JP2000111222A - Crushed ice storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store cube ice in a cube ice storage part and crushed ice in a crushed ice storage part of an ice storage respectively efficiently. SOLUTION: In an ice storage device 10 where an ice machine 11 to make cube ice 16, an ice crusher 12 to crush the cube ice to make crushed ice 26, and an ice storage 13 provided with a cube ice storage part 40 and a crushed ice storage part 41 being partitioned are arranged in order downward in the vertical direction, and a switching gear 14 equipped with a switch plate 34 to selectively lead the cube ice from the ice machine to the cube ice storage part or the ice crusher is arranged between the ice machine and the ice crusher, and the cube ice is stored in the cube ice storage part and the crushed ice from the ice crusher in the crushed ice storage part respectively, and in a crushed ice storage device 10, a cube ice storage sensor 42 to detect the ice full state of the cube ice is installed in the cube ice storage part, and a crushed ice storage sensor 43 to detect the full ice state of crushed ice is installed in the crushed ice storage part respectively, and also the controller 15 to control the switching gear controls the position of the switching plate so that it may lead the cube ice to the cube ice storage part or the crushed ice storage part in an ice unfilled state, based on the detection result from the cube ice storage sensor and the crushed ice storage sensor.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ice crushing ice storage device for storing ice cubes generated by an ice maker as it is or as ice crushed by an ice crusher.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional ice-breaking ice storage device includes an ice-making machine for making ice cubes, an ice-breaking machine for breaking ice cubes to break ice, and an ice storage provided with a section for storing ice cubes and an ice-breaking storage section. Are sequentially arranged vertically downward, and a switching machine having a switching plate for selectively guiding ice cubes from the icemaker to the ice cube storage unit or the icebreaker is disposed between the icemaker and the icebreaker. The ice cubes are stored in the ice cube storage unit, and the crushed ice from the ice crusher is stored in the ice cube storage unit.

Here, the switching operation of the switching plate is performed manually.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional ice breaking ice storage device, since the switching plate of the switching device is manually operated, either the ice cube storage portion or the ice breaking storage portion of the ice storage is full ice. Even in the state, unless the switching plate is manually operated, ice is not guided to the ice cube storage unit or the crushed ice storage unit in a state of less than ice,
Therefore, efficient ice storage may not be possible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and provides an ice crushing ice storage device capable of efficiently storing ice cubes in an ice storage portion of an ice storage and ice crushing in an ice breaking storage portion. Is to do.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
An ice maker that makes ice cubes, an ice crusher that crushes ice cubes to break ice, and an ice storage provided with a partitioned ice cube storage unit and ice crush storage unit are sequentially arranged vertically downward, Between the ice maker and the ice crusher, a switcher provided with a switching member for selectively guiding ice cubes from the ice maker to the ice cube storage unit or the ice crusher is disposed, and the switch unit is provided in the ice cube storage unit. Ice cubes, in the ice crushing ice storage device ice crushing from the ice crusher is respectively stored in the ice crushing storage unit, in the ice cube storage unit, ice cube ice storage sensor for detecting the full ice state of ice cubes, In the ice crushing storage unit, ice crushing ice sensors for detecting a full ice state of ice crushing are respectively installed, and a control device for controlling the switching device is configured to detect the ice cube ice storage sensor and the ice crushing ice storage sensor. Based on the above, the ice cube storage unit or the crushed ice storage in less than ice condition Crushed ice ice apparatus characterized by controlling the position of the switching member so as to guide the ice cubes to the side.

[0007] According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the control device is configured such that the ice making machine is operated when either the ice cube ice storage sensor or the ice breaking ice storage sensor does not detect a full ice state. In an operation standby state, and controls to stop the ice making machine when both the ice cube ice storage sensor and the ice breaking ice storage sensor detect a full ice state.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the control device operates the ice crusher when the switching member of the switching device is positioned to guide the ice cubes to the ice crusher. And controlling the ice crusher to stop when the ice crushing ice storage sensor detects a full ice state.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the switcher detects that the switching member is located at a position for guiding the ice cubes to the ice cube storage unit. And an ice-breaker-side position detector for detecting that the switching member has been positioned to guide the ice cubes to the ice-breaker.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, the control device is configured such that after a lapse of a predetermined time from the operation of the switching member of the switching device, the ice cube side position detector or the ice breaking side position is detected. When the detector does not detect the position of the switching member, the ice making machine, the ice crusher and the switching machine are stopped.

