JP6442842B2 - Ice feeder - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an ice supply device that cuts ice stored in an ice storage unit into a predetermined amount and discharges it from a discharge port.

  An ice dispenser is known as having this type of ice supply device. This ice dispenser has an ice storage section for storing ice blocks of a prescribed size inside the main body, and when the discharge button is operated after the cup is placed on the table provided in the main body, the ice storage device The ice block stored in the container is cut into a predetermined amount and then discharged into the cup through the discharge port. As a conventional ice supply device of this type, a rotating blade-shaped disk is provided inside a bottomed cylindrical ice storage section, and the space partitioned by the rotating blade is used as a storage section for storing ice blocks and by rotating the disk. The rotating blade (accommodating part) is moved and guided to the discharge port provided at the bottom of the storage part, while the ice block protruding upward from the accommodating part disposed at the top of the disk and moving toward the discharge port is cut. A cutter is provided, and the amount of ice accommodated in the accommodating portion is adjusted to a predetermined amount and then discharged from a discharge port (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP2013-117352A

  According to the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, the space partitioned by the rotating blades of the disk is accommodated to store ice blocks, and the ice blocks protruding upward from the storage unit are cut with a cutter. By adjusting the amount of ice accommodated in the accommodating portion to a predetermined amount, that is, by configuring the ice lump accommodating portion partitioned by the rotating blades of the disk as a bowl, variation in the amount of ice discharged from the discharge port can be reduced. It is excellent in that it can be suppressed. By the way, a jar is a cylindrical container that measures a certain amount of particles, etc., and a fixed amount (amount) is determined by the volume of the container (枡) and exceeds the volume that can enter the container (枡) In this case, the quantity is made constant by paying it, and the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1 also follows the definition of the kite and cuts ice blocks that exceed the volume that can fit in the kite with a cutter. It is configured as follows. Thus, if the ice block exceeding the volume which can enter a ridge is cut, the ice which was cut and remained in the ridge will be discharged as an ice block of a size outside regulation. In addition, although the ice pieces that have been cut by the cutter and remain in the ice storage part can be eliminated by laying a mesh on the bottom of the ice storage part, ice pieces are stored around the cutter, so the ice pieces are not separated into other ice pieces. There is a risk that an ice block of an unspecified size may be formed by combining.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problem and to discharge ice having a specified size of ice stored in the ice storage unit into a predetermined amount. It is to provide a supply device.

As a result of various investigations by the inventors to achieve the above object, one ice block having a specified size is formed in the upper region of the ice contained in the cage without determining the amount accommodated in the cage as the volume that can be contained in the cage. by the amount amount contained in chambers in a manner to be heaping and quantified, ice blocks the size specified in the upper region of the ice contained in the chambers is allowed to be stacked only one component, housed in chambers ice It has been found that if an ice block of a prescribed size is provided in the upper region of the slab, it is not necessary to cut the ice block accommodated while maintaining the function of the basket. .

Therefore, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with an ice storage part having a discharge port opened at the bottom of a bottomed cylindrical body for storing ice blocks of a prescribed size, and rotatably disposed at the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body. And a disc driven by a motor and having a plurality of ridges that are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction on the same radius as the discharge port from the center of rotation and vertically penetrated. A partition member for preventing the discharge port and the inside of the bottomed cylindrical body from communicating with each other, and a predetermined size in an upper region of ice contained in the bag guided to the discharge port by the rotation of the disk It is possible to stack only one piece of ice block and to separate the ice block of a predetermined size in the upper region of the ice contained in the basket, and to provide a cutting means for preventing the piece of ice piece from being stacked more than one piece. And

