JPH064767Y2 - Ice storage display stand - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to an ice storage type display stand for displaying a container capable of storing cold food and drink such as salad on ice.

[Conventional technology]

As an ice storage type display stand, conventionally, there is one in which ice made by an ice making machine is manually carried into an ice storage tank to be leveled, and a container containing food and drink is displayed thereon.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

In the conventional ice storage type display stand, the ice has to be manually carried into the ice storage tank and leveled, and when the ice melts and decreases, it is necessary to replenish and level the ice manually each time. It was extremely inconvenient.

The present invention has been made to address the above-mentioned problems, and it is convenient because the supply and leveling of ice to the ice storage tank is automatic and convenient, and there is no supply / discharge facility (water and drainage channels). It is an object of the present invention to provide an ice storage type display stand that can be installed and used (for example, a party venue in a hotel) and that can easily be treated with waste water after use.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, the ice storage type display stand is provided with an ice storage tank capable of storing a required amount of ice.
An ice making supply device for automatically producing ice and supplying it to the ice storage tank, a stirring device arranged in the ice storage tank for stirring and leveling the ice in the ice storage tank, and a stirring device incorporated in this stirring device A container that is attached to the ice and can store food and drink inside, a water supply tank that can store a predetermined amount of ice making water used in the ice making supply device, and is arranged below the ice storage tank. A drainage tank capable of accommodating dissolved water accumulated at the bottom of the ice storage tank through a discharge path, and a normally-closed electromagnetic on-off valve interposed in a communication passage for communicating the bottoms of both tanks, and the water supply A pump capable of discharging water in the tank or the drainage tank is provided.

[Action]

In the ice storage type display stand according to the present invention, ice automatically produced by the ice making supply device using the water in the water supply tank is supplied and stored in the ice storage tank, and the ice is automatically stirred by the stirring device. It is leveled and moved around the container assembled to the stirring device to cool the food and drink in the container.
In addition, the dissolved water that accumulates at the bottom of the ice storage tank flows into the drain tank through the discharge passage.

On the other hand, when the electromagnetic opening / closing valve in the communication passage that connects the bottoms of the water supply tank and the drainage tank is opened and the pump is operated, the water in both tanks is discharged to the outside by the pump.

[Effect of device]

According to the ice storage type display stand according to the present invention, since the ice is automatically supplied and leveled to the ice storage tank, it is possible to reduce the time and labor required for the service, or to suspend the use for supplying ice. There is no inconvenience to users. Further, since the ice moves and changes with the supply and stirring of ice from the ice making supply device, it is possible to obtain an ice storage type display stand that is beautiful in appearance and has an excellent display effect.

Further, according to the ice storage type display stand according to the present invention, the water in the water supply tank can be used to automatically produce ice by the ice making supply device, and the dissolved water accumulated at the bottom of the ice storage tank is drained through the discharge passage. Since it can be poured into the tank, it is extremely convenient because it can be used even in places where there is no supply / discharge equipment.

Further, according to the ice storage type display stand according to the present invention, the water in the water supply tank and the drainage tank can be easily discharged to the outside by operating the electromagnetic opening / closing valve and the pump after use, and the wastewater treatment after use Can be performed easily in a short time.

〔Example〕

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the ice storage type display stand according to the present invention shown in FIG.
An ice storage tank 20 is fixed to a support frame 10 movably supported on the floor by casters 12 and vertically adjustable legs 13. In the support frame 10 below the ice storage tank 20, an ice making supply device 30, a water supply tank 50, and a drainage tank 6 for automatically producing and supplying chip-shaped ice to the ice storage tank 20.
0, a control device 100, etc., and a main part of a stirring device 40 for stirring and leveling the supplied ice in the ice storage tank 20. A table 15 is provided so as to project around the ice storage tank 20, and a lighting device 17 is provided above the table 15.
An open-type hood 16 provided with is provided.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the ice storage tank 20 is a rectangular shallow box type having an outer box made of a heat insulating material and an inner lining made of stainless steel and having an open top. The inside of the ice storage tank 20 is partitioned into a large main tank 21 and a small sub tank 22 by a partition wall 23 formed by raising a part of the lining. Main tank 2
1 is capable of accommodating ice up to an ice level A at a predetermined level, which will be described later, and the sub-tank 22 is capable of accommodating water up to a predetermined level L and ice above it. . A notch 23a connecting both tanks 21 and 22 at the center of the upper edge of the partition wall 23
The lower edge of the notch 23a is located slightly below the ice level A, and ice is supplied from the main tank 21 to the sub tank 22 through the notch 23a. A drain hole 24 connected to a drain tank 60 is provided on the bottom surface of the main tank 21. On the other hand, the drain hole 25 (second
(See the figure), and the drain hole 25 is connected to the circulation pump 9
Circulation passage 1 (the drain hole 25 side is not shown) 92
Through to a supply hole 26 provided on one side of the bottom of the sub tank 22 (see FIG. 1). The circulation passage 92 is connected to the discharge tank 60 through a branch passage 94 having a drain cock 93. In addition, an overflow hole 27 is provided slightly below the notch 23a of the sub tank 22, and the hole 27 passes through a passage (not shown) to form the drain tank 6.
It communicates within 0. The holes 27 can be provided in the partition wall 23 as well.

