Cold and hot water all-in-one machine with ice making function

Abstract

The utility model relates to a cold and hot water all-in-one machine with an ice making function, comprising a water supply end which is arranged in a shell and connected with a pump assembly through a pipeline, and is connected with a water supply tank or an external water source to supply water to an internal waterway; the water outlet end is arranged as a first terminal of the water path and is provided with at least one water outlet nozzle for outputting cold water or hot water; the ice outlet end is arranged as a second terminal of the water path and is used for outputting ice blocks; the heating assembly is connected with the water supply end and the water outlet end and provides hot water for the water outlet end; the ice making assembly is used for making ice blocks and providing the ice blocks to the ice outlet end; the refrigerating assembly is respectively connected to the water outlet end and the ice making assembly and is used for providing ice water for the water outlet end and the ice making assembly; the ice making assembly, the ice outlet end and the refrigerating assembly are sequentially arranged in a stacked mode from top to bottom, and ice melting water generated by the ice making assembly and the ice outlet end flows back to the refrigerating assembly to be recycled.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of drinking equipment, in particular to a cold and hot water integrated machine with an ice-making function. Background Art

[0002] As an economical household appliance, water dispensers are generally popular among people; ice machines are also economical appliances, which have gradually entered households from being mainly owned by hotels, restaurants, entertainment venues, and canteens in the past. In recent years, home appliance manufacturers have launched water dispensers with ice making in order to save purchase costs for the public (consumers), facilitate daily use and maintenance, and meet their own market competition needs, that is, combining water dispensers and ice machines into one.

[0003] For example, the Chinese utility model patent "Water dispenser with automatic ice-making function" with patent number ZL99249012.X (publication number CN2408801Y), the Chinese utility model patent "Combination ice-making machine" with patent number ZL01238878.5 (publication number CN2476773Y), the Chinese utility model patent "Multifunctional water dispenser" with patent number ZL02227944.X (publication number CN2547251Y), and the Chinese utility model patent "A drinking water ice-making machine" with patent number ZL02268326.7 (publication number CN2559295Y).

[0004] Although the above ice makers have both drinking water and ice making functions, after the ice cubes are made, a small amount of molten ice water is produced during the ice unloading and ice discharging process. The molten ice water cannot be separated during the ice discharging process, resulting in a small amount of water mixed in the output ice cubes, and the ice cubes are not pure; in addition, there is a small amount of molten ice water in the ice cavity of the ice making component, which is easy to breed bacteria over time and pollute the internal water channel. Utility Model Content

[0005] In order to solve the above problems existing in the prior art, the utility model provides a hot and cold water integrated machine with an ice-making function.

[0006] The above-mentioned problem of the utility model is solved by the following technical solutions:

[0007] A hot and cold water integrated machine with ice-making function, comprising: a housing arranged inside the housing and connected to each other through pipes and a pump assembly;

[0008] The water supply end is connected to a water supply tank or an external water source to supply water to the internal waterway;

[0009] The water outlet is set as the first terminal of the waterway and has at least one water outlet for outputting cold water or hot water;

[0010] An ice outlet end is provided as the second terminal of the waterway and is used for outputting ice cubes;

[0011] A heating component is connected to the water supply end and the water outlet end to provide hot water to the water outlet end;

[0012] An ice-making component, which makes ice cubes and provides them to an ice-dispensing end;

[0013] The refrigeration component is connected to the water outlet and the ice-making component respectively to provide ice water to the water outlet and the ice-making component;

[0014] The ice-making assembly, the ice-discharging end and the refrigeration assembly are stacked in sequence from top to bottom, and the ice-melting water produced by the ice-making assembly and the ice-discharging end is returned to the refrigeration assembly for cyclic use.

[0015] The above technical solution is further configured as follows: an ice receiving box is provided at the ice outlet end, the ice cavity of the ice making assembly is connected to the ice receiving box, and the ice cubes and ice-melting water are output to the ice receiving box;

[0016] The bottom of the ice receiving box is provided with a water outlet for outputting ice-melting water to the refrigeration component.

[0017] The above technical solution is further configured as follows: the refrigeration assembly includes a compressor and an ice container, and the ice container has a pre-cooling structure;

[0018] A water return hole is provided on the top of the ice bladder corresponding to the water outlet.

