Temperature control self-cleaning device and refrigerator
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCE INC OF ZHUHAI
- Filing Date
- 2023-10-24
- Publication Date
- 2026-08-07
AI Technical Summary
[0004]有鉴于此,本发明提供了一种控温自清洁装置及冰箱,用于解决现有技术中冰箱容易遗忘食物的存储位置,导致食物过期或腐烂,且有些食物腐烂后会产生大量带有异味的液体,给消费者的清理过程造成极大的不便和不适,使用体验差,清理时间长的问题
[0028] 1. This invention allows rotten food to be placed on a first tray, causing the liquid produced by the rotting food to react with the desiccant and form a clump mixture. Then, the clump mixture is pushed to the storage device by the cooperation of a first pushing device and a second pushing device. This greatly reduces the number of steps in the cleaning process and shortens the cleaning time. Moreover, consumers do not need to manually clean the rotten food, providing them with a better user experience.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This invention relates to the field of refrigeration technology, and more particularly to a temperature-controlled self-cleaning device and a refrigerator. Background Technology
[0002] Currently, with refrigerators generally being quite large, consumers often forget where food is stored, leading to food expiring or rotting. In addition, it is impossible to guarantee that food stored in the refrigerator will be handled in a timely manner during travel. If food, such as vegetables and fruits, is not handled in time, it will rot over time, contaminating other foods, producing strong odors, posing a significant threat to the food storage environment inside the refrigerator, and also easily causing bacterial growth.
[0003] While refrigerators on the market now label food based on storage time, they only differentiate products after being stored for different durations and do not provide further processing for the food. When food expires or spoils, consumers still need to manually sort and process it. However, some rotten foods produce a large amount of odorous liquid, causing great inconvenience and discomfort to consumers during the cleaning process, resulting in long cleaning times and a poor user experience. Summary of the Invention
[0004] In view of this, the present invention provides a temperature-controlled self-cleaning device and a refrigerator to solve the problems in the prior art where refrigerators easily forget the storage location of food, resulting in food expiring or rotting. Furthermore, some rotten food produces a large amount of odorous liquid, causing great inconvenience and discomfort to consumers during the cleaning process, resulting in a poor user experience and long cleaning time.
[0005] To achieve one or more of the above objectives or other objectives, the technical solution of the present invention is a temperature-controlled self-cleaning device, including a housing, a second tray horizontally provided on one side of the housing, and a storage device placed at the end of the second tray.
[0006] The first tray is connected above the second tray via a rotating plate;
[0007] A first pushing device is provided on the first tray, and a second pushing device is provided on the second tray. The first pushing device and the second pushing device cooperate to push the food on the first tray to the storage device.
[0008] Furthermore, the first pushing device includes a first slide rail, a first toothed push plate, a first actuator, and a rotary actuator;
[0009] The housing above the first pallet is provided with a first slide rail obliquely along the direction of the first pallet, and the first slide rail is slidably connected to the first toothed push plate; the housing is provided with a first actuator corresponding to the first toothed push plate, and the drive end of the first actuator is connected to one side of the first toothed push plate.
[0010] The housing is equipped with a rotary actuator corresponding to the rotating plate, and the drive end of the rotary actuator is connected to one side of the rotating plate.
[0011] Furthermore, the second pushing device includes a second actuator, a second toothed push plate, and a second slide rail;
[0012] The housing above the second tray is provided with two parallel second slide rails horizontally, and the lower second slide rail extends toward the end of the first tray with an arc-shaped slide rail. The height of the end of the arc-shaped slide rail is flush with the height of the upper second slide rail.
[0013] The second toothed push plate is slidably connected to the two second slide rails; the housing is provided with a second actuator corresponding to the second toothed push plate, and the drive end of the second actuator is connected to one side of the second toothed push plate.
[0014] Furthermore, a third support plate is horizontally provided inside the housing on the other side opposite to the first support plate. The third support plate is located above the first support plate, and the end of the first support plate and the end of the third support plate are on the same vertical line.
[0015] The third tray has a blocking block at its end, which can abut against the end of the rotating plate.
