ICE BALL ICE MAKING MECHANISM

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The application claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 2024222036419, filed on Sep. 9, 2024, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The utility model relates to the technical field of ice making apparatuses, and in particular, to an ice ball ice making mechanism.

BACKGROUND

It is well known that transparent spherical ice blocks are popular for use in bourbon whiskey, scotch whiskey, whiskey, handicraft cocktails, soft drinks and other drinks. The transparent spherical ice blocks are necessary for the drink. Because the ice blocks are low in melting speed and large in surface area, achieving a strong visual appeal. For example, Chinese utility model patent CN219494478U discloses an ice ball ice maker, including a water measuring device and a driver support. An evaporator lower support, an evaporator, an evaporator lower face cover, an evaporator front cover and an evaporator support are sequentially arranged in the driver support. The evaporator lower support and the evaporator lower face cover are connected with each other to form a whole with a closed cavity, a containing groove is formed in the evaporator lower face cover, a lower hemispherical mold with an open end protruding out of the evaporator lower face cover is contained in the containing groove, and the lower hemispherical mold is in sealing fit with the evaporator lower face cover. The evaporator is mounted between the evaporator lower support and the evaporator lower face cover and arranged on an outer wall of the lower hemispherical mold in a sleeved manner, and a driver which drives the upper hemispherical mold on the evaporator support to be combined with or separated from the corresponding lower hemispherical mold is mounted on the driver support. It can be seen that the existing ice maker is relatively complex in structure, causing that the production and manufacturing difficulty is increased, and the production and manufacturing costs are increased. In addition, the ice making time of the ice maker is about 31 minutes, and the ice making time consumption is long, which cannot meet the use requirements of modern people for pursuing short time.

SUMMARY

(I) Technical Problems to be Solved

Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the ice ball ice making mechanism provided by the present utility model is more reasonable in design, simple in structure and convenient to produce and manufacture, so that production and manufacturing costs are reduced, meanwhile, the ice making time is greatly reduced, and the time is saved, which is more conducive to meeting the use requirements of the user.

(II) Technical Solution to be Adopted

To achieve the above purpose, the present utility model adopts the following technical solutions:

• • an ice ball ice making mechanism, including an ice making box and a spherical ice mold and a water injection device arranged on the ice making box, where the water injection device is connected to the spherical ice mold, and the spherical ice mold is provided with a cooling device and a deicing device.

Preferably, the spherical ice mold includes a lower fixed frame arranged on the ice making box, a lower hemispherical mold is arranged in the lower fixed frame, the deicing device is arranged on the lower hemispherical mold in the lower fixed frame, the lower hemispherical mold is in communication with the water injection device, two end surfaces of the lower fixed frame are both provided with a rotary connecting piece, a rotating shaft is arranged between the two rotary connecting pieces, two fixed brackets are arranged on the rotating shaft, the two fixed brackets are connected through an upper fixed frame, and an upper hemispherical mold is arranged in the upper fixed frame, when the upper fixed frame falls on the lower fixed frame, the upper hemispherical mold and the lower hemispherical mold form an ice making mold, the lower hemispherical mold is in communication with the lower hemispherical mold, and the upper hemispherical mold is provided with the cooling device.

Preferably, the rotating shaft is a hexagonal shaft.

Preferably, the at least one fixed bracket and the upper fixed frame is provided with a travel switch.

Preferably, an outer side wall of the lower fixed frame is provided with a convex block used for touching the travel switch on the upper fixed frame.

Preferably, the lower hemispherical mold includes a fixed base arranged in the lower fixed frame, several lower hemispherical bases are arranged on the fixed base, each lower hemispherical base is provided with a water inlet hole used for communicating with the water injection device, the upper hemispherical mold includes a mounting base, several upper hemispherical bases are arranged on the mounting base, and the upper hemispherical bases are in one-to-one correspondence with the lower hemispherical bases.

Preferably, the lower fixed frame is provided with fixed grooves used for mounting the lower hemispherical bases.

Preferably, each fixed groove is provided with a penetrating hole.

