JP2004045002A

JP2004045002A - Ice maker

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Publication number: JP2004045002A
Application number: JP2002235262A
Authority: JP
Inventors: Sakae Sano; 佐野　榮
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2002-07-08
Filing date: 2002-07-08
Publication date: 2004-02-12
Anticipated expiration: 2022-07-08
Also published as: JP4512973B2

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ice maker capable of providing spherical ice of high transparency, in serving a drink on the rock. <P>SOLUTION: This ice maker is provided with a temperature gradient formed by a heat insulating material and the like inside thereof, and a spherical ice-making separation part is submerged in the same water in a state of being separated from a part of high temperature. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

【０００１】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、ウィスキーなど酒類をオン・ザ・ロックのような氷を用いた飲用に供する場合の、氷の製法に関するものである。
【０００２】
【従来の技術】従来、大きな氷の固まりをアイスピックなどを用いて、逐一角をとり、球状に成形して用いるのが常であり、より球形に近いほど良好とされた。また、家庭用では一般の冷蔵庫において製氷室で製氷した通常の氷を用いる。
【０００３】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】一般のバー、スナックなどでオン・ザ・ロックなどの提供を行おうとすると、逐一熟練したバーテンダーなどが一個づつアイスピックで成形を行わねばならず、技術的に大変であった。
【０００４】同時に、オン・ザ・ロック用の透明度の高い氷は、角氷の中から透明度の高い部分を選んで取り出す必要があった。
【０００５】このため家庭用では、このような氷を得ることは不可能であった。
【０００６】
【課題を解決するための手段】
上記の問題点を解決するために本発明の製氷技術にあっては、製氷器の構造において断熱材等の施工を施し、本体の水内部に温度勾配を設定し、同時に製氷となる水に製氷分離部を水没させて製氷過程での時間差を得るのである。
【０００７】製氷器の周辺に、上部より下部にいたる断熱材、あるいは製氷器素材の肉厚を任意に増やし、内部に温度勾配を設け、製氷器の上部から逐次製氷化を起こさせるのである。
【０００８】製氷分離部を、断熱材などにより温度勾配を有した製氷器内部のより温度の高い位置から離して、より低い温度勾配の部位に位置せしめるのである。
【０００９】この際、製氷に用いる水の内部に、当該製氷分離部を水没させて位置せしめるのである。
【００１０】当該製氷分離部は、水没させるための上部開口部と下部の水出入り用開口部を有し、製氷工程での水の移動を可能とするのである。
【００１１】また製氷分離部は、アルミ等の金属、あるいは合成樹脂により構成され、製氷となるべき水全体の内部で、温度格差を有して水を分離するのである。
【００１２】さらには、当該製氷分離部を水没した位置に固定する位置保持部は同保持部の素材、肉厚により円筒形内部にも、周辺との温度格差を設定するのである。
【００１３】当該製氷分離部は、上下の二分割に構成され、内部に製氷後は、これを製氷器本体より取り出し上下に分割して内部の氷を取り出すのである。
【００１４】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下、本発明の実施の形態を実施例にもとづき、図面を参照して説明する。
図１は、本発明における製氷分離部１を説明する斜視図である。当該製氷分離部１は半球からなる半球上部２と半球下部３から構成され、互いにつきあわせて当該製氷分離部１の球をなす。
【００１５】当該製氷分離部１の半球上部２には、その上部に空気抜き穴６が設けられ、当該製氷分離部が製氷をなす材料の水中に没する際の、製氷分離器内部の空気を排出するために設けられている。
【００１６】当該製氷分離部１の半球下部３の底面には、水没した製氷分離部の内部の水が外部に疎通できる水の出入り口７を有する
【００１７】図２は、請求項２の製氷分離部１と円筒形からなる位置保持部４との組み合わせを示す参考斜視図である。図中製氷分離部１は、位置保持部４に支えられて、製氷器の温度勾配の所要位置に固定される。
【００１８】図３は、請求項２の製氷器９内部における製氷分離部１と位置保持部４の位置関係を示す実施例の断面図である。図中製氷分離部１は、製氷に用いる水に完全に水没し、その水面は８の位置にあることを示す。
【００１９】図４は、請求項２の実施例を示す斜視図である。図中製氷分離部１は、製氷器９の内部に突起して設けられた複数の位置保持片１０により当該製氷器内部の温度勾配における温度の低い位置に固定される。
【００２０】製氷器内部に設定される温度勾配とは、当該製氷器外部に設けられた断熱材、製氷器素材などにより、当該製氷器の外部の温度との格差が当該製氷器内部において順次一連の温度格差を有していることを意味する。
【００２１】このため図５の上部の水温は、外部の冷気に対し下部の水温より冷やされ易く、逆に順次底部にいくほど冷えにくく、温度差が設定されるのである。本発明にあっては、かかる上面と下面の温度差でなく、その間の逐次の温度変化が有効であり、製氷器９そのものに温度勾配を設けるのである。
【００２２】図６は、請求項２の製氷器の斜視図である。図中製氷器の水を入れる内部には、所要位置に、製氷分離部１を固定する位置保持片１０が設けてある。
【００２３】図７は、請求項２の製氷器の断面図である。
【００２４】図８は、請求項３の製氷器の実施例を示す斜視図である。図中製氷分離部を固定する一連のつば部１１は、その上部に製氷分離部１を乗せることで当該製氷分離部１を固定するのであるが、つば部１１が一連の隙間のない形状に構成されているので、当該製氷分離部１により遮断された製氷器９内部の水は共に対流などの動きを制され、互いに製氷分離部１内部を通過する以外混じり合うことはないのである。
【００２５】このため、製氷器上部から逐次冷やされて凍結していく水は、順次製氷分離部１の水を介して、上部より順次結晶化していくのである。
【００２６】このため、水中の空気は上部から凍るにつれて徐々に製氷分離部１を介し、製氷器９下部へ移行し、結果、製氷分離部１の氷は空気を含まない透明度の高い氷となるのである。
【００２７】当該製氷器９により所要の透明度の高い氷を得た後は、製氷器９内部が総て凍らない内に、製氷分離部１を取り出し、この内部から目的の氷を取り出すのである。
【発明の効果】
本発明は、以上説明したように構成されているので、以下に記載されような効果を奏する。
【００２８】本発明は、製氷分離部を製氷に用いる水の中に水没させるため、当該製氷分離部内部から外部の空気を一掃でき、より空気を含まない真円に近い球形の氷を得ることが出来る。
【００２９】製氷器の周辺に断熱材等で温度勾配を設定したので、製氷器内の凍結する氷は、逐次温度勾配の環境下で、順次一方から凍結するのである。このため、製氷分離部内では空気を含まない製氷が行われ、当該製氷分離部内の水中の空気は、下部のまだ凍らない部分へ移行するのである。
【００３０】本発明の製氷器内部では、円筒形の位置保持部となしたので、円筒形内部と製氷器内部の水の温度勾配が設定でき、製氷器本体の温度勾配に加え有効な効果を得ることが出来る。
【００３１】更には、製氷器本体が有する温度勾配に加え、製氷分離部内部と製氷器内部との水を一連のつばで隔離したので、さらに有効な温度勾配による凍結の分離が行えるのである。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】製氷分離部の斜面、透視図である。
【図２】製氷分離部と位置保持部の組み合わせ斜面図である。
【図３】製氷器と製氷分離部、位置保持部の縦断面図である。
【図４】製氷器と製氷分離部を示す斜面図である。
【図５】製氷器と製氷分離部を示す縦断面図である。
【図６】製氷器を示す斜面図である。
【図７】製氷器を示す縦断面図である。
【図８】製氷器を示す斜面図である。
【図９】製氷器を示す縦断面図である。
【符号の説明】
１　製氷分離部
２　製氷分離部半球上部
３　製氷分離部半球下部
４　位置保持部
５　製氷分離部の合わせ目
６　空気抜き穴
７　水の出入り口
８　水面
９　製氷器
１０　位置保持片
１１　一連の位置保持つば[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method for producing ice when drinking alcoholic beverages such as whiskey using ice such as on the rocks.
[0002]
