Summary of the invention
The present invention is intended to solve at least one of technical problem that exists in the prior art.
For this reason, one object of the present invention is to propose a kind of Icemaker assembly that is used for refrigerator, and the ice making speed of said Icemaker assembly is fast, and the ice cube quality that obtains is high.
Another object of the present invention is to propose a kind of refrigerator with above-mentioned Icemaker assembly.
A kind of Icemaker assembly that is used for refrigerator according to first aspect present invention embodiment; Wherein said Icemaker assembly is located in the chamber that the ice-making compartment of refrigerator limits; Wherein, Said Icemaker assembly comprises: it is interior said chamber is separated into the ice making space on top and the ice storage space of bottom that thermal insulation layer body, said thermal insulation layer body level are located at said chamber, and said thermal insulation layer body is provided with the opening that runs through its upper and lower surfaces; Article two, slide rail, said two slide rails are arranged on the said thermal insulation layer body respectively obliquely and lay respectively at the both sides longitudinally of said opening; Drip tray, vertical two ends of said drip tray are located at respectively in said two slide rails slidably, and said drip tray is provided with sparge pipe, and said sparge pipe has at least one water jet; Heat insulation door-plate, said heat insulation door-plate be fixed on the lower surface of said drip tray and with said drip tray motion with sealing with open said opening; Ice tray, said ice tray are located in the said ice making space, and the said ice tray position that Open Side Down and the edge is horizontal is corresponding with said opening; Ice making evaporator, the contiguous said ice tray setting of said ice making evaporator is to lower the temperature to said ice tray; And water tank, being communicated with between said water tank and the said drip tray, the water in the said water tank is injected into said ice tray through water pump via said water jet.
The Icemaker assembly that is used for refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention; Through built-in ice making evaporator with the water ice making in the ice tray; And made the below that ice tray is got out of the way in the motion of ice rear drive drip tray, driven heat insulation door-plate simultaneously and open opening, the ice that makes is directly dropped in the ice storage space through opening; Ice making speed is fast, the ice cube quality high, and ice making, to deice simple and convenient cost low.
In addition, the Icemaker assembly that is used for refrigerator according to the present invention also has following additional technical feature:
Said Icemaker assembly further comprises driver, and said driver is connected in a horizontal side of said drip tray and drives said drip tray and slides along said slide rail.
Alternatively, said driver is the stroke motor.
Perhaps alternatively, said driver is the motor that has sensor.
Said Icemaker assembly further comprises: external threaded, and an end of said external threaded is connected to said driver; With the internal thread screw rod, a said horizontal side and the other end that an end of said internal thread screw rod is connected to said drip tray cooperate with the other end of said external threaded.
Extend outward protuberance respectively on vertical two ends of said drip tray, said protuberance moves in said two slide rails respectively; Said Icemaker assembly further comprises: the U-shaped frame; Said U-shaped frame has leading flank, trailing flank and left surface; Wherein said drip tray is contained in the framework of said U-shaped frame qualification; And the said leading flank of said U-shaped frame and the rear end of trailing flank are respectively equipped with and can hold the vertical through holes that said protuberance moves up and down, and a said end of said internal thread screw rod is connected to the left surface of said U-shaped frame.
Thus,, make drip tray in the framework that the U-shaped frame limits, can realize relative motion, can drive heat insulation door-plate simultaneously and move with respect to the thermal insulation layer body with respect to the thermal insulation layer body through the motion in corresponding slide rail and vertical through holes respectively of each protuberance.
Said internal thread screw rod and said U-shaped frame are integrally formed.
A kind of refrigerator according to second aspect present invention embodiment comprises: refrigerating chamber, be provided with ice-making compartment in the said refrigerating chamber, and limit chamber in the said ice-making compartment; According to the Icemaker assembly that is used for refrigerator of first aspect present invention embodiment, wherein said Icemaker assembly is located in the said chamber.
Additional aspect of the present invention and advantage part in the following description provide, and part will become obviously from the following description, or recognize through practice of the present invention.
The specific embodiment
Describe embodiments of the invention below in detail, the example of said embodiment is shown in the drawings, and wherein identical from start to finish or similar label is represented identical or similar elements or the element with identical or similar functions.Be exemplary through the embodiment that is described with reference to the drawings below, only be used to explain the present invention, and can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.
In description of the invention; It will be appreciated that; Term " vertically ", " laterally ", " on ", the orientation of indications such as D score, " preceding ", " back ", " left side ", " right side ", " vertically ", " level ", " interior ", " outward " or position relation be for based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relation; Only be to describe with simplifying for the ease of describing the present invention; Rather than the device or the element of indication or hint indication must have specific orientation, with specific azimuth configuration and operation, therefore can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.In addition, term " first ", " second " only are used to describe purpose, and can not be interpreted as indication or hint relative importance.
