KR101474546B1 - Deicer of easy sanitation - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an ice powder forming apparatus continuously grinding ice to form ice water. More specifically, disclosed is an ice powder forming apparatus which enables a beverage container to directly be connected in order to easily be sanitized. The present invention provides an ice powder forming apparatus which includes: a beverage container storing liquid to form ice; a cap valve having a size corresponding to the beverage container cap coupled to the beverage container instead of the cap; a holder unit formed to have the beverage container, to which the cap valve is coupled, mounted; a water storage tank storing the liquid of the beverage container; a water level control pipe coupled to the holder unit to have a lower end determining a water level surface of the water storage tank; an ice forming drum rotating while being sunk in the water storage tank; a grinding blade grinding ice on the surface of the ice forming drum; and a refrigerant circulation unit supplying refrigerant to the ice forming drum, and circulating the refrigerant.

Description

[0001] DEICER OF EASY SANITATION [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing ice water by continuously freezing ice to manufacture ice water, and more particularly, to an apparatus for manufacturing ice powder which facilitates sanitation management by directly connecting a beverage container.

The device for producing powder ice, which is an ice powder, is provided with a cylindrical ice making drum rotatably mounted on the upper end of an ice-making water storage tank, water in which a part of the ice-making drum is immersed is stored in the ice-making water storage tank, And the ice making drum is rotated while supplying the coolant from the freezing system to the ice making chamber so as to grow layered ice on the surface of the ice making drum. Further, on the surface of the ice-making drum, a cutter for contacting layered ice is provided, so that the ice on the rotating ice-making drum is removed and discharged to the low-bingo.

The refrigerant in the above-described ice-making powder producing apparatus is supplied from the refrigerant circulation system connected to the compressor, the condenser, and the expansion valve by the refrigerant pipe to the cooling nozzle device installed in the ice-making drum and is injected.

A related prior art is the 'Shin-An Office of Public Opinion & Bulletin 1993-0000306 (Jan. 25, 1993)' ice water manufacturing device '.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for manufacturing an ice powder which improves convenience of hygiene management by directly connecting beverage containers such as dairy products or juices.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for manufacturing an ice powder which enables a water storage tank to maintain a constant water level without a separate sensor.

Another object of the present invention is to facilitate disassembly and assembly of the ice making drum, and to improve the assembly and maintainability of the ice powder production apparatus.

The present invention relates to a beverage container in which a liquid for producing ice is stored; A cap valve having a size corresponding to the cap of the beverage container and being coupled in place of the cap of the beverage container; A holder portion formed to seat the beverage container to which the stop valve is attached; A reservoir in which the liquid of the beverage container is stored; A water level adjusting pipe coupled to the holder and having a lower end to determine a water level of the water tank; A ice-making drum rotating in a state immersed in the water tank; A crushing blade for crushing ice on the surface of the ice-making drum; And a coolant circulation unit for supplying and circulating the coolant to the ice-making drum.

Preferably, the stop valve is open when coupled to the holder.

To this end, the stopper valve includes a stopper body coupled to the beverage container, an actuating piece formed to be able to move up and down on the stopper body, an opening / closing piece coupled to the actuating piece to adjust opening / closing of the stopper valve, And an elastic member for providing an elastic force to close the stopper valve.

Preferably, the holder includes protrusions protruding to push up the opening / closing piece, so that the stopper valve is opened when the stopper valve is seated in the holder part.

Meanwhile, the holder may be formed in an upper case of the ice-making device so that the beverage container is exposed to the outside when the beverage container is coupled to the holder.

A drum body having a rotating shaft connected to one side of the ice making drum and having a through hole on the other side thereof; A coolant supply shaft inserted into the through hole and having a plurality of injection nozzles; A refrigerant recovery pipe inserted into the refrigerant supply shaft and bent in a direction toward a bottom surface of the drum body; A filter provided at a suction port of the refrigerant recovery pipe to filter foreign substances mixed in the recovered refrigerant; And a hollow shaft surrounding the coolant supply shaft and coupled to the through hole of the drum body to rotate with the coolant supply shaft together with the drum body.

The apparatus for manufacturing ice powder according to the present invention enables the beverage container to be directly connected to the water storage tank, thereby facilitating the production of ice water using milk or juice.

