EP2023062B1 - Vorrichtung zur Herstellung und Zerkleinerung von Eiswürfeln in einem Kühl- und/oder Gefriergerät - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur Herstellung und Zerkleinerung von Eiswürfeln in einem Kühl- und/oder Gefriergerät Download PDF

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EP2023062B1
EP2023062B1 EP08013375.4A EP08013375A EP2023062B1 EP 2023062 B1 EP2023062 B1 EP 2023062B1 EP 08013375 A EP08013375 A EP 08013375A EP 2023062 B1 EP2023062 B1 EP 2023062B1
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Volker Dipl.-Ing. Friedmann
Georg Dorner
Holger Dipl.-Ing. Jendrusch (FH)
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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
    • F25C5/02—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice
    • F25C5/04—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice without the use of saws
    • F25C5/046—Ice-crusher machines
    • 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
    • F25C5/22—Distributing ice particularly adapted for household refrigerators
    • 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
    • F25C2400/00—Auxiliary features or devices for producing, working or handling ice
    • F25C2400/10—Refrigerator units

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  • the present invention relates to a device for producing ice cubes and their comminution in a refrigerator and / or freezer.
  • an ice cube maker for example, on the walls or on the ceiling of a freezer. Furthermore, it is known to provide a so-called crush unit, that is to say a comminution unit, by means of which the ice cubes can be comminuted.
  • the ice cube maker of the shredding unit is arranged independently in the equipment room, which has the disadvantage that the arrangement takes up a lot of space overall, whereby correspondingly much useful content is lost. Apart from that, the installation effort in these known from the prior art solutions is relatively high.
  • the US 2006/0065008 A1 , the EP 1 701 118 A2 , the US 5 056 688 A and the US 2007/119193 A1 each show a device having all the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • the present invention is therefore the object of developing a device of the type mentioned in that it takes up little space and is easy to install.
  • the module can be used with little or no adjustment in different devices. Due to its construction, it does not necessarily have to be placed on the ceiling or on the walls of the interior of the device; on the contrary, it is possible, due to the integration of the manufacturing unit into the assembly, to arrange it at any position in the interior of the device.
  • the device or the assembly can be arranged without the aid of tools in a refrigerator and / or freezer. It is conceivable to design the device such that it can be mounted without screws.
  • the assembly comprises conveying means which are designed and arranged such that the ice cubes are conveyed from the manufacturing unit to the comminution unit.
  • a container in particular a trough, is provided for receiving the ice cubes produced in the production unit.
  • the funding Preferably arranged such that they promote the lying in the tub or in the container ice cubes to the crushing unit.
  • the assembly may further comprise a safety switch, which is designed such that it interrupts the power supply to the shredding unit in at least one switching position.
  • a safety switch which is designed such that it interrupts the power supply to the shredding unit in at least one switching position.
  • the ice cube maker, the safety switch and the shredding unit, and optionally also the conveying means are located in an assembly.
  • the conveying means is a screw driven by a motor screw or spiral. According to the invention, it is provided that the conveyor worm or helix has a helix and that the distance of the first helix from the comminution unit is in the range between 10 to 40 mm, preferably in the range between 20 mm to 30 mm.
  • the screw conveyor or helix has a helix whose pitch is in the range between 10 to 40 mm, preferably in the range of 20 mm to 30 mm.
  • a good crushing result is obtained according to the invention in that the shredding unit contains four blades.
  • the small twist tray ice cubes can be cut well.
  • the manufacturing unit is arranged above the comminution unit. If the manufacturing unit is arranged above the container and / or above the conveyor unit, the ice cubes produced can fall out of the manufacturing unit into the container and be conveyed from there to the comminution unit by means of said conveyor unit.
  • a carrier for mounting the assembly in the inner container of a refrigerator and / or freezer is in communication. It is conceivable, for example, that the module is supported on the side wall, on the rear wall and on the carrier. This is beneficial in that the forces are absorbed where they originate.
  • Securing the assembly in the inner container can be done for example by a simple lock that fixes the assembly on a side wall and / or on the rear wall of a device.
  • the carrier is detachably connected to the assembly.
  • the assembly has holding means for fixing a storage tray arranged in the region next to the assembly. Due to this structure, the area next to the module can be used as a storage area.
  • the assembly has holding means for fixing a storage tray arranged on the assembly or that the upper side of the assembly is designed as a storage surface.
