JP5722084B2 - Ice machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an ice making machine including an ice making water tank disposed in an ice making machine body, a pump that supplies ice making water in the ice making water tank to an ice making unit, and a motor that operates the pump.

  In the ice making machine, an ice making chamber and a machine room are defined in the ice making machine main body, and an ice making mechanism portion including an evaporator and an ice making portion constituting the refrigeration mechanism portion is disposed in the ice making chamber. A compressor, a condenser, and the like constituting the mechanism unit are disposed in the machine room. A tank housing portion is defined from the ice making chamber lower portion or from the ice making chamber lower portion to the machine chamber lower portion, and the ice making water tank is configured to be drawable in the tank housing portion. In the ice making water tank, a pump unit for operating a pump for supplying ice making water stored in the ice making water tank to the ice making unit, and a storage amount of ice making water stored in the ice making water tank are detected. An ice making water amount detecting means is provided. Therefore, by operating the pump of the pump unit, the ice making water in the ice making water tank is supplied to the ice making unit, and the ice making water that has not been frozen in the ice making unit is fed into the ice making water tank. After being dropped and once collected, the pump unit supplies the ice making unit again. Such an ice making machine is disclosed in Patent Document 1.

JP-T-2006-519974

  By the way, in the ice making machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, an ice making water tank (storage tank) is detachably attached to the lower part of the ice making chamber, while a pump unit (pump) is attached to the inner wall of the ice making chamber. It is attached. That is, the ice making machine of Patent Document 1 is configured such that the ice making water tank and the pump unit are individually positioned and assembled in the ice making chamber. For this reason, the mounting error between the ice making chamber and the ice making water tank and the mounting error between the ice making chamber and the pump unit are synergistic, and the relative position between the ice making water tank and the pump unit is not appropriate. The ice making water in the water tank is not properly supplied, which may affect the ice making capacity. In addition, since it is necessary to individually assemble the ice making water tank and the pump unit in the ice making chamber, the number of work steps increases, and there is a problem that it takes time and labor to assemble the ice making machine.

  Therefore, in view of the problems inherent in the conventional ice making machine, the present application has been proposed to suitably solve these problems, and the pump and the motor can be held in an appropriate positional relationship with respect to the ice making water tank. An object of the present invention is to provide an ice making machine capable of rationalizing assembly work.

In order to overcome the above-mentioned problems and achieve the intended purpose, the invention according to claim 1 of the present application provides:
In an ice making machine comprising an ice making water tank disposed in an ice making machine body, a pump for supplying ice making water in the ice making water tank to an ice making unit, and a motor for operating the pump,
A unit mounting member on which the pump and the motor are disposed and mounted on the ice making water tank;
A holding portion provided on the unit mounting member;
A held portion that is provided in the ice making water tank and detachably engages with the holding portion to position and hold the unit mounting member with respect to the ice making water tank;
An engaging portion provided in the ice making water tank;
Provided in the ice making machine main body, and an engaged part for positioning and holding the ice making water tank with respect to the ice making machine main body by detachably engaging with the engaging part ;
The holding portion includes a first holding portion that engages with a first held portion of the held portion in a direction that intersects a mounting direction of the unit mounting member with respect to the ice making water tank, and a mounting direction of the unit mounting member. A second holding portion that intersects with a second held portion of the held portion in a direction that intersects and intersects with an engagement direction of the first held portion and the first holding portion, and mounting of the unit mounting member The gist of the present invention is to include a third holding portion that engages with the third held portion of the held portion in the direction .

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the unit mounting member provided with the motor and the pump is engaged with the holding portion provided in the unit mounting member and the held portion provided in the ice making water tank. The motor and the pump can be positioned and held at a predetermined position with respect to the ice making water tank. Therefore, since the mounting position of the pump is appropriate for the ice making water tank, the ice making water in the ice making water tank can be appropriately supplied to the ice making unit. Further, by engaging the engaging portion provided in the ice making water tank and the engaged portion provided in the ice making machine main body, the ice making water tank to which the unit mounting member is attached can be positioned and held in the ice making machine main body. Therefore, the assembling work of the ice making machine can be rationalized by simplifying the assembling work of the ice making water tank, the motor and the pump with respect to the ice making machine main body. Furthermore, by engaging the first holding part of the holding part and the first held part of the held part and engaging the second holding part of the holding part and the second held part of the held part, The unit mounting member is positioned in the ice making water tank in two directions intersecting the mounting direction of the unit mounting member with respect to the ice making water tank, and the third holding portion of the holding portion and the third held portion of the held portion are locked. By doing so, the unit mounting member is positioned relative to the ice making water tank in the mounting direction of the unit mounting member with respect to the ice making water tank, so that the pump and the motor can be appropriately positioned and held with respect to the ice making water tank.

In the invention according to claim 2 ,
The engaging portion is provided in a lever portion that is disposed in the ice making water tank so as to be elastically deformable, and the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged and released by elastic deformation of the lever portion. The gist is that it is configured to be performed.
Therefore, according to the invention according to claim 2 , the engaging portion and the engaged portion can be engaged and disengaged by elastic deformation of the lever portion, and the ice making water tank is attached to and detached from the ice making machine body. Becomes easy.

In the invention according to claim 3 ,
The gist of the unit attachment member is that it includes an attachment holding portion that is detachably fixed to the ice making machine main body by attachment means.
Therefore, according to the third aspect of the invention, since the attachment holding portion of the unit attachment member is fixed to the ice making machine main body by the attachment means, the unit attachment member can be prevented from rattling and added to the ice making water tank. The load on the pump and motor can be reduced. Further, by holding the unit mounting member, which is positioned and held in the ice making water tank, in the ice making machine main body, it is possible to further prevent the ice making water tank from shaking.

