TWI727674B - Rotating shaft holding and connecting device of ice maker - Google Patents

Abstract

This creation is an ice maker shaft holding and connecting device, which is hung on a plurality of shelves of an ice maker and located under the base of the ice maker. The ice maker shaft holding and connecting device includes a body which is hung on the shelf. It also includes a receiving tray, a ring wall and many hanging components. The outer contour of the receiving tray is larger than the outer contour of the base. The ring wall is formed on the periphery of the receiving tray. The hanging components are arranged on the ring wall and hung on the shelf at intervals. This creation makes ice The machine shaft receiving device is hung under the ice maker by a hanging assembly. When the ice maker is running, the lubricating oil in the bearing will fall on the receiving plate and be surrounded by the ring wall, so as to avoid falling into the container and ensure the ice Block quality.

Description

Rotating shaft holding and connecting device of ice maker

This creation is a kind of ice maker shaft holding and connecting device, especially an external ice maker shaft holding and connecting device that can isolate oil.

As shown in FIG. 7, it is the operation state of the existing scaly ice maker 90. The scaly ice maker 90 is set on a carrier plate 80 with an opening 81, and a container 82 is provided below the opening 81. The scaly ice maker 90 includes a base 91, a body 92, a cooler 93, a feeding unit 94, and a scraper unit 95. The base 91 is disposed on the carrying plate 80 and located above the opening 81 , The center of the base 91 has a blanking port 911, the body 92 is provided on the base 91 and includes an outer shell 921, an inner shell 922 and a top shell 923, the outer shell 921 is provided on the base 91 On top, the inner shell 922 is disposed on the base 91 and forms a cooling space 924 between the outer shell 921, an ice making space 925 is formed inside the inner shell 922, and the ice making space 925 communicates with the discharge port 911 The top shell 923 is arranged on the outer shell 921 and the inner shell 922, the cooler 93 is arranged on the outer shell 921 and extends into the cooling space 924, and the feeding unit 94 is arranged on the top shell 923 and extends into the system The ice space 925 is located at the top of the inner shell 922. The feeding unit 94 includes a water inlet pipe 941 and a shunt pipe 942. The water inlet pipe 941 extends into the ice making space 925. The shunt pipe 942 is connected to the water inlet pipe 941 and Surrounding the top of the inner shell 922, the bottom of the shunt pipe 942 has a plurality of shunt holes 943 arranged at intervals, and the scraper unit 95 is arranged on the body 92 and extends into the ice making space 925 to contact the base 91, The scraper unit 95 includes a driving member 951, a rotating shaft 952, a scraper 953, a plurality of frame plates 954, a base 955, and a bearing 956. The driving member 951 is disposed on the top shell 923, and the rotating shaft 952 is connected to the driving member 951. And extend into the ice-making space 925, the scraper 953 is arranged on the rotating shaft 952 and contacts the inner side of the inner shell 922, the plurality of shelf plates 954 are arranged on the base 91 and located at the blanking opening 911, the The base 955 straddles the plurality of shelf boards 954 and is located at the blanking opening 911, the bearing 956 is disposed on the base 955 and the bottom end of the rotating shaft 952 is pivoted on the bearing 956.

In the above, water is added to the water inlet pipe 941, the water will enter the branch pipe 942 along the water inlet pipe 941 and flow into the ice making space 925 through the plurality of branch holes 943 on the branch pipe 942, and the water will be diverted by the majority. The hole 943 flows down to the inside of the inner shell 922, and the activation of the cooler 93 will make the cooling space 924 cool, and then cool the inner shell 922 to the point where the water flowing on the inside of the inner shell 922 becomes ice. A layer of ice is formed on the inner side of the inner shell 922, and the driving member 951 drives the rotating shaft 952 to rotate, driving the scraper 953 to scrape along the inner side of the inner shell 922, and the scraped ice will be broken into fish scales and fall. Out of the blanking opening 911, ice will fall into the container 82 through the opening 81 to obtain flake ice flakes. The flake ice maker 90 has high ice making efficiency, saves time and electricity, and produces ice flakes. The scaly ice flakes are flat and have a large contact area, which makes the cooling effect better than that of block ice or crushed ice, and has the advantage of being suitable for rapid preservation and transportation.

However, the existing scaly ice maker 90 needs the rotating shaft 952 to rotate to drive the scraper 953 to scrape the ice, so the bearing 956 must be added with lubricating oil to achieve the effect of lubrication. When the bearing 956 is rotated by the rotating shaft 952, the lubricating oil Oil spills may occur, and the ice in the container 82 is contaminated by lubricating oil, which causes the problem of abnormal ice quality.

