JP4583621B2 - Ice making mechanism of automatic ice making machine - Google Patents

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JP4583621B2
JP4583621B2 JP2001029810A JP2001029810A JP4583621B2 JP 4583621 B2 JP4583621 B2 JP 4583621B2 JP 2001029810 A JP2001029810 A JP 2001029810A JP 2001029810 A JP2001029810 A JP 2001029810A JP 4583621 B2 JP4583621 B2 JP 4583621B2
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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、自動製氷機の製氷機構部、特にその製氷部ケース内に設けた散水ノズルとこれに製氷水を供給する給水ホースの支持構造の改良に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
この種の自動製氷機の製氷機構部には、例えば特開昭60−89659号公報に開示されているように、製氷運転中は冷却パイプ5により冷却されている製氷カップ4に下方の散水器16から噴出される製氷水を受けて氷結させ、氷結が完了すれば製氷運転を停止し、冷却パイプ5にホットガスを供給して製氷カップ4内に生成された氷塊を傾斜したスロープ13上に落下させ、製氷機構部前側の開口を通して下側の貯氷庫10内に落下させるようにしたものがある。
【0003】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
この従来技術では、循環ポンプ15から製氷水を噴出する散水器16に製氷水を供給するパイプ17は下側から散水器16に取り付けているので供給パイプ17の着脱性が悪く、従って点検整備などのための散水器16の着脱に手間がかかるという問題があった。このような問題を解決する手段としては、供給パイプ17を上側から散水器16に取り付けることが考えられるが、供給パイプを通す位置は散水器16から製氷カップ4に向かって上方に噴出される製氷水を遮ることなく、かつスロープ13上を滑り落ちる氷塊の邪魔にならない位置とする必要があるので、その位置が限定される。しかも給水パイプはシリコンゴム製のものを使用するのが普通であり、循環ポンプへの取付具合によって給水パイプの位置が動くので所定の位置から動かないようにしっかり固定する手段が必要となる。このため給水パイプの位置の選定が難しくまた取付構造が複雑になるという問題があった。本発明は、このような各問題を解決することを目的とする。
【0004】
【課題を解決するための手段】
このために、本発明による自動製氷機の製氷機構部は、左右1対のブラケットを有し前壁の下側に開口を形成した箱状の製氷部ケースと、この製氷部ケースの下端部に取り付けた製氷水タンク内の製氷水を吸入して給水ホースから吐出する散水ポンプと、製氷部ケース内の下部に取り付けられ給水ホースを介して供給された製氷水を上方に噴出する噴出口を有する散水ノズルと、製氷部ケース内の上部に取り付けられ下向きに開口されて噴出口から噴出される製氷水を受ける複数の製氷セル52を備えるとともに冷却パイプにより冷却される製氷室と、製氷部ケース内の上下方向中間部に傾斜して着脱可能に取り付けられ製氷セルから落下する氷塊を受け止めて斜め前下方に滑らせ開口を通して製氷部ケース内から送り出すアイスシュートよりなる自動製氷機の製氷機構部において、給水ホースは一端が散水ポンプの吐出口に連結されブラケットの何れか一方に形成された挿通穴を通って散水ノズルとアイスシュートの間に入るとともに他端は散水ノズルに上方に突出して形成した給水口に連結され、一方のブラケットの外側には挿通穴を挟んで上下方向に延び給水ホースの一端と挿通穴を挿通する部分の間の前後方向の動きを規制する案内リブを一体的に形成したことを特徴とするものである。
【0005】
前項の発明の散水ノズルは、各ブラケットの下部内側に形成したノズル支持溝に前後方向から挿入離脱可能に取り付けることが好ましい。
【0006】
また前2項の発明における散水ノズルの給水口は、散水ノズルの中央部の上側に形成することが好ましい。
【0007】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下に、図1〜図6に示す実施の形態により、本発明の説明をする。この実施の形態の自動製氷機は、図6に示すように、自動製氷機本体70とその内部の上部に設けられた製氷機構部Aなるものである。自動製氷機本体70は、前側板71aと後側板71bと左右の両側板71cと底板71dよりなる機械室71と、断熱性の厚い周壁よりなり上面と前面上半部が開放された箱状で機械室71の上側に支持された貯氷庫72と、貯氷庫72の上面および前面上部をそれぞれ覆う断熱性の天井板73および上部正面板75と、機械室71の前面と貯氷庫72の下部前面を覆う下部正面板74と、下縁部が下部正面板74の上縁にヒンジ76aを介して取り付けられて下部正面板74と上部正面板75の間に形成される開口を開閉する断熱性の扉76よりなり、扉76の上縁と内面の外縁部にはそれぞれ把手76bおよびパッキン76cが取り付けられている。機械室71内には冷却された冷媒を製氷機構部Aに供給するための圧縮機、凝縮器、冷却ファンよりなる冷凍機など(図示省略)が設けられ、また貯氷庫72の底部に設けた排水口72aに連結した排水ホース(図示省略)はこの機械室71内を通って外部に導出されている。
【0008】
製氷機構部Aの製氷部ケースBは左右のブラケット10L,10Rを有しており、各ブラケット10L,10R下部より左右両側に突出する張出部10aは後方に突出しており、貯氷庫72の後壁の内面のやや上部に固定した支持部材77にこの張出部10aの突出部を載せ、さらに左右のブラケット10L,10Rを天井板73にボルト止めすることにより、製氷機構部Aは貯氷庫72内の上部に支持されている。張出部10aよりも上方となる製氷機構部Aの後面と貯氷庫72の後壁の間には相当な隙間があり、この部分にはアキュムレータ78、給水や冷媒の配管、電気配線などが設けられている。
【0009】
製氷機構部Aは、図1および図2に示すように、製氷部ケースBと、その下端部に設けられた製氷水タンク30と、製氷部ケースB内の下部と上部と中間部にそれぞれ設けられた散水ノズル40、製氷室50およびアイスシュート60により構成されている。製氷部ケースBは全体として箱状で、主として左右1対のブラケット10L,10Rと、その前後縁を連結する前壁17と後壁20により構成されている。前壁17の上下幅は後壁20よりもかなり小さいので製氷部ケースBの前側の下半部には開口Baが形成され、この開口Baは後述するように開閉自在なセパレータ25により閉じられている。
【0010】
図1および図2に示すように、左右の各ブラケット10L,10Rは、前側から見た形状が全体として上部が外向きに折曲された倒立L字形状で、それぞれの外側には上下方向に延びる複数の補強リブ14a,14bおよび14cが形成されている。各ブラケット10L,10Rの下部には外側に突出して前後方向に水平に延びる内向きコ字断面形状の張出部10aが形成され、張出部10aの下縁と上縁には内側に延びる下フランジ13aと支持突起13bが形成されている。この張出部10aは後壁20よりも後方に突出し、下フランジ13aと支持突起13bの間に形成されるタンク支持溝11も後壁20より後方に延びている。支持突起13bの上面は後部が上昇するように傾斜され、この上面と間をおいて平行に延びるように各ブラケット10L,10Rに内向きに突出して形成された突出板13cとの間に形成されるノズル支持溝12は、後壁20の手前で止まっている。また突出板13cより上方となる各ブラケット10L,10Rの内面の前後部に形成される円形の支持突起14eは、前側のものの方が後側のものより低く位置している。左ブラケット10Lの下部には、後述するドレンパン37および散水ポンプ45を取り付ける延長部16が一体的に形成されている。左ブラケット10Lの4枚の補強リブ14a,14bのうち中央の2枚は案内リブ14aであり、左ブラケット10Lの上下方向中間部にはこの2枚の案内リブ14aの間に位置して製氷水を散水ノズル40に送る給水ホース47を通す挿通穴15が形成されている(図3参照)。