The invention according to claim 2 is the ice supply device according to claim 1, wherein the cutting means is arranged so as to cross the trajectory of the kite guided toward the discharge port by the rotation of the disk, and It is characterized by comprising a gate member provided with an opening that allows one piece of a predetermined size of ice block to be stacked in a region above the ice contained in the bag at a location that intersects the movement trajectory of the kite.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the ice supply device according to the first aspect, the ice storage unit is cooled by a freezing device.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an ice storage part having a discharge port opened at the bottom of a bottomed cylindrical body that stores ice blocks of a prescribed size, and freely rotatable at the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body. And a disc that is driven by a motor and has a plurality of flanges that are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction on the same radius as the discharge port from the center of rotation and that penetrates vertically. A partition member located at the top and preventing the discharge port and the inside of the bottomed cylindrical body from communicating with each other, and an upper region of ice accommodated in a bag guided to the discharge port by rotation of the disk An ice block of a certain size is allowed to be stacked, and a cutting means for preventing the ice block of a predetermined size from being stacked more than one piece in the upper region of the ice contained in the basket is provided. By Since ice blocks accommodated magnitude defined in the upper region of the ice are stacked exceed one minute ice mass is not to be prevented from moving due to the wall surface of the square, ice mass excess has passed by the cut unit Even if blocked, it can move to the inside of the bottomed cylindrical body. Therefore, even if the excess ice block is prevented from being stacked in the upper region of the ice contained in the basket, the ice block will not be cut and the upper limit of the ice stored in the container of the kite The amount of ice stacked in a manner that only one ice block is piled up is taken as a fixed amount, thereby providing an effect that a fixed amount of ice can be supplied.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the ice supply device according to the first aspect, the cutting means crosses the movement trajectory of the kite guided toward the discharge port by the rotation of the disk. The gate member is provided with an opening which is arranged and allows an ice block of a predetermined size to be stacked in an upper region of the ice contained in the cage at a location intersecting with the trajectory of the cage. Thus, it becomes possible to cut out the excess ice mass exceeding the amount accommodated in the basket without cutting the ice mass with a simple configuration.

  Further, according to the invention according to claim 3 of the present invention, in the ice supply device according to claim 1, the ice storage part is cooled by the refrigeration apparatus, so that the ice block stored in the ice storage part is melted. The solid state of the ice mass can be stably maintained.

It is a perspective view of the ice supply apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a rear view of the state which removed the backplate from the ice supply apparatus of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of the ice supply apparatus of FIG. 3A and 3B show a disk, a partition member, and a gate member of FIG. 3, in which FIG. 3A is a perspective view, FIG. 3B is a plan view of FIG. 3A, and FIG.

  Hereinafter, an ice supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  In FIG. 1, 1 is a cabinet body, 2 is a lid, and 3 is a door. The main body cabinet 1 includes steel plate left and right side plates 1a and 1b, a back plate 1c, a front plate 1d, and a base 1e forming a bottom surface, and the left and right side plates 1a and 1b, the back plate 1c, and the front plate 1d are in contact with each other. The flanges provided on the part are overlapped and fixed by screwing, and the lower ends of the left and right side plates 1a, 1b and back plate 1c are screwed to the rectangular base 1c, respectively, and the upper surface and a part of the front surface are opened. It is formed in a box shape. Legs 4 that can be adjusted to keep the cabinet body 1 horizontal are provided at the respective corners at the bottom of the base 1c. Inside the cabinet body 1, there are mounted an ice storage unit 5 for storing ice blocks, which will be described later, a refrigeration apparatus 10 for freezing the ice storage unit 5, and the like.

  The lid 2 closes the opening on the upper surface of the cabinet body 1 and can be freely opened and closed by a fixing part 21 fixed to an outer box 51 of an ice storage part 5 to be described later and a hinge 23 on the fixing part 21. The lid portion 22 is attached. The fixing portion 21 and the lid portion 22 are each formed as a heat insulating panel that is foam-molded by injecting a stock solution of polyurethane into the inside of a steel-made outer shell.

  The door 3 closes the opening on the front surface of the cabinet body 1 and is attached to one side plate 1a of the cabinet body 1 so as to be freely opened and closed by a hinge (not shown). In the upper area of the door 3, there is provided an operation display unit 31 having a discharge button, a shutter release button for opening a shutter 9, which will be described later, and the like. In addition, an outlet 32 is formed at a substantially central portion of the door 3, and an outlet door 33 for opening and closing the outlet 32 is provided.

  An ice storage section 5 is disposed in the upper area inside the cabinet body 1, and a compressor 10a as a condensing unit constituting the refrigeration apparatus 10 and condensers 10b and 10b with fans are disposed in the lower area. ing. The ice storage unit 5 is made of stainless steel formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape and includes a bottomed cylindrical body 50 for storing ice blocks of a predetermined size, and an outer box 51 surrounds the bottomed cylindrical body 50. Is provided. The outer box 51 is formed by fixing a peripheral wall 51a, a ceiling wall 51b, and a bottom wall 51c made of iron plate by screwing, and an opening 620 corresponding to the upper opening of the bottomed cylindrical body 50 is formed on the ceiling wall 51b. Is provided. Between the bottomed cylindrical body 50 and the outer box 51, a heat insulating material formed by injecting a polyurethane stock solution and injecting a polyurethane stock solution after providing a shield 65 and a chute 8 described later is formed as a heat insulating structure. (In the figure, the heat insulating material is omitted for easy understanding of the configuration of each member). The ice storage unit 5 is mounted inside the cabinet body 1 by attaching the outer box 51 to a U-shaped base (not shown) fixed to the base 1 e of the cabinet body 1. Then, the lid body 2 is attached on the outer box 51 mounted inside the cabinet body 1. As shown in FIG. 2, a magnet Mg is embedded in the ceiling wall 51b of the outer box 51, and when the lid 2 (lid portion 22) is closed, the lid portion 22 is attracted by the magnet Mg and the ceiling. It is configured to be in close contact with the wall 51b. A discharge port 50a is perforated at the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body 50, and a discharge port 51d is perforated at the bottom wall 51c of the outer box 51.

