A refrigerator with a running, fully automatic ice maker

Abstract

This utility model relates to the field of refrigerator manufacturing technology, and in particular to a refrigerator with a fully automatic ice maker with a water flow system. The refrigerator includes a smart refrigerator with a refrigerator compartment and a freezing compartment at both the top and bottom. A freezing compartment is installed at one end of the refrigerator compartment, and an ice box and a water storage box are slidably connected to the bottom of the freezing compartment. This utility model uses the smart refrigerator to cool the purified water in the water storage box, and then activates a water circulation mechanism to transport the purified water from the water storage box to a spray pipe, which sprays the water into the ice maker, filling the ice maker. Then, the refrigeration equipment is activated to further freeze the purified water remaining in the ice maker. The purified water inside the ice maker forms ice through the refrigeration equipment, and the spray pipe gradually sprays water onto the ice inside the ice maker, effectively increasing the volume of the ice.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of refrigerator manufacturing technology, and in particular to a refrigerator with a fully automatic ice maker. Background Technology

[0002] In modern family life, refrigerators have become an indispensable home appliance, and the ice-making function, as an important additional function of refrigerators, has attracted increasing attention from users for its convenience and practicality.

[0003] Currently, the ice makers that come with refrigerators mainly fall into the following categories; Plastic ice trays: These use a manual ice-making method and are usually placed in the freezer. Each time ice is made, water needs to be added manually and ice needs to be removed. Their disadvantages include the need for manual water addition, long ice-making time, low efficiency, and the ice cubes not being transparent. Japanese-style fully automatic ice makers: The water tank is placed in the refrigerator compartment, and the ice-making module is placed in the freezer compartment. Ice is frozen using cold air from the freezing duct. However, they suffer from problems such as long ice-making time, impermeable ice, non-recyclable water, and water pipes that cannot be disassembled for cleaning, leading to bacterial growth, and users cannot replace the water pipes. American-style fully automatic ice maker: It requires an external drinking water supply, and the ice-making module is placed in the freezer compartment, where cold air from a refrigeration duct freezes the ice. Disadvantages include long ice-making time, impermeable ice, non-recyclable water, and the need for an external drinking water supply.

[0004] When using the above technology, the following technical problems were found in the existing technology: On the one hand, the existing technology relies on manual operation, the process of adding water and taking ice is cumbersome, and the degree of automation is extremely low. On the other hand, the ice making time is long, and it is affected by the overall temperature of the freezer compartment. It usually takes several hours to complete one ice making. Finally, the ice making efficiency is low, the amount of ice made at one time is limited, and air bubbles are easily generated inside the ice block due to uneven freezing speed, resulting in the ice block not being transparent, affecting the appearance and user experience. To this end, we designed a refrigerator with a water-flow type fully automatic ice maker to provide another technical solution to the above technical problems. Utility Model Content

[0005] The purpose of this invention is to provide a refrigerator with a fully automatic ice maker with a continuous flow, so as to solve the problems mentioned in the background art.

[0006] To solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the present invention adopts the following technical solution: A refrigerator with a fully automatic ice maker includes a smart refrigerator. The smart refrigerator has a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment at both the top and bottom. A freezer compartment is installed at one end of the inner side of the refrigerator compartment. An ice box and a water storage box are slidably connected to the bottom of the freezer compartment. An ice tray is installed on one side of the top of the inner side of the freezer compartment. A refrigeration device is installed on one side of the inner side of the ice tray. A water circulation mechanism is installed at one end of the inner side of the freezer compartment.

[0007] The water circulation mechanism includes a water pump and a water spray pipe. The top of the ice tray is equipped with a water spray pipe, and one end of the refrigerator is equipped with a water pump. The input end of the water pump is fixedly connected to the water storage box through a conduit, and the output end of the water pump is fixedly connected to the water spray pipe through a conduit.

[0008] The ice grid is set at a vertical tilt angle.

[0009] The bottom end of the ice tray is rotatably connected to a water guide plate.

[0010] The bottom of the ice box has several water channels.

[0011] The refrigerator has pull-out limiting frames fixed to the bottom of both sides of its inner side, and guide blocks are fixed to both sides of the ice box and water storage box. The outer side of the guide blocks is slidably connected to the pull-out limiting frames.

[0012] It is clear without a doubt that the technical solution described above in this application can solve the technical problem that this application aims to address.

