CN118856766B

CN118856766B - Refrigerating apparatus

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Publication number: CN118856766B
Application number: CN202310491522.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林兆伟; 任志洁; 全鑫; 朱志超
Original assignee: Hefei Hualing Co Ltd; Midea Group Co Ltd; Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hefei Hualing Co Ltd; Midea Group Co Ltd; Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-04-28
Filing date: 2023-04-28
Publication date: 2025-12-19
Anticipated expiration: 2043-04-28
Also published as: CN118856766A

Abstract

This application discloses a refrigeration device, comprising: a cabinet forming a first refrigeration chamber and a second refrigeration chamber, the second refrigeration chamber being located above the first refrigeration chamber; a first door for opening and closing the first refrigeration chamber; a second door for opening and closing a second refrigeration space; an ice-making component disposed in the first refrigeration chamber; an ice-retrieving component disposed on the second door; an ice-moving channel providing a path for ice blocks to move from the first refrigeration chamber to the ice-retrieving component; an ice-moving component disposed in the first refrigeration chamber for driving the ice blocks made by the ice-making component to move out of the ice-moving channel; an airbag disposed in the ice-moving channel, the airbag being used to inflate and seal the ice-moving channel, or to contract and open the ice-moving channel; and an air supply component for inflating or deflating the airbag. By setting up the air supply component and the airbag, the loss of cold air from the first refrigeration chamber can be avoided, and the problem of the second refrigeration chamber being affected by excessively low temperatures, thus affecting the quality of stored items, can also be prevented.

Description

Refrigerating apparatus

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of refrigeration devices, and particularly relates to refrigeration equipment.

Background

Existing ice harvesting techniques typically implement automatic harvesting of ice below the ice bank by either manually harvesting the ice or using gravity. In order to improve convenience, a part of refrigeration equipment such as a refrigerator is arranged on a refrigeration door body designed on the upper part of the refrigerator to conveniently take ice, the refrigeration door body is required to be provided with two ice machines, and especially a set of ice machines are required to be arranged in a refrigeration chamber, so that the problems of high energy consumption and large heat preservation occupation space are solved when the ice is made and stored in the refrigeration chamber. Therefore, some refrigerators consider making ice in a freezing compartment, and taking ice in a refrigerating compartment is achieved by transporting ice cubes from the freezing compartment to the refrigerating compartment through an ice moving passage, however, the cold of the freezing compartment is lost through the ice moving passage.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides refrigeration equipment to solve the technical problem that the cold of the existing freezing chamber is lost through an ice moving channel.

The technical scheme includes that the refrigeration equipment comprises a box body, a first door body, a second door body, an ice making assembly, an ice taking assembly and an ice moving assembly, wherein the box body is provided with a first refrigeration compartment and a second refrigeration compartment with one side open, the second refrigeration compartment is located above the first refrigeration compartment, the first door body is used for opening and closing the first refrigeration compartment, the second door body is used for opening and closing the second refrigeration space, the ice making assembly is arranged in the first refrigeration compartment, the ice taking assembly is arranged on the second door body, the ice moving channel is used for providing a path for ice cubes to move from the first refrigeration compartment to the ice taking assembly, the ice moving assembly is arranged in the first refrigeration compartment and used for driving ice cubes made by the ice making assembly to move out of the ice moving channel, the air bag is arranged in the ice moving channel and used for expanding and blocking the ice moving channel or for shrinking and opening the ice moving channel, and the air supply assembly is used for inflating or exhausting the ice moving air bag.

According to one embodiment of the application, the ice moving channel is provided with a vent, the air bag is arranged at the vent, the air supply assembly comprises a vent channel and an air supply piece, the vent channel is arranged at the outer side of the ice moving channel and communicated with the vent, and the air supply piece is arranged at the box body and communicated with the vent channel.

According to one embodiment of the application, the ice moving channel is provided with a plurality of air vents at intervals along the extending direction, each air vent is correspondingly provided with an air bag, the air vents are correspondingly provided with a plurality of air vents, and each air vent is communicated with the air bag through the corresponding air vent.

According to one embodiment of the application, one air supply piece is arranged, a plurality of ventilation channels are converged and communicated with the air supply piece, or a plurality of air supply pieces are arranged corresponding to the ventilation channels, and each air supply piece is independently communicated with the corresponding air bag through one ventilation channel.

According to one embodiment of the application, the air supply assembly further comprises a pressure detection piece arranged in the ventilation channel.

According to an embodiment of the present application, the air supply member is a piston member or an air pump.

According to one embodiment of the application, the air supply piece is a piston piece, inert gas is filled in the piston piece, or the air supply piece is an air pump, the air pump comprises an air inlet pipe and an air outlet pipe, the air supply assembly further comprises an air storage tank, the air storage tank is arranged in the box body, the air inlet pipe and the air outlet pipe are communicated with the air storage tank, and the inert gas is filled in the air storage tank.

According to an embodiment of the application, the ice moving channel comprises a first sub-channel and a second sub-channel, the first sub-channel is arranged in the first door body or the first refrigerating chamber, the first sub-channel is communicated with the ice moving component, the second sub-channel is arranged in the second door body, the second sub-channel is communicated with the ice taking component, and the air bag is used for blocking or opening the first sub-channel.

According to an embodiment of the present application, the first sub-channel is disposed on the first door body, and the refrigeration device further includes a sealing cover, where the sealing cover is movably disposed on the first door body, and the sealing cover is used to close or open one end of the first sub-channel, which is close to the second door body.

According to an embodiment of the present application, the air supply assembly is disposed in the foaming layer of the first door body or the first refrigeration compartment.

The ice-removing device has the beneficial effects that the air supply assembly and the air bag are arranged, when ice is not required to be taken, the air supply assembly supplies air into the air bag, the air bag can expand rapidly and is extruded with the inner wall of the ice-removing channel until the air bag expands fully to block the ice-removing channel, the air supply assembly stops supplying air, the temperature of the first refrigeration compartment is lower, the air bag is arranged, the cooling capacity of the first refrigeration compartment is prevented from being lost, and the problem that the quality of stored objects is influenced by the fact that the temperature is too low due to the influence of the cooling capacity of the second refrigeration compartment is avoided. When the ice is required to be taken, the air supply assembly extracts air in the air bag, and the air bag contracts, so that the normal passing of ice cubes can not be influenced. The air bag and the air supply assembly are simple in structure, convenient to control, short in opening and closing time and good in sealing effect, the quick opening and plugging of the ice moving channel can be realized, the waiting time of a user for taking ice is shortened, blocking cannot occur due to the influence of broken ice, and the risk that the opening is influenced due to freezing due to the adoption of a complex mechanical structure is avoided

Drawings

For a clearer description of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, it being obvious that the drawings in the description below are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of an embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of yet another overall construction of an embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a partial structure of an embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a further partial construction of an embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a partial structure of an embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application;

Fig. 6 is a partial structural schematic diagram of a further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a partial structure of an ice moving assembly of a further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application;

Fig. 8 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of an ice-moving device of a further embodiment of the refrigerating apparatus of the present application;

Fig. 9 is a schematic view of a first aspect of a further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application;

fig. 10 is another structural schematic diagram of a first aspect of a further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a second aspect of a further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application;

Fig. 12 is a schematic sectional view of a door body of a second aspect of a further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application;

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural view of a third aspect of a further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion A of FIG. 13;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural view of a fourth aspect of a further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application;

Fig. 16 is a schematic sectional view showing a door body according to a fourth embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the application will be readily understood, a more particular description of the application will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the application. It should be further noted that, for convenience of description, only some, but not all of the structures related to the present application are shown in the drawings. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the application.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

In the description of the present application, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise.

In the description of the present application, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, mechanically connected, electrically connected, or communicable with each other, directly connected, indirectly connected via an intermediary, or in communication between two elements or in an interaction relationship between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 is a schematic overall structure of an embodiment of a refrigeration apparatus according to the present application, and fig. 2 is a schematic overall structure of an embodiment of a refrigeration apparatus according to the present application.

