KR20170138665A - Ice storage tank - Google Patents

Abstract

An ice storage compartment is disclosed. The ice storage compartment comprises: a storage compartment body including a storage space where ice is stored and a discharge port through which the ice is discharged to the outside; a conveying and crushing part at least a part of which is provided in the storage space, and which includes a conveying member conveying the ice stored in the storage space to a discharge port side, a conveyor rotating means rotating the conveying member, a crushing member crushing the conveyed ice, and a crusher rotating means rotating a rotary crushing member included in the crushing member; a door part including a first door guiding non-crushed ice conveyed to the disport port side by the conveying member or crushed ice crushed by the crushing member to the discharge port and a second door opening and closing the discharge port; and a control part controlling operations of the conveying and crushing part and the door part so that the non-crushed ice or the crushed ice is discharged through the discharge port, wherein the control part may perform control to interrupt the operation of the crushing member for a preset pause time if the rotary crushing member is continuously rotated for a first time by the crusher rotating means.

Description

ICE STORAGE TANK

The present invention relates to an ice reservoir.

The ice reservoir is made by the ice maker to store the ice supplied, and to discharge the stored ice to the user for supply to the user. For example, the ice reservoir is provided in a refrigerator, an ice water purifier or the like, stores ice made by a ice maker provided in a refrigerator or an ice water purifier, and discharges the stored ice to the user to supply the ice to the user. To this end, the ice reservoir is provided with a transfer member for transferring the stored ice to the discharge port and discharging the ice to the outside through the discharge port.

On the other hand, the ice stored in the ice reservoir may be discharged to the outside through the discharge port as it is, for example, finely crushed ice without being processed. However, the ice stored in the ice reservoir may be crushed and discharged into the crushed ice through the discharge port.

The ice reservoir for crushing ice and discharging the ice to the outside is provided with a crushing member for crushing ice in addition to the above-mentioned conveying member, and the ice conveyed by the conveying member can be crushed and discharged by the crushing member.

However, in the conventional ice reservoir, when the crushing member is operated for a long time for crushing ice, or when the crushing operation is not performed smoothly by inserting foreign matter into the crushing member during operation, there is a possibility that the device is broken due to overload of operation This also poses a safety problem.

Accordingly, there is a need in the art to solve the problem of equipment breakage and safety due to overloading of the crushing operation in an ice reservoir for crushing ice and discharging it to the outside.

In order to solve the above problems, an embodiment of the present invention provides an ice storage.

The ice reservoir may include: a storage body having a storage space for storing ice and a discharge port through which ice is discharged to the outside; At least a part of which is contained in the storage space, and which transports the ice stored in the storage space to the discharge port side, a conveying rotating means for rotating the conveying member, a crushing member for crushing the conveyed ice, A crushing and rotating means for rotating the rotary crushing member included in the crushing and crushing means; A door that includes a first door for guiding fine grinding ice conveyed to the discharge port side by the conveying member or grinding ice crushed by the grinding member to the discharge port and a second door for opening and closing the discharge port; And a control unit controlling the operation of the conveying crushing unit and the door unit to discharge the finely crushed ice or the crushed ice through the discharge port, wherein the control unit controls the crushing / And to stop the operation of the crushing member for a predetermined idle time when the crankshaft is continuously rotated for the set first time.

In addition, the means for solving the above-mentioned problems are not all enumerating the features of the present invention. The various features of the present invention and the advantages and effects thereof will be more fully understood by reference to the following specific embodiments.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to solve the problem of equipment breakage and safety due to overloading of the crushing operation in an ice reservoir for crushing ice and discharging it to the outside.

1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an ice reservoir according to the present invention.
2 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of an ice reservoir according to the present invention.
3 is an exploded perspective view of the transport crushing unit of an embodiment of the ice storage bin according to the present invention.
4 is an exploded perspective view of a portion of a door portion of an embodiment of an ice reservoir according to the present invention.
5 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line I-I 'in Fig.
6 to 8 are cross-sectional views, as in FIG. 5, illustrating the operation of an embodiment of an ice reservoir according to the present invention.
9 to 11 are enlarged perspective views showing that ice delivered in an ice storage according to an embodiment of the present invention is crushed.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in order that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. In the drawings, like reference numerals are used throughout the drawings.

In addition, in the entire specification, when a part is referred to as being 'connected' to another part, it may be referred to as 'indirectly connected' not only with 'directly connected' . Also, to "include" an element means that it may include other elements, rather than excluding other elements, unless specifically stated otherwise.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of an ice reservoir according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of an ice reservoir according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is an exploded perspective view of a part of a door part of an ice storage container according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the ice storage container according to one embodiment of the present invention, -I '. ≪ / RTI >

6 to 8 are cross-sectional views as in FIG. 5 showing the operation of one embodiment of the ice reservoir according to the present invention.

