JPH11173718A - Ice making device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably make ice with good quality and prevent upsizing of a large main body or a narrowing of ice making chamber by arranging the motor part of a circulating pump and a second electrical equipment box in an upper machine chamber formed in the upper part of the rear side of the ice making chamber. SOLUTION: The motor part 15b of a circulating pump 15 is provided in an upper machine chamber 17 formed in the upper part of the rear side of an ice making chamber 2, so that the temperature of the ice making chamber 2 is prevented fro rising due to the heat generation of the motor part 15b and the ice making capacity of an evaporator 13 is stably maintained. A second electrical equipment box 19 is provided in the upper machine chamber 17 formed in the upper part of the rear side of the ice making chamber 2 and electric parts for controlling the circulating pup 15 are ed therein. Thus, it is not necessary to house the electric parts for controlling the circulating pump 15 in a first electrical equipment box 19. Accordingly, ice with good quality can be stably made and the generation of a large main body or a narrow ice making chamber can be prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a flow-down type ice making apparatus, and more particularly to an ice making apparatus having an ice making room having a heat insulating structure in a main body, and a water sprinkler and an evaporator arranged in the ice making room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of ice making apparatus is disclosed in
As shown in No. 77373, the ice making water tank has a tray-shaped ice making water tank for storing the ice making water flowing down the surface of the evaporator, and the ice making water stored in the ice making water tank is sucked by a circulation pump, and this circulation is performed. The water is supplied from the pump to the sprinkler.

[0003]

However, in the above-described ice making device, the temperature of the ice making room is increased by the heat generated by the motor because the motor of the circulating pump is provided in the ice making room. There has been a problem that ice-making ability is reduced and it becomes difficult to produce good quality ice. In addition, since the electric parts for controlling the circulation pump and the electric parts for controlling the compressor are housed in one electric box, the external dimensions of the electric box become large, and accordingly, the machine room in which the electric box is installed is required. Since the size must be increased, there have been problems such as an increase in the size of the main body and a reduction in the size of the ice making chamber in the main body.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is possible to stably produce high-quality ice, and to prevent an increase in the size of the main body and a reduction in the size of the ice making chamber. An object of the present invention is to provide an ice making device.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a main body having an ice-making chamber having a heat insulating structure therein, a sprinkler provided in the ice-making chamber of the main body, An evaporator provided at a lower portion of the sprinkler, a compressor for compressing the refrigerant evaporated by the evaporator, a condenser for condensing the refrigerant compressed by the compressor, and electric components for controlling the compressor A first electrical box containing the water, an ice making water tank for storing ice making water flowing down the surface of the evaporator, a circulation pump for supplying the ice making water stored in the ice making water tank to the water sprinkler, A second electrical box containing electrical components for controlling the pump, wherein the compressor, the condenser and the first electrical box are arranged in a lower machine room formed at a lower front side of the ice making chamber. And a motor section of the circulation pump and the second 'S electrical box, characterized in that it is disposed in the upper machine room formed on rear upper of the ice making chamber.
The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the first electrical box is arranged above the condenser.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an ice making device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an ice making device according to one embodiment of the present invention has a box-shaped main body 1, and an ice making room 2 also serving as an ice storage room is formed inside the main body 1. ing. The ice making chamber 2 is formed of a heat insulating material 3, and a compressor 5 (see FIG. 1), a condenser 6, and a condenser fan motor 7 are provided in a lower machine room 4 formed at a lower front portion of the ice making chamber 2. Etc. are provided. These refrigeration units are installed on the upper surface of the unit base 8 and can be pulled out of the lower machine room 4 integrally with the unit base 8.

In the lower machine room 4, a first electrical box 9 is provided.
Is provided. The first electric component box 9 is fixedly provided on the upper part of the condenser 6 and has various electric parts (for example, for starting the compressor) for controlling the compressor 5 and the condenser fan motor 7 therein. Capacitor, magnet switch, toggle switch, pressure switch, ice machine ON / OF
F switch etc.) are stored. An ice outlet 10 (see FIG. 2) is formed at the upper front side of the ice making chamber 2, and the ice outlet 10 is opened and closed by a lid plate 11 pivotally supported by the main body 1. Have been.

