CN202757367U - Ice maker with air sterilizing characteristic - Google Patents
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Abstract
An ice maker comprises an ice forming mold, a refrigerating system and a partition wall. The ice forming mold is arranged in a food zone of the ice maker. The refrigerating system comprises a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator, and the evaporator is in thermal contact with the ice forming mold and combined with the same. An equipment room is separated from the food zone by the partition wall. A compartment which is a part of the food zone is formed between the partition wall and the combination of the evaporator and the ice forming mold. Air contacting with ice made by the ice maker can be circulated to the compartment. The ice maker further comprises an antibacterial active air source and an air circulating system, and the antibacterial active air source flows through the compartment circularly by the air circulating system. During use, the antibacterial active air source flows through the compartment, and then is distributed to the whole compartment so as to suppress growth of microbiological contaminants.
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The cross reference of related application
The application requires the U.S. Provisional Application No.61/427 of submission on December 28th, 2010,763 priority, and the full content of this application is combined in this by integral body, as a reference.
The utility model relates to a kind of ice machine, especially, relates to the automatic ice maker with air disinfection feature, and the method for operating with ice machine of air disinfection feature.
Background technology
Automatic ice maker is because the wet environment that causes because of its thermal cycle situation, and has the trend of the microorgranic contaminant growth of cultivating such as bacterium, saccharomycete.In order to address this problem, developed the particle generating apparatus, this particle generating apparatus is transported to ion, ozone or both mixtures in the food court of automatic ice maker, the air in the device is carried out sterilization and prolonged the cycle of device sterilization with help.But this device and method of operating be also not fully success in the past, can both obtain processing in part because of all parts that are not the food court.
In many ice machines, be included in the canyon such as electric component and the equipment that is generally compressor.The space of canyon outside, particularly the space that is formed of ice is known to the food court because anything in this food court all can contact with ice, its afterwards will with Food Contact.Baffle wall is used in the ice machine usually, so that canyon and food court are demarcated.
Most of ice machine forms the ice that ice is formed on the evaporator section thermo-contact of refrigeration system on the mould.Usually evaporimeter and ice formation mould are installed near baffle wall.The space (hereinafter referred to as dividing plate space) that baffle wall and evaporimeter/ice forms between the mould is the part of food court.But, be used for the air that previous design that air to ice machine inside carries out sterilization is not recognized or not have processing to exist in the dividing plate space.
Before research and development the utility model, in inventor's company, made great efforts to process preventing that any pollutant in the dividing plate space from arriving the other parts of food court.A way is the seal diaphragm space, so that the air in the remainder in food space can't move into and leave this space.But this effort has produced other adverse consequences, has been surpassed the benefit in seal diaphragm space by the problem of its generation.
Thus, usefulness is to have disinfection system, and this system can suppress the growth of microorgranic contaminant in the dividing plate space.
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Invented a kind of method that in the dividing plate space of ice machine, suppresses the microorgranic contaminant growth.
In first aspect, the utility model is the method that suppresses the microorgranic contaminant growth in a kind of food court in ice machine, and wherein, the ice that ice machine is included in the food court forms mould; Refrigeration system, it comprises: compressor, condenser, expansion gear and the evaporimeter that contacts with described ice formation mold hot produce evaporimeter and the ice formation mould of combination thus; Baffle wall, it separates canyon and food court; And be in the evaporimeter of baffle wall and combination and ice the dividing plate space that forms between the mould, the dividing plate space is the part of food court, so that the air that contacts with the ice that is formed by ice machine is capable of circulation to the dividing plate space, the method comprises: the antibacterial activity gas source is provided; Guiding antibacterial activity gas flow is by the dividing plate space, with thus with the antibacterial activity distribution of gas in whole dividing plate space.
