CN218821135U

CN218821135U - Commercial ice machine

Info

Publication number: CN218821135U
Application number: CN202223340405.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蒋海燕
Original assignee: Cixi Honest Electrical Appliance Co ltd
Current assignee: Jiujia Refrigeration Lu'an Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-12-10
Filing date: 2022-12-10
Publication date: 2023-04-07
Anticipated expiration: 2032-12-10

Abstract

The application relates to a commercial ice machine, belongs to ice machine technical field, and it includes: the ice maker comprises an ice maker outer shell, wherein a water inlet pipe is arranged inside the ice maker outer shell; the ice making assembly is arranged in the outer shell of the ice maker and is used for condensing water discharged from the water inlet pipe into ice blocks; the inner container is used for receiving ice blocks; the water storage tank is arranged in the inner container and is used for receiving and storing water dropped from the water inlet pipe or the ice making assembly; the rotating plate is rotatably connected inside the inner container and can be automatically reset, and the rotating plate is driven to rotate when ice blocks are separated; and when the rotating plate rotates due to the falling of ice blocks, the inductive switch assembly is in a disconnected state, and water flow does not enter the water inlet pipe. The ice making machine has the effect of reducing water resource waste caused by ice making when ice is removed.

Description

Commercial ice machine

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of ice machines, in particular to a commercial ice machine.

Background

The commercial ice maker is a refrigeration machine that generates ice cubes by cooling water through an evaporator by a refrigeration system, and is mainly used to make ice cubes having a large volume. The working principle is that after the compressor is operated, the air is sucked, compressed, exhausted, condensed, throttled and evaporated in the evaporator by low-temperature evaporation.

The commercial ice maker comprises a shell, an evaporator arranged in the shell, a compressor, a water storage tank and an inner container. Be provided with a delivery pipe on the evaporimeter, water in the delivery pipe will drip on the evaporimeter, the refrigerated water is continuous in the temperature of zero degree condenses into the ice sheet on lower temperature evaporimeter surface, when the ice sheet condenses certain thickness, switch on the defrosting solenoid valve promptly and adopt the heat pump form deicing, make the ice-cube fall into the inner bag, so circulation, and water droplet on the evaporimeter during deicing and collect when supplying water to the evaporimeter unnecessary water will drip to the storage water tank in, later discharge in the ice-making machine.

In the related art, since the water supply pipe drops water at a low speed, the water in the water supply pipe continuously drops during the ice making and deicing processes.

In the process of deicing, because the defrosting electromagnetic valve is switched on and the heat pump type deicing is adopted, the effect of condensing the surface of the evaporator into an ice layer is poor, water drops in the water supply pipe drop on the evaporator and are not easy to form the ice layer, and only the water drops drop in the water storage tank and are discharged finally, so that water resource waste is caused.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to reduce the waste of water resources caused by ice making machines during deicing, the application provides a commercial ice making machine.

The application provides a commercial ice machine, adopts following technical scheme:

a commercial ice-making machine comprising: the ice maker comprises an ice maker outer shell, wherein a water inlet pipe is arranged inside the ice maker outer shell;

the ice making assembly is arranged in the outer shell of the ice maker and is used for condensing water discharged from the water inlet pipe into ice blocks;

the inner container is used for receiving ice blocks;

the water storage tank is arranged in the inner container and is used for receiving and storing water dropped from the water inlet pipe or the ice making assembly;

the rotating plate is rotatably connected inside the inner container and can automatically reset, and the rotating plate is driven to rotate when ice blocks are separated;

and the induction switch assembly is in an off state when the rotating plate rotates due to the falling of the ice blocks, and water flow does not enter the water inlet pipe.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, rivers pass through inside the inlet tube enters into the ice-making machine shell body, later the ice-making subassembly will follow the rivers condensation that the inlet tube flows and become the ice-cube, start the deicing after the ice-cube reaches certain thickness, the ice-cube will drop from the ice-making subassembly. The ice-cube drops from making ice subassembly and then pound to the rotating plate and drive the rotating plate and take place to rotate, and then the disconnection of inductive switch subassembly, control system stops the water source and intake in to the inlet pipe after receiving the signal. Until the ice blocks fall into the inner container, the rotating plate automatically resets, the inductive switch assembly is closed, and the water source continues to supply water into the water inlet pipe. The structure does not supply water into the water inlet pipe during deicing, thereby reducing the occurrence of water resource waste during deicing of the ice machine.