[0016] Furthermore, a perforated partition is provided above the third tray, and a receiving space is formed between the perforated partition and the corresponding housing. An exhaust device and a first refrigeration module are provided in the receiving space.
[0017] The housing is provided with an air inlet corresponding to the exhaust device, and the exhaust device is provided with a first refrigeration module on the side near the perforated partition.
[0018] Furthermore, a push-pull plate is slidably connected to the bottom of the end of the second tray;
[0019] The housing at the end of the second tray is provided with a first hook, and the push-pull plate is provided with a second hook on the side facing the first hook;
[0020] The push-pull plate can slide relative to the second tray and can seal the gap between the end of the second tray and the corresponding housing.
[0021] The first hook and the second hook are used to secure the storage device.
[0022] Furthermore, a second cooling module is provided at the bottom of the side of the housing where the first hook is located. An air duct is provided inside the housing between the second cooling module and the exhaust device. The air duct is also provided with a toggle switch, which can block the air duct.
[0023] Furthermore, the housing is provided with a partition obliquely at the gap between the end of the first tray and the first hook. The partition is inclined from the side of the housing with the first hook to the other side and from top to bottom, and the partition is provided with several through holes.
[0024] Furthermore, a first door is provided on the front of the housing, which can be opened or closed relative to the housing;
[0025] The housing has a second door on the side away from the partition, and the second door can be opened or closed relative to the housing.
[0026] A refrigerator comprising the temperature-controlled self-cleaning device described in any one of the above claims.
[0027] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has at least the following beneficial effects:
[0028] 1. This invention allows rotten food to be placed on a first tray, causing the liquid produced by the rotting food to react with the desiccant and form a clump mixture. Then, the clump mixture is pushed to the storage device by the cooperation of a first pushing device and a second pushing device. This greatly reduces the number of steps in the cleaning process and shortens the cleaning time. Moreover, consumers do not need to manually clean the rotten food, providing them with a better user experience.
[0029] 2. This invention combines an exhaust device and a first refrigeration module, using a shower-style air outlet to control the temperature of rapidly perishable food placed on the third tray, thereby providing more stringent storage conditions, appropriately extending the storage time of the food, facilitating the use of some rapidly perishable food for other purposes, and reducing some economic costs. Attached Figure Description
[0030] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention pertains; the terminology used herein in the specification is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the invention; the terms "comprising" and "having," and any variations thereof, in the specification, claims, and foregoing drawings are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion. The terms "first," "second," etc., in the specification, claims, or foregoing drawings are used to distinguish different objects and not to describe a particular order.
[0031] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.
[0032] Figure 1 This is a cross-sectional front view of the temperature control self-cleaning device of the present invention;
[0033] Figure 2 This is a cross-sectional view of the temperature control self-cleaning device of the present invention;
[0034] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the temperature control self-cleaning device of the present invention;
[0035] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the working process of the temperature control self-cleaning device of the present invention.
[0036] Figure label:
[0037] 10. Shell;
[0038] 11. First pallet;
[0039] 12. Second pallet;
[0040] 13. Turning plate;
[0041] 14. First pushing device; 141. First slide rail; 142. First toothed push plate; 143. First actuator; 144. Rotary actuator;
[0042] 15. Second pushing device; 151. Second slide rail; 152. Arc-shaped slide rail; 153. Second toothed push plate; 154. Second actuator;
[0043] 16. Third support plate; 161. Blocking block;
[0044] 17. Perforated partition;
[0045] 18. Accommodation space;
[0046] 19. Exhaust system;
[0047] 20. First refrigeration module;
[0048] 21. Air inlet;
[0049] 22. Sliding panel;
[0050] 23. Second hook;
[0051] 24. First hook;
[0052] 25. Second refrigeration module;
[0053] 26. Air duct;
[0054] 27. Toggle switch;
[0055] 28. Partition; 281. Through hole;
[0056] 29. First box door;
[0057] 30. Second compartment door;
[0058] 31. Touchscreen;
[0059] 32. Packaging and processing area. Detailed Implementation
[0060] To make the technical problems, technical solutions, and beneficial effects of this invention clearer, the invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. Therefore, a feature pointed out in this specification is used to illustrate one feature of one embodiment of the invention, and does not imply that every embodiment of the invention must have the described feature. Furthermore, it should be noted that this specification describes many features. Although certain features may be combined to illustrate possible system designs, these features may also be used in other combinations not explicitly stated. Therefore, unless otherwise stated, the described combinations are not intended to be limiting.