9-11 are enlarged perspective views showing that the ice delivered in one embodiment of the ice reservoir according to the present invention is crushed.

The ice storage 100 according to the present invention may include a storage body 200, a transfer crushing unit 300, a door unit 400 and a control unit 500 as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5 have.

Storage body

A storage space S1 and a discharge port E may be formed in the storage body 200.

Ice (I) may be stored in the storage space (S1) of the storage body (200). The storage space S1 may be opened at an upper portion as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5. Then, the ice (I) can be introduced into the storage space S1 and stored through the open top of the storage space S1.

For example, a ice-making portion (not shown) for making ice I on the storage space S1 may be provided. Then, the ice (I) produced in the ice-making part can fall into the storage space S1 as shown in FIG. 6 by its own weight. Thereby, as described above, the ice (I) can be introduced into the storage space S1 through the open top of the storage space S1 and stored.

However, the structure in which ice (I) flows into the storage space S1 of the storage body 200 is not limited to the above description, Or any other known structure can be used.

The lower surface of the storage space S1 of the storage body 200 may be inclined such that the discharge port E side is higher as shown in Fig.

The ice I in the storage space S1 can be conveyed to the discharge port E side by the conveying member 310 which will be described later and included in the conveying crushing unit 300. [

If the lower surface of the storage space S1 is not inclined so that the discharge port E side is higher than the lower surface of the storage space S1, the ice I can be drawn to the discharge port E side in the storage space S1. Thus, if the ice I is pushed to the discharge port E side in the storage space S1, the discharge of the ice I through the discharge port E may not be performed smoothly. Further, the portions where the ice (I) contact each other may melt, and the ice (I) may adhere to each other.

However, when the lower surface of the storage space S1 is tilted so that the discharge port E side is higher as described above, when a predetermined amount of ice I is poured on the discharge port E side, some ice I is discharged to the discharge port E) on the opposite side.

Thereby, it is possible to prevent the ice (I) from being caught on the side of the ejection opening (E). In addition, the discharge of the ice I through the discharge port E can be smoothly performed. Further, it is possible to prevent the ice (I) from sticking to each other.

The ice (I) can be discharged to the outside through the discharge opening (E) of the storage body (200).

5, a discharge moving space S2 for connecting the storage space S1 and the discharge port E is formed in the storage body 200 in addition to the storage space S1 and the discharge port E described above . 7 and 8 through the discharge moving space S2 to the crushed ice Ia which has not been crushed by the transport crushing section 300 or the crushed ice Ib which is crushed by the transport crushing section 300 Can be moved from the storage space S1 to the discharge port E. [

The reservoir body 200 may also be provided with a communication hole H for allowing the storage space S1 and the discharge moving space S2 to communicate with each other as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5. 7 and 8 through the communication hole H and is transported from the storage space S1 to the discharge port E side by the transport crushing unit 300 but is not crushed by the transport crushing unit 300 The crushed ice (Ib) crushed by the fine crushed ice (Ia) or the conveyed crushing part (300) can be introduced into the discharge moving space (S2).

A drain space S3 may also be formed in the reservoir body 200. [ The drain space S3 may extend from the discharge moving space S2 as shown in Fig. Water in which the ice (I) melts can be introduced into the drain space (S3) and stored.

For example, water in which the ice (I) stored in the storage space S1 is melted can flow into the drain space S3 through the communication hole H and the discharge movement space S2 and can be stored.

As shown in FIG. 5, a drain (TD) to which a drain line (not shown) is connected may be connected to the drain space S3. Accordingly, the water in which the ice (I) stored in the drain space (S3) is melted can flow into the drain line through the drain (TD) and can be discharged to the outside.

The storage body 200 may include a main body 210, a first auxiliary member 220 and a second auxiliary member 230 as shown in FIG.

The main member 210 may form a storage space S1 and a communication hole H. [ The first auxiliary member 220 may be connected to the main member 210 to form a part of the discharge opening E and the discharge movement space S2. The second auxiliary member 230 may be connected to the main member 210 and the first auxiliary member 220 to form the discharge moving space S2 and the drain space S3.

However, the structure of the reservoir body 200 is not particularly limited and may be any known structure as long as it is capable of forming the storage space S1, the discharge port E, the discharge moving space S2, the drain space S3, It is possible.

On the other hand, in the main body 200, the heat transfer between the storage space S1 and the outside is minimized An insulating member 240 as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 5 may be provided. In addition, the storage space S1 of the storage body 200 may be provided with a noise preventing member 250 for preventing noise.

The conveying-

At least a part of the transfer crushing unit 300 may be provided in the storage space S1 of the storage body 200. [ The transfer crushing unit 300 can transfer the ice I stored in the storage space S1 to the discharge port E. [ Further, the conveying crushing unit 300 can crush the ice I transferred to the discharge port E side as occasion demands.

