阅读说明：本技术 翻转式制冰出冰装置、冰箱 (Turnover type ice making and discharging device and refrigerator ) 是由 傅彦达 王铭坤 钟泽健 郭琨 李信良 冯云凌 于 2021-01-21 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种翻转式制冰出冰装置、冰箱,其中的翻转式制冰出冰装置,包括翻转驱动部件、制冰盒、磁力出冰部件,所述翻转驱动部件与所述制冰盒驱动连接以使所述制冰盒具有适应于制冰的第一位置以及适应于出冰的第二位置,所述磁力出冰部件设置于所述制冰盒的盒底壁一侧,所述制冰盒上具有多个制冰格,当所述制冰盒处于所述第二位置时,所述磁力出冰部件能够施力于所述制冰格的底部上以迫使所述制冰盒中与所述磁力出冰部件相应的制冰格内的冰块脱出。根据本发明,结构简单、紧凑、新颖,节省冰箱内空间。(The invention provides a turnover type ice making and discharging device and a refrigerator, wherein the turnover type ice making and discharging device comprises a turnover driving part, an ice making box and a magnetic ice discharging part, the turnover driving part is in driving connection with the ice making box so that the ice making box is provided with a first position suitable for making ice and a second position suitable for discharging ice, the magnetic ice discharging part is arranged on one side of the box bottom wall of the ice making box, the ice making box is provided with a plurality of ice making grids, and when the ice making box is located at the second position, the magnetic ice discharging part can apply force on the bottom of the ice making grids so as to force ice blocks in the ice making grids corresponding to the magnetic ice discharging part in the ice making box to be discharged. According to the invention, the structure is simple, compact and novel, and the space in the refrigerator is saved.)

1. The turnover type ice making and discharging device is characterized by comprising a turnover driving part, an ice making box (2) and a magnetic ice discharging part (3), wherein the turnover driving part is in driving connection with the ice making box (2) so that the ice making box (2) has a first position suitable for making ice and a second position suitable for discharging ice, the magnetic ice discharging part (3) is arranged on one side of a box bottom wall (21) of the ice making box (2), the ice making box (2) is provided with a plurality of ice making cells (22), and when the ice making box (2) is located at the second position, the magnetic ice discharging part (3) can apply force on the bottom of the ice making cells (22) so as to force ice cubes in the ice making cells (22) corresponding to the magnetic ice discharging part (3) in the ice making box (2) to be discharged.

2. The turnover type ice making and discharging device according to claim 1, wherein a rotating shaft (23) is configured on the ice making box body (2), the turnover driving component comprises a first rotary motor (1), and a power output shaft of the first rotary motor is in driving connection with the rotating shaft (23).

3. The convertible ice-making and ice-discharging device according to claim 1, wherein the bottom wall (21) of the housing has a plurality of vertical ribs (24) interlaced vertically and horizontally, the plurality of vertical ribs (24) interlaced vertically and horizontally form a plurality of ice-making cells (22), and the bottom wall of each ice-making cell (22) is made of elastic material.

4. The convertible ice-making and discharging device of claim 3, wherein the vertical ribs (24) are made of a hard material.

5. The convertible ice-making and ice-discharging device according to claim 4, wherein the bottom of the vertical rib (24) corresponding to each ice-making compartment (22) is provided with a communication hole (241) to communicate the receiving cavities of two adjacent ice-making compartments (22).

6. The convertible ice-making and ice-discharging device according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic ice-discharging member (3) comprises an ejector (31), a magnetic force generator (32), and the ejector (31) is capable of moving toward the bottom wall (21) of the ice-making housing (2) under the magnetic force of the magnetic force generator (32) to force the ice cubes in the ice-making housing (2) in the ice-making cells (22) corresponding to the magnetic ice-discharging member (3) to be discharged.

7. The convertible ice-making and discharging device according to claim 6, wherein the ejector (31) includes a plate body (311) and a top projection (312) extending toward the case bottom wall (21).

8. The turnover type ice making and discharging device according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of connecting guide rods (313) are provided between the plate body (311) and the box bottom wall (21), the plate body (311) is sleeved on the connecting guide rods (313), and a plurality of connecting guide rods (313) are respectively sleeved with elastic members (314) in a one-to-one correspondence manner, the elastic members (314) are located between the plate body (311) and the box bottom wall (21) so as to force the pushing member (31) to be separated from the contact with the box bottom wall (21) when the magnetic force generating member (32) releases the magnetic force.