Optionally, the ice making assembly includes an evaporator and a compressor, the evaporator is disposed in the inner container, and the evaporator is located above the water storage tank.

By adopting the technical scheme, the compressor sucks low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant gas, the refrigerant gas is compressed by the motor in a running mode, high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant gas is discharged, power is provided for the refrigeration cycle of the evaporator, water in the water inlet pipe flows into the evaporator and is condensed into ice blocks, and redundant water flows into the water storage tank under the action of gravity and is collected.

Optionally, the rotating plate rotates install in the evaporimeter is close to one side of storage water tank, the rotating plate includes counterweight plate and hang plate, the hang plate set up in the top of counterweight plate and slope extend protrusion in the storage water tank.

By adopting the technical scheme, the inclined plate is convenient for hitting after the ice blocks fall off, and then the inclined plate rotates under the pressure of the ice blocks to drive the inductive switch assembly to be disconnected; after the ice-cube on the hang plate dropped in the inner bag, the weight plate can order about the hang plate automatic re-setting, and then makes the inductive switch subassembly closed.

Optionally, the inductive switch subassembly includes magnetic induction switch and magnet, the magnetic induction switch set up in on the evaporimeter, magnet set up in on the rotating plate with the cooperation of magnetic induction switch.

By adopting the technical scheme, when the rotating plate does not rotate, the magnetic induction switch is coupled with the magnet in a matching way, and then the control system receives a signal to enable water flow in a water source to enter the water inlet pipe. After the rotating plate rotates, the magnet is disconnected with the magnetic induction switch, and the control system blocks water flow flowing into the water inlet pipe from the water source after receiving signals.

Optionally, the water storage tank is detachably mounted on the inner wall of the inner container.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, storage water tank and inner bag integrated into one piece compare, separately make storage water tank and inner bag and reduced the cost of die sinking, when storage water tank or inner bag damaged simultaneously, only need will be bad demolish change can, the maintenance change also more practice thrift the cost.

Optionally, the water storage tank and the inner container are integrally formed.

By adopting the technical scheme, the water storage tank does not need to be installed independently during installation, and the installation is more convenient.

Optionally, a plurality of clapboards are arranged on the inner wall of the inner container, and the plurality of clapboards are spliced to form the water storage tank.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, a plurality of baffles concatenation forms the storage water tank, and the concatenation is comparatively convenient, and the structure is also comparatively simple.

Optionally, an ice taking opening communicated with the inner container is formed in the side wall of the outer shell of the ice maker, and a sliding door capable of sliding into the outer shell of the ice maker is installed at the ice taking opening in a sliding mode.

Optionally, both sides of the sliding door are provided with a first sliding rail and a second sliding rail, the first sliding rail and the second sliding rail are used for limiting the sliding door, the first sliding rail and the second sliding rail are communicated with each other, the second sliding rail is located on one side, close to the top of the outer shell of the ice maker, of the first sliding rail, and the second sliding rail extends towards the inside of the outer shell of the ice maker.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the ice-cube in the inner bag can be followed and is got the ice mouth and take out, and the condition that the door that slides shelters from the impurity dust that reduces in the air and attaches to the ice-cube takes place to getting the ice mouth. The sliding door is located in the first sliding rail when the ice taking opening is shielded, and when the sliding door is opened, the sliding door slides into the second sliding rail, so that the sliding door is stored in the outer shell of the ice making machine to be hidden, and the space occupancy of the ice making machine after the sliding door is opened is reduced.

Optionally, a smart seat communicated with the water inlet pipe is arranged on the outer shell of the ice machine, or a small water pump is arranged on the outer shell of the ice machine.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when setting up clever seat on the ice machine shell body, can directly put the vat water on clever seat as the water source.

When the small water suction pump is arranged on the outer shell of the ice machine, one end of the small water suction pump is communicated with the water inlet pipe, and the other end of the small water suction pump is connected with the purified water pipe or the large barrel of water placed on the ground, so that the risk that the ice machine turns on one side after the large barrel of water is placed on the outer shell of the ice machine is reduced.

