Ice maker easy to deice
By introducing a water guide box and a deflector into the ice maker, the overflowing water is introduced into the water storage tank, which solves the problem of water overflowing when the ice maker adds water, causing ice adhesion, and achieves a safe and effective ice removal process.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202420603470.6
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-03-26
- Publication Date
- 2025-03-18
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-03-26
AI Technical Summary
The existing ice maker overflows into the ice storage chamber during the water filling process, causing the problem of ice adhesion.
An ice maker that is easy to remove ice is designed, including a water storage tank, an ice-making device, an ice-making box, a water guide box, an ice storage box and a driving part. The overflowing water is directed into the water storage tank through the deflector of the water conduit to prevent the water from flowing into the ice storage box.
It effectively prevents water from overflowing into the ice storage box, prevents ice cubes from sticking together, and ensures that water flows into the water storage tank during the deicing process to avoid the problem of ice cubes sticking together.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of refrigeration devices, in particular to an ice maker which is easy to remove ice. Background Art
[0002] An ice maker is a refrigeration mechanical device that generates and cools the refrigerant in a refrigeration system. It uses a refrigeration system and water as a carrier to make ice cubes, which are then placed in an ice-dispensing mechanism. When the user needs the ice, the ice cubes can be taken out of the ice-dispensing mechanism. After ice making is completed, the water needs to be drained before ice-defrosting, otherwise water will flow into the ice storage chamber and cause the ice cubes to stick together.
[0003] The existing ice maker includes an ice storage box, and the refrigeration device includes an ice-making column located above the ice storage box. The ice box is arranged above the ice storage box and can be pivoted relative to the refrigeration device to switch between an ice making state and an ice-removing state. The water retaining member has a water retaining plate, and the water retaining plate is located between the ice box and the ice storage box. After ice making is completed, the ice box is rotated so that the water in the ice box is guided to the water tank through the water retaining plate to avoid the water flowing into the ice storage box and causing the problem of ice cubes sticking together. However, during the ice making process, water needs to be added to the ice box first. Adding too much water during the water adding process to the ice box can easily cause the water to overflow into the ice storage chamber, which can easily cause the ice cubes to stick together.
[0004] Therefore, how to solve the problem of ice cubes sticking together due to water overflowing when adding water to the ice maker has become a focus of attention for those skilled in the art and related personnel. Utility Model Content
[0005] In view of this, the utility model provides an ice maker that is easy to remove ice, which is used to solve the problem in the prior art that too much water is added during the water addition process of the ice box, causing water to overflow into the ice storage chamber and causing ice cubes to stick together.
[0006] To achieve one or part or all of the above purposes or other purposes, the utility model proposes an ice-making machine that is easy to remove ice, including a water storage tank, an ice-making device, an ice-making box, a water guide box, an ice storage box and a driving member, the ice storage box is arranged in the water storage tank, the ice-making box and the water guide box are both rotatably arranged in the water storage tank and are located above the ice storage box, the ice-making box is located in the water guide box, one end of the water guide box has a water outlet, and this end of the water guide box extends outward to form a guide plate, the vertical projection of the guide plate is located between the vertical projections of the water storage tank and the ice storage box, so that the water in the water guide box flows out from the water outlet and flows into the bottom of the water storage tank along the guide plate, and the driving member is used to drive the ice storage box to rotate.
[0007] Based on the above technical solution, after the ice box is filled with water, if the water overflows, it will enter the water guide box. One end of the water guide box extends outward to form a guide plate. The vertical projection of the guide plate is located between the water storage tank and the ice storage box, so that the water in the water guide box flows into the water storage tank, avoiding the water flowing into the ice storage box and causing the ice cubes to stick together. After ice making is completed, the driving component drives the ice box to rotate to a drainage state, and excess water in the ice box enters the water guide box and flows into the water storage tank through the water guide box, avoiding the water flowing into the ice storage box, thereby avoiding the problem of ice cubes sticking together during defrosting. When the driving component drives the ice box to rotate to the defrosting state again, the ice box drives the water guide box to rotate, so that the ice in the ice box falls into the ice box, completing the defrosting.
