447 results about "Ice storage" patented technology

The invention discloses a quick-cooling ice-making table water purifying and drinking machine. A water refrigerating device comprises a cold container water inlet pump, a cold container, a compressor, a drying filter, a condenser, a cold container evaporator, a reversing electromagnetic valve and a cold container water outlet pump. The ice making device comprises an ice making upper shell, an ice mold evaporator, a compressor, an ice mold evaporator, a deicing electromagnetic valve, a funnel assembly and an ice block conveying assembly, two evaporators, namely a cold container evaporator and the ice mold evaporator are arranged, and pure water in a cold container is refrigerated to 1-2 DEG C through cooperation of the cold container evaporator; when ice blocks are needed, the funnel assembly in the cold container moves upwards, full cold water is conveyed to the ice making module, the ice making module is matched with the ice mold evaporator to make the ice blocks, the funnel assembly moves downwards, the ice block conveying assembly moves to the position below the ice making module, the ice blocks are conveyed out of the ice outlet after ice melting, the whole ice making process is completed within 50 seconds, and quick ice making through cooling and quick ice block making are achieved. The ice blocks are used when being made, and the problems that the ice blocks breed bacteria, and no ice is stored and condensed are effectively solved.

The invention relates to the technical field of lithium batteries, in particular to a lithium battery waste heat utilization system. According to the invention, through the ingenious series connection and heat exchange design of the cooling liquid loop, the low-grade waste heat of the lithium battery is recovered and utilized to the maximum extent. According to the system, the cooling liquid absorbing the heat of the battery is sequentially used for driving the data center to cool, pre-cooling return air of the refrigerating system and finally cooling with a low-temperature secondary refrigerant of the ice storage system. According to the process, gradient utilization of heat is achieved, cooling energy consumption of the data center and the refrigerating system is remarkably reduced, the ice making efficiency of the ice storage system is improved, the comprehensive utilization rate of energy is greatly improved on the whole, and the purposes of saving energy and reducing consumption are achieved.

The invention discloses heat exchange equipment for a nuclear power station heat pipe air conditioner, which comprises a box body and an ice supplementing device, the inner space of the box body is divided into an upper area and a lower area by a grating plate, the lower area is used as a water storage area, a condenser of the heat pipe air conditioner is arranged in the lower area, water used as a heat exchange coolant is accommodated, and the liquid level of the water submerges the condenser; the upper area serves as an ice storage area, ice blocks are contained in the ice storage area, the ice blocks are melted after being heated and enter the ice storage area through the grating plate, and an ice supplementing device is installed above the ice storage area and used for making ice to supplement the ice blocks into the ice storage area. The heat exchange equipment is small in size, large in cold storage capacity, high in release efficiency and good in heat exchange effect. The invention further provides a nuclear power facility.

An automatic ice discharging device for an ice maker comprises an ice storage bucket and an ice discharging device. The ice storage bucket comprises an ice storage bucket inner container and an ice storage bucket shell. The ice storage barrel inner container comprises an inner container body, an ice outlet end face, an ice guide groove and an ice outlet. The ice outlet end face is arranged in an inclined mode. The ice guide groove is of an annular structure, and the central axis of the ice outlet device coincides with the central axis of the ice guide groove. And the groove spacing of the ice guide grooves is the same as the opening spacing of the ice outlets. The ice discharging device comprises a driving device, an ice stirring unit and a stirring frame. The driving device comprises a driving body and a driving shaft. The ice stirring unit comprises a connecting piece, a connecting rod and an ice stirring frame. And the extending directions of the ice poking rack and the connecting rod are perpendicular to each other. And the ice poking frame is accommodated in the ice guide groove, so that the ice poking frame can drive ice blocks in the ice guide groove to flow to the ice outlet. According to the ice discharging device, ice blocks are screened and stirred, and the ice discharging stability and efficiency are improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of food processing, in particular to a chicken quality preservation treatment method based on sectional regulation, which is characterized in that chicken is pretreated by a composite biological preservative solution, and ice storage treatment and staged storage are combined, so that microbial growth and enzymatic activity of the chicken are effectively inhibited; fat oxidation and protein degradation are delayed, so that the chicken still keeps excellent quality in long-term storage; in the staged storage process, key indexes are monitored in real time or periodically, a threshold value comparison and stage switching mechanism is established, and accurate dynamic regulation and control of the staged modified atmosphere packaging environment under the condition of dynamic deterioration of the chicken quality are achieved. Through segmented regulation and control, juice loss, color deterioration and decay of the chicken in the storage process can be effectively prevented, so that the sensory quality and the nutritional quality of the chicken are maintained, and meanwhile, the gas utilization efficiency in the storage environment is also remarkably improved.