The first to third aspects of the present invention have the following effects.

An ice cube ice storage sensor for detecting a full ice state of ice cubes is installed in an ice ice storage section of the ice storage, and an ice crush ice storage sensor for detecting the full ice state of ice crush is installed in the ice breaking storage section. In addition, the control device for controlling the switching device, based on the detection results from the ice cube ice storage sensor and the ice breaking ice storage sensor,
Since the position of the switching member is controlled so as to guide the ice cubes toward the ice cube storage unit or the ice-breaking storage unit in a state of less than ice, one of the ice cube storage units or the ice-breaking storage unit in the ice storage is in a full ice state. At this time, the position of the switching member of the switching machine is controlled, and ice cubes from the ice maker are guided to the ice cube storage part or ice crush storage part in a state of less ice, so that the ice cube storage part and ice crush storage are performed. The part and the ice can be in a well-balanced state. As a result, ice cubes can be efficiently stored in the ice cube storage portion of the ice storage and ice can be stored in the ice breakage storage portion.

The invention according to claim 4 has the following operation.

The switcher has a position detector for detecting that the switching member is located at a position for guiding ice cubes to the ice cube storage, and a switching member is located at a position for guiding ice cubes to the ice breaker. Since the ice crushing side position detector for detecting the change is provided, the appropriate position of the switching member can be accurately detected.

The invention described in claim 5 has the following operation.

If a position detector on the ice cube side or a position detector on the ice breaking side does not detect the position of the switching member after a lapse of a predetermined time from the operation of the switching member of the switching device, it can be determined that some failure has occurred. Therefore, at this time, the safety of the apparatus can be enhanced by stopping the ice making machine, the ice breaking machine, and the switching machine.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of the ice breaking ice storage device according to the present invention.

In an ice crushing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 1, an ice maker 11, an ice crusher 12, and an ice storage 13 are sequentially arranged vertically downward, and a switch 14 is provided between the ice maker 11 and the ice crusher 12.
, And further includes a control device 15 (FIG. 3).

The ice maker 11 is a so-called inverted cell type ice maker for making ice cubes 16. That is, this ice maker 11
Has a water tray 18 and a water tank 19 which can be tilted and retracted below the evaporator 17, and a drain tank 20 is arranged below the water tank 19.

The evaporator 17 is connected to a cooling unit (not shown) and has a number of ice making chambers 21 opened downward. Further, the water tray 18 and the water tank 19 are integrated, and the water stored in the water tank 19 is circulated by a circulation pump 22 through an injection port (not shown) formed on the surface of the water tray 18 to make ice in the evaporator 17. The ice making chamber 21
The ice cube 16 is generated at.

The water tray 18 is supported via an arm 24 and a coil spring 25, and the arm 24 is driven to rotate by a speed reduction motor 23. When the arm 24 rotates counterclockwise by the forward rotation of the deceleration motor 23, the water tray 18 and the water tank 19 are tilted as shown in FIG. 1, and the ice cubes generated in the ice making chamber 21 of the evaporator 17 are tilted. 16
Is dropped into the switching device 14. After the fall of the ice cube 16, the speed reduction motor 23 rotates in the reverse direction, the arm 24 rotates clockwise, and the water tray 18 and the water tank 19 return to the horizontal position.

The ice crusher 12 breaks the ice cubes 16 into crushed ice 26. In the ice crusher 12, as shown in FIG. 2, an ice crushing cylinder 28 is rotatably disposed in a housing 27, and the ice crushing cylinder 28 is rotationally driven by a drive motor 31 via a pulley 29 and a timing belt 30. You. An ice crushing blade 3 is provided around the ice crushing cylinder 28.
The ice crushing blades 32 crush the ice cubes 16 by rotation of the ice crushing cylinder 28 to produce crushed ice 26.

The switch 14 selectively guides the ice cubes 16 from the ice maker 11 to a later-described ice cube storage unit 40 of the ice storage 13 or the ice crusher 12, and includes a speed reduction motor 33, a switching plate 34, Ice cube position detector 35 and icebreaker position detector 3
6.