In second aspect, the utility model is ice machine, and this ice machine comprises: the ice in the food court of ice machine forms mould; Refrigeration system, it comprises: compressor, condenser, expansion gear and the evaporimeter that contacts with described ice formation mold hot produce evaporimeter and the ice formation mould of combination thus; Baffle wall, it separates canyon and food court; And being in the evaporimeter of baffle wall and combination and the dividing plate space between the ice formation mould, the dividing plate space is the part of food court, so that the air that contacts with the ice that is formed by ice machine is capable of circulation to the dividing plate space; The antibacterial activity gas source; And make the antibacterial activity gas circulation by the air circulation system in dividing plate space.
The utility model preferred embodiment uses ion or the ozone generating-device that is placed in the canyon.Antibacterial activity gas is guided in the food court from described device.This device is also extracted air out from the dividing plate space, thereby produces negative pressure.Antibacterial activity gas from the remainder of food court then moves in the dividing plate space, and in the dividing plate space, antibacterial activity gas suppresses the growth of microorgranic contaminant.
To be more readily understood these and other advantage of the present utility model and utility model itself with reference to accompanying drawing.
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Fig. 1 is top view, the elevational perspective view that comprises the automatic ice maker of preferred embodiment of the present utility model, wherein, and for reason clearly removes a side enclosure wall, front housing door and top enclosure wall.
Fig. 2 is top view, the rear perspective of the automatic ice maker of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the sectional view along the line 3-3 intercepting of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of water system of the ice machine of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of refrigeration system of the ice machine of Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 is similar to Fig. 3, but use the sectional view of the ice machine of substituting embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 7 is the perspective view of ionization device that is arranged in the automatic ice maker of Fig. 1.
Fig. 8 is the side view of the ionization device of Fig. 7.
Fig. 9 is the sectional view along the line 9-9 intercepting of Fig. 8.
Figure 10 is along the sectional view of the line 9-9 intercepting of Fig. 8, wherein, has hidden bulb, housing and balancing machine.
Figure 11 is the exploded view of the ionization device of Fig. 7.
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To further describe the utility model now.In the paragraph below, limit in more detail the different aspect of the utility model.Therefore can be combined with any other one or more aspects in each aspect that limits, unless clearly indicate on the contrary.Particularly, being indicated as being preferred or useful any feature can be indicated as being preferred or useful one or more features with any other and be combined.
The implication that limits below employed some terms have in specification and claim.
Term " food court " refers to the zone of ice machine inside, and the ice contact that described zone is made by machine perhaps contacts to the water on ice of making by machine with the water that is transformed into ice or splash.The food court also comprises the space that air easily circulates therein, described air and the Surface Contact that is used to form the surperficial of ice or contacts with the water that is used to form ice.
Term " canyon " refers to the part of the appointment of ice machine, at accommodating machine and the electric component that does not trend towards contacting water of this part.Usually, electronic-controlled installation, refrigeration valve, refrigeration tubing, pump motor, water intaking valve and outlet valve are contained in the canyon.And in many ice machines, compressor, condenser and condenser fan also are arranged in canyon.
Term " baffle wall " refers to the separated interior dividers of canyon and food court.Baffle wall is formed by one or more vertical separator usually, but the base plate of canyon also can consist of baffle wall, and wherein, the part of canyon extends across the tank in the food court.
Term " ice forms mould " refers to form the structure of ice thereon during the normal operating of ice machine.Usually the water that contacts with ice formation mould is frozen into needed shape.For example, many ice form mould and comprise grating texture, and ice cube is formed in the trellis unit.Other ice forms mould can make circle or pillow-like ice cube, so that afterwards divided sheet ice shape.Ice forms mould by the evaporimeter section of the refrigeration system of heat delivery in the ice machine is freezed.Evaporimeter contacts with ice formation mold hot thus.For example, the tubing thermal expansion valve downstream, that form the evaporimeter section of refrigeration system can be soldered to ice and forms forming on the back side of surface opposite with ice of mould, forms mould with evaporimeter and the ice that consists of combination.Usually the ice making surface is directed in vertical mode, and water flows through the surface.Some ice making moulds are oriented so that water upwards is sprayed onto ice cube and is formed in wherein the cup.
