JPH10141819A - Air cooled ice making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dispose other instruments left and right in close to an air cooling ice making machine having a slide door that vertically slides in an ice chamber by providing a through hole in a front surface side for taking in condenser cooling air. SOLUTION: The present ice making machine includes an ice making unit on an upper portion thereof, and an ice storage chamber 11 on a lower side of the ice making unit, and further a slide door 14 on a front surface of the ice storage chamber 11 that slides vertically. Many through holes 17, 19 are provided in a front lower plate 16 and a back plate 18 which form an accommodation location for the slide door 14 when the front surface lower side of the ice making unit is pulled up. These through holes 17 and 19 are displaced in their positions to prevent a user from viewing shabby machines in the ice making machine. Further, the slide door 14 is accommodated with an interval between the front lower plate 16 and the back plate 18 so as to secure an air passage even in the state where the slide door 14 is accommodated between the front lower plate 16 and the back plate 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air-cooled ice maker having an ice making unit at an upper part, an ice storage at a lower part thereof, and a sliding door which slides up and down at the front of the ice storage. It is about the machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An ice maker having an ice making unit at an upper part and an ice storage at a lower part stores ice made by the ice making unit in an ice storage below. It is necessary to provide a door on the front of the ice storage to take out the stored ice, such as a front opening door that opens and closes forward and backward with the lower side of the door as a rotation axis, and a slide that slides left and right. There are doors. However, the front opening door requires extra space to open the door in front of the ice machine, and is not suitable for placing in a narrow place. The left and right sliding doors do not require extra space on the front side.However, since the doors are slid horizontally to open and close, the maximum size of the opening when the doors are opened is limited to ice making. Only half the machine width can be removed, making it difficult to remove ice.

Therefore, a sliding door that slides up and down is provided as an ice storage door that does not require an extra space on the front side of the ice making machine and that has a wide opening in the width direction when the door is opened. An ice machine is provided.

FIG. 9 shows a conventional air-cooled ice maker. In FIG. 9, 1 is a compressor, 2 is a condenser, 3 is a fan, 4 is a fan motor, 5 is an ice making unit, 6 is an ice outlet, 7 is a filter, 8 is an ice drop cylinder, 9 is a top plate, and 10 is a top plate. Through-hole, 11
Is an ice storage, 12 is ice, 13 is an ice storage sensor, 14 is a sliding door, 15 is a door handle, 16 is a front lower plate, 18 is a back plate, 20
Is a front upper plate. The ice making unit 5 is provided on the right side (the other side in the drawing) of the compressor 1, the condenser 2, and the fan 3.

[0005] The ice produced in the ice making section 5 is sent to the ice storage 11 through the ice outlet 6 and the ice falling cylinder 8, and stops the ice making when the ice in the ice storage 11 reaches the height of the ice storage sensor 13. . When taking out ice from the ice storage 11, the door handle 15 is picked, the slide door 14 is pulled up, and the ice inside is scooped with a scoop. As described above, when the sliding door 14 is pulled up, the sliding door 14 fits into a door pocket formed by the front lower plate 16 and the back plate 18 of the ice making unit. At that time, the door pocket formed by the front lower plate 16 and the back plate 18 functions as a guide plate for preventing the sliding door 14 from moving back and forth and right and left.

On the other hand, in an air-cooled ice maker, it is necessary to turn the fan 3 to blow air to the condenser 2 in order to cool the condenser 2. Therefore, as shown in a front view (a), a side view (b), and a rear view (c) in FIG. 10, a large number of through holes 30 for taking in air are provided in the left and right horizontal plates and the rear plate of the ice making machine. The top plate 9 is provided with a through hole 10 for discharging air. Then, by rotating the fan 3, the air taken in from the through-hole 30 passes through the filter 7 to cool the condenser 2, and then is discharged from the through-hole 10. The through holes 30 for taking in air are provided in the left and right horizontal plates and the rear plate of the ice making machine. This type of ice making machine has a case where the through holes 10 are provided in the front lower plate 16 of the ice making unit. This is because when the ice is taken out, when the slide door 14 is pulled up, the slide door 14 enters the entire inside of the front lower plate 16 and closes the through hole 10.

[0007] Conventional documents relating to such an air-cooled ice maker include, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H5-240540 (F.
25C 1/12).

[0008]

As a commercial kitchen room is generally located at a place where land costs are high, it is desired to pack a lot of equipment in a small room to increase space efficiency. Has become. For this reason, it is desired that the devices can be installed as closely as possible between adjacent devices and between devices and a wall. However, in the above-described conventional air-cooled ice making machine, since the through holes 30 for taking in air for cooling the condenser are provided on the left and right horizontal plates and the rear plate, it is necessary to leave a certain space between the left and right and the rear side. However, there is a problem that it cannot be installed in close contact with an adjacent device or a rear wall.