An embodiment of the present application provides a refrigeration appliance 10. The refrigerating apparatus 10 includes a case 11, a first refrigerating compartment 12, a second refrigerating compartment 13, a first door 14, a second door 15, an ice making assembly 200, an ice taking assembly 300, and an ice moving device 100. The first refrigerating compartment 12 and the second refrigerating compartment 13 are formed in the case 11 and have one side opening. The first door 14 is used for opening and closing the first refrigeration compartment 12, and the second door 15 is used for opening and closing the second refrigeration compartment 13. The second refrigerated compartment 13 is located above the first refrigerated compartment 12. The second refrigerating compartment 13 includes a second door 15 rotatably provided to the cabinet 11. The ice making assembly 200 is disposed in the first refrigeration compartment 12. The ice taking assembly 300 is disposed on the second door 15. The ice moving device 100 includes an ice moving passage 120 and an ice moving assembly 101. The ice moving assembly 101 is disposed in the first refrigerating compartment 12. The ice moving passage 120 communicates with the ice taking assembly 300, and the ice moving passage 120 serves to provide a moving path for ice cubes to be transferred from the first refrigerating compartment 12 to the second door 15. The ice moving assembly 101 communicates with the ice making assembly 200 for driving ice cubes made by the ice making assembly 200 to be moved out of the ice moving passage 120. The first refrigerating compartment 12 is a refrigerating compartment, and the second refrigerating compartment 13 is a refrigerating compartment. The ice cubes of the first refrigeration compartment 12 can be conveyed to the ice fetching assembly 300 of the second door body 15 positioned above through the ice moving device 100, so that ice fetching is facilitated for a user, user experience is improved, the ice making assembly 200 is arranged in the first refrigeration compartment 12, a cold source can be shared with the first refrigeration compartment 12, an evaporator required for ice making is not required to be arranged independently because the ice making assembly 200 is arranged in the second refrigeration compartment 13, cost and occupied space of the second refrigeration compartment 13 are saved, and the volume rate of the second refrigeration compartment 13 is improved. The refrigeration equipment 10 not only improves the ice taking efficiency, but also solves the problems that the ice taking is inconvenient for users and the space of the second refrigeration compartment 13 is occupied.

With continued reference to fig. 3 and 4, fig. 3 is a schematic partial structure of an embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application, and fig. 4 is a schematic partial structure of an embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application. In some embodiments, to maintain the temperature of the first refrigeration compartment 12, to avoid loss of cold through the ice removal channel 120, the refrigeration appliance 10 further includes an air bladder 510 and an air supply assembly 520. The balloon 510 is used to expand to block the ice moving channel 120 or to contract to open the ice moving channel 120. The air supply assembly 520 is used to inflate the air bag 510 to expand it or to deflate the air bag 510 to deflate it. When the ice moving passage 120 is not used for ice moving, the air supply assembly 520 is used for inflating the air bag 510 to expand and close the ice moving passage 120. On the one hand, the air bag 510 prevents the air convection of the ice moving channel 120 at the two sides of the air bag 510, and on the other hand, the air bag 510 forms a heat insulation barrier in the ice moving channel 120 after being inflated due to the lower heat conduction system of the air, so that the heat insulation effect is good. The temperature of the first refrigeration compartment 12 is lower, and the air bag 510 is arranged to seal the ice moving channel 120, so that the cooling capacity of the first refrigeration compartment 12 is prevented from being lost, and the problem that the quality of stored articles is influenced due to the fact that the temperature of the second refrigeration compartment 13 is too low due to the influence of the cooling capacity can be avoided. When the ice moving passage 120 is required for ice moving, the air supply assembly 520 pumps the air bag 510 to retract and open the ice moving passage 120, so that the normal passing of ice cubes is not affected.

It should be noted that the balloon 510 is expandable or contractible, and has sufficient elasticity and toughness. When the ice is not required to be taken, the air supply assembly 520 supplies air into the air bag 510, the air bag 510 rapidly expands and presses against the inner wall of the ice moving channel 120 until the air bag 510 fully expands to block the ice moving channel 120, and the air supply assembly 520 stops supplying air. When the ice is required to be taken, the air supply assembly 520 draws the air in the air bag 510, the air bag 510 is contracted, and the space in the ice moving channel 120 is not occupied or is rarely occupied, so that the normal passing of ice cubes is not affected. The air bag 510 and the air supply assembly 520 are simple in structure, convenient to control, short in opening and closing time and good in sealing effect, can realize quick opening and blocking of the ice moving channel 120, shortens the waiting time of ice taking of a user, cannot be blocked due to the influence of crushed ice, and avoids the risk of opening due to freezing influence caused by a complex mechanical structure.

In some embodiments, a vent 501 is provided on the ice removal channel 120. The air supply assembly 520 includes an air vent passage 523 and an air supply 521. The ventilation passage 523 is disposed outside the ice moving passage 120. The vent passage 523 communicates with the vent 501. The air supply member 521 is provided in the case 11 and communicates with the ventilation passage 523. When the ice moving passage 120 is required for moving ice, the air supply member 521 pumps the air bag 510, so that the air bag is contracted and retreated into the ventilation passage 523, thereby not occupying the space of the ice moving passage 120 and not affecting the normal passage of ice cubes. The air vents 501 on the ice moving channel 120 are smaller, and the inner surface of the ice moving channel 120 is flat, and the air vents 501 can not influence the passage of ice cubes.

Wherein the balloon 510 may be provided with one or more. To achieve better thermal insulation, in some embodiments, the ice moving channel 120 is provided with a plurality of vents 501 spaced apart along its extension direction. Each vent 501 is provided with an airbag 510. The vent passages 523 are provided in plural corresponding to the vents 501, and each vent passage 523 communicates with the airbag 510 through the corresponding vent 501. Due to the arrangement of the plurality of air bags 510, when the ice moving channel 120 does not need to move ice, the plurality of air bags 510 are expanded together to be fully attached to the inner wall of the ice moving channel 120, so that the ice moving channel 120 is blocked, the plurality of air bags 510 form multiple heat insulation barriers in the ice moving channel 120, the heat insulation performance is improved, and a better sealing effect is obtained. Specifically, the air bag 510 is provided with two, three, four or more, which may be determined according to the length of the ice moving passage 120 and the sealing requirement. The plurality of air bags 510 may be sequentially overlapped after being inflated, or may be spaced apart from each other, which is not limited herein.

Further, the air supply member 521 may be provided with one, a plurality of ventilation passages 523 that are collectively communicated to the air supply member 521. The simultaneous inflation or deflation of multiple air bags 510 is achieved by one air supply 521, thereby reducing part cost and space occupation while meeting sealing requirements. Of course, the air supply member 521 may be provided in plural. Each air supply 521 is individually communicated with the corresponding air bag 510 through a ventilation passage 523. The plurality of air supply members 521 respectively inflate or deflate the corresponding air cells 510. The plurality of air supply pieces 521 are independently operated, so that the failure rate is reduced by preventing all the air bags 510 from losing the function of blocking or communicating with the ice moving passage 120 after the single air supply piece 521 is damaged.

In some embodiments, air supply assembly 520 also includes a pressure sensing member 522. The pressure detecting member 522 is disposed in the ventilation passage 523. The pressure detecting member 522 is disposed in the ventilation passage 523. The pressure detecting member 522 is used to detect the air pressure value in the ventilation channel 523 in real time, thereby determining the state of the air bag 510. The air pressure value detected by the pressure detecting member 522 may be fed back to the control device, which controls the operation state of the air supplying member 521. Specifically, when the ice is required to be taken, the air supply member 521 is suctioned from the air bag 510, and when the air pressure value detected by the pressure detection member 522 is less than a predetermined value, for example, less than the atmospheric pressure, it is indicated that the air bag 510 has been contracted into the air bag 510, and ice cubes can normally pass through the ice moving passage 120. When the air supply member 521 is inflated to the air bag 510 without taking ice, and when the pressure detection member 522 detects that the air pressure value is greater than another predetermined value, which means that the air bag 510 has been inflated to block the ice removing passage 120, the control device may control the air supply member 521 to stop the inflation, and the air bag 510 plays a role of heat insulation.

The air supply member 521 may be a piston member (not shown) or other air supply means such as an air pump.

When the air supply member 521 is a piston member, the piston member may push the stored air into the air bag 510, and the air bag 510 expands to block the ice removing passage 120. The piston member may also withdraw and store the gas within the air bladder 510, and the air bladder 510 contracts to open the ice moving passage 120. Wherein the gas in the piston member may be an inert gas. The inert gas has high density and small heat conductivity, and can slow down the heat convection in the air bag 510, thereby reducing the heat conductivity of the whole air bag 510 and improving the heat preservation performance. Of course, the gas within the piston member may also be a non-inert gas, such as air, nitrogen, etc., without limitation.

When the air supply member 521 is an air pump, the air pump includes an air inlet and outlet pipe 5211. The air supply assembly 520 also includes an air reservoir (not shown). The air storage tank is arranged in the tank body 11. The air inlet and outlet pipe 5211 is communicated with the air storage tank. Inert gas is filled in the gas storage tank. The air pump may charge the air in the air tank into the air bag 510, or the air pump may also pump the air in the air bag 510 into the air tank. The gas in the gas storage tank can be inert gas. The inert gas has high density and small heat conductivity, and can slow down the heat convection in the air bag 510, thereby reducing the heat conductivity of the whole air bag 510 and improving the heat preservation performance. Of course, the gas in the gas storage tank may be a non-inert gas, such as air, nitrogen, etc., without limitation.