On the other hand, a water sprinkler 12 is provided inside the ice making chamber 2. The water sprinkler 12 is arranged at the upper part of the ice making chamber 2, and the ice making water sprinkled from the water sprinkler 12 flows down the surface of the evaporator 13 provided at the lower part of the water sprinkler 12. Is stored in an ice making water tank 14 provided in the water tank. The ice making water tank 14 is formed in a tray shape, and the ice making water stored in the ice making water tank 14 is sucked into a pump part 15a of a circulation pump 15, and the water is sprinkled from the pump part 15a via a water pipe 16. 12 is supplied.

The circulating pump 15 includes a motor section 15b for driving a pump section 15a. The motor section 15b is provided in an upper machine room 17 formed on the rear upper portion of the ice making chamber 2. The upper machine room 17 and the lower machine room 4 communicate with each other through a pipe insertion passage formed in the lower left portion of the main body 1. In the pipe insertion passage, the refrigerant condensed by the condenser 6 is evaporated. Refrigerant supply pipe and evaporator 13
A refrigerant pipe 20 such as a refrigerant return pipe for returning the refrigerant discharged from the compressor to the compressor 5 is inserted therethrough. An ice guide plate 18 is provided between the evaporator 13 and the ice making water tank 12, and the ice making water flowing down the surface of the evaporator 13 is provided with a slit (not shown) formed in the ice guide plate 18. ) Through the ice making water tank 13
Is to be stored.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 3, a second electrical box 19 is provided in the upper machine room 17. Various electric components (for example, a capacitor for starting a pump, a transformer for a base, and the like) for controlling the motor unit 15a of the circulation pump 15 are housed in the second electric box 19, and these electric components and the The electric components housed in one electric box 9 are connected to each other via an electric cable (not shown). The electric cable passes through the above-described pipe insertion passage together with the refrigerant pipe 20.

As described above, in the ice making device according to one embodiment of the present invention, the motor unit 15b of the circulation pump 15 is provided in the upper machine room 17 formed on the rear upper portion of the ice making room 2. The temperature in the ice making chamber 2 does not rise due to the heat generated by the motor section 15b. Therefore, the ice-making capacity of the evaporator 13 can be kept stable, whereby high-quality ice can be stably generated. Further, a second electrical box 19 is provided in an upper machine room 17 formed on the upper rear side of the ice making chamber 2, and electric components for controlling the circulation pump 15 are stored in the second electrical box 19. There is no need to store electric components for controlling the circulation pump 15 in the first electric component box 9. Therefore, it is not necessary to make the lower machine room 4 formed in the lower front part of the ice making room 2 larger than necessary in accordance with the external dimensions of the first electrical box 9. Can be prevented.

Further, since the machine room 4 in which the refrigerating unit such as the compressor 5 is accommodated is formed in the lower front part of the ice making chamber 2, the ice outlet 10 can be formed in the upper front part of the ice making chamber 2. . Thus, the user can take out the ice in the ice making chamber 2 without bending the hips, and can take out the ice in the ice making chamber 2 in a comfortable posture. In addition, since the first electrical box 9 is provided above the condenser 6, the cooling air hitting the rear wall of the lower machine room 4 is prevented from making a U-turn and passing above the condenser 6. it can.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to stably produce high-quality ice, and to prevent an increase in the size of the main body and a reduction in the size of the ice making chamber. Equipment can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an ice making device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the ice making device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... body, 2 ... ice making room, 4 ... lower machine room, 5 ... compressor,
6: condenser, 9: first electrical box, 12: sprinkler, 13 ...
Evaporator, 14: ice making water tank, 15: circulation pump, 17
... upper machine room, 19 ... second electrical box.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A main body having an ice making chamber having a heat insulating structure therein; a water sprinkler provided in the ice making chamber of the main body; an evaporator provided below the water sprinkler; A compressor for compressing the refrigerant, a condenser for condensing the refrigerant compressed by the compressor, a first electrical box containing electric components for controlling the compressor, and ice making flowing down the surface of the evaporator. An ice making water tank for storing water, a circulation pump for supplying the ice making water stored in the ice making water tank to the water sprinkler, and a second electrical box containing electric parts for controlling the circulation pump. The compressor, the condenser, and the first electrical box are disposed in a lower machine room formed at a lower front side of the ice making chamber, and the motor unit of the circulation pump and the second electrical box are provided in the ice making chamber. In the upper machine room formed in the upper rear side of An ice making device to be arranged. 2. The ice making device according to claim 1, wherein the first electrical box is arranged above the condenser.