In the invention according to claim 4 ,
The gist of the present invention is that the unit attachment member is provided with ice making water detecting means for detecting the amount of ice making water stored in the ice making water tank.
Therefore, according to the invention of claim 4 , since the ice making water detecting means is disposed on the unit mounting member that is positioned and held at a predetermined position with respect to the ice making water tank, the ice making water tank is provided with respect to the ice making water tank. The attachment position of the detection means becomes appropriate, and the amount of ice-making water stored in the ice-making water tank can be accurately detected.

  According to the ice making machine of the present invention, the pump and the motor can be positioned in an appropriate relationship with respect to the ice making water tank, and the assembly work can be rationalized.

It is the schematic perspective view which showed the state which accommodated the ice making water tank in the tank accommodating part. It is a principal part front view which shows the unit attachment member shown in FIG. It is the III-III sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the heat insulation member with which a unit attachment member and this unit attachment member are mounted | worn. It is a perspective view which shows the to-be-held part provided in the ice making water tank, and the holding part provided in the unit attachment member. It is explanatory drawing which shows the latching aspect of the latching convex part latched in the latching opening provided in the ice making machine main body. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the ice-making water tank and the unit attachment member which attaches a pump unit and a float unit. (a) is explanatory drawing which shows the state which attaches a pump unit and a float unit to a unit attachment member, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the state which has arrange | positioned the pump unit and the float unit to a unit attachment member. It is explanatory drawing which looked at the state which attaches the unit attachment member which arrange | positioned the pump unit and the float unit to an ice-making water tank from the front. It is explanatory drawing which looked at the state which attaches the unit attachment member which arrange | positioned the pump unit and the float unit to an ice-making water tank from the side. It is a perspective view of the ice making water tank which attached the unit attachment member which arrange | positioned the pump unit and the float unit. It is a perspective view which shows the state which accommodates the ice making water tank with which the unit attachment member which arrange | positioned the pump unit and the float unit was attached to the tank accommodating part of the ice making machine main body. It is a side view which shows the state which accommodates the ice making water tank with which the unit attachment member which arrange | positioned the pump unit and the float unit was attached to the tank accommodating part of the ice making machine main body.

  Next, a preferred embodiment of the ice making machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The ice making machine targeted by the present invention includes an ice making water tank disposed in the ice making body, a pump for supplying ice making water in the ice making water tank to the ice making unit, and a motor for operating the pump. All of the ice machines that are equipped are targeted. Therefore, in the embodiment, only the parts related to the ice making water tank, the pump and the motor will be described, and the structure of the frame of the ice making machine body, each panel, the refrigeration mechanism part and the ice making part are different for each ice making machine. Description and illustration are omitted. In the embodiment, the direction of drawing out the ice making water tank (left side in FIG. 1) is the front side of the ice making machine, the front left side as viewed from the front side is the left side of the ice making machine, and the right front side is the right side of the ice making machine.

  FIG. 1 shows an ice making chamber 10 defined on the left side and a machine room 11 defined on the right side in the ice making machine body B of the ice making machine, with the ice making machine casing and the freezing mechanism portion omitted. It is the perspective view shown schematically. The ice making chamber 10 is provided with an ice making mechanism portion including an evaporator and an ice making portion constituting the refrigeration mechanism portion, and the machine room 11 is provided with a compressor and a condenser constituting the refrigeration mechanism portion. Is done. The ice making chamber 10 and the machine chamber 11 are partitioned from an ice storage chamber (not shown) partitioned downward by a partition bottom plate 12 that forms the bottom of both chambers 10 and 11.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 12, the ice making chamber 10 includes a right side wall portion 13 positioned at the boundary with the machine chamber 11 and a left side wall portion positioned on the left side of the ice making chamber 10 facing the right side wall portion 13. 14, a rear wall 15 connected to the rear end of the right side wall 13 and the rear end of the left side wall 14, and a front wall joined to the front end of the right side wall 13 and the front end of the left side wall 14, respectively. The four sides are surrounded by the part 16. The front wall portion 16 is set to have a smaller height dimension than the left side wall portion 14 and the right side wall portion 13 in order to form a tank insertion port 17 to be described later below. The upper opening of the ice making chamber 10 is covered with an upper panel (not shown) constituting the ice making machine main body B. In addition, each of the right side wall part 13, the left side wall part 14, the rear wall part 15, the front wall part 16 and the upper panel is provided with a heat insulating material, whereby the ice making chamber 10 is configured as a heat insulating box. .