[0061] The principles and structure of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
[0062] As one embodiment, refer to the appendix Figures 1-4 The present invention proposes a temperature-controlled self-cleaning device, including a housing 10, a second tray 12 horizontally provided on one side inside the housing 10, and a storage device (not shown, same throughout) placed at the end of the second tray 12; the storage device in this embodiment is preferably a bag with an elastic drawstring.
[0063] A first tray 11 is connected above the second tray 12 via a rotating plate 13; the first tray 11 contains a desiccant that reacts with water to form clumps, and the first tray 11 is also used to place rotten food, which will produce liquids such as water during the rotting process.
[0064] A first pushing device 14 is provided on the first tray 11, and a second pushing device is provided on the second tray 12. The first pushing device 14 and the second pushing device 15 cooperate to push the food on the first tray 11 to the storage device.
[0065] The first tray 11 is inclined, with its inclination direction from the side of the housing 10 where the second tray 12 is located to the other side, and from top to bottom. A rotating plate 13 is rotatably connected to the end of the first tray 11, connecting the first tray 11 and the second tray 12. A first pushing device 14 is located above the first tray 11, used to push food from the first tray 11 onto the second tray 12. A second pushing device 15 is located above the second tray 12, used to push food from the second tray 12 into the bag.
[0066] The top of the housing 10 is equipped with a touch screen 31, which has a control center. When the consumer presses the "start" option on the touch screen 31, the control center can control the operation of the turntable 13, the first push device 14 and the second push device 15.
[0067] When the temperature-controlled self-cleaning device of the present invention is activated, the rotten food on the first tray 11 reacts with the desiccant to form a clump mixture. The rotating plate 13 is controlled to rotate and the first tray 11 and the second tray 12 are connected through the rotating plate 13. Then, the first pushing device 14 is activated to push the clump mixture on the first tray 11 to the rotating plate 13. Then, the clump mixture rolls from the rotating plate 13 to the second tray 12. Then, the second pushing device 15 is activated to push the clump mixture on the second tray 12 into the bag.
[0068] The elastic-closing bag is fixed to the end of the second tray 12 and the corresponding housing 10 by a carrying strap. The carrying strap has a break line. Once the weight inside the bag exceeds its own bearing capacity, the break line of the carrying strap will automatically break, and the bag will fall into the packaging processing area 32 between the second tray 12 and the housing 10 below it. During the falling process, the elastic closure of the bag will automatically tighten to prevent the clumps of mixture inside from spilling out.
[0069] Therefore, the present invention can place rotten food (which usually produces liquid and other food residues) on the first tray 11, causing the liquid produced by the rotten food to react with the desiccant and form a clump mixture. Then, the clump mixture is pushed into the bag by the first pushing device 14 and the second pushing device 15. This greatly reduces the number of steps in the cleaning process and shortens the cleaning time. Moreover, consumers do not need to manually clean the rotten food, which brings a better user experience to consumers.
[0070] For details, please refer to the appendix. Figure 3The front of the housing 10 is provided with a first door 29. When food that is about to expire or has just expired (i.e., food that is about to rot, food that has reached its shelf life and has not yet produced any odorous liquid) needs to be placed into the temperature-controlled self-cleaning device, the first door 29 is opened relative to the housing 10, the food that is about to expire or has just expired is placed on the third tray 16, and then the first door 29 is closed. The first door 29 is a glass door with heat preservation function, which makes it convenient for consumers to observe the food rotting status in the temperature-controlled self-cleaning device in real time, and decide whether to press the "start" option on the touch screen 31 to start the temperature-controlled self-cleaning device.
[0071] The housing 10 is provided with a second door 30 on the side away from the partition 28. When it is necessary to clean the bags in the packaging area 32, the second door 30 can be opened relative to the housing 10, the bags can be taken away, and then the second door 30 can be closed.
