Ice storage box convenient to install and ice maker with ice storage box

Abstract

The utility model relates to an ice storage box convenient to install and an ice maker with the ice storage box, and belongs to the technical field of ice makers. The ice making device comprises an ice making main body and an ice storage box for storing ice blocks, and is characterized in that the side wall of the ice making main body is provided with a sliding opening allowing the ice storage box to be installed in a sliding mode, the side wall of the ice storage box in the sliding direction is provided with a sliding limiting part, and the side wall, close to the sliding opening, of the ice making main body is provided with a limiting column; the limiting column corresponds to the sliding limiting part and is used for limiting the ice storage box from being disengaged. The ice storage box can be conveniently installed, and meanwhile the use convenience of the ice storage box is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of ice making machines, and in particular to an ice storage bin that is easy to install and an ice making machine with the ice storage bin. Background Art

[0002] An ice maker is a refrigeration machine that compresses or expands liquid refrigerant to produce high-temperature and high-pressure gas (steam), causing the liquid to evaporate rapidly.

[0003] Existing ice machines generally include an ice-making body, in which components for refrigeration such as a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator are installed, and a storage bin for storing ice cubes. The refrigeration component makes ice cubes from water and then transports them to the storage bin, from which the user takes out the required ice cubes.

[0004] With respect to the above-mentioned related technologies, the existing ice storage bin is directly slidably plugged into the ice making body. When the user pulls the ice storage bin to take out ice cubes, the entire ice storage bin is easily pulled out; or a limiting structure for the ice storage bin is provided in the ice making body, but the installation of the ice storage bin is inconvenient. Both of the above-mentioned methods make the use of the ice storage bin inconvenient. Utility Model Content

[0005] In order to improve the installation efficiency of an ice storage bin, the present application provides an ice storage bin that is easy to install and an ice maker with the ice storage bin.

[0006] The present application provides a storage ice box that is easy to install and adopts the following technical solution:

[0007] A bin ice storage bin that is easy to install comprises an ice-making body and a bin ice storage bin for storing ice cubes, wherein the side wall of the ice-making body has a sliding opening for the bin ice storage bin to be slidably installed, a sliding limit portion is arranged on the side wall of the bin ice storage bin in the sliding direction, a limit column is arranged on the side wall of the ice-making body near the sliding opening, and an anti-dropping portion that cooperates with the limit column and is used to limit the bin ice storage bin is arranged on the sliding limit portion.

[0008] By adopting the above technical solution, the ice storage bin is slidably installed on the ice making body, which is convenient for the user to pull out the ice storage bin. The setting of the sliding limit part and the limit column can play a limiting effect on the installation of the ice storage bin, thereby improving the installation stability of the ice storage bin.

[0009] Optionally, the ice storage bin includes a box body and a positioning abutment plate disposed on one side of the box body, the sliding limit portion is located on the box body, and the box body is provided with guiding inclined surfaces on both upper and lower sides away from one end of the positioning abutment plate.

[0010] By adopting the above technical solution, the structural composition of the ice storage bin is disclosed. When installing the ice storage bin, the installer first inserts the ice storage bin into the sliding opening in a downward tilted manner, and then slides the ice storage bin in a horizontal direction after the limit column and the sliding limit portion are interlaced. The setting of the guide slope improves the installation efficiency of the ice storage bin.

[0011] Optionally, the guide slope includes an upper guide surface and a lower guide surface, the upper guide surface is inclined downward away from the positioning abutment plate, and the lower guide surface is inclined upward away from the positioning abutment plate.

[0012] By adopting the above technical solution, when installing the ice storage bin, the ice storage bin is first inserted into the sliding opening in a downwardly inclined posture, so that the anti-slip portion can be inserted into the side of the limiting column away from the sliding opening, and the smoothness of the sliding insertion of the ice storage bin can be improved by the lower guide surface, which facilitates the sliding installation of the ice storage bin.

[0013] Optionally, an arc-shaped placement groove for arranging the limit column is provided on one side of the sliding limit portion away from the positioning abutment plate, and when the limit column is arranged in the arc-shaped placement groove, the box body tilts downward away from the ice-making body.

[0014] By adopting the above technical solution, when the user needs to take out the ice cubes in the ice storage bin, the user pulls the ice storage bin away from the sliding opening, stops pulling after the anti-detachment portion is limitedly abutted by the limiting column, and then rotates the positioning abutment plate downward, so that the entire ice storage bin is tilted downward away from the ice making body, so that the limiting column is arranged in the arc-shaped placement groove, which is convenient for the user to take out the ice cubes.

