Ice-making structure and ice-making machine with flow disturbance function

Abstract

The utility model discloses an ice-making structure and an ice-making machine with a spoiler function. The ice-making structure includes an ice-making box, an ice-making device, a spoiler and a first motor. The ice-making box is provided with an ice-making cavity, the ice-making cavity is used to contain water for ice-making, the ice-making device is at least partially located in the ice-making cavity, the ice-making device is used to condense the water in the ice-making cavity into ice cubes, the first motor is arranged on the ice-making box, the spoiler is located in the ice-making box and is rotatably arranged on the ice-making box, the spoiler is connected to the first motor, and is used to rotate relative to the ice-making box under the drive of the first motor to stir the water contained in the ice-making cavity. With such a design, on the one hand, the spoiler of the spoiler causes the water in the ice-making cavity to circulate during the ice-making process, and washes away the bubbles and impurities during the ice-making process, so that the ice cubes made are transparent and have better aesthetics; on the other hand, the spoiler of the spoiler makes the water temperature in the ice-making cavity uniform, so that the thickness of the ice cubes made is more uniform, and the shape of the ice cubes is better.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of ice making, in particular to an ice making structure and an ice making machine with a turbulence function. Background Art

[0002] The ice maker cools the water in the ice box to generate ice cubes, and then thaws the ice cubes on the ice maker to the ice storage box. When the user needs ice, the ice cubes are taken out from the ice storage box. The current ice maker has the following deficiencies: on the one hand, during the ice making process, the water cools quickly, and the gas and impurities dissolved in the water adhere to the ice surface as they freeze and cannot be discharged, resulting in the ice cubes being bubble-shaped, cloud-shaped, etc., which looks not transparent enough and has poor aesthetics; on the other hand, the water temperature in the ice box is uneven, some positions freeze faster and the ice is thicker, and some positions freeze slower and the ice is thinner, resulting in uneven thickness of ice cubes and poor shape. Utility Model Content

[0003] In order to overcome at least one of the defects of the prior art described above, the utility model provides an ice-making structure and an ice-making machine with a spoiler function to solve the problem that ice cubes produced by the prior ice-making machine are not transparent enough and have uneven thickness.

[0004] The utility model is a technical solution adopted to solve the problem. In a first aspect, an embodiment of the utility model discloses an ice-making structure with a spoiler function, comprising an ice-making box, an ice maker, a spoiler and a first motor. The ice-making box is provided with an ice-making cavity, the ice-making cavity is used to hold water for making ice, the ice maker is at least partially located in the ice-making cavity, the ice maker is used to condense the water in the ice-making cavity into ice cubes, the first motor is arranged on the ice-making box, the spoiler is located in the ice-making box and is rotatably arranged on the ice-making box, the spoiler is connected to the first motor, and is used to rotate relative to the ice-making box under the drive of the first motor to stir the water held in the ice-making cavity.

[0005] As an optional embodiment, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, the ice maker includes two rows of ice-making columns, the spoiler includes a first rotating shaft, a central spoiler, an end spoiler and a bottom spoiler, the first rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the ice-making box, the central spoiler is connected to the first rotating shaft and extends from the axial direction of the first rotating shaft, the central spoiler is located between the two rows of ice-making columns, the end spoiler is vertically connected to the first rotating shaft and is located on one side of the two rows of ice-making columns, and the bottom spoiler is vertically connected to the end spoiler and is located below the ice-making columns.

[0006] As an optional implementation, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, the central spoiler includes multiple sub-central spoilers, and the multiple sub-central spoilers are all connected to the first rotating shaft and extend from the axial direction of the first rotating shaft. The multiple central spoilers are radially arranged with the extended axis of the first rotating shaft as the center.

[0007] As an optional implementation, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the present utility model, the ice-making chamber is a semi-cylindrical ice-making chamber adapted to the spoiler, and the ice-making box is a semi-cylindrical ice-making box.

[0008] As an optional implementation, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, the ice-making structure also includes a support frame and a second motor, the second motor is arranged on the support frame, the ice-making box is rotatably arranged on the support frame and connected to the second motor, and the ice-making box is used to rotate relative to the support frame under the drive of the second motor.

