TWI813462B - Perfusion flow ice making equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

A perfusion type flow ice manufacturing equipment includes an ice storage bucket, an ice making machine, a stirring mechanism, an ice water pump and a perfusion flow ice mechanism installed in the ice storage bucket. The ice maker can discharge the prepared scaly flake ice into the ice storage space of the ice storage bucket. The stirring mechanism can stir and break the scaly flake ice in the ice storage space to make flowing ice. The liquid ice filling mechanism includes an ice water pump that can be used to pump the liquid ice in the ice storage space, a conveying pipe that conveys the liquid ice extracted by the ice water pump, a nozzle that can be opened to spray out the liquid ice, and is connected to the ice storage space and the conveying pipe. Return pipe between pipes. Through the structural design of this perfusion-type mobile ice manufacturing equipment, the produced and sprayed mobile ice can easily flow downward through the gaps between fruits and vegetables, so that the fruits and vegetables on the upper, middle and lower layers of the vegetable and fruit box have a nearly consistent cooling effect.

Description

Perfusion flow ice making equipment

The present invention relates to a mechanism for manufacturing flowing ice, and in particular, to a pouring type flowing ice manufacturing equipment.

In order to maintain the freshness of vegetables during long-term storage, storage and transportation, operators will immediately transport the vegetables to cold storage for refrigeration after harvesting. The current refrigeration treatment method is to stack vegetables in layers in a fruit and vegetable basket, and cover the top layer of vegetables in the packaging container of the fruit and vegetable basket with crushed ice for pre-cooling. Then, the fruit and vegetable baskets that have been covered with ice are transported to the cold storage for refrigeration. However, due to the large particle size of the crushed ice covering the vegetables on the top layer, it cannot penetrate down into the inside of the cooling vegetable and fruit basket and the vegetables on the bottom layer. Therefore, after moving into the cold room, the vegetable and fruit basket must be regularly poured with ice water to try to cool the vegetables and fruits. The vegetables inside the basket cool down. However, this method of regularly pouring ice water wastes manpower and increases costs, and it cannot ensure that all vegetables can be cooled down, which can easily lead to a short storage and transportation life and a high rot rate during refrigeration. Take cauliflower as an example. Unrefrigerated vegetables will turn yellow within one day, while refrigerated vegetables can remain unchanged for 3 to 4 days. Therefore, in order to reduce vegetable losses, appropriate pre-cooling methods are extremely important.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a perfusion flow ice making device that can improve at least one of the shortcomings of the prior art.

Therefore, the pouring flow ice manufacturing equipment of the present invention includes an ice storage bucket, an ice maker, a stirring mechanism, and a pouring flow ice mechanism. The ice storage bucket has an arc-shaped inner periphery for surrounding and defining an ice storage space. The ice making machine is connected with the ice storage space and can be used to cool water into scaly flake ice and discharge the scaly flake ice into the ice storage space. The stirring mechanism is installed on the ice storage bucket and has a stirring unit located in the ice storage space and can be driven to stir and break the scaly ice flakes to make flowing ice, and a stirring unit for driving Turn the drive unit of the stirring unit. The flowing ice filling mechanism is installed in the ice storage bucket and includes an ice water pump that can be used to pump the flowing ice in the ice storage space, a delivery pipe that is used to receive the flowing ice extracted by the ice water pump, and a connecting assembly connected to The delivery pipe can be opened to spray out a nozzle of flowing ice, and a return pipe connected between the ice storage space and the delivery pipe.

The effect of the present invention is that the scaly flake ice produced by the ice machine is stirred and broken through the stirring mechanism, and can be used to produce smoothie-like flowing ice, so that the sprayed flowing ice can flow downward through the fruits and vegetables. The gaps between the fruit and vegetable boxes are filled and covered between each layer of fruits and vegetables, so that the fruits and vegetables in the upper, middle and lower layers of the vegetable and fruit box have a nearly consistent cooling and refrigeration effect.