【0011】
前壁17はブラケット10L,10Rよりも上下幅がかなり狭い長方形の合成樹脂板であり、その上縁およびやや下部の前側は横方向に延びるリブ17a,17bにより補強され、下縁には横方向に伸びる丸棒状の枢支ロッド18が一体的に形成されている。製氷部ケースBの前側の下半部の開口Baを開閉するセパレータ25は、後述する散水ノズル40の噴出口43および製氷室50の製氷セル52の列数と同じ6個に分割され、それぞれ縦長の平板部25aとその上縁に形成したC形断面形状の係合部25bよりなっている。各セパレータ25は、係合部25bを前壁17の下縁に形成したスリット19(図2参照)に差し込んで、枢支ロッド18の外周面に回動自在に係合することにより、揺動自在に吊下げ支持される。
【0012】
後壁20は、製氷部ケースBの後側を実質的に閉じる上下幅を有する長方形の合成樹脂板であり、その上縁は横方向に延びるリブ20aにより補強され、下縁には後方に延びて後述する製氷水タンク30の後部の上側の大部分を覆うカバー21が一体的に形成されている。このカバー21には、製氷水タンク30に製氷水を供給する供給ホースを通すための切欠き(何れも図示省略)が形成されている。
【0013】
これらの各ブラケット10L,10R、前壁17および後壁20は、何れも合成樹脂により一体的に成形されている。この実施の形態では、左右の各ブラケット10L,10Rは、各支持突起14eにシュート支持筒24の両端部を挿入し、前後縁に形成した溝に前壁17および後壁20の両端を挿入して機械的に抜止め結合しているが、接着により結合してもよい。
【0014】
製氷水タンク30は、図1および図2に示すように、正面から見て中央部の左側が下方に凹んだ略三角形状で上側が解放された箱形で、その左右両側に張り出した浅い支持部30aを前述した製氷部ケースBのタンク支持溝11に前側から挿入することにより着脱可能に支持されている。製氷水タンク30のもっとも深い部分は左ブラケット10L側に位置しており、この部分の前部には左ブラケット10L側に突出する給水口33が形成されている。また左ブラケット10L側の支持部30aに接近した浅い部分の底面には前後方向中間部(図3参照)にオーバフロー穴34が形成されている。製氷水タンク30の前面に形成した立上り壁30bは各セパレータ25の下縁に接近した位置まで上方に延ばされ、左右の側壁30cは立上り壁30bと同じ高さとなる前部を除きタンク支持溝11内に挿入可能な高さである(図3参照)。
【0015】
図1、図2および図3に示すように、左ブラケット10Lの下側には、前後方向中間部よりも後側でかつ製氷水タンク30の給水口33を設けた部分よりも左側に位置して、ドレンパン37が設けられている。このドレンパン37は左ブラケット10L下部の延長部16の下側に形成した突出部16a(図1参照)にねじ止め固定され、ドレンパン37の底部に設けた排出口38には排水パイプ39が接続されている。この排水パイプ39の先端は、貯氷庫72の底部に設けた排水口72aに導かれている。
【0016】
図1および図3に示すように、左ブラケット10Lの延長部16の下面にボルト止め固定された散水ポンプ45はドレンパン37の内側に位置しており、散水ポンプ45のポンプ部45aの吸入口45bはドレンパン37から前方に突出して吸入管46が連結され、吸入管46の他端は着脱が容易な管継ぎ手46aを介して製氷水タンク30の給水口33に接続されている。ポンプ部45aの吐出口45cは後述する給水ホース47を介して次に述べる散水ノズル40に接続されている。製氷水タンク30のオーバフロー穴34は、ドレンパン37内の一部に上下方向に形成した仕切通路37aの上方に位置している。
【0017】
散水ノズル40は、主として図4および図5に示すように、上下1対の合成樹脂成形品を全体として扁平形状となるように超音波溶着により液密に結合したもので、一体的に形成されて互いに連通される4本の横方向管状部41aと3本の縦方向管状部41bよりなり、各横方向管状部41aの上面には各6個の噴出口43が互いに等間隔で6列に整列されて形成されている。散水ノズル40の右側には各横方向管状部41a内を掃除するための2つの開口が形成され、各開口はシリコンゴム製のキャップ42により液密に閉じられている。左右方向中央の縦方向管状部41bの中央部には、円筒状の給水口44が上方に突出して形成され、その中間部には環状突起44aが形成されている。この散水ノズル40は、左右両端部が製氷部ケースBのノズル支持溝12内に前側から挿入されて取り付けられる。
【0018】
主として図1に示すように、給水ホース47は、柔軟なシリコン樹脂よりなる横向きJ字状の成形品で、その屈曲側の先端となる一端には散水ポンプ45のポンプ部45aの吐出口45cが差し込み連結されている。給水ホース47は先ず屈曲部の大部分が2枚の案内リブ14aの間を通って前後方向の動きが規制され、直線部分は左ブラケット10Lに形成した挿通穴15を通って散水ノズル40とアイスシュート60の間となる製氷部ケースB内に水平に入り、小さい曲げ半径で下向きに屈折された先端部の先端となる他端には、図4および図5に示すように指先で挟むことができる程度の厚さおよび長さを有し半径方向に延びる左右1対のタング47aが一体的に形成されている。給水ホース47のこの先端部は、先端に形成した各タング47aを指先でつまみ、散水ノズル40から上方に突出する円筒状の給水口44に上下方向から抜き差しすることにより着脱される。給水ホース47は、屈曲部が案内リブ14aの間を通って前後方向の動きが規制されているので、製氷部ケースB内に入った直線部分は真横に位置決めされ、散水ノズル40の中央の2つの横方向管状部41aの間の上方、すなわち横4行に並んだ噴出口43の間となる上方に位置している。従って各噴出口43から上方に噴出される製氷水の邪魔になることはない。
【0019】
製氷部ケースB内の上部に位置する製氷室50は、図2に示すように、両端が左右の各ブラケット10L,10Rの上部に支持された製氷基板51に、下側が開口された短くて丸い筒状の24個の製氷セル52を、散水ノズル40の各噴出口43と整列して固定したものである。各製氷セル52および製氷基板51は熱伝導性のよい銅またはアルミニウムのような金属製であり、製氷基板51の上側には各製氷セル52の中心を通るように冷却パイプ53が蛇行して密着固定され、この冷却パイプ53には機械室71内の冷凍機からの冷媒が循環供給されて製氷セル52を冷却するようになっている。
【0020】
アイスシュート60は、図1および図2に示すように、縦方向に並んだ多数の細長いスライド板71の前後端および中間部を連結材62a,62b,62cにより連結し、前後部の下面を各1対の横方向の支持脚片63により連結した簀の子状のもので、全体が合成樹脂により一体成形されている。このアイスシュート60は各1対の支持脚片63を2本のシュート支持筒24の外周面に弾性的に係合することにより、散水ノズル40のすぐ上側で前下がりに傾斜するように製氷部ケースB内に着脱可能に支持され、各スライド部材61の間の隙間は散水ノズル40の各噴出口43と整列され、各噴出口43から噴出される製氷水がアイスシュート60により邪魔されないようになっている。