[0019] The above technical solution is further configured as follows: a water receiving box is provided between the ice receiving box and the ice liner, and a water receiving trough with a water outlet hole at the bottom is provided in the water receiving box.

[0020] The above technical solution is further configured as follows: an inclined structure is provided at the bottom of the ice receiving box at the drain outlet, so that the cross section of the drain outlet is V-shaped.

[0021] The above technical solution is further configured as follows: the cross section of the water receiving trough is configured in a V-shape.

[0022] The above technical solution is further configured as follows: the ice-making assembly includes an ice-making box, and the ice cavity is located at the upper part of the ice-making box;

[0023] The ice making box extends downward to form an ice discharging groove, and the ice receiving box is drawably arranged in the ice discharging groove.

[0024] The above technical solution is further configured as follows: a cold-isolating wall is disposed on the ice receiving box, and the cold-isolating wall seals the opening of the ice outlet trough.

[0025] The above technical solution is further configured as follows: the ice cavity and the ice outlet chute are connected via an inclined ice unloading slide.

[0026] The above technical solution is further configured as follows: a sensing component is provided on the side wall of the ice outlet trough, and a sensing portion corresponding to the sensing component is provided on the ice receiving box.

[0027] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effect of the utility model is that the ice-making assembly, the ice-discharging end and the refrigeration assembly are arranged in an upper and lower position, and the liquid water such as the ice-melting water formed by the ice-making assembly and the ice-discharging end can be directly discharged into the refrigeration assembly for recycling, eliminating the dewatering structure, and at the same time, the residual water in the ice-making assembly and the ice-discharging end can be processed to avoid the growth of bacteria in the residual water. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the exploded structure of the utility model.

[0029] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the position structure of the ice-making component, ice receiving box and refrigeration component.

[0030] Figure 3 An isometric cross-sectional view of the ice-making assembly, ice tray, and refrigeration assembly.

[0031] Figure 4 for Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the enlarged structure of part A in the middle.

[0032] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the cross-sectional structure of the ice box.

[0033] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the cross-sectional structure of the ice-making assembly and the ice receiving box.

[0034] The attached drawings are marked as follows: 100, water supply tank;

[0035] 200, housing; 210, control panel;

[0036] 300, heating component;

[0037] 400, ice making assembly; 410, ice making box; 411, ice cavity; 412, ice outlet chute; 413, ice unloading slide;

[0038] 500, refrigeration assembly; 510, ice tank; 520, compressor; 511, water return hole;

[0039] 600, water outlet box;

[0040] 700, ice box; 710, handle; 701, drain; 702, sensing part; 720, cold insulation wall;

[0041] 800, water receiving box; 810, water receiving tank; 811, water outlet;

[0042] 1. Sensing components. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0043] In order to further explain the technical means and effects adopted by the present invention to achieve the predetermined purpose of the utility model, the specific implementation method, structure, characteristics and effects of the present invention are described in detail below in combination with the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments.

[0044] like Figure 1-6 As shown, the following embodiment discloses a hot and cold water integrated machine with ice making function, including a housing 200 disposed inside and connected to each other through pipes and pump components,

[0045] A water supply end, connected to a water supply tank 100 or an external water source, to supply water to the internal waterway;

[0046] The water outlet is set as the first terminal of the waterway and has at least one water outlet for outputting cold water or hot water;

[0047] An ice outlet end is provided as the second terminal of the waterway and is used for outputting ice cubes;

[0048] The heating component 300 is connected to the water supply end and the water outlet end to provide hot water to the water outlet end;

[0049] An ice-making assembly 400 makes ice cubes and provides them to an ice-dispensing end;

[0050] The refrigeration assembly 500 is respectively connected to the water outlet and the ice-making assembly 400 to provide ice water to the water outlet and the ice-making assembly 400;

[0051] The ice-making assembly 400, the ice-discharging end and the refrigeration assembly 500 are stacked in sequence from top to bottom, and the thawing water produced by the ice-making assembly 400 and the ice-discharging end is returned to the refrigeration assembly 500 for recycling.

