CN223331966U - Ice making device and water dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an ice making device, comprising an ice making module, an inner tank, an ice basket and an ice water box arranged in the inner tank; the ice making module comprises a cover body, an ice making box, an evaporator, a compressor and a condenser; a drain port is provided on the bottom wall of the ice making box, a blocking member is installed on the drain port, and the blocking member is opened by the rotation action of the original ice making box, and the drain port and the opening of the ice basket are staggered in the vertical direction, that is, when the drain port releases ice water, the ice water will directly fall into the ice water box from the side of the ice basket without entering the ice When ice cubes are spilled into the basket, and after the ice cubes are made by the ice-making module, the ice water will be released first and then the ice cubes will be poured out, which effectively avoids the ice water from spilling onto the ice cubes, thereby allowing the ice cubes to have a longer storage time. A water dispenser is also disclosed, including a body, in which a water outlet module and the above-mentioned ice-making device are arranged. The water outlet nozzle assembly of the water outlet module is connected to the ice water box of the ice-making device through a water pump. The ice water in the ice water box is extracted and released from the water outlet nozzle assembly to be supplied to the user for drinking, so that the water dispenser has an ice water function.

Description

Ice making device and water dispenser

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of water dispensers, in particular to an ice making device and a water dispenser.

Background

The water dispenser is common drinking water equipment in home, and the traditional water dispenser only has the water outlet function of heating or cooling. In the prior art, as disclosed in the prior patent CN101949688B, ice cubes and ice water are produced through the ice making module, the ice cubes fall down to the receiving platform through the dumping structure and slide down to the ice basket below, the ice water falls into the ice water cavity of the lower layer along the receiving platform, and after the ice basket receives the ice cubes, part of the ice water also falls into the ice water cavity of the lower layer from the water leakage hole of the ice basket, and the ice water is stored in the ice water cavity for making ice again or supplying ice water for people to drink.

However, when the ice making module is used for preparing ice water again, the ice making module can be poured onto ice cubes in the ice basket when being poured, so that melting of the ice cubes is quickened, and the storage time of the ice cubes is shortened.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the utility model provides an ice making device and a water dispenser.

The technical scheme adopted for solving the technical problems is as follows:

An ice making device comprises a control unit, an ice making module and an inner container, wherein the ice making module comprises an ice making box, an evaporator, a compressor and a condenser; the working end of the evaporator extends into the ice making box; the ice making box and the evaporator are arranged at the top of the inner cavity of the inner container; the ice making device comprises an ice making box, an ice making water pump, a water outlet, a sealing piece, a water draining piece, a sealing piece and a sealing piece, wherein the two ends of the ice making box are rotatably connected with wall surfaces on two opposite sides of an inner container, a motor is arranged on the outer side of the inner container and is connected with one end of the ice making box, an ice basket and the ice making box are further arranged in the inner container, the ice basket and the ice making box are vertically arranged below the ice making box, the ice making box is communicated with the input end of the ice making water pump, the output end of the ice making water pump is communicated with the ice making box, the water outlet is arranged on the bottom wall of the ice making box in a staggered manner in the vertical direction, the sealing piece is arranged on the water outlet, the sealing piece is sealed by the sealing piece in a normal state, the side wall of the inner container is provided with a protrusion in an abutting fit with the protrusion, the ice making box is provided with the first position, the second position and the third position, the ice making box is sequentially reached from the first position and the second position under the driving of the motor, the ice making box is in the first position, the ice making box is far away from the protrusion, the ice making box is continuously sealed, the water outlet is continuously arranged on the ice box is continuously when the ice box is in the first position, and is in the first position, the ice box is in the ice position, and is in the ice box is in the ice position, and is in the ice box, and is in the ice position, and is in the ice box.

The plug piece is plugged through spring force, and it includes the valve rod of wearing to locate in the outlet and is located end cap and the clamping part at valve rod both ends, the end cap is located ice making box inboard, the clamping part is located ice making box outside and forms the end that stretches out, still overlaps on the valve rod and is equipped with the spring clamp and locate the clamping part between ice making box outer wall, and the end cap supports tightly through the moment of spring and seals in ice making box inner wall the outlet, when ice making box rotates to the second position, protruding and clamping part butt cooperation promote the moment that clamping part overcome the spring and make the end cap leave ice making box inner wall, make the outlet intercommunication.