In order to reduce the volume of the air supply assembly 520, the air inlet and outlet pipe 5211 of the air pump may be directly connected to the atmosphere, for example, to the corresponding refrigerating compartment, or may be connected to the outside of the cabinet 11, without limitation.

Wherein the ice moving passage 120 includes a first sub-passage 123 and a second sub-passage 124. The first sub-channel 123 is disposed within the first door 14 or the first refrigeration compartment 12. The first sub-channel 123 is communicated with the ice moving assembly 101, the second sub-channel 124 is arranged on the second door 15, and the second sub-channel 124 is communicated with the ice taking assembly 300 and the first sub-channel 123. Because the temperature of the first refrigerated compartment 12 is relatively low, the bladder 510 may be disposed within the first refrigerated compartment 12 and may be used to communicate with or block the first sub-channel 123. The air supply element 521 and the ventilation passage 523 are provided in the first door 14 or the first cooling compartment 12, respectively. Specifically, the air supply member 521 and the ventilation passage 523 are disposed in the foaming layer of the first door body 14 or in the foaming layer of the first refrigerating compartment 12, so as to avoid occupying the space in the first refrigerating compartment 12, and also not to affect the heat insulation effect of the refrigerating apparatus 10. For convenience of maintenance, the air supply member 521 and the air passage 523 may be disposed at other positions outside the foaming layer.

To provide better thermal insulation, in some embodiments, the refrigeration appliance 10 also includes a seal cap 530. The sealing cover 530 is movably disposed on the first door 14. The sealing cap 530 serves to close or open an end of the first sub-channel 123 adjacent to the second door 15. The sealing cover 530 seals the first sub-channel 123, and also plays a role in heat preservation. The sealing cap 530 may also prevent foreign objects and the like from falling into the first sub-passage 123. The structure of the ice moving assembly 101 of the refrigeration appliance 10 of the present application is specifically described below:

The ice moving assembly 101 can accelerate the ice cubes by throwing, ejecting, etc., thereby providing a function for the ice cubes to smoothly pass through the ice moving passage 120. The specific structure of the ice removal assembly 101 has a variety of implementations, as follows:

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Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic partial structure of an embodiment of a refrigeration apparatus according to the present application. The ice moving assembly 101 includes an ice moving part 110 and a main rotating member 130. Wherein, the ice moving part 110 is formed therein with an ice moving inlet 111, an ice moving cavity 112 and an ice moving outlet 113 which are communicated with each other. Wherein, the ice moving channel 120 is communicated with the ice moving cavity 112 through the ice moving outlet 113. The main rotating member 130 is rotatably disposed in the ice moving chamber 112. The ice moving inlet 111 and the ice moving outlet 113 are located at the outer circumference of the main rotation member 130. The main rotating member 130 may rotate in the first direction X and throw ice cubes, which are introduced into the ice moving chamber 112 through the ice moving inlet 111, out of the ice moving outlet 113 toward the ice moving passage 120.

The ice moving part 110 of the ice moving assembly 101 can be arranged in the first refrigerating compartment 12, the ice taking assembly 300 is arranged on the second door 15 above the first refrigerating compartment 12, and the ice moving channel 120 is used for providing a moving path for conveying ice cubes from the first refrigerating compartment 12 to the second door 15. The ice moving inlet 111 may communicate with the ice making assembly 200, and ice cubes enter the ice moving chamber 112 from the ice moving inlet 111. The main rotation member 130 rotates in the first direction X, and throws ice toward the ice moving outlet 113, and the ice has a certain initial velocity, moves from the ice moving outlet 113 toward the ice moving passage 120, and finally moves along the ice moving passage 120 to the ice taking assembly 300. Because the main rotating member 130 can rotate continuously at a certain speed, the ice cubes coming out of the ice making assembly 200 can be continuously and rapidly thrown to the ice taking assembly 300, the ice cubes move rapidly, the ice taking efficiency is high, the quick and continuous ice taking is realized, the waiting time for the user to take the ice is short, the ice cubes are not easy to melt, the ice cube quality is high, and the situation of melting adhesion between the ice cubes is not easy to occur.

The main rotating piece 130 drives the ice cubes to rotate, so that the ice cubes can quickly move to the ice taking assembly 300 after the initial speed of the ice cubes is obtained, the ice cubes can directly move from the first refrigerating compartment 12 to the ice taking assembly 300, the ice cubes are fast in moving speed, the ice taking efficiency is high, an evaporator is not required to be arranged for ice cubes in the second refrigerating compartment 13, and the volume ratio of the second refrigerating compartment 13 is further improved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the refrigeration appliance 10 also includes a delivery passage 150. The transfer passage 150 communicates with the ice moving chamber 112 through the ice moving inlet 111, and the transfer passage 150 is used to communicate with the ice outlet end of the ice making assembly 200 to transfer ice cubes to the ice moving chamber 112. The ice inlet end of the conveying channel 150 is higher than the ice moving inlet 111, and the ice cubes enter the ice moving part 110 along the conveying channel 150 under the action of gravity, or the ice inlet end of the conveying channel 150 can be parallel to or lower than the ice moving inlet 111, and the ice cubes are driven by some power mechanisms to move along the conveying channel 150 into the ice moving cavity 112. Accordingly, the ice moving inlet 111 may be located at an upper half, a lower half, or other positions of the ice moving chamber 112, and ice cubes may enter the ice moving chamber 112 and be caught in the main rotation member 130 with the aid of gravity or other power mechanism.

With the ice moving device 100 of the present application, the ice cubes are sized within a predetermined range, the main rotating member 130 rotates in the first direction X at a predetermined speed, and the ice cubes are generally smoothly carried and ejected from the ice moving outlet 113 to the ice moving channel 120, and finally smoothly move along the ice moving channel 120 to the ice picking assembly 300. However, in some special cases, such as a large change in the size of the ice cubes, or a relative displacement of the ice cubes and the main rotating member 130 during the rotation of the main rotating member 130, the main rotating member 130 will not make the ice cubes obtain the required initial speed when throwing the ice cubes toward the ice moving channel 120, which may result in the ice cubes not moving smoothly along the ice moving channel 120 to the ice picking assembly 300. The ice cubes that do not reach the ice picking assembly 300 may fall back into the ice moving portion 110 along the ice moving passage 120, and in order to avoid ice blockage affecting the ice moving efficiency of the ice moving device 100, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic partial structure of a further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application. The ice transfer chamber 112 also includes an ice transfer return port 119 and the ice transfer apparatus 100 also includes a return ice passage 160. The return ice passage 160 communicates with the moving ice return ice port 119. The ice outlet end of the return ice passage 160 is lower than the ice outlet end of the ice moving passage 120. The main rotating member 130 may also rotate in a second direction Y, which is opposite to the first direction X, and throw ice pieces located in the ice moving chamber 112 from the ice moving return port 119 toward the return passage 160. By providing the return ice passage 160, when the ice cubes which do not reach the ice taking assembly 300 fall back along the ice moving passage 120 and are blocked in the ice moving part 110, the ice feeding into the ice moving part 110 through the ice moving inlet 111 can be stopped, the main rotating member 130 can rotate along the second direction Y to throw the ice cubes toward the return ice passage 160, and the ice cubes can be discharged at a relatively low speed through the return ice passage 160 because the ice outlet end of the return ice passage 160 is lower than the ice outlet end of the ice moving passage 120, so that the ice cubes are prevented from accumulating and blocking the ice moving part 110, and the normal operation of the ice moving device 100 is ensured.

