KR100842735B1 - Vessel arrangement structure for ice-making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a layout structure of a water supply container installed in a general automatic or manual ice maker, and in particular, by providing a water supply container or a bottle of water in the ice maker and making ice using the mineral water or spring water contained therein, the water used when the ice is taken out of them. It relates to a container arrangement structure of the ice maker so that it can be recovered and reused again. The present invention is connected to the pump (8) through the water supply pipe (1) for supplying water to the first water supply vessel (18), and connected in series with the first water supply vessel and the ice making plate (10) of the ice making unit (3) In the ice maker which consists of at least one 2nd water supply container 19 which supplies water to the ice room 9 provided in this, and makes ice through the operation of the ice-making system 4 connected with the said ice-making plate 10, When the water flows down when the water is injected into the ice room 9 provided in the ice making plate 10 of the ice making unit 3, the second water container 19 separates the ice grown in the ice room. The recovery pipe 28 is connected to the ice making unit 3 so that the used water can be recovered and reused.

Description

VESSEL ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE FOR ICE-MAKING MACHINE}

1 is an overall schematic cross-sectional view showing a conventional automatic ice maker.

2 is a schematic view showing an ice making system installed in the automatic ice maker of FIG. 1 and a water supply unit for supplying water to the ice making system through a water pipe or a water supply pipe.

3 is a schematic view showing a container arrangement structure of the ice maker according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the first hermetic member applied to the first water container when the upper end portion of the discharge port is projected radially outward in accordance with the container arrangement structure of the present invention.

5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a second hermetic member applied to a second water supply container when the upper end portion of the discharge port protrudes radially outwardly in accordance with the container arrangement structure of the present invention.

6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another airtight member applied to the first water container when the upper end portion of the discharge port protrudes radially inward in another embodiment of the first airtight member.

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another airtight member applied to the second and third feed containers when the upper end portion of the discharge port protrudes radially inward, in another embodiment of the second airtight member. FIG.

8 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a first embodiment when the container arrangement structure according to the present invention is applied to an automatic ice maker.                 

Figure 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a second embodiment when the container arrangement structure according to the present invention is applied to another automatic ice maker.

Figure 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a third embodiment when the container arrangement structure according to the present invention is applied to a general automatic ice maker.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: water supply pipe 2: water supply

3: ice making unit 4: ice making system

5: storage room 6: water tank

7: injection station 7a: injection nozzle

8: pump 9: ice chamber

10: ice plate 11: evaporator

12: Compressor 13: Condenser

14: expansion tube 15: hot gas valve

16: Ice cube 17: Guide plate

18: first water container 19: second water container

20: discharge part 21: first hermetic member

22: second hermetic member 23: bridge tube

24, 24a: discharge port 25, 25a: hollow coupling portion

26, 26a: coupling hole 27: air hole

28: recovery pipe 29: compartment                 

30: motor

The present invention relates to a layout structure of a water supply container installed in a general automatic or manual ice maker, and in particular, by providing a water supply container or a bottle of water in the ice maker and making ice using the mineral water or spring water contained therein, the water used when the ice is taken out of them. It relates to a container arrangement structure of the ice maker so that it can be recovered and reused again.

In general, the ice maker includes a water supply unit 2 for storing water supplied through the water supply pipe 1, an ice maker 3 for making ice, and an ice maker in fluid communication with the ice maker, as shown in FIG. And an ice making system 4 for carrying out ice and a storage chamber 5 for storing ice iced from the ice making unit 3.

Here, the water supply unit 2 sprays water at high pressure through a water tank 6 for storing the water supplied through the water supply pipe 1 and an injection station 7 for spraying the water stored in the water tank. A pump 8 to be provided is provided.

The ice making unit 3 is provided with an ice making plate 10 in which a plurality of ice rooms 9 are arranged at a lower portion thereof, and an evaporator 11 for cooling and heating the ice making plate is attached to an upper portion thereof.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the ice making system 4 is connected to the evaporator 11 so as to be in fluid communication with the compressor 12 compressing the refrigerant gas, the condenser 13 condensing the refrigerant gas, and the refrigerant. It consists of the expansion pipe 14 which expands gas continuously.                         

Here, the compressor 12 is made of a high-temperature, high-pressure refrigerant gas so that the low-temperature, low-pressure refrigerant gas evaporated condensation action in the condenser (13).