2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, it has been customary to form a large lump of ice at an angle using an ice pick or the like and form it into a sphere. The closer to a sphere, the better. For home use, ordinary ice made in an ice making room in a general refrigerator is used.
[0003]
In order to provide on-the-rock and the like in general bars and snacks, skilled bartenders and the like must perform molding with an ice pick one by one. It was hard.
[0004] At the same time, highly transparent ice for on-the-rock has to be selected and taken out from ice cubes.
Therefore, it was impossible to obtain such ice for home use.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the ice making technology of the present invention, the construction of the ice maker is carried out with heat insulating material and the like, a temperature gradient is set inside the water of the main body, and at the same time, the ice making is performed on the water that becomes ice The time difference in the ice making process is obtained by submerging the separation unit.
The thickness of the heat insulating material from the upper part to the lower part or the material of the ice maker is arbitrarily increased around the ice maker, a temperature gradient is provided inside the ice maker, and ice making is sequentially performed from the upper part of the ice maker.
[0008] The ice making section is separated from a higher temperature position inside the ice maker having a temperature gradient by a heat insulating material or the like, and is located at a position with a lower temperature gradient.
At this time, the ice making separation section is submerged and positioned in the water used for ice making.
The ice making separation section has an upper opening for submerging in water and a lower opening for water in / out so that water can be moved in the ice making process.
The ice making section is made of a metal such as aluminum or a synthetic resin, and separates water with a temperature difference within the whole water to be made into ice.
Further, the position holding part for fixing the ice making part at the position submerged in water sets a temperature difference from the periphery inside the cylindrical shape depending on the material and thickness of the holding part.
The ice making section is divided into upper and lower parts. After the inside of the ice making part, the ice is taken out of the ice making device main body and divided into upper and lower parts to take out the internal ice.
[0014]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an ice making separation unit 1 according to the present invention. The ice making separation unit 1 is composed of a hemispherical upper part 2 and a hemispherical lower part 3 each formed of a hemisphere.
The upper part 2 of the hemisphere of the ice making part 1 is provided with an air vent hole 6 at the upper part thereof to discharge the air inside the ice making part when the ice making part is immersed in the water of the ice making material. It is provided in order to.
The bottom of the lower hemisphere 3 of the ice making separation unit 1 has a water inlet / outlet 7 through which water inside the submerged ice making separation unit can be communicated to the outside. FIG. 4 is a reference perspective view showing a combination of a portion 1 and a cylindrical position holding portion 4. In the figure, the ice making separation unit 1 is supported by a position holding unit 4 and fixed at a required position of a temperature gradient of an ice maker.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an embodiment showing the positional relationship between the ice making separation section 1 and the position holding section 4 inside the ice making device 9 of the second embodiment. In the figure, the ice making separation unit 1 is completely submerged in the water used for ice making, and the water surface is at the position 8.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the ice making separation section 1 is fixed to a low temperature position in the temperature gradient inside the ice making machine by a plurality of position holding pieces 10 provided projecting inside the ice making machine 9.
The temperature gradient set inside the ice maker refers to the difference between the temperature outside the ice maker and the temperature outside the ice maker due to the heat insulating material and the ice maker material provided outside the ice maker. Has a temperature difference of
