JPH0213915Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] a. Field of industrial application The present invention relates to a slope body of an ice maker, and in particular relates to a novel improvement to prevent the ice receiving portion of the slope body from causing ice buildup. .

B. Prior Art Generally, in order to mold the stocker of an ice maker from resin or the like, a draft angle of the mold is required, and therefore the stocker has a slight slope toward the ice outlet. On the other hand, when trying to fit the slope bodies together, a slight gap was created, and ice was sometimes caught in the gap.
Therefore, there are various configurations for the slope body of this type of ice maker that has been used in the past, but the typical ones are as shown in Figs. 7 to 9. A pair of protection plates 3 are provided on the inner wall portion 2a of the tapered side wall 2 of the ice storage 1.

A slope body 5 is provided on the front side of the water storage 1 so as to be rotatable in the direction of arrow G via a shaft portion 4.
At both ends of the plate-shaped guide plate portion 6 of the slope body 5, a pair of ice receiving portions 6a are formed integrally with the guide plate portion 6 and extend toward the back side of the ice storage 1.
are integrally formed, and the guide plate portion 6 and each ice receiving portion 6a are held at an angle of about 90 degrees to each other.

Each of the protection plates 3 is configured to overlap with each of the ice receiving portions 6a, and the wall portion 3 of each of the protection plates 3
a is configured to prevent ice in the ice storage 1 from entering between the ice receiving portion 6a and the inner wall portion 2a.

Furthermore, in the configuration shown in FIG. 9, a part of each ice receiving part 6a of the slope body 5 is cut off, and the shape shown by the dotted line is reduced to the shape shown by the solid line, thereby actively preventing the occurrence of a state of engagement with ice. A configuration has been adopted to avoid this.

c. Problems to be Solved by the Present Invention The conventional configuration as described above has had various problems. That is, in the configurations shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the number of parts increases due to the provision of the protection plate 3, which increases the cost, and the effective internal volume of the ice storage 1 decreases due to the installation of the protection plate. was. Furthermore, it was difficult to clean the inside of the protective plate.

Furthermore, in the configuration shown in FIG. 9, the ice receiving portion 6
Since the area of a is reduced, inconveniences such as ice spilling occur when the door is opened.

d. Means for solving the problems The purpose of the present invention is to provide extremely effective means for quickly eliminating the above-mentioned drawbacks, and its gist is as follows:
a guide plate section configured in a plate shape for guiding ice;
a shaft portion provided at one end of the guide plate portion for rotatably supporting the guide plate portion; a pair of ice receiving portions bent and formed on both sides of the guide plate portion;
An ice making device comprising an ice preventing piece bent outward from the surface of each ice receiving part at one end of each ice receiving part, and configured to prevent the ice receiving part from biting the ice with the ice preventing piece. This is the slope body of the machine.

e Function When the door is opened and closed, the slope body rotates back and forth in conjunction with the door, but in this case, the ice prevention pieces formed at one end of each ice receiving part touch the tapered inner wall of the ice storage. Since the door is bonded and slides, the ice does not mesh with the ice receiving part, and the door can be opened and closed in a stable manner at all times.

f Embodiment Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the slope body of the ice maker according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Note that the same parts as in the conventional example will be explained using the same reference numerals.

The configurations shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 are for showing the slope body of the ice maker according to the present invention, and the reference numeral 5 in the drawings is the slope body made of ABS resin or the like. Slope body 5
A shaft portion 4 is integrally attached to one end of a guide plate portion 6 having a plate shape. Since this shaft portion 4 is rotatably provided on the wall portion 2 via a shaft support 4b, the slope body 5 is rotatably provided in the direction of arrow G.

At both ends of the guide plate part 6, there are provided a pair of ice receiving parts 6a which are formed integrally with the guide plate part 6 and are bent. Each of these ice receiving portions 6a is attached to the surface of the guide plate portion 6 as shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, it is formed so as to be inclined at an angle α with respect to the vertical line Q of the bent portion, and at one end of each ice receiving portion 6a, there is a groove extending outward from the surface of each ice receiving portion 6a. That is, the ice prevention piece 6b bent toward the inner wall 2a of the tapered wall 2 of the ice storage 1
is formed. The outer edge 6 of each ice prevention piece 6b
c is formed so as to join with the inner wall 2a of the wall 2 of the ice storage 1 when seen in plan as shown in FIG. It is configured to maintain the opening width S.

Therefore, the tip portion 6d of each ice receiving portion 6a is
The structure is such that it is constantly connected to the tapered inner wall portion 2a of the wall portion 2, and the outer edge 6c of the ice prevention piece 6b is also connected to the inner wall portion 2a, so that ice does not flow between each ice receiving portion 6a and the inner wall portion 2a. This configuration prevents insertion between the two.