  The compressor 10a and the condensers 10b and 10b with a fan constituting the refrigeration apparatus 10 disposed in the lower region inside the cabinet body 1 are fixedly attached to the base 1e of the cabinet body 1. And, between the outlet pipes of the compressor 10a and the inlet pipes of the condensers 10b and 10b directly connected by piping, the outlet pipes of the condensers 10b and 10b directly connected and the compressor 10a are connected. The evaporation pipe 10c wound around the bottomed cylindrical body 50 in the ice storage section 5 is connected by piping to the inlet pipe. A pressure reducing valve (not shown) is provided between the outlet pipes of the condensers 82 and 28 and the evaporation pipe 10c.

Now, as shown in FIG. 3, a disk 6 having a disc portion 6a and a cylindrical portion 6b is provided at the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body 50. As shown in FIG. A central shaft 61 that passes through the center of the disk portion 6a is fixed to the disk 6. The central shaft 61 extends through the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body 50 and the bottom wall 51 c of the outer box 51. The lower part of the central shaft 61 of the disk 6 is coupled to the output shaft of the reduction gear mechanism M1 connected to the output shaft of the motor M through the coupling CP. A stirring member 67 having a stirring rod 66 is connected to the upper portion of the central shaft 61. A cylinder disposed around the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body 50 and the bottom wall 51c of the outer box 51 is disposed around the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body 50 and the bottom wall 51c of the outer box 51. Surrounded by a shield 65 in the shape of a circle. The space between the inner wall of the shield 65 and the outer wall of the central shaft 61 is sealed by an O-ring (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 4, the disk portion 6a of the disk 6 has a plurality of receiving holes 62 at regular intervals in the circumferential direction. In this embodiment, six receiving holes 62 are drilled at intervals of 60 degrees. It has a center on a circle having the same radius from the central axis 61 of the disk 6. The plurality of receiving holes 62 are located on the same radius as the discharge port 50a drilled in the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body 50, and are formed to be equal to or smaller than the diameter of the discharge port 50a. Yes. The plurality of receiving holes 62 are made of cylindrical instruments and are provided with a cage 63 for storing ice stored in the bottomed cylindrical body 50. The flange 63 has a columnar upper end fitted into the periphery of the receiving hole 62, and the columnar lower end extends to a position approaching the bottomed cylindrical body 50 leaving a slight gap. Yes. Further, a bulging portion 64 that bulges upward is formed between adjacent receiving holes 62 in the disc portion 6 a of the disk 6. The bulging portion 64 is set to be slightly smaller than an opening 70a of the gate member 70 to be described later, and the size to the upper end of the opening 70a is smaller than one ice block of a predetermined size.

  Also, a crescent-shaped partition is formed on the upper side of the disk 6 provided at the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body 50 and corresponding to the upper region of the discharge port 50a provided in the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body 50. A member 7 is provided. The partition member 7 is configured so that the discharge port 50a communicates with the inside of the bottomed cylindrical body 50 through the flange 63 when the discharge port 50a and the flange 63 provided on the disk 6 overlap in the vertical direction. It is to prevent. The size of the partition member 7 is an aspect that prevents the inside of the bottomed cylindrical body 50 from communicating through the flange 63 when the discharge port 50a and the flange 63 provided on the disk 6 overlap in the vertical direction. Thus, a line segment that covers at least the upper region of the discharge port 50a and connects both ends of the arc-shaped peripheral edge is shorter than the diameter of the disk 6, that is, smaller than the semicircle of the disk 6. . The partition member 7 has mounting pieces 71, 72, 73 formed at three locations on the arc-shaped peripheral edge fixed to the peripheral wall of the bottomed cylindrical body 50 with screws, and is arranged so that the central axis 61 side of the disk 6 is lowered. It is installed.

