JPS5942622Y2 - Ice crusher - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to an ice crusher that crushes large ice cubes made in a refrigerator or the like into small pieces.It can be used to make these crushed ice pieces crunchy for direct consumption, to make on-the-rocks food, or to chill somen noodles. This is useful when you need to use the app.

The purpose of this invention is to make the lid, which can open and close the upper opening of the container body, function not only as a container for storing ice cubes before crushing, but also as a scooper for ice cubes, and also for small items such as ice tongs. This provides a device that can also store items.

An embodiment of this invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

1 is a container body, and a hopper 2 is fixed to the upper part of the container body 1.

That is, screw columns 4 are provided upright at each of the four corners of a hopper mounting plate 3 installed horizontally within the container body 1, while bosses 5 corresponding to the respective screw columns 4 are also provided vertically at the four corners of the hopper 2, respectively. Screws 6 are screwed into these threaded columns 4 and bosses 5 from below to secure them to the hopper mounting plate 3.

As shown in the first figure, a discharge frame 8 that forms a discharge lower part for discharging crushed pieces of ice is suspended at a position slightly eccentric to the left of the hopper mounting plate 3.

The lower part of the discharge frame 8 has a tapered funnel-shaped inclined surface 8a.
In addition, a lattice-shaped or gridded flat plate 8b is installed horizontally on the lower end surface of the discharge frame 8, and the rotary blade 9 and the fixed blade 9a are hidden by this flat plate 8b. When cleaning the vicinity of the discharge lower of the discharge frame 8, the rotary blade 9 and the fixed blade 9a are used to avoid any tricks.

A bearing part 11.12 is formed in a part of the joint surface between the upper part of the discharge frame 8 and the lower part of the hopper 2, and a rotating shaft having a rotary blade 9 for crushing ice blocks in the hopper 2 is attached to this bearing part 11.12. 1
0 is set horizontally.

One shaft end of this rotary shaft 10 is connected to a nozzle 13 or a drive shaft of an electric motor (not shown) to rotate the same shaft 10.

The rotary blade 9 is a rotary blade 9 formed at the bottom of the hopper 2.
The ice pieces crushed by the rotary blade 9 are discharged from the discharge lower through the slits 14 and the discharge lower of the hopper mounting plate 3.

In the embodiment, in addition to the rotary blade 9, one end is rotated 11rl.
A plurality of fixed blades 9a are loosely fitted into the discharge frame 8 and the other end is fixed to the discharge frame 8, and the ice block is crushed by the fixed blades 9a and the rotary blade 9. good.

The lower part of the container body 1 has an empty chamber 15 inside, and a container 16 is provided in the front part of the empty chamber 15 so that the container 16 can be freely pulled out. I have to.

17 is a bottom plate fixed to the lower part of the container body 1, and 18 is a lid detachably attached to the upper opening of the container body 1 and closing the upper opening.

A grip portion 19 is provided on both upper and lower surfaces of a portion of the lid body 18 and is concave so as to be easily gripped with fingers.

The gripping portion 19 is not limited to such a structure, and may be, for example, a cutout hole, or may be provided so as to protrude from the outer circumferential side of the container body 1 as shown in FIG. You can also do this.

When the upper opening of the container body 1 is closed, small items 2 such as ice tongs and stirring rods are placed on the top surface of the lid 18.
An accessory storage section 21 for storing 0 is formed,
Furthermore, a recess 22 suitable for storing ice cubes is formed on the back surface of the lid 18.

The tip of this concave portion 22 is inclined upward to form a scoop portion 23 to facilitate scooping up ice blocks like a shovel.

A fitting groove 24 is provided on the back side of the lid 18 all around the circumference, excluding the scoop portion 23, to fit into the edge of the container body 1.

Figure 6 shows the reverse side of Figure 5, and shows the concave portion 2 for storing ice blocks.
2, the back of the accessory storage section 21 is raised.

FIG. 7 shows a configuration in which a bottle opener 26 for removing a cork from a beer bottle or the like is formed on the grip portion 19 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.

In the above embodiment, the hopper 2 is fixed to the hopper mounting plate 3 of the container body 1 with the screw 6 via the screw column 4 and the boss 5. It is also possible to form a flange and place this flange on the upper end surface of the container body 1 to make it detachable.

According to this, it is easy to assemble the hopper 2 to the container body 1, and there is an advantage that the hopper 2 can be removed and washed.

Although not shown, in addition to the rotating shaft 10 shown in the above embodiment,
Another rotating shaft is installed horizontally on the container body 1, and the handle 13 or the drive shaft of the electric motor is connected to the shaft end of this rotating shaft, and a driving gear is attached to the rotating shaft, and this driving gear is connected to the rotating shaft 10. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the rotational force of the rotating shaft is transmitted to the rotating shaft 10 at a reduced speed by meshing with a reduction gear attached to the rotating blade 9, and the rotating blade 9 is rotated to crush the ice blocks.

Note that 25 is a bearing portion formed in the container body 1.

When the ice cubes stored in the lid body 18 are put into the hopper 2 and the ladle 13 is rotated counterclockwise in the drawing, the ice cubes are crushed near the outlet of the hopper 2, and crushed ice pieces are released from the discharge lower of the container body 1. The discharged container is stored in a container 16.

According to this invention having the above structure, the gripping part 19 is formed in a part of the lid body 18, and a recessed part 22 for storing ice cubes is formed on the back surface, and the tip of this recessed part 22 is directed upward. Since it is tilted, it is easy to grasp the lid body 18 and scoop up ice cubes, and since it serves as a container for storing ice cubes, it is convenient to carry the ice cubes.

The upper surface of the lid body 18 is equipped with small items such as ice tongs 2.
0 is formed, so while it is used as the original lid, it can also be used to store small items such as ice tongs.

Thus, in addition to the crushing means, the ice crusher of the present invention is compactly equipped with ice tongs and stirring rods for pinching ice blocks, as well as a lid 18 that also serves as a storage container for ice blocks, and is highly practical. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures all show an embodiment of this invention, and Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional side view, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the top surface of the lid, and Fig. 4 The figure is a perspective view of the back of the lid.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the top of one lid, Figure 6 is a perspective view of the lid shown in Figure 5, seen from the back, and Figure 7 is a perspective view of another lid, seen from the back. It is. 1... Container body, 2... Hopper 9
...Rotating blade, 10...Rotating shaft, 13.
・・・・・・Handle, 18・・・Lid body, 19・
...Gripping part, 20...Accessory, 21...
... Accessory storage section, 22 ... Concave section, 23 ...
...Scooping part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The container body has a hopper at the top, a lid body that closes the upper opening of the container body, and a rotary blade that is pivoted on a rotating shaft that is suspended horizontally on the container body, and the ice cubes put into the hopper are removed by the rotary blade. In the ice crusher, the crushed ice pieces are crushed by the rotation of the container body, and the crushed ice pieces are taken out from the lower part of the container body.
A storage area for small items such as ice tongs and stirring rods is provided on the top surface of the lid when the upper opening of the container body is closed.
Furthermore, the ice crusher is characterized in that a recessed part for storing ice cubes is formed on the back surface of the lid body, and the tip of the recessed part is sloped upward to facilitate scooping of ice.