Overflow structure of a puck ice maker

Abstract

The utility model provides a kind of overflow port structure of ball ice ice maker, including water box and the ice mould of being fixed on the upside of water box, the side of water box is provided with overflow container, the inner chamber of overflow container is communicated with the inner chamber of water box;Overflow container is provided with quantitative overflow port, the inner chamber of overflow container is communicated with outside by quantitative overflow port;The upper end of overflow container is provided with full water overflow port, and the height of full water overflow port is greater than the height of quantitative overflow port;Ice making stage, excess water in water box overflow from quantitative overflow port, to ensure that the water into ice mould is quantitative;Ice removal stage, excess water in water box overflow from quantitative overflow port and full water overflow port;The utility model provides a kind of overflow port structure of ball ice ice maker, overcome the defect that ice making efficiency is low, ice block shape is not complete when the water amount injected in water box of existing ball ice ice maker is not quantified during ice making.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of ice maker technology, specifically to an overflow outlet structure for a ball ice maker. Background Technology

[0002] In the field of refrigeration equipment, spherical ice makers are popular in bars, cafes, upscale restaurants and other places because they can produce spherical ice cubes with regular shapes, beautiful appearance and relatively slow melting speed, satisfying consumers' demand for high-quality beverages and unique visual experience.

[0003] Currently, common spherical ice makers mainly consist of a water tank and ice molds installed on top of the water tank. The ice-making and de-icing processes usually rely on a water pump. During the ice-making stage, the water pump draws water into the water tank, and then the water is drawn into the ice mold to complete the freezing process. During de-icing, the water pump fills the water tank with water, thereby separating the made spherical ice from the ice mold.

[0004] However, existing spherical ice makers have significant drawbacks in actual operation. During the ice-making process, the lack of an effective quantitative water injection control mechanism makes it impossible to precisely determine the amount of water injected into the water tank. Too much water will affect ice-making efficiency; too little water will fail to fully fill the ice mold, resulting in incomplete ice cubes that cannot achieve the desired spherical shape, severely impacting the ice's shape. Utility Model Content

[0005] (a) Technical problems to be solved

[0006] In view of this, the present invention provides an overflow outlet structure for a ball ice maker, which overcomes the defects of existing ball ice makers where the amount of water injected into the water box during ice making cannot be quantitatively measured, resulting in low ice making efficiency and incomplete ice block shape.

[0007] (II) Technical Solution

[0008] To solve the aforementioned technical problem, this utility model provides an overflow outlet structure for a ball ice maker, including a water box and an ice-making mold fixed to the upper side of the water box. An overflow container is provided on one side of the water box, and the inner cavity of the overflow container communicates with the inner cavity of the water box. A metered overflow outlet is provided on the overflow container, and the inner cavity of the overflow container communicates with the outside through the metered overflow outlet. A full water overflow outlet is provided at the upper end of the overflow container, and the height of the full water overflow outlet is greater than the height of the metered overflow outlet. During the ice-making stage, excess water in the water box overflows from the metered overflow outlet, thereby ensuring a measured amount of water enters the ice-making mold. During the de-icing stage, excess water in the water box overflows from both the metered overflow outlet and the full water overflow outlet.

[0009] In some embodiments, an overflow groove is formed on one side wall of the overflow container, and the metering overflow outlet is disposed at the bottom of the overflow groove.

[0010] In some embodiments, the overflow groove extends from top to bottom, with its upper end communicating with the outside and its lower end having a height greater than the height of the bottom wall of the overflow container's inner cavity.

[0011] In some embodiments, an overflow pipe is provided extending upward from the bottom of the inner cavity of the overflow container, and a metering overflow port is provided at the top of the overflow pipe.

[0012] In some embodiments, the overflow pipe has a hollow circular tube structure, and the overflow pipe and the overflow container are an integral structure.

