US-20260126231-A1 - ICE CUBE TRAY

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Abstract

An ice cube tray is provided. The ice cube tray includes: a tray body, provided with an upward opening accommodating space; a cover body, capable of covering the accommodating space; ice cubes, detachably accommodated in the accommodating space, where the ice cube includes a cylindrical outer mold wall and a cylindrical inner mold wall located in the outer mold wall, a bottom of the outer mold wall is sealed and connected to a bottom of the inner mold wall, a top of the inner mold wall is closed, and a top of the inner mold wall is not lower than a top of the outer mold wall; and a demolding rod, configured to be capable of pushing against the inner mold wall to be elastically deformed from the top to the bottom so as to release ice blocks in the annular ice slot.

Inventors

Guojian Xu
Wenjue Lin

Assignees

Shenzhen Yichu Network Technology Co., Ltd.
The Interesting Lab Limited

Dates

Publication Date: 20260507
Application Date: 20251231

Claims (10)

1 . An ice cube tray, comprising: a tray body, provided with an upward opening accommodating space; a cover body, capable of covering the accommodating space; ice cubes, detachably accommodated in the accommodating space, wherein the ice cube comprises a cylindrical outer mold wall and a cylindrical inner mold wall located in the outer mold wall, a bottom of the outer mold wall is sealed and connected to a bottom of the inner mold wall, a top of the inner mold wall is closed, a top of the inner mold wall is not lower than a top of the outer mold wall, an annular ice slot for ice making is formed between the outer mold wall and the inner mold wall, and the inner mold wall is made of a flexible material; and a demolding rod, configured to be capable of pushing against the inner mold wall to be elastically deformed from the top to the bottom so as to release ice blocks in the annular ice slot.
2 . The ice cube tray according to claim 1 , wherein the ice cube further comprises a top wall and a bottom wall, the top wall is connected to a top peripheral edge of the inner mold wall, a deformation demolding space is formed between the inner mold wall and the top wall, the top wall and the inner mold wall are configured to be elastically deformed from the top to the bottom, the bottom wall is respectively connected to a bottom peripheral edge of the outer mold wall and a bottom peripheral edge of the inner mold wall, and the outer mold wall, the inner mold wall, and the bottom wall form the annular ice slot.
3 . The ice cube tray according to claim 2 , further comprising a mounting frame, wherein the mounting frame is able to be limited and adaptively mounted on a top of the accommodating space, the ice cubes are able to be adaptively mounted in the mounting frame, and bottoms of the ice cubes and a bottom of the accommodating space are spaced apart.
4 . The ice cube tray according to claim 3 , wherein the ice cube further comprises a limit flange extending outward from a top peripheral edge of the outer mold wall, and the mounting frame is provided with a limit slot in limit fit with the limit flange correspondingly.
5 . The ice cube tray according to claim 4 , wherein the mounting frame comprises a hollow substrate, the limit slot is disposed as a step slot in a hollow part of the substrate, and the substrate is provided with vertically conductive drain holes.
6 . The ice cube tray according to claim 5 , wherein the mounting frame further comprises an annular side plate extending vertically from an outer edge of the substrate and a mounting flange extending outward from a middle part of the annular side plate, a first mounting space adapted to the tray body is formed between a lower part of the annular side plate and the mounting flange, and a second mounting space adapted to the cover body is formed between an upper part of the annular side plate and the mounting flange.
7 . The ice cube tray according to claim 4 , wherein there are at least two ice cubes, outer sizes of the limit flanges of the at least two ice cubes are the same, and sizes of the outer mold wall and/or the inner mold wall of the at least two cubes are different.
8 . The ice cube tray according to claim 1 , wherein the demolding rod comprises a rod seat, a main rod body, and a telescopic rod body, one end of the main rod body is supported on the rod seat, and the telescopic rod body is configured to be contracted in the main rod body and stretch out of one end that is of the main rod body and that gets away from the rod seat to be limited.
9 . The ice cube tray according to claim 1 , wherein a deformation demolding space is formed between a top and a side of the inner mold wall, and the deformation demolding space is able to be further configured to cooperate with the tray body to accommodate the demolding rod.