The present invention solves such a problem, and even in an air-cooled ice maker having a sliding door that slides up and down, by providing a through hole for air intake on the front side, It is an object of the present invention to provide a device that can be placed in close contact with an adjacent device or a rear wall without leaving a gap.

[0010]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an air-cooling type ice maker according to claim 1 is provided with an ice making unit at an upper part, and an ice storage at a lower part thereof, and an ice storage at a lower part thereof. An air-cooled ice maker having a sliding door that slides up and down, wherein a number of through holes for taking in cooling air are provided in a front lower plate on a lower front side of the ice making unit, and a back plate thereof, A number of through holes are provided at positions shifted from the through holes of the front lower plate, and when the slide door is opened, the slide door is stored with an interval between the front lower plate and the back plate. It is characterized by the following. In this way, cooling air can be taken in from the front of the ice making machine, and it can be installed in close contact with other equipment on the left and right or the wall on the back without any gap, increasing space efficiency. it can. In addition, by displacing the positions of the through holes in the front lower plate and the through holes in the back plate, the unsightly inside of the ice making unit becomes invisible and the appearance is improved.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air-cooling type ice making machine, wherein a plurality of through holes for taking in cooling air are provided in a front lower plate on a lower front side of the ice making unit, a filter is provided on the back side, and the slide is provided. When the door is opened, the slide door is stored with a space between the front lower plate and the filter, and the air-cooled ice maker according to claim 3, wherein a filter is provided on a lower front side of the ice making unit. And providing the slide door with a space behind the filter when the slide door is opened. By doing so, the back plate or the front lower plate can also be used as a filter, and the cost can be reduced accordingly. In addition, since the oil smoke and dirt in the kitchen can be removed by the air intake port, dirt in the entire inside of the ice making machine can be prevented.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a view showing a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view thereof. The reference numerals correspond to those in FIGS.
Is a through hole, and 21 is a hinge.

In this embodiment, an ice making method is shown for an auger type ice making machine. In the present invention, through holes 17 and 19 for taking in air for cooling the condenser 2 are provided in the front lower plate 16 and the back plate 18 instead of the left and right horizontal plates and the rear plate. The through holes 17 and 19 are provided between the front lower plate 16 and the back plate 1.
By displacing the positions provided at 8 with each other, unsightly internal machinery is made invisible.

The front upper plate 20 has a structure that can be opened and closed by a hinge 21. When the filter 7 is replaced, the front upper plate 20 is opened as shown by a dotted line so that the replacement operation can be easily performed. I have to.

However, if the front lower plate 16 and the back plate 18 are provided with the through holes 17 and 19 for taking in air as described above, when the slide door 14 is pulled up, the slide door 14 enters between them. In this state, the flow of air may be hindered, and the cooling of the condenser 2 may be insufficient. Therefore, when the sliding door 14 is opened, the sliding door 14
6 and the back plate 18 so that the air flows through a gap formed between them. Air is taken in from the front of the ice maker through the through holes 17 and 19 as shown by arrow A,
After the dirt has been removed, the condenser 2 is cooled and discharged out of the machine through the through hole 10 of the top plate 9 as shown by the arrow B. When the sliding door 14 is housed between the front lower plate 16 and the back plate 18, even if there is a gap through which air flows as described above, the sliding door 14 hinders the passage of air. It can get worse. However, since the time during which the slide door 14 is open is short, the ice making capacity is hardly affected.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of a sliding door support structure of the air-cooled ice maker of FIG. Reference numerals 14 to 19 correspond to those shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, 23 is a slide door guide, and 24 is a back plate support. Sliding door guide 23,
23 is fixed to the back plate 18, and the sliding door guides 23,
23 guides the sliding door 14 up and down at a position away from the front lower plate 16 and the back plate 18. And the back plate 1 to which the sliding door guides 23, 23 are attached.
8 fixes the back plate support parts 24, 24 to the front lower plate 16.
In this manner, the sliding door 14 is moved between the front lower plate 16 and the back plate 1.
8 so that a gap through which air flows can be ensured.

The slide door 14 is made of a transparent resin or the like.
The amount of ice stored in the ice storage 11 can be visually checked, and a metal fitting integrally formed with the door handle 15 and the hook 25 as shown in FIG. ing. When the slide door 14 is pulled up by holding the door handle 15, the hook 27 provided on the ice making machine main body side is used.
The door handle 15 is hooked on the door handle 15 so that the door handle 15 is held in a raised state even when the hand is released from the door handle 15.