  A gate member 70 extending downward (on the disk portion 6a side of the disk 6) by bending is provided at a portion corresponding to a crescent-shaped line segment in the partition member 7. The gate member 70 constitutes the dividing means described in claim 1. The gate member 70 moves on the side (hereinafter also referred to as the inlet side) where the rod 63 that moves by the rotation of the disk 6 (in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 4A) sinks below the gate member 7. A concave opening 70a is formed at a position overlapping the flange 63 in the vertical direction. The length of the opening 70a is determined to be smaller than the diameter of the flange 63, and the depth of the opening 70a is determined by the dimension L (see FIG. 4C) from the disk portion 6a of the disk 6 is the maximum diameter of the ice block (the ice block In the case of a hexahedron, the dimension is set to be slightly larger than the length of the diagonal line. Further, on the side from which the moving collar 63 comes out from below the gate member 70 (hereinafter also referred to as the outlet side), a notch 70b is formed which is largely cut away leaving the center side. The lower end of the gate member 70 has a gap smaller than the size of the ice block between the disk portion 6a of the disk 6.

  Returning to FIG. 3, a cylindrical chute 8 is provided between a discharge port 50 a drilled in the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body 50 and a discharge port 51 d drilled in the bottom wall 51 c of the outer box 51. The chute 8 is made of stainless steel, and its upper end is fixed to the outer peripheral wall of the flange formed at the peripheral edge of the discharge port 50a of the bottomed cylindrical body 50, while its lower end is fitted to the discharge port 51d of the outer box 51. It is attached so as to be in close contact with the inner peripheral wall of the rubber packing P. The chute 8 is firmly fixed by a heat insulating material formed by injecting a polyurethane stock solution between the bottomed cylindrical body 50 and the outer box 51 and performing foam molding.

  A thick shutter member 9 that opens and closes the discharge port 51d is provided at a portion of the discharge port 51d of the outer box 51. The shutter member 9 is rotated in the direction of a white arrow about a shaft 91 by a motor (not shown), and is closed to close the discharge port 51d (state in FIG. 3) and the discharge port 51d is opened. The shaft 91 is attached so as to move between the positions depending on the fulcrum. Further, the shutter member 9 is formed in a heat insulating structure filled with a heat insulating material (polyurethane resin), and is configured to be in close contact with the rubber packing P when the discharge port 51d is closed to close it. . In FIG. 3, S is a stage laid inside an outlet 32 formed in the door 3 (see FIG. 1), and C indicates a cup C placed on the stage S. The stage S has a large number of drain holes.

  The operation of the ice supply device having such a configuration is as follows. First, when the power switch of the ice supply device is turned on, the refrigeration apparatus 10 starts operation. When the compressor 10a is turned on by starting the operation of the refrigeration apparatus 10, the gas refrigerant is compressed into a high-temperature and high-pressure gas refrigerant, and the high-temperature and high-pressure gas refrigerant is cooled by the condensers 10b and 10b to be a high-temperature and high-pressure liquid refrigerant, When the liquid refrigerant of which the high-temperature and high-pressure liquid refrigerant is maintained at a constant pressure by the pressure reducing valve passes through the evaporation pipe line 10c wound around the bottomed cylindrical body 50, the gas is evaporated by taking heat from the surroundings. The bottomed cylindrical body 50 is cooled in the process of becoming a refrigerant. The refrigeration apparatus 10 is controlled to operate so that the bottomed cylindrical body 50 maintains a predetermined temperature after the bottomed cylindrical body 50 is cooled to a predetermined temperature (for example, 10 degrees below zero). A predetermined time after the operation of the refrigeration apparatus 10, that is, after the bottomed cylindrical body 50 is cooled to a predetermined temperature, the lid 2 shown in FIG. 1 is opened, and ice blocks are put into the bottomed cylindrical body 50. When an ice block is put into the bottomed cylindrical body 50, the ice is stored in the cage 63 provided on the disk 6.

  Here, the remaining amount of ice blocks stored in the ice storage unit 5 of the ice supply device is detected by subtracting the discharged amount from the full amount put into the bottomed cylindrical body 5 by control (not shown). This is obtained by subtracting “1” each time the discharge button is operated from a counter preset to a value corresponding to the full capacity. The presetting of the counter is performed by operating a reset switch after charging an ice block so that the bottomed cylindrical body 50 is full. For this reason, the inner wall of the bottomed cylindrical body 50 is provided with an index (a line extending in the horizontal direction or characters such as “to here”) indicating the full capacity.

