阅读说明：本技术 一种出冰口盖结构及冰箱 (Ice outlet cover structure and refrigerator ) 是由 吴世庆 尹焘 邵志隆 于 2020-07-28 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及一种出冰口盖结构,用于打开或关闭冰箱上的冰块通道,包括盖后衬、盖支架,所述盖后衬与盖支架连接,其特征在于：在所述盖后衬与盖支架之间设置弹性支持件,在盖后衬上设置有密封件。本发明的出冰口盖结构在盖支架与后衬之间设有弹簧,可抵消装配误差和工艺误差,其结构合理,封闭出冰口时,硅胶盖始终与出冰口紧密贴合,可避免因装配误差而造成冷气外溢。(The invention relates to an ice outlet cover structure, which is used for opening or closing an ice channel on a refrigerator and comprises a cover back lining and a cover bracket, wherein the cover back lining is connected with the cover bracket, and the ice outlet cover structure is characterized in that: an elastic supporting member is arranged between the cover back lining and the cover bracket, and a sealing member is arranged on the cover back lining. The ice outlet cover structure is provided with the spring between the cover bracket and the back lining, can offset assembly errors and process errors, and is reasonable in structure, and when the ice outlet is closed, the silica gel cover is always tightly attached to the ice outlet, so that cold air overflow caused by assembly errors can be avoided.)

1. The utility model provides a go out ice flap lid structure for open or close the ice-cube passageway on the refrigerator, including lid back lining, lid support, lid back lining and lid support connection, its characterized in that: an elastic supporting member is arranged between the cover back lining and the cover bracket, and a sealing member is arranged on the cover back lining.

2. The ice outlet cover structure of claim 1, wherein: still include the distributor, the distributor opening is in the refrigerator door panel, set up out the ice gauze mask on the distributor, the open-top of ice-cube passageway connection play ice gauze mask, the lid support includes main part and pivot support, the pivot support is installed on a mouthful cover with the pivot dress mode.

3. The ice outlet cover structure of claim 2, wherein: the cover comprises a cover support and is characterized in that a buckling seat is arranged on a main body of the cover support, a buckling plug matched with the buckling seat is arranged on a cover back lining, and the buckling plug and the buckling seat form a movable buckling connection structure.

4. The ice outlet cover structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: the elastic support member is a spring.

5. The ice outlet cover structure of claim 4, wherein: the seal member covers an upper surface of the head liner.

6. The ice outlet cover structure of claim 5, wherein: the seal is a silicone cap.

7. A refrigerator, characterized in that: comprising the ice hatch structure of claim 1.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of ice making devices of refrigerators, in particular to an ice outlet cover structure and a refrigerator applying the same.

Background

A refrigerator is an apparatus for storing food at a low temperature using low-temperature air, and a high-end refrigerator generally has an ice-making block function in the related art. Generally, the ice maker is arranged on a freezing chamber door body, an ice taking cavity and a touch switch are arranged on the outer side of the door body, an ice block channel is connected with the ice maker and the ice taking cavity, and the ice maker is further provided with an ice outlet cover capable of sealing the ice block channel. Because the ice channel is formed on the inner container of the freezing chamber door, the structural dimension of the ice outlet has a great control relation with the foaming process, the assembly precision requirement of the ice outlet cover is high, and cold air is easy to overflow if the ice outlet cover is not assembled in place, so that the energy consumption is increased.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an ice outlet cover structure with a reasonable structure, which can tightly close an ice outlet channel to a gate of a distributor, prevent cold air from overflowing due to assembly errors or process errors, enable the ice making effect of a refrigerator to be more ideal and overcome the defects of the prior art.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator using the above-mentioned ice outlet cover structure.

The technical scheme of the invention is as follows: the utility model provides a go out ice flap lid structure for open or close the ice-cube passageway on the refrigerator, including lid back lining, lid support, lid back lining and lid support connection, its characterized in that: an elastic supporting member is arranged between the cover back lining and the cover bracket, and a sealing member is arranged on the cover back lining.

Still include the distributor, the distributor opening is in the refrigerator door panel, set up out the ice gauze mask on the distributor, the open-top of ice-cube passageway connection play ice gauze mask, the lid support includes main part and pivot support, the pivot support is installed on a mouthful cover with the pivot dress mode.

The cover comprises a cover support and is characterized in that a buckling seat is arranged on a main body of the cover support, a buckling plug matched with the buckling seat is arranged on a cover back lining, and the buckling plug and the buckling seat form a movable buckling connection structure.

The elastic support member is a spring.

The seal member covers an upper surface of the head liner.

The seal is a silicone cap.

A refrigerator comprises the ice outlet cover structure.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

the ice outlet cover structure is provided with the spring between the cover bracket and the back lining, can offset assembly errors and process errors, and is reasonable in structure, and when the ice outlet is closed, the silica gel cover is always tightly attached to the ice outlet, so that cold air overflow caused by assembly errors can be avoided.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the inner container of the refrigerator body using the ice outlet cover structure of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing the structure of an ice discharge passage where the ice discharge cover of the present invention is located.