  The machine room 11 is partitioned from the ice making room 10 by the right side wall 13 and is defined by a right side panel, a rear panel, a front panel, an upper panel, and the like constituting the ice making machine main body B. On the upper surface of the compartment bottom plate 12 on the machine room 11 side, a base plate 18 for mounting a compressor, a condenser, etc. (not shown) of a heavy refrigeration mechanism is disposed. Note that an inclined portion 19 that avoids interference with an ice lump discharge chute (not shown) formed from the ice making chamber 10 to the ice storage chamber is formed at the boundary between the right side wall portion 13 and the base plate 18 of the ice making chamber 10. Is formed.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 12, a tank housing portion 20 is formed from the lower portion of the ice making chamber 10 to the lower portion of the machine chamber 11 adjacent to the ice making chamber 10 so that the ice making water tank T can be drawn out of the apparatus. Yes. That is, the tank accommodating portion 20 is defined in the first accommodating region 21 defined in the lower portion of the ice making chamber 10 and in the lower front portion of the machine chamber 11 by the first cutout portion 13A provided in the lower front portion of the right side wall portion 13. The second storage area 22 is formed and spatially communicates with the first storage area 21 and has a substantially L shape in plan view. Further, a second cutout portion 18 </ b> A that matches the tank housing portion 20 is formed in the front left portion of the base plate 18. Thereby, the tank accommodating part 20 is defined as a flat space having a height H with the upper surface of the partition bottom plate 12 as the tank mounting surface. And the 2nd accommodation area | region 22 and the machine room 11 of the tank accommodating part 20 are completely divided by the unit attachment member 60 mentioned later, as shown in FIG. A tray-like support plate 23 having a size extending from the front portion of the first storage area 21 to the second storage area 22 is disposed on the front side of the top surface of the partition bottom plate 12.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 11, the ice making water tank T is sized and shaped so that it can be accommodated in alignment with the tank accommodating portion 20. In other words, the ice making water tank T is formed in a shape that is long in the front-rear direction and is accommodated in the first accommodating area 21 and protrudes rightward from the first tank T1 and accommodated in the second accommodating area 22. The second tank portion T2 has a substantially L-shaped bucket shape in plan view. The ice making water tank T is formed such that the bottom is inclined forward and downward, the rear end of the first tank portion T1 is the shallowest, and the right end of the second tank portion T2 is deepest. And the rib which extended in the horizontal outward and rose upwards is extended in the upper edge part of 1st tank part T1 over the perimeter.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 9, the second tank portion T2 facing the machine room 11 of the ice making water tank T is provided with a plate-like partition plate 24 in the middle of the left and right sides of the second tank portion T2. The partition plate 24 has a vertical posture by fitting the front end edge and the rear end edge to support recesses 25, 25 provided so as to extend vertically on the front wall and the rear wall forming the second tank portion T2. The second tank portion T2 is divided into a side where the pump P of the pump unit PU is disposed and a side where the float unit FU is disposed. However, a recess 24A is provided in the lower part of the partition plate 24 so as to allow the flow of ice making water.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 9, the partition plate 24 is provided with support protrusions 26, 26 extending upward at the upper front portion and the upper rear portion. 2 and 3, when the unit mounting member 60 is set in the ice making water tank T, the support projecting pieces 26 and 26 come into contact with the lower surface of the top plate portion 61 of the unit mounting member 60. The unit mounting member 60 is supported from below.

  In the ice making machine of the embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 5, and 7, the unit mounting member 60 with respect to the ice making water tank T is provided on the right side of the second tank portion T <b> 2 in the ice making water tank T. To be held and positioned. The held portion 30 is provided in a tank attachment member 40 that is formed separately from the ice making water tank T and is attached to the second tank portion T2. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 10, the tank attachment member 40 rises upward from the first body portion 41 that contacts the outside of the bottom wall of the second tank portion T2 and the rear portion of the first body portion 41. A second main body portion 42 that contacts the outside of the rear wall of the two tank portion T2, and a third main body portion that rises upward from the front portion of the first main body portion 41 and contacts the outside of the front wall of the second tank portion T2. 43. Further, the tank attachment member 40 is erected upward from the first main body 41 and protrudes into the ice making water tank T, and an overflow pipe 44 is formed in which the inside communicates with the upper and lower sides. It is possible to discharge the ice making water. Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 3, 6 and 9, guide pins 49, 49 projecting downward are provided on the lower surface of the first main body portion 41 of the tank attachment member 40 so as to be separated from each other in the left-right direction. The guide grooves 23B and 23B provided on the support plate 23 are slidably engaged with each other.

