ES1190808U - Ice cube freezer tank (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Freezer compartment of ice cubes characterized by: - A freezing cabinet (9) comprising: - A system of ramps (6) linked together by a structure (5) that is fixed to the upper part of the freezing cabinet (9). - Each of the ramps has a cleaning system (7) to melt the remains of ice produced by the sliding of the ice cubes by the ramps (6) and evacuate the water through the drain (16) to the outside of the cabinet. freezing (9). - The structure (5) also has a filling sensor (8). - A programmer (10), connected both to the ice cube maker (1), to the cleaning system (7) of the ramps (6), to the push buttons (3), to the switches (4) and to the sensor filling (8) of the freezing cabinet (9). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

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DESCRIPTION

Ice cube freezer tank.

Object of the invention

The present invention is included within the hospitality sector, specifically in the equipment that currently exists to store ice cubes so that they do not thaw, without sticking with each other and preventing ice blocks from forming. The equipment of the invention is an ice cube freezer tank to keep the cubes with the same quality as just manufactured and so that they do not stick with each other, and in the case that some cakes a little between them the union is so fine that when moved with the ice shovel they release quickly. Due to a new system for removing moisture from the outer layer of the ice cubes from their take-off from the ice maker evaporator, the equipment of the invention eliminates said moisture through the gravity sliding of the ice cubes by one or several frozen ramps, which due to friction and multiple changes of position of the ice cubes on these ramps when sliding through them, and as the areas of friction of the ice cubes with the ramps change, the ice cubes ice loses much of the moisture with which they enter the equipment of the invention from the ice maker and when they reach the storage area of the ice cube freezer tank they arrive practically dry, the moisture of the ice cubes having remained on those frozen ramps. With this new ramp system we managed to eliminate the complex mechanics of the equipment that currently exist, with a new system of gravity sliding of the ice cubes through these ramps, which have an automatic cleaning system inside to avoid that are blocked by the accumulation of ice from the humidity of the ice cubes due to the passage of these through the ramps and the water that ice makers usually give off and is introduced into the ice cube freezer tank.

Background

At present there are different equipment to dry the ice cubes and eliminate the moisture with which they leave the ice cube makers, since if they are not removed, they cannot be stored in a freezing equipment directly such and As they fall from the ice cube makers, since an ice block will form inside these equipment, the ice cubes will break down and cannot be used. The existing equipment currently uses two different drying systems, the oldest ones are through vibration of the ice cubes in a drying container and the last known system is through the rotation of the ice cubes inside a container of drying, in both teams all the cubes that are manufactured in a production cycle enter the drying container, where through vibration or turning (turning them with each other), they get that the ice cubes do not stick together with others inside the freezer, and when the manufacturer has made another ice cycle, which takes approximately 30 to 40 minutes depending on the time of the year, they fall into the warehouse and the new cubes enter the drying container. These equipments are provided with several mechanical elements such as vibrating motors and actuators in the oldest system, and limit switches and double turn motors in the last known system. Having both teams known today a reasonable mechanical load.

The equipment of the invention eliminates all these mechanical components and the drying vessel possessed by the above equipment to remove moisture from the cubes of

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ice of its outer layer, since the equipment of the invention achieves it by causing friction by gravity of the ice cubes on one or several ramps, and when said ramps are frozen, the humidity of the ice cubes is left adhered to these ramps, and as the friction occurs on almost all faces of the ice cubes, they reach the warehouse practically dry preventing them from sticking with each other forming large blocks of ice. The ramps have a cleaning system for heating them, coordinated with the operation of the ice cube maker, to avoid large accumulations of ice and possible obstructions of the passage of ice cubes through these ramps, melting all the ice that leaves accumulating on the ramps and evacuating it through a drain outside the equipment. Ensuring that you always have clean ramps to avoid ice jams and never clean the ramps with the ice cube broth, since if the ice cubes pass through the ramps when they are being cleaned they will melt more even the ice cubes, getting these more wet to the equipment store of the invention of how they entered it. So ramp cleaning is always scheduled during the ice manufacturing process. The ramps can have a zip zap shape, spiral shape or any geometric shape but always guarantee the friction of the ice cubes on them by gravity. The ramps will always be placed under the entrance hole of the ice cubes to the ice cube freezer tank, to prevent water from falling from the manufacturer to the storage area of this, since all the manufacturers when they are working usually give off water or for any anomaly in the operation of the ice cube maker.