The conveying crushing unit 300 may include a conveying member 310 and a crushing member 320 as shown in FIGS. The conveying member 310 and the crushing member 320 may be configured not to be sandwiched between the conveying member 310 and the crushing member 320 while the ice I is conveyed.

Accordingly, in order to transport the ice I, for example, there are provided a conveying rotating means 330 to be described later for rotating the conveying member 310, A large load is applied to the operation of the crushing rotating means 340 to be described later for rotating the rotating crushing member 321 to be stopped or the operation is stopped or the feed rotating means 330 and the crushing rotating means 340 are not damaged have.

Therefore, the conveyance and crushing of the ice (I) can be performed smoothly.

The conveying member 310 can convey the ice I. [ The transporting member 310 may be rotated to transport the ice I stored in the storage space S1 toward the discharge port E.

The conveying member 310 may be provided with a conveying blade 311. The transfer wing 311 may be helical, as shown in Figures 2, 3 and 5. However, the shape of the conveying blade 311 is not particularly limited, and any shape can be used as long as it is capable of conveying the ice I.

The conveying blade 311 may extend to the discharge port E side end of the conveying member 310. Thereby, there is no gap between the conveying member 310 and the end of the conveying blade 311 on the side of the ejection port E side. The ice I stored in the storage space S1 is conveyed by the conveying member 310 and does not fall back into the gap between the conveying member 310 and the discharge port E side end portion of the conveying blade 311, Can be conveyed to the discharge port (E) side end of the conveying member (310). Thereby, the ice (I) remaining in the storage space S1 can not be conveyed by the conveying member 310 can be minimized.

 3, an elastic deformation portion 311a may be formed at an end of the conveying blade 311 on the discharge port E side. The elastic deforming portion 311a can be bent by an external force generated by the ice (I) existing between the elastic deforming portion 311a and the crushing member 320. [

Even if the ice I conveyed by the conveying member 310 is present between the conveying member 310 and the crushing member 320, the elastic deformation portion 311a can be prevented by the external force of the ice I The ice (I) may not be sandwiched between the conveying member 310 and the crushing member 320 because it is bent.

The elastic deforming portion 311a may be formed by separating the end portion of the conveying blade 311 on the side of the ejection port E from the conveying member 310 by a predetermined length as shown in FIG. However, the configuration in which the elastic deforming portion 311a is formed is not particularly limited, and any known configuration such as a structure in which elastic deformation is well performed can be made if the elastic deforming portion 311a can be bent by an external force by ice (I).

The conveying member 310 may be connected to and rotated by the conveying and rotating means 330 including a motor, gear, bearing, or the like. The conveying and rotating means 330 may be provided to be connected to the conveying member 310 at a portion of the storage body 200 opposite to the discharge port E as shown in FIG.

The crushing member 320 can crush ice (I). The crushing member 320 is moved from the storage space S1 to the discharge port E as shown in Fig. 5 so that the ice I transferred by the transfer member 310 is crushed by the crushing member 320 May be located after member 310. [

That is, the crushing member 320 may be located on the side of the discharge port E in the storage space S1 of the storage body 200. For example, the crushing member 320 may be located on a portion of the communication hole H of the storage body 200 that is not opened or closed by the first door 410, which will be described later, included in the door portion 400.

7, the ice I not conveyed to the crushing member 320 by the conveying member 310 can not be crushed by the crushing member 320 and can be crushed into the crushed ice Ia have. Then, it can pass through the communication hole H by the fine crushed ice Ia.

8, the ice I transferred to the crushing member 320 by the conveying member 310 may be crushed by the crushing member 320 to become crushed ice Ib. Then, it can pass through the communication hole H with the crushed ice Ib.

The crushing member 320 may include a rotating crushing member 321 and a fixed crushing member 322.

The rotary crushing member 321 can rotate for the crushing of the ice (I). The rotary crushing member 321 may be connected to the crushing rotary shaft 341 included in the crushing and rotating means 340 including a motor, a gear or a bearing, and rotated. The crushing and rotating means 340 may be provided at a portion of the storage body 200 on the side of the discharge port E as shown in FIG.

The rotary crushing member 321 may be configured to prevent the ice I from deviating from the crushing position.

Accordingly, the ice (I) separated from the crushing position upon crushing of the ice (I) by the crushing member (320) may interfere with the conveyance or crushing of the ice (I) or may not break the ice storage .

Therefore, the crushing of the ice (I) can be performed smoothly.

A plurality of rotary crushing members 321 may be connected to the crushing rotary shaft 341 included in the crushing and rotating means 340. The rotary crushing member 321 may be, for example, three as shown in Figs. 3 and 9 to 11. However, the number of rotating crushing members 321 is not particularly limited, and any number of rotating crushing members 321 can be used.