Wherein, the ice inlet end of the conveying channel 150 is communicated with the ice making assembly 200, the ice outlet end of the conveying channel 150 is communicated with the ice moving part 110, and the ice cubes of the ice making assembly 200 move to the ice moving part 110 through the conveying channel 150. The ice outlet end of the ice returning passage 160 is connected to the conveying passage 150, and the main rotating member 130 rotates in the second direction Y to return the ice cubes blocked in the ice moving part 110 to the conveying passage 150 for falling to the ice moving part 110 again. Or the ice outlet end of the ice return passage 160 communicates with the ice making assembly 200, and the main rotation member 130 rotates in the second direction Y to return the ice cubes jammed in the ice moving part 110 to the ice making assembly 200, and in particular, the ice return passage 160 communicates with the ice bank of the ice making assembly 200.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, the ice displacement portion 110 includes a force accumulation region 114. The inner wall of the force accumulation region 114 is disposed around the outer circumference of the main rotation member 130, and the main rotation member 130 rotates in the first direction X to allow ice cubes to sequentially pass through the ice moving inlet 111, the force accumulation region 114, and the ice moving outlet 113 and then enter the ice moving passage 120. After the ice cubes enter the ice moving inlet 111, since the inner wall of the force accumulating area 114 is disposed around the outer periphery of the main rotating member 130, the main rotating member 130 can grip the ice cubes and rotate along the first direction X by a sufficient angle, so that the ice cubes are sufficiently accelerated. By providing the force accumulation region 114, sufficient initial velocity can be achieved after the ice cubes are sufficiently accelerated, facilitating the passage of the ice cubes through the ice moving passage 120. It should be noted that, by adjusting the setting range of the power storage area 114 and the size and the rotation speed of the main rotating member 130, the initial speed obtained after the ice cubes pass through the power storage area 114 can be changed, and by adjusting various parameters, the ice cubes can pass through the ice moving channel 120 at a proper speed, so that the ice cubes can enter the ice picking assembly 300 through the ice moving channel 120 at a certain speed, and the ice cubes cannot be excessively high in speed to cause collision noise. Similarly, when ice cubes that do not reach the ice taking assembly 300 fall back into the ice moving portion 110 along the ice moving passage 120, the main rotating member 130 rotates in the second direction Y for the ice cubes to enter the ice returning passage 160 from the force accumulating region 114 through the ice moving return opening 119. By providing the force accumulation area 114, when the main rotating member 130 rotates in the second direction Y, ice cubes can be thrown back to the ice return passage 160 through the ice moving back opening 119 after having a certain initial speed.

It should be noted that, in the process that the main rotating member 130 rotates along the first direction X, the ice cubes entering the ice moving cavity 112 from the ice moving inlet 111 may first pass through the ice moving return opening 119, but at this time, the rotation angle of the ice cubes along with the main rotating member 130 is small, the obtained speed is low, the ice cubes cannot be thrown out from the main rotating member 130 to the ice moving return opening 119, and when the ice cubes continue to rotate along with the main rotating member 130 to the corresponding ice moving outlet 113, the ice cubes can be separated from the main rotating member 130 at a sufficient speed and thrown out from the ice moving outlet 113. Similarly, during the process that the main rotating member 130 rotates along the second direction Y, the ice cubes may first pass through the ice moving inlet 111, but at this time, the rotation angle of the ice cubes along with the main rotating member 130 is small, the obtained speed is low, the ice cubes are not thrown out from the main rotating member 130 to the ice moving inlet 111, and when the ice cubes continue to rotate along with the main rotating member 130 to correspond to the ice returning opening 119, the ice cubes obtain enough speed to be thrown out from the main rotating member 130 and to the ice moving return opening 119.

To facilitate the ice cubes passing through the ice moving passage 120, the success rate of ice moving and throwing is increased, and in some embodiments, the outer circumference of the main rotating member 130 is used to define the first movement trace of the ice cubes when the main rotating member 130 rotates in the first direction X. The first motion track is located in the ice moving channel 120 corresponding to the tangential direction of the joint of the force accumulation area 114 and the ice moving outlet 113, so that when the main rotating member 130 carries ice cubes to rotate to the joint of the force accumulation area 114 and the ice moving outlet 113, the ice cubes are about to move away from the force accumulation area 114 to the ice moving outlet 113, at the moment, the motion direction of the ice cubes is located in the ice moving channel 120, the ice cubes can smoothly move to the ice moving channel 120 and smoothly move to the ice taking assembly 300 through the ice moving channel 120, and the success rate of throwing the ice cubes by the ice moving device 100 is high. Specifically, the tangential direction of the first movement track corresponding to the joint of the force storage area 114 and the ice moving outlet 113 coincides with the extending direction of the ice moving section 121 of the ice moving channel 120, the moving resistance of the ice cubes in the ice moving section 121 is smaller, and the power required by the main rotating member 130 to drive the ice cubes to pass through the ice moving channel 120 is smaller. In addition, the air vent 501 is disposed at a side of the ice moving section 121 near the force accumulating region 114, and the ice tends to be attached to a side of the ice moving section 121 far from the force accumulating region 114 due to the centrifugal force, and the air vent 501 is disposed at a side of the ice moving section 121 near the force accumulating region 114, so that the influence of the air vent 501 and the air bag 510 on the passage of ice can be further reduced.

To facilitate the ice cubes passing through the ice returning passage 160, the success rate of ice returning and throwing is improved, and in some embodiments, the outer circumference of the main rotating member 130 is used to define the second movement trace of the ice cubes when the main rotating member 130 rotates in the second direction Y. The second motion track is located in the return ice channel 160 corresponding to the tangential direction of the joint of the force accumulation area 114 and the ice moving return ice port 119, so that when the main rotating member 130 carries ice cubes to rotate to the joint of the force accumulation area 114 and the ice moving return ice port 119, the ice cubes are about to move away from the force accumulation area 114 to the ice moving return ice port 119, and at the moment, the motion direction of the ice cubes is located in the return ice channel 160, the ice cubes can smoothly move to the return ice channel 160 and smoothly move to the ice making assembly 200 through the return ice channel 160, and the blocking of the ice moving part 110 is avoided. Specifically, the tangential direction of the second movement track corresponding to the joint of the force accumulation area 114 and the ice moving return opening 119 coincides with the extending direction of the ice return channel 160, the moving resistance of the ice cubes in the ice return channel 160 is smaller, and the power required by the main rotating member 130 to drive the ice cubes to pass through the ice return channel 160 is smaller.

In some embodiments, the ice moving device 100 further includes a first sensing member 171 and a second sensing member 172. The first sensing member 171 is disposed at the ice moving inlet 111 or the transfer passage 150. The first sensing member 171 is used to sense the passage of ice cubes, indicating that at this time ice cubes are entering the ice moving chamber 112. The second sensing piece 172 is disposed at the ice outlet end of the ice moving passage 120. The second sensing member 172 senses the passage of ice cubes, indicating that ice cubes are smoothly moved to the ice picking assembly 300 through the ice moving passage 120.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic partial structure of an ice moving assembly of another embodiment of the refrigeration appliance of the present application. The ice moving part 110 further includes an engagement area 115 and a third sensing piece 173. The inner wall of the engagement region 115 is disposed around the outer circumference of the main rotation member 130. The engagement region 115 is connected to the side of the ice moving inlet 111 and the ice moving outlet 113 remote from the force accumulating region 114. The third sensor 173 is disposed in the engagement region 115. The third sensing member 173 is used for sensing the passage of ice cubes, and when the third sensing member 173 senses the passage of ice cubes, it indicates that the main rotating member 130 does not throw ice cubes toward the ice-moving outlet 113, and ice cubes are forced to pass through the engagement area 115, at which time ice blockage may occur. When the third sensing member 173 senses that the ice cubes pass, the ice making assembly 200 can be controlled to stop feeding ice, and the main rotating member 130 is controlled to rotate along the second direction Y, so as to throw the ice cubes blocked in the ice moving cavity 112 toward the ice returning channel 160, thereby avoiding ice blocking.

Since the ice cubes move at a high speed during the casting process, friction and collision may occur, crushed ice may be generated in the cavity, and is difficult to cast, and as the crushed ice is accumulated more and more, the rotation of the main rotating member 130 may be affected, and in some embodiments, a through hole (not shown) communicating with the ice moving cavity 112 is provided at the bottom of the ice moving part 110. The ice moving device 100 includes a collecting member 175. The collecting piece 175 is disposed under the ice moving part 110. The through holes may allow crushed ice to pass therethrough without allowing whole ice to pass therethrough, and the collecting member 175 receives crushed ice dropped from the through holes. The collecting member 175 is placed in the first refrigerating compartment 12 together with the ice moving part 110, and a user can take out and clean the collecting member 175 by opening the first refrigerating compartment 12.

< Ejection method >

Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating an overall structure of an ice-moving device of a refrigeration apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application.

The ice moving assembly 101 includes a transport channel 150, a sequencing assembly 180, and an ejection assembly 190. The ice moving passage 120 includes an ice outlet 1222, an ice inlet 1221, and an ejection area 1223. The ice outlet 1222 is located above the ice inlet 1221. The ejection area 1223 is located below the ice inlet 1221. The transfer passage 150 communicates with the ice moving passage 120 through an ice inlet 1221. The sequencing assembly 180 is disposed within the delivery channel 150 to deliver ice cubes one by one to the ice chute 120. With the ejection area 1223 positioned below the ice inlet 1221, the sequencing assembly 180 delivers ice pieces one by one through the ice inlet 1221, and the ice pieces move under gravity from the ice inlet 1221 to the ejection area 1223. The ejection assembly 190 is disposed at an end of the ice moving passage 120 away from the ice outlet 1222, and the ejection assembly 190 is configured to drive a predetermined number of ice cubes located in the ejection area 1223 to be ejected toward the ice outlet 1222. The sequencing assembly 180 delivers ice cubes one by one to the ice chute 120 by cooperation of the sequencing assembly 180 with the ejection assembly 190, the ejection assembly 190 driving a predetermined number of ice cubes located in the ejection area 1223 to be ejected toward the ice outlet 1222.

