US 12,259,170 B2
Refrigerator
Zhipeng Li, Guangdong (CN); Yong Zeng, Guangdong (CN); and Zehong Xu, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/140,494.
Application 18/140,494 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/743,871, filed on Jan. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,680,741.
Application 16/743,871 is a continuation of application No. 15/633,498, filed on Jun. 26, 2017, granted, now 10,571,182, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Application 15/633,498 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2016/074062, filed on Feb. 18, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 201511034383.5 (CN), filed on Dec. 31, 2015; and application No. 201511034935.2 (CN), filed on Dec. 31, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258383 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. F25C 5/04 (2006.01); F25C 5/20 (2018.01)
CPC F25C 5/046 (2013.01) [F25C 5/22 (2018.01); F25C 2400/08 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2500/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator, comprising:
a refrigerator door; and
an ice maker, the ice maker being disposed on the refrigerator door and including:
a driving device; and
an ice crushing device including:
a stirrer, the stirrer including a rotary shaft; and
a transmission assembly including:
a first cylindrical gear;
a first intermediate shaft;
a second cylindrical gear, the second cylindrical gear being fixedly disposed on the first intermediate shaft and being matched with the first cylindrical gear;
a second intermediate shaft;
a third cylindrical gear, the third cylindrical gear being fixedly disposed on the second intermediate shaft and being matched with the second cylindrical gear;
a first bevel gear being fixedly disposed on the second intermediate shaft; and
a second bevel gear being fixedly disposed on the rotary shaft of the stirrer and being matched with the first bevel gear;
wherein any one of the first cylindrical gear, the second cylindrical gear, the third cylindrical gear, and the first bevel gear is defined as a driving gear; the driving gear is connected to the driving device and is configured as an incomplete gear; the driving gear is configured to rotate due to driving of the driving device, so as to drive the rotary shaft of the stirrer to rotate intermittently.