EP0431207A1 - Appareil pour la production, la distribution, la mise en sac et le stockage de glaçons transparents - Google Patents

Appareil pour la production, la distribution, la mise en sac et le stockage de glaçons transparents Download PDF

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EP0431207A1
EP0431207A1 EP89122443A EP89122443A EP0431207A1 EP 0431207 A1 EP0431207 A1 EP 0431207A1 EP 89122443 A EP89122443 A EP 89122443A EP 89122443 A EP89122443 A EP 89122443A EP 0431207 A1 EP0431207 A1 EP 0431207A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C5/00—Working or handling ice
    • F25C5/18—Storing ice
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C5/00—Working or handling ice
    • F25C5/20—Distributing ice
    • F25C5/24—Distributing ice for storing bins

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  • the invention relates to a device for producing, portioning, filling and storing clear small ice bodies according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Devices for the production of clear small ice bodies by freezing water are known in a wide variety of designs. Commercial machines can produce up to 1,000 kg of small ice cream bodies per day.
  • So-called dispensers have been developed in order to be able to handle the small ice cream bodies both hygienically and rationally, in which the small ice cream bodies are stored and released in controllable quantities on request. It is essentially an insulated housing into which the finished small ice cream bodies are thrown from above, in which they are circulated with the aid of a device, often in the form of a tubular screw, in order to prevent freezing up, and from which they are, for example a bottom outlet opening are issued. Such devices are known from DE-OS 24 54 348 or US Pat. Nos. 4,084,725 and 4,512,502.
  • Such a device is also commercially available. It is essentially a heat-insulated, cylindrical fiberglass silo, on the lid of which one or two small ice cream makers can be positioned. An outlet opening is provided in the center of the silo floor, under which a screw conveyor begins. In the silo there is a rotating screw that rotates around its central axis, which loosens up the supply of small ice bodies and conveys it to the outlet opening.
  • the small ice cream bodies are produced centrally in large quantities and transported in plastic bags to the consumption points.
  • the small ice cream bodies in the bags are stored in separate freezer rooms at temperatures below freezing.
  • the transport to the consumption points takes place in vehicles or containers with self-cooling, where, if necessary, intermediate storage takes place in special freezer rooms and containers.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a compact device of the generic type which can be produced in a wide variety of sizes and which has a freezer for continuously producing the small ice cream bodies from water, an insulated housing for intermediate storage of the small ice cream bodies with the necessary devices for circulating the small ice cream bodies and for conveying the same to a bottom outlet opening, a device for portioning and filling the small ice cream bodies into bags and an insulated housing for storing the filled bags.
  • the main advantage of the device according to the invention can be seen in the fact that it can be installed directly at the point of use. This eliminates the separate freezer rooms or containers and the transport devices equipped with self-cooling. Thanks to the compact design, the cold losses and thus the energy consumption can be kept low without the operation and handling of the device suffering.
  • a worktop is preferably positioned below it, which is advantageously equipped with a drain for condensation water.
  • the tubular screw used in the intermediate storage housing for loosening and transporting the small ice cream body preferably rotates horizontally, is positioned above the outlet opening and is coiled with a right and / or left slope.
  • the small ice cream bodies can be conveyed from all sides of the freely positionable outlet opening without changing the direction of rotation of the screw.
  • the base plate is movably suspended on springs in the intermediate storage housing.
  • the base plate rises and lowers and can thus operate the limit switches provided, which switch the freezer on and off in accordance with the removal of the small ice cream bodies from the intermediate storage housing.
  • the insertion opening in the bearing housing is advantageously closed with a strip curtain and the removal opening with a swivel flap. Both serve the goal of keeping the inside of the bearing housing easily accessible without undesirably large cold losses.
  • a slide plate is movably suspended from springs in the bearing housing and is inclined from the insertion opening to the removal opening.
  • the springs of the slide plate are advantageously dimensioned such that the slide plate lowers to the bottom of the housing when the bearing housing is full.
  • the device for generating the cold air curtain in front of the removal opening and / or the insertion opening preferably consists of a refrigerator and an evaporator, optionally with a fan. This device also keeps the storage temperature below freezing, so that the small ice cream bodies do not thaw in the bags.
