JPH0321828B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Field The present invention relates to an ice processing device such as an ice shaving machine.

Prior Art Conventional ice shavers are known to shave ice with a flat blade by directly rotating the rotating shaft of a push-down plate that presses down the ice using an operating handle provided on the lid of the ice-shaving storage chamber, thereby obtaining so-called shaved ice. There is.

However, with this device, the operating handle is located above the lid of the ice shaving storage chamber, so when rotating the operating handle, you have to stand up and push down from above the container. , I don't like that the operating position is forced.
Furthermore, when small ice cubes such as ice cubes are placed in the ice shaving storage chamber, there is a problem in that the ice cubes break apart with only the downward force of the push-down plate, making it impossible to efficiently shave the ice.

Purpose The present invention aims to provide an ice processing machine that does not have the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional ice processing machine. It has a rotating cylinder that rotates the ice put into the storage chamber and a push-down plate that rotates and pushes down the ice in the rotating cylinder, and the rotating shaft of this push-down plate is screwed into the lid of the ice-shaving storage chamber. In addition to being screwed into the mating hole, an engaging part is provided on this push-down plate to be engaged with a vertical rib formed on the inside of the rotary cylinder, and a passive gear is provided on the outer circumferential side of the rotary cylinder. The device is characterized in that the passive gear is engaged with a drive gear that is interlocked with the drive shaft of the operating handle provided on the side wall of the device.

Embodiment A first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 will be described. A container body 1 formed in a cylindrical shape has an inner sole 2 integrally molded at a mid-height position inside the container body 1. The lower end opening of the vessel body 1 is closed by a bottom plate 14 which is fitted into it and fixed with screws 3. An ice block receiving member 6 is fitted into the upper end of the container 1, in which a crushing storage chamber 4 for ice crusher A for charging ice blocks and an ice shaving storage chamber 5 for charging ice blocks for ice scraper B are integrally molded. has been done. The ice block receiving member 6 is connected to the inner bottom 2 of the container body between connecting columns 7 and 8 at several locations by screws 9. The midsole 2 is formed with a common drop opening 12 that communicates with the crushing outlet 10 at the bottom of the crushing storage chamber 4 for charging ice cubes and the scraping outlet 11 at the bottom of the ice shavings storage chamber 5. Below the drop opening 12, the bottom plate 1 is inserted through the loading/unloading opening 13 on the front of the container body 1.
An ice receiving container 15 that can be put in and taken out on the top of the container 4 is provided. 15a is a handle integrally molded on the front surface of the ice receiving container 15.

In addition to the crushing storage chamber 4, the ice crusher A includes a falling ice piece roughness limiting member 17 that divides the ice crushing outlet 10 into an ice piece falling gap 16 of an appropriate width, and a falling ice piece roughness limiting member 17. It is provided with a rotating ice crushing blade 18 for crushing the ice blocks received thereon between it and the member 17. The ice crushing blade 18 is fitted onto the non-circular cross section of the rotating shaft 19 with a spacer 20 at a constant interval, so that it rotates together with the rotating shaft 19, and the ice crushing blade 18 is fitted into the non-circular cross section of the rotating shaft 19 so as to rotate together with the rotating shaft 19. 2
By bearing the rotary shaft 19 on the bush 22 held in the pocket section 42 between the crushing outlet 10
is installed on. Falling ice piece roughness limiting member 17
One end is rotatably held in an annular groove 23 formed between adjacent ends of the outer periphery of the bush 22, and the other end is held in a pocket portion 43 between the crushing outlet 10 and the inner bottom drop opening 12. , is fixed to the crushing outlet 10.

In addition to the ice shaving chamber 5, the ice shaving machine B has an ice shaving blade 2 fixed with a screw 24 on one edge of the shaving opening 11.
5, a rotary cylinder 26 rotatably fitted into the ice shavings storage chamber 5, a lid 27 that closes the upper opening of the ice shavings storage chamber 5, and an ice block rotating pusher with a rotation shaft 28 held in the lid 27. Equipped with 29. ice shaving blade 2
5 is provided so that its flat blade 25a protrudes an appropriate amount to the inner bottom surface of the ice shaving storage chamber 5, and the screw stopper 24 is a blade rest fixed to one edge of the shaving opening 11 with a screw 30 from above. It is attached to the piece 31 and can be attached and removed from above together with the blade base piece 31, so that re-sharpening and adjustment of the amount of protrusion into the inner bottom surface of the ice shaving storage chamber 5 can be performed as necessary.