Also, by connecting the container containing milk or juice directly to the water tank, the sanitary control can be easily effected.

The apparatus for producing ice powder according to the present invention has the effect of maintaining the water level at a certain level without opening or closing any sensor or valve.

In addition, the apparatus for manufacturing ice powder according to the present invention improves the coupling structure between the coolant supply shaft and the drum body, thereby simplifying the assembly and disassembly of the coolant supply shaft and the drum body.

1 is a configuration diagram of an ice-making powder producing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a cross-sectional view of an ice-making device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
3 is an enlarged sectional view showing the structure of a stop valve according to an embodiment of the present invention,
4 is a cross-sectional view of a ice-making drum of an ice-making powder manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a ice-making drum of an ice-making powder manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or preliminary meaning and the inventor shall appropriately define the concept of the term in order to best explain its invention It should be construed in accordance with the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention. It should be noted that the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention, It should be understood that various equivalents and modifications are possible.

The apparatus for producing ice powder according to the present invention comprises a water storage tank 10 for storing a liquid (water, milk, juice, etc.) to be a raw material for making ice, a ice making drum 100 A crushing blade 20 for crushing ice produced on the surface of the ice making drum 100 to produce ice powder and a low bingo 30 for storing ice powder produced by the crushing blade 20, And a refrigerant circulation unit 50 for supplying and circulating refrigerant to the ice-making drum 100.

The refrigerant circulation unit 50 includes a compressor 51 for compressing the refrigerant recovered from the ice-making drum 100, a condenser 52 for condensing and liquefying the refrigerant supplied from the compressor 51, And an expansion valve (53) for supplying it to the ice-making drum.

The refrigerant evaporates inside the ice-making drum 100, freezes the liquid on the surface of the ice-making drum 100, and is then recovered and discharged from the ice-making drum 100 again.

The refrigerant supplied to the interior of the ice-making drum 100 via the expansion valve 53 is injected through an injection nozzle 122 (FIG. 4) provided in the ice-making drum 100, , And then circulated to the compressor (51).

As a result, the refrigerant circulated in the refrigerant circulation unit 50 always passes through the injection nozzle 122. However, since the hole diameter of the injection nozzle is small, the injection nozzle 122 may be clogged due to foreign matter do.

The foreign matter may be a foreign matter inevitably introduced into the circulation part 50 during the manufacture of the product, a rotating drum operated due to the passage of time, or fine metal particles generated inside the compressor.

When the spray nozzle 122 is clogged due to such foreign matter, the refrigerant is not smoothly supplied to the inside of the ice-making drum, so that ice is not smoothly generated on the surface of the ice-making drum 100.

If the spray nozzle is clogged, the ice-making drum 100 must be disassembled to solve the problem. In the conventional ice-making drum, disassembly and assembly are not smooth.

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] The present invention provides an apparatus for manufacturing an ice powder, which prevents clogging of an injection nozzle due to foreign substances inevitably generated in a coolant circulation part and facilitates disassembly and assembly of the ice making drum.

2 is a configuration diagram of an ice-making powder manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The apparatus for producing ice powder according to the present invention is for making ice powder using dairy products such as milk or juice, and is capable of directly connecting storage containers such as milk and juice.

The apparatus for producing ice powder is to rotate the ice-making drum while keeping the liquid at a certain level in the water-storage tank to generate ice on the surface of the ice-making drum.

In recent years, according to consumers' preference, ice water is produced by freezing milk or juice instead of making ice water by freezing ice.

However, milk and juice were not easy to wash as compared to water and had a problem that contamination easily occurred.

An object of the present invention is to provide an ice-making device which is simple to use and easy to clean by providing a structure in which a container for storing milk or juice can be directly connected to a water storage tank.

The apparatus for manufacturing ice powder according to the present invention comprises a beverage container 220 in which a liquid for producing ice (milk or juice) is stored, a beverage container 220 having a size corresponding to the stopper of the beverage container 220 A holder 260 formed to seat the beverage container coupled with the stopper valve 240 and a holder 260 fixed to the beverage container 220 at a predetermined water level A water level control pipe 280 coupled to the holder 260 and having a lower end to determine a water level of the water level tank 10; a water level adjusting pipe 280 immersed in the water level tank 10; A crushing blade 20 for crushing ice produced on the surface of the ice making drum 100; a coolant circulation unit 50 (see FIG. 1) for supplying and circulating the coolant to and from the ice making drum 100; .

