KR20040087057A - Rotational apparatus of water tray for ice making machine and operation controlling method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus for rotating an ice-making container of an ice-making machine, and a method for controlling operation thereof are provided to rotate an ice-making container while stably supporting the ice-making container. CONSTITUTION: A support holder(80) supports a hook(85) engaged with an ice-making container in a direction of preventing downward rotation facing an ice drop position. A solenoid(90) moves the support holder to an engagement position of the hook and the ice-making container, and an engagement release position. A rotary motor(61) rotates the ice-making container up and down. A control unit(100) rotates the rotary motor upward and operates the solenoid to move the support holder to the engagement release position, and thereafter rotates the rotary motor downward.

Description

ROTATIONAL APPARATUS OF WATER TRAY FOR ICE MAKING MACHINE AND OPERATION CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to an ice maker, and more particularly, to an apparatus for rotating an ice maker to separate ice finished ice and an operation control method thereof.

As shown in the internal perspective view of FIG. 1, the ice maker includes an ice maker unit 120 and a cooling system 160 arranged up and down about the ice reservoir 150. The ice making unit 120 includes an ice making container 130 in which ice making water is stored, an ice making member 121 which freezes the ice making water in the ice making container 130 by being kept at a temperature below the freezing point by the cooling system 160, and ice making. It is provided with a rotating device 101 for rotating the ice making container 130 downward to drop the ice frozen in the member 121 to the ice reservoir 150.

The ice making machine rotating device 101 installed in the conventional ice making machine, as can be seen in more detail in FIG. 2, the rotation base 140 and the rotating base 140 to swivel support the ice making container 130, It is provided with a rotating motor 110 to rotate up and down integrally with the ice making container (130). A plurality of elastic springs 170 and guide rods 171 accommodated in each elastic spring 170 are interposed between the rotation base 140 and the ice making container 130. The ice making container 130 can swing up and down with respect to the rotation base 140 by the elastic force of the elastic spring 170. At this time, each rod 171 moves the ice making container 130 with respect to the rotation base 140. Combination prevents the deviation and guides the fluctuation.

On the other hand, at one side longitudinal edge of the rotation base 140, a rotation shaft 141 protruding toward the side is formed. The rotating shaft 141 of the rotating base 140 is coupled to the rotating motor 110 fixed inside the main body of the ice maker. The rotation motor 110 is driven by a controller (not shown) to rotate the rotation base 140 integrally with the ice making container 130. That is, when ice is completed in the ice making container 130 by the ice making member 121, the controller drives the rotating motor 110 to rotate the ice making container 130 downward. Then, the ice frozen in the ice making container 130 remains frozen with the ice making member. After that, when the cooling member is formed at a high temperature, the ice frozen therein is separated and falls into the ice storage 105.

By the way, in the ice-making container rotation apparatus 101 of this conventional ice-maker, the support structure of the rotation base 140 and the ice-making container 130 has a very weak problem. That is, since the rotation base 140 and the ice making container 130 have a structure that is coupled to the rotating motor 110 only via the rotation shaft 141, the weight of the ice making container 130 and the rotating base 140. As well as the sum of the ice-making water to be filled in the ice-making container 130 is concentrated on the rotating shaft 141, by this, the shaking of the ice-making container 130 arranged in a horizontal position where the ice-making water is supplied, In particular, it can be easily broken by an impact from the outside.

In the conventional ice-making container rotating device 101, the ice-making container 130 is swinging with respect to the rotation base 140, but only one side of the rotation base 140 is rotatably supported, The shaking of the ice making container 130 may not be uniformly guided, and thus, there is a problem in that it is impossible to provide ice of good quality, such as partial clouding of the iced ice.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a rotating apparatus and an operation control method thereof which can rotate while supporting an ice making container stably in view of these problems in the related art.

Another object of the present invention, the simple and compact configuration of the ice making machine can be rotated to the ice drop position after the completion of the ice while holding the ice making container stable in the ice making water supply position, the noise of the ice making machine does not occur during the rotation of the ice container It is to provide an ice making machine rotating device and its operation control method.

1 is an internal perspective view of an ice maker equipped with a conventional ice machine rotating device;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a conventional ice making machine rotating device,

3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of an ice making machine having an ice making machine rotating device according to the present invention;

4 is a perspective view of the main portion of Figure 1, a perspective view of the ice making unit is installed, the present ice container rotating device,

5 to 7 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of Figure 4, showing the operating state of the ice making container according to the present invention, and

8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation control method of the ice making machine rotating device according to the present invention.

