CN118856695A - Ice moving device and refrigeration equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present application provides an ice moving device and a refrigeration device, the ice moving device comprising: an ice moving portion, formed with an ice moving inlet, an ice moving chamber and an ice moving outlet that are interconnected; a baffle, the baffle being used to block the ice moving outlet; a main rotating member, rotatably arranged in the ice moving chamber, the inner wall of the baffle being arranged around the outer circumference of the main rotating member, the baffle blocking the ice moving outlet, and when the main rotating member rotates at a first speed, ice cubes enter the ice moving chamber from the ice moving inlet, so that a user can store ice cubes in the ice moving chamber in advance during non-ice taking time, shortening the movement path of ice cubes when the user takes ice, thereby improving the ice taking efficiency and shortening the waiting time for the user to take ice.

Description

Ice moving device and refrigeration equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of refrigeration devices, in particular to an ice moving device and refrigeration equipment.

Background

In the existing ice taking technology, an ice storage box is generally adopted to collect ice cubes made by an ice maker, when a user takes ice, the ice cubes need to be moved to an ice moving component for driving the ice cubes to move by the ice storage box, and then the ice moving component moves to an ice taking component, so that the moving path of the ice cubes is overlong in the ice taking process of the user, and the ice taking efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems, the present application provides an ice removing device and a refrigeration device, so as to solve the technical problem of low ice taking efficiency in the prior art.

In order to solve the technical problems, the technical scheme adopted by the application is as follows: an ice removal device comprising: the ice moving part is provided with an ice moving inlet, an ice moving cavity and an ice moving outlet which are communicated with each other; the baffle is used for blocking the ice removing outlet; the main rotating member is rotatably arranged in the ice moving cavity, the inner wall of the baffle surrounds the periphery of the main rotating member, the baffle is blocked at the ice moving outlet, and when the main rotating member rotates at a first rotation speed, ice cubes enter the ice moving cavity from the ice moving inlet.

The main rotating piece comprises a main shaft and a partition plate arranged on the main shaft, the partition plate is radially unfolded from the main shaft towards the periphery of the main shaft, an ice carrying groove is formed between every two adjacent partition plates, the ice moving inlet is communicated with the ice carrying groove, and the ice carrying groove is used for receiving ice cubes entering the ice moving cavity from the ice moving inlet.

The ice moving device further comprises an ice moving channel, one end of the ice moving channel is communicated with the ice moving cavity through the ice moving outlet, and the other end of the ice moving channel is communicated with the ice taking assembly.

The ice moving device further comprises a driving assembly, the driving assembly is used for driving the baffle to move between a first position and a second position, the baffle is located at the first position and is plugged at the ice moving outlet, and the ice moving channel is communicated with the ice moving cavity through the ice moving outlet when the baffle is located at the second position.

The baffle is located in the first position, when the main rotating member rotates at the first rotation speed, ice cubes enter the ice moving cavity from the ice moving inlet, when the rotation speed of the main rotating member reaches the second rotation speed, the baffle moves from the first position to the second position, the main rotating member drives the ice cubes to be thrown out from the ice moving outlet to the ice moving channel, and the rotation frequency of the second rotation speed is greater than or equal to the rotation frequency of the first rotation speed.

The ice moving part further comprises a second side plate and a coaming, the second side plate is arranged opposite to the first side plate, the coaming is connected between the first side plate and the second side plate, the inner wall of the coaming surrounds the periphery of the main rotating piece, and the first side plate, the second side plate and the coaming are closed to form the ice moving cavity.

The ice moving part is further provided with a notch communicated with the ice moving outlet, the coaming extends from the edge of one side of the ice moving outlet to the edge of the other side of the ice moving outlet, and the notch is positioned on the coaming; or the coaming extends from the edge of one side of the ice removing outlet to the edge of one side of the notch far away from the ice removing outlet, and the notch is positioned between the ice removing outlet and the coaming.

The notch is matched with the baffle, and at least part of the baffle is blocked in the notch in the first position, the second position and the process of moving between the first position and the second position.

The baffle plate is arranged at the second position, and at least part of the baffle plate is accommodated in the accommodating part.

The driving assembly comprises a driving main body and first transmission teeth, a second transmission tooth matched with the first transmission teeth is arranged on one side of the baffle towards the first transmission teeth, the first transmission teeth are meshed with the second transmission teeth, and the driving main body is used for driving the first transmission teeth to rotate so as to drive the baffle to move between the first position and the second position.

