JPH07190578A - Ice making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an ice making machine in which ice making water leaked from a water supplying connection port arranged at a ceiling surface of a main body can be prevented from entering the main body. CONSTITUTION:Water leaked from a water supplying connection port 1 is accumulated by a water receiving part 24 formed by enclosing the water supplying connection port 1 projected at a ceiling surface 2a of a main body 2 with a wall 2 having a predetermined height. A water draining recess 25 for sue in discharging water is formed at a wall 23b other than a wall 23a facing against aeration holes 3 formed at the ceiling surface 2a of the wall 23 forming the water receiving part 24 so as to prevent leaked water flowing out of the water receiving part 24 from being flowed toward the aeration holes 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ice making machine in which a water supply connection port for connecting a water pipe is projected from the top surface of the main body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional ice making machine, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 9-50035 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-57988, an ice making unit having a refrigeration system and an ice storage unit are provided, and tap water from a water pipe is supplied to the ice making unit as ice making water. There is a system in which the ice made in the ice making section is stored in the ice storage section.

By the way, in such an ice making machine,
The ice maker has a water supply connection port to connect a water pipe, but since this water supply connection port is provided on the side surface of the ice maker body, there is a problem that the degree of freedom when installing the ice maker is small. there were. Therefore, for example, as shown in the specification of Japanese Patent Application No. 4-90908 previously filed by the applicant of the present application, a water supply connection port is provided on the top surface of the ice making machine main body to increase the degree of freedom in installation. There is something like this.

[0004]

However, in the conventional ice making machine in which the water supply connection port is provided on the top surface as described above, as shown in FIG. 3, due to a mistake in connection, vibration during use, and the like. The ice making water W may leak from the water supply connection port 1. The leaked ice-making water W is used as the ice-making machine body 2
However, there is a problem in that it flows into the machine room from the ventilation hole 3 formed in the top surface 2a and is applied to electric parts and the like, causing a serious failure.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and prevents ice making water leaking from the water supply connection port provided on the top surface of the main body from entering the main body. It is an object of the present invention to provide an ice machine that can be used.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided an ice making unit and an ice storage unit, and a water supply connection port to which a water pipe for supplying ice making water is connected to the ice making unit so as to project from the top surface of the main body. In the above ice making device, a water receiving portion for accumulating water leakage is formed on the top surface of the main body by surrounding the water supply connection port with a wall having a predetermined height.

Further, according to the present invention, among the walls forming the water receiving portion, a wall for draining is formed on a wall other than the wall facing the ventilation hole formed on the top surface. Is.

[0008]

The water receiving portion formed by surrounding the water supply connection port projecting on the top surface of the main body with the wall of a predetermined height enables the leakage of water from the water supply connection port to be collected. Further, by forming a notch for drainage on a wall of the wall forming the water receiving portion other than the wall facing the ventilation hole formed on the top surface, the leaked water overflowing from the water receiving portion can pass through. Avoid going to the pores.

[0009]

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

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of an ice making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part thereof. In addition,
1 and 2, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3 indicate the same or corresponding portions.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 4 denotes an ice making section arranged on an upper portion of an ice making machine main body (hereinafter referred to as main body) 2, and 5 denotes an ice storage chamber having a heat insulating structure arranged at a lower portion of the main body 2. The ice making unit 4 has an evaporation pipe 6 of a refrigeration cycle wound around the outer peripheral surface thereof, a cooling cylinder 8 covered with a foamed heat insulating material 7, and a spiral tooth 9 provided in the cooling cylinder 8. It has the rotating body 10 which has.

When performing the ice making operation, first, the ice making water W stored in the water supply tank 11 is supplied to the cooling cylinder 8 to fill the cooling cylinder 8 with the ice making water W, and then the evaporation pipe 6
The cooling cylinder 8 is cooled by passing a refrigerant through it to form an ice layer on the inner wall of the cooling cylinder 8. Next, the rotating body 10 is rotated by a motor (not shown) to scrape off the ice layer by the spiral teeth 9 of the rotating body 10, and the scraped ice is pushed upward by the rotation of the spiral teeth 9 to the upper portion of the cooling cylinder 8. The ice piece compression passage 8b is provided so as to pass therethrough.

Further, the ice compressed through the ice piece compression passage is passed through the opening 8a formed in the upper surface of the cooling cylinder 8 and transferred to the ice lead-out body 12 communicating with the opening 8a. . Here, the ice lead-out body 12 is composed of an insertion tube 12a that is inserted into the outer surface of the upper portion of the cooling tube 8 and a lead-out tube 12b that is bent to communicate with the insertion tube 12a.