[0013] In some embodiments, the overflow container is a box-shaped structure with a closed bottom and an opening on its upper side; the wall on one side of the opening is lower than the wall on the other side, thereby forming the full-water overflow outlet.

[0014] In some embodiments, the overflow container and the water box are integral plastic components.

[0015] In some embodiments, both the water box and the ice mold are rectangular, and the overflow container is located at any corner of the water box.

[0016] In some embodiments, the ice-making mold is fixedly connected to the water box by a plurality of fastening screws, and the ice-making mold has a plurality of hemispherical chambers spaced apart along a straight line.

[0017] (III) Beneficial Effects

[0018] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects that at least one technical solution adopted in the embodiments of this specification can achieve include at least:

[0019] 1) This overflow structure, by setting an overflow container on one side of the water box and designing a metered overflow outlet on the overflow container, ensures that excess water in the water box overflows from the metered overflow outlet during the ice-making stage, ensuring that the water entering the ice-making mold is precisely metered. This effectively solves the problem of inaccurate water injection control in the existing technology, avoiding the situation where excessive water injection affects ice-making efficiency, or insufficient water injection results in incomplete ice block shape, thus improving ice-making efficiency, as well as improving the shape integrity and quality of the ice, making the produced spherical ice more in line with the ideal spherical shape.

[0020] 2) During the de-icing stage, excess water in the water tank overflows from the metered overflow port and the full water overflow port. The water pump's inlet speed needs to be greater than the overflow speed of the metered overflow port to ensure that the water tank is filled with water. This design ensures metered water injection during ice making and meets the requirement of a large amount of water injection in the water tank during de-icing to separate the ice balls from the ice film. This optimizes the entire ice making process and enables the ice maker to operate efficiently and stably in different working stages. Attached Figure Description

[0021] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of this application, the drawings used in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of this application. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0022] Figure 1 This is a perspective view of the overflow outlet structure of a ball ice maker according to Embodiment 1;

[0023] Figure 2 This is an exploded view of the overflow outlet structure of a ball ice maker according to Embodiment 1;

[0024] Figure 3 This is a perspective view of the water box in the overflow structure of a ball ice maker according to Embodiment 1;

[0025] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the overflow container in the overflow outlet structure of a ball ice maker according to Embodiment 1;

[0026] Figure 5 This is a perspective view of the overflow outlet structure of a ball ice maker according to Embodiment 2;

[0027] Figure 6 This is a perspective view of the water box in the overflow structure of a ball ice maker according to Embodiment 2;

[0028] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the water box structure in the overflow outlet structure of a ball ice maker according to this utility model;

[0029] The corresponding component names for each attached figure are: 1. Water box; 2. Ice mold; 201. Hemispherical chamber; 3. Overflow container; 301. Metering overflow outlet; 302. Full water overflow outlet; 303. Overflow groove; 304. Overflow pipe; 305. Opening. Detailed Implementation

[0030] The embodiments of this application will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0031] The following specific examples illustrate the implementation of this application. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of this application from the content disclosed in this specification. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of this application, and not all of them. This application can also be implemented or applied through other different specific embodiments, and the details in this specification can also be modified or changed based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the spirit of this application. It should be noted that, in the absence of conflict, the following embodiments and features in the embodiments can be combined with each other. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0032] It should be noted that various aspects of embodiments within the scope of the appended claims are described below. It will be apparent that the aspects described herein can be embodied in a wide variety of forms, and any particular structure and / or function described herein is merely illustrative. Based on this application, those skilled in the art will understand that one aspect described herein can be implemented independently of any other aspect, and two or more of these aspects can be combined in various ways. For example, any number and aspects set forth herein can be used to implement the device and / or practice the method. Additionally, this device and / or method can be implemented using structures and / or functionalities other than one or more of the aspects set forth herein.