[0008] Preferably, the driving member is connected to the ice-making box to drive the ice-making box to switch between a deicing state and a drainage state. When the ice-making box is in the drainage state, the position of the water guide box relative to the ice-making box remains unchanged. When the ice-making box is in the deicing state, the ice-making box drives the water guide box to rotate so that the ice cubes in the ice-making box fall into the ice storage box.
[0009] Based on the above technical solution, the ice box is driven to rotate by the driving member.
[0010] Preferably, the water guide box has a first side wall, a guide hole is opened on the first side wall, a first water guide channel exists between the guide plate and the water storage tank, a second water guide channel exists between the ice storage box and the water storage tank, the first water guide channel is connected to the second water guide channel, and the water in the water guide box flows through the first water guide channel and the second water guide channel in sequence through the guide hole, so that the water flows to the bottom of the water storage tank.
[0011] Based on the above technical solution, there is a first water guide channel between the guide plate and the water tank, and there is a second water guide channel between the ice storage box and the water tank, so that the water in the water guide box flows along the guide plate through the first water guide channel and the second water guide channel in sequence and enters the bottom of the water tank.
[0012] Preferably, one end of the ice-making box is rotatably connected to the water storage tank, and the other end of the ice-making box is provided with a rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft sequentially passes through the water guide box and the water storage tank to be connected to the driving member.
[0013] Based on the above technical solution, the driving member drives the ice-making box by connecting the rotating shaft at one end of the ice-making box with the driving member.
[0014] Preferably, a rotating shaft sleeve is provided at one end of the water guide box, the rotating shaft sleeve is sleeved on the rotating shaft, a rotating shaft notch is opened on the rotating shaft sleeve, a shift rod is provided on the rotating shaft, the shift rod is inserted into the rotating shaft notch, and the rotating shaft sleeve is rotated by the shift rod.
[0015] Based on the above technical solution, a rotating shaft notch is opened on the rotating shaft sleeve of the water guide box, and the lever is inserted into the rotating shaft notch, so that the water guide box is driven to rotate by the lever.
[0016] Preferably, the starting position of the lever is located at the first end of the shaft notch, when the driving member drives the lever to rotate to the second end of the shaft notch, the ice-making box is in a drainage state, and when the driving member drives the lever to push the shaft sleeve to rotate to the end position, the ice-making box is in an ice-removing state.
[0017] Based on the above technical solution, a shaft notch is provided on the shaft sleeve of the water guide box, so that when the ice-making box is in the drainage state, the position of the water guide box relative to the ice-making box remains unchanged, and when the ice-making box is in the ice-removing state, the ice-making box drives the water guide box to rotate, thereby pouring the water in the water guide box into the water storage tank.
[0018] Preferably, the ice-making machine that is easy to shed ice also includes a reset member, one end of which is connected to the water guide box, and the other end of which is connected to the water storage tank. After the lever pushes the rotating shaft sleeve to rotate to the end position, the reset member drives the water guide box to reset.
[0019] Based on the above technical solution, the water guide box is reset by the reset member.
[0020] Preferably, a first mounting plate is provided on the inner wall of the water tank, one end of the reset member is inserted and fixed between the first mounting plate and the inner wall of the water tank, a first fixing plate is provided on the water guide box, a first fixing groove is provided on the first fixing plate, and the other end of the reset member is inserted and fixed in the first fixing groove.
[0021] Based on the above technical solution, the two ends of the reset member are fixed by providing a first mounting plate and a first fixing plate.
[0022] Preferably, four corners of the ice storage box extend downward to form partition columns, and the partition columns are connected to the bottom wall of the water storage tank, so that a water storage area is formed between the ice storage box and the water storage tank.
[0023] Based on the above technical solution, the four corners of the ice storage box extend downward to form partition columns, and the ice storage box and the water storage tank are separated by the partition columns, thereby providing a water storage area.
