in the ice crushing chamber.

[0017] Preferably, the movable portion is an ice crushing cylinder with an opening at one end; a crushing chamber is formed inside the ice crushing cylinder; when the ice crushing cylinder is in the ice crushing area, the ice crushing cylinder covers the outside of the scraping portion;

[0018] And / or, the scraping portion includes a first part; the first part is in contact with the bottom of the ice crushing cylinder; the first part is movable on the bottom of the ice crushing cylinder to scrape the crushed ice at the bottom of the cylinder;

[0019] And / or, the scraping portion includes a second part; the second part is in contact with the inner peripheral wall of the ice crushing cylinder; the second part is movable on the inner peripheral wall of the ice crushing cylinder to scrape the crushed ice on the inner peripheral wall of the ice crushing cylinder.

[0020] Preferably, when the scraping portion includes the first part and the second part; the first part is connected to the second part; and the first part is rotatably connected to the bottom of the ice crushing cylinder through a rotating shaft.

[0021] Preferably, the ice crushing portion includes an ice crushing portion body and a base; a handle is provided on the scraping portion; a groove adapted to the handle is provided on the base;

[0022] And / or, a positioning member is provided on the movable portion; the positioning member is used to position the movement of the scraping portion.

[0023] According to another aspect of the present application, a refrigerator is provided, including an ice maker, and the ice maker is the ice maker described above.

[0024] The ice maker provided by the present application and the refrigerator having the same can prevent ice cubes or crushed ice from being discharged in a mixed form when the ice cubes or crushed ice are discharged by crushing the ice in the crushed ice chamber of the movable part and then moving the movable part out of the ice outlet to discharge the crushed ice. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the ice maker according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] Figure 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the ice maker according to an embodiment of the present application in a first state;

[0027] Figure 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the ice maker according to an embodiment of the present application in a second state;

[0028] Figure 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the ice maker according to an embodiment of the present application in a third state;

[0029] Figure 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the ice maker according to an embodiment of the present application in a fourth state;

[0030] Figure 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the ice outlet cover and the ice cube stop part according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0031] Figure 7 is a schematic structural diagram of the crushed ice structure according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0032] Figure 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the movable part according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0033] The reference numerals are shown as:

[0034] 1, ice bucket; 11, ice outlet; 21, crushed ice part; 22, base; 221, groove; 3, movable part; 4, ice outlet cover; 41, ice cube stop part; 42, handle; 43, movable hole; 5, hand-held rod; 61, first part; 62, second part; 63, handle; 64, positioning member; 65, rotating shaft. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0035] Refer to in combination Figure 1As shown, according to an embodiment of the present application, an ice maker includes an ice bucket 1 and an ice crushing structure; an ice storage area and an ice crushing area are provided in the ice bucket 1; an ice outlet 11 is provided on the ice bucket 1; the ice crushing structure includes an ice crushing part 21 and a movable part 3; a crushing chamber is provided on the movable part 3; the ice crushing part 21 is arranged in the ice crushing area; the ice crushing part 21 is used to make the ice cubes in the crushing chamber into crushed ice; the movable part 3 can enter and exit the ice outlet 11, and the ice crushing part 21 can move between the ice outlet 11 and the ice crushing area; after crushing the ice in the crushing chamber of the movable part 3, that is, the ice cubes are stored in the ice storage area; and the movable part 3 discharges the crushed ice separately, and then the movable part 3 moves out of the ice outlet 11 to discharge the crushed ice, which can prevent the ice cubes or crushed ice from being discharged in a mixed form when the ice cubes or crushed ice are discharged. The ice crushing part 21 can be an ice crushing knife or the like.

[0036] The present application also discloses some embodiments. The ice outlet 11 is located in the ice storage area; the movable part 3 can move in the first direction to enter and exit the ice outlet 11; the ice outlet 11 and the ice crushing part 21 are arranged in sequence in the first direction; when the movable part 3 enters through the ice outlet 11, since the ice outlet 11 is located in the ice storage area, it can hold the ice cubes into the crushing chamber; then it moves to the position of the ice crushing part 21 in the ice crushing area to crush the ice. The ice outlet 11 can not only discharge ice cubes but also discharge crushed ice.

[0037] The present application also discloses some embodiments. An ice outlet cover 4 is provided outside the ice outlet 11; a detachable cover body is provided at the top of the ice outlet cover 4; the movable part 3 can enter and exit the ice outlet 11 through the ice outlet cover 4; when discharging ice cubes, directly open the cover body and take out the ice cubes; when discharging crushed ice, open the cover body, the movable part 3 extends out of the ice outlet 11 through the ice cover, and then discharges the crushed ice; or the cover body can be opened, the movable part 3 extends out of the ice outlet 11 through the ice cover, and then discharges the ice cubes.

