JPH0785959B2 - Ice modeling method - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method for forming an ice-shaped object, and more particularly to a method for forming a relatively large ornamental ice-shaped object such as an imitation iceberg.

[Prior art]

In recent years, you can artificially create a world of ice blocks and create the world of the South Pole and the North Pole while you are in the country, let you experience a mini ice sea trip and enjoy the scenery of the ice sea, for example, the Ice Sea Playland will be installed Is becoming.

In such an ice sea playland, a relatively large shaped object such as an imitation iceberg is used. Conventionally, such a shaped object is formed by carving real ice, or is shaped like an iceberg with a mortar or the like. The method has been adopted.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional method, there is a drawback that the sculptured ice has a good texture but it is difficult to maintain the state and the cost is high. Further, in the case of a mortar model, it does not melt, so that it is easy to maintain it, but there is a problem that it lacks realism.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The method for forming an ice-molded article according to the present invention is made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems. (A) A mold having a cooling coil inside is formed, and the mold is formed. To stand. (B) Then, the surface of this face piece is cooled to 0 ° C. or lower, preferably in the range of 0 ° C. to −9 ° C.

(C) Then, water is sprayed on the upper part of the mold by a nozzle for spraying water so as to be substantially uniform in a lateral strip shape, thereby forming a spray zone in a lateral strip shape.

(D) Then, the spray zone is moved to successively attach ice onto the mold. In other words, the feature is that the ice layer is formed from the upper side to the lower side in accordance with the speed at which the ice layer is formed on the surface of the mold.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the method for forming an ice-molded article according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view of an imitation iceberg or the like, showing a state in which an ice layer 3 is attached to the surface of a mold body 2 in which a cooling coil 1 is installed.

More specifically, the mold 2 is formed beforehand with a mortar or the like so as to have a surface of a predetermined shaped object such as an iceberg, and the mold 2 is erected, that is, arranged vertically. Then, it is necessary to supply a refrigerant from a refrigerating device (not shown) to the inside of the cooling coil 1 so that the surface of the mold body 2 is 0 ° C. or lower. Since the timings of the time and the working time do not coincide with each other, the control is preferably performed within the range of 0 ° C to -9 ° C.

After maintaining the mold body 2 at a predetermined temperature in this way, water is sprayed onto the upper part of the mold body 2 so as to form a spray zone A in the horizontal direction as shown in FIG. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, water is sprayed so that the water is sprayed so as to be almost uniform in a horizontal strip shape toward the mold body 2, and one or more nozzles 4 are used as needed. The spray amount and spray time are adjusted so that the water adhering to the mold 2 flows down slightly.

It has been confirmed that if the amount of water sprayed is too small, the surface of the ice becomes rough, and the ice becomes rough, and the amount of spray can control the surface roughness of the ice. However, if the spray amount is too large, the ice may be thawed and the mortar surface of the mold 2 may be exposed, so caution is required.

The spray zone A thus formed on the upper part of the mold 2.
Is moved according to the speed at which the water attached to the mold body 2 partially flows down the surface of the face body 2 and ice is supplied. This spray zone A
Can be moved by the relative movement between the mold body 2 and the nozzle 4, and usually the nozzle 4 is lowered. In this way, the nozzle 4 is adjusted in accordance with the speed at which the ice layer 3 is formed on the surface of the mold 2.
The ice layer 3 is continuously and efficiently formed by moving the ice layer 3.

According to the knowledge of the present inventors, when the mold body is arranged vertically, the thickness of the ice layer formed by one time of water spray is practically thin, so in practice, by repeating this several times, The ice layer 3 having a predetermined thickness is formed on the mold 2.

The ice layer 3 formed by the method of the present invention is transparent.
However, when lighting or the like is used to improve the ornamental effect, it is preferable to make the color white. In this case, after the ice layer 3 having a predetermined thickness is formed on the mold body 2 in advance, the ice layer 3 is left for a certain period of time to adhere frost to the surface of the ice layer 3. Then, an ice-shaped object having a milky-white ice layer containing bubbles can be formed by freezing the mixture of frost and ice by the method described above. Also, by coloring the ice layer 3, it is possible to add color to the ice.

〔The invention's effect〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the method for forming an ice-molded article according to the present invention, the surface of the molded article that is previously formed in a predetermined shape is erected, and the surface is cooled. Water is sprayed on the upper part of the cooling surface so as to be almost uniform in a horizontal strip, and water is sprayed by a nozzle to form a horizontal spray band, and the spray zone is continuously formed from the upper part to the lower part of the mold surface. Since it moves to an ice layer to attach the ice layer, a uniform ice layer can be efficiently attached to the surface of the mold body, and the surface of the ice layer has a shape similar to natural ice, which gives a viewing effect. A good ice model can be efficiently formed.

Moreover, since the spray zone of water begins to be formed from the upper part of the mold, and the cooled mold surface is always exposed below the spray zone, the water that has flowed down without freezing from the spray zone immediately flows down. Since it hardly freezes and flows out uselessly as it is, and because a uniform ice layer is attached to the surface of the mold,
The amount of water used can be saved and the manufacturing cost of the ice-shaped object can be reduced.

In addition, even if the air temperature in the environment where the mold is placed is 0 ° C or higher, ice can be easily attached, and the air temperature in the room where the ice is formed is maintained in order to maintain the formed ice model. Equipment and operating costs can be reduced because it is not necessary to cool it to 0 ° C or lower.

Furthermore, since it is possible to use a mold body formed to have a shape of a predetermined shaped object such as an iceberg, and to attach ice to the surface of the mold body to form an ice shaped object according to the shape of the mold body, There is also an effect that it is possible to freely form icebergs of various shapes and ice-shaped objects of various shapes.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a method for forming an ice model according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a partially enlarged sectional view of a mold, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a spray zone, and FIG. 3 is a nozzle. FIG. 1 ... Cooling coil, 2 ... Face piece, 3 ... Ice, 4 ... Nozzle.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A step of cooling a surface of a mold body such as an iceberg standing upright to 0 ° C. or less, which has a refrigerant pipe inside, so that the surface of the mold body becomes substantially uniform in a lateral strip shape. A step of spraying water with a nozzle for spraying water to form a spray zone in a lateral strip shape, so that the spray zone is continuously moved from the upper part to the lower part of the surface of the mold to adhere an ice layer. A method for forming an ice-molded article characterized by the above.