JPS5942619Y2 - ice dispenser - Google Patents

Description

【考案の詳細な説明】 本考案は製氷装置にて作られた氷を貯氷すると共に側壁
に通常扉にて閉塞される放出口を開口したホッパーを備
え、該ホッパー内底部には放出口に向けて低く傾斜する
と共に該傾斜上部から放出口に向けて***部を形成した
円錐状の簀の子を配置し、更にホッパーの略センターに
位置し駆動装置に連動して回転する軸からホッパー側壁
方向に低く傾斜した氷放出棒を放射状に延出せしめて成
る氷ディスペンサーの改良に関し、特に氷形成を崩すこ
となく円滑に水放出を行う事を目的とする。[Detailed description of the invention] This invention stores ice made by an ice making device, and is equipped with a hopper that has a discharge port that is normally closed with a door opened in the side wall, and the inner bottom of the hopper has an opening facing the discharge port. A conical screen with a raised part formed from the upper part of the slope toward the discharge port is arranged, and is further lowered toward the side wall of the hopper from a shaft that is located approximately at the center of the hopper and rotates in conjunction with the drive device. This invention relates to an improvement in an ice dispenser comprising a slanted ice discharge rod extending radially, and specifically aims to smoothly discharge water without disrupting ice formation.

以下に本考案の一実施例を図面に基づき説明する。An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

１は冷凍サイクルの蒸発パイプ２を外面に巻回した冷却
円筒で、上端に水放出口１人を有し周囲は断熱壁３にて
断熱されている。Reference numeral 1 denotes a cooling cylinder having an evaporation pipe 2 of a refrigeration cycle wound around its outer surface, which has a water outlet at the upper end and is insulated around the cylinder by a heat insulating wall 3.

４は冷却円筒１内の所定レベルに給水する給水管、５は
冷却円筒１内で外面に氷圧縮通路６を形成せる上部軸受
７と下部軸受（図示せず）に支持された回転体で、外面
に螺旋歯８を形成している。4 is a water supply pipe that supplies water to a predetermined level within the cooling cylinder 1; 5 is a rotating body supported by an upper bearing 7 and a lower bearing (not shown) forming an ice compression passage 6 on the outer surface within the cooling cylinder 1; Spiral teeth 8 are formed on the outer surface.

９は回転体５の駆動モーターで、これは後述する放出装
置に共用される。Reference numeral 9 denotes a drive motor for the rotating body 5, which is also used for the release device described later.

１０は内部にモーター９の減速機構を配設したケーシン
グである。10 is a casing in which a speed reduction mechanism for the motor 9 is disposed.

１１は冷却円筒１の出口１人と庫内を連通したホッパー
で、下部側壁には電気的に開閉する扉１２にて通常閉塞
される放出口１３が開口している。Reference numeral 11 denotes a hopper that communicates with one outlet of the cooling cylinder 1 and the inside of the refrigerator, and a discharge port 13 that is normally closed by a door 12 that opens and closes electrically is opened in the lower side wall.

またホッパー１１内底壁上には放出口１３に向けて低く
傾斜すると共に該傾斜上部から放出口１３に向けて***
部１４Ａを形成した円錐状の簀の子１４を配置している
。Further, on the inner bottom wall of the hopper 11, a conical cage 14 is arranged which slopes low toward the discharge port 13 and has a raised portion 14A extending from the top of the slope toward the discharge port 13.

更にホッパー１１のセンターには前記回転体５の上端軸
５Ａに連結された軸１５が配設され、該軸１５からはホ
ッパー１１の側壁１１Ａ方向に低く傾斜した氷放出棒１
６が放射状に延出している。Furthermore, a shaft 15 connected to the upper end shaft 5A of the rotary body 5 is disposed at the center of the hopper 11, and an ice discharge rod 1 is connected to the shaft 15 from the shaft 15 and is inclined low toward the side wall 11A of the hopper 11.
6 extends radially.

ところで本考案は氷放出棒１６の先端と***部１４Ａ間
の寸法り及び氷放出棒１６の先端とホッパー側壁１１Ａ
間の寸法ｌを氷１個の寸法より若干太きくしている。By the way, the present invention is based on the dimensions between the tip of the ice discharge rod 16 and the ridge 14A, and the size between the tip of the ice discharge rod 16 and the hopper side wall 11A.
The dimension l between them is made slightly larger than the dimension of one piece of ice.

以上の構成にむいて、冷却円筒１の内面に族長する氷は
螺旋歯８によって剥ぎとられ圧縮通路６を通過すること
によって緻密氷に圧縮され出口１人からホッパー１１内
に入り簀の子１４上に除除に貯氷されていく。With the above configuration, the ice that has grown on the inner surface of the cooling cylinder 1 is stripped off by the spiral teeth 8 and compressed into dense ice by passing through the compression passage 6, and enters the hopper 11 from the outlet 1 and onto the cage 14. Ice is stored in a storage area.

