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Granted Patent B2
US 10,712,087 · App. 15/360,548 · Granted Jul 14, 2020

Refrigerating device for preparing frozen drink

Inventors: Kai Cui (Hangzhou, CN); Dong Zhou (Hangzhou, CN); Weide Chen (Hangzhou, CN); Linjie Huang (Hangzhou, CN); Bi Xie (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignee: SANHU(HANGZHOU) MICRO CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,712,087
App. No.
15/360,548
Granted
Jul 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A refrigerating device used to reduce a temperature of drinks is provided and a higher refrigerating efficiency can be obtained through a control method and a control system thereof. The refrigerating device includes a pre-refrigeration unit used to pre-refrigerate a raw material; a main-refrigeration unit in communication with the pre-refrigeration unit and used to accommodate the pre-refrigerated raw material and refrigerate the raw material further; a dispenser in communication with the main-refrigeration unit and used to dispense the frozen drink in the main-refrigeration unit; and a refrigeration system providing a refrigerating capacity to the pre-refrigeration unit and the main-refrigeration unit.

Claims (16)

1. A refrigerating device used to prepare a frozen drink, comprising;

a pre-refrigeration unit used to pre-refrigerating a raw material for preparing the frozen drink in the pre-refrigeration unit;

a main-refrigeration unit in communication with the pre-refrigeration unit and used to accommodate the raw material after pre-refrigeration, wherein the pre-refrigerated raw material is refrigerated further in the main-refrigeration unit;

a dispenser in communication with the main-refrigeration unit and used to dispense the frozen drink in the main-refrigeration unit; and

a refrigeration system providing a refrigerating capacity to the pre-refrigeration unit and the main-refrigeration unit so as to pre-refrigerate the raw material in the pre-refrigeration unit and further refrigerate the pre-refrigerated raw material in the main-refrigeration unit to form the frozen drink,

wherein the raw material is configured to be one of water, a dry power ingredient, a solution ingredient, a mixer of water and a dry power ingredient and a mixer of water and a solution ingredient, the pre-refrigeration unit comprises a water pre-refrigeration chamber and a preservation chamber used to storage the dry power ingredient and/or the solution ingredient, the main-refrigeration unit comprises a main-refrigeration chamber, and the water pre-refrigeration chamber and the preservation chamber are in communication with the main-refrigeration chamber via a pipe; the refrigeration system provides the refrigerating capacity to the water pre-refrigeration chamber, the preservation chamber and the main-refrigeration chamber respectively so as to pre-refrigerate the water in the water pre-refrigeration chamber, pre-refrigerate the dry power ingredient and/or the solution ingredient in the preservation chamber, and further refrigerate the pre-refrigerated water as well as the dry power ingredient and/or the solution ingredient in the main-refrigeration chamber;

the refrigeration system comprises a compressor, a condenser, a throttling element, a first evaporator used to provide a refrigerating capacity to the water pre-refrigeration chamber, a second evaporator used to provide a refrigerating capacity to the main-refrigeration chamber and a third evaporator used to provide a refrigerating capacity to the preservation chamber;

a first regulating valve is disposed between the throttling element and the first evaporator, a second regulating valve is disposed between the throttling element and the second evaporator, and a third regulating valve is disposed between the throttling element and the third evaporator; and

the throttling element is configured as one of an electronic expansion valve, a thermostatic expansion valve or a capillary tube.

2. The refrigerating device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the water pre-refrigeration chamber and the main-refrigeration chamber is constituted by a portion of a water inlet pipe used for supplying water.

3. The refrigerating device according to claim 1 , wherein, a plurality of preservation chambers is provided, and various kinds of the dry power ingredient and/or the solution ingredient are pre-refrigerated in the plurality of preservation chambers respectively and correspondingly.

4. The refrigerating device according to claim 1 , wherein a water inlet valve is disposed at a water inlet of the water pre-refrigeration chamber, an ingredient electric regulating valve is disposed at the pipe between the preservation chamber and the main-refrigeration chamber, and a frozen drink electric regulating valve is disposed at an outlet pipe between the dispenser and the main-refrigeration chamber.

5. The refrigerating device according to claim 4 , wherein an ice scraper is disposed in the outlet pipe and used to scrap ice attached to an inner wall of the outlet pipe.

6. The refrigerating device according to claim 5 , wherein the ice scraper comprises an impeller-agitator rotatably disposed in the outlet pipe and an electric motor used to drive the impeller-agitator.

7. The refrigerating device according to claim 1 , further comprising an air intake device used to bring air into the main-refrigeration chamber, the air intake device comprises an air pump and an air communicating pipe in communication with the main-refrigeration chamber, and the air pump brings environmental air or an artificial air source into the main-refrigeration chamber via the air communicating pipe.

8. The refrigerating device according to claim 2 , further comprising an air intake device used to bring air into the main-refrigeration chamber, the air intake device comprises an air pump and an air communicating pipe in communication with the main-refrigeration chamber, and the air pump brings environmental air or an artificial air source into the main-refrigeration chamber via the air communicating pipe.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2020
From: HANGZHOU SANHUA HOME APPLIANCE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CO., LTD.
To: SANHUA(HANGZHOU) MICRO CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052792/0778 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2017
From: CUI, KAI; CHEN, WEIDE; HUANG, LINJIE
To: HANGZHOU SANHUA HOME APPLIANCE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041437/0104 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 1 0827609 · Nov 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170146289A1 · May 25, 2017
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