JP2010139197A - Auger ice-making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an auger ice-making machine capable of supplying ice chips having stable quality. <P>SOLUTION: The ice making amount of the auger ice-making machine 20 can be estimated based on water temperature output by a water temperature sensor 93 for sensing the temperature of potable water stored in a water supply tank 10 and air temperature output by an air temperature sensor 94 sensing air temperature around the auger ice-making machine 20. The ice storage amount can be estimated by subtracting the ice melting amount and ice carrying-out amount from the ice making amount. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an auger type ice making machine mounted on a cup type vending machine or the like for preparing and selling cold beverages.

There is an auger type ice making machine as an ice making machine mounted on a cup type vending machine. An auger type ice making machine is an ice making unit that produces ice pieces by scraping the thin ice that is made by irrigating drinking water supplied from a water supply tank onto the inner wall surface of an ice making cylinder by the rotation of a spiral rotary blade (hereinafter referred to as “auger”). And an ice storage unit for storing the produced ice pieces on the cocoon.
The ice making unit includes a drive motor, an auger connected via a speed reducer that reduces and transmits the rotation of the drive motor, an ice making cylinder through which the auger is inserted, and a refrigeration cycle wound around the outer peripheral surface of the ice making cylinder The device includes an evaporation pipe of the apparatus, an extrusion head for ice compression provided above the auger, and a heat insulating material surrounding the ice making cylinder and the evaporation pipe, and a water inlet is provided at the lower part of the ice making cylinder. It is connected to the water tank with a water pipe.

  The ice storage part is provided with an ice storage chamber composed of a heat insulating wall having a circular cross section in the upper part of the ice making part, and inside thereof an agitator for stirring ice pieces attached on the axis of a rotating shaft coaxial with the auger, It is equipped with a spider for ice storage (has the function of draining molten water in which ice pieces have melted) disposed between the agitator and the bottom of the ice storage room. A drainage outlet is provided, and the drainage outlet communicates with a water inlet at the bottom of the ice making cylinder through a drainage pipe. The ice storage chamber is equipped with an ice amount detection plate. When ice pieces are produced in the ice making section and the ice pieces stored in the ice storage chamber increase, the ice amount detection plate is pushed up, and when it reaches a predetermined height, ice making is stopped. When the ice piece is carried out or the ice amount decreases due to melting of the ice piece, the ice amount detection plate is lowered and ice making is started again.

  In addition, the auger type ice maker does not have the water level adjustment function in the ice maker itself, and the water supply connected with the water supply pipe so that the inside of the ice maker for icing drinking water has an appropriate water level. The water level of the tank is determined, and when the drinking water level stored in the water supply tank falls to the lower limit water level, the water supply tank water inlet valve is opened to supply water, and when the upper limit water level is reached, the water supply tank water inlet valve is closed. The water supply is stopped, and it is always kept within the upper and lower water levels that are appropriate for producing good quality ice pieces with an auger type ice machine.

As described above, in order to produce good quality ice pieces with an auger type ice making machine, it is desirable that the water level in the ice making cylinder is always kept at a predetermined level, and if the water level in the ice making cylinder is too high, it is soft and has a sherbet-like shape. If it becomes ice and it is too low, the ice will become too hard in the ice making cylinder, making an abnormal noise, and overloading the drive motor (for example, see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-4950

  Ice pieces made with an auger type ice maker are preferably hard, hard to break, and hard to melt. However, depending on the quality of tap water, the structure of the ice making unit, and the surrounding environment, soft and easily meltable ice may be produced. In addition, when ice pieces are sandwiched between the tip of the agitator and the heat insulating wall and broken in the ice storage chamber, the ice pieces are refined and enter into the gap between the ice pieces, and the ice pieces become overcrowded in the ice storage chamber. Normally, ice making stops when the ice piece pushes up the ice amount detection plate, but if the ice piece breaks, it does not move in the direction of pushing up the ice amount detection plate. It is crushed to the side, causing the ice pieces to become sherbet-like ice. When the ice pieces in the sherbet form adhere to each other and become large ice blocks, they cannot be carried out from the ice carry-out port, or when the ice in the sherbet form is carried out from the ice carry-out port and slides down the ice carry-out chute, the chute with surface tension If it stops inside and is no longer supplied to the cup, the cup-type vending machine will have poor sales of cup beverages.