これを放出する動作は扉１２を開放すると矢印方向に回
転している氷放出棒１６によって氷は移動せしめられ隆
起部１４Ａに沿って放出口１３から放出される。In the operation of releasing the ice, when the door 12 is opened, the ice is moved by the ice release rod 16 rotating in the direction of the arrow and is released from the release port 13 along the raised portion 14A.

今、第３図に示す様に氷放出棒１６の先端と***部１４
Ａ間の寸法が氷１７−個より小さい従来例では氷放出棒
１６と***部１４Ａ間に氷１７が挾１って破壊される欠
点を招く。Now, as shown in FIG.
In the conventional example in which the dimension between A and A is smaller than 17 pieces of ice, the ice 17 is trapped between the ice discharge rod 16 and the protrusion 14A, resulting in breakage.

また第４図に示す様に氷放出棒１６の先端とホッパく一
側壁１１Ａ′間の寸法が氷１７−個より小さい従来例で
は氷放出棒１６と放出口１３の縁部の間に氷１７が挾１
つて破壊される欠点を招く。Further, as shown in FIG. 4, in the conventional example where the dimension between the tip of the ice discharging rod 16 and the hopper side wall 11A' is smaller than 17 pieces of ice, there is no ice between the ice discharging rod 16 and the edge of the outlet 13. Gashaku 1
This leads to defects that can be destroyed.

本考案においては氷放出棒の先端と***部間の寸法り及
び氷放出棒の先端とホッパく一側壁間の寸法ｌを氷−個
の寸法より若干大きくしているため従来の如く氷放出棒
と***部間及び氷放出棒と放出口縁部間に氷が挾１って
破壊される心配もなく製氷装置で作られた氷形成をその
１１維持して放出口から水放出動作が円滑に行われる利
点を奏するものである。In the present invention, the dimension between the tip of the ice discharging rod and the ridge and the dimension l between the tip of the ice discharging rod and the side wall of the hopper are slightly larger than the dimensions of the ice cube, so that the ice discharging rod is not different from the conventional ice discharging rod. The ice formation created by the ice making device is maintained without the risk of ice being crushed between the ridge and the ice discharge rod or between the ice discharge rod and the edge of the discharge port, and water discharge from the discharge port is performed smoothly. It has the advantage of being carried out.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

第１図は本考案の氷ディスペンサーの一部を破断した縦
断面図、第２図はホッパーの要部断面せる平面図、第３
図及び第４図は従来例の説明図を示す。 １１・・・・・・ホッパー、１１Ａ・・・・・・ホツハ
ー側壁、１４・・・・・・簀の子、１４Ａ・・・・・・
***部、１６・・・・・・氷放出棒Fig. 1 is a partially cut away vertical sectional view of the ice dispenser of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of the main part of the hopper, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the ice dispenser of the present invention.
FIG. 4 shows an explanatory diagram of a conventional example. 11...Hopper, 11A...Hotsuha side wall, 14...Basketball, 14A...
Ridge, 16...Ice release rod

Claims (1)

【実用新案登録請求の範囲】[Scope of utility model registration request] 製氷装置にて作られた氷を貯氷すると共に、扉にて閉塞
される放出口を側壁に開口したホッパーを備え、該ホッ
パー内底部には前記放出口に向けて低く傾斜すると共に
該傾斜上部から放出口こ向けて***部を形成した円錐状
の簀の子を配置し、更にホッパーの略センターに位置し
駆動装置に連動して回転する軸からホッパー側壁方向に
低く傾斜した氷放出棒を放射状に延出せしめて成る氷デ
ィスペンサーに於いて、前記氷放出棒の先端と前記***
部間の寸法り及び前記氷放出棒の先端と前記ホッパー側
壁間の寸法１を氷−個の寸法より若干大きくした事を特
徴とする氷ディスペンサーThe hopper is equipped with a hopper that stores ice made by an ice making device and has a discharge port that is closed by a door and is opened in the side wall, and the inner bottom of the hopper is sloped low toward the discharge port and has a hopper that is sloped downwardly toward the discharge port and has a hopper that is closed by a door. A conical cage with a raised part is placed facing the discharge port, and a low sloped ice discharge rod extends radially from a shaft located approximately at the center of the hopper and rotates in conjunction with the drive device toward the side wall of the hopper. In the ice dispenser, the dimension between the tip of the ice discharging rod and the ridge and the dimension 1 between the tip of the ice discharging rod and the side wall of the hopper are slightly larger than the size of the ice cube. Featured ice dispenser