[0009] As an optional implementation, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, one end of the ice box is provided with a second rotating shaft for rotatably connecting to the support frame, the second rotating shaft has a hollow portion, the first rotating shaft of the spoiler is passed through the hollow portion, and the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are concentrically arranged.

[0010] As an optional implementation, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, the other end of the ice box is provided with a third rotating shaft for connecting to the support frame and the second motor, the third rotating shaft is provided with a lever, the support frame is provided with a micro switch for detecting whether the ice box is rotated to a preset position, and the lever is used to trigger the micro switch when the ice box is rotated to the preset position.

[0011] As an optional implementation, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, the support frame is a shell-shaped support frame whose shape is adapted to the ice box, the shell-shaped support frame covers the ice box, the ice maker and the spoiler, and the ice maker and the spoiler are both located between the support frame and the ice box.

[0012] As an optional implementation, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the present utility model, a water inlet is provided on the support frame, and the water inlet is located above the ice-making cavity and is connected to the ice-making cavity.

[0013] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the utility model discloses an ice maker, comprising an ice maker body and the ice making structure with a flow disturbance function as described above, wherein the ice making structure with a flow disturbance function is arranged on the ice maker body.

[0014] Implementing the embodiments of the present utility model will have the following beneficial effects:

[0015] The utility model is provided with an ice-making structure including an ice-making box, an ice-making device, a spoiler and a first motor, wherein an ice-making chamber is provided on the ice-making box, the ice-making chamber is used to hold water for ice-making, the ice-making device is at least partially located in the ice-making chamber, the ice-making device is used to condense the water in the ice-making chamber into ice cubes, the first motor is arranged on the ice-making box, the spoiler is located in the ice-making box and is rotatably arranged on the ice-making box, the spoiler is connected to the first motor, and is used to rotate relative to the ice-making box under the drive of the first motor to stir the water in the ice-making chamber. With such a design, on the one hand, the spoiler causes the water in the ice-making chamber to circulate during the ice-making process, washes away the bubbles and impurities during the ice-making process, and makes the ice cubes made transparent and have better aesthetics; on the other hand, the spoiler causes the water temperature in the ice-making chamber to be uniform, so that the thickness of the ice cubes made is more uniform and the shape of the ice cubes is better. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] 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.

[0017] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of the ice-making structure in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 2 The cross-sectional view of the ice making structure in the embodiment of the utility model Figure 1 ;

[0019] Figure 3 The cross-sectional view of the ice making structure in the embodiment of the utility model Figure 2 ;

[0020] Figure 4 The cross-sectional view of the ice making structure in the embodiment of the utility model Figure 3 ;

[0021] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the structural decomposition of the ice-making structure in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0022] Figure 6 for Figure 5 The enlarged schematic diagram of point A in the middle;

[0023] Figure 7 The cross-sectional view of the ice making structure in the embodiment of the utility model Figure 4 .

[0024] The meanings of the reference numerals are as follows:

[0025] 1-ice box; 11-ice chamber; 12-second rotating shaft; 121-hollow part; 13-third rotating shaft; 14-lever; 2-ice maker; 21-ice column; 3-spoiler; 31-first rotating shaft; 32-center spoiler; 321-sub-center spoiler; 33-end spoiler; 34-bottom spoiler; 4-first motor; 5-support frame; 51-micro switch; 52-water inlet; 6-second motor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] For better understanding and implementation, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.

[0027] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside" and "outside" etc. indicating directions or positional relationships are based on the directions 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 direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0028] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as those commonly understood by those skilled in the art of the present invention. The terms used herein in the specification of the present invention are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention.