The main purpose of this creation is to provide a rotating shaft holding device for an ice maker, so as to improve the problem of abnormal ice quality caused by the leakage of lubricating oil in the bearings of the existing scaly ice maker.

In order to achieve the aforementioned purpose, the creative ice maker shaft holding device is hung on a plurality of shelf boards of an ice maker and is located below the base of the ice maker. The ice maker shaft holding device includes a body , The main body is hung on the plurality of shelf boards and located below the ice maker, the main body includes a receiving plate, a ring wall and a plurality of hanging components, the outer contour of the receiving plate is larger than the outer contour of the base, the ring wall It is formed on the periphery of the receiving tray and the ring wall surrounds the receiving tray to form an accommodating space. The plurality of hanging components are arranged on the ring wall at intervals, and the plurality of hanging components are hung on the plurality of shelf boards.

The rotating shaft receiving device of the creative ice maker uses the plurality of hanging components to hang the body on the plurality of shelf plates of the ice maker, so that the receiving tray is located below the base, and due to the outer contour of the receiving tray Larger than the outer contour of the base, when the ice maker is in operation, the lubricating oil of the bearing leaks from the base, will fall on the receiving plate and be surrounded by the ring wall, and the leaked lubricating oil will be affected The accommodating of the ring wall of the receiving tray prevents the leaked lubricating oil from falling into the container and ensures the quality of ice cubes.

As shown in Figure 1, Figure 3 and Figure 4, a preferred embodiment of the rotating shaft holding device of the creative ice maker is disclosed. It can be seen from the drawings that the shaft holding device of the creative ice maker is hung on an ice making device. A plurality of shelf plates 344 of the machine 30 are located below the base 345 of the ice machine 30, and the ice machine shaft receiving device includes a body 10.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the main body 10 is hung on the plurality of shelf plates 344 and is located below the ice maker 30. The main body 10 includes a receiving tray 11, a ring wall 12, and a plurality of hanging components 13. The outer diameter of the receiving plate 11 is greater than the outer diameter of the base 345, the outer edge of the receiving plate 11 is located outside the outer edge of the base 345, and the ring wall 12 is formed on the outer edge of the receiving plate 11 and extends upward. The ring wall 12 surrounds the receiving tray 11 and encloses an accommodating space 15. The plurality of hanging components 13 are arranged on the ring wall 12 at intervals, and the plurality of hanging components 13 are suspended on the plurality of shelf boards 344. Among them, as shown in Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 5, each hanging assembly 13 is arranged on the outer side of the ring wall 12, each hanging assembly 13 includes a plate 16, a torsion portion 17 and a hook portion 18 , The plate body 16 is arranged on the outer side of the ring wall 12 and the bottom edge of the plate body 16 is tangent to the bottom edge of the ring wall 12, and the torsion portion 17 is formed on the plate body 16 and adjacent to the ring On the top edge of the wall 12, the hook portion 18 is formed on the top of the plate body 16. Further, the torsion portion 17 rotates the plate body 16 by 90 degrees so that the side surface of the plate body 16 faces the receiving plate The center of 11 is bent toward the tangential direction of the ring wall 12, and the body 10 is a member made of metal.

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the receiving tray 11 has a circulation port 14. The ice maker shaft receiving device also includes a drain unit 20, which is provided at the bottom of the body 10 and communicates with the The circulation port 14, wherein the discharge unit 20 includes a plurality of rows of tubes 21 and at least one connecting portion 22. One of the rows of tubes 21 of the plurality of rows of tubes 21 is provided on the bottom surface of the receiving tray 11 and communicates with the flow port 14, corresponding to Adjacent rows of tubes 21 are arranged in a nozzle-to-nozzle arrangement to communicate with the flow port 14. The connecting portion 22 connects two adjacent rows of tubes 21. Each row of tubes 21 has an abutment ring 23 at both ends, two The abutment rings 23 of adjacent rows of tubes 21 abut against each other, and further, each connecting portion 22 includes two buckling pieces 24, a pivoting piece 25, a rotating ring 26, and an abutting block 27. The two buckles The connecting piece 24 is clamped on the abutting ring 23 where the adjacent rows of tubes 21 abut against each other. The pivoting piece 25 is connected to one end of the two buckling pieces 24, and the rotating ring 26 is pivoted on the two buckling pieces. The other end of one of the buckling pieces 24 of 24, the rotating ring 26 can rotate across the other buckling piece 24, the abutting block 27 is attached to the rotating ring 26 and abuts the other buckling piece 24, the row The communication units 20 are all components made of metal.