The utility model relates to energy equipment technical field discloses a kind of dynamic ice systems of ice blocking prevention and maintaining outlet temperature, including ice storage tank, ice storage tank inner wall is sequentially fixedly connected with ice slurry conveying branch pipe, stirring rod, semi-permeable membrane from top to bottom, the top of the ice slurry conveying branch pipe is fixedly connected with multiple ice slurry conveying spout, ice storage tank one side inside is fixedly connected with gas pipe, the one end of gas pipe is fixedly connected with air pump, air pump is located the outer side wall of ice storage tank, air pump outer wall is fixedly connected with air suction pipe and transmission shaft, the one side electric connection of air pump has monitoring line one, the one end electric connection of monitoring line one has monitoring device.In the utility model, ice crystal and water are completely separated by semi-permeable membrane, fine ice crystals entering the inlet of subcooling plate exchanger can be filtered out during ice storage, ice blocking in the plate exchanger is avoided, ice crystal filter is saved, the size of dynamic ice maker can be reduced, and the effects of preventing ice blocking and maintaining outlet temperature are achieved.

A stirring mechanism and a cold drink machine. The stirring mechanism comprises an ice storage container and a spiral stirring paddle; the ice storage container is provided with an ice outlet; the spiral stirring paddle is rotatably mounted in the ice storage container; a pair of stirring blades are connected to a stirring central shaft and spirally and alternately surround the stirring central shaft in the length direction of the stirring central shaft; the tail ends of the stirring blades are close to the ice outlet; the outer contours of the stirring blades are close to the inner wall of the ice storage container and the stirring blades are used for conveying a material to the ice outlet during rotation. The cold drink machine uses the stirring mechanism. In the present solution, the spiral stirring paddle is provided with a pair of stirring blades, and the stirring blades spirally surround the stirring central shaft, so as to fully stir the material in the ice storage container during rotation, thereby solving the problems in existing ice machines of insufficient stirring and small stirring ranges, which cause materials to easily clump in local areas.

The application is suitable for the field of refrigeration technology, and provides an ice maker heat preservation energy-saving management method based on Internet of Things remote regulation and control, which comprises the following steps: acquiring public frequency data about an ice maker group through the Internet of Things, and analyzing and generating auxiliary decision parameters; based on the auxiliary decision parameters and real-time detection data acquired through local sensors, generating a prediction signal by performing logical judgment on whether a door opening intention is met; in response to the prediction signal, controlling a controllable heat conduction switch arranged between the inner wall of an ice storage box and a cold storage module to switch from a disconnected state to a conductive state, and controlling the conduction parameters of the controllable heat conduction switch; acquiring state data of the ice maker door body, and generating a disconnection instruction for controlling the controllable heat conduction switch to switch to a disconnected state when the door body switches to a closed state. The application deeply integrates Internet of Things remote regulation and control and local sensing, and reduces refrigeration energy consumption through intention prediction and instantaneous cooling of the cold storage module.

The invention provides a refrigerator, an ice making device and an ice making control method, relates to the technical field of household appliances, and is used for solving the technical problem that the full ice amount of an ice storage box is low. The ice cube tray is movably arranged on the bracket and can selectively turn over between a first position and a second position around a first rotating axis; the ice storage box is arranged below the ice cube tray, and the side, facing the ice cube tray, of the ice storage box is of an opening structure; when the ice cube tray is overturned from the first position to the second position, ice cubes in the ice cube tray are separated from the ice cube tray and fall into the ice storage box; the ice stirring piece is movably arranged in the ice storage box and selectively reciprocates between a third position and a fourth position in the horizontal direction. The ice storage box is used for improving the full ice amount of the ice storage box.