[0033] It should also be noted that the illustrations provided in the following embodiments are only schematic representations of the basic concept of this application. The illustrations only show the components related to this application and are not drawn according to the number, shape and size of the components in actual implementation. In actual implementation, the form, quantity and proportion of each component can be arbitrarily changed, and the layout of the components may also be more complex.

[0034] Additionally, specific details are provided in the following description to facilitate a thorough understanding of the examples. However, those skilled in the art will understand that practice can be carried out without these specific details.

[0035] Example 1:

[0036] Combination Figures 1-4 As shown, this embodiment provides an overflow outlet structure for a ball ice maker, including a water box 1 and an ice-making mold 2 fixed on the upper side of the water box 1. The ice-making mold 2 is fixedly connected to the water box 1 by multiple fastening screws, and multiple hemispherical chambers 201 are arranged at intervals along a straight line on the ice-making mold 2.

[0037] See Figures 1 to 4An overflow container 3 is provided on one side of the water box 1, and the inner cavity of the overflow container 3 is connected to the inner cavity of the water box 1. A metering overflow port 301 is provided on the overflow container 3, and the inner cavity of the overflow container 3 is connected to the outside through the metering overflow port 301. A full water overflow port 302 is provided at the upper end of the overflow container 3. The height of the full water overflow port 302 is greater than the height of the metering overflow port 301, and the overflow rate of the full water overflow port 302 is greater than the overflow rate of the metering overflow port 301. During the ice-making stage, a certain amount of water (more than the metered amount of water injected into the ice mold 2) is injected into the water box 1 by a water pump. The excess water in the water box 1 overflows from the metering overflow port 301. After overflowing, the water in the water box 1 is the metered amount of water, thus ensuring that the amount of water entering the ice mold 2 is metered. During the de-icing stage, a large amount of water is injected into water box 1 by a water pump. Excess water in water box 1 overflows from the metered overflow port 301 and the full water overflow port 302. The water injection speed of the water pump needs to be greater than the overflow speed of the metered overflow port 301 to ensure that water box 1 can be filled with water. After being filled with water, the water in water box 1 mainly overflows from the full water overflow port 302.

[0038] This structure, by setting an overflow container on one side of the water tank and designing a metered overflow port on the overflow container, ensures that the water entering the ice-making mold is precisely metered during the ice-making stage. This effectively solves the problem of inaccurate water injection control in existing technologies, avoiding situations where excessive water injection affects ice-making efficiency or insufficient water injection results in incomplete ice block shapes. It improves ice-making efficiency, as well as the shape integrity and quality of the ice, making the produced spherical ice more in line with the ideal spherical shape. During the de-icing stage, excess water in the water tank overflows from the metered overflow port and the full-water overflow port. The water pump's inlet speed needs to be greater than the overflow speed of the metered overflow port to ensure that the water tank is filled with water. This design not only ensures metered water injection during ice making but also meets the requirement of a large amount of water injection in the water tank during de-icing to separate the spherical ice from the ice film, optimizing the entire ice-making process and enabling the ice maker to operate efficiently and stably at different working stages.

[0039] See Figure 3 and Figure 4 An overflow pipe 304 extends upwards from the bottom of the inner cavity of the overflow container 3. The top of the overflow pipe 304 is lower than the height of the full-water overflow port 302. A metered overflow port 301 is located at the top of the overflow pipe 304. During the ice-making stage, excess water in the water box 1 overflows from the metered overflow port 301 and the overflow pipe 304. This structure, with the metered overflow port 301 located inside the overflow pipe 304, is simple in design and easy to manufacture.

[0040] See Figure 3 and Figure 4 The overflow pipe 304 has a hollow circular tube structure, and the overflow pipe 304 and the overflow container 3 are an integral structure.

[0041] See Figure 3 and Figure 4 The overflow container 3 has a box-shaped structure. The bottom of the overflow container 3 is closed, and the upper side of the overflow container 3 has an opening 305. The wall on one side of the opening 305 is lower than the wall on the other side, thus forming a full water overflow outlet 302.

