JP3415763B2 - Ice making equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is, like a stack-on type ice maker, provided with an ice making mechanism and a refrigeration unit at the top and an ice storage at the bottom. It relates to an ice making device. 2. Description of the Related Art A conventional stack-on type ice making machine has a structure as shown in FIG. 4 with an upper front panel removed, and FIG. 5 with a top plate removed. The ice maker 3 and the ice maker 3, 4 having the ice making mechanism 1 and the refrigeration unit 2 on the left and right sides are stacked vertically, and an ice storage 5 is provided below them. In this case, the refrigeration unit 2 of each of the ice makers 3 and 4
A water-cooled condenser 11 is installed facing the central partition wall 10, and an air-cooled condenser 12 is installed in contact with the right side surface,
A compressor 13, a receiver tank 14, an automatic water supply valve 15, an air-cooled condensing pressure regulating valve 16,
A hot gas valve 17 and the like are arranged, a fan motor 18, a transformer 19 and the like are arranged near the center, and a control box 20 is installed at the front, and a cooling air intake 21 is formed at the front. In addition, an air discharge port 22 is formed on the right side, and ice pieces produced by the ice making mechanism 1 of the upper ice making machine 3 are discharged into the ice storage 5 through the shooter 23 and the discharge port 24, The ice pieces produced by the ice making mechanism 1 of the lower ice making machine 4
The ice is discharged into the ice storage 5 and the ice making capacity of one stack-on type ice making machine is increased by the two ice making machines 3 and 4. However, since the upper and lower ice making machines 3 and 4 have the same structure, the ice pieces discharged from each of the ice making machines 3 and 4 to the ice storage 5 are concentrated at almost one location near the center of the ice storage 5. Since the ice pieces 25 piled up and piled up are extremely unevenly distributed in the ice storage 5, the capacity of the ice storage 5 cannot be fully utilized, so that the ice storage amount becomes relatively small. There was a problem. In addition, two ice machines 3 and 4 are stored in an ice storage 5
Ice machines 3 and 4
Requires a relatively large amount of time to assemble and install. Further, each of the ice making machines 3 and 4 has an ice making mechanism 1 on the left side, and the cooling air sucked from the suction port 21 on the front side becomes hot air to enter the room from the discharge port 22 on the right side. Since the water is discharged, it is necessary to form an extra space on the right side of each of the ice machines 3 and 4, and since all the components are indispensable for each of the ice machines 3 and 4, the cost is relatively high. There were problems such as becoming. An object of the present invention is to make the height of ice storage in an ice storage of an ice making device relatively uniform,
It is intended to make it possible to quickly install an ice making device. [0007] [Means for Solving the Problems] Therefore, the ice making apparatus according to the present invention, a plurality of ice making mechanism portion for receiving a supply of cold source from one of the refrigerating apparatus unit is arranged side by side, the ice making
One of the mechanisms is placed higher than the other of the ice making mechanism.
Is, each ice making mechanism portion common ice bin is provided below the respective ice making mechanism portion. That is, by providing a plurality of ice making mechanisms, the ice making capacity of one ice making device can be increased, but since a plurality of ice making mechanisms are arranged side by side, the The released ice pieces are dispersed and fall into respective ice storages provided below each ice making mechanism and shared by the ice making mechanisms, and therefore, the ice pieces are stored at a relatively uniform height in the ice storage. be able to. Even if a plurality of ice making mechanisms are provided, the ice making machine is configured as a single ice making machine, so that the installation is relatively simple, and the required working time can be easily reduced. Together with
Even if a number of ice making units are arranged side by side,
Part of the ice making mechanism is located higher than the other
The lower ice making mechanism to the higher ice making mechanism
It can be arranged in close proximity. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the following, each embodiment of the present invention will be described by assigning the same reference numerals to parts equivalent to those of the above-mentioned conventional apparatus. 1 to 3, a stack-on type ice maker 30 has one refrigeration unit 31 at the top thereof.