10 . The ice cube tray according to claim 1 , wherein the ice cubes are of an integrated flexible structure.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to the technical field of ice cube molds, in particular to an ice cube tray. BACKGROUND With improvement of living standards, people have a higher requirement for living quality. In daily life, there are more and more application scenarios of ice blocks. Therefore, development of ice making technologies is concerned. In common ice-making methods, ice cube trays are filled with water to be frozen. Most ice-making forms of existing ice cube trays are large ice blocks or ice balls, and shapes are limited. More special-shaped ice blocks are used gradually. For example, annular ice blocks have a pain point that an ice-making structure is complex or difficult to demold. Existing ice-making technologies are difficult to simultaneously meet manufacturing convenience and demolding operation of the annular ice blocks, and an improved technology needs to be proposed. SUMMARY The present disclosure aims at solving the above problems in the prior art. Therefore, an objective of the present disclosure is to provide an ice cube tray. Annular ice blocks can be prepared by disposing an annular inner mold and an annular outer mold, and the ice blocks can be released by configuring the inner mold that can be elastically deformed and can be easily demolded. The ice cube tray is simple in structure, good in ice making effect, and easy in demolding operation. In order to achieve the foregoing objective, the technical solution of the present disclosure is as follows. An ice cube tray includes: a tray body, provided with an upward opening accommodating space; a cover body, capable of covering the accommodating space; ice cubes, detachably accommodated in the accommodating space, wherein the ice cube comprises a cylindrical outer mold wall and a cylindrical inner mold wall located in the outer mold wall, a bottom of the outer mold wall is sealed and connected to a bottom of the inner mold wall, a top of the inner mold wall is closed, a top of the inner mold wall is not lower than a top of the outer mold wall, an annular ice slot for ice making is formed between the outer mold wall and the inner mold wall, and the inner mold wall is made of a flexible material; and a demolding rod, configured to be capable of pushing against the inner mold wall to be elastically deformed from the top to the bottom so as to release ice blocks in the annular ice slot. Preferably, the ice cube further includes a top wall and a bottom wall. The top wall is connected to a top peripheral edge of the inner mold wall. A deformation demolding space is formed between the inner mold wall and the top wall. The top wall and the inner mold wall are configured to be elastically deformed from the top to the bottom. The bottom wall is respectively connected to a bottom peripheral edge of the outer mold wall and a bottom peripheral edge of the inner mold wall. The outer mold wall, the inner mold wall, and the bottom wall form the annular ice slot. Preferably, the ice cube tray further includes a mounting frame. The mounting frame is able to be limited and adaptively mounted on a top of the accommodating space. The ice cubes are able to be adaptively mounted in the mounting frame. Bottoms of the ice cubes and a bottom of the accommodating space are spaced apart. Preferably, the ice cube further includes a limit flange extending outward from a top peripheral edge of the outer mold wall. The mounting frame is provided with a limit slot in limit fit with the limit flange correspondingly. Preferably, the mounting frame includes a hollow substrate. The limit slot is disposed as a step slot in a hollow part of the substrate. The substrate is provided with vertically conductive drain holes. Preferably, the mounting frame further includes an annular side plate extending vertically from an outer edge of the substrate and a mounting flange extending outward from a middle part of the annular side plate. A first mounting space adapted to the tray body is formed between a lower part of the annular side plate and the mounting flange. A second mounting space adapted to the cover body is formed between an upper part of the annular side plate and the mounting flange. Preferably, there are at least two ice cubes. Outer sizes of the limit flanges of the at least two ice cubes are the same, and sizes of the outer mold wall and/or the inner mold wall of the at least two cubes are different. Preferably, the demolding rod includes a rod seat, a main rod body, and a telescopic rod body. One end of the main rod body is supported on the rod seat. The telescopic rod body is configured to be contracted in the main rod body and stretch out of one end that is of the main rod body and that gets away from the rod seat to be limited. Preferably, a deformation demolding space is formed between a top and a side of the inner mold wall, and the deformation demolding space is able to be further configured to cooperate with the tray body to accommodate the dem