KR200489479Y1 - Ice cutter blade assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a blade height adjusting device for an ice machine coupled upwardly inclined to one side of the ice water outlet of the bottom plate, and more specifically, a blade provided upwardly inclined to the bottom plate of the ice machine, in particular the bottom plate of the ice container detachable to the ice machine. Equipped with a height adjusting member for adjusting the height of the blade in contact with the lower end of the blade in the horizontal direction, by raising and lowering the blade in an oblique direction through the forward and backward of the height adjusting member to adjust the height of the blade for easy storage of ice containers. And a blade height adjusting device for an ice machine.

Description

Blade height adjusting device for ice machines {ICE CUTTER BLADE ASSEMBLY}

The present invention relates to a blade height adjusting device for an ice machine coupled upwardly inclined to one side of the ice water outlet of the bottom plate, and more specifically, a blade provided upwardly inclined to the bottom plate of the ice machine, in particular the bottom plate of the ice container detachable to the ice machine. Equipped with a height adjusting member for adjusting the height of the blade in contact with the lower end of the blade in the horizontal direction, by raising and lowering the blade in an oblique direction through the forward and backward of the height adjusting member to adjust the height of the blade for easy storage of ice containers. And a blade height adjusting device for an ice machine.

In general, an ice machine for producing ice water includes an accommodating part in which a bowl is accommodated in a lower part of the main body, an arranging part in which ice is placed, an iced water outlet and a blade provided in the bottom plate of the arranging part, and a lower part from the upper part of the accommodating part. And a rotating plate provided to be rotatable, and the rotating plate is lowered to fix the ice in the settled portion and rotated so that the ice is discharged to the ice water outlet while being ground by the blade and contained in the bowl.

Such ice grinders require a change in the height of the blades provided at the ice water outlet according to the condition of the ice, the size of the ice water crystals, and the degree of wear of the blades.

In this regard, Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0095299, Utility Model Registration No. 20-0232324, using an adjustment screw coupled to the lower part of the bottom plate in the vertical direction to change the angle of the blade in the form of seesaw motion to protrude the height of the blade Techniques for controlling are disclosed.

However, this method has a limitation that the height of the blade itself can not be adjusted sufficiently because the angle of the blade itself is adjusted when adjusting the height of the blade, and because the adjustment screw protrudes in the vertical direction to the bottom of the bottom plate, the bowl containing the ice water Interfere with the storage of the use is inconvenient.

As another prior art, the Utility Model No. 20-2015-0001173 is coupled to the adjustment screw in the longitudinal direction of the blade provided inclined upwardly when tightening or loosening the adjustment screw is lowered in the diagonal direction to adjust the height of the blade is adjusted Techniques are disclosed.

However, this method also has a problem in that the storage of the bowl is inconvenient because the support member coupled to the adjustment screw and the adjustment screw is projected diagonally toward the bottom of the bottom plate.

Particularly, as registered by the applicant of the present invention, the registered patent Nos. 10-1511270 and 10-1560784, the blade is provided on the bottom plate of the removable ice container detachable from the body, not the bottom plate of the body. If there is, when applying the blade height adjustment structure as described above there is a problem that can not be stored standing on the floor ice container separated from the main body by the blade structure protruding downward.

The present invention has been devised to solve the problems as described above, and easy and convenient to adjust the height of the blade while minimizing the protrusion of the blade to the bottom of the bottom plate to facilitate the storage of the bowl, especially the blade body When the detachable ice container is provided on the bottom plate of the detachable ice container, the height adjusting member provided so that the front end is in contact with the lower end of the blade so that the ice container can be kept upright is coupled to the bottom of the bottom plate in a horizontal direction. The object of the present invention is to provide a blade height adjusting device for an ice machine in which the blade is raised and lowered in an oblique direction in accordance with the front and rear position adjustment of the height adjusting member.

In addition, the present invention is a pressure inclined surface that is formed while being inclined in the direction orthogonal to the blade at the front end portion of the height adjustment member so that the height of the blade is fixed and support is made stable and the blade is easy to adjust the height of the blade Comprising a, it aims to provide a blade height adjusting device for an ice machine.

Furthermore, the present invention is made of a height adjusting member, and to facilitate the operation of the height adjusting member, the height adjusting member is composed of a screw rod, a lever and a pressure block, the forward and backward of the height adjusting member made of a screw coupling structure, for ice-ice machine It is an object to provide a blade height adjustment device.