200: Perfusion flow ice manufacturing equipment

3: Ice storage bucket

30: Ice storage space

31: Arc-shaped inner periphery

4: Ice maker

5: Stirring mechanism

51: Drive unit

52: Stirring unit

521: Stirring shaft

522:Blade group

523: blade

524: Leaf surface

526: Connector

6: Filling the mobile ice mechanism

61:Extraction tube

610: Extraction port

62:Ice water pump

63:Conveyor pipe

64:Nozzle

641:Nozzle

642: On/off valve

65: Return pipe

651: Back flushing pipe department

652:Return to the punching port

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, in which: Figure 1 is an incomplete perspective view illustrating the structure of an embodiment of the perfusion flow ice manufacturing equipment of the present invention; 2 is an incomplete side cross-sectional view illustrating the structure of an ice storage bucket and a stirring unit in this embodiment; and FIG. 3 is an incomplete three-dimensional cross-sectional view illustrating the structure of the ice storage bucket and the mixing unit in this embodiment. structure.

Referring to Figures 1, 2, and 3, one embodiment of the perfusion type flow ice manufacturing equipment 200 of the present invention is suitable for making smoothie-like flow ice, and can spray the made flow ice into a fruit and vegetable box containing vegetables and fruits (Fig. (not shown). The perfusion type mobile ice making equipment 200 includes an ice storage bucket 3, an ice making machine 4 installed above the ice storage bucket 3, a stirring mechanism 5 installed on the ice storage bucket 3, and a connecting assembly connected to the ice storage bucket 3. The ice storage bucket 3 is filled with a flowing ice mechanism 6 .

The ice storage bucket 3 has an arc-shaped inner peripheral edge 31 surrounding an ice storage space 30 . The ice making machine 4 can be used to connect a water source (not shown in the figure), and can cool the water supplied by the water source to make scaly flake ice, and discharge the made scaly flake ice downward into the ice storage. Within 30 spaces. Since the ice making machine 4 is an existing device and is not the focus of improvement of the present invention, it will not be described in detail.

The stirring mechanism 5 includes a driving unit 51 installed above the ice storage bucket 3 , and a stirring unit 52 disposed in the ice storage space 30 and connected to the driving unit 51 . The stirring unit 52 can be driven by the driving unit 51 to stir and break the scaly flake ice in the ice storage space 30, and mix it with water partially melted by the scaly flake ice to form a smoothie-like flow. ice.

The stirring unit 52 includes a stirring shaft 521 connected to the driving unit 51 and extending vertically downward into the ice storage space 30 , a plurality of blade sets 522 spaced up and down on the stirring shaft 521 , and a plurality of spaced rings. There are annular connecting members 526 outside the stirring shaft 521 and connected to the blade groups 522 respectively. The blade groups 522 are equally angularly distributed around the stirring shaft 521 .

In this embodiment, the stirring unit 52 includes three sets of upper, middle and lower blade sets 522 spaced apart. The blade sets 522 are distributed at 120° intervals around the stirring shaft 521 and can be driven and rotated by the stirring shaft 521 to stir and mix. ice water. Each blade group 522 has two rectangular blades 523 extending away from the stirring shaft 521 . Each blade 523 has a blade surface 524 used to push scale-like ice and water when driven to rotate. Each connecting member 526 is fixed across the top sides of the blades 523 of the corresponding blade group 522 .

The blade surface 524 of each blade 523 of the blade group 522 arranged at the bottom It is vertical, and the vertical angle between the normal lines of the leaf surface 524 is 90°. Each blade 523 in the other two blade groups 522 arranged above is horizontally deflected by 45° relative to the stirring shaft 521, so that the blade surface 524 of each blade 523 is inclined downward with an angle of 45 from the normal vertical line. .

