EP3148347A1 - Kältevorrichtung mit speiseeismaschine und verbessertes verfahren zur steuerung davon - Google Patents

Kältevorrichtung mit speiseeismaschine und verbessertes verfahren zur steuerung davon

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EP3148347A1
EP3148347A1 EP14730796.1A EP14730796A EP3148347A1 EP 3148347 A1 EP3148347 A1 EP 3148347A1 EP 14730796 A EP14730796 A EP 14730796A EP 3148347 A1 EP3148347 A1 EP 3148347A1
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Prior art keywords
ice cream
prescribed
user
duration
motor
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Irem AKINCI
Samet AKAN
Yigit OZSACMACI
Ayse Nur TIRASCI
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Arcelik AS
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
    • A23G9/00—Frozen sweets, e.g. ice confectionery, ice-cream; Mixtures therefor
    • A23G9/04—Production of frozen sweets, e.g. ice-cream
    • A23G9/22—Details, component parts or accessories of apparatus insofar as not peculiar to a single one of the preceding groups
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
    • A23G9/00—Frozen sweets, e.g. ice confectionery, ice-cream; Mixtures therefor
    • A23G9/04—Production of frozen sweets, e.g. ice-cream
    • A23G9/22—Details, component parts or accessories of apparatus insofar as not peculiar to a single one of the preceding groups
    • A23G9/225—Ice-cream freezing and storing cabinets
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
    • A23G9/00—Frozen sweets, e.g. ice confectionery, ice-cream; Mixtures therefor
    • A23G9/04—Production of frozen sweets, e.g. ice-cream
    • A23G9/22—Details, component parts or accessories of apparatus insofar as not peculiar to a single one of the preceding groups
    • A23G9/225—Ice-cream freezing and storing cabinets
    • A23G9/227—Details

