Ice making mechanism for ice maker

Abstract

An ice-making water tank (54) can improve ice-making efficiency by preventing the concentration of impurities contained in ice-making water from increasing. The ice-making water tank (54) is divided into a circulation tank part (58) and a storage tank part (60) by a partition (62). The ice-making water stored in the circulation tank part (58) and the ice-making water stored in the storage tank part (60) can convect each other through a communication hole (64). The storage tank section (60) has a capacity greater than that of the circulation tank section (58). Above said sump part (60) is covered with a guide plate (52c) of the machine base (52), the unfrozen water cooled during ice making operation is only collected into the circulation tank through an opening (52d) (58). The opening (52d) opens downward above the circulation tank (58).

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an ice-making mechanism of an ice-making machine, in particular to an ice-making mechanism for an ice-making machine that supplies ice-making water to a plurality of downward-opening ice-making cavities by spraying upwards, so that the mechanism can Ice cubes (ice cubes) are produced continuously. Background technique [0002] The jet-type automatic ice maker supplies ice-making water into a plurality of downward-opening ice-making cavities by spraying upwards, so that ice cubes (ice cubes) can be continuously produced. Such ejector-type ice makers are conveniently used in coffee shops, kitchens of restaurants, and other places. Such as Figure 10 As shown, the ice making mechanism of this jet type automatic ice maker includes a kind of ice making mechanism 10 called a closed unit type (for example, refer to the utility model No. Hei 6-28568 of Japanese unexamined registration publication number ). The ice-making mec...

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Problems solved by technology

[0009] In the closed cell type ice making mechanism 10 or the open cell type ice making mechanism 11 respectively, if the concentration of impurities contained in the ice making water stored in the ice making water tank 20 increases too much, it will cause the following problems: the ice The darkening of the clumps spoils its appearance, or the clumps melt prematurely, or the clumps stick to each other very easily in the ice storage compartment

[0010] In this case, the ice making water that was cooled in the previous ice making operation was not fully utilized, resulting in a large energy loss

In addition, since the ice-making water stored in the ice-making water tank 20 reaches normal temperature, there arises a problem that it takes time to cool a large amount of ice-making water stored in the ice-making water tank 20 for the next ice-making operation, so The longer ice making cycle results in poor ice making efficiency

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