Packable ice level sensing architecture

Abstract

A packable ice level sensing architecture, mounted on an ice maker, for detecting an ice amount of the ice maker is disclosed. The packable ice level sensing architecture includes a sensing component and a limit structure linked to the sensing component. The sensing component is mounted at one side of the ice maker through a pivot, wherein the sensing component is foldable toward the ice maker through taking the pivot as an axle, so that the sensing component can have a sensing position and a packed position corresponding to the ice maker. The limit structure has a limit component linked to the pivot for limiting the sensing component at the sensing position or the packed position, and the sensing component can produce a pulling stroke, corresponding to the ice maker, for releasing a limiting relationship between the limit component and the pivot.

1 . A packable ice level sensing architecture, mounted on an ice maker, for detecting an ice amount of the ice maker, comprising:
 a sensing component, mounted at one side of the ice maker through a pivot, wherein the sensing component is foldable toward the ice maker through taking the pivot as an axle, so that the sensing component has a sensing position and a packed position corresponding to the ice maker; and   a limit structure, having a limit component linked to the pivot for limiting the sensing component at the sensing position or the packed position.   
   
   
       2 . The sensing architecture as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the ice maker has a clip for clipping the pivot of the sensing component so as to mount the sensing component at one side of the ice maker. 
   
   
       3 . The sensing architecture as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the clip has an internal diameter larger than the pivot, so as to provide the sensing component, corresponding to the ice maker, a pulling stroke for releasing a limiting relationship between the limit component and the pivot. 
   
   
       4 . The sensing architecture as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the pivot and the limit component respectively have corresponding engaging structures and at the contacting ends thereof for mutual engagement. 
   
   
       5 . The sensing architecture as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the engaging structure of the pivot is a convex edge and the engaging structure of the limit component is a concave edge corresponding to the convex edge. 
   
   
       6 . The sensing architecture as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the sensing component at least has a sensing blade. 
   
   
       7 . The sensing architecture as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the pivot has at least a pulling region thereon for limiting the pulling stroke. 
   
   
       8 . The sensing architecture as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein a first rejecting portion is further included in the pulling region and a first flexible element is located between the first rejecting portion and the clip. 
   
   
       9 . The sensing architecture as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the limit structure further includes a releasing component, whose one end is penetrated through a through hole on the limit component and then connected to the pivot. 
   
   
       10 . The sensing architecture as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the releasing component has a second rejecting portion mounted at the other end thereof, and between the second rejecting portion and the releasing component, a second flexible element is further mounted.