JPH0674628A - Ice storing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an ice storing device capable of reducing unevenness in an amount of feeding out ice and performing a smooth feeding-out operation of ice. CONSTITUTION:An ice storing part 2 for storing ice manufactured by an ice making device 1, a discharging port arranged at the ice storing part 2 and for discharging ice and an agitator arranged within the ice storing part 2 and for promoting discharging of ice are provided. This agitator is comprised of a rotary shaft 13 and an ice discharging rod 14 projected from the rotary shaft 13 toward a side wall 12, and further the ice discharging rod 14 is constructed to be branched at its extremity end part 14A.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ice storage for storing ice after it has been made by an ice making device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a prior art prior to the present invention, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 59-42619 (F25C5 / 00) discloses:
Ice dispenser consisting of radially extending ice discharge rods
Is disclosed. And this kind of ice dispenser
Ice is carried out by rotating the agitator and opening the carry-out port provided in the hopper for a certain period of time.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, this agitator has seven ice carry-out rods 14 formed with a certain distance from each other.

[0004]

However, in the related art, since the number of the ice discharging rods 14 of the agitator is small, the carry-out amount greatly varies depending on the ice condition. This is because the ice discharging rod 14 cannot apply force to ice on average. Therefore, as disclosed in FIGS. 6 and 7, if the number of ice discharge rods 14 is increased, the force can be more uniformly applied to the ice, which is solved. The density of the ice-releasing rods 14 becomes large. That is, in the vicinity of the rotating shaft 13, ice is sandwiched between the ice discharging rods 14, the sandwiched ice is frozen, and ice blocks are formed on the rotating shaft 13. When the ice blocks are formed on the rotating shaft 13, the ice in the ice storage cannot be sufficiently stirred, which adversely affects the carry-out of the ice.

The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and provides an ice storage for the purpose of reducing variations in the amount of carry-out and allowing smooth carry-out of ice.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] As means for achieving the above object, an ice storage unit is provided which stores ice made by an ice making device and which has a discharge port closed on a side wall by a closing door. A rotating shaft located substantially in the center of the ice storage unit and rotating in conjunction with a drive device; and an ice discharge rod having a tip portion branched from the rotation shaft so as to incline low toward the side wall of the ice storage unit and radially extend. It provides an ice storage that comprises and.

[0007]

By branching the tip of the ice-releasing rod, the number of legs can be increased without increasing the density of the ice-releasing rod near the axis. In other words, while preventing the formation of ice blocks near the axis, the force can be applied to the ice on average,
A stable carry-out amount can be obtained.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment without departing from the spirit of the invention. FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an essential part of an auger type ice making machine equipped with the present invention, wherein 1 is an ice making device for making ice and 2 is an ice storage part for storing the ice made by the ice making device 1. is there. Further, 3 of the ice making device 1 is a cooling cylinder in which a refrigerating system evaporation pipe 4 is wound on the outer surface, and the periphery is covered with a heat insulating wall 5. 6 is a water supply pipe for supplying water to the cooling cylinder 3, 7 is an auger for shaving ice rotatably arranged inside the cooling cylinder 3, and 8 is an upper part for supporting an upper rotary shaft 9 of the auger 7. The bearing forms a plurality of ice compression passages around the bearing.
10 is a drive motor for the auger 7, and 11 is a drive motor 10.
Is a speed reducer for decelerating the rotation of the gear and transmitting it to the auger-7.
The ice storage unit 2 communicates with the upper opening of the cooling cylinder 3 and stores the ice pieces delivered from the ice compression passage.
A rotary shaft 13 which is connected to the upper rotary shaft 9 of the auger 7 and rotates on a substantially central axis of the ice storage unit 2, and extends from the rotary shaft 13 toward the side wall 12 and downward. A plurality of ice ejection rods 14 are provided. The rotary shaft 13
And an ice carry-out rod 14 extending from the rotating shaft 13 are generally called an agitator. Further, at the lower part of the side wall 12 of the ice storage part 2 where the tip of the ice discharging rod 14 faces, a discharging port 16 closed by an electrically closing closing door 15 is formed.

Next, the ice carrying-out rod which is the essential part of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the agitator, and FIG. 2 is a view of the agitator as seen from above. There are eight ice carry-out rods 14 extending from the rotating shaft 13 of the agitator, and the ice carry-out rods 14 are vertically attached to each other for the purpose of increasing the distance between the bases. The ice carry-out rod 14 is branched into two at the tip portion 14A. That is, it is substantially the same as carrying out with 16 ice carry-out rods 14. It should be noted that this branch is not limited to two directions, and as long as there is a space that does not interfere with each other, such as 3, 4, 5, ... It can be divided.

Further, although the branch of the ice carry-out rod 14 is branched laterally, it may be branched not only horizontally but also vertically, or may be branched vertically and horizontally into a large number. Next, the operation of this configuration will be described. Normally, that is, during ice making, water is supplied to the cooling cylinder 3 by the water supply pipe 6, and is cooled by the evaporation pipe 4 provided on the outer surface of the cooling cylinder 3. Thereby, ice is formed in the cylinder 3, and the ice is scraped off by an auger 7 rotatably provided inside the cylinder 3. The scraped ice is conveyed upward, and when it passes through the ice compression passage formed in the upper bearing 8, it is pressed and solidified into a square ice piece and stored in the ice storage unit 2. And
Since the rotating shaft 9 of the agitator rotates together with the auger 7, the agitator always stirs the ice storage portion 2 during ice making. This prevents fusion of ice pieces in the ice storage unit 2, and when carrying out, the ice pieces are conveyed from the closing door 15 to the discharge port 16 opened. At this time, the distance between the bases of the ice carry-out rods 14 is increased and the tip portion 14 is
In A, since the interval between the ice carry-out rods 14 can be made small, formation of ice blocks can be prevented and the ice carry-out amount can be stabilized.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the distance between the bases of the ice carry-out rods is large and the distance between the ice carry-out rods can be made small at the tip portion, the formation of ice blocks can be prevented. The amount of ice carried out can be stabilized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an agitator of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the agitator of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an auger type ice making machine equipped with the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional agitator.

5 is a top view of FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another conventional agitator.

FIG. 7 is a top view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ice making device 2 Ice storage part 10 Driving device 12 Side wall 13 Rotating shaft 14 Ice discharge rod 14A Tip part 15 Closure door 16 Discharge port

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An ice storage unit that stores ice made by an ice making device and has an outlet formed on a side wall of a discharge port that is closed by a closing door. An ice storage characterized by comprising a rotating shaft which rotates in conjunction with each other, and an ice discharging rod which is inclined downwardly from the rotating shaft toward a side wall of an ice storage portion and radially extends to branch a tip portion thereof.