EP0279408A2 - Générateur de cubes de glace - Google Patents

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EP0279408A2
EP0279408A2 EP88102221A EP88102221A EP0279408A2 EP 0279408 A2 EP0279408 A2 EP 0279408A2 EP 88102221 A EP88102221 A EP 88102221A EP 88102221 A EP88102221 A EP 88102221A EP 0279408 A2 EP0279408 A2 EP 0279408A2
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Levedag Henner
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00—Producing ice
    • F25C1/22—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds
    • F25C1/24—Construction of moulds; Filling devices for moulds for refrigerators, e.g. freezing trays

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  • the invention relates to an ice cube maker of the type specified in the preamble of claim 1 and an apparatus for carrying out the method.
  • Ice cube makers consist of a usually rectangular, flat and open container made of metal or plastic, in which cup-shaped freezer compartments are arranged next to and behind one another or in which a corresponding honeycomb grid made of metal or plastic is inserted to form corresponding freezer compartments.
  • the container or freezer compartments are filled with water and placed in the freezer compartment of a refrigerator. If the water is frozen, you can either remove the honeycomb grid with the ice cubes stuck in it from the container and detach the individual cubes from the honeycomb grid, or you can hold the honeycomb grid with the ice cubes stuck in it or the freezer bowl with freezer compartments under it under running water, to be able to quickly remove the ice cubes.
  • Another disadvantage of known ice maker is that the freezer bowl filled with water is placed openly in the freezer compartment of a refrigerator, as a result of which rising water vapor is deposited on the inner parts of the freezer and there to a ice formation and on the other hand the ice cubes take on odors due to other foods in the refrigerator, which lead to a taste impairment of the ice cubes.
  • DE-OS 20 52 153 discloses a freezer mold with a lid for devices for freezing food, in which the lid is attached to the freezer mold in a horizontally displaceable manner.
  • the known freezing mold has guide rails on two opposite side walls, into which cams attached to the cover engage.
  • the known freezer with lid is used for freezing food in slideway freezer tunnels, such as those used on factory ships.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an ice cube maker which allows simple, clean and hygienically perfect production and storage and filling of ice cubes into a serving container or directly into a drinking vessel.
  • At least one end face of the lid has one or more recesses offset in steps.
  • the solution according to the invention enables simple, clean and hygienically perfect production, storage and filling of ice cubes into a serving container or directly into a drinking vessel in which the lid, which can be moved horizontally on the opening of the freezer bowl, is moved ben and thus releases one ice cube at a time, while the remaining ice cubes are held back by the lid in the freezer.
  • This makes it possible to dispense a single ice cube into a drinking vessel and ensures that the ice cubes are stored in a hygienic manner without the risk of unpleasant odors.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the solution according to the invention is characterized in that the freezer bowl is divided into adjacent, equal-sized freezer compartments and that the lid has adjacent, step-shaped recesses, each corresponding to the width and half the length of a freezer compartment.
  • This embodiment of the solution according to the invention ensures that even with a plurality of freezer compartments arranged next to one another, only one ice cube is released when ice cubes are removed, while the remaining ice cubes are retained in the freezer bowl by the lid.
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the solution according to the invention is characterized in that both end faces of the cover are provided with cutouts, which are preferably arranged reversed to one another.
  • This configuration of the solution according to the invention enables only one ice cube to be released at a time without the lid having to be moved too far beyond the edge of the freezer bowl, since the ice cubes can be released from both end faces of the freezer bowl.
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the solution according to the invention is characterized in that detents are provided in the slideway of the lid, which detents are provided, into which the lid engages to release at least one piece of ice.
