JP5701161B2 - Agitation mechanism - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an ice stirring mechanism provided in an ice storage.

  An ice dispenser configured to store a large number of ice blocks in an ice storage chamber internally defined in an ice storage and take it out as needed is widely used in restaurants and the like (for example, see Patent Document 1). . The ice dispenser of Patent Document 1 is rotatably disposed at the bottom of the ice storage chamber, and feeds the ice in the ice storage chamber toward an outlet opening at the bottom of the ice storage chamber, and an ice delivery screw in the ice storage chamber. An agitation mechanism (agitator) is provided that is rotatably disposed on the upper side and agitates the ice stored in the ice storage chamber.

  The delivery mechanism includes an ice delivery screw having fins that are spirally wound around a rotation axis, and an ice delivery screw that is rotatably provided so as to pass through a front panel that defines the front side of the ice storage chamber. A first coupling that supports the front end of the rotary shaft, and a motor that is connected to a first sprocket provided at the front end of the first coupling via a first chain and that is installed outside the ice storage chamber. ing. The stirring mechanism includes a stirring member having a stirring rod protruding in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, a second coupling that is rotatably provided so as to penetrate the front panel, and supports the front end of the rotating shaft of the stirring member; The motor is connected to a second sprocket provided at the front end of the second coupling via a second chain. In this way, the ice dispenser is driven by one motor so that the ice delivery screw and the stirring member rotate in conjunction with each other, and the ice is delivered from the take-out port by the rotation of the ice delivery screw, and the rotation of the stirring member. The ice arching is prevented by stirring the ice in the ice storage chamber.

JP 2006-242457 A

  In the ice dispenser of Patent Document 1, the stirring member constituting the stirring mechanism is installed in the ice storage chamber, whereas the motor that rotates the stirring member is installed outside the ice storage chamber, and the stirring member and the motor are installed on the front panel. It is connected with the 2nd coupling which penetrates. For this reason, when attaching or removing the stirring mechanism, it is necessary to perform the work of attaching / detaching the stirring member inside the ice storage chamber and the work of attaching / detaching the motor, the second chain, etc. outside the ice storage chamber. In particular, it is pointed out that it takes a lot of trouble to perform on-site replacement work in the event of a failure. Moreover, since the stirring mechanism distributes and arranges the structural members inside and outside the ice storage through the second coupling disposed through the front panel of the heat insulating structure, for example, the second coupling is disposed on the front panel. On the other hand, a bearing structure that rotatably supports the seal member and a seal member that fills the gap of the second coupling that penetrates the front panel are required, which increases the number of constituent members and the complexity.

  That is, the present invention has been proposed in order to suitably solve these problems inherent in the ice storage according to the prior art, and provides an agitation mechanism that can be easily attached to and detached from the ice storage. With the goal.

In order to overcome the above-mentioned problems and achieve the intended purpose, the stirring mechanism of the invention according to claim 1 of the present application includes:
In the stirring mechanism provided in the ice storage, and stirring the ice stored in the ice storage chamber of the ice storage,
An installation member that is detachably attached to a wall portion that defines one surface of the ice storage chamber, and is disposed in the ice storage chamber;
A motor attached to the installation member and disposed in the ice storage chamber;
One end is connected to and supported by the motor and disposed in the ice storage chamber, and includes a stirring member that is rotated by the motor to stir the ice in the ice storage chamber
The gist is that the installation member, the motor, and the stirring member are configured as a unit that can be handled integrally.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the stirring mechanism is configured as a unit that can handle the installation member, the motor, and the stirring member integrally, it is easy to attach and remove the stirring mechanism. In addition, since the agitation mechanism is configured such that the installation member, the motor, and the agitation member are disposed in the ice storage chamber, the component members are separately installed on the outside and inside of the ice storage chamber with the wall defining the ice storage chamber interposed therebetween. Compared to the case, a member for penetrating the wall, a member for closing the penetrating wall, and the like can be omitted, and the configuration can be simplified.

