JPH0431509Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a rotary ice-removing type ice-making device that removes ice by twisting an ice-making tray made of a flexible material.

[Prior art]

In the conventional rotary ice-off type ice-making device, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, an ice-making tray 3 made of a flexible material is mounted on the upper part of a frame 2 installed in a freezer compartment 1.
An ice making frame 5 rotatably supported by shafts 4, 4 is attached to the frame 2 in a detachable manner, and an ice storage container 6 is detachably attached to the frame 2 so as to be located below the ice making tray 3.

In addition, 7 is the refrigerator-freezer body, 8 is the refrigerator compartment, 9, 9
and 10, 10 are supporting protrusions on which the ice making frame 5 and ice storage container 6 are placed, and 11 is a handle attached to one tip of the shafts 4, 4 of the ice making tray 3.

Now that ice making is complete and ice is being removed,
When the handle 11 is held and rotated clockwise, the rotation of the rear part of the ice tray 3 is stopped by a stopper (not shown) provided at the rear of the ice making frame 1, but the front part of the ice tray 3 is The rotation continues, and as a result, the ice tray 3 made of a flexible material is twisted, and the ice is removed. The released ice block falls below the ice cube tray 3 and is stored in the ice storage container 6.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, since the ice making device with the above structure is configured to take off ice within the frame 2,
Above the ice tray 3, the minimum rotation radius r of the ice tray 3 is
This requires a larger space of dimension a, and has disadvantages in that the space occupied by the ice making device becomes larger and the ice storage container 6 has to be designed smaller, making it less convenient to use.

[Means for solving problems]

As shown in Figure 1, the present invention rotatably supports an ice making tray made of a flexible material on an ice making frame that can be inserted into and removed from a frame, and by twisting this ice making tray, ice is released. In a rotary ice-making ice-making device that stores ice inside the ice-making device, the ice-making frame and the ice storage container can be inserted into and removed from a holding frame common to the upper and lower stages, and the holding frame can be inserted into and removed from the frame. It is suspended.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, it is only necessary to pull out the holding frame from the frame and rotate the ice tray outside the frame to perform the ice removal operation. By doing this, it is not necessary to take up a large space above the ice tray. Further, the ice storage container is taken out of the frame together with the ice tray by pulling out the holding frame.

In addition, when supplying water to the ice making tray or taking out ice cubes, it is sufficient to take out the holding frame of the ice making frame or the ice storage container separately.

〔Example〕

Reference numeral 21 denotes a frame with a substantially square cross section installed in the freezing chamber, and a pair of supporting protrusions 23, 23 on which the holding frame 22 is placed protrudes from the inner surfaces of both side walls.

The holding frame 22 has a sliding groove 22a formed in the frame 21 so that it can be inserted into and removed from the frame 21, and a support part 24 for supporting the ice-making frame A in a removable manner at its upper part, and a support part 24 at its lower part. A support portion 26 for removably supporting the ice storage container 25 is integrally formed therein.

The ice making frame A is an ice making tray 27 made of a flexible material.
are rotatably supported by rotating shafts 28, 28, and a handle 29 for rotating the ice tray 27 is attached to one end of the rotating shafts 28, 28. When the ice making tray 27 rotates, it is twisted by engaging with a stopper (not shown) provided at the rear of the ice making frame 23.

Therefore, according to the device of the present invention, when supplying water to the ice making tray 27, it is sufficient to pull out the ice making frame A independently and pouring water into the ice making tray 27.

Furthermore, when performing the ice removal operation, when the holding frame 22 is pulled out from inside the frame 21 as shown in FIG. The ice making tray 27 in the ice making frame A can be rotated and twisted to remove the ice. Of course, the ice storage container 25 can also be taken out independently from the holding frame 22.

〔effect〕

As described above, in the present invention, when performing the ice removal operation, the holding frame on which the ice making frame and ice storage container are placed is pulled out from the frame. There is no need to take up a large space between the ice making device and the ice making device as a whole, making it possible to design the entire ice making device compactly and minimizing dead space.Of course, the ice making frame and ice storage container can be taken out independently from the holding frame. Therefore, the remarkable effect that water supply to the ice tray and removal of ice cubes from the ice storage container can be easily performed in the same way as in the conventional method can be achieved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the ice making device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the ice making device of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a front view of a refrigerator-freezer equipped with a conventional ice making device, and Fig. 4 is a diagram of the conventional ice making device. The vertical sectional view and FIG. 5 show a plan view of the ice making frame of the conventional ice making device. 21... Frame, 22... Holding frame, A... Ice making frame, 25... Ice storage container.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An ice-making tray made of a flexible material is rotatably supported on an ice-making frame that can be inserted into and removed from a frame, and by twisting the ice-making tray, ice is removed and ice is stored in an ice storage container. In the type ice making device, the ice making frame and the ice storage container can be inserted into and removed from a holding frame common to the upper and lower stages, and the holding frame is suspended from the frame so as to be inserted into and removed from the frame. Type ice making device.