[0024] Preferably, a plurality of water outlet gaps are formed on the bottom wall of the ice storage box, and the water outlet gaps are used to discharge the water in the ice storage box into the water storage area.
[0025] Based on the above technical solution, a plurality of water outlet gaps are provided on the bottom wall of the ice storage box so as to discharge the water in the ice storage box to the water storage area.
[0026] Implementing the embodiments of the present utility model will have the following beneficial effects:
[0027] After adopting the above-mentioned ice maker with easy ice-shedding, after the ice box is filled with water, if the water overflows, it will enter the water guide box, and one end of the water guide box extends outward to form a guide plate, and the vertical projection of the guide plate is located between the water storage tank and the ice storage box, so that the water in the water guide box flows into the water storage tank, avoiding the water flowing into the ice storage box and causing the ice cubes to stick together. After ice making is completed, the driving part drives the ice box to rotate to the drainage state, and the excess water in the ice box enters the water guide box and flows to the water storage tank through the water guide box, avoiding the water flowing into the ice storage box, thereby avoiding the problem of ice cubes sticking together during ice-shedding. When the driving part drives the ice box to rotate to the ice-shedding state again, the ice box drives the water guide box to rotate, so that the ice in the ice box falls into the ice box, completing ice-shedding, which solves the problem in the prior art that too much water is added during the water-adding process of the ice box, causing the water to overflow into the ice storage chamber, causing the ice cubes to stick together. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0028] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the utility model. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.
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[0030] Figure 1 The overall structure diagram of an ice-making machine that is easy to remove ice in one embodiment is shown;
[0031] Figure 2 The exploded structure schematic diagram of an ice-making machine that is easy to shed ice in one embodiment;
[0032] Figure 3 The cross-sectional structure diagram of an ice-making machine that is easy to remove ice in one embodiment;
[0033] Figure 4 for Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the structure from different perspectives;
[0034] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of the structure of an ice box of an ice maker that is easy to remove ice in an embodiment in a drainage state;
[0035] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the structure of an ice box of an ice maker that is easy to de-ice in an embodiment of the present invention is in a de-ice state;
[0036] Figure 7 It is a structural schematic diagram of resetting the water guide box of an ice maker that is easy to shed ice in one embodiment;
[0037] Figure 8 The figure is a schematic structural diagram of resetting the ice making box of an ice making machine that is easy to shed ice in one embodiment.
[0038] Explanation of the accompanying drawings: 1. Water storage tank; 11. First mounting plate; 12. Water storage area; 13. First water guide channel; 14. Second water guide channel; 2. Ice-making device; 3. Ice-making box; 31. Rotating shaft; 32. First rotating shaft; 33. Push rod; 4. Water guide box; 41. Rotating shaft sleeve; 42. Rotating shaft notch; 43. Limit sleeve; 44. First side wall; 45. Guide hole; 46. Guide plate; 47. First fixing plate; 48. First fixing groove; 5. Ice storage box; 51. Partition column; 6. Driving member; 7. Resetting member. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0039] In order to facilitate understanding of the present application, the present application will be described more fully below with reference to the relevant drawings. Embodiments of the present application are provided in the drawings. However, the present application can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. On the contrary, the purpose of providing these embodiments is to make the disclosure of the present application more thorough and comprehensive.
[0040] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as those commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which this application belongs. The terms used herein in the specification of this application are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit this application.
[0041] It is understood that the singular forms "a", "an" and "said / the" may also include plural forms, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the terms "include / comprise" or "have" etc. specify the presence of stated features, wholes, steps, operations, components, parts or combinations thereof, but do not exclude the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features, wholes, steps, operations, components, parts or combinations thereof.