[0038] The present application also discloses some embodiments. An ice stop part 41 is provided in the ice outlet cover 4; with the ice stop part 41 extending into the ice outlet 11 to separate the ice in the ice storage area from the ice outlet 11 as the first position; with the ice stop part 41 entirely located in the ice outlet cover 4 as the second position; the ice stop part 41 can move between the first position and the second position. It can prevent ice cubes from entering the crushing chamber when discharging crushed ice.

[0039] The present application also discloses some embodiments. The ice stop part 41 is an annular baffle arranged circumferentially around the inner peripheral wall of the ice outlet cover 4; the annular baffle fits the inner surface of the ice outlet cover 4 to prevent the ice cubes in the ice bucket 1 from entering when crushing ice.

[0040] Combined with reference to Figure 6As shown, the present application also discloses some embodiments. An activity hole 43 is provided on the ice outlet cover 4; a handle 42 is provided on the ice block stop portion 41; the handle 42 is movable within the activity hole 43 to drive the ice block stop portion 41 to move between a first position and a second position; since the ice outlet cover 4 is located outside the ice bucket 1, the handle 42 is also located outside the ice bucket through the activity hole 43, and people can push the ice block stop portion 41 to move through the handle 42. The activity hole extends in the vertical direction and is a strip-shaped hole.

[0041] The present application also discloses some embodiments. A hand-held rod 5 is provided on the movable part 3; the movable part 3 is connected to the first end of the hand-held rod 5; the second end of the hand-held rod 5 extends out of the ice outlet 11; a shaft hole is provided on the cover body; the hand-held rod 5 penetrates through the shaft hole. People can hold the hand-held rod 5 to move.

[0042] The present application also discloses some embodiments. The ice bucket 1 has a bottom; the ice outlet 11 is located at the bottom; in the direction close to the ice outlet 11, the inner surface of the bottom slopes downward; so that the ice cubes can be discharged or enter the ice crushing chamber under the action of gravity.

[0043] The present application also discloses some embodiments. An ice scraping portion is provided in the ice crushing chamber; the ice scraping portion is movably arranged in the ice crushing chamber to scrape the crushed ice in the ice crushing chamber. When discharging the crushed ice, the ice scraping portion is used to scrape the crushed ice on the inner surface of the ice crushing chamber, which can prevent the ice cubes and the crushed ice from being mixed when discharging the ice.

[0044] Combined with reference to Figure 8 As shown, the present application also discloses some embodiments. The movable part 3 is a crushed ice cylinder with an opening at one end; a crushed ice chamber is formed inside the crushed ice cylinder; when the crushed ice cylinder is in the ice crushing area, the crushed ice cylinder covers outside the ice scraping portion 21; one end of the hand-held rod 5 is connected to the bottom of the crushed ice cylinder; when discharging the ice, people hold the hand-held rod 5 to pull the movable part 3 out of the ice bucket 1 to pour out the crushed ice;

[0045] The present application also discloses some embodiments. The ice scraping portion includes a first part 61; the first part 61 is attached to the bottom of the crushed ice cylinder; the first part 61 is movable on the bottom of the crushed ice cylinder to scrape the crushed ice on the bottom.

[0046] The present application also discloses some embodiments. The ice scraping portion includes a second part 62; the second part 62 is attached to the inner peripheral wall of the crushed ice cylinder; the second part 62 is movable on the inner peripheral wall of the crushed ice cylinder to scrape the crushed ice on the inner peripheral wall of the crushed ice cylinder.

[0047] The present application also discloses some embodiments. When the ice scraping part includes a first part 61 and a second part 62, the first part 61 is connected to the second part 62, and the first part 61 is rotatably connected to the bottom of the ice crushing cylinder through a rotating shaft 65. That is, a hole for the rotating shaft 65 is provided at the bottom of the ice crushing cylinder, the rotating shaft 65 is installed in the hole for the rotating shaft 65, and the rotating shaft 65 is connected to the first part 61. The first part 61 and the second part 62 are sequentially connected to form an L shape. The first end of the first part 61 is connected to the second part 62, and the rotating shaft 65 is provided at the second end of the first part 61. At this time, the length of the first part 61 is equal to the radius of the bottom of the cylinder. When the first part 61 rotates on the bottom of the cylinder, the second part 62 rotates on the inner peripheral wall of the ice crushing cylinder, and the ice on the bottom and inner peripheral wall of the ice crushing cylinder can be scraped off, preventing ice residue and preventing ice chips from mixing into the ice cubes when discharging ice cubes next time. The first part 61 fits with the bottom of the cylinder, and the second part 62 fits with the inner peripheral wall. The ice scraping part also has a handle 63, and the handle 63 is provided at the upper end of the second part 62. When discharging ice chips, just pinch the handle 63 of the ice scraping part and rotate the ice scraping part around the rotating shaft 65, and the ice chips attached to the cavity of the ice crushing cylinder can be scraped clean and discharged.

