KR100784403B1 - Supplier for lump of Ice - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an ice breaker which is installed in a refrigerator and stores ice chunks and breaks them into small chunks, or an ice feeder which is processed into powdered ice and an ice feeder which is appropriately supplied to a user in a predetermined amount as it is without processing.

The feeder of the present invention includes a deck that is a container having a predetermined inner volume having an upper surface open, a skew provided in the deck to push the ice stored in the deck to one side, and the skew is formed in a direction in which the ice is pushed by the skew. A feeder comprising an ejection opening, which is an opening of a deck, comprising: an extension shaft extending through the ejection opening, the guide plate being formed in the circumferential direction of the extension shaft, and a hub supporting the guide plate at the center of the guide plate. The supply guard is characterized in that installed on the extension shaft of the screw extending through the discharge port.

Therefore, the present invention can be economically and easily installed by compacting the specifications of the entire apparatus, and in particular, by accurately weighing each ice to be supplied and supplying only a proper amount so that the life of those apparatuses can be ensured without burdening other apparatuses. It is a useful and effective invention that makes it possible.

Feeders, Automatic Feeders, Ice Feeders, Iceboxes

Description

Supplier for lump of Ice}

1 is a configuration diagram of an ice feeder of the present invention.

2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the ice feeder of the present invention.

3 is a development state diagram of the ice feeder of the present invention.

4 is another structural state diagram of the main parts of the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view of the installation state of the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which an ice supply apparatus is installed in an ice crushing and grinding machine according to the related art.

7 is an exploded perspective view showing a state in which an ice supply apparatus is installed in an ice crushing and grinding machine according to the related art.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

1. Feeder

11.Deck 12.Screws 121.Extended shaft

13. Discharge port 14. Fastener

15. Supply Guard 151. Hub 152. Information Plate

153. Standing section 16. Classification board

17. Cover

2. Crushing and grinding machine 20. Crushing and grinding machine

21. Case 22. Accommodating space 23. Opening

24. Motor 25. Drive Shaft 26. Feed Shaft

27. Screw 28. Central axis 29. Compression part

291.Compression Wings

31. (Ice breaker side) Opening plate

Cp. Control Panel D. Dispenser Room M. Motor R. Freezer

The present invention is installed in a refrigerator to store ice chunks (hereinafter referred to as "each ice") and then to break them into small chunks or to process them into powdered ice (hereinafter referred to as "shaved ice") and an unprocessed state The present invention relates to an ice feeder that properly supplies a predetermined amount to a user as it is.

In general, a refrigerator is a device that uses heat exchanged at the time of compression / expansion of refrigerant gas, and such a refrigerator usually includes a refrigerating compartment for storing food at a low temperature for a long time and a freezing compartment for freezing the food for a longer time or supplying ice. Equipped with.

Moreover, in line with the trend of exponentially increasing demand of ice at home with the development of culture, several advanced devices have been invented, focusing on the improvement of the freezer function of the refrigerator, especially the improvement of ice making capacity. Automatically freezing ice (automatic ice maker) and storing it in an ice bucket (feeder) and supplying each ice or small chunk of ice (crushed ice into smaller pieces with a crusher) or ice water as required by the user. The device is a stream line so that all the processes are automatically performed. The present invention relates to an ice feeder which can be used not only in this line but also independently, and has the same function as the present invention. There is no device having a but may be helpful for understanding the present invention Lifting the prior art having the four functions will be described below.

As an ice feeder, for example, the 'applied device for ice crushing and crushing machine' of Korean Patent Application Publication No. 2005-0082827 filed on August 24, 2005, which is contributed to the understanding of the present invention, as described above. To illustrate one example.

That is, in the conventional invention, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the ice frozen in the ice maker is filled and filled in the case 21 receiving space 22 of the case 21 of the crusher 2. 21) In the crushing and crusher supply device for transferring to the crushing and grinding unit 20 side installed in communication with the outer surface of the opening 23 formed on one side, it is mounted on the other side of the case 21 to provide a rotational force Helical wings on the outer periphery of the central shaft 28 installed across the receiving space 22 of the case 21, while interlocking with the motor 24 and the drive shaft 25 of the motor 24 A plurality of screws (27) for conveying ice in series by rotation of the blades and installed on one side of the receiving space (22) so as to communicate with the opening (23) of the housing (22) of the case (21). The conveying force of the ice by the pressure wing 291 in conjunction with the central axis 28 of the (27) Visible key is configured at the same time as the compression unit 29, which "provided to the sequential grinding and do swaebu 20 the ice.