Term " dividing plate space " refers to be in the evaporimeter of baffle wall and combination and the space between the ice formation mould.The dividing plate space is generally the part of food court, because the air that contacts with the ice that is formed by ice machine is capable of circulation to the dividing plate space.Baffle wall can be wider or higher than evaporimeter and the ice formation mould of combination.In this case, the dividing plate space comprises the part near the space of baffle wall, and it is adjacent with the space between the evaporimeter that directly is in baffle wall and combination and the ice formation mould.Most of ice machine has been designed to the remainder isolation with dividing plate space and food court.For example, the evaporimeter of combination and ice form mould can extend in the chassis sidewall one or both, and sealed to prevent that water from moving to after ice forms mould in side-walls.Shaping piece can be used for the separately zone at the place, top of the formation of the ice between the remainder of dividing plate space and food court mould.But the dividing plate space that is in ice formation mold bottom does not isolate with the remainder of food court usually, and near the air tank can be moved upwards up in the dividing plate space.
Term " antibacterial activity gas " refers to comprise that concentration is the gas (being generally air) that can effectively prevent one or more chemical substances of microorgranic contaminant growth.Many these class materials comprise that by utilizing U.V. light or high voltage electricity to process the air of oxygen and possible steam produce, and comprise ozone (three atom oxygen), hydroxyl, hydroxyl ion, hydrogen peroxide, elemental oxygen, atomic oxygen ion, divalence oxonium ion, H+ ion, HOO-(hydroperoxyl radical) and nitrogen ion.Other chemical substance that can be used for making antibacterial activity gas comprises chlorine, chlorine dioxide and ammonia.
The preferred ice machine of the utility model is very similar to by being positioned at Wisconsin (state of Wisconsin), the Manitowoc Ice of Manitowoc (Manitowoc), the S-0450 type ice machine that Inc. sells.Many parts of machine and U.S. Patent No. 6,681,580; No.6,907,744; No.6,993,929; No.7,032,406; No.7,284,391 and No.7,340,913 (each in these patents all is bonded to this, and the parts of the ice machine shown in as a reference) are identical, therefore are not illustrated or at length do not discussed.
Preferred ice machine 10 of the present utility model has three Major Systems: refrigeration system, water system and air disinfection system.These systems are contained in the casing 40.Utilize the parts of the first embodiment of automatic ice maker 10 of the present utility model and system shown in Fig. 1-5.Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of water system.Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of refrigeration system.
As shown in FIG. 4, preferred water system, the machine that it is used for the producing ice cakes of Manitowoc brand traditionally comprises and supplying water or water inlet 1.Water level detector 2 is used for the degree of depth of the water of control pond or tank 3.Circulating pump 4 is extracted water out and water upwards is pumped to distributor 7 from the pond.Water falls at ice from distributor 7 and forms mould, is also sometimes referred to as on the evaporator plate 6.Cascade 5 keeps water not spill and guide the water that does not freeze to get back to the pond 3 from the front of moisture compartment.Ice thickness sensor or detector 8 are used for monitoring ice bridge gathering on the front of ice formation mould 6.When ice machine entered the results pattern, magnetic valve 9 opened to allow water to enter discharge pipe line from the pond.Alternately, discharge pipe line and magnetic valve 9 can be positioned at after the pump, so that the water in the pond can be pumped out to discharge pipe line.Fig. 1 illustrates several in these parts, but water level detector 2, water lines and circulating pump 4 are not obvious in the perspective view of Fig. 1.
Preferred refrigeration system also is being conventional aspect its all parts and the configuration, as shown in FIG. 5.Refrigeration system comprises compressor 14, condenser 11 (can be air-cooled or water-cooled), the expansion gear 13 such as expansion valve, evaporimeter 12 and interconnected pipeline 15,20 and 26 therefore.Evaporimeter 12 preferably utilizes and forms snakelike refrigerator pipes and make, such as the serpentine coil of tubing 38.Hot gas solenoid valve 30, drier 21 and the receiver on the water cooling unit 17 also are preferably incorporated in the refrigeration system.Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 illustrate several in these assemblies, although compressor 14 and expansion gear 13 are not obvious in the perspective view of Fig. 2, hot gas solenoid valve 30 can be with water inlet magnetic valve 42 and delivery port magnetic valve 9 as seen.Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 also illustrate the position that is contained in the electric controller in the canyon 41.Air baffle 51 is depicted as the back side that is installed in ice machine, for the air re-circulation that prevents from condenser fan.The utility model also can be used on the ice machine that utilizes cold steam defrosting.Be used for the refrigeration system of this machine in U.S. Patent No. 6,196, shown in 007.In this ice machine, compressor is arranged in independent machine casing.