[0048] Referring to Figures 7-8 As shown, the present application also discloses some embodiments. The ice crushing part 21 includes an ice crushing part 21 body and a base 22. A handle 63 is provided on the ice scraping part. A groove 221 adapted to the handle 63 is provided on the base 22. At this time, the holding rod 5 can be flat, and the shaft hole on the cover body is also of a corresponding shape, so that the positioning of the handle and the groove by the positioning member is more accurate, preventing the positioning from deviating due to the rotation of the holding rod 5 in the shaft hole after the holding rod 5 extends in.

[0049] Referring to Figure 3 As shown, before ice crushing, in the second state of the ice maker, the movable part 3 is located in the ice outlet cover 4, and the annular baffle is retracted into the ice outlet cover 4. When ice crushing is required, referring to Figure 2 As shown, in the first state of the ice maker, the movable part 3 containing ice cubes is moved to the ice crushing device, that is, the ice crushing area. The ice crushing chamber of the movable part 3 is in contact with the base 22 of the ice crushing device. When the ice crushing chamber is in contact with the base 22 of the ice crushing device, the handle 63 of the ice hanging part is placed in the groove 221, so that the entire ice crushing part 21 is sealed in the ice crushing chamber, preventing ice chips from entering the ice storage area in the ice bucket 1 during the ice crushing process. At the same time, the annular baffle is extended out of the ice outlet cover 4 and is located in the ice bucket 1 to separate the ice cubes at the bottom of the ice bucket 1 so that they cannot fall, and the ice crushing part 21 crushes the ice cubes in the ice crushing chamber. After ice crushing is completed, referring to Figure 5 As shown, in the fourth state of the ice maker, the movable part 3 extends out from the ice outlet 11 and discharges the crushed ice. After the movable part 3 discharges the crushed ice, referring to Figure 4As shown, in the third state, the ice maker moves the movable part 3 into the ice bucket 1 through the ice outlet cover 4, and then closes the cover body. At this time, the ice outlet cover 4 is located inside the ice outlet cover 4; the annular baffle is retracted into the ice outlet cover 4; then the ice cubes in the ice bucket 1 fall into the movable part 3 under the action of gravity for use.

[0050] When it is necessary to discharge the ice cubes, open the cover body, take out the movable part 3 from the ice outlet cover 4, discharge the ice cubes, and the annular baffle is always retracted into the ice outlet cover 4. The ice crushing device is arranged at the center of the top inside the ice bucket 1. A scraping part is arranged on the movable part 3. When discharging the crushed ice, the scraping part can scrape off the crushed ice on the movable part 3.

[0051] Some embodiments of the present application are also disclosed. A positioning member 64 is arranged on the movable part 3; the positioning member 64 is used to position the movement of the scraping part. The positioning member 64 is a groove 221 arranged at the top of the ice crushing cylinder; when the ice discharging (discharging crushed ice or ice cubes) is completed, turn the handle 63 of the scraping part to the position of the groove 221, and the handle 63 on the scraping part can be inserted into the groove 221 of the base 22 of the ice crushing structure again when crushing ice again, so that the movable part 3 can be attached to the base 22 of the ice crushing device when crushing ice, avoiding the splashing of crushed ice and mixing with the ice cubes below.

[0052] The movable part 3 can be designed as a rectangular plate, and a scraper is arranged inside the rectangular plate; the scraper can slide in the length direction of the rectangular plate. When discharging ice, by sliding the scraper, the crushed ice on the movable plate is pushed out from the movable plate; there are movable doors at both ends, for example, hinged doors are arranged at both ends of the rectangular plate; when crushing ice, both movable doors are erected to form a complete movable cavity with the movable plate to prevent the crushed ice from falling into the bucket during the ice crushing process. When discharging ice, the movable plate extends out of the ice discharging port, the two movable doors unfold, and the scraper moves from one end to the other end to discharge the crushed ice.