The gist of the invention according to claim 2 is that the installation member is attached by hooking a locking portion formed in a hook shape to an opening edge of an opening provided in the wall portion.
According to the invention which concerns on Claim 2, the stirring mechanism can be installed by hooking the latching | locking part of an installation member on the opening edge of an opening part, and can attach or detach a stirring mechanism more easily.

In the invention which concerns on Claim 3, the said stirring member is rotatably supported by the support part supported by this installation member so that the other end opposite to the one end connected to the said motor may oppose the said installation member. The gist is that
According to the invention of claim 3, since both ends of the stirring member are supported by the motor and the support portion, the load on the motor can be reduced, and the stirring member can be set large. That is, by setting the stirring member large, the stirring action of the stirring member can be exerted over a wide range of the ice storage chamber, and the occurrence of arching can be suitably prevented in the ice storage chamber.

  The stirring mechanism according to the present invention can be easily attached to and detached from the ice storage.

It is a sectional side view which shows the ice dispenser provided with the stirring mechanism which concerns on the suitable Example of this invention. It is a side view which a partially fractured and shows the stirring mechanism of an Example. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the stirring mechanism of an Example. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the state which decomposed | disassembled the shaft cover and the stirring member about the stirring mechanism of an Example. It is a schematic perspective view which decomposes | disassembles and shows the stirring motor and stirring member of an Example. It is a side view which shows a partially broken stirring mechanism of a modification.

  Next, the stirring mechanism according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by way of preferred embodiments. In the following description, the direction of each component is designated with the side where ice is taken out from the ice storage chamber in the ice storage as the front side.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the ice dispenser 10 has an internal view of a machine room 14 in which a refrigeration mechanism 16 and an electrical box 18, which are composed of a compressor CM, a condenser CD, and a fan FM for air-cooling the condenser CD, are installed. The formed housing part 12 and the ice storage 20 having a heat insulating structure provided on the upper side of the housing part 12 are provided. The ice storage 20 according to the embodiment is a box-shaped body having a rectangular shape in plan view, and an ice making mechanism chamber 22 in which an ice making mechanism 24 for producing ice is disposed is provided at an upper portion inside, and below the ice making mechanism chamber 22. An ice storage chamber 26 for storing ice produced by the ice making mechanism 24 is provided in the lower part on the inner side. The ice dispenser 10 operates the refrigeration mechanism 16 to cool the ice making part 24a of the ice making mechanism 24, and then supplies water to the ice making part 24a to generate ice of a desired shape, and the generated ice is made into ice. An ice making cycle including a deicing process released from the mechanism 24 is repeated. In the ice dispenser 10, the ice released from the ice making mechanism 24 in the deicing process is stored in the ice storage chamber 26, and the ice storage switch 28 provided in the upper part of the ice storage chamber 26 detects the ice to perform the ice making cycle. It comes to stop. In addition, the ice storage 20 includes a delivery mechanism 50 that sends ice from the ice storage chamber 26 to the outside, and an agitation mechanism (agitator) 60 that agitates the ice stored in the ice storage chamber 26.

  The ice storage 20 is constituted by a panel having a heat insulating structure in which front and rear, right and left, and upper and lower surfaces are filled with a heat insulating material such as urethane. The ice storage 20 is provided with a maintenance opening (opening) 30a in the front wall 30 constituting the front of the ice storage 20, and a cover panel 32 having a heat insulating structure similar to that of the front wall 30 is provided. The maintenance opening 30a is closed so that it can be opened and closed (see FIG. 1). The lid panel 32 is elastically brought into contact with a bracket 31 provided in the maintenance opening 30a with a sealing material 32a made of an elastic body such as a sponge disposed on the peripheral edge of the rear surface, thereby fastening a screw or the like. It is designed to be attached by means. In the ice storage 20 of the embodiment, a maintenance opening 30a is provided on the upper portion of the front wall 30 so as to open the front side of the ice making mechanism chamber 22 in the ice storage 20, and the maintenance opening 30a is removed by removing the lid panel 32. By opening, the ice making mechanism chamber 22 and the ice storage chamber 26 can be accessed from the outside through the ice making mechanism chamber 22. The maintenance opening 30a is set to a size that allows the stirring mechanism 60 to pass through.

