CN1940428A

CN1940428A - Ice maker of refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN1940428A
Application number: CN 200510015233
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朴地英; 安美善
Original assignee: LG Electronics Tianjin Appliances Co Ltd
Current assignee: Taizhou LG Electronics Refrigeration Co Ltd
Priority date: 2005-09-27
Filing date: 2005-09-27
Publication date: 2007-04-04

Abstract

An ice-making device for refrigerators comprises an box-shape ice-making room with an open front formed on one side of the refrigerator cold room, an ice maker mounted inside the ice-making room capable of producing ice, an ice storage container mounted inside the ice-making room and a reveal opening formed on the cold room door at the front of the ice-making room. It also includes an ice-making room door moving integrated with the storage container capable of covering the front of the reveal opening, whose inner surface connected with the front of the storage container.

Description

Ice maker of refrigerator

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator.Particularly relate to and a kind ofly have the ice maker and the tank that can be easy to and from refrigerator, take out, and these parts are installed in the locational ice maker of refrigerator that the user can conveniently use refrigerator.

Background technology

In general, comprise following two parts in the refrigerator: be used for food or beverage are carried out the refrigerating chamber of freezing keeping and food or beverage are carried out refrigerating chamber certainly under low-temperature condition.

The refrigerating chamber of refrigerator and refrigerating chamber are different according to its purposes and capacity, can carry out permutation and combination according to various structures, so that use.In the refrigerator that is developed recently, the refrigerating chamber that use amount is relatively big generally is installed in the top of refrigerator, forms refrigerating chamber in the bottom of refrigerating chamber.

Form refrigerating chamber on top, the refrigerator that refrigerating chamber formed at the bottom as shown in Figure 1, refrigerating chamber 11 1 sides on refrigerator 10 tops have hinge 13, are used to connect refrigerating-chamber door 20, and make it rotation, make refrigerating chamber 11 On/Off.The refrigerating chamber 12 of refrigerator 10 bottoms can make household freezer slide by its front openings, thereby can realize the On/Off of refrigerating chamber 12.

The household freezer of refrigerating chamber 12 can be operated according to user's selection, by the open front of refrigerating chamber 12, highlights to the outside of refrigerator 10.When refrigerator 10 outsides highlight, just can put into food or beverage etc. in its household freezer of opening above, carry out freezing.

In the inside of refrigerating chamber 12 ice maker 31 is installed, to produce ice.This ice maker 31 generally all is connected the household freezer top of refrigerating chamber 12 as shown in Figure 1.In general, be formed with tank 32, be used for being stored in the ice that ice maker 31 is made in a side of ice maker 31.

Thus, when needs use ice, along with the user operates selectively, the household freezer of refrigerating chamber 12 can be pulled out from refrigerator 10, the front of refrigerating chamber 12 is opened, household freezer is moved to the outside,, just can take out ice maker 31 and tank 32 uses by the space that household freezer front and refrigerating chamber 12 upper ends form.

But, as mentioned above, space by household freezer and the formation of refrigerating chamber 12 upper ends, use the ice maker 31 and the tank 32 that are installed in refrigerating chamber 12 upper ends, not only can operate by this space and bring very big inconvenience to the user, if control fully under the state of ice maker 31 and tank 32 failing, the user uses ice maker 31, just can there be the problems such as inconvenience in the use of ice maker 31 and tank 32.

And, it is lower that ice maker 31 and tank 32 and user's health are compared the position, the user must lean over, can use ice maker 31 and tank 32 when perhaps being in the state of sitting down, not only use inconvenient, and ice maker 31 and tank 32 be in separated position on the top of refrigerator 10 refrigerating chambers 12, if operate, the user is easy to occur operating mistake.

Simultaneously, in order to use ice maker 31 and tank 32, must make 10 20 openings of refrigerator fully, because refrigerating-chamber door 20 is open fully, so the cold air that refrigerator 10 inside are had just can flow out, thereby produce the cooling effectiveness of refrigerator 10, problem such as waste energy simultaneously.

