JPH11344281A - Arrangement structure of refrigeration mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To constitute a housing body for providing simple and easy maintenance work from the front thereof. SOLUTION: A condenser 30 is positioned with the side thereof close to a partition panel 22 being close to a corner part between a partition panel 22 and a housing body 20, by moving the side opposite to the partition panel 22 to the backward side by a necessary amount, and arranged on the front side in a refrigeration mechanism storage room 24 at a specified angle and position separating from the partition panel 22 as the condenser 30 is moved to the backward side of the storage room 24. In a space demarcated at the backside of the condenser 30 is arranged a fan motor 31. Further, in a space demarcated at the front side of the condenser 30 are arranged a control box 32 and a power transformer 33.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigeration mechanism mounted on an automatic ice maker or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An ice storage unit having an ice making mechanism and a freezing mechanism and an ice storage unit for storing ice blocks such as ice cubes are mechanically and separately separated from each other, and an ice storage unit and an ice making unit unit having a required capacity are provided. There is known a stat-on type ice maker in which an ice making unit is mounted on the ice storage. The ice making unit of the ice making machine includes:
For example, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, an ice making mechanism storage chamber 84 and a refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 8 are provided inside a housing 81 defined in a rectangular parallelepiped shape by a partition plate 83 attached to a main body frame 82.
The ice making mechanism 8 is defined in the ice making mechanism storage chamber 84.
6 and a refrigeration mechanism 87 including a compressor 88, a condenser 89, a fan motor 90, a control box 91, a power transformer 92, and the like in the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 85.
Are arranged to be stored. A side panel 81a of the housing 81 is provided with an external air intake 93 at a position corresponding to the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 85,
An exhaust port 94 is formed in the rear panel 81b, and the external air sucked from the intake port 93 by the rotation of the fan motor 90 contacts the condenser 89 and exchanges heat. It is configured to discharge to the outside.

[0003]

In the conventional refrigeration mechanism 87, a control box 91 and a power transformer 92 are provided.
Is disposed on the front side of the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 85, and then disposed rearward in the order of the compressor 88, the fan motor 90, and the condenser 89, and the condenser 89 is located at the farthest side (of the housing 81). Rear side). For this reason, the compressor 8
8 and the condenser 89 and the fan motor 90 when performing maintenance work from the front side of the housing 81, it is necessary to remove the front panel 81d and perform the work while avoiding the control box 91, the power transformer 92 and the like. In addition, the maintenance work was complicated and time-consuming. Particularly, in the replacement work of the condenser 89 and the fan motor 90, the control box 91, the power transformer 92 and the compressor 88 are located in front of them, so that it is impossible to remove them from the front side of the housing 81. Even if the partition plate 83 is detachable from the body frame 82, the condenser 89
Also, the fan motor 90 and the like cannot be removed via the ice making mechanism storage chamber 84. For this reason, the upper panel 81c must be removed and replaced from above, and there is a disadvantage that the operation cannot be simplified and rationalized. Further, in the ice making machine in which the ice making unit 80 is vertically stacked in two or three stages, for example, the maintenance work on the refrigeration mechanism 87 of the ice making unit 80 located on the lower side is performed by the upper side ice making unit It required 80 desorption operations (loading and unloading), which was extremely troublesome and labor-intensive.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, and has been proposed to solve the problem in a favorable manner. A condenser in a refrigeration mechanism is obliquely arranged at a front side of a refrigeration mechanism storage chamber. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an arrangement structure of a refrigeration mechanism configured so that maintenance work from the front of a housing can be performed easily and easily.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to overcome the above-mentioned problems and appropriately achieve the intended object, the present invention provides an ice making mechanism storage chamber inside a housing by a partition plate detachable from the front side of the housing. A refrigeration mechanism storage chamber is formed in a compartment, and a refrigeration mechanism including a condenser, a fan motor, and the like is mounted in the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber, wherein the condenser has a side close to the partition plate. Is positioned close to the corner between the partition plate and the front surface of the housing, and by moving the opposite side of the partition plate to the rear side by a required amount, from the partition plate toward the rear side of the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber. The fan motor is disposed in a space defined on the front side of the storage chamber at a predetermined angular position separated from the condenser chamber, and the fan motor is disposed in a space defined on the rear side of the condenser.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, a preferred embodiment of an arrangement structure of a refrigeration mechanism in an ice machine according to the present invention will be described.
This will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view, partially cut away, of a stack-on type ice maker in which a refrigeration mechanism arrangement structure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is implemented. This ice maker 10
Is composed of an ice making unit 11 having an ice making mechanism 12 and a freezing mechanism 13, and an ice storage 14 for storing ice blocks such as ice cubes produced by the ice making mechanism 12. The ice making unit 11 and the ice storage 14 are unit units that are mechanically assembled separately from each other. The ice making unit 11 is mounted on an upper surface of the ice storage 14 with the ice making unit 11 placed thereon. A plurality of types of ice storages 14 having different capacities are prepared, and the ice storages 14 having the required capacity and the ice making unit 11 can be arbitrarily combined. For convenience of explanation, the installation side of the opening / closing door 15 for the ice storage 14 is referred to as the “front side” of the ice making machine (see FIG. 1).

