Ice making and de-icing structure and ice making machine
By designing an ice-making and removing ice structure in the ice maker and using rotating parts to push the ice cubes outside the ice maker, the problems of ice cubes coagulation and large size of the ice maker are solved, and high-quality preparation of ice cubes and miniaturized design of the ice maker are achieved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202420988668.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-05-08
- Publication Date
- 2025-04-01
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-05-08
AI Technical Summary
After the ice making is completed, the ice box needs to be rotated and drained, which makes the ice cubes prone to condense together, and the increase in the drainage structure will occupy a height space, resulting in a larger size of the ice maker.
Design an ice-making and ice-removing structure, including an ice-making box, an ice-making machine and a rotary member, pushing the ice cubes in the ice-making chamber outside the ice-making box through the rotary member to avoid ice-making cubes coagulation, and saving space by reducing the use of additional drainage structures.
It can prevent ice cubes from coagulating during the ice making process, reduce the size of the ice maker, and have the advantages of miniaturization design, while improving the permeability and aesthetics of the ice cubes.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of ice making, in particular to an ice making and ice-detaching structure and an ice making machine. Background Art
[0002] The ice maker uses the ice maker to cool 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 shortcomings: on the one hand, after ice making is completed, the ice box needs to be rotated to drain water before thaw. If the water is drained to the ice storage room, the ice cubes are easy to condense together; on the other hand, if a drainage structure is added between the ice making room and the ice storage room, when adding water, the overflow and drainage will avoid the ice storage room through the drainage structure. However, since the ice box needs to fall into the ice storage room after thawing, the drainage structure needs to be made with a large slope to ensure that the ice falls off, and it needs to occupy the height space of the ice maker, resulting in a larger size of the ice maker. Utility Model Content
[0003] In order to overcome at least one defect of the above-mentioned prior art, the utility model provides an ice making and ice-removing structure and an ice maker to solve the problem that the existing ice making box overflows and drains water to the ice storage box, resulting in condensation of ice cubes in the ice storage box.
[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 and ice-detaching structure, including an ice-making box, an ice-maker and a rotating part. The ice-making box is provided with an ice-making cavity, and 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 and detach the ice into the ice-making cavity. The rotating part is rotatably arranged on the ice-making box, and the rotating part is used to push the ice cubes in the ice-making cavity to the outside of the ice-making box.
[0005] As an optional implementation, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, when the ice-making and ice-removing structure is in an ice-making state, the rotating member is in an initial state, and the rotating member is located in the ice-making chamber;
[0006] When the ice making and deicing structure is in the deicing state, the rotating member rotates relative to the ice making box until at least part of it is located outside the ice making cavity, so that the ice cubes on the ice maker are deiced into the ice making cavity;
[0007] When the ice-making and ice-removing structure is in the ice-discharging state, the rotating member rotates relative to the ice-making box and returns to the initial state to push the ice cubes in the ice-making cavity out of the ice-making box.
[0008] As an optional implementation, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, the rotating member includes a rotating shaft, a connecting rod and a pushing portion, the rotating shaft is connected to the ice-making box, one end of the connecting rod is connected to the rotating shaft, and the pushing portion is connected to the other end of the connecting rod, and the pushing portion is used to push the ice cubes in the ice-making chamber to the outside of the ice-making box.
[0009] As an optional implementation, in the embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, the ice-making box is a semi-cylindrical ice-making box, the ice-making cavity is a semi-cylindrical ice-making cavity, and the pushing portion is an arc-shaped pushing portion whose shape is adapted to the semi-cylindrical ice-making cavity.
[0010] As an optional implementation manner, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, the rotating member is also used to rotate relative to the ice-making box during the ice-making process of the ice maker to stir the water contained in the ice-making chamber.
[0011] As an optional implementation, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, the ice maker is also used to condense the water in the ice making chamber into cold water.
[0012] As an optional implementation manner, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, the ice-making and ice-removing structure further includes an ice storage chamber, and the ice-making box, the ice maker and the rotating member are all arranged in the ice storage chamber.
[0013] As an optional implementation, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the present utility model, an ice discharge channel is formed between the ice making box and the ice storage chamber, and the ice cubes in the ice making cavity fall into the ice storage chamber through the ice discharge channel.
[0014] As an optional implementation, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, the ice-making and ice-removing structure further includes a full ice detector, and the full ice detector is used to detect whether a preset ice level is reached in the ice storage chamber.
[0015] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the utility model discloses an ice maker, comprising an ice maker body and the ice making and deicing structure as described above, wherein the ice making and deicing structure is arranged on the ice maker body.
