JP2002013850A - Ice plant - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry a lump of crushed ice to the side of a crusher 6 without fail, even if a vacant space is made between the bottom part of a lump of crushed ice G consisting of crushed ice g to be carried by a slat conveyor 5 within the ice storage chamber 2 of an ice plant and the carriage face of this conveyor 5. SOLUTION: In an ice plant which is equipped with an ice machine for manufacturing fine ice g such as crushed ice or the like, an ice storage chamber for storing the ice g manufactured with the ice machine, a slat conveyor 5 for carrying the ice g to be stored in the ice storage chamber to one end side of the ice storage chamber, being positioned on the side of the floor of the ice storage chamber, and a cracker for cracking a lump of ice G carried by this conveyor 5, being positioned on the side of the carriage end of the slat conveyor 5, the slat constituting the slat conveyor 5 is provided with projections 20 and 21 for slip stoppage which are projecting by specified length from the surface.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ice making device, and more particularly, to an ice making machine for producing fine ice such as crushed ice, an ice storage room for storing ice produced by the ice making machine, and an ice storage room. A slat conveyor in the ice making apparatus, which is provided on the floor side and includes a slat conveyor for transporting ice stored in the ice storage chamber to one end of the ice storage chamber, and a crusher for crushing the ice transported by the conveyor. Regarding improvement.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 6 and 7 are a partially cutaway perspective view and a vertical sectional front view showing a conventional ice making device. In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes an ice making machine for producing crushed ice g, that is, fine ice g having a side length of about 10 to 15 mm. The crushed ice g produced by each of the ice makers 1 and 1 is dropped into a large ice storage chamber 3 below by an input chute 2 and stored. Numeral 4 denotes a leveling machine comprising a chain conveyor provided on the ceiling side of the ice storage room 3, and when the crushed ice is dropped from the loading chute 2 into the ice storage room 3 and gradually accumulates in a mountain shape, the top of the crushed ice g is leveled. It is supposed to.

[0005] Reference numeral 5 denotes a slat conveyor provided on the floor side of the ice storage room 2. The crushed ice g stored in the ice storage room 2 is stored in the ice storage room 2.
Is transported to one end. Reference numeral 6 denotes a crusher which is provided on the discharge end side of the slat conveyor 5 and crushes the massive crushed ice G of crushed ice g conveyed by the slat conveyor 5. Reference numeral 7 denotes a discharge screw machine for discharging the crushed ice g crushed by the crusher 6 from the ice storage chamber 3 to the lower measuring device 8. The screw machine 7 discharges the crushed ice g from the ice storage room 3 and measures the amount by the measuring device 8. Broken ice g
Is transported from the distributor 9 to a predetermined ice crushing supply point by the transport screw conveyor 10, and is also directly transmitted from the distributor 9 to the air ice transport unit 11.

[0004]

In the above ice making apparatus, the crushed ice g produced by the ice maker 1 is dropped into the ice storage chamber 3 by the input chute 2, and the slat conveyor provided on the floor side thereof. While being accumulated on the crushed ice 5, the crushed ice g freezes to form, for example, a mountain-shaped massive crushed ice G as shown in FIG. 5, which is conveyed by the slat conveyor 5 and gradually crushed by the crusher 6. However, since the massive ice crushing G forms a bridge with the inner wall surface of the ice storage room 3, it is driven to travel when the slat conveyor 5 attempts to convey it to the crusher 6 side. Only the lower surface portion of the crushed ice G in contact with the conveying surface of the slat conveyor 5 melts and forms a gap S with the conveying surface of the slat conveyor 5, so that only the slat conveyor 5 So as to line, bulk crushed ice G
Cannot be transported.

