JP4842560B2 - Water use equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to water-using devices such as ice machines and dishwashers.

  In the ice making machine, as shown in Patent Literature 1, when tap water is supplied to make ice, overflow or tap water remaining after ice making is discharged to a drainage ditch or the like. Therefore, the equipment body of the ice making machine is provided with an outlet for drawing out a water supply pipe and a drain pipe.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 7-77373 (paragraph numbers 0013-0017, FIG. 1) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-294078 (paragraph number 0023, FIG. 1) JP 7-294080 A (paragraph number 0011, FIG. 1)

  For example, a refrigerator or the like is often arranged next to an ice machine installation site. In that case, the outlet of the water supply / drainage pipe of the ice making machine body may face the leg of the adjacent refrigerator. If it becomes like this, an adjacent apparatus will become obstructive and it will become difficult to pull out a water supply / drainage pipe from a drawer outlet as it is. As a countermeasure for this, the installation position of the ice machine or the adjacent equipment must be shifted, and the installation space is limited.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a water utilization device that can cope with the position of the conduit outlet at the installation site in a flexible manner even when other devices are adjacent to each other. is there.

The water utilization device according to the present invention has a recessed space 15 that is recessed from the left and right sides at the lower end of the rear wall of the device body 1 and opens rearward, and the left and right lateral sidewalls 16 of the device body 1. And a pipe panel 27 that is detachably attached to the lateral side wall 16 of the device main body 1 so as to close the window 26. A water supply pipe 11 for taking water into the equipment body 1 and a drain pipe 12 for draining the equipment body 1 from the equipment body 1 through an outlet 31 provided in the pipe panel 27. The pipe panel 27 is a plate body formed in a square shape, and the pipe panel 27 has a perfect circular shape for allowing the water supply pipe 11 and the drain pipe 12 to pass therethrough. There are two outlets 31 and 31, the diameters of both outlets 31 and 31 are set to the same size, and the outlets 31 and 31 are offset from the center position of the square rectangular tube panel 27. The two outlets 31 and 31 are provided along one of the four sides of a square quadrilateral that forms the outer edge of the tube panel 27, and the center position of the tube panel 27 Specified by the circle center of the outlet 31 The distance between the outlet 31 and the center position of the tube panel 27 is set to be the same at both the outlets 31 and 31, and the screws 29 are inserted into the four corners of the square square of the tube panel 27. Screw holes are provided in the peripheral edge of the window 26 corresponding to the respective through holes, and the pipe panel 27 is connected to the lateral wall 16 of the device body 1. It can be attached in an arbitrary posture rotated 90 degrees each, and by rotating the tube panel 27 by 90 degrees, both the outlets 31 and 31 are arranged in the vertical direction at the rear, and the both outlets One selected from four positions: a position where 31 and 31 are lined up in the front and back, a position where the double outlets 31 and 31 are lined up and down in the front, and a position where the double outlets 31 and 31 are lined up and down in the upper direction At any one of the two outlets 31 and 31 It characterized in that it is configured to be able to change the mouth position.

In the present invention, the pipe panel 27 is a plate formed in a square shape, and two round circular outlets 31 and 31 for passing the water supply pipe 11 and the drain pipe 12 through the pipe panel 27 are opened. The diameters of the outlets 31 and 31 are set to the same size, the outlets 31 and 31 are provided in a portion deviated from the center position of the square-shaped pipe panel 27, and the outlets 31 and 31 are provided as pipe panels. The center position of the tube panel 27 of the outlet 31 provided along one of the four sides of the square quadrangle that constitutes the outer edge of the port 27 and defined by the center position of the tube panel 27 and the circle center of the outlet 31 Are set at the same distance at both outlets 31 and 31, and through holes for screws 29 permitting the insertion of screws 29 are provided at the four corners of the square quadrilateral of the tube panel 27, corresponding to each through hole. A panel for pipes with screw holes on the periphery of 26 7 can be mounted in an arbitrary posture rotated 90 degrees with respect to the lateral side wall 16 of the device body 1, and the pipe panel 27 is rotated 90 degrees, so that the double outlets 31 and 31 can be A position where the two outlets 31 and 31 are lined up in the front and back, a position where the two outlets 31 and 31 are lined up and down in the front, and a position where the two outlets 31 and 31 are lined up in the front and rear, Since the opening position of the two outlets 31 and 31 can be changed to one arbitrary position selected from the four positions, the position of the window 26 of the pipe panel 27 attached to the apparatus main body 1 is , when inconvenience on the pipe in relation to such neighboring refrigerator at the installation site, the spot Succoth applied to the device body 1 after rotated by a predetermined angle (90 degrees) once remove the tube panels 27, outlets the position of 31, above Can be shifted to any position of the four positions, the piping work can without hindrance row Ukoto even without moving dare the location of the main body 1. In addition, since the mounting attitude of one of the tube panels 27 is only change in the field, it is possible that the installation work is easy to line example on site, to reduce the labor and manufacturing costs to prepare many kinds of pipe for the panel 27 .