  Therefore, an ice block is put into the bottomed cylindrical body 50 based on the index, and then the reset switch is operated. As a result, a predetermined numerical value is preset in the counter so that ice blocks can be supplied, and the shutter release button of the operation display unit 31 provided on the door 3 can be operated. When the shutter release button of the operation display unit 31 is operated, the motor that drives the shutter member 9 is driven. As a result, the shutter member 9 releases the discharge port 5d provided in the outer box 51. Therefore, after opening the outlet door 33 and placing the cup C on the stage S, the discharge button of the operation display unit 31 is operated to operate the ice. Wait for the supply.

When the eject button is operated, the motor M is activated to rotate the disk 6 through the reduction gear mechanism M1 by 60 degrees in the direction of the arrow in FIG. As the disk 6 rotates, the stirring member 67 having the stirring rod 66 also rotates, so that the ice stored in the bottomed cylindrical body 50 is also rotated and stirred. When the ridge 63 reaches the entrance side of the gate member 70 by the rotation of the disk 6, the ice block that collides with the plate surface of the gate member 70 is inclined with respect to the moving direction of the ridge 63 (the center of the gate member 70). By being arranged at an obtuse angle, the side moves to the center side along the plate surface of the gate member 70. On the other hand, the ice lump located at the concave opening 70a provided on the inlet side of the gate member 70 has a dimension L from the disk portion 6a of the disk 6 (see FIG. 4C). Is determined to be slightly larger than the maximum diameter of the ice block (the length of the diagonal line when the ice block is hexahedron), so that when the pass 63 passes through the gate member 70, it is accommodated in the pass 63. At least one piece of ice is piled up above the formed ice and passes through the opening 70a and sinks below the partition member 7, while the ice piece exceeding one piece above the ridge 63 is Since the movement is not blocked by the wall surface of the flange 63, the gate member 70 is overcome and escaped above the partition member 7 or to the center side of the gate member 70. Therefore, the movement of the ice block is prevented and it is not cut. In addition, the ice block located in the vicinity of the bulging portion 64 that bulges upward formed between the adjacent flanges 63 (accommodating holes 62) is generated when the bulging portion 64 passes through the opening 70 a of the gate member 70. The space of the opening 70 a is narrowed by the bulging portion 64, and the passage of the ice block is prevented, and escaped along the gate member 70. Thereby, there is no ice between the ridge 63 that has entered under the partition member 7 and the succeeding ridge 63, and the ice is piled up only above the ridge 63 that has entered under the partition member 7. It will be in the state accommodated in the cage | basket 63. FIG. In the present invention, as described above, the amount of ice accommodated in the heap above the ridge 63 is quantified.

  The rod 63 that has entered under the partition member 7 due to the rotation of the disk 6 moves to a position (a state shown in FIG. 4B) that completely overlaps with the discharge port 50a drilled in the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body 50. Then, the motor M (disk 6) stops. Therefore, the ice accommodated in the basket 63 is discharged into the chute 8 from the discharge port 50a drilled in the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body 50 and discharged into the cup C through the discharge port 5d provided in the outer box 51. Is done. When the cup C is removed from the stage S, the motor for driving the shutter member 9 is driven in reverse to close the discharge port 5d by the shutter member 9 and the ice carry-out operation is completed. Each time the ice is discharged, "1" is subtracted from the counter provided in the control unit. When the counter reaches a specified value, the supply of ice is stopped and an alarm is issued to prompt the ice block to be inserted.

  Note that at the beginning of the installation of the ice supply device, a part of the bowl 63 provided on the disk 6 is hidden behind the partition member 7, so that the ice block charged into the bottomed cylindrical body 50 may not be sufficiently accommodated in the bowl 63. There is. Therefore, at the beginning of installation, the ice discharging operation is executed a plurality of times. The motor M is activated when the ice supply device is turned on, and one of the troughs 63 does not overlap the discharge port 50a of the bottomed cylindrical body 50 in the vertical direction (clockwise from the position shown in FIG. 4B). Alternatively, the disk 6 can be controlled to rotate 90 degrees only during the first ice discharging operation.

