AU2004272638B2 - Ice mold supply system for refrigeration appliances - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
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- F25C1/22—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds
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- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
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- F25C1/22—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
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- F25C5/02—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice
- F25C5/04—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice without the use of saws
- F25C5/06—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice without the use of saws by deforming bodies with which the ice is in contact, e.g. using inflatable members
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
- F25C2305/00—Special arrangements or features for working or handling ice
- F25C2305/022—Harvesting ice including rotating or tilting or pivoting of a mould or tray
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
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Abstract
An ice mold supply system for refrigeration appliances of the type comprising a freezer compartment ( 1 ), in whose interior is provided a support means ( 10 ) carrying at least one pair of median rails ( 30 ) on which is slidingly and detachably seated at least one ice mold ( 60 ). According to the present invention, the support means ( 10 ) carries at least one pair of upper rails ( 20 ) on which is slidingly and detachably seated a reservoir ( 50 ) which is dimensioned to contain, when completely full, a volume of water corresponding to that required for adequately supplying the ice molds ( 60 ) disposed immediately below, said reservoir ( 50 ) being inferiorly provided with a discharge nozzle ( 55 ), positioned above the ice mold ( 60 ) immediately below and in which is mounted an outlet valve ( 56 ) which is constantly and resiliently forced to a closed position and automatically displaced to an open position when the reservoir ( 50 ) is mounted in the support means ( 10 ).
Description
WO 2005/026631 PCT/BR2004/000173 ICE MOLD SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR REFRIGERATION APPLIANCES Field of the Invention The present invention refers to a system to facilitate the filling of the ice molds provided in the freezer compartment of a refrigeration appliance, generally a combined refrigerator comprising a freezer compartment and a refrigeration compartment, which are separated by an intermediary wall and closed by respective front doors.
Prior Art There are known from the state of art different systems for mounting the ice molds inside the freezer compartment of a refrigeration appliance.
In some of these arrangements, the ice molds are simply placed on a shelf or on the bottom of the freezer compartment.
In other constructions, the ice molds take the form of compartments that slide on rails affixed to the internal structure of the freezer compartment.
There are also known the arrangements in which the ice molds are rotatably seated on frames sliding on rails provided in the structure of the freezer compartment, in order to be rotated around their longitudinal axis and preferably submitted to a certain torsion upon completion of the rotation of about 900, in order to release the load of ice cubes inside an ice cube collecting box which is also slidingly seated on rails and positioned under the ice molds. An arrangement of this type is described in Brazilian patent documents PI960391-9 and PI9603902-7.
Independently of the characteristics of the prior art arrangements concerning the procedures for removing the ice cubes from the molds and for storing said ice cubes inside the freezer compartment, the prior art mounting systems require the ice molds to be manually 00 supplied, generally outside the freezer compartment, and to be subsequently carried to be positioned in the c-q determined place, which can be defined by a shelf or by rails inside the freezer compartment. This 00 5 operation of supplying the ice molds is uncomfortable, M9 often resulting in water spillage or in said molds being only partially filled. Furthermore, in the cases 9 in which the water supply is effected outside the O freezer compartment, the user has to carefully carry iq 10 it to the mounting place, trying to avoid the frequent and almost inevitable water spillage.
Besides the deficiency mentioned above, these known mounting systems are defined in the project, not allowing the user to modify their operational characteristics, as a function of the usage particularities to be imparted to the ice molds. The known mounting systems are not versatile, forcing the user to utilize the molds according to a single pattern defined by the manufacturer.
Any discussion of documents, acts, materials, devices, articles or the like which has been included in the present specification is solely for the purpose of providing a context for the present invention. It is not to be taken as an admission that any or all of these matters form part of the prior art base or were common general knowledge in the field relevant to the present invention as it existed before the priority date of each claim of this application.
Throughout this specification the word "comprise", or variations such as "comprises" or "comprising", will be understood to imply the inclusion of a stated element, integer or step, or group of elements, integers or steps, but not the exclusion of any other element, integer or step, or group of elements, integers or steps.
00 SSummary of the Invention According to the present invention there is provided an ice mold supply system for refrigeration appliances of the type comprising a freezer compartment, in whose 00 5 interior is provided a support means carrying at least M one pair of median rails, on which is slidingly and detachably seated at least one ice mold, characterized in that the support means carries at least one pair of C upper rails, on which is slidingly and detachably -q 10 seated a reservoir which is dimensioned to contain, when completely full, a volume of water corresponding to that required for adequately supplying the ice molds disposed immediately below, said reservoir being inferiorly provided with a discharge nozzle, positioned above the ice mold immediately below and in which is mounted an outlet valve which is constantly and resiliently forced to a closed position and automatically displaced to an open position when the reservoir is mounted in the support means.
