Ice discharging structure and ice maker

Abstract

The ice outlet structure comprises an ice making box body, an ice pushing cavity is formed in the ice making box body, the ice pushing cavity is provided with an ice outlet, an ice pushing piece capable of conveying ice to the ice outlet is arranged in the ice pushing cavity, the ice outlet is provided with a movable baffle, and the movable baffle is connected with a driving device. The driving device can drive the movable baffle to move so that the movable baffle can open or close the ice outlet, the driving device controls the movable baffle to move so as to control the opening or closing state of the ice outlet, a user does not need to control the use state of the ice outlet in a mechanical manual mode, and the operation difficulty of the user can be simplified.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of ice maker, concretely relates to an ice outlet structure and ice maker. BACKGROUND

[0002] The ice maker is a kind of refrigeration mechanical equipment that ice is generated after water is cooled by refrigeration system refrigerant through evaporator.

[0003] The existing ice maker needs to push ice block from ice making bin to ice outlet after completing the production of ice block, and ice block is discharged through ice outlet under the drive of transmission component, and the ice maker is usually provided with valve at the position of ice outlet, and user usually needs to realize the control of valve by mechanical control mode, which increases the operation difficulty of user.

[0004] Therefore, further improvement is required. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0005] The utility model aims at overcoming the deficiencies of prior art, and provides an ice outlet structure and ice maker, which can facilitate user to control the on-off state of ice outlet and simplify the operation difficulty of user.

[0006] The utility model is realized as follows:

[0007] An ice outlet structure includes ice making bin, the ice making bin has ice pushing cavity, the ice pushing cavity has ice outlet, the ice pushing cavity is provided with ice pushing part capable of conveying ice to ice outlet, the ice outlet is provided with movable baffle, the movable baffle is connected with driving device, and the driving device can drive movable baffle to move to open or close ice outlet.

[0008] As a specific scheme, the driving device is electrically connected with electric control device.

[0009] As a specific scheme, the movable baffle and driving device have rotating shaft arranged along horizontal direction, the rotating shaft is located at the middle position of ice outlet, and the driving device can drive movable baffle to swing around rotating shaft to the direction away from or close to ice pushing part, so that movable baffle opens or closes ice outlet.

[0010] As a specific scheme, the ice outlet is provided with in-place convex rib, and when movable baffle swings around rotating shaft to close ice outlet, movable baffle abuts against the lower side of in-place convex rib.

[0011] As a specific scheme, the ice pushing part is spiral ice pushing rod, the first end of spiral ice pushing rod is connected with driving motor, the ice pushing cavity is provided with positioning recess corresponding to the tail end of spiral ice pushing rod, and spiral ice pushing rod and positioning recess are inserted and slidably matched.

[0012] As a specific solution, the ice pushing screw rod is arranged at the bottom of the ice pushing cavity, and the ice pushing screw rod is arranged downwardly and obliquely away from the driving motor, and the bottom of the ice pushing cavity is formed with an ice pushing screw channel corresponding to the position of the ice pushing screw rod, and the ice pushing screw channel is arranged downwardly and obliquely away from the driving motor.

[0013] As a specific solution, the ice pushing cavity is provided with a blocking plate corresponding to the position above the first end of the ice pushing screw rod, and the blocking plate is spaced apart from the ice pushing screw rod in the radial direction.

[0014] The ice maker comprises an ice maker body and the ice outlet structure, the inner side of the ice maker body is provided with a mounting cavity, the upper side of the mounting cavity is open, and the ice box body is embedded into the mounting cavity through the open upper side of the mounting cavity and is connected with the ice maker body.

[0015] The ice maker has the following beneficial effects:

[0016] The driving device controls the movement of the movable blocking plate, thereby controlling the opening or closing state of the ice outlet, and the user does not need to manually control the use state of the ice outlet through a mechanical mode, and the operation difficulty of the user can be simplified. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 The cross-sectional view of the embodiment of the utility model Figure One .

[0018] Figure 2 The cross-sectional view of the embodiment of the utility model Figure Two .

[0019] Figure 3 The structure schematic view of the embodiment of the utility model.

[0020] Figure 4 The enlarged view of the position A of the embodiment of the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The utility model will be further described below in combination with the drawings and embodiments.

[0022] Referring to Figures 1-4 , the ice outlet structure comprises an ice box body 1, the ice box body 1 is provided with an ice pushing cavity 11, the ice pushing cavity 11 is provided with an ice outlet 12, the ice pushing cavity 11 is provided with an ice pushing part 2 capable of conveying ice to the ice outlet 12, the ice outlet 12 is provided with a movable blocking plate 3, the movable blocking plate 3 is connected with a driving device 4, the driving device 4 can drive the movable blocking plate 3 to move and make the movable blocking plate 3 open or close the ice outlet 12, the driving device 4 controls the movement of the movable blocking plate 3, thereby controlling the opening or closing state of the ice outlet 12, the user does not need to manually control the use state of the ice outlet 12 through a mechanical mode, and the operation difficulty of the user can be simplified.

[0023] Further, the driving device 4 is electrically connected with an electric control device, and a user can control the movable baffle 3 through the electric control device 4, thereby reducing the operation difficulty of the user.