Therefore, the crushing and crushing unit which crushes and crushes the ice by installing a plurality of spiral blades which form a plurality of spiral blades interlocking with the motor to supply the ice supplied from the ice maker installed in the refrigerator, prevents the crushing and crushing of the ice while pressing the ice It can continuously supply a certain amount of ice to improve supply efficiency, and form a spiral wing on the outer periphery of the central axis to form a supply chain, feeder wing and pressurized wing with different shapes integrally. In addition to allowing more ice to fill the space, the ice can be transported to the grinding and grinding side with stronger transfer and compression forces, and an iron core is inserted into the central axis of the screw that supplies the ice, and then It is formed on the outer periphery of the central axis of the wing, and the central axis of the screw is bent While preventing the phenomena to increase the strength and life of the screw, the ice is partitioned and transported between the blades of the screw having a plurality of spiral blades, so that the ice filled in the receiving space is not stirred in series It is possible to reduce the noise of the ice by minimizing the friction between the solid ice to be transported to reduce the operation noise of the grinding and grinding machine.

However, it is a compact standard suitable for a domestic refrigerator, and there is no problem in economical and mounting, and in particular, there is a problem of lighting that it cannot be supplied while maintaining a fixed quantity to be supplied.

In order to solve the above problems, the present inventors came to devise the present invention with careful attention and study, and an object of the present invention is to provide a feeder that can be economically and easily installed by compacting the specifications of the entire apparatus. In particular, each ice supplied is accurately weighed so that only a proper amount is supplied, and the ice supplied to a crusher and ice water machine, which can be mounted afterwards, can be used as a suitable amount so that the life of these devices can be ensured without burdening these devices. To provide a feeder.

In order to achieve the above object, the feeder of the present invention, the deck is a container having a predetermined inner volume of the upper surface is open, the skew which is installed in the deck to push the ice stored in the rotational force to one side, the ice by the screw In the feeder which consists of the discharge port which is the opening part of the said deck formed in the direction which is pushed in, WHEREIN: The guide plate formed in the circumferential direction of the said extended shaft, the extension shaft which extends through the said discharge port, and extends is formed, The supply guard, which is a hub for supporting the guide plate at the center, is installed on the extension shaft of the screw which extends through the discharge port.

In addition to the above-described configuration, it is preferable that the guide plate is composed of two or more spaced at equal intervals about the extension shaft which is the axial center.

In addition to the above configuration, it is more preferable that the guide plate is formed to be slightly inclined outward from the discharge port side.

In addition to the above-described configuration, it is more preferable that the tongue portion protruding substantially perpendicularly to the tip of the guide plate is formed integrally with the guide plate.

Referring to the preferred embodiment of the ice feeder of the present invention as described above in more detail as follows.

1 is a configuration diagram of an ice feeder of the present invention, Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a longitudinal cut along the centerline of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a developed state of the ice feeder of the present invention.

As shown, the ice feeder 1 of the present invention further improves the conventional crushing and crushing machine 2, for example, by replacing the semi-cylindrical deck 11 with its upper surface open to its housing. And the screw 12 is mounted at the center of the bottom surface thereof, and the screw 12 is rotatable by a motor M installed at the rear (the reducer can be interposed in the middle). Holes are drilled in the tip-side deck 11 to form a discharge port 13, which has a structure similar to that of the conventional crushing and grinding machine 2.

However, the ice feeder 1 of the present invention extends the axis of the screw 12 so as to pass through the discharge port 13 to form an extension shaft 121, and the supply guard 15 to the extension shaft 121. It is installed so as to be fixed by the fastener 14, the supply guard 15 is a hub 151 is inserted into the extension shaft 121 and the guide plate is formed like a wing of the fan in the circumferential direction in the hub 151 (152).

4 is a configuration diagram showing only a part of the supply guard 15, which is a main part of the present invention, and FIG. 4A is a configuration in which the guide plate 152 is inclined, and FIG. 4B is a standing part 153 in the guide plate 152. It is an extract figure which shows the structure of the formed state.

In addition, according to another configuration of the present invention, in particular, the guide plate 152 is to be two or more, that is, two centered around the extension shaft 121, which is the axial center 180 degrees in the case of three, 120 degrees in the case of three equal intervals This is done by space.

In addition, according to another configuration of the present invention, the guide plate 152 is formed to be inclined about 15 ° outward from the discharge port 13 side.

In addition, according to another configuration of the present invention, a standing portion 153 is formed to protrude at a right angle to the tip of the guide plate 152, for example, the standing portion 153 extends the guide plate 152 at a right angle. It is to be formed to bend over.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the installation state of the present invention, the following will be described with respect to the effect by each component of the present invention.