Preferably, the upper fixed frame is provided with a water feeding elbow pipe, and the water feeding elbow pipe is connected to a water feeding straight pipe.

Preferably, the water injection device includes a water pump arranged on the ice making box and a water flowing groove arranged on the lower fixed frame, and a cover plate is arranged on a lower end surface of the water flowing groove, a water injection pipe is arranged on an end surface of the lower fixed frame, the water injection pipe is in communication with the water flowing groove, the water pump is in communication with the water injection pipe through a connecting pipe, a water injection hole is arranged on the lower fixed frame at a position of the water flowing groove, and the water injection hole corresponds to the lower hemispherical mold.

Preferably, the ice making box is provided with a water temperature probe and a floating ball.

Preferably, the deicing device includes a heating wire arranged on the lower fixed frame and used for heating the lower hemispherical mold, the heating wire penetrates through the lower fixed frame, the heating wire is connected to a compressor, and the compressor is connected to an electromagnetic valve.

Preferably, the heating wire is a 12V heating wire.

Preferably, the cooling device includes an ice making coil pipe arranged on the upper hemispherical mold.

(III) Technical Effects to be Achieved

Compared with the prior art, beneficial effects of the present utility model are as follows:

• • Firstly, the ice ball ice making mechanism provided by the present utility model includes an ice making box, and a spherical ice mold and a water injection device arranged on the ice making box, where the water injection device is connected to the spherical ice mold, and the spherical ice mold is provided with a cooling device and a deicing device. The ice ball ice making mechanism is more reasonable in design, simple in structure and convenient to produce and manufacture, so that production and manufacturing costs are reduced, meanwhile, the ice making time is greatly reduced, and the time is saved, which is more conducive to meeting the use requirements of the user.
  • Secondly, in the present utility model, the spherical ice mold includes a lower fixed frame arranged on the ice making box, a lower hemispherical mold is arranged in the lower fixed frame, the deicing device is arranged on the lower hemispherical mold in the lower fixed frame, the lower hemispherical mold is in communication with the water injection device, two end surfaces of the lower fixed frame are both provided with a rotary connecting piece, a rotating shaft is arranged between the two rotary connecting pieces, two fixed brackets are arranged on the rotating shaft, the two fixed brackets are connected through an upper fixed frame, and an upper hemispherical mold is arranged in the upper fixed frame, when the upper fixed frame falls on the lower fixed frame, the upper hemispherical mold and the lower hemispherical mold form an ice making mold, the lower hemispherical mold is in communication with the lower hemispherical mold, and the upper hemispherical mold is provided with the cooling device. This arrangement is reasonable, simple in structure and convenient to implement, and the production and manufacturing costs are greatly reduced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is an overall schematic diagram of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic diagram of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a schematic right view of the present utility model;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view along A-A direction in FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a schematic exploded diagram of an ice making box, a lower fixed frame, and an upper fixed frame of the present utility model;

FIG. 7 is s schematic diagram of matching of an upper fixed frame and an upper hemispherical mold of the present utility model;

FIG. 8 is a schematic top view of a lower fixed frame of the present utility model;

FIG. 9 is a schematic bottom view of a lower fixed frame of the present utility model; and

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of an ice making box of the present utility model.