The application also provides refrigeration equipment comprising the ice moving device.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the embodiment of the application are as follows: the application provides an ice moving device and refrigeration equipment, wherein the ice moving device comprises an ice moving part, a baffle and a main rotating member, the ice moving part is provided with an ice moving inlet, an ice moving cavity and an ice moving outlet which are communicated with each other, the baffle is used for blocking the ice moving outlet, the main rotating member can be rotatably arranged in the ice moving part, the inner wall of the baffle is arranged around the periphery of the main rotating member, when the main rotating member rotates at a first rotation speed, the baffle blocks the ice moving outlet, ice cubes enter the ice moving cavity from the ice moving inlet, so that a user can store the ice cubes into the ice moving cavity in advance in non-ice taking time, the moving path of the ice cubes when the user takes ice is shortened, the ice taking efficiency is improved, and the ice taking waiting time of the user is shortened.

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 a part of an embodiment of an ice removing device according to the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a part of another embodiment of an ice removing device according to the present application;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure of FIG. 1A;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the overall structure of an embodiment of a refrigeration apparatus according to the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of another overall structure of an embodiment of a refrigeration apparatus according to the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic view showing a partial structure of a further embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus according to the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic sectional view of a door body of another embodiment of a refrigeration apparatus according to the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. 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.

In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a 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, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically connected, electrically connected or can be communicated with each other; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the 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.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "above" or "below" a second feature may include both the first and second features being in direct contact, as well as the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact with each other through additional features therebetween. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is less level than the second feature.

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.

An embodiment of the present application provides an ice removal device 100. Referring to fig. 1 to 2, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a portion of an embodiment of an ice-moving device according to the present application, and fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a portion of another embodiment of an ice-moving device according to the present application. The ice moving device 100 includes an ice moving part 110, a baffle 114, and a main rotating member 130. The ice moving part 110 is formed with an ice moving inlet 111, an ice moving cavity 112 and an ice moving outlet 113 which are communicated with each other. The inner wall of the baffle 114 is disposed around the outer circumference of the main rotating member 130. The baffle 114 is used for blocking the ice removing outlet 113. The main rotating member 130 is rotatably disposed in the ice moving chamber 112. The baffle 114 is blocked at the ice-moving outlet 113, and when the main rotating member 130 rotates at the first rotation speed, ice cubes enter the ice-moving cavity 112 through the ice-moving inlet 111.

Through setting up baffle 114, and baffle 114 can be used to the shutoff to move ice outlet 113 for the user can be in advance deposit the ice-cube into moving ice chamber 112 in non-ice taking time, and when the user got ice, the ice-cube was direct by moving ice chamber 112 to get ice subassembly 300 (please see fig. 4), has shortened the moving path of ice-cube when the user got ice, thereby improved and got ice efficiency, shortened the user and got ice waiting duration, promoted user experience and felt. When the user deposits ice-cube in advance and moves ice chamber 112, baffle 114 shutoff in move ice outlet 113, main rotating member 130 rotates with first rotational speed for the ice-cube can deposit each position of moving ice chamber 112, thereby alleviates the collision between the ice-cube, makes the ice-cube be difficult for appearing melting the circumstances of adhesion, has improved ice-cube quality.

Note that, the main rotating member 130 is used to drive the ice cubes entering the ice moving cavity 112 from the ice moving inlet 111 to be thrown toward the ice taking assembly 300 from the ice moving outlet 113. The rotational frequency of the first rotational speed of the main rotation member 130 is low, and the rotational frequency of the first rotational speed of the main rotation member 130 is smaller than the rotational frequency when the main rotation member 130 casts ice cubes. When the ice cubes enter the ice moving cavity 112 through the ice moving inlet 111, the main rotating member 130 rotates at a first rotation speed, so that the main rotating member 130 can be relieved from rotating at a rotation frequency when the ice cubes are thrown to prevent the ice cubes from entering the ice moving cavity 112 through the ice moving inlet 111, and accordingly the ice cubes are relieved from being blocked at the ice moving inlet 111. In other embodiments, the rotation frequency of the first rotation speed of the main rotation member 130 may be equal to the rotation frequency of the main rotation member 130 when the ice cubes are thrown, and a guide member for guiding the ice cubes into the ice moving cavity 112 may be provided at the ice moving inlet 111 to alleviate the ice cubes from being blocked at the ice moving inlet 111.