In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

after the ice cubes fall off from the ice making assembly, the ice cubes smash the rotating plate to drive the rotating plate to rotate, the inductive switch assembly is further disconnected, the control system stops the water source from feeding water into the water inlet pipe after receiving the signal, and the situation of water resource waste during deicing of the ice making machine is further reduced;

the arrangement of the inclined plate is convenient for the ice cubes to fall and then hit, and the inclined plate rotates under the pressure of the ice cubes to drive the induction switch assembly to be disconnected; when the ice blocks on the inclined plate fall into the inner container, the counterweight plate can drive the inclined plate to automatically reset, so that the inductive switch assembly is closed;

the sliding door is located in the first sliding rail when the ice taking opening is shielded, and when the sliding door is opened, the sliding door slides into the second sliding rail, so that the sliding door is stored in the outer shell of the ice making machine to be hidden, and the space occupancy of the ice making machine after the sliding door is opened is reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the internal structure of a commercial ice maker according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of an installation structure of the evaporator, the liner and the water storage tank in the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the sliding door, the first sliding rail, and the second sliding rail in the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of the evaporator and water inlet tube in the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is an exploded view of the evaporator and the water storage tank in the embodiment of the present application.

Description of reference numerals: 1. an ice maker outer housing; 11. an ice taking port; 12. a sliding door; 13. a first slide rail; 14. a second slide rail; 15. a sliding rotation column; 16. a smart seat; 2. an ice making assembly; 21. an evaporator; 22. a compressor; 3. an inner container; 31. a water outlet; 4. a water storage tank; 41. a water storage tank; 42. a water outlet; 43. a rubber plug; 5. a rotating plate; 51. a weight plate; 52. an inclined plate; 6. an inductive switch assembly; 61. a magnetic induction switch; 62. a magnet; 7. a water inlet pipe; 71. and (7) water outlet holes.

Detailed Description

The present application is described in further detail below with reference to figures 1-5.

The embodiment of the application discloses a commercial ice machine. Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the commercial ice maker includes an ice maker outer case 1, an ice making assembly 2, an inner container 3, a water storage tank 4, a rotation plate 5, and an induction switch assembly 6. The water storage tank 4, the rotating plate 5 and the inductive switch assembly 6 are all installed inside the inner container 3, and the ice making assembly 2 and the inner container 3 are all installed inside the outer shell 1 of the ice making machine. The ice maker assembly condenses water into ice cubes, and the ice cubes automatically separate from the ice maker assembly 2 and fall into the inner container 3 after being of a certain thickness. The ice-cube will pound to rotor plate 5 and drive its emergence rotation in the in-process that drops inner bag 3, and rotor plate 5 takes place after the rotation inductive switch subassembly 6 disconnection, and control system blocks the water that enters into in the inlet tube 7 after receiving the signal. Wherein the excess water on the ice-making assembly 2 will drip into the water storage tank 4 for temporary storage.

Referring to fig. 3, an ice taking port 11 is formed in a side wall of the outer shell 1 of the ice maker, and the ice taking port 11 is communicated with the inside of the inner container 3. The ice taking opening 11 is provided with a sliding door 12 for shielding the ice taking opening 11 in a sliding manner, and when the sliding door 12 is opened, the sliding door slides into the interior of the outer shell 1 of the ice maker to be hidden. In detail, the two opposite sides of the ice taking opening 11 in the horizontal direction are respectively provided with a first slide rail 13 and a second slide rail 14 through bolts, and the first slide rail 13 and the second slide rail 14 are integrally formed. The structure of the set of first and second slide rails 13 and 14 is explained as an example.

The second slide rail 14 is located on one side of the first slide rail 13 close to the top of the outer shell 1 of the ice maker, and the second slide rail 14 is communicated with the first slide rail 13. The second slide rail 14 extends towards the inside of the outer housing 1 of the ice maker and away from the side of the ice pick-up 11. Two sides of the sliding door 12 opposite to each other in the horizontal direction are integrally formed with a sliding rotation column 15 sliding in the first sliding rail 13 or the second sliding rail 14. The following description will take the sliding rotation columns 15 on one side of the sliding door 12 as an example, wherein two sliding rotation columns 15 are arranged at intervals, and the two sliding rotation columns 15 are arranged at intervals on the sliding door 12 along the extending direction of the first slide rail 13. When the sliding door 12 slides into the outer shell 1 of the ice maker, the two sliding rotating columns 15 are both located on the second sliding rail 14, and then the sliding door 12 is supported.

Referring to fig. 1, the ice-making assembly 2 includes an evaporator 21 and a compressor 22. The evaporator 21 is installed on the inner side wall of the inner container 3 deviating from the ice taking port 11 through bolts, the compressor 22 is installed outside the inner container 3, the compressor 22 is installed at the bottom of the outer shell 1 of the ice maker through bolts, the evaporator 21 is connected and communicated with the compressor 22, and a refrigerant is introduced into the compressor 22.

