JPH0510196Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] (1) Industrial application field This invention is based on an ice crusher, more specifically, an electric refrigerator, etc., which first crushes small ice cubes into coarse pieces of ice, and then processes them through a series of operations. Therefore, the present invention relates to an ice crusher that can crush ice into fine particles suitable for cooling sushi and sashimi.

(2) Prior Art This type of ice crusher is known, for example, as described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-38129, which was proposed by the applicant of this invention. This is located at the top of a hollow machine frame set up on a base plate, surrounded by a chute on one side, and has an inlet for small ice cubes above the chute and an outlet below, near the outlet in the ice crushing chamber. A rotor is rotatably disposed, and a plurality of striking blades for crushing small ice cubes into coarse ice pieces are provided at predetermined intervals in the axial direction on the outer periphery of the rotor,
A comb-like receiving tooth with a gap is provided at the lower part of the chute to allow the impact blade to pass through when the rotor rotates. As the rotor rotates, a plurality of impact blades passing between the receiving teeth crush the ice into coarse pieces of ice, and the crushed ice pieces are discharged from the outlet into the container below.

(3) Problems to be solved by the invention By the way, the crushing of small ice blocks by the impact blade of the ice crusher described above turns small ice blocks of about 3 cm square into coarse ice pieces, that is, ice with a roughness of about 1 to 2 cm at most. The problem is that it can only be crushed into pieces, and in order to make the ice pieces into fine particles suitable for cooling sushi and sashimi, it is necessary to put them into a crusher with a separate blade for that purpose. It was hot.

Therefore, this invention eliminates the problems of the conventional ones and provides an ice crusher that can crush small ice cubes into fine particles suitable for cooling sushi and sashimi through a series of operations. With the goal.

(4) Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, this invention is based on the above-mentioned known ice crusher. A container housing the container is removably disposed with its lower end engaging with an engaging portion provided on the base plate, and a drive motor and a transmission member disposed outside the container are connected to each other. It is characterized by a rotary shaft that is removably provided, and a plurality of rotary blades that are vertically spaced apart from each other on the rotary shaft and that crush ice chips into fine particles. be.

(5) Action Coarse ice pieces crushed by the impact blade in the ice crushing chamber are stored in a container from the discharge port, where they are further crushed into fine particles by the rotating blade. In this way, small ice blocks can be finely divided into coarse ice pieces and further finely divided into fine particles suitable for cooling sushi and sashimi through a series of operations.

(6) Embodiment In Figs. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a hollow machine frame erected on a bed plate 2. The upper part of the machine frame 1 is surrounded on one side by a chute 3, and above the chute 3 is a hollow machine frame 1. small ice block A
An ice crushing chamber 7 having an inlet 5 and an outlet 6 below the same is provided.

A rotor 8 is rotatably disposed near the outlet 6 in the ice-breaking chamber 7, and small ice cubes A are placed around the outer periphery of the rotor 8.
A plurality of impact blades 10 are provided via protrusions 11 for crushing the ice into coarse ice pieces a of, for example, about 1 to 2 cm. The impact blades 10 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the axial direction of the rotor 8 and in a spiral shape in the rotational direction. The tip of the striking blade 10 in the rotational direction is tapered to a sharp point. One shaft end of the rotor 8 passes through the side wall 12 forming the ice-breaking chamber 7 and passes through the working chamber 13.
A pulley 15 is attached to the end of the protruding shaft.
A belt 17 is wound between the pulley 16 and the intermediate pulley 16 disposed within the working chamber 13. Pulley 16
an intermediate pulley 18 coaxially integrally mounted with the
A belt 22 is wound between the rotor drive motor 20 and a pulley 21 attached to the shaft.
By driving the rotor 8, the rotor 8 can be rotated via a speed reduction mechanism formed by the pulley and the belt. Reference numeral 23 denotes a plurality of comb-like receiving teeth provided at the lower part of the chute 3. When the rotor 8 rotates, the gap formed between the receiving teeth 23 is
The striking blade 10 is designed to pass therethrough.

A support plate 25 is provided on the base plate 2 over its entire surface.
is provided, and a discharge port 6 on this support plate 25 is provided.
An engaging protrusion 26 is provided below. A cylindrical container stand 27 that engages with the engagement protrusion 26 is removably placed on the support plate 25. A rotating shaft 30 is vertically disposed and supported by a central boss 29 of an intermediate partition wall 28 provided on the inner periphery of the container stand 27.
Its upper end passes through the center hole of the boss 29 and projects upward, and its lower end similarly passes through the center hole and projects downward, and an upper coupling 31 is fixed to the lower end. Below the coupling ring 31 is a lower coupling ring 3 that can be engaged with and disengaged from the coupling ring 31.
A pulley 33 having a diameter of 2 is rotatably supported on the support plate 25 . On the other hand, a second drive motor 34 is disposed in a chamber provided at the bottom of the machine frame 1, and a belt 36 is wound between a pulley 35 attached to the shaft of this motor 34 and the pulley 33. has been done.