The ice making unit 11 has a main body frame 21 inside a housing 20 formed in a horizontally long rectangular parallelepiped shape.
A partition plate 22, which will be described later, is detachably provided at a substantially middle portion between the left and right sides. The partition plate 22 defines an ice making mechanism storage chamber 23 on the left front side, and a refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24 on the right front side. Above the ice making mechanism storage chamber 23, two support members 16, 16 are arranged in parallel and horizontally at a predetermined interval, and the ice making mechanism 12 is suspended and supported below the support members 16, 16. I have. The ice making mechanism storage chamber 23 and the inside of the ice storage 14 communicate with the ice making mechanism 12 through an opening (not shown) formed at a required position below, and the ice making mechanism 12 is manufactured by the ice making mechanism 12. The ice block is configured to drop and discharge into the ice storage 14 through the opening. In addition, a space is defined between the ice making mechanism 12 and the partition plate 22 so that when the ice making units 11 are stacked, ice blocks released from the upper unit are dropped into the ice storage 14.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape in which the depth (front and rear) dimensions are set to be appropriately larger than the width dimensions, and has a rectangular base plate at the bottom thereof. 25 is laid and fixed. Various components constituting the refrigerating mechanism 13 are mounted on the upper surface of the base plate 25, and the cooled refrigerant is supplied to the evaporating pipe 26 provided in the ice making mechanism 12. Then, the upper surface of the base plate 25 is set to the front
7 and the rear installation part 28 for convenience, the condenser 30,
The fan motor 31, the control box 32, the power transformer 33 and the like are installed in the front installation part 27, and the compressor 34, the pressure switch 35 and the hot gas valve 36 are installed in the rear installation part 28.
It is arranged in. Therefore, the arrangement structure of various components constituting the refrigeration mechanism 13 according to the present embodiment will be specifically described for each component.

The condenser 30 is fixed along the diagonal line of the front installation portion 27 with the right part of the main body moved to the rear side by a required amount, and a left end face 37a of a cover body 37 for covering the condenser 30. Is located near the left front corner of the refrigeration mechanism storage room 24, and the right end face 37 b is located near the substantially right center of the storage room 24. That is, the condenser 30 is
The front opening 38 is attached to the base plate 25 with the front opening 38 facing the right front corner of the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24. For this reason, the front installation part 27 of the base plate 25 is further divided into a planar triangular first region 27a defined on the rear left side and a planar triangular second region 27b defined on the front right side. I have. In the first area 27a, a fan 40
Is mounted with the fan 40 facing the rear opening 39 of the cover 37. In the second area 27b, a control box 32 containing control electric components is installed on the right front side,
A power transformer 33 is installed adjacent to the left side of the control box 32.

In the compressor 34, a terminal portion 41 provided with a terminal connected to a control electric component disposed in the control box 32 is provided on a left side (partition plate 22) in a rear installation portion 28 of the base plate 25. Side). A pressure switch 3 is provided on the left side of the compressor 34.
5 and the compressor 34 and the fan motor 3
The hot gas valve 36 is positioned between the hot gas valve 36 and the hot gas valve 36.

In the refrigeration mechanism 13 of the present embodiment thus configured, when the front panel 20a of the housing 20 is removed, the control box 32, the power transformer 33 and the condenser 30 face the front of the ice making unit 11. Since it is located, it is possible to easily touch each component 32, 33, 30 by inserting a hand from the front. In addition, fan motor 3
1, compressor 34, pressure switch 35 and hot gas valve 3
6 is located facing a partition plate 22 described later. By detaching the partition plate 22 from the main body frame 21, a hand is inserted from the ice making mechanism storage chamber 23 side and each part 3 is inserted.
4, 35, 36 can be easily touched. Moreover, since the condenser 30 is installed obliquely with the left side of the main body positioned close to the left front corner of the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24, the left side surface of the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24 is almost completely open. The hand can be easily inserted from the ice making mechanism storage chamber 23 into the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24.

