Ice Box

Abstract

The present application discloses an ice-making box, which includes: a mold, the mold having a plurality of mold cavities with open tops, and the bottom of each mold cavity having a deformable portion; a bottom support having a top side and a bottom side opposite to each other, and the bottom side having a convex pressing portion; an upper cover, the upper cover covering each mold cavity, and the upper cover itself having an accommodating cavity inside; the ice-making box has an ice-making state and an ice-removing state, in which the bottom support supports the mold, and in the ice-removing state, the pressing portion acts on the deformable portion to remove ice to the accommodating cavity. The technical solution disclosed in the present application improves the ice-taking experience while ensuring a simple structure by optimizing the structure of the ice-making box.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of ice-making products, and in particular to an ice-making box. Background Art

[0002] An ice box is a common ice-making tool in households. The ice box generally comprises a shell and an ice tray mold. The ice tray mold is used to be placed in a freezing chamber of a refrigerator after being filled with water to freeze the water in the ice tray mold into ice cubes.

[0003] In order to better realize ice removal from ice trays, inverted mold technical solutions have appeared on the market. For example, a tray is pivoted to a bracket to rotate the tray to an inverted position, and then gravity is used to unload ice cubes. However, in actual use, there is still room for improvement. Utility Model Content

[0004] In order to solve the above technical problems, the present application provides an ice making box, comprising:

[0005] A mold, wherein the mold has a plurality of mold cavities with open tops, and the bottom of each mold cavity has a deformable portion;

[0006] The bottom bracket has a top side and a bottom side opposite to each other, and the bottom side has a convex pressing portion;

[0007] An upper cover, the upper cover covers each mold cavity, and the upper cover itself has a containing cavity inside;

[0008] The ice-making box has an ice-making state and an ice-removing state. In the ice-making state, the bottom bracket supports the mold. In the ice-removing state, the pressing portion acts on the deformation portion to remove ice to the accommodating cavity.

[0009] Several optional methods are also provided below, but they are not intended to be additional limitations on the above-mentioned overall solution, but are merely further supplements or preferences. Under the premise that there are no technical or logical contradictions, each optional method can be combined with the above-mentioned overall solution separately, and multiple optional methods can also be combined.

[0010] Optionally, the mold cavity is surrounded by side walls and a bottom wall, wherein at least the bottom wall is made of a deformable material and serves as the deformable portion.

[0011] Optionally, the hardness of the bottom wall is smaller than that of the side wall so that the deformation portion of each mold cavity deforms independently.

[0012] Optionally, the side wall and the bottom wall are formed separately or integrally.

[0013] Optionally, the pressing parts are arranged continuously or at intervals on the base, and the distribution of the pressing parts corresponds to the deformation parts of each mold cavity.

[0014] Optionally, the pressing parts are provided in plurality and are arranged in an array on the base, and the number and distribution of the pressing parts correspond one-to-one to the deformation parts of each mold cavity.

[0015] Optionally, the pressing portion is columnar and an end surface on one side facing away from the base is a hollow structure.

[0016] Optionally, in the ice making state and the ice removing state, the relative positions of the upper cover and the mold remain unchanged.

[0017] Optionally, in the ice-making state, the upper cover is located above the mold, and the openings of each mold cavity face upward;

[0018] In the de-icing state, the upper cover and the mold are turned over as a whole, the openings of each mold cavity face downward, the deformation part is exposed on the top side of both, and the bottom support is placed above the both, so that the pressing part acts on the deformation part.

[0019] Optionally, in the ice-making state, each pressing portion faces downward and the bottom ends are arranged in the same plane.

[0020] Optionally, a joining edge is provided on the outer periphery of the mold, and the upper cover and the bottom bracket are buckled with each other and pressed against two side surfaces of the joining edge respectively; and / or

[0021] One of the bottom bracket and the upper cover covers the joining edge.

[0022] Optionally, a positioning edge is provided on the combining edge, and the positioning edge is arranged on both side surfaces of the combining edge and extends backwards, and the positioning edges on both sides are respectively abutted against the inner side walls of the upper cover and the bottom bracket.

[0023] Optionally, a top edge of the base is provided with a sink for accommodating the joining edge, and in the ice-making state, the bottom of the sink supports the mold.

[0024] The present application also discloses an ice making method, comprising:

[0025] Filling material into the mold cavity, wherein the bottom of the mold cavity has a deformable portion;

[0026] Keep the mold cavity opening facing upwards and load it into the matching upper cover and bottom bracket to form an assembly;

[0027] placing the assembly at a preset temperature to shape the material;

[0028] When demoulding, the assembly is inverted so that the mold cavity opening faces downward;

[0029] The bottom bracket is flipped over separately relative to the upper cover and the mold cavity, and the bottom bracket is used to press downward against the deformed portion of the mold cavity, so that the molded material falls into the upper cover.