The rotary cylinder 26 is screwed into the opening of the ice shaving storage chamber 5 3
It is prevented from coming off by the inner flange 34 of the shoulder ring 33, and the upper end outer flange 35 is attached to the inner periphery of the shoulder ring 33.
In addition, the lower outer flanges 36 are guided around the inner periphery of the ice shaver storage chamber 5 so as to rotate smoothly. The lower outer flange 36 is formed into an annular body 38 that is integrally provided on the lower edge of the outer peripheral side of the rotary cylinder 26 by screwing 37 or gluing, and the passive gear 39 of the rotary cylinder 26 is formed on the annular body 38. has been done. The lower end outer flange 36 and the passive gear 39 may be integrally formed on the outer peripheral side of the rotary cylinder 26. The lid body 27 is
On the helicoidal engagement piece 40 on the outer periphery of the upper end of the shoulder ring 33,
The lid body 27 is removably attached by engaging a helicoidal engagement piece 41 on the inner periphery of the lower end.

The center of the ice block rotating push-down board 29 is the rotating shaft 28.
The rotating shaft 28 is attached to the lower end of the
is inserted into the screw hole 45 in the center of the lid body 27, and
Screwed into the screwed shaft head 47 formed on the upper end of the rotating shaft 28
6, it is held with respect to the lid body 27 so as to be movable up and down as well as down by a screw lead of the threaded portion.

Furthermore, a plurality of vertical ribs 48 arranged at equal intervals are formed inside the rotary cylinder 26 , and are engaged with the vertical ribs 48 at equidistant positions on the outer circumference of the push-down plate 29 .
A passive engagement portion 49 is formed which receives the rotation of the
A large number of small pyramidal projections 50 are formed on the lower surface, and spike pins 51 on a large diameter circle and spike pins 52 on a small diameter circle are implanted, respectively.

The screw hole 45 of the lid 27 is opened at the center of the bottom of a nut chamber 53 that is integrally formed on the upper center surface of the lid 27. The nut chamber 53 has the screw hole 4
A sliding guide 54 having a guide tube 54a fitted into the bottom plate 54b and integrally formed with guide side plates 54c on both sides of the bottom plate 54b is fitted between the guide side plates 54c, and the sliding guide 54 engages and separates from the threaded portion 28a of the rotating shaft 28. A threaded portion is provided in which the two nut pieces 55 and 56 are threaded together in a separable manner. nut room 5
3, two peripheral walls 53a, 53b are formed by a notch 57 from the upper end, and these two peripheral walls 53a, 53b are received into circular arc holes 58b, 58c opened on the left and right sides of the top plate 58a, and the outer periphery is A nut operating member 58 is provided which is screwed into the sleeve 58d so as to cover the outer periphery of the nut chamber 53.

In the member 58, an operation piece 58e is integrally molded on a sleeve 58d, and nut operation protrusions 58f and 58g are formed on the lower surface of the top plate 58a.
8f, 58g into the cam groove 5 of each nut piece 55, 56
5a, 56a and rotates the nut operating member 58 in an arc, the nut pieces 55, 56 are moved toward and away from each other. Each nut piece 55,
56 meshes and screws with the threaded portion 28a of the rotating shaft 28 when it is pressed, and when the rotating shaft 28 rotates in the direction of cutting out the ice block with the ice block rotation presser 29, the screw of the threaded portion Rotation axis 2 by lead
8 is applied with a downward motion thrust to gradually move the ice block rotary push-down board 29 rotating in the direction of shaving ice blocks downward. As a result, the ice block rotary push-down board 29 can gradually press the ice block placed in the ice shaving chamber 5 against the flat blade 25a of the ice shaving blade 25, and shave it into shaved ice of a constant roughness. This roughness is determined by the amount of protrusion of the ice shaving blade 25 above the bottom surface of the ice shaving storage chamber 5 and the thread pitch of the threaded portion, which is considerably smaller than a standard thread. ing.

This ice block rotating push-down board 29 has an engaging portion 49 that is engaged with a vertical rib 48 formed inside the rotary tube 26 by rotation of the rotary tube 26 that is interlocked with a drive shaft of an operating handle to be described later. rotated by engagement with the

The rotary cylinder 26 rotates each small ice block put into the ice shaving storage chamber into one large block of ice by a synergistic action with the vertical ribs 48 formed inside the rotating cylinder 26.

When the nut pieces 55 and 56 are separated from each other, they disengage from the threaded portion 28a of the rotating shaft 28, and the rotating shaft 28 is moved up and down regardless of the threaded portion 28a. This is convenient when it is desired to push and move the body 27 in the axial direction all at once, and the rotating shaft 28 can be pushed down arbitrarily without being affected by the propulsive force of the screw to obtain shaved ice of a desired roughness.