As shown in FIG. 2, a switching plate 34 as a switching member is provided inside the casing 37 inside the casing 37.
7 is arranged below the shooter 38 fixed to the upper part of the upper part 7. The switching plate 34 is driven to rotate forward or backward by the deceleration motor 33 and the ice cube 16
To the ice cube storage 40 of the ice storage 13
And the ice breaking side position B leading to the ice breaking machine 12.

The ice cube side position detector 35 and the ice breaking side position detector 36 are installed in a casing 37. Among them, the ice cube position detector 35 contacts the switching plate 34 positioned at the ice cube position A, and detects that the switching plate 34 is positioned at the ice cube position A. In addition, the ice breaking position detector 3
6 contacts the switching plate 34 located at the ice breaking side position B, and detects that the switching plate 34 is located at the ice breaking side position B. The detection results of the ice cube position detector 35 and the ice breaking position detector 36 are transmitted to the control device 15 as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the ice storage unit 13 is provided with a partition plate 39 for partitioning into an ice cube storage unit 40 and a crushed ice storage unit 41. The ice cubes 16 made by the ice maker 11 are stored in the ice cube storage section 40. Ice cubes 16 from the ice maker 11 are stored in the ice crusher 1 in the ice crusher storage unit 41.
The crushed ice 26 crushed in 2 is stored.

An ice cube ice storage sensor 42 and an ice cube ice storage sensor 43 are installed above the ice cube storage unit 40 and the crushed ice storage unit 41, respectively. The ice cube ice storage sensor 42 and the ice cube ice storage sensor 43, for example, when the infrared rays emitted from the light projecting unit are cut off by the ice cube 16 or the icebreaker 26 for a certain period of time and do not reach the light receiving unit, make a full ice state. It is a sensor to detect. The ice cube storage unit 4 detects the ice cube storage sensor 42.
It is detected that the ice cubes 16 are full within 0, and the ice crushing ice storage sensor 43 detects that the ice crushing 26 is full in the ice crushing storage unit 41. The detection results of the ice cube ice storage sensor 42 and the ice breaking ice storage sensor 43 are transmitted to the control device 15 as shown in FIG.

The control device 15 includes an ice maker 11 and an ice crusher 12.
And each operation of the switching device 14 is individually controlled.

That is, the control device 15 controls the ice cube ice storage sensor 4
Based on the detection result from the icebreaker 2 and the icebreaker ice storage sensor 43, the switch plate 34 of the switcher 14 is controlled so as to guide the ice cubes 16 from the icemaker 11 to the ice cube storage unit 40 or the icebreaker storage unit 41 in a less ice state. Control the position. That is, the ice cube storage sensor 42
When the control unit 15 does not detect the full ice state of the ice cube 16, the control device 15 controls the drive of the deceleration motor 33 of the switching device 14 to position the switching plate 34 at the ice cube side position A, and the angle from the ice making machine 11. The ice 16 is put into the ice cube storage 40 in the ice storage 13. When the ice breaking ice storage sensor 43 does not detect the full ice state of the ice breaking 26, the control device 15 operates the switching device 1
4, the switching plate 34 is positioned at the ice crushing side position B, the ice cube 16 from the ice maker 11 is supplied to the ice crusher 12, and the ice crushed by the ice crusher 12 is crushed by the ice crusher 12.
Into the ice crushing storage part 41 of the ice storage 13. Further, the control device 15 determines that the switching plate 34 is
5 or at the time when the position is detected by the ice breaking position detector 36, the deceleration motor 33 is stopped.

The controller 15 puts the ice making machine 11 into an operation standby state when either the ice cube ice storage sensor 42 or the ice breaking ice storage sensor 43 has not detected the full ice state, and the ice cube position detector 35 or the ice breaking ice Switching machine 1 by side position detector 36
The ice making machine 11 is operated when it is detected that the fourth switching plate 34 is at the ice cube position A or the ice breaking position B, respectively. In addition, the control device 15 stops the ice making machine 11 when both the ice cube ice storage sensor 42 and the ice breaking ice storage sensor 43 detect a full ice state. Therefore, the ice making machine 11 is provided with the ice storage 1
The operation is stopped when the ice cubes 16 in the ice cube storage unit 3 and the ice cubes 26 in the ice cube storage unit 41 become full ice, respectively, but the ice cube 16 from the ice cube storage unit 40 or the ice cube storage is stopped. The ice crush 26 is taken out from the section 41, and either the ice cube storage section 40 or the ice crush storage section 41 is in the less ice state, and the switching plate 34 of the switching device 14 is in the ice cube side position A or the ice break side position B. It will be activated when positioned.