The application provides an integrated dry ice cleaning machine, which comprises a rack, an ice storage chamber, an ice mixing system, a gas supply system, a spraying system and an electric control system integrated in the rack; the ice storage chamber is used for storing dry ice particles; the ice mixing system is in communication with the ice storage chamber and receives the dry ice particles; the spraying system is used for spraying the dry ice particles to a surface to be cleaned; the electric control system is used for controlling the operation of the cleaning machine; the gas supply system comprises an air compressor and a gas storage device; the gas storage device is connected to the ice mixing system through a conveying pipe; the conveying pipe is used for conveying compressed air to the ice mixing system to mix the dry ice particles; and the conveying pipe is arranged in a winding shape with an extended path to exchange heat with the outer wall of the ice storage chamber; heat dissipation of the compressed air in the conveying pipe is realized through heat exchange; through reasonable heat dissipation design, the heat dissipation problem of the integrated dry ice cleaning machine is effectively solved, and the efficient operation and service life of the equipment are ensured.

An ice block delivery structure of an ice maker, comprising an ice storage tank and an ice block delivery mechanism arranged on the ice storage tank, the ice storage tank having an ice delivery opening, and the ice block delivery mechanism being capable of pushing the ice blocks in the ice storage tank to the ice delivery opening, characterized in that the ice storage tank extends downward at the ice delivery opening position to form a pre-storage ice bin, the bottom of the pre-storage ice bin forms an ice delivery port, and the bottom of the pre-storage ice bin is provided with a shutter capable of opening and closing the ice delivery port. Through the combined design of the pre-storage ice bin and the fast-responding shutter, the pre-stored ice blocks are directly released, and the ice blocks immediately fall after the user presses the button. The waiting time of the user when taking ice is eliminated, and the ice is immediately delivered after pressing; after taking ice, the shutter quickly closes, completely blocking the residual ice blocks from falling after stopping taking ice.

The invention relates to the technical field of road maintenance equipment, in particular to a viaduct ice and snow active identification and removal method and equipment based on deep learning, and aims to realize high-precision and low-delay identification of ice at the bottom of a bridge by replacing a standard convolutional layer in a YOLOv8 backbone network with a GSConv module and constructing a lightweight target detection model; by means of the identified and output position coordinates and size information, the infrared heating plate is guided to be accurately aligned with the root of the ice hanging part, heating parameters are dynamically adjusted, and the ice hanging part naturally falls off after being heated; falling ice blocks enter an ice melting box with a heating layer at the bottom through a collecting tank and a conveying pipeline, are instantly melted into water and are discharged through a drainage pipe, and a closed-loop clearing process without ice storage is formed. Manual intervention is not needed, the bridge body is prevented from being damaged by mechanical impact, the overturning risk of equipment caused by ice storage is eliminated, and the safety, efficiency and automation level of deicing operation are remarkably improved.

The invention discloses a method and a system for identifying a dynamic flow pattern of a solid-liquid two-phase flow, and relates to the technical field of solid-liquid two-phase flow detection. Through a dynamic mode decomposition method, dimension reduction processing is carried out on a snapshot matrix formed by flow pattern images at different moments, and the defects that the efficiency is low and real-time prediction cannot be carried out due to the fact that a traditional computational fluid mechanics method is purely used for iteration solving are overcome. Meanwhile, no auxiliary sensor is needed, and compared with a current complex identification system, the flow pattern of the solid-liquid two-phase flow in the dynamic change process can be rapidly and accurately identified only by combining a high-speed flow camera. The problems of poor real-time performance, high economic cost, complex operation system, narrow application range and the like generally existing in the current identification method are solved. The method has important engineering value for guaranteeing the flowing safety of solid-liquid two-phase flow related to industrial systems such as deep-sea hydrate exploitation and conveying, circulating fluidized bed reactors and dynamic ice storage ice slurry storage.

The application provides a refrigerator, which belongs to the refrigeration technical field and comprises a cabinet, a cabinet door, and an ice maker connected to the cabinet or the cabinet door. The ice maker comprises a first support, an ice tray installed on the first support, and an ice storage box installed on the first support. An ice storage cavity for receiving and storing ice is formed in the ice storage box, and the ice storage cavity is located below the ice tray to receive ice falling from the ice tray. A sterilization device is connected to the first support and located on one side of the ice tray in the length direction. The sterilization device comprises a sterilization light source configured to irradiate the ice storage cavity to sterilize the ice storage cavity and the ice therein. The sterilization device is arranged on one side of the ice tray in the length direction, and the sterilization light source of the sterilization device irradiates the ice storage cavity, thereby sterilizing the surface of the ice block, the inside of the ice block, and the ice storage cavity. The sterilization device can effectively improve the sterilization uniformity of the ice storage cavity and the ice block inside, and ensure the cleanliness of the ice storage cavity and the ice block.