[0042] See Figures 1 to 3 The overflow container 3 and the water box 1 are integrated plastic parts, which helps to simplify the structure and save manufacturing costs. Both the water box 1 and the ice mold 2 are rectangular, and the overflow container 3 is located at any of the four corners of the water box 1.

[0043] Example 2:

[0044] The difference between the overflow outlet structure of the ball ice maker provided in this embodiment and that in Embodiment 1 is that the structure of the quantitative overflow outlet 301 is different.

[0045] See Figures 5 to 7 In this embodiment, an overflow groove 303 is formed recessed on one side wall of the overflow container 3, and a metering overflow port 301 is provided at the bottom of the overflow groove 303. The overflow groove 303 extends from top to bottom, with its upper end communicating with the outside, and the height of its lower end being greater than the height of the bottom wall of the inner cavity of the overflow container 3.

[0046] In this specification, the same or similar parts between the various embodiments can be referred to mutually. Each embodiment focuses on describing the differences from other embodiments. In particular, the descriptions of the embodiments described later are relatively simple, and relevant parts can be referred to the descriptions of the foregoing embodiments.

[0047] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of this application, but the scope of protection of this application is not limited thereto. Any variations or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this application should be included within the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the scope of protection of this application should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. An overflow outlet structure for a ball ice maker, comprising a water tank (1) and an ice-making mold (2) fixed to the upper side of the water tank (1), characterized in that: An overflow container (3) is provided on one side of the water box (1), and the inner cavity of the overflow container (3) is connected to the inner cavity of the water box (1). A metered overflow port (301) is provided on the overflow container (3), and the inner cavity of the overflow container (3) is connected to the outside through the metered overflow port (301). A full water overflow port (302) is provided at the upper end of the overflow container (3), and the height of the full water overflow port (302) is greater than the height of the metered overflow port (301). During the ice-making stage, excess water in the water box (1) overflows from the metered overflow port (301), thereby ensuring that the amount of water entering the ice-making mold (2) is metered. During the de-icing stage, excess water in the water box (1) overflows from the metered overflow port (301) and the full water overflow port (302).

2. The overflow structure of a ball ice maker according to claim 1, wherein: An overflow groove (303) is formed inward on one side wall of the overflow container (3), and the metering overflow port (301) is located at the bottom of the overflow groove (303).

3. The overflow structure of a ball ice maker according to claim 2, wherein: The overflow groove (303) extends from top to bottom. The upper end of the overflow groove (303) is connected to the outside, and the height of its lower end is greater than the height of the bottom wall of the inner cavity of the overflow container (3).

4. The overflow structure of a ball ice maker according to claim 1, wherein: The bottom of the inner cavity of the overflow container (3) is provided with an overflow pipe (304) extending upward, and the metering overflow port (301) is located at the top of the overflow pipe (304).

5. The overflow structure of a ball ice maker according to claim 4, wherein: The overflow pipe (304) has a hollow circular tube structure, and the overflow pipe (304) and the overflow container (3) are an integral structure.

6. The overflow structure of a ball ice maker according to claim 1, wherein: The overflow container (3) is a box-shaped structure with a closed bottom and an opening (305) on its upper side. The wall surface on one side of the opening (305) is lower than the wall surface on the other side, thereby forming the full water overflow outlet (302).

7. The overflow structure of a ball ice maker according to claim 1, wherein: The overflow container (3) and the water box (1) are plastic parts with an integrated structure.

8. The overflow structure of a ball ice maker according to claim 1, wherein: Both the water box (1) and the ice mold (2) are rectangular, and the overflow container (3) is located at any corner of the water box (1).

9. The overflow structure of a ball ice maker according to claim 1, wherein: The ice mold (2) is fixedly connected to the water box (1) by a number of fastening screws. The ice mold (2) has a number of hemispherical chambers (201) spaced apart along a straight line.

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