JPH0673675U - Ice storage - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When a horizontal sliding door is provided in front of the ice storage, it is possible to reliably prevent the melted ice water in the ice storage from flowing out of the machine. [Structure] A door unit 2 in which a lateral slide door 18 is fitted is attached to the front of an ice storage box 6 of an ice making machine, and a back panel 9 of the door unit 2 is located below the slide door 18 and extends downward to the inside. The inclined surface 23 is formed, and the lower portion of the inclined plate 24 bonded to the inclined surface 23 covers the bank portion 27 at the bottom of the ice storage 6 and is close to the upper surface of the bank portion 27. 26 is an ice piece in the ice storage 6.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an ice storage such as an ice making machine, and more particularly to an ice storage having a sliding door on the front surface.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In the conventional ice making machine, as illustrated in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 19427/1992 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62/88262, the outer door of the ice storage is a rotary type whose lower end is pivotally supported by the main body. It is configured to open the front of the ice storage by rotating the outer door to the front side, and the lower end is pivotally supported inside the outer door and the upper end is connected to the inner surface of the outer door. An inner door is provided, and when the outer door is opened and closed, the inner door is also rotated about the pivot point of the lower end, so that ice and the like can be removed between the lower end of the outer door and the main body when the outer door is opened and closed. It prevents ice pieces from being released or trapped between them, but with such an inner door, it prevents melted ice water that adheres to the inner surface of the outer door and flows down to the outside of the machine. Is difficult, and if the opening / closing door on the front of the ice storage is a sliding type, Itself to use the rotation the expression door was impossible.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 The present invention is intended to reliably prevent melted ice water or the like in the ice storage from flowing out of the machine when a horizontal slide door is provided in front of the ice storage.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 For this reason, the ice storage according to the present invention comprises a lateral slide door provided on the front wall portion, a bank portion formed at the bottom front end close to the front wall portion, and the slide door below the slide door. There is a water conduit part that slopes downward from the front wall part toward the inside of the cabinet and the lower part covers the upper part of the bank part.

In addition, the ice storage according to the present invention includes a lateral slide door provided on the front wall, a bank portion formed on the bottom front end in the vicinity of the front wall, and below the slide door. In addition, there is a shielding part that slopes downward from the front wall part toward the inside of the cabinet and its lower part is close to or abuts the upper surface of the bank part with a small gap to cover the upper part of the bank part. There is.

[0006]

[Action]

 Therefore, the melted ice water generated from the ice pieces in the ice storage and flowing down the front of the ice storage will be guided down the inside of the ice along the upper surface of the water transfer part or the shield part, and will cross the bank part at the bottom of the ice storage. In this way, it is easy to prevent the melted ice water from flowing out of the machine from the vicinity of the front wall part by making sure that it flows into the ice storage compartment, and the lower part of the shielding part leaves a small gap on the upper surface of the bank part. Since it covers the upper part of the bank part in close proximity or abutting, it prevents the ice pieces in the ice storage from entering between the shield part and the bank part, and as a result, the melted ice water goes outside the bank part. Outflow is more reliably prevented.

[0007]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings will be specifically described. 1 to 3, a door unit 2 and a lower cover 3 forming a front wall portion are attached to the front surface of an ice making machine main body 1, and a top plate 4 is attached to the top portion of the ice making machine main body 1 so that the inner portion is an upper portion. It is divided into a part 5, a central ice storage 6 and a machine room 7 below. The door unit 2 is configured by filling a heat insulating foamed resin 10 between a front panel 8 made of a stainless steel plate and a back panel 9 made of a resin, and a horizontally long rectangular opening 11 is formed in a substantially central portion thereof. The upper and lower rails 12 and the left and right rails 13, which are resin-molded, are fixed to the opening 11 by screws 14 and the like, and are respectively provided in the two grooves 16 formed in the lower rail 12 by the three rows of partitions 15. A spacer 17 having a quadrangular cross section is adhered, and a horizontal slide door 18 made of a transparent or colored resin plate is fitted into each groove of the rails 12 and 13, and a handle 19 attached to the slide door 18 is attached. The opening 11 can be opened and closed as appropriate by operating the slide door 18 to move it to the left and right.

The partition 15 of the lower rail 12 is formed with a cut surface 20 inside the top of the portion in contact with the front surface of each slide door 18, and each partition 15 located behind the groove 16 is Holes 21 penetrating in the front-rear direction along the bottom surface of the groove 16 are formed laterally at appropriate intervals. Further, the back panel 9 is formed by bending the front panel immediately below the door unit opening 11 once to form a concave portion 22 and also forms a downward inclined surface 23 toward the inside of the ice storage 6 and above the inclined surface 23. The inclined plate 24 is adhered to each other with an adhesive or a screw.

The inclined plate 24 extends to the left and right to the full width of the ice storage 6, and partitions 25 rising from both side ends are in close contact with both sides of the ice storage 6, respectively, and are manufactured by the ice making mechanism unit 5. Even when the ice storage box 6 is filled with a large number of ice pieces 26 that have fallen due to falling, the upper end of the inclined plate 24 is located higher than the adjacent ice pieces 26, and the lower part of the inclined plate 24 is It is arranged so as to cover the top of the bank 27 formed at the front end of the bottom and to be close to the top of the bank 27 with a small gap.