As shown, the feeder 1 of the present invention is typically installed at the bottom of the ice maker (not shown) in the freezer compartment (R), and when each ice of a predetermined size is iced, it is automatically taken out and dropped and stored. (It can be installed separately from the ice maker and the user can supply the ice manually or the ice frozen in the ice maker can be supplied to the feeder of the present invention as a conveyor system, etc.), and attached to the door surface of the refrigerator according to the user's request. By the operation of the control panel (Cp), which is taken out by a predetermined amount and fed to the dispenser room (D) through the pocket provided in the door, the dispensing method and method is almost similar to the conventional grinding and grinding machine (2). It works. However, the feeder 1 of the present invention is particularly suitable as an apparatus for supplying an appropriate amount of ice to an ice maker (not shown) by a structure configured at its tip, that is, the sorting plate 16 is closed so that the feeder ( The function will be described below only in the case where ice is supplied to the ice water in 1). However, the operation in which the sorting plate 16 is opened and each ice immediately falls through the perforation and is fed to the dispenser room D through the pocket functions as in the conventional invention.

First, the deck 11 has a structure suitable for accommodating each ice falling from the ice maker by opening the upper surface, the content thereof is variable according to the capacity of the refrigerator or the user's use state is not limited to a specific standard, In the center of the lower end of the deck 11, there is a scoop 12 that is rotated by a motor (not shown). When the scoop 12 rotates, the stored ice is pushed out to the discharge port 13 side, and is discharged. The ice is stored in a space partitioned by a cover 17 and a guide plate 152 covering the supply guard 15. In such a space, the ice is generally designed as a space in which one or two pieces of ice are stored. While the dividing plate 16 formed on one side of the 17 is closed, the guide plate 152 rotates at a constant speed through the hub 151 by the rotation of the extension shaft 121 which is coaxial with the screw 12, and the ice-watering machine side. After supplying a predetermined amount of ice toward the ice-water side opening plate 31 which becomes an inlet toward the opening, the opening plate 31 is opened and each ice is dropped into the ice-water, and then processed into ice water (powdered ice) and dispenser room (D). To discharge.

Further, when the plurality of guide plates 152 are plural, the partition is made tighter, and thus the quantity of ice supplied according to the rotation angle is further reduced, which is suitable for quantification, and thus more thorough control is possible. In particular, the cover 17 and the guide plate 152 can be used. When the space is large, it is preferable to increase the quantity of the guide plate 152 more.

In addition, when the guide plate 152 is inclined, the ice received during the rotation of the guide plate 152 is rotated while being pushed outward according to the inclination angle, so that when the drop / supply to the ice maker below through the ice maker side opening plate 31 is narrowed. It is preferable because it can be supplied without flowing into the space.

In addition, each ice that is pushed into the discharge port 13 through the screw 12 can be caught by the partition wall of the discharge port 13, thereby forming a standing portion 153 in the guide plate 152, so that the ice discharge port 13 It is preferable to prevent the damage in advance, and in particular, the standing part 153 is formed to be substantially perpendicular to the guide plate 152 and also serves as a reinforcing material, which is a non-metal cured resin of the material of the guide plate 152. It can also be produced by the contributing to the reduction of production costs and weight.

As described above, the present invention can provide a feeder that can be economically and easily mounted by making the specifications of the whole device compact, and in particular, each ice is precisely weighed so that only the right amount is supplied so that it can be mounted thereafter. It is a useful and effective invention to ensure the life of these devices by ensuring that the appropriate amount of ice supplied to the crusher and ice-water crusher, such as to avoid the burden on these devices.

Claims (4)

A deck that is a container having a predetermined inner volume with an upper surface open, a scoop provided in the deck to push the ice stored in the rotating force to one side, and an ejection opening that is an opening of the deck formed in the direction in which the ice is pushed by the scoop. In the feeder, The axis of the screw forms an extension shaft extending through the discharge port, A guide plate formed in the circumferential direction of the extension shaft, and a supply guard serving as a hub for supporting the guide plate at the center of the guide plate is provided on the extension shaft of the screw which extends through the discharge port; The ice feeder, characterized in that the guide plate is formed to be inclined slightly outward from the discharge port side. The method of claim 1, Ice guide characterized in that the guide plate is composed of two or more spaced at equal intervals around the axis of the extension axis. delete The method according to claim 1 or 2, An ice feeder, characterized in that the snowfalling portion protruding substantially perpendicular to the tip of the guide plate is formed integrally with the guide plate.

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