Improve the ice dispenser of the operating mechanism of door
Technical field
The present invention relates to ice dispensers, more specifically, are related to the work for improving door to the external ice discharging of ice dispenser
Make the ice dispenser of mechanism.
Background technique
In general, ice making water purifier includes: filter house;Water purification pot is stored by the purified water purification of filter house;Cold water tank, storage
Deposit cold water;Ice making unit prepares ice or cold water;And ice bank for ice storage etc..
In addition, ice making chilled and hot water apparatus replaces the filter house and water purification pot of ice making water purifier with water-purifying tank with this, it is other
Structure and ice making water purifier are identical or general.
In addition, also having listed ice making refrigerator recently, the ice making refrigerator has to be made ice using cold air, and cold not opening
It can be to outside for the function of ice in the case where freezing the door of room.
User is the case where carrying out ice discharging using ice dispensers such as ice making water purifier, ice making chilled and hot water apparatus or ice making refrigerators
Under, be discharged after the ice being stored in ice bank to be adjusted to required amount, but ice making water purifier in the prior art,
Ice making chilled and hot water apparatus makes ice amount needed for the ice amount that is discharged of refrigerator is less than user, or the ice amount of discharge is far longer than and makes
Amount needed for user, therefore, it is difficult to suitable ice is discharged.
That is, existing ice dispenser is accumulated near ice discharging mouth in the case where having ice, a large amount of ice can be accumulated in side, and
A small amount of ice can be accumulated in the other side, at this time if implementing ice discharging, can be discharged from the position that accumulation has a large amount of ice more
Ice, and a small amount of ice can be discharged from the position that accumulation has a small amount of ice, therefore, ice discharging amount is indefinite, thus in the presence of the row of being difficult to
Out the problem of suitable ice.
In addition, in the state that a large amount of ice accumulation is near outlet, when the ice gate for ice discharging throws open,
The ice that outlet can be made nearby to accumulate disposably is gushed out.Since existing ice gate is in the confined space for be arranged in ontology,
So being to realize opening and closing by being simply connected to the driving devices such as electromagnetic mechanism or stepper motor, therefore, it is difficult to critically adjust
Section opening and closing angle, there is also the big disadvantages of noise.
In addition, the ice gate that existing ice dispenser has, in door body and is assembled between the door closure outside it, is put into
There are the heat-barrier materials such as polyethylene (PE) foam, to pad for heat-insulated, and at the edge of door equipped with silicon, for sealing.But
It is that when this door is used for a long time, the foreign matters such as mould can be generated on polyethylene (PE) foam due to moisture condensation, thus assembling not
When good or door breaks down, sealing performance can be made to be obviously reduced.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is proposed in view of above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a kind of by improving door
Operating mechanism come be easy adjust door opening and closing angle ice dispenser.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of to make taking up space for door open/close machine in the limited space of ontology
Reach minimum, so as to improve the ice dispenser of space efficiency utilization.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a kind of filling for ice for structure with the sealing performance for capableing of reinforced door
It sets,.
To achieve the goals above, the present invention provides a kind of ice dispenser comprising: ontology;Ice making unit is arranged in institute
It states in ontology, for making ice;Ice bank has accommodation space and ice discharging mouth, and the accommodation space is for storing the ice prepared;
Spiral component is arranged in inside the ice bank in a manner of it can rotate, transfer ice and to pass through the ice described when rotation
Ice discharging mouth is discharged to body exterior;Ice gate, for being opened and closed the ice discharging mouth;It is characterized in that, the ice gate passes through acquisition
The rotary force of drive motor realizes rotating open-close, and link assembly is equipped between the ice gate and the drive motor, described
The rotary motion of the drive motor is converted to the rotational motion for being used to be opened and closed the ice gate by link assembly.
The link assembly includes: first connecting rod, and one end is fixed on the rotary shaft of the drive motor;Second connecting rod, with
The other end of the first connecting rod is hinged, and end is incorporated in one end of the ice gate.
Ice dispenser according to the present invention, can also include block, and the block is fixed on the rotary shaft to limit
State the angle of rotation of first connecting rod.
When the link assembly is in the state folded with predetermined angular, the ice gate is in open state, when the company
When bar assembly is in the state being fully deployed, the ice gate is in closed state.
The lower end of the ice gate is in conjunction with the second connecting rod, and the upper end of the ice gate and the ontology are hinged.
Multiple sealing elements spaced at intervals on the thickness direction of door are provided at the edge of the ice gate, thus
In the state that the ice gate is closed, formed multi-sealed.
The ice gate includes: door body, equipped with for providing the inner space of air heat-insulation layer;Door closure passes through ultrasonic wave
Welding process welding is in the outer surface of the door body, to seal the door body.
The ice dispenser of the operating mechanism according to the present invention for improving door has following effect.