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the components of the ice-out cover structure of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the installation of the ice outlet cover of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a water tub filter assembly of a refrigerator according to the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of a structure of a water tub bracket of a refrigerator according to the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of the inside structure of the bracket end cover of the refrigerator of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of the outer side of the bracket end cover of the refrigerator of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the present invention relates to an ice outlet cover structure 33 for use in a large refrigerator, in which an ice making device 20 is installed at a freezing chamber door of the refrigerator and water for making ice is supplied to the ice making device from a water supply system provided at a cabinet of the refrigerator. The ice making device makes liquid water into solid ice blocks, the ice blocks are taken out from the ice making device in a rotating mode through the ice scraping device, fall into the ice bin and then pass through the ice block channel 311 and the ice outlet 312 to the distributor which is opened on the outer side of the door of the freezing chamber, and the ice taking process is completed. The ice outlet 312 is located at the junction of the ice passage and the dispenser 30, and an ice outlet cover structure is provided on the ice outlet to open and close the ice outlet. The ice-out cover structure 33 includes a silicone cover 331, a cover back 332, a spring 333, and a cover bracket 330. The dispenser 30 includes a rear housing 31, a front trim cover 36, an ice outlet cover 32, a handle assembly, and a middle partition cover 35, the top of the rear housing 31 is provided with a through hole, the through hole is connected with an ice channel 311, the rear housing 31 and the ice channel 311 are integrally formed, the outer edge of the rear housing 31 is mounted on a door panel of the freezing chamber, the ice outlet cover 32 is arranged in the rear housing 31, the lower end of the ice outlet cover 32 is opened, and the split ring is inserted into an ice outlet hole 351 of the middle partition cover 35. The ice outlet cover structure 33 is installed in the ice outlet cover 32. The front trim cover 36 is mounted to the rear housing shell 31 to provide an aesthetically pleasing appearance to the dispenser.

The cover bracket 330 of the ice outlet cover structure 33 comprises a main body and a rotating shaft bracket 3302 which are integrally injection-molded, and the rotating shaft bracket 3302 is pivotally mounted on the ice outlet cover 32 and is driven by the motor 37 to pivot. The ice outlet cover structure 33 comprises a silica gel cover 331, a cover back lining 332, a spring 333 and a cover bracket 330, wherein the spring 333 is arranged between the cover back lining 332 and the main body of the cover bracket 330, and the silica gel cover 331 wraps the surface of the cover back lining 332, so that the ice outlet cover structure can be completely attached to the edge of the ice outlet. The main body of the cover bracket 330 is provided with a buckle base 3301, correspondingly, the cover back lining 332 is provided with a buckle plug which forms a buckle connection structure with the buckle base 3301, and the spring 333 provides elastic support for the cover back lining 332 to adapt to the size deviation of door foaming, so that the ice outlet cover structure can strictly close the ice outlet. When the spring 333 is compressed and changes shape and position, the snap plug can move on the buckle seat 3301.

The ice outlet cover structure is used on a high-grade large refrigerator with the functions of a water dispenser, an ice maker and the like, and the refrigerator comprises: a cabinet 100 having a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber; a refrigerating chamber door and a freezing chamber door (not shown) for housing the refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber; a water barrel filtering component 10 is arranged at the lower part of the refrigerating chamber, and an ice making component 20 and/or a water dispenser are arranged in the door of the freezing chamber; in order to clearly express the structure of the refrigerator, fig. 1 does not show the structure of the foaming layer of the refrigerator body and the door body, and only shows the positions of the ice making assembly 20 and the water dispenser 30. The water supply system 40 supplies water for the water dispenser and/or the ice making assembly, and comprises a water supply pipeline which is pre-embedded in a box body foaming layer and a freezing chamber door foaming layer, wherein the water supply pipeline comprises a water inlet end communicated with a water source, and the water supply pipeline also comprises a water outlet end communicated with a water inlet of the water dispenser and/or a water outlet end communicated with the ice making box. The water outlet end (see reference number 40 of fig. 1) of the water supply pipeline enters the foaming layer of the freezing chamber door from the foaming layer of the box body through the door hinge and is connected to the ice making box and/or the water dispenser in the freezing chamber door. The refrigerator related to the application can only comprise a water dispenser, and at the moment, a water supply pipeline of a water supply system comprises a water outlet end which is communicated with a water inlet of the water dispenser; the refrigerator related to the application can only comprise an ice making assembly, and at the moment, a water supply pipeline of a water supply system comprises a water outlet end which is communicated with an ice making box of the ice making assembly; the refrigerator related to the application can simultaneously comprise a water dispenser and an ice making assembly, at the moment, a water supply pipeline of a water supply system comprises two water outlet ends, one water outlet end is communicated with a water inlet of the water dispenser, and the other water outlet end is communicated with an ice making box of the ice making assembly. In this embodiment, a refrigerator including both a water dispenser and an ice-making assembly will be described as an example. In the prior art, a large refrigerator with a water dispenser and an ice maker generally arranges a filter and a water storage bucket on a refrigerating chamber door, the filter and the water storage bucket occupy a door shelf with higher utilization rate on the refrigerating chamber door, and the refrigerating chamber door is more complicated and heavy, and the difficulty of the production process of the refrigerating chamber door is increased. And in this application, set up filter and water storage bucket in the freezer, filter and water storage bucket can not occupy the higher door shelf of utilization ratio on the freezer door, and freezer door is simpler and light, and the production technology degree of difficulty of freezer door reduces.