Summary of the invention

Technical problem to be solved by this invention is to provide a kind of user of allowing can be easy to ice maker and tank that refrigerator uses are operated the ice maker of refrigerator that it is moved to the outside from refrigerator inside easily.

Another technical problem to be solved by this invention is, provide ice maker that a kind of refrigerator uses and tank to be installed on the position that the user can see easily, thereby bring very big convenience in the use to the user, simultaneously, can prevent maloperation ice maker etc.

Another technical problem to be solved by this invention is, providing a kind of has when electric refrigerating-chamber door is in closed condition, also the ice maker and the tank that refrigerator can be used takes out in refrigerator, thereby improved the ice maker of refrigerator of the convenience of using greatly.

The technical solution adopted in the present invention is: a kind of ice maker of refrigerator includes: the ice-making compartment of the box-shape of the open at its front that forms in a side of cold storage chamber of refrigerator; Be contained in ice-making compartment inside, and can produce the ice maker of ice; Be installed in ice-making compartment inside, be used for the tank of storage of ice; The refrigerating-chamber door opening in ice-making compartment the place ahead is formed with exposes mouth.

Described ice-making compartment is after mutually vertically forming tabular differentiation wall by adjacent both sides, again with the medial surface of the refrigerating chamber formation box-shape of joining.

By the mouth that exposes of ice-making compartment front, ice maker and tank can be inserted in the ice-making compartment, transfer to perhaps in ice-making compartment.

Be formed with sealing ring in the inner face periphery of exposing mouthful, to place the sealing ring that is provided with outward identical with the refrigerating-chamber door inner face for it.

Also be provided with and can cover the front of exposing mouthful, be shaped as tabularly, its inner face is connected with the front of tank, and moves with the tank one, and realization is to the ice-making compartment door of ice-making compartment On/Off.

Ice maker of refrigerator of the present invention has following effect: the ice maker of refrigerator is installed in the central part of the refrigerator of being convenient to user's operation, thereby can improve user's convenience greatly.Another effect of ice maker of refrigerator of the present invention is as follows: under the refrigerating-chamber door closing state, also can operate ice maker, it is taken out in refrigerator, thereby can improve user's convenience in the use greatly.And ice maker of refrigerator of the present invention under the state of not opening refrigerator doors, just can use ice maker, promptly takes out ice cube or puts into water, has saved the energy greatly.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the refrigerator of prior art;

Fig. 2 is the structural representation that the refrigerator of ice maker of the present invention is installed;

Fig. 3 is the Facad structure schematic diagram that the refrigerator of ice maker of the present invention is installed;

Fig. 4 is the structural representation of ice maker of the present invention in opening;

Fig. 5 is the structural representation that the critical piece of ice maker of the present invention amplifies.

Wherein:

10: refrigerator 11: refrigerating chamber

12: refrigerating chamber 13: hinge

20: refrigerating-chamber door 30: ice maker

31: ice maker 32: tank

40: ice-making compartment 41: distinguish wall

42: expose mouth 43: sealing ring

50: the ice-making compartment door

The specific embodiment

Below, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiment, ice maker of refrigerator of the present invention is elaborated.

Wherein, the parts identical with the structure of existing common refrigerator, its symbol is identical with Fig. 1, and has omitted detailed description thereof.

Fig. 2 is the structural representation that the refrigerator of ice maker of the present invention is installed; Fig. 3 is the Facad structure schematic diagram that the refrigerator of ice maker of the present invention is installed; Fig. 4 is the structural representation of ice maker of the present invention in opening; Fig. 5 is the structural representation that the critical piece of ice maker of the present invention amplifies.

In the present invention, a side of storage spaces such as the refrigerating chamber 12 of refrigerator 10 or refrigerating chamber 11 is provided with ice maker 30, and exposes to the outside.

Ice maker 30 is made of following each several part: ice maker 31, and tank 32, ice-making compartment 40 exposes mouth 42, ice-making compartment door 50.

