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EP2292990B1
EP2292990B1 EP10169544.3A EP10169544A EP2292990B1 EP 2292990 B1 EP2292990 B1 EP 2292990B1 EP 10169544 A EP10169544 A EP 10169544A EP 2292990 B1 EP2292990 B1 EP 2292990B1
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Martin PÜNJER
Daniel Winter
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BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
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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
    • F25C1/00—Producing ice
    • F25C1/04—Producing ice by using stationary moulds
    • 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
    • F25C5/08—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice without the use of saws by heating bodies in contact with the 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
    • F25C2305/00—Special arrangements or features for working or handling ice
    • F25C2305/022—Harvesting ice including rotating or tilting or pivoting of a mould or tray
    • F25C2305/0221—Harvesting ice including rotating or tilting or pivoting of a mould or tray rotating ice mould
    • 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
    • F25C2305/00—Special arrangements or features for working or handling ice
    • F25C2305/024—Rotating rake

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  • the present invention relates to an automatic ice maker with a mounting frame and an ice tray, which is pivotally supported in the mounting frame via two bearings between a freezing position and a dispensing position.
  • Such a conventional automatic ice maker is known, for example, from the published patent application DE 10 2005 003 236 A1 known.
  • the ice tray is held for pivoting between the freezing position, the dispensing position and a filling position in a mounting frame by means of two integrally formed on end walls of the mounting frame bearing bushes.
  • the US 3,060,700 shows an automatic ice maker according to the preamble of claim 1 and 9.
  • the document discloses a rotatable ice tray fixed to supports, which are mounted on a ceiling wall of a storage chamber of a refrigerator.
  • a shaft of the ice tray protrudes through openings of the carrier and is rotatably mounted there.
  • the US 2007/0209381 A1 discloses an automatic ice making unit comprising a carrier frame for a rotatable ice making tray and a control unit.
  • a shaft of the ice production tray is rotatably mounted on the support frame.
  • the FR 1249724 discloses a first and second rotatable ice tray and a frame.
  • the ice shells are rotatably mounted on the frame via a shaft.
  • Object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ice maker, in which the ice cream in a simple manner, preferably without tools, so only with bare hands, and without technical knowledge, expanded and can be reliably re-installed or replaced.
  • the bearing body in the direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the ice tray from the axis of the ice tray and at the same time be removed from the mounting frame. So it can be easily ensured constructively that the bearing body in each rotational position of the ice tray is removable.
  • an opening may be formed on an edge of the mounting frame, in which the bearing body is received in the axis-parallel direction and from which it, if necessary after removal of a fuse or lock, can be removed.
  • the bearing may be configured such that the direction in which the bearing body can be removed is orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the ice tray.
  • the bearing body preferably forms the at least one bearing not alone, but together with a fixed to the frame bearing body. This after removal of the removable bearing body or the bearing body half the ice tray can be easily removed from the mounting frame, the ice bowl with the other Bearings connected pluggable in the axial direction.
  • By appropriate shaping of a journal of the ice tray and the journal receiving the other bearing can be ensured that the driving forces of the motor for the pivoting of the ice tray are securely transferred to the ice bowl.
  • a proper positioning of the bearing during normal operation can be achieved, for example, in that the bearing body has a pin engaging in the opening and a fitting on an outer side of the flank head.
  • engaging in the bearing body latch can rest against the inside of the flank.
  • a secure locking can be achieved according to a development of the invention in that the bolt engages in a groove of the bearing body, which on the one hand Side of the flank of the mounting frame and on the other side of the bearing body itself is limited.
  • each leg of the bolt engages in each case in a groove of the bearing body, it can be ensured that the bolt remains during operation in the locked position and that the bearing body is fixed symmetrically and accurately in the mounting frame is.
  • a secure fixation of the ice tray in the axial direction during normal operation can be ensured that the removable bearing body has a blind opening.
  • the engagement of the ice tray in the second camp is permanently ensured.
  • the bearing consists of an upper and a lower bearing body half, wherein a dividing plane between the two bearing body halves runs horizontally and along the pivot axis of the ice tray.
  • the upper half of the bearing body are removed upwards from the mounting frame.
  • the shaft is released at one end of the ice bowl, and the ice tray can be easily removed.
  • the bolt comprises at least one resilient element which holds the latch in an engaged position on the bearing body.
  • the ice tray can be exchanged with only a few manipulations and without special knowledge and without any tools, it is possible alternatively to use different ice trays with differently shaped compartments in order to produce differently shaped ice cubes.
  • Fig. 1 shows an automatic ice cube maker according to the present invention in an exploded perspective view. It comprises an ice tray 1 in the form of a groove, which is closed at their end faces in each case by transverse walls 2 and divided by uniformly spaced intermediate walls 3 in a plurality of identically shaped compartments 4, here seven pieces, with semi-cylindrical bottom. While the intermediate walls 3 are flush with the longitudinal wall 5 facing away from the observer, the longitudinal wall 6 facing the observer is extended beyond the upper edges of the intermediate walls 3. While the intermediate walls 3 are exactly semicircular, the transverse walls 2 in each case corresponding to the projection of the front longitudinal wall 6 on a sector 7 extending beyond the semicircular shape.