[0052] Among them, the structure of the heating component 300 and the method of heating the raw water are consistent with the prior art and are not described in detail here.

[0053] A control panel 210 is provided on the housing 200 , and the user selects a water outlet mode by operating the control panel 210 , wherein the control panel 210 can be set to be a button type or a touch type, and the touch type is preferably selected in this embodiment.

[0054] In addition, in this embodiment, the water supply end is configured as a water supply tank 100. In other embodiments, the water supply end may also take water from the outside through a pipeline.

[0055] The structure of the internal waterway is set as:

[0056] When normal temperature water is needed, the user selects the normal temperature water mode through the control panel 210, and the internal water circuit directly outputs the raw water in the water supply tank 100 to the water outlet nozzle at the water outlet end through the pipeline through the pump assembly;

[0057] When the hot water mode is selected, the raw water in the water supply tank 100 is output to the heating component 300 through the pipeline under the action of the pump component, and is heated by the heating component 300 to be hot water output to the water outlet;

[0058] When the ice water mode is selected, the raw water in the water supply tank 100 is output to the refrigeration assembly 500 through the pipeline under the action of the pump assembly. The refrigeration assembly 500 cools the raw water to produce ice water with a temperature lower than that of normal temperature water and then outputs it to the water outlet.

[0059] When the ice-discharging mode is selected, the raw water in the water supply tank 100 is output to the refrigeration assembly 500 through the pipeline under the action of the pump assembly. The refrigeration assembly 500 cools the raw water and produces ice water. The ice water is then output to the ice-making assembly 400. The ice-making assembly 400 produces ice cubes from the ice-discharging end.

[0060] In the above water circuit, the arrangement and function of the pump assembly are consistent with the arrangement and function of the water pump in the prior art, and will not be described in detail here.

[0061] In this embodiment, in the ice-discharging mode, the ice-making component 400 makes ice water into ice cubes. During the process of unloading and discharging the ice cubes, the ice will melt to produce thawed water. The thawed water enters the ice-discharging end from the ice-making component 400, and then flows back from the ice-making end to the refrigeration component 500 to form ice water again for the next ice water discharging or ice making use.

[0062] Under this structure, no thawing water will remain in the ice-making assembly 400 and the ice-discharging end. Therefore, the ice cubes output from the ice-discharging end are pure ice cubes. At the same time, the possibility of bacteria breeding in the ice-making assembly 400 is also avoided.

[0063] In this embodiment, a water outlet box 600 is provided at the water outlet end, and a water outlet nozzle is provided on the water outlet box 600 .

[0064] In this embodiment, in order to facilitate users to take ice, the ice outlet is provided with an ice receiving box 700, the ice cavity 411 of the ice making assembly 400 is connected to the ice receiving box 700, and the ice cubes and ice-melting water are output to the ice receiving box 700;

[0065] The bottom of the ice receiving box 700 is provided with a water outlet 701 for outputting thawing water to the refrigeration assembly 500 .

[0066] Reference Figure 2 and Figure 3As shown, the ice-making assembly 400 is located above the ice receiving box 700. After unloading the ice, the ice cubes together with a small amount of unfrozen water are directly poured into the ice receiving box 700. A water outlet 701 is provided at the bottom of the ice receiving box 700. The ice cubes and water are separated in the ice receiving box 700. The water flows from the water outlet 701 into the refrigeration assembly 500 below the ice receiving box 700, and the ice cubes remain in the ice receiving box 700.

[0067] In this embodiment, the ice receiving box 700 is drawable and arranged on the housing 200, and is provided with a handle 710 for the user to draw it.

[0068] Reference Figure 4 As shown, the refrigeration assembly 500 includes a compressor 520 and an ice container 510, and the ice container 510 has a pre-cooling structure;

[0069] A water return hole 511 is provided on the top of the ice liner 510 corresponding to the water outlet 701 .

[0070] Ice cubes and a small amount of liquid water enter the ice receiving box 700 , and the liquid water flows out through the water outlet 701 and enters the interior of the ice container 510 through the water return hole 511 at the top of the ice container 510 .