As shown in Figure 1, Figure 5 and Figure 6, a preferred embodiment of the rotating shaft receiving device of the creative ice maker is disclosed. The rotating shaft receiving device of the creative ice maker is hung under an ice maker 30. The ice maker 30 includes a base 31, a cooler 32, a water inlet pipe 33, and a scraper unit 34. The base 31 is disposed on a carrier plate 40 with an opening 41 and a container 42 is provided below the opening 41 The base 31 includes a base 311, an outer shell 312, an inner shell 313, and a top shell 314. The base 311 is disposed on the carrier plate 40, the outer shell 312 is disposed on the base 311, and the inner shell 313 is disposed on the base 311 and forms a cooling space 315 with the outer shell 312, an ice making space 316 is formed inside the inner shell 313, and the ice making space 316 communicates with the opening 41, and the top shell 314 is covered with In the outer shell 312 and the inner shell 313, the cooler 32 is disposed on the outer shell 312 and extends into the cooling space 315, and the water inlet pipe 33 extends into the ice making space 316 and surrounds the top end of the inner shell 313. The bottom of the water pipe 33 has a plurality of branch holes 331 arranged at intervals. The scraper unit 34 is arranged on the base 31 and includes a driving member 341, a rotating shaft 342, a scraper 343, the plurality of rack plates 344, the base 345, and a Bearing 346, the driving member 341 is disposed on the top shell 314, the rotating shaft 342 is connected to the driving member 341 and extends into the ice making space 316, the scraper 343 is disposed on the rotating shaft 342 and contacting the inner side of the inner shell 313, the A plurality of shelf plates 344 are arranged at intervals on the base 311 and adjacent to the opening 41, the base 345 is straddled on the plurality of shelf plates 344, the bearing 346 is arranged on the base 345, and the bottom end of the rotating shaft 342 is pivoted于此 Bearing346.

In the above, the hanging assembly 13 of the rotating shaft receiving device of the creative ice maker is hung on the plurality of shelf boards 344, so that the receiving tray 11 is located below the base 345, and the outer contour of the receiving tray 11 is larger than the The outer contour of the base 345, when the ice maker 30 is running to make ice, the water added by the water inlet pipe 33 will flow into the ice making space 316 along the plurality of branch holes 331 and will flow to the inner side of the inner shell 313, The activation of the cooler 32 makes the cooling space 315 cool, and then cools the inner shell 313 to the point where the water flowing through the inner shell 313 turns into ice. The driving member 341 drives the rotating shaft 342 to rotate and drive the scraper 343 along When the inside of the inner shell 313 is scraped, the scraped ice breaks into fish scales and falls into the container 42. The rotation of the rotating shaft 342 causes the lubricating oil in the bearing 346 to overflow and leak, and drip to the base 345. The accommodating space 15 of the receiving plate 11 can prevent the leaked lubricating oil from falling into the container 42, and because of the surrounding of the ring wall 12, it can ensure that the leaked lubricating oil will not splash into the ice in the lower container 42. Workers can manually disassemble the body 10 to dump the lubricating oil on the receiving plate 11. If the drain unit 20 has been installed, the leaked lubricating oil can flow into the drain unit 20 through the circulation port 14 and be exposed to the drain unit 20. The discharge of the unit 20 ensures that the quality of the ice cubes will not be affected by the leaked lubricating oil.

In addition, the hanging assembly 13 of the rotating shaft receiving device of the ice maker of the present invention is integrally formed on the outside of the ring wall 12, and the torsion part 17 and the hanging hook part 18 are formed by bending the plate body 16. The upper part is easier to control and lower, and the torsion part 17 rotates the plate body 16 by 90 degrees, so that the side surface of the plate body 16 is bent from facing the circulation opening 14 to facing the tangential direction of the ring wall 12, which can match the majority The arrangement of the shelf plate 344 makes it easier to hang. The arrangement of the plurality of rows of tubes 21 and the assembly of the connecting portion 22 can make various configurations according to the position of the ice maker 30. It can flexibly overcome the limitation of the space to achieve better applicability. The connecting portion 22 is fastened to tighten the abutting block 27, so that the two buckling pieces 24 can tightly buckle the adjacent pipe 21 The abutment ring 23, the above-mentioned body 10 and the discharging unit 20 are all made of metal, so as to prevent the falling ice from being damaged and falling into the container 42 and affecting the quality of the ice.

To sum up, the rotating shaft holding device of the creative ice maker can hang the receiving tray 11 under the ice maker 30 through the plurality of hanging components 13, and because the outer contour of the receiving tray 11 is larger than that of the ice maker 30. The outer contour of the base 345, when the ice maker 30 is in operation, the lubricating oil of the bearing 346 leaks from the base 345, will fall on the receiving plate 11 and be surrounded by the ring wall 12, leaking lubrication The oil is prevented from falling into the container 42 to ensure the quality of ice cubes.