  The ice storage 20 is formed integrally with portions 30, 33, 34, 34, and 35 that form the front, rear, right, and left of the ice storage 20 except for the cover panel 32 of the front wall portion 30, and the upper part of the ice storage 20 Is formed separately from the front, rear, left and right wall portions 30, 33, 34, 34. The top plate 36 is detachably attached to the upper end surfaces of the front, rear, left and right wall portions 30, 33, 34, 34 and closes the upper side of the ice making mechanism chamber 22. The ice dispenser 10 is provided with a front cover 38 detachably covering the front side of the ice storage 20, and connecting means 57, 58, 59, which will be described later, of the delivery mechanism 50 provided on the front side of the front wall portion 30. 38 is hidden (see FIG. 1). In the ice storage 20, a takeout port 40 is formed in the front portion of the bottom plate portion 35 that forms the bottom of the ice storage 20 (ice storage chamber 26), and a chute 42 that guides ice from the takeout port 40 is formed in the takeout port 40. Communication connection is established. The ice dispenser 10 is configured to guide the ice delivered from the take-out port 40 to a container U placed on a receiving part 44 provided on the lower side of the ice storage 20 by a chute 42 hanging from the take-out port 40. Has been.

  The delivery mechanism 50 includes an ice delivery screw 52 disposed at the bottom of the ice storage chamber 26 so that the rotation shaft 52a extends in the front-rear direction, and the ice delivery screw 52 via the connecting means 55, 57, 58, 59. Is basically composed of a feed motor (motor) 54 that rotates the motor (see FIG. 1). The ice delivery screw 52 has a fin 52b spirally wound around a rotation shaft 52a, and an ice storage chamber 26 of a coupling 55 in which a front end portion of the rotation shaft 52a is rotatably provided on the front wall portion 30. And a rear end portion of the rotary shaft 52a is rotatably supported by a bearing portion 56 provided on the rear wall portion 33. The delivery motor 54 is installed at the lower part of the ice storage 20 with the output shaft facing forward, and is provided at the front of the drive side sprocket 57 fixed to the output shaft and the coupling 55 facing the outside of the ice storage 20. A chain 59 is wound around the driven sprocket 58. The delivery mechanism 50 drives the delivery motor 54 to rotate the ice delivery screw 52 via the connecting means including the drive side sprocket 57, the chain 59, the driven side sprocket 58, and the coupling 55. 52 is configured to push the ice toward the outlet 40 by the fins 52b.

  The stirring mechanism 60 is located above the delivery mechanism 50 in the ice storage chamber 26 and is installed on one of the wall portions 30 (in the embodiment, the front wall portion 30) that defines the ice storage chamber 26 (FIG. 1). reference). The stirring mechanism 60 is cantilevered by the front wall 30 and is stored in the ice storage chamber 26. The agitation mechanism 60 is detachably attached to the front wall portion 30 that defines the ice storage chamber 26, and is installed in the ice storage chamber 26 by being attached to the installation member 62 facing the ice storage chamber 26 and the installation member 62. A stirring motor (motor) 72 and a stirring member 74 having one end connected to and supported by the stirring motor 72 and disposed in the ice storage chamber 26 are provided (see FIG. 2 or FIG. 3). The stirring mechanism 60 is configured as one unit that can handle the installation member 62, the stirring motor 72, and the stirring member 74 integrally.