[0030] Optionally, the bottom side of the base has an outwardly convex pressing portion, there are multiple mold cavities, and the pressing portion acts on the deformation portion of each mold cavity synchronously.

[0031] Optionally, the upper cover itself has an interior containing cavity for receiving the formed material.

[0032] The technical solution disclosed in the present application optimizes the structure of the ice-making box, thereby improving the ice-taking experience while ensuring a simple structure.

[0033] The specific beneficial technical effects will be further explained in the specific implementation methods in combination with specific structures or steps. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0034] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of an ice box in one embodiment;

[0035] Figure 2 for Figure 1 Schematic diagram of ice making status of ice making box;

[0036] Figure 3 For ice box Figure 2 A schematic cross-sectional view of the position shown in FIG.

[0037] Figure 4 for Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the internal structure of the ice box;

[0038] Figure 5 for Figure 1 Schematic diagram of an inverted ice tray;

[0039] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of an ice box deicing state in an embodiment;

[0040] Figure 7 for Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the side view of the ice box in FIG.

[0041] Figure 8 For ice box Figure 7 A schematic cross-sectional view of the position shown in FIG.

[0042] Fig. 9 A schematic diagram of an ice box in another embodiment;

[0043] Fig.10 for Fig. 9 Schematic diagram of the internal structure of the ice box.

[0044] The reference numerals in the figures are described as follows:

[0045] 1. Bottom support; 11. Pressing part; 12. Sink;

[0046] 2. mold; 21. mold cavity; 211. side wall; 212. bottom wall; 22. deformation part; 23. joining edge; 231. positioning edge;

[0047] 3. Upper cover; 31. Accommodating cavity;

[0048] 41. Materials; 42. Materials. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0049] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0050] It should be noted that when a component is referred to as being "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to the other component or there may be a central component. When a component is referred to as being "disposed on" another component, it may be directly disposed on the other component or there may be a central component at the same time.

[0051] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as those generally 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. The term "and / or" used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the related listed items.

[0052] Reference Figure 1 To Attachment Figure 8 As shown, the present application provides an ice making box, comprising:

[0053] The mold 2 has a plurality of mold cavities 21 with open tops, and each mold cavity 21 has a deformable portion 22 at the bottom;

[0054] The bottom bracket 1 has a top side and a bottom side opposite to each other, and the bottom side has a convex pressing portion 11;

[0055] An upper cover 3, which covers each mold cavity 21, and has an accommodating cavity 31 inside the upper cover 3;

[0056] The ice box has an ice making state (such as attached Figure 2 as shown) and de-icing status (e.g. Figure 6 As shown, in the ice making state, the base 1 supports the mold 2, and in the ice removing state, the pressing portion 11 acts on the deformation portion 22 to remove ice to the accommodating cavity 31.

[0057] The present application realizes demoulding of the mold 2 by the pressing portion 11 in the bottom support 1, and the molded material obtained by demoulding is contained in the receiving cavity 31 of the upper cover 3. The technical solution disclosed in the present application optimizes the structure of the ice box, and improves the ice-taking experience on the basis of ensuring the simplicity of the structure. It is worth noting that the bottom support 1 and the upper cover 3 in the present application do not limit their spatial positions. For example, in the attached Figure 5 In the embodiment, the bottom support 1 is located above the upper cover 3 .

[0058] For details on the setting of mold 2, refer to the attached Figure 3 As shown in FIG. 1 , the mold cavity 21 is surrounded by a side wall 211 and a bottom wall 212, wherein at least the bottom wall 212 is made of a deformable material and serves as the deformable portion 22. The side wall 211 and the bottom wall 212 can be integrally formed to reduce the probability of material leakage, and can also be referred to in the attached Figure 3 As shown, the side wall 211 and the bottom wall 212 are formed separately. Regardless of the process used, the bottom wall 212 must be less hard than the side wall 211 so that the deformation portion 22 of each mold cavity 21 can be deformed independently.

[0059] In addition to the optimized arrangement of the mold cavity 21, refer to the attached Figure 3 as well as Figure 4 In the illustrated embodiment, a joining edge 23 is provided on the periphery of the mold 2, the upper cover 3 and the base 1 are interlocked, and the upper cover 3 and the base 1 are respectively pressed against the two side surfaces of the joining edge 23. The joining edge 23 can provide a buffered assembly relationship between the upper cover 3 and the base 1, while exposing part of itself to the outer surface, so as to facilitate the user's operation of the mold 2, especially in the use scenario where the mold 2 and the base 1 need to be separated or between the mold 2 and the upper cover 3. In the accompanying drawings, a positioning edge 231 is provided on the joining edge 23, and the positioning edge 231 is arranged on the two side surfaces of the joining edge 23 and extends in reverse, and the positioning edges 231 on both sides are respectively abutted against the inner side walls 211 of the upper cover 3 and the base 1.