According to the present invention, as described above, the gap S is formed between the lower surface of the crushed ice G composed of the crushed ice g conveyed by the slat conveyor 5 in the ice storage chamber 2 and the conveying surface of the slat conveyor 5. It is an object of the present invention to ensure that the massive crushed ice G can be transported to the crusher 6 side even in the formed state.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 is
An ice maker 1 for producing fine ice g such as crushed ice, an ice storage room 3 for storing the ice g produced by the ice maker 1, and ice stored on the floor side of the ice storage room 3 and stored in the ice storage room 3. slat conveyor 5 for transporting the ice g to one end of the ice storage compartment 3 and a crusher 6 at the discharge end side of the slat conveyor 5 for crushing the ice g transported by the conveyor 5. The apparatus is characterized in that a slat forming the slat conveyor 5 is provided with a non-slip projection projecting from the surface thereof by a required length.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the ice making device according to the first aspect, the projection is attached to link members 15 and 16 of the chain 14 for attaching the slats 17 and 18 to the chain 14 of the slat conveyor 5. The slat mounting bolt 2 is inserted through the mounting pieces into the slats 17 and 18 so as to protrude from the surfaces of the slats 17 and 18.
0,21.

[0008]

1 to 3 show a slat conveyor 5 according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a floor of an ice storage room 3 in an ice making apparatus shown in FIGS. FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along a direction perpendicular to the transport direction, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the slat conveyor 5. A plurality of slat conveyors 5 are juxtaposed on the floor of the ice storage room 3 at required intervals, and a ridge member 12 made of an angle material as shown in FIG. Are arranged in parallel with the slat conveyor 5.

Each slat conveyor 5 hangs a chain 14 on a pair of sprockets 13, 13 provided at both ends of the ice storage chamber 3 as shown in FIG. 4, and as shown in FIGS. Slats 1 at a constant pitch on the chain 14
7 and 18 are continuously attached. One sprocket 13 is on the driving side and the other sprocket 13 is on the driven side.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the chain 14 includes a pair of front and rear link members 15, 16 connected to each other.
Endlessly connected to the attachment link A made of
16 is provided with a pair of left and right mounting pieces 19, 19, and a roller 24 is provided at a connecting portion between the link members 15, 16. Two slats 17, 18 having different widths in the front-rear direction are attached to left and right attachment pieces 19, 19 of the link members 15, 16 by a plurality of bolts 20, 21. The two slats 17 and 18 are made of a synthetic resin plate having excellent surface smoothness and abrasion resistance, respectively. One of the wide slats 17 is formed thick and the other of the narrow slats 18 is formed of a thin slat 17. It is formed thinner than the slat 17. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 23 denotes a support rail for supporting the rollers 24 of the chain 14.

Each link member 15, 16 has a slat 17,
When attaching the slat 17
As shown in FIG. 3, the left and right mounting pieces 19, 19 of the link member 15 are attached to the link members 15, 16, respectively.
The slats 17 are placed on the upper side, and four bolts 20 are inserted from the bolt insertion holes of the mounting pieces 19 into the bolt insertion holes of the slats 17 from the back sides of the two mounting pieces 19, respectively. Long protruding and bolts 20,2
A nut 22 is screwed onto the protruding end side of the
Is fixed to the mounting piece 19. At this time, four nuts 2
Of the two nuts 22 that are screwed into the bolts 21,
After the other slat 18 described later is attached, it is screwed into the bolt 21.

As described above, each of the link members 15, 16
The bolt insertion hole of the other slat 18 is inserted into two bolts 21 protruding from the tip end of one slat 17 attached to the other slat 17, and one end of the other slat 18 is connected to the tip of the one slat 17. Each bolt 1 which is superimposed on the part and protrudes long from the surface side of the other slat 18
2, a nut 22 is screwed into the protruding end, and this slat 1
8 is fixed to both mounting pieces 19, 19 together with the slats 17. The length of each of the bolts 20, 21 protruding from the slats 17, 18 is about 1/2 to 1/3 of the total length of the bolts 20, 21, and it is appropriate that the length is about 25 to 35 mm.