  The installation member 62 serves as an installation base for the constituent members 72, 80, and 82 constituting the stirring mechanism 60 and is a part to be attached to the ice storage 20, and is a stirring motor other than the installation member 62 in the stirring mechanism 60. 72 and the stirring member 74 are not directly attached to the ice storage 20. The installation member 62 includes a base portion 64 in which a portion to be attached to the front wall portion 30 is formed, and a cover portion 68 that is attached to the base portion 64 and to which the stirring motor 72 is attached (see FIG. 2). . The base portion 64 has a hook-like engagement folded at the upper end of the plate-like base body 65 on the side opposite to the side where the cover portion 68 is installed (the rear side facing the ice storage chamber 26) (the front side in the embodiment). A stop 66 is formed. Further, the base portion 64 is formed with a restriction piece 67 protruding rearward on the rear surface (ice storage chamber 26 side) of the base main body 65 in a frame shape extending to the left and right side edges and the lower edge (FIG. 2). Or see FIG. The installation member 62 (base part 64) hooks the locking part 66 on the lower opening edge of the maintenance opening part 30a and is mounted on a holding part 46 that is formed to extend rearward on the inner surface of the front wall part 30. And is detachably installed on the front wall 30 (see FIG. 1). The locking portion 66 is formed so as to hang down from the front end of the horizontal piece 66a and the horizontal piece 66a extending forward from the upper end of the base body 65 extending in a posture standing along the inner surface of the front wall portion 30. The vertical piece 66b and the base body 65 are opposed to each other in the front-rear relationship. The base portion 64 is formed such that the distance between the base main body 65 and the vertical piece 66b of the locking portion 66 is the same as or slightly larger than the thickness of the front wall portion 30. The locking portion 66 is configured to place the horizontal piece 66a on the lower opening edge of the maintenance opening 30a and sandwich the front wall portion 30 between the vertical piece 66b and the base main body 65. By closing the cover 30a with the cover panel 32, the horizontal piece 66a is sandwiched between the lower surface of the cover panel 32 and the lower opening edge of the maintenance opening 30a so as to be restricted in movement. The front wall 30 is provided with a positioning recess 30b at the lower opening edge of the maintenance opening 30a with a lateral width matching the horizontal piece 66a of the locking portion 66 (see FIG. 4). The locking portion 66 (installation member 62) is positioned by fitting 66a.

  The cover portion 68 is formed in a box shape whose front (front wall portion 30 side) is open, and the width in the left-right direction is set in accordance with the width between the opposing regulation pieces 67 in the base portion 64. The cover portion 68 has a contact portion 68a provided so as to be folded inward at the front end portion to be in contact with the base main body 65, and is fitted to the inside of the restriction piece 67 and positioned by the restriction piece 67. It is fixed to the portion 64 with screws or the like. In the installation member 62, a storage space 62 a that can store the agitation motor 72 is defined between the base main body 65 and the cover portion 68 of the base portion 64, and the installation plate portion 70 of the cover portion 68 that faces the base main body 65. A shaft passage 70a through which an output shaft 73 (to be described later) of the agitating motor 72 is inserted is formed through (see FIG. 2). The installation member 62 is sealed except for the shaft opening 70a, so that water does not enter the storage space 62a from the outside.

  The agitation motor 72 is attached to the front surface of the installation plate portion 70 in the cover portion 68 in a state where the output shaft 73 is inserted through the shaft opening 70 a, and is stored in the storage space 62 a between the base body 65 and the cover portion 68. (See FIG. 2). The agitating motor 72 is attached to the installation member 62 in a posture in which the output shaft 73 protruding from the main body portion of the agitating motor 72 extends substantially horizontally toward the rear, and is installed on the installation plate via the shaft opening 70a. The tip of the output shaft 73 protrudes on the rear side of the portion 70 (see FIG. 4). The front end of the output shaft 73 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape in cross section, and a drive side pin hole 73a into which the spring pin 79 is inserted is formed to penetrate in the radial direction of the output shaft 73 (see FIG. 5). The wiring of the agitation motor 72 drawn from the storage space 62a through the wiring opening (not shown) opened on the side surface of the cover portion 68 is formed between the lid panel 32 and the bracket 31 generated by deforming the sealing material 32a. It is pulled out of the ice storage 20 through the gap and connected to the electrical box 18 in the machine room 14.