Furthermore, the structure of FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the main parts of the slope body 5 according to the present invention, and the ice receiving part 6a and the ice prevention piece 6b have parts connected at points B, A, and O. The ice receiving portion 6a has an angle α such that point A coincides with the aforementioned tip portion 6d and joins with the tapered inner wall surface 2a of the ice storage 1. or,
In FIG. 5, the arc AO is bent outward while maintaining the same width S as the opening angle α of the ice receiving portion 6a with the chord as the crease to form the ice prevention piece 6b. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, ice can be removed very effectively by the ice prevention piece 6b.

Next, a case will be described in which the slope body of the ice maker according to the present invention configured as described above is used by being attached to the ice maker.
is rotatably supported on the wall 2 of the ice storage 1, and its upper end 5a is connected to the outlet 5 of the wall 2.
Locking part 7a of door 7 provided near b so that it can be opened and closed freely
The slope body 5 similarly opens and closes in conjunction with the opening and closing of the door 7, and the upper end 5a of the slope body 5 slides over the locking portion 7a along its longitudinal direction. It is something that slides.

Therefore, as the slope body 5 similarly rotates and opens/closes in conjunction with the opening/closing operation of the door 7, the ice prevention piece 6b of the slope body 5 closes to the ice storage 1.
ice (not shown) is always removed to the back side, the gap with the inner wall 2a is greatly reduced, the ice does not go around to the back side, and the ice catching by the ice receiving part 6a is prevented. It is something that can be done. Further, even if the slope body is subjected to the weight of ice in the stocker, the slope body and the side wall of the stocker are in line contact, so that it does not create a burden when opening and closing the door.

In this embodiment, the case where the arc AO for forming the ice prevention piece 6b is located above the shaft portion 4 is described, but the arc AO may be located below the shaft portion 4. , in this case, the ice prevention piece 6b
As shown in Fig. 10, when the slope body is rotated about the fulcrum O, the apex 8 of the arc O6d is formed so that it is located on the same perpendicular line H as the position ⁸¹ of the door 7 in the open state. is the most suitable.

By configuring as described above so that the apex 8 is connected to the stocker side wall even when the door 7 is opened, ice will not go around to the outside of the slope body 5 due to the arc O6d even when the door 7 is opened. Further, in this embodiment, each ice receiving portion 6a is shown inclined at an angle α with respect to the perpendicular line Q of the bending portion with respect to the surface of the guide plate portion 6, but the angle α may be omitted. In this case, it is necessary that the tip portion 6d be joined to the side wall of the stocker.

g. Effects of the invention Since the slope body of the ice maker according to the present invention has the above-described structure and function, it is possible to almost completely eliminate the ice jam caused by the slope body that occurs when the door is opened and closed. .

Furthermore, since there is no protective plate or the like as in the conventional structure, cleaning the inside of the ice storage is extremely easy, and the inside of the ice storage can now be kept clean. Furthermore, since the number of parts is small, it has various effects such as being able to reduce the manufacturing cost of the ice maker.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 6 are for showing the slope body of the ice maker according to the present invention. Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration, Figure 2 is a plan view of the main parts, Figure 3, and Figure 4 is a plan view and front view of the main parts showing the relationship between the slope body and the wall of the ice storage box, Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing the main parts of the slope body, and Figure 6 is the ice storage compartment of the ice maker. A side view including a partial cross section showing the state where the slope body is attached and the door is opened. Figures 7 to 9 are for showing the conventional configuration, and Figure 7 is a plan cross section of the main part of the ice storage. Figure 8 is a sectional view of the main part of Figure 7, Figure 9 is a side sectional view showing the slope body, and Figure 10 is a sectional view of the main part of Figure 7.
The figure is a configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the slope body according to the present invention. 1 is an ice storage, 2 is a wall part, 4 is a shaft part, 5 is a slope body, 6 is a guide plate part, 6a is an ice receiving part, 6b is an ice prevention piece, 6c is an outer edge, and 7 is a door.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A slope body 5 configured to rotate in conjunction with the door 7 of the ice maker includes a guide plate portion 6 configured in a plate shape for guiding ice, and a guide plate portion 6 provided at one end of the guide plate portion 6 to guide the ice. A shaft portion 4 for rotatably supporting the guide plate portion 6, a pair of ice receiving portions 6a bent and formed on both sides of the guide plate portion 6, and one end of each of the ice receiving portions 6a. In the case where the slope body 5 is rotated by opening and closing the door 7, each of the ice prevention pieces is provided with an ice prevention piece 6b bent outward from the surface of each ice receiving part 6a. 6b, the slope body of an ice maker is characterized in that the ice receiving portion 6a is configured so as not to bite ice.