In the refrigerating mechanism 13 of this embodiment, a suction type fan motor 31 is employed as the fan motor 31 attached to the condenser 30. In the housing 20, an intake port 42 is formed at a position on the front panel 20a that matches the front surface of the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24, and a first exhaust port 43 is formed on the rear side of the right side panel 20b. A second exhaust port 44 is formed in the panel 20c at a position matching the rear surface of the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24. Accordingly, when the fan motor 31 is driven to rotate while the refrigeration mechanism 13 is operating, external air flows into the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24 from the intake port 42 and the cover body 37.
Is guided to the condenser 30 side through the front opening 38 and exchanges heat with the condenser 30 and then flows out from the rear opening 39, and then flows out of the first exhaust port 43 or the second exhaust port 44. It is discharged outside. In addition, if the first exhaust port 43 or the second exhaust port 44 is configured to be capable of opening and closing, the discharge mode from both the exhaust ports 43 and 44, the discharge mode only from the first exhaust port 43, and the second exhaust port It is possible to appropriately select any of the discharge modes from only 44.

The partition plate 22 for partitioning the ice making mechanism accommodating chamber 23 and the refrigeration mechanism accommodating chamber 24 includes an ice making unit 11
And a short rear partition body 50 fixed to the main body frame 21 at the rear side of the main body frame 21, and slides in the front-rear direction with respect to the main body frame 21 at the front side of the ice making unit section 11 and from the front side. And a long front partition body 51 which can be attached and detached. As shown in FIG. 5, the rear partition body 50 is a rectangular metal shielding plate 5 bent and formed into a flat L-shape.
2 is provided with a heat insulating material 53 having a required thickness, and the upper and lower ends of the metal shielding plate 52 are fixed to the main body frame 21 with screws or the like (not shown) and disposed vertically. . A notch 54 is formed substantially at the center of the rear end of the rear partition body 50, and a pipe 45 connecting the ice making mechanism 12 and the freezing mechanism 13 extends through the notch 54 (FIG. 1 and FIG. 2).

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the front partition 51 includes a resin-made first shielding plate 55 having an upper edge 55a and a front edge 55b formed in a bent state. First
It is composed of a metal second shielding plate 56 which is disposed in close contact with the inner surface of the shielding plate 55, and a heat insulating material 57 having a required thickness.
In the vicinity of the lower end of the second shielding plate 56, a horizontal main body 58a is provided.
And a right edge 5 extending vertically downward from a right edge of the main body portion 58a.
8c is integrally formed with the left end portion 5
8b, an engagement groove 66 is formed to be engaged with a guide support 69a of a lower rail 68 to be slidably contacted. The lower surface of the horizontal main body 58a of the support member 58 (the upper part of the engagement groove 66) is, for example, AB
A sliding contact member 59 of a required thickness made of S resin or the like is provided to prevent peeling of the sheet metal coating due to direct contact between the support member 58 and the lower rail 68, and to improve slidability. ing.

An upper rail 60 provided on the upper surface of the body frame 21 has an upper edge 61b extending horizontally rightward from the upper edge of the vertical body 61a and a horizontal left edge extending from the lower edge of the body 61a. A first support member 61 integrally formed with an extended lower end edge 61c; a left end edge 62b extending vertically upward from a left end edge of the horizontal main body portion 62a; and a vertical downward direction from a right end edge of the main body portion 62a. The extended right end edge portion 62c and the second support member 62 integrally formed. Then, the second support member 6 is attached to the main body 61a of the first support member 61.
The two left end edges 62b are joined to form a guide groove 63 with which the upper end edge 67 of the front partition 51 is slidably engaged. The upper rail 6 thus formed
0, the front and rear ends of the upper end edge 61b of the first support member 61 are fixed to the main body frame 21 with screws or the like (not shown), so that they extend horizontally in the front-rear direction above the inside of the housing 20. It is arranged in the state where it existed. At the front end of the horizontal main body 62a of the second support member 62, a guide piece 64 extending forward and upward at an appropriate angle is integrally formed, so that the front partition 51 can be easily inserted. Make up. A heat insulating material 65 is provided between the first support member 61 and the second support member 62.

On the other hand, a lower rail 68 provided on the lower surface of the main body frame 21 has a guide support portion 69a extending horizontally rightward from an upper end edge of the vertical main body portion 69, and A fixed support portion 69b extending horizontally to the right is integrally formed. The lower rail 68 thus formed
The front and rear ends of the fixed support portion 69b are
By being fixed with screws or the like (not shown), the housing 20 is disposed in a state of extending horizontally in the front-rear direction below the inside of the housing 20. In addition, on the right side surface of the lower rail 68, the left edge of the base 29, which is provided on the bottom surface of the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24 and fixes the base plate 25 for mounting and holding the refrigeration mechanism 13, is closely attached. Is established.