In the above apparatus, the melted ice water generated from the ice pieces 26 in the front part of the ice storage 6 and flowing down is received by the inclined plate 24 which is inclined downward, and flows along the upper surface thereof into the inside of the ice storage compartment, whereby While being surely guided to the bottom of the ice storage 6 over the top of the portion 27, the condensed water 28 generated on the outer surface of the slide door 18 by the cold air in the ice storage 6 flows down along the outer surface of the slide door 18. , Notches, which are guided by the cut surfaces 20 of the rail partition 15 into the groove 16 and are formed at both ends of the spacer 17, and / or the lower surface of the spacer 17 at appropriate intervals in the lateral direction. Through the water guide groove formed in the front and rear direction and the through hole 21 of each rail partition 15 to the inside of the refrigerator, and surely to the bottom of the ice storage 6 along the upper surface of the inclined plate 24 like the above-mentioned melted ice water. Be guided.

In this case, since the recess 22 is formed in the back panel 9 and the upper end of the inclined plate 24 extends into the recess 22, the water that has flowed down along the inner surface of the door unit 2 is also reliably inclined. It is received on the plate 24 and is easily prevented from flowing out of the machine along the door unit 2. Further, since the inclined plate 24 is inclined from the inner surface of the back panel 9 over the top of the bank 27 to the bottom of the ice storage compartment 6, the ice pieces 26 produced by the ice making mechanism portion 5 fall into the ice storage compartment 6. When doing so, the ice pieces 26 can be reliably guided to the bottom of the ice storage.

Further, since the lower portion of the inclined plate 24 covers the top of the bank portion 27 and is arranged so as to be close to the upper surface of the bank portion 27 with a small gap, the ice pieces 26 in the ice storage 6 are By entering between the inclined plate 24 and the bank portion 27, crossing the bank portion 27, and reaching the inner surface of the door unit 2, the melted ice water never flows out of the machine, and the ice storage 6 It is possible to easily prevent the cold air inside from flowing out of the machine through the space between the inclined plate 24 and the bank portion 27. Furthermore, when scooping the ice pieces 26 in the ice storage 6 with a scoop, It is also possible to prevent the risk that the tip of the scoop hits the back panel 9 and breaks through it. In addition, since the inclined plate 24 is adhered to the inclined surface 23 of the back panel 9 and there is no moving part unlike the conventional device, failure is unlikely to occur, and this inclined plate is used for maintenance inspection of equipment. There is great practical advantage, such as the work of attaching and detaching 24 is unnecessary.

In the embodiment, the lower part of the inclined plate adhered to the inclined surface of the back panel is arranged so as to be close to the upper surface of the bank portion of the bottom of the ice storage with a small gap. The swash plate is a flexible plate, and its lower part covers the bank part from above and elastically contacts the upper surface of the bank part to more reliably prevent the outflow of the melted ice water, condensed water, cold air, etc. It is also possible to do so, and it goes without saying that the above-mentioned inclined plate can be omitted by constructing the part of the back panel that inclines downward toward the inside of the refrigerator to cover the bank portion of the bottom of the ice storage from above. Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, at the bottom surface of the two grooves 16 formed in the lower rail 12 of the slide door 18, a position corresponding to the through hole 21 of the rail partition 15 is provided. And / or laterally suitable It is also possible to form grooves 30 extending in the front-rear direction at appropriate positions with various intervals so that the condensed water on the outer surface of the slide door 18 can be easily guided to the inside of the refrigerator through the grooves 30.

[0014]

[Effect of device]

 In the ice storage according to the present invention, even if the front wall is provided with the slide door, the melted ice water in the ice storage and the dew condensation water on the outer surface of the slide door are transmitted along the upper surface of the water guide section or the shield section, and By being guided downwards and reliably flowing over the bank at the bottom of the ice storage into the ice storage, it is possible to prevent melted ice water and dew condensation water from flowing out of the machine from the vicinity of the lower end of the front wall. The storage is easier to handle than before, and the lower part of the shield part is close to or abuts the upper surface of the bank part with a small gap to cover the upper part of the bank part. The ice chips and cold air in the ice storage are prevented from entering between them, and the function as an ice storage can be maintained satisfactorily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a part III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of a portion corresponding to FIG. 3 in another embodiment of the present invention.

5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line VV of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ice Maker Main Body 2 Door Unit 6 Ice Storage 9 Back Panel 18 Sliding Door 22 Recess 23 Sloping Surface 24 Sloping Plate 26 Ice Fragment 27 Bank Section

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A lateral slide door provided on a front wall portion, a bank portion formed on a bottom front end in the vicinity of the front wall portion, and below the slide door from the front wall portion to the inside of the refrigerator. An ice storage that has a water conduit section that slopes downward toward the bottom and covers the upper part of the bank section above. 2. A lateral slide door provided on the front wall portion, a bank portion formed on the bottom front end in the vicinity of the front wall portion, and below the slide door from the front wall portion to the inside of the refrigerator. An ice storage that has a shielding portion that slopes downwardly and the lower portion of which closes or abuts the upper surface of the bank portion with a small gap to cover the upper portion of the bank portion.