On the other hand, a receiving opening 5a for receiving the ice from the ice making section 4 is formed on one side of the ice storage chamber 5, and the receiving opening 5a receives the ice from the ice lead-out body 12 in the receiving opening 5a. A guide 13 having a heat insulating structure for guiding to is attached. Then, the ice I guided by the guide 13 and transferred to the ice lead-out body 12 and passing through the insertion cylinder 12a and the lead-out cylinder 12b passes through the receiving opening 5a and is stored in the ice storage chamber 5. . An ice storage sensor 13a is provided in the receiving opening 5a,
The start and stop of the operation of the ice making unit 4 are controlled by the detection of the ice storage sensor 13a.

In the figure, 14 is a compressor and 15 is a compressor.
Is a condenser, 16 is a condenser cooling fan, 17 is a capillary tube, and these compressors 14 and the like are refrigerant tubes 18
Are connected in sequence to form a refrigeration cycle with the evaporation pipe 6. Reference numeral 20 denotes a drainage solenoid valve, which is opened when cleaning the water supply tank 11, for example, and when the drainage solenoid valve 20 is opened, the ice making water W is stored in the ice storage chamber. 5 is discharged to the outside of the machine through a drainage passage 21 formed in the side wall of No. 5.

On the other hand, on the top surface 2a of the main body 2, a water supply connection port 1 to which one end of a water supply pipe 22 for supplying tap water to the water supply tank 11 is connected is provided so as to project. A water receiving portion 24 formed by a wall 23 having a predetermined height is provided around the periphery. Here, this water receiving part 24
The purpose is to prevent the ice making water W leaked from the water supply connection port 1 from being accumulated due to a mistake in connection, vibration during use, or the like and from flowing into the ventilation hole 3 formed in the top surface 2a.

In this water receiving portion 24, as shown in FIG. 2, the vent hole 3 in the wall 23 forming the water receiving portion 24.
Wall 2 facing the vent hole 3 in this embodiment
A notch 25 for drainage is formed on the wall 23b on the side facing 3a. By forming the notch 25 for drainage in such a place, the leaked water accumulated in the water receiving portion 24 is prevented from overflowing from the water receiving portion 24 and heading to the ventilation hole 3.

In the present embodiment, the wall 23b in which the cutout portion 25 is formed is formed so as to be flush with the side wall 2b of the main body 2, so that the drainage water from the cutout portion 25 is discharged. The leaked water does not flow down the side wall 2 b of the main body 2 and flow into the ventilation hole 3.

Then, the water receiving portion 2 thus constructed
By forming 4 on the top surface 2a of the main body 2, when the ice making water W leaks from the water supply connection port 1 due to a mistake in connecting a water pipe or vibration during use, this ice making water W Since it collects in the portion 24, it does not flow into the ventilation hole 3.
Further, when a large amount of water leaks in the water receiving portion 24, the ice making water W does not flow into the main body 2 from the cutout portion 25 along the side wall 2b of the main body 2.

As described above, the water supply port 1 is surrounded by the wall 23 having a predetermined height, and the water receiving portion 24 is attached to the top surface 2 of the main body 2.
By forming a, it is possible to collect water leakage from the water supply connection port 1. In addition, the wall 2 forming the water receiving portion 24
By forming the notch 25 for drainage on the wall 23 b of the water supply hole 3 that does not face the vent hole 3, it is possible to prevent leaked water overflowing from the water receiving portion 24 from going to the vent hole 3.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, the water receiving portion formed by surrounding the water supply connection port with a wall having a predetermined height is used to collect the leakage water from the water supply connection port. Since the notch for drainage is formed on the wall that does not face the ventilation hole of the receiving part, it is possible to prevent the ice making water leaking from the water supply connection port from entering the inside of the main unit, and the reliability of the device is improved. It is possible to improve the sex.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of an ice maker according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of the ice maker.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of a conventional ice maker.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Water supply connection port 2 Ice machine main body 2a Top surface 3 Vent hole 4 Ice making part 23 Water receiving part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An ice making device comprising an ice making unit and an ice storage unit, wherein a water supply connection port to which a water pipe for supplying ice making water is connected to the ice making unit is provided so as to project from a top surface of the body. An ice making machine characterized in that a water receiving portion for collecting water leakage is formed on the top surface by surrounding the water supply connection port with a wall having a predetermined height. 2. A notch for drainage is formed on a wall of the wall forming the water receiving portion other than the wall facing the ventilation hole formed on the top surface. The ice machine according to claim 1.