  In order to prevent the occurrence of sherbet-like ice, the quality of the drinking water supplied has been improved, and the shape of the ice making and storage areas has been improved. Depending on the ice making condition, the ice quality deteriorates during manufacture in the ice making unit or storage in the ice storage unit, and even if ice pieces are not carried out from the ice carry-out port or melted ice pieces are carried out, cup beverages Will be a poor sales.

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide an auger type ice making machine capable of supplying ice pieces with stable quality.

In order to achieve the above object, an auger type ice making machine according to claim 1 of the present invention is provided with drinking water supplied from a water supply tank to an inner wall surface of an ice making cylinder in which an evaporation pipe of a refrigeration cycle device is wound on an outer peripheral surface. The ice making unit that manufactures ice pieces by scraping the thin ice that has been icing up with the rotation of a spiral rotary blade, and storing the produced ice pieces, and opening the ice carry-out port according to the ice carry-out instruction In an auger type ice making machine having an ice storage part to be carried out,
The water supply amount detecting means for detecting the amount of drinking water supplied from the water supply tank, the ice melting amount detecting means for detecting the amount of ice melted during storage in the ice storage section, and the ice carry-out port. The ice storage amount detecting means for detecting the amount of ice transported, the water supply amount detecting means, the ice melting amount detecting means, and the ice storage amount based on the water supply amount, the ice melting amount and the ice discharge amount output by the ice discharge amount detecting means. And a control means for controlling ice making so that the ice space factor does not exceed a predetermined ratio after full ice.

An auger type ice making machine according to claim 2 of the present invention is characterized in that, in claim 1 described above, the ice space factor is 60% or less.
An auger type ice making machine according to claim 3 of the present invention is the above-mentioned claim 1 or claim 2, wherein when the ice space ratio exceeds an allowable value, a predetermined time elapses or a predetermined ice space ratio is lowered. It is characterized by stopping ice making.

  An auger type ice making machine according to claim 4 of the present invention is the above-mentioned claim 1 or claim 2, wherein if the ice space factor exceeds an allowable value, ice making is performed after replacing drinking water in the ice making unit. It is characterized by starting.

  According to the invention of claim 1, a water supply amount detecting means for detecting the amount of drinking water supplied from the water supply tank, an ice melting amount detecting means for detecting the amount of ice melted during storage in the ice storage unit, Ice discharge amount detection means for detecting the amount of ice carried out from the ice carry-out port, the water supply amount detection means, the ice melting amount detection means, and the ice discharge amount detection means output the water supply amount, the ice melting amount and the ice discharge amount. And a control means for controlling ice making so that the ice occupancy rate does not exceed a predetermined ratio after the ice is full. The amount of ice in the ice storage chamber is estimated from the amount of ice, and after full ice, ice making is controlled so that the ice volume (= ice space factor) relative to the ice storage space volume of the ice storage chamber does not exceed a predetermined ratio. Since ice abnormalities can be detected before becoming ice, provide stable quality ice pieces. It is possible to provide an auger type ice making machine which is capable of.

Further, according to the invention of claim 2, by setting the ice space ratio to 60% or less, it is determined that the ice space ratio, which is normally maintained at 50 to 55%, is 60% or more, it is abnormal, and sherbet It is possible to provide an auger type ice making machine capable of preventing the formation of ice.
According to the invention of claim 3, when the ice occupancy rate exceeds an allowable value, ice making is stopped until a predetermined time elapses or the ice occupancy rate falls to a predetermined ice occupancy rate, so that the sherbet-like ice is removed from the carry-out port. An auger type ice making machine that can be prevented from being carried out can be provided.

  According to the invention of claim 4, when the ice space factor exceeds an allowable value, the sherbet-shaped ice is carried out from the carry-out port by starting the ice making after replacing the drinking water in the ice making part. It is possible to provide an auger type ice making machine capable of preventing the above.

