Immersion type ice maker
By installing an immersion pump body in the ice making cavity, extracting and jetting back water flow, the problem of opacity of ice cubes in the traditional ice making machine is solved, the production of transparent ice cubes is realized, and the structural design is simplified.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202420276630.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-02-04
- Publication Date
- 2025-02-21
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-02-04
AI Technical Summary
During the freezing process, the ice cubes are opaque due to small bubbles precipitated by gases in the water, and the traditional water removable plates have complex structures and many parts.
Add an immersive pump body in the ice making cavity, and extract and spray the return water flow through the pump body to achieve water agitation and eliminate air bubbles, thereby making transparent ice cubes.
It achieves effective elimination of bubbles during the ice making process, and the effect of producing transparent ice cubes is good. At the same time, the structure is simplified and no additional moving parts such as a deflector is required.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and in particular relates to an immersion ice maker. Background Art
[0002] Ice makers use a refrigeration system, with water as the carrier, to make ice after passing through a certain device under power-on state. In the process of water freezing into ice, the gas dissolved in the water precipitates, forming many small bubbles. These bubbles scatter light, so the ice cubes you see will be opaque. In order to prevent the influence of bubbles during the freezing process, the water is generally kept flowing to make the frozen ice cubes have a transparent appearance. The structure of the ice maker currently on the market to keep the water moving is generally to set a water paddle in the ice making chamber, and the paddle stirs the water to drive the movement. This structure has many parts and is relatively complex. Utility Model Content
[0003] The utility model aims to provide an immersion ice maker, which realizes the preparation of transparent ice cubes by adding an immersion pump body in an ice making chamber and stirring the water flow in the ice making chamber by the immersion pump body.
[0004] Based on this, the utility model provides an immersion ice maker, including an ice maker body, a water tank and an ice making box arranged on the ice maker body, the ice making box is provided with an ice making cavity and an ice making component extending into the ice making cavity, the ice maker body is also provided with a water inlet component connecting the water tank and the ice making cavity, an immersion pump body is also provided in the ice making cavity, the immersion pump body is provided with a water inlet and a water spray port, the water inlet port is located on one side of the immersion pump body, and the water spray port is toward a side of the ice making cavity away from the immersion pump body.
[0005] In the immersion ice maker as described above, the immersion pump body is installed at the bottom of the ice making chamber.
[0006] In the immersion ice maker as described above, the water spray port of the immersion pump body is close to the bottom of the ice making chamber.
[0007] In the immersion ice maker as described above, the immersion pump body is close to the side of the ice making chamber.
[0008] In the immersion ice maker as described above, the water inlet is located at the lower side of the immersion pump body.
[0009] In an immersion ice maker as described above, the ice making assembly includes a U-shaped condenser and a plurality of ice making heads arranged on the U-shaped condenser and extending downward into the ice making chamber, the plurality of ice making heads are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the ice making box and form two rows, and the water spray port of the immersion pump body faces between the two rows of ice making heads.
[0010] In the immersion ice maker as described above, the ice box is rotatably arranged on the ice maker body, and the immersion pump body can rotate along with the ice box.
[0011] Implementing the embodiments of the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
[0012] 1. The utility model provides an immersion ice maker, which adds an invasive pump body in the original ice-making chamber. The invasive pump body is used to extract water from the ice-making chamber and spray it back into the ice-making chamber, so as to stir the water in the ice-making chamber, which is beneficial to discharge bubbles during the ice-making process, so that the effect of making transparent ice is good. In addition, the present solution has a simple structure and does not require additional moving parts such as a paddle.
[0013] 2. In addition, the immersion pump body of the present invention is directly installed in the ice-making chamber. When working, on the one hand, the noise generated by the immersion pump body during operation can be absorbed by the liquid in the ice-making chamber; on the other hand, the vibration of the immersion pump body can drive the overall small-amplitude movement of the liquid in the ice-making chamber, thereby discharging the bubbles and enhancing the effect of making transparent ice; moreover, in order to maintain the immersion pump body in good working condition, it is necessary to dissipate heat in time, and the immersion pump body immersed in the water body can directly contact with the water in the ice-making chamber to achieve better heat dissipation. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0014] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.
[0015] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of an immersion ice maker provided by an embodiment of the utility model;
[0016] Figure 2 for Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the internal structure;
[0017] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of an ice box;
[0018] Figure 4 This is an exploded view of the ice box. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0019] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the utility model.
[0020] like Figures 1 to 4 As shown, an embodiment of the utility model provides an immersion ice maker, including an ice maker body 1, a water tank 2 and an ice box 3 arranged on the ice maker body 1, the ice box 3 is provided with an ice making cavity 301 and an ice making assembly 31 extending into the ice making cavity 301, the ice maker body 1 is also provided with a water inlet assembly 6 connecting the water tank 2 and the ice making cavity 301, the ice making cavity 301 is also provided with an immersion pump body 5, the immersion pump body 5 is provided with a water inlet and a water spray port, the water inlet is located on one side of the immersion pump body 5, and the water spray port is toward the side of the ice making cavity 301 away from the immersion pump body 5. Under normal operation, the water in the water tank 2 is pumped into the ice-making chamber through the water inlet assembly 6. In this solution, an invasive pump body is added to the original ice-making chamber. The invasive pump body is used to pump water from the ice-making chamber and spray it back into the ice-making chamber, so as to stir the water in the ice-making chamber. This is beneficial for discharging bubbles during the ice-making process, so that the effect of making transparent ice is good. In addition, the structure of this solution is simple and there is no need to add additional moving parts such as paddles. It should be noted that the water pressure sprayed from the water spray port in this embodiment is slightly higher to achieve a better effect of stirring the entire water body.