The bulge is an abutting boss which is convexly arranged on the inner wall of the inner container, and the periphery of the abutting boss is inclined to form a slope to be smoothly jointed with the inner wall of the inner container.

Limit switches are arranged on the outer wall of the inner container according to the first position, the second position and the third position, and the rotating end part of the ice making box is connected with a trigger piece for triggering the limit switches.

And the top of the side wall of the ice making box is also provided with an overflow port, and the overflow port and the opening of the ice basket below the ice making box are staggered in the vertical direction.

The overflow port is formed by a drainage groove extending outwards from the top of the side wall of the ice making box, two side walls of the drainage groove are connected with the side wall of the ice making box, and the bottom wall of the drainage groove is inclined outwards.

The inner container is divided into a first installation cavity positioned on an upper layer and a second installation cavity positioned on a lower layer through a partition plate, the ice basket is installed in the first installation cavity, the ice water box is installed in the second installation cavity, a water outlet is formed in the partition plate, and ice water made by the ice making module falls into the ice water box below through the water outlet after falling into the first installation cavity.

The water outlet leans against the back side of the inner container, a water diversion inclined plane is formed at the part of the top surface of the partition plate, which is positioned on the back side of the inner container, and the water diversion inclined plane inclines towards the water outlet.

The water dispenser comprises a machine body, wherein a water outlet module and the ice making device are arranged in the machine body, the water outlet module comprises a water suction pump and a water outlet nozzle assembly, and the water outlet nozzle assembly pumps ice water in an ice water box of the ice making device through the water suction pump.

And the machine body is also provided with a water tank, and the water tank supplies water to the water outlet module and an ice water box of the ice making device.

The ice making box has the advantages that the water outlet used for independently releasing ice water is controlled to be communicated by the plugging piece, the water outlet and the opening of the ice basket are staggered in the vertical direction, namely, when the water outlet releases ice water, the ice water can directly fall into the ice water box from the side of the ice basket and cannot enter the ice basket to be sprayed into ice cubes, after the ice making module is used for making ice cubes, the ice making box releases the ice cubes through the second position and then reaches the third position in the driving rotation process of the motor, the ice cubes are effectively prevented from being sprayed into the ice basket, the ice cubes can be further stored for a longer time, the plugging piece is opened by utilizing the rotation action of the original ice making box, the related driving structure is not required to be additionally arranged, meanwhile, the ice water in the ice making box directly falls into the ice water box under the action of gravity, the additional arrangement drainage tube of the liner is not required, and compared with the mode of electric control opening, the scheme does not need to arrange a circuit in the liner, the liner layout is more reliable in the environment of low temperature and wetting, and the liner layout is more simplified.

Drawings

The utility model will be further described with reference to the drawings and examples.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a water dispenser according to the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the internal structure of the water dispenser according to the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a split schematic diagram of FIG. 2 at another view angle;

FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of the present utility model a cross-sectional view of the ice making device;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the back of the liner of the present utility model

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view at B in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a further exploded view at A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view illustrating the separation of the ice making housing of the present utility model;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the ice-making housing of the present utility model in a first position;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the ice-making housing of the present utility model in a second position;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the ice-making housing of the present utility model in a third position;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing a detachment of the water dispenser of the present utility model.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1 to 12, a water dispenser having an ice making function and a water discharging function, which can release drinking water for a user and can make ice cubes for the user, includes a body 1, and an ice making device and a water discharging module 4 disposed in the body 1.

In this embodiment, the ice making apparatus includes an ice making module 3, a liner 5, and an ice basket 6 and an ice water box 7 disposed in the liner 5.