[0072] Among them, refer to the appendix Figures 1-2 Inside the housing 10, a third tray 16 is horizontally provided on the other side opposite to the first tray 11. The third tray 16 is located above the first tray 11, and the end of the first tray 11 and the end of the third tray 16 are on the same vertical line. The third tray 16 is used to place fast-perishable food, because some fast-perishable food can be used for other purposes, thereby reducing some economic costs.
[0073] The end of the third tray 16 is provided with a blocking block 161, which can abut against the end of the rotating plate 13.
[0074] Among them, refer to the appendix Figures 1-2 A perforated partition 17 is provided above the third tray 16, and a receiving space 18 is formed between the perforated partition 17 and the corresponding housing 10. An exhaust device 19 and a first refrigeration module 20 are provided in the receiving space 18. The first refrigeration module 20 delivers cold air to the food placed on the third tray 16 through the exhaust device 19, providing more stringent environmental conditions for the rapidly perishable food and facilitating its use for other purposes. The exhaust device 19 includes at least one fan.
[0075] The housing 10 is provided with an air inlet 21 corresponding to the exhaust device 19, and the exhaust device 19 is provided with a first refrigeration module 20 on the side near the perforated partition 17.
[0076] Among them, refer to the appendix Figure 1 The first pushing device 14 includes a first slide rail 141, a first toothed push plate 142, a first actuator 143, and a rotary actuator 144.
[0077] The housing 10 above the first support plate 11 is provided with a first slide rail 141 obliquely along the direction of the first support plate 11. The first slide rail 141 is slidably connected to the first toothed push plate 142. Inside the housing 10, corresponding to the first toothed push plate 142, there is a first actuator 143. The drive end of the first actuator 143 is connected to one side of the first toothed push plate 142. The first actuator 143 can control the first toothed push plate 142 to slide along the first slide rail 141.
[0078] The housing 10 is provided with a rotary actuator 144 corresponding to the rotating plate 13. The drive end of the rotary actuator 144 is connected to one side of the rotating plate 13. The rotary actuator 144 can control the rotating plate 13 to rotate around the end of the first support plate 11.
[0079] Among them, refer to the appendix Figure 1 The second pushing device 15 includes a second actuator 154, a second toothed push plate 153, and a second slide rail 151.
[0080] The housing 10 above the second tray 12 is provided with two parallel second slide rails 151, and the lower second slide rail 151 extends toward the first tray 11 with an arc-shaped slide rail 152. The height of the end of the arc-shaped slide rail 152 is flush with the height of the upper second slide rail 151; the arc-shaped slide rail 152 is semi-circular.
[0081] The second toothed push plate 153 is slidably connected to the two second slide rails 151; the housing 10 is provided with a second actuator 154 corresponding to the second toothed push plate 153, and the driving end of the second actuator 154 is connected to one side of the second toothed push plate 153; the second actuator 154 can control the second toothed push plate 153 to slide along the second slide rail 151.
[0082] Among them, refer to the appendix Figures 1-2 A push-pull plate 22 is slidably connected to the bottom of the end of the second tray 12.
[0083] The housing 10 corresponding to the end of the second tray 12 is provided with a first hook 24, and the push-pull plate 22 is provided with a second hook 23 on the side facing the first hook 24; the first hook 24 and the second hook 23 are used to fix the storage device.
[0084] The push-pull plate 22 can slide relative to the second tray 12 and can seal the gap between the end of the second tray 12 and the corresponding housing 10. When the push-pull plate 22 can slide relative to the second tray 12 and expose the gap between the end of the second tray 12 and the corresponding housing 10, the bags with elastic openings placed on the first hook 24 and the second hook 23 will open accordingly. The maximum diameter of the fully expanded elastic opening of the bag should be greater than twice the moving distance of the push-pull plate 22 to ensure that the elastic opening of the bag will not expand to its limit and damage the bag. This would result in the bag not being able to be accurately put on the first hook 24 and the second hook 23, which would cause the clump of mixture to fall into the housing 10 of the packaging area 32, affecting the user experience.