The utility model discloses a carbon dioxide water-cooling cascade system which comprises a carbon dioxide circulation loop and a water-cooling cascade circulation loop, the carbon dioxide circulation loop carries out compression refrigeration circulation and comprises a condenser, and a carbon dioxide heat exchange pipeline and a water-cooling heat exchange pipeline are arranged in the condenser. The carbon dioxide heat exchange pipeline is connected with a carbon dioxide circulation loop, and the water-cooling heat exchange pipeline is connected with a water-cooling cascade circulation loop; the water-cooling cascade circulation loop comprises a water chilling unit, a refrigeration air cooler, a cooling tower, ice storage equipment and a water pump. The utility model has the advantages of energy conservation, carbon reduction, greenness, environmental protection, insensitivity to system pressure, small system pressure fluctuation during temperature reduction, and stability.

This utility model relates to the field of water purifier technology. It addresses the problem in existing ice purifiers where melted ice water is discharged into an ice tank for recycling, but the open structure of the ice tank allows bacteria to grow and contaminate the water source, leading to further contamination of the internal water supply. This utility model includes a balance tank, an evaporator, an ice storage tank, and a water receiving box. The balance tank and evaporator are connected, and all three are connected to the water receiving box. A room-temperature water valve is installed on the pipes connecting the balance tank, evaporator, and water receiving box. This utility model is used for wastewater discharge from ice purifiers.

This invention provides a refrigeration appliance. The refrigeration appliance includes an ice-making chamber with an opening. An ice maker and an ice storage box are installed inside the ice-making chamber, with the ice storage box comprising a body that is open at one end facing the chamber opening. The ice storage box also includes a shielding portion at the open end of the body and a first connecting member disposed away from the open end. The shielding portion is at least partially expandable towards the chamber opening. The body is suspended inside the ice-making chamber via the first connecting member and can pivot around the first connecting member. This design facilitates ice retrieval for the user.

The utility model relates to the technical field of fruit preservation, in particular to a portable preservation box for fruits, which comprises a storage cover and an ice storage cover, the top of the storage cover is fixedly connected with the bottom of a handle, the bottom of the storage cover and the bottom of the ice storage cover are both provided with sealing grooves, the inner side walls of the sealing grooves are connected with the outer side walls of sealing pressing strips, and the outer side walls of the sealing pressing strips are connected with the storage cover. The bottom of the sealing pressing strip movably abuts against the top of the box body, the upper surface of the interior of the box body movably abuts against the top of the inner container, a heat preservation layer is arranged between the inner container and the box body, buckles are arranged on the front face and the rear face of the storage cover and the front face and the rear face of the ice storage cover, and buckle grooves are formed in the periphery of the top of the box body. A sealing protrusion is arranged at the top of the box body, an ice storage bin and a storage bin are arranged in the inner container, a partition strip is arranged on the inner side wall of the storage bin, and the inner side wall of the partition strip is in sliding connection with the outer side wall of a partition plate. The device can achieve the effects that the cut fruits are convenient to carry, and the fruits can be preserved and stored for a long time.

The utility model relates to an ice storage box and an ice maker. The ice storage box comprises a box body, the box body comprises a front face, a back face, a bottom face and two side faces, and a containing cavity is formed. The bottom surface is provided with an inclined plane, and the side, close to the front surface, of the inclined plane is higher than the side, close to the back surface, of the inclined plane; the sealing piece can slide in the drainage hole; when the ice storage box is placed in the ice maker, the sealing piece is pushed, and sealing of the drainage hole is relieved; and when the ice storage box is taken out of the ice maker, the sealing piece seals the drainage hole. According to the ice storage box disclosed by the utility model, the water drainage hole is sealed through the sliding sealing element, so that when the ice storage box is positioned in the ice machine, the water drainage hole is opened, and ice block melting water is normally drained, and when the ice storage box is taken out of the ice machine, the water drainage hole is closed, and the ice block melting water is temporarily accumulated in the ice storage box; the situation that ice blocks melt water to wet the ground or a table top when a user takes ice is avoided, and the use experience of the user is improved.