In some embodiments, the ice transfer cavity 112 further includes a first side plate 115. The ice moving inlet 111 is opened at the first side plate 115. The main rotating member 130 includes a main shaft 131 and a partition 132 provided to the main shaft 131. The partition 132 is radially expanded from the main shaft 131 toward the outer periphery of the main shaft 131. The extending direction of the main shaft 131 is perpendicular to the plane of the first side plate 115, and the partition 132 is connected to the other end of the main shaft 131 from one end of the main shaft 131. The partition 132 is fixed to or integrally formed with the main shaft 131. The fixing means of the partition 132 to the spindle includes, but is not limited to, welding, bonding, magnetic attraction connection, or bolting.

An ice carrying groove 132a is provided between adjacent partitions 132. The ice moving inlet 111 communicates with the ice carrying groove 132a. At least two notches communicating with the ice carrying groove 132a are further provided between the adjacent partition plates 132, wherein one notch faces the first side plate 115 so that the ice moving inlet 111 communicates with the ice carrying groove 132a. The ice carrying groove 132a is used for receiving ice cubes entering the ice moving cavity 112 from the ice moving inlet 111. By opening the ice-moving inlet 111 on the first side plate 115, the blocking effect of the partition 132 on ice cubes is reduced, and when the main rotating member 130 rotates at the first rotation speed, ice cubes are easily carried into the ice-carrying groove 132a when entering the ice-moving cavity 112 through the ice-moving inlet 111, so that the ice cubes are prevented from being blocked at the ice-moving inlet 111.

Through setting up baffle 132, and defining ice-carrying groove 132a between adjacent baffle 132 for when main rotating member 130 rotates with first rotational speed, the ice-cube can get into different ice-carrying groove 132a one by one, thereby realizes separating the ice-cube, alleviates the collision between the ice-cube, avoids the ice-cube to appear melting the condition of adhesion, has improved the quality of ice-cube. Meanwhile, since the ice carrying grooves 132a are partitioned by the partition plates 132, contact adhesion between ice cubes stored in the ice carrying grooves 132a does not occur.

In some embodiments, a plurality of ice cubes are allowed to enter one ice carrying chute 132a. The specific number of the plurality of ice cubes entering one ice carrying groove 132a is not limited, but only to ensure that collision and adhesion between the ice cubes do not occur.

The spacers 132 are radially spread from the main shaft 131 toward the outer circumference of the main shaft 131 such that the shortest distance between adjacent spacers 132 gradually increases from the main shaft 131 toward a direction away from the main shaft 131. In some embodiments, the central axis of the main shaft 131 passes through the center of the first side plate 115, the ice moving inlet 111 is located at the first side plate 115 and is far away from the center of the first side plate 115, the size of the ice moving inlet 111 is at least greater than that of ice cubes, and the notch of the ice carrying groove 132a opposite to the ice moving inlet 111 is at least greater than that of the ice cubes, so that the ice cubes can be easily carried into the ice carrying groove 132a when entering the ice moving cavity 112 through the ice moving inlet 111, the ice cubes are prevented from being blocked at the ice moving inlet 111, and the ice cubes are prevented from being blocked at the notch of the ice carrying groove 132 a.

The ice moving device 100 further includes an ice moving passage 120. One end of the ice moving channel 120 is communicated with the ice moving cavity 112 through the ice moving outlet 113, and the other end of the ice moving channel 120 is used for communicating with the ice taking assembly 300.

For convenience of description, in the following description, a first position is defined as a position where the baffle 114 is located when the baffle 114 is plugged in the ice removing outlet 113, and a second position is defined as a position where the baffle 114 is located when the ice removing channel 120 is communicated with the ice removing cavity 112 through the ice removing outlet 113.

In some embodiments, the ice displacement device 100 further includes a drive assembly 140. Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of fig. 1 a. The drive assembly 140 is used to drive the flapper 114 between the first and second positions. When the baffle 114 is located at the first position, it is plugged in the ice removing outlet 113, so that the ice removing channel 120 is isolated from the ice removing cavity 112, and the ice cubes cannot move to the ice removing channel 120 through the ice removing outlet 113. When the baffle 114 is at the second position, the ice moving channel 120 is communicated with the ice moving cavity 112 through the ice moving outlet 113.