Are installed, and two ice making mechanism units 32 and 33 having the same structure are arranged side by side below the refrigeration unit 31. Each ice making mechanism unit 32 and 33 is provided below the ice making unit 32 and 33. An ice storage 34 common to the mechanism units 32 and 33 is provided. In the refrigeration unit 31, the ice making mechanism 3
Since the spaces 2, 33 are below, a large space can be secured, so that the arrangement of each component can be set relatively freely. Therefore, the water-cooled condenser 11 is installed in contact with the rear side surface and the right side is installed. An air-cooled condenser 12 is installed diagonally,
Two fan motors 18 are arranged on the back side of the air-cooled condenser 12, while the compressor 13 is on the left side, the automatic water supply valve 15 is on the rear side, and the receiver tank 14, the hot gas valve 17, the transformer 19 and the like, a control box 20 is provided at the center of the front part, and a cooling air suction port 21 is formed at the right front and an air discharge port 22 is formed at the left front. And a cold heat source is supplied to the ice making mechanism units 32 and 33 below. Refrigeration unit 31 and ice making mechanism 32, 33
Is accommodated in the main body frame 60, and a top plate 61, a front panel 62, a rear plate 63, a left side plate 64 and a right side plate 65 are respectively attached above, front and rear and right and left of the main body frame 60. A rail 66 extending forward and backward is provided at each of the upper and lower intermediate positions, and a base plate 68 provided with rollers 67 on the left and right sides is mounted on the main frame 6 with the rollers 67 placed on the rails 66.
0, the left and right flanges of the base plate 68 are locked to the left and right rails 66 by left and right screws 69, respectively, and a substantially T-shaped auxiliary frame 70 is screwed on the front surface of the main body frame 60. The refrigeration unit 31 is fixed on the upper surface of the base plate 68. The ice making mechanism sections 32 and 33 are supported by a pair of front and rear cross members 81 provided between a pair of left and right U-shaped brackets 80, respectively. The ears 73 formed on the left and right shelves 72 of the support plate 71 which is suspended therefrom, and the ears 73 formed at the ends of the respective shelves 72 and the ears 83 of the respective upper side parts 82 are locked by screws 84 respectively. ing. The right ice making mechanism 32 is disposed slightly higher than the left ice making mechanism 33 in accordance with the vertical length of each bracket 80, and the water trays of the ice making mechanisms 32, 33 are shown in FIG.
The ice pieces produced by the right ice making mechanism 32 are discharged from the right chute 40 to the lower ice storage 34 through the discharge port 41 by being inclined as shown by the two-dot chain line, and the left ice making is performed. The ice pieces produced by the mechanism section 33 are discharged from the left chute 42 to the lower ice storage 34 via the discharge port 43, and ice pieces 44 are stored in the ice storage 34. On the other hand, the drainage of the right ice making mechanism 32 is automatically guided from the drain tray 45 through the drain pipe 46 to the drain tray 47 of the left ice making mechanism 33 lower than the drain tray 45, and the left ice making mechanism 33 is provided. Drain 47 and drain 4
It is discharged to 8. 49 and 50 are the lower surface of the drain tray 45 of the right ice making mechanism 32 and the left ice making mechanism 33, respectively.
Is an ice storage detecting device attached to the lower surface of the drainage tray 47. In the ice maker 30, since the refrigeration unit 31 is installed above the left and right ice making mechanisms 32, 33, the left and right ice making mechanisms 32, 33 can be arranged in a relatively narrow space. Therefore, even though one ice making device is used, it can have the same large ice making capacity as the conventional two-stage ice making machine, and even if it has ice making mechanism parts 32 and 33 on the left and right, one ice making machine 30, the ice maker 3 is compared with the two-tier ice maker described above.