Referring to fig. 5-8, the water bucket filtering assembly 10 includes a filter 101, a water storage bucket 102. The water tub filtering assembly 10 further includes a water tub support 103, and the water storage tub 102 is installed at a lower portion of the water tub support 103, and the filter is placed at a top of the water tub support, so that it is easily used to be taken out of the support for replacement. The bucket support comprises a support body 11 and a support end cover 12, wherein the support body 11 comprises a left wing seat 111, a right wing seat 112 and a connecting frame 113, the left wing seat and the right wing seat are respectively positioned at two right sides of the connecting frame, a first left end support 13 and a first right end support 14 which are matched with the shapes of two ends of a water storage bucket 102 are arranged on the frames of the left wing seat 111 and the right wing seat 112, a ring frame 132 surrounding the end part of the water storage bucket 102 and a surrounding blocking part 131 limiting the outward protrusion of the water storage bucket 102 are arranged on the first left end support 13, in addition, in order to prevent the water storage bucket 102 from rotating in the support body 11, a positioning block 133 is arranged on the first left end support 13, and the water storage bucket 102 is correspondingly provided with an end part groove. The first right end support 14 is a runway-shaped frame, two circular through holes are arranged in the frame, the water storage barrel 102 is cylindrical, the left end of the water storage barrel is inserted into the water barrel support 103 from the circular through hole of the first right end support 14, the end part of the water storage barrel is placed on the first left end support 13, a groove at the end part of the water storage barrel 102 is sleeved on a positioning block 133 of the first left end support 13, and the first right end support 14 is sealed by a support end cover 12, so that the water storage barrel 102 is arranged in the water barrel support 103. The water pipe hole 121 is formed in the bracket end cover 12, water from a water source firstly enters the filter 101 for filtering, then enters the water storage barrel 102 located at the bottom and leaves from the water storage barrel 102 located in the middle, and the arrangement is such that a reserved pipeline between the filter 101 and the water storage barrel 102 is long, and the operation of a user is convenient when the filter is replaced.

The filter 101 is mounted on the water tub support 103 in a manner that facilitates removal and replacement, and the filter 101 is detachable from an upper opening of the water tub support 103. The method comprises the following steps: the filter left end support 15 is provided on the top of the left wing base 111, the filter left end support 15 includes a filter left end ring 151 and a left top ring for preventing the filter from protruding outward, the left end support 15 can completely wrap the left end of the filter 101, and the upper width of the filter left end ring 151 is smaller than the lower width thereof for the convenience of inserting the filter. The top of the right wing base 112 is provided with a filter right holder 16, and the filter right holder 16 is semi-annular, and is open at the upper part thereof, and comprises a filter right half ring and a right top ring 161 for preventing the filter from protruding to the right.

Two auxiliary support brackets 112 are further provided on the connection frame 113, an upper support arc and a lower support arc are provided on the auxiliary support brackets 112, and the auxiliary support brackets 112 protrude from the connection frame 113 to a mounting gap between two horizontally placed cylindrical tanks to better support the water storage tank 102 or the filter 101. An observation window 122 is arranged on the side wall of the bracket end cover 12, and the observation window 122 is used for observing whether a safety clamp connected with a water pipe is clamped in place or not so as to prevent water leakage of the water pipe caused by poor assembly.

When the refrigerator is used, a user can input a signal needing drinking water on a panel of the refrigerator, the water dispenser sends the signal needing drinking water to a control unit of the refrigerator, the signal is received by the control unit of the refrigerator, and the control unit controls a water supply system to guide water in a water storage barrel to the water dispenser so as to provide drinking water for the user; the user can input a signal needing to make ice on a panel of the refrigerator, the ice making assembly sends the signal needing to make ice to a control unit of the refrigerator, the signal is received by the control unit of the refrigerator, the control unit controls a water supply system to guide water in a water storage bucket to the ice making assembly, and the ice making assembly makes ice by using the water provided by the water supply system. Meanwhile, the water supply system also guides the external water source to the water storage barrel, so that the water storage barrel is fully filled and stored at low temperature in the refrigerating chamber. The application discloses water supply line does not expose in the freezer or outside the box, therefore can reduce the occupation to the space of freezer, can also improve the outward appearance aesthetic property of refrigerator simultaneously.

The above embodiments are preferred embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and any other changes, modifications, substitutions, combinations, and simplifications which do not depart from the spirit and principle of the present invention should be construed as equivalents thereof, and all such changes, modifications, substitutions, combinations, and simplifications are intended to be included in the scope of the present invention.