JPH0221513B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an ice shaver for commercial or household use.

Structure of the conventional example and its problems A conventional ice shaver has a structure as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. That is, a truncated conical disk 27 that is rotated by an electric motor 30 and has a plurality of rotating blades 25 is provided at the inner bottom of the ice storage chamber 22.
A cutting blade 26 is provided on the outer wall of the ice storage compartment 22 in a substantially vertical direction, and the ice is cut by the cutting blade 26 in front of the cutting blade 26 with respect to the rotating direction of the disk 27 to remove ice to the outside of the ice storage compartment 22. A discharge opening 28 is provided, and a discharge hole 22a and a pipe 23 connected to the discharge hole 22a are provided at the lowest position of the ice storage chamber 22.
The tip of the pipe 23 is guided to a saucer 24. Further, a discharge port 29 for discharging cut ice to the outside of the main body 21 is provided at a position opposite to the opening 28. When ice is cut with the above configuration, the ice cubes placed in the ice storage chamber 22 are
5 and the inclination of the upper surface of the disk 27, it is strongly pressed against the outer wall of the ice storage chamber 22 and is reliably cut by the cutting blade 26, passing through the opening 28 and the discharge port 29 to the main body 2.
1, the ice cubes are crushed into small pieces by the rotating blades 25.

This broken ice was mixed with neatly sliced ice and discharged, resulting in a problem that good quality sliced ice could not be obtained. Further, a large amount of this broken ice comes out at the end of cutting when the amount of ice cubes in the ice storage chamber 22 decreases. This is because the mass of the ice is smaller, so the centrifugal force is smaller than that of a large ice cube, and even when it hits the cutting blade, it moves and the disk 2
A large amount of ice accumulates in the gap between the outer wall of the ice storage compartment 22 and the ice storage compartment 22, and the melted ice becomes water and is guided to the drain 22a, the pipe 23, and the saucer 24, but the ice that does not melt is broken into large ice cubes. This is because the material is discharged from the opening 28 after being cut. Of course, as mentioned above, even when large ice cubes are being cut, some of them are mixed with sliced ice and ejected.

As mentioned above, conventional ice shaving machines have the problem that not only is it difficult to obtain high-quality sliced ice, but also that ice scraps are discharged when the cutting is finished.

Purpose of the Invention The present invention solves these problems, and even if the ice is broken by the rotating blade, it does not mix with the sliced ice and come out from the outlet, and even at the end of cutting, the broken ice does not come out. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an ice shaving machine that can obtain high-quality sliced ice until the end without ejecting ice.

Structure of the Invention In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an ice shaving machine of the present invention has a substantially cylindrical ice storage chamber and a disc rotating within the ice storage chamber, and has a continuous ice shaving machine extending from the peripheral wall to the bottom wall of the ice storage chamber. In addition to forming an aperture, a cutting blade facing into the ice storage chamber is provided in the aperture in the peripheral wall, and further, on the outside of the aperture, the aperture is used as an outer circumferential outlet and a downward outlet. The branching guide wall is provided at approximately the same height as the lower end of the cutting blade, and this structure prevents ice chips that accumulate in the gap between the disk and the side wall from mixing with the sliced ice.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

4 to 8, 1 is the main body of the ice scraper (hereinafter referred to as the main body), and a cylindrical ice storage chamber 2 is installed at an angle inside the main body 1, and the ice storage chamber 2 is A groove 2a is formed on the outer periphery of the inner bottom. Inside the ice storage compartment 2, there is a disc 7 that is pivotally supported at the center of the ice storage compartment 2 and has a plurality of rotating blades 5 formed on the upper surface. It is rotated and pressed against the side wall surface of the ice storage compartment 2.

In addition, apertures 8 are formed continuously in the vertical direction from the lowermost side peripheral wall to the bottom wall of the ice storage chamber 2 which is installed at an angle, and the cutting blade 6 faces the inside of the ice storage chamber 2 through the apertures 8. I've given it to you. By operating an adjustment knob 9, the amount of the cutting blade 6 that extends into the ice storage chamber 2 can be adjusted, and the roughness of the ice slice can be changed.

An electric motor 10 is installed at the bottom of the main body 1,
A reduction gear 11 composed of a planetary gear is connected to the tip of the motor shaft 10a of the electric motor 10.
The rotation of the electric motor 10 is reduced by the speed reducer 11 and transmitted to the disk 7 via the rotating shaft 12. In addition, on the top of main body 1,
It has a switch 13 and a safety switch 14,
When the main body cover 15 is open, press the safety switch 14.
It has a safe structure in which the disc 7 does not rotate when turned off.

Furthermore, a guide wall 16 is provided on the outer peripheral side of the opening 8 of the ice storage chamber 2 and at approximately the same height as the lower end of the cutting blade 6.
a, and an outer circumferential outlet 16 (hereinafter referred to as the outer circumferential outlet) and a downward outlet 17 (hereinafter referred to as the lower outlet) of the ice storage chamber 2 are provided with this guide wall 16a as a boundary.

The operation of the above configuration will be explained below.
When the main body lid 15 is opened, ice is put into the ice storage chamber 2, the main body lid 15 is closed again, and the switch 13 is turned on. The ice is pressed against the side wall surface of the ice storage chamber 2 and rotates within the ice storage chamber 2, sliced by the cutting blade 6, and discharged to the opening 8 and the outer peripheral discharge port 16. Also, in the ice storage compartment 2, the blade 5
The ice cubes that have been broken up into small pieces with the guide wall 16
Since the sliced ice is received by a and gradually discharged from the lower discharge port 17 along the front inner wall surface of the main body 1 to the saucer 4, the sliced ice discharged from the outer peripheral discharge port 16 remains high-quality sliced ice until the end.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, if a plurality of notches 7a are provided on the outer periphery of the disc 7, the drainage of ice chips is improved, and the position of the opening 8 is the lowest position of the tilted ice storage compartment 2. By providing this, there is an effect that the water melted in the ice storage chamber 2 can be guided from the lower discharge port 17 to the saucer 4.

In this embodiment, the aperture for discharging high-quality sliced ice, the aperture in the side wall of the ice storage chamber facing the outer periphery of the disk 7, and the aperture for discharging water formed by melting the ice are integrated. Although they are provided as one opening, it goes without saying that they may be provided separately.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the description of the embodiments described above, according to the ice shaving machine of the present invention, by providing an opening in the side wall of the ice storage chamber facing the disk rotating inside the ice storage chamber, high-quality slices can always be obtained. It has an extremely excellent effect of being able to obtain ice to the last drop.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a conventional ice shaving machine, Fig. 2 is a top view of the ice storage chamber in the same ice shaving machine, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the inner wall of the ice storage chamber, and Fig. 4 is an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a perspective view of a disk in the ice shaving machine, FIG. 6 is a top view of the ice storage chamber in the same ice shaving machine, and FIG. 7 is a view of the inner wall of the ice storage chamber. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a disk of an ice shaver showing another embodiment of the present invention. 2... Ice storage chamber, 6... Disk, 8... Opening part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. It has a substantially cylindrical ice storage chamber and a disc that rotates within the ice storage chamber, and a continuous opening is formed from the peripheral wall to the bottom wall of the ice storage chamber, and a continuous opening is formed in the peripheral wall. A cutting blade facing into the ice storage chamber is provided in the opening, and a guide wall that branches the opening into an outer circumferential discharge port and a downward discharge port is provided on the outside of the opening, and the lower end of the cutting blade is provided. Ice shaving machines installed at almost the same height. 2. The ice shaver according to claim 1, wherein the disc has a plurality of notches on its outer periphery.