Referring to fig. 1 and 4, the inlet pipe 7 is installed at the top of the evaporator 21, a plurality of apopores 71 have been seted up to one side of the inlet pipe 7 that is close to the evaporator 21, a plurality of apopores 71 all communicate with the inside of the inlet pipe 7, and a plurality of apopores 71 are arranged along the extending direction interval of outlet pipe. Thereby making the water flow in the water inlet pipe 7 uniformly drop on the evaporator 21.

The top of the outer shell 1 of the ice maker is provided with a smart seat 16. The smart seat 16 is communicated with the water inlet pipe 7 through a hose, and a large barrel of water is arranged on the smart seat 16 and can be used as a water source to provide water for the water inlet pipe 7.

In another embodiment, the smart seat 16 is not installed on the outer shell 1 of the ice maker, but a small water pump is installed on the side wall of the outer shell 1 of the ice maker, one end of the small water pump is connected with the water inlet pipe 7, and the other end of the small water pump is connected with a large barrel of water placed on the ground. Thereby reducing the risk of ice machine toppling caused by the bucket of water placed on the ice machine.

Referring to fig. 1 and 5, in the embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the inner container 3 is installed inside the outer casing 1 of the ice maker by bolts, and the inner container 3 is in a suspended state. Storage water tank 4 sets up in the below of evaporimeter 21, and storage water tank 41 has been seted up to one side that storage water tank 4 is close to evaporimeter 21, and the notch of storage water tank 41 is located evaporimeter 21 outside along the projection scope of vertical direction along the projection of vertical direction, and then the water droplet of drippage on evaporimeter 21 can all drip in storage water tank 41.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, a water outlet 42 is opened on the side wall of the water storage tank 41, the water outlet 42 is close to the bottom of the water storage tank 41, and the opening of the water outlet 42 faces the ice-taking opening 11. A rubber plug 43 is inserted into the water outlet 42, and the rubber plug 43 is mounted on the outer wall of the water storage tank 4 through a bolt. When the water in the water storage tank 41 needs to be drained, the rubber stopper 43 is pulled out, and the water in the water storage tank 41 flows into the inner container 3 to clean the inner container 3. The bottom of the inner container 3 is provided with a water outlet 31, a rubber hose is inserted into the water outlet 31, and the other end of the rubber hose is connected to the outside of the ice maker, so that water in the inner container 3 can be discharged from the inside of the ice maker.

The water storage tank 4 can be installed and hung on the inner wall of the inner container 3 through bolts; or can be integrally formed with the inner container 3 by injection molding when the inner container 3 is injection molded; and a plurality of partition plates can be spliced and welded together and finally welded on the inner wall of the inner container 3. In the embodiment, the water storage tank 4 is preferably mounted and suspended on the inner wall of the inner container 3 through bolts.

Referring to fig. 3 and 5, the rotating plate 5 includes a weight plate 51 and an inclined plate 52. The inclined plate 52 is located at the top of the weight plate 51, the weight plate 51 and the inclined plate 52 are integrally formed, and the inclined plate 52 is rotatably mounted at the bottom of the evaporator 21 through a rotating shaft. The inclined plate 52 is inclined gradually towards the top along the horizontal direction from the evaporator 21 to the ice taking port 11 and protrudes out of the evaporator 21, and then the ice cubes on the evaporator 21 can be thrown into the inner container 3 and hit the inclined plate 52 to drive the inclined plate 52 to rotate. The weight of the weight plate 51 is heavier than that of the inclined plate 52, and when the ice blocks driving the inclined plate 52 to rotate fall from the inclined plate 52 into the inner container 3, the weight block can drive the inclined plate 52 to rotate and reset under the self gravity.

Referring to fig. 5, the inductive switch assembly 6 includes a magnetic induction switch 61 and a magnet 62, the magnetic induction switch 61 is mounted on a side wall of the evaporator 21, and the magnet 62 is fixed to a side wall of the inclined plate 52 by an adhesive. When the inclined plate 52 does not rotate, the magnetic induction switch 61 is coupled with the magnet 62, and the control system receives a signal to enable water flow to normally flow into the water inlet pipe 7; after the inclined plate 52 rotates, the magnet 62 is not attracted to the magnetic induction switch 61, and is decoupled, and at this time, the control system receives a signal, so that water flow does not enter the water inlet pipe 7 any more.