  • the freezer bowl has a closed freezer compartment in the area of the recess in the lid, such that the lid covers all freezer compartments in a basic position or that the freezer bowl has an outer contour offset by one freezer compartment each and that the lid has a recess which corresponds to a freezer compartment width and half the length of a freezer compartment.
  • This embodiment of the solution according to the invention makes it possible to design the freezer bowl and lid with approximately the same outer contours and at the same time to ensure that all freezer compartments containing ice cubes are covered during the manufacture of the ice cubes and storage.
  • the freezer tray 1 shown in plan view in FIG. 1 has two side-by-side and six consecutive molded hollow bodies formed in the freezer tray 1 as freezer compartments 2.
  • the freezer compartments 2 have a substantially square surface opening and can optionally be cubic or pyramidal be continued in the shape of a blunt downwards, so that corresponding ice cube shapes result.
  • the end walls 13, 14 of the freezer tray 1 can be provided with handles, which are not numbered in more detail, which enable simplified and hygienic handling of the freezer tray 1.
  • a cover 3 shown in broken lines in the drawing, which according to the invention has a rectangular recess 41 on its one end face 31, the width of which is equal to half the width of the freezer tray 1 and its length is at least half the length L corresponds to a freezer compartment 2.
  • the other end face 32 of the lid 3 is straight and is flush with the other end wall 14 of the freezer tray 1 in the closed state.
  • the left row of the adjacent freezer compartments 2 is completely covered, while the freezer compartment 2 adjacent to the one end wall 13 of the freezer tray 1 is half covered and the other half free from the row of the two adjacent freezer compartments 2, which is on the right in plan view.
  • the lid 3 is moved horizontally in the direction of arrow P, the freezer compartment adjacent to the one end wall 13 of the freezer tray 1 of the row of freezer compartments on the right in plan view is first released, while the left freezer compartment next to it remains covered by about half due to the recess.
  • the lid 3 is shifted horizontally by half a freezer compartment length L and then, for example when the freezer compartment 1 is made of plastic, by pressing on the bottom of the freezer compartment 2 in question Removed ice cubes.
  • the freezer bowl 1 made of metal, for example aluminum
  • tap water can be directed to the bottom of the freezer bowl 1 and the relevant ice cube located in the respective freezer compartment 2 can thus be detached.
  • markings or grids 6 can be applied, each of which is spaced apart by half the length of a freezer compartment 2.
  • the position of the lid 3 for releasing an ice cube can be fixed or visually indicated that one of the two ice cubes is exposed for removal.
  • Fig. 2 is a cross section through the freezer tray 1 acc. Fig. 1 shown along the line A-A.
  • the freezer bowl 1 consists of a plastic freezer bowl, each with two mold cavities 22, 23 arranged next to one another for formation the freezer compartments 2.
  • the upper edge of the side walls 11, 12 is angled and forms webs 14, 16 for receiving and guiding the lid 3.
  • the side edges 33, 34 of the lid 3 are for this purpose around the webs 15, 16 of the side walls 11, 12 of the freezer bowl bent around and slide when the cover 3 is horizontally displaced along these webs 15, 16 of the side walls 11, 12 of the freezer bowl 1.
  • the bottom of the left or right freezer compartment 22 or 23 is pressed and thus, in particular as a result of the truncated pyramid shape of the individual freezer compartments 22, 23, the ice cube in question is removed.
  • Fig. 3 shows a plan view of a freezer tray 1, which consists of a rectangular, flat and open container, for example made of aluminum, in which a honeycomb grid 5 made of metal or plastic is inserted. In the exemplary embodiment shown, this honeycomb grid 5 forms three adjacent freezer compartments 2.
  • the horizontally displaceable cover 3 is provided on at least one end face with step-shaped recesses 43, 43 ⁇ which, like the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1, are equal to the width of one row of freezer compartments and have a length that is approximately one third of the length of a freezer compartment 2 corresponds.
  • the cover 3 thus completely covers the row of freezer compartments on the left in plan view, while a One third of the freezer compartment of the middle row of freezer compartments adjacent to one end wall 13 of the freezer tray 1 is exposed, and only one third of the freezer compartment adjacent to the relevant end wall 13 of the freezer tray 1 is covered by the third row of freezer compartments on the right.