The ice making supply device 30 is a known auger type ice making machine, and its main part is an evaporator as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.
Ice-making mechanism 31 including an auger and its drive motor
An ice making water tank 32, a condenser 33, a cooling fan 34 thereof, a compressor 35, etc., and are arranged in the support frame 10 except for an upper portion of the ice making mechanism portion 31. The cylindrical body 31a of the ice making mechanism section 31 which stands up vertically is
The bottom plate 20a of the ice storage tank 20 just in the center of the main tank 21.
To penetrate into the main tank 21 in a liquid-tight manner, and the ice discharge port 31b at the upper end thereof is located slightly above the upper edge 20b of the ice storage tank 20. In this ice making supply device 30, the ice making water sent from the water supply tank 50 to the ice making water tank 32 is supplied to the ice making mechanism part 31 as described later, and the ice making mechanism part 1 to 2 cm
From the ice discharge port 31b to the main tank 21
It is dropped inside. The overflow water from the ice-making water tank 32 returns to the water supply tank 50.

The stirrer 40 includes an agitator 41 that is attached to each of a plurality of drive shafts 46 and supports the container B, and a drive motor 45 that rotates the agitator 41. In this embodiment, nine forward and reverse rotatable geared motors are used as the drive motor 45, and each output shaft is a drive shaft 46. Each drive motor 45 is used for the ice storage tank 20.
Is fixed to the lower surface of the drive shaft 46, and its drive shaft 46 has a bottom plate 20a.
Through in a liquid-tight manner, and the tip slightly projects into the ice storage tank 20. As shown in FIG. 2, each drive shaft 46 is arranged in two rows at equal intervals in the vertical and horizontal directions in plan view, and one is arranged exactly in the middle of four on the opposite side of the sub tank 22. The agitator mounting portion at each tip is formed in a square shape to transmit power. In the present embodiment, each drive shaft 46 is driven by the drive motor 45, but each drive shaft 4
6 may be connected by a linkage mechanism such as a chain and driven by a small number of drive motors.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the agitator 41 includes a boss portion 42 having a square attachment hole attached to the tip of the drive shaft 46, one end fixed to the boss portion 42, radially extending, and then bent upward. It is composed of four arm portions 43 and a locking tool 44 pivotally attached to the upper end of each arm portion 43, and the rotation speed thereof is about several revolutions per minute. The arm portion 43 extends in the radial direction in the vicinity of the bottom surface of the main tank 21, and its outer end reaches the outside of the locking tool 44,
This is to improve the stirring effect of ice described below.
In this embodiment, the agitators 41 are rotated in the opposite directions as shown by the arrows in FIG. 2, but they can be rotated in various directions.

The container B is composed of a transparent glass support container Ba and a service container Bb. The support container Ba is attached to the agitator 41 integrally with its edges clamped by the locking members 44, so that cold foods such as salads can be eaten. The used service container Bb is put in it and used. In this embodiment, the agitator 41 is not attached to the drive shaft 46 at the left center of FIG.
The drive shaft 46 is used to mount a large agitator 41 for supporting a large-diameter container B, in which case the four surrounding agitators 41 are made smaller or removed. A small agitator 41 that supports the small-diameter container B may be attached to the five drive shafts 46 for use.

The water supply tank 50 stores a required amount of ice making water used in the ice making supply device 30, and includes a water level detection device 51 at the upper part. The ice-making water in the water supply tank 50 is supplied to the ice-making water tank 32 by a water supply passage 54 provided with a water supply pump 52 and a normally-open type water supply electromagnetic on-off valve 53, and the liquid level in the ice-making water tank 32 reaches a predetermined level. If the switch 1 is turned off, the float switch 32a (see FIG. 3) operates and the controller 1
00, the water supply pump 52 is stopped and the water supply electromagnetic on-off valve 53 is closed so that the water level in the ice making water tank 32 is maintained at a substantially constant level. Water channel 54
A branch passage 55 is provided in the branch passage 55, and a normally closed electromagnetic on-off valve 56 is interposed in the branch passage 55. The electromagnetic on-off valve 56 is opened by the controller 100 together with the normally-closed electromagnetic on-off valve 36 (see FIG. 3) for the drain provided in the ice making mechanism 31 by operating a drain switch (not shown). At this time, the water supply pump 52 operates and the electromagnetic opening / closing valve 53 in the water supply passage 54 closes. The operation by operating the drain switch is automatically stopped when the completion of drainage is detected by the float switch 57 provided at the bottom of the water supply tank 50. Further, the intake side opening of the water supply passage 54 is actually provided so as to open to the bottom surface of the water supply tank 50, so that all the water in the water supply tank 50 can be discharged.

