CN108955029B - Refrigerator with ice-making water storage box - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a refrigerator with an ice-making water storage box, which comprises a refrigerating chamber, a freezing chamber and a partition plate for partitioning the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber, wherein an ice-making unit for solidifying liquid water is arranged in the freezing chamber; in addition, in the manufacturing process of the refrigerator, the thickness and the size of the partition plate do not need to be too large, and the occupation of the effective volume of the refrigerator is effectively avoided.

Description

Refrigerator with ice maker

technical field

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a refrigerator with an ice-making water storage box.

Background technique

At present, in a refrigerator with automatic ice making function, it is often necessary to set a water storage box in the refrigerator compartment for providing liquid water to the ice maker. Usually, the water storage box is arranged on the bottommost partition of the refrigerator compartment (ie However, this design method has the following problems:

When the thickness of the partition between the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber is too thin, the refrigerator will run for a long time, and a large amount of cold energy in the freezing chamber will be transferred to the water storage box through the partition, which will cause the water storage box to freeze and affect the water storage box. When the thickness of the partition (that is, the middle beam) between the refrigerator and freezer reaches a certain size, although it can solve the problem of liquid water freezing inside the water storage box, the thicker partition will It occupies the effective volume of the refrigerator and also affects the appearance of the refrigerator.

In view of this, it is necessary to provide an improved refrigerator structure to solve the above problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. In order to achieve the above purpose of the invention, the present invention provides a refrigerator with an ice making and water storage box, the specific design of which is as follows.

A refrigerator with an ice-making water storage box, comprising a refrigerating chamber, a freezing chamber, and a partition for partitioning the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber, an ice-making unit for solidifying liquid water is arranged in the freezing chamber, and an ice-making unit for solidifying liquid water is arranged in the refrigerating chamber. There is a water storage box for supplying liquid water to the ice-making unit, and the water storage box is spaced from the partition.

Further, the refrigerating chamber is located on the upper side of the freezing chamber, and the refrigerator has an installation cavity disposed inside the refrigerating chamber, the installation cavity and the partition plate are spaced apart from each other, and both ends are respectively abutted to the The left and right side walls of the refrigerating compartment, and the water storage box is accommodated in the installation cavity.

Further, the installation cavity has a bottom plate connected to the left wall, the right wall and the rear wall of the refrigerating chamber, and a low temperature accommodating cavity is formed between the bottom plate and the partition plate. When the refrigerator is running, the freezing chamber A part of the cold energy is transferred into the low-temperature storage cavity through the partition plate, so that the internal temperature of the low-temperature storage cavity is lower than the average temperature inside the refrigerating chamber.

Further, the installation cavity includes a left cavity, a middle cavity and a right cavity in sequence from left to right, and the water storage box is arranged in the middle cavity.

Further, the water storage box can be drawn and arranged in the middle cavity.

Further, the refrigerator has a water pipe connecting the water storage box and the ice making unit, the water pipe is led out from the inside of the refrigerator compartment to the outside of the refrigerator, and then introduced into the freezer compartment from the outside of the refrigerator.

Further, the refrigerator has a water pipe lead-out component, and the water pipe lead-out component includes a connecting piece connecting the interior of the refrigerating chamber and the outer shell of the refrigerator, and a connecting piece is formed inside the connecting piece to connect the refrigerating room and the outside of the refrigerator to communicate with the outside of the refrigerator. An outlet channel for the water pipe to be led out from the inside of the refrigerating chamber to the outside of the refrigerator, and the water pipe outlet assembly further includes a sealing member sleeved outside the water pipe and forming a seal with the inner wall of the outlet channel.

Further, the diameter of the lead-out channel is gradually reduced from the inside to the outside, the seal is inserted into the lead-out channel from one end of the lead-out channel with a large diameter, and at least one seal is formed in the circumferential direction of the seal. The ring is an elastic protrusion that is sealingly matched with the inner wall of the lead-out channel.

Further, the water pipe lead-out assembly further includes a fixing member that is fastened to the wall of the installation cavity and used for fixing the water pipe, the fixing member has a protruding portion extending toward the direction of the connecting member, and the sealing member One end of the piece close to the inner liner of the refrigerator is formed with a sleeve part sleeved on the protruding part.

Further, the outside of the refrigerator is also provided with a protective shell that shields the water pipe.

The beneficial effects of the present invention are: based on the arrangement of the water storage box in the refrigerator involved in the present invention, since the water storage box and the partition are arranged at intervals, the cooling capacity inside the freezing chamber cannot directly affect the liquid water inside the water storage box through the partition. For refrigeration, the liquid water in the water storage box has no risk of freezing; in addition, in the manufacturing process of the refrigerator, the thickness of the partition does not need to be too large, which effectively avoids the occupation of the effective volume of the refrigerator.