9. The convertible ice-making and discharging device according to claim 8, wherein the magnetic force generating member (32) includes an electromagnetic coil on the case bottom wall (21) capable of generating an attractive force when controlled to be energized, and the pushing member (31) is made of a magnetic metal.

10. The convertible ice-making and ice-discharging device according to claim 6, wherein the pushing member (31) and the magnetic force generator (32) are respectively provided in plural, and the plural pushing members (31) and the magnetic force generator (32) are respectively provided in one-to-one correspondence with the plural ice-making cells (22).

11. A refrigerator comprising an ice making and discharging device, wherein the ice making and discharging device is the flip type ice making and discharging device according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of refrigerator manufacturing, and particularly relates to a turnover type ice making and discharging device and a refrigerator.

Background

The refrigerator ice maker (namely the ice making and discharging device) in the prior art mainly comprises an ice making disc, wherein the ice making disc is of a plane structure, when ice needs to be discharged after ice making is finished, ice cubes in ice grids are separated from the ice making disc by a rotating shaft blade in the ice making grid, on one hand, the appearance of the ice cubes is damaged when the rotating shaft blade occupies the position of the ice grids in the ice grids, on the other hand, the cantilever type rotating shaft blade needs higher strength when the ice cubes are rotationally separated from the ice making disc, and is very easy to break and the like, the structure is more complex, and the occupied space of equipment is larger.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide the turnover type ice making and discharging device and the refrigerator, which are simple, compact and novel in structure and can save the space in the refrigerator.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a flip-type ice making and discharging device, including a flip-over driving element, an ice making box, and a magnetic ice discharging element, where the flip-over driving element is in driving connection with the ice making box to enable the ice making box to have a first position suitable for making ice and a second position suitable for discharging ice, the magnetic ice discharging element is disposed on one side of a box bottom wall of the ice making box, the ice making box has a plurality of ice making cells, and when the ice making box is in the second position, the magnetic ice discharging element can apply force to the bottom of the ice making cells to force ice cubes in the ice making box corresponding to the magnetic ice discharging element to be discharged.

Preferably, a rotating shaft is configured on the ice making box body, the turnover driving part comprises a first rotating motor, and a power output shaft of the first rotating motor is in driving connection with the rotating shaft.

Preferably, a plurality of vertically and horizontally interwoven vertical ribs are arranged on the bottom wall of the box, a plurality of ice making cells are formed by the vertically and horizontally interwoven vertical ribs, and the bottom wall of each ice making cell is made of an elastic material.

Preferably, the vertical ribs are made of hard materials.

Preferably, a communication hole is formed at the bottom of the vertical rib corresponding to each ice-making grid so as to communicate the accommodating cavities of two adjacent ice-making grids.

Preferably, the magnetic ice discharging component comprises a roller, a plurality of pushing protrusions which are matched with the bottom of the ice cube tray are arranged on the peripheral wall of the roller, and when the pushing protrusions are in contact with the bottom of the ice cube tray, ice cubes in the ice cube tray which are matched with the pushing protrusions can be pushed to be discharged.

Preferably, the magnetic ice-discharging component comprises an ejector and a magnetic force generator, and the ejector can move towards the bottom wall of the ice-making box under the magnetic force of the magnetic force generator to force ice blocks in an ice-making compartment corresponding to the magnetic ice-discharging component in the ice-making box to be ejected.

Preferably, the pushing member includes a plate body and a top projection extending toward the bottom wall of the case.

Preferably, a plurality of connecting guide rods are arranged between the plate body and the box bottom wall, the plate body is sleeved on the connecting guide rods, elastic pieces are sleeved on the connecting guide rods in a one-to-one correspondence mode respectively, and the elastic pieces are located between the plate body and the box bottom wall so that the pushing pieces can be forced to be separated from contact with the box bottom wall when the magnetic force generating pieces release the magnetic force.

Preferably, the magnetic force generating member includes an electromagnetic coil, the electromagnetic coil is located on the bottom wall of the box and is capable of generating an attractive force when controlled to be energized, and the pushing member is made of magnetic metal.

Preferably, the pushing member and the magnetic force generator are respectively provided with a plurality of pieces, and the plurality of pushing members and the magnetic force generator are respectively arranged corresponding to the ice cube trays one by one.