  As shown in FIGS. 5, 7, 9, and 10, the held portion 30 has a first positioning portion (first positioning portion) extending horizontally forward on the front surface of the third main body portion 43 of the tank attachment member 40. 1 held portion) 31, a second positioning portion (second held portion) 32 rising upward from the front portion of the first positioning portion 31, and first and second positions provided on both left and right sides of the second positioning portion 32. 3 positioning portions (third held portions) 35. As shown in FIG. 9, the first positioning portion 31 has a width W1 between the right end and the left end that is a distance W2 between the left and right of the first holding portion 87 of the holding portion 86 provided in the unit mounting member 60 described later. Are set the same. Accordingly, when the unit mounting member 60 is set in the ice making water tank T, the engagement between the first positioning portion 31 of the held portion 30 and the first holding portion 87 of the holding portion 86 causes the ice making water tank T to be engaged. Positioning in the left-right direction orthogonal to the up-down direction, which is the mounting direction of the unit mounting member 60, can be achieved.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the second positioning portion 32 has a holding portion 86 provided on the unit attachment member 60 described later, with an interval S1 from the convex portion 33 provided on the front surface of the third main body portion 43 of the tank attachment member 40. It is set to be the same as the front-rear width S2 of the second holding portion 88. Accordingly, when the unit mounting member 60 is set in the ice making water tank T, the engagement between the second positioning portion 32 of the held portion 30 and the second holding portion 88 of the holding portion 86 causes the ice making water tank T to be engaged. Positioning in the front-rear direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, which is the mounting direction of the unit mounting member 60, and perpendicular to the left-right direction, which is the engaging direction of the first positioning portion 31 and the first holding portion 87, can be achieved. ing.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 10, the third positioning portion 35 is formed integrally with the second positioning portion 32 of the held portion 30. That is, the third positioning portion 35 is a portion extending to the left side from the first positioning portion 31 and a portion extending to the right side from the first positioning portion 31 in the second positioning portion 32, and this left extending portion. The lower edge and the lower edge of the right extending portion are adapted to be engaged with a later-described third holding portion 90 provided on the unit mounting member 60.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 10, the tank attachment member 40 has a lock lever 45 extending forward from the front edge of the first main body portion 41, and the first main body portion 41. It is integrally formed. The lock lever 45 includes a lever portion 46 extending forward from the first main body portion 41, an operation portion 47 formed integrally with the front portion of the lever portion 46, and a middle in the front-rear direction on the lower surface of the lever portion 46. A claw-like locking convex portion (engaging portion) 48 formed so as to protrude downward and detachably locked to a locking port (engaged portion) 23A provided in the support plate 23 is provided. I have. The engaging projection 48 is adapted to be engaged with the front edge of the engaging port 23A when the ice making water tank T is pushed into the tank accommodating portion 20, and the ice making water tank T is retained in the tank accommodating portion. 20 can be fixed. Further, when the operating portion 47 is pushed upward, the lock lever 45 is elastically deformed by the lever portion 46, so that the ice making water tank T is locked to the locking port 23 </ b> A in the direction of pulling out from the tank housing portion 20. The stop convex portion 48 can be moved upward from the locking port 23 </ b> A, and the ice making water tank T is allowed to be pulled out from the tank housing portion 20. When the ice making water tank T is pushed into the tank housing portion 20, the lock lever 45 is elastically deformed by the lever projection 46 coming into contact with the front end of the support plate 23, so that the ice making water tank T is pushed. The water tank T is allowed to be accommodated in the tank accommodating portion 20.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the pump unit PU includes a pump P and a motor M that operates the pump P, and a rectangular motor mounting plate 50 is disposed between the pump P and the motor M. It is installed. A bolt insertion hole 51 that allows insertion of a screw portion of the motor fixing bolt 76 is formed in the front and rear center of the right edge of the motor mounting plate 50. The float unit FU also includes a float part F and a switch part SW that detects the position of the float part F. Between the float part F and the switch part SW, a substantially diamond-shaped flange plate 52 is provided. Yes. A screw insertion hole 53 that allows insertion of the thread portion of the float fixing screw 79 is formed in the front and rear extension portions of the flange plate 52.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the unit mounting member 60 is an integrally molded part made of, for example, synthetic resin, and is continuously provided on the top plate portion 61 having a substantially rectangular shape and the front edge of the top plate portion 61. A front plate portion 62 extending vertically downward, a right plate portion 63 extending vertically to the right edge of the top plate portion 61 and vertically extending to a rear edge of the top plate portion 61. And a rear plate portion 64 extending downward. The unit mounting member 60 is set in a state where it is positioned in the ice making water tank T before being accommodated in the tank accommodating portion 20, and when the ice making water tank T is set in the tank accommodating portion 20, the tank accommodating portion in the machine room 11 is set. It is positioned so as to cover the 20 second storage area 22 and is fixed to the right side wall 13 and the base plate 18 so as to partition the machine room 11 and the ice making room 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 8, the top plate portion 61 is a first installation portion 65 on the left side where the pump unit PU is installed with the left and right middle as a boundary, and the second side on which the right side installs the float unit FU. An installation portion 66 is used. The first installation portion 65 is formed with a rectangular opening 67 that allows the pump P of the pump unit PU to be inserted, and the pump unit PU is inserted and attached from above. The opening 67 has a front / rear opening width E1 set smaller than a front / rear width E2 of the motor mounting plate 50 in the pump unit PU, and the front and rear edges of the opening 67 are the front and rear edges of the motor mounting plate 50. Are configured as a front support edge 68 and a rear support edge 69 that respectively support the rear support edge 69 from below. A front restricting piece 70 is provided on the front side of the front support edge 68 so as to extend right and left along the front support edge 68, and on the rear side of the rear support edge 69, the rear support edge 69 is provided. A rear restricting piece 71 is provided upright extending along the right and left. As shown in FIG. 3, the front-rear direction interval E3 between the front restriction piece 70 and the rear restriction piece 71 is set to be the same as the front-rear width E2 of the motor mounting plate 50. The motor mounting plate 50 is fitted between the motor 71 and the motor 71.

  A left support edge 72 extending in the front-rear direction and extending rightward is formed at the left end of the upper edge of the front restriction piece 70 and the left edge of the upper edge of the rear restriction piece 71. The vertical gap G1 between the lower surface of the left support edge 72 and the upper surfaces of the front support edge 68 and the rear support edge 69 is the same as the thickness G2 of the motor mounting plate 50, as shown in FIG. Thus, the left edge of the motor mounting plate 50 supported by the front support edge 68 and the rear support edge 69 can be inserted below the left support edge 72. Further, as shown in FIG. 8A, two contact ribs 73, 73 are formed on the lower side of the left support edge 72 so as to be separated from each other in the front-rear direction. It has come to accept. The distance J1 between the right end of the contact rib 73 and the right edge of the opening 67 is set smaller than the left-right width J2 of the motor mounting plate 50, as shown in FIG. The right edge is configured as a right support edge 74 that supports the right edge of the motor mounting plate 50 from below. A screw hole 75 that matches the bolt insertion hole 51 of the motor mounting plate 50 is formed in the front and rear center of the right support edge 74, and the motor fixing bolt 76 is screwed into the screw hole 75. Yes.