Description of drawings

1 is a schematic structural diagram of the water storage box in the refrigerator involved in the present invention after being taken out;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing that the water storage box in the refrigerator involved in Fig. 1 is in an open state;

Figure 3 shows a schematic diagram of the installation of the water pipe at the back of the installation cavity;

Figure 4 is an enlarged schematic view of part a in Figure 3;

Fig. 5 shows the exploded schematic diagram of the structure shown in Fig. 3;

Figure 6 is an enlarged schematic view of part b in Figure 5;

Figure 7 shows an exploded schematic diagram of the water pipe lead-out assembly;

Figure 8 shows a schematic diagram of the fitting of the water pipe lead-out assembly;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram showing the removal of the back cover of the refrigerator;

Figure 10 is an enlarged schematic view of part c in Figure 9;

Figure 11 is a schematic structural diagram of the back cover of the refrigerator after being closed;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged schematic view of part d in FIG. 11 .

Detailed ways

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the various implementation structures shown in the accompanying drawings. Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 12 , which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, the refrigerator involved in the present invention can be used for automatic ice making. 12 is provided with an ice-making unit (not shown in the figure) for solidifying liquid water, and a water storage box 3 for supplying liquid water to the ice-making unit is arranged in the refrigerating chamber 11, wherein the water storage box 3 and the partition 10 are arranged at intervals .

In other words, there is a certain distance between the water storage box 3 involved in the present invention and the partition plate 10. Based on this arrangement, during the operation of the refrigerator, the cold energy inside the freezer compartment 12 cannot pass through the partition plate 10. The liquid water in the water storage box 3 is directly refrigerated, and the liquid water in the water storage box 3 has no risk of freezing; in view of this, in the manufacturing process of the refrigerator, the thickness of the partition 1 does not need to be too large, so as to effectively avoid Occupy the effective volume of the refrigerator.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 , the refrigerating chamber 11 is disposed above the freezing chamber 12 , but it is understood that in other embodiments of the present invention, the positions of the refrigerating chamber 11 and the freezing chamber 12 may also be The adjacent relationship between left and right is not limited to the upper and lower adjacent relationship described in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 .

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the refrigerator has an installation cavity 2 disposed inside the refrigerating chamber 11 . The installation cavity 2 is spaced apart from the partition 10 , and the two ends abut on the left and right sides of the refrigerating chamber 11 respectively. wall (not marked in the figure), the water storage box 3 is accommodated in the installation cavity 2 . That is, in this embodiment, the water storage box 3 is assembled in the installation cavity 2 to form a certain distance with the partition plate 1 .

Referring to FIG. 1 , in this embodiment, the installation cavity 2 has a bottom plate 24 connected to the left wall, the right wall and the rear wall of the refrigerating chamber 11 . The left wall, the right wall, the rear wall, the bottom plate 24 and the partition plate 10 of the chamber 11 together form a low temperature storage chamber 110 . Since the partition plate 10 constitutes a wall of the low temperature storage chamber 110 , when the refrigerator is running, part of the cold energy of the freezing chamber 12 is transferred to the low temperature storage chamber 110 through the partition plate 10 , so that the internal temperature of the low temperature storage chamber 110 can be lower than that of the refrigerator chamber 11 . The average internal temperature, the low-temperature storage cavity 110 can be used to store some items that require a lower refrigerated temperature. In this way, it is equivalent to setting a space in the refrigerating chamber 11 with a temperature lower than the conventional refrigerating temperature, and in the specific refrigerator manufacturing process, it can be controlled by adjusting the thickness of the partition plate 10 and the space size of the low temperature accommodating cavity 110 and other factors. The temperature control effect inside the cryogenic containment chamber 110 .

In the specific implementation process, the first drawer 40 may be installed in the low temperature containing chamber 110 or a door (not shown in the figure) for opening the low temperature containing chamber 110 may be provided on the front side thereof, so that the low temperature containing chamber 110 is formed into an opposite independent space. Of course, it can be understood that, during the normal operation of the refrigerator, the low temperature containing chamber 110 is simultaneously controlled by the temperature environment of the refrigerating chamber 11 and the freezing chamber 12 .

In addition, in this specific embodiment, the installation cavity 2 sequentially includes a left cavity 21 , a middle cavity 22 and a right cavity 23 from left to right; wherein, the water storage box 3 is arranged in the middle cavity 23 . The water storage box 3 is arranged in the middle cavity 23, so that the temperature inside the water storage box 3 is only regulated by the internal temperature of the refrigerating chamber 11, so as to ensure that the liquid water in the water storage box 3 is in a relatively stable state, which is beneficial to the manufacture of the refrigerator. ice process. In specific implementation, the water storage box 3 is provided in the middle cavity 22 in a drawable form, so as to facilitate the user to add water to the water storage box 3 .

