JP2002031441A - Ice storage door assembly of automated ice making machine or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove a door by removing only a front panel assembly from the main body of an automated ice making machine or the like, without removing the whole ice storage door assembly therefrom, and to simply and easily perform cleaning of the door and the fitting periphery thereof and maintenance work. SOLUTION: The ice storage door assembly 30 is constituted of the door 34 being openable and closable, a back panel 35 having guide grooves 37a and 37b guiding the movement of the door 34, and fitted directly to the main body, and the front panel assembly fitted removably to the front of the back panel 35 so that it holds the door 34.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ice storage door assembly for an automatic ice maker or the like, and more particularly to an ice storage door assembly for cleaning and maintenance of an ice storage door and its surroundings in a simple and easy manner. The present invention relates to an ice storage door assembly of an automatic ice maker or the like configured to be attached.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in an automatic ice maker, an ice block stored in an ice storage can be taken out at any time.
An ice storage door that can be opened and closed is provided on the front of the ice making machine body. And, in order to effectively shut off this ice storage door from outside air, a peripheral member (ice storage door assembly) for assembling the door adopts a heat insulating structure and uses many members. And complex.

FIGS. 6 and 7 are exploded perspective views showing the structure of a conventional ice storage door assembly of an automatic ice maker and the assembled state thereof. That is, FIG. 6 shows a state in which an ice storage door assembly is assembled to a conventional automatic ice maker. One of the front panels 12 having a heat insulating structure is provided above a front surface of a main body 10 of the automatic ice maker or the like. Storage door assembly 20 having a door 14 slidably mounted in a vertical direction.
Is configured to be removably attached via a fastener such as a screw. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 22 denotes a top plate assembly mounted on the top of the main body 10, and reference numeral 24 denotes a ventilation panel assembly for a refrigerator mounted on a lower front surface of the main body 10.

Next, FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of each component showing the configuration of the ice storage door assembly 20 in FIG. That is, in FIG. 7, the ice storage door assembly 20 is
When connecting the front panel 12 and the door 14 described above,
The heat insulating material holding panel 13 is superposed on the inner surface of the front panel 12, and the back panel 15 is superposed so as to hold the door 14 on the rear surface. And
A pair of guide rails 16 opposing both sides of the door 14
a, 16b, and one end 17a of a wire 17 is connected to the upper end of the door 14, and the wire 17 is wound around a pulley 18 mounted above the heat insulating material holding panel 13, so that the door 14 is To be suspended. Further, by appropriately connecting a weight 19 having an appropriate weight to the other end 17b of the wire 17, the door 14 can be opened and closed with respect to the front panel 12 in the vertical direction.

[0005] In the configuration of the ice storage door assembly 20, the door 14 attached to the front panel 12 has a structure other than one that opens and closes vertically as shown in the illustrated example.
Many devices having a structure that can be opened and closed right and left have been proposed and implemented.

[0006]

However, in the conventional ice storage door assembly 20 having the above-described configuration, cleaning of the door 14 and its surroundings is indispensable in order to prevent adhesion and propagation of bacteria and mold. However, in the conventional ice storage door assembly 20 having a complicated configuration, the door 1
4 cannot be easily removed from the front panel 12, so that it has been difficult to properly clean the rear surface of the door 14 and the narrow portion of the door 14 where the germs and mold are easily attached, especially when the door 14 slides.

Therefore, in the conventional ice storage door assembly 20, when cleaning the door 14 and its surroundings or performing maintenance inside the ice storage, it is necessary to remove the front panel 12 from the front surface of the main body 10. In addition, since cleaning and maintenance work is troublesome, the frequency of these works is reduced, and there is a problem that sanitary control for the ice storage is incomplete.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks inherent in the prior art, and has been proposed to solve the problem suitably. An ice storage device such as an automatic ice maker that can remove the door by removing only the front panel without removing the entire three-dimensional object, and can easily and easily accomplish cleaning of the door and cleaning and maintenance work around its installation. It is an object to provide a warehouse door assembly.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the intended object, an ice storage door assembly for an automatic ice maker or the like according to the present invention comprises an ice storage door that opens and closes in front of the ice storage. An ice storage door assembly such as an automatic ice maker that is configured such that a freely configured ice storage door assembly is detachably attached to a main body of an automatic ice maker or the like, wherein the ice storage door assembly includes an openable and closable door. A back panel provided with a guide groove for guiding the movement of the door and directly attached to a main body of an automatic ice maker or the like; and a front panel detachably attached to a front surface of the back panel so as to hold the door. It is characterized by having done.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an ice storage door assembly for an automatic ice maker and the like according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings with reference to preferred embodiments.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show an embodiment of an ice storage door assembly when the present invention is applied to an ice storage door of an automatic ice maker. That is, FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of each component of the ice storage door assembly showing an embodiment of the ice storage door assembly of the automatic ice making machine, and FIG. 2 is an automatic ice storage door assembly shown in FIG. It is a principal part exploded perspective view which shows the state attached to an ice machine.

As shown in FIG. 1, an ice storage door assembly 30 according to this embodiment has a front panel assembly (front panel) 3 including an upper front panel 32a, a lower front panel 32b, and left and right front panels 33a, 33b.
1, a door (ice storage door) 34, and a back panel 35. And the back panel 3
5 has an opening 36 in the lower part, and guide grooves 37a, 37b for fitting the door 34 and guiding the door 34 to be slidable in the vertical direction on the inner surfaces on both sides in the width direction. A case portion 38 for holding a required space is provided on the inner surface of the upper panel of the back panel 35, and the door 34 is suspended at one end at the top of the back panel 35 so that the door 34 is suspended in the vertical direction while being balanced with the weight. A pair of wires 39a, 39b that can be opened and closed
Brackets 42 for fixing the pulley assemblies 40, 40 to be wound around, respectively, are attached. Reference numeral 41 denotes a weight that is coupled to the other end of the pair of wires 39a and 39b and that is housed in the case 38 so as to be vertically movable.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 44 denotes a cover panel attached to the back surface of the back panel 35, and reference numeral 46 denotes a seal member attached to the rear edge of the back panel 35.