The invention also provides a refrigerator which comprises the turnover type ice making and discharging device.

The turnover type ice making and discharging device and the refrigerator provided by the invention have the advantages that the ice making position is set when the ice making box is at the first position, the ice discharging position is set when the ice making box is at the second position, the ice making box is controlled to turn from the first position to the second position when ice discharging is needed after ice making is finished, the magnetic ice discharging component is synchronously controlled to operate, further, force is applied to the bottom of the ice making grid, and under the action of the force application of the magnetic ice discharging component and the self weight of ice blocks, the ice blocks are released from the ice making grid and enter the ice storage box below, so that ice making and ice discharging are realized, the structure is simple, compact and novel, and the space in the refrigerator can be saved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a convertible ice making and discharging device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of an internal structure of the ice making housing of fig. 1.

The reference numerals are represented as:

1. a first rotary electric machine; 2. an ice-making box; 21. a box bottom wall; 22. an ice making grid; 23. a rotating shaft; 24. erecting ribs; 241. a communicating hole; 3. a magnetic ice discharging component; 31. pushing the piece; 311. a plate body; 312. carrying out top convex; 313. connecting a guide rod; 314. an elastic member; 32. a magnetic force generating member; 4. an evaporator; 41. and (7) air outlet.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1 to 2 in combination, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a flip-type ice making and discharging device, including a flip driving part (not referenced), an ice making housing 2, a magnetic ice discharging part 3, the turnover driving part is in driving connection with the ice making box 2 so that the ice making box 2 has a first position suitable for making ice and a second position suitable for discharging ice, specifically, for example, the first position is that the opening of the ice making box 2 faces upwards, the second position is that the opening of the ice making box 2 faces downwards, the magnetic ice discharging component 3 is arranged on one side of the box bottom wall 21 of the ice making box 2, the ice making box 2 is provided with a plurality of ice making grids 22, when the ice making box 2 is at the second position, the magnetic ice making component 3 can apply force on the bottom of the ice making compartment 22 to force the ice cubes in the ice making compartment 22 corresponding to the magnetic ice making component 3 in the ice making box 2 to be released. In the technical scheme, the ice making box 2 is an ice making position when in the first position and is an ice discharging position when in the second position, when the ice making box 2 needs to discharge ice after ice making is finished, the ice making box 2 is controlled to be turned from the first position to the second position, the magnetic ice discharging component 3 is synchronously controlled to rotate, force is applied to the bottom of the ice making grid 22, and under the action of the force applied by the magnetic ice discharging component 3 and the self weight of ice cubes, the ice cubes are released from the ice making grid 22 and enter the ice storage box below, so that ice making and ice discharging are realized.

In some embodiments, the ice-making housing 2 is configured with a rotating shaft 23 on the housing, the reverse driving component includes a first rotating motor 1, a power output shaft of the first rotating motor 1 is drivingly connected to the rotating shaft 23, and when the first rotating motor 1 operates, the first rotating motor drives the ice-making housing 2 to rotate through the rotating shaft 23, so as to switch the ice-making housing 2 between the first position and the second position, and it can be understood that the first rotating motor 1 is preferably a stepping motor, so as to ensure reliable and accurate position switching. Further, the first rotary motor 1 may be disposed on both opposite sides of the ice making housing 2, and certainly, in order to save cost, when the size of the ice making housing 2 is not large, it is preferable that the first rotary motor 1 is disposed only on one side of the ice making housing 2, at this time, a rotating shaft 23 is also disposed on one side of the ice making housing 2 opposite to the first rotary motor 1, and the rotating shaft 23 on this side is pivotally connected to an external assembly carrier, so as to ensure reliable stability of the position switching process of the ice making housing 2.

As a specific embodiment of the ice making housing 2, preferably, the housing bottom wall 21 has a plurality of vertically and horizontally interlaced vertical ribs 24, the plurality of vertically and horizontally interlaced vertical ribs 24 form a plurality of ice making cells 22, the bottom wall of each ice making cell 22 is made of an elastic material, and the bottom wall of the ice making cell 22 is made of the elastic material, so that on one hand, the magnetic ice discharging component 3 can exert a pushing action on ice cubes in the ice making cell 22, and on the other hand, the bottom wall can recover to the original shape after the pushing force is released, thereby ensuring the complete appearance of the ice body.