  Therefore, the motor mounting plate 50 that is positioned between the front regulating piece 70 and the rear regulating piece 71 by inserting the pump P from the upper surface side through the opening 67 and the left edge of the motor mounting plate 50 is the left supporting edge 72. , The motor mounting plate 50 is positioned with respect to the top plate portion 61, and the motor fixing bolt 76 is inserted into the screw hole 75 aligned with the bolt insertion hole 51. By screwing, the mounting of the pump unit PU to the unit mounting member 60 is completed. Then, the pump unit PU attached to the unit attachment member 60 includes the motor attachment plate 50 by the front support edge 68, the rear support edge 69, the right support edge 74, the left support edge 72, the front restriction piece 70 and the rear restriction piece 71. However, the movement in the front-rear direction, the left-right direction, and the up-down direction is restricted and is fixed without rattling, and the opening 67 is completely covered by the motor mounting plate 50.

  The second installation part 66 is formed with a circular opening 77 that allows the switch part SW of the float unit FU to pass therethrough, and the float unit FU is inserted and attached from below. A float fixing portion 78 extending downward is formed on the back surface of the top plate portion 61 across the opening 77, and the flange plate 52 of the float unit FU is fixed to the float fixing portion 78. As a result, the float unit FU is fixed to the unit mounting member 60. The float fixing portion 78 is formed with a screw hole (not shown) in which the screw insertion hole 53 provided in the flange plate 52 is aligned and the float fixing screw 79 is screwed. The float unit FU is fixed to the unit mounting member 60 by screwing the float fixing screw 79 into the screw hole via the.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 10, the back surface of the top plate portion 61 is opposed to the support plate 26 in the front-rear direction with the contact portions of the support protrusions 26, 26 provided on the partition plate 24 therebetween. Positioning ribs 80 and 80 that abut the projecting pieces 26 and 26 from the front-rear direction are provided. That is, the front-rear direction interval K1 of the positioning ribs 80, 80 is set to be the same as the front-rear direction interval K2 of the support protrusions 26, 26, as shown in FIG. When the unit mounting member 60 is set, the support projecting pieces 26 and 26 and the positioning ribs 80 and 80 come into contact with each other, thereby positioning the unit mounting member 60 in the front-rear direction with respect to the ice making water tank T. It is supposed to be. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a contact rib 81 extending vertically upward extends in the front-rear direction along the left edge on the left edge of the top plate portion 61.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the front plate portion 62 is set to a height dimension relative to the upper surface of the support plate 23 in a state where the unit mounting member 60 is set in the ice making water tank T accommodated in the tank accommodating portion 20. ing. An abutment rib 81 extending horizontally forward extends in the left-right direction along the lower edge at the lower edge of the front plate portion 62. In addition, a contact rib 81 extending forward is extended in the vertical direction along the right edge and the left edge at the lower right edge and the left edge of the front plate portion 62. Further, a recessed portion 85 that opens downward is formed on the lower right side of the front plate portion 62, and a holding portion that engages with the held portion 30 provided in the ice making water tank T is formed at the edge portion of the recessed portion 85. A part 86 and a third holding part 90 that is engaged with the third positioning part 35 provided in the ice making water tank T are provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 5, 9 and 10, the holding portion 86 includes rib-shaped first holding portions 87 and 87 extending forward from the left and right edges of the concave portion 85, and the concave portion 85. A rib-like second holding part 88 extending in the front-rear direction at the upper edge and third holding parts 90, 90 provided at the upper ends of the first holding parts 87, 87 are provided. As shown in FIG. 9 and as described above, the first holding portions 87, 87 extend in parallel in the vertical direction relative to the horizontal direction, and the interval W2 between the left and right is the first in the held portion 30. The width W1 between the left and right of one positioning portion 31 is set to be the same. Therefore, when the unit mounting member 60 is set on the ice making water tank T from above, the first holding portions 87 and 87 are arranged in the left-right direction perpendicular to the mounting direction of the unit mounting member 60. Engages with the positioning portion 31. That is, the first holding portions 87 and 87 and the first positioning portion 31 engage in the left-right direction, whereby the unit mounting member 60 can be positioned and held in the left-right direction with respect to the ice making water tank T.