  The drawings show an ice making machine as an embodiment of the present invention. 4 and 5, a rectangular parallelepiped device main body 1 is arranged in an ice making chamber 2 having an open front surface, a machine room 3 provided below the ice making chamber 2, and an upper space in the ice making chamber 2. And an ice making unit 5. The ice making chamber 2 is surrounded by a heat insulating wall, and the ice generated by the ice making unit 5 is stored in the lower part of the space inside the ice making chamber 2. An opening / closing door 6 is disposed in front of the opening of the ice making chamber 2.

  In FIG. 5, the ice making unit 5 supplies a water supply tank 7 for storing tap water for generating ice, an ice making unit 9 for generating many cube-shaped ices at once, and supplies water in the water supply tank 7 to the ice making unit 9. A water supply pump 10, a water supply pipe 11 for taking tap water into the water supply tank 7, and a drain pan 13 for guiding the tap water remaining in the water supply tank 7 after ice making to the drain pipe 12 are provided. The water supply pipe 11 and the drain pipe 12 were flexible pipes having flexibility.

  The water supply tank 7 swings in an inclined posture shown by an imaginary line in FIG. 5 after ice making, thereby discharging tap water remaining in the tank to the drain pan 13. The tap water in the drain pan 13 is discharged to the drain through the drain pipe 12.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a recessed space 15 that is partitioned from the inside of the device main body 1 and opens rearward is formed in the lower end portion of the rear wall of the device main body 1 so as to be recessed from left to right. The recessed space 15 is formed by bending a rear panel 15a constituting the rear wall of the device body 1 into a U-shaped cross section.

  The upper wall 19 of the recessed space 15 is provided with outlets 20 and 21 on the left and right as shown in FIG. 3, and the water supply pipe 11 and the drain pipe 12 are connected to the equipment via the outlets 20 and 21, respectively. It is led out into the recessed space 15 from the inside of the main body 1.

  An amount of tap water required for one ice making is supplied and stored in the water supply tank 7. As shown in FIG. 5, a cooling device 22 for cooling the ice making and the ice making chamber 2 is disposed in the machine room 3. The ice making chamber 2 has a heat exchanger 23 for ice making and cooling in the ice making chamber 2, and the cooling device 22 is connected to the heat exchanger 23. The cooling device 22 includes a compressor 24, a condenser 25, an expansion valve, and the like.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, relatively large windows 26 and 26 respectively facing the left and right ends of the recessed space 15 are formed on the left and right lateral side walls 16 and 16 of the device body 1. The left and right ends of the recessed space 15 may be the counters 26 and 26 as they are. A square tube panel 27 that covers the outside of each window 26 is detachably attached to each lateral side wall 16 of the device body 1. The pipe panel 27 can be attached to and detached from the lateral side wall 16 by fastening the four corners thereof with screws 29.

  Each of the tube panels 27 has a pair of outlets 31 and 31 that are deviated from the center position of the tube outlet 27, and a portion deviated to the rear side (right side of FIG. 6) when viewed from the standard position of FIGS. There are two outlets 31, 31 leading to the window 26.