The filling liquid ice mechanism 6 includes an extraction pipe 61 that passes through the side of the ice storage bucket 3 and is connected to the bottom of the ice storage space 30 , and an extraction pipe 61 that is arranged outside the ice storage bucket 3 and is connected to the extraction pipe 61 . Ice water pump 62, a delivery pipe 63 connected to the ice water pump 62, a nozzle 64 connected to the delivery pipe 63, and a return flow between the delivery pipe 63 and the ice storage bucket 3 tube 65. The ice water pump 62 can pump the flowing ice in the ice storage space 30 through the extraction pipe 61 , and inject the pumped flowing ice into the delivery pipe 63 to deliver it to the nozzle 64 and the return pipe 65 .

The extraction pipe 61 has an extraction port 610 exposed in the ice storage space 30 and located below the stirring unit 52 . The extraction port 610 is inclined upward, and the horizontal angle _θ1 between its central axis is 45°.

The nozzle head 64 has a nozzle 641 that is connected to the delivery pipe 63 and used to eject flowing ice, and a switch valve 642 installed on the nozzle 641 . The switch valve 642 can be operated to open, so that the nozzle 641 can spray out flowing ice.

The return pipe 65 can be used to guide the flowing ice transported by the conveying pipe 63 back to the ice storage space 30. It has a return pipe installed on the ice storage bucket 3 and located above the liquid level of the flowing ice stored in the ice storage space 30. The flushing pipe part 651 has a downwardly inclined backflushing opening 652 exposed at the top of the ice storage space 30 and located above the flowing ice liquid surface. The backflushing opening 652 can be used to conduct the water from The flowing ice in the conveying pipe 63 is sprayed downward toward the ice storage space 30 , and the vertical angle θ ₂ of the central axis of the back punch 652 is 45°.

When the perfusion type mobile ice making equipment 200 of the present invention is used, the produced scaly flake ice can be discharged downward into the ice storage bucket 3 through the ice making machine 4, and the ice storage space 30 can be mixed through the stirring mechanism 5. The scaly ice flakes inside are stirred, broken and mixed to make flowing ice. After the preparation of the flowing ice is completed, the ice water pump 62 can be started to pump out and transport the flowing ice.

When the nozzle 64 is not opened, the flowing ice pumped by the ice water pump 62 will flow back into the ice storage space 30 through the delivery pipe 63 and the return pipe 65, and because the return port 652 is designed to be inclined, downwards toward the flowing ice liquid level in the ice storage space 30, thereby helping to improve the pushing circulation and stirring effects.

When the flowing ice is sprayed into the fruit and vegetable box for pre-cooling of fruits and vegetables, the nozzle 641 of the nozzle 64 is directed toward the fruit and vegetable box, and the switch valve 642 is opened, so that the flowing ice pumped by the ice water pump 62 can be pumped out. squirt. Since the liquid ice sprayed out is like flowing ice, it will easily pass through the gaps between the fruits and vegetables, fill them up, and seep downward to the bottom of the fruit and vegetable box, allowing most of the fruits and vegetables in the fruit and vegetable box to quickly come into contact with the flow. ice, thereby giving the fruits and vegetables on each layer of the vegetable and fruit box a consistent cooling effect.

To sum up the above, the scaly flake ice produced by the ice machine 4 is stirred, broken and mixed through the stirring mechanism 5 to produce smoothie-like flowing ice, so that the sprayed flow The ice can quickly seep downward through the gaps between the fruits and vegetables and fill the spaces between the fruits and vegetables in each layer of the box, so that the fruits and vegetables on the upper, middle and lower layers of the vegetable and fruit box can have a nearly consistent pre-cooling effect.

In addition, through the structural design of the extraction pipe 61, the ice water pump 62, the delivery pipe 63 and the return pipe 65 of the flowing ice filling mechanism 6, the flowing ice pumped by the ice water pump 62 can be stored in the ice storage space. 30. The continuous circulation between the conveying pipe 63 and the return pipe 65 can ensure that when the flowing ice is not used, the pipeline used to extract and transport the flowing ice will not be blocked due to the ice coating of the flowing ice.

