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CN-122015373-A - Ice making apparatus

CN122015373ACN 122015373 ACN122015373 ACN 122015373ACN-122015373-A

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of ice making equipment, in particular to ice making equipment, and aims to solve the problems that ice cubes prepared by the existing ice making equipment are poor in shape and easy to melt, and the taste of drinks and ice using experience are affected. For this purpose, the ice making device comprises a shell, an ice making box and a refrigerating device, wherein the ice making box and the refrigerating device are installed in the shell, a cold water cavity is arranged in the shell, an ice making cavity is arranged in the ice making box, the cold water cavity is communicated with the ice making cavity through a circulating pump and a circulating pipeline, water in the cold water cavity can be led into the ice making cavity, and the refrigerating device is in heat exchange connection with the ice making box and can transmit cold energy to the ice making box so as to freeze the water in the ice making cavity. Through such setting, can prepare solid ice-cube, improved the resistance of melting of ice-cube, prolonged the time of melting of ice-cube in the drink, make the drink can keep long-time ice taste, make the ice-cube more pleasing to the eye simultaneously, promoted user's ice experience.

Inventors

  • LI LIJUN
  • GAO WENSHUAI

Assignees

  • 青岛海尔施特劳斯水设备有限公司
  • 青岛海尔施特劳斯科技有限公司
  • 海尔智家股份有限公司

Dates

Publication Date
20260512
Application Date
20260206

Claims (10)

  1. 1. An ice-making apparatus, characterized in that it comprises a housing (7), and an ice-making box (72) and a refrigerating device (71) mounted in the housing (7), A cold water cavity (6) is arranged in the shell (7), an ice making cavity is arranged in the ice making box (72), The cold water cavity (6) is communicated with the ice making cavity through a circulating pump (74) and a circulating pipeline (73), water in the cold water cavity (6) can be led into the ice making cavity, The refrigerating device (71) is in heat exchange connection with the ice making box (72), and can transmit cold energy to the ice making box (72) so as to freeze water in the ice making cavity.
  2. 2. The ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cold water chamber (6) is located at the bottom of the housing (7), the ice making box (72) is located above the cold water chamber (6), a circulating water port (7211) communicating with the ice making chamber is provided on the ice making box (72), and the water outlet end of the circulating pipeline (73) communicates with the ice making chamber through the circulating water port (7211) so that water flows into the ice making chamber through the circulating water port (7211) and flows out of the circulating water port (7211) and falls into the cold water chamber (6) to form circulating water flow.
  3. 3. The ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the ice making housing (72) includes a front plate (721) and a rear plate (722) disposed opposite to each other, the circulating water port (7211) is disposed on the front plate (721), the refrigerating device (71) is fixedly connected to the rear plate (722), and the water outlet end of the circulating pipe (73) is located above the ice making housing (72), so that water flows into the ice making chamber through the top of the ice making housing (72) and the upper edge of the circulating water port (7211) in sequence, and flows into the cold water chamber (6) through the lower edge of the circulating water port (7211) and the bottom of the ice making housing (72).
  4. 4. An ice making apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the ice making housing (72) is provided at its top with a guide surface (723), the guide surface (723) being inclined downwardly in the direction from the rear plate (722) to the front plate (721), and/or The water outlet end of the circulation pipeline (73) is provided with a plurality of water dropping openings (731), and the water dropping openings (731) are distributed at intervals along the length direction of the circulation pipeline (73).
  5. 5. The ice making apparatus of claim 3, further comprising an ice bank (75) having an opening at a top, said ice bank (75) being disposed below a front side of said ice bank (72) capable of collecting ice pieces derived from said ice making cavity.
  6. 6. The ice-making apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the ice bank (75) is located above the cold water chamber (6), a return passage (76) communicating the ice-making chamber with the cold water chamber (6) is formed between a rear portion of the ice bank (75) and an inner wall of the housing (7) so that a circulating water flow flowing out of the ice-making chamber falls into the cold water chamber (6) through the return passage (76), and/or The ice-taking device is characterized in that an ice-taking opening (77) is further formed in the position, corresponding to the ice-storage box (75), of the shell (7), the ice-storage box (75) is connected with the shell (7) in a sliding mode and/or in a pivoting mode, and the ice-taking box can move to the outside of the shell (7) through the ice-taking opening (77) to facilitate ice taking.
  7. 7. The ice making apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a guide plate (78), said guide plate (78) being pivotally connected below said ice making housing (72), said guide plate (78) being arranged to tilt downwardly in a front-to-rear direction when water flow falls to direct water flow into said return channel (76) and said cold water chamber (6), and to tilt downwardly in a rear-to-front direction when ice cubes fall to direct ice cubes into said ice storage housing (75).
  8. 8. The ice making apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the refrigerating device (71) comprises a compressor (711), a condenser (712), an evaporator (713) and an ice removing pipeline (714), the compressor (711), the condenser (712) and the evaporator (713) are connected through refrigerant pipelines to form a heat exchange circulation loop, the evaporator (713) is connected with the ice making box (72) in a heat exchange manner, two ends of the ice removing pipeline (714) are respectively communicated with an exhaust port (621) of the compressor (711) and an inlet of the evaporator (713), and a normally closed valve (715) is arranged on the ice removing pipeline (714).
  9. 9. Ice making apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a connection pipe (62) is provided at the bottom of the cold water chamber (6), a water inlet of the connection pipe (62) communicates with the cold water chamber (6), a water outlet of the connection pipe (62) communicates with the circulation pump (74), and an air outlet (621) communicating with the outside is further provided at the top of the connection pipe (62).
  10. 10. The ice making apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a partition (724) disposed within the ice making cavity, the partition (724) dividing the ice making cavity into a plurality of ice making cells.

