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EP1865276B1
EP1865276B1 EP06115099.1A EP06115099A EP1865276B1 EP 1865276 B1 EP1865276 B1 EP 1865276B1 EP 06115099 A EP06115099 A EP 06115099A EP 1865276 B1 EP1865276 B1 EP 1865276B1
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ice
making container
cover
ice maker
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Roberto Riccardi
Armando Solis
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Whirlpool Corp
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Priority to PL06115099T priority patent/PL1865276T3/pl
Priority to US12/303,631 priority patent/US20100229590A1/en
Priority to BRPI0712057-5A priority patent/BRPI0712057A2/pt
Priority to PCT/EP2007/055243 priority patent/WO2007141170A2/fr
Priority to MX2008015672A priority patent/MX2008015672A/es
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00—Producing ice
    • F25C1/04—Producing ice by using stationary moulds
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2305/00—Special arrangements or features for working or handling ice
    • F25C2305/024—Rotating rake
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2500/00—Problems to be solved
    • F25C2500/06—Spillage or flooding of water
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers

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  • the present invention relates to an ice maker for a refrigeration appliance. More particularly, it relates to an ice maker comprising a frame adapted to be mounted in the refrigeration appliance, an ice-making container supported by the frame, and an ice-releasing system for separating the formed ice from the ice-making container.
  • US2006/086135 A1 describes an ice maker for refrigerators provided with a cover hinged to water container, which is forced to an open position when water is filled and which rests in a closed position until ice is formed. When the cover is closed the ice maker becomes a water tight container.
  • Ice makers are well known in the technical field of domestic refrigeration appliances. They are usually installed on a wall of a freezing chamber of the refrigerator (freezer) and therefore they are not subject to movement which could cause spill of water when ice is not already formed in the ice-making container or ice tray.
  • This traditional construction has the drawback of requiring means for conveying ice cubes from the ice maker in the freezing chamber into a storage container in the door of the refrigerator where the user can collect ice from the outside through an ice dispenser.
  • the traditional location of ice makers requires an automatic water supply device which increases the overall cost of the appliance.
  • No appliance producer has up to now proposed a mounting of the ice maker in a door of the freezer, mainly because the movement of the door during opening and closing thereof could cause water spill from the ice maker when the ice is not already formed.
  • the base 12 contains a drive unit and can be mounted in a cantilevered way to a wall of a door of the freezer compartment of the refrigerator (not shown).
  • the ice-making container 14, which is fixed to the base 12, has an a semi-circular or half moon cross section and is formed of metal or polymeric material.
  • the cover 16 has a semi-circular cross section corresponding to the cross section of the ice-making container 14, and it is rotatably mounted on the ice-making container so that it can assume a first configuration (shown in figure 1 ) where it covers in a water-tight manner the ice-making container 14, and, by rotation along the arrow R in figure 1 , a second configuration below the ice-making container 14, so that ice cubes can be removed from the ice-making container 14.
  • the rotation of the cover 16 can be done either manually by the user or it can be driven by the drive unit in the base 12.
  • ice-releasing lever 18 Coaxially with the semi-cylindrical ice-making container 14, it is rotatably mounted an ice releasing lever 18 for releasing ice from the ice-making container 14.
  • the ice-releasing lever 18 has one end connected with the drive unit and the other hand supported by the ice-making container 14; it is formed with a plurality of ice releasing arms 18a spaced apart at a predetermined interval from one another.
  • the cover 16 is fixed to the lever or auger 18 so that they rotate simultaneously.
  • the cover 16 is also provided with a longitudinal slot 16a which is useful for loading water in the ice-making container 14 and for allowing circulation of cold air under the cover 16 for allowing a quicker formation of the ice cubes having a cross section in the form of a half moon.
  • any movement of the ice maker 10 caused by the movement of the door where it is preferably installed does not cause any spill of water since the internal surface of the tile-shaped cover 16 is in contact with the edges of the tile-shaped container 14.
  • the cover 16 is rotated along arrow R, under the ice-making container, and the lever 18 is rotated as well in order to remove ice cubes from the container 14.
  • the movement of the lever 18 and of the cover 16 can be made independent one from the other as well.
  • the cover 16 is intended to house ice tray and provides a seal so that if non-iced water is present when the icemaker is moved, no water spill occurs.
  • the shape of the cover 16 ensures that when it rotates, any ice formation due to water sprinkled by movement is removed from the housing.
  • the ice maker cover 16 is designed so that ice maker can be placed in areas where it can be subject to movement (for example in the door).
  • figure 3 is shown a modification of the ice maker of figures 1-2 , in which the movement of the ice-releasing lever 18 is driven manually by a knob 20.
  • the cilyndrical shape of the ice maker according to the embodiment shown in figures 1-3 is particuarly useful for a mounting in a reduced space as in a counter-door of a freezer compartment.
  • the base 112 is integral with the cover 116 and contains a drive unit 115.
  • the ice-making container 114 is rotatably mounted below the cover 116 and presents a plurality of half moon shaped cavities 117 for forming ice cubes.
  • the ice-making container 114 is made of flexible material so that it can be warped in order to cause the detachment of ice cubes.
  • FIG 7 it is shown a configuration of the ice maker 110 in which the edges of the ice-making container 114, rindicated with reference numerals 114a, are in a water-tight contact with a cilyndrical internal surface 116b of the cover 116.
  • the cover 116 is intended to serve as support for ice maker components and to provide a seal so that if non iced water is present when the icemaker is moved, the water will not come out of the ice-making container.
  • FIG 8 it is shown a second configuration of the ice maker 110 in which the drive unit 115 has caused a predetermined rotation of the ice-making container 114.
  • the drive unit 115 has caused a predetermined rotation of the ice-making container 114.
  • an end of the container 114 opposite to the drive unit abuts a corresponding end portions of the cover 116 so that any further rotation of the drive unit 115 causes a warp or twist of the ice-making container as shown in dotted lines in figure 8 .
  • This warping of the container causes the fall of ice cubes from the ice-making container 114.
  • the ice maker 110 can also have a knob 120 ( figure 6 ) for rotating the ice-making container and warping it in order to discharge ice cubes.
  • the realization of the ice maker according to the invention is flexible enough to provide fixation points to be placed anywhere inside a refrigerated compartment or to be part of a sub-assembly in order to facilitate fixation.