[0085] Among them, refer to the appendix Figures 1-2 The bottom of the housing 10 on the side where the first hook 24 is located is provided with a second cooling module 25. An air duct 26 is provided inside the housing 10 between the second cooling module 25 and the exhaust device 19 (see attached diagram). Figure 3 The air duct 26 is also equipped with a toggle switch 27, which can block the air duct 26. The exhaust device 19 can deliver cold air to the bags on the packaging area 32 through the air duct to the second refrigeration module 25, preventing the bag's clumping mixture from decomposing too quickly. This achieves the purpose of reducing odor and slowing down bacterial growth in the temperature-controlled self-cleaning device in a convenient and low-cost manner. Furthermore, when the toggle switch 27 is not activated, the air generated by the exhaust device 19 cannot reach the second refrigeration module 25 through the air duct 26.
[0086] Among them, refer to the appendix Figure 2 The housing 10 has a partition 28 obliquely positioned at the gap between the end of the first tray 11 and the first hook 24. The partition 28 is inclined from one side of the housing 10 where the first hook 24 is located to the other side and from top to bottom. The partition 28 has several through holes 281. The obliquely positioned partition 28 facilitates the rolling of the bags, allowing bags containing clumps to be closer to the second door 30, making it easier for consumers to clean the bags containing clumps. The through holes 281 facilitate the second refrigeration module 25 to deliver cold air to the bags placed on the packaging area 32 through the exhaust device 19.
[0087] When a consumer presses the "Start" option on the touchscreen 31, the control center can also control the operation of the exhaust device 19, the first refrigeration module 20, the push-pull plate 22, the second refrigeration module 25 and the toggle switch 27 according to the actual situation.
[0088] The usage process of this invention:
[0089] When only the third tray 16 contains perishable food, and the first tray 11 contains no perishable food, the control center will use the first actuator 143 to control the first toothed pusher 142 to move the first slide rail 141 away from the third tray 16 (i.e., the starting point of the first slide rail 141). The control center will use the rotary actuator 144 to control the rotating plate 13 to abut against the end of the third tray 16. The control center will use the second actuator 154 to control the second toothed pusher 153 to move to the third tray 16. The second slide rail 151 is located on the side closest to the first support plate 11. The second toothed push plate 153 of the second slide rail 151 located below it will move to the end of the arc-shaped slide rail 152 (i.e., the starting point of the second slide rail 151, and the second toothed push plate 153 is in a horizontal state at this time). The control center then controls the exhaust device 19 and the first cooling module 20 to start in sequence, the push-pull plate 22 to seal the gap between the end of the second support plate 12 and the corresponding housing 10, the second cooling module 25 to be turned off, and the toggle switch 27 to be turned off.
[0090] Once food placed on the third tray 16 is found to be rotten, it is manually or with other auxiliary tools placed on the first tray 11. The rotten food reacts with the desiccant on the first tray 11 to form a clump mixture. Then, the rotary actuator 144 controls the rotating plate 13 to rotate downwards, so that the rotating plate 13 abuts against the second tray 12. Then, the first actuator 143 controls the first toothed push plate 142 to move along the first slide rail 141. The first toothed push plate 142 causes the clump mixture to roll along the first tray 11 and then through the rotating plate 13 onto the second tray 12. At the same time, the push-pull plate 22 slides relative to the second tray 12, so that the elastic opening of the bag is in the second position. Below the gap between the end of the tray 12 and the corresponding housing 10; then the second actuator 154 controls the second toothed pusher 153 to move along the second slide rail 151. The second toothed pusher 153 will cause the clumped mixture to roll along the second tray 12 onto the bag until the bag's carrying capacity reaches its upper limit, the bag's strap breaks, the bag's elastic opening automatically tightens and rolls to the packaging processing area 32. At this time, the second cooling module 25 and the toggle switch 27 are activated in sequence to lower the temperature of the packaging processing area 32, inhibiting odors and bacterial growth in the bag containing the clumped mixture; finally, the consumer opens the second box door 30 to process the bag containing the clumped mixture.