Ice maker 31 is made of common ice maker, and the cold air that it can utilize refrigerator 10 to provide within a certain period of time, with refrigerator 10 or the water cooling that provides from outside watering, and generates ice.

In the present embodiment, ice maker 31 is installed in the deep layer position of refrigerator 10 storage spaces, and vertical with the front direction of refrigerator 10, and it is if the words of straight quadrangle box-shape are more satisfactory.

The tank 32 of ice maker 31 is installed in the bottom of ice maker 31, and that utilizes ice maker 31 moves the ice parts, and the ice that generates in ice maker 31 can fall to the bottom of ice maker 31 or move.

Tank 32 is used for storing the ice that ice maker 31 generates, and it has box-shape.

In the present embodiment, tank 32 is installed in the bottom of ice maker 31, and it is shaped as the box-shape of top opening, and the ice that generates in the ice maker 31 and fall can be put into.Formation is close in the bottom of itself and ice maker 31, and it is shaped as the straight quadrangle form identical with ice maker 31, and its direction is identical with ice maker 31, is the depth direction of refrigerator 10, and it can slide in refrigerator 10 and move, and can give prominence to or thoroughly insert.

In the present embodiment, refrigerating chamber 11 is formed at refrigerator 10 tops, and refrigerating chamber 12 is formed at the bottom.Refrigerating chamber 11 front openings are rotated the front that the refrigerating-chamber door 20 that carries out On/Off is arranged on refrigerating chamber 11 by hinge 13.Ice maker 30 is installed in the central part of the refrigerator 10 of being convenient to user's operation, promptly is installed in a side of refrigerating chamber 11.Thereby can provide than the temperature and the lower temperature of refrigerating chamber 11 internal temperatures that make the beverage cooling, the ice-making compartment 40 that distinguishes with refrigerating chamber 11 is installed in the ice maker 30.

As Fig. 2 and shown in Figure 5, ice-making compartment 40 forms in a side lower end of refrigerating chamber 11, and with the side edge of refrigerating chamber 11 1 sides, it is shaped as the box-shape of front openings, reaches a lateral vertical above it and forms, and forms and distinguishes wall 41.

Distinguish wall 41 by more satisfactory as if the words made from identical materials with the internal face of refrigerating chamber 11.Identical with the front of refrigerating chamber 11, it can highlight.

The refrigerating-chamber door that ice maker 30 parts are installed is open, forms and exposes mouth 42, and ice maker 30 can be inserted in the refrigerating-chamber door 20, perhaps therefrom takes out.

Expose the front openings that mouth 42 has covered the refrigerating chamber 11 of ice maker 30 and ice-making compartment 40 formation, the part of refrigerating-chamber door 20 is right angle quadrangle form openings identical with ice-making compartment 40 front shapes with ice maker 30.

Exposing mouthful 42 an inner faces periphery contacts with the periphery, front of ice-making compartment 40, form and the peripheral corresponding opening in ice-making compartment 40 fronts, inner face is peripheral to be provided with sealing ring 43 with the contacted position of refrigerating-chamber door 20 and refrigerating chamber 11 fronts, is used for refrigerating chamber 11 is sealed.

In the figure of present embodiment, ice-making compartment 40 and ice maker 30 are positioned at the lower end that refrigerating chamber 11 has a side of hinge 13, but ice-making compartment 40 and ice maker 30 also can be arranged on the lower end with the opposite side of hinge 13 directions of refrigerating chamber 11, and it can also be arranged on the upper end of refrigerating chamber 11.

Form in the front of ice-making compartment 40 and to expose mouthfuls 42, and be formed with to cover and expose mouthfuls 42 ice-making compartment door 50, thereby can prevent that the cold air in the ice-making compartment 40 from flowing out.

The shape of ice-making compartment door 50 is identical with the shape of exposing mouth 42, is tetragonal plate-like shape.Its inner face is connected with tank 32 fronts, along with moving of ice-making compartment door 50, tank 32 is moved.