Accordingly, the high-temperature, high-pressure refrigerant gas of the compressor 12 is sent to the condenser 13 during ice-making and is converted into high-pressure liquid refrigerant after heat exchange with air or water, and the ice-making plate of the ice-making unit 3 during ice-making. It is supplied to the evaporator 11 to separate the ice frozen in the ice room 9 provided in (10).

Referring to the ice making and ice-making process of the ice maker configured as described above are as follows.

First, before performing an ice making operation, the water provided from the water supply pipe 1 is filled into the water tank 6 to an appropriate height.

Then, when the water supplied to the water tank is supplied to the spraying station 7 by the pump 8, the water sprayed by the spraying nozzle of this spraying station is partially in the ice room 9 of the ice making plate 10. Becomes ice, and the rest is recovered back to the water tank 6 as it is.

At this time, the high pressure liquid refrigerant in the condenser 13 provided in the ice making system 4 flows into the evaporator 11 in an ideal state of low temperature and low pressure while passing through the expansion tube 14, and thus the low temperature and low pressure The refrigerant in an ideal flow state is converted into a gas state while being exchanged with the evaporator 11 to lower the ambient temperature of the ice making plate 10 attached to the evaporator 11 of the ice making unit 3, thereby making the ice making plate 10 In the ice room (9) of the ice begins to grow.

When the ice grows to an appropriate size in the ice room 9 through this process, the ice is separated from each ice room 9 of the ice making plate 10. The process of icing the ice will be described below. same.

As the ice grows to an appropriate size, an ice thickness detector (not shown) attached to the ice making plate 10 is activated to open the hot gas valve 15, thereby from the compressor 12. The discharged high-temperature, high-pressure refrigerant gas does not go to the condenser 13 and is bypassed and supplied to the evaporator 11. The high-temperature, high-pressure refrigerant gas supplied to the evaporator heats the ice making plate 10 to make this ice making plate. The ice cubes 16 are separated from the ice room 9 of the ice cubes, and the separated ice is collected in the storage chamber 5 along the guide plate 17.

At the same time, when the ice is separated from the ice making plate 10, the ice thickness detecting device detects this and closes the hot gas valve 15 to perform ice making operation again.

However, since the conventional ice maker is made to ice the raw water or tap water along the water supply pipe or water supply pipe as described above, the ice maker makes ice by using spring water or bottled water in a water container or bottled water bottle which is widely commercially available these days. Couldn't satisfy customer's desire.

In addition, since the existing ice maker uses only hot gas when separating the ice from the ice room of the ice making plate, the ice does not easily fall from the ice room, causing inconvenience to customers.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above problems, the object is to make ice using a water container or bottled water containing bottled water or spring water.                         

Another object of the present invention is to use the water in the water container or bottled water to create and separate the ice when the water sprayed through the spraying station is used to make some ice and the rest can be recovered to reuse the water flowing down when reused To ensure that

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is connected to the pump through a water supply pipe for supplying water, and the water supply is connected in series with the first water supply container to the ice room provided in the ice making plate of the ice making unit In the ice making machine is composed of at least one second water container, and making ice through the operation of the ice making system connected to the ice making plate,
The second water container may include the water flowing down when spraying water into an ice room provided in the ice making plate of the ice making unit and the water used when separating the ice grown in the ice room to reuse and reuse the water. It is characterized in that the recovery pipe is connected to the ice portion.

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Here, the first airtight member is fitted to the discharge portion of the first water container and the second airtight member is fitted to the second water container, and the bridge pipes are interconnected through the first and second airtight members. One end of the bridge tube is located adjacent to the bottom of the second water container, the other end is located in the discharge portion of the first water container.

In addition, the first hermetic member has an axial hollow coupling portion having an upper end protruding radially outward and a lower end slightly wider corresponding to the discharge port of the first feedwater container whose upper end protrudes radially outward. The inner portion of the hollow coupling portion is characterized in that two coupling holes are formed in the axial direction at a predetermined interval.

The second hermetic member has an axial hollow coupling portion in which the upper portion protrudes radially outward and the lower end is slightly wider, corresponding to the outlet of the second feedwater container whose upper end protrudes radially outward. Two coupling holes are formed in the inner portion of the part in the axial direction, and air holes are formed in the axial direction on one side of the coupling hole.