[0042] It should be noted that when an element is considered to be "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to another element or there may be a centered element at the same time. The terms "vertical", "horizontal", "left", "right" and similar expressions used herein are only for illustrative purposes. In the present utility model, the orientation or position relationship indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "back", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", "middle", "vertical", "horizontal", "lateral", "longitudinal" and the like is based on the orientation or position relationship shown in the accompanying drawings. These terms are mainly for better describing the present utility model and its embodiments, and are not used to limit the indicated devices, elements or components to have a specific orientation, or to be constructed and operated in a specific orientation. In addition, the above-mentioned part of the terms may be used to express other meanings in addition to being used to express orientation or position relationship, for example, the term "upper" may also be used to express a certain dependency or connection relationship in some cases. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of these terms in the present utility model can be understood according to the specific circumstances.
[0043] In addition, the terms "disposed", "provided with", "connected", and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral structure; it can be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection, or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, or it can be an internal connection between two devices, elements, or components. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in this utility model can be understood according to specific circumstances.
[0044] Reference Figures 1 to 8 The embodiment of the utility model provides an ice-making machine that is easy to remove ice, including a water storage tank 1, an ice-making device 2, an ice-making box 3, a water guide box 4, an ice storage box 5, a driving member 6 and a reset member 7. The ice-making box 3 is arranged at the bottom of the water storage tank 1, and the water guide box 4 and the ice storage box 5 are both rotatably arranged in the water storage tank 1, and the water guide box 4 and the ice-making box 3 are both located directly above the ice storage box 5. The ice-making box 3 is arranged in the water guide box 4, and the height of the ice-making box 3 is lower than the height of the water guide box 4. In the process of adding water to the ice-making box 3, the water can overflow into the water guide box 4 when it is full, so as to avoid water flowing into the ice storage box 5, causing the ice cubes in the ice storage box 5 to stick together. The problem is that the ice-making device 2 is arranged on the ice-making box 3, and the water in the ice-making box 3 is turned into ice cubes through the ice-making device 2. The driving member 6 and the resetting member 7 are respectively located at the two ends of the water storage tank 1, and the driving member 6 is located outside the water storage tank 1, and the driving member 6 is connected to the ice-making box 3. The ice-making box 3 is driven to rotate by the driving member 6, so that the ice-making box 3 is converted between the drainage state and the ice-removing state. When the ice-making box 3 rotates, the ice-making box 3 can drive the water guide box 4 to rotate, so that the water guide box 4 rotates, thereby guiding the water in the water guide box 4 into the water storage tank 1, so as to avoid the problem that the water flows into the ice storage box 5 and causes the ice cubes to stick when removing ice.
[0045] Reference Figure 2 A rotating shaft 31 is provided at one end of the ice box 3, and a first rotating shaft 32 is provided at the other end of the ice box 3. The rotating shaft 31 passes through the water guide box 4 and the water storage tank 1 in sequence and is connected to the driving member 6. The first rotating shaft 32 passes through the water guide box 4 in sequence and is rotatably connected to the water storage tank 1. In the embodiment of the present application, the driving member 6 is a motor, and the rotating shaft 31 is connected to the output shaft of the motor. The driving member 6 is used to drive the ice box 3 to rotate, thereby realizing the conversion of the ice box 3 between the drainage state and the ice-removing state.
[0046] Reference Figures 2 to 5 A rotating shaft sleeve 41 is provided at one end of the water guide box 4, and the rotating shaft sleeve 41 is sleeved on the rotating shaft 31. A rotating shaft notch 42 is provided on the rotating shaft sleeve 41, and the rotating shaft notch 42 is in a quarter sector shape. The first end of the rotating shaft notch 42 is located in the vertical direction, and the second end of the rotating shaft notch 42 is located in the horizontal direction. A lever 33 is provided on the rotating shaft 31, and the lever 33 is inserted into the rotating shaft notch 42, and the lever 33 is located at the first end of the rotating shaft notch 42. The motor drives the lever 33 to move along the rotating shaft notch 42. When the lever 33 moves along the rotating shaft notch 42, When the clockwise rotation reaches the second end of the shaft notch 42, the ice box 3 is in a drainage state. At this time, the ice box 3 rotates from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction, so that the water in the ice box 3 can be discharged into the water guide box 4 through the opening. After the drainage is completed, the motor drives the lever 33 to continue to rotate, and the lever 33 drives the water guide box 4 to rotate. At this time, the ice box 3 rotates 180 degrees, and the opening of the ice box 3 faces downward, the ice cubes fall into the ice storage box 5, and the water guide box 4 rotates 90 degrees, and the water in the water guide box 4 is discharged into the water storage tank 1.