Here, ice-making compartment door 50 and tank 32 combinations, tank 32 fronts are connected with the bottom of ice-making compartment door 50, in the moving of ice-making compartment door 50, tank 32 highlights to the front of refrigerator 10, perhaps can be inserted into the inside of refrigerator 10.As shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, interior basifacial at ice-making compartment door 50, form link slot, be formed with the connection projection that can be inserted in the link slot in the front of tank 32, tank 32 can move along with moving of ice-making compartment door 50, simultaneously, can spin off from the inner face of ice-making compartment door 50, certainly, tank 32 also can use other container.

Medial surface at ice-making compartment door 50 is equipped with sealing ring 43, it is connected with the periphery contact that the inner face periphery and the refrigerating-chamber door 20 of refrigerating-chamber door 20 expose mouth 42, the front of ice-making compartment 40 and ice-making compartment door 50 are close together with sealing ring 43, have realized the sealing of ice-making compartment 40.

Below, the effect of ice maker of refrigerator of the present invention with said structure is described.

Form in the lower end of the refrigerating chamber 11 corresponding with refrigerating-chamber door 20 1 sides that hinge 13 is installed and to distinguish wall 41, it and the side edge of refrigerating chamber 11 have box-shape, above it and a lateral vertical engage formation.

The internal face of distinguishing wall 41 and refrigerating chamber 11 forms one, utilizes and distinguishes the sealing that wall 41 realizes separating with refrigerating chamber 11 ice-making compartment 40 of formation.

Distinguish wall 41 because form, the ice maker 31 that refrigerator 10 uses can be inserted in the bottom of the ice-making compartment 40 of opening in front.

Install on ice-making compartment 40 tops under the state of ice maker 31, the tank 32 that can insert/transfer to can be set in the bottom of ice-making compartment 40.

The formation of joining of the front of the front of ice maker 31 and tank 32 and inside, ice-making compartment 40 front so just can prevent to flow out the slit of cold air between ice maker 31 and tank 32 peripheries and ice-making compartment 40 inside of ice-making compartment 40 inside.

Be equipped with in ice-making compartment 40 under the state of ice maker 31 and tank 32, refrigerating-chamber door 20 can serve as that axle is rotated with the hinge 13 that is installed in refrigerating chamber 11 and refrigerating-chamber door 20 1 sides, to realize opening and closing.

Along with closing of refrigerating-chamber door 20, the inner face periphery of the front of refrigerating chamber 11 and refrigerating-chamber door 20 contacts, the sealing ring made from elastomeric material 43 that highlights laterally from the inboard of refrigerating-chamber door 20 contacts with the periphery of refrigerating-chamber door 20 and the front of refrigerating chamber 11, thereby the cold air that can prevent refrigerating chamber 11 inside flows out to the outside.

Open formation of door 20 parts before the ice-making compartment 40 exposes mouth, at the peripheral sealing ring 43 that forms of the inner face that exposes mouth 42, it is identical with the sealing ring 43 of refrigerating-chamber door 20, along with closing of refrigerating-chamber door 20, exposing the inner face front peripheral and ice-making compartment 40 of mouth 42 is close to mutually, simultaneously, be installed in the sealing ring 43 that exposes mouthful 42 peripheries and be close to, realize sealing refrigerating chamber 11 with the front of ice-making compartment 40.

Therefore, the unlatching along with refrigerator 10 or ice maker 31 provides water or beverage etc. to ice maker 31, and the water that provides to ice maker 31 is utilized the cold air of refrigerator 10 to cool off by ice maker 31, and generates ice.The ice that generates in ice maker 31 is moved the ice component transfer by ice maker 31, rotation along with the beverage holding device of ice maker 31, the ice that generates in the ice maker 31 falls, the ice that from ice maker 31, falls by above opening, be stored within the tank 32 that is installed in below the ice maker 31.

