CN114484960A

CN114484960A - Ice shaving machine

Info

Publication number: CN114484960A
Application number: CN202011153950.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 廖宇力
Original assignee: Liao Yuling
Current assignee: Liao Yuling
Priority date: 2020-10-26
Filing date: 2020-10-26
Publication date: 2022-05-13

Abstract

An ice shaving machine includes a refrigeration case, a moving mechanism, a driving device, a knife assembly, and a pressing member. The refrigeration case contains bears the seat, bear the seat and contain and fall ice passageway and door subassembly. The knife assembly is located between the press piece and the door assembly. The driving device drives the moving mechanism to enable the moving mechanism to drive the door assembly to selectively move between the opening position and the closing position. When the door assembly is in the open position, the door assembly opens the ice chute to allow the ice debris to fall through the ice chute. The door assembly closes the ice chute when the door assembly is in the closed position. Therefore, the pollution of the external environment to the ice blocks in the refrigerating box can be avoided.

Description

Ice shaving machine

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an ice shaving machine, and more particularly, to an ice shaving machine having a refrigerator with a closable ice dropping passage.

Background

Most of ice shaving machines on the market at present adopt a mode of exposing ice blocks in the outside air for users to shave ice. However, ice exposed to the outside air is not only easily melted, but also easily contaminated by bacteria or viruses scattered in the air even if the ice itself is made of pure water. As a result, the shaved ice debris also entrains bacteria or viruses, which in turn affects the health of the consumer.

Disclosure of Invention

To this end, the main object of the present invention is to provide an ice shaving machine having a refrigerator with a closable ice dropping channel.

The invention provides an ice shaving machine according to an embodiment, comprising: a refrigeration cassette comprising a first opening, a first door assembly to selectively close and open the first opening, and a load-bearing seat comprising an ice-dropping passage and a second door assembly; a moving mechanism connected to the second door assembly; the driving device is used for driving the moving mechanism to enable the moving mechanism to drive the second door assembly to selectively move between an opening position and a closing position; the cutter assembly is arranged in the refrigeration box and is positioned near the ice falling channel; and a pressing member disposed in the refrigerator compartment to press the ice cubes against the knife assembly so that the knife assembly can plane the ice cubes to generate ice debris, and the knife assembly is disposed between the pressing member and the second door assembly. When the second door assembly is in the open position, the second door assembly opens the ice chute allowing the ice debris to fall through the ice chute. When the second door assembly is in the closed position, the second door assembly closes the ice chute.

In another embodiment, the ice chute includes a second opening and a third opening opposite the second opening, and the second door assembly includes a first plate that closes the second opening when the second door assembly is in the closed position and opens the second opening when the second door assembly is in the open position.

In yet another embodiment, the second door assembly further comprises a second plate, the second plate closes the third opening when the second door assembly is in the closed position, and the second plate opens the third opening when the second door assembly is in the open position.

In another embodiment, the second door assembly further includes a spring and a rotating shaft, the spring includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, the first end of the spring is used for abutting against the first plate, the second end of the spring is used for abutting against the second plate, and the first plate is pivoted to the second plate through the rotating shaft.

In yet another embodiment, the first plate and the second plate are not parallel when the second door assembly opens the ice chute.

In yet another embodiment, the moving mechanism includes a rotating shaft and at least one arm, the arm includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, the first end of the arm is connected to the rotating shaft, the second end of the arm is pivotally connected to the second door assembly, when the driving device drives the rotating shaft to rotate in a first direction, the second door assembly moves towards the open position to open the ice falling channel, and when the driving device drives the rotating shaft to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the second door assembly moves towards the closed position to close the ice falling channel.

In yet another embodiment, the carrying seat further includes a sliding groove disposed in the ice falling channel, the second door assembly further includes a positioning structure slidably disposed in the sliding groove, the sliding groove includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, when the second door assembly is located at the closed position, the positioning structure is located at the first end of the sliding groove, and when the second door assembly is located at the open position, the positioning structure is located at the second end of the sliding groove.

In yet another embodiment, the driving device includes a motor. Or the driving device is a manual operation control piece.

Therefore, the ice shaving machine provided by the invention can not only prevent the carried ice cubes from being rapidly melted due to the influence of the room temperature, but also prevent the carried ice cubes from being polluted by bacteria or viruses in the external air.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of an ice shaver showing a first door assembly of a refrigeration case closing a first opening of the refrigeration case and showing an interior of the refrigeration case after removal of an ice cube carrier in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of an ice shaver with portions of the housing, portions of the first door assembly and the knife assembly removed in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the ice shaver of fig. 1 taken along section line 3-3 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a partially enlarged view of the ice shaver of fig. 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of a portion of an ice shaver in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, illustrating the configuration of the knife assembly, the second door assembly, the moving mechanism and the driving device when the second door assembly is in the closed position;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of a portion of an ice crusher in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention showing the configuration of the knife assembly, the second door assembly, the moving mechanism and the driving device when the second door assembly is opening the ice chute;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of a portion of an ice crusher in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention showing the configuration of the knife assembly, the second door assembly, the moving mechanism and the drive mechanism when the second door assembly is in the open position;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of a portion of an ice crusher for displaying a state where a portion of the second door assembly moves along the rail of the carriage according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is an external view of a portion of an ice crusher for illustrating a state where a third opening of an ice falling passage is closed by a second plate according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

fig. 10 is an external view of a portion of an ice shaving apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention, showing a state where the second door assembly opens the ice falling path to expose the blade assembly and the second opening of the ice falling path that is not closed.