The sequencing assembly 180, the delivery channel 150, and the ejection assembly 190 of the present application may be disposed in the first refrigeration compartment 12, the ice-taking assembly 300 is disposed in the second door 15 above the first refrigeration compartment 12, and the ice-moving channel 120 is configured to provide a moving path for delivering ice cubes from the first refrigeration compartment 12 to the second door 15. The ejector assembly 190 drives ice cubes to eject toward the ice outlet 1222, the ice cubes having an initial velocity, moving from the ejection area 1223 toward the ice outlet 1222 and eventually along the ice chute 120 to the ice extraction assembly 300. Because the ejection assembly 190 can continuously drive the ice to eject at a certain speed, the ice coming out of the ice making assembly 200 can be continuously and rapidly ejected to the ice taking assembly 300, the ice is rapidly moved, the ice taking efficiency is high, the quick and continuous ice taking is realized, the ice taking waiting time of a user is short, the ice is not easy to melt, the ice quality is high, and the situation of melting adhesion is not easy to occur between the ice.

The ejecting assembly 190 can drive the ice cubes to eject, so that the ice cubes can quickly move to the ice fetching assembly 300 after the initial speed of the ice cubes is obtained, the ice cubes can directly move from the first refrigerating compartment 12 to the ice fetching assembly 300, the ice cubes are fast in moving speed, the ice fetching efficiency is high, an evaporator is not required to be arranged for ice cube insulation in the second refrigerating compartment 13, and the volume rate of the second refrigerating compartment 13 is further improved.

It should be noted that the predetermined number may be one, two or more, the predetermined number matches the driving force of the ejection assembly 190, and in order to ensure the success rate of ejecting ice, the driving force of the ejection assembly 190 may drive more than the predetermined number of ice cubes to be ejected toward the ice outlet. The ejection assembly 190 can drive one, two, or other number of ice pieces located in the ejection area 1223 to be ejected toward the ice outlet 1222 at a single time.

Wherein the ejector assembly 190 includes a push plate 191 and an electromagnetic ejector 192. The push plate 191 is movably disposed on the ice moving passage 120 along the extending direction of the ice moving passage 120. Electromagnetic ejector 192 is disposed on a side of push plate 191 facing away from ice outlet 1222. The output end of the electromagnetic ejector 192 is connected with the push plate 191. The electromagnetic ejector 192 can drive the push plate 191 to eject a preset distance from the ejection area 1223 to the direction close to the ice outlet 1222, ice cubes are pushed by the push plate 191 to obtain a certain initial speed and then move to the ice outlet 1222, and the electromagnetic ejector 192 can also drive the push plate 191 to return to the ejection area 1223. Specifically, the electromagnetic ejector 192 can control the ejection or retraction of the push plate 191 through the on-off of the current, and can control the ejection speed of the push plate 191 by controlling the magnitude of the current, so as to adjust the ejection speed of the ice cubes.

In some embodiments, the delivery channel 150 includes a delivery portion 152, a docking portion 153, and a funnel portion 154. The sorting unit 180 is disposed on the conveying section 152. The conveying portion 152 includes an inlet end 1521 and an outlet end 1522, the outlet end 1522 being higher than the ice inlet 1221. The guide 153 communicates with the outlet 1522 and the ice inlet 1221. The funnel portion 154 is disposed at the inlet end 1521 and above the inlet end 1521, and the funnel portion 154 is configured to receive ice cubes to be introduced into the conveying portion 152. Since the outlet 1522 is higher than the ice inlet 1221, and the outlet 1522 is connected to the ice inlet 1221 by the guide portion 153, the ice cubes can move from the outlet 1522 to the ice inlet 1221 by the guide portion 153 under the action of gravity. The caliber of the funnel portion 154 increases gradually from the end of the funnel portion 154 connected to the conveying portion 152 to the end distant from the conveying portion 152, so that the funnel portion 154 facilitates the ice cubes removed from the ice making assembly 200 to enter the conveying passage 150, and the success rate of the ice cubes entering the conveying passage 150 is improved.

Further, the outlet end 1522 of the conveying portion 152 is higher than the inlet end 1521 of the conveying portion 152, so that the sorting assembly 180 disposed in the conveying portion 152 needs to convey the ice cubes located at a lower position to a higher position, and the sorting assembly 180 can raise the ice cubes to a certain extent, so that the ice cubes can be closer to the second refrigerating compartment 13, the height of the ice cubes required to rise along the ice moving channel 120 is shortened, the driving force required by the ejection assembly 190 to drive the ice cubes to rise is reduced, and the ice ejecting success rate is improved.

The sequencing assembly 180 that enables the individual delivery of ice cubes to the ice chute 120 can have a variety of configurations, such as:

in some embodiments, the delivery portion 152 is linear. Sequencing assembly 180 includes a drive train 181, a drive belt 182, a spacer 183, and a first power member (not shown). The driving wheel set 181 is disposed on the conveying portion 152, and the driving wheel set 181 includes at least two driving wheels 1811 disposed at intervals, where the driving wheels 1811 are disposed at intervals along the length direction of the conveying portion 152. The driving wheel 1811 is rotatably supported by the conveying portion 152. The transmission belt 182 is wound on the transmission wheel set 181. The first power member drives the drive wheel 1811 to rotate so that the drive belt 182 is driven as the drive wheel 1811 rotates. The plurality of partition plates 183 are provided, and the plurality of partition plates 183 are provided at intervals on the belt 182. Between each two adjacent baffles 183 for receiving an ice cube. By providing the partition 183, the ice cubes are more easily moved along with the transmission belt 182 to the guide portion 153 by the pushing of the partition 183, so that the stability of the ice cubes on the transmission belt 182 can be improved, the partition 183 can separate the ice cubes from each other, and the ice cubes can be prevented from being adhered to each other. When the ice cubes move along the ice cube conveyor belt 182 to the end of the sorting assembly 180 near the guide connection part 153, the partition 183 gradually rotates from being positioned above the conveyor belt 182 to being positioned below the conveyor belt 182, the ice cubes lose the blocking effect of the partition 183, fall into the guide connection part 153 under the action of gravity, and move to the ice moving channel 120 along the guide connection part 153. The speed at which the first power member drives the drive wheel 1811 to rotate may be adaptively adjusted based on the speed at which the ejection assembly 190 drives ice cubes to eject ice moving channels 120.

In some embodiments, the ice moving channel 120 includes an ice moving section 121 and a guide section 122. The ejection area 1223 and the ice inlet 1221 are disposed in the ice transfer section 121. The ice transfer section 121 communicates with the conveying path 150 through an ice inlet 1221. The guide section 122 communicates with the ice moving section 121 and is provided to be bent toward one side for guiding to the ice taking assembly 300. The guide section 122 is used for turning to communicate with the ice taking assembly 300, and the guide section 122 is used for changing the moving direction of the ice cubes to move towards the ice taking assembly 300 when the ice cubes move to the guide section 122. The ice moving section 121 and the guide section 122 have smooth transition.

Specifically, the ice moving section 121 may be disposed in a vertical direction, shortening a distance that ice cubes ascend along the ice moving section 121. Of course, the ice moving section 121 may also extend along a direction with a smaller included angle with the vertical direction, or the whole ice moving channel 120 may be arc-shaped, and the ice moving channel 120 is used for extending from the ice moving outlet 1222 to the ice taking assembly 300, so as to ensure that ice cubes can stably rise and be communicated with the ice taking assembly 300.

Specifically, the included angle between the extending direction of the joint of the guiding section 122 and the ice moving section 121 is greater than 90 ° and smaller than 180 °, so that the ice cubes are prevented from falling back into the ice moving section 121 due to the overlarge steering angle when the ice cubes enter the guiding section 122 from the ice moving section 121, and the ice cubes can be ensured to smoothly move to the ice taking assembly 300 through the ice moving channel.

To ensure that sequencing assembly 180 smoothly delivers ice cubes into ice chute 120, ice chute 100 further includes a first sensing element 1224. The first sensing piece 1224 is disposed at the ice inlet 1221. The first sensing member 1224 is configured to sense the passage of ice, indicating that ice is entering the ice removal cavity at this time. When the first sensing member 1224 senses that ice has passed, the ice falls through the ice inlet 1221 to the ejection area 1223, and the ejection assembly 190 is ready for an ejection operation to drive the ice located in the ejection area 1223 to eject toward the ice outlet 1222.