In addition, the water supply tank 50 has a connection port 58 connected to the water supply.
A water supply pipe 58 having a is arranged, and the water supply pipe 5
A solenoid valve 59 of the normally open type is interposed in the valve 8. When the water level in the water supply tank 50 reaches the specified water level, this is detected by the water level detection device 51 and the control device 100 is detected.
Thus, the electromagnetic opening / closing valve 59 in the water supply pipe 58 is closed.

The drainage tank 60 is configured integrally with the water supply tank 50, has a water level detection device 61 at the upper portion, and has a bottom portion of the water supply tank 50 through a communication passage 62 having a normally closed electromagnetic on-off valve 63 interposed. Connected to the bottom. Solenoid valve 6
3 is opened by the control device 100 together with the above-mentioned electromagnetic on-off valves 36 and 56 by operating a drain switch (not shown). In addition, the drainage tank 60
The drainage hole 24 on the bottom surface of the main tank 21 of the ice storage tank 20 is connected to the drainage path 65 via a normally open electromagnetic opening / closing valve 64, and the overflow pipe 7 provided vertically is connected to the drainage hole 24.
0 opens at its lower end. Then, when the water level in the drainage tank 60 reaches the allowable water level, this is detected by the water level detection device 61 and the control device 100 causes the discharge path 65.
The electromagnetic opening / closing valve 64 inside is closed and the water supply pipe 58
The electromagnetic opening / closing valve 59 therein is adapted to be closed.

The overflow pipe 70 is located on the side of the sub tank 22.
The bottom plate 20a of the ice storage tank 20 penetrates the bottom plate 20a of the ice storage tank 20 in a liquid-tight manner at the exact center of the individual drive shafts 46, and the upper end opening 71 thereof is located lower than the upper edge 20b of the ice storage tank 20. The level of the chip-shaped ice supplied into the main tank 21 by the ice making supply device 30 and leveled by the stirring device 40 is slightly higher than the upper end opening 71 of the overflow pipe 70 (however, lower than the upper edge 20b). When the ice level A is reached, individual ice chips pass through the overflow pipe 70 and the drain tank 60.
It is designed to fall inside. In addition, in the middle of the overflow pipe 70, a flapper 72 lightly pressed against the inner surface of the overflow pipe 70 by a spring.
And a proximity switch 73 are provided so that the flapper 72 and the proximity switch 73 can detect the fall of ice into the overflow pipe 70.

Further, in this embodiment, four dressing containers C can be accommodated in the sub tank 22, and the dressing in the dressing container C can be agitated by the agitating device 80 provided below the dressing container C. . The stirring device 80 is
It is a non-contact type using a permanent magnet, and an impeller (not shown) provided at the bottom of the dressing container C is rotated by the same device to stir the dressing in the container C. The dressing container C is detachably attached to a support fitting 28 (see FIG. 2) fixed to the bottom surface of the sub-tank 22 with a fitting (not shown) provided at the lower end of the dressing container C. To ensure good performance (in other words, so that the ice does not get in the way when mounted)
It is designed so that water can be stored at the bottom of the.

The ice storage type display stand of the present embodiment configured as described above can be used in a place where the water supply and discharge facilities are present or not, and at the time of use (operation), the ice making water previously stored in the water supply tank 50 is supplied. It is sent to the ice making water tank 32 by the pump 52, made into chip-like ice by the ice making mechanism part 31, and supplied into the main tank 21 of the ice storage tank 20 from the ice discharge port 31b.
At the same time as this ice is supplied, it is automatically dispersed and leveled in the entire main tank 21 by the rotation of the agitator 41. When the level of ice in the main tank 21 approaches the ice level A, the ice spills from the main tank 21 to the sub tank 22 through the notch 23a of the partition wall 23. This ice floats on the circulating water (the water which is supplied from the drainage hole 25 to the supply hole 26 by the circulation pump 91 to the supply hole 26 and circulates) that has been put in advance in the sub tank 22, and the dressing container C
To cool the dressing in container C.