  The stirring member 74 of the embodiment includes a round bar-shaped shaft 76 and a bar-shaped stirring piece 78 provided on the peripheral surface of the shaft 76 so as to protrude in the radial direction of the shaft 76 (FIG. 2). Or see FIG. The stirring member 74 is provided with a plurality of sets of a pair of stirring pieces 78, 78 arranged in a symmetrical positional relationship across the axial direction of the shaft 76 on the peripheral surface of the shaft 76, and a pair of adjacent stirring pieces 78. , 78 are arranged 90 ° apart from each other in the circumferential direction of the shaft 76. The stirring member 74 has a connecting hole 76a formed in the front end surface of the shaft 76, and the opening shape of the connecting hole 76a matches the tip shape of the output shaft 73 of the stirring motor 72. (See FIG. 5). The front end (one end) of the shaft 76 is provided with a driven side pin hole 76b penetrating in the radial direction of the shaft 76, and the driven side pin hole 76b communicates with the connection hole 76a. . The agitating member 74 is configured such that the output shaft 73 of the agitating motor 72 protruding rearward from the shaft passage 70a of the installation member 62 is fitted into the connection hole 76a, and the driven side pin hole 76b and the driving side pin hole 73a aligned with each other. The spring pin 79 is inserted into the output shaft 73 to be connected. The agitating member 74 is supported by the output shaft 73 and is disposed so that the shaft 76 extends across the ice storage chamber 26 in the front-rear direction.

  The stirring mechanism 60 of the embodiment includes a shaft cover 80 that is attached to the rear surface of the installation plate portion 70 in the cover portion 68 and covers the shaft passage 70a (see FIG. 2 or FIG. 4). The shaft cover 80 includes a box-shaped cover main body 81 that opens to the front, and flange portions 82 and 82 that extend from the upper and lower portions of the cover main body 81. The cover body 81 has a vertical width that is set to be larger than that of the shaft opening 70 a and a left and right width that is set to match the left and right width of the installation plate portion 70 in the cover portion 68, and is coaxial with the shaft opening 70 a. Is provided with a shaft opening 81a. The shaft opening 81a is formed in accordance with the outer dimension of the shaft 76, and surrounds the shaft 76 inserted through the shaft opening 81a without a gap. The shaft cover 80 is attached to the rear surface of the installation plate portion 70 by inserting the shaft 76 through the shaft opening 81a and bringing the upper and lower flange portions 82 and 82 into contact with the installation plate portion 70. A connecting portion between the shaft 76 of the stirring member 74 and the output shaft 73 of the stirring motor 72 is accommodated between the cover main body 81 of the cover 80. Here, the shaft cover 80 is configured such that the through holes 82 a provided at the left and right corners of the upper and lower flange portions 82 and 82 are aligned with the screw holes 72 a provided at the four corners of the stirring motor 72. . The shaft cover 80 is configured such that not only the shaft cover 80 but also the agitation motor 72 is installed on the installation plate portion by screwing the screw N into the screw hole 72a through the through hole 82a of the flange portion 82 and the through hole 70b of the installation plate portion 70. 70.

  The stirring mechanism 60 includes a support portion 84 that rotatably supports the rear end (the other end) of the shaft 76 in the stirring member 74 (see FIG. 2 or FIG. 3). That is, in the stirring mechanism 60, the front end of the shaft 76 is supported by the stirring motor 72, the rear end of the shaft 76 is supported by the support portion 84, and the stirring member 74 has a double-supported structure. The support portion 84 is provided on the pedestal portion 86 supported so as to face the rear surface of the installation plate portion 70 by four beam portions 85 provided so as to extend rearward from the four corners of the installation plate portion 70. Yes. Each beam portion 85 has a rod shape with a circular cross section, and four beam portions 85 are arranged with an interval through which ice can pass. Thus, the stirring mechanism 60 is provided on the installation member 62 with respect to the shaft cover 80 and the support portion 84.