A part of the rotary crushing members 321 'of the plurality of rotary crushing members 321 may form a predetermined angle with the other rotary crushing members 321. Some of the rotary crushing members 321 'may be disposed at a predetermined angle in the rotation direction of the crushing rotary shaft 341 with respect to the other rotary crushing members 321.

For example, as shown in FIGS. 3, 9 to 11, at least the outermost rotary crushing member 321 'located at the farthest from the discharge port E among the plurality of rotary crushing members 321 is rotated by the other rotary crushing member 321 In the direction of rotation of the pulverization rotary shaft 341.

9 and 11, the ice I transferred to the crushing position on the rotary crushing members 321 and 321 'by the conveying member 310 is transferred to the outermost rotary crushing member 321' For example, toward the conveying member 310, by the conveying member 310. [

In this state, the ice I can be crushed while rotating together with the rotary crushing members 321 and 321 'as shown in Figs. 10 and 11 in accordance with the rotation of the rotary crushing members 321 and 321' .

Therefore, the ice (I) conveyed by the conveying member 310 can be crushed while being prevented from being dislocated from the crushing position by the outermost rotary crushing member 321 '. Then, the crushed ice I conveyed by the crushing member 320 can be smoothly crushed.

The predetermined angle at which some of the rotary crushing members 321 'is ahead of the other rotary crushing members 321 in the rotation direction of the crushing rotary shaft 341 may be, for example, 5 to 30 degrees.

If a certain angle of rotation of the rotary crushing member 321 'in front of the other rotary crushing member 321 in the rotational direction of the crushing rotary shaft 341 is less than 5 degrees, a part of the rotary crushing member 321' The crushing member 321 'can not prevent the ice I from being separated from the crushing position on the rotary crushing members 321 and 321'.

If the predetermined angle exceeding 30 degrees occurs in which some of the rotary crushing members 321 'precedes the other rotary crushing members 321 in the rotational direction of the crushing rotary shaft 341, 321 'and the other rotating crushing member 321 to be separated from the crushing position on the crushing members 321 and 321' or the crushing members 321 and 321 ' It can interfere with entry.

Therefore, even in this case, it is possible to prevent some of the rotary crushing members 321 ', for example, the outermost rotary crushing members 321' from separating from the crushing position on the rotary crushing members 321 and 321 ' I can not do it.

Therefore, a part of the rotating crushing member 321 ', which can prevent the ice (I) from separating from the crushing position on the rotating crushing members 321 and 321' 341 is preferably in the range of 5 to 30 degrees.

The plurality of rotary crushing members 321 may be connected to the crushing rotary shaft 341 at predetermined intervals.

2 and 3, the crushing rotary shaft 341 of the crushing and rotating means 340 may be connected to the shaft connecting member MCE. In addition, a gap member MG may be provided between the plurality of rotary crushing members 321. [ The shaft connecting member MCE can be sandwiched between the rotating crushing member 321 and the connecting hole HC formed in the gap member MC.

Thereby, the plurality of rotary crushing members 321 can be connected to the crushing rotary shaft 341 of the crushing and rotating means 340 at predetermined intervals.

However, a configuration in which the plurality of rotary crushing members 321 are connected to the crushing rotary shaft 341 of the crushing and rotating means 340 at predetermined intervals is not particularly limited, and any well-known configuration is possible.

In this case, the plurality of rotary crushing members 321 can rotate through a plurality of fixed crushing members 322, which will be described later. The ice I conveyed to the crushing member 320 by the conveying member 310 is crushed by the rotation of the crushing crushing member 321 by the crushing and rotating means 340 and by the fixed crushing member 322 .

As shown in FIG. 3, the rotary crushing members 321 and 321 'are provided with rotary crushing blades 321a and 321a for crushing ice (I) together with a fixed crushing blade 322a to be described later formed on the fixed crushing member 322 'May be formed.

A plurality of rotary crushing blades 321a and 321a 'may be formed in order from the one end and the other end of the rotary crushing members 321 and 321' in the longitudinal direction of the rotary crushing members 321 and 321 ', respectively.

The shape and configuration of the rotating and crushing blades 321a and 321a 'are not particularly limited and any well-known configuration and shape can be used as long as the ice can be crushed.

The stationary crushing member 322 may be fixed to the reservoir body 200 to crush the ice I together with the crushing member 321. The fixed pulverizing members 322 may be provided in the storage body 200 at a predetermined interval.

For example, the fixing member MF may be provided on both sides of the communication hole H of the storage container main body 200. Further, the fixing member MF may be formed with a fixing hole HF at a predetermined interval. One side and the other side of each of the plurality of fixed pulverizing members 322 are fitted into the fixing holes HF of the fixing member MF so that the plurality of fixed pulverizing members 322 are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval Can be provided.

However, the structure in which the plurality of fixed pulverizing members 322 are fixed to the storage body 200 is not particularly limited, and any known structure can be used.