[0047] Reference Figure 2 , Figure 6 and Figure 7 A limiting sleeve 43 is provided at the other end of the water guide box 4, and the limiting sleeve 43 is sleeved on the first rotating shaft 32. In the embodiment of the present application, the reset member 7 is a spring, and the spring is sleeved on the limiting sleeve 43. The movement direction of the spring is limited by the limiting sleeve 43. One end of the spring is connected to the outer wall of the water guide box 4, and the other end of the spring is connected to the inner wall of the water storage tank 1. When the ice is removed, the ice box 3 is reversed by ninety degrees, and the water guide box 4 is reversed to a horizontal state under the elastic force of the spring. The ice box 3 is reversed by another ninety degrees, and the ice box 3 returns to a horizontal state.
[0048] Reference Figure 2 and Figure 3The water guide box 4 has a first side wall 44, one side of the first side wall 44 is a water outlet, a guide hole 45 is opened on the side wall of the first side wall 44, and the side wall of the first side wall 44 extends outward to form a guide plate 46, and the vertical projection of the guide plate 46 is located between the water storage tank 1 and the ice storage box 5, so that the water in the water guide box 4 flows into the bottom of the water storage tank 1 along the guide plate 46, and there is a first water guide channel 13 between the guide plate 46 and the water storage tank 1, and there is a second water guide channel 14 between the ice storage box 5 and the water storage tank 1. The first water guide channel 13 is connected to the second water guide channel 14, so that the water in the water guide box 4 flows out through the guide hole 45, and passes through the first water guide channel 13 and the second water guide channel 14 in sequence and flows to the bottom of the water storage tank 1, so as to avoid the water flowing into the ice storage box 5 and causing the ice cubes in the ice storage box 5 to stick together.
[0049] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2 A first mounting plate 11 is provided on the inner wall of the water tank 1, one end of the spring is inserted and fixed between the first mounting plate 11 and the inner wall of the water tank 1, a first fixing plate 47 is provided on the water guide box 4, a first fixing groove 48 is opened on the first fixing plate 47, and the other end of the spring is inserted and fixed in the first fixing groove 48 to facilitate the installation of the spring.
[0050] Reference Figure 4 A plurality of water outlet gaps are provided on the bottom wall of the ice storage box 5 , and the plurality of water outlet gaps are arranged at equal intervals on the bottom wall of the ice storage box 5 . When the ice in the ice storage box 5 melts into water, the water can be discharged into the water storage tank 1 .
[0051] Reference Figure 2 and Figure 3 The four corners of the ice storage box 5 extend downward to form a partition column 51, and the bottom wall of the ice storage box 5 is separated from the bottom wall of the water storage tank 1 by the partition column 51 to form a water storage area 12, thereby preventing the water diverted into the water storage tank 1 from flowing into the ice storage box 5.
[0052] The above disclosure is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and certainly cannot be used to limit the scope of rights of the present invention. Therefore, equivalent changes made according to the claims of the present invention are still within the scope covered by the present invention.
Claims
1. An ice-making machine that is easy to remove ice, characterized in that: The invention comprises a water storage tank (1), an ice making device (2), an ice making box (3), a water guide box (4), an ice storage box (5) and a driving member (6); the ice storage box (5) is arranged in the water storage tank (1); the ice making box (3) and the water guide box (4) are both rotatably arranged in the water storage tank (1) and located above the ice storage box (5); the ice making box (3) is located in the water guide box (4); one end of the water guide box (4) has a water outlet, and the end of the water guide box (4) extends outward to form a guide plate (46); the vertical projection of the guide plate (46) is located between the vertical projections of the water storage tank (1) and the ice storage box (5), so that the water in the water guide box (4) flows out from the water outlet and then flows into the bottom of the water storage tank (1) along the guide plate (46); the driving member (6) is used for driving the ice storage box (5) to rotate.