The ice powder produced in the crushing blade 20 is stored in the lower bingo 30.

The apparatus for manufacturing an ice powder according to the present invention is configured to remove the stopper of the beverage container 220 and insert the stopper valve 240 and then attach the beverage container 220 to the holder 260 by inserting the beverage container 220 into a water storage tank, Thereby preventing contamination of the liquid, which is a raw material of the liquid.

As the ice-making device operates, the liquid stored in the water storage tank becomes ice and consumed. As a result, the liquid inside the beverage container is supplied to the water storage tank 10 so that the water storage tank 10 maintains a constant water level.

It is preferable that the stop valve 240 is kept closed before being coupled to the holder part 260 and is opened when it is coupled to the holder part 260. The stopper valve 240 is inserted into the beverage container 220 and then the beverage container 220 is turned upside down so that the stopper valve 240 faces downward and is coupled to the holder 260. In this process, And to prevent the beverage from leaking to the outside.

The beverage inside the beverage container 220 is supplied to the water storage tank 10 through the water level control pipe 280 when the beverage container 220 coupled with the stop valve 240 is coupled to the holder portion 260.

Air can be introduced into the beverage container 220 through the level control pipe 280 when the water level of the water storage tank 10 is lower than the lower level of the water level control pipe 280, 220 may be supplied to the water storage tank 10 along the water level control pipe 280. However, if the water level of the water storage tank is equal to the lower end surface of the water level control pipe 280, the flow of air is blocked, The liquid inside the container 220 can not be supplied to the water storage tank 10.

When the ice making drum 100 operates in this state and the liquid in the water storage tank 10 is consumed and the water level of the water storage tank 10 becomes lower than the lower end of the water level control pipe 280, (10). In this way, the water surface of the water storage tank 10 always maintains the same height as the lower end surface of the water level control pipe 280 without a separate water level sensor or an electromagnetic valve.

The holder 260 is preferably formed in the upper case 264 as shown in the figure so that the beverage container 220 coupled to the holder 260 is exposed to the outside. This is to make it easy to check the remaining amount of liquid in the beverage container 220. [

3 is an enlarged sectional view showing the structure of a stop valve according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The stopper valve 240 includes a stopper body 242 coupled to the beverage container 220, an actuating piece 246 formed to be able to move up and down on the stopper body, And an elastic member 248 coupled to the stopper 247 to adjust the opening and closing of the stopper valve and to provide elastic force to close the stopper valve.

The stopper body 242 has a guide 243 for fixing the actuating piece 246 so as to ascend and descend in the center of the stopper body 242. A through hole is formed in the periphery of the guide 243, Communication.

The elastic member 248 provides an elastic force in a direction in which the opening and closing piece 247 descends in the drawing. When there is no external force, the opening and closing piece 247 closes the stop valve 240 to prevent the liquid from flowing out.

The protrusion 262 is formed in the holder 260 at a position corresponding to the opening and closing piece 247. When the stopper valve 240 is seated in the holder 260, Valve 240 is opened. A through hole is also formed in the periphery of the projection 262 so that the liquid can communicate with the periphery of the projection 262.

Due to such a structure, the stop valve 240 is formed to be opened when the stopper valve 240 is mounted to the holder 260. Even if the stopper valve 240 is opened, the water level of the water reservoir can not reach the water level control pipe 280, The liquid in the beverage container is supplied to or blocked from the water reservoir, so that the water reservoir can maintain a constant water level.

The apparatus for manufacturing ice powder according to the present invention is capable of directly connecting the beverage container, thereby improving the ease of use and convenience of hygiene management, and the effect of allowing the water tank to maintain a constant water level without a separate sensor or solenoid valve Bring it.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a ice-making drum of an ice-making powder manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of an ice-making drum of an ice-

As shown in the drawing, the ice making drum 100 of the apparatus for producing ice powder according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a drum body 110 having a rotary shaft 112 on one side and a through hole 114 on the other side, A coolant supply shaft 120 which is inserted into the through hole 114 and has a plurality of injection nozzles 122 and which is inserted into the coolant supply shaft 120 and which is bent toward the bottom surface of the drum body 110, A filter 135 disposed at a suction port of the refrigerant recovery pipe 130 for filtering out foreign substances mixed in the recovered refrigerant and a filter 135 surrounding the refrigerant supply shaft 120, And a hollow shaft 140 coupled to the through hole 114 of the drum body 110 and rotated together with the drum body 110 with respect to the refrigerant supply shaft 120.