Further, the control device 15 detects that the switching plate 34 of the switching device 14 has been positioned at the ice breaking side position B by the ice breaking side position detector 36, and the ice breaking ice storage sensor 43 detects the full ice of the ice breaking 26. When the state is not detected, the ice crusher 12 is operated, and when the ice crushing ice storage sensor 43 detects the full ice state in the ice crushing storage part 41, the ice crusher 12 is stopped. Thereby, the ice crusher 12 is operated only when ice crushing is stored in the ice crushing storage unit 41 in a less ice state.

Further, the controller 15 controls the ice cube ice storage sensor 4
2 or after the rotation of the switching plate 34 in the switching unit 14 is started based on the detection result from the ice breaking ice storage sensor 43, even after a lapse of a predetermined time, the ice cube position detector 35 or the ice breaking position detector 36 When the switching plate 34 is not detected, the ice making machine 11, the ice breaking machine 12, and the switching machine 14 are stopped. The predetermined time is a time sufficient for the switching plate 34 to rotate from the ice cube position A to the ice breaking position B or from the ice breaking position B to the ice cube position A by driving the deceleration motor 33.

Next, the control of the controller 15 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

(1) The control unit 15 first determines whether or not the ice making side ice making flag is set (S1).
If it is determined that the flag is not set,
It is determined whether the ice cube storage unit 40 of the ice storage 13 is full of ice cubes 16 based on the detection result of the ice cube ice storage sensor 42 (S2).

(2) When the ice cube storage unit 40 is not full ice, the control unit 15 determines whether or not the switching plate 34 of the switch 14 is at the ice cube position A by the ice cube position detector 35. A determination is made (S3). The control device 15 counts a built-in timer (not shown) when the switching plate 34 is not at the ice cube side position A (S4), and at approximately the same time, whether a predetermined time (t seconds) has elapsed since the timer started counting. It is determined whether or not the time has elapsed (S5).
3 is rotated forward, and the switching plate 34 is rotated toward the ice cube side position A (S6).

(3) The control unit 15 executes the above-described step S
Steps S1 to S6 are sequentially executed. When it is determined in step S3 that the switching plate 34 of the switching device 14 is positioned at the ice cube side position A, the built-in timer is cleared (S7), and the switching device 14 is decelerated almost simultaneously. The normal rotation drive of the motor 33 is stopped (S8), the ice making machine 11 is operated, and the ice making process of the ice cube 16 is executed (S9). Thereby, the ice cube 16 made by the ice maker 11 is supplied to the ice cube storage unit 40 of the ice storage 13 via the switching plate 34 of the switching device 14 and stored therein.

(4) When a predetermined time (t seconds) elapses after counting the timer in step S4, the controller 15 controls the deceleration motor 33 to rotate the switching plate 34 toward the ice cube position A. When t seconds have passed since the first rotation of the motor, an error is displayed because the switching plate 34 is not positioned at the ice cube side position A (S10), and the ice making machine 11, the ice breaking machine 12, and the switching machine 14 are almost simultaneously. Is stopped (S1
1), clear the built-in timer.

(5) When the ice cube ice storage sensor 42 detects that the ice cube storage unit 40 of the ice storage 13 is full of ice in step S2, the controller 15
It is determined whether or not the third ice-breaking storage unit 41 is full of ice based on the detection result of the ice-breaking ice storage sensor 43 (S12).

(6) When the ice crushing storage section 41 is not full ice, the control device 15 sets the ice crushing side ice making flag (S13), and then determines whether or not the switching plate 34 of the switching unit 14 is at the ice breaking side position B. This is determined by the ice-breaking position detector 36 (S14). The control device 15 counts a built-in timer when the switching plate 34 is not at the ice cube position A (S
15) At substantially the same time, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time (t seconds) has elapsed since the start of counting by the timer (S16). When the predetermined time (t seconds) has not elapsed, the deceleration motor 33 of the switching unit 14 is immediately rotated in the reverse direction to switch the switching plate. 34 is rotated to the ice breaking side position B (S17).