  When removing the stirring mechanism 60, first, the lid panel 32 is removed and the maintenance opening 30a is opened, so that the locking portion 66 of the installation member 62 that is sandwiched and fixed by the lid panel 32 can be removed. And since the stirring mechanism 60 is only mounted on the holding part 46, if the installation member 62 is pulled upward, the locking part 66 comes off from the opening edge of the maintenance opening 30a, and the maintenance opening The stirring mechanism 60 can be taken out from 30a. In the stirring mechanism 60, the stirring motor 72 is directly attached to the installation member 62, the gantry portion 86 and the support portion 84 are supported via the beam portion 85 directly attached to the installation member 62, and the stirring motor 72 and the support portion 84 are supported. The agitating member 74 is supported by the mounting member 62, and all the constituent members 72, 74, 84, 85, 86 are supported directly or indirectly by the installation member 62. That is, when removing the stirring mechanism 60 from the ice storage 20, it does not take time to disassemble constituent members such as the stirring motor 72 and the stirring member 74, and without removing the constituent members such as the stirring motor 72 and the stirring member 74. By simply removing the installation member 62 from the ice storage 20, the entire stirring mechanism 60 can be easily removed. When the agitation mechanism 60 is attached, the components such as the agitation motor 72 and the agitation member 74 are assembled outside the ice storage 20 into a unit and inserted into the ice storage chamber 26 through the maintenance opening 30a. The engaging portion 66 of 62 is hooked on the opening edge of the maintenance opening 30 a and placed on the holding portion 46. Then, by attaching the lid panel 32 to the maintenance opening 30a, the locking portion 66 is sandwiched and fixed by the lid panel 32 in a state of being fitted in the positioning recess 30b, and the stirring mechanism 60 is installed in the ice storage chamber 26. . As described above, the agitation mechanism 60 is configured as a unit that can handle the installation member 62, the agitation motor 72, the agitation member 74, and the like as a unit that can be integrally handled, thereby improving the detachability of the ice storage unit 20. it can. In addition, the agitation mechanism 60 can be attached or detached as a whole only by attaching / detaching the installation member 62 to / from the ice storage 20, and the constituent members can be attached / detached both inside and outside the ice storage 20 as in the conventional example. No work occurs, and the labor of the maintenance work related to the stirring mechanism 60 can be further reduced. Moreover, the agitation mechanism 60 can be installed by hooking the locking portion 66 of the installation member 62 on the opening edge of the maintenance opening 30a, so that the agitation mechanism 60 can be attached and detached more easily.

  The agitating mechanism 60 has a configuration in which constituent members such as the installation member 62, the agitating motor 72, the agitating member 74, the beam portion 85, the gantry portion 86, and the support portion 84 are arranged only on the ice storage chamber 26 side. Compared to the stirring mechanism in which the constituent members are separately installed on the outer side and the inner side of the ice storage chamber 26 with the front wall part 30 as described in (1) described above, the coupling for penetrating the wall part and the seal for closing the penetrating wall A member etc. can be abbreviate | omitted and a structure can be simplified. In addition, since the stirring mechanism 60 includes a dedicated stirring motor 72 that is independent of the sending motor 54 of the sending mechanism 50, there is no need to provide a connecting means for connecting the sending motor 54 and the stirring member 74, and the configuration is further improved. It can be simplified. Moreover, since the stirring mechanism 60 has a simple configuration, the occurrence of a failure can be suppressed. And since the stirring mechanism 60 and the delivery mechanism 50 can be operated independently, even if ice is not taken out by the delivery mechanism 50 for a long period of time, by operating the stirring mechanism 60 separately at an appropriate timing, The occurrence of arching in the ice storage chamber 26 can be suitably prevented.