For this reason, the temperature of the water in the upper part of FIG. 5 is more easily cooled than the temperature of the water in the lower part with respect to the outside cold air. In the present invention, not the temperature difference between the upper surface and the lower surface but the successive temperature change between them is effective, and a temperature gradient is provided in the ice maker 9 itself.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the ice maker of claim 2. A position holding piece 10 for fixing the ice making separation section 1 is provided at a required position inside the water of the ice maker in the figure.
FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the ice maker of the second aspect.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the ice maker of claim 3. In the figure, a series of flanges 11 for fixing the ice making separation unit fixes the ice making separation unit 1 by mounting the ice making separation unit 1 on the upper part thereof. Therefore, the water inside the ice maker 9 cut off by the ice making section 1 is controlled by the movement such as convection, and does not mix with each other except for passing through the inside of the ice making section 1.
For this reason, the water that has been cooled and frozen from the top of the ice maker is sequentially crystallized from the top through the water in the ice maker separation unit 1.
For this reason, as the water in the water freezes from the upper part, it gradually moves to the lower part of the ice maker 9 through the ice making part 1, and as a result, the ice in the ice making part 1 becomes ice-free and highly transparent ice. It is.
After the required high transparency ice is obtained by the ice maker 9, the ice maker 1 is taken out of the ice maker 9 while the inside of the ice maker 9 is not frozen at all, and the target ice is taken out from the inside.
【The invention's effect】
The present invention is configured as described above, and has the following effects.
According to the present invention, since the ice making section is submerged in the water used for ice making, external air can be wiped out from the inside of the ice making section to obtain spherical ice close to a perfect circle containing no air. Can be done.
Since a temperature gradient is set around the ice maker by a heat insulating material or the like, the ice to be frozen in the ice maker freezes sequentially from one side under the environment of the temperature gradient. For this reason, ice making which does not contain air is performed in the ice making separation part, and the air in the water in the ice making separation part moves to the lower still unfreezed part.
Since a cylindrical position holding portion is provided inside the ice maker of the present invention, the temperature gradient of water between the cylindrical portion and the ice maker can be set, and an effective effect can be obtained in addition to the temperature gradient of the ice maker main body. Can be obtained.
Further, in addition to the temperature gradient of the ice making device main body, the water inside the ice making separating section and the inside of the ice making device are isolated by a series of flanges, so that the freezing can be separated by a more effective temperature gradient.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a slope of an ice making separation unit.
FIG. 2 is a combined perspective view of an ice making separation unit and a position holding unit.
FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of an ice maker, an ice maker separating unit, and a position holding unit.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an ice making device and an ice making separating section.
FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an ice making device and an ice making separating section.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an ice maker.
FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an ice maker.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an ice maker.
FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the ice maker.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ice separation part 2 Ice separation part hemisphere upper part 3 Ice separation part hemisphere lower part 4 Position holding part 5 Ice separation part joint 6 Air vent hole 7 Water entrance and exit 8 Water surface 9 Ice maker 10 Position holding piece 11 A series of position holding collars