Description of the symbols in the drawings:

10 refrigeration box

11 side casing

12 bottom shell

13 top shell

110 first door assembly

120 bearing seat

121: second door assembly

122 first plate

123 second plate member

124: spring

1241 first end of spring

1242 second end of spring

125: rotating shaft

126 positioning structure

1261 connecting piece

1262 sliding block

127 sliding groove

1271 the first end of the chute

1272 second end of the chute

20 moving mechanism

21: rotating shaft

22: support arm

221 first end of arm

222 second end of the arm

30 driving device

31 gear set

32: motor

40 knife assembly

50 pressing part

CH ice falling channel

D1 first axis

D2 second axis

G is ice block

H1 first opening

H2 second opening

H3 third opening

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely below, and it should be apparent that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, an ice shaving machine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cooling box 10, a moving mechanism 20, a driving device 30, a knife assembly 40, and a pressing member 50. The refrigeration box 10 comprises four side casing members 11, a bottom casing member 12 and a top casing member 13, wherein the four side casing members 11 surround the periphery of the bottom casing member 12 and the top casing member 13, so that an accommodating space is formed.

The refrigeration cassette 10 further includes a first opening H1, a first door assembly 110, and a load bearing seat 120. The first opening H1 is formed by penetrating one of the side casing pieces 11. The first door assembly 110 is disposed at the first opening H1 such that the first door assembly 110 is operable by a user to selectively close and open the first opening H1. When the first door assembly 110 opens the first opening H1, a user can put ice cubes into the receiving space of the refrigerator compartment 10 or take ice cubes out of the receiving space of the refrigerator compartment 10.

The carrying seat 120 is disposed on the bottom casing 12, and a part of the bottom casing 12 can be used as an outer surface of a part of the carrying seat 120. The load bearing seat 120 includes an ice chute CH and a second door assembly 121. The ice dropping passage CH penetrates through the bearing seat 120 and includes a second opening H2 and a third opening H3 opposite to the second opening H2. The moving mechanism 20 is connected to the second door assembly 121, and the driving device 30 can drive the moving mechanism 20 to make the moving mechanism 20 drive the second door assembly 121 to selectively move between the opening position and the closing position. When the second door assembly 121 is located at the open position, the second door assembly 121 may open the ice chute CH. And when the second door assembly 121 is located at the closing position, the second door assembly 121 may close the ice chute CH.

The blade assembly 40 may be disposed in the accommodating space of the refrigeration cassette 10 and near the ice falling passage CH. The pressing member 50 may be disposed in the accommodating space of the refrigeration cassette 10. The knife assembly 40 is located between the abutment 50 and the second door assembly 121, and the knife assembly 40, the abutment 50 and the second door assembly 121 may be arranged, for example, along the first axis D1. Thus, in use, the pressing member 50 can press the ice pieces G against the knife assembly 40 so that the knife assembly 40 can plane or shave the ice pieces G to produce ice debris.

The above-described details regarding the second door assembly 121 closing and opening the ice chute CH are exemplified as follows.

Referring to fig. 4 to 8, the moving mechanism 20 may include a rotating shaft 21 and at least one supporting arm 22. In the embodiment shown in fig. 5, the shaft 21 can be disposed along a second axis D2 perpendicular to the first axis D1, and the moving mechanism 20 includes two arms 22. Each arm 22 includes a first end 221 and a second end 222 opposite the first end 221. The two arms 22 are respectively located at two opposite ends of the rotating shaft 21. The first end 221 of the arm 22 is coupled to the shaft 21 and the second end 222 of the arm 22 is pivotally coupled to the second door assembly 121. The drive device 30 may, for example, comprise a gear set 31 and a motor 32. The gear set 31 is connected to the rotating shaft 21, and the motor 32 drives one or more gears of the gear set 31 to rotate, thereby driving the rotating shaft 21 to rotate. When the motor 32 drives the rotation shaft 21 to rotate in the first direction through the gear set 31, the second door assembly 121 moves toward the open position to open the ice chute CH, as shown in fig. 6. When the motor 32 drives the rotating shaft 21 to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction through the gear set 31, the second door assembly 121 moves to the closed position to close the ice chute CH.