[0016] Implementing the embodiments of the present utility model will have the following beneficial effects:
[0017] The utility model is provided with an ice making and de-icing structure including an ice box, an ice maker and a rotating part. The ice box is provided with an ice making cavity, which 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 and de-ice them into the ice making cavity. The rotating part is rotatably arranged on the ice box, and the rotating part is used to push the ice cubes in the ice making cavity out of the ice box. With such a design, the ice cubes can be pushed out of the ice box by the rotating part without rotating the ice box, so that the ice cubes can be prevented from condensing due to the water in the ice box draining into the ice storage chamber. In addition, compared with the additional drainage structure, the design of setting the rotating part occupies less space, which is conducive to the miniaturization design of the ice maker. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] 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.
[0019] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of the ice making and ice removing structure in the embodiment of the utility model;
[0020] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of the ice making and deicing structure in the embodiment of the utility model in the ice making and deicing state;
[0021] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of the ice making and ice-removing structure in the embodiment of the utility model in the ice making water state.
[0022] The meanings of the reference numerals are as follows:
[0023] 1-ice making box; 11-ice making chamber; 2-ice maker; 3-rotating member; 31-rotating shaft; 32-connecting rod; 33-pushing part; 4-ice storage room; 5-ice discharge channel; 6-full ice detector; 10-water; 20-ice cubes. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0024] 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.
[0025] 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.
[0026] 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.
[0027] Please also read Figure 1 and Figure 2 The embodiment of the utility model discloses an ice maker, which includes an ice maker body and an ice making and de-icing structure. The ice making and de-icing structure of the present solution includes an ice box 1, an ice maker 2 and a rotating member 3. The ice box 1 is provided with an ice making chamber 11, which is used to contain water 10 for making ice. The ice maker 2 is at least partially located in the ice making chamber 11. The ice maker 2 is used to condense the water 10 in the ice making chamber 11 into ice cubes 20 and de-ice them into the ice making chamber 11. The rotating member 3 is rotatably arranged on the ice box 1, and the rotating member 3 is used to push the ice cubes 20 in the ice making chamber 11 out of the ice box 1. With such a design, the ice box 1 does not need to be rotated, and the ice cubes 20 can be pushed out of the ice box 1 by the rotating member 3, so that the ice cubes 20 condensed due to the water from the ice box 1 to the ice storage chamber 4 can be avoided; in addition, compared with the additional drainage structure, the design of setting the rotating member 3 occupies less space, which is conducive to the miniaturization design of the ice maker.
[0028] In addition, since the ice box 1 is fixed in this solution, it is convenient to connect the drainage of the ice box 1. The fixed ice making chamber 11 is also convenient for liquid level detection and temperature detection, so that the ice box 1 can be replenished with water more accurately and the refrigeration time and power can be adjusted according to the water temperature in the ice box 1 to obtain ice cubes 20 of a set size.
[0029] In some embodiments, when the ice-making and deicing structure is in the ice-making state, the rotating member 3 is in the initial state, and the rotating member 3 is located in the ice-making chamber 11; when the ice-making and deicing structure is in the ice-deicing state, the rotating member 3 rotates relative to the ice-making box 1 to be at least partially located outside the ice-making chamber 11, so that the ice cubes 20 on the ice maker 2 are deiced into the ice-making chamber 11; when the ice-making and deicing structure is in the ice-discharging state, the rotating member 3 rotates relative to the ice-making box 1 to reset to the initial state, so as to push the ice cubes 20 in the ice-making chamber 11 out of the ice-making box 1. With such a design, in the ice-making state, since the rotating member 3 is located in the ice-making chamber 11, the amount of water in the ice-making chamber 11 is reduced, the cooling time of the water 10 can be accelerated, and thus the ice-making speed can be accelerated.
[0030] Among them, the rotating member 3 rotates relative to the ice box 1 until it is at least partially located outside the ice making chamber 11, including: the rotating member 3 rotates relative to the ice box 1 until it is partially located outside the ice making chamber 11, and the rotating member 3 rotates relative to the ice box 1 until it is completely located outside the ice making chamber 11. This embodiment takes the rotating member 3 rotating relative to the ice box 1 until it is partially located outside the ice making chamber 11 as an example.
[0031] In some embodiments, in order to realize the rotational connection between the rotating member 3 and the ice box 1 and to enable the rotating member 3 to better push the ice cubes 20, the rotating member 3 includes a rotating shaft 31, a connecting rod 32 and a pushing portion 33. The rotating shaft 31 is connected to the ice box 1, one end of the connecting rod 32 is connected to the rotating shaft 31, and the pushing portion 33 is connected to the other end of the connecting rod 32. The pushing portion 33 is used to push the ice cubes 20 in the ice making chamber 11 out of the ice box 1. With such a design, the rotating member 3 can rotate on the ice box 1 along the axis.
[0032] Furthermore, the ice box 1 is a semi-cylindrical ice box 1, the ice chamber 11 is a semi-cylindrical ice chamber 11, and the pusher 33 is an arc-shaped pusher 33 whose shape is adapted to the semi-cylindrical ice chamber 11. With such a design, the rotating member 3 does not interfere with the ice maker 2 when rotating, and the structure is made more compact.