【0021】
製氷運転に際しては、冷凍機を運転させて各製氷セル52を冷却し、オーバフロー穴34のレベルまで予め充満された製氷水タンク30内の製氷水を散水ポンプ45により吸入し、給水ホース47を介して散水ノズル40に供給して各噴出口43から各製氷セル52に向けて上方に噴出する。噴出された製氷水は給水ホース47に当たることなく、アイスシュート60の各スライド部材61の間を通って冷却された各製氷セル52の内面に当てられて一部はその内面に氷結され、残りは重力により製氷水タンク30内に戻され、再び散水ポンプ45により散水ノズル40に供給され、繰り返して製氷セル52の内面に向けて噴出されるので、時間の経過につれて各製氷セル52内に氷結される氷は次第に多くなり、製氷水タンク30内の製氷水のレベルは次第に低下する。製氷セル52内が氷によりほゞ充満されたところで、製氷運転を停止して冷却パイプ53にホットガスを導入すれば、製氷室50は加熱されて各製氷セル52とその内部に生成された氷との境界部が溶解するので、各製氷セル52内の氷は短い円柱状の氷塊となってアイスシュート60上に落下し、セパレータ25に向かって斜め前下方に滑り落ちる。そして重力により垂れ下がって閉じられているセパレータ25を自動的に押し開いて製氷部ケースB内から貯氷庫72内に落下される。給水ホース47はアイスシュート60の下側に位置しているので、滑り落ちる氷塊の邪魔になることはない。そして供給ホース(図示省略)により所定量の製氷水を製氷水タンク30内に供給し、再び冷凍機を運転させ製氷室50を冷却して製氷運転を繰り返し行う。
【0022】
この種の給水ホース47では、散水ポンプ45への取付具合によっては散水ポンプ45に取り付けられる一端部と挿通穴15との間の部分が前後に動くので、挿通穴15から製氷部ケースB内に入った部分が前後に傾いて位置が決まらず、噴出口43から噴出される製氷水に当たって製氷に支障を生じることがあり、これを防ぐために製氷部ケースB内において給水ホース47の位置決めをするためにしっかり固定することが必要となる。しかし上述した実施の形態によれば、J形の一端が散水ポンプ45の吐出口45cに連結された給水ホース47は、先ず屈曲部の大部分が2枚の案内リブ14aの間を通って前後方向の動きが規制され、直線部分は左ブラケット10Lに形成した挿通穴15を通って散水ノズル40とアイスシュート60の間となる製氷部ケースB内に水平に入るので、製氷部ケースB内では前方および上方から見てほゞ真横に位置決めされ、別に固定手段を設けなくても給水ホース47が動くことはないので散水器16から上方に噴出される製氷水を遮ることはない。また給水ホース47は着脱可能なアイスシュート60の下側に設けられているので、アイスシュート60の上を滑り落ちる氷塊の邪魔になることもない。従って給水ホース47の取付位置の自由度が増大し、また固定手段が不要となるので取付構造も簡略化される。
【0023】
また点検整備のための製氷部ケースB内からの散水ノズル40の取出しおよび取付けは、アイスシュート60を上方に押し、各2対の支持脚片63を各シュート支持筒24から離脱させることによりアイスシュート60を取り外して行うが、この実施の形態のように上側から散水ノズル40に取り付けられる給水ホース47は着脱が容易なので点検整備などのための散水ノズル40の着脱の手間が減少する。しかもこの実施の形態では、散水ノズル40側となる給水ホース47の他端には指先で挟むことができる程度の厚さおよび長さを有し半径方向に延びる左右1対のタング47aを一体的に形成してあり、各タング47aを左右に引っ張れば給水ホース47の先端が開いて給水口44との間に隙間が生じるので散水ノズル40に対する散水ノズル40の抜き差しは容易となり着脱の作業性が向上する。また散水ノズル40は、各ブラケット10L,10Rの下部内側に形成したノズル支持溝12に前後方向から挿入離脱可能に取り付けてあるので、点検整備のために散水ノズル40を製氷部ケースB内から取り出すことはきわめて容易となる。
【0024】
またこの実施の形態では、散水ノズル40の給水口44は散水ノズル40の中央部の上側に形成しており、これにより各噴出口43に対する製氷水の分配が均一に行われるので、製造される氷塊も大きさ形状が均一化したものが得られる。
【0025】
【発明の効果】
本発明によれば、一端が散水ポンプの吐出口に連結された給水ホースは、先ず案内リブの間を通って前後方向の動きが規制され、挿通穴を通って散水ノズルとアイスシュートの間に入るので製氷部ケース内では上から見て真横に位置決めされる。従って給水ホースは別に固定手段を設けなくても動くことはないので散水器から上方に噴出される製氷水を遮ることはなく、また着脱可能なスロープの下側に設けられてその上を滑り落ちる氷塊の邪魔になることもない。これにより給水ホースの取付位置の自由度が増大し、固定手段が不要となるので取付構造も簡略化され、また上側から散水ノズルに取り付けられる給水ホースは着脱が容易なので点検整備などのための散水ノズルの着脱の手間が減少する。
【0026】
また散水ノズルを、各ブラケットの下部内側に形成したノズル支持溝に前後方向から挿入離脱可能に取り付けたものによれば、点検整備などのための散水ノズルの着脱の手間は一層減少する。
【0027】
また散水ノズルの給水口を、散水ノズルの中央部の上側に形成したものによれば、各噴出口に対する製氷水の分配が均一に行われるので、製造される氷塊も大きさ形状が均一化したものが得られる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明による自動製氷機の製氷機構部の一実施形態の一部を破断して示す全体正面図である。
【図2】図1の右ブラケット付近を除いて示す右側面図である。
【図3】図1の左側面図である。
【図4】図1に示す実施の形態の散水ノズル、給水ホースおよび左右のブラケットを示す平面図である。
【図5】図4の5−5線に沿った拡大断面図である。
【図6】製氷機構部を備えた自動製氷機の全体構造を示す側断面図である。
【符号の説明】
10L,10R…ブラケット、12…ノズル支持溝、14a…案内リブ、15…挿通穴、17…前壁、30…製氷水タンク、40…散水ノズル、43…噴出口、44…給水口、45…散水ポンプ、45c…吐出口、47…給水ホース、50…製氷室、52…製氷セル、53…冷却パイプ、60…アイスシュート、A…製氷機構部、B…製氷部ケース、Ba…開口。
[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an ice making mechanism part of an automatic ice making machine, and more particularly to an improvement in a water spray hose provided in an ice making part case and a support structure for a water supply hose for supplying ice making water thereto.