Exemplary embodiments of an auger type ice making machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a water circuit diagram of a cup type vending machine equipped with an auger type ice making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. The cup-type vending machine 1 stores the drinking water supplied by opening and closing the valve to supply and stop drinking water supplied from the tap water, and the water supply tank water inlet valve 9 is opened. Water supply tank 10, water pump 61 for pumping drinking water stored in water supply tank 10 to each device, cold water for iced beverage, cooling water tank 62 for cooling carbonated water and syrup, carbonator for producing and storing carbonated water 63, cold water nozzle 64 for pouring cold water into cup C, carbonated water nozzle 65 for pouring carbonated water into cup C, carbon dioxide gas cylinder 66 for storing carbon dioxide gas, syrup tank 67 for storing syrup, syrup in cup C The syrup nozzle 68 to be poured out, the auger type ice making machine 20 for producing ice pieces with drinking water supplied from the water supply tank 10, and the coffee beans supplied from the canister 71 in the mill 72. Pour hot water supplied from the hot water tank 73 into the ground beans and extract the coffee liquor 74. Powder ingredients such as sugar and cream supplied from the canister 75 and the coffee liquor supplied from the coffee brewer 74 are mixed. A mixing bowl 76 for preparing a coffee beverage, a coffee nozzle 77 for pouring the coffee beverage into the cup C, and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a partially broken side view of an auger type ice making machine 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a diagram showing a water supply tank 10 and a refrigeration cycle apparatus 50. The water supply tank 10 detects the position of the float 11 that moves up and down with the fluctuation of the level of drinking water supplied from the water supply, and starts water supply when the stored drinking water falls to the water supply start water level A1 (lower limit water level). A water supply start switch 12 for outputting a signal and a water supply stop switch 13 for outputting a water supply stop signal when drinking water rises to a water supply stop water level A2 (upper limit water level) are provided.

  And if the float 11 moves up and down with the fluctuation | variation of the water level of the drinking water stored in the water supply tank 10, and the water supply start switch 12 outputs a water supply start signal, the control part (control means) 90 (refer FIG. 3). Opens the water supply tank water inlet valve 9 to supply water to the water supply tank 10, and when the water supply stop switch 13 outputs a water supply stop signal, the controller 90 closes the water supply tank water inlet valve 9 to stop water supply. In this way, the drinking water that is always kept in the upper limit water level and the lower limit water level suitable for producing good quality ice pieces with the auger type ice making machine 20 in the water supply tank 10 is stored in the auger through the water supply pipe T1. When the refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 is operated and the drive motor 22 of the auger type ice making machine 20 is driven, the ice is made. In addition, when the water pump 61 is driven by communicating with the water pump 61 through the water supply pipe T4, the drinking water stored in the water supply tank 10 is supplied from the water supply pipe T4 to the carbonator 63 and the hot water tank 73.

The auger type ice making machine 20 manufactures ice pieces by scraping the thin ice made by drinking water supplied from the water supply tank 10 on the inner wall surface of the ice making cylinder 24 by the rotation of a spiral rotating blade (hereinafter referred to as “auger”) 23. The ice making unit 21 and the ice storage unit 30 for storing the produced ice pieces on the spider 33 are configured.
The ice making unit 21 includes a drive motor 22, an auger 23 connected via a speed reducer (not shown) that reduces and transmits the rotation of the drive motor 22, an ice making cylinder 24 through which the auger 23 is inserted, and ice making The evaporation pipe 54 of the refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 wound around the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder 24, the extrusion head 25 for ice compression provided above the auger 23, and the heat insulating material 26 surrounding the ice making cylinder 24 and the evaporation pipe 54. Is provided. The ice making cylinder 24 is provided with a water inlet 27 and is connected to the water supply tank 10 via a water supply pipe T1.

  The ice storage unit 30 is provided with an ice storage chamber 31 formed of a heat insulating wall having a circular cross section at the top of the ice making unit 21. Inside the ice storage chamber 31, an agitator 32 for stirring ice pieces attached around the axis of a rotating shaft 23 a coaxial with the auger 23, and an ice piece disposed between the agitator 32 and the bottom 31 a of the ice storage chamber 31. It is provided with a mounting kite 33 (having the function of draining molten water in which ice pieces are melted) 33. Further, an ice carry-out port 34 having an ice carry-out door 36 that is opened and closed by a door opening / closing mechanism 35 is provided on the side wall of the ice storage chamber 31. When the door opening / closing mechanism 35 is driven to open the ice carry-out door 36, the ice pieces stored on the cage 33 and stirred by the agitator 32 are carried out from the ice carry-out port 34, slide down the ice carry-out chute 37, and the cup. Is supplied to the cup C placed in the sales outlet of the automatic vending machine 1. Furthermore, an ice amount detection plate 39 is provided on the upper cover 38 of the ice storage chamber 31, and an ice making start switch 40 that outputs an ice making start signal when the ice amount decreases and the ice amount detection plate 39 falls to the ice storage amount lower limit position; An ice making stop switch 41 is provided that outputs an ice making stop signal when the ice making operation proceeds and the ice storage amount increases and the ice amount detection plate 39 is pushed up to the ice making stop position.