[0091] The packaging area 32 is equipped with pressure sensors (not shown, same throughout) at the rolling position of the bags. When a bag rolls onto the pressure sensor (at which point the pressure sensor reaches its own threshold), the pressure sensor sends a start signal to the control center, causing the control center to activate the second cooling module 25 and the toggle switch 27. Once the consumer removes the bag containing the clumped mixture, the pressure sensed by the pressure sensor will fall below its own threshold. At this point, the pressure sensor sends a shut-off signal to the control center, causing the control center to shut down the second cooling module 25 and the toggle switch 27.
[0092] Of course, if consumers find that clumped mixture has entered the bag, they can also click the corresponding option on the touch screen 31 to turn the second cooling module 25 and the toggle switch 27 on or off.
[0093] Therefore, the temperature-controlled self-cleaning device provided by the present invention, through the combination of the exhaust device 19 and the first refrigeration module 20, adopts a shower-type air outlet method to control the temperature of food that is about to expire or has just expired (i.e., rapidly perishable food) placed on the third tray 16, so as to provide more stringent storage conditions, appropriately extend the storage time of food, facilitate the use of some rapidly perishable food for other purposes, and reduce some economic costs.
[0094] The present invention can also push the clumped mixture into the bag through the first toothed pusher plate 142 and the second toothed pusher plate 153. When the weight of the clumped mixture in the bag reaches its upper limit, it is automatically packaged and then frozen. This achieves green treatment of rotten food, greatly reduces the number of cleaning steps and shortens the cleaning time. Moreover, consumers do not need to manually clean the rotten food, which brings a better user experience to consumers.
[0095] As one embodiment, the present invention also proposes a refrigerator including the temperature control and self-cleaning device described in any one of the above claims.
[0096] The connection method between the temperature-controlled self-cleaning device and the refrigerator is not limited. The temperature-controlled self-cleaning device can be installed outside or inside the refrigerator. In this embodiment, it is preferred to install the temperature-controlled self-cleaning device outside the refrigerator, so that it can handle food that is about to expire or has just expired in multiple refrigerators at the same time. If the temperature-controlled self-cleaning device is installed inside the refrigerator, there is a possibility that the smell of rotten food will spread to other areas of the refrigerator or that bacteria will invade other foods. Therefore, it is preferred to install the temperature-controlled self-cleaning device outside the refrigerator.
[0097] The temperature-controlled self-cleaning device of the present invention is not limited in its appearance and size, and can be adjusted accordingly according to different needs.
[0098] The temperature-controlled self-cleaning device of the present invention can be used in combination with different household refrigerator models. Based on existing labeled food storage technology, it can label and distinguish foods with different shelf lives, process foods that are about to expire, foods that have recently expired, and rotten foods, provide stricter storage conditions for the screened foods that are about to expire and foods that have recently expired, and automatically process rotten foods, automatically package them, and finally freeze them uniformly.
[0099] Of course, placing bags on the first hook 24 and the second hook 23 is done manually by the consumer; cleaning the packaged bags, placing food that is about to expire or has just expired on the third tray 16 and placing rotten food on the first tray 11 can be done manually or with the help of external equipment.
[0100] As another embodiment, the present invention also proposes to set a timer function on the touch screen 31 and display timer options such as "1 day", "3 days", and "5 days" on the touch screen 31. In this way, when consumers go on vacation, in order to ensure that the food in the temperature-controlled self-cleaning device can be processed in a timely manner, they can place the food that is expected to rot during their trip on the first tray 11 according to their travel time, and then select the corresponding timer option. In this way, the control center can automatically control the operation of the corresponding components at the corresponding intervals of the days, and push all the food on the first tray 11 into the bag, further improving the consumer's user experience.
[0101] Obviously, the embodiments described above are merely some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. The accompanying drawings show preferred embodiments of the present invention, but do not limit the patent scope of the present invention. The present invention can be implemented in many different forms; rather, these embodiments are provided to provide a more thorough and complete understanding of the disclosure of the present invention. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art can still modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing specific embodiments, or make equivalent substitutions for some of the technical features. Any equivalent structures made using the content of this specification and drawings, directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are similarly within the patent protection scope of this invention.