The ice of storage is in storage in the tank 32, and the cold air that can be continued to provide in the ice-making compartment 40 cools off.

In tank 32 under the state of storage of ice, selective operation by the user, utilize the pressurizations laterally such as handle of the front of tank 32, simultaneously, tank 32 just can highlight to the outside front of refrigerator 10 by the front openings of ice-making compartment 40 and the mouth 42 that exposes of refrigerating-chamber door 20.

At tank 32 under the outstanding state in refrigerator 10 outsides, top opening by tank 32, just can take out ice etc., selectively operate by the user, tank 32 fronts are to the interior side direction pressurization of refrigerator 10, simultaneously, tank 32 exposes mouthfuls 42 and ice-making compartment 40 front openings by refrigerating-chamber door 20, just can be inserted into the inside of ice-making compartment 40 to the bottom of ice maker 31.

The words that form ice-making compartment door 50 on mouthfuls 42 of exposing in the front of ice-making compartment 40, selectively to 50 pressurizations of ice-making compartment door, as shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, ice-making compartment door 50 just highlights to the front of exposing mouth 42, the tank 32 that is connected with ice-making compartment door 50 inner faces just can be along with moving to the front of exposing mouth 42 of ice-making compartment door 50 moved, simultaneously, expose, so that use to the outside of refrigerator 10.

By moving of ice-making compartment door 50, the connection projection that the tank 32 that highlights to refrigerator 10 outsides forms previously just comes off out from the link slot of ice-making compartment door 50, ice-making compartment door 50 and tank 32 are separated, and tank 32 also can use other container certainly.

Utilize the sealing ring 43 that is connected with the inner face of ice-making compartment door 50, the front openings of ice-making compartment 40 is sealed have been gone up, thereby the cold air that can prevent ice-making compartment 40 inside flows out to the outside, and realization is airtight fully to ice-making compartment 40.

In the present embodiment, ice-making compartment 40 and ice maker 30 are arranged on the lower end that is positioned at hinge 13 directions one side of refrigerating chamber 11, but, ice-making compartment 40 and ice maker 30 also can be arranged on lower end or the upper end formation that refrigerating chamber 11 is positioned at the opposite side of hinge 13 directions, corresponding, the place, an opposite side with hinge 13 directions on refrigerating-chamber door 20 also can form exposes mouth 42.

As mentioned above, the present invention is not limited only to specific ideal case, must determine its technical scope according to interest field.The related work personnel can carry out various change and modification fully in the scope that does not depart from this invention technological thought.

Claims

1. an ice maker of refrigerator is characterized in that, includes: the ice-making compartment (40) of the box-shape of the open at its front that forms in a side of cold storage chamber of refrigerator (11); Be contained in ice-making compartment (40) inside, and can produce the ice maker (31) of ice; Be installed in ice-making compartment (40) inside, be used for the tank (32) of storage of ice; Open being formed with of the refrigerating-chamber door (20) in ice-making compartment (40) the place ahead exposed mouthful (42).

2. ice maker of refrigerator according to claim 1 is characterized in that, ice-making compartment (40) is after mutually vertically forming tabular differentiation wall (41) by adjacent both sides, again with the medial surface of refrigerating chamber (11) the formation box-shape of joining.

3. ice maker of refrigerator according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, by expose mouthful (42) of ice-making compartment (40) front, ice maker (31) and tank (32) can be inserted in the ice-making compartment (40), perhaps in ice-making compartment, transfer to (40).

4. ice maker of refrigerator according to claim 3 is characterized in that, is formed with sealing ring (43) in the inner face periphery of exposing mouthful (42), and to place the sealing ring (43) that is provided with outward identical with refrigerating-chamber door (20) inner face for it.

5. ice maker of refrigerator according to claim 3, it is characterized in that, also be provided with and cover the front of exposing mouthful (42), be shaped as tabular, its inner face is connected with the front of tank (32), and move with tank (32) one, realize ice-making compartment door (50) to the ice-making compartment On/Off.