CN103017444B - Refrigerator and manufacturing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a refrigerator and a manufacturing method of the refrigerator. The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, an ice maker, a preassembled foam guide block and a water inlet pipe; the refrigerator body comprises a refrigerator housing, a refrigerator liner and a foaming layer arranged in a foaming space formed between the refrigerator housing and the refrigerator liner; an ice making chamber is arranged in the refrigerator body; the ice maker is arranged in the ice making chamber; a through hole is formed in the preassembled foam guide block; the preassembled foam guide block is arranged in the foaming space of the ice making chamber; the water inlet pipe passes through the through hole before foaming and is connected with the ice maker to supply water for the ice maker. The refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the invention has the advantages of convenience in operation and production, low production difficulty, high production efficiency, high yield and the like.

Description

Refrigerators and freezer production methods

technical field

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a refrigerator and a production method of the refrigerator.

Background technique

For the water inlet pipe of the ice maker of the existing refrigerator, after the box body is foamed, the box shell, the foam layer and the tank liner are perforated, and then the water inlet pipe is stretched into the through hole to be connected with the ice maker. The foam produced by punching the foam layer during the production process of this type of refrigerator will affect the production operation, and the water inlet pipe needs to be arranged at an angle, which makes it easy to miss the hole when punching, which is difficult and low in production efficiency. Once the through hole is deviated, it is easy to break the embedded wire harness in the box, causing the box to be scrapped.

Contents of the invention

The present invention aims to solve one of the above-mentioned technical problems at least to a certain extent. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator with convenient production operation, low production difficulty, high production efficiency and high yield.

Another object of the present invention is to propose a method for producing a refrigerator.

In order to achieve the above object, the first aspect of the present invention proposes a refrigerator, which includes: a box body, the box body includes a box shell, a box liner, and a foaming space arranged between the box shell and the box liner The foam layer inside, the box has an ice-making chamber; the ice machine, the ice machine is set in the ice-making chamber; the pre-installed foam guide block, the pre-installed foam guide block is provided with a through hole , the pre-installed foam guide block is arranged in the foaming space of the ice making compartment; water supply to the ice maker.

According to the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention, the pre-installed foam guide block with the through hole is arranged in the foaming space of the ice making compartment, so that the water inlet pipe can pass through the box before foaming The through hole on the pre-installed foam guide block, so that it is not necessary to punch holes in the foam layer when installing the water inlet pipe, thereby avoiding the foaming caused by punching holes in the foam layer affect production operations. And the through hole on the pre-installed foam guide block can be used to limit the path of the water inlet pipe passing through the box body, so that not only can avoid punching holes on the foam layer and breaking the box body The pre-embedded wiring harness can improve the yield of the refrigerator, and by setting the water inlet pipe obliquely on the pre-installed foam guide block, the water inlet pipe can be installed obliquely along the through hole in the ice-making In the foaming space of the chamber. That is to say, it is not necessary to obliquely punch holes on the foam layer, so that the production difficulty of the refrigerator can be greatly reduced and the production efficiency of the refrigerator can be greatly improved. Therefore, the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention has the advantages of convenient production operation, low production difficulty, high production efficiency, and high yield.

In addition, the refrigerator according to the present invention may also have the following additional technical features:

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the water inlet pipe is also fixed to the back plate of the box body. Therefore, the position of the water inlet pipe in the foaming space of the ice making chamber can be made more stable, that is, the position of the water inlet pipe on the box body can be made more stable.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the pre-installed foam guide block is pre-installed in the foaming space of the ice-making chamber before the box body is foamed. Therefore, the stability of the position of the pre-installed foam guide block in the foaming space of the ice-making chamber can be further improved, that is, the stability of the position of the water inlet pipe on the box body can be further improved.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator is an air-cooled refrigerator. The refrigerator has the advantages of fast cooling speed, no frost, good food freshness preservation, uniform temperature and the like.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator also has a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber, and the refrigerator has a refrigerating evaporator for refrigerating the refrigerating chamber and a freezing evaporator for refrigerating the freezing chamber and the ice-making chamber. device. In this way, not only can food be stored in the refrigerator by category, but also different foods can be stored according to different storage temperatures to facilitate food preservation, thereby improving the storage effect of the refrigerator.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerator also has a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber, and the refrigerator has a refrigerating evaporator for refrigerating the refrigerating chamber, a freezing evaporator for Ice making evaporator for ice compartment refrigeration. Thus, the temperatures of the freezing compartment and the ice-making compartment can be set separately, thereby further improving the storage effect of the refrigerator.

A second aspect of the present invention proposes a method for producing a refrigerator, which includes the following steps:

Pre-install the pre-installed foam guide block with through holes in the foaming space of the ice-making chamber of the box; splice the box; extend the water inlet pipe into the ice-making chamber through the through-hole; foaming the box; and installing an ice maker into the ice making chamber and connecting the water inlet pipe with the water inlet of the ice maker.