The outermost stationary crushing member 322 'located closest to the conveying member 310 among the plurality of fixed crushing members 322 may be configured so that the ice I does not interfere with the conveying member 310.

3, the fixed crushing member 322 other than the outermost fixed crushing member 322 'is provided with a fixed crushing blade 322a for crushing the ice I and a fixed crushing blade 322b for crushing the ice Preventing portion 322b for preventing ice (I) from being released during the crushing of the ice (I)

Further, only the fixed crushing blade 322a 'may be formed on the outermost fixed crushing member 322'.

Thus, for example, the central portion of the outermost fixed crushing member 322 'may be lower in height than the center portion of the other fixed crushing member 322.

Since the outermost fixed pulverizing member 322 'is not provided with the release preventing portion 322b and only the fixed pulverizing blade 322a' is formed, the feeding member 310 and the outermost fixed pulverizing member 322 ' A space larger than the ice (I) may be formed.

Accordingly, even if the ice I conveyed by the conveying member 310 is positioned between the outermost fixed crushing member 322 'and the conveying member 310, even if the ice I is conveyed between the conveying member 310 and the conveying member 310 And may not be sandwiched between the outer fixed grinding members 322 '.

As shown in FIG. 3, the fixed crushing blades 322a and 322a 'may be formed in order from the one end of the fixed crushing members 322 and 322' in the longitudinal direction of the fixed crushing members 322 and 322 ' .

The shape and configuration of the stationary crushing blades 322a and 322a 'are not particularly limited, and any known configuration and shape can be used as long as the crushing blade has a shape and a configuration capable of crushing ice (I).

3, the release preventing portion 322b may be formed after the plurality of fixed pulverizing blades 322a in the longitudinal direction of the fixed pulverizing member 322 and may be larger than the fixed pulverizing blade 322a.

The shape, configuration, and size of the departure prevention portion 322b are not particularly limited. The shape and configuration that can prevent the ice (I) from being released during the crushing of the ice (I) Any shape, configuration and size of the known paper is possible.

Meanwhile, the conveying member 310 and the rotary crushing member 321 can rotate independently of each other.

Accordingly, when the ice I is not crushed as shown in Fig. 7, only the conveying member 310 can be rotated by the conveying and rotating means 330. Fig. 8, when the ice I is crushed, the conveying member 310 and the rotating crushing member 321 are rotated by the conveying rotating means 330 and the crushing rotating means 340, respectively .

The transporting member 310 and the crushing rotating shaft 341 of the crushing rotating unit 340 to which the plurality of rotating crushing members 321 are connected may be connected to rotate independently of each other.

For example, the conveying member 310 and the crushing rotation axis 341 may be connected by the independent rotation connection portion 350.

The independent rotation connection part 350 may include a first independent rotation connection member 351 and a second independent rotation connection member 352 as shown in FIG.

The first independent rotation connecting member 351 may be connected to the conveying member 310. For example, the fitting connection portion 351a formed in the first independent rotation coupling member 351 may be fitted to the conveying member 310 in a fitting manner.

The second independent rotation connecting member 352 may be connected to the aforementioned shaft connecting member MCE to which the crushing rotary shaft 341 of the crushing and rotating means 340 is connected. For example, the end of the shaft connecting member MCE may be fitted to the second independent rotational connecting member 352 in a fitting manner.

The second independent rotation coupling member 352 may be formed with a frustum-shaped independent rotation portion 352a. The independent rotation portion 352a of the second independent rotation connection member 352 may be freely rotated in an independent rotation space (not shown) formed in the first independent rotation connection member 351. [

Thereby, the conveying member 310 and the crushing rotary shaft 341 can rotate independently of each other.

However, the configuration in which the transferring member 310 and the pulverizing rotary shaft 341 are connected so as to rotate independently of each other is not particularly limited, and any well-known configuration is possible.

The conveying and crushing unit 300 is extended so that the conveying member 310 is connected to the crushing and rotating means 340 and the crushing and rotating means 321 is provided on the extended portion of the conveying member 310, The rotating crushing member 321 and the conveying member 310 may rotate together. In this case, the feed rotating means 330 is not necessary.

The door portion

The door part 400 is rotated by the crushing ice part Ib crushed by the crushed ice Ia or the crushing part 300 which is not crushed by the crushing part 300, Through the discharge port (E).

The door unit 400 may include a first door 410 and a first door moving member 420, as shown in FIGS.

The first door 410 can guide the ice I to move from the storage space S1 of the storage body 200 to the discharge port E by using the crushed ice Ia or the crushed ice Ib.

The first door moving member 420 may move the first door 410 between the guide positions. In addition, the first door moving member 420 can hold the first door 410 without deviating from each guide position.

As described above, since the first door 410 can be held by the first door moving member 420 without departing from the respective guide positions, an external force other than the force for turning the first door 410 between the guide positions The first door 410 can be held without deviating from each guide position.