The implementation principle of a commercial ice maker in the embodiment of the application is as follows: when ice cubes are being condensed on the evaporator 21, the rotating plate 5 does not rotate, and at this time, the magnetic induction switch 61 is coupled with the magnet 62, so that the control system receives a signal to enable water to normally flow into the water inlet pipe 7. When the ice blocks fall from the evaporator 21, the ice blocks are whole big ice blocks condensed on the evaporator 21 and not small ice blocks, so that the ice blocks hit the rotating plate 5 to drive the rotating plate 5 to rotate, the magnet 62 is not attracted with the magnetic induction switch 61 to be decoupled, and at the moment, the control system receives a signal to ensure that water flow does not enter the water inlet pipe 7 any more. When the ice blocks slide down from the inclined plate 52 into the inner container 3, the inclined plate 52 automatically rotates and resets under the action of the counterweight plate 51, so that the magnetic induction switch 61 and the magnet 62 are attracted, and the magnetic induction switch 61 and the magnet 62 are coupled.

In addition, water drops generated in the process that ice cubes fall off from the evaporator 21 due to the ice melting of the evaporator 21 drop into the water storage tank 41, and are discharged into the inner container 3 through the water outlet 42. The water for melting the ice blocks in the inner container 3 and the water discharged from the water storage tank 41 can be discharged out of the ice maker through the water outlet 31.

The above embodiments are preferred embodiments of the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited by the above embodiments, so: equivalent changes in structure, shape and principle of the present application shall be covered by the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A commercial ice-making machine, comprising: the ice maker comprises an ice maker outer shell (1) and a water inlet pipe (7) arranged in the ice maker outer shell;

the ice making assembly (2) is arranged in the outer shell (1) of the ice maker and is used for condensing the water discharged from the water inlet pipe (7) into ice blocks;

the inner container (3) is used for receiving ice blocks;

the water storage tank (4) is arranged in the inner container (3) and used for receiving and storing water dropping from the water inlet pipe (7) or the ice making assembly (2);

the rotating plate (5) is rotatably connected inside the inner container (3) and can automatically reset, and the rotating plate (5) is driven to rotate when ice blocks are separated;

and the induction switch assembly (6) is in an off state when the rotating plate (5) rotates due to the falling of ice blocks, and water flow does not enter the water inlet pipe (7).

2. A commercial ice-making machine as in claim 1, wherein: the ice making assembly (2) comprises an evaporator (21) and a compressor (22), the evaporator (21) is arranged in the inner container (3), and the evaporator (21) is positioned above the water storage tank (4).

3. A commercial ice-making machine as in claim 2, wherein: the rotating plate (5) is rotatably installed on one side, close to the water storage tank (4), of the evaporator (21), the rotating plate (5) comprises a balance weight plate (51) and an inclined plate (52), and the inclined plate (52) is arranged at the top of the balance weight plate (51) and extends obliquely to protrude out of the water storage tank (4).

4. A commercial ice-making machine according to claim 2, wherein: the inductive switch subassembly (6) includes magnetic induction switch (61) and magnet (62), magnetic induction switch (61) set up in on evaporimeter (21), magnet (62) set up in rotating plate (5) go up with magnetic induction switch (61) cooperation.

5. A commercial ice-making machine as in claim 1, wherein: the water storage tank (4) is detachably mounted on the inner wall of the inner container (3).

6. A commercial ice-making machine according to claim 1, wherein: the water storage tank (4) and the inner container (3) are integrally formed.

7. A commercial ice-making machine according to claim 1, wherein: the inner wall of the inner container (3) is provided with a plurality of partition plates, and the plurality of partition plates are spliced to form the water storage tank (4).

8. A commercial ice-making machine as in claim 1, wherein: an ice taking opening (11) communicated with the inner container (3) is formed in the side wall of the outer shell (1) of the ice maker, and a sliding door (12) capable of sliding into the outer shell (1) of the ice maker is slidably mounted at the ice taking opening (11).

9. A commercial ice-making machine according to claim 8, wherein: the both sides of door (12) all are provided with right door (12) that slides carry out spacing first slide rail (13) and second slide rail (14), first slide rail (13) with second slide rail (14) communicate each other, second slide rail (14) are located first slide rail (13) are close to one side at ice machine shell body (1) top, just second slide rail (14) to the inside of ice machine shell body (1) extends.

10. A commercial ice-making machine as in claim 1, wherein: the shell body (1) of the ice machine is provided with a smart seat (16) communicated with the water inlet pipe (7), or the shell body (1) of the ice machine is provided with a small water pump.