Specifically, the second door assembly 121 of the refrigeration cassette 10 provided by the present invention according to one embodiment includes a first plate 122, a second plate 123, a spring 124, and a shaft 125. The first plate 122 is pivotally connected to the second plate 123 through a shaft 125. The spring 124 is sleeved on the rotating shaft 125 and includes a first end 1241 and a second end 1242 opposite to the first end 1241. The first end 1241 of the spring 124 abuts against the first plate 122, and the second end 1242 of the spring 124 abuts against the second plate 123. The tension of the spring 124 may keep the first plate 122 and the second plate 123 unparallel in the case where the second door assembly 121 does not close the ice chute CH. When the second door assembly 121 is in the closed position, as shown in fig. 2, 4, 5, and 9, the first plate 122 closes the second opening H2, the second plate 123 closes the third opening H3, and the tension of the spring 124 urges the first plate 122 against the second opening H2, thereby sealing the second opening H2. At this time, if the first door assembly 110 also closes the first opening H1, the ice cubes placed in the receiving space of the refrigerator compartment 10 can be isolated from the outside air, thereby preventing the ice cubes from being contaminated. When the second door assembly 121 is moved to the open position, as shown in fig. 7 and 10, the first plate 122 opens the second opening H2, and the second plate 123 also opens the third opening H3, so that the ice chute CH is opened. At this time, if the pressing member 50 presses the ice cubes against the knife assembly 40 to cause the knife assembly 40 to plane or cut the ice cubes to generate ice debris, the ice debris may fall through the ice dropping passage CH and out of the refrigerator 10 to fall into the container near the third opening H3 of the ice dropping passage CH.

In addition, during the movement of the second door assembly 121 from the open position to the closed position or from the closed position to the open position, a portion of the second door assembly 121 may move along the plane in which the second opening H2 of the ice dropping passage CH is located. In detail, referring to fig. 6 and 8, the second door assembly 121 further includes a positioning structure 126. The positioning structure 126 may include, for example, a link 1261 and a slider 1262, although the invention is not so limited. The link 1261 is pivotally connected to the slider 1262. The carrying seat 120 further includes a sliding slot 127 near the second opening H2 of the ice falling passage CH. The slider 1262 is slidably disposed in the slide groove 127. Chute 127 includes a first end 1271 and a second end 1272 opposite first end 1271. When the second door assembly 121 is in the closed position, the slider 1262 is positioned at the first end 1271 of the chute 127. When the second door assembly 121 is in the open position, the slider 1262 is positioned at the second end 1272 of the chute 127.

Although the embodiments described above are described using a motor-driven driving device as an example, in other embodiments, the driving device may be a manual control element, so that a user can manually operate the manual control element to drive the moving mechanism, thereby driving the second door assembly to move between the open position and the closed position.

In summary, the above embodiments are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An ice shaving machine, comprising:

a refrigeration cassette comprising a first opening, a first door assembly to selectively close and open the first opening, and a load-bearing seat comprising an ice-dropping passage and a second door assembly;

a moving mechanism connected to the second door assembly;

the driving device is used for driving the moving mechanism to enable the moving mechanism to drive the second door assembly to selectively move between an opening position and a closing position;

the cutter assembly is arranged in the refrigeration box and is positioned near the ice falling channel; and

a pressing member disposed in the refrigerator compartment to press the ice cubes against the knife assembly so that the knife assembly can plane the ice cubes to generate ice debris, and the knife assembly is disposed between the pressing member and the second door assembly,

wherein when the second door assembly is in the open position, the second door assembly opens the ice chute allowing the ice debris to fall through the ice chute; and

when the second door assembly is in the closed position, the second door assembly closes the ice chute.

2. The ice shaving apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ice chute includes a second opening and a third opening opposite the second opening, the second door assembly includes a first plate that closes the second opening when the second door assembly is in the closed position and opens the second opening when the second door assembly is in the open position.

3. The ice crusher of claim 2, wherein the second door assembly further comprises a second plate that closes the third opening when the second door assembly is in the closed position and opens the third opening when the second door assembly is in the open position.

4. The ice crusher of claim 3, wherein the second door assembly further comprises a rotating shaft and a spring, the first plate is pivotally connected to the second plate via the rotating shaft, the spring is sleeved on the rotating shaft and comprises a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, the first end of the spring is configured to abut against the first plate, and the second end of the spring is configured to abut against the second plate.

5. The ice shaving machine of claim 3, wherein the first plate and the second plate are not parallel when the second door assembly opens the ice chute.

6. The ice shaving apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the moving mechanism comprises a shaft and at least one arm, the arm comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end of the arm being coupled to the shaft, the second end of the arm being pivotally coupled to the second door assembly, the second door assembly moving toward the open position to open the ice chute when the drive means rotates the shaft in a first direction, and moving toward the closed position to close the ice chute when the drive means rotates the shaft in a second direction opposite the first direction.

7. The ice crusher of claim 6, wherein the carriage further comprises a chute disposed in the ice chute, the second door assembly further comprises a positioning structure slidably disposed in the chute, the chute comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the positioning structure being located at the first end of the chute when the second door assembly is in the closed position, and the positioning structure being located at the second end of the chute when the second door assembly is in the open position.

8. The ice crusher of claim 1, wherein the carriage further comprises a chute disposed in the ice chute, the second door assembly further comprises a positioning structure slidably disposed in the chute, the chute comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the positioning structure being located at the first end of the chute when the second door assembly is in the closed position, and the positioning structure being located at the second end of the chute when the second door assembly is in the open position.

9. The ice crusher of claim 1, wherein the drive device comprises a motor.

10. The ice shaving machine of claim 1, wherein the drive means is a manually operated control.