[0015] Optionally, a side of the sliding limiting portion close to the positioning abutment plate is provided with an abutment surface that is slidingly abutted against the limiting column, and the abutment surface is extended along the sliding direction of the box body.

[0016] By adopting the above technical solution, after the box body is fully inserted into the sliding opening, the setting of the abutment surface allows the limit column and the sliding limit portion to slide and abut, thereby increasing the friction force of the sliding of the ice storage bin, increasing the installation stability of the box body in the ice making body, and reducing the pulling of the ice storage bin due to accidental pulling.

[0017] Optionally, the sliding limiting portion is provided with a guiding transition surface between the arc-shaped placement groove and the abutment surface.

[0018] By adopting the above technical solution and setting the guiding transition surface, the transition between the arc-shaped placement groove and the abutment surface is relatively smooth, thereby making the back and forth sliding of the ice storage bin in the ice-making body relatively smooth.

[0019] Optionally, a pulling groove for a user to pull is provided at the bottom of the positioning abutment plate.

[0020] By adopting the above technical solution, the pulling groove is set, so that when the user needs to pull out the ice storage bin, he can pull the ice storage bin by holding the pulling groove, making the sliding of the ice storage bin more labor-saving. At the same time, the pulling groove is arranged at the bottom of the positioning abutment plate, so that the user can pull and apply force more labor-savingly.

[0021] Optionally, the box body is provided with a plurality of reinforcement bars at the bottom of the sliding limiting portion, and the reinforcement bars are arranged at intervals along the sliding direction.

[0022] By adopting the above technical solution and setting the reinforcing strip, the structural strength of the sliding limit part is increased, and the downward depression of the sliding limit part when the limiting column and the abutting surface generate abutting friction is reduced.

[0023] Optionally, the sliding limit parts are provided on both side walls of the box body in the sliding direction, and the number of the limit columns is consistent with that of the sliding limit parts and they are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence.

[0024] By adopting the above technical solution, the specific installation direction of the sliding limit part is disclosed, and the sliding limit parts are installed on both sides of the box body, which can make the installation of the box body more stable and the limiting effect more ideal.

[0025] The present application also includes an ice-making machine, comprising an ice-making body and the above-mentioned ice storage bin that is easy to install.

[0026] In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

[0027] 1. The present application can play a limiting effect on the installation of the ice storage bin through the cooperation of the anti-slip part of the sliding limit part and the limit column, thereby improving the installation stability of the ice storage bin. At the same time, the installation of the ice storage bin is more convenient through the setting of the guide slope;

[0028] 2. The present application provides an arc-shaped placement groove. When the ice storage bin is pulled, the positioning abutment plate is rotated downward so that the limit column is arranged in the arc-shaped placement groove, thereby making the ice storage bin as a whole tilted downward away from the ice-making body, making it easier for the user to take out ice cubes;

[0029] 3. The present application sets the abutment surface so that the limit column and the sliding limit part are in sliding abutment with each other, thereby increasing the friction force of the sliding of the ice storage bin and increasing the installation stability of the box body in the ice making body. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0030] Figure 1 It is an exploded schematic diagram of the ice storage bin and the ice making body according to the embodiment of the present application.

[0031] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the bottom structure of the ice storage bin according to an embodiment of the present application.

[0032] Figure 3 It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of the box body of the embodiment of the present application being completely within the sliding chamber.

[0033] Figure 4 It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of the cooperation between the limiting column and the arc-shaped placement groove in the embodiment of the present application.

[0034] Explanation of the reference numerals: 1. ice-making body; 11. sliding chamber; 12. sliding opening; 13. limiting column; 2. ice storage bin; 21. box body; 211. sliding limiting portion; 2111. anti-slip portion; 2112. arc-shaped placement groove; 2113. abutment surface; 2114. guide transition surface; 212. return hole; 213. guide slope; 2131. upper guide surface; 2132. lower guide surface; 214. reinforcement strip; 215. connecting strip; 22. positioning abutment plate; 221. pulling groove. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] The following is combined with Figure 1-4 This application is described in further detail.

[0036] The embodiments of the present application disclose an ice storage bin that is easy to install and an ice maker having the ice storage bin.

[0037] Reference Figure 1 An ice maker includes an ice making body 1 and an ice storage bin 2 which is slidably mounted on the ice making body 1 and is used to store ice cubes. The ice making body 1 has a sliding chamber 11 for mounting the ice storage bin 2, and a side wall of the ice making body 1 has a sliding opening 12 which is connected to the sliding chamber 11 and for horizontally inserting the ice storage bin 2.