The bottom 31a of the ice storage chamber 31 is provided with a drain port 42 for draining dissolved water in which ice pieces have melted. The drain port 42 is a drain pipe T2 and a water inlet 27 provided at the lower part of the ice making cylinder 24 through a water supply pipe T1. And connected to the water supply tank 10. Further, the drain pipe T2 communicates with the water pump 61 via the communication pipe T3.
The refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 includes a compressor 51 that compresses a gas refrigerant into a high-temperature and high-pressure gas refrigerant, a condenser 52 that cools the high-temperature and high-pressure gas refrigerant into a liquid refrigerant by heat exchange with air, and a condenser. An expansion valve 53 that lowers the pressure of the high-pressure liquid refrigerant liquefied at 52, and an evaporation pipe 54 that causes the drinking water supplied from the water supply tank 10 to be iced on the inner wall surface of the ice making cylinder 24 by the evaporation heat (vaporization heat) of the liquid refrigerant. And a refrigerant pipe 55 for returning the gas refrigerant evaporated in the evaporation pipe 54 to the compressor 51, and the refrigerant flows in the direction of the arrow in the figure.

Further, a water temperature sensor 93 for detecting the temperature of potable water stored in the water supply tank 10 and an air temperature sensor 94 for detecting the air temperature around the auger type ice making machine 20 are provided, and a temperature signal is sent to the control unit 90. A thermistor or the like can be used as these sensors.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of the auger type ice making machine 20. The control unit (control unit) 90 is provided with a memory 91 for storing predetermined command signals, a timer 92, and the like. The control unit 90 detects the temperature of potable water stored in the water supply tank 10 and outputs a water temperature signal, detects the air temperature around the auger type ice making machine 20 and outputs the air temperature signal. When the amount of ice stored in the air temperature sensor 94 and the ice storage chamber 31 decreases and the ice amount detection plate 39 falls to the ice storage amount lower limit position, the ice making start switch 40 that outputs an ice making start signal, the ice storage amount increases due to the ice making operation, and the ice amount is detected. When the plate 39 is pushed up to the ice storage amount upper limit position, it receives a signal from an ice making stop switch 41 that outputs an ice making stop signal. Based on these input signals, the control unit 90 drives the refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 and the drive motor 22 to rotate the auger 23 to scoop up the thin ice that has landed on the inner wall surface of the ice making cylinder 24 to produce ice pieces. Then, the ice pieces stored in the ice storage chamber 31 are rotated and the agitator 32 is rotated to stir the ice pieces stored in the ice storage chamber 31 to prevent the ice pieces from adhering to a large ice block. Further, the cup opening and closing mechanism 35 is driven to open the ice carry-out door 36 to carry out the ice pieces stored in the ice storage chamber 31 from the ice carry-out port 34 and slide down the ice carry-out chute 37 to make the cup-type vending machine 1 To the cup C placed in the sales outlet.

  The ice making operation control having such a configuration will be described. When the ice pieces stored in the ice storage chamber 31 decrease and the ice amount detection plate 39 descends to the ice storage amount lower limit position, the ice making start switch 40 outputs an ice making start signal to the control unit 90. When the control unit 90 receives the ice making start signal, the controller 90 drives the refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 and the drive motor 22, and the drinking water supplied from the water inlet 27 to the ice making cylinder 24 through the water supply pipe T1 is supplied from the water inlet 27 to the ice pipe 24. The ice is cooled in the ice making cylinder 24 cooled by the refrigerant evaporative heat 54, and thin ice is deposited on the inner wall surface of the ice making cylinder 24, and the thin ice is scraped by the rotating auger 23 toward the ice compression extrusion head 25. Pushed up. The pushed-up flake-shaped ice is compressed by the extrusion head 25 and protrudes in a state of being solidified in a columnar shape above it, and the protruding ice is cut at the tip of the extrusion head 25 to become chip-shaped ice pieces, which is a spider 33 Stored on top. An agitator 32 that rotates in conjunction with the auger 23 agitates the ice pieces stored in the ice storage chamber 31 to prevent the ice pieces from sticking to a large ice block.