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  • Production, Working, Storing, Or Distribution Of Ice (AREA)
  • Devices That Are Associated With Refrigeration Equipment (AREA)

Claims (9)

  1. Machine à glace adaptée pour être montée sur un appareil frigorifique, comprenant un contenant de fabrication de glace (14, 114) et un système de libération de glace (18, 18a, 20, 115, 120) destiné à séparer la glace formée du contenant de fabrication de glace (14, 114), le contenant de fabrication de glace (14, 114) étant doté d'un couvercle sensiblement étanche à l'eau (16, 116) destiné à empêcher un déversement d'eau lorsque la glace n'est pas encore formée dans le contenant de fabrication de glace (14, 114), caractérisée en ce que le couvercle (16) a une section semi-circulaire correspondant à la section du contenant de fabrication de glace (14), le couvercle (16) étant également doté d'une fente longitudinale (16a, 116a) permettant une formation plus rapide de glace ayant une section en forme de demi-lune.
  2. Machine à glace selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le couvercle (16) est monté de façon rotative sur le contenant de fabrication de glace, le système de libération de glace comprenant un levier de libération de glace (18, 18a), le levier de libération de glace (18, 18a) étant monté de façon rotative coaxialement par rapport au contenant de fabrication de glace semicylindrique (14) et le couvercle (16) étant fixé au levier (18) de sorte qu'ils tournent simultanément.
  3. Machine à glace selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que le couvercle (16) est adapté pour adopter par rotation une configuration fermée dans laquelle le contenant de fabrication de glace (14) et le couvercle (16) forment un ensemble cylindrique et une configuration ouverte dans laquelle le couvercle (16) est sensiblement sous le contenant de fabrication de glace (14).
  4. Machine à glace selon la revendication 2 ou 3, caractérisée en ce que la machine à glace comprend une unité d'entraînement (12) destinée à fournir de l'énergie afin d'entraîner le levier de libération de glace (18, 18a) et/ou afin d'entraîner le couvercle rotatif (16).
  5. Machine à glace selon la revendication 2 ou 3, caractérisée en ce que le levier de libération de glace (18, 18a) comprend une extrémité en forme de bouton destinée à mettre manuellement en rotation le levier (18, 18a).
  6. Machine à glace selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le système de libération de glace comprend un contenant de fabrication de glace mobile et déformable (114).
  7. Machine à glace selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend une unité d'entraînement (115) destinée à fournir de l'énergie afin d'entraîner le contenant de fabrication de glace (114).
  8. Machine à glace selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que le contenant de fabrication de glace mobile et déformable (114) est adapté pour être mis manuellement en rotation.
  9. Machine à glace selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 8, caractérisée en ce que le contenant de fabrication de glace (114) peut être mis en rotation entre une première position horizontale et une seconde position dans laquelle une extrémité du contenant (114) bute contre une portion correspondante d'un cadre de support (112) et l'autre extrémité est entraînée par un couple prédéterminé de sorte que le contenant de fabrication de glace (114) subit un degré prédéterminé de gauchissement.
EP06115099.1A 2006-06-07 2006-06-07 Machine à glaçons Not-in-force EP1865276B1 (fr)

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EP06115099.1A EP1865276B1 (fr) 2006-06-07 2006-06-07 Machine à glaçons
PL06115099T PL1865276T3 (pl) 2006-06-07 2006-06-07 Kostkara do lodu
US12/303,631 US20100229590A1 (en) 2006-06-07 2007-05-30 Ice Maker
BRPI0712057-5A BRPI0712057A2 (pt) 2006-06-07 2007-05-30 fazedor de gelo
PCT/EP2007/055243 WO2007141170A2 (fr) 2006-06-07 2007-05-30 Machine à fabriquer de la glace
MX2008015672A MX2008015672A (es) 2006-06-07 2007-05-30 Productor de hielo.

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MX (1) MX2008015672A (fr)
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WO (1) WO2007141170A2 (fr)

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BRPI0712057A2 (pt) 2011-12-20
WO2007141170A3 (fr) 2008-04-03
WO2007141170A2 (fr) 2007-12-13
PL1865276T3 (pl) 2013-12-31

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