The equipment of the invention by eliminating all the mechanical elements and the drying container for drying ice cubes that currently have existing equipment, is very novel, quite simple, with much less chance of breakdowns, of bottlenecks of ice and is much cheaper than current equipment, performing a drying process much faster than existing equipment since it only takes 3 or 4 seconds to remove moisture to the cubes of its outer layer since they are released by the manufacturer of ice, while current equipment usually takes approximately 30 minutes to dry an ice production cycle. Preserving the cubes with the same size and the same quality as freshly manufactured, dried and loose in the storage tank freezer. And with a much faster drying process, a very important advantage in times of maximum ice demand. Since the ice can be removed from the ice cube conservator within 3 or 4 seconds of being manufactured and consumed instantly.

Description of the invention

The invention relates to an ice cube freezer tank, which can have an ice cube maker inside it, and in the event that it did not carry it, the ice cube freezer tank is placed under the cube maker. Checking with a programmer in the ice cube freezer tank the operation of the cube maker. The ice cube freezer tank also has a photocell, a push button and switches that are the ones that through the programmer give the orders to the ice cube maker, synchronizing the manufacture of the ice cubes with the cleaning of the ramps of the Ice cube freezer tank, to ensure that all ice cube production passes through these ramps when they are frozen to remove moisture from the outer layer of the ice cubes with which they are removed from the manufacturer's evaporator, since All ice cube makers release the cubes by defrosting so all the cubes are wet in their outer layer.

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After only several seconds since the cubes leave the manufacturer, they slide down the frozen ramps and when they reach the warehouse of the ice cube freezer, the ice is stored with the same size and with the same quality as it has just been manufactured. Avoiding the deterioration suffered by ice cubes in traditional silos, where they are damaged proportionally while stored in them. The more hours of storage in the most damaged silos will be the ice cubes, since these have no drying system or elimination of water from the outside of the ice cubes, these traditional silos can not have freezing equipment to store the ice cubes, since they stick together with each other forming a large block of frozen ice cubes.

The ice cube conservator comprises:

- A closet that has a static or forced freezing equipment.

- A system of ramps that are inside the freezer cabinet, the

which have an automatic cleaning system and with drains outside the

wardrobe.

- A sensor to detect the filling of the storage area of the freezer cabinet.

- Switches and pushbuttons for both start and stop of manufacturing equipment

of ice and forced cleaning of the closet.

- A programmer that synchronizes the ramp cleaning system, the operation of the ice maker, the sensor, the button and the switches in the freezer cabinet.

The ice cube freezer tank provides the following advantages over existing equipment:

- Increases the drying speed of the current equipment since it takes 3 or 4 seconds since the ice cubes leave the manufacturer, they slide down the freezing ramps until they reach the warehouse of the ice cube freezer tank. When current equipment takes about 30 minutes on average to dry the ice cubes.

- Eliminates all the mechanical system that current equipment possesses, guaranteeing proper operation, minimizing possible failures by not having any type of mechanical movement in the ice cube conservator.

- Eliminates the drying container that also have existing equipment.

- Obtaining a system without any noise, only that produced by each ice cube discharge from the manufacturer to the silo or storage, such as traditional ice equipment. Without the drying process greatly increasing the noise as it happens with dryers with vibrating motors mainly.