To ensure that the ejection assembly 190 successfully ejects ice cubes out of the ice outlet 1222 of the ice chute 120, in some embodiments, the ice chute 100 further includes a second sensing member 1225. The second sensing member 1225 is disposed at the ice outlet 1222. The second sensing member 1225 senses the passage of ice cubes, indicating that ice cubes are smoothly moved to the ice picking assembly 300 through the ice moving passage 120. When the second sensing member 1225 senses that the ice blocks pass, the sorting assembly 180 can continue to convey the ice blocks to the ice moving channel 120, the ejection assembly 190 can prepare for the next ice ejecting operation, and when the ejection assembly 190 performs an ejecting operation, the second sensing member 1225 does not sense that the ice blocks pass all the time, which means that the ice blocks do not pass through the ice outlet 1222 after being ejected, but still fall back to the ejection area 1223 along the ice moving channel 120, at the moment, an ice blocking fault can occur, the sorting assembly 180 can be controlled to pause ice feeding, and the ejection assembly 190 is controlled to perform an ice ejecting operation again, so that the unsuccessfully ejected ice blocks are ejected again.

In still other embodiments, the ice displacement device 100 further includes a weight sensor. The weight sensor is provided to the push plate 191. If the ice cubes enter the ice-moving channel 120 and fall on the push plate 191, the weight sensor can sense the change of the ice cubes, the ejection assembly 190 can prepare to perform an ejection operation to drive the ice cubes positioned in the ejection area 1223 to eject towards the ice outlet 1222, and if the ejection assembly 190 ejects the ice cubes towards the ice outlet 1222, the ice cubes still fall back to the ejection area 1223 along the ice-moving channel 120 without passing through the ice outlet 1222, the weight sensor can sense the change of the weight again, so as to control the sorting assembly 180 to pause ice feeding, and control the ejection assembly 190 to perform an ejection operation again, so that the unsuccessfully ejected ice cubes are ejected again.

The first sensing member 1224 may be used in combination with the second sensing member 1225 or a weight sensor to accurately detect the status of ice cubes in the ice moving device 100.

The above embodiments specifically illustrate several possible ways of implementing the structure of the ice removing assembly 101, and the ice removing channel 120 of the present application is specifically illustrated below:

The ice moving passage 120 in the refrigerating apparatus 10 of the present application may be provided in the inside of the first refrigerating compartment 12 and/or the second refrigerating compartment 13, the side wall of the first refrigerating compartment 12 and/or the second refrigerating compartment 13, the door body of the first refrigerating compartment 12 and/or the second refrigerating compartment 13, the rotation shaft of the first refrigerating compartment 12 and/or the second refrigerating compartment 13, and the like at various positions where the ice moving passage 120 may be provided. The following will specifically illustrate a scheme in which the ice-moving passage 120 is provided in the refrigeration apparatus 10:

< first scheme >:

with continued reference to fig. 9 and 10, fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a first aspect of a further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application, and fig. 10 is another schematic structural view of the first aspect of the further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus of the present application.

The ice moving passage 120 includes a first portion 125, a second portion 126, and a third portion 127 that are sequentially communicated. The second portion 126 is rotatably connected to the first portion 125 and/or the third portion 127. The first portion 125 is located in the first refrigerated compartment 12 or the first door 14. The first portion 125 communicates with the ice outlet of the ice moving assembly 101, the second portion 126 is located between the first door 14 and the second door 15, and the third portion 127 is disposed at the second door 15. The third portion 127 communicates with the ice extraction assembly 300. The axis of rotation of the second door 15 is located within the second portion 126. The ice chute 101 may drive ice cubes out of the ice chute 120, and the ice cubes enter the ice extraction assembly 300 after passing through the first portion 125, the second portion 126, and the third portion 127 in sequence.

Because the second portion 126 is located between the first door body 14 and the second door body 15, and the rotation axis of the second door body 15 is located in the second portion 126, the third portion 127 and the second portion 126 can be always kept in butt joint in the process of opening and closing the second door body 15, the sealing performance of the pipes of the third portion 127 and the second portion 126 is good, and the problem of condensation caused by poor butt joint sealing is avoided.

It should be noted that the rotation axis of the second door 15 may coincide with the central axis of the second portion 126, so as to ensure that the third portion 127 always maintains good butt joint with the second portion 126 during the rotation of the second door 15. In the actual use process, the rotation axis of the second door 15 may deviate from the central axis of the second portion 126 due to the cross-sectional shape and manufacturing installation deviation of the pipe, but only the rotation axis of the second door 15 is required to be located in the second portion 126, and the rotation of the second door 15 does not affect the abutting effect of the second portion 126 and the third portion 127 and the ice passing effect.

Because the first portion 125 needs to extend to communicate with the second portion 126, and the second portion 126 is located between the first door 14 and the second door 15, when the ice moving assembly 101 is disposed in the first refrigeration compartment 12, the first door 14 has a relief groove matching the first portion 125 for the first portion 125 to extend outwardly from the first refrigeration compartment 12 to communicate with the second portion 126. At this time, the ice moving assembly 101 is fixed to the first refrigeration compartment 12, the first portion 125 communicates with the ice moving assembly 101 and the second portion 126, the position of the first portion 125 is kept fixed, the first portion 125 is independent from the first door 14, the first door 14 is rotatably disposed on the case 11, or the first refrigeration compartment 12 further includes a first drawer, the first door 14 is disposed on the first drawer, and the first drawer is configured on the case 11 in a push-pull manner.

Of course, as shown in fig. 9, the ice moving assembly 101 may be disposed on the first door 14. When the first door 14 rotates and is arranged on the box 11, the rotation axis of the first door 14 is located in the second portion 126, and because the second portion 126 is located between the first door 14 and the second door 15, and the rotation axis of the first door 14 is located in the second portion 126, the first portion 125 and the second portion 126 can be always kept in butt joint in the process of opening and closing the first door 14, the sealing performance of the pipes of the first portion 125 and the second portion 126 is good, and the problem of condensation caused by poor butt joint sealing is avoided. It should be noted that, at this time, the ice moving inlet 111 of the ice moving portion 110 is separated from the ice making assembly 200 along with the opening of the first door 14, and after the first door 14 is closed, the ice moving inlet 111 and the ice outlet of the ice making assembly 200 can be buckled and abutted, so that the ice making assembly 200 is not affected to smoothly convey ice cubes to the ice moving portion 110. The ice outlet of the ice making assembly 200 includes an ice outlet of an ice bank of the ice making assembly 200 or an ice outlet of the transport passage 150.

To effect relative rotation of the second door 15 and the housing 11 and interfacing of the portions of the ice chute 120, in some embodiments, the second refrigeration compartment 13 includes first and second coaxially disposed shaft members (not shown). The second door 15 is rotatably connected to the case 11 through a first shaft member at a side remote from the first door 14. The second shaft member is disposed on a side of the second door 15 close to the first door 14. The second shaft member is a second portion 126, the first portion 125 and the second portion 126 are fixedly connected or integrally formed, and the second portion 126 and the third portion 127 are rotationally connected, so that the first portion 125 and the second portion 126 are always in butt joint, and the second door 15 rotates to drive the third portion 127 and the second portion 126 to synchronously rotate. Or the first part 125 and the second part 126 are rotatably connected, and the second part 126 and the third part 127 are fixedly connected or integrally formed, so that the first part 125 and the second part 126 are always in butt joint, and the second door 15 rotates to drive the third part 127 to rotate.

In still other embodiments, the second refrigeration compartment 13 includes a first rotating shaft member and a second rotating shaft member coaxially disposed, and the side of the second door 15 away from the first door 14 is rotatably connected to the case 11 through the first rotating shaft member, and the second rotating shaft member is disposed on the side of the second door 15 close to the first door 14. The second shaft member is a second portion 126, and two ends of the second portion 126 are respectively sleeved outside the third portion 127 and the first portion 125 or inserted into the third portion 127 and the first portion 125. Because the two ends of the second portion 126 rotate relative to the first portion 125 and the third portion 127 respectively, stable butt joint of the second portion 126 with the first portion 125 and the third portion 127 can be ensured, and the two ends of the second portion 126 are respectively sleeved outside the third portion 127 and the first portion 125 or inserted into the third portion 127 and the first portion 125, so that ice cubes can smoothly pass through the first portion 125, the second portion 126 and the third portion 127 and then reach the ice taking assembly 300. Specifically, the second portion 126 may remain relatively fixed with the housing 11, or the second portion 126 may be rotatably coupled with the housing 11, as not limited herein.