(7) The control device 15 executes the above-described step S
1 and S12 to S17 are sequentially executed. At this time, since the control device 15 determines that the ice breaking side ice making flag is set in step S1, the control device 15 immediately executes step S12 without executing step S2. The control device 15 clears the built-in timer when it is determined in step S14 that the switching plate 34 of the switching device 14 has been positioned at the ice breaking side position B (S18). The reverse rotation drive is stopped (S19), the ice crusher 12 is driven, and the ice crushing ice making process is executed (S20).
As a result, the ice cubes 16 made by the ice maker 11 are supplied to the ice crusher 12 through the switching plate 34 of the switch 14, and crushed by the ice crusher 12 to become ice crushes 26, and the ice storage 13 And the ice is stored.

(8) The controller 15 controls the deceleration motor 33 to rotate the switching plate 34 toward the ice breaking position B when a predetermined time (t seconds) has elapsed since the timer was counted in step S15. At time t seconds after the reverse rotation, an error is displayed because the switching plate 34 is not positioned at the ice breaking side position B (S21), and the ice making machine 11, the ice breaking machine 12, and the switching machine 14 are stopped almost simultaneously. (S2
2) Clear the built-in timer.

(9) The controller 15 clears the ice making flag on the ice breaking side when the ice breaking ice storage sensor 43 detects that the ice breaking storage part 41 of the ice storage 13 is full in step S12 ( S23) The ice making machine 11 and the ice crusher 12 are stopped, and the ice storage process is performed (S24).

Therefore, according to the above-described embodiment, the following effects are obtained.

The ice cubes 1 are stored in the ice cube storage section 40 of the ice storage 13.
The ice cube storage sensor 42 for detecting the full ice condition of No. 6
An ice-breaking ice storage sensor 43 for detecting the full ice state of the ice-breaking ice 26 is installed in the ice-breaking storage unit 41 of the ice storage 13, and the control device 15 for controlling the switching unit 14 includes an ice cube ice storage sensor 42 and an ice breaking ice storage sensor. Based on the detection result from 43, the position of the switching plate 34 is controlled so as to guide the ice cubes 16 to the ice cube storage unit 40 or the crushed ice storage unit 41 in a state of less ice, so that the ice cube storage unit When either one of the ice breaker 40 or the ice breaking storage unit 41 becomes full ice, the position of the switching plate 34 of the switching unit 14 is controlled, and the ice cube storage unit 40 or the ice breaking storage unit 41 in the less ice state is moved to the side. Ice cubes 16 from the ice maker 11 are guided. As a result, the ice cube storage unit 40 and the crushed ice storage unit 41 can be filled with ice in a well-balanced state, and the ice storage 1
The ice cube 16 can be efficiently stored in the ice cube storage unit 40 and the ice cube 26 can be efficiently stored in the ice cube storage unit 41.

The switch plate 14 is provided with a switch plate 34
Ice cube position detector 35 which detects that the ice cube 13 is positioned at the position leading to the ice cube storage unit 40 in the ice storage 13, and that the switching plate 34 is positioned at the position where the ice cube 16 is guided to the ice crusher 12. Since the ice-breaking-side position detector 36 to be detected is provided, it is possible to accurately detect the appropriate position (the ice-breaking-side position A or the ice-breaking-side position B) of the switching plate 34.

If the ice cube position detector 35 or the ice breaking position detector 36 has not detected the position of the switching plate 34 after a predetermined time has elapsed since the operation of the switching plate 34 of the switching device 14, some trouble has occurred. Since it can be determined that the ice has occurred, at this time, the control device 15 stops the ice maker 11, the ice crusher 12, and the switching device 14, so that the safety of the ice crushing ice storage device 10 can be enhanced.

Although the present invention has been described based on one embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, in the ice storage 13, the ice cube ice storage sensor 42 is installed at a position higher than the ice breaking ice storage sensor 43. However, the ice cube ice storage sensor 42 and the ice breaking ice storage sensor 43 have the same height. Alternatively, the ice breaking ice storage sensor 43 may be located higher than the ice cube ice storage sensor 42.