[0071] Preferably, in order to ensure that the liquid water in the ice receiving box 700 can be returned, a plurality of water outlets 701 are provided in the present embodiment. Therefore, in order to ensure that the water in the plurality of water outlets 701 can enter the ice liner 510 through the same water return hole 511, a water receiving box 800 is provided between the ice receiving box 700 and the ice liner 510. The water receiving box 800 is provided with a water receiving trough 810 having a water outlet hole 811 at the bottom.

[0072] The water receiving box 800 is located at the bottom of the ice receiving box 700, covering the entire bottom of the ice receiving box 700, so that the multiple water outlets 701 of the ice receiving box 700 are all above the water receiving tank 810;

[0073] At the same time, a short tube extends downward from the bottom of the water receiving tank 810 , the water outlet 811 passes through the short tube, and the short tube extends into the ice liner 510 ; thus, the water entering the water receiving tank 810 from the multiple water outlets 701 can all enter the ice liner 510 .

[0074] During the ice unloading process, a small amount of liquid water is usually generated. Therefore, the liquid water in the ice receiving box 700 is usually only a thin layer of water covering the bottom of the water receiving box 800. Therefore, the water layer is easy to form a water film at the drain port 701, resulting in the water being unable to drain through the drain port 701.

[0075] To solve the above problem, in this embodiment, the bottom of the ice receiving box 700 is provided with an inclined structure at the water outlet 701, so that the cross section of the water outlet 701 is V-shaped.

[0076] Reference Figure 5 As shown, in this embodiment, the drain port 701 is set to be a square port, and the bottoms of at least two opposite sides are set to be symmetrical slopes, and the position close to the drain port 701 is lower, so when liquid water covers the area around the drain port 701, a water layer with a low middle and high surroundings is formed;

[0077] Under this structure, the water layer formed by liquid water at the position of the drain port 701 is thick in the middle and thin at both ends. The water in the middle falls down due to its heavier weight, so it is impossible to form a water film with uniform tension.

[0078] Preferably, in this embodiment, the cross-section of the water receiving trough 810 is V-shaped.

[0079] The reason is the same as that of drain 701.

[0080] In other embodiments, only the cross section of the water outlet at the bottom of the water receiving tank 810 may be set to be V-shaped, so that water can smoothly enter the ice container 510.

[0081] In this embodiment, the pre-cooling method of the compressor 520 for the ice container 510 is a prior art and will not be described in detail here.

[0082] In this embodiment, in order to ensure that the ice cubes and the thawing water mixed in the ice cubes can smoothly fall into the water receiving box 800, in this embodiment, the ice making assembly 400 includes an ice making box 410, and the ice cavity 411 is located at the upper part of the ice making box 410;

[0083] The ice making box 410 extends downward to form an ice outlet groove 412 , and the ice receiving box 700 is drawn and disposed in the ice outlet groove 412 .

[0084] At the same time, in order to make the space more compact, in this embodiment, the ice cavity 411 and the ice outlet chute 412 are connected by an inclined ice unloading slide 413 .

[0085] Reference Figure 6 As shown, an evaporator is provided in the ice box 410, and ice water output from the ice bladder 510 is passed into the ice box 410, ice cubes are formed on the evaporator and then unloaded. The ice making principle and ice unloading method are consistent with the ice making and unloading methods in the prior art, and will not be described in detail here;

[0086] After ice making is completed, ice is unloaded, and the ice cubes and unfrozen liquid water fall down, part of which directly enters the ice receiving box 700 in the ice outlet chute 412, and part of which falls on the ice unloading chute 413 and slides down along the inclined ice unloading chute 413 to fall into the ice receiving box 700.

[0087] In this embodiment, in order to isolate the cold air of the ice box 700 so that the user does not feel too cold when taking out the ice box 700, a cold wall 720 is provided on the ice box 700, and the cold wall 720 closes the opening of the ice outlet groove 412.

[0088] The front end surface of the ice outlet groove 412 is open. When the ice receiving box 700 is located in the ice outlet groove 412, the cold insulation wall 720 closes the opening of the ice outlet groove 412 to form a complete end surface of the housing 200.

[0089] Meanwhile, in this embodiment, a sensing component 1 is disposed on the side wall of the ice outlet chute 412 , and a sensing portion 702 corresponding to the sensing component 1 is disposed on the ice receiving box 700 .