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In an ice making mechanism of this type of automatic ice making machine, as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-89659, a sprinkler below the ice making cup 4 that is cooled by the cooling pipe 5 during ice making operation. The ice making water ejected from the ice 16 is frozen, and when the freezing is completed, the ice making operation is stopped, hot gas is supplied to the cooling pipe 5 and the ice blocks generated in the ice making cup 4 are inclined on the slope 13. Some of them are dropped and dropped into the lower ice storage 10 through the opening on the front side of the ice making mechanism.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In this prior art, the pipe 17 for supplying ice making water to the water sprinkler 16 for ejecting ice making water from the circulation pump 15 is attached to the water sprinkler 16 from the lower side. There was a problem that it took time and effort to attach and detach the watering device 16. As a means for solving such a problem, it is conceivable to attach the supply pipe 17 to the water sprinkler 16 from the upper side, but the position through which the supply pipe passes is the ice making sprayed upward from the water sprinkler 16 toward the ice making cup 4. Since it is necessary to set the position so as not to obstruct the ice block that slides down on the slope 13 without blocking water, the position is limited. Moreover, the water supply pipe is usually made of silicon rubber, and since the position of the water supply pipe moves depending on how it is attached to the circulation pump, a means for firmly fixing the water supply pipe so as not to move from a predetermined position is required. For this reason, there is a problem that it is difficult to select the position of the water supply pipe and the mounting structure is complicated. An object of the present invention is to solve each of these problems.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
For this purpose, the ice making mechanism of the automatic ice making machine according to the present invention includes a box-shaped ice making case with a pair of left and right brackets and an opening formed on the lower side of the front wall, and a lower end of the ice making case. A watering pump that draws in ice-making water in the attached ice-making water tank and discharges it from the water supply hose, and a spout that is attached to the lower part of the ice making unit case and jets ice-making water supplied through the water supply hose upward. An ice making chamber provided with a watering nozzle, a plurality of ice making cells 52 attached to the upper part in the ice making part case and opened downward and receiving ice making water ejected from a jet outlet, and cooled by a cooling pipe, and an inside of the ice making part case An ice chute that is detachably attached to the middle part of the ice and receives ice blocks falling from the ice making cell and slides diagonally forward and downward to send it out of the ice making case through the opening. In the ice making mechanism of the automatic ice making machine, one end of the water supply hose is connected to the discharge port of the watering pump and enters between the watering nozzle and the ice chute through the insertion hole formed in one of the brackets, and the other end is It is connected to a water supply port that protrudes upward from the watering nozzle and extends in the vertical direction across the insertion hole on the outside of one bracket, and moves in the front-rear direction between one end of the water supply hose and the portion through which the insertion hole is inserted. The guide rib to be regulated is formed integrally.