  As shown in FIGS. 5, 9, and 10, the second holding portion 88 extends horizontally in the left-right direction, and the width S <b> 2 in the front-rear direction is equal to the second positioning portion 32 of the held portion 30 and the tank. The distance S <b> 1 is set to be the same as the interval S <b> 1 with the convex portion 33 provided on the front surface of the third main body portion 43 of the attachment member 40. Accordingly, when the unit mounting member 60 is set from above on the ice making water tank T, the second holding unit 88 is orthogonal to the mounting direction of the unit mounting member 60, and the first holding unit 87 and the first positioning unit 31. Is engaged with the second positioning portion 32 of the held portion 30 in the front-rear direction orthogonal to the left-right direction in which the two are engaged. That is, when the second holding portion 88 and the second positioning portion 32 are engaged in the front-rear direction, the unit mounting member 60 can be positioned and held in the front-rear direction with respect to the ice making water tank T.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 9, the third holding portion 90 is formed integrally with the first holding portions 87 and 87 of the holding portion 86, and the second holding portion 88 in the first holding portions 87 and 87. It is a part extending further forward. That is, the third holding portion 90 is disposed on the third positioning portion 35 provided in the ice making water tank T in a state where the support protrusions 26 of the partition plate 24 are in contact with the back surface of the top plate portion 61 of the unit mounting member 60. It is set to engage from below. Therefore, when the unit attachment member 60 is attached to the ice making water tank T from above, the second positioning portion 38 is elastically deformed to allow the first holding portions 87 and 87 to pass downward, and both the first holding portions 87. , 87 completely pass downward and the second positioning portion 38 is elastically restored, the third holding portion 90 and the third positioning portion 35 engage in the vertical direction, which is the mounting direction of the unit mounting member 60. . And the 3rd holding | maintenance part 90 and the 3rd positioning part 35 engage with an up-down direction, and can position and hold | maintain the unit attachment member 60 with respect to the ice-making water tank T in the up-down direction.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the right plate portion 63 is set to a height dimension relative to the upper surface of the base plate 18 in a state where the unit mounting member 60 is set in the ice making water tank T accommodated in the tank accommodating portion 20. Has been. An abutment rib 81 extending horizontally to the right extends in the front-rear direction along the lower edge at the lower edge of the right plate portion 63. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the rear plate portion 64 is disposed on the upper surface of the base plate 18 and relative to the inclined portion 19 in a state where the unit mounting member 60 is set in the ice making water tank T accommodated in the tank accommodating portion 20. Is set to the height dimension. An abutment rib 81 extending horizontally rearwardly extends in the front-rear direction along the lower edge at the lower edge of the rear plate portion 64.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 7, a first attachment portion (attachment holding portion) 92 that rises upward extends in the front-rear direction at the front portion of the left edge of the top plate portion 61 of the unit attachment member 60. It is formed as follows. The first attachment portion 92 has a bowl-like shape that opens rearward. In a state where the unit attachment member 60 is set in the ice making water tank T accommodated in the tank accommodation portion 20, the first attachment portion 92 is formed on the front lower portion of the right wall portion 13. The first screw hole 93 provided is aligned. Therefore, in a state where the unit mounting member 60 is set in the ice making water tank T accommodated in the tank housing portion 20, the first mounting bolt (mounting means) 94 is screwed into the first screw hole 93, so that the first mounting portion. 92 is sandwiched between the head of the first mounting bolt 94 and the right side wall 13. Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 and 7, a second mounting portion (mounting holding portion) 95 extending rightward is provided at the lower edge front portion of the right plate portion 63 of the unit mounting member 60. Is formed. The second mounting portion 95 has a bowl shape opened rearward, and is provided at the front portion of the base plate 18 in a state where the unit mounting member 60 is set in the ice making water tank T accommodated in the tank housing portion 20. The second screw hole 96 is aligned. Accordingly, in the state where the unit mounting member 60 is set in the ice making water tank T accommodated in the tank housing portion 20, the second mounting bolt (mounting means) 97 is screwed into the second screw hole 96, whereby the second mounting portion. 95 is sandwiched between the head of the second mounting bolt 97 and the base plate 18. Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 11, a third attachment portion 98 extending rearward is formed on the right side of the lower edge of the rear plate portion 64 of the unit attachment member 60. The third attachment portion 98 plunges downward from a latch piece 99 that extends forward in the upper portion of the base plate 18 in a state where the unit attachment member 60 is set in the ice making water tank T accommodated in the tank accommodation portion 20. And it comes to be hooked.

  The unit mounting member 60 is provided with a heat insulating member 100 formed in a substantially U shape in a plan view covering substantially the entire front plate portion 62, right plate portion 63 and rear plate portion 64. The heat insulating member 100 is a flat plate having a predetermined contour shape, and extends along the outer surfaces of the front plate portion 62, the right plate portion 63, and the rear plate portion 64 of the unit mounting member 60. Then, it is affixed with an adhesive or a double-sided tape. As a result, the second storage area 22 of the tank storage section 20 defined on the machine room 11 side is isolated from the inside of the machine room 11 by the heat insulating member 100 disposed in the unit mounting member 60, and the ice making room It is possible to suppress the temperature inside 10 from rising due to the heat of the machine room 11. Furthermore, a surface facing the right wall 13 of the contact rib 81 provided on the left edge of the top plate portion 61, and a surface facing the support plate 23 of the contact rib 81 provided on the lower edge of the front plate portion 62. A surface of the abutment rib 81 provided on the right edge of the front plate 62 that faces the base plate 18, a surface of the abutment rib 81 that is provided on the lower edge of the right plate 63, and a surface that faces the base plate 18. A seal member 82 is affixed to the surface of the contact rib 81 provided on the lower edge of the plate portion, which faces the base plate 18.

(Operation of Example)
Next, the operation of the ice making machine of the embodiment configured as described above will be described.

  When the ice making water tank T is accommodated in the tank accommodating portion 20, first, the unit attachment member 60 in which the pump unit PU and the float unit FU are attached to the unit attachment member 60 and the pump unit PU and the float unit FU are disposed. Are attached to the second tank portion T2 of the ice making water tank T from above. As described above, the pump unit PU is mounted on the top plate portion 61 of the unit mounting member 60 without rattling by the motor mounting plate 50, and the float unit FU is rattled on the top plate portion 61 by the flange plate 52. Installed without.

  When the unit attachment member 60 is set in the second tank portion T2 of the ice making water tank T, the holding portion 30 provided in the unit positioning member 60 and the first positioning portion 31 of the held portion 30 provided in the ice making water tank T. The unit mounting member 60 is positioned in the left-right direction by aligning with the first holding portion 87 of the portion 86, and the second positioning portion 32 of the held portion 30 and the second holding portion 88 of the holding portion 86 Are aligned so that the unit mounting member 60 is positioned in the front-rear direction. Then, in the state where the held portion 30 and the holding portion 86 are aligned, the unit mounting member 60 is pushed down vertically in the horizontal state, so that each support protrusion provided in the partition plate 24 provided in the ice making water tank T is supported. When the pieces 26 and 26 are aligned with the positioning ribs 80 and 80 provided on the unit mounting member 60, the unit mounting member 60 is further positioned in the front-rear direction.