  As described above, according to the ice supply device according to this embodiment, the ice storage unit 5 having the discharge port 50a opened at the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body 50 that stores ice blocks of a predetermined size, and the It is rotatably arranged at the bottom of the bottom cylindrical body 50 and is driven by a motor M, and is provided on the same radius as the discharge port 50a from the center of rotation and at equal intervals in the circumferential direction and penetrates vertically. By rotating the disk 6, the disk 6 having a plurality of flanges 63, a partition member 7 positioned at the top of the disk 6 and preventing the discharge port 50 a from communicating with the inside of the bottomed cylindrical body 50, and Only one ice block of a prescribed size is allowed to be stacked in the upper area of the ice stored in the bowl 63 guided by the discharge port 50a, and the prescribed size is provided in the upper area of the ice stored in the bowl 63. In addition, a cutting means (gate member 70) for preventing the ice block of one piece from being stacked more than one piece is provided, so that an ice piece of a predetermined size exceeds one piece in the upper area of the ice stored in the basket 63. Since the ice blocks stacked in this manner are not prevented from moving by the wall surface of the bowl 63 or the like, even if the excess ice blocks are blocked from passing by the cutting means (gate means 70), they move to the inside of the bottomed cylindrical body. be able to. Therefore, even if the excess ice block is prevented from being stacked in the upper region of the ice stored in the basket 63, the ice block is not cut and is defined in the upper region of the ice stored in the container of the kite 63. An amount of ice pieces of a size of 1 is stacked in a manner that is piled up by one, and the amount of ice that is stacked can be supplied to determine the amount.

  In the above-described embodiment, the gate member 70 is integrally formed with the partition member 7. However, the gate member 70 may be formed as a separate member from the partition member 7. In addition to the fixed type described in the embodiment, the shutter can also be made movable, and is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cabinet main body, 2 ... Cover body, 3 ... Door, 5 ... Ice storage part, 6 ... Disk, 7 ... Partition member, 8 ... Chute, 9 ... Shutter member, 10 ... Refrigerating device, 50 ... Bottomed cylindrical body, 50a ... Discharge port, 51d ... Discharge port, 62 ... Accommodating hole, 63 ... Bridge, 70 ... Gate member, 70a ... Open, M ... Motor.

As described above, according to the ice supply device according to this embodiment, the ice storage unit 5 having the discharge port 50a opened at the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body 50 that stores ice blocks of a predetermined size, and the It is rotatably arranged at the bottom of the bottom cylindrical body 50 and is driven by a motor M, and is provided on the same radius as the discharge port 50a from the center of rotation and at equal intervals in the circumferential direction and penetrates vertically. By rotating the disk 6, the disk 6 having a plurality of flanges 63, a partition member 7 positioned at the top of the disk 6 and preventing the discharge port 50 a from communicating with the inside of the bottomed cylindrical body 50, and Only one ice block of a predetermined size is allowed to be stacked in the upper area of the ice accommodated in the bowl 63 guided by the discharge port 50a, and the predetermined size is provided in the upper area of the ice contained in the bowl 63. The By providing a cutting means (gate member 70) for preventing the ice blocks from being stacked more than one piece, the ice pieces of a predetermined size exceed one piece in the upper area of the ice contained in the basket 63. Since the stacked ice blocks are not prevented from moving by the wall surface of the bowl 63, the excess ice blocks move to the inside of the bottomed cylindrical body even if the passage is blocked by the cutting means (gate means 70). Can do. Therefore, even if the excess ice block is prevented from being stacked in the upper region of the ice stored in the basket 63, the ice block is not cut and is defined in the upper region of the ice stored in the container of the kite 63. An amount of ice pieces of a size of 1 is stacked in a manner that is piled up by one, and the amount of ice that is stacked can be supplied to determine the amount.

Claims (3)

An ice storage part having a discharge port opened at the bottom of a bottomed cylindrical body for storing ice cubes of a prescribed size, and is rotatably disposed at the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical body and driven by a motor; and A disk having a plurality of ridges that are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction from the center of rotation and at equal intervals in the circumferential direction and that penetrates vertically, and the discharge port and the bottomed cylindrical body that are located above the disk A partition member that prevents communication with the interior of the disk, and an ice block of a predetermined size is stacked on the upper area of the ice contained in the cage that is guided to the discharge port by the rotation of the disk. An ice supply device comprising: a separating means that permits and prevents an ice block having a predetermined size from being stacked more than one piece in an upper region of ice contained in a basket. 2. The ice supply device according to claim 1, wherein the separating means is arranged so as to cross the movement trajectory of the kite guided toward the discharge port by the rotation of the disk and crosses the movement trajectory of the kite. An ice supply device comprising a gate member having an opening which allows an ice block of a predetermined size to be stacked in an upper region of ice contained in the container . 2. The ice supply device according to claim 1, wherein the ice storage unit is cooled by a freezing device.

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