  • the freezer compartment adjacent to the end wall 13 of the right row of freezer compartments is first released, while the other freezer compartments are blocked by the lid 3.
  • the freezer compartments of the middle and left row of freezer compartments adjacent to the upper end wall 13 of the freezer tray 3 are released one after the other. Then the next freezer compartment in the right row of freezer compartments is released again, etc.
  • Fig. 4 shows a cross section through the ice maker acc. Fig. 3 along the line B-B.
  • the freezer tray 1 has cutouts 17, 18 at the upper ends of its side walls 11, 12, in which the lid 3 is mounted so as to be horizontally displaceable.
  • the bottom 10 of the freezer tray 1 is flat and serves to receive the honeycomb grid 5 which can be inserted into the freezer tray 1.
  • markings or grids can be provided in the area of the cutouts 17 or 18, which enable the cover 3 to be moved by one third of the length of the freezer compartments 2 formed by the honeycomb grid 5 and indicate as required.
  • FIG. 5 shows a top view of an ice cube maker analogous to the ice cube maker according to FIG. Fig. 1, but in which the horizontally displaceable cover 3 is provided on both end faces 31, 32 with recesses 41, 41..
  • ice cubes can be removed from the freezer compartments 2 without the lid 3 being moved horizontally in only one direction. This prevents the lid 3 from being moved too far, since the ice cubes can be removed from both sides.
  • the freezer compartment 21 located below the recess 41 is completely closed, so that the freezer tray 1 is completely in the stored state covering lid 3 no freezer compartment is exposed.
  • the freezer compartments of the left and then the right row of the freezer tray 1 are released one after the other.
  • the corresponding freezer compartment on the other side of the freezer tray 1 is designed to be closed.
  • FIG. 7 shows a further exemplary embodiment in which the problem of a part of a freezer compartment 2 which is exposed in the closed state is solved in that the outer contour of the freezer tray 1 has a step-shaped recess 19 analogous to the recess in the cover 3.
  • the outer contour of the freezer tray 1 is provided with a recess offset by half a freezer compartment length, so that in the closed state the cover 3 lies flush over the opening of the freezer tray 1.
  • freezer compartments 2 shown with a square opening area freezer compartments with, for example, a circular opening area can also be provided and the cutouts of the cover 3 can be formed accordingly.
  • the step-shaped recesses of the cover 3 can of course be rounded without the function of releasing an ice cube from the freezer compartments 2 being impaired.
  • a further embodiment of the present invention consists in that the lid 3 is provided with a handle or a recessed grip on the outer surface of the lid 3 for easier handling.
  • a further embodiment can consist in providing window-shaped recesses in the cover 3 instead of step-shaped recesses provided on the end face of the cover 3, each of which releases an ice cube with each horizontal displacement by a certain amount. This applies both to a single row of freezer compartments arranged one behind the other and to any number of freezer compartments arranged side by side and one behind the other.
  • the embodiment of the invention is not limited to the preferred exemplary embodiment specified above. Rather, a number of variants are conceivable which make use of the solution shown, even in the case of fundamentally different types.

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US10753666B2 (en) 2014-10-06 2020-08-25 Icebreaker Nordic Aps Ice cube producing unit
US11493255B2 (en) 2014-10-06 2022-11-08 Icebreaker Nordic Aps Ice cube producing unit

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US2341700A (en) * 1941-01-25 1944-02-15 Samuel L Diack Ice tray
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US3135101A (en) * 1962-09-17 1964-06-02 Joseph G Nigro Flexible tray assembly for freezing, storing and dispensing ice chips, flakes and the like
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US20170159988A1 (en) * 2015-12-03 2017-06-08 Eric Geller Ice cube dispensing apparatus
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EP0279408A3 (en) 1989-03-08
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DE3862041D1 (de) 1991-04-25
EP0279408B1 (fr) 1991-03-20
DE8702578U1 (de) 1987-06-19

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