The driving assembly 140 may be disposed at a side of the barrier 114 facing away from the ice moving cavity 112, preventing the driving assembly 140 from obstructing the rotation of the main rotating member 130. When the baffle 114 is at the first position, it is plugged into the ice outlet 113, and at this time, the user can store the ice cubes in the ice carrying groove 132a in advance. When a user needs to take ice, the driving assembly 140 drives the baffle 114 to move from the first position to the second position, so that the ice moving channel 120 is communicated with the ice moving cavity 112 through the ice moving outlet 113, and the main rotating member 130 can drive ice cubes to be thrown out from the ice moving outlet 113 to the ice moving channel 120.

In some embodiments, the baffle 114 is in the first position and the main rotation member 130 is rotated at the first rotational speed, ice cubes enter the ice moving cavity 112 through the ice moving inlet 111. When the rotation speed of the main rotating member 130 reaches the second rotation speed, the baffle 114 moves from the first position to the second position, and the main rotating member 130 drives the ice cubes to be thrown out from the ice-moving outlet 113 to the ice-moving channel 120. The rotation frequency of the second rotation speed is greater than or equal to the rotation frequency of the first rotation speed, and when the main rotation member 130 rotates at the second rotation speed, ice cubes can be thrown to the ice taking assembly 300 through the ice moving outlet 113 and the ice moving channel 120.

When the ice moving cavity 112 is in the empty state or the ice carrying groove 132a has a vacancy, the user can store ice cubes into the ice moving cavity 112, if the baffle 114 is not in the first position at this time, the driving assembly 140 can drive the baffle 114 to move to the first position so as to block the ice moving outlet 113, then the main rotating member 130 rotates at the first rotation speed, and the ice cubes enter the ice carrying groove 132a of the ice moving cavity 112 from the ice moving inlet 111, so that the ice cubes are stored into the ice moving cavity 112 in advance. When a user needs to take ice, if the baffle 114 is not at the first position, the driving assembly 140 can drive the baffle 114 to move to the first position, the main rotating member 130 starts to rotate, when the rotating speed of the main rotating member 130 reaches the second rotating speed, the driving assembly 140 can drive the baffle 114 to move from the first position to the second position, so that the ice moving channel 120 is communicated with the ice moving cavity 112, and the main rotating member 130 can drive ice cubes to be thrown to the ice taking assembly 300 through the ice moving outlet 113 and the ice moving channel 120, so that the moving path of the ice cubes when the user takes ice is shortened, the ice taking efficiency is improved, the waiting time of the user for taking ice is shortened, and the user experience is improved.

The ice removing device 100 of the present application can be used to be provided to the refrigerating apparatus 10. The ice moving part 110 of the ice moving device 100 according to the present application may be disposed in the first refrigerating compartment 12 (see fig. 4), the ice taking assembly 300 may be disposed in the second refrigerating compartment 13 (see fig. 4) above the first refrigerating compartment 12, and the ice moving passage 120 extends from the first refrigerating compartment 12 to the second refrigerating compartment 13. The first refrigerating compartment 12 is a refrigerating compartment, and the second refrigerating compartment 13 is a refrigerating compartment. The ice moving inlet 111 may communicate with the ice making assembly 200 (see fig. 4), the shutter 114 is located at the first position, and ice cubes enter the ice moving chamber 112 through the ice moving inlet 111 when the main rotation member 130 rotates at the first rotation speed. The ice moving outlet 113 is communicated with the ice taking assembly 300 through the ice moving channel 120, when the rotation speed of the main rotating member 130 reaches the second rotation speed during ice taking, the baffle 114 moves from the first position to the second position, the main rotating member 130 carries ice cubes to rotate at the second rotation speed and throws the ice cubes towards the ice moving outlet 113, so that the ice cubes have a certain initial speed, can move from the ice moving outlet 113 to the ice moving channel 120 and finally move to the ice taking assembly 300 along the ice moving channel 120, the ice cubes are fast in moving speed, the ice taking efficiency is high, and the waiting time of a user is short.

By adopting the refrigeration equipment 10 of the ice moving device 100, the ice moving part 110 of the ice moving device 100 and the ice making assembly 200 can be arranged in the first refrigeration compartment 12, the ice taking assembly 300 is arranged in the second refrigeration compartment 13, meanwhile, ice cubes prepared by the ice making assembly 200 can be stored in the ice moving part 110 of the ice moving device 100 in advance, and when ice is taken, the ice cubes stored in the ice moving part 110 in advance can be quickly conveyed into the ice taking assembly 300 of the second refrigeration compartment 13 one by one through the main rotating member 130 of the ice moving device 100, so that the ice taking waiting time of a user is greatly shortened.