In addition, the present invention includes a support member having a guide hole and a screw hole formed in the horizontal direction so that the forward and backward and blade support of the pressure block is made safely while facilitating the assembly of the height adjustment member on the bottom plate, and the pressure block It is an object of the present invention to provide a blade height adjusting device for an ice machine, in which a guide part inserted into the guide hole is extended backward.

In order to achieve the above object, the blade height adjusting device for an ice machine according to the present invention,

In the blade height adjustment device coupled to the ice skating outlet of the bottom plate inclined upwardly,

It is coupled to the bottom surface of the bottom plate to be moved forward and backward in a horizontal direction, and comprises a height adjustment member provided with a front end portion in contact with the lower end of the blade,

The blade is moved up and down in an oblique direction according to the front and rear position adjustment of the height adjustment member is characterized in that the height of the blade is adjusted.

And in the blade height adjustment device for an ice machine according to the present invention,

The height adjusting member is characterized in that it comprises a pressing inclined surface formed to be inclined so that the lower end of the blade is interviewed in the front end portion.

In addition, in the blade height adjustment device for an ice machine according to the present invention,

The bottom plate includes a screw hole formed in the horizontal direction on the bottom surface of the bottom plate,

The height adjusting member is composed of a screw rod screwed to the screw hole, a lever coupled to the rear end of the screw rod, and a pressure block coupled to the front end of the screw rod and provided with the pressure inclined surface. .

Furthermore, the blade height adjusting device for an ice machine according to the present invention,

A guide hole coupled to a bottom surface of the bottom plate and penetrated in a horizontal direction, and a support member having the screw hole at a lower portion of the guide hole;

The pressure block is characterized in that it comprises a guide portion extending into the rear of the pressure inclined surface is inserted into the guide hole.

Blade height adjustment device for an ice machine according to the present invention,

The height adjustment member for adjusting the height of the blade is provided on the bottom of the bottom plate in the horizontal direction, which is convenient because it does not affect the storage of the bowl in a general ice machine, and in particular, the bottom plate of the detachable ice container detachable from the main body. Even if the blade is provided in the height adjustment member to minimize the protrusion of the lower portion can be easily stored upright ice container,

Through the pressure inclined surface of the inclined structure that the lower end of the blade is supported by the surface contact, the height of the blade is precisely adjusted, as well as the support of the blade is made stable,

Through the height adjustment member consisting of a screw rod and a lever and a pressure block and a support member to which the screw rod is screwed, the production and assembly of the blade height adjusting device for an ice machine is very convenient,

Through the slading guide structure between the pressure block and the support member, the pressure block is smoothly moved forward and backward, and the assembly of the pressure block is not deformed against the pressure applied to the blade. There is an effect that can be prevented from being crushed.

1 is an external perspective view of an ice container having a blade height adjusting device for an ice machine according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the blade height adjustment device for an ice machine according to the present invention.
Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the blade height adjusting device for another ice machine according to the present invention.

The present invention may be modified in various ways and may have various forms. Therefore, embodiments (or embodiments) will be described in detail in the text. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to the specific form disclosed, it should be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In each of the drawings, the same reference numerals, in particular, the tens and ones digits, or the same digits, tens, ones, and alphabets refer to members having the same or similar functions, and unless otherwise specified, each member in the figures The member referred to by the reference numeral may be regarded as a member conforming to these criteria.

In addition, in each drawing, the components are exaggerated in size or thickness (or thick) in small (or thin) or simplified in consideration of the convenience of understanding, but the protection scope of the present invention is limitedly interpreted by this. It should not be.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments (suns and aspects) (or embodiments) only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

 In this application, the terms “comprises” or “consists” are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, but one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

In the present specification, the first to the second and the second will only refer to different components, and are not limited to the order in which they are manufactured. May not match.

In describing the blade height adjusting device for an ice machine according to the present invention, if a non-strict approximate direction reference is specified with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 for convenience, the direction in which gravity acts downward is as shown in the up, down, left, and right directions. In the description and claims of the invention in conjunction with the other drawings, unless otherwise specified, the direction is specified in accordance with this standard.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings the blade height adjusting device for an ice machine according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a blade height adjusting device for an ice machine coupled to the inclined upward side of the ice water outlet of the bottom plate, as shown in Figures 1 to 3, the bottom plate 10, the blade 20, the height adjusting member 30, the support member 40 is made.