[0005]
It is preferable that the watering nozzle of the invention of the preceding paragraph is attached to a nozzle support groove formed inside the lower part of each bracket so that it can be inserted and removed from the front and rear direction.
[0006]
Further, it is preferable that the water supply port of the watering nozzle in the inventions of the preceding two items is formed above the central portion of the watering nozzle.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 6, the automatic ice maker according to this embodiment is composed of an automatic ice maker main body 70 and an ice making mechanism A provided in the upper part thereof. The automatic ice making machine main body 70 is a box-like shape having a machine room 71 composed of a front side plate 71a, a rear side plate 71b, left and right side plates 71c, and a bottom plate 71d, a thick insulating wall, and an upper surface and an upper half on the front. An ice storage 72 supported on the upper side of the machine room 71, an insulating ceiling plate 73 and an upper front plate 75 covering the upper surface and upper front part of the ice storage 72, respectively, a front surface of the machine room 71, and a lower front surface of the ice storage 72 A lower front plate 74 that covers the lower front plate 74, and a lower edge portion that is attached to the upper edge of the lower front plate 74 via a hinge 76 a so as to open and close an opening formed between the lower front plate 74 and the upper front plate 75. It consists of a door 76, and a handle 76b and a packing 76c are attached to the upper edge and the outer edge of the inner surface of the door 76, respectively. The machine room 71 is provided with a compressor (not shown) including a compressor, a condenser, and a cooling fan for supplying the cooled refrigerant to the ice making mechanism A, and is provided at the bottom of the ice storage 72. A drain hose (not shown) connected to the drain port 72a is led out through the machine chamber 71.
[0008]
The ice making part case B of the ice making mechanism part A has left and right brackets 10L and 10R, and the overhanging part 10a that protrudes from the lower part of each bracket 10L and 10R to the left and right sides protrudes rearward. The projecting portion of the overhanging portion 10a is placed on a support member 77 fixed to the upper part of the inner surface of the wall, and the left and right brackets 10L and 10R are bolted to the ceiling plate 73, whereby the ice making mechanism A is stored in the ice storage 72. Supported at the top inside. There is a considerable gap between the rear surface of the ice making mechanism A above the overhanging portion 10a and the rear wall of the ice storage 72, and this portion is provided with an accumulator 78, piping for water supply and refrigerant, electrical wiring, and the like. It has been.
[0009]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the ice making mechanism part A is provided in an ice making part case B, an ice making water tank 30 provided at the lower end thereof, and a lower part, an upper part and an intermediate part in the ice making part case B, respectively. The watering nozzle 40, the ice making chamber 50, and the ice chute 60 are formed. The ice making case B as a whole is box-shaped, and is mainly composed of a pair of left and right brackets 10L and 10R, and a front wall 17 and a rear wall 20 that connect the front and rear edges thereof. Since the vertical width of the front wall 17 is considerably smaller than the rear wall 20, an opening Ba is formed in the lower half of the front side of the ice making unit case B, and this opening Ba is closed by an openable / closable separator 25 as will be described later. Yes.
[0010]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, each of the left and right brackets 10L and 10R is an inverted L shape with the upper part bent outwardly as a whole as viewed from the front side. A plurality of reinforcing ribs 14a, 14b and 14c extending are formed. A projecting portion 10a having an inwardly U-shaped cross section that protrudes outward and extends horizontally in the front-rear direction is formed at the lower portion of each bracket 10L, 10R, and the lower and upper edges of the projecting portion 10a extend inwardly. A flange 13a and a support protrusion 13b are formed. The overhanging portion 10 a projects rearward from the rear wall 20, and the tank support groove 11 formed between the lower flange 13 a and the support protrusion 13 b also extends rearward from the rear wall 20. The upper surface of the support protrusion 13b is inclined so that the rear part rises, and is formed between the protrusion plate 13c formed to protrude inward from the brackets 10L and 10R so as to extend parallel to the upper surface. The nozzle support groove 12 is stopped before the rear wall 20. Further, the circular support protrusions 14e formed on the front and rear portions of the inner surfaces of the brackets 10L and 10R above the protruding plate 13c are positioned lower on the front side than on the rear side. An extension 16 for attaching a drain pan 37 and a watering pump 45, which will be described later, is integrally formed at the lower portion of the left bracket 10L. Of the four reinforcing ribs 14a and 14b of the left bracket 10L, the center two are guide ribs 14a, and an ice-making water is located between the two guide ribs 14a in the middle in the vertical direction of the left bracket 10L. Is inserted through the water supply hose 47 for sending water to the watering nozzle 40 (see FIG. 3).