  And when each support protrusion 26,26 provided in the said partition plate 24 provided in the ice-making water tank T contact | abuts the lower surface of the top-plate part 61 in this unit attachment member 60, the said provided in the ice-making water tank T The third positioning portion 35 and the third holding portion 90 provided on the unit mounting member 60 are locked, and the unit mounting member 60 is stable in the ice making water tank T in a state of being held in a predetermined posture and position. Fixed to. As a result, the pump P of the pump unit PU attached to the unit attachment member 60 hangs down into the second tank portion T2 of the ice making water tank T and is appropriately held at a specified height and position as shown in FIG. Is done. In addition, the float portion F of the float unit FU attached to the unit attachment member 60 also hangs down into the second tank portion T2 of the ice making water tank T and is appropriately held at a specified height and position.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 12, the ice making water tank T on which the unit mounting member 60 to which the pump unit PU and the float unit FU are attached is placed, via the tank insertion opening 17 opened on the front surface of the ice making machine main body B. Push it into the tank housing 20 while sliding. Here, in the process of pushing the ice making water tank T into the tank housing part 20, after engaging the guide pins 49, 49 provided on the tank attachment member 40 with the guide grooves 23B, 23B provided on the support plate 23, When the locking projection 48 of the lock lever 45 provided on the tank attachment member 40 abuts on the support plate 23, the lever portion 46 of the lock lever 45 is elastically deformed upward. When the ice making water tank T is completely accommodated in the tank accommodating portion 20, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the lock lever 45 is elastically restored, and the engagement convex portion 48 becomes the engagement opening of the support plate 23. The ice making water tank T is positioned and held in the tank housing portion 20 by being locked by 23A.

  Further, when the ice making water tank T is accommodated and held in the tank accommodating portion 20, the abutment rib 81 provided on the lower edge of the front plate portion 62 of the unit mounting member 60 is relative to the support plate 23 as shown in FIG. 4. Then, it comes into contact with the support plate 23 via the seal member 82. Further, a contact rib 81 provided on the lower edge of the right plate portion 63 of the unit mounting member 60 is in contact with the base plate 18 via the seal member 82 relative to the base plate 18, and the unit mounting member 60. An abutment rib 81 provided on the lower edge of the rear plate portion 64 is opposed to the base plate 18 via the seal member 82 relative to the base plate 18. Further, the abutment rib 81 provided on the left edge of the top plate portion 61 abuts against the right side wall portion 13 via the seal member 82 relative to the right side wall portion 13.

  Then, when the unit mounting member 60 is positioned with respect to the base plate 18 and the right side wall portion 13, the first mounting bolt 94 is screwed into the first screw hole 93 aligned with the first mounting portion 92, thereby the unit mounting member 60. The mounting member 60 is fixed to the right side wall 13, and the unit mounting member 60 is fixed to the base plate 18 by screwing the second mounting bolt 97 into the second screw hole 96 aligned with the second mounting portion 95. Is done. Furthermore, the unit mounting member 60 is further fixed to the base plate 18 by the third mounting portion 98 entering and latching below the latching piece 99. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, each abutment rib 81 of the unit mounting member 60 abuts on the right side wall portion 13, the base plate 18, and the support plate 23, respectively. 10) and the machine room 11 are appropriately partitioned.

  On the other hand, when the ice making water tank T is pulled out from the tank housing portion 20, first, the first mounting bolt 94 and the second mounting bolt 97 are loosened or removed as appropriate, and then the operation portion 47 of the lock lever 45 is pushed up and locked. The ice making water tank T is pulled forward from the tank insertion port 17 with the locking between the convex portion 48 and the locking port 23A being released. As a result, the ice making water tank T moves forward by moving the guide pins 49, 49 along the corresponding guide grooves 23B, 23B, and the unit mounting member 60 is attached to the ice making water tank T. Move forward horizontally.

  Thus, in the ice making machine of the embodiment, the first positioning portion 31 of the held portion 30 provided in the ice making water tank T and the first holding portion 87 of the holding portion 86 provided in the unit mounting member 60 are aligned. As a result, the unit mounting member 60 is positioned in the left-right direction with respect to the ice making water tank T, and the second positioning portion 32 of the held portion 30 and the second holding portion 88 of the holding portion 86 are aligned. The unit mounting member 60 is positioned in the front-rear direction with respect to the ice making water tank T, and the positioning in the two directions respectively intersecting with the mounting direction of the unit mounting member 60 with respect to the ice making water tank T is appropriately performed. Further, when the third positioning portion 35 provided in the ice making water tank T and the third holding portion 90 provided in the unit attaching member 60 are aligned, the unit attaching member 60 is in a specified position with respect to the ice making water tank T. The mounting position of the pump P and the float part F with respect to the ice making water tank T can be appropriately positioned and held at a specified position. As described above, the ice making machine of the embodiment has the unit mounting member 60 formed by mounting the pump unit PU including the pump P and the motor M for operating the pump P and the float unit FU, and the tank housing portion of the ice making machine main body B. The second tank portion T2 of the ice making water tank T arranged at 20 is positioned and held. Therefore, since the mounting position of the pump P with respect to the ice making water tank T is a specified position, the ice making water in the ice making water tank T can be appropriately supplied to the ice making unit. Moreover, since the attachment position of the float part F1 with respect to the ice making water tank T becomes a specified position, the amount of ice making water stored in the ice making water tank T can be detected accurately.

  In addition, the ice making machine of the embodiment engages the locking port 23A provided on the ice making machine main body B side with the locking projection 48 provided on the ice making water tank T side, so that the tank of the ice making machine main body B is engaged. The ice making water tank T can be positioned and held at a predetermined position with respect to the housing portion 20. Accordingly, the ice making water tank T is appropriately positioned and held with respect to the ice making machine main body B, and the pump unit PU and the float unit FU that are positioned and held in the ice making water tank T via the unit mounting member 60 are also the ice making machine. Since the positioning and holding is appropriately performed with respect to the main body B, the assembling work of the ice making water tank T, the pump unit PU, and the float unit FU with respect to the ice making machine main body B can be simplified and the assembling work of the ice making machine can be rationalized.

