Ice storage box and refrigerator
AssigneeTcl Home Appliances (Hefei) Co., Ltd.
InventorsDapeng LI, Shanshan LI, Sijian ZHOU
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Abstract
An ice storage box and a refrigerator are provided. The ice storage box includes: a bin body having a first accommodating cavity, the bin body including a bottom wall and a side wall, the side wall being provided with an ice outlet; an ice-pushing wheel being disposed in the first accommodating cavity and located on a side close to the ice outlet; an ice-discharging screw being disposed in the first accommodating cavity, the ice-discharging screw being connected to the ice-pushing wheel, and the ice-discharging screw driving the ice-pushing wheel to transport ice cubes from the bottom wall to the ice outlet when rotating.
Claims20
An ice storage box, applied to a refrigerator, wherein the ice storage box comprises:
- a bin body, wherein the bin body comprises a first accommodating cavity, the bin body comprises a bottom wall and a side wall, the side wall is provided with an ice outlet, the ice outlet is higher than the bottom wall;
- an ice-pushing wheel, wherein the ice-pushing wheel is disposed in the first accommodating cavity and is located on a side close to the ice outlet;
- an ice-discharging screw, wherein the ice-discharging screw is disposed in the first accommodating cavity, the ice-discharging screw is connected to the ice-pushing wheel, the ice-discharging screw is configured to push ice toward the ice-pushing wheel, and the ice-discharging screw drives the ice-pushing wheel to transport ice cubes from the bottom wall to the ice outlet when rotating.
A refrigerator, wherein the refrigerator comprises:
- a box body;
- an ice storage box, wherein the ice storage box is disposed in the box body, and the ice storage box comprises:
- a bin body, wherein the bin body comprises a first accommodating cavity, the bin body comprises a bottom wall and a side wall, the side wall is provided with an ice outlet, the ice outlet is higher than the bottom wall;
- an ice-pushing wheel, wherein the ice-pushing wheel is disposed in the first accommodating cavity and is located on a side close to the ice outlet;
- an ice-discharging screw, wherein the ice-discharging screw is disposed in the first accommodating cavity, the ice-discharging screw is connected to the ice-pushing wheel, the ice-discharging screw is configured to push ice toward the ice-pushing wheel, and the ice-discharging screw drives the ice-pushing wheel to transport ice cubes from the bottom wall to the ice outlet when rotating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.