[0013] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of this utility model are: this utility model directly cools the water in the ice tray through the refrigeration equipment, and with the water circulation mechanism to continuously supply water, it solves the problem of low ice-making efficiency (requiring several hours) of traditional refrigerators that rely on the overall temperature of the freezer compartment, and speeds up the ice-making speed. The design of continuous water spraying through the water pipes allows the ice volume to increase continuously, meeting different usage requirements. Excess water flows back to the storage box through the water guide plate and the water channel of the ice box, forming a closed-loop water cycle and saving water resources. The combination of the pull-out limit bracket and the guide block ensures that the ice box and water storage box are installed in place and pulled out smoothly, effectively preventing loosening and leakage, and improving safety during use. Attached Figure Description

[0014] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of this utility model, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are some embodiments of this utility model. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0015] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of this utility model; Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the refrigerator, ice box, and water storage box of this utility model; Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the refrigerator of this utility model; Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the water circulation mechanism of this utility model.

[0016] In the picture: 1. Smart refrigerator; 2. Refrigerator compartment; 3. Refrigerator; 4. Ice box; 5. Water storage box; 6. Ice tray; 7. Refrigeration equipment; 8. Water guide plate; 9. Water pump motor; 10. Pull-out limit bracket; 11. Guide block; 12. Freezing chamber; 13. Water spray pipe. Detailed Implementation

[0017] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments.

[0018] Please see Figure 1-4 This utility model provides a technical solution: a refrigerator with a fully automatic ice maker, including a smart refrigerator 1. The smart refrigerator 1 has a refrigerator compartment 2 and a freezing compartment 12 at the top and bottom of the interior. A refrigerator 3 is installed at one end of the inner side of the refrigerator compartment 2. An ice box 4 and a water storage box 5 are slidably connected to the bottom of the refrigerator 3. An ice grid 6 is installed on one side of the top of the inner side of the refrigerator 3. A refrigeration device 7 is installed on one side of the inner side of the ice grid 6. A water circulation mechanism is installed at one end of the inner side of the refrigerator 3. When in use, place the refrigerator 3 inside the refrigerator compartment 2. When ice is needed, fill the water storage box 5 with purified water. Start the smart refrigerator 1 to effectively cool the purified water in the water storage box 5 inside the refrigerator compartment 2. However, the smart refrigerator 1 directly makes ice from the purified water in the water storage box 5. The ice-making effect is low and is affected by the overall temperature of the freezer compartment. It usually takes several hours to complete one ice-making cycle. Therefore, the intelligent refrigerator 1 cools down the purified water in the water storage box 5, and the water circulation mechanism is activated to transport the purified water in the water storage box 5 to the water spray pipe 13 and spray it into the ice maker 6 to fill the ice maker 6. Then, the refrigeration equipment 7 is activated to further make ice from the purified water in the ice maker 6. The purified water in the ice maker 6 forms ice through the refrigeration equipment 7, and the water spray pipe 13 gradually sprays water onto the ice in the ice maker 6, effectively increasing the volume of the ice. Ice tray 6 is tilted. When the volume and weight of the ice inside ice tray 6 are too large, the ice inside ice tray 6 will fall into the ice box 4 for storage. The water circulation mechanism includes a water pumping motor 9 and a water spray pipe 13. The top of the ice tray 6 is equipped with a water spray pipe 13, and one end of the refrigerator 3 is equipped with a water pumping motor 9. The input end of the water pumping motor 9 is fixedly connected to the water storage box 5 through a conduit, and the output end of the water pumping motor 9 is fixedly connected to the water spray pipe 13 through a conduit. Specifically, purified water is injected into the water storage box 5, then cooled by the smart refrigerator 1. The pump motor 9 is then activated to deliver the purified water to the spray pipe 13 and spray it onto the inside of the ice tray 6, filling the ice tray 6 with purified water. The refrigeration equipment 7 is then activated to make ice from the purified water inside the ice tray 6. Meanwhile, the spray pipe 13 continuously sprays water onto the surface of the ice, effectively increasing the volume of the ice. The sprayed purified water then flows along the ice tray 6 and the guide plate 8 into the ice box 4, and returns to the water storage box 5 through the water channel of the ice box 4. Thus, the above forms a complete circulation system. The ice tray 6 is set at a vertical tilt angle, which effectively keeps the pure water sprayed by the water pipe 13 inside the ice tray 6, so that the ice formed eventually falls into the ice box 4 due to its weight. The bottom of the ice tray 6 is rotatably connected to a water guide plate 8. The water guide plate 8 effectively guides the sprayed pure water along the ice tray 6 and the water guide plate 8 into the interior of the ice box 4, and back into the water storage box 5. Several water channels are provided at the bottom of the ice box 4, through which the sprayed pure water flows through the ice box 4 to the water storage box 5. The bottom of both sides of the inner side of the refrigerator 3 is fixed with a pull-out limiting bracket 10. The ice box 4 and the water storage box 5 are fixed with guide blocks 11 on both sides. The outer side of the guide block 11 is slidably connected to the pull-out limiting bracket 10. The pull-out limiting bracket 10 effectively guides and limits the guide block 11. The pull-out limiting bracket 10 also effectively limits the ice box 4 and the water storage box 5 when they are pulled to the maximum stroke, and prevents them from falling off. This ensures that the ice box 4 and the water storage box 5 are installed in place and prevents them from loosening and leaking water.