As described above, the ice storage door assembly 30 of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration has the door 34 fitted into the guide grooves 37a and 37b inside the back panel 35, and then the wires 39a and 37b. After joining one end of 39b,
Upper front panel 32a, lower front panel 32b
The front panel assembly 31 including the left and right front panels 33a and 33b is mounted using a fastener such as a screw which can be appropriately attached and detached. In this manner, the ice storage door assembly 30 of the present embodiment includes the door 34 and the front panel assembly 31 with respect to the back panel 35.
It can be easily assembled (see FIG. 3).

In this case, the relationship between the door 34, the front panel assembly 31, and the back panel 35 in the ice storage door assembly 30 is as shown in FIGS. That is, the sectional structure of the lower part with the door 34 closed is shown in FIG. 4, and the sectional structure of the upper part with the door 34 opened is shown in FIG. Also, only the edge of the door 34 is slidable in the recess. Therefore, as is clear from these sectional structures, the configuration around the door 34 is extremely simple.

As shown in FIG. 2, the ice storage door assembly 30 according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration has an appropriate locking member on the front surface corresponding to the ice storage 11 of the main body 10 of an automatic ice maker or the like. Can be assembled using. In FIG. 2, reference numerals 22 and 24 denote a top plate assembly mounted on the top of the main body 10 and a ventilation panel assembly for a refrigerator mounted on the lower front surface of the main body 10, respectively, as described above.

Accordingly, the main body 1 of the automatic ice maker and the like is thus constructed.
When performing the cleaning and maintenance work of the ice storage door with respect to the ice storage door assembly 30 attached to the plurality of panels 32a without removing the entirety of the ice storage door assembly 30 from the main body 10. , 32b, 33a, 33b, the door 34 can be removed by removing only the front panel assembly 31.
(See FIG. 3), the cleaning of the door 34 and the cleaning and maintenance work around the mounting thereof can be easily and easily accomplished. In particular, when the front panel assembly 31 is mounted, the use of a screw with a knob provides an excellent advantage that each part of the front panel assembly 31 can be quickly attached and detached without tools.

In the ice storage door assembly 30 of the present embodiment, a drain groove 47 and a water collecting hole 48 are provided at a portion of the back panel 35 where the lower end of the door 34 contacts, and the water collecting hole 48 is further provided. By connecting the external drain pipe 49 to the external drain pipe 49, it is possible to smoothly remove water droplets gathering around the door 34, to prevent contamination of sewage into the ice storage, and to achieve extremely sanitary operation. is there. In addition, by appropriately arranging a packing member 50 at a portion where the lower end of the door 34 of the back panel 35 abuts, it is possible to prevent cold air from leaking from the ice storage and to prevent insects and other foreign substances from entering from outside. (See FIGS. 1 and 3).

The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and many design changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, for the front panel,
In the embodiment, the front panel assembly is constituted by a plurality of members, but may be constituted by a single member.

[0020]

As described above, according to the ice storage door assembly for an automatic ice maker or the like according to the present invention, when performing the cleaning and maintenance work of the ice storage door, the ice storage from the main body of the automatic ice maker or the like is performed. Without removing the whole door assembly,
By removing only the front panel, the door can be removed, and many excellent advantages can be obtained, such as easy and easy cleaning of the door and cleaning and maintenance work around the door.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of each component of an ice storage door assembly showing an embodiment of an ice storage door assembly for an automatic ice maker or the like according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part showing a state where the ice storage door assembly shown in FIG. 1 is assembled to an automatic ice maker.

FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory perspective view showing an assembled state of the ice storage door assembly shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the ice storage door assembly shown in FIG. 3, which is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

5 is a cross-sectional view of the ice storage door assembly shown in FIG. 3, which is a cross-sectional view taken along a line BB of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing a state where an ice storage door assembly is assembled to a conventional automatic ice maker.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of each component of the ice storage door assembly shown in FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Main body of automatic ice machines, etc., 11 Ice storage, 30 Ice storage door assembly 31 Front panel assembly (front panel) 32a Upper front panel, 32b Lower front panel 33a, 33b Left and right front panels, 34 doors, 35
Back panel 37a, 37b Guide groove

Claims (2)

[Claims] An ice storage door assembly (30) having an ice storage door openable and closable in front of an ice storage (11) is provided on a main body of an automatic ice maker or the like.
(10) In an ice storage door assembly such as an automatic ice maker detachably attached to (10), the ice storage door assembly (30) includes a door (34) that can be opened and closed, and movement of the door (34). A back panel (35) that has guide grooves (37a, 37b) for guiding the door (3) and is directly attached to a main body (10) of an automatic ice maker or the like, and the door (3
4) Removable front panel to hold
(31) An ice storage door assembly for an automatic ice maker or the like, comprising: 2. The front panel (31) includes a door (34).
2. A front panel (32a), a lower front panel (32b), and left and right front panels (33a, 33b) arranged so as to hold the upper, lower, and left and right sides, respectively. Ice storage door assembly for automatic ice machines.