  In the unit mounting member 60, the first mounting portion 92 is fixed to the right side wall portion 13 by the first mounting bolt 94, the second mounting portion 95 is fixed to the base plate 18 by the second mounting bolt 97, The mounting portion 98 is hooked on the hooking piece 99 so that the ice making machine main body B is held without rattling. As a result, the weights of the unit mounting member 60, the pump unit PU, and the float unit FU are received by the ice making machine main body B, so that the load from the unit mounting member 60, the pump unit PU, and the float unit FU applied to the ice making water tank T is reduced. Can do. Moreover, since the unit attachment member 60 is held by the ice making machine main body B, it is possible to prevent the ice making water tank from rattling against the ice making machine main body B.

  Further, since the motor M of the pump unit PU is attached to the machine room 11 side, moisture, chlorine, etc. due to evaporation of ice making water do not adhere to the motor M, and the corrosion of the motor M caused by this does not occur. The occurrence of failure can be suitably prevented. Furthermore, the ice making water tank T can be easily pulled out from the ice making machine main body B simply by lifting the operating portion 47 of the lock lever 45 upward to release the engagement between the locking projection 48 and the locking port 23A. Can do.

(Change example)
(1) In the embodiment, the unit mounting member attached to the ice making water tank from above is exemplified, but the unit mounting member can be attached to the ice making water tank from the left or right direction, or ice making water. It may be attached to the tank from the front or the rear.
(2) The arrangement positions of the holding part and the held part are not limited to the positions exemplified in the embodiment, and may be any positions where the ice making water tank and the unit mounting member are opposed to each other.
(3) The form of the holding part and the form of the to-be-held part are not limited to those illustrated in the embodiment, and may be in other forms as long as the unit mounting member can be positioned and held with respect to the ice making water tank. Good. Further, the holding portion and the held portion may be opposite to the embodiment, and the holding portion may be in the form of a hook and the held portion may be in the form of a protrusion.
(4) The form of the engaging part and the form of the engaged part are not limited to those illustrated in the embodiment, and may be other forms as long as the ice making water tank can be positioned and held with respect to the ice making machine body. May be. Further, the engaging portion and the engaged portion may be opposite to the embodiment, and the engaging portion may be formed as a protrusion and the engaged portion may be formed as a hole.
(5) In the embodiment, the ice making water tank that can be slid and accommodated from the front with respect to the tank accommodating portion of the ice making machine main body is exemplified, but the ice making water tank is slidable laterally with respect to the ice making machine main body. Alternatively, it may be slidable from behind.
(6) The ice making water tank may be positioned and held on the ice making machine main body by engagement between the engaging portion and the engaged portion.

23A Locking port (engaged portion), 30 held portion, 31 first positioning portion (first held portion),
32 2nd positioning part (2nd held part), 35 3rd positioning part (3rd held part),
46 lever part, 48 locking convex part (engagement part), 60 unit mounting member, 86 holding part,
87 first holding portion, 88 second holding portion, 90 third holding portion, 92 mounting holding portion,
94 first mounting bolt (mounting means), 95 mounting holding portion, 97 second mounting bolt (mounting means),
B ice machine body, FU float unit (ice making water detection means), M motor, P pump,
T ice water tank

Claims (4)

An ice making water tank (T) disposed in the ice making machine body (B), a pump (P) for supplying ice making water in the ice making water tank (T) to the ice making unit, and operating the pump (P) In an ice maker equipped with a motor (M),
The pump (P) and the motor (M) are disposed, and a unit mounting member (60) attached to the ice making water tank (T),
A holding portion (86) provided on the unit mounting member (60);
A held portion (30) provided in the ice making water tank (T) and detachably engaged with the holding portion (86) to position and hold the unit mounting member (60) with respect to the ice making water tank (T). )When,
An engaging portion (48) provided in the ice making water tank (T);
An engaged portion that is provided in the ice making machine main body (B), and engages and disengages with the engaging portion (48) to position and hold the ice making water tank (T) with respect to the ice making machine main body (B). and a (23A),
The holding portion (86) engages with the first held portion (31) of the held portion (30) in a direction crossing the mounting direction of the unit mounting member (60) with respect to the ice making water tank (T). The first holding portion (87) that intersects the mounting direction of the unit mounting member (60), and intersects the engagement direction of the first held portion (31) and the first holding portion (87). A second holding portion (88) engaged with the second held portion (32) of the held portion (30) in the direction, and a third of the held portion (30) in the mounting direction of the unit mounting member (60). An ice making machine comprising: a held portion (35) and a third holding portion (90) to be locked . The engaging portion (48) is provided in a lever portion (46) disposed in the ice making water tank (T) so as to be elastically deformable, and the engaging portion (48) is formed by elastic deformation of the lever portion (46). ) and the ice making machine of claim 1 Symbol mounting engagement and disengagement is configured to be performed with the engaged portion (23A). The unit mounting member (60), the ice making machine main body (B) according to claim 1 or 2, including attaching and holding portion which is detachably fixed held by attachment means (94, 97) and (92, 95) relative to Ice machine. Said unit in the mounting member (60), wherein any one of the ice-making water tank making water detection means for detecting a storage amount of the ice making water reserved in the (T) (FU) term billing is disposed 1-3 The ice making machine described in the item.

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