[0038] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2 The ice storage bin 2 includes a box body 21 and a positioning abutment plate 22. The box body 21 and the positioning abutment plate 22 can be integrally arranged or fixed by other means such as clamping or welding. The top of the box body 21 is in an open state. The positioning abutment plate 22 is in a rectangular plate shape as a whole, and its size is larger than the inner diameter of the sliding opening 12, which can play a positioning effect on the sliding installation of the box body 21. The bottom of the positioning abutment plate 22 has a pulling groove 221 for the user to pull.

[0039] The box body 21 is provided with sliding limit parts 211 on both side walls in the sliding direction, and the sliding limit parts 211 are integrally injection molded with the box body 21. The sliding limit parts 211 are located on the bottom walls on both sides of the box body 21, and are arranged extending along the sliding direction of the box body 21. Among them, the box body 21 has a plurality of reflux holes 212 at intervals at the bottom of the side away from the positioning abutment plate 22, and the arrangement direction of the plurality of reflux holes 212 is perpendicular to the sliding direction of the box body 21.

[0040] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 3The two side walls of the sliding chamber 11 have limiting posts 13 for limiting cooperation with the sliding limiting part 211. The limiting posts 13 are located on the side close to the sliding opening 12. The end of the sliding limiting part 211 away from the positioning abutment plate 22 has an anti-slipping part 2111. The distance from the anti-slipping part 2111 to the bottom of the box body 21 is greater than the distance from the limiting posts 13 to the bottom wall of the sliding opening 12. Therefore, after the box body 21 is installed with the ice-making body 1, the limiting abutment between the anti-slipping part 2111 and the limiting posts 13 can reduce the probability of the box body 21 being accidentally detached from the ice-making body 1.

[0041] Combination Figure 2 In order to facilitate the sliding insertion of the ice storage bin 2, the upper and lower sides of the box body 21 away from the positioning abutment plate 22 are provided with guiding inclined surfaces 213. The guiding inclined surfaces 213 include an upper guiding surface 2131 at the top of the box body 21 and a lower guiding surface 2132 at the bottom of the box body 21. The upper guiding surface 2131 is inclined downward away from the positioning abutment plate 22, and the lower guiding inclined surface 213 is inclined upward away from the positioning abutment plate 22.

[0042] When installing the box body 21, the box body 21 is first inserted into the sliding opening 12 in a downwardly inclined posture, and the anti-slipping portion 2111 and the limiting column 13 are staggered so that the anti-slipping portion 2111 can be inserted to the side of the limiting column 13 away from the sliding opening 12. After the anti-slipping portion 2111 is staggered, the ice storage bin 2 is pushed into the sliding chamber 11 in a horizontal posture to complete the installation of the ice storage bin 2.

[0043] Reference Figure 3 and Figure 4 The sliding limit portion 211 also has an arc-shaped placement groove 2112 for the limit column 13 at one end near the anti-slip portion 2111, and the arc-shaped placement groove 2112 is concave downward toward the bottom of the box body 21. When the user pulls out the ice storage bin 2, the abutment between the anti-slip portion 2111 and the limit column 13 can prevent the ice storage bin 2 from slipping out. At this time, the positioning abutment plate 22 is rotated downward or the holding force on the ice storage bin 2 is released, so that the limit column 13 is limitedly abutted against the arc-shaped placement groove 2112, that is, the ice storage bin 2 is in a state of being tilted downward away from the sliding opening 12, and it is more convenient for the user to take out ice cubes in the box body 21 in the tilted state.

[0044] The sliding limit part 211 has a contact surface 2113 for contacting with the limit column 13 on a side away from the anti-slip part 2111. The contact surface 2113 is arranged to extend along the sliding direction of the box body 21. When installing the ice storage bin 2, the friction force generated by the contact between the contact surface 2113 and the limit column 13 improves the stability of the box body 21 in the ice making body 1. The sliding limit part 211 also has a guide transition surface 2114 between the contact surface 2113 and the arc-shaped placement groove 2112, so that the box body 21 can slide back and forth in the sliding chamber 11 more smoothly, making it easier for users to use.

[0045] The box body 21 is provided with a plurality of reinforcing bars 214 at intervals at the bottom of the sliding limiter 211. The reinforcing bars 214 are in the shape of vertically arranged rods, and the plurality of reinforcing bars 214 are integrally formed with the sliding limiter 211. The other end of the reinforcing bar 214 also has a connecting bar 215, and the connecting bar 215 is arranged along the sliding direction.

