CN-121993994-A - Water storage mechanism and refrigerator

CN121993994ACN 121993994 ACN121993994 ACN 121993994ACN-121993994-A

Abstract

The application provides a water storage mechanism and a refrigerator, wherein the water storage mechanism comprises a water storage kettle and a base, the water storage kettle comprises a water storage cavity, the water storage cavity is used for storing liquid, the water storage cavity is provided with a water inlet, the base is used for being detachably connected with the water storage kettle, the base comprises a water supply system and a sensor, the water supply system is used for being communicated with the water inlet, the sensor is in communication connection with the water supply system, the sensor is used for detecting connection state information of the water storage kettle and the base, and is used for detecting height change information of the liquid level in the water storage cavity, and the detected information is transmitted to the water supply system. The sensor can detect the position of the water storage kettle so as to judge the connection condition between the water storage kettle and the base at the current moment, so that the accuracy of detecting the liquid level height in the water storage kettle by the sensor can be improved in the water supplementing process, and the occurrence probability of water storage kettle overflow caused by failure to stop water supplementing in time is reduced.

Inventors

YU YAMENG
Pi Jinxiong
BI QINGTANG
SUN MIN
Hua Zhengpeng

Assignees

海信容声(广东)冰箱有限公司

Dates

Publication Date: 20260508
Application Date: 20241105

Claims (14)

1. A water storage mechanism, comprising: a water storage kettle, the water storage kettle comprising: the water storage cavity is used for storing liquid and is provided with a water inlet; the base, the base be used for with the water storage kettle can dismantle the connection, the base includes: The water supply system is used for communicating the water inlet; The sensor is in communication connection with the water supply system, and is used for detecting connection state information of the water storage kettle and the base, detecting height change information of the liquid level in the water storage cavity and transmitting detected information to the water supply system.
2. The water storage mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water storage kettle further comprises a detection chamber, the detection chamber is arranged at one side of the water storage chamber, gas is stored in the detection chamber, the gas pressure in the detection chamber changes along with the change of the liquid pressure in the water storage chamber, and the sensor obtains the height change information of the liquid level in the water storage chamber by detecting the change of the pressure in the detection chamber.
3. The water storage mechanism as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sensor is disposed outside the detection chamber, at least part of a wall of the detection chamber is a first flexible wall, the first flexible wall deforms with the change of air pressure in the detection chamber, and the sensor obtains the information of the change of pressure in the detection chamber by detecting the deformation of the first flexible wall.
4. The water storage mechanism of claim 3, wherein the sensor is spaced from the first flexible wall, the first flexible wall projecting toward the sensor as the pressure within the detection chamber increases, the sensor detecting a change in pressure within the detection chamber by detecting a change in distance between the sensor and the first flexible wall.
5. The water storage mechanism of claim 4, wherein the first flexible wall is a top wall of the detection chamber along a height direction of the water storage chamber, and the sensor is spaced above the first flexible wall.
6. The water storage mechanism of claim 4, wherein the water storage kettle further comprises a first sensing member disposed on the first flexible wall, the first sensing member being adapted to the sensor, the first flexible wall being raised and driving the first sensing member to move, the sensor detecting a distance between the sensor and the first flexible wall by detecting a position of the first sensing member.
7. The water storage mechanism of claim 6, wherein the sensor comprises: The detector is provided with a splicing empty area; the second induction piece is arranged on one side of the first induction piece, at least part of the second induction piece is used for being inserted into the splicing empty area, and the second induction piece can be driven to move when the first induction piece moves towards the second induction piece so as to increase the depth of the second induction piece inserted into the splicing empty area; The detector detects the position of the first sensing piece by detecting the depth of the second sensing piece inserted into the plug empty area.
8. The water storage mechanism of claim 7, wherein the first sensing member and the second sensing member are magnetic elements, the first sensing member being spaced apart from the second sensing member.
9. The water storage mechanism of claim 8, wherein the detector is provided with an inductor coil, the plug-in empty area is an empty area in the middle of the inductor coil, and the detector detects the depth of the second induction piece inserted into the plug-in empty area by detecting the inductance of the inductor coil.
10. The water storage mechanism of claim 7, wherein the sensor further comprises an elastic member, wherein two ends of the elastic member are respectively connected with the detector and the second sensing member, and the elastic member drives the second sensing member to move away from the jack-in empty area when the first sensing member moves away from the second sensing member.
11. The water storage mechanism as claimed in any one of claims 6 to 10, wherein a middle portion of the first flexible wall is connected to the first sensing member, and a thickness of the middle portion of the first flexible wall is greater than a thickness of the first flexible skirt portion, and/or, The water storage kettle further comprises a connecting piece, the first sensing piece is connected with the first flexible wall through the connecting piece, the first flexible wall is provided with a protruding portion, the connecting piece is provided with a mounting groove, and the protruding portion is inserted into the mounting groove.
12. The water storage mechanism as claimed in any one of claims 3 to 10, wherein a side of the first flexible wall facing the sensor is provided with an annular first step surface, a side of the first flexible wall facing away from the sensor is provided with a recess, and/or, The water storage kettle further comprises: A sensing assembly, the sensing assembly comprising: the protection cover is provided with a protection cavity; The first flexible wall is arranged in the protection cavity, and the periphery of the first flexible wall is in sealing connection with the inner wall of the protection cavity; The baffle, the baffle set up in the inner chamber of water storage kettle, the safety cover with baffle sealing connection, the safety cover the first flexible wall with the baffle encloses and closes and form the detection chamber.
13. The water storage mechanism as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 10, wherein a first opening is provided at the bottom of the detection chamber, the first opening being in communication with the water storage chamber, liquid in the detection chamber being able to enter the detection chamber through the first opening, and/or, The detection cavity is a sealed cavity arranged at the side part of the water storage cavity, the detection cavity and the water storage cavity are provided with shared cavity walls, the shared cavity walls are second flexible walls, and the second flexible walls can be extruded by liquid in the water storage cavity to deform so as to extrude the detection cavity to increase the air pressure in the detection cavity.
14. A refrigerator, comprising: A main board; The water storage mechanism is as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 13, and a sensor of the water storage mechanism is connected with the main board.