In another embodiment, each of the hollow coupling portions of the first hermetic member and the second hermetic member corresponds to a discharge port of the first and second feedwater containers formed with their upper ends facing each other about an axis, with their upper ends facing each other about the axis. It is characterized in that it is formed to protrude to see.

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Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 10.

3 is a schematic view showing a container arrangement structure of the ice maker according to the present invention.

4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the first hermetic member applied to the first water supply container when the upper end portion of the discharge port protrudes radially outward in accordance with the container arrangement structure of the present invention.                     

5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a second hermetic member applied to the second feed container when the upper end portion of the discharge port protrudes radially outward in accordance with the container arrangement structure of the present invention.

3 and 8 to 10, the container arrangement structure of the ice maker according to the present invention is supplied to the water by the pump (8) connected to the water supply pipe (1) for transporting water from the outside ice making unit (3) In the ice maker for making ice by spraying water to the ice room 9 of the ice making plate 10 provided in the), and operating the ice making system 4 connected to the ice making plate 10,

The external water supply pipe 1 is connected to the first water supply vessel 18 to transfer water by the pump (8),

At least one second water supply container 19 is connected to the first water supply container in series so as to continue to receive insufficient water.

Here, the first airtight member 21 is fitted to the discharge portion 20 of the first water supply container 18, and the second airtight member (2) is inserted into the second water supply container 19. 22 is fitted, and the bridge pipes 23 are interconnected through the first and second airtight members 21 and 22, and one end of the bridge pipe is positioned adjacent to the bottom of the second water container 19. The other end is located in the discharge portion 20 of the first water supply vessel 18.

On the other hand, the first and second airtight members 21 and 22 are preferably manufactured by selecting from elastic styrene butadiene rubber, polychloroprene rubber, acrylic rubber, silicone rubber and the like.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the first hermetic member 21 corresponds to the discharge port 24 of the first water supply container 18 having the upper end protruding radially outward, and the upper end part radially outward. An axial hollow coupling portion 25 is formed, which protrudes and has a slightly wider opening at its lower end, and at least one coupling hole 26 is formed in the axial direction at a predetermined interval in the inner portion of the hollow coupling portion.

As shown in FIG. 5, the second hermetic member 22 corresponds to the discharge port 24a of the second water supply container 19 having the upper end protruding radially outward, and the upper end protruding radially outward and the lower end part. Is formed in the axial hollow coupling portion 25a with a slightly wider opening. At least one coupling hole 26a is formed in the inner portion of the hollow coupling portion in the axial direction, and one side of the coupling hole has air in the axial direction. The hole 27 is formed.

In another embodiment, each of the hollow coupling portions 25 and 25a of the first airtight member 21 and the second airtight member 22 may be formed as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. In contrast to the case where the upper ends of the discharge ports are formed to face each other with respect to the axis, the upper ends are formed to protrude to face each other with respect to the axis.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3, 8, and 9, the second water container 19 is provided with water in an ice room 9 of the ice making plate 10 provided in the ice making unit 3. The recovery pipe 28 is connected to the ice making unit 3 so that water flowing down when spraying and water used to separate the ice grown in the ice room 9 can be recovered and reused. . As such, the second water container 19 serves as a waste water collection bottle for collecting the waste water flowing out of the ice making unit 3.

Referring to the container arrangement structure of the ice maker according to the present invention configured as described above according to each embodiment are as follows.                     

First, the case in which the container arrangement structure of the first embodiment according to the present invention is applied to an automatic ice maker of the type which sprays water used to make and separate ice from below to upward.

As shown in FIG. 8, a compartment 29 of an appropriate size is provided in the ice maker to accommodate the first and second feedwater containers 18 and 19, and the door provided to open and close the compartment is the first. 2, the water supply vessels (18, 19) are installed in parallel with the first and second water supply vessels to conveniently locate and collect.

Accordingly, the operator opens the door of the compartment 29, and then connects one end of the water supply pipe 1 to the lower portion of the guide plate 17 inclined at a predetermined interval from the spraying station 7 of the ice making unit 3. And, it is possible to connect the recovery pipe 28 to the pump 8 connected to one side of the injection station (7) and the water supply pipe (1).