1. Name of the product in this design: Ice storage tank for ice maker. 2. Purpose of this design: Ice storage tank for ice makers. 3. The key point of the design of this product lies in its shape. 4. The picture or photo that best illustrates the design points: Stereoscopic drawing 1.

This utility model discloses a direct-cooling ice maker, including a cabinet, a refrigeration module, an ice-making module, a water supply module, a control module, and an ice storage tray. The cabinet contains a refrigeration chamber, and the refrigeration module is located within the cabinet and is used to refrigerate the refrigeration chamber. The ice-making module has multiple ice-making cavities and an ice-pouring assembly. Each ice-making cavity has an ice-pouring port, and the ice-pouring assembly can pour ice from the ice-making cavity through the ice-pouring port. The water supply module is located within the cabinet, and its water inlet is connected to each ice-making cavity. The control module is connected to both the ice-making module and the water supply module to control their operation. The ice storage tray is located within the cabinet and within the refrigeration chamber, and is used to receive ice poured from the ice-pouring port. This design ensures that the ice does not melt easily, improving the quality of the ice.

This utility model provides a medical sterile ice crusher, including an ice storage bucket, a drain bucket, an ice crushing bucket, a bucket lid, and a drive device. The top of the ice storage bucket is open, and a pouring spout is provided on one side of the ice storage bucket. The bottom of the ice storage bucket is detachably connected to the drain bucket, and several draining holes are opened on the bottom surface of the ice storage bucket, located on the side away from the pouring spout. The body of the ice crushing bucket is located inside the ice storage bucket, and the top of the ice storage bucket is detachably connected to the ice crushing bucket. An ice crushing blade is provided at the bottom of the ice storage bucket. The top of the ice crushing bucket is open, and the opening of the ice crushing bucket is detachably connected to the bucket lid. The drive device includes a rotating shaft, and a shaft hole is provided on the bucket lid, with the rotating shaft sleeved in the shaft hole. A crank rocker is provided at the top of the rotating shaft, and a turntable is provided at the bottom of the rotating shaft, with the turntable located above the ice crushing blade. This utility model solves the technical problems of existing automatic equipment being expensive, manual ice cutting being dangerous, ice water mixing, and difficulty in cleaning and disinfection.

The utility model discloses a kind of ice-making equipment, belong to refrigeration device field.The ice-making equipment includes: and install in the water storage tank of equipment shell, ice storage box, drain and ice-making box.Drain is located in the upper portion of ice storage box and has water guide groove and ice drop opening, ice-making box can be rotatably installed in drain and has ice-making cavity and backwater structure.When ice-making box rotates, backwater structure is used to guide drain residual water in ice-making cavity to water guide groove, and ice block can be under the action of gravity through ice drop opening and fall into ice storage box, in this way, water ice separation can be realized through one rotating action, so as to be able to simplify ice-making equipment's ice-out process, reduce the size of ice-making equipment.

The application discloses a method for treating rural sewage by using natural freezing, and belongs to the technical field of sewage treatment. The method for treating rural sewage by using natural freezing comprises the following steps: step one, collecting rural sewage, flowing the rural sewage into a grit chamber through a grid for sedimentation, adjusting pH, adding a composite adsorption material for adsorption treatment, and obtaining pretreated rural sewage; step two, adding the pretreated rural sewage into a water storage tank, then discharging the pretreated rural sewage into a treatment tank, connecting a sludge tank to a four-stage treatment tank, using natural cooling to freeze, moving ice bodies in the treatment tank into an ice storage tank, then sequentially discharging sewage into a next-stage treatment tank, and repeating the operation; and step three, after temperature rises, using an ecological floating island technology to treat mixed sewage in the sludge tank, and using ice in the ice storage tank after the ice is dissolved for rural landscape and agricultural irrigation. The method can simply and efficiently treat rural sewage.

The utility model discloses an ice storage air-conditioning system which comprises a refrigeration host (1), a freezing pump (2), an ice melting pump (3), a heat exchanger (6), an ice storage device (7), an electric valve V1 (4) and an electric valve V2 (5), and is characterized in that an inlet of the refrigeration host (1) is connected with an outlet of the freezing pump (2); an outlet of the refrigeration host (1) is divided into two paths through a branch pipeline, one path is connected with an inlet of the V2 electric valve (5), and the other path is connected with a port A of the ice storage device (7); and an inlet of the freezing pump (2) is connected with a primary side outlet of the heat exchanger (6), an inlet of the ice melting pump (3) and an outlet of the V1 electric valve (4). By optimizing the pipeline layout and arranging the independent ice melting pump, five operation working condition modes of ice-making cold storage, ice melting cold supply, refrigeration cold supply, combined cold supply and ice-making and cold supply can be achieved only through two electric valves. The system structure is simplified, energy consumption and control complexity are reduced, and the system is suitable for commercial and industrial buildings and has remarkable economical efficiency and popularization value.