  • the ice tray 1 is shown in a tilted position, in which the upper edges of the sectors 7 are substantially horizontal, while the intermediate walls 3 to the longitudinal wall 6 are downhill.
  • the ice tray 1 may be a plastic molded part; Preferably, due to the good thermal conductivity, it is designed as a cast aluminum.
  • a cable drum 11 On one of the transverse walls 2 of the ice bowl 1, a cable drum 11 is mounted; it serves for the sheltered accommodation of a coiled supply cable 12, which is used to power a not visible in the figure, mounted on the underside of the ice tray 1 heater 13 (see Fig. 9 ) serves.
  • the ice bowl 1 lies completely within an imaginary hollow cylinder defined by the jacket surface of the cable drum 11, which at the same time represents the smallest possible cylinder into which the ice bowl 1 fits.
  • a journalled from the transverse wall 2 facing the viewer extends on the longitudinal center axis of the cable drum 11.
  • a corresponding, from the second transverse wall through the cable drum 11 extending journal is not visible in the Fig.
  • a plastic core hub 50 is provided to be mounted in an entangled manner with the umbilical 12 in the cable drum 11.
  • a molded plastic frame is designated 15. It has an upwardly and downwardly open cavity 16 which is provided to mount the ice tray 1 therein. On the end walls 17, 18 of the cavity 16 are bushings 19, 20 for mounted the pivotal mounting of the ice tray 1.
  • a longitudinal wall of the cavity 16 is formed by a box 21 which is provided to receive a drive motor 22 as well as various electronic components for controlling the operation of the icemaker.
  • the frame is shown with a second longitudinal wall 65 opposite the box 21; this longitudinal wall 65 can be omitted if the frame is stiff enough even without them to keep the ice bowl 1 safe.
  • a pinion 23 is mounted, which in the FIGS. 3, 4 . 6 respectively 8 is better to see than in FIG. 2 ,
  • the pinion 23 takes place in a cavity 24 of the end wall 17. It forms there with a gear 25, a reduction gear.
  • the gear 25 carries a projecting in the axial direction pin 26 which is provided to engage in a vertical slot 27 of a vibrating body 28.
  • the oscillating body 28 is guided horizontally displaceable by means of the pin 29 protruding into the cavity 24 from the end wall 17 and engaging in a horizontal slot 30 of the oscillating body.
  • a toothing 31 formed on a lower edge of the oscillating body 28 meshes with a one-piece with a toothed wheel 32, which is connected in one piece with the bushing 19 receiving the axle journal 14 of the ice tray 1 in a rotationally fixed manner.
  • a to be screwed on the open side of the end wall 17 cover plate 33 closes the cavity 24.
  • a mounting flange 34 with laterally beyond the end wall 17 protruding tabs 35 is used for mounting the icemaker in a refrigerator.
  • a bottom plate 36 closes from below the box 21st
  • Fig. 2 shows, seen from the side of the end wall 18 and the box 21 ago, in a perspective view of the ice maker with the ice bowl 1 in a tilted position.
  • the upper edges of the sectors 7 on the transverse walls 2 of the ice tray 1 are horizontal.
  • Fig. 3 shows a frontal view of the icemaker from the side of the end wall 17 ago, with cover plate 33 and mounting flange 34 are omitted to give the view into the cavity 24 of the end wall 17 free.
  • the configuration shown here is the one where the icemaker is assembled.
  • Various markings show a correct Positioning of parts relative to each other.
  • a first pair of markings 37, 38 is located on the end wall 17 itself, or on the gear 26 carrying the pin 26. If these markings 37, 38, as shown in the figure, are exactly aligned with each other, the pin 26 is located in a three o'clock position, that is, on the right-most point of his path, which he can reach.
  • the mounted on the pin 26 and the stationary pin 29 vibrating body 28 is located at the right turning point of its path.
  • Aligned markings 39, 40 on a protruding beyond the sprocket flange 41 of the gear 32 and on the end wall 17 show a correct orientation of the gear 32 and consequently also with its journal 14 in a cross-sectionally T-shaped recess of the gear 32nd engaging tray 1 on.
  • An inherently redundant pair of markers 42, 43 on the teeth 31 of the pivot body 28 and the gear 32 indicates the correct positioning of the gear 32 and the oscillating body 31 with respect to each other.
  • a sensor 44 for detecting the rotational position of the gear 32 is mounted adjacent thereto. It cooperates with a rib 45 projecting from the edge of the flange 41 on a part of its circumference in the axial direction, so that it can dive into a slot at the rear of the sensor housing. In the tilted position of Fig. 3 For the most part, the rib 45 is covered by the sensor 44 and the vibrating body 28.
