JPS5942624Y2 - ice maker drainage system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an ice maker, and more particularly to an improved construction of a drainage device for a water reservoir for storing ice blocks such as ice cubes.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes an ice-making member to which an evaporation pipe 2 of the refrigeration system is connected, and ice-making water in a water storage tank 3 disposed below the member 1 is circulated over the ice-making member 1 using a pump device (not shown). Make ice.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a heater device for cutting ice sheets placed in front of the lower edge of the ice making member 1, which receives the sheet ice grown on the ice making member 1, cuts it into ice cubes of a predetermined size, and stores the ice in the water storage 5. It is something to do.

The ice storage 5 is divided by an inner box 6, and a drainage device T is provided at the bottom of the inner box 6 to drain water melted from the ice cubes.

8 is an electric compressor of the refrigeration system, 9 is a condenser, and 10 is a fan for cooling the condenser.

Next, the drainage device 7 improved by the present invention will be described in detail.

That is, an annular groove 7 whose width is narrower than the size of the ice cube is formed on the bottom surface 6a of the inner box.
a is integrally molded.

At this time, the bottom protrusion 7b surrounded by the annular groove 7a is formed so as to protrude slightly higher than the other surfaces.

Furthermore, a plurality of small holes 7c are bored in the bottom surface of the groove 7a.

The small hole 7c is formed on the back surface of the inner box, and a drainage receptacle with the end opened at a suitable location outside is provided with a passage 7a.

Since the present invention is a drainage device constructed as described above, not only the small hole is not blocked by ice cubes, but also the groove is inserted between the bottom protrusion surrounded by the annular groove and the other bottom surface. Because of the step, the ice cubes do not completely block the entire concave groove, and the melted water from the ice cubes drains smoothly from the small hole. Furthermore, the drainage receiver passes through the passage and drains to the appropriate external location, making it extremely reliable. Play advantage.

Further, since the drainage receiver and the other components except the passage are integrally molded with the inner box, there is an advantage that the construction of the entire drainage device can be extremely simplified.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part of an ice making machine equipped with a drainage device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the main part of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the main part of FIG. 5... Water storage, 6... Inner box, 6a...
...The bottom of the inner box. 7a...Annular groove, 7c...Bottom protrusion, 7c...Small hole, 7b...Drainage receptacle is passage.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In an ice maker that produces ice blocks such as ice cubes and is equipped with a water storage for storing water therein, an annular groove having a width narrower than the size of the ice cubes is integrated into the bottom of an inner box that partitions the water storage. At the same time, the bottom protrusion surrounded by the core groove is formed to be slightly higher than the other bottom surface, and a small hole is formed in the bottom of the groove, and the small hole is formed in the back surface of the inner box. A drainage device for an ice maker, characterized in that the receiver has an open end to the outside and a drainage receiver is fitted with a passage.