First, it can use link assembly and block easily to set the opening and closing angle of ice gate.Further, since can be with
The opening and closing angle of ice gate is steadily maintained into specified degree, has the advantages that the ice of specified amount can be discharged.
Second, it is interior in a limited space since link assembly is in the state folded in the state that ice gate is open
Space occupied by link assembly can be made to reach minimum, simultaneously because can also substantially ensure the opening and closing space of ice gate, because
This can be improved the utilization efficiency in space.
The on-off action of third, ice gate becomes soft because of the rotational action of the connecting rod of composition link assembly, so as to
Noise is enough prevented, and being capable of pre- anti-icing unexpected discharge.
4th, by ice gate welding door closure for ultrasonically, to form air heat-insulation layer, and edge on the door into
Row dual-seal processing, so as to strengthen heat-proof quality.
Detailed description of the invention
For attached drawing in this specification merely to illustrating the preferred embodiment of the present invention, effect is sent out with aftermentioned
Bright being described in detail further assists to understand technical idea of the invention together, should not limit the invention in such attached drawing
Content explains.
Fig. 1 is the sectional view for showing the structure of ice dispenser of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the sectional view of the ice gate being shown in greater detail in Fig. 1 and the structure of link assembly.
Fig. 3 is the exploded perspective view for showing the structure of the ice gate in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is to show ice gate in Fig. 2 sectional view in closed state.
Description of symbols
100: ontology 110: ice making unit
120: ice bank 122: ice discharging mouth
130: spiral component 140: ice gate
141: door body 142: door closure
143: first seal 144: second seal
145: door shell 150: link assembly
151: first connecting rod 152: second connecting rod
153: block 160: rotary shaft
Specific embodiment
In the following, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.It should be noted that this specification and
Term or word used in claims cannot be construed to the meaning in common meaning or dictionary, should stand in inventor
In order to use most preferred method illustrate the invention and can the concept to term carry out definition appropriate principle angle,
It is explained with the meaning and concept that meet technical thought of the invention.Therefore, the embodiment and attached drawing recorded in this specification
Shown in structure be only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the technical idea of whole of the invention can not be represented, therefore answer
It can have the various equivalents and variation that can replace these when applying for the present invention when understanding.
Fig. 1 is the sectional view for showing the structure of ice dispenser of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is to be shown in greater detail in
The sectional view of the structure of ice gate and link assembly in Fig. 1.
Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the ice dispenser of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: ontology 100, has defined form;
Ice making unit 110, for making ice;Ice bank 120, has accommodation space 121 and ice discharging mouth 122, and the accommodation space 121 is used for
Store the ice made;Spiral component 130 can be rotatably set in inside the ice bank 120, and when rotation, ice is transplanted on row
122 side of ice mouth;Ice gate 140, for being opened and closed the ice discharging mouth 122;And link assembly 150, it transmits and drives to ice gate 140
Power.
Ontology 100 is internally provided with ice making unit 110;In addition to this ice bank 120 and spiral component 130 etc. may be used also
To be further provided with their control unit (not shown) of control.
Ice making unit 110 is obtained by defined circulating pump from the cold water tank positioned at 120 lower part of ice bank inside ontology 100
Water is obtained, and it is cooled down and is made ice, and the ice is supplied to ice bank 120.Ice making unit 110 can be set with nozzle type
It sets on the top of ontology 100, as an alternative, can be set to immersion-type.
Ice bank 120 has accommodation space 121, with the ice for storing the preparation of ice making unit 110, is formed in one side
Ice discharging mouth 122, the ice discharging mouth 122 are used to be stored in external discharge of the ice inside ice bank 120 to ontology 100.
Spiral component 130 is formed as vortex-like, that is, multiple spiral helicine vane members alongst repeated arrangement shape
At;When spiral component 130 is driven and rotated to a direction by power supply source, executes and ice is pushed into 122 side of ice discharging mouth
Movement.In addition, keeping ice mobile to the opposite side of ice discharging mouth 122 when spiral component 130 reversely rotates.
Ice gate 140 is assembled into the door shell (Door housing) 144 of the regulation shape positioned at the front side of ontology 100
On, the ice discharging mouth 122 of ice bank 120 is opened and closed by front and back rotational action.
As shown in figure 3, ice gate 140 has: door body 141 has empty inner space, to be capable of forming air heat insulation
Layer;Door closure 142 is assembled on the front side outer surface of door body 141, for sealing door body 141.Door closure 142 passes through ultrasonic fusing
Method is pasted onto door body 141, for sealing door body 141.The inner space of ice gate 140 is completely sealed as a result, is available
Space then provide for prevent the cold air inside ontology 100 to outside outflow air heat-insulation layer.