The ice making module 3 comprises an ice making box 32, an evaporator 33, a compressor 34 and a condenser 35, wherein the evaporator 33, the compressor 34 and the condenser 35 form a refrigeration circulation pipeline through capillary copper pipes, an ice removing pipeline is further connected in parallel on the capillary copper pipes between the compressor 34 and the evaporator 33 on the refrigeration circulation pipeline, and the working end of the evaporator 33 extends into the ice making box 32, in the embodiment, the working end of the evaporator 33 is a plurality of ice condensation columns which are vertically arranged on the evaporation pipes and extend into the ice making box 32.

The ice making box 32 and the evaporator 33 are arranged at the top of the inner cavity of the inner container 5, the ice basket 6 and the ice water box 7 are arranged in the inner container 5 in an up-down arrangement mode and are positioned below the ice making box 32, two ends of the ice making box 32 are rotationally connected with the wall surfaces on two opposite sides of the inner container 5, and a motor 8 is arranged outside the inner container 5 and is in driving connection with one end part of the ice making box 32.

The ice water box 7 is communicated with the input end of the ice water making pump 38, the output end of the ice water making pump 38 is communicated with the ice making box 32 through a pipeline 39, and water for making ice is stored in the ice water box 7 and can be pumped and conveyed into the ice making box 32 through the ice water making pump 38.

The bottom wall of the ice making box 32 is provided with a water outlet 321, the water outlet 321 and the opening of the ice basket 6 are staggered in the vertical direction, the water outlet 321 is provided with a sealing piece 9, and the water outlet 321 is sealed by the sealing piece 9 in a normal state.

The plugging piece 9 is provided with an extending end, the side wall of the liner 5 is provided with a bulge, the bulge can be in butt fit with the extending end, the extending end is pushed by the bulge to push the plugging piece 9 away, and the water outlet is communicated with water discharge.

The protruding end of the plugging piece 9 is matched with the protruding butt, the rotation action of the original ice making box 32 is utilized, a related driving structure is not required to be additionally arranged, meanwhile, after the plugging piece is opened, ice water in the ice making box directly falls into the ice water box under the action of gravity, a drainage tube is not required to be additionally arranged in the inner container, a circuit is not required to be arranged in the inner container in a mode of being opened in an electric control mode, the structure layout of the inner container is more reliable under a low-temperature and wet environment, and the structure layout of the inner container is simplified.

The ice making box 32 is provided with a first position, a second position and a third position, the second position and the third position can be sequentially reached from the first position under the drive of the motor 8, when the ice making box 32 is in the first position, the blocking piece 9 is away from the protrusion to continuously close the water outlet, when the ice making box 32 is in the second position, the ice making box 32 is inclined to enable the protruding end of the blocking piece 9 to be in abutting fit with the protrusion on the side wall of the liner 5, the blocking piece is pushed away to enable the water outlet to be conducted and drained, water directly falls into the ice water box 7 below from the side of the ice basket 6, and when the ice making box 32 is in the third position, the ice making box 32 is turned over to pour ice cubes made in the ice making box into the ice basket 6.

When ice is made, firstly, the ice making water pump 38 is started to pump water from the ice water box 7 and pour the water into the ice making box 32, at the moment, the ice making box 32 is positioned at a first position, the water outlet 321 is blocked by the blocking piece 9, so that the working water level in the ice making box 32 can reach the working end of the evaporator 33 quickly, then, a refrigeration circulation pipeline is started to enable the working end of the evaporator 33 to cool water in the ice making box 32 and condense an ice crystal layer on the working end, at the moment, the device can determine whether the water pump 38 rotates to the ice making box 32 to rotate to a second position according to a program selected by a user, if the user selects quick ice making, the ice making box 32 keeps the first position to continuously make ice, if the user selects normal ice making to obtain transparent ice cubes, the ice making box 32 rotates to the second position, the extending end of the blocking piece 9 is inclined to enable the extending end of the blocking piece 9 to be in butt fit with the bulges, the blocking piece 9 is pushed away to enable the water outlet 321 to conduct water discharging, the ice making pump 38 adjusts power to enable the water injection flow rate to be consistent with the flow rate of the ice outlet 321, water injection flow in the ice making box 32 forms water flow to be in a water flow state, if the water flow is not broken, and bubbles on the ice crystal layer is adhered to be removed, and bubbles on the ice crystal layer is accumulated, and finally, and bubbles are accumulated in the process is removed;