The ice is conveyed to the ice fetching assembly 300 of the second refrigeration compartment 13 above the first refrigeration compartment 12 by the ice transferring device 100, ice fetching by a user can be facilitated, user experience is improved, the ice transferring part 110 and the ice making assembly 200 of the ice transferring device 100 are arranged in the first refrigeration compartment 12 and can share a cold source with the first refrigeration compartment 12, an evaporator required for ice making is not required to be independently arranged because the ice making assembly 200 and the ice transferring part 110 are arranged in the second refrigeration compartment 13, part cost and energy consumption cost are saved, the space of the second refrigeration compartment 13 is reduced, and the volume ratio of the second refrigeration compartment 13 is improved. The main rotating piece 130 drives the ice cubes to rotate, so that the ice cubes quickly move to the ice taking assembly 300 after the ice cubes acquire the initial speed, the ice cubes directly move from the ice moving part 110 to the ice taking assembly 300 of the second refrigerating compartment 13, the ice cubes move fast, the ice taking efficiency is high, an evaporator is not required to be arranged for cold insulation of the ice cubes in the second refrigerating compartment 13, and the volume ratio of the second refrigerating compartment 13 is further improved.

The ice moving device 100 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.

In some embodiments, with continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, the ice moving portion 110 further includes a second side plate 116 disposed opposite the first side plate 115 and a shroud 117 connected between the first and second side plates 115, 116. The inner wall of the shroud 117 is disposed around the outer periphery of the main rotation member 130. The first side plate 115, the second side plate 116 and the coaming 117 are closed to form the ice moving cavity 112.

The first side plate 115, the second side plate 116 and the coaming 117 may be integrally formed, that is, the first side plate 115, the second side plate 116 and the coaming 117 are integrally manufactured, so that the structural strength of the ice moving part 110 is ensured, and meanwhile, in the manufacturing process of the ice moving device 100, the number of parts and assembly processes are reduced, so that the production efficiency is improved. Of course, the first side plate 115, the second side plate 116 and the coaming 117 may be fixed connection structures, and the fixed connection manner includes but is not limited to riveting, welding, bonding, bolting, magnetic attraction connection, and the like.

The ice moving part 110 is also provided with a notch 118 communicating with the ice moving outlet 113. The direction of extension of the notch 118 is disposed around the outer circumference of the main rotation member 130. The shroud 117 extends from an edge on one side of the ice removal port 113 to an edge on the other side of the ice removal port 113, and the notch 118 is located in the shroud 117. The notch 118 may be formed in a side of the shroud 117 facing away from the ice transfer cavity 112, similar to a groove structure, where the notch 118 is not in communication with the ice transfer cavity 112. Of course, the notch 118 may also be disposed through the shroud 117, where the notch 118 communicates with the ice transfer cavity 112. The provision of the notch 118 facilitates connection of the baffle 114 to the drive assembly 140.

In some embodiments, the shroud 117 extends from an edge on the side of the ice removal opening 113 to an edge on the side of the gap 118 remote from the ice removal opening 113, the gap 118 being located between the ice removal opening 113 and the shroud 117, while the gap 118 is also located between the first side plate 115 and the second side plate 116, the gap 118 being in communication with the ice removal cavity 112. The provision of the notch 118 facilitates connection of the baffle 114 to the drive assembly 140.

In some embodiments, a housing (not shown) is disposed on a side of the driving assembly 140 facing away from the ice moving cavity 112, the housing is disposed on the ice moving portion 110 to form a relatively closed accommodating space between the housing and the ice moving portion 110, and the driving assembly 140 is disposed in the accommodating space. The accommodating space can be subjected to waterproof treatment, so that the driving assembly 140 is relieved from being frozen.

In some embodiments, the main rotating member 130 may rotate in a first direction X from a side of the notch 118 away from the ice removing opening 113 to the ice removing opening 113 through a side of the ice removing cavity 112 away from the notch 118. The tangential direction of the joint of the coaming 117 and the side of the ice removing outlet 113, which is far away from the notch 118, is located in the ice removing channel 120, so that when the main rotating member 130 carries ice cubes to rotate along the first direction X at the second rotation speed, the movement direction of the ice cubes is located in the ice removing channel 120, the ice cubes can smoothly move to the ice removing channel 120 and smoothly move to the ice picking assembly 300 through the ice removing channel 120, and the success rate of throwing the ice cubes by the ice removing device 100 is high.