Therefore, the perfusion flow ice making equipment 200 of the present invention is indeed a very convenient, practical and innovative creation, and can indeed achieve the purpose of the present invention.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention and should not be used to limit the scope of the present invention. All simple equivalent changes and modifications made based on the patent scope of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present invention. within the scope covered by the patent of this invention.

200: Perfusion flow ice manufacturing equipment

3: Ice storage bucket

4: Ice maker

5: Stirring mechanism

51: Drive unit

6: Filling the mobile ice mechanism

61:Extraction tube

62:Ice water pump

63:Conveyor pipe

64:Nozzle

641:Nozzle

642: On/off valve

65: Return pipe

Claims (7)

A perfusion flow ice making equipment includes: an ice storage bucket, surrounding which defines an ice storage space; an ice making machine, connected to the ice storage space, which can be used to cool water into scaly flake ice, and make the ice into flakes. The scaly flake ice is discharged into the ice storage space; a stirring mechanism, installed on the ice storage bucket, has a structure located in the ice storage space and can be driven to stir and break the scaly flake ice. A stirring unit for making flowing ice, and a driving unit for driving the stirring unit; and a flowing ice filling mechanism, installed in the ice storage bucket, including a device that can be used to pump the flowing ice in the ice storage space An ice water pump, a delivery pipe used to receive the flowing ice taken by the ice water pump, a nozzle connected to the delivery pipe and capable of being opened to spray out flowing ice, and a delivery pipe connected to the ice storage space return pipe between. The perfusion type mobile ice manufacturing equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the return pipe has a backflush pipe portion installed in the ice storage bucket and located above the liquid level of the mobile ice stored in the ice storage space. The pipe part has a backflush opening for spraying the flowing ice guided from the conveying pipe downward to the flowing ice stored in the ice storage space. The vertical included angle of the central axis of the backflush opening is 45°. The perfusion-type flow ice manufacturing equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the perfusion flow ice mechanism further includes an extraction pipe connected to the ice storage space and passed through the ice storage bucket. The extraction pipe has an upward connection to the ice storage bucket. The extraction port of the ice storage space has a horizontal angle of 45° with the central axis of the extraction port. The ice water pump is connected to the extraction pipe and can pump flowing ice through the extraction pipe. The perfusion type flow ice manufacturing equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein the perfusion flow ice mechanism further includes an extraction pipe that communicates with the ice storage space and passes through the ice storage bucket. The extraction pipe has an upward connection with the ice storage bucket. The extraction port of the ice storage space has a horizontal angle of 45° with the central axis of the extraction port. The ice water pump is connected to the extraction pipe and can pump flowing ice through the extraction pipe. The perfusion flow ice making equipment of claim 1, wherein the stirring unit has a stirring shaft connected to the driving unit and extending downward into the ice storage space, and a plurality of blades installed on the stirring shaft at intervals up and down. group, and a plurality of connecting parts respectively installed on the blade groups. Each blade group has two radially spaced blades connected to the mixing shaft. Each connecting member is sleeved outside the mixing shaft and spans the spacer ring. on the blades corresponding to the blade group. The perfusion type flowing ice manufacturing equipment as described in claim 5, wherein each blade is in the shape of a rectangular sheet, with one end connected to the stirring shaft, and has a blade surface for pushing the flowing ice, arranged at the bottom The blade surface of each blade of the blade group is vertical, and each blade of the other two blade groups arranged above is horizontally deflected by 45° relative to the stirring shaft, so that the blade surface of the blade is inclined downward. The perfusion type flow ice making equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the nozzle has a nozzle connected to the delivery pipe for spraying out the flow ice, and a nozzle installed on the nozzle and operable to open the nozzle. A switching valve that sprays out flowing ice from the nozzle.

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