[0046] The implementation principle of the ice making machine of the embodiment of the present application is as follows: when installing the ice storage bin 2, the ice storage bin 2 is inserted into the sliding chamber 11 in a downward tilted posture, and after the anti-slip portion 2111 is located on the side of the limiting column 13 away from the sliding opening 12, the ice storage bin 2 is slid into the sliding chamber 11 in a horizontal posture, and the installation of the ice storage bin 2 is completed after the positioning abutment plate 22 abuts against the outer wall of the ice making body 1, and the limiting column 13 and the abutment surface 2113 are in an abutment state. The disassembly process of the ice storage bin 2 is opposite to the installation process, that is, after the anti-slip portion 2111 abuts against the limiting column 13, the positioning abutment plate 22 is lifted up so that the limiting column 13 and the anti-slip portion 2111 are staggered, and then the ice storage bin 2 is completely taken out of the sliding chamber 11.

[0047] When the user needs to take ice cubes, the ice storage bin 2 is pulled out by pulling the groove 221. When the anti-slip portion 2111 abuts against the limiting column 13 and cannot be pulled further, the positioning abutting plate 22 is rotated downward, so that the ice storage bin 2 as a whole tilts downward away from the ice making body 1, and the ice cubes in the ice storage bin 2 tilt and slide to the side close to the positioning abutting plate 22 under the action of gravity.

[0048] The above are all preferred embodiments of the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto. Therefore, any equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape, and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An ice storage bin that is easy to install, characterized in that: The ice storage bin (2) comprises an ice making body (1) having a side wall with a sliding opening (12) for the ice storage bin (2) to be slidably installed, the ice storage bin (2) being provided with a sliding limiting portion (211) on the side wall in the sliding direction, the ice making body (1) being provided with a limiting column (13) on the side wall near the sliding opening (12), and the sliding limiting portion (2111) being provided with an anti-slip portion (2111) cooperating with the limiting column (13) and used for limiting the ice storage bin (2).

2. The easy-to-install ice storage bin according to claim 1, characterized in that: The ice storage bin (2) comprises a box body (21) and a positioning abutment plate (22) arranged on one side of the box body (21), the sliding limit portion (211) is located on the box body (21), and the box body (21) is provided with guiding inclined surfaces (213) on both upper and lower sides of an end away from the positioning abutment plate (22).

3. The easy-to-install ice storage bin according to claim 2, characterized in that: The guiding inclined surface (213) comprises an upper guiding surface (2131) and a lower guiding surface (2132), wherein the upper guiding surface (2131) is inclined downwardly away from the positioning abutment plate (22), and the lower guiding surface (2132) is inclined upwardly away from the positioning abutment plate (22).

4. The easy-to-install ice storage bin according to claim 2, characterized in that: An arc-shaped placement groove (2112) for arranging the limit column (13) is provided on a side of the sliding limit portion (211) away from the positioning abutment plate (22); when the limit column (13) is arranged in the arc-shaped placement groove (2112), the box body (21) tilts downward away from the ice-making body (1).

5. The easy-to-install ice storage bin according to claim 4, characterized in that: A contact surface (2113) that is in sliding contact with the limit column (13) is provided on one side of the sliding limit portion (211) close to the positioning contact plate (22); the contact surface (2113) is arranged to extend along the sliding direction of the box body (21).

6. The easy-to-install ice storage bin according to claim 5, characterized in that: The sliding limit portion (211) is provided with a guiding transition surface (2114) between the arc-shaped placement groove (2112) and the abutment surface (2113).

7. The easy-to-install ice storage bin according to claim 5, characterized in that: The bottom of the positioning abutment plate (22) is provided with a pulling groove (221) for a user to pull.

8. The easy-to-install ice storage bin according to claim 2, characterized in that: The box body (21) is provided with a plurality of reinforcement strips (214) at the bottom of the sliding limit portion (211), and the reinforcement strips (214) are arranged at intervals along the sliding direction.

9. The easy-to-install ice storage bin according to claim 2, characterized in that: The sliding limit portions (211) are provided on both side walls of the box body (21) in the sliding direction, and the limit columns (13) are identical in number to the sliding limit portions (211) and are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence.

10. An ice-making machine, comprising an ice-making body (1), characterized in that: It also comprises the ice storage bin (2) according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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