According to the production method of the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention, the pre-installed foam guide block with the through hole is arranged in the foaming space of the ice-making compartment before the splicing of the box, so that the water inlet pipe directly pass through the through hole and extend into the ice making chamber. That is, it is not necessary to perforate the foam layer. Therefore, the production method of the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention has the advantages of convenient operation, low difficulty, and high efficiency, and can avoid punching holes in the foam layer to interrupt the embedded wire harness in the box, thereby improving The yield of the refrigerator.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the production method of the refrigerator further includes fixing the water inlet pipe to the back plate of the box before foaming. Therefore, the stability of the water inlet pipe on the box body can be improved, thereby making the operation of the refrigerator production method more convenient.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Description of drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and comprehensible from the description of the embodiments in conjunction with the following drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a partial structure of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for producing a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Refrigerator 1, box body 100, box shell 110, box liner 120, foam layer 130, ice making chamber 140, back plate 150, ice maker 200, water inlet 210, pre-installed foam guide block 300, water inlet pipe 400.

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are shown in the drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals designate the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the figures are exemplary and are intended to explain the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In describing the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", " Orientation or position indicated by "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. The relationship is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, therefore It should not be construed as a limitation of the present invention.

In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only, and cannot be interpreted as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the quantity of indicated technical features. Thus, a feature defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of these features. In the description of the present invention, "plurality" means two or more, unless otherwise specifically defined.

In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, terms such as "installation", "connection", "connection" and "fixation" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection or a detachable connection , or integrally connected; it may be mechanically connected or electrically connected; it may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediary, and it may be the internal communication of two components. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, a first feature being "on" or "under" a second feature may include direct contact between the first and second features, and may also include the first and second features Not in direct contact but through another characteristic contact between them. Moreover, "above", "above" and "above" the first feature on the second feature include that the first feature is directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is horizontally higher than the second feature. "Below", "beneath" and "under" the first feature to the second feature include that the first feature is directly below and obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature has a lower level than the second feature.

A refrigerator 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 1 . As shown in FIG. 1 , a refrigerator 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a box body 100 , an ice maker 200 , a pre-installed foam guide block 300 and a water inlet pipe 400 .

The box body 100 includes a box shell 110 , a box liner 120 and a foam layer 130 disposed in the foaming space between the box shell 110 and the box liner 120 . The box body 100 has an ice-making chamber 140 inside. The ice maker 200 is provided in the ice making compartment 140 . The pre-installed foam guide block 300 is provided with a through hole, and the pre-installed foam guide block 300 is arranged in the foaming space of the ice making chamber 140 . The water inlet pipe 400 passes through the through hole and is connected with the ice maker 200 to supply water to the ice maker 200 before foaming.

According to the refrigerator 1 of the embodiment of the present invention, by setting the pre-installed foam guide block 300 with the through hole in the foaming space of the ice making compartment 140, the water inlet pipe 400 can pass through the pre-installed foam before the box body 100 is foamed. The through holes on the guide block 300 make it unnecessary to punch holes in the foam layer 130 when installing the water inlet pipe 400 , thereby avoiding the production operation being affected by the bubbles generated by punching holes in the foam layer 130 . And the through hole on the pre-installed foam guide block 300 can be used to limit the path of the water inlet pipe 400 passing through the box body 100, which can not only avoid punching holes in the foam layer 130 and interrupt the embedded wire harness in the box body 100 , improve the yield of the refrigerator 1, and by setting the water inlet pipe 400 obliquely on the pre-installed foam guide block 300, the water inlet pipe 400 can be obliquely arranged in the foaming space of the ice making chamber 140 along the through hole. That is to say, there is no need to obliquely punch holes on the foam layer 130 , so that the production difficulty of the refrigerator 1 can be greatly reduced and the production efficiency of the refrigerator 1 can be greatly improved. Therefore, the refrigerator 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention has the advantages of convenient production and operation, low production difficulty, high production efficiency, and high yield.

Fig. 2 shows a refrigerator 1 according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2 , the water inlet pipe 400 can also be fixed to the back plate 150 of the box body 100 . For example, it can be fixed by screws. Thus, the position of the water inlet pipe 400 in the foaming space of the ice making chamber 140 can be made more stable, that is, the position of the water inlet pipe 400 on the box body 100 can be made more stable.

Advantageously, the pre-installed foam guide block 300 may be pre-installed in the foaming space of the ice making chamber 140 before the box body 100 is foamed. In this way, not only the pre-installed foam guide block 300 can be installed more conveniently and easily in the foaming space of the ice-making chamber 140, but also the pre-installed foam guide block 300 will be tightly wrapped in the foam layer 130 after foaming, which can Further improving the stability of the position of the pre-installed foam guide block 300 in the foaming space of the ice making compartment 140 can further improve the stability of the position of the water inlet pipe 400 on the box body 100 .

In a specific example of the present invention, the refrigerator 1 may be an air-cooled refrigerator. The refrigerator 1 has the advantages of fast cooling speed, no frost, good food freshness preservation, and uniform temperature.