[0011]
The front wall 17 is a rectangular synthetic resin plate whose vertical width is considerably narrower than that of the brackets 10L and 10R. The upper edge and a slightly lower front side are reinforced by ribs 17a and 17b extending in the horizontal direction, and the lower edge is set in the horizontal direction. A round rod-like pivot rod 18 extending in a straight line is integrally formed. The separator 25 that opens and closes the opening Ba in the lower half of the front side of the ice making unit case B is divided into six, which are the same as the number of rows of the spout 43 of the watering nozzle 40 and the ice making cells 52 of the ice making chamber 50, which will be described later. The flat plate portion 25a and the engaging portion 25b having a C-shaped cross section formed on the upper edge thereof. Each separator 25 swings by inserting the engaging portion 25b into a slit 19 (see FIG. 2) formed in the lower edge of the front wall 17 and rotatably engaging the outer peripheral surface of the pivot rod 18. Suspended and supported freely.
[0012]
The rear wall 20 is a rectangular synthetic resin plate having a vertical width that substantially closes the rear side of the ice making case B. The upper edge is reinforced by ribs 20a extending in the lateral direction, and the lower edge extends rearward. A cover 21 is integrally formed to cover most of the upper side of the rear portion of an ice making water tank 30 described later. The cover 21 is formed with a notch (both not shown) for passing a supply hose for supplying ice making water to the ice making water tank 30.
[0013]
Each of these brackets 10L, 10R, the front wall 17, and the rear wall 20 are integrally formed of synthetic resin. In this embodiment, each of the left and right brackets 10L, 10R inserts both ends of the chute support tube 24 into each support projection 14e, and inserts both ends of the front wall 17 and the rear wall 20 into grooves formed in the front and rear edges. Although they are mechanically secured and joined, they may be joined by adhesion.
[0014]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the ice making water tank 30 has a substantially triangular shape in which the left side of the central portion is recessed downward when viewed from the front, and is a box shape with the upper side opened, and a shallow support projecting on both right and left sides. The part 30a is detachably supported by being inserted into the tank support groove 11 of the ice making part case B described above from the front side. The deepest part of the ice making water tank 30 is located on the left bracket 10L side, and a water supply port 33 protruding to the left bracket 10L side is formed at the front part of this part. In addition, an overflow hole 34 is formed in the middle part in the front-rear direction (see FIG. 3) on the bottom surface of the shallow part approaching the support part 30a on the left bracket 10L side. The rising wall 30b formed on the front surface of the ice making water tank 30 extends upward to a position close to the lower edge of each separator 25, and the left and right side walls 30c are tank support grooves except for the front part which is the same height as the rising wall 30b. 11 (see FIG. 3).
[0015]
As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, the lower side of the left bracket 10 </ b> L is located on the rear side of the middle part in the front-rear direction and on the left side of the portion where the water supply port 33 of the ice making water tank 30 is provided. A drain pan 37 is provided. This drain pan 37 is screwed and fixed to a protruding portion 16a (see FIG. 1) formed on the lower side of the extension portion 16 below the left bracket 10L, and a drain pipe 39 is connected to a discharge port 38 provided at the bottom of the drain pan 37. ing. The tip of the drain pipe 39 is led to a drain port 72 a provided at the bottom of the ice storage 72.
[0016]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the watering pump 45 bolted to the lower surface of the extension 16 of the left bracket 10L is positioned inside the drain pan 37, and the suction port 45b of the pumping part 45a of the watering pump 45 is provided. Projecting forward from the drain pan 37 and connected to a suction pipe 46. The other end of the suction pipe 46 is connected to the water supply port 33 of the ice making water tank 30 via a pipe joint 46a that can be easily attached and detached. A discharge port 45c of the pump unit 45a is connected to a watering nozzle 40 described below via a water supply hose 47 described later. The overflow hole 34 of the ice making water tank 30 is located above a partition passage 37 a formed in a part of the drain pan 37 in the vertical direction.
[0017]
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the watering nozzle 40 is formed integrally with a pair of upper and lower synthetic resin moldings that are liquid-tightly bonded by ultrasonic welding so as to form a flat shape as a whole. The four lateral tubular portions 41a and the three longitudinal tubular portions 41b communicated with each other. Six jet ports 43 are arranged on the upper surface of each lateral tubular portion 41a in six rows at equal intervals. Aligned and formed. Two openings for cleaning the inside of each lateral tubular portion 41a are formed on the right side of the watering nozzle 40, and each opening is liquid-tightly closed by a cap 42 made of silicon rubber. A cylindrical water supply port 44 protrudes upward at the center of the longitudinal tubular portion 41b at the center in the left-right direction, and an annular protrusion 44a is formed at the middle thereof. The water spray nozzle 40 is attached by inserting both left and right ends into the nozzle support groove 12 of the ice making unit case B from the front side.
[0018]
As shown mainly in FIG. 1, the water supply hose 47 is a laterally J-shaped molded product made of a flexible silicone resin, and a discharge port 45c of a pump portion 45a of a water spray pump 45 is formed at one end of the bent side. It is plugged in and connected. In the water supply hose 47, first, most of the bent portion passes between the two guide ribs 14a and the movement in the front-rear direction is restricted, and the straight portion passes through the insertion hole 15 formed in the left bracket 10L and the watering nozzle 40 and the ice. As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the tip of the tip portion that enters the ice making part case B between the chutes 60 horizontally and refracts downward with a small bending radius can be sandwiched between the fingertips. A pair of left and right tongues 47a having a possible thickness and length and extending in the radial direction are integrally formed. This distal end portion of the water supply hose 47 is attached / detached by pinching each tongue 47a formed at the distal end with a fingertip, and inserting / removing the cylindrical water supply port 44 protruding upward from the watering nozzle 40 from above and below. In the water supply hose 47, the bent portion passes between the guide ribs 14a and the movement in the front-rear direction is restricted. Therefore, the straight portion that has entered the ice making unit case B is positioned just beside, and the center 2 of the watering nozzle 40 It is located above between the two lateral tubular portions 41a, that is, above the jet ports 43 arranged in four horizontal rows. Therefore, it does not get in the way of ice making water ejected upward from each ejection port 43.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 2, the ice making chamber 50 located at the upper part in the ice making part case B has a short and round shape in which the lower side is opened on the ice making substrate 51 supported on the upper parts of the left and right brackets 10L and 10R. Twenty-four cylindrical ice-making cells 52 are fixed in alignment with the respective outlets 43 of the watering nozzle 40. Each ice making cell 52 and ice making substrate 51 are made of metal such as copper or aluminum having good thermal conductivity, and a cooling pipe 53 meanders and adheres to the upper side of the ice making substrate 51 so as to pass through the center of each ice making cell 52. The cooling pipe 53 is supplied with a coolant from a refrigerator in the machine room 71 in a circulating manner to cool the ice making cell 52.