[0029] Please also read Figures 1 to 6 The embodiment of the utility model discloses an ice maker, which includes an ice maker body and an ice making structure with a spoiler function. The ice making structure with a spoiler function of the present solution includes an ice box 1, an ice maker 2, a spoiler 3 and a first motor 4. The ice box 1 is provided with an ice making cavity 11, the ice making cavity 11 is used to contain water for ice making, the ice maker 2 is at least partially located in the ice making cavity 11, the ice maker 2 is used to condense the water in the ice making cavity 11 into ice cubes, the first motor 4 is provided on the ice box 1, the spoiler 3 is located in the ice box 1 and is rotatably provided on the ice box 1, the spoiler 3 is connected to the first motor 4, and is used to rotate relative to the ice box 1 under the drive of the first motor 4 to stir the water contained in the ice making cavity 11. With such a design, on the one hand, the disturbance of the spoiler 3 causes the water in the ice-making chamber 11 to circulate during the ice-making process, flushing away the bubbles and impurities in the ice-making process, so that the ice cubes produced are transparent and have better aesthetics; on the other hand, the disturbance of the spoiler 3 makes the water temperature in the ice-making chamber 11 uniform, so that the thickness of the ice cubes produced is more uniform and the shape of the ice cubes is better.

[0030] In some embodiments, the ice maker 2 includes two rows of ice-making columns 21, and the spoiler 3 includes a first rotating shaft 31, a central spoiler 32, an end spoiler 33 and a bottom spoiler 34. The first rotating shaft 31 is rotatably connected to the ice box 1, the central spoiler 32 is connected to the first rotating shaft 31 and extends from the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 31. The central spoiler 32 is located between the two rows of ice-making columns 21, the end spoiler 33 is vertically connected to the first rotating shaft 31 and is located on one side of the two rows of ice-making columns 21, and the bottom spoiler 34 is vertically connected to the end spoiler 33 and is located below the ice-making columns 21 (such as Figure 4 As shown, the schematic diagram of the ice makers 2a1, a2, a3, and a4 rotating to different states). With such a design, the central spoiler 32 can disturb the center of the ice maker 2, so that the central temperature diffuses outward, the bottom spoiler 34 drives the water circulation on the outside of the ice maker 2, and the end spoiler 33 drives the water on one side of the end of the ice maker 2 to circulate to the other side. In summary, the spoiler 3 effectively utilizes the center, bottom, and end space in the ice making chamber 11 to realize the center, outer ring, and both sides of the ice making chamber 11. The circulation process does not affect normal ice making and normal ice removal. The structural space utilization rate is high, and the transparency and uniformity of ice cubes are effectively improved, so that the texture of ice cubes is better.

[0031] Further, considering that the central spoiler 32 is extended from the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 31, when the rotating shaft rotates relative to the ice box 1, the central spoiler 32 rotates around the extended axis of the first rotating shaft 31. In order to improve the spoiler effect of the central spoiler 32, the central spoiler 32 includes a plurality of sub-central spoilers 321, and the plurality of sub-central spoilers 321 are all connected to the first rotating shaft 31 and extend from the axial direction of the first rotating shaft 31. The plurality of sub-central spoilers 321 are radially arranged with the extended axis of the first rotating shaft 31 as the center. When the rotating shaft rotates relative to the ice box 1, the plurality of sub-central spoilers 321 rotate around the extended axis of the first rotating shaft 31, so that it has a better spoiler effect.

[0032] Furthermore, the ice-making chamber 11 is a semi-cylindrical ice-making chamber 11 adapted to the spoiler 3, and the ice-making box 1 is a semi-cylindrical ice-making box 1. With such a design, the ice-making box 1 meets the use requirements and has a more compact structure.

[0033] Please also read Figures 5 to 7In some embodiments, in order for the ice-making structure to make and remove ice better, the ice-making structure further includes a support frame 5 and a second motor 6. The second motor 6 is disposed on the support frame 5. The ice-making box 1 is rotatably disposed on the support frame 5 and connected to the second motor 6. The ice-making box 1 is used to rotate relative to the support frame 5 under the drive of the second motor 6. With such a design, when in use, after the ice-making chamber 11 of the ice-making box 1 is filled with water, the ice-maker 2 condenses the water in the ice-making chamber 11 into ice cubes. At the same time, the spoiler 3 stirs the water in the ice-making chamber 11 to flush away bubbles and impurities. After ice making is completed, the second motor 6 drives the ice-making box 1 to rotate relative to the support frame 5, so that the ice-making chamber 11 is connected to the ice storage box (such as Figure 7 As shown in the figure, the ice maker 2 becomes hot, the contact part between the ice cubes and the ice maker 2 melts and falls into the ice storage box, and after the ice maker 2 completes de-icing, the ice storage box 1 reverses and resets to perform the next round of water addition and ice making.