Ice forms mould and is preferably the evaporimeter of combination and the part that ice forms mould, and it is also referred to as evaporator assemblies 36, can find out best in Fig. 1 and Fig. 3.Ice forms mould itself and is made of evaporator plate 32 and separator 34.The coil pipe 38 of Tube for Evaporator is affixed to the back side thermo-contact with the evaporator plate 32 that is preferably the plane, to consist of evaporator assemblies 36.The back side of evaporator plate forms the rear surface (Fig. 3) that ice forms mould 6.Separator 34, it is also sometimes referred to as grid, and the zone of the inside of evaporator plate is divided into small container 33, and single ice cube is frozen in the small container 33.Ice forms mould and has open front.During frozen mode, water is downward through this front and is brought into the inside of small container 33 by capillarity.The water that freezes at the edge of separator 34 is formed on the ice bridge between the ice cube that freezes in the single small container.The thickness of ice bridge and ice cube itself is monitored in a usual manner by ice thickness sensor 8.When ice bridge reaches desirable thickness, also be conventional, control system of ice machine triggers ice machine to enter the results pattern.As shown in FIG. 3, horizontal separator tilts, so that small container 33 has downward-sloping bottom surface at the face place that ice forms the front opening of mould 6.It is conventional, and aspect this, gravity is used for forming mould 6 from ice during defrost cycle and discharges the ice cube sheet.
Canyon 41 by baffle wall 44 and 46 and food court 43 separate.Fig. 3 is illustrated in the dividing plate space 45 between baffle wall 44 and the evaporator assemblies 36.As among Fig. 3 significantly, and be formed on ice and form the air dividing plate space 45 of arriving capable of circulation that the ice on the mould 6 contact.The dividing plate space forms at least one side of mould and the remainder isolation of food court along ice usually.In this case, normally, the dividing plate space isolates along the remainder of three sides and food court: top side and vertical both sides.Find out that as best in Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 the shaping piece 48 that is detachably connected to ice formation mould 6 is roughly isolated the remainder of dividing plate space and food court along the top side that ice forms mould 6.
The air disinfection system that uses in ice machine 10 comprises the antibacterial activity gas source; And make the air circulation that comprises antibacterial activity gas pass through the air circulation system in dividing plate space.Although the antibacterial activity gas source can be positioned at the outside of casing, in ice machine 10, the antibacterial activity gas source comprises the ionization device 50 that is arranged in ice machine.Preferred ionization device produces antibacterial activity gas in passing through the air of this device.
Exist guiding antibacterial activity gas circulation by two kinds of method for optimizing in dividing plate space 45.First method is: at least one side of roughly isolating near the remainder of dividing plate space and food court deflates from the dividing plate space, and be close on the contrary dividing plate spatial placement antibacterial activity gas source with described at least one side, and allow that antibacterial activity gas flows in the dividing plate space when air is drawn out of.Second method is: with antibacterial activity gas be incorporated into the dividing plate space away from the zone of the outlet in dividing plate space and make the air in the dividing plate space of the air displacement that comprises antibacterial activity gas that enters.
First method realizes by the embodiment of Fig. 1-5 that preferably wherein, ionization device 50 is arranged in canyon 41, and utilizes the air inlet pipe 56 that is connected to ionization device 50 that air is extracted out from dividing plate space 45, and wherein, air inlet pipe 56 is passed baffle wall 44.The blast pipe 52 of drawing from ionization device 50 is used for discharging antibacterial activity gas from ionization device 50.Blast pipe 52 also passes baffle wall 44.The blast pipe of drawing from ionization device also passes through shaping piece 48, discharges antibacterial activity gas with a side opposite with dividing plate space 45 that forms mould 6 at the evaporimeter of combination and ice.