143 He of first seal spaced at intervals on the thickness direction of door is assembled at the edge of ice gate 140
Second seal 144.First seal 143 and second seal 144 are can wrap the annular structure at the edge of ice gate 140
At.So, multiple sealing elements are equipped in ice gate 140, to keep ice bank 120 more in the state that ice gate 140 is closed
(dual) sealing of weight, so as to strengthen airtight performance.In order to improve sealing effect to the maximum extent, it is preferable that make second close
The position than first seal 143 close to inside is arranged in sealing 144, and sets the diameter of second seal 144 to than
One sealing element 143 it is small, correspondingly, make to form stage portion on the entrance and bore of ice bank 120.
Link assembly 150 is arranged between ice gate 140 and defined drive motor (not shown), thus by drive motor
Rotary motion be converted into the rotational motion in the front-back direction for being opened and closed ice gate 140.Specifically, the link assembly packet
Include: first connecting rod 151, one end are fixed in the rotary shaft 160 of drive motor;Second connecting rod 152, it is another with first connecting rod 151
One end is hinged, and end is incorporated in one end of the ice gate 140.
When drive motor rotates, link assembly 150 passes through the interaction between first connecting rod 151 and second connecting rod 152,
To execute the movement that first connecting rod 151 and second connecting rod 152 mutually fold or are unfolded.That is, by the rotation of control drive motor,
Link assembly 150 is set to work in a manner of it can switch between first state (referring to Fig. 2) and the second state (referring to Fig. 3).
The first state is the state that first connecting rod 151 and second connecting rod 152 are mutually folded with defined minimum angles;Described
Two-state is, first connecting rod 151 and second connecting rod 152 are fully deployed and together constitute with the state of straight line.Link assembly 150
When in first state, ice gate 140 is opened completely, and when in the second state, ice gate 140 is fully closed.
Preferably, the block 153 for limiting driving range is equipped on link assembly 150.Block 153 is fixed on driving
In the rotary shaft 160 of motor, when the block 153 is rotated by the rotation of rotary shaft 160 to specified position, with door shell
145 corresponding inner wall contact, to provide barrier functionality, to limit the angle of rotation of first connecting rod.When with the rotation of drive motor
On the basis of the periphery of shaft 160, when the position of block 153 is adjusted, it can accurately limit first connecting rod 151 and fold
Minimum rotation angle under state and maximum rotation angle in the deployed state.
The lower end 141a of ice gate 140 is combined with second connecting rod 152, and the upper end 141b and ontology 100 of ice gate 140 are cut with scissors
It connects.Herein, it is preferable that second connecting rod 152 is preferably hinged on the central portion of the width direction of the lower end 141 of ice gate 140, with to
Ice gate 140 transmits uniform and stable driving force.
As described above, the ice dispenser of the preferred embodiment of the present invention executes following movement.That is, by making spiral component
130 rotations, ice that is prepared by ice making unit 110, being stored in ice bank 120 is transplanted on 122 side of ice discharging mouth, and passes through drive
The power of dynamic motor is open to make ice gate 140, so that ice raft be gone out, ice is then made to pass through the lower end opening portion 146 of door shell 145
To external quantitative discharge.
In order to keep ice gate 140 open, when drive motor is rotated forward (normal rotation) driving to a side direction
When, corresponding rotary motion is then converted into the outer layback by link assembly 150 by the lower end of ice gate 140 to ontology 100
The rotational motion opened.At this point, link assembly 150 folds first connecting rod 151 and second connecting rod 152 mutually
To predetermined angular, to keep ice gate 140 open.So, link assembly 150 is rolled over during ice gate 140 is open
It is folded, to make size is practical to become smaller, therefore it can also substantially ensure that the opening and closing of ice gate 140 is empty in limited narrow space
Between.
On the other hand, in order to close ice gate 140, when drive motor is driven reverse, corresponding rotary motion is then
It is converted into the rotational motion for pushing the lower end of ice gate 140 towards the inside of ontology 100 by link assembly 150.At this point,
Link assembly 150 makes first connecting rod 151 and second connecting rod 152 be opened fully to predetermined angular by block 153, so that first connects
Bar 151 and second connecting rod 152 together constitute with straight line, while pushing ice gate 140 and making its rotation, to seal ice bank
120。
In the state that ice gate 140 is closed, the first seal 143 and second seal 144 of ice gate 140 are set
Dual-seal is realized, to strengthen the airtight performance of ice bank 120.Further, since passing through ultrasonic fusing on ice gate 140
Method welding has door closure 142, and has been formed in the interior thereof air heat-insulation layer, therefore the cold air of ice bank 120 can be blocked to pass through
Ice gate 140 flows out.
More than, although by limit embodiment and attached drawing the present invention is described, the present invention is not limited to
This, those skilled in the art show in technical idea of the invention and the range being equal with the scope of patent protection of following record
A variety of modification and deformation can so be carried out.