After the ice cubes are formed, the ice making pump 38 is turned off, the ice making housing 32 is rotated to the second position (if the ice making housing 32 is in the second position), the water outlet 321 releases the ice water to be discharged, and falls back into the ice water housing 7 again, and the ice removing pipe is started to slightly heat the working end of the evaporator 33 to melt the portion where the ice cubes are in contact with the working end, so that the ice cubes are removed from the working end.

When the ice water in the ice making box 32 is drained from the drain outlet 321, the motor 8 drives the ice making box to rotate to the third position, the ice making box 32 is turned over to pour the ice cubes into the ice basket 6 for storage, and as the ice water in the ice making box 32 is drained, no ice cubes are poured into the ice basket 6 together when the ice cubes are poured, so that the ice cubes are prevented from being poured into the ice cubes and accelerated to be melted, and the ice cubes can be stored for a longer time. In addition, since the water outlet 321 and the opening of the ice basket 6 are staggered in the vertical direction, that is, when the water outlet 321 releases ice water, the ice water can directly fall into the ice water box 7 from the side of the ice basket 6 and cannot enter the ice basket 6 to be sprayed on ice cubes.

In this embodiment, the inner container 5 is divided into a first installation cavity 51 located at an upper layer and a second installation cavity 52 located at a lower layer by a partition plate 53, an ice basket 6 is installed in the first installation cavity 51, an ice water box 7 is installed in the second installation cavity 52, the ice basket 6 can be taken out from the first installation cavity 51 for a user to take ice cubes for use, the ice water box 7 can be taken out from the second installation cavity 52 for cleaning or use independently, specifically, a butt joint 71 is arranged at the bottom of the ice water box 7, a butt joint seat 56 for inserting and communicating the butt joint 71 is arranged in the second installation cavity 52 to realize water connection between the ice water box 7 and the ice making module 3, the butt joint seat 56 is communicated with the input end of the ice making pump 38, and a temperature probe serving as a temperature measuring unit is hermetically penetrated on the inner cavity wall of the butt joint seat 56. The partition plate 53 is provided with a water drain port 54, the top of the first installation cavity 51 is opened, ice cubes made by the ice making module 3 are poured into the ice basket 6, and ice water made by the ice making module 3 falls into the first installation cavity 51 and then leaks into the ice water box 7 below through the water drain port 54. Further, in order to make the ice water falling from the drain port 321 more easily reach the drain port 54 and leak into the lower side, the drain port 321 is arranged towards the back side of the liner 5, a water diversion inclined plane 531 is formed at the part of the top surface of the partition plate, which is positioned at the back side of the liner 5, the water diversion inclined plane 531 is inclined towards the drain port 54, and the ice water falling from the drain port 321 falls onto the water diversion inclined plane 531 first and then is quickly guided to the ice water box 7 at the position of the drain port 54 and falls into the lower side.

The water in the ice water box 7 has low temperature after ice blocks are made, so that the ice making efficiency can be improved when the ice water box is used for making ice blocks, and the ice water in the ice water box 7 can be drunk by people.

In this embodiment, the water outlet module 4 includes a water pump 41 and a water outlet nozzle assembly 42, the water outlet nozzle assembly 42 is communicated with the ice water box 7 of the ice making device through the water pump 41, the water pump 41 can draw ice water in the ice water box 7, and the ice water can be released from the water outlet nozzle assembly 42 for drinking by a user, so that the water dispenser has an ice water function.