Air circulation system comprises housing, and this housing comprises fan, is used for discharging the tubing 52 of antibacterial activity gas and the tubing 56 that is connected to housing, and air is drawn in the housing by tubing 56.As in Fig. 3 as seen, tubing 52 has the outlet 54 that enters in the food court 43, and tubing 56 has the entrance 58 that is arranged in dividing plate space 45.Fan in the housing makes air be inhaled into from dividing plate space 45, and antibacterial activity gas is discharged in the food court 43.But because the negative pressure that produces in dividing plate space 45, antibacterial activity gas advances to the place that it can enter the bottom in dividing plate space 45 according to shown in the arrow 60.Thus, air killing virus system guiding antibacterial activity gas flow is by dividing plate space 45, thus the antibacterial activity distribution of gas is arrived in the whole dividing plate space 45.
The embodiment of Fig. 6 also uses guiding antibacterial activity gas to cycle through the first method in dividing plate space.Ice machine 110 is very similar to the ice machine 10 of Fig. 1-5.Therefore, be increased 100 like reference numerals and in Fig. 6, used, to specify the corresponding component of ice machine 110.Main difference part in the embodiment of ice machine 110 is that ionization device 150 is arranged in food court 143, and air 145 is extracted out and the conduits 156 that enter in the ionization device 150 pass shaping piece 148 from the dividing plate space.Antibacterial activity gas directly is discharged in the food court 143 from port one 52 from ionization device, as passing through shown in the arrow 160.
Seen at Fig. 7-11, ionization device 50 comprises housing 70 (it comprises port cap 71), ion generator 72 and fan 74 (blower-casting and the air inlet port 73 that comprise combination).Fan 74 makes air i) enter housing 70 by air inlet 75, ii) through ion generator 72 and iii) discharge from housing 70 by exhaust outlet 76.Ion generator can be the form that produces the bulb of U.V. light, its by U.V. chamber 77 around, the fan steering current is by this U.V. chamber 77.Ionization device 50 also can comprise balancing machine 78, and bulb accessory 81 and bulb rack 82 and 83, blower tray 84 and power lead 85.Preferably, gas 45 is extracted out and is entered in the ionization device 50 from the dividing plate space via conduit 56, and ionization device with the air ionization in the ionization device and then with described Bas Discharged in the food court.Ionization device is connected to the dividing plate space by the air inlet pipe 56 of passing baffle wall, and discharges antibacterial activity gas by the discharge pipe 52 that passes baffle wall 44.As used herein, term " conduit " and " tubing " not only comprise the hollow material body for delivery of gas, and comprise having any accessory that makes the continuous passage of passage with the tubing form.Therefore, conduit 52 and 56 can pass baffle wall 44 by being connected to the accessory that is installed in the baffle wall, and it comprises the passage that passes baffle wall, and wherein, tubing 52 and 56 is installed on the jagged connector (not shown) on the accessory.
Another possible ion generator comprises the electrode of a pair of opposite polarity and produces hydroperoxyl radical.One in the electrode is the utmost point that circulates at positive potential for another electrode of negative electrode.When air moved through circulation anodal, the hydrone in the air-flow was broken down into O
2Molecule and H+ ion, and along with air is moved further through negative electrode, electronics are absorbed by air-flow and with O
2Molecule and H+ ion conversion are O2-ion and H atom, and it is subsequently in conjunction with forming HOO-(hydroperoxyl radical).Utmost point be with the frequency of 230Hz from 0kV to approximately+the ceramic wafer electrode of the positive potential circulation of 2.95kV.Utmost point be approximately-metal needle electrode under the constant negative potential of 4.0kV.