  • the portioning and filling device also pays particular attention to the invention.
  • Their filling chamber preferably has scissor closures on the floor and ceiling, which are alternately opened and closed.
  • closures of the filling chamber on the floor and ceiling are advantageously pneumatically or electromagnetically operable.
  • the filling chamber itself is preferably located directly below the outlet opening in the intermediate storage housing, so that the small ice cream bodies can fall into the filling chamber thanks to gravity.
  • the amount of portioned ice cream is always the same, regardless of the actual size of the ice cream.
  • the portioning and filling device is equipped with a holder for the bags.
  • a bag closing device preferably a welding device for plastic films, is also provided for closing the bags.
  • a cross-section through a device for producing, portioning, filling and storing clear ice cream bodies can be seen in a schematic representation.
  • this has two freezers 10 of conventional construction mounted one above the other, comprising e.g. B. an evaporator with freezer cells, a water pan and a water spray device.
  • Chillers 11 produce the required freezing capacity.
  • the number and size of the freezers 10 can be easily adapted to the respective needs.
  • the small ice cream bodies 1 produced in the freezing devices 10 fall directly into an insulated intermediate storage housing 20.
  • a base plate 21 which is movably suspended on springs 22 and inclined towards a base-side outlet opening 27.
  • the base plate 21 actuates depending on the weight of the components lying on it Small ice cream body 1 limit switch 23, via which the freezing devices 10 can be switched on and off.
  • a tubular worm 25 fastened to a shaft 24 rotates.
  • it is coiled with a right and / or left slope, so that the small ice cream bodies from all sides of the intermediate bearing housing 20 to the outlet opening 27 which can be positioned as desired are promoted, with the screw 25 always rotating in the same direction.
  • Rotating turnstiles 26 ensure that the small ice bodies 1 are reliably prevented from freezing together even in large intermediate storage housings 20 and in the case of longer intermediate storage times.
  • a portioning and filling device 40 is mounted directly below the outlet opening 27 in the intermediate storage housing 20.
  • This consists of a filling chamber 41 with a top-side and a bottom-side closure 42, 43.
  • closures 42, 43 are alternately opened and closed by a pneumatic cylinder 44 or an electromagnet.
  • scissor closures are particularly suitable, the function of which is not hindered by the relatively coarse small ice bodies 1.
  • the small ice cream bodies 1 portioned in the filling chamber 41 fall into a bag 2 after closing the top-side closure 42 and then opening the bottom-side closure 43.
  • the latter rests on a worktop 45, the upper side of which is perforated and provided with a condensate drain.
  • One of the commercially available bag closing devices possibly a welding device for plastic films, is used to close the bags 2.
  • an insertion opening 33 can be seen, which is closed with a strip curtain and through which the bags 3 filled and sealed with small ice cream bodies 1 can be thrown into an insulated bearing housing 30.
  • the bearing housing 30 one can first see a slide plate 31 suspended from springs 32 and inclined towards a removal opening 34. This slide plate 31 can lower under the weight of the filled bags 3 to the bottom 38. It is thereby achieved that the filled bags 3 always collect in the area of the removal opening 34, which considerably simplifies the removal of the bags 3 by an operator. With large capacities of the bearing housing 30, this function is practically indispensable.
  • the removal opening 34 is closed with a swivel flap.
  • a refrigeration machine 36 with an evaporator 37, which generate a cold air curtain 35 which prevents the penetration of warm air when the removal flap is opened. It goes without saying that a cold air curtain can also be generated in the region of the insertion opening 33.
  • the refrigeration machine 36 ensures that the storage temperature in the bearing housing 30 is kept below freezing, for example at -5 degrees C., so that the small ice cream bodies 1 do not melt in the closed bags 3.
  • this device can be produced in practically any size and capacity, in each case adapted to the consumption on site.
  • the operation of the device is simple.
  • the small ice cream bodies are packaged in the bags in a hygienic manner.
  • the cold losses and thus the energy requirement are minimal.

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EP89122443A 1989-12-05 1989-12-05 Appareil pour la production, la distribution, la mise en sac et le stockage de glaçons transparents Withdrawn EP0431207A1 (fr)

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US07/623,285 US5088300A (en) 1989-12-05 1990-12-05 Arrangement for making, proportioning, discharging and storing small clear ice bodies

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