A cap 59 is screwed 60 onto the outer periphery of the upper end of the two-part peripheral walls 53a, 53b, and the nut operating member 5
I'm trying to keep 8 from falling out.

A drive shaft 61 that serves both the ice crusher A and the ice shaver B is installed horizontally at the lower part of one side of the ice shaver storage chamber 5. The drive shaft 61 is connected to the pocket portion 6 between the protrusion 62 on the lower surface of the ice block receiving member 6 and the protrusion 79 on the inner sole 2.
3 and a pusher 65 held in a decorative tube 66a around the drive shaft protrusion hole 66 on the side of the container 1. An operating handle 67 is provided on the outside of the container 1, and the operating handle 67 is attached to the protruding end of the drive shaft 61 to the outside of the container 1 by screwing 68, etc. includes a large diameter drive gear 69 and a small diameter drive gear 70.
is installed. The large diameter drive gear 69 meshes with the passive gear 39 provided on the outer circumferential side of the rotating shaft 26 through a notch 71 on one side of the bottom of the ice shaving storage chamber 5, and the small diameter drive gear 70 rotates the ice crushing blade 18. It meshes with a passive gear 72 on the shaft 19. As a result, when the drive shaft 61 is rotated in the direction of the arrow a by the operating handle 67, the large diameter drive gear 69 and the small diameter drive gear 70 are rotated in the same direction a.
The large diameter drive gear 69 drives the rotary cylinder 26 in the direction of arrow b via the passive gear 39, and the small diameter drive gear 70 decelerates and drives the ice crushing blade 18 in the direction of arrow c via the passive gear 72. Have them do light ice crushing work. When the rotary cylinder 26 is rotated in the direction of arrow b, the ice cube rotary push-down plate 29 engages the vertical rib 48 and the passive engagement portion 49.
When rotated in the same direction b via the ice block rotation press plate 29 is rotated in the same direction b via the vertical rib 48 and the passive engagement portion 49.

Therefore, by operating one operating handle 67, both the ice crusher A and the ice scraper B are driven simultaneously, and if an ice cube is placed in the crushing storage chamber 4, the ice If the crushed ice pieces from the ice crusher A fall into the ice receiving container 15 through the crushing outlet 12 and the ice cubes are put into the ice shaving storage chamber 5, the shaved ice from the ice scraper B will fall through the shaving outlet 12. It falls into the ice receiving container 15.

As a result of the above, whether to obtain crushed ice pieces or shaved ice is selected depending on which of the ice crushing storage chamber 4 and the ice shaving storage chamber 5 to which the ice cubes are placed.
After that, it is only necessary to rotate one operating handle 67 in a fixed direction. Moreover, if ice blocks are put into both the crushed ice storage chamber 4 and the ice shaved storage chamber 5, crushed ice pieces and shaved ice are obtained at the same time, and both fall into one ice receiving container 15 and mix with each other. However, the crushed ice pieces from the ice crusher A and the shaved ice from the ice shaver B can also be dropped into separate ice receivers from separate drop ports.

Furthermore, even if ice cubes are placed in the ice shaving storage chamber 5, unless the nut pieces 55 and 56 are separated and the rotating shaft 28 is manually pushed down, the ice shaving machine will not operate even if the rotating cylinder 26 is driven. Processing work at B can be reserved.

The ice cubes in the ice crushing storage chamber 4 are prevented from escaping to the bottom of the ice shaving storage chamber 5 by rotating the ice crushing blade 18 in the direction of arrow c, but such escape is ensured. To prevent this, a baffle plate 73 is provided that hangs down from the bottom surface of the ice-shaving storage chamber 5, as shown by the imaginary line in FIG.
A slit 74 for preventing interference with 8 may be provided. In addition, the shaved ice shaved from the shaver outlet 11 is guided by the ice shaver blade 25 and falls into the droplet 12 without difficulty.
If there is a tendency for shaved ice to scatter outside the drop port 12 through the gap between the drop port 12 and the drop port 12, as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. Alternatively, a guide wall connected to the drop port 12 may be formed continuously with the crushing outlet 10 of the ice crushing chamber 5 on the lower surface of the ice crushing chamber 5.

In the figure, 74 is the removable lid of the ice crushing chamber 4, 76,
Reference numeral 76 denotes a through hole for inserting the rotating shaft, which is formed in the center of the nut operating member 58 and the cap 59;
is an operating knob of the operating handle 67, and 78 is a pivot pin to which the operating knob 77 is rotatably attached.