2. An ice-making machine with easy ice removal as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The driving member (6) is connected to the ice making box (3) to drive the ice making box (3) to switch between an ice-removing state and a water-draining state. When the ice making box (3) is in the water-draining state, the position of the water-guiding box (4) relative to the ice making box (3) remains unchanged. When the ice making box (3) is in the ice-removing state, the ice making box (3) drives the water-guiding box (4) to rotate, so that ice cubes in the ice making box (3) fall into the ice storage box (5).
3. An ice-making machine with easy ice removal as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: The water guide box (4) has a first side wall (44), a guide hole (45) is provided on the first side wall (44), a first water guide channel (13) is provided between the guide plate (46) and the water storage tank (1), a second water guide channel (14) is provided between the ice storage box (5) and the water storage tank (1), the first water guide channel (13) is communicated with the second water guide channel (14), and water in the water guide box (4) flows through the first water guide channel (13) and the second water guide channel (14) in sequence through the guide hole (45), so that the water flows to the bottom of the water storage tank (1).
4. The ice-making machine with easy ice removal as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: One end of the ice making box (3) is rotatably connected to the water storage tank (1), and the other end of the ice making box (3) is provided with a rotating shaft (31), and the rotating shaft (31) passes through the water guide box (4) and the water storage tank (1) in sequence and is connected to the driving member (6).
5. An ice-making machine with easy ice removal as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that: A rotating shaft sleeve (41) is provided at one end of the water guide box (4), the rotating shaft sleeve (41) is sleeved on the rotating shaft (31), a rotating shaft notch (42) is provided on the rotating shaft sleeve (41), a shifting rod (33) is provided on the rotating shaft (31), the shifting rod (33) is inserted into the rotating shaft notch (42), and the rotating shaft sleeve (41) is rotated by the shifting rod (33).
6. An ice-making machine with easy ice removal as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that: The starting position of the lever (33) is located at the first end of the rotating shaft notch (42); when the driving member (6) drives the lever (33) to rotate to the second end of the rotating shaft notch (42), the ice making box (3) is in a drainage state; when the driving member (6) drives the lever (33) to push the rotating shaft sleeve (41) to rotate to the end position, the ice making box (3) is in an ice-removing state.
7. An ice-making machine with easy ice removal as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that: The ice-making machine with easy ice-shedding further comprises a reset member (7), one end of the reset member (7) being connected to the water guide box (4), and the other end of the reset member (7) being connected to the water storage tank (1); after the lever (33) pushes the rotating shaft sleeve (41) to rotate to a stop position, the reset member (7) drives the water guide box (4) to reset.
8. An ice-making machine with easy ice removal as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that: A first mounting plate (11) is arranged on the inner wall of the water storage tank (1), one end of the reset member (7) is inserted and fixed between the first mounting plate (11) and the inner wall of the water storage tank (1), a first fixing plate (47) is arranged on the water guide box (4), a first fixing groove (48) is formed on the first fixing plate (47), and the other end of the reset member (7) is inserted and fixed in the first fixing groove (48).
9. The ice-making machine with easy ice removal as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The four corners of the ice storage box (5) extend downward to form partition columns (51), and the partition columns (51) are connected to the bottom wall of the water storage tank (1), and a water storage area (12) is formed between the ice storage box (5) and the water storage tank (1).
10. An ice-making machine with easy ice removal as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that: A plurality of water outlet gaps are provided on the bottom wall of the ice storage box (5), and the water outlet gaps are used to discharge water in the ice storage box (5) into the water storage area (12).