The upper part of the rotating shaft 30 extends to the inside of the container 37, and a mixing rotary blade 38 is disposed at the upper stage on the shaft.
Knife-shaped cutting rotary blades 40 are fixed to the lower stage at intervals vertically. The inner circumference of the upper end of the container stand 27 and the outer circumference of the lower end of the container 37 are screwed together in a watertight manner. In the above, a control circuit (not shown) is provided that rotates the motors 20 and 34 in conjunction with each other. In FIG. 1, 42 indicates a lid for the input port 5.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

First, the lid 42 is opened, and an appropriate amount of, for example, a cube-shaped small ice cube A is put into the ice crushing chamber 7 through the inlet 5, and then the lid 42 is closed. After completing the preparations in this manner, when the start switch is turned on, the control circuit is activated and the motor 20 is started. When the motor 20 starts, the rotor 8 is rotated via the deceleration mechanism, and as a result, the ice cubes A that slide down while being pressed against the chute 3 in the ice-breaking chamber 7 are moved to the receiving teeth 23 by the rotation of the rotor 8. The striking blade 10 passing between the edges of the receiving tooth 23 is 1 to 2 cm in proportion to the gap between the two
The ice cubes are crushed into coarse ice pieces a, which fall into the container 37 from the outlet 6 and are discharged.

When a predetermined amount of the ice pieces a discharged as described above is stored in the container 37, the second motor 34 is started,
The ice pieces are further crushed into fine particles by the rotary blades 38 and 40.

When the small ice blocks A in the ice crushing chamber 7 are crushed by a preset amount, the motor 20 stops first, and
Thereafter, the motor 34 stops after a predetermined period of time has elapsed.

As a result of the above, ice pieces a are crushed to form fine particles of ice in the container 37, and these fine particles of ice move the container 37 together with the container stand 27, disengage the couplings 31 and 32, and move the support plate 25. The sushi neta and sashimi are then removed from the container and transferred to another container, such as a plate for the sushi neta and sashimi, to be served for cooling.

Alternatively, a soft drink can be obtained by placing syrup or the like in the container 37 and mixing it with finely divided ice.

The embodiment described above is merely a preferred example, and various changes and modifications can be made without changing the gist, such as the details of the mechanism for turning ice chips into fine particles may be designed other than that shown in the drawings. It is something.

(7) Effects of the device This device is as described above, and after crushing the cube-shaped small ice cubes put into the ice crushing chamber into coarse ice pieces using the striking blade provided on the outer periphery of the rotor, the ice is further crushed into coarse ice pieces. The ice cubes are discharged from the outlet of the ice crushing chamber and crushed into fine particles using multiple rotating blades in a container, and these fine particle ice can be used directly for cooling sushi and sashimi. It can be used for many purposes, and the above operations can be performed in a series, resulting in extremely good workability. Moreover, by removing the container from the base plate with the rotating shaft and rotating blade attached, the resulting fine particle ice can be removed from the base plate.
It can be easily transferred from within the container to another container. In addition, as mentioned above, since coarse ice pieces can be crushed into fine ice particles inside the container, the space between the ice crusher and the container, which crush small ice cubes into coarse ice pieces, can be reduced, and the ice crusher can It has excellent effects such as miniaturization.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing an embodiment of the invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same with the lid opened, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the container portion of the same. 1... Machine frame, 2... Base plate, 3... Shoot, 5
...Input port, 6...Outlet port, 7...Ice crushing chamber, 8...
...Rotor, 10...Blowing blade, 11...Protrusion piece, 2
0, 34... Motor, 23... Receiving tooth, 25... Support plate, 26... Engaging protrusion, 27... Container stand, 37
...Container, 38,40...Rotary blade.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] The ice crushing chamber is located in an ice crushing chamber which is surrounded by a chute on one side and has an input port above the chute and a discharge port below. A rotor is rotatably disposed near the discharge port, and on the outer periphery of this rotor, a plurality of striking blades are provided at predetermined intervals in the axial direction for crushing small ice cubes into coarse pieces of ice. Let the blade pass through the rotor as it rotates
In an ice crusher in which comb-shaped receiving teeth with gaps are provided at the lower part of the chute, a container for storing the ice pieces discharged from the outlet is provided below the outlet of the ice crushing chamber. , is arranged to be detachable by engaging the lower end with an engagement part provided on the base plate, and to be detachably engaged in the container via a drive motor and a transmission member installed outside the container. An ice crusher comprising: a rotating shaft; and a plurality of rotating blades, which are vertically spaced apart from each other on the rotating shaft and crush the ice pieces into fine particles.