Claims

A temperature gradient is set at an arbitrary position around the outside of the ice maker by using a heat insulating material or the like. The ice separation unit is provided in a state of being submerged in the same water to form a layer having a temperature difference within the same water, and the ice separation unit is located at a lower temperature gradient setting position and at a higher temperature gradient position. A method for obtaining ice of any shape having high transparency, characterized in that the ice is placed apart from the ice.

2. A method for obtaining ice with high transparency according to claim 1, wherein a spherically-shaped ice-making and separating portion made of metal such as aluminum or a synthetic resin is provided inside the ice-making device, a hemispherical upper portion having an air vent hole at an upper portion, and a water inlet / outlet. The ice making unit is then submerged in water used for ice making, and at the same time, the inside of the ice making unit is placed inside the ice making unit by the cylindrical position holding unit for installation at the submerged position. An ice maker for obtaining spherical ice with high transparency, wherein a different temperature difference between the water in the ice making section and the water in the ice making section is provided in the same position holding section.

2. A method for obtaining ice with high transparency according to claim 1, wherein a spherically-shaped ice-making and separating portion made of metal such as aluminum or a synthetic resin is provided inside the ice-making device, a hemispherical upper portion having an air vent hole at an upper portion, and a water inlet / outlet. The lower part of the hemisphere, and then submerged in the water used for ice making.At the same time, a series of flanges for installation at the submerged position separates the water on the upper surface from the water on the lower surface, and the ice making separation part An ice maker that obtains spherical ice with high transparency, characterized in that water is passed and convection is performed only by water.