The bottom plate 10 is ice is placed on the upper surface, is provided with an ice water outlet 11 formed through the top and bottom, the blade 20 for crushing the ice 20 on one side of the ice water outlet 11 is the ice water outlet ( 11) is coupled in an inclined upward direction toward the upper opening.

Although not shown in the drawings, such a bottom plate 10 may be configured as a part of a body forming an ice settled portion of a general ice machine, and in this specification, based on the registered patent of the applicant of the present invention, ice formed as a side wall portion The bottom plate 10 of the ice container B having the settlement part BS is demonstrated.

Specifically, the bottom surface of the bottom plate 10 has mounting portions 12 protruding downward on both sides of the ice water outlet 11, and on the inner side of the mounting portion 12 obliquely toward the upper opening of the ice water outlet 11. A guide groove 12a formed in the direction is provided, and the blade 20 is slidably coupled to the guide groove 12a.

In addition, the bottom surface of the bottom plate 10 is provided with a locking jaw 13 protruding downward from the rear end of the ice water outlet 11, the locking jaw 13 is pressurized by the pressure block 33 which the rear surface will be described later It protrudes so as to have an inclination corresponding to the inclined surface 33a.

The locking jaw 13 is to stop the advancement of the height adjustment member 30 in contact with the locking jaw (33a) the pressing inclined surface (33a) of the pressure block 33 during the forward movement of the height adjustment member (30), It functions to limit the forward distance of the pressure block (33).

In addition, the bottom plate 10 comprises a screw hole 41 formed in the horizontal direction on the bottom surface of the bottom plate 10, the screw rod 31 of the height adjustment member 30 to the screw hole 41 The screw is coupled to the front and rear of the height adjustment member 30 in accordance with the bidirectional rotation of the lever (32).

The screw hole 41 may be provided integrally with the structure protruding from the bottom of the bottom plate 10, the assembly of the height adjustment member 30 and the stable forward and backward guide and horizontal support of the pressure block 33 It is more preferred that the support member 40 is bolted to the bottom of the bottom plate 10 for a detailed description thereof will be described later.

Subsequently, the blade 20 is inclined upwardly at one side (rear end) of the ice water outlet 11 to crush the ice of the settled part BS, and both side surfaces of the blade 20 are provided at the guide grooves 12a. The wing portion 21 to be coupled to the sliding protrusion is formed, the movement of the blade 20 to be moved up and down in the diagonal direction on the ice water outlet 11 is guided.

The blade 20 has a grip portion 22 protrudes on the lower surface to hold the grip portion 22 separately from the height adjusting member 30 to enable the blade 20 to move up and down.

Next, as one of the core of the present invention, the height adjusting member 30 is coupled to the bottom surface of the bottom plate 10 to be moved forward and backward in a horizontal direction, so that the front end is in contact with the lower end of the blade 20. Equipped,

In accordance with the front and rear position adjustment of the height adjustment member 30 is characterized in that the blade 20 is raised and lowered in an oblique direction to adjust the height of the blade 20.

More specifically, the height adjustment member 30, the screw rod 31 is screwed into the screw hole 41 of the support member 40, and the lever 32 coupled to the rear end of the screw rod 31 And a pressure block 33 coupled to the front end of the screw rod 31 and lifting and lowering the blade 20 in contact with the lower end of the blade 20.

The screw rod 31 includes a screw thread formed on an outer circumferential surface and a non-threaded portion 31a which is recessed while a portion of the screw thread is cut at the front end of the screw thread, and the head portion of the screw rod 31 has no screw thread. The 31b is protruded so that it may have a diameter larger than the non-screw part 31a.

The threaded rod 31 is machined on the outer circumferential surface of a member having no thread, and then a part of the front end portion of the thread is further cut to fix the locking structure of the non-threaded portion 31a and the head 31b. It is easier to produce.

The lever 32 is gripped by the user for the rotation of the screw rod 31, is screwed and fixed to the rear end of the screw rod 31, a separate bolt penetrates the lever 32 Fixing of the lever 32 can be made through the bolting coupling is coupled to the four poles (31).

The pressing block 33 supports the lower end of the blade 20 and presses the blade 20 upward in an oblique direction in accordance with the forward and backward movement of the screw rod 31, or pressurizes the blade 20. To release the blade 20 to be lowered in the oblique direction,

Since the blade 20 is provided to be inclined, it is sufficient if the tip portion of the pressing block 33 is in contact with the lower end of the blade 20, and there is no limitation on the overall shape or structure of the pressing block 33.