[0034] Furthermore, a second rotating shaft 12 for rotationally connecting to the support frame 5 is provided at one end of the ice box 1, and the second rotating shaft 12 has a hollow portion 121. The first rotating shaft 31 of the spoiler 3 passes through the hollow portion 121. The first rotating shaft 31 and the second rotating shaft 12 are concentrically arranged to ensure that the respective movements of the spoiler 3 and the ice box 1 do not interfere with each other.

[0035] Furthermore, in order to prevent the ice box 1 from rotating excessively, a third rotating shaft 13 for connecting to the support frame 5 and the second motor 6 is provided at the other end of the ice box 1, a lever 14 is provided on the third rotating shaft 13, and a micro switch 51 for detecting whether the ice box 1 is rotated to a preset position is provided on the support frame 5. The lever 14 is used to trigger the micro switch 51 when the ice box 1 is rotated to a preset position, wherein the preset position is a position where the ice box 1 rotates to the ice cubes so that the ice box 1 can fall off to the ice storage box.

[0036] In some embodiments, the support frame 5 is a shell-shaped support frame 5 whose shape is adapted to the ice box 1, and the shell-shaped support frame 5 covers the ice box 1, the ice maker 2 and the spoiler 3, and the ice maker 2 and the spoiler 3 are both located between the support frame 5 and the ice box 1. With such a design, the support frame 5 can also be used as a protective cover for the ice box 1 and the ice maker 2 to prevent dust and impurities from entering the ice making chamber 11.

[0037] Furthermore, since the support frame 5 covers the outside of the ice maker 2, in order to add water to the ice making chamber 11, a water inlet 52 is provided on the support frame 5, and the water inlet 52 is located above the ice making chamber 11 and communicated with the ice making chamber 11. With such a design, when the ice making chamber 11 needs to be filled with water, water is added to the water inlet 52, and the water in the water inlet 52 directly falls into the ice making chamber 11.

[0038] The utility model provides an ice-making machine, which comprises an ice-making structure including an ice-making box 1, an ice-making device 2, a spoiler 3 and a first motor 4. The ice-making box 1 is provided with an ice-making chamber 11, the ice-making chamber 11 is used for containing water for making ice, the ice-making device 2 is at least partially located in the ice-making chamber 11, the ice-making device 2 is used for condensing the water in the ice-making chamber 11 into ice cubes, the first motor 4 is arranged on the ice-making box 1, the spoiler 3 is located in the ice-making box 1 and is rotatably arranged on the ice-making box 1, the spoiler 3 is connected to the first motor 4, and is used for rotating relative to the ice-making box 1 under the drive of the first motor 4 to stir the water contained in the ice-making chamber 11. With such a design, on the one hand, the turbulence of the spoiler 3 causes the water in the ice making chamber 11 to circulate during the ice making process, flushing away the bubbles and impurities during the ice making process, so that the ice cubes produced are transparent and have better aesthetics; on the other hand, the turbulence of the spoiler 3 makes the water temperature in the ice making chamber 11 uniform, so that the thickness of the ice cubes produced is more uniform, and the shape of the ice cubes is better.