The drum body 110 has a cylindrical body 110a and both side plates 110b and 110c coupled to both sides of the cylindrical body. The cylinder 110a and the side plates 110b and 110c can be welded together.

A clearance space is formed between the outer circumferential surface of the refrigerant recovery pipe 130 and the inner surface of the refrigerant supply shaft 120. The refrigerant is supplied to the injection nozzle 122 through the clearance space, The end portion of the refrigerant supply shaft 120 which is free from the refrigerant supply shaft 120 is closed.

The inlet pipe 210 is connected to the outer circumferential surface of the refrigerant return pipe 130 and the inner surface of the refrigerant supply shaft 120. The refrigerant is supplied to the inlet pipe 210 through the inlet pipe 210 and the outlet pipe 220, And the outlet pipe 220 is connected to the refrigerant recovery pipe 130. The refrigerant pipe 130 is connected to the outlet pipe 220,

The drum body 110 is connected to the rotary shaft 112 and rotates together with the rotation of the rotary shaft 112. The refrigerant supply shaft 120 is fixedly inserted into the drum body 110 So that only the drum body 110 rotates with respect to the refrigerant supply shaft 120 without rotating the refrigerant supply shaft 120.

The hollow shaft 140 is coupled to the drum body 110 and rotates together with the drum body 110 and rotates around the refrigerant supply shaft 120. The hollow shaft 140 is preferably detachably coupled to the drum body 110.

This structure allows the refrigerant supply shaft 120 to be separated from the drum body 110 by separating the hollow shaft 140.

The filter 135 preferably uses a mesh type filter that filters out particles smaller than the hole diameter of the injection nozzle. For example, when the diameter of the jetting nozzle is 0.3 mm, the size of the particles that can pass through the filter is less than 0.3 mm, so that foreign matter that can clog the jetting nozzle can be caught by the filter.

A cooling o-ring 160, a bearing 170 and an oil seal 170 are provided between the hollow shaft 140 and the refrigerant supply shaft 120 so that the refrigerant flows between the hollow shaft 140 and the refrigerant supply shaft 120 It is preferable to prevent leakage.

The motion O-ring 160 functions to keep the airtightness between the moving parts coupled between the rotating parts.

As the exercise O-ring 160, four O-rings may be arranged in a rectangular shape so that an integrated quadring may be used.

The refrigerant supply shaft 120 has an O-ring groove 124 into which the O-ring for movement 160 can be inserted in a section overlapping with the hollow shaft 140.

The O-ring groove 124 may be formed in the thick portion 120a of the coolant supply shaft 120. [

The bearing 170 is coupled to both sides of the thick portion 120a where the O-ring groove 124 is formed. The bearing 170 serves to reduce the friction so that the hollow shaft 140 can rotate smoothly with respect to the refrigerant supply shaft 120.

In order to smoothly rotate the hollow shaft 140, lubricating oil is applied to the friction parts of the hollow shaft 140 and the refrigerant supply shaft 120. In order to prevent the leakage of the lubricating oil, 180 are provided.

The hollow shaft 140 is coupled to the drum body 110 from the outside of the refrigerant supply shaft 120 and has an inner diameter formed to be constant or formed in a multi-tiered shape. The inner diameter of the hollow shaft 140 increases toward the drum body 110 side It is preferable to form it in a form of.

The hollow shaft 140 is fastened to the through hole 114 of the drum body 110. It is preferable that an O-ring 190 is provided in the fastening portion to prevent the leakage of the refrigerant. The hollow shaft 140 and the through-hole 114 are formed in a shape that allows the O-ring 190 to be seated, which is more effective in preventing refrigerant leakage.

The hollow shaft 140 and the drum body 110 are fixed to each other, and a general O-ring is used instead of an O-ring for motion, and a gasket may be used instead of the O-ring.

Hereinafter, the assembling and disassembling process of the ice-making drum will be described.