Optionally, the refrigerator 1 may also have a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber, and the refrigerator 1 may have a refrigerating evaporator for refrigerating the refrigerating chamber and a freezing evaporator for refrigerating the freezing chamber and the ice-making chamber 140 . In this way, not only can food be stored in the refrigerator 1 by category, but also different foods can be stored according to different storage temperatures to facilitate food preservation, thereby improving the storage effect of the refrigerator 1 .

Further, the refrigerator 1 may also have an ice-making evaporator for cooling the ice-making chamber 140 . In this way, the freezing evaporator can independently refrigerate the freezing chamber and the ice-making evaporator can independently refrigerate the ice-making chamber 140, thus the temperatures of the freezing chamber and the ice-making chamber 140 can be set separately, Therefore, the storage effect of the refrigerator 1 can be further improved.

Optionally, the foaming space of the ice-making chamber 140 may also be defined by the ice-making evaporator and the case shell 110, and the water inlet pipe 400 may pass through the through hole protruding from the pre-installed foam guide block 300 The ice-making evaporator extends into the ice-making chamber 140 .

The production method of refrigerator 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to Fig. 2, and the production method of refrigerator 1 comprises the following steps:

In the foaming space of the ice making compartment 140 of the box body 100, pre-installed pre-installed foam guide blocks 300 with through holes; Make the through hole on the pre-installed foam guide block 300 opposite to the hole on the tank shell 110 or tank liner 120, and ensure that the position of the pre-installed foam guide block 300 on the box shell 110 or tank liner 120 is just in the box. In the foaming space of the ice making chamber 140 after the body 100 is spliced;

Splicing cabinet 100;

Extend the water inlet pipe 400 into the ice-making compartment 140 through the through hole; specifically, the water inlet pipe 400 can be passed through the hole on the box shell 110 and the through hole on the pre-installed foam guide block 300 in turn. and the holes on the tank 120;

Foaming the casing 100; and

The ice maker 200 is installed in the ice making chamber 140 and the water inlet pipe 400 is connected to the water inlet 210 of the ice maker 200 to supply water to the ice maker 200 through the water inlet pipe 400 .

According to the production method of the refrigerator 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the pre-installed foam guide block 300 with the through hole is provided in the foaming space of the ice making chamber 140 before the box body 100 is spliced, so that the water inlet pipe 400 can directly pass through The through hole protrudes into the ice making chamber 140 . That is, it is not necessary to perforate the foamed layer 130 . Therefore, the production method of the refrigerator 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention has the advantages of convenient operation, low difficulty, and high efficiency, and can avoid punching holes on the foam layer 130 to interrupt the embedded wire harness in the box body 100, thereby improving Yield of Refrigerator 1.

Advantageously, the water inlet pipe 400 can be fixed to the backboard 150 of the box body 100 before foaming, for example, the water inlet pipe 400 can be fixed on the backboard 150 with screws. This can prevent the foam liquid from pushing the pre-installed foam guide block 300 to move and affect the position of the water inlet pipe 400 on the box body 100 when foaming, that is, the stability of the water inlet pipe 400 on the box body 100 can be improved, so that the refrigerator 1 The operation of the production method is more convenient.

In the description of this specification, descriptions referring to the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "example", "specific examples", or "some examples" mean that specific features described in connection with the embodiment or example , structure, material or characteristic is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it can be understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and cannot be construed as limitations to the present invention. Variations, modifications, substitutions, and modifications to the above-described embodiments are possible within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1. a refrigerator, is characterized in that, comprising:

Casing, described casing comprises case shell, case courage and is located at the foaming layer in the foaming space between described case shell and case courage, has ice-making compartment in described casing;

Ice machine, described ice machine is located in described ice-making compartment;

Prepackage foam guide pad, be provided with through hole in described prepackage foam guide pad, described prepackage foam guide pad is located in the foaming space of described ice-making compartment; With

Water inlet pipe, described water inlet pipe passed described through hole and is connected to supply water to described ice machine with described ice machine before foaming.

2. refrigerator according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described water inlet pipe also fixes with the backboard of described casing.

3. refrigerator according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described prepackage foam guide pad was contained in advance in the foaming space of described ice-making compartment before described foam box.

4. refrigerator according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described refrigerator is wind cooling refrigerator.

5. refrigerator according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, also has refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber in described refrigerator, and described refrigerator has for the refrigeration evaporator to refrigeration chamber with for the refrigerating evaporator to refrigerating chamber and described ice-making compartment refrigeration.

6. refrigerator according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, also have refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber in described refrigerator, described refrigerator has for the refrigeration evaporator to refrigeration chamber, for the refrigerating evaporator that freezes to refrigerating chamber and the ice making evaporator for freezing to ice-making compartment.

7. a production method for refrigerator, is characterized in that, comprises the following steps:

In the foaming space of the ice-making compartment of casing, prepackage has the prepackage foam guide pad of through hole;

Splice described casing;

Water inlet pipe is extend in described ice-making compartment through described through hole;

Described casing is foamed; With

Ice machine to be installed in described ice-making compartment and the water inlet of described water inlet pipe with described ice machine is connected.

8. the production method of refrigerator according to claim 7, is characterized in that, is fixed by the backboard of described water inlet pipe and described casing before being also included in foaming.