10: body

11: Acceptance plate

12: Ring wall

13: Hanging components

14: Circulation port

15: storage space

16: board body

17: Torsion

18: hook part

20: Exhaust unit

21: pipe

22: Connection part

23: abutment ring

24: buckle piece

25: pivot piece

26: Rotating ring

27: tight block

30: Ice maker

31: Seat

311: Pedestal

312: Shell

313: Inner Shell

314: Top Shell

315: cooling space

316: Ice Making Space

32: cooler

33: inlet pipe

331: Diversion Hole

34: Scraper unit

341: Drive

342: Shaft

343: Scraper

344: Shelf Board

345: Base

346: Bearing

40: Carrying board

41: opening

42: container

80: Carrying board

81: open

82: Container

90: scale ice machine

91: Seat

911: blanking port

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924: Cooling Space

925: Ice Making Space

93: cooler

94: Feeding unit

941: inlet pipe

942: shunt pipe

943: Diversion Hole

95: Scraper unit

951: drive

952: shaft

953: Scraper

954: Shelf Board

955: Base

956: Bearing

Figure 1: A three-dimensional schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the rotating shaft holding and connecting device of the creative ice maker. Figure 2: An exploded schematic side view of a preferred embodiment of the rotating shaft holding and connecting device of the ice maker of the present invention. Figure 3: A three-dimensional exploded schematic view of the assembled state of a preferred embodiment of the rotating shaft holding and connecting device of the creative ice maker. Figure 4: A three-dimensional schematic diagram of the assembled state of a preferred embodiment of the rotating shaft holding device of the creative ice maker. Fig. 5: A schematic side sectional view of the assembled state of a preferred embodiment of the rotating shaft holding and connecting device of the creative ice maker. Fig. 6: A schematic top sectional view of the A-A cutting line in Fig. 4. Figure 7: A schematic cross-sectional side view of an existing ice maker.

10: body

11: Acceptance plate

12: Ring wall

13: Hanging components

14: Circulation port

15: storage space

16: board body

17: Torsion

18: hook part

20: Exhaust unit

21: pipe

22: Connection part

23: abutment ring

24: buckle piece

25: pivot piece

26: Rotating ring

27: tight block

Claims (9)

An ice maker rotating shaft holding device, which is hung on a plurality of shelves of an ice maker and located below the base of the ice maker, the ice maker shaft holding device includes a body, and the body is hung On the plurality of shelf boards and located below the ice maker, the body includes a receiving tray, a ring wall and a plurality of hanging components. The outer contour of the receiving tray is larger than the outer contour of the base, and the ring wall is formed on the receiving tray. The periphery of the tray and the ring wall surrounds the receiving tray to form an accommodating space. The plurality of hanging components are arranged on the ring wall at intervals, and the plurality of hanging components are hung on the plurality of shelf boards. The components are arranged on the outer side of the ring wall, and each hanging component includes a plate body and a hook portion. The plate body is arranged on the outer side of the ring wall and the bottom edge of the plate body is in line with the bottom edge of the ring wall. The hook part is formed on the top of the board. The ice maker shaft receiving device according to claim 1, wherein each hanging assembly includes a torsion part formed on the plate body and adjacent to the top edge of the ring wall. The ice maker shaft receiving device according to claim 2, wherein the torsion part rotates the plate by 90 degrees, so that the side of the plate is bent from toward the center of the receiving plate to toward the ring wall Tangent direction. The ice maker shaft receiving device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the receiving tray has a flow opening, and the ice maker shaft receiving device includes a drain unit, and the drain unit is provided with At the bottom of the main body and communicated with the circulation port. The ice maker shaft receiving device according to claim 4, wherein the discharging unit includes a plurality of rows of tubes and at least one connecting portion, and one of the rows of tubes of the plurality of tubes is arranged on the bottom surface of the receiving plate and communicates with the The flow port and the remaining rows of tubes are arranged in order to communicate with the flow port, and the connecting part connects two adjacent rows of tubes. According to claim 5, the rotating shaft receiving device of an ice maker, wherein the two ends of each row of tubes are respectively provided with an abutment ring, and the abutment rings of two adjacent rows of tubes abut against each other. The rotating shaft receiving device of an ice maker according to claim 6, wherein each connecting part includes two buckling pieces, a pivot piece, a rotating ring and an abutting block, and the two buckling pieces are clamped In the abutting ring where the adjacent rows of tubes abut against each other, the pivoting piece connects one end of the two buckling pieces, the rotating ring is pivoted on the other end of one of the two buckling pieces, the The rotating ring can rotate across another buckle piece, and the abutment block is attached to the rotating ring and abuts the other buckle piece. The ice maker shaft receiving device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the body is a member made of metal. According to claim 4, the rotating shaft receiving device of an ice maker, wherein the main body and the discharge unit are all made of metal.

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