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  • the present invention relates to a refrigeration appliance, in particular a domestic refrigerator which has an ice cream making apparatus.
  • the present invention also relates to a method of controlling the ice cream making apparatus of the refrigeration appliance.
  • a conventional built-in ice cream making apparatus typically comprises a container for holding ice cream to be agitated, a stirrer for agitating the ice cream inside the container, and a motor for driving the stirrer.
  • the container is usually arranged inside a freezer compartment of the conventional domestic refrigerator.
  • a timer is set to a prescribed duration, and the mixture in the container is constantly stirred while being cooled by the air blown into the freezer compartment. At the end of the prescribed duration the timer stops the motor to terminate the stirring operation.
  • JP 2008-142017 discloses a conventional domestic refrigerator which has an ice cream maker.
  • the ice cream maker is arranged inside the freezer compartment.
  • the ice cream maker has a container for holding the ice cream, stirring blades for stirring the ice cream inside the container, a motor for driving the stirring blades, a control unit for controlling the motor, and an operation panel for starting an ice cream production by pressing a start button.
  • a drawback of this conventional domestic refrigerator is that the heat generated by the motor of the ice cream maker raises a temperature of the cool air inside the freezer compartment. The rise of the temperature badly influences the quality of the ice cream production. Thus, a consumer satisfaction may easily decrease.
  • An objective of the present invention is to provide a refrigeration appliance which has an ice cream making apparatus and a method of controlling the same which overcomes the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art in a cost effective way and which enables production of ice cream without compromising quality.
  • control unit has one or more than one ice cream mode.
  • Each ice cream mode is selectable by the user via a user-interface.
  • a desired ice cream mode is initiated in accordance with a user selection which is input via the user interface.
  • the motor of the ice cream making apparatus is controlled in accordance with an ON/OFF regime prescribed by the ice cream mode by successively switching the motor ON and OFF for a prescribed plural number of cycles in order to complete the process of ice cream production.
  • the prescribed plural number of cycles, a prescribed duration of each cycle, a prescribed ON duration and a prescribed OFF duration of the motor within each cycle, a prescribed speed of the motor during the prescribed ON duration in each cycle are based on the ice cream mode which is selected by the user.
  • the ice cream modes differ from each other, for example in a consistency (creaminess) of the ice cream to be produced.
  • the cycles are monitored by the control unit.
  • the user is audibly and/or visually informed for a prescribed first duration T1, for example, for about 1 minute that the process of ice cream production is completed when the prescribed plural numbers of cycles have elapsed.
  • the opening/closing of the door is monitored by means of a detecting unit.
  • the user is audibly and/or visually reinformed for a prescribed second duration T2, for example for about 1 minute that the process of ice cream production is completed when the user has not opened the door within a prescribed third duration, for example within the last 1 hour after the process of ice cream production has been completed.
  • the container of the ice making apparatus is cooled by the freezer fan of the freezer compartment during the process of ice cream production.
  • the motor is prevented from excessively heating up, and its operating temperature is kept below a desired critical level.
  • the rise of temperature of the cool air which is blown towards the container by the freezer fan is suppressed and, thereby a cooling performance of the ice cream by the cool air is effectively improved.
  • the ON/OFF regime the ice cream is maintained at target quality during the process of the ice cream production.
  • the ON duration of the motor due to the effect of the stirring, the ice cream is rendered voluminous and the formation of frost in the ice cream is prevented.
  • excessive stirring is prevented.
  • the method of the present invention a quality of the ice cream is optimized and the adverse effects of the radiant heat emanated from the motor on the ice cream are practically eliminated.
  • the user is enabled to select a desired ice cream mode among a plurality of ice cream modes which have different creaminess levels.
  • the user is informed when the ice cream production is completed or when the ice cream is unintentionally left in the freezer compartment for longer periods. Thereby, a consumer satisfaction can be further increased.
  • Figure 1 – is a schematic partial side view of a refrigeration appliance which has an ice cream making apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 2 – is a flow chart showing the steps of a method for controlling the refrigeration appliance of Fig. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • T_cycle Prescribed duration of each cycle
  • T_on Prescribed ON duration of the motor (5) in each cycle
  • T_off Prescribed OFF duration of the motor (5) in each cycle
  • V Prescribed speed of the motor (5)
  • T1 Prescribed first duration
  • T2 Prescribed second duration
  • T3 Prescribed third duration
  • the refrigeration appliance (2) comprises an ice cream making apparatus (1) which comprises a container (3) for holding ice cream to be agitated, a stirrer (4) for agitating the ice cream inside the container (3), and a motor (5) for driving the stirrer (4) (Fig. 1).
  • the refrigeration appliance (2) further comprises a freezer compartment (6) which accommodates the ice cream making apparatus (1), a door (7) for accessing the container (4) of the ice cream making apparatus (1), a control unit (not shown) for controlling the motor (5) of the ice cream making apparatus (1), and a user-interface (not shown) for receiving a user input.
  • control unit has one or more than one ice cream mode.
  • Each ice cream mode is selectable by the user via the user-interface.
  • the present invention provides a method for controlling the ice cream making apparatus (1) of the refrigeration appliance (2).
  • an initiating step (S1) an ice cream mode is initiated in accordance with a user selection which is input via the user interface.
  • a controlling step (S2) the motor (5) of the ice making apparatus is controlled in accordance with an ON/OFF regime prescribed by the ice cream mode by successively switching the motor (5) ON and OFF for a prescribed plural number N of cycles in order to complete the process of ice cream production.
  • the prescribed plural number N of cycles, a prescribed duration T_cycle of each cycle, a prescribed ON duration T_on of the motor (5) and a prescribed OFF duration T_off of the motor (5) within each cycle, a prescribed speed V of the motor (5) during the prescribed ON duration T_on in each cycle are based on the ice cream mode which is selected by the user via the user interface (Fig. 2).
  • the ice cream modes differ from each other, for example through a consistency (creaminess) of the ice cream to be produced.
  • a first determining step (S3) it is determined whether the motor (5) has been turned ON and OFF for the prescribed plural number N of cycles (Fig. 2).
  • an informing step (S4) the user is audibly and/or visually informed via the user-interface that the process of ice cream production is completed if the determination result in the first determining step (S3) is affirmative (Fig. 2).
  • the user in the informing step (S4) the user is informed for a prescribed first duration T1 that the process of ice cream production is completed.
  • the prescribed first duration T1 is about one minute.
  • the refrigeration appliance (2) further comprises a detecting unit (not shown) for detecting an opening/closing of the door (7) (Fig. 1).
  • a second determining step (S5) it is determined whether the door (7) has been opened within a prescribed second duration T2 which commences immediately after an elapse of the prescribed plural number of cycles (Fig. 2).
  • a reinforming step (S6) the user is reinformed that the process of ice cream production is completed if the determination result in the second determining step (S5) is negative.
  • the ice cream mode is terminated if the determination in the second determining step (S5) is affirmative or if the user has been reinformed in the reinforming step (S6) (Fig. 2).
  • said prescribed second duration T2 is about one hour.
  • the user in the reinforming step (S6) is reinformed for a prescribed third duration T3 that the process of ice cream production is completed.
  • the prescribed third duration T3 is about one minute.
  • control unit is programmed to execute the method steps of the present invention.
  • the refrigeration appliance (2) of the present invention is provided in form of a domestic refrigerator which has a fresh food compartment (8) in addition to the freezer compartment (6) (Fig. 1).
  • the ice cream making apparatus (1) comprises a casing (7a) which is installed into the freezer compartment (6).
  • the container (3) can be removably attached to a seat inside the casing (7a).
  • the motor (5) is connected with the stirrer (4) by means of a transmission unit (5a) for transmitting the rotary motion generated by the motor (5) to the stirrer (4) (Fig. 1).
  • control unit has at least one ice cream mode for which the prescribed plural number N of cycles is 6, the prescribed duration T_cycle of each cycle is 15 minutes, a prescribed ON duration T_on of the motor (5) and a prescribed OFF duration T_off of the motor (5) within each cycle are 10 minutes and 5 minutes respectively.
  • the freezer compartment (6) has a fan (not shown) which is arranged to blow cool air towards the container (3) of the ice cream making apparatus (1) (Fig. 1).
  • the freezer fan is controlled by the control unit.
  • the present invention also provides a computer readable program which comprises codes for causing a refrigeration appliance (2) to execute the method steps of the present invention.
  • the present invention also provides a computer readable recording medium which stores the computer readable program of the present invention.
  • the motor (5) is prevented from excessively heating up, and its operating temperature is kept within desired limits.
  • the temperature rise in the cool air blown by the freezer fan towards the container (4) has been suppressed, and a cooling performance of the ice cream by the cool air is thereby improved.
  • the ON/OFF regime the ice cream m is maintained at a target quality during the process of ice cream production. In particular during the ON duration T_on, the ice cream is rendered voluminous and the formation of frost in the ice cream is prevented.
  • the method of the present invention a quality of the ice cream is improved and the adverse effects of the radiant heat emanated from the motor (5) on the ice cream are practically eliminated.
  • the user is enabled to select via the user interface a desired ice cream mode among a plurality of ice cream modes which have different creaminess levels.
  • the user can be audibly and/or visually informed when the ice cream production is completed or when the ice cream is unintentionally left inside the container (3) for longer periods. Thereby, a consumer satisfaction can be further increased.

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