< Second scheme >:

With continued reference to fig. 11 and 12, fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a second aspect of a further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus according to the present application, and fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a door body section of the second aspect of the further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus according to the present application.

The ice moving passage 120 includes a first sub-passage 123 and a second sub-passage 124 that communicate. The second sub-channel 124 is disposed in the second door 15 and partially disposed within the handle 16. The second sub-passage 124 communicates with the ice taking assembly 300, and the first sub-passage 123 communicates with the ice removing outlet 113 of the ice removing assembly 101. The ice chute 101 can drive ice cubes out of the ice chute 120, and the ice cubes enter the ice extraction assembly 300 after passing through the first and second sub-paths 123 and 124 in sequence. Through combining handle 16 and second subchannel 124, handle 16 designs to be the cavity passageway, sets up second subchannel 124 in second door 15, and partly sets up in handle 16, and when opening and shutting second door 15, handle 16 can bear the load of opening the door, and when need get ice, the ice-cube can remove to get ice subassembly 300 through second subchannel 124, has reduced the volume that second subchannel 124 set up in second refrigeration compartment 13, increases the volume fraction of second refrigeration compartment 13.

The second sub-channel 124 includes an ice displacement section 121, a junction section 128, and a guide section 122. The ice displacement section 121 is disposed within the handle 16. The junction section 128 communicates the first sub-channel 123 with the ice removal section 121. The guide section 122 communicates with the ice moving section 121, and the guide section 122 is bent toward the ice taking assembly 300. The guide section 122 may be taller than the ice extraction assembly 300 to facilitate the ice cubes falling from the guide section 122 into the ice extraction assembly 300 under the force of gravity. The inner walls of the ice-moving section 121, the connecting section 128 and the guiding section 122 are smoothly transited.

In order to ensure that ice cubes can smoothly enter the ice taking assembly 300 through the first sub-channel 123 and the second sub-channel 124, the ice cubes form a moving track when moving in the ice moving channel 120, and the included angle between the tangential direction of each position of the moving track and the gravity direction is greater than 90 degrees and less than or equal to 180 degrees, so that the ice cubes can smoothly rise along the first sub-channel 123 and the second sub-channel 124, and the falling of the ice cubes due to overlarge steering angle is avoided. Further, the included angle between the tangential direction of each position of the moving track and the gravity direction is greater than 135 degrees and less than or equal to 180 degrees, the path of the ice blocks in the ascending process along the ice moving channel 120 is flatter, the required power is smaller, the collision is less, the sound is small, and the user experience is integrally improved.

It should be noted that, the height of the guiding section 122 may be higher than that of the ice-taking assembly 300, the guiding section 122 needs to be bent downward to be connected to the ice-taking assembly 300, and when the ice cubes fall along the guiding section 122, the included angle between the moving direction and the gravity direction is smaller than 90 °, so the moving track refers to the ascending moving track of the ice cubes in the ice-moving channel 120, and does not include the moving track when the ice cubes fall downward toward the ice-taking assembly 300 after entering the guiding section 122.

Under the action of the ice moving assembly 101, the ice cubes can quickly pass through the ice moving channel 120, the ice cubes can pass through the ice moving section 121 in the handle 16 for a short time, and the ambient temperature outside the refrigeration device 10 has little effect on the ice cubes, but in some embodiments, the outside of the handle 16 can be further covered with a heat insulating layer. The heat exchange between the inside of the handle 16 and the outside environment is reduced by the heat insulating layer, so that the influence of the excessively high ambient temperature on the quality of ice cubes is avoided, the condensation formed on the outer surface due to the excessively low temperature of the handle 16 is avoided, and the user experience is further improved.

Since the ice moving device 100 is generally disposed on the refrigeration apparatus 10 having the double door, the handle 16 is generally disposed at a position far from the rotation axis of the second door 15, in order to facilitate docking of the ice moving assembly 101 with the second sub-channel 124, the ice moving assembly 101 may be disposed on the first door 14, and the first sub-channel 123 may be disposed on the first door 14. The ice moving assembly 101 moves synchronously with the opening and closing of the first door 14, and the first sub-channel 123 and the second sub-channel 124 are butted when the first door 14 is on the case 11. And because the first sub-channel 123 is located on the first door 14, the second sub-channel 124 is located on the second door 15, and there is a certain gap between the first door 14 and the second door 15, in general, the gap is smaller, the ice cubes can directly pass through the gap between the first door 14 and the second door 15, in some embodiments, one end of the connecting section 128 near the first door 14 protrudes from the second door 15, and one end of the connecting section 128 near the first door 14 is opposite to the first sub-channel 123. The joint section 128 protrudes from the second door 15 to further reduce the gap between the joint section 128 and the first sub-channel 123, thereby reducing the loss of cold.

Of course, in some single-door refrigerators, the ice-moving assembly 101 may be disposed in the first cooling compartment 12, and the ice-moving assembly 101 may be disposed on a side wall of the first cooling compartment 12 near the handle 16, and the first sub-channel 123 may be disposed in the first compartment.

In some embodiments, the first door 14 is rotatably disposed on the case 11. In other embodiments, the first refrigerated compartment 12 comprises a first drawer that is slidably disposed in the cabinet 11, and the first door 14 is secured to the first drawer. When the ice moving part 110 is disposed on the first door 14, the ice moving part 110 and the first sub-channel 123 move along with the first door 14 during the process of turning the first door 14 to open or push the switch. At this time, the first sub-channel 123 is staggered with the second sub-channel 124 along with the opening of the first door 14, and after the first door 14 is closed, the first sub-channel 123 and the second sub-channel 124 can be arranged directly opposite to each other, so that the passing effect of the ice cubes is not affected.

In addition, the ice moving inlet 111 of the ice moving part 110 is separated from the ice making assembly 200 along with the opening of the first door 14, and after the first door 14 is closed, the ice moving inlet 111 and the ice outlet of the ice making assembly 200 can be buckled and butted, so that the normal operation of the ice moving part 110 is not affected. To facilitate the interfacing of the ice-moving inlet 111 and the ice-making assembly 200, the aperture of the ice-moving inlet 111 is greater than the aperture of the ice-outlet of the ice-making assembly 200. When the first door 14 is closed on the case 11, the ice moving inlet 111 is fastened to the outside of the ice outlet of the ice making assembly 200, so that ice cubes can enter the ice moving inlet 111 through the ice outlet of the ice making assembly 200. The ice outlet of the ice making assembly 200 includes an ice outlet of an ice bank of the ice making assembly 200 or an ice outlet of the transport passage 150.

< Third protocol >:

With continued reference to fig. 13 and 14, fig. 13 is a schematic structural view of a third embodiment of a refrigeration apparatus according to the present application, and fig. 14 is an enlarged schematic structural view of a portion a in fig. 13.

The ice moving assembly 101 is located within the first refrigerated compartment 12. The ice moving passage 120 includes a first sub-passage 123 and a second sub-passage 124 which are sequentially communicated. The second sub-channel 124 is provided in the second door 15. The first sub-passage 123 is disposed within the first refrigerated compartment 12. The second sub-passage 124 communicates with the ice taking assembly 300, and the first sub-passage 123 communicates with the ice outlet of the ice moving assembly 101. The ice chute 101 can drive ice cubes out of the ice chute 120, and the ice cubes enter the ice extraction assembly 300 after passing through the first and second sub-paths 123 and 124 in sequence.

By arranging the second sub-channel 124 in the second door 15, the internal space of the second refrigeration compartment 13 is not occupied, the volume ratio of the refrigeration equipment 10 is improved, no extra bulge is added to the appearance of the refrigeration equipment 10, and the appearance is optimized.

Since the ice moving assembly 101 is located in the first refrigerating compartment 12, in order to facilitate the butt joint of the first sub-channel 123 and the second sub-channel 124, the case 11 further includes a spacer layer 102, and the spacer layer 102 is disposed between the first refrigerating compartment 12 and the second refrigerating compartment 13. An intermediate channel 129 is provided in the spacer layer 102, the intermediate channel 129 being in communication between the first sub-channel 123 and the second sub-channel 124. At this time, the second door 15 protrudes into the second refrigerating compartment 13, and the inlet end of the second sub-passage 124 is aligned with the outlet end of the intermediate passage 129, so that the second sub-passage 124 is in aligned communication with the intermediate passage 129. The second sub-passage 124 is offset from the intermediate passage 129 during the opening of the second door 15, and the second sub-passage 124 interfaces with the intermediate passage 129 when the second door 15 is closed to the cabinet 11. By disposing the first sub-passage 123 within the first refrigerated compartment 12 and interfacing with the second sub-passage 124 through the intermediate passage 129, the ice-moving passage 120 is located entirely within the first refrigerated compartment 12 and the second refrigerated compartment 13, with the advantage of interfacing.