Substitute and produce ion, antibacterial activity gas can join in the air by generation ozone in air or with chlorine and produce.Many patents have been described ozoniferous method in the process air of housing, for example, and U.S. Patent No. 6,428,756 and the open No.2007/0163283 of United States Patent (USP) and No.2009/0142225, each in the described patent is bonded to this, as a reference.The ozone generating-device that can use in the utility model is by being positioned at Linnoitustie 4B, and the BioZone Scientific International Inc. of 02600 Espoo Finland sells with trade mark " ICEZONE ".
The various changes and the remodeling that should be appreciated that current preferred embodiment described herein it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that.For example, some ice machines utilize long-range condenser, and in this case, condenser does not form mould with compressor and ice and is in the identical casing.Other ice machine can have dual evaporimeter, and it means that they have two ice and form mould/evaporator combinations in same food court.But, in this ice machine of two types, or exist food court and the separated baffle wall of canyon, and in the ice formation mould of combination and the dividing plate space between evaporimeter and the applicable baffle wall of the utility model.Not breaking away from spirit and scope of the present utility model and not reducing in the situation of its target advantage, can carry out these changes and remodeling.Thereby, be intended to contain these changes and remodeling by appended claims.
The part reference numerals list:
The A high-pressure hot gas
The B highly pressurised liquid
The C low pressure liquid
The D low-pressure gas
101 liquid aspiration (heat exchanger)
102 suctions
103 discharge.
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1. ice machine, described ice machine comprises:
A) ice in the food court of described ice machine forms mould;
B) refrigeration system, described refrigeration system comprises: compressor, condenser, expansion gear and the evaporimeter that contacts with described ice formation mold hot produce evaporimeter and the ice formation mould of combination thus;
C) baffle wall, described baffle wall is separated canyon and described food court;
D) dividing plate space, evaporimeter and ice that described dividing plate space is in described baffle wall and described combination form between the mould, described dividing plate space is the part of described food court, so that the air that contacts with the ice that is formed by described ice machine can be recycled to described dividing plate space;
E) antibacterial activity gas source; And
F) air circulation system, described air circulation system make described antibacterial activity gas circulation by described dividing plate space.
2. ice machine according to claim 1, wherein, described dividing plate space roughly isolates along at least one side of described ice formation mould and the remainder of described food court, and described air circulation system makes described antibacterial activity gas circulation by described dividing plate space by following manner: deflate from described dividing plate space near described at least one side, and be close on the contrary described dividing plate spatial placement antibacterial activity gas source with described at least one side, and allow that described antibacterial activity gas flows in the described dividing plate space when air is drawn out of.
3. ice machine according to claim 1, wherein, described air circulation system comprises: housing, the tubing that described housing comprises fan and is connected to described housing, air is drawn in the described housing by described tubing.
4. ice machine according to claim 3, wherein, the described tubing that is connected to described housing has the entrance that is arranged in described dividing plate space, and air is drawn in the described housing by described tubing.
5. ice machine according to claim 1, wherein, described antibacterial activity gas source comprises the ionization device that is positioned at described ice machine.
6. ice machine according to claim 5, wherein, described ionization device is arranged in described canyon.
7. ice machine according to claim 5, wherein, described ionization device is positioned at described food court.
8. ice machine according to claim 6, wherein, described ionization device is connected to described dividing plate space by the air inlet pipe of passing described baffle wall, and discharges described antibacterial activity gas by the blast pipe that passes described baffle wall.
9. ice machine according to claim 8, wherein, described dividing plate space forms the shaping piece of mould and roughly isolates along at least one side of described ice formation mould and the remainder of described food court by being connected to described ice, and also pass described shaping piece from the described blast pipe that described ionization device is drawn, discharge described antibacterial activity gas with the side opposite with described dividing plate space that evaporimeter and ice in described combination form mould.
10. ice machine according to claim 7, wherein, described dividing plate space forms the shaping piece of mould and roughly isolates along described at least one side of described ice formation mould and the remainder of described food court by being connected to described ice, and air inlet pipe is passed described shaping piece also for air is extracted out from described dividing plate space and entered in the described ionization device.
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