[0024] Further, the movable baffle 3 and the driving device 4 are provided with a rotating shaft 41 arranged in a horizontal direction, the rotating shaft 41 is located at a middle position of the ice outlet 12, the driving device 4 can drive the movable baffle 3 to swing around the rotating shaft 41 towards a direction away from or close to the ice pushing piece 2, so that the movable baffle 3 opens or closes the ice outlet 12, the movable baffle 3 does not need to completely cover the whole width of the ice outlet 12, the volume of the movable baffle 3 can be relatively reduced, which is beneficial to reduce the cost and simplify the space layout.

[0025] Further, the ice outlet 12 is provided with a positioning protrusion 121, when the movable baffle 3 swings around the rotating shaft 41 to close the ice outlet 12, the movable baffle 3 abuts against the lower side of the positioning protrusion 121, the positioning protrusion 121 can improve the structural strength of the position of the ice outlet 12, improve the sealing performance when the movable baffle 3 closes the ice outlet 12, and also has a limiting effect, thereby reducing the chance of ice leakage caused by the swing error of the movable baffle 3.

[0026] Further, the ice pushing piece 2 is a spiral ice pushing rod, a driving motor 5 is connected to the first end of the spiral ice pushing rod, a positioning recess 111 corresponding to the end of the spiral ice pushing rod is arranged in the ice pushing cavity 11, the spiral ice pushing rod is inserted into the positioning recess 111 and slidably connected with the positioning recess 111, the spiral ice pushing rod can push the ice blocks to the ice outlet 12 through rotation, and the positioning recess 111 can improve the stability of the rotation of the spiral ice pushing rod.

[0027] Further, the spiral ice pushing rod is arranged at the bottom position of the ice pushing cavity 11, the spiral ice pushing rod is inclined downward along a direction away from the driving motor 5, a spiral ice pushing channel 112 is formed at the bottom of the ice pushing cavity 11 corresponding to the position of the spiral ice pushing rod, and the spiral ice pushing channel 112 is inclined downward along a direction away from the driving motor 5, thereby increasing the amount of ice blocks in the ice pushing cavity 11.

[0028] Further, the ice pushing cavity 11 is provided with a blocking plate 113 corresponding to the position above the first end of the spiral ice pushing rod, the blocking plate 113 is spaced apart from the spiral ice pushing rod in a radial direction, the blocking plate 113 can reduce the chance of accumulation of broken ice blocks above the ice outlet 12, reduce the chance of blockage of the spiral ice pushing rod caused by too much ice blocks, and make the ice blocks more smoothly pushed out of the ice outlet 12.

[0029] The utility model discloses still disclose a kind of ice maker, including ice maker main body 6 and above-mentioned ice outlet structure, the inside of ice maker main body 6 has installation cavity, the upper side of installation cavity is open, and ice making box 1 is embedded into installation cavity through the upper side opening of installation cavity and is installed with ice maker main body 6 Connection.

[0030] The above embodiments are only preferred schemes of the present application, and the present application can have other embodiments. Those skilled in the art can make equivalent modifications or replacements without departing from the spirit of the present application, and these equivalent modifications or replacements are all included in the scope set by the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. An ice discharge structure, characterized by, The ice making box (1) has a ice pushing cavity (11) with an ice outlet (12), and a ice pushing part (2) is arranged in the ice pushing cavity (11) to deliver ice to the ice outlet (12), the ice outlet (12) is provided with a movable baffle (3), the movable baffle (3) is connected with a driving device (4), and the driving device (4) can drive the movable baffle (3) to move to open or close the ice outlet (12).

2. The ice structure of claim 1, wherein: The driving device (4) is electrically connected with an electric control device.

3. The ice structure of claim 1, wherein: The movable baffle (3) and the driving device (4) are provided with a rotating shaft (41) arranged in a horizontal direction, the rotating shaft (41) is located at a middle position of the ice outlet (12), and the driving device (4) can drive the movable baffle (3) to swing around the rotating shaft (41) to move away from or close to the ice pushing part (2), so that the movable baffle (3) opens or closes the ice outlet (12).

4. The ice structure of claim 3, wherein: The ice outlet (12) is provided with a positioning protrusion (121), and when the movable baffle (3) swings around the rotating shaft (41) to close the ice outlet (12), the movable baffle (3) abuts against the lower side of the positioning protrusion (121).

5. The ice structure of claim 1, wherein: The ice pushing part (2) is a spiral ice pushing rod, a driving motor (5) is connected to a first end of the spiral ice pushing rod, a positioning recess (111) is arranged in the ice pushing cavity (11) corresponding to a second end of the spiral ice pushing rod, and the spiral ice pushing rod is inserted into the positioning recess (111) and slidably connected with the positioning recess (111).

6. The ice structure of claim 5, wherein: The spiral ice pushing rod is arranged at a bottom position of the ice pushing cavity (11) and is inclined downward away from the driving motor (5), and a spiral ice pushing channel (112) is formed at the bottom of the ice pushing cavity (11) corresponding to the spiral ice pushing rod.

7. The ice structure of claim 5, wherein: A blocking plate (113) is arranged in the ice pushing cavity (11) corresponding to a position above the first end of the spiral ice pushing rod, and the blocking plate (113) is radially spaced from the spiral ice pushing rod.

8. An ice maker characterized by, The ice making machine body (6) has a mounting cavity, the upper side of the mounting cavity is open, and the ice making box (1) is embedded into the mounting cavity through the upper side opening of the mounting cavity and is mounted and connected with the ice making machine body (6).

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