Claims
1. A temperature-controlled self-cleaning device, characterized in that: Includes a housing (10), a second tray (12) is horizontally arranged on one side inside the housing (10), and a storage device is placed at the end of the second tray (12); A first tray (11) is connected above the second tray (12) via a rotating plate (13). The first tray (11) is used to place rotten food that will produce liquid during the rotting process, and a desiccant that reacts with the liquid produced by the rotting food to form a clump mixture. A first pushing device (14) is provided on the first tray (11), and a second pushing device is provided on the second tray (12). The first pushing device (14) and the second pushing device (15) cooperate to push the clumped mixture on the first tray (11) to the storage device.
2. The temperature-controlled self-cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first pushing device (14) includes a first slide rail (141), a first toothed push plate (142), a first actuator (143), and a rotary actuator (144). The housing (10) above the first tray (11) is provided with a first slide rail (141) obliquely along the direction of the first tray (11), and the first slide rail (141) is slidably connected to the first toothed push plate (142); the housing (10) is provided with a first actuator (143) corresponding to the first toothed push plate (142), and the driving end of the first actuator (143) is connected to one side of the first toothed push plate (142); The housing (10) is provided with a rotary actuator (144) corresponding to the rotating plate (13) inside, and the driving end of the rotary actuator (144) is connected to one side of the rotating plate (13).
3. The temperature-controlled self-cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The second pushing device (15) includes a second actuator (154), a second toothed push plate (153), and a second slide rail (151); The housing (10) above the second tray (12) is provided with two parallel second slide rails (151) horizontally, and the lower second slide rail (151) extends toward the first tray (11) with an arc-shaped slide rail (152), the end of which is flush with the height of the upper second slide rail (151); The second toothed push plate (153) is slidably connected to the two second slide rails (151); the housing (10) is provided with a second actuator (154) corresponding to the second toothed push plate (153), and the driving end of the second actuator (154) is connected to one side of the second toothed push plate (153).
4. The temperature-controlled self-cleaning device according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that: A third support plate (16) is horizontally provided inside the housing (10) on the other side opposite to the first support plate (11). The third support plate (16) is located above the first support plate (11), and the end of the first support plate (11) and the end of the third support plate (16) are on the same vertical line. The end of the third tray (16) is provided with a blocking block (161) that can abut against the end of the rotating plate (13).
5. The temperature-controlled self-cleaning device according to claim 4, characterized in that: A perforated partition (17) is provided above the third tray (16), and a receiving space (18) is formed between the perforated partition (17) and the corresponding housing (10). An exhaust device (19) and a first refrigeration module (20) are provided in the receiving space (18). The housing (10) is provided with an air inlet (21) corresponding to the exhaust device (19), and the exhaust device (19) is provided with a first refrigeration module (20) on the side near the perforated partition (17).
6. The temperature-controlled self-cleaning device according to claim 5, characterized in that: A push-pull plate (22) is slidably connected to the bottom of the end of the second tray (12); The housing (10) corresponding to the end of the second tray (12) is provided with a first hook (24), and the push-pull plate (22) is provided with a second hook (23) on the side facing the first hook (24). The push-pull plate (22) can slide relative to the second support plate (12) and can seal the gap between the end of the second support plate (12) and the corresponding housing (10); The first hook (24) and the second hook (23) are used to fix the storage device.
7. The temperature-controlled self-cleaning device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The bottom of the housing (10) with the first hook (24) is provided with a second refrigeration module (25). The housing (10) between the second refrigeration module (25) and the exhaust device (19) is provided with an air duct (26). The air duct (26) is also provided with a toggle switch (27). The toggle switch (27) can block the air duct (26).
8. The temperature-controlled self-cleaning device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The housing (10) is provided with a partition (28) at an angle to the gap between the end of the first tray (11) and the first hook (24). The partition (28) is inclined from the side of the housing (10) where the first hook (24) is located to the other side and from top to bottom. The partition (28) is provided with a number of through holes (281).
9. The temperature-controlled self-cleaning device according to claim 8, characterized in that: The front of the housing (10) is provided with a first door (29), which can be opened or closed relative to the housing (10); The housing (10) has a second door (30) on the side away from the partition (28), which can be opened or closed relative to the housing (10).
10. A refrigerator, characterized in that: Includes the temperature-controlled self-cleaning device as described in any one of claims 1-9.
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