[0020]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the ice chute 60 connects the front and rear ends and intermediate portions of a number of elongated slide plates 71 arranged in the vertical direction by connecting members 62a, 62b, and 62c, and the lower surfaces of the front and rear portions are connected to each other. It is a hook-like object connected by a pair of lateral support leg pieces 63, and is entirely formed of synthetic resin. The ice chute 60 is configured so that each pair of support leg pieces 63 is elastically engaged with the outer peripheral surfaces of the two chute support cylinders 24 so that the ice making part is inclined forward and downward just above the watering nozzle 40. The case B is detachably supported, and the gaps between the slide members 61 are aligned with the spouts 43 of the water spray nozzle 40, so that the ice making water ejected from the spouts 43 is not disturbed by the ice chute 60. It has become.
[0021]
During the ice making operation, the ice making cells 52 are cooled by operating the refrigerator, and the ice making water in the ice making water tank 30 pre-filled up to the level of the overflow hole 34 is sucked by the sprinkling pump 45, and is passed through the water supply hose 47. Then, the water is supplied to the water spray nozzle 40 and ejected upward from each ejection port 43 toward each ice making cell 52. The sprayed ice-making water does not hit the water supply hose 47, but is applied to the inner surface of each ice-making cell 52 cooled through the slide members 61 of the ice chute 60, and a part of the ice-making water is frozen on the inner surface. It is returned to the ice making water tank 30 by gravity, supplied again to the watering nozzle 40 by the watering pump 45, and repeatedly ejected toward the inner surface of the ice making cell 52, so that it is frozen in each ice making cell 52 as time passes. The ice level gradually increases, and the level of the ice making water in the ice making water tank 30 gradually decreases. If the ice making operation is stopped and hot gas is introduced into the cooling pipe 53 when the inside of the ice making cell 52 is substantially filled with ice, the ice making chamber 50 is heated and the ice making cells 52 and the ice generated therein are generated. Therefore, the ice in each ice making cell 52 falls into a short columnar ice mass and falls onto the ice chute 60 and slides down obliquely forward and downward toward the separator 25. Then, the separator 25 that is hung down due to gravity and closed is automatically pushed open and dropped from the ice making unit case B into the ice storage 72. Since the water supply hose 47 is located on the lower side of the ice chute 60, it does not interfere with the ice block that slides down. Then, a predetermined amount of ice making water is supplied into the ice making water tank 30 by a supply hose (not shown), the refrigerator is operated again, the ice making chamber 50 is cooled again, and the ice making operation is repeated.
[0022]
In this type of water supply hose 47, the portion between the one end portion attached to the water spray pump 45 and the insertion hole 15 moves back and forth depending on how the water supply pump 45 is attached. In order to prevent the ice making water from impinging on the ice making water ejected from the outlet 43, the water supply hose 47 is positioned in the ice making part case B to prevent the ice making water from being ejected from the outlet 43. It is necessary to fix it firmly to However, according to the above-described embodiment, in the water supply hose 47 whose one end of the J shape is connected to the discharge port 45c of the watering pump 45, first, most of the bent portion passes back and forth between the two guide ribs 14a. The movement of the direction is restricted, and the straight portion passes horizontally through the insertion hole 15 formed in the left bracket 10L and into the ice making part case B between the watering nozzle 40 and the ice chute 60. The water supply hose 47 does not move even if it is positioned almost beside it when viewed from the front and above, and a separate fixing means is not provided, so that the ice making water ejected upward from the sprinkler 16 is not blocked. Further, since the water supply hose 47 is provided below the detachable ice chute 60, it does not obstruct the ice block sliding down on the ice chute 60. Accordingly, the degree of freedom of the mounting position of the water supply hose 47 is increased, and the fixing structure is not required, so that the mounting structure is simplified.
[0023]
In addition, the sprinkling nozzle 40 is taken out and attached from the ice making part case B for inspection and maintenance by pushing the ice chutes 60 upward and detaching the two pairs of support leg pieces 63 from the chute support cylinders 24. Although the chute 60 is removed, the water supply hose 47 attached to the watering nozzle 40 from above as shown in this embodiment is easy to attach and detach, so that the trouble of attaching and detaching the watering nozzle 40 for inspection and maintenance is reduced. In addition, in this embodiment, a pair of left and right tongues 47a extending in the radial direction are integrated with the other end of the water supply hose 47 on the side of the watering nozzle 40 so as to have a thickness and length that can be sandwiched between the fingertips. If each tongue 47a is pulled to the left and right, the tip of the water supply hose 47 is opened and a gap is formed between the water supply port 44. Therefore, the water nozzle 40 can be easily inserted into and removed from the water nozzle 40, and attachment / detachment workability is improved. improves. Moreover, since the watering nozzle 40 is attached to the nozzle support groove 12 formed inside the lower portion of each bracket 10L, 10R so as to be detachable from the front and rear direction, the watering nozzle 40 is taken out from the ice making case B for inspection and maintenance. It will be very easy.