Then, the first airtight member is pressed upwards and downwards through the hollow coupling portion 25 of the first airtight member 21 to the discharge port 24 of the first water supply container 18 filled with water, and then 1 Place the water container 18 in the compartment 29 of the ice maker. Then, the water supply pipe 1 connected to the pump 8 is inserted into the coupling hole 26 of the first hermetic member 21 fitted in the first water supply container 18.

On the other hand, after pressing down from the upper side through the hollow coupling portion 25a of the second hermetic member 22 to the discharge port 24a of the second empty water supply vessel 19, the second water supply vessel 19 In the compartment 29 of the ice maker. Then, the recovery pipe 28 attached to the lower portion of the guide plate 17 inclined at a predetermined interval from the injection station 7 is formed in the second hermetic member 22 of the second water container 19. Insert into the engaging hole 26a.

Then, the bridge pipe 23 in the coupling holes 26 and 26a formed in the first hermetic member 21 of the first water supply container 18 and the second hermetic member 22 of the second water supply container 19, respectively. It is good to connect each end of

Briefly described the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

When the pump 8 is operated according to the program of the ice making system 4 provided in the ice maker, water is sprayed from the first water container 18 to the ice making unit 3 through the water supply pipe 1, and at the same time the ice making system Through the cooling operation of (4), the ice grows in the ice chamber 9 provided in the ice making plate 10 of the ice making unit 3.

As the ice grows to a certain size in the ice room 9 as described above, the ice or ice is separated by the ice-making action of the ice making system 4 and the separation action by the spray nozzle of the ice making unit 3 connected to the pump 8. After the ice cubes 16 are separated from the ice cube 9, the ice or ice cubes 16 which fall on the guide plates 17 which are disposed inclined and fall on the guide plates are stacked in the storage chamber 5 of the ice maker.

At this time, the water used to separate the ice or ice cube 16 flows downward along the guide plate 17 and is collected in the second water container 19 through the recovery pipe 28, and at the same time the first water supply In the vessel 18, negative pressure is generated in proportion to the amount of water consumed in making and separating ice.

Accordingly, the water filled in the second water container 19 is supplied to the first water supply through the bridge pipe 23 by the atmospheric pressure applied through the air hole 27 formed through the second airtight member 22. It is to be transferred into the vessel 18.

The following is a case where the container arrangement structure of the second embodiment according to the present invention is applied to an automatic ice maker of the type which sprays water used to make and separate ice from above to below.

As shown in FIG. 9, the second embodiment of the present invention includes the entirety of the first water supply container 18, the second water supply container 19, the water supply pipe 1, the recovery pipe 28, and the bridge pipe 23. The structure is the same as in the first embodiment except for the following description.

That is, the injection nozzle 7a connected to the pump 8 through the water supply pipe 1 is located above the ice making unit 3 from the upper side to the lower side, and correspondingly, the ice making plate 10 which makes ice or ice cubes 16. ) Is disposed to face the injection nozzle (7a), the motor 30 is connected to one end of the rotating shaft connecting the ice making plate 10, the motor is connected to the ice making system (4).

In addition, an evaporator (not shown) is provided at one side of the ice making unit 3 separately from the ice making plate 10, and the evaporator is connected to the ice making system 4 to connect the ice making plate 10 to the refrigerant gas. By cooling and heating.

Accordingly, as described above in the first embodiment of the present invention, when the pump 8 is operated in accordance with the program of the ice making system 4 provided in the ice maker, the water supply pipe 1 is discharged from the first water container 18 through the water supply pipe 1. Water is injected into the ice making unit 3, and at the same time, the ice grows in the ice chamber 9 provided in the ice making plate 10 of the ice making unit 3 through the cooling action of the ice making system 4.

As the ice grows to a certain size in this manner, the ice is driven by a compressed gas of an evaporator (not shown) connected to the ice making system 4, and the ice making unit 3 connected to the pump 8 is sprayed. The water or ice cube 16 is separated from the ice cube 9 by the water spray action by the nozzle.

In this way, when the ice or ice cube 16 is separated from the ice chamber 9 of the ice making plate 10, the motor 30 is operated by the ice making system 4, and the ice making plate 10 rotates 180 degrees, Ice or ice cubes 16 fall toward the guide plate 17 inclined at an interval below the ice plate 10, and the ice or ice cubes falling on the guide plate are stored in the storage compartment 5 of the ice maker. Will be stacked).