FIG. 4 shows that the ice cube 16 is stored in the ice cube storage section 40 of the ice storage 13 preferentially by the ice cube 16 in the ice breaking ice storage apparatus 10, but the step S2 in FIG.
Steps S3 to S11 related thereto and steps S12 and steps S13 to S24 related thereto may be switched so that the crushed ice 26 is preferentially stored in the crushed ice storage unit 41. However, in this case, in steps S1, S13, and S arm 24, the ice making flag on the ice breaking side is changed to the ice making flag on the ice cube side, and step S13 is executed.
Is inserted between steps S2 and S3.

[0051]

As described above, according to the ice breaking ice storage device of the present invention, the ice cube storage unit of the ice storage is provided with the ice cube ice storage sensor for detecting the full ice condition of the ice cube and the ice storage unit of the ice storage. The ice crushing storage unit is provided with an ice crushing ice storage sensor for detecting a full ice state of ice crushing, and a switching device having a switching member for guiding ice cubes from the ice maker to the ice cube storage unit or the ice crushing device. This control device controls the position of the switching member so as to guide the ice cubes to the ice cube storage unit or the ice cube storage unit in the less ice state based on the detection results from the ice cube storage sensor and the icebreak storage sensor. Thus, the ice cube storage part and the ice breaking storage part of the ice storage can be fully filled to a full ice state. As a result, ice cubes can be efficiently stored in the ice storage part of the ice storage and ice breaking can be efficiently stored in the ice breaking storage part. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of a crushed ice storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view showing the switcher and the ice breaker of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the ice breaking ice storage device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the control device of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Ice crushing ice storage device 11 Ice maker 12 Ice crusher 13 Ice storage 14 Switching device 15 Controller 16 Ice cube 26 Ice crushing 33 Reduction motor 34 Switching plate 35 Square ice side position detector 36 Ice crushing side position detector 40 Square ice storage part 41 Ice breaking Storage unit 42 Ice cube ice storage sensor 43 Ice breaking ice storage sensor A Position on ice cube B Position on ice breaking side

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An ice maker for making ice cubes, an ice crusher for crushing ice cubes and breaking ice, and an ice storage provided with a divided ice cube storage unit and an ice crush storage unit are vertically downward. A switching unit, which is sequentially disposed, and includes a switching member that selectively guides ice cubes from the ice machine to the ice cube storage unit or the ice crusher, between the ice maker and the ice crusher; An ice crushing ice storage device in which ice cubes are stored in the ice cube storage unit and crushed ice from the ice crusher is stored in the ice crushing storage unit, wherein the ice cube storage unit detects a full ice state of the ice cubes. A sensor and an ice crushing ice storage sensor for detecting a full ice state of ice crushing are respectively installed in the ice crushing storage unit, and a control device for controlling the switching device includes the ice cube ice storage sensor and the ice crushing ice storage sensor. Based on the detection results from Crushed ice ice apparatus characterized by controlling the position of the switching member so as to guide the ice cubes to the ice-breaking reservoir side. 2. The ice maker according to claim 2, wherein the ice maker is placed in an operation standby state when one of the ice cube ice storage sensor and the ice crush ice storage sensor does not detect a full ice state. 2. The ice breaking ice storage device according to claim 1, wherein the ice making machine is controlled to stop when both sensors detect a full ice state. 3. The control device operates the ice crusher when the switching member of the switch is positioned to guide the ice cubes to the ice crusher, and activates the ice crusher when the ice crushing ice storage sensor detects a full ice state. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control is performed to stop.
Or the ice crushing ice storage device according to 2. 4. An ice cube side position detector for detecting that a switching member is positioned at a position for guiding ice cubes to an ice cube storage unit, and the switching member guides ice cubes to the ice breaker. An ice-breaker-side position detector that detects that it has been positioned;
4. The ice crushing and ice storage device according to claim 1, further comprising: 5. The control device according to claim 1, wherein after a predetermined time has elapsed since the operation of the switching member of the switching device, when the ice cube side position detector or the ice breaking side position detector has not detected the position of the switching member, The ice crushing ice storage device according to claim 4, wherein the ice maker, the ice crusher, and the switching device are stopped.