In this embodiment, the blocking member 9 is biased to block by a spring, and includes a valve rod 91 penetrating through the drain port 321, and plugs 92 and locking portions 93 located at two ends of the valve rod 91, where the plugs 92 are located inside the ice making box 32, the locking portions 93 are located outside the ice making box 32, a spring 94 is further sleeved on the valve rod 91 and clamped between the locking portions 93 and the outer wall of the ice making box 32, and the plugs 92 are abutted against the inner wall of the ice making box 32 by the moment of the spring 94 to block the drain port 321 in normal state. When the ice making case 32 rotates to the second position, the protrusion is in abutting fit with the locking part 93, and pushes the locking part 93 to overcome the moment of the spring 94, so that the plug 92 is separated from the inner wall of the ice making case 32, and the water outlet 321 is communicated.

In this embodiment, the top of the side wall of the ice making box 32 is further provided with the overflow gap 323, and the overflow gap 323 is arranged to guide the overflowed water to drain through the overflow gap 323 when the ice making box 32 is ready for overflow, so that the overflowed water is prevented from overflowing from the edge of the ice making box 32 and being sprayed to the ice cubes in the ice basket below, and the overflow gap 323 and the opening of the ice basket 6 below the ice making box 32 are staggered in the vertical direction, namely, the water drained through the overflow gap 323 can directly fall into the ice box from the side of the ice basket and cannot enter the ice basket to be sprayed to the ice cubes. Specifically, the overflow 323 is formed by a drainage groove extending outwards from the top of the side wall of the ice making box 32, two side walls of the drainage groove are jointed with the side wall of the ice making box 32, the bottom wall of the drainage groove is inclined outwards, and the inclined bottom wall can accelerate the drainage speed of the overflow 323, so that the overflow can be completely discharged through the overflow 323.

In this embodiment, the protrusion is an abutment boss 55 protruding from the inner wall of the liner 5, so that the blocking member 9 can be more easily abutted against the abutment boss 55 in the process of tilting the ice making box 32, the periphery of the abutment boss 55 is inclined to form a slope for smooth engagement with the inner wall of the liner 5, and the blocking portion 93 of the blocking member 9 is more easily pushed by the abutment boss 55 to open the drain outlet 321 by the blocking portion 93 when the periphery with the slope is in hard contact with the interference of the abutment boss 55.

In this embodiment, limit switches are disposed on the outer wall of the cover 31 according to the first position, the second position and the third position, the rotating end of the ice making box 32 is connected with a trigger piece 322 for triggering the limit switches, and the rotation angle of the motor 8 to the ice making box 32 is controlled by the limit switches, so as to accurately reach the first position, the second position and the third position. Further, the motor 8 is a stepping motor, and the rotation angle of the ice making housing 32 can be precisely controlled.

In this embodiment, the water outlet module 4 may be further connected to another water source for supplying water for drinking, as shown in fig. 1, the machine body 1 is further provided with a water tank 2, the water outlet module 4 may be connected to the water tank 2 through a second water pump, the normal temperature water in the water tank 2 is extracted for supplying water to a user for drinking, and even the water outlet module 4 may further be provided with a heating module for heating the normal temperature water extracted from the water tank 2 to provide warm water or hot water for drinking by the user. The water tank 2 is also communicated with the butt seat 56 of the liner 5 through an electromagnetic valve and then is communicated with the ice water box 7, so that a water source can be supplemented for the ice water box 7 to fill water consumed by ice making or drinking.

Claims (10)

1. The ice making device comprises a control unit, an ice making module (3) and an inner container (5), wherein the ice making module (3) comprises an ice making box (32), an evaporator (33), a compressor (34) and a condenser (35), the working end of the evaporator (33) stretches into the ice making box (32), the ice making box (32) and the evaporator (33) are arranged at the top of an inner cavity of the inner container (5), two ends of the ice making box (32) are rotatably connected with wall surfaces on two opposite sides of the inner container (5), and a motor (8) is arranged on the outer side of the inner container (5) and is in driving connection with one end of the ice making box (32);

The ice making device is characterized in that an ice basket (6) and an ice water box (7) are further arranged in the inner container (5), the ice basket (6) and the ice water box (7) are arranged in the inner container (5) up and down and are positioned below the ice making box (32), the ice water box (7) is communicated with the input end of an ice making water pump (38), and the output end of the ice making water pump (38) is communicated with the ice making box (32);