  When the ice storage amount is increased by the ice making operation and the ice amount detection plate 39 is pushed up to the ice storage amount upper limit position, when the ice making stop switch 41 outputs an ice making stop signal to the control unit 90, the control unit 90 causes the drive motor 22 and the refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 to operate. To stop the ice making operation. When an ice piece take-out command is given in conjunction with the sales operation of the cup-type vending machine 1, the drive motor 22 is driven to rotate the agitator 32, and at the same time, the control unit 90 drives the door opening / closing mechanism 35 to ice. The unloading door 36 is opened for a predetermined time, and the ice piece unloaded from the ice unloading port 34 by the rotation of the agitator 32 slides down the ice unloading chute 37 and is placed on the cup C placed at the sales outlet of the cup type vending machine 1. Supplied. When the ice storage amount decreases and the ice amount detection plate 39 is lowered to the ice storage amount lower limit position, the ice making start switch 40 outputs an ice making start signal to the control unit 90 and starts the ice making operation.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart for estimating the ice storage amount of the auger type ice making machine 20. The ice making amount of the auger type ice making machine 20 is based on the water temperature output from the water temperature sensor 93 that detects the temperature of potable water stored in the water supply tank 10 and the air temperature sensor that detects the air temperature around the auger type ice making machine 20. The ice making amount of the auger type ice making machine 20 can be estimated based on the air temperature output by 94. This is a database of the relationship between the temperature of drinking water used for ice making and the ambient air temperature around the auger ice making machine 20 and the ice making amount (ice making capacity). By using this database, the ice making amount of the auger ice making machine 20 is made. Can be estimated.

Since the melting rate of ice pieces changes depending on the air temperature around the auger type ice making machine 20, the relationship between the ice melting amount and the ambient air temperature is made into a database, and the ice melting amount can be estimated by using this database.
Further, the ice carry-out amount can be obtained from the number of times of opening / closing and the opening / closing time of driving the door opening / closing mechanism 35 to open / close the ice carry-out door 36. Moreover, since the carry-out variation due to the ice state is large only by the opening / closing time, the ice passing amount may be estimated using an optical sensor or the like, and the ice carry-out variation may be suppressed together with the open / close time.

Then, the ice storage amount can be estimated by subtracting the ice melting amount and the ice carry-out amount from the ice making amount.
Further, as shown in the flowchart for estimating the ice storage amount of the auger type ice making machine 20 in FIG. 5, the float 11 that moves up and down as the drinking water level stored in the water supply tank 10 drops. The water supply amount supplied to the auger type ice making machine 20 is estimated from the number of times the water supply start switch 12 outputs a water supply start signal to the control unit 90, and the ice melt is calculated from the water supply amount from the water supply tank 10 to the auger type ice making machine 20. The amount of stored ice can also be estimated by subtracting the amount and the amount of ice transported.

  The amount of ice stored in the ice storage chamber 31 is estimated by these, and when the ratio of the ice amount to the ice storage space volume of the ice storage chamber 31 (hereinafter referred to as “ice space factor”) exceeds 60%, The ice making is stopped until the ice making is stopped for a predetermined time, or the ice making rate is estimated to have fallen to a predetermined value (for example, 50%), and the ice making is naturally melted to fix the ice pieces in the sherbet form. The ice becomes a large ice mass and cannot be carried out from the ice carry-out port 34, or when the sherbet-like ice is carried out from the ice carry-out port 34 and slides down the ice carry-out chute 37, it stops in the chute due to surface tension and is not supplied to the cup C. It becomes possible to prevent this.