  Now, as shown in FIG. 6, a case is assumed in which, for example, a refrigerator 32 is installed adjacent to the device body 1 of the ice making machine. In the state of FIG. 6 in which both the outlets 31 and 31 of the tube panel 27 are located on the upper and lower sides of the rear side, when there is no problem in relation to the leg 32 of the refrigerator, the outlet pipe 31 and 31 are directly connected to the water supply pipe 11. The drainage pipe 12 is inserted and piped.

  However, when the device main body 1 and the refrigerator 32 of the ice making machine are in the arrangement state shown in FIG. 7, the tube panel 27 is rotated by 180 ° with respect to the lateral side wall 16 of the device main body 1 (upside down). cure. With this alone, the outlets 31 and 31 of the tube panel 27 are positioned above and below the front side. Thus, the water supply / drainage pipes 11 and 12 can be piped so that the adjacent refrigerator does not get in the way with considerable flexibility. That is, the equipment main body 1 of the ice making machine and the adjacent equipment such as the refrigerator 32 need not be shifted from one installation position to another, and workers can respond flexibly at the installation site.

  Although the entire contents of the illustrated example are as described above, it goes without saying that the outlet 31 may be provided at a position that is offset from the center position of the tube panel 27 to one side above and below the tube panel 27. . The tube panel 27 may have a rectangular shape, but in particular, in the case of a square shape, the tube panel 27 may be rotated and changed by 90 degrees. When the tube panel 27 is circular, the rotation angle can be prevented from being limited.

  If the water supply / drainage pipes 11 and 12 can be drawn out from either side of the left and right lateral side walls 16 and 16 of the device body 1, it is convenient in terms of piping in relation to the water source at the site. In that case, the water supply pipe 11 may be pulled out from one of the left and right lateral side walls 16 and the drain pipe 12 may be pulled out from the other. However, the other side of the recessed space 15 in the illustrated example may be closed with a blind plate-like panel by pulling out the water supply and drainage pipes 11 and 12 only from one of the left and right lateral walls 16.

Perspective view of main parts Longitudinal profile side view Longitudinal rear view of main part Perspective view of the ice machine from the front Ice machine vertical front view Side view showing one installation example of a pipe panel Side view showing another installation example of pipe panel

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus main body 11 Water supply pipe 12 Drain pipe 16 Horizontal side wall 26 of apparatus main body Window 27 Panel 31 for pipes Exit

Claims (1)

A recessed space (15) that is recessed at the lower end of the rear wall of the device main body (1) and opens rearward;
A window (26) opened on each of the left and right lateral walls (16) of the device body (1 ) and facing the recessed space (15);
A pipe panel (27) detachably attached to the lateral wall (16) of the device body (1) so as to close the window (26);
A water supply pipe (11) for taking water into the apparatus main body (1) and a drain pipe (12) for draining from the apparatus main body (1) are provided in the pipe panel (27) ( 31) through the device body (1) from outside the device body (1),
The pipe panel (27) is a plate formed in a square shape, and the pipe panel (27) has a perfect circular shape for passing the water supply pipe (11) and the drain pipe (12). There are two outlets (31, 31), and the diameters of both outlets (31, 31) are set to the same size.
Both outlets (31, 31) are provided in a portion deviated from the center position of the square-shaped tube panel (27),
Both outlets (31, 31) are provided along one side of the four sides of a square quadrilateral that constitutes the outer edge of the tube panel (27),
The distance from the center position of the tube panel (27) of the tube outlet (31), which is defined by the center position of the tube panel (27) and the circle center of the outlet port (31), is determined by both outlet ports ( 31.31) is set to the same distance,
At the four corners of the square square of the tube panel (27), there are provided screw through holes for allowing the screws (29) to be inserted. A hole is provided, and the tube panel (27) is configured to be attachable in an arbitrary posture rotated by 90 degrees with respect to the lateral wall (16) of the device body (1).
By rotating the tube panel (27) by 90 degrees, both the outlets (31, 31) are arranged in the rear upper and lower positions, the both outlets (31, 31) are arranged in the lower front and rear, The double outlets are arranged at one arbitrary position selected from four positions, that is, the positions where the outlets (31, 31) are lined up and down in front and the positions where the double outlets (31, 31) are lined up and down. It is comprised so that the opening position of (31 * 31) can be changed, The water utilization apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned .

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