In the figures: 1. ice making box; 2. spherical ice mold; 3. water injection device; 4. cooling device; 5. deicing device; 11. water temperature probe; 12. floating ball; 21. lower fixed frame; 22. lower hemispherical mold; 23. rotary connecting piece; 24. rotating shaft; 25. fixed bracket; 26. upper fixed frame; 27. upper hemispherical mold; 28. travel switch; 31. water pump; 32. cover plate; 33. water injection pipe; 34. connecting pipe; 35. water injection hole; 51. heating wire; 211. fixed groove; 212. penetrating hole; 221. fixed base; 222. lower hemispherical base; 223. water inlet hole; 271. mounting base; 272. upper hemispherical base; 261. water feeding elbow pipe; 262. water feeding straight pipe.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, when an element is described to be “fixed to” or “disposed on” another element, it may be directly positioned on another element or indirectly positioned on another element. When an element is described to be “connected to” another element, it may be directly connected to another element or indirectly connected to another element.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, the orientations or positional relationships indicated by the terms “center”, “length”, “width”, “thickness”, “up”, “down”, “front”, “back”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inside”, “outside”, etc. are based on those shown in the accompanying drawings, or the orientations or positional relationships customarily placed when the product of the present utility model is used, intended merely for the convenience of describing the present utility model and for simplifying the description, and not intended to indicate or imply that the referred apparatus or element must be provided with a particular orientation or constructed and operated with a particular orientation, therefore not allowed to be construed as a limitation of the present utility model. Furthermore, the terms “first”, “second”, “third” are merely used for the purpose of distinguishing description and should not be construed as indication or implication of relative importance. Therefore, features defined by “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of these features. In the description of the present utility model, “a plurality of” means two or more, unless otherwise specifically defined. The meaning of “several” is one or more, unless otherwise specifically defined.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be further noted that, unless otherwise explicitly provided and limited, the terms “arranged”, “mounted”, “connected”, and “connection” should be understood in a broad sense, e.g., it may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it may be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it may be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium; and it may be a connection between two elements. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meaning of the above-mentioned terms in the present utility model can be construed according to specific cases.

To make the purposes, technical solutions, and advantages of the present utility model clearer, the following further describes the present utility model in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that, specific embodiments described herein are merely used to explain the present utility model but not to limit the scope of the present utility model. In addition, in the following description, descriptions of well-known structures and technologies are omitted so as to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the concept of the present utility model.

Embodiment 1: referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 10, an ice ball ice making mechanism includes an ice making box 1 and a spherical ice mold 2 and a water injection device 3 arranged on the ice making box 1. The water injection device 3 is connected to the spherical ice mold 2, which facilitates water injection to the water injection device 3 by using the water injection device 3. The spherical ice mold 2 is provided with a cooling device 4 and a deicing device 5. The water in the spherical ice mold 2 can be cooled and made into ice through the cooling device 4. The deicing device 5 can heat the spherical ice mold 2 for deicing, so that the ice ball can be conveniently taken out. The ice ball ice making mechanism is more reasonable in design, simple in structure and convenient to produce and manufacture, so that production and manufacturing costs are reduced, meanwhile, the ice making time is greatly reduced, and the time is saved, which is more conducive to meeting the use requirements of the user.