Moreover, when the quality of the ice making water is deteriorated, brittle ice that is fragile can be formed, and it may enter into the gap between the ice and lead to sherbet ice. Also in this case, if the ice occupancy rate exceeds 60%, the drinking water with a large amount of impurities (ice making water) accumulated in the ice making cylinder 24 is drained, and then fresh drinking water is supplied to start ice making. Thus, the occurrence of such a problem can be prevented.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a time transition of the ice storage amount. Since there is no ice piece at the time of ice making start, ice making is performed until the ice amount detection plate 39 is pushed up to the ice storage amount upper limit position and the ice making stop switch 41 outputs an ice making stop signal to the control unit 90. The produced ice is an ice piece (chip ice) having a fan-shaped cross section, and a gap is created between the ice pieces, so that the ice space factor is usually about 50 to 55%. When the ice making stop switch 41 outputs an ice making stop signal, the drive motor 22 and the refrigeration cycle apparatus 50 are stopped, and ice making is stopped. Thereafter, the ice amount is reduced by melting and carrying out the ice, and when the ice making start switch 40 outputs an ice making start signal to the ice making control unit 90, the drive motor 22 and the refrigeration cycle device 50 are driven to start the ice making operation. Then, the ice is made and stored in the ice storage chamber 31. Normally, this process is repeated to control ice making so as not to exceed an ice space factor of 55%. For example, if the ice pieces break, the grains enter the gaps between the ice pieces, and the voids are reduced. Therefore, the ice occupancy rate will rise. This is because the ice pieces increase due to ice making, the ice amount detection plate 39 is pushed up to the ice storage amount upper limit position, and the ice making stop switch 41 outputs an ice making stop signal to the control unit 90 to stop ice making. If it is bad, the ice pieces stirred by the agitator 32 collide with surrounding ice pieces, and the ice pieces are destroyed and the crushed granular ice enters the gaps. This is to make it. This is because when the ice space factor exceeds 60%, the gap begins to be filled, and when it exceeds 66%, the ice is filled with sherbet-like ice as a whole, and the ice cannot be discharged from the ice outlet 34. Therefore, by estimating the amount of ice stored in the ice storage unit 30 and controlling the ice making so that the ice space factor does not exceed 60%, the occurrence of sherbet ice can be prevented and stable ice supply can be achieved.

  As described above, by controlling the ice making so that the ice space in the ice storage chamber 31 does not exceed 60%, the auger capable of preventing the occurrence of sherbet ice and supplying ice pieces with stable quality. An ice making machine 20 can be provided.

It is a water circuit diagram of a cup type vending machine equipped with an auger type ice making machine which is an embodiment of the present invention. It is a partially broken side view of the auger type ice making machine which is an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of the auger type ice making machine shown in FIG. 2. It is a flowchart figure which estimates the ice storage amount of the auger type ice making machine shown in FIG. It is a flowchart figure which estimates the ice storage amount of the auger type ice making machine shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the time transition of the ice storage amount of the auger type ice making machine shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Cup type vending machine 10 Water supply tank 11 Float 12 Water supply start switch (Water supply amount detection means)
13 water supply stop switch 20 auger type ice making machine 21 ice making part 22 drive motor 23 auger (spiral rotary blade)
24 Ice making cylinder 30 Ice storage part 31 Ice storage room 32 Agitator 33 Samurai child 34 Ice carry-out port 35 Door opening / closing mechanism (ice carry-out amount detection means)
40 Ice making start switch 41 Ice making stop switch 50 Refrigeration cycle device 54 Evaporating pipe 90 Control unit (control means)
93 Water temperature sensor 94 Air temperature sensor (Ice melt detection means)

Claims (4)

Ice flakes are produced by scraping the thin ice with the drinking water supplied from the water supply tank on the inner wall surface of the ice making cylinder with the evaporation pipe of the refrigeration cycle device wound around the outer peripheral surface by the rotation of the spiral rotary blade. In an auger type ice making machine having an ice making unit and an ice storage unit that stores the produced ice pieces and opens the ice carry-out port based on the ice carry-out instruction to carry out the ice pieces,
The water supply amount detecting means for detecting the amount of drinking water supplied from the water supply tank, the ice melting amount detecting means for detecting the amount of ice melted during storage in the ice storage section, and the ice carry-out port. The ice storage amount detecting means for detecting the amount of ice transported, the water supply amount detecting means, the ice melting amount detecting means, and the ice storage amount based on the water supply amount, the ice melting amount and the ice discharge amount output by the ice discharge amount detecting means. An auger type ice making machine comprising: a control means for estimating an ice storage amount of the ice and controlling ice making so that an ice space factor does not exceed a predetermined ratio after full ice.   The auger type ice making machine according to claim 1, wherein the ice space factor is 60% or less.   The auger type ice making machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the ice occupying rate exceeds an allowable value, ice making is stopped until a predetermined time elapses or the ice occupying rate is lowered to a predetermined ice occupying rate.   The auger type ice making machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the ice space factor exceeds an allowable value, ice making is started after the drinking water in the ice making unit is replaced.

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