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

11; ice bath 21; bracket

37; evaporator 53; ice making member

54; De-icing protrusion 61; Rotating motor

71; swinging assembly 72;

73; pivot base 74; pivot

75; elastic spring 76; latching part

77; guide rod 78; rocking cam

79; Oscillating shaft 79 '; Rotary motor

80; support holder 81; hinge shaft

82; holder body 83; operating part

84; hook 85; hook

86; engaging portion 90; solenoid

An object of the present invention is to provide an ice making container rotating device of an ice maker including an ice making container capable of rotating up and down between an ice making water supply position and an ice drop position, wherein A support holder having a hook engaged with the ice making container; A solenoid for moving the support holder to a bite position and a bite release position of the hook and the ice making container; Rotating motor for rotating the ice making container up and down; And a control unit which rotates the rotating motor a predetermined upward direction when the downward rotation command to the ice drop position, moves the support holder to the bite release position of the hook by operating the solenoid, and then rotates the rotating motor downward. It is achieved by the ice making machine rotating device of the ice maker including a.

Here, the ice maker is accommodated between the ice reservoir having an upward opening toward the ice maker and a support bracket fixed to the opening surface of the ice reservoir; It is preferable that the rotating shaft rotatably coupled to the support bracket and the bite jaw coupled to the hook of the support holder are configured to be rotatably coupled to the pivot bases formed on opposite sides of the longitudinal direction, respectively.

At this time, the support holder, the holder body having a hinge axis rotatably coupled to the support bracket; An operation part protruding upward from the holder body and coupled to the solenoid; And a bite portion branched downward from both end portions of the holder body and formed at each end of the hook portion engaging with a lower portion of the bite jaw.

On the other hand, the object of the present invention is an operation control method of a device for rotating an ice-making container which is engaged in a direction which blocks a downward rotation from an ice-making water supply position of the ice maker to an ice drop position, the method comprising: applying a downward rotation command; Rotating the ice making container upwardly at the ice making water supply position; Releasing the bite coupling of the ice tray; And rotating the ice making container downward to the ice dropping position. It can be achieved by an operation control method of the ice making machine rotating device of the ice making machine configured to include.

Here, the bleed coupling and bleed coupling, a bleeding jaw protruding in a horizontal direction on the rotating base coupled to the ice-making container and integrally rotatable; And a support holder having a hook engaged with a lower portion of the chuck. And a solenoid for operating the support holder to move the hook to a bite position and a bite release position with respect to the bite jaw.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of an ice making machine having an ice making machine rotating device according to the present invention. The ice maker 1 provided with this ice container rotating apparatus 10 is equipped with the ice-making body 3 and the ice-making-water supply apparatus which supplies ice-making water to this ice-making body 3 as shown in this figure. do. The ice making water supply device includes an ice making water supply pipe 7 extending through the case 5 of the ice making body 3 and extending to the ice making container 11. The end of the ice-making water supply pipe 7 can be connected to a domestic or commercial water pipe, or a separate ice-making tank through a feed water pump.

The ice making body 3 includes a case 5 having a rectangular cylindrical shape, and a cooling system 31 and an ice making unit are installed above and below the ice storage 15. An ice outlet 6 is formed on the front face of the case 5, and a lever 16 capable of taking out the ice in the ice reservoir 15 is provided on the front face of the ice outlet 6.

The ice reservoir 15 has an ice inlet opening 17 that is upwardly open, and has an ice outlet 18 that is forwardly opened in the lower portion and a drain port 19 formed on the bottom surface. The bracket 21 supporting the ice making unit is fixed to the opening surface of the ice inlet 17. The ice produced by the ice maker 51 falls through the ice inlet 17 and is stored in the ice reservoir 15. The ice reservoir 15 is also provided with a rotating screw 22 and an ice stirrer 23 which interlock with the lever and discharge the ice.

The cooling system 31 includes a compressor 33, a condenser 35, and an evaporation tube 37, similar to a general refrigeration system, and circulates a refrigerant in one direction. A general description thereof will be omitted, and the evaporation tube 37 is coupled to the ice making member 53 of the ice making unit. The low temperature refrigerant flowing through the evaporation tube 37 serves to maintain the ice making member 53 at a temperature below the freezing point.