Description

Ice making apparatus Technical Field The invention relates to the technical field of ice making equipment, and particularly provides ice making equipment. Background Along with the progress of technology and the improvement of living standard of people, cold drink culture is becoming popular, and especially the acceptance of young groups to ice using culture is gradually improved, and the rapid development and popularization of household ice making equipment are promoted. In order to achieve rapid ice making, existing ice making devices typically extend a refrigeration member into an ice making container, causing a layer of ice to grow along the periphery of the refrigeration member. However, ice cubes prepared by the existing ice making equipment are of hollow structures, are poor in shape and are easy to melt, and influence the taste of drinks and ice using experience. Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a new solution to the above-mentioned problems. Disclosure of Invention The invention aims to solve the technical problems that ice cubes prepared by the existing ice making equipment are of a hollow structure, are poor in shape and easy to melt, and influence the taste of drinks and ice using experience. The invention provides ice making equipment, which comprises a shell, an ice making box and a refrigerating device, wherein the ice making box and the refrigerating device are arranged in the shell, a cold water cavity is arranged in the shell, an ice making cavity is arranged in the ice making box, the cold water cavity is communicated with the ice making cavity through a circulating pump and a circulating pipeline, water in the cold water cavity can be led into the ice making cavity, and the refrigerating device is in heat exchange connection with the ice making box and can transmit cold energy to the ice making box so as to freeze the water in the ice making cavity. In the preferred technical scheme of the ice making device, the cold water cavity is positioned at the bottom of the shell, the ice making box is positioned above the cold water cavity, a circulating water port communicated with the ice making cavity is arranged on the ice making box, and the water outlet end of the circulating pipeline is communicated with the ice making cavity through the circulating water port, so that water flows into the ice making cavity through the circulating water port, flows out of the circulating water port and falls into the cold water cavity to form circulating water flow. In the preferred technical scheme of the ice making device, the ice making box comprises a front panel and a back panel which are oppositely arranged, the circulating water port is arranged on the front panel, the refrigerating device is fixedly connected with the back panel, the water outlet end of the circulating pipeline is positioned above the ice making box, so that water flows into the ice making cavity through the top of the ice making box and the upper edge of the circulating water port in sequence, and then flows into the cold water cavity through the lower edge of the circulating water port and the bottom of the ice making box. In the preferable technical scheme of the ice making device, the top of the ice making box is provided with a diversion surface which is inclined downwards along the direction from the back plate to the front plate, and/or the water outlet end of the circulating pipeline is provided with a plurality of water dripping ports which are distributed at intervals along the length direction of the circulating pipeline. In a preferred aspect of the above ice making apparatus, the ice making apparatus further includes an ice bank having an opening at a top, the ice bank being disposed under a front side of the ice bank, and being capable of collecting ice cubes guided out from the ice making chamber. In the preferable technical scheme of the ice making device, the ice storage box is positioned above the cold water cavity, a backflow channel which is communicated with the ice making cavity and the cold water cavity is formed between the rear part of the ice storage box and the inner wall of the shell, so that circulating water flowing out of the ice making cavity falls into the cold water cavity through the backflow channel, and/or an ice taking opening is arranged at a position on the shell corresponding to the ice storage box, and the ice storage box is in sliding connection and/or pivoting connection with the shell and can move to the outside of the shell through the ice taking opening so as to facilitate ice taking. In a preferred aspect of the above ice making apparatus, the ice making apparatus further includes a guide plate pivotally connected under the ice making housing, the guide plate being disposed to be inclined downward in a front-to-rear direction when water flow falls to guide the water flow into the return passage and the cold water chamber, and to be inclined downward in a rear-to-front direc