In some embodiments, the notch 118 is compatible with the baffle 114. At least a portion of the baffle 114 seals against the gap 118 at the first position, at the second position, and during movement between the first and second positions.

The baffle 114 is in the first position, i.e., at least a portion of the baffle 114 is blocked by the gap 118 when the baffle 114 is blocked by the ice removal outlet 113. The baffle 114 is in the second position, i.e., when the ice chute 120 is in communication with the ice chute 112, at least a portion of the baffle 114 is sealed from the gap 118. During movement of the baffle 114 between the first position and the second position, at least a portion of the baffle 114 seals against the gap 118.

The side of the shroud 117 facing the ice moving chamber 112 has a receiving portion 117a adapted to the baffle 114. The side of the accommodating portion 117a facing the notch 118 has a notch communicating with the notch 118 so that the accommodating portion 117a communicates with the notch 118. When the baffle 114 is at the second position, at least part of the baffle 114 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 117a, so that the ice moving channel 120 is communicated with the ice moving cavity 112 through the ice moving outlet 113. It will be appreciated that when the flap 114 is in the second position, a portion of the shroud 117 is located within the receptacle 117a and another portion of the shroud 117 is located at the gap 118.

In some embodiments, the baffle 114 is slidably disposed on the ice moving portion 110, and the sliding manner of the baffle 114 in the ice moving portion 110 is not particularly limited in this embodiment, for example, one of the baffle 114 and the ice moving portion 110 is provided with a sliding slot structure, the other one is provided with a sliding rail structure matched with the sliding slot structure, and the sliding manner of the baffle 114 on the ice moving portion 110 is realized through the matching of the sliding slot structure and the sliding rail structure. The sliding groove structure or the sliding rail structure of the ice moving part 110 may be provided at the first side plate 115 and the second side plate 116, or the sliding groove structure or the sliding rail structure of the ice moving part 110 may be provided at the coaming 117.

With continued reference to fig. 3, in some embodiments, the drive assembly 140 includes a drive body 141 and a first gear 142. The side of the baffle 114 facing the first gear 142 is provided with a second gear 119 matching with the first gear 142, the first gear 142 is meshed with the second gear 119, and the driving body 141 is used for driving the first gear 142 to rotate so as to drive the baffle 114 to move between the first position and the second position.

The first gear teeth 142 may be a gear structure, and the second gear teeth 119 may be a rack structure, so that the first gear teeth 142 and the second gear teeth 119 form a rack-and-pinion structure, and when the driving body 141 drives the first gear teeth 142 to rotate, the first gear teeth 142 can drive the second gear teeth 119 to move, so as to drive the baffle 114 to move between the first position and the second position.

In some embodiments, a side of the accommodating portion 117a away from the notch has a first limiting member 1171, where the first limiting member 1171 is used to limit the movement of the baffle 114 toward a direction away from the ice removing outlet 113. The first stopper 1171 may have a certain elasticity, and plays a role of buffering the baffle 114, thereby relieving friction and collision between the baffle 114 and the side of the receiving portion 117a away from the notch, and reducing noise. The baffle 114 is provided with a second limiting member (not shown in the drawings), and the second limiting member may be disposed on a side of the baffle 114 facing the driving assembly 140 and located on a side of the baffle 114 near the accommodating portion 117a, where the second limiting member is used to limit the baffle 114 to move toward the side of the ice removing outlet 113.