[0021] In addition, the immersion pump body of the present scheme is directly installed in the ice-making chamber. When working, on the one hand, the noise generated by the immersion pump body when working can be absorbed by the liquid in the ice-making chamber; on the other hand, the vibration of the immersion pump body can drive the liquid in the ice-making chamber to move slightly as a whole, thereby discharging the bubbles and enhancing the effect of making transparent ice; moreover, in order to maintain the immersion pump body in good working condition, heat dissipation is required in time, and the immersion pump body immersed in the water body can directly contact with the water in the ice-making chamber to achieve better heat dissipation, which can be said to complement each other and kill two birds with one stone.
[0022] In the embodiment of the utility model, in order to better stir the water in the ice-making chamber 301 , the immersion pump body 5 of the present solution is installed at the bottom of the ice-making chamber 301 .
[0023] Moreover, the water spray port of the immersion pump body 5 is close to the bottom of the ice-making chamber 301. In this way, when the immersion pump body 5 is started, the water near the bottom can be driven to flow, thereby stirring the water flow in the entire ice-making chamber.
[0024] In addition, in the embodiment of the utility model, the immersion pump body 5 is close to the side of the ice-making chamber 301. The space in the ice-making chamber 301 is reasonably utilized, and the ice-making assembly 31 is not blocked. In this solution, the specific structure of the ice-making assembly 31 is as follows: the ice-making assembly 31 includes a U-shaped condenser and a plurality of ice-making heads 311 arranged on the U-shaped condenser and extending downward into the ice-making chamber 301. The plurality of ice-making heads 311 are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the ice-making box 3 and form two rows. The water spray port of the immersion pump body 5 faces between the two rows of ice-making heads 311. In this embodiment, when the immersion pump body 5 is started, water is sprayed between the two rows of ice-making heads 311, so that the water flow around the ice-making heads 311 can be stirred to avoid the retention of bubbles during the ice-making process.
[0025] In the embodiment of the utility model, the water inlet end of the immersion pump body 5 is located at the lower side. Of course, the water inlet end of the immersion pump body 5 can also be set on other sides such as the upper, left, right, or even on the same side as the water spout, but the effect of being set on the same side as the water spout is slightly worse, and the main function is to form a water inlet and outlet cycle.
[0026] In an embodiment of the utility model, the ice box 3 can be rotatably arranged on the ice maker body 1, and a rotating arm 302 is provided on one side of the ice maker body 1. The ice box needs to be rotated during use without affecting the pumping work of the immersion pump body. The immersion pump body 5 described in this embodiment can rotate with the ice box 3 without affecting the swing of the ice box 3 during normal operation.
[0027] Of course, in this solution, the rotating arm 302 is generally used to cooperate with a travel switch so that the ice box 3 can only rotate and swing within a certain range.
[0028] The utility model provides an immersion ice maker, which adds an invasive pump body in the original ice making chamber, utilizes the invasive pump body to extract water from the ice making chamber and sprays it back into the ice making chamber, so as to stir the water in the ice making chamber, which is beneficial to discharge bubbles during the ice making process, so as to achieve a good effect of making transparent ice, and the scheme has a simple structure and does not need to add additional moving parts such as a paddle.
[0029] It should be understood that the terms "first", "second", etc. are used in the present invention to describe various information, but such information should not be limited to these terms, and these terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the "first" information may also be referred to as the "second" information, and similarly, the "second" information may also be referred to as the "first" information. In addition, the terms "center", "up", "down", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inside", "outside", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present invention.
[0030] The above is a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It should be pointed out that a person skilled in the art can make several improvements and modifications without departing from the principle of the present invention. These improvements and modifications are also considered to be within the protection scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. An immersion ice maker, characterized in that: The invention comprises an ice-making machine body (1), a water tank (2) and an ice-making box (3) arranged on the ice-making machine body (1); the ice-making box (3) is provided with an ice-making cavity (301) and an ice-making assembly (31) extending into the ice-making cavity (301); the ice-making machine body (1) is also provided with a water inlet assembly (6) communicating with the water tank (2) and the ice-making cavity (301); an immersion pump body (5) is also provided in the ice-making cavity (301); the immersion pump body (5) is provided with a water inlet and a water spray port; the water inlet is located on one side of the immersion pump body (5); and the water spray port faces a side of the ice-making cavity (301) away from the immersion pump body (5).
2. An immersion ice machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The immersion pump body (5) is installed at the bottom of the ice-making chamber (301).
3. An immersion ice machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: The water spray port of the immersion pump body (5) is close to the bottom of the ice-making chamber (301).
4. An immersion ice machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: The immersion pump body (5) is close to the side of the ice-making chamber (301).
5. The immersion ice machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The water inlet is located on the lower side of the immersion pump body (5).
6. An immersion ice machine according to claim 4, characterized in that: The ice-making assembly (31) comprises a U-shaped condenser tube and a plurality of ice-making heads (311) arranged on the U-shaped condenser tube and extending downward into the ice-making chamber (301); the plurality of ice-making heads (311) are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the ice-making box (3) and form two rows; the water spray port of the immersion pump body (5) faces between the two rows of ice-making heads (311).
7. An immersion ice machine according to claim 4, characterized in that: The ice making box (3) is rotatably arranged on the ice making machine body (1), and the immersion pump body (5) can rotate along with the ice making box (3).