When the ice is crushed, the blade 20 is subjected to pressure in a downward oblique direction,

The present invention is supported by the height adjusting member 30, more precisely the pressure block 33, the pressure is applied to the blade 20 on the sliding mounting structure of the blade 20 to move the blade 20 during grinding Bar to prevent

The height adjusting member 30 has a front end, that is, the front end of the pressing block 33 so that the lifting and lowering of the blade 20 and the support of the blade 20 are made using the pressure block 33. It comprises a pressure inclined surface (33a) is formed to be inclined to the lower end of the interview.

Therefore, when holding the lever 32 and tightening the height adjusting member 30, the pressure inclined surface 33a moves horizontally while the pressure block 33 is advanced, so that the blade 20 is guided by the inclined structure of the pressure inclined surface 33a. Along 12a rises in the upward oblique direction,

On the contrary, when the lever 32 is released and the height adjusting member 30 is released, the pressing block 33 moves backward and the pressing inclined surface 33a is horizontally moved to release the support of the blade 20 on the pressing inclined surface 33a, thereby cutting the blade 20. ) Is lowered in the oblique direction along the guide groove 12a,

At this time, the user can easily adjust the height of the blade 20 by using the grip portion 22 of the blade 20 together with the height adjusting member 30, in particular, the blade 20 when the reverse of the pressure block 33 is loaded If it does not fall naturally by using the holding portion 22 can be forced to lower the blade 20.

In addition, the pressure inclined surface 33a may be formed to have an inclination orthogonal to the blade 20 so that the support force of the pressure block 33 against the blade 20 may be improved.

In addition, in order to prevent the support block on the blade 20 from weakening due to the pressure applied to the pressure inclined surface 33a, the pressure block 33 may be weakened. It extends to the rear of the 33a) includes a guide portion (33A) is inserted into the guide hole 42 of the support member (40).

The guide portion 33A is inserted into the guide hole 42 to guide the forward and backward movement of the pressure block 33, as well as the top surface of the guide portion 33A in the horizontal direction on the bottom surface of the bottom plate 10. By contacting the guide portion 33A in the horizontal state against the pressure applied by the blade 20, it is possible to prevent the horizontal state of the pressure block 33 is distorted.

Furthermore, the pressing block 33 is inserted into the rear portion, the insertion portion 33b into which the non-screw portion 31a is inserted, and the insertion so that the coupling between the screw rod 31 and the pressing block 33 is firmly maintained. A locking portion 33c communicating with the front of the portion 33b and into which the head portion 31b is inserted is drilled.

In particular, the insertion part 33b and the locking part 33c are formed so that the lower surface of the pressure block 33 is opened, and the screw rod 31 is inserted into the insertion part 33b and the locking part 33c of the pressure block 33. The non-screw part 31a and the head part 31b of the can be easily assembled and assembled,

The screw rod 31 and the pressure block 33 coupled in this way can prevent the pressure block 33 from being separated from the screw rod 31 due to the head portion 31b coupled to the locking portion 33c. have.

In addition, when the height adjusting member 30 is combined in such a horizontal structure, the height of the original blade 20 can be secured, as well as the height of the height adjusting member 30 protruding to the bottom of the sea plate 10 (length ) Can be minimized, and in particular, if the present invention is applied to a removable ice container (B) of an ice machine, the ice container (B) can be easily stored and used on the bottom of a sink or workbench.

Subsequently, as one of the other cores of the present invention, the support member 40 is coupled to the bottom surface of the bottom plate 10, the guide hole 42 formed in the horizontal direction and the guide hole 42 It comprises a support member 40 having the screw hole 41 at the bottom.

The guide hole 42 has a shape corresponding to the guide part 33A, and the guide part 33A is inserted into the guide hole 42 to guide the forward and backward movement of the height adjusting member 30, in particular, the guide hole ( The upper surface of the 42 is formed to be opened so that the upper surface of the guide portion 33A inserted into the guide hole 42 is interviewed with the bottom surface of the bottom plate 10 so that the pressing block 33 is maintained in a horizontal state.

The screw hole 41 is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the screw thread to the screw thread of the screw rod 31 is screwed, the screw rod along the longitudinal direction of the screw hole 41 through the bidirectional rotation of the lever 32 ( 31) is made.

In addition, the support member 40 includes a receiving groove 43 in which a part of the front surface of the screw hole 41 is recessed to the rear, and a part of the body of the pressing block 33 is inserted.

The receiving groove 43 prevents the inserted pressure block 33 from flowing from side to side, and guides the forward and backward movement of the pressure block 33 together with the guide hole 42 into which the guide portion 33A is inserted. Will assist.