Yet another embodiment of the present application provides a refrigeration appliance 10. Referring to fig. 4 to 5, fig. 4 is a schematic overall structure of an embodiment of a refrigeration apparatus according to the present application; fig. 5 is a schematic view of another overall structure of an embodiment of a refrigeration apparatus according to the present application. The refrigerating apparatus 10 includes a case 11, an ice making assembly 200, an ice taking assembly 300, an ice moving device 100, and a sensing member 172. The case 11 is formed with a first refrigerating compartment 12 and a second refrigerating compartment 13. The first refrigerated compartment 12 includes a first door 14. 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, an ice moving part 110, and an ice moving assembly 101. The ice moving part 110 is provided in the first refrigerating compartment 12. The ice moving passage 120 extends from the first refrigerating compartment 12 to the second refrigerating compartment 13. The ice moving passage 120 communicates with the ice taking assembly 300. The ice moving part 110 is communicated with the ice making assembly 200, and the ice moving assembly 101 is arranged at the ice moving part 110 to drive ice cubes to move from the ice moving part 110 to the ice taking assembly 300 through the ice moving channel 120. The sensing member 172 is disposed at the ice outlet end of the ice moving passage 120. The sensing member 172 serves to sense the passage of ice cubes. When the sensing member 172 senses that ice cubes pass, it is indicated that ice cubes are smoothly moved to the ice picking assembly 300 through 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 moving passage 120 includes an ice moving section 121 and a guide section 122. The ice moving section 121 communicates with the ice moving cavity 112 through the ice moving outlet 113. 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 ice moving section 121 is used for communicating with the ice moving cavity 112, and when the ice cubes move in the ice moving section 121, the ice cubes ascend a sufficient distance along the ice moving section 121; the guide section 122 is configured to be in rotational communication with the ice-fetching assembly 300, and when the ice cubes move to the guide section 122, the ice cubes have risen a sufficient distance, and the guide section 122 is configured to change the moving direction of the ice cubes so as to move toward the ice-fetching assembly 300. 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 having a smaller included angle with the vertical direction; or the whole ice moving channel 120 can be arc-shaped, and the ice moving channel 120 is used for extending from the ice moving outlet 113 to the ice taking assembly 300, so that ice cubes can stably rise and are 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 120.

The ice cubes of the first refrigeration compartment 12 can be conveyed to the ice fetching assembly 300 of the second refrigeration compartment 13 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.

The ice moving device 100 may be the ice moving device 100 in any of the above embodiments, and the ice moving assembly 101 includes the main rotating member 130 or other driving members capable of implementing ice throwing in any of the above embodiments.

The docking modes among different mechanisms of the ice moving device 100 can all adopt a horn mouth mode, and the inner diameter size of the ice moving channel 120 is required to be larger than the ice size, so that the ice is prevented from being blocked in the process of transporting the ice.

With continued reference to fig. 6 to 7, fig. 6 is a schematic partial structure of another embodiment of the refrigeration apparatus according to the present application, and fig. 7 is a schematic sectional structure of a door of another 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 which are sequentially communicated. The second sub-channel 124 is disposed in the second door 15 and partially disposed in the handle 1501. 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 part 110. The ice moving assembly 101 can drive ice cubes to move out from the ice moving part 110 to the ice moving channel 120, and the ice cubes enter the ice taking assembly 300 after sequentially passing through the first sub-channel 123 and the second sub-channel 124. Through combining handle 1501 and second subchannel 124, handle 1501 designs to be the cavity passageway, sets up second subchannel 124 in second door 15, and the part sets up in handle 1501, and when opening and shutting second door 15, handle 1501 can bear the load of opening the door, and when needs were got ice, 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.

In some embodiments, the first refrigerated compartment 12 includes a top wall 19, a bottom wall, a back wall 18, and first and second side walls 16, 17 connecting the top and bottom walls 19, 17. The top wall 19 and the first side wall 16 of the first refrigeration compartment 12 enclose a receiving space. The ice making assembly 200 may be disposed in the receiving space, and the ice making assembly 200 is fixedly disposed on the top wall 19 or the first side wall 16. The ice making assembly 200 is arranged near the top wall 19, and can be closer to the second refrigerating compartment 13, so that the height of ice cubes required to rise along the ice moving channel 120 is shortened, the power required by the ice moving assembly 101 is reduced, and the ice moving success rate is improved.

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 1501. 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 1501 in 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 1501 can be further wrapped with a heat insulating layer. The heat exchange of the inside and outside environment of handle 1501 is reduced to the insulating layer, not only avoids ambient temperature too high and influence ice-cube quality, also avoids handle 1501 temperature too low and forms the condensation at the surface, further promotes user experience.

Since the ice moving device 100 is generally disposed on the refrigeration apparatus 10 having the double door, the handle 1501 is generally disposed at a position away from the rotation axis of the second door 15, in order to facilitate the docking of the ice moving portion 110 with the second sub-channel 124, the ice moving portion 110 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 part 110 moves synchronously with the opening and closing of the first door 14, and when the first door 14 is positioned on the case 11, the first sub-channel 123 and the second sub-channel 124 are butted. 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.