On the other hand, the ice making unit 51, as can be seen in more detail in Figures 4 to 7, the ice making container 11, the ice making member 53 disposed above the ice making container 11 filled with ice making, and And a rotating device 10 which rotates the ice making container 11 up and down to an ice making water supply position and an ice dropping position. Further, a swing assembly (71) for swinging the ice making container (11), a bypass pipe (not shown) for bypassing the high temperature refrigerant to the ice making member (53) when the ice making is completed, and an on / off valve (not shown) are further included. Include.

The ice making member 53 includes a plurality of ice making protrusions 54 protruding downward, as described with reference to FIG. 1. Then, the evaporation tube 37 of the cooling system 31 is coupled in a zigzag shape. The low temperature refrigerant passing through the evaporation tube 37 keeps the ice making member 53 and the ice making protrusions 54 below the freezing point. The ice making protrusion 54 is immersed in the ice making water filled in the ice making container 11, and gradually grows with ice frozen on the outer surface as time passes.

On the other hand, the ice making machine rotating device 10 is coupled to the ice making container 11, the rotating base (73), which rotates the rotating base (73) and the rotating base (73) which can rotate the ice making water supply position and the ice dropping position up and down (61). , The support holder 80 which is movable between the engagement base and the release position of the rotation base 73 at the ice-making water supply position, the solenoid 90 for moving the support holder 80 and the rotation motor 61 and the solenoid ( 90 includes a control unit 100 for controlling the operation.

The rotation base 73 supports the ice making container 11 at an upper portion thereof and is integrally rotatable by the guide rod 77 of the swinging assembly 71 interposed therebetween. On one side of the rotating base 73, the rotating shaft 74 protruding outward is formed. The rotating shaft 74 is coupled to the rotating motor 61 fixed to the ice making body 3 to rotate the rotating base 73 up and down during its operation. The front surface of the rotation base 73 is formed with a pair of bite jaw 72 to maintain a constant interval. These pairs of jaws 72 each have a downward locking portion 76.

The support holder 80 is rotatably coupled to the bracket 21 fixed to the upper portion of the ice reservoir 15 in front of the rotation base 73. The support holder 80 has a holder main body 82 having a hinge shaft 81 rotatably coupled to the bracket 21, an operation portion projecting upward from the holder main body 82 and coupled to the solenoid 90 ( 83, and a pair of bites 84 branched downward from the holder body 82 toward each bite 72 of the pivot base 73. The operation part 83 is coupled to a drive shaft (not shown) of the solenoid 90 fixed to the upper surface of the bracket 21.

In addition, a hook 85 is formed at a distal end of each engagement portion 84 and engaged with each engagement jaw 72 of the pivot base 73. The hook 85 has an upward locking portion 86 that engages with the downward locking portion 76 of the engagement jaw 72. The hook 85 of the gripping portion 84 is, when the holder main body 82 rotates the hinge shaft 81 by the shaft by the solenoid 90, and the position that is engaged with the corresponding gripping jaw 72 It is to rotate between positions that are disengaged.

On the other hand, the swinging assembly 71 is installed in the plurality of elastic springs 75 and the brackets 21 interposed between the rotation base 73 and the ice making container 11 to pressurize the ice making container 11 downward periodically. The swing shaft 79 and the eccentric rocking cam 78 coupled thereto, and the rotary motor 79 'for rotating the swing shaft 79. The plurality of elastic springs 75 serve to elastically support the ice making container 11. In these elastic springs 75, guide rods 77 in the standing direction are accommodated, respectively, to guide the vertical swing of the ice-making container 11. As a result, when the rotary motor 79 'rotates the oscillation shaft 79, the eccentric oscillation cam 78, which rotates integrally with the rotation motor 79, presses the ice making vessel 11 downward and oscillates up and down.

Hereinafter, the operation control method of the present ice-making container rotation apparatus which has such a structure is demonstrated with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The rotating motor 61 and the solenoid 90 maintain the standby state until the ice making in the ice making container 11 is completed (P1). At this time, the hook 85 of the support holder 80 and the biting jaw 72 of the pivot base 73 are in a state of being engaged with each other, whereby the ice making container 11 can be seen in FIG. It is arranged in the horizontal position where ice-making water is supplied. Thereafter, when ice making is completed and a rotation command is applied (P2), the control unit 100 rotates the rotation motor 61 upward to rotate the ice making container 11 upward (P3) (see arrow in FIG. 5). Then, the rotation base 73 rotates upwardly integrally with the ice making container 11, whereby the engagement of the hooking jaw 72 of the rotation base 73 and the hook 85 of the support holder 80 is released. .