[0039] The technical means disclosed in the solution of the utility model are not limited to the technical means disclosed in the above-mentioned implementation mode, but also include technical solutions composed of any combination of the above technical features. It should be pointed out that for ordinary technicians in this technical field, several improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the principle of the utility model, and these improvements and modifications are also regarded as the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. An ice-making structure with a flow-disturbing function, characterized in that: The invention comprises an ice-making box (1), an ice-making device (2), a spoiler (3) and a first motor (4); the ice-making box (1) is provided with an ice-making chamber (11), the ice-making chamber (11) is used for containing water for making ice; the ice-making device (2) is at least partially located in the ice-making chamber (11), the ice-making device (2) is used for condensing the water in the ice-making chamber (11) into ice cubes; the first motor (4) is arranged on the ice-making box (1); the spoiler (3) is located in the ice-making box (1) and is rotatably arranged on the ice-making box (1); the spoiler (3) is connected to the first motor (4) and is used for rotating relative to the ice-making box (1) under the drive of the first motor (4) to stir the water contained in the ice-making chamber (11).

2. The ice-making structure with a flow-disturbing function according to claim 1, characterized in that: The ice maker (2) comprises two rows of ice-making columns (21); the spoiler (3) comprises a first rotating shaft (31), a central spoiler (32), an end spoiler (33) and a bottom spoiler (34); the first rotating shaft (31) is rotatably connected to the ice box (1); the central spoiler (32) is connected to the first rotating shaft (31) and extends from the axial direction of the first rotating shaft (31); the central spoiler (32) is located between the two rows of ice-making columns (21); the end spoiler (33) is vertically connected to the first rotating shaft (31) and is located on one side of the two rows of ice-making columns (21); and the bottom spoiler (34) is vertically connected to the end spoiler (33) and is located below the ice-making columns (21).

3. The ice-making structure with a flow-disturbing function according to claim 2, characterized in that: The central spoiler (32) comprises a plurality of sub-central spoilers (321), the plurality of sub-central spoilers (321) are all connected to the first rotating shaft (31) and are extended from the axial direction of the first rotating shaft (31), and the plurality of central spoilers (32) are radially arranged with the extended axis of the first rotating shaft (31) as the center.

4. The ice-making structure with a flow-disturbing function according to claim 2, characterized in that: The ice-making chamber (11) is a semi-cylindrical ice-making chamber (11) adapted to the spoiler (3), and the ice-making box (1) is a semi-cylindrical ice-making box (1).

5. The ice-making structure with a flow-disturbing function according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The ice-making structure further comprises a support frame (5) and a second motor (6), wherein the second motor (6) is arranged on the support frame (5), the ice-making box (1) is rotatably arranged on the support frame (5) and connected to the second motor (6), and the ice-making box (1) is used to rotate relative to the support frame (5) under the drive of the second motor (6).

6. The ice-making structure with a flow-disturbing function according to claim 5, characterized in that: A second rotating shaft (12) for rotationally connecting with the support frame (5) is provided at one end of the ice making box (1); the second rotating shaft (12) has a hollow portion (121); a first rotating shaft (31) of the spoiler (3) passes through the hollow portion (121); and the first rotating shaft (31) and the second rotating shaft (12) are concentrically arranged.

7. The ice-making structure with a flow-disturbing function according to claim 5, characterized in that: The other end of the ice box (1) is provided with a third rotating shaft (13) for connecting with the support frame (5) and the second motor (6); the third rotating shaft (13) is provided with a lever (14); the support frame (5) is provided with a micro switch (51) for detecting whether the ice box (1) is rotated to a preset position; the lever (14) is used to trigger the micro switch (51) when the ice box (1) is rotated to the preset position.

8. The ice-making structure with a flow-disturbing function according to claim 7, characterized in that: The support frame (5) is a shell-shaped support frame (5) whose shape is adapted to the ice box (1); the shell-shaped support frame (5) covers the ice box (1), the ice maker (2) and the spoiler (3); and the ice maker (2) and the spoiler (3) are both located between the support frame (5) and the ice box (1).

9. The ice-making structure with a flow-disturbing function according to claim 7, characterized in that: The support frame (5) is provided with a water inlet (52), and the water inlet (52) is located above the ice-making cavity (11) and is connected to the ice-making cavity (11).

10. An ice making machine, characterized in that: The invention comprises an ice-making machine body and an ice-making structure with a flow-turbulating function according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the ice-making structure is arranged on the ice-making machine body.

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