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 application provides an ice moving device and refrigerating equipment, wherein the ice moving device comprises: the ice moving part is provided with an ice moving inlet, an ice moving cavity and an ice moving outlet which are communicated with each other; the baffle is used for blocking the ice removing outlet; the main rotating member is rotatably arranged in the ice moving cavity, the inner wall of the baffle surrounds the periphery of the main rotating member, the baffle seals the ice moving outlet, and when the main rotating member rotates at a first rotation speed, ice cubes enter the ice moving cavity through the ice moving inlet, so that a user can store the ice cubes in the ice moving cavity in advance in non-ice taking time, the moving path of the ice cubes when the user takes ice is shortened, the ice taking efficiency is improved, and the waiting time of the user for taking ice is shortened.

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 application.

Claims (11)

1. An ice-moving device, comprising:

the ice moving part is provided with an ice moving inlet, an ice moving cavity and an ice moving outlet which are communicated with each other;

The baffle is used for blocking the ice removing outlet;

The main rotating member is rotatably arranged in the ice moving cavity, the inner wall of the baffle surrounds the periphery of the main rotating member, the baffle is blocked at the ice moving outlet, and when the main rotating member rotates at a first rotation speed, ice cubes enter the ice moving cavity from the ice moving inlet.

2. The ice moving device according to claim 1, wherein the ice moving cavity further comprises a first side plate, the ice moving inlet is formed in the first side plate, the main rotating member comprises a main shaft and a partition plate arranged on the main shaft, the partition plate is radially unfolded from the main shaft towards the periphery of the main shaft, an ice carrying groove is formed between every two adjacent partition plates, the ice moving inlet is communicated with the ice carrying groove, and the ice carrying groove is used for receiving ice cubes entering the ice moving cavity from the ice moving inlet.

3. The ice moving device according to claim 2, further comprising an ice moving channel, wherein one end of the ice moving channel is communicated with the ice moving cavity through the ice moving outlet, and the other end of the ice moving channel is used for being communicated with the ice taking assembly.

4. The ice moving device according to claim 3, further comprising a driving assembly for driving the baffle to move between a first position and a second position, wherein the baffle is located at the first position and is plugged at the ice moving outlet, and the ice moving channel is communicated with the ice moving cavity through the ice moving outlet when the baffle is located at the second position.

5. The ice-moving device according to claim 4, wherein the baffle is located at the first position, and when the main rotating member rotates at the first rotation speed, the ice cubes enter the ice-moving cavity from the ice-moving inlet, and when the rotation speed of the main rotating member reaches the second rotation speed, the baffle moves from the first position to the second position, and the main rotating member drives the ice cubes to be thrown out from the ice-moving outlet to the ice-moving channel, wherein the rotation frequency of the second rotation speed is greater than or equal to the rotation frequency of the first rotation speed.

6. The ice-moving device according to claim 5, wherein the ice-moving portion further comprises a second side plate disposed opposite to the first side plate and a surrounding plate connected between the first side plate and the second side plate, an inner wall of the surrounding plate is disposed around an outer periphery of the main rotating member, and the first side plate, the second side plate, and the surrounding plate are enclosed to form the ice-moving chamber.

7. The ice-moving device according to claim 6, wherein the ice-moving part is further provided with a notch communicated with the ice-moving outlet, the enclosing plate extends from the edge of one side of the ice-moving outlet to the edge of the other side of the ice-moving outlet, and the notch is positioned on the enclosing plate;

Or the coaming extends from the edge of one side of the ice removing outlet to the edge of one side of the notch far away from the ice removing outlet, and the notch is positioned between the ice removing outlet and the coaming.

8. The ice displacement device of claim 7, wherein said gap is adapted to said shutter, and wherein at least a portion of said shutter is sealed to said gap during movement of said shutter at said first position, at said second position, and between said first position and said second position.

9. The ice moving device according to any one of claims 6-8, wherein a side of the shroud facing the ice moving cavity has a receiving portion adapted to the baffle, and at least a portion of the baffle is received in the receiving portion when the baffle is in the second position.

10. The ice moving device of claim 9, wherein the driving assembly comprises a driving main body and a first transmission tooth, a second transmission tooth matched with the first transmission tooth is arranged on one side of the baffle towards the first transmission tooth, the first transmission tooth is meshed with the second transmission tooth, and the driving main body is used for driving the first transmission tooth to rotate so as to drive the baffle to move between the first position and the second position.

11. A refrigeration device comprising an ice-moving device according to any one of claims 1-10.