[0090] Reference Figure 5 and Figure 6 As shown, preferably, in this embodiment, the sensing component 1 can be a photosensitive element and is arranged at both ends of the ice outlet groove 412. The sensing part 702 on the ice receiving box 700 is set as two grooves. When the ice receiving box 700 is located in the ice outlet groove 412, the sensing component 1 can sense each other through the two grooves, thereby determining that the ice receiving box 700 is located at the installation position.

[0091] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and does not constitute any form of limitation to the present invention. Although the present invention has been disclosed as a preferred embodiment as above, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any technical personnel in this field can make some changes or modify the technical contents disclosed above into equivalent embodiments without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present invention. However, any brief modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments based on the technical essence of the present invention without departing from the content of the technical solution of the present invention are still within the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. A hot and cold water integrated machine with ice-making function, characterized in that: It includes being placed inside the housing (200) and connected to each other through pipelines and pump components, A water supply end, connected to a water supply tank (100) or an external water source, to supply water to the internal waterway; The water outlet is set as the first terminal of the waterway and has at least one water outlet for outputting cold water or hot water; An ice outlet end is provided as the second terminal of the waterway and is used for outputting ice cubes; A heating component (300) is connected to the water supply end and the water outlet end to provide hot water to the water outlet end; An ice-making assembly (400) for making ice cubes and providing them to an ice-dispensing end; A refrigeration assembly (500) is connected to the water outlet and the ice-making assembly (400) respectively to provide ice water to the water outlet and the ice-making assembly (400); The ice-making assembly (400), the ice-discharging end and the refrigeration assembly (500) are stacked in sequence from top to bottom, and the thawing water produced by the ice-making assembly (400) and the ice-discharging end is returned to the refrigeration assembly (500) for cyclic use.

2. The integrated cold and hot water machine with ice-making function according to claim 1, characterized in that: An ice receiving box (700) is provided at the ice outlet end, and the ice cavity (411) of the ice making assembly (400) is connected to the ice receiving box (700), so that ice cubes and ice-melting water are output to the ice receiving box (700); The bottom of the ice receiving box (700) is provided with a water outlet (701) for outputting ice-melting water to the refrigeration assembly (500).

3. The integrated cold and hot water machine with ice-making function according to claim 2, characterized in that: The refrigeration assembly (500) comprises a compressor (520) and an ice container (510), wherein the ice container (510) has a pre-cooling structure; The top of the ice bladder (510) is provided with a water return hole (511) corresponding to the water outlet (701).

4. The integrated cold and hot water machine with ice-making function according to claim 3, characterized in that: A water receiving box (800) is provided between the ice receiving box (700) and the ice liner (510), and a water receiving tank (810) having a water outlet hole (811) at the bottom is provided in the water receiving box (800).

5. The integrated cold and hot water machine with ice-making function according to claim 4, characterized in that: The bottom of the ice receiving box (700) is provided with an inclined structure at the water outlet (701), so that the cross section of the water outlet (701) is arranged in a V shape.

6. The integrated cold and hot water machine with ice-making function according to claim 4, characterized in that: The cross section of the water receiving trough (810) is V-shaped.

7. The integrated cold and hot water machine with ice-making function according to claim 2, characterized in that: The ice-making assembly (400) comprises an ice-making box (410), and the ice cavity (411) is located at the upper part of the ice-making box (410); The ice making box (410) extends downward to form an ice outlet groove (412), and the ice receiving box (700) is drawn and arranged in the ice outlet groove (412).

8. The integrated cold and hot water machine with ice-making function according to claim 7, characterized in that: The ice receiving box (700) is provided with a cold-isolating wall (720), and the cold-isolating wall (720) closes the opening of the ice outlet trough (412).

9. The integrated cold and hot water machine with ice-making function according to claim 7, characterized in that: The ice cavity (411) and the ice outlet chute (412) are connected via an inclined ice unloading slide (413).

10. The integrated cold and hot water machine with ice-making function according to claim 7, characterized in that: A sensing component (1) is provided on the side wall of the ice outlet groove (412), and a sensing portion (702) corresponding to the sensing component (1) is provided on the ice receiving box (700).

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