The second embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 to 6 is
Both the ice crusher A and the ice shaver B are provided with dedicated operation handles 91 and 92, respectively. The ice shaving storage chamber 5 is the ice crushing storage chamber 4.
It is a separate body from the ice block receiving member 6 that is integrally formed with the ice block receiving member 6, and is fitted from above into the opening 93 that is opened adjacent to the ice crushing storage chamber 4 of the receiving member 6, and the upper outer flange 94 is inserted into the opening 93. While being received by the mouth edge, it is connected to the inner sole 2 by screws 9 through connecting columns 7 and 8, similar to the member 6. The inner sole 2 is separately formed with a second drop port 12b connected to the crushing outlet 10 of the ice crushing storage chamber, and one ice receiving container 1 is provided under each drop port 12a, 12b.
5 are arranged so that the container 1 can be put in and taken out from any of the entry/exit openings 13 provided at the front and rear of the container body 1. Separate ice receiving containers 15 may be arranged under each of the drop ports 12a, 12b so that they can be pulled out separately. The lid body 27 is the ice shaving storage chamber 5
The rotary cylinder 26 is attached directly to the upper end of the lid pair 2.
It is prevented from coming off by a presser part 95 protruding from the back surface of 7. Reference numerals 96 and 97 are engagement pieces between the lid body 27 and the ice shaver storage chamber 5.

One end of the rotating shaft 19 of the ice crushing blade 18 projects outside the container body 1, and a first operating handle 91 is attached to the projecting end.

As a result, the ice crushing blade 18 is moved to the operating handle 9.
1 is independently driven. The operating handle 91 is mounted on a drive shaft (not shown) that is attached to a rotating shaft and transmits power through a speed reduction device, so that ice crushing work that requires a lot of resistance can be easily performed as in the first embodiment.

On the other hand, in the rotary cylinder 26, one end of a drive shaft 61 on which a drive gear 69 that meshes with the passive gear 39 is mounted protrudes outside the container body 1, and a second operating handle 92 is installed at the protruding end.

As a result, the rotary cylinder 26 can be moved to the operating handle 9.
It is independently driven by 2.

According to the above, ice crusher A and ice shaver B
have dedicated operation handles 91 and 9, respectively.
By operating 2 selectively, the device is driven alternatively, and there is no waste in driving the unused device body.

Although the operating handle is attached to the rotation shaft 19 of the ice crushing blade 18 in one piece, the drive shaft 6
Ice crusher A
And the ice shaver B may be driven alternatively.

The third embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 to 9 has an ice shaving storage chamber that is separate from the ice block receiving member 6 which has the ice crushing storage chamber 4 as in the second embodiment. 5 is movable between a use position and a non-use position, and is connected to the ice crusher A at all times. The ice block receiving member 6 forms only the ice crushing storage chamber 4 and has an ice scraper holding chamber 1 in the container body 1.
01 remains. Horizontal guide grooves 102 are formed on both inner surfaces of the holding chamber 101, and each groove 10
By slidably engaging guided protrusions 103 on both sides of the ice shavings storage chamber 5 with the ice shavings storage chamber 5, the ice shavings storage chamber 5 is held movably. A communication port 104 provided in the member 6 extending to the bottom of the holding chamber 101 is connected to the second drop port 12b provided in the inner sole 2, and the ice shaving port 11 of the ice shaving storage chamber 5 is connected to the second drop port 12b provided in the inner sole 2.
In the use position shown by the solid line in FIG. 7, the ice shaver storage chamber 5 faces the second drop port 12b through the communication port 104, so that the shaved ice can be dropped into the drop port 12b.

The ice shavings storage chamber 5 has a lid 105 for the ice crushing storage chamber 4 and a lid 106 for the holding chamber 101 integrally molded at its upper end.
When the is in the use position, the lid 105 closes the ice crushing chamber 4 and puts the ice crusher A out of use, or confines the ice crushing blade 18 in the ice crushing chamber 4 so that the ice crushing blade 18 is not exposed to the air. The lid 106 covers the opening of the holding chamber 101 and prevents foreign matter from falling into the holding chamber 101. Furthermore, when the ice shaving storage chamber 5 is in the non-use position shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 7 and the dashed-dotted line in FIG. Room 101
This prevents foreign matter from falling into the ice crushing chamber 4, and allows the ice crushing chamber 4 to be opened and ice cubes to be put therein for crushing work. The drive system that is constantly connected to the ice crusher A is substantially the same as in the first embodiment, and substantially the same parts are given the same reference numerals and explanations are omitted.
A passive gear 39 integrally formed thereon is connected to and disconnected from the large-diameter drive gear 69 on the drive shaft 61 as the ice shaver storage chamber 5 moves to the non-use position and the use position.