Advantageously the invention may provide an ice mold supply system for refrigeration appliances, which promotes a correct, reliable and automatic supply, with no water spillage, of the molds with an adequate volume of water, when said molds are already positioned in their mounting places inside a freezer compartment, and which allows the ice molds to be manually and selectively rotated in their mounting places, in order to gravitationally release the ice cubes to the interior of a collecting box which can be detached from the inside of the freezer compartment.
00 SIn a preferred constructive form, the ice mold has its opposite ends horizontally rotatably seated on a frame C-i which is slidingly and detachably seated on one of the pairs of median rails and upper rails, the ice mold 00 5 being manually rotated around its longitudinal axis NO from a rest position, for freezing the volume of water supplied therein, to an inclined position for gravitationally releasing the ice cubes and in which the ice mold is submitted to a certain torsion.
C- 10 The support means may further incorporate, particularly by applying the above-mentioned construction that uses rotatable ice molds, at least one pair of lower rails on which is slidingly and detachably seated an ice cube collecting box which is disposed immediately below at least one ice mold, in order to receive the ice cubes that are gravitationally released from an ice mold, which can WO 2005/026631 PCT/BR2004/000173 4 be the one disposed immediately above which is displaced to the inclined position and submitted to a certain degree of torsion.
Brief Description of the Drawings The invention will be described below, with reference to the enclosed drawings, given only by way of example and in which: Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of the present supply system in an embodiment operatively associated with a sliding frame carrying a pair of ice molds and with a lower collecting box; Figure 2 is a front perspective view of the assembly illustrated in figure 1 when mounted in the freezer compartment of a partially illustrated refrigerator; Figure 3 is a median longitudinal vertical sectional view of the assembly illustrated in figure 2; Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of a reservoir of the present supply system; and Figure 5 is an enlarged front view of the supply system illustrated in figure 2.
Detailed Description of the Invention As illustrated, the present supply system is applied to refrigeration appliances of the type comprising a freezer compartment i, which can be defined in the upper portion of a cabinet, in whose lower portion is formed a refrigeration compartment 2, as exemplarily illustrated and which is separated from the freezer compartment 1 by an intermediary wall 3.
The supply system of the invention comprises a support means 10, which can take the form of a frame made of injected plastic, presenting a cross section in the form of an inverted and having an upper wall 11 from which vertically depend two opposite lateral walls 12, the longitudinal extension of said frame being dimensioned so as to be mounted inside the WO 2005/026631 PCTiBR2004/000173 freezer compartment 1.
The support means 10 carries, internally and along the extension of its lateral walls 12, a pair of upper rails 20, two pairs of median rails 30, and a pair of lower rails 40, said pairs of rails being disposed in horizontal planes that are vertically spaced from each other by a certain gap.
It should be understood that the distribution of the pairs of rails mentioned above is illustrated only exemplarily, and that other arrangements with a different number of pairs of rails could be used, as long as they allow defining at least an upper level, a median level, and a lower level for supporting the elements to be described ahead.
The rails may be constructed in different manners, as separated pieces affixed to the support means 10, or as pieces incorporated to the lateral walls 12 of the support means In a constructive form according to figure 5, on the pair of upper rails 20 is slidingly and detachably seated a reservoir 50 which is dimensioned to contain, when filled up, a volume of water corresponding to that required for adequately supplying an ice mold disposed immediately below, as described below.
The reservoir 50, which is generally molded in plastic material, comprises: a body 51 in the form of a tray that is slidingly seated on the pair of upper rails a lid 52 in the form of a plate to be hermetically and detachably mounted to the body 51, in order to define an upper wall for the latter; and a small overlid 53 provided in the lid 52 and which is manually operated between an open position, for filling the reservoir 50, and a closed position, hermetically enclosing the volume of water inside the reservoir WO 2005/026631 PCT/BR2004/000173 6 The overlid 53 is constructed in such a way as to facilitate the filling of the reservoir 50 and to provide the user with a visual indication of the water level to be reached for the adequate supply of a respective ice mold The reservoir 50 is inferiorly provided with a discharge nozzle 55 to be positioned, upon mounting the reservoir 50 to the support means 10, above a respective ice mold 60 immediately below, and in the discharge nozzle 55 is mounted an outlet valve 56 which is constantly and resiliently forced to a closed position and automatically displaced to an open position upon mounting the reservoir 50 in the support means It should be understood that the outlet valve 56 could be constructed to be opened only as a function of a specific operation made by the user, after the reservoir 50 has been correctly positioned inside the support means 10. In this case, the opening of the outlet valve 56 is not automatic.