Therefore, the ice (I) is guided by the first door 410 and can be properly supplied to the user as the fine crushed ice Ia or the crushed ice Ib.

For example, ice (I) can be prevented from being supplied to the user without being properly crushed.

The first door 410 has a first guide position as shown in FIG. 7 for guiding the ice I not to be crushed by the conveying crushing unit 300 and a second guide position for guiding the ice I to the conveying crushing unit 300 The second guide position as shown in Fig.

For example, the first door moving member 420 is connected to the first door 410 so that the first door 410 is pivoted between the first and second guide positions, So that it can be maintained without leaving the position.

The first door moving member 420 can be pivoted between the first and second pivot positions corresponding to the first and second guide positions.

The first door 410 may have a movement guide hole 411 formed therein. The movement guide hole 411 may be an elongated hole. The movement guide protrusion 421 formed on the first door moving member 420 may be inserted into the movement guide hole 411 of the first door 410. [

6 to 8, when the first door moving member 420 is pivoted between the first and second pivot positions, the movement guide protrusion 421 of the first door moving member 420 is moved in the first The first door 410 can be pivoted between the first and second guide positions by moving along the movement guide hole 411 of the door 410. [

The movement guide protrusion 421 of the first door moving member 420 at the first pivotal position is located at one end of the movement guide hole 411 of the first door 410, The movement guide protrusion 421 of the door moving member 420 is positioned at the other end of the movement guide hole 411 of the first door 410.

Accordingly, the first door 410 pivoted to the first guide position can be held without departing from the first guide position, and the first door 410 pivoted to the second guide position can be maintained in the second guide position Can be maintained.

The first door 410 may further include a locking groove 412. The first door 410 can be caught by the first door moving member 420 at the first guide position by the engagement groove 412. [ The first door 410 pivoted to the first guide position can be held without departing from the first guide position.

The first door 410 and the first door moving member 420 can be pivotally mounted in the discharge moving space S2 formed in the storage body 200 so as to connect the storage space S1 and the discharge port E .

In this case, the pivot shaft 422 formed on the first door moving member 420 so as to be rotatable in the above-described moving guide projection 421 of the first door moving member 420 and the discharge moving space S2 And may be spaced a predetermined distance.

The first door 410 pivoted to the first guide position can be held without departing from the first guide position and the first door 410 pivoted to the second guide position can be held at the second guide position Can be maintained.

The first door 410 pivoted to the first guide position by the first door moving member 420 moves the ice I to the crushing member 320 of the conveying crushing unit 300, So that it can be guided. Thereby, the ice (I) may not be crushed by the crushing member (320).

8, the first door 410 pivoted to the second guide position by the first door moving member 420 rotates the crushing member 320 of the conveying crushing unit 300, As shown in FIG. Thereby, the ice (I) can be crushed by the crushing member (320).

The first door 410 can open / close a part of the communication hole H of the storage body 200. The crushing member 320 of the conveying crushing unit 300 may be positioned on another portion of the communication hole H which is not opened or closed by the first door 410.

7, in which the first door 410 opens a part of the communication hole H, the ice I is conveyed by the first door 410 to the conveying crushing unit 300, The pulverizing member 320 of FIG. The ice I passes through the communication hole H of the storage body 200 with the fine crushed ice Ia which is not crushed by the crushing member 320. The fine pulverized ice Ia having passed through the communication hole H is guided by the first door 410 and is moved to the discharge port E of the storage body 200. [

8, in which the first door 410 closes a part of the communication hole H, the ice I is conveyed to the crushing member 320 by the first door 410 do. Then, the ice (I) passes through the communication hole (H) with the crushed ice (Ib) crushed by the crushing member (320). The crushed ice Ib having passed through the communication hole H is guided by the first door 410 and is moved to the discharge port E of the storage body 200.

In this case, the first door 410 includes an opening / closing surface 413 for opening / closing a portion of the communication hole H of the storage container main body 200, and fine pulverized ice Ia or crushed ice Ib, And a guide surface 414 for guiding the ink to the ejection orifices E of the ink cartridge. The above-described moving guard hole 411 can be formed in the longitudinal direction of the guide surface 414.

The sectional shape of the opening and closing surface 413 of the first door 410 may correspond to the sectional shape of the lower surface of the storage space S1 of the storage body 200. [ For example, when the sectional shape of the lower surface of the storage space S1 is convex downward, the sectional shape of the opening / closing surface 413 of the first door 410 may also be convex downward.

As a result, the ice can be smoothly conveyed to the crushing member 320 by the opening / closing surface 413 of the first door 410.