Specifically, the ice making assembly 200 is positioned near the back wall relative to the ice displacement assembly 101.

To facilitate the docking of the ice chute 120 with the ice chute 110, the ice cubes ejected from the ice chute 110 into the ice chute 120 are more likely to rise along the ice chute 120, and the second sub-chute 124 of the ice chute 120 is positioned on the side of the ice extraction assembly 300 adjacent to the rotational axis of the second door 15. At this time, in cooperation with the installation position of the ice moving assembly 101, the second sub-channel 124 is in linear communication with the first sub-channel 123, so that the ice cubes can be more easily moved to the ice taking assembly 300 through the ice moving channel 120.

< Fourth protocol >:

With continued reference to fig. 15 and 16, fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth aspect of a further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus according to the present application, and fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a door body section of the fourth aspect of the further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus according to the present application.

The ice moving part 110 is provided to the first door 14. The ice moving passage 120 includes a first sub-passage 123 and a second sub-passage 124 which are sequentially communicated. The first sub-channel 123 is disposed on the first door 14, and the second sub-channel 124 is disposed on the second door 15. The second sub-passage 124 communicates with the ice taking assembly 300, and the first sub-passage 123 also communicates with the ice removing outlet 113 of the ice removing part 110. The ice chute 101 can drive ice cubes out of the ice chute 120, and the ice cubes enter the ice extraction assembly 300 after passing through the first and second sub-paths 123 and 124 in sequence.

Through setting up first subchannel 123 in first door 14, second subchannel 124 sets up in second door 15, does not occupy first refrigeration compartment 12 and second refrigeration compartment 13 inner space, promotes refrigeration equipment 10's volume fraction, does not also make refrigeration equipment 10 outward appearance increase extra arch, optimizes the outward appearance.

Since the first sub-channel 123 is located in the first door 14, and the second sub-channel 124 is located in the second door 15, there is a certain gap between the first door 14 and the second door 15, and in general, the gap is smaller, and ice cubes can directly pass through the gap between the first door 14 and the second door 15. In some embodiments, an end of the second sub-channel 124 adjacent to the first door 14 protrudes from the second door 15, and an end of the second sub-channel 124 adjacent to the first door 14 is disposed opposite to the first sub-channel 123. The second sub-channel 124 protrudes out of the second door 15 to further reduce the gap between the second sub-channel 124 and the first sub-channel 123, thereby reducing the loss of cold. The second sub-channel 124 is offset from the first sub-channel 123 during the opening of the first door 14 and/or the second door 15, and the second sub-channel 124 interfaces with the first sub-channel 123 when the first door 14 and the second door 15 are closed to the housing 11.

In some embodiments, the first door 14 is rotatably disposed on the case 11. In other embodiments, the first refrigerated compartment 12 comprises a first drawer that is slidably disposed in the cabinet 11, and the first door 14 is secured to the first drawer. When the ice moving portion 110 is disposed on the first door 14, the ice moving portion 110 and the ice moving channel 120 disposed on the first door 14 move along with the first door 14 during the process of turning the first door 14 to open or push the first door. At this time, the first sub-channel 123 is staggered with the second sub-channel 124 along with the opening of the first door 14, and after the first door 14 is closed, the first sub-channel 123 and the second sub-channel 124 can be arranged directly opposite to each other, so that the passing effect of the ice cubes is not affected. Likewise, the second door 15 is rotatably or slidably provided to the case 11.

When the refrigeration device 10 is a refrigeration device 10 with a double door, the second door 15 includes two second sub-doors, the second sub-doors are relatively narrow, the second sub-doors can be provided with the ice taking assembly 300 in a limited position, and because the ice making assembly 200 is located near a side wall of one side, and the ice moving portion 110 is located on the first door 14, in order to facilitate the docking of the ice moving channel 120, the ice cubes thrown into the ice moving channel 120 from the ice moving portion 110 are easier to rise along the ice moving channel 120, and the second sub-channel 124 of the ice moving channel 120 is located on one side of the ice taking assembly 300 near the rotation axis of the second door 15. At this time, the second sub-channel 124 is in line communication with the first sub-channel 123 in cooperation with the installation position of the ice moving portion 110, so that the ice cubes can be moved to the ice fetching assembly 300 through the ice moving channel 120.

Of course, in some single-door refrigerators, the second door 15 is a single door, the second door 15 has a relatively wide width, the ice taking assembly 300 can be disposed in a relatively large space, and the second sub-passage 124 of the ice moving passage 120 can be selectively disposed at a side of the ice taking assembly 300 away from or near the rotation axis of the second door 15. At this time, the second sub-channel 124 is in line communication with the first sub-channel 123 in cooperation with the installation position of the ice moving portion 110, so that the ice cubes can be moved to the ice fetching assembly 300 through the ice moving channel 120.

Of course, the position of the ice moving channel 120 in combination with the structure of the case 11 or other components such as the ice moving part 110 may be provided at other positions of the refrigeration apparatus 10, which is not limited herein.

It will be understood that the meaning of "plurality" herein is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless expressly limited otherwise. Furthermore, the terms "comprise" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those listed steps or elements but may include other steps or elements not listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. And the term "and/or" is merely an association relation describing the association object, and indicates that three kinds of relations may exist, for example, a and/or B may indicate that a exists alone, while a and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the front and rear associated objects are an "or" relationship.

The foregoing description is only of embodiments of the present application, and is not intended to limit the scope of the application, and all equivalent structures or equivalent processes using the descriptions and the drawings of the present application or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields are included in the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A refrigeration device, characterized in that the refrigeration device comprises:

The housing has a first refrigeration compartment and a second refrigeration compartment with an opening on one side, the second refrigeration compartment being located above the first refrigeration compartment;

The first door is used to open and close the first refrigeration chamber;

The second door is used to open and close the second refrigeration compartment;

An ice-making assembly is located in the first refrigeration chamber;

An ice-collecting component is installed on the second door.

An ice transfer channel is used to provide a path for ice blocks to move from the first refrigeration chamber to the ice-collecting assembly;

An ice-moving assembly, located in the first refrigeration chamber, is used to drive the ice blocks produced by the ice-making assembly to move out of the ice-moving channel;

An airbag is disposed in the ice-moving channel. The airbag is used to inflate and block the ice-moving channel, or to contract and open the ice-moving channel.

An air supply assembly is used to inflate or deflate the airbag;

The ice-moving channel is provided with a vent, the airbag is disposed at the vent, and the air supply component includes:

A ventilation channel is provided outside the ice-moving channel, and the ventilation channel is connected to the ventilation port;

An air supply component is installed in the housing and connected to the ventilation channel; when the ice-moving channel needs to be used for ice removal, the air supply component draws air from the airbag, causing it to contract and retract into the ventilation channel.

2. The refrigeration equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that the ice transfer channel is provided with a plurality of vents at intervals along its extension direction, each vent is provided with a corresponding air bag, the ventilation channel is provided with a plurality of vents corresponding to the vents, and each ventilation channel is connected to the air bag through the corresponding vent.

3. The refrigeration equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that, one air supply component is provided, and multiple air passages converge and connect to the air supply component; or, multiple air supply components are provided corresponding to the air passages, and each air supply component is individually connected to the corresponding air bag through one of the air passages.

4. The refrigeration equipment according to claim 1, wherein the gas supply component further comprises:

A pressure detection element is installed within the ventilation channel.

5. The refrigeration equipment according to claim 1, wherein the gas supply component is a piston or a gas pump.

6. The refrigeration equipment according to claim 1, wherein the gas supply component is a piston component, and the piston component is filled with inert gas; or, the gas supply component is an air pump, the air pump includes an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe, the gas supply assembly further includes an air storage tank, the air storage tank is disposed in the housing, the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe are connected to the air storage tank, and the air storage tank is filled with inert gas.

7. The refrigeration equipment according to claim 1, wherein the ice-moving channel includes a first sub-channel and a second sub-channel, the first sub-channel is disposed in the first door or the first refrigeration room, the first sub-channel is connected to the ice-moving assembly, the second sub-channel is disposed in the second door, the second sub-channel is connected to the ice-retrieving assembly, and the airbag is configured to block or open the first sub-channel.

8. The refrigeration equipment according to claim 7, wherein the first sub-channel is disposed on the first door body, and the refrigeration equipment further includes a sealing cover, the sealing cover being movably disposed on the first door body, the sealing cover being used to close or open one end of the first sub-channel near the second door body.

9. The refrigeration equipment according to claim 7, wherein the gas supply component is disposed within the foam layer of the first door or the first refrigeration chamber.