[0033] In some embodiments, considering that the water 10 cools rapidly during ice making, the gas and impurities dissolved in the water 10 adhere to the ice surface as it freezes and cannot be discharged, resulting in the ice cubes 20 being bubble-shaped, cloud-shaped, etc., which makes the ice look not transparent enough and poor in appearance. In addition, the water temperature in the ice box 1 is uneven, some positions freeze faster and the ice is thicker, while some positions freeze slower and the ice is thinner, resulting in uneven thickness and poor shape of the ice cubes 20. In this solution, the rotating member 3 is also used to rotate relative to the ice box 1 during ice making by the ice maker 2 to stir the water 10 contained in the ice making chamber 11. With such a design, during ice making, the rotating member 3 rotates to stir the water 10 in the ice making chamber 11, and the rotating member 3 rotates in and out of the ice making chamber 11 to increase and decrease the water level in the ice making chamber 11, which can drive water circulation. On the one hand, the turbulence of the rotating part 3 causes the water 10 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 produced ice cubes 20 are transparent and have better aesthetics; on the other hand, the turbulence of the rotating part 3 makes the water temperature in the ice-making chamber 11 uniform, so that the thickness of the produced ice cubes 20 is more uniform and the shape of the ice cubes 20 is better.
[0034] See also Figure 3 In some embodiments, when the refrigeration water function is required, a cold water tank, an evaporator, and a refrigeration solenoid valve (to switch ice making or refrigeration water) need to be added. The system is relatively complex, resulting in an increase in the size of the whole machine and a high cost of the whole machine. Therefore, the ice maker 2 is also used to condense the water 10 in the ice making chamber 11 into cold water. With such a design, ice cubes 20 and cold water can be obtained through an evaporator, and the refrigeration system is simpler; on the other hand, the volume of the ice making chamber 11 is used to store refrigeration water, and there is no need to add an additional cold water tank, which can improve the space utilization of the whole machine, making the size of the whole machine smaller and the cost of the whole machine lower.
[0035] Preferably, when the ice making and de-icing structure is in the refrigerating water state, the rotating member 3 rotates relative to the ice making box 1 until at least part of it is located outside the ice making chamber 11. With such a design, when refrigerating water is needed, the rotating member 3 is rotated out of the ice making chamber 11 of the ice making box 1, so that the volume of the ice making chamber 11 becomes larger, and the ice maker 2 cools the water 10 in the ice making chamber 11 to obtain more cold water, thereby meeting the large-capacity cold water demand.
[0036] In some embodiments, the ice making and ice-removing structure further includes an ice storage chamber 4 for storing ice, and the ice box 1, the ice maker 2 and the rotating member 3 are all arranged in the ice storage chamber 4. With such a design, since the ice box 1, the ice maker 2 and the rotating member 3 are all arranged in the ice storage chamber 4, after ice making is completed, the rotating member 3 directly pushes the ice cubes 20 out of the ice box 1, that is, drops them into the ice storage chamber 4.
[0037] Furthermore, in order for the ice cubes 20 to smoothly fall from the ice box 1 into the ice storage chamber 4, an ice discharge channel 5 is formed between the ice box 1 and the ice storage chamber 4. After the rotating member 3 pushes the ice cubes 20 out of the ice box 1, the ice cubes 20 in the ice making cavity 11 fall into the ice storage chamber 4 through the ice discharge channel 5.
[0038] Furthermore, in order to prevent the amount of ice made from being too large and thus exceeding the capacity of the ice storage chamber 4, the ice making and de-icing structure further includes a full ice detector 6, which is used to detect whether the preset ice level has been reached in the ice storage chamber 4. With such a design, when the ice storage chamber 4 is full of ice, the full ice detector 6 is triggered, and after the full ice detector 6 detects the full ice information, the ice maker controls the ice making and de-icing structure to stop making ice.
[0039] The following is a brief description of the ice making process of the ice making and de-icing structure:
[0040] like Figure 2 As shown, when the ice making function is needed, water is added to the ice making chamber 11 of the ice making box 1 (such as Figure 2 As shown in a), the ice maker 2 is started, and the ice maker 2 cools the water 10 in the ice making chamber 11 into ice cubes 20 (as shown in FIG. Figure 2 As shown in FIG. 1 b), the rotating member 3 rotates relative to the ice making box 1 until it is partially located outside the ice making chamber 11 (as shown in FIG. Figure 2 b→c→d in the figure), the ice maker 2 heats up to detach ice, so that the ice cubes 20 on the ice maker 2 are detached into the ice making chamber 11 (as shown in FIG. Figure 2 As shown in FIG. 5 , the rotating member 3 pushes the ice cubes 20 into the ice discharge channel 5 and drops into the ice storage chamber 4 (as shown in FIG. Figure 2 As shown in f), ice making and ice stripping are completed, and water is continued to be added into the ice making chamber 11 of the ice making box 1 to prepare for the next round of ice making;
[0041] The following is a brief description of the cooling water process of the ice making and de-icing structure:
[0042] like Figure 3 As shown, when the refrigerated water function is needed, the rotating member 3 is rotated relative to the ice box 1 until it is partially located outside the ice making chamber 11, water is added to the ice making chamber 11 of the ice box 1, and the ice maker 2 is started. The ice maker 2 cools the water 10 in the ice making chamber 11 into cold water.