Referring to FIG. 2 , as a preferred embodiment, the left cavity 21 and the right cavity 23 in the installation cavity 2 are respectively equipped with a second drawer 41 and a third drawer 42 for storing articles.

1 , 3 , 5 , 9 , 10 , 11 , and 12 , the refrigerator involved in the present invention has a water pipe connecting the water storage box 3 and the ice making unit, and the water pipe is drawn out from the inside of the refrigerating chamber 11 to the outside of the refrigerator, and then introduced into the freezer compartment 12 from the outside of the refrigerator.

Specifically in this embodiment, the water pipe includes: a first water pipe section 51 led from the water storage box 3 to the bottom of the installation cavity 2 , a second water pipe section 52 connected to the first water pipe section 51 and extending to the side of the installation cavity 2 , A third water pipe section 50 connected to the second water pipe section 52 and extending to the outside of the refrigerator, a fourth water pipe section 53 connected to the third water pipe section 50 and extending downward, and a fourth water pipe section 53 connected to the ice making The fifth water pipe section of the unit (not shown). Of course, in other embodiments of the present invention, the arrangement of the water pipes is not limited to the above-described form, and the specific arrangement can be appropriately adjusted according to the manufacturing requirements of the refrigerator.

In the present invention, the refrigerator has a water pipe lead-out assembly, and the water pipe lead-out assembly is used to lead the water pipe from the inside of the refrigerating chamber 11 to the outside of the refrigerator, wherein the water pipe lead-out assembly includes a connecting piece 61 connecting the inner liner 111 of the refrigerating chamber and the refrigerator shell 13; In this embodiment, the connecting member 61 connects the inner liner 111 of the refrigerating chamber and the back cover 130 constituting the outer casing 13 of the refrigerator.

As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 , an outlet channel 6100 is formed inside the connector 61 to connect the refrigerating chamber 11 and the outside of the refrigerator; as shown in FIG. 3 , FIG. 4 , FIG. 5 , and FIG. In the example, the third water pipe section 50 constituting the water pipe passes through the outlet channel 6100 .

In order to prevent the convection between the cold air inside the refrigerating chamber 11 and the air outside the refrigerator and the formation of condensation at the position of the connecting piece 61 , the water pipe lead-out assembly in this specific embodiment also includes a water pipe lead-out assembly that is sleeved outside the water pipe and formed with the inner wall of the lead-out channel 6100 . Sealing member 61 ; in this specific embodiment, the sealing member 61 is sleeved outside the third water pipe section 50 .

In more detail, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 , the connecting member 61 includes a main body portion 610 with a lead-out channel 6100 formed therein, and a first mounting portion 611 and a second mounting portion 612 respectively disposed at both ends of the main body portion 610 . 10 and FIG. 12 , it can be seen that the first mounting portion 611 is used to cooperate with the inner tank 111 of the refrigerator compartment, and the second installation portion 612 is used to cooperate with the back cover 130 ; wherein, the inner tank 111 and the back cover 130 are both A through hole (not shown in the figure) that communicates with the lead-out channel 6100 is formed. In the specific implementation process, a foam layer is formed between the inner container 111 and the back cover plate 130, and the connector 61 needs to be assembled in place before the foam layer is formed.

In this specific embodiment, the diameter of the extraction channel 6100 gradually decreases from the inside to the outside. Referring to FIG. 7 , in the direction from the first mounting portion 611 to the second mounting portion 612 , the diameter of the extraction channel 6100 gradually decreases. , when the seal 61 is assembled, the seal 61 can be inserted into the lead channel 6100 from the large aperture end of the lead channel 6100, the assembly process is simple, and after the seal 61 is inserted for a certain distance, it can be matched with the diameter of the channel 6100 due to the shrinkage of the hole diameter. The inner wall of the channel 6100 forms a better sealing effect.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the sealing member 61 in this embodiment has at least one ring of elastic protrusions 610 formed in the circumferential direction in sealing engagement with the inner wall of the lead-out channel 6100 . When the sealing member 61 is inserted into the lead-out channel 6100, the elastic protrusion 610 is squeezed to form a seal with the inner wall of the lead-out channel 6100, and in the actual implementation process, within a certain insertion depth range, the greater the insertion depth of the sealing member 61 is , the better the sealing effect.

In addition, in order to ensure good stability of the water pipe after entering the lead-out channel 6100 , the water-pipe lead-out assembly involved in this embodiment further includes a fixing member 63 that is fastened to the wall of the installation cavity 2 for fixing the water pipe. 4 , 6 and 7 , the wall of the installation cavity 2 is formed with a clip slot 20 , and the fixing member 63 is formed with a clip 631 assembled with the clip slot 20 , and the clip 631 is fastened to the clip The water pipe can be fixed in the groove 20 .