In this example, when using the ice crusher alone,
By separating ice shaver B from the drive system,
The deceleration drive of the ice crusher A and the removal of unnecessary loads combine to make crushing work with large resistance easy.

Separate ice receiving containers 15 are placed under each of the first and second drop ports 12a and 12b so that they can be taken in and out separately from the in/out ports 13 provided at the front and rear of the container body 1. Therefore, both vessels A,
Even if crushed ice pieces and shaved ice are obtained at the same time by driving B simultaneously, they are taken out separately without being mixed. However, the same effect can be achieved even if one ice receiving container 15 is divided into a crushed ice piece receiving section and a shaved ice receiving section. Each ice container 1
It is also possible to provide a partition wall 107 between 5 and 15 by integrally molding it with the bottom plate 14, so that loading and unloading of one of the ice receiving containers 15 does not affect the other. The ice receiving containers 15 may be placed next to each other, as shown by phantom lines in FIG. 8, and may be inserted and removed from the same side of the container body 1.

The holding chamber 101 of the container body 1 has its rear part opened together with the guide groove 102, allowing the ice shaver storage chamber 5 to be attached and detached. The open rear part of the vessel body 1 has a groove 10.
2 and is closed by a rear attachable/detachable cover 108 to prevent accidental slipping out. The lid 108 is made removable by fixing a lower end inwardly bent piece 108a to the inner sole 2 with screws 109 from below. The lid 108 can be easily attached and detached by screwing it onto the outer surface of the vessel body 1 or by elastically fitting it.

FIG. 10 shows a fourth embodiment in which a threaded shaft head 47 provided on the upper end of the rotating shaft 28 of the ice rotary push-down board is rotatably attached with a screw 111 or the like.
In this way, friction between the screw shaft head 47 and the hand due to idle rotation of the screw shaft head 47 with respect to the rotating shaft 28 can be avoided.

According to this invention, since the operating handle is provided on the side wall of the container body, when manually operating the handle, even when standing up or sitting, the operating handle can be lifted to a position above the lid body. The handle can be rotated in a natural sitting position without causing an unnatural posture.

Furthermore, the rotating cylinder of the ice shaver, which is rotated by the drive shaft of the operating handle, works synergistically with the vertical ribs formed inside the rotating cylinder to guide the rotation of each small block into one large block of ice within the ice-shaving storage chamber. It can also be used as an ice shaving tool, and the rotating shaft of the push-down board can be moved down reliably and easily by the screw lead on the screwed part of the lid, making it easy to use as an ice shaver.

In addition, by providing the operating handle on the side wall of the vessel, its drive shaft can be used to link, for example, the ice crushing blade of an ice crusher, and the drive source can be used, as well as the gear on the intermediate shaft. By setting the ratio, it is possible to adjust the handle rotation axis, rotation force, etc., and other effects are achieved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a vertical side view of the first embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal rear view, Fig. 3 is a partial exploded slope view, Fig. 4 is an entire exploded slope view, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional side view of the first embodiment of the present invention. Second
A vertical cross-sectional view of the embodiment, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view, FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the third embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view.
FIG. 9 is a partial longitudinal rear view, and FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional view of the fourth embodiment. B...Ice shaver, 5...Ice shaver storage room, 11...
...Shaving opening, 25...Ice shaving blade, 26...Rotating cylinder, 27...Lid, 28...Rotating shaft, 29...Ice block rotating press plate, 48...Vertical rib, 61...Driving shaft, 67,91,92...operation handle, 39,
69, 70, 72, 121, ..., 126, 14
1,142,143...Gear.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an ice processing machine equipped with an ice shaver at the top of the container, the ice shaver consists of a rotating cylinder that rotates the ice placed in the ice shaving storage chamber, and a rotating cylinder that rotates and pushes down the ice inside the rotating cylinder. A push-down plate is provided, and the rotating shaft of the push-down plate is screwed into a screw hole provided in the lid of the ice shaving storage chamber, and the press-down plate is connected to a vertical rib formed on the inside of the rotary cylinder. A passive gear is provided on the outer circumferential side of the rotary cylinder, and a drive gear that is interlocked with a drive shaft of an operating handle provided on a side wall of the vessel is engaged with the passive gear. An ice processing device featuring