| 摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify the structure of a valve device in a region of a discharge port, and to provide the durability and the operational reliability by providing a solenoid to bring/separate a valve disk to open/close a discharge port of a water tank provided in a lower region in a refrigerator close to or away from the discharge port. SOLUTION: In a regular case, a valve disk 21 is kept in the condition where a discharge port 14 is shut off by the elastic pressure of a compression spring 26, but if a solenoid shaft 28 is advanced by operating a solenoid 29 by the control of a control part according to the operating condition of an ice machine, the solenoid shaft 28 presses a working plate 27 of a transmission lever 23, and a transmission lever 23 and a connection member 25 connected thereto are moved in the direction away from the discharge port 14 against the elastic force of a compression spring 26. The valve disk 21 connected to the connection member 25 is separated from a valve seat part 15, opens the discharge port 14, and water in a water tank is discharged through the discharge port 14. Water is thus smoothly discharged.</p> |