In the front partitioning body 51 of the present embodiment having the above-described structure, the rear part of the upper edge 67 is aligned with the guide groove 63 of the upper rail 60 on the front side of the housing 20 of the ice making unit 11. Then, the rear portion of the engagement groove 66 is pressed rearward while being aligned with the guide support portion 69a of the lower rail 68, whereby the engagement groove 66 is housed in the housing 20 along the two rails 60, 68. A vertically extending bracket 70 is vertically disposed at a position adjacent to the front ends of the upper rail 60 and the lower rail 68 in the main body frame 21, and the front partition 51 is attached to the bracket 70.
Is brought into contact with the front end portion 55b. Also,
Screw holes 7 are provided at predetermined positions of the bracket 70 and the front edge 55b.
The front partition 51 is fixed to the main body frame 21 by tightening a screw 73 between the insertion hole 72 and the screw hole 71 aligned with each other. In a state where the front partition 51 is fixed to the main body frame 21, as shown in FIG. 5, the rear end 55 c of the first shielding plate 55 of the front partition 51 is connected to the rear partition 50.
The guide grooves 63 and the upper edge 67, and the engagement grooves 66 and the guide support portions 69a are in close contact with each other.

[0019]

Next, the operation of the arrangement of the refrigeration mechanism of the present embodiment having the above-described structure will be described.

The various components that make up the refrigeration mechanism 13 are attached to the installation portions 27 and 28 of the base plate 25 before being stored in the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24 of the ice making unit 11.
That is, the condenser 30 and the cover 37 are attached and fixed to the front installation part 27 of the base plate 25 with the right part of the main body moved to the rear side, and the first area 27 behind the condenser 30 is fixed.
a, the control box 32 and the power transformer 33 are mounted in the front second area 27b. A compressor 34 is mounted and fixed to the rear installation portion 28 of the base plate 25 with the terminal portion 41 directed leftward, and a pressure switch 35 is mounted on the left side of the compressor 34. A hot gas valve 36 is disposed between the fan motor 31 and the hot gas valve 36. And base plate 2
The refrigeration mechanism 13 unitized in five units is stored in the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24 of the ice making unit 21, and the base plate 25 is fixed to the platform 29 with bolts or the like. The ice making mechanism 12 is housed in the ice making mechanism storage chamber 23 of the ice making unit 21 and is suspended and supported by the support members 16, 16.

The rear partition 50 of the partition plate 22
Is mounted and fixed at a predetermined position behind the main body frame 21 with screws or the like. Next, the front partition 51 of the partition plate 22 is attached to the main body frame 21 from the front side of the ice making unit 21. That is, the rear part of the upper edge 67 of the front partition 51 is aligned with the guide groove 63 of the upper rail 60, and the rear part of the engagement groove 66 of the partition 51 is connected to the lower rail 6.
The front partitioning body 51 is pressed rearward in the state of being aligned with the guide support portion 69 a of No. 8 and stored in the housing 20. Then, a screw 73 is tightened between the insertion hole 72 of the front edge portion 55 b aligned with the screw hole 71 of the bracket 70,
The front partition 51 is fixed to the main body frame 21. Also body frame 2
1. Install each panel on the front, side, back and top of 1.
The ice making unit 10 is configured by assembling and fixing the ice making unit 21 assembled in this way above the ice storage 14 assembled separately.

Then, the ice making machine 10 equipped with the refrigeration mechanism 12 of the present embodiment uses the fan motor 31 which is driven to rotate while the refrigeration mechanism 12 is operating, so that the air sucked from the air inlet 42 formed in the front panel 20a is sucked. , Right side panel 20b
The first exhaust port 43 formed on the rear panel 20c or the second exhaust port 44 formed on the back panel 20c is selectively discharged. For example, if the first air outlet 43 is adjusted to be open and the second exhaust port 44 is adjusted to be closed, it is only necessary to secure an exhaust space on the right side of the ice maker 10, and as shown in FIG. It is possible to install the apparatus in a state where the surface and the back face are substantially in close contact with the rear wall 4 and the left side wall 6. Also,
The first air outlet 43 is closed and adjusted, and the second exhaust port 44 is adjusted.
, It is only necessary to secure an exhaust space on the back of the ice making machine 10, and as shown in FIG. 7, the ice making machine 10 is installed with the left side and the right side substantially adhered to the left and right walls 6,5. It becomes possible.