In description of the invention, need to prove that only if clear and definite regulation and qualification are arranged in addition, term " installation ", " linking to each other ", " connection " should be done broad understanding, for example, can be to be fixedly connected, also can be to removably connect, or connect integratedly; Can be directly to link to each other, also can link to each other indirectly through intermediary, can be the connection of two element internals.For those of ordinary skill in the art, can concrete condition understand above-mentioned term concrete implication in the present invention.
Followingly describe a kind of Icemaker assembly that is used for refrigerator according to first aspect present invention embodiment with reference to figure 1-Fig. 3, said Icemaker assembly is suitable for being located in the chamber that the ice-making compartment of refrigerator limits.
The Icemaker assembly that is used for refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention comprises: thermal insulation layer body 1, two slide rails 2, drip tray 3, heat insulation door-plate 4, ice tray 5, ice making evaporator (scheming not shown) and water tanks (scheming not shown), wherein thermal insulation layer body 1 level is located in the chamber with the ice making space that chamber is separated into top and the ice storage space of bottom.As shown in Figure 1, thermal insulation layer body 1 is provided with the opening 11 that runs through its upper and lower surfaces.Article two, slide rail 2 is arranged on the thermal insulation layer body 1 respectively obliquely and lays respectively at the both sides longitudinally of opening 11, limits slideway respectively in each bar slide rail 2.Vertical two ends of drip tray 3 are located at respectively in two slide rails 2 slidably, so that drip tray 3 is movable with respect to thermal insulation layer body 1.Drip tray 3 is provided with sparge pipe 31, and sparge pipe 31 has at least one water jet 32.Particularly, as shown in Figure 1, drip tray 3 can be all along the fore-and-aft direction setting with sparge pipe 31.Alternatively, at least one water jet 32 is turned up the soil along length direction (being the fore-and-aft direction among Fig. 1) each interval of sparge pipe 31 and is provided with and the two ends sealing of sparge pipe 31.
Heat insulation door-plate 4 be fixed on the lower surface of drip tray 3 and with drip tray 3 motions with sealing with open opening 11.When heat insulation door-plate 4 sealing openings 11, prevented the air-flow play between the ice storage space 10b of ice making space 10a and bottom on thermal insulation layer body 1 top, thereby prevented that ice making space 10a and the interior temperature of ice storage space 10b from interacting.And when heat insulation door-plate 4 was opened opening 11, ice making space 10a and ice storage space 10b interconnected.
Ice tray 5 is located in the ice making space, the opening of ice tray 5 11 downwards and corresponding with opening 11 along horizontal position, the contiguous ice tray 5 of ice making evaporator is provided with to ice tray 5 coolings, thus to being attached to the interior water ice making of ice tray 5.
Be communicated with between water tank and the drip tray 3; Water in the water tank is injected into ice tray 5 through water pump via water jet 32; Particularly; Be connected through water inlet pipe and drainpipe (all not shown among the figure) between water tank and the drip tray 3, wherein on water inlet pipe, be provided with water pump (scheming not shown) so that the water in the water tank is injected into ice tray 5 through water jet 32.Whether water tank gets into through linking to each other with external water source and can regulating the water source according to the water yield in the drip tray 5, and this water tank can be located at the interior any position of refrigerating chamber of refrigerator.Level sensor, ball valve that persons of ordinary skill in the art may appreciate that the control panel that is connected to refrigerator etc. all can be realized being not described in detail above-mentioned control procedure at this.
Thus; During ice making; Earlier drip tray 3 is moved to the corresponding below of ice tray 5, then the water in the water tank is injected into ice tray 5 through water pump via water jet 32, part water can be attached to ice tray 5 and frozen by the ice making evaporator cooling; And remaining water can fall back in the drip tray 3, and the water in the drip tray 3 also can be got back in the water tank to accomplish the primary water shuttling movement through drainpipe.And when needs deice, drip tray 3 is moved the below that gets out of the way ice tray 5, and drive heat insulation door-plate 4 motions, open opening 11, so that the ice in the ice making space is dropped in the ice storage space through opening 11.
In addition, Icemaker assembly also comprises ice bank and ice storage evaporimeter (scheming not shown), and ice bank is located in the ice storage space and the corresponding ice that makes with reception with the position of heat insulation door-plate 4, and the contiguous ice bank setting of ice storage evaporimeter is in case the thawing of stagnant ice piece.In addition, other in the ice bank for example constitute ice exploration bar, push away ice bar and trash ice blade etc. and operation all is known for those of ordinary skills, are not described in detail here.
The Icemaker assembly that is used for refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention; Through built-in ice making evaporator with the water ice making in the ice tray 5; And made the below that ice tray 5 is got out of the way in 5 motions of ice rear drive drip tray, driven heat insulation door-plate 4 simultaneously and open opening 11, the ice that makes is directly dropped in the ice storage space through opening 11; Ice making speed is fast, the ice cube quality high, and ice making, to deice simple and convenient cost low.