In the embodiment in which the automatic opening of the outlet valve 56 is provided, the latter incorporates an actuating rod 57 disposed under the reservoir 50 and which is designed to interfere with the support means 10, generally with the closest upper rail 20, in order to actuate the outlet valve 56 when the reservoir 50 is introduced in the support means promoting the displacement of the outlet valve 56 to the open position (see figure 3) and the consequent supply of the ice mold 60 disposed immediately below.
In the illustrated construction, the body 5i of the reservoir 50 is medianly divided in two body portions 51a, 51b, each incorporating a discharge nozzle provided with an outlet valve 56 positioned above the respective ice mold.
WO 2005/026631 PCT/BR2004/000173 7 The construction described above for the reservoir is employed when, under the latter, two ice molds are positioned side by side, each having its opposite ends horizontally rotatably seated on a frame 70 which is slidingly and detachably seated on at least one of the two pairs of median rails 30. Thus, each ice mold can be rotated around its longitudinal axis, from a rest position, for freezing the water volume supplied therein, to an inclined position, for gravitationally releasing the ice cubes and in which the ice mold is submitted to a certain torsion.
It should be understood that the frame 70 can rotatably support only one ice mold 60, in which situation the body 51 of the reservoir 50 can be formed in a single piece provided with one or more discharge nozzles 55, each having a respective outlet valve 56.
Still in accordance with figure 5, the pair of lower rails 40 slidingly and detachably support an ice cube collecting box 80 which remains in a mounted condition, disposed immediately below the ice mold or molds 60 which are rotatably seated on the frame 70 in order to receive the ice cubes being gravitationally released from the ice molds 60 when the latter are rotated to the inclined position.
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- 2. The system as set forth in claim i, characterized in that the support means further incorporates at least one pair of lower rails on which is slidingly and detachably seated an ice cube collecting box disposed immediately below at least one ice mold.
- 3. The system as set forth in claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the ice mold has its opposite ends horizontally rotatably seated on a frame which is slidingly and detachably seated on at least one of the pairs of median rails and upper rails, in order to be manually rotated around its longitudinal axis from a rest position, for freezing the volume of water supplied therein, to an inclined position, for gravitationally releasing the ice cubes and in which the ice mold is submitted to a certain torsion.
- 4. The system as set forth in claim 3, characterized 00 4. The system as set forth in claim 3, characterized in that the support means carries: at least one pair of upper rails supporting the reservoir, at least one pair of median rails carrying a frame on which is 00 5 rotatably seated at least one manually rotatable ice M mold; and at least one pair of lower rails supporting IND the collecting box. (N 5. The system as set forth in any one of claims 1 to C 4, characterized in that the reservoir comprises: a c- 10 body in the form of a tray seated on at least one pair of upper rails of the support means; a lid which is detachably and hermetically mounted onto the body, in order to define an upper wall of the latter; and an overlid, provided on the lid and which is disposed in such a way as to allow supplying the reservoir and visually indicating the adequate supply of the respective ice mold, the outlet valve being mounted to a lower wall of the reservoir.
- 6. The system as set forth in claim 5, characterized in that the outlet valve incorporates an actuating rod which is designed so as to interfere with the support means when the reservoir is mounted in the support means, in order to provoke the displacement of the outlet valve to the open position and the consequent supply of the ice mold disposed immediately below.
- 7. The system as set forth in claim 5 or claim 6, characterized in that the body of the reservoir is medianly divided in two body portions, each incorporating a discharge nozzle which is provided with an outlet valve positioned above a respective ice mold, with the opposite ends thereof being horizontally rotatably seated on a frame which is slidingly and detachably seated on at least one pair of median rails of the support means.
- 8. The system as set forth in any one of claims 1 to S7, characterized in that the support means comprises a frame with a cross section in the form of an inverted C- with its lateral walls internally affixing the pairs of upper rails, median rails, and lower rails, 00 5 and with its upper wall being attached against an I\ upper wall of the freezer compartment.
- 9. An ice mould supply system for refrigeration C N appliances of the type comprising a freezer compartment substantially as hereinbefore described C-i 10 with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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