[0043] The utility model provides an ice-making machine, which comprises an ice-making and de-icing structure including an ice-making box 1, an ice-making device 2 and a rotating member 3. The ice-making box 1 is provided with an ice-making chamber 11, which is used to contain water 10 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 to condense the water 10 in the ice-making chamber 11 into ice cubes 20 and de-ice the ice cubes into the ice-making chamber 11. The rotating member 3 is rotatably arranged on the ice-making box 1, and the rotating member 3 is used to push the ice cubes 20 in the ice-making chamber 11 out of the ice-making box 1. With such a design, the ice cubes 20 can be pushed out of the ice-making box 1 by the rotating member 3 without rotating the ice-making box 1, so that the ice cubes 20 condensed due to the water from the ice-making box 1 to the ice storage chamber 4 can be avoided. In addition, compared with the additional drainage structure, the design of providing the rotating member 3 occupies less space, which is conducive to the miniaturization design of the ice-making machine.
[0044] 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 and deicing structure, characterized in that: The invention comprises an ice-making box (1), an ice-making device (2) and a rotating member (3); the ice-making box (1) is provided with an ice-making cavity (11), the ice-making cavity (11) is used for containing water for making ice; the ice-making device (2) is at least partially located in the ice-making cavity (11); the ice-making device (2) is used for condensing the water in the ice-making cavity (11) into ice cubes and removing the ice from the ice-making cavity (11); the rotating member (3) is rotatably arranged on the ice-making box (1); the rotating member (3) is used for pushing the ice cubes in the ice-making cavity (11) out of the ice-making box (1).
2. The ice making and deicing structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: When the ice-making and ice-removing structure is in an ice-making state, the rotating member (3) is in an initial state, and the rotating member (3) is located in the ice-making chamber (11); When the ice making and deicing structure is in the deicing state, the rotating member (3) rotates relative to the ice making box (1) until at least part of it is located outside the ice making cavity (11), so that the ice cubes on the ice maker (2) are deiced into the ice making cavity (11); When the ice making and ice-removing structure is in the ice-discharging state, the rotating member (3) rotates relative to the ice making box (1) to return to the initial state, so as to push the ice cubes in the ice making chamber (11) out of the ice making box (1).
3. The ice making and deicing structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotating member (3) comprises a rotating shaft (31), a connecting rod (32) and a pushing portion (33); the rotating shaft (31) is connected to the ice-making box (1); one end of the connecting rod (32) is connected to the rotating shaft (31); the pushing portion (33) is connected to the other end of the connecting rod (32); and the pushing portion (33) is used to push ice cubes in the ice-making chamber (11) out of the ice-making box (1).
4. The ice making and deicing structure according to claim 3, characterized in that: The ice-making box (1) is a semi-cylindrical ice-making box (1), the ice-making cavity (11) is a semi-cylindrical ice-making cavity (11), and the pushing portion (33) is an arc-shaped pushing portion (33) whose shape is adapted to the semi-cylindrical ice-making cavity (11).
5. The ice making and ice removing structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The rotating member (3) is also used to rotate relative to the ice making box (1) during the ice making process of the ice maker (2) so as to stir the water contained in the ice making chamber (11).
6. The ice making and ice removing structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The ice maker (2) is also used to condense the water in the ice making chamber (11) into cold water.
7. The ice making and ice removing structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The ice making and ice-removing structure also includes an ice storage chamber (4), and the ice box (1), ice maker (2) and rotating member (3) are all arranged in the ice storage chamber (4).
8. The ice making and ice removing structure according to claim 7, characterized in that: An ice discharge passage (5) is formed between the ice making box (1) and the ice storage chamber (4), and ice cubes in the ice making cavity (11) fall into the ice storage chamber (4) through the ice discharge passage (5).
9. The ice making and ice removing structure according to claim 7, characterized in that: The ice making and de-icing structure further comprises a full ice detector (6), wherein the full ice detector (6) is used to detect whether a preset ice level has been reached in the ice storage chamber (4).
10. An ice making machine, characterized in that: The invention comprises an ice-making machine body and an ice-making and ice-detaching structure according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the ice-making and ice-detaching structure is arranged on the ice-making machine body.