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6 , FIG. 7 , and FIG. 8 , the fixing member 63 has a protruding portion 630 extending toward the direction of the connecting member 61 . The sleeve portion 611 is sleeved on the protruding portion 630 .

Based on the above-described embodiments, after the connecting piece 61 , the sealing piece 62 and the fixing piece 63 constituting the water pipe lead-out assembly involved in the present invention are assembled, the water pipe can be smoothly led out from the inside of the refrigerating chamber 11 to the outside of the refrigerator without hindering the operation of the refrigerator. Normal and reliable operation.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 9 , 10 , 11 and 12 , a communication pipe 70 for the fifth water pipe section to pass through is formed between the back cover 130 and the freezing chamber 121 , and is connected to the fourth water pipe section 53 The fifth water pipe section is introduced into the freezing chamber 12 through the inlet end 700 of the communication pipe 70 .

In order to avoid damage to the fourth water pipe section 53 outside the refrigerator during transportation or use, a protective shell for shielding the water pipe is also provided outside the refrigerator. Specifically, in this embodiment, referring to FIGS. 4 and 12 , the protective case includes an end cover 64 that cooperates with the second mounting portion 612 to be mounted on the back cover 13 . Of course, it can be understood that, in other embodiments of the present invention, the protective shell may further include a casing (not shown in the figure) that completely covers the fourth water pipe section 53 to form protection for the fourth water pipe section 53 .

It should be understood that although this specification is described in terms of embodiments, not every embodiment only includes an independent technical solution, and this description in the specification is only for the sake of clarity, and those skilled in the art should take the specification as a whole, and each The technical solutions in the embodiments can also be appropriately combined to form other embodiments that can be understood by those skilled in the art.

The series of detailed descriptions listed above are only specific descriptions for the feasible embodiments of the present invention, and they are not used to limit the protection scope of the present invention. Changes should all be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (7)

1. A refrigerator with an ice-making water storage box, comprising a refrigerating chamber, a freezing chamber and a partition separating the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber, wherein the freezing chamber is provided with an ice-making unit for solidifying liquid water , a water storage box for providing liquid water to the ice-making unit is arranged in the refrigerating chamber, and the water storage box and the partition plate are arranged at intervals; The refrigerator has a water pipe connecting the water storage box and the ice making unit, the water pipe is led out from the inside of the refrigerator to the outside of the refrigerator, and then introduced into the freezer from the outside of the refrigerator; The refrigerator has a water pipe lead-out assembly, and the water pipe lead-out assembly includes a connecting piece connecting the interior of the refrigerating chamber and the outer shell of the refrigerator. the water pipe is led out from the inside of the refrigerating chamber to a lead-out channel outside the refrigerator, and the water-pipe lead-out assembly further includes a sealing member sleeved outside the water pipe and forming a seal with the inner wall of the lead-out channel; The diameter of the lead-out channel gradually decreases from the inside to the outside, the seal is inserted into the lead-out channel from one end of the lead-out channel with a large diameter, and at least a circle is formed in the circumferential direction of the seal with The inner wall of the lead-out channel is an elastic protrusion that is sealingly matched. 2 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the refrigerating chamber is located on the upper side of the freezing chamber, and the refrigerator has an installation cavity provided inside the refrigerating chamber, and the installation cavity is connected to the partition. 3 . The plates are arranged at intervals, and the two ends are respectively abutted on the left and right side walls of the refrigerating chamber, and the water storage box is accommodated in the installation cavity. 3 . The refrigerator according to claim 2 , wherein the installation cavity has a bottom plate connected to the left wall, the right wall and the rear wall of the refrigerating chamber, and a low temperature is formed between the bottom plate and the partition plate. 4 . When the refrigerator is running, part of the cold energy of the freezing chamber is transferred into the low temperature storage chamber through the partition plate, so that the internal temperature of the low temperature storage chamber is lower than the average temperature inside the refrigerating chamber. 4 . The refrigerator according to claim 2 , wherein the installation cavity comprises a left cavity, a middle cavity and a right cavity in sequence from left to right, and the water storage box is arranged in the middle cavity. 5 . 5 . The refrigerator according to claim 4 , wherein the water storage box is detachably arranged in the middle cavity. 6 . 6 . The refrigerator according to claim 2 , wherein the water pipe lead-out assembly further comprises a fixing member which is fastened on the wall of the installation cavity and used for fixing the water pipe, and the fixing member has a direction toward the water pipe. A protruding part extending in the direction of the connecting piece, and a sleeve part sleeved on the protruding part is formed at one end of the sealing part close to the inner liner of the refrigerator. 7 . The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein a protective shell is further provided outside the refrigerator to shield the water pipe. 8 .

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