US 9,810,470 B2 | ||
Manual ice maker and refrigerator comprising with the same | ||
Lingyun Li, Hefei (CN); Jun Yao, Hefei (CN); and Dongxian Liu, Hefei (CN) | ||
Assigned to Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co., Ltd., Hefei (CN); and Hefei Hualing Co., Ltd., Hefei (CN) | ||
Appl. No. 14/7,924 |
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Filed by Lingyun Li, Hefei (CN); Jun Yao, Hefei (CN); and Dongxian Liu, Hefei (CN) | ||
PCT Filed May 5, 2011, PCT No. PCT/CN2011/073708 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 26, 2013, PCT Pub. No. WO2012/149691, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 8, 2012. |
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Prior Publication US 2014/0013791 A1, Jan. 16, 2014 | ||
Int. Cl. F25C 5/14 (2006.01); F25C 1/00 (2006.01); F25C 5/06 (2006.01); F25C 5/00 (2006.01); F25C 5/02 (2006.01); F25C 1/10 (2006.01) |
CPC F25C 1/00 (2013.01) [F25C 5/06 (2013.01); F25C 1/10 (2013.01); F25C 5/005 (2013.01); F25C 5/02 (2013.01); F25C 2305/022 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2700/06 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
8. A refrigerator, comprising:
a main body with a freezing chamber disposed therein; and
a manual ice maker disposed in the freezing chamber,
wherein the manual ice maker comprises:
an ice making body being a frame formed with an opening, and provided with a first positioning hole in a front wall of the
ice making body, a second positioning hole in a rear wall of the ice making body and a first limiting protrusion on an inner
surface of the rear wall of the ice making body;
an ice making tray provided with a first shaft at a front end of the ice making tray and a second shaft at a rear end of the
ice making tray, wherein the first shaft is rotatably supported in and extended out of the first positioning hole, and the
second shaft is rotatably supported in the second positioning hole; and
an ice removing assembly, comprising:
a twisting member, connected with the first shaft, capable of being twisted to drive the ice making tray to twist for ice
removal by twisting the first shaft attached to the ice making tray, and provided with a gear; and
a press member disposed with a gear rack on the press member meshed with the gear, and being movable between a first position
and a second position in a vertical direction to drive the gear to rotate, a first sliding part being formed on an outer surface
of the front wall of the ice making body in the vertical direction, a second sliding part being formed on the press member
in the vertical direction parallel with the gear rack, and the first sliding part being fitted with the second sliding part
to make the press member movable between the first position and the second position, the first sliding part being a sliding
track and the second sliding part being a sliding chute, the sliding chute being parallel with the gear rack, a side wall
of the sliding chute and the gear rack protruding downward from an inner side of the press member and being substantially
vertical to the press member, the press member being provided with a second limiting protrusion, the second limiting protrusion
protruding from and formed on an inner surface of the side wall of the sliding chute, a step limiting structure being formed
on a top surface of the press member and being formed to have an L shape, a baffle plate being disposed on a top end of the
front wall of the ice making body, and the step limiting structure cooperating with the baffle plate to define the first position
of the press member,
when the press member is in the first position, the ice making tray is in an ice making position, and an opening surface of
the ice making tray is horizontal; and when the press member is in the second position, the ice making tray is in an ice removing
position, the opening surface of the ice making tray is inclined, wherein when the ice making tray rotates through a certain
angle, the rear end of the ice making tray is abutted against the first limiting protrusion to stop rotating, while the front
end of the ice making tray continues rotating under the driving of the gear until the ice making tray is wholly distorted
to remove ice in the ice making tray.
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