In assembling, the refrigerant recovery pipe 130 is coupled to the refrigerant supply shaft 120, the motion O-ring 160 is inserted into the O-ring groove 124 of the refrigerant supply shaft 120, The bearing 170 and the oil seal 180 are fitted to each other and assembled. Then, the refrigerant supply shaft 120 is wrapped around the hollow shaft 140 assembled by the above procedure, and then the inner cap 150 is assembled.

In this state, the coolant supply shaft 120 and the hollow shaft 140 assembly are inserted into the through hole 114 through which the O-ring or gasket is assembled to the coolant supply shaft 120 to prevent the coolant from leaking to the drum body.

When the ice making drum is disassembled, the assembly of the hollow shaft 140 and the refrigerant supply shaft 120 is separated from the drum body 110 in the reverse order, so that the refrigerant supply shaft and the drum body can be disassembled.

As described above, the apparatus for producing ice powder according to the present invention has a filter in the refrigerant recovery pipe, thereby solving the problem of clogging of the injection nozzle by removing the foreign substances to be circulated together with the refrigerant by the filter.

In addition, the assembly and disassembly of the coolant supply shaft and the drum body are simplified, thereby improving the convenience of maintenance.

It is to be understood that the above-described embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and the scope of the present invention will be indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing detailed description. It is intended that all changes and modifications that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims, as well as any equivalents thereof, be within the scope of the present invention.

10: Water tank
20: Grinding blade
30: That bingo
50: refrigerant circulation part
60: beverage container
100: Deicing drum
220: Beverage container
240: Stop valve
260:
280: Level control tube

Claims (6)

A beverage container in which a liquid for producing ice is stored;
A stopper valve having a size corresponding to the stopper of the beverage container and coupled to the beverage container in place of the stopper, opened and closed to regulate the supply of the liquid stored in the beverage container,
A holder portion formed to receive the beverage container to which the stopper valve is coupled, a holder coupled to the stopper valve to open the stopper valve when the beverage container is seated, and to supply liquid through the stopper valve;
A reservoir for storing the liquid of the beverage container;
A water level control pipe coupled to the holder portion to supply the liquid supplied to the holder portion to the water storage tank and to control the liquid supply to the water storage tank according to the level of the liquid stored in the water storage tank;
A ice-making drum rotating in a state immersed in the water tank;
A crushing blade for crushing ice on the surface of the ice-making drum; And
And a refrigerant circulation unit for supplying and circulating the refrigerant to the ice-making drum,
Wherein the stop valve comprises:
A stopper body coupled to the beverage container;
An operating piece provided on the stopper body so as to be able to move up and down;
An opening / closing piece coupled to the operating piece, the opening / closing piece interlocked with the upward / downward movement of the operating piece to adjust opening / closing of the closing valve; And
Wherein the opening / closing piece includes an elastic member that provides an elastic force so as to close the stop valve,
Wherein the holder portion includes a projection protruding to push up the opening and closing piece,
Wherein the opening / closing piece is lifted by the operating piece which is raised by interfering with the projection when the cap valve is engaged with the holder portion to open the cap valve,
When the level of the liquid stored in the water storage tank is lower than the lower end of the water level control pipe through which the liquid is discharged, air is introduced into the beverage container through the water level control pipe, And when the level of the liquid stored in the water storage tank reaches the lower end of the water level control pipe, the supply of the liquid to the water storage tank is stopped as air can not flow into the beverage container through the water level control pipe Characterized in that the ice powder production apparatus comprises:
delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
The holder
The ice making device according to claim 1,
Wherein the beverage container is exposed to the outside in a state where the beverage container is coupled to the holder portion.
The method according to claim 1,
The ice-
A drum body having a rotary shaft connected to one side and a through hole on the other side;
A coolant supply shaft inserted into the through hole and having a plurality of injection nozzles;
A refrigerant recovery pipe inserted into the refrigerant supply shaft and bent in a direction toward a bottom surface of the drum body;
A filter provided at a suction port of the refrigerant recovery pipe to filter foreign substances mixed in the recovered refrigerant; And
And a hollow shaft surrounding the coolant supply shaft and coupled to the through hole of the drum body and rotating with the coolant supply shaft together with the drum body.

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