[0060] Reference Fig. 9 To Attachment Fig.10 In the embodiment shown, the mold also has different configurations. In the figure, the mold 2 is provided with a bonding edge 23 on its periphery, and the bottom bracket 1 covers the bonding edge 23. Similarly, the bonding edge 23 can also be covered by the upper cover 3.

[0061] Furthermore, the top edge of the base 1 is provided with a sink 12 for receiving the joint edge 23. In the ice making state, the bottom of the sink 12 supports the mold 2. Fig.10 As shown in , when the mold 2 and the base 1 cooperate with each other, the upper edge of the joint edge 23 is flush with the notch of the sink 12, that is, the top surface of the base 1. In this embodiment, the upper cover 3 and the base 1 that are interlocked with each other have a portion of the joint surface directly in contact, and the other portion is respectively pressed against the two side surfaces of the joint edge 23. The upper cover 3 and the base 1 position the mold 2 in the closed space formed by the two.

[0062] It can be observed that Figure 4 The mold shown in FIG. has 8 independent mold cavities. Fig. 9 The mold shown has 6 independent mold cavities. It can be understood that the number and distribution of the mold cavities are not limited in each embodiment of the present application, and each embodiment can adjust the size and shape of the mold as needed to adapt to different usage scenarios.

[0063] In terms of the setting details of the base 1, the base 1 is a semi-enclosed box-shaped structure, and the pressing portion 11 is arranged on the outside of the box-shaped structure, specifically on the outer side of the bottom surface of the box-shaped structure. The pressing portion has a variety of settings. For example, it can be arranged continuously or at intervals on the base. Regardless of how it is arranged, the distribution of the pressing portion corresponds to the deformation portion of each mold cavity. In the accompanying drawings, there are multiple pressing portions 11 and they are arranged in an array on the base 1. The number and distribution of the pressing portions 11 correspond one-to-one to the deformation portion 22 of each mold cavity 21.

[0064] Specifically, the pressing portion 11 is columnar and the end surface on one side facing away from the base 1 is a hollow structure. In the figure, the hollow structure is cylindrical, that is, the end surface on one side of the pressing portion 11 facing away from the base 1 is annular. This design can avoid the dimensional change of the pressing portion 11 due to materials or processing technology during the production process. In other embodiments, the pressing portion 11 can also be set to other shapes, such as sheet, column, cone, sphere, hemispherical, ellipsoidal, point and other shapes. The specific form can be a uniformly changing shape or a non-uniformly changing shape.

[0065] In this embodiment, the pressing part 11 is used not only to cooperate with the mold 2, but also to support the base 1, and even the mold 2 and the upper cover 3. Therefore, the base 1 defines at least one plane through each pressing part 11. Figure 2 In the state shown, each pressing portion 11 faces downward and the bottom ends are arranged in the same plane. Each pressing portion 11 arranged in the same plane is used to adapt to the support plane to support the ice making box.

[0066] Reference Figure 1 To Attachment Figure 3 The ice making status and the attached Figure 6 As can be seen from the deicing state shown, the relative positions of the upper cover 3 and the mold 2 remain unchanged in the ice making state and the deicing state. Furthermore, in the ice making state, the upper cover 3 is above the mold 2, and the openings of each mold cavity 21 face upward. In the deicing state, the upper cover 3 and the mold 2 are turned over as a whole, the openings of each mold cavity 21 face downward, the deformation part 22 is exposed on the top side of both, and the bottom bracket 1 is placed above the two, so that the pressing part 11 acts on the deformation part 22. It can be understood that the description of each pressing part 11 facing downward and the bottom end coplanar arrangement mentioned above is based on the ice making state.

[0067] It is not difficult to understand that the present application also provides an ice making method, comprising:

[0068] Fill the mold cavity 21 with material 41, the bottom of the mold cavity 21 has a deformable portion 22; keep the mold cavity 21 open upward, and load it into the upper cover 3 and the bottom bracket 1 that match each other to form an assembly; (refer to the attached Figure 3 (shown)

[0069] placing the assembly at a preset temperature to shape the material 41;

[0070] When demoulding, invert the assembly so that the opening of the mold cavity 21 faces downward; (refer to the attached Figure 5 (shown)

[0071] The bottom bracket 1 is flipped over separately relative to the upper cover 3 and the mold cavity 21, and the bottom bracket 1 is used to press downward against the deformed portion 22 of the mold cavity 21, so that the molded material 42 falls into the upper cover 3. (See attached Figure 6 To Attachment Figure 8 (shown)

[0072] In addition to the above-mentioned deicing state or ice making state, the assembly (i.e., the above-mentioned ice making box) also has an inverted state (see attached Figure 5 ), in the inverted state, the top surface of the upper cover abuts against the support surface and the matching relationship of each component is consistent with the deicing state. In this embodiment, the mold 2 is replaced by the flip assembly. During this process, the mold 2 and the upper cover 3 are always kept in a sealed state. Even in the demoulding process, the sealed relationship between the mold 2 and the upper cover 3 can remain stable.