As described above, since the tips of the bolts 20 and 21 for attaching the slats 17 and 18 to the chain 14 of the slat conveyor 5 project from the surfaces of the slats 17 and 18 by a required length, the crushed ice g When the massive ice crushed ice G that has been frozen to form a large mass is conveyed to the crusher 6 by the slat conveyor 5, the lower surface portion of the massive ice crushed G that is in contact with the conveying surface of the slat conveyor 5 is melted, and Even if a gap S (see FIG. 5) is formed between the bolt 2 and the transfer surface, as shown in FIGS.
The projections 0, 21 cut into the lower surface of the massive ice crushing G to function as anti-slip projections, prevent the massive ice crushing G from sliding on the conveying surface of the slat conveyor 5, and dissolve the massive ice crushing G. It can be reliably transported to the crusher 6 side.

In this case, bolts 20 and 21 for attaching slats 17 and 18 to the chain 14 of the conveyor 5 are used.
Since the projecting portion on the front end side becomes the anti-slip projection as it is, slightly longer bolts 20 and 21 are required. However, there is no need to provide the anti-slip projection specially, and therefore the slat conveyor 5 can be manufactured accordingly. It becomes simple and the cost can be reduced. In the conventional slat conveyor, when attaching the slat to the chain, a slat mounting bolt is inserted from the front side of the slat to the mounting piece of the ring member, and is projected to the back side of the mounting piece. Then, a nut is screwed into the tip of the bolt to attach and fix the slat.

In the embodiment described above, the tips of the bolts 20 and 21 for attaching the slats 17 and 18 to the chain 14 protrude from the surfaces of the slats 17 and 18 by a required length as described above. Are formed as anti-slip projections, but the anti-slip projections are not limited to such bolts 20 and 21, and metal members such as angle materials may be used as slats 17 and 18.
May be fixed so as to protrude by a required length on the surface side of the.

[0016]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the slats forming the slat conveyor are provided with the anti-slip projections projecting from the surface thereof by a required length, the slats can be used for ice crushing or the like manufactured by an ice maker. When fine ice is stored in the ice storage compartment and the large ice formed by freezing of the fine ice is conveyed to the crusher side by the slat conveyor, the lower surface of the ice in contact with the conveyor conveyance surface is melted and the conveyor is melted. Even when a gap is formed between the conveyor and the conveyor surface, the anti-slip projections prevent the ice from sliding on the conveyor conveyor surface and ensure that the ice is conveyed to the crusher side. it can.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the projecting portion on the tip end side of the bolt for attaching the slat to the chain of the conveyor becomes the anti-slip projection as it is, it is necessary to provide the anti-slip projection specially. In addition, the manufacturing becomes simpler and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a floor of an ice storage room in an ice making device, which is sectioned in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of a slat conveyor 5. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a slat conveyor.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the crushed mountain ice is conveyed to the crusher side by the slat conveyor according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a mountain-shaped massive crushed ice is conveyed to a crusher side by a conventional slat conveyor.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a conventional ice making device.

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional front view of the ice making device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ice machine 3 Ice storage room 5 Slat conveyor 6 Crusher 14 Chain A Attachment link 15,16 Link member 17,18 Slat 19 Mounting piece 20,21 Bolt 22 Nut g Ice breaking G Lump ice breaking

Claims (2)

[Claims] An ice maker for producing fine ice such as crushed ice,
An ice storage room for storing ice produced by the ice making machine, a slat conveyor on the floor side of the ice storage room for transporting ice stored in the ice storage room to one end of the ice storage room, and a discharge end of the slat conveyor; A slat forming a slat conveyor is provided with a non-slip protruding portion protruding from a surface of the slat by a required length. An ice making device, comprising: 2. The slat mounting means according to claim 1, wherein said projection is inserted into a slat from an attachment piece attached to a link member of the chain to project the slat to a chain of the slat conveyor, and protrudes from a surface of the slat. The ice making device according to claim 1, wherein the ice making device is formed of a bolt.