[0024]
Further, in this embodiment, the water supply port 44 of the watering nozzle 40 is formed on the upper side of the central portion of the watering nozzle 40, whereby the ice-making water is uniformly distributed to each of the jet nozzles 43, and thus is manufactured. An ice block with a uniform size and shape can be obtained.
[0025]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, the water supply hose, one end of which is connected to the discharge port of the watering pump, is first regulated in the front-rear direction through the guide ribs, and passed between the watering nozzle and the ice chute through the insertion hole. As it enters, it is positioned directly beside the ice making case as viewed from above. Therefore, the water supply hose does not move even if a separate fixing means is not provided, so that it does not block the ice making water sprayed upward from the water sprinkler, and it is provided below the detachable slope and the ice block sliding down on it. It will not get in the way. This increases the degree of freedom of the water supply hose mounting position, eliminates the need for fixing means, simplifies the mounting structure, and the water supply hose attached to the water spray nozzle from the top is easy to attach and detach. The trouble of attaching / detaching the nozzle is reduced.
[0026]
Further, when the watering nozzle is attached to the nozzle support groove formed inside the lower part of each bracket so as to be able to be inserted and removed from the front and rear direction, the trouble of attaching and detaching the watering nozzle for inspection and maintenance is further reduced.
[0027]
In addition, according to the water nozzle of the watering nozzle formed on the upper side of the central portion of the watering nozzle, the ice making water is uniformly distributed to the respective outlets, so that the ice blocks to be manufactured have a uniform size and shape. Things are obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall front view showing a part of an embodiment of an ice making mechanism part of an automatic ice making machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a right side view showing the vicinity of the right bracket of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a left side view of FIG. 1;
4 is a plan view showing a watering nozzle, a water supply hose and left and right brackets of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG.
FIG. 6 is a side sectional view showing the overall structure of an automatic ice making machine provided with an ice making mechanism.
[Explanation of symbols]
10L, 10R ... bracket, 12 ... nozzle support groove, 14a ... guide rib, 15 ... insertion hole, 17 ... front wall, 30 ... ice making water tank, 40 ... sprinkling nozzle, 43 ... spout, 44 ... water supply port, 45 ... Sprinkling pump, 45c ... discharge port, 47 ... water supply hose, 50 ... ice making chamber, 52 ... ice making cell, 53 ... cooling pipe, 60 ... ice chute, A ... ice making mechanism, B ... ice making case, Ba ... opening.

Claims (3)

左右1対のブラケットを有し前壁の下側に開口を形成した箱状の製氷部ケースと、この製氷部ケースの下端部に取り付けた製氷水タンク内の製氷水を吸入して給水ホースから吐出する散水ポンプと、前記製氷部ケース内の下部に取り付けられ前記給水ホースを介して供給された製氷水を上方に噴出する噴出口を有する散水ノズルと、前記製氷部ケース内の上部に取り付けられ下向きに開口されて前記噴出口から噴出される製氷水を受ける複数の製氷セルを備えるとともに冷却パイプにより冷却される製氷室と、前記製氷部ケース内の上下方向中間部に傾斜して着脱可能に取り付けられ前記製氷セルから落下する氷塊を受け止めて斜め前下方に滑らせ前記開口を通して前記製氷部ケース内から送り出すアイスシュートよりなる自動製氷機の製氷機構部において、前記給水ホースは一端が前記散水ポンプの吐出口に連結され前記ブラケットの何れか一方に形成された挿通穴を通って前記散水ノズルとアイスシュートの間に入るとともに他端は前記散水ノズルに上方に突出して形成した給水口に連結され、前記一方のブラケットの外側には前記挿通穴を挟んで上下方向に延び前記給水ホースの前記一端と前記挿通穴を挿通する部分の間の前後方向の動きを規制する案内リブを一体的に形成したことを特徴とする自動製氷機の製氷機構部。A box-shaped ice-making unit case with a pair of left and right brackets and an opening formed on the lower side of the front wall, and an ice-making water in an ice-making water tank attached to the lower end of the ice-making unit case A sprinkling pump for discharging, a sprinkling nozzle having a spout that is attached to the lower part in the ice making part case and jets the ice making water supplied via the water supply hose upward, and attached to the upper part in the ice making part case A plurality of ice-making cells that are opened downward and receive ice-making water ejected from the jet outlet, and are detachable by being inclined to an ice-making chamber cooled by a cooling pipe and an intermediate portion in the vertical direction in the ice-making part case Ice making of an automatic ice making machine comprising an ice chute that receives an ice lump that is attached and falls from the ice making cell, slides diagonally forward and downward, and is fed out of the ice making unit case through the opening In the structure, one end of the water supply hose is connected to the discharge port of the watering pump and enters between the watering nozzle and the ice chute through an insertion hole formed in one of the brackets, and the other end is the watering. Front and rear between the one end of the water supply hose and the portion through which the insertion hole is inserted, which is connected to a water supply port that protrudes upward from the nozzle and extends in the vertical direction across the insertion hole on the outside of the one bracket An ice making mechanism of an automatic ice making machine, characterized in that guide ribs for restricting movement in the direction are integrally formed. 請求項1に記載の自動製氷機の製氷機構部において、前記散水ノズルは前記各ブラケットの下部内側に形成したノズル支持溝に前後方向から挿入離脱可能に取り付けたことを特徴とする自動製氷機の製氷機構部。The ice making mechanism of the automatic ice making machine according to claim 1, wherein the watering nozzle is attached to a nozzle support groove formed inside the lower part of each bracket so as to be detachable from the front-rear direction. Ice making mechanism. 請求項1または請求項2に記載の自動製氷機の製氷機構部において、前記給水口は前記散水ノズルの中央部の上側に形成したことを特徴とする自動製氷機の製氷機構部。The ice making mechanism part of the automatic ice making machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the water supply port is formed above a central part of the watering nozzle.
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