Embodiment 2: the present utility model can be described on the basis of the Embodiment 1, referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 10, the spherical ice mold 2 includes a lower fixed frame 21 arranged on the ice making box 1, a lower hemispherical mold 22 is arranged in the lower fixed frame 21, the deicing device 5 is arranged on the lower hemispherical mold 22 in the lower fixed frame 21, the lower hemispherical mold 22 is in communication with the water injection device 3, two end surfaces of the lower fixed frame 21 are both provided with a rotary connecting piece 23, a rotating shaft 24 is arranged between the two rotary connecting pieces 23, two fixed brackets 25 are arranged on the rotating shaft 24, the two fixed brackets 25 are connected through an upper fixed frame 26, and an upper hemispherical mold 27 is arranged in the upper fixed frame 26, when the upper fixed frame 26 falls on the lower fixed frame 21, the upper hemispherical mold 27 and the lower hemispherical mold 22 form an ice making mold, and the lower hemispherical mold 22 is in communication with the lower hemispherical mold 22, so that water enters the lower hemispherical mold 22. The upper hemispherical mold 27 is provided with the cooling device 4, when the upper hemispherical mold 27 and the lower hemispherical mold 22 form the ice making mold, after water is injected into the ice making mold by the water injection device 3, the water injected into the ice making mold can be cooled and made into ice by the cooling device 4, and after an ice ball is formed in the ice making mold, the deicing device 5 performs deicing operation, and the rotating shaft 24 is connected to a motor. During use, the motor drives the rotating shaft 24 to rotate, and then the rotating shaft 24 drives the two fixed brackets 25 to rotate. When the two fixed brackets 25 rotate towards one side of the lower fixed frame 21, the upper fixed frame 26 between the two fixed brackets 25 falls on the lower fixed frame 21, and in this case, the upper hemispherical mold 27 and the lower hemispherical mold 22 form an ice making mold. In this way, the motor stops rotating the rotating shaft 24. Then, the water is injected into the ice making mold through the water injection device 3, and next, the water injected into the ice making mold can be cooled and made into ice by the cooling device 4, and after the ice ball is formed in the ice making mold, the ice making mold is heated by the deicing device 5 for deicing. Finally, the rotating shaft rotates reversely through the motor again, so that the rotating shaft 24 drives the two fixed brackets 25 to rotate in an opposite direction, the upper fixed frame 26 further rotates reversely, the upper fixed frame 26 is disengaged from the lower fixed frame 21, and eventually, a user can take out the ice ball. In this embodiment, the rotating shaft 24 is a hexagonal shaft, which is more beneficial to implementation.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 10, further, in order to enable the motor to stop powering the rotating shaft 24 when the upper hemispherical mold 27 and the lower hemispherical mold 22 form the ice making mold, the at least one fixed bracket 25 and the upper fixed frame 26 is provided with a travel switch 28. When the travel switch 28 on the fixed bracket 25 touches the rotating shaft 24 and the travel switch 28 on the upper fixed frame 26 touches the lower fixed frame 21, a stop signal is sent to the motor, which is more convenient to use. An outer side wall of the lower fixed frame 21 is provided with a convex block used for touching the travel switch 28 on the upper fixed frame 26. According to the arrangement, the travel switch 28 on the upper fixed frame 26 can be better started.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 10, further, the lower hemispherical mold 22 includes a fixed base 221 arranged in the lower fixed frame 21, several lower hemispherical bases 222 are arranged on the fixed base 221, each lower hemispherical base 222 is provided with a water inlet hole 223 used for communicating with the water injection device 3, the upper hemispherical mold 27 includes a mounting base 271, several upper hemispherical bases 272 are arranged on the mounting base 271, and the upper hemispherical bases 272 are in one-to-one correspondence with the lower hemispherical bases 222. When the upper hemispherical bases 272 correspond to the lower hemispherical bases 222, spherical bodies are formed, which facilitate making a plurality of ice balls at one time. In this embodiment, there are four upper hemispherical bases 272 and four lower hemispherical bases 222, so that four ice balls can be made at one time. The number of the upper hemispherical base 272 and the lower hemispherical base 222 can be determined based on the actual situation. Further, the lower fixed frame 21 is provided with fixed grooves 211 used for mounting the lower hemispherical bases 222, so that the lower hemispherical mold 22 can be conveniently mounted, and it is also noted that each fixed groove 211 is provided with a penetrating hole 212, and the arrangement is reasonable and convenient to implement.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 10, further, the upper fixed frame 26 is provided with a water feeding elbow pipe 261, the water feeding elbow pipe 261 is connected to a water feeding straight pipe 262, and the other ends of the upper water feeding elbow pipe 261 and the water feeding straight pipe 262 are both in communication with an external water tank, so that the periphery can be cooled through water circulation.

Embodiment 3: the present utility model can be described on the basis of the Embodiment 2, as shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 10, the water injection device 3 includes a water pump 31 arranged on the ice making box 1 and a water flowing groove 213 arranged on the lower fixed frame 21, and a cover plate 32 is arranged on a lower end surface of the water flowing groove 213, a water injection pipe 33 is arranged on an end surface of the lower fixed frame 21, the water injection pipe 33 is in communication with the water flowing groove 213, the water pump 31 is in communication with the water injection pipe 33 through a connecting pipe 34, a water injection hole 35 is arranged on the lower fixed frame 21 at a position of the water flowing groove 213, and the water injection hole 35 corresponds to the lower hemispherical mold 22. In this way, it is conducive to injecting the water in the ice making box 1 into the lower hemispherical mold 22 through the water pump 31 and the connecting pipe 34, so that an ice ball can be made.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 10, further, the ice making box 1 is provided with a water temperature probe 11 and a floating ball 12, and the arrangement is conducive to detecting the temperature and the water content of the water in the ice making box 1. The water temperature probe 11 can be connected to a controller, and the controller can be arranged outside.