[0073] Furthermore, the bottom side of the base 1 has a convex pressing portion 11, and there are multiple mold cavities 21, and the pressing portion 11 acts synchronously on the deformation portion 22 of each mold cavity 21. The synchronous action of the pressing portion 11 is understood as the time synchronization and / or amplitude synchronization of the deformation portion 22 of each mold cavity 21. The upper cover 3 itself has a receiving cavity 31 inside for receiving the formed material.

[0074] Similar to the above structural description, the technical solution disclosed in the present application can improve the ice-taking experience while avoiding complicating the physical structure of the ice-making box by optimizing the ice-making method. The specific physical structure of the ice-making box can be found in the above description and will not be repeated here.

[0075] The technical features of the above-mentioned embodiments can be combined arbitrarily. To make the description concise, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-mentioned embodiments are described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, they should be considered to be within the scope of this specification. When the technical features in different embodiments are embodied in the same figure, it can be regarded that the figure also discloses the combination examples of the various embodiments involved.

[0076] The above-mentioned embodiments only express several implementation methods of the present application, and the descriptions thereof are relatively specific and detailed, but they cannot be understood as limiting the scope of the patent application. It should be pointed out that, for ordinary technicians in this field, several variations and improvements can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. Ice box, characterized in that: include: A mold, wherein the mold has a plurality of mold cavities with open tops, and the bottom of each mold cavity has a deformation portion; The bottom bracket has a top side and a bottom side opposite to each other, and the bottom side has a convex pressing portion; An upper cover, the upper cover covers each mold cavity, and the upper cover itself has a containing cavity inside; The ice-making box has an ice-making state and an ice-removing state. In the ice-making state, the bottom bracket supports the mold. In the ice-removing state, the pressing portion acts on the deformation portion to remove ice to the accommodating cavity.

2. The ice making box according to claim 1, characterized in that: The mold cavity is surrounded by side walls and a bottom wall, wherein at least the bottom wall is made of a deformable material and serves as the deformable portion.

3. The ice making box according to claim 2, characterized in that: The bottom wall has a lower hardness than the side wall so that the deformation portion of each cavity deforms independently.

4. The ice making box according to claim 1, characterized in that: The pressing parts are arranged continuously or at intervals on the base, and the distribution of the pressing parts corresponds to the deformation parts of each mold cavity.

5. The ice making box according to claim 1, characterized in that: The pressing parts are provided in plurality and arranged in an array on the base, and the number and distribution of the pressing parts correspond one-to-one to the deformation parts of each mold cavity.

6. The ice making box according to claim 5, characterized in that: The pressing portion is columnar and the end surface on one side facing away from the base is a hollow structure.

7. The ice making box according to claim 1, characterized in that: In the ice making state and the ice removing state, the relative positions of the upper cover and the mold remain unchanged.

8. The ice making box according to claim 7, characterized in that: In the ice-making state, the upper cover is located above the mold, and the openings of each mold cavity face upward; In the de-icing state, the upper cover and the mold are turned over as a whole, the openings of each mold cavity face downward, the deformation part is exposed on the top side of both, and the bottom support is placed above the both, so that the pressing part acts on the deformation part.

9. The ice making box according to claim 7, characterized in that: In the ice-making state, each pressing portion faces downward and the bottom ends are arranged in the same plane.

10. The ice making box according to claim 1, characterized in that: The outer periphery of the mold is provided with a joining edge, the upper cover and the bottom bracket are buckled with each other and pressed against two side surfaces of the joining edge respectively; and / or One of the bottom bracket and the upper cover covers the joining edge.

11. The ice making box according to claim 10, characterized in that: The combining edge is provided with positioning edges, which are arranged on both side surfaces of the combining edge and extend in opposite directions. The positioning edges on both sides are respectively abutted against the inner side walls of the upper cover and the bottom bracket.

12. The ice making box according to claim 10, characterized in that: A sink groove for accommodating the joining edge is disposed on the top edge of the bottom support, and in the ice-making state, the bottom of the sink groove supports the mold.

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