[0019] The refrigerator with a running-flow fully automatic ice maker provided by this utility model is used as follows: The refrigerator 3 is installed in the refrigerator compartment 2 of the smart refrigerator 1, and pure water is injected into the water storage box 5. The smart refrigerator 1 first performs preliminary cooling on the pure water in the water storage box 5. Start the water pump 9 to transport the purified water in the water storage box 5 to the water spray pipe 13 through the conduit. The water spray pipe 13 sprays the water into the inclined ice grid 6, so that the water stays in the ice grid 6. At the same time, start the refrigeration device 7 inside the ice grid 6 to quickly cool the purified water in the ice grid 6 to form ice. The water spray pipe 13 continuously sprays water onto the surface of the ice in the ice tray 6, causing the ice volume to increase continuously. During the spraying process, excess water flows into the ice box 4 along the ice tray 6 and the water guide plate 8 that is rotatably connected to its bottom end, and then flows back to the water storage box 5 through the water trough at the bottom of the ice box 4, forming a complete water circulation system. When the volume and weight of the ice in the ice tray 6 reach a certain level, due to the vertical tilt angle design of the ice tray 6, the ice will automatically fall into the ice box 4 for storage. Finally, the pull-out limiting bracket 10 at the bottom inner side of the refrigerator 3 slides in conjunction with the guide blocks 11 on both sides of the ice box 4 and the water storage box 5, which not only guides the two but also limits their movement when pulled out to the maximum stroke, preventing them from falling, loosening, or leaking water.

[0020] Based on the embodiments of this utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of this utility model.

Claims

1. A refrigerator with a fully automatic ice maker with continuous flow, characterized in that, The refrigerator includes a smart refrigerator (1), which has a refrigerator compartment (2) and a freezer compartment (12) at the top and bottom. A freezer compartment (3) is installed at one end of the refrigerator compartment (2). An ice box (4) and a water storage box (5) are slidably connected at the bottom of the freezer compartment (3). An ice grid (6) is installed on one side of the top of the freezer compartment (3). A refrigeration device (7) is installed on one side of the ice grid (6). A water circulation mechanism is installed at one end of the freezer compartment (3).

2. The refrigerator with a continuous-flow fully automatic ice maker according to claim 1, characterized in that, The water circulation mechanism includes a water pump (9) and a water spray pipe (13). The top of the ice tray (6) is equipped with a water spray pipe (13). One end of the refrigerator (3) is equipped with a water pump (9). The input end of the water pump (9) is fixedly connected to the water storage box (5) through a conduit. The output end of the water pump (9) is fixedly connected to the water spray pipe (13) through a conduit.

3. A refrigerator with a continuous-flow fully automatic ice maker according to claim 2, characterized in that, The ice grid (6) is set at a vertical tilt angle.

4. A refrigerator with a continuous-flow fully automatic ice maker according to claim 3, characterized in that, The bottom end of the ice tray (6) is rotatably connected to a water guide plate (8).

5. A refrigerator with a continuous-flow fully automatic ice maker according to claim 2, characterized in that, The bottom of the ice box (4) has several water channels.

6. A refrigerator with a continuous-flow fully automatic ice maker according to claim 2, characterized in that, The bottom of both sides of the inner side of the refrigerator (3) is fixed with a pull-out limiting frame (10), and both sides of the ice box (4) and the water storage box (5) are fixed with guide blocks (11). The outer side of the guide block (11) is slidably connected to the pull-out limiting frame (10).

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