Embodiment 4: the present utility model can be described on the basis of the Embodiment 2 or Embodiment 3, as shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 10, the deicing device 5 includes a heating wire 51 arranged on the lower fixed frame 21 and used for heating the lower hemispherical mold 22, the heating wire 51 penetrates through the lower fixed frame 21, the heating wire 51 is connected to a compressor, and the compressor is connected to an electromagnetic valve. During use, the electromagnetic valve is opened, then heat of the compressor is transmitted to the lower hemispherical mold 22 on the lower fixed frame 21 through the heating wire, in this way, heat can be transmitted to the upper hemispherical mold 27 at the same time, and therefore, when the upper hemispherical mold 27 and the lower hemispherical mold 22 form an ice making mold, the upper hemispherical mold and the lower hemispherical mold are heated for deicing. In this embodiment, the heating wire 51 is a 12V heating wire, which is conducive to deicing by heating.

Embodiment 5: the present utility model can be described on the basis of the Embodiment 2, Embodiment 3, or embodiment 4, as shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 10, the cooling device 4 includes an ice making coil pipe arranged on the upper hemispherical mold 27, the ice making coil pipe is connected to a controller, and the controller can be arranged outside. Water in the ice making mold can be cooled through the ice making coil pipe, so that an ice ball is made.

The ice ball ice making mechanism provided by the present utility model is connected to a controller. During use, the motor drives the rotating shaft 24 to rotate, and then the rotating shaft 24 drives the two fixed brackets 25 to rotate. When the two fixed brackets 25 rotate towards one side of the lower fixed frame 21, the upper fixed frame 26 between the two fixed brackets 25 falls on the lower fixed frame 21, and in this case, the upper hemispherical mold 27 and the lower hemispherical mold 22 form an ice making mold. In this way, the motor stops rotating the rotating shaft 24. Next, the ice making mold can be cooled to about minus 25 degrees C. through the cooling device 4, meanwhile, water is injected into the ice making mold through the water injection device 3, and an ice ball is formed in the ice making mold until the ice making mold is frozen to a set time, and then, the electromagnetic valve is opened, heat of the compressor is transmitted to the lower hemispherical mold 22 on the lower fixed frame 21 through the heating wire, in this way, heat can be transmitted to the upper hemispherical mold 27 at the same time, and therefore, when the upper hemispherical mold 27 and the lower hemispherical mold 22 form an ice making mold, the upper hemispherical mold and the lower hemispherical mold are heated for deicing. After the set time of 90 seconds, the motor is started, so that the rotating shaft 24 drives the two fixed brackets 25 to rotate in an opposite direction, the upper fixed frame 26 further rotates reversely, the upper fixed frame 26 is disengaged from the lower fixed frame 21, and eventually, a user can take out the ice ball. The time required for ice making is generally within 3-5 minutes, which is more conducive to meeting the use requirements of the user.

The standard parts used in the application document can be purchased from the market. The specific connection manner of each part is a mature conventional means in the prior art, such as bolts, rivets and the like, the internal components of the motor and controller, the water pump and the travel switch are all conventional models in the prior art, and the internal constructions thereof belong to structures in the prior art. A worker can perform a normal operation on the ice ball ice making mechanism according to an existing technical manuals. In addition, a circuit connection adopts a conventional connection manner in the prior art, and details are not described herein again.

It should be noted that although the above embodiments have been described herein, the scope of protection of patent of the present utility model is not limited thereto. Therefore, based on the innovative concept of the present utility model, changes and modifications made to the embodiments described herein, or any equivalent structure or process variations based on the specification and drawings of the present utility model, or directly or indirectly applying the above technical solutions to other related technical fields all fall within the scope of protection of the patent of the present utility model.