At this time, the water used to separate the ice or ice cube 16 flows downward along the guide plate 17 and is collected in the second water container 19 through the recovery pipe 28, and at the same time the first water supply In the vessel 18, negative pressure is generated in proportion to the amount of water consumed in making and separating ice.

Accordingly, the water filled in the second water container 19 is supplied to the first water supply container through the bridge pipe 23 by the atmospheric pressure applied through the air hole 27 formed to penetrate the second hermetic member 22. (18) to be transported into.

As shown in FIG. 10, the third embodiment of the present invention includes a first water supply container 18, a second water supply container 19, a water supply pipe 1, and a bridge configured to supply water to the water tank 6. Except for the pipe 23, the remaining components are the same as the prior art, the description of the operation will be omitted.

That is, one end of the water supply pipe 1 is inserted adjacent to the bottom through the first hermetic member 21 in the first water container 18 filled with water, and the other end is inserted into the water tank 6 to a predetermined depth. The first feedwater container 18 is connected to the second feedwater container 19 through a bridge tube 23 enabling fluid transfer.

Here, one end of the bridge pipe 23 is fitted into the discharge portion 20 of the first water supply vessel 18 and the other end is inserted adjacent to the bottom of the second water supply vessel 19, the second water supply vessel An air hole 27 is formed in the second hermetic member 22 fitted in the discharge port 24a of (19). Accordingly, when the pump 8 is operated, water in the second water container 19 may be transferred to the first water container 18 through the bridge pipe 23 by the interaction between the negative pressure and the atmospheric pressure. .

On the other hand, the second water supply container 19 may be provided with a predetermined number of third and fourth water supply containers continuously at a predetermined interval through another plurality of bridge pipes.

As described above, the present invention allows a user to conveniently make ice in large quantities using bottled water or spring water contained in a water container or a bottle of water.

In addition, the present invention was to reuse again that part of the water sprayed through the spraying station is discarded when making ice using water in the water container or bottled water.

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delete The first water container 18 connected to the pump 8 through the water supply pipe 1 to supply water, and the ice provided in the ice making plate 10 of the ice making unit 3 in series with the first water container. In the ice maker which consists of at least one 2nd water supply container 19 which supplies water to the room 9, and makes ice through the operation of the ice-making system 4 connected with the said ice-making plate 10, When the water flows down when the water is injected into the ice room 9 provided in the ice making plate 10 of the ice making unit 3, the second water container 19 separates the ice grown in the ice room. A container arrangement structure for an ice maker, characterized in that a recovery pipe (28) connected to the ice maker (3) is fitted to recover and reuse the used water. The method of claim 2, wherein the first airtight member 21 is fitted into the discharge portion 20 of the first water supply container 18 and the second airtight member 22 is fitted into the second water supply container 19. The bridge pipes 23 are interconnected through the first and second airtight members, and one end of the bridge pipe is positioned adjacent to the bottom of the second water container 19, and the other end thereof is the first water container. 18. The container arrangement structure of the ice maker which is located in the discharge part 20 of 18). According to claim 3, wherein the first gastight member (21) corresponds to the discharge port 24 of the first water supply vessel (18) with the upper end protruding radially outward, the upper end protrudes radially outward and the lower end slightly A wide open axial hollow coupling portion (25) is formed, the inner portion of the hollow coupling portion container arrangement structure of the ice maker in which two coupling holes (26) are formed in the axial direction at regular intervals. 4. The second airtight member (22) according to claim 3, wherein the upper end portion corresponds to the discharge port (24a) of the second water supply container (19) with the upper end projecting radially outward, and the upper end part projects radially outward and the lower end part is slightly lower. A wide open axial hollow coupling portion 25a is formed, and two coupling holes 26a are formed in the inner portion of the hollow coupling portion in the axial direction, and one side of the coupling hole has an air hole 27 in the axial direction. ) Is formed container arrangement structure of the ice maker. According to claim 4 or 5, wherein each of the hollow coupling portion (25, 25a) of the first airtight member (21) and the second airtight member (22) is formed with the first, the upper end facing each other around the axis; 2 corresponding to the discharge port of the water supply container, the container arrangement structure of the ice maker is formed so that the upper end is projected to face each other about the axis.

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