  • Fig. 4 differs from Fig. 3 in that the housing of the sensor 44 is shown partially cut open, so that two photocells 46, 47 bridging the slot can be seen in its interior.
  • the rib 45 is located just above the two light barriers 46, 47 so that an unillustrated control electronics based on the fact that both light barriers are open, can recognize that the ice bowl 1 is in the tilted position and the drive motor 22 can stop to hold the ice tray 1 in the tilted position and be able to fill.
  • the drive motor 22 is set by the control unit in motion to bring the ice bowl 1 in the upright position in which the amounts of water in the compartments 4 of the ice tray. 1 neatly separated from each other.
  • This position is in Fig. 5 in a perspective view accordingly Fig. 2 and in Fig. 6 in a frontal view accordingly Fig. 4 shown.
  • the gear 25 is opposite to the position of Fig. 4 rotated in the clockwise direction, but the same position of the ice tray 1 could also be achieved by a rotation of the gear 25 in the counterclockwise direction.
  • the achievement of the upright position is recognized by the fact that the rib 45 begins to obstruct the lower light barrier 47.
  • the ice tray 1 In the upright position, the ice tray 1 remains standing for a while until the water in the compartments 4 is frozen.
  • the standing time in the upright position can be fixed;
  • the control circuit may also be connected to a temperature sensor to determine a sufficient time at the measured temperature for freezing the water on the basis of a measured temperature in the vicinity of the ice tray 1 and a characteristic curve stored in the control circuit.
  • this heating device 13 is a bent into a loop electric heating element, which extends in close contact with the tray 1 between protruding from the bottom heat exchanger ribs 49 therethrough and partly in a formed on the underside of the ice bowl 1 groove 48 is included.
  • the pieces of ice in the subjects 4 are thawed superficially.
  • the water layer thus produced between the tray 1 and the pieces of ice acts as a sliding film on which the pieces of ice are movable with very little friction. Due to the cylinder segment cross-sectional shape of the compartments 4, the pieces of ice easily slide out of the compartments 4 and fall into a collecting container, not shown, arranged under the icemaker.
  • the drive motor After draining the compartments 4, the drive motor is set in motion again, and the gear 25 is further rotated clockwise until it returns to the in Fig. 2 to 4 reached position shown and a new operating cycle of the icemaker begins.
  • Fig. 10 illustrates the suspension of the ice tray 1 in the above-described ice maker based on a section along the pivot axis of the ice tray 1.
  • the axle journal 14 is rotatably inserted into the rotary drive bearing bushing 19.
  • the opposite bushing 20 has a head 56 which abuts an outer side of the end wall 18, and a substantially cylindrical portion 57 which passes through an opening of the end wall 18.
  • the second journal 54 of the ice tray 1 engages in an axial blind bore of the bearing bush 20.
  • the blind bore limits the freedom of movement of the ice tray 1 in the axial direction so far that none of the axle journals 14, 54 can escape from its bore, as long as the bearing bush 20 is at its mounting location in the end wall 18.
  • latch 55 for example made of spring steel.
  • the latch has two U-shaped connected, curved limbs 59, which, as in Fig. 10 to see engage in a circumferential groove 58 of the cylindrical portion 57 and thereby resiliently against the inner surface of the end wall 18 and press against a side wall of the groove 58 remote from the end wall 18.
  • the latch 55 is pulled upwards out of the groove 58 of the bearing bushing 57. Thereafter, the removable bearing 20 can be pulled in the axial direction outward from the opening of the mounting frame 15. As a result, the freedom of movement of the ice tray 1 between the end walls 17, 18 is so great that the axle journal 14 can be pulled out of the bearing bush 19 and the ice tray 1 can be removed from the cavity 16.
  • Fig. 12 shows a section through the end wall 18 along in FIG Fig. 10 level designated XII-XII.
  • the opening 53 of the end wall 18, through which the cylindrical portion 57 of the bearing bush 20 extends is substantially keyhole-shaped and open at the bottom.
  • a circular section of the opening, in the portion 57 is inserted, is connected to a downwardly widening section via a constriction whose width is smaller than the diameter of the portion 57, but larger than the diameter of the journal 54.
  • Fig. 13 shows an alternative embodiment of the bearing bush 20.
  • the bearing bush is divided into two, in a fixedly connected to the end wall 18 lower half 60 and a removable upper half 61.
  • the in Fig. 13 separated from the upper half shown above is positively inserted into an upwardly open slot 63 of the end wall 18 until it touches the lower half 60 and both together form a blind opening for receiving the bearing pin 54.
  • the upper half 61 can be locked by integrally molded spring tongues 62 each engage in notches 64 at the edges of the slot 63.
  • the spring tongues 62 are compressed and attached to the spring tongues upper bearing body half 61 is lifted and pulled up out of the slot 63.
  • the axle journal 54 is free and the ice tray 1 can be pulled out of the fixed bearing 19 and removed.

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