Description

Water storage mechanism and refrigerator Technical Field The application belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a water storage mechanism and a refrigerator. Background The refrigerator is a refrigerating device which keeps constant low temperature, and can cool various beverages such as beer, fruit juice, soda water and the like, so that people can enjoy cool and refreshing beverages in hot weather at any time. Some refrigerator products are also internally provided with a water storage mechanism so that the refrigerator can continuously supply low-temperature liquid to users. In the related art, when the water quantity of the water storage kettle in the water storage mechanism is small, water can be supplemented through a water supply system of the water storage mechanism, in addition, the water level monitor arranged in the water storage kettle can detect the water level height in the water storage kettle to automatically stop supplementing water, however, when the water storage kettle is obliquely placed, the water level monitor cannot accurately identify the height of the liquid level in the water storage kettle, excessive water supplementing quantity is easily caused to overflow, and articles stored in the refrigerator are easily affected with damp to be spoiled. Disclosure of Invention The embodiment of the application aims to provide a water storage mechanism and a refrigerator, which are used for solving the technical problem that a water level monitor in the prior art cannot accurately identify the height of the liquid level in a water storage kettle. In order to achieve the above purpose, the application adopts the following technical scheme: In a first aspect, there is provided a water storage mechanism comprising: a water storage kettle, the water storage kettle comprising: the water storage cavity is used for storing liquid and is provided with a water inlet; the base, the base be used for with the water storage kettle can dismantle the connection, the base includes: The water supply system is used for communicating the water inlet; The sensor is in communication connection with the water supply system, and is used for detecting connection state information of the water storage kettle and the base, detecting height change information of the liquid level in the water storage cavity and transmitting detected information to the water supply system. Through adopting the technical scheme of this embodiment, the sensor can detect the position of water storage kettle to judge the connection condition between water storage kettle and the base under the current moment, when the sensor detects water storage kettle and base connection good, the sensor can send information to water supply system, make water supply system can supply water to the water storage kettle, when the sensor detects water storage kettle and base fail to be connected good, the sensor can send information to water supply system, make water supply system not supply water to the water storage kettle, so, at the moisturizing in-process, can promote the accuracy that the sensor detected the liquid level in the water storage kettle, reduce the probability of occurrence that leads to water storage kettle overflow because of failing to stop the moisturizing in time. In addition, the sensor is arranged on the base, the sensor can be positioned outside the water storage cavity, the probability of contact between the sensor and liquid in the water storage cavity can be reduced, a relatively dry use scene can be provided for the sensor, the possibility that moisture enters the sensor to damage the sensor is reduced, the detection precision of the sensor can be ensured, the service life of the sensor is prolonged, the dryness of the sensor can be improved for the sensor, the possibility of bacteria breeding due to moisture in the sensor is reduced, the cleanness of a water storage kettle is guaranteed, and the preservation time of the liquid in the water storage kettle is prolonged. Through the arrangement, the sensor can accurately sense the height change of the liquid level in the water storage kettle, the occurrence probability of overflow of the water storage kettle is reduced, a relatively dry use scene can be provided for the sensor, the possibility that moisture enters the sensor to damage the sensor is reduced, the service life of the sensor is prolonged, the possibility that bacteria grow in the sensor due to moisture can be reduced, the cleaning of the water storage kettle is guaranteed, and the preservation time of liquid in the water storage kettle is prolonged. In some embodiments, the water storage kettle further comprises a detection cavity, the detection cavity is arranged on one side of the water storage cavity, gas is stored in the detection cavity, the air pressure in the detection cavity changes along with the change of the liquid pressure in the water storage cavity, and the senso