A water outlet (321) is arranged on the bottom wall of the ice making box (32), the water outlet (321) and the opening of the ice basket (6) are staggered in the vertical direction, a plugging piece (9) is arranged on the water outlet (321), and the water outlet (321) is plugged by the plugging piece (9) in a normal state;

The ice making box (32) is provided with a first position, a second position and a third position, the ice making box (32) can rotate from the first position to the second position and the third position in sequence under the drive of the motor (8), when the ice making box (32) is in the first position, the blocking piece (9) is far away from the protrusions to continuously close the water outlet, when the ice making box (32) is in the second position, the ice making box (32) is inclined to enable the protruding end of the blocking piece (9) to be in butt fit with the protrusions on the side wall of the inner container (5), the blocking piece is pushed away to enable the water outlet to conduct drainage, water directly falls into the ice box (7) below from the side of the ice basket (6), and when the ice making box (32) is in the third position, the ice making box (32) is turned over to pour ice cubes made in the ice box into the ice basket (6).

2. The ice making device according to claim 1, wherein the blocking piece (9) is blocked by spring force, and comprises a valve rod (91) penetrating through the water outlet (321), plugs (92) and blocking parts (93) positioned at two ends of the valve rod (91), the plugs (92) are positioned at the inner side of the ice making box (32), the blocking parts (93) are positioned at the outer side of the ice making box (32) to form protruding ends, a spring (94) is sleeved on the valve rod (91) and clamped between the blocking parts (93) and the outer wall of the ice making box (32), the plugs (92) are abutted against the inner wall of the ice making box (32) by the moment of the spring (94) to block the water outlet (321), and when the ice making box (32) rotates to the second position, the protrusions are abutted against the blocking parts (93) to push the blocking parts (93) to overcome the moment of the spring (94) to enable the plugs (92) to leave the inner wall of the ice making box (32) to communicate with the water outlet (321).

3. The ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the projection is an abutment boss (55) provided on an inner wall of the inner container (5), and the abutment boss (55) is inclined along a peripheral edge thereof to form a slope for smooth engagement with the inner wall of the inner container (5).

4. The ice making device according to claim 1, wherein limit switches are arranged on the outer wall of the inner container (5) according to the first position, the second position and the third position, and a trigger piece (322) for triggering the limit switches is connected to the rotating end part of the ice making box (32).

5. The ice making device according to claim 1, wherein the top of the side wall of the ice making box (32) is also provided with an overflow port (323), and the overflow port (323) is staggered with the opening of the ice basket (6) below the ice making box (32) in the vertical direction.

6. The ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the overflow port (323) is formed by a drain groove extending outwardly from a top of a side wall of the ice making housing (32), both side walls of the drain groove being engaged with the side wall of the ice making housing (32) and a bottom wall of the drain groove being inclined outwardly.

7. The ice making device according to claim 1, wherein the inner container (5) is divided into a first installation cavity (51) positioned at the upper layer and a second installation cavity (52) positioned at the lower layer by a partition plate (53), the ice basket (6) is installed in the first installation cavity (51), the ice water box (7) is installed in the second installation cavity (52), a water outlet (54) is arranged on the partition plate (53), and ice water made by the ice making module (3) falls into the first installation cavity (51) and then leaks into the ice water box (7) below through the water outlet (54).

8. The ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein said drain port (321) is located at a back side of said inner container (5), a water diversion slope (531) is formed at a portion of a top surface of said partition plate (53) located at the back side of said inner container (5), and said water diversion slope (531) is inclined toward said water drain port (54).

9. A water dispenser comprises a machine body (1) and is characterized in that a water outlet module (4) and the ice making device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 are arranged in the machine body (1), the water outlet module (4) comprises a water suction pump (41) and a water outlet nozzle assembly (42), and the water outlet nozzle assembly (42) is used for sucking ice water in an ice water box (7) of the ice making device through the water suction pump (41).

10. The water dispenser according to claim 9, wherein the water tank (2) is further arranged on the machine body (1), and the water tank (2) supplies water to the water outlet module (4) and an ice water box (7) of the ice making device.