Ice crushing device and refrigerator
AssigneeHisense Ronshen (Guangdong) Refrigerator Co., Ltd.
InventorsZhipeng LI, Yong ZENG, Zehong XU
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an ice crushing device and refrigerator The ice crushing device comprises an ice storage container, in which a rotatable ice knife assembly is provided, wherein the ice knife assembly includes a rotary shaft, a fixed ice knife, a movable ice knife and an ice cube separation structure, the rotary shaft is capable of driving the movable ice knife to rotate, the fixed ice knife and the ice cube separation structure are located at two sides of the rotary shaft separately, and the fixed ice knife and the ice cube separation structure are both fixed relative to the ice storage container.
Claims20
An ice crushing device, comprising an ice storage container, in which an ice knife assembly is provided, wherein the ice knife assembly includes a rotary shaft, a fixed ice knife, a movable ice knife and an ice cube separation structure, the rotary shaft is capable of driving the movable ice knife to rotate, the fixed ice knife and the ice cube separation structure are located at two sides of the rotary shaft separately, and the fixed ice knife and the ice cube separation structure are both fixed relative to the ice storage container;
- the rotary shaft is configured to drive the movable ice knife to rotate in the first direction to break the ice cubes in the ice storage container under the shear force of the movable ice knife and the fixed ice knife, and to drive the movable ice knife to rotate in the second direction opposite to the first direction to separate the frozen ice cubes under the cooperation of the movable ice knife and the ice cube separation structure.
A refrigerator, comprising an ice maker, and the ice maker is provided with an ice crushing device comprising an ice storage container, in which an ice knife assembly is provided, wherein the ice knife assembly includes a rotary shaft, a fixed ice knife, a movable ice knife and an ice cube separation structure, the rotary shaft is capable of driving the movable ice knife to rotate, the fixed ice knife and the ice cube separation structure are located at two sides of the rotary shaft separately, and the fixed ice knife and the ice cube separation structure are both fixed relative to the ice storage container;
- the rotary shaft is configured to drive the movable ice knife to rotate in the first direction to break the ice cubes in the ice storage container under the shear force of the movable ice knife and the fixed ice knife, and to drive the movable ice knife to rotate in the second direction opposite to the first direction to separate the frozen ice cubes under the cooperation of the movable ice knife and the ice cube separation structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.