  As described above, the stirring mechanism 60 has a unit structure in which the constituent members 72, 74, 84, 85, 86 are disposed only on the ice storage chamber 26 side. There is no need for a space for installing a stirring motor outside. That is, even if it is the existing ice storage 20 in which installation of the stirring mechanism 60 was not specifically planned, the stirring mechanism 60 of an Example can be retrofitted. Ice arching in the ice storage chamber 26 does not necessarily occur, and arching may or may not occur under the influence of various factors such as the size of the ice and the installation environment such as the outside air temperature, which differ from model to model. According to the stirring mechanism 60 of the embodiment, since it can be retrofitted to the ice storage 20, when it is found that arching occurs after installing an ice dispenser that does not include the stirring mechanism 60, or due to changes in the installation environment When arching occurs, the stirring mechanism 60 can be retrofitted to the ice storage 20. In other words, by using an ice dispenser that does not include the stirring mechanism 60 as a standard product, the cost of the standard product can be reduced, and if necessary, an arching can be performed at a minimum cost by installing the optional stirring mechanism 60. Can be preferably eliminated.

  In the stirring mechanism 60, since both ends of the stirring member 74 are supported by the stirring motor 72 and the support portion 84, the load applied to the stirring motor 72 can be reduced, and the stirring member 74 can be set large. Become. That is, by setting the stirring member 74 large so as to extend before and after the ice storage chamber 26, it is possible to exert the stirring action of the stirring member 74 over a wide range of the ice storage chamber 26, and suitably generate arching in the ice storage chamber 26. Can be prevented. In addition, since the load on the stirring motor 72 is reduced, the life of the stirring motor 72 can be extended.

(Change example)
For example, the following modifications may be made.
(1) The ice storage is not limited to an integrated structure of the ice making mechanism chamber and the ice storage chamber, and the ice making mechanism chamber may be a separate body. Further, a stack-on type in which an ice making mechanism chamber and an ice storage chamber can be combined may be used.
(2) The agitation mechanism is not applied to an ice dispenser provided with a delivery mechanism for delivering ice, but may be a simple ice stocker in which the user takes out the ice with a scoop or the like.
(3) Although the stirring motor is configured to be housed in the installation member, it may be exposed if it is a waterproof motor.
(4) The arrangement and shape of the stirring unit of the stirring member is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment, and may be a configuration in which, for example, a rod is spirally wound.
(5) A configuration in which the beam portion, the gantry portion, and the support portion are omitted, and the stirring member 74 is supported only by the stirring motor 72, as in the stirring mechanism 90 of the modified example shown in FIG. Moreover, you may attach to the front wall part 30 so that attachment or detachment is possible like the installation member 61 shown in FIG. Furthermore, the upper surface of the installation member 61 may be configured to incline downward as the distance from the front wall portion 30 increases, so that ice does not stay on the installation member 61. In FIG. 6, the same members as those in the embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in the embodiment.

20 ice storage, 26 ice storage room, 30 front wall (wall), 30a maintenance opening (opening),
61, 62 installation member, 66 locking portion, 72 stirring motor (motor), 74 stirring member,
84 Supporting part

Claims (3)

In an agitation mechanism provided in the ice storage (20) and stirring the ice stored in the ice storage chamber (26) of the ice storage (20),
An installation member (61, 62) that is detachably attached to the wall (30) that defines one surface of the ice storage chamber (26), and is disposed in the ice storage chamber (26);
A motor (72) attached to the installation member (61, 62) and disposed in the ice storage chamber (26);
One end is connected to and supported by the motor (72) and disposed in the ice storage chamber (26), and includes a stirring member (74) that is rotated by the motor (72) to stir the ice in the ice storage chamber (26),
An agitation mechanism characterized in that the installation member (61, 62), the motor (72), and the agitation member (74) are configured as a unit that can be handled integrally.   The said installation member (62) is attached by hooking the latching | locking part (66) formed in hook shape on the opening edge of the opening part (30a) provided in the said wall part (30). Agitation mechanism.   The agitating member (74) is a support portion supported by the installation member (62) so that the other end opposite to the one end connected to the motor (72) faces the installation member (62) ( 84. The stirring mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the stirring mechanism is rotatably supported at 84).

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