US 12,449,178 B2
Refrigerator
Huimin Yao, Guangdong (CN); Jinchao Xu, Guangdong (CN); and Peng Li, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Foshan (CN)
Filed by HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/137,772.
Application 18/137,772 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/130756, filed on Nov. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202110598609.3 (CN), filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258382 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. F25C 5/06 (2006.01); F25C 1/04 (2018.01); F25C 1/22 (2018.01)
CPC F25C 5/06 (2013.01) [F25C 1/04 (2013.01); F25C 1/22 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator, comprising:
a refrigerator body defining an ice making compartment therein; and
an ice maker disposed in the ice making compartment, and the ice maker including:
a mold shell having a mold cavity and a water inlet communicated to the mold cavity, and the mold shell including a first sub-mold shell and a second sub-mold shell; one of the first sub-mold shell and the second sub-mold shell being fixed, and another of the first sub-mold shell and the second sub-mold shell being movable; the first sub-mold shell and the second sub-mold shell being configured to be switchable between a separated state and a closed state;
a driving mechanism configured to drive the first sub-mold shell or the second sub-mold shell to switch between the separated state and the closed state;
a first push rod located on a side of the first sub-mold shell away from the second sub-mold shell;
a second push rod located on a side of the second sub-mold shell away from the first sub-mold shell; one of the first push rod and the second push rod being fixed, and another of the first push rod and the second push rod being movable; and
a connecting rod assembly including a connecting rod; an end of the connecting rod being connected to the movable one of the first sub-mold shell and the second sub-mold shell, and another end of the connecting rod being connected to the movable one of the first push rod and the second push rod;
wherein the first sub-mold shell includes:
a first shell portion including a first through hole that is matched with the first push rod; and
a first mold portion disposed in the first shell portion, and the first push rod being configured to pass through the first through hole to push against the first mold portion;
the second sub-mold shell includes:
a second shell portion including a second through hole that is matched with the second push rod; and
a second mold portion disposed in the second shell portion, and the second push rod being configured to pass through the second through hole to push against the second mold portion;
wherein an end of the connecting rod is connected to the first sub-mold shell, and another end of the connecting rod is connected to the second push rod, so that the first sub-mold shell is linked with the second push rod; and
wherein the end of the connecting rod is provided with a fixing hole, the connecting rod further includes a strip-shaped hole, and the connecting rod assembly further includes:
a first buckle portion located on at least one side of the first sub-mold shell in a movement direction and configured to be matched with the fixing hole, so that the first shell portion is connected to the connecting rod; and
a second buckle portion located on the second sub-mold shell; the second buckle portion and the first buckle portion being located on a same side of the mold shell; the second buckle portion being passed through and installed in the strip-shaped hole, and the connecting rod being movable with respect to the second buckle portion.