In one embodiment of the invention, the Icemaker assembly that is used for refrigerator further comprises driver, and driver is connected in a horizontal side of drip tray 3 and drives drip tray 3 and slides along slide rail 2.Alternatively, driver can be the stroke motor, so that the sliding stroke of control drip tray 3.Perhaps alternatively, driver is the motor 6 that has sensor 61, and is as shown in Figure 1.Below description in be that the motor 6 that has a sensor 61 is that example describes with driver.
In an example of the present invention, shown in Fig. 1-Fig. 3, Icemaker assembly further comprises: external threaded 7 and internal thread screw rod 8.As shown in Figure 1, an end of external threaded 7 is connected to motor 6, and a horizontal side and the other end that an end of internal thread screw rod 8 is connected to drip tray 3 cooperate with the other end of external threaded 7.Thus, when needing to drive drip tray 3 motions, motor 6 actions according to predefined direction, are rotated the corresponding number of turns, and sensor 61 is responded to, and through the master control borad (scheming not shown) of refrigerator it is controlled then.
Particularly, shown in Fig. 1-Fig. 3, on vertical two ends of drip tray 3, extend outward protuberance 33 respectively, protuberance 33 motion in two slide rails 2 respectively.At this moment; Icemaker assembly also further comprises U-shaped frame 9; As shown in Figure 1, U-shaped frame 9 has leading flank 91, trailing flank 92 and left surface 93, and wherein drip tray 3 is contained in the framework of U-shaped frame 9 qualifications; And the leading flank 91 of U-shaped frame and the rear end of trailing flank 92 are respectively equipped with and can hold the vertical through holes 94 that protuberance moves up and down, and an end of internal thread screw rod 8 is connected to the left surface 93 of U-shaped frame 9.Thus; Through the motion in corresponding slide rail 2 and vertical through holes 94 respectively of each protuberance 33; Make drip tray 3 in the framework that U-shaped frame 9 limits, can realize relative motion, can drive heat insulation door-plate 4 simultaneously with respect to 1 motion of thermal insulation layer body with respect to thermal insulation layer body 1.Alternatively, internal thread screw rod 8 is the integrative-structure of Y shape with U-shaped frame 9 formation general shape.
Following with reference to the course of work of figure 1-Fig. 3 description according to the Icemaker assembly of the embodiment of the invention.
Before ice making begins; Drip tray 3 is positioned at the corresponding below of ice tray 5; Water in the water tank is injected into ice tray 5 through water pump via water jet 32; Part water can be attached to ice tray 5 and frozen by the ice making evaporator cooling, and remaining water can fall back in the drip tray 3, and the water in the drip tray 3 also can be got back in the water tank to accomplish the primary water shuttling movement through drainpipe.
And when needs deiced, motor 6 started, and rotated the corresponding number of turns according to predefined direction; Control drip tray 3 moves to the corresponding below of ice tray 5, and drip tray 3 is moved the below that gets out of the way ice tray 5, and drives heat insulation door-plate 4 motions; Open opening 11; As shown in Figure 3, this moment, ice making space 10a and ice storage space 10b interconnected, so that the ice in the ice making space is dropped in the ice bank in the ice storage space through opening 11.
After deicing end, the corresponding number of turns of motor 6 turns in the other direction makes drip tray 3 and heat insulation door-plate 4 get back to initial position (being the state shown in Fig. 2), and so far, an ice making circulation finishes.
A kind of refrigerator (scheming not shown) according to second aspect present invention embodiment comprising: refrigerating chamber and Icemaker assembly, wherein Icemaker assembly is the Icemaker assembly that is used for refrigerator according to first aspect present invention embodiment.Be provided with ice-making compartment in the refrigerating chamber, limit chamber in the ice-making compartment, Icemaker assembly is located in the chamber.
Constituting for example refrigerating control and refrigeration system etc. and operate according in the refrigerator of the utility model embodiment other all is known for those of ordinary skills, is not described in detail here.
In the description of this specification, the description of reference term " embodiment ", " some embodiment ", " illustrative examples ", " example ", " concrete example " or " some examples " etc. means the concrete characteristic, structure, material or the characteristics that combine this embodiment or example to describe and is contained at least one embodiment of the present invention or the example.In this manual, the schematic statement to above-mentioned term not necessarily refers to identical embodiment or example.And concrete characteristic, structure, material or the characteristics of description can combine with suitable manner in any one or more embodiment or example.
Although illustrated and described embodiments of the invention; Those having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: under the situation that does not break away from principle of the present invention and aim, can carry out multiple variation, modification, replacement and modification to these embodiment, scope of the present invention is limited claim and equivalent thereof.