- This equipment is much cheaper than current equipment, by eliminating mechanics, the drying vessel and minimizing the components that current equipment possesses. Reaching the final customer at a much more competitive price and thus monopolizing a much larger market share. Since they can be energy efficient and economical equipment to many more customers within the hospitality sector. Increasing sales considerably.

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- Being teams with a much higher energy efficiency than current equipment, bypassing the motors, actuators and limit switches that currently have existing equipment.

- Minimizing the breakage of ice cubes, since the current equipment stores the ice cubes of each production cycle in a drying container, and when falling on top of each other due to the speed with which they come from the manufacturer, due when traveling more than one meter in free water ice cubes from leaving the manufacturer until they reach the drying container of current equipment, hitting each other sharply resulting in breakage in some ice cubes. With the new system, like the cubes, they slide down ramps from the manufacturer to the storage of the ice cube freezer tank, without having to be previously stored in any drying container, they do not hit each other abruptly and these do not occur breaks when hitting each other in the drying container of existing equipment. Significantly improving the quality of the ice cubes produced by eliminating these breaks.

Brief description of the drawings

Then I describe very briefly some drawings that help

better understand the invention and presented as a non-limiting example of this.

Figure 1 shows the ice cube freezer tank in an elevation view,

where a series of references that correspond to the elements indicated to

continuation, without implying any limiting character:

1- Ice maker.

2- Bench with ice maker drain.

3- Push button.

4- Switch

5- Platform of subjection of the ramps.

6- Ramps.

7- Ramp cleaning system.

8- Fill sensor.

9- Freezer cabinet.

10- Programmer.

11- Thermostat.

12- Fried equipment switch.

13- Fried equipment.

14- Door freezing enclosure.

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15- Storage of ice cubes.

16- Drains.

Figure 2 shows the ice cube freezer tank in a sectional view.

Figure 3 shows the ice cube freezer tank in a perspective view.

Description of a preferred embodiment

Figure 1 shows an ice cube maker. Under the ice maker is a bench (2) that has a drain to collect and evacuate all the water that the ice maker gives off. The bench is placed above the freezer cabinet (9).

When the ice cubes leave the manufacturer (1), they pass through the bed (2) in which all the water that the manufacturer gives off (1) remains, and the cubes fall by gravity to the ramps (6), sliding down these and releasing much of the moisture with which they are released by the manufacturer (1), through the friction of the ice cubes with the frozen ramps (6). In a few seconds the cubes reach the ice cube storage area (15). The water that the cubes have given off due to the sliding remains adhered in the ramps (6) that with the help of the programmer (10) activates the cleaning system (7) that the ramps (6) possess to evacuate the water to the outside and ensure that the ramps (6) are always clean. The manufacturer (1) continues to manufacture ice cubes until the ice cube store (15) reaches the level of the filling sensor (8), which sends a signal to the programmer (10) to stop the manufacturer (1 ). When the filling sensor (8) is released when the operator removes ice cubes from the ice cube store (15) from the freezer cabinet (9, the ice cube maker (1) is activated again.

Claims (1)

1. Ice cube freezer tank characterized by: 5 - A freezer cabinet (9) comprising: - A system of ramps (6) linked together by a structure (5) that is fixed to the top of the freezer cabinet (9). 10 - Each of the ramps has a cleaning system (7) to melt the remains of ice produced by the sliding of the ice cubes along the ramps (6) and evacuate the water through the drain (16) outside the freezer cabinet (9). - The structure (5) also has a filling sensor (8). fifteen - A programmer (10), connected to both the ice cube maker (1), the cleaning system (7) of the ramps (6), the push buttons (3), the switches (4) and the sensor filling (8) of the freezer cabinet (9). 20 2. Ice cube freezer tank according to claim 1 characterized in that You can have different numbers of ramps (6) according to the type of ice cubes that you want to store in the freezer cabinet (9), different shapes and can also have different measures to get a correct storage of the different ice cubes that exist nowadays.