Since the time required for assembling and installing the 0 can be shortened,
Very convenient. Further, since the ice making mechanism units 32, 33 are arranged side by side on the left and right, and the right ice making mechanism unit 32 is arranged a little higher than the left ice making mechanism unit 33, the left and right ice making mechanism units 32, 33 are provided. Can be disposed relatively close to the right, and the ice chips produced by the left ice making mechanism 33 can be discharged to the chute 42. At this time, even if the left ice making mechanism 33 rotates downward, the rotation can be easily prevented from being hindered by the drainage tray 45 of the right ice making mechanism 32, so that the left and right ice making mechanisms 32, 33 are rotated. Can be easily discharged from the ice making mechanism sections 32 and 33 to the lower ice storage 34 through the chutes 40 and 42 and the discharge ports 41 and 43, respectively. Ice chips Since it is dispersed to release ice bin 34
Since the ice pieces 44 stored therein have a relatively uniform height, the capacity of the ice storage 34 can be sufficiently utilized to make the ice storage amount relatively large, and at the same time, the ice from the ice storage 34 can be stored. There is an advantage that the removal of the pieces is relatively easy. The drainage of the right ice making mechanism 32 is automatically guided from the drain tray 45 through the drain pipe 46 to the drain tray 47 of the left ice making mechanism 33 lower than the drain tray 45. Even if the parts 32 and 33 are provided,
The overall drainage structure can be greatly simplified. Further, even if the ice maker 30 has two ice maker mechanisms 32 and 33, one refrigeration unit 31 is commonly used for them, and the compressor 13 and the receiver tank 14 are provided. , The automatic water supply valve 15, the transformer 19, the control box 20 and the like need only be one each.
Since the number of components can be significantly reduced as compared with the case of the stacked ice maker, there is a great advantage that the manufacturing cost of the ice maker 30 can be easily reduced. Further, the front control box 20
By detaching the receiver, the receiver tank 14, the hot gas valve 17, the transformer 19, the terminal box of the compressor 13 and the like disposed behind it can be serviced relatively easily from the front of the ice making machine 30. Further, a cooling air suction port 21 is formed on the right front surface, and an air discharge port 22 is formed on the left front surface.
In addition, a control box 20 is installed at the center of the front part and partitions the space inside the refrigeration unit 31 left and right so that the flow of cooling air in the refrigeration unit 31 is reliably formed from right to left. As shown by the arrow in FIG. 2, the cooling air is taken in from the suction port 21 to the refrigeration unit 31 and the discharge port 22 is
Can be smoothly discharged from the front of the ice maker 30. Therefore, even if the left and right side surfaces and the rear surface of the ice maker 30 are completely adhered to the indoor wall surface, etc. Since there is no hindrance and no extra space is required on the side of the device unlike the conventional device, the ice making machine 30
The required installation area can be reduced, and the degree of freedom in selecting the place where the ice maker 30 is installed can be increased, so that the practical effect is particularly large. In the ice making apparatus according to the present invention, a plurality of ice making mechanisms are arranged side by side, and the ice pieces discharged from each ice making mechanism are dispersed to the ice storage below. Since it falls, ice pieces can be stored at a relatively uniform height in the ice storage, the ice storage capacity of the ice storage can be easily increased, and even if a plurality of ice making mechanisms are provided, The assembly and installation are relatively simple, the required working time can be easily reduced, and the multiple ice making mechanisms
Even if it is installed, lower the ice making mechanism
There is a great advantage that it can be easily arranged close to the ice making mechanism .

[Brief description of the drawings] FIG. 1 is a front view of a main part according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a top view of a main part of the embodiment. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a front view of a main part of a conventional device. FIG. 5 is a top view of a main part of the conventional device. [Explanation of symbols] 30 Stack-on type ice machine 31 Refrigeration unit 32, 33 Ice making mechanism 34 Ice Storage 40, 42 Shoot 41, 43 outlet 44 ice chips 45, 47 drainage dish 46 drainage pipe 48 drainage outlet

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-58-22863 (JP, A) JP-A 7-12874 (JP, U) JP-A 5-59171 (JP, U) (58) Investigation Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) F25C 1/00-1/12 F25C 1/16-5/18

Claims (1)

(57) a plurality of ice making mechanism portion for receiving a supply of cold source from [Claims 1 One refrigeration apparatus unit is arranged side by side, the ice making
One of the mechanisms is placed higher than the other of the ice making mechanism.
Is, the ice making device to below the respective ice making mechanism portion each ice making mechanism portion common ice bin is provided.