Reference numeral 44 is a bolt fitting hole for bolting the support member 40 to the bottom surface of the bottom plate (10).

The present invention of this configuration is detachable to the bottom surface of the height adjustment member 30 and the bottom plate 10 assembled in a three-piece structure of the screw rod 31, the lever 32, the pressure block (33). Through the support member 40 coupled to make it easy, not only the height adjustment member 30 and the blade 20 can be easily installed, but also need to be disassembled and dismantled when the blade height adjustment device is required due to the wear of the blade 20. Assembly can be done easily.

In the above description of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings has been described mainly with respect to the blade height adjusting device for the ice machine having a specific shape and structure, the present invention is capable of various modifications, changes and substitutions by those skilled in the art, such modifications, changes And substitution should be construed as falling within the protection scope of the present invention.

B: Ice Container BS: Ice Settlement
10: bottom plate 11: ice water outlet
12: mounting portion 12a: guide groove
13: jam jaw
20: blade 21: wing
22: holding part
30: height adjustment member 31: screw rod
31a: non-threading portion 31b: head portion
32: lever 33: pressure block
33A: guide portion 33a: pressurized slope
33b: insertion part 33c: locking part
40: support member 41: screw hole
42: guide hole 43: receiving groove

Claims (4)

In the blade height adjustment device for the ice machine for raising and lowering the blade 20 coupled inclined upward to one side of the ice water outlet 11 of the bottom plate 10 in an oblique direction,
A support member 40 coupled to the bottom of the bottom plate 10 and having a guide hole 42 penetrating in a horizontal direction and a screw hole 41 formed in a horizontal direction at a lower portion of the guide hole 42. ,
A screw rod 31 screwed to the screw hole 41 and a lever 32 coupled to a rear end of the screw rod 31 so as to advance back and forth in the horizontal direction from the bottom of the bottom plate 10; The pressure inclined surface 33a is coupled to the front end of the screw rod 31 and has a pressure inclined surface 33a formed to be inclined in a direction orthogonal to the blade 20 so that the lower end of the annoying blade 20 is interviewed at the front end. Including a height adjusting member 30 made of a pressing block 33 having a guide portion 33A is extended to the rear of the guide portion inserted into the guide hole 42,

As the pressure block 33 moves forward, the pressure inclined surface 33a is moved horizontally forward, and the blade 20 is raised in an upward oblique direction by the inclined structure of the pressure inclined surface 33a.
As the pressure block 33 moves backward, the pressure inclined surface 33a horizontally moves backwards, so that the support of the blade 20 on the pressure inclined surface 33a is released, and the blade 20 descends in a downward diagonal direction.
The blade height adjustment device for an ice machine, characterized in that the height of the blade 20 is adjusted by raising and lowering the blade 20 in an oblique direction according to the horizontal position front and rear position adjustment of the height adjustment member (30).
The method of claim 1,
The bottom surface of the bottom plate 10 is provided with a locking projection 13 protruding downward from the rear end of the ice water outlet 11,
The locking jaw 13 is formed to protrude so that the rear surface has an inclination corresponding to the pressure inclined surface 33a of the pressure block 33, and the pressure inclined surface 33a is caught when the height adjusting member 30 moves forward. Blade stop height adjustment device, characterized in that to stop the advance of the height adjustment member 30 in contact with the jaw (13).
The method of claim 1,
The screw rod 31 includes a screw thread formed on an outer circumferential surface and a non-threaded portion 31a which is recessed while a part of the screw thread is cut at the front end portion of the screw thread, and the head portion of the screw rod 31 has no screw thread ( 31b) is provided to protrude to have a larger diameter than the non-screw portion 31a,
The pressing block 33 has a rear portion, an insertion portion 33b into which the non-threaded portion 31a is inserted, and a catching portion 33c communicating with the front of the insertion portion 33b to insert the head portion 31b. ) Is drilled,
The insertion part 33b and the locking part 33c are formed so that the lower surface of the pressure block 33 is opened, and the screw rod 31 is inserted into the insertion part 33b and the locking part 33c of the pressure block 33. The non-screw part 31a and the head part 31b of the blade height adjusting apparatus for ice-cream machine are characterized by being assembled.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The blade 20 is characterized in that the grip portion 22 is protruded on the lower surface, the user can hold the grip portion 22 to adjust the height of the blade 20, blade height adjustment device for ice machines.

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