By the way, when the level of the ice in the main tank 21 reaches the ice level A, the ice above it falls through the overflow pipe 70 into the drainage tank 60. This drop of ice is detected by the flapper 72 and the proximity switch 73, and based on this, the control device 100 stops the operation of the ice making supply device 30 for a predetermined time. As a result, the ice level is maintained at approximately ice level A. When the ice making supply device 30 is stopped, the stirring device 40
May be stopped.

In the ice storage type display stand of the above-mentioned embodiment, chip-shaped ice drops from the ice discharge port 31b during use, and the ice moves and changes with stirring by the agitator 41, so that the food and drink stored in the service container Bb is changed. Not only does it cool the room, but it also provides excellent display effects.

Further, the melted water which is melted in the main tank 21 and accumulated at the bottom is discharged from the drainage hole 24 into the drainage tank 60 through the discharge passage 65 and the electromagnetic opening / closing valve 64. When the water level in the drainage tank 60 is detected by the water level detection device 61 and reaches the allowable water level,
The control device 100 closes the electromagnetic opening / closing valve 64 in the discharge path 65 to prevent water from flowing into the drain tank 60,
The electromagnetic opening / closing valve 59 in the water supply pipe 58 is closed to stop the water supply.
Therefore, water leakage from the drainage tank 60 can be prevented.

By the way, in the ice storage type display stand of the above-mentioned embodiment,
If water is connected to the water supply pipe 58 via a hose or the like (not shown) in a kitchen room or the like where water supply and discharge facilities are provided, water is automatically replenished in the water supply tank 50 and The water level is regulated, that is, full, and the same water tank 5
Ice is automatically produced by the ice making supply device 30 by using the water stored in 0. Also, if the water supply is removed from the water supply pipe 58 and used at a party venue in a hotel without a water supply / discharge facility, the ice is automatically supplied by the ice making supply device 30 using the water previously stored in the water supply tank 50 in a full state. Manufactured to. Therefore, if water is connected to the water supply pipe 58 and used (operated) at a place where there is a supply and discharge facility before moving to a place where there is no supply and discharge facility, sufficient ice is stored in the ice storage tank 20 in advance. It can be stored in the water storage tank, and when the ice storage display stand is used by moving it to a place where there is no supply / discharge equipment, it can be used without waiting time. Since the water can be stored, the water in the water supply tank 50 can be used for a long time in a place where there is no supply / discharge facility.

Further, in the ice storage type display stand of the above-mentioned embodiment, after the use as described above, the discharge side of the branch passage 55 and the discharge side of the drain on-off valve 56 are moved to the kitchen room or the like where the supply / discharge equipment is located. By connecting to the drainage channel and then operating a drainage switch (not shown), the electromagnetic on-off valve 56 in the branch channel 55, the electromagnetic on-off valve 63 in the communication channel 62, and the drain electromagnetic on-off valve 36.
The water supply pump 52 and the electromagnetic opening / closing valve 53 in the water supply passage 54 can be closed, and the water in the water supply tank 50 and the drainage tank 60 and the ice making water tank 32 and the ice making tank can be opened. The water in the mechanism portion 31 can be easily discharged to the outside, and the wastewater treatment after use can be easily performed in a short time. At this time, the control device 100 stops the ice making operation in advance.

Although the water supply pump 52 is also used for drainage in the above-described embodiment, when implementing the present invention, a drainage pump may be provided separately from the water supply pump 52. A separately provided drainage pump may be provided in either of the tanks 50 and 60, and in this case, the branch passage 55 and the electromagnetic opening / closing valve 56 are not necessary.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical side view showing an example of an ice storage type display stand according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of an ice making supply device portion shown in FIG. Explanation of symbols 20 ... Ice storage tank, 30 ... Ice making supply device, 40 ... Stirring device, 50 ... Water supply tank, 52 ... Water supply pump (pump), 55 ... Branch passage, 56 ... Electromagnetic on-off valve, 60 ……
Drainage tank, 62 ... Communication passage, 63 ... Electromagnetic on-off valve, 6
5 ... discharge path, 100 ... control device, B ... container.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An ice storage tank capable of storing a required amount of ice, and an ice making supply device for automatically producing ice and supplying the ice to the ice storage tank.
A stirrer disposed in the ice storage tank to stir and level the ice in the ice storage tank, and a container that is assembled to the stirrer and is displayed on the ice and can store food and drink therein. A water supply tank capable of containing a predetermined amount of ice making water used in the ice making supply device, and a drainage tank disposed below the ice storage tank and capable of storing dissolved water accumulated at the bottom of the ice storage tank through a discharge passage. And a normally-closed electromagnetic on-off valve interposed in a communication passage that connects the bottoms of both tanks, and a pump capable of draining the water in the water supply tank or the drain tank Display stand.