The cross-sectional shape of the guide surface 414 of the first door 410 may be such that the fine crushed ice Ia or the crushed ice Ib can be smoothly moved to the discharge port E. For example, the cross-sectional shape of the guide surface 414 may correspond to the cross-sectional shape of the lower surface of the storage space S1 of the storage tank main body 200. [

However, the cross-sectional shape of the guide surface 414 of the first door 410 is not particularly limited and may be a shape in which the movement of the fine crushed ice Ia or the crushed ice Ib to the discharge port E can be smoothly performed Any shape is possible.

The guide surface 414 of the first door 410 may be inclined from the first and second guide positions to the discharge port E side of the storage container main body 200 as shown in FIGS. Accordingly, the movement of the fine pulverized ice Ia or the crushed ice Ib by the guide surface 414 to the discharge port E can be facilitated.

The first door 410 can be pivoted about the lower portion. In this case, the opening / closing surface 413 of the first door 410 constitutes the upper surface of the first door 410, and the guide surface 414 of the first door 410 is disposed on one side of the first door 410 Can be achieved.

However, the turning center of the first door 410 is not particularly limited, and any part of the first door 410 may be the turning center.

Meanwhile, the first door moving member 420 may be connected to the door moving member turning means 440 including a motor and the like, and may be turned. However, a handle (not shown) may be connected to the first door moving member 420 and manually turned by a user.

The door unit 400 may further include a second door 430.

The second door 430 can open and close the discharge port E of the storage body 200.

When the second door 430 closes the discharge port E, the fine crushed ice Ia or the crushed ice Ib which has moved to the discharge port E by the first door 410 is discharged to the outside through the discharge port E It will not be discharged.

When the second door 430 opens the discharge port E, the fine crushed ice Ia or the crushed ice Ib moved to the discharge port E by the first door 410 is discharged to the discharge port E So that it can be discharged to the outside.

The second door 430 can be rotated to the outside of the discharge port E to open the discharge port E.

The second door 430 can be brought into contact with the stop jaw JS formed at the discharge port E in a state in which the second door 430 closes the discharge port E. [

The second door 430 is pivoted inside the discharge port E so that the user's hand is moved through the discharge moving space S2 and the communication hole H of the storage container main body 200 to the crushing member 320, Contact with the rotating crushing member 321 of the member 320 can be prevented.

That is, in the case of the structure in which the second door 430 is pivotally opened to the inside of the discharge port E, in the non-operating state in which the discharge of the ice I through the discharge port E is not performed, A safety accident may occur because the user's hand can be in contact with the crushing member 320 because the crushing member 430 is opened.

However, as in the case of the embodiment of the present invention, the second door 430 is rotated to the outside of the discharge port E to open the discharge port E and prevent the second door 430 from turning into the discharge port E , It is possible to prevent a safety accident that the user's hand is injured by the rotating crushing member 321.

The second door 430 may be inclined toward the drain space S3 of the storage body 200 when the discharge port E is closed.

This allows the molten ice to flow through the second door 430 or the first door 410 through the communication hole H of the storage body 200 to the drain space S3. In addition, it is possible to prevent the water in which the ice (I) is melted from being discharged to the outside through the discharge port (E) of the storage body (200).

The second door 430 can be pivoted about the upper portion. However, the turning center of the second door 430 is not particularly limited, and any part of the second door 430 may be the turning center.

The second door 430 may be connected to the second door pivoting means 450 including a motor and the like and may be pivoted.

The construction of the door part 400 is not particularly limited and the ice part I may be transported through the discharge port E to the fine crushed ice Ia or the crushed powdered ice Ib not crushed by the transport crushing part 300. [ It is possible to use any known structure including only one door.

The control unit

The control unit 500 is for controlling the overall operation of the ice storage 100 and may include a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), a microprocessor, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA).

The control unit 500 controls the operation of the conveying crushing unit 300 and the door unit 400 according to an input signal received through an input unit (not shown) provided in the ice storage 100, (Ia) or the crushed powdered ice (Ib) which has not been crushed by the crusher (300) through the discharge port (E).

7, when the control unit 500 receives the command to discharge the fine pulverized ice (Ia) from the input means, the control unit 500 controls the conveying and crushing unit (not shown) so that the ice stored in the storage space S1 is transferred to the discharge port E 300, that is, only the conveying member 310 can be controlled to rotate by the conveying and rotating means 330. The control unit 500 may control the door unit 400 so that the first door 410 is at the first guide position and the second door 430 opens the discharge port E. [ The ice I not conveyed to the crushing member 320 by the conveying member 310 can not be crushed but is guided by the first door 410 with the fine crushed ice Ia to be discharged through the discharge port E And can be discharged to the outside.

8, when the control unit 500 receives the command to discharge the crushed ice (Ib) from the input means, the ice stored in the storage space S1 is transferred to the discharge port (E) The conveying member 310 and the rotary crushing member 321 can be controlled to rotate by the conveying and rotating means 330 and the crushing and rotating means 340, respectively. The control unit 500 may control the door unit 400 such that the first door 410 is at the second guide position and the second door 430 opens the ejection opening E. [ The ice I conveyed to the crushing member 320 by the conveying member 310 is crushed and guided by the crushed ice Ib by the first door 410 and discharged to the outside through the discharge port E .