In this example, the sliding door guide 23
Is fixed to the back plate 18, but may be fixed to the front lower plate 16 or to both the front lower plate 16 and the back plate 18. Further, if the slide door guide 23 is provided with a through hole for passing air, the air flow in a state where the slide door 14 is housed is further improved.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention. The reference numerals correspond to those in FIG. In this embodiment, the back plate 1 is
The filter 7 is provided instead of the filter 8, and the filter 7 also has a role of a back plate 18. The replacement of the filter 7 is as shown in FIG.
This is performed by opening the front upper plate 20 in the same manner as the above.

FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a support structure of the slide door and the filter of the air-cooled ice maker of FIG. Code 7
Reference numerals 16 to 16 correspond to those in FIG. 5, 23 is a slide door guide, and 28 is a guide support. Guide supports 28, 2
8, the slide door guides 23 are attached to the front lower plate 16, the filter 7 is fixed by the slide door guide 23, and the vertical movement of the slide door 14 is guided.

(Third Embodiment) FIG. 7 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. The reference numerals correspond to those in FIG. In this embodiment, the filter 7 is disposed instead of the front lower plate 16, and the filter 7 also has the role of the front lower plate 16.

FIG. 8 is a view showing an example of a support structure of the slide door and the filter of the air-cooled ice maker of FIG. Code 7
Reference numerals 18 correspond to those in FIG. 7, and reference numeral 23 denotes a slide door guide. The slide door guides 23 are attached to the front side of the ice making machine, the filter 7 is fixed by the slide door guide 23, and the vertical movement of the slide door 14 is guided.

In the third embodiment, the filter 7
If the inside of the ice making unit is not visible due to the fine eyes, the back plate 18 may be omitted. Further, in each of the above embodiments, the ice making method is described in the case of an auger type ice maker, but the present invention can be applied to other methods, for example, a falling ice maker and an inverted cell type ice maker. .

[0025]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. The air-cooling type ice making machine according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of through holes for taking in cooling air are provided in a front lower plate and a back plate on a lower front surface of the ice making unit, and when the slide door is opened, The sliding door is housed with a space between the front lower plate and the back plate. As a result, air for cooling can be taken in from the front of the ice machine, and it can be installed in close contact with other devices on the left and right and the wall on the back without any gap,
Space efficiency can be increased. Further, by displacing the positions of the through holes in the front lower plate and the through holes in the back plate, the unsightly inside of the ice making unit becomes invisible and the appearance is improved.

An air-cooled ice maker according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that a plurality of through holes for taking in cooling air are provided in a front lower plate on a lower front side of the ice making unit, and a filter is provided on a back side thereof. The air-cooling type ice maker described in No. 3 has a filter provided on the lower side of the front surface of the ice making unit, and a back plate provided with a number of through holes for taking in cooling air on the back side. As a result, the back plate or the front lower plate can also serve as the filter, and the cost can be reduced accordingly. In addition, since the oil smoke and dirt in the kitchen can be removed by the air intake port, dirt in the entire inside of the ice making machine can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the air-cooled ice maker of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of a sliding door support structure of the air-cooled ice maker of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of a slide door open position holding structure of the air-cooled ice maker of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a view showing an example of a support structure of a slide door and a filter of the air-cooled ice maker of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a diagram showing an example of a support structure of a slide door and a filter of the air-cooled ice maker of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a conventional air-cooled ice maker.

FIG. 10 is a view showing the appearance of a conventional air-cooled ice maker.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Compressor 2 ... Condenser 3 ... Fan 4 ... Fan motor 5 ... Ice making part 6 ... Ice outlet 7 ... Filter 8 ... Ice falling cylinder 10,17,19 ... Through hole 11 ... Ice storage 12 ... Ice 13 ... Ice storage sensor 14 ... Slide door

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An air-cooled ice maker comprising an ice making unit at an upper part, an ice storage at a lower part thereof, and a sliding door which slides up and down on a front surface of the ice storage. A plurality of through holes for taking in cooling air are provided in a front lower plate on the lower side of the front surface of the unit, and a number of through holes are provided on the back plate of the front lower plate so as to be shifted in position from the through holes of the front lower plate. An air-cooled ice maker, wherein when the door is opened, the slide door is stored with a space between the front lower plate and the back plate. 2. An air-cooling type ice maker comprising an ice making unit at an upper part, an ice storage at a lower part thereof, and a slide door which slides up and down on the front of the ice storage. A large number of through holes for taking in cooling air are provided in the front lower plate on the lower side of the front of the unit, a filter is provided on the back side, and when the slide door is opened, the slide door is moved between the front lower plate and the filter. An air-cooled ice maker characterized by being stored with an interval between them. 3. An air-cooled ice maker comprising an ice making unit in an upper part, an ice storage in a lower part thereof, and a sliding door which slides up and down in front of the ice storage. An air-cooled ice maker, wherein a filter is provided on a lower side of a front surface of the unit, and when the slide door is opened, the slide door is stored at an interval behind the filter at an interval.