Preferably, the vertical ribs 24 are made of hard material, such as hard rubber, so as to shape the ice body well.

Preferably, the bottom of the vertical rib 24 corresponding to each ice cube tray 22 is provided with a communication hole 241 to communicate the receiving cavities of two adjacent ice cube trays 22, which can ensure the consistent water level in each ice cube tray 22 when the ice cube tray 2 is filled with water, thereby ensuring the consistent size of the formed ice cubes.

As a specific embodiment of the magnetic ice-making component 3, preferably, the magnetic ice-making component 3 includes an ejector 31 and a magnetic generator 32, and the ejector 31 can move towards the bottom case wall 21 of the ice-making case 2 under the magnetic force of the magnetic generator 32 to force the ice pieces in the ice-making compartment 22 of the ice-making case 2 corresponding to the magnetic ice-making component 3 to be ejected. The magnetic force generating member 32 is specifically an electromagnetic generating device, that is, when the magnetic force generating member 32 is powered on, it generates a corresponding magnetic force, and when the magnetic force generating member 32 is powered off, the magnetic force disappears correspondingly, that is, the magnetic force generating member 32 is connected in series in a circuit (including a power supply), and the circuit has a corresponding relay, so as to control whether the magnetic force generating member 32 generates the magnetic force.

The pushing member 31 includes a plate body 311 and a top projection 312 extending toward the case bottom wall 21. At this time, one plate body 311 may be provided with a plurality of protrusions 312, the plurality of protrusions 312 are respectively disposed in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of ice-making cells 22, and at this time, the purpose of discharging ice may be achieved by magnetic attraction between the magnetic force generating element 32 and the plate body 311, which may simplify the control strategy of the ice discharging process. In some embodiments, the pushing member 31 and the magnetic force generator 32 are respectively provided in a plurality, the plurality of pushing members 31 and the magnetic force generator 32 are respectively arranged in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of ice making cells 22, and at this time, the plurality of magnetic force generators 32 are connected in parallel to each other, so that whether ice is discharged from any one of the plurality of ice making cells 22 can be respectively controlled, and thus the amount of ice cubes discharged at a time can be controlled to meet different requirements of users.

Furthermore, a plurality of connecting guide rods 313 (non-magnetic conductive material, such as aluminum columns, etc., should be selected in terms of material) are disposed between the plate body 311 and the box bottom wall 21, the plate body 311 is sleeved on the connecting guide rods 313, and the connecting guide rods 313 are respectively sleeved with elastic members 314 (such as springs) in a one-to-one correspondence manner, wherein the elastic members 314 are disposed between the plate body 311 and the box bottom wall 21 so as to force the pushing member 31 to be separated from the contact with the box bottom wall 21 when the magnetic force generating member 32 releases the magnetic force. In this technical scheme, the connection guide bar 313 makes the process that the pushing element 31 approaches or leaves the bottom wall 21 of the case more stable and reliable, and the elastic element 314 can make the ice cube tray 22 restore the original shape when the magnetic force generating element 32 contacts the magnetic force, so as to facilitate the formation of ice cubes with complete shape.

Specifically, the magnetic force generating element 32 includes an electromagnetic coil, which is disposed on the bottom wall 21 of the case and is capable of generating an attractive force when the electromagnetic coil is controlled to be energized, and the pushing element 31 is made of a magnetic metal (i.e., a metal capable of being attracted by a magnetic force, such as iron, nickel, cobalt, and alloys thereof). At this time, the electromagnetic coil, which is a core component generating a magnetic force by being turned on and off, may be wound around an iron core (e.g., an iron ring), thereby enhancing its magnetic force generation.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a refrigerator including the above-mentioned convertible ice-making and ice-discharging device, wherein the convertible ice-making and ice-discharging device is disposed in a low temperature space having an evaporator 4, the low temperature space provides an ice-making environment through the evaporator 4, the evaporator 4 is disposed in a corresponding air duct housing, the air duct housing has a corresponding air outlet 41, and the air outlet 41 corresponds to the low temperature space.

It is readily understood by a person skilled in the art that the advantageous ways described above can be freely combined, superimposed without conflict.

The present invention is not limited to the above preferred embodiments, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention. The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, several improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, and these improvements and modifications should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.