In the case of discharging the crushed ice Ib in this manner, when the crushing member 320 is continuously operated for a long time, or when the crushing operation is not smoothly performed by inserting foreign matter into the crushing member 320 during operation, There is a possibility that equipment breakage and safety problems may occur due to heat generated by the crushing and rotating means 340 due to overload.

In order to minimize such a problem, according to one embodiment, the control unit 500 sets the operation of crushing by the crushing member 320, that is, the operation of the crushing and rotating means 340 to rotate the crushing member 321, It is possible to perform control so as not to be performed continuously beyond the time (for example, 3 minutes). For example, when the rotary crushing member 321 is rotated continuously for a predetermined time (for example, three minutes) by the crushing and rotating means 340, the control unit 500 sets the pause time (for example, 20 minutes ), It is possible to prevent the operation from being overloaded.

Here, rotating the rotary crushing member 321 continuously for a predetermined time does not necessarily mean that the rotary crushing member 321 is rotated all at once. In other words, even when the rotating crushing member 321 is rotated intermittently within a predetermined time (for example, 5 to 10 minutes) during which the load of operation is not solved, if the accumulated rotation time is longer than the preset time It is possible to control to stop the operation for a predetermined time as described above.

Here, the time for allowing the continuous rotation of the rotary crushing member 321, the stoppage time of the operation, and the time for calculating the accumulated rotation time in the case of the intermittent rotation operation, The durability and safety of the structure involved in crushing and the time required to crush the whole ice at the time of ice filling of the ice I stored in the storage space S1 of the ice storage 100.

According to another embodiment, the ice storage 100 further includes overheat preventing means 600 for preventing overheating of the crushing and rotating means 340. The ice storage means 100 senses the heat of the crushing and rotating means 340, So as to stop the operation of the pulverizing and rotating means 340 when the temperature of the pulverizing means 340 is over the predetermined temperature. For example, the overheat preventing unit 600 may be implemented as a thermal fuse that senses a temperature and automatically cuts off when the temperature rises above a predetermined temperature.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

100: ice storage bin 200: storage bin body
210: main member 220: first sub-member
230: second auxiliary member 240: heat insulating member
250: noise preventing member 300: conveying crushing part
310: conveying member 311: conveying blade
311a: elastic deformation part 320: crushing member
321: rotary crushing member 321 ': the outermost rotary crushing member
321a, 321a ': rotary crushing blade 322: fixed crushing member
322 ': Outermost fixed crushing member 322a, 322a': Fixed crushing blade
322b: departure prevention section 330:
340: crushing rotation means 341: crushing rotation axis
350: independent rotation connection part 351: first independent rotation connection part
351a: Fitting connection portion 352: Second independent rotation connection member
352a: Independent rotation part 400: Door part
410: first door 411: moving guide hole
412: Retaining groove 413:
414: guide surface 420: first door moving member
421: movement guide projection 422: pivot shaft
430: second door 440: door moving member turning means
450: second door turning means 500:
600: Means for preventing overheating I: Ice
Ia: fine crushed ice Ib: crushed ice
S1: storage space S2: discharge moving space
S3: drain space TD: drained population
E: Outlet H: Communicating hole
MF: Fixing member HF: Fixing hole
MCE: shaft connecting member MG: gap member
HC: Connection hole JS: Stop jaw

Claims (4)

A storage body having a storage space for storing ice and a discharge port for discharging ice to the outside;
At least a part of which is contained in the storage space, and which transports the ice stored in the storage space to the discharge port side, a conveying rotating means for rotating the conveying member, a crushing member for crushing the conveyed ice, A crushing and rotating means for rotating the rotary crushing member included in the crushing and crushing means;
A door that includes a first door for guiding fine grinding ice conveyed to the discharge port side by the conveying member or grinding ice crushed by the grinding member to the discharge port and a second door for opening and closing the discharge port; And
And a control unit controlling the operation of the conveying crushing unit and the door unit to control the discharge of the fine crushed ice or the crushed ice through the discharge opening,
Wherein the control unit controls to stop the operation of the crushing member during a predetermined pause time when the crushing and rotating unit continuously rotates the crushing member for a predetermined first time.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the controller controls to stop the operation of the crushing member during the idle time when the cumulative time of rotating the crushing member by the crushing and rotating unit for a second predetermined time is equal to or longer than the first time.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising overheat prevention means for detecting the heat of the crushing and rotating means and stopping the operation of the crushing and rotating means when the temperature of the crushing and rotating means is over a predetermined temperature.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the overheating preventing means includes a thermal fuse.

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