The application discloses a water chiller, a control method and a storage medium. The water chiller comprises an evaporator direct connection chilled water system, and further comprises an ice storage device, a first electronic expansion valve and a second electronic expansion valve. The outlet pipeline of the ice storage device is connected with a compressor, and the inlet pipeline of the ice storage device is connected with a heating water tank. The first electronic expansion valve is arranged on a pipeline between the heating water tank and the ice storage device. The second electronic expansion valve is arranged on a pipeline between a condenser and the evaporator. Through the application, a water chiller structure and a control method thereof are provided. By switching the circulating loop of the refrigerant under different working conditions, the evaporator and the condenser can provide independent temperature chilled water / hot water, so that the water chiller can run in an optimal efficiency state under various working conditions, and the optimal efficiency requirement of various water temperature working conditions can be met.

The invention relates to the field of drinking water equipment control, and particularly discloses a drinking water equipment control method and device, a storage medium and drinking water equipment.The drinking water equipment comprises a water supply pump, an ice storage tank, a cold water tank and a refrigeration device, the refrigeration device comprises an evaporator and a refrigerant electromagnetic valve, and the refrigerant electromagnetic valve is used for adjusting the refrigerant flow direction of the refrigeration device; acquiring ice storage information of an ice storage tank, water level information of a cold water tank and environment temperature when the water drinking equipment starts an ice making working condition and a water refrigerating working condition; when the ice storage tank is full of ice and the cold water level of the cold water tank is lower than the preset water level, the water supply pump is controlled to be started, and the refrigerant electromagnetic valve is controlled to be opened and closed according to the environment temperature, so that high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant of the refrigerating device is adjusted to flow to the evaporator, ice blocks attached to the evaporator are melted and fall off, and then it can be guaranteed that the refrigerating water working condition is smoothly completed; meanwhile, it is guaranteed that the functions of the water drinking equipment are not affected, and the service life of the water drinking equipment is prolonged.

To miniaturize an ice maker.SOLUTION: An ice maker 10 includes: an ice making unit 21 including an ice making surface 24 for freezing water to generate ice; and a discharge port 11D1 for discharging ice 70 made by the ice making unit 21 to the outside. An ice storage part for storing the ice 70 made by the ice making unit 21 is not disposed to the ice maker. The ice 70 made by the ice making unit 21 is discharged to the outside from the discharge port 11D1 immediately after detached from the ice making surface 24.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

A water dispensing apparatus of the present invention comprises: a filter for filtering raw water into purified water; an ice-making means for performing an ice-making operation to make water that has passed through the filter into ice; an ice storage means for supplying cold air to an ice storage compartment performing an ice storage compartment cooling operation such that ice generated by the ice-making means is stored frozen; a cooling means for performing a cold water cooling operation to cool the purified water that has passed through the filter into cold water; and a control unit for controlling operations of the ice-making means, the ice storage means, and the cooling means. A control method therefor comprises the steps of: checking whether an ice-making function is turned on; if the ice-making function is turned on, determining whether ice making is in progress or whether the temperature of the ice storage compartment is lower than or equal to a preset first reference temperature; and starting the ice storage compartment cooling operation when ice making is not in progress or the temperature of the ice storage compartment exceeds the first reference temperature.

A refrigeration appliance includes an ice maker for freezing water into ice pieces. The ice maker (125) includes an ice maker housing (126), an ice making unit (156) for making the ice pieces, a removeable ice bin (135) receiving the ice pieces, and an ice dispenser having a rotatable auger (170) that drives the ice pieces out of the removable ice bin to a bin aperture (168) at the ice bin via a driving force applied in a first direction. A latching assembly is provided at least partially at each of the removeable ice bin and the ice maker housing, and is configured to apply a resisting force to the ice bin at least along a second direction opposite the first direction. The removable ice bin is selectively removable from the ice maker housing by the user applying a removal force greater than the driving force to the ice bin in the first direction.