[0053] According to an embodiment of the present application, a refrigerator is provided, including an ice maker, and the ice maker is the above-mentioned ice maker.

[0054] It is easy for those skilled in the art to understand that, on the premise of no conflict, the above-mentioned advantageous ways can be freely combined and superimposed.

[0055] The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application. The above is only the preferred implementation manner of the present application. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the technical principle of the present application, several improvements and variations can be made, and these improvements and variations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An ice maker, characterized in that, Comprising: An ice bucket (1); an ice storage area and a crushed ice area are provided inside the ice bucket (1); an ice outlet (11) is provided on the ice bucket (1); A crushed ice structure; the crushed ice structure includes a crushed ice part (21) and a movable part (3); a crushed ice chamber is provided on the movable part (3); the crushed ice part (21) is arranged in the crushed ice area; the crushed ice part (21) is used to make the ice in the crushed ice chamber into crushed ice; the movable part (3) can enter and exit the ice outlet (11), and the movable part (3) is movable between the ice outlet (11) and the crushed ice area.

2. The ice maker according to claim 1, wherein, The ice outlet (11) is located in the ice storage area; the movable part (3) is movable in a first direction to enter and exit the ice outlet (11); the ice outlet (11) and the crushed ice part (21) are arranged in sequence in the first direction.

3. The ice maker according to claim 1, wherein, An ice outlet cover (4) is provided outside the ice outlet (11); a detachable cover body is provided on the top of the ice outlet cover (4); the movable part (3) can enter and exit the ice outlet (11) through the ice outlet cover (4).

4. The ice maker according to claim 3, characterized in that, An ice stop part (41) is provided inside the ice outlet cover (4); with the ice stop part (41) extending into the ice outlet (11), separating the ice in the ice storage area from the ice outlet (11) as the first position; with the ice stop part (41) being entirely located inside the ice outlet cover (4) as the second position; the ice stop part (41) is movable between the first position and the second position.

5. The ice maker according to claim 4, characterized in that, The ice stop part (41) is an annular baffle arranged circumferentially around the inner peripheral wall of the ice outlet cover (4); the annular baffle is in fit with the inner surface of the ice outlet cover (4).

6. The ice maker according to claim 4, characterized in that, An activity hole (43) is provided on the ice outlet cover (4); a handle (42) is provided on the ice stop part (41); the handle (42) is movable in the activity hole (43) to drive the ice stop part (41) to move between the first position and the second position.

7. The ice maker according to claim 1, characterized in that, A handheld rod (5) is provided on the movable part (3); the movable part (3) is connected to the first end of the handheld rod (5); the second end of the handheld rod (5) extends out of the ice outlet (11); And / or, the ice bucket (1) has a bucket bottom; the ice outlet (11) is located on the bucket bottom; in the direction close to the ice outlet (11), the inner surface of the bucket bottom slopes downward.

8. The ice maker according to claim 1, characterized in that, A scraping part is provided inside the crushed ice chamber; the scraping part is movably arranged inside the crushed ice chamber to scrape the crushed ice inside the crushed ice chamber.

9. The ice maker according to claim 8, characterized in that, The movable part (3) is a crushed ice cylinder with an opening at one end; the inside of the crushed ice cylinder forms the crushed ice chamber; when the crushed ice cylinder is in the crushed ice area, the crushed ice cylinder covers outside the crushed ice part (21); And / or, the scraping part includes a first part (61); the first part (61) is in fit with the bottom of the crushed ice cylinder; the first part (61) is movable on the bottom of the crushed ice cylinder to scrape the crushed ice at the bottom of the cylinder; And / or, the ice scraping part includes a second part (62); the second part (62) is attached to the inner peripheral wall of the ice crushing cylinder; the second part (62) is movable on the inner peripheral wall of the ice crushing cylinder to scrape the ice on the inner peripheral wall of the ice crushing cylinder.

10. The ice maker according to claim 9, characterized in that, When the ice scraping part includes a first part (61) and a second part (62); the first part (61) is connected to the second part (62); and the first part (61) is rotatably connected to the bottom of the ice crushing cylinder through a rotating shaft (65).

11. The ice maker according to claim 8, wherein, The ice crushing part (21) includes an ice crushing part body and a base (22); a handle (63) is provided on the ice scraping part; a groove (221) adapted to the handle (63) is provided on the base (22); And / or, a positioning member (64) is provided on the movable part (3); the positioning member (64) is used to position the movement of the ice scraping part.

12. A refrigerator, comprising an ice maker, characterized in that, The ice maker is the ice maker according to any one of claims 1-11.

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