  • the upper area or the top of the assembly can also be used as a storage area.
  • the device is received in the interior of the device such that it rests against the side wall and / or on the rear wall of the interior or the inner container and is preferably secured there.
  • the module is connected to a carrier, it can be provided that the carrier extends below and / or above the module and rests on projections or in recesses of the interior of the device.
  • the carrier is located in the front region of the assembly.
  • the device is narrower than the width of the interior of the device and that extends in the area next to the device at least one shelf.
  • the space above the module can also be used.
  • the dispensing unit need not be limited to dispensing crushed or crushed ice cubes.
  • FIG. 1 shows in a perspective view of the assembly 100 according to the present invention.
  • the assembly 100 has a housing, in the upper region of the ice cube maker, that is, the manufacturing unit 10 is located.
  • the ice cube maker is connected to a water connection not shown.
  • the container 30 designed as a collecting trough, in which the conveying helix 60 is arranged. This is driven by the motor 50, which is also part of the assembly.
  • the conveyor coil 60 is in the area of the container 30 and promotes the operation of the motor 50 fallen from the manufacturing unit 10 or in the container 30 ice cubes to the crushing unit 20.
  • the crushing unit 20 is in the front, that is to the operator directed end portion of the assembly 100 and is formed by four blades 22. Below the crushing unit 20 is an opening through which the crushed ice cubes fall.
  • the reference numeral 40 denotes a safety switch which ensures that the shredding unit is de-energized when the door or flap of the device is open.
  • a magnetic switch for chrushed ice or ice cubes can be provided.
  • the assembly shown can optionally be implemented according to the wishes of the operator, the delivery of ice cubes or the delivery of crushed ice cubes.
  • the present embodiment relates to an assembly with integrated safety switch, with integrated manufacturing unit and with integrated conveyor and comminution unit.
  • the ice cube maker, said safety switch and the crush conveyor unit are thus located in a common module.
  • FIG. 1 shown unit can be placed constructively arbitrary in the device. It is conceivable that the in FIG. 1 shown assembly 100 can be placed in a standard inner container and placed there without additional EinJummaschine and fasteners are required in the inner container. The inner container thus differs in a preferred embodiment, not between devices in which the assembly is used and devices that have no such assembly.
  • the assembly is closed at the front by the Abdeckblende 90.
  • FIG. 2 This condition is off FIG. 2 seen.
  • the assembly 100 in this embodiment is positioned to bear against the back wall 204 and the sidewall 202 of the inner container 200.
  • the Assembly 100 disposed on the transverse support 110, which in turn rests in its end regions on projections 206 of the inner container. These projections 206 may be protruding ribs on which shelves are usually positioned.
  • FIG. 2 is the in FIG. 1 Removed with the reference numeral 90 Abdeckblende to illustrate the arrangement of the components, that is, the above-arranged ice cube maker as a manufacturing unit and the shredder unit arranged underneath.
  • FIG. 2 illustrated assembly to ensure that on both sides or at least on one side of a lock, as indicated by the oblique arrow in FIG. 2 is shown.
  • the carrier 110 may be latched to the assembly 100 prior to assembly of the assembly 100 into the inner container 200.
  • the carrier 110 is detachably mounted on the assembly 100. This makes it possible that by using a longer or shorter carrier, which is preferably designed as a continuous casting, the module without changes in devices with different internal width can be used. This results in low investment costs for device variants.
  • the assembly 100 preferably consists mainly of molded parts.
  • FIG. 3 again shows an enlarged view of the container 30 with the conveyor spiral 60 disposed therein, which is designed as a helix.
  • the pitch of the helix is about 23 mm and the through the two vertical lines in FIG. 3 marked distance between the beginning of the helix and the first helix about 27 mm.
  • FIG. 3 The shredding unit shown on the right can also be seen, in which four fixed blades 22 are used, which have an optimized blade spacing of about 4 mm.
  • FIG. 4 shows the inserted into the inner container of a freezer assembly 100.
  • a storage shelf 120 is located in the area next to the assembly 100. This shelf is supported, on the one hand, on a rib of the inner container and, on the other hand, on a projection or in a groove of the assembly 100.
  • FIG. 5 shows the arrangement according to FIG. 4 with a drawer 300 additionally arranged above the assembly 100.
  • the assembly is designed so that it can be installed without or only with minor adjustments in other devices.
  • the modular module assembly can produce, stockpile, promote and crush ice cubes.

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EP08013375.4A 2007-07-26 2008-07-24 Vorrichtung zur Herstellung und Zerkleinerung von Eiswürfeln in einem Kühl- und/oder Gefriergerät Not-in-force EP2023062B1 (de)

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