At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, the control unit operates the solenoid 90 to move the support holder 80 to the engagement engagement release position (P4). Then, by rotating the rotating motor 61 downward as shown in Figure 7, the ice making container 11 is rotated downward (P5). At this time, the ice ice in the ice making container 11 is separated from the ice making container 11 in a state where the ice is frozen in the ice making member 53. The operation of the rotating motor 61 is stopped when the ice making container 11 is disposed at the rotating position, that is, the ice dropping position (P6 P7).

On the other hand, at the same time as or before the operation of the rotary motor 61, the high temperature refrigerant discharged from the compressor 33 is bypassed and supplied to the ice making member 53. Then, the ice making member 53 is formed at a high temperature so that the ice frozen therein falls into the ice reservoir 15. Thereby, all the ice frozen in the ice-making member 53 is removed (P9). After the predetermined time has elapsed, the rotating motor 61 is rotated upward to rotate the ice making container 11 up to the ice making water supply position (P10). When the ice making container 11 is disposed at the ice making water supply position (P11), after the rotation motor 61 stops driving, the solenoid 90 is operated to hook the 85 of the support holder 80 and the rotation base. The grip jaw 72 of 73 is to be coupled (P12). Then, the operation according to the above-described sequence of ice-making by supplying ice-making water in the ice-making container 11 can be performed again.

As described above, according to the present invention, the weight of the ice making container and the rotation base as well as the sum of the ice making water filled in the ice making container can be prevented from being concentrated on the rotation shaft, and the ice making container disposed at the ice making water supply position There is provided an ice making machine rotating device for ice makers and an operation control method thereof, in which the shaking of the ice maker can be prevented, and in particular, the fear of being damaged by an impact or the like is greatly reduced.

In addition, the ice container rotating device and the operation control method of the ice maker can reduce the wear and noise caused by friction generated when the hook of the rotating base and the hook of the holder body is released, thereby overloading the solenoid It is possible to prevent the miniaturization of the solenoid.

Claims (5)

An ice making machine rotating device of an ice making machine comprising an ice making container capable of rotating up and down between an ice making water supply position and an ice drop position. A support holder having a hook that engages with the ice making container in a direction to prevent downward rotation from the ice making water supply position to the ice drop position; A solenoid for moving the support holder to a bite position and a bite release position of the hook and the ice making container; Rotating motor for rotating the ice making container up and down; And When the downward rotation command to the ice drop position, the control unit for rotating the rotation motor to a predetermined upward and then operating the solenoid to move the support holder to the bite release position of the hook, and then rotate the rotation motor downward; Ice maker rotating device of the ice maker including. The method of claim 1, wherein the ice making container, An ice reservoir having an upward opening toward the ice making container and a support bracket fixed to an opening surface of the ice reservoir; A rotating shaft rotatably coupled to the support bracket and a gripping jaw coupled to the hook of the support holder are rotatably coupled to the pivot bases formed on opposite sides of the longitudinal direction, respectively. Ice making machine rotation device. The method of claim 2, wherein the support holder, A holder body having a hinge axis rotatably coupled to the support bracket; An operation part protruding upward from the holder body and coupled to the solenoid; And And a biting part having a hook which is branched downward from both ends of the holder body and engaged with a lower portion of the biting jaw at each end thereof. In the operation control method of the rotation apparatus of the ice-making container which is bit-coupled in the direction which blocks the downward rotation from the ice-making water supply position of an ice-maker to the ice-falling position, Authorizing a downward rotation command; Rotating the ice making container upwardly at the ice making water supply position; Releasing the bite coupling of the ice tray; And And rotating the ice making container downward to the ice dropping position. The method of claim 4, wherein the bleed and bleed release, A bite jaw protruding in the horizontal direction to the rotation base which is rotatably coupled to the ice making container; A support holder having a hook engaged with a lower portion of the bleeding jaw; And And a solenoid for operating the support holder to move the hook to a bite position and a bite release position with respect to the bite jaw.