In the arrangement structure of the refrigeration mechanism according to the present embodiment, the maintenance work such as repair and inspection of the refrigeration mechanism 13 is performed by removing the front panel 20a and the front partition 51 of the housing 20 from the main body frame 21. Done. That is, if the front panel 20a is removed, the front side of the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24 is opened, and the condenser 30, the control box 32, the power transformer 33, etc. attached to the front installation portion 27 of the base plate 25 can be easily touched. Therefore, maintenance work for each of the devices 30, 32, and 33 can be easily performed. Further, since the left part of the main body of the condenser 30 is located close to the left front corner of the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24, if the front partition body 51 is removed, the left side of the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber 24 (ice making) The mechanism storage chamber 23 side) is almost completely opened,
The compressor 34 attached to the rear installation portion 28 of the base plate 25 and the fan motor 31 attached to the rear of the condenser 30 can be easily touched via the ice making mechanism accommodating chamber 23. Maintenance work for each of the mechanisms 34 and 31 can be easily performed. Also,
The components 30, 32, 33, 31, and 34 can be easily replaced from the front side of the ice making unit 11.

Therefore, in the ice maker 10 in which the arrangement of the refrigeration mechanism of the present embodiment is implemented, the right side wall 5 is located to the right of the ice maker 10 as shown in FIGS. Even if it is, the maintenance work for the refrigeration mechanism 13 can be easily performed from the front side of the ice making unit 11, and no complicated work such as pulling out the ice maker 10 itself or removing the upper panel or the like is required. For this reason, for example, even in an ice making machine in which the ice making unit 11 is stacked in two or three stages, the maintenance work on the refrigerating mechanism 13 of each ice making unit 11 requires no work for attaching and detaching the upper ice making unit 11. do not need.

[0025]

As described above, according to the arrangement structure of the refrigeration mechanism of the present invention, the condenser in the refrigeration mechanism is provided with the side close to the partition plate at the front corner of the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber. At the same time, it is attached and fixed to the front side of the storage chamber at a predetermined angular position in which the side opposite to the partition plate is moved to the rear side by a required amount, and a fan motor and the like are arranged behind the condenser. It was configured as follows. By removing the partition plate, it is possible to insert the hand from the front side of the housing and easily access the parts located on the rear side of the condenser, so that maintenance work such as repair or replacement of these parts can be performed. This can be performed from the front side of the housing. Accordingly, there is no need to move the ice maker from the installation position, remove the top panel of the housing, and remove the entire ice maker unit. This has the advantage that the maintenance work can be simplified and streamlined. By arranging the condenser obliquely, the control box and the power transformer can be arranged in an extra space defined on the front side, which has an effect that the space of the refrigeration mechanism storage room can be used effectively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an ice maker in which an arrangement structure of a refrigeration mechanism according to the present embodiment is implemented in a partially broken state.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber, preferably showing the arrangement structure of the refrigeration mechanism.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a partly cut-off mounting form of a partition plate for separating an ice making mechanism storage chamber and a refrigeration mechanism storage chamber.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional front view of the partition plate shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a part of the partition plate shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an installation mode of an ice maker on the premise of an external air intake / exhaust mode with respect to a refrigeration mechanism.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing another installation mode of the ice making machine on the premise of a form of sucking / exhausting external air to / from the refrigeration mechanism.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a partially broken ice maker in which a structure for disposing a refrigeration mechanism according to a conventional embodiment is implemented.

9 is a front view showing the ice maker implementing the arrangement structure of the refrigeration mechanism shown in FIG. 8 in a partially broken state.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 Refrigeration mechanism, 20 housing, 22 partition plate, 23 Ice making mechanism storage room, 24 Refrigeration mechanism storage room, 30 Condenser, 31
Fan motor, 32 control box, 33 power transformer

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A partition plate detachable from the front side of a housing (20).
(22), an ice making mechanism storage chamber (23) and a refrigeration mechanism storage chamber (24) are defined inside the housing (20), and a condenser (30) and a fan are formed in the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber (24). An arrangement structure for mounting a refrigeration mechanism (13) including a motor (31) and the like, wherein the condenser (30) has a side close to the partition plate (22) on the side of the partition plate (2).
2) and the front side of the housing (20) are positioned close to the corner, and the side opposite to the partition plate (22) is moved rearward by a required amount, so that the rear of the refrigeration mechanism storage chamber (24) is The storage chamber (2) is positioned at a predetermined angle away from the partition plate (22) toward the side.
4) A refrigeration mechanism arrangement structure, wherein the fan motor (31) is arranged in a space defined on the front side of the inside of the condenser (30) and defined on the rear side of the condenser (30). . 2. The arrangement structure of a refrigeration mechanism according to claim 1, wherein a control box (32) and a power transformer (33) are arranged in a space defined in front of said condenser (30).