KR20060004544A - Operating method for ice processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an operation control method of an ice processing apparatus, wherein ice is formed in an ice manufacturing unit that freezes water to prepare ice, and stores the ice stored in an ice storage unit, and stores the ice by an ice transfer unit provided in the ice storage unit. In the ice processing apparatus is operated to supply the crushed and crushed ice supplied by the ice feeder to a predetermined size, the ice processing apparatus is operated by the ice processing unit to process and supply the ice stored in the ice storage unit The ice conveying unit which transfers the ice to the ice processing unit for a predetermined time is controlled to be repeatedly operated at a predetermined time, so that the transport and processing of the ice is performed properly, and additional monitoring sensors or devices are added. Smooth ice transfer and processing without It has the effect that to solve the problem on the rise and the installation of a dragon.

Ice processing unit, grinder, driving control.

Description

Operation control method of ice processing equipment {OPERATING METHOD FOR ICE PROCESSING APPARATUS}

1 is a perspective view showing an ice processing apparatus for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a partial cross-sectional view showing an ice processing state of the ice processing apparatus for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a partial cutaway perspective view showing an ice transfer unit of the ice processing apparatus for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention,

Figure 4 is a view showing a driving control method of the ice processing apparatus in an embodiment of the present invention.

5 to 7 show modifications of the operation control method of the ice processing apparatus of the present invention.

* Description of the main parts of the drawings *

1: refrigerator 2: freezer

3: freezer door 4: dispenser room

5: ice supply path 6: refrigerator door

10: ice maker 11: ice maker

20: ice storage 21: case

22: discharge port 23: shaft coupling member

30: ice transfer unit 31: transfer motor

32: propulsion screw 40: ice processing unit

41: grinder 42: drive motor

43: crusher 44: crusher

50: control unit 51: control panel

52: Select Button

The present invention relates to a method for controlling the operation of an ice processing apparatus, and more particularly, ice is stored in the ice storage unit made of an ice manufacturing unit for freezing water to manufacture ice, and the ice transfer unit provided in the ice storage unit The ice processing unit is operated to process and supply the ice stored in the ice storage unit by using an ice processing apparatus which is operated to transfer the ice and to supply the supplied ice by crushing and crushing the supplied ice at a predetermined size in the ice transport unit. It relates to an operation control method of the ice processing apparatus to control the ice transfer unit for transferring the ice to the ice processing unit for a predetermined time to be repeatedly operated at a predetermined time difference.

Generally, ice is a solid of water that can be obtained when water is cooled below 0 ° C in the air, and this ice is used for various purposes to lower the temperature, such as refrigeration of fish or foodstuffs, or cooling foods or drinks. It is done.

Ice processing apparatuses that make such ice and reprocess the produced ice to a certain size according to the intended use have already been widely used in beverage vending machines or large refrigerators for home use.

As an example, an ice processing apparatus used in a conventional large-sized refrigerator includes an ice maker that freezes water in a freezer compartment to manufacture ice, an ice storage container that receives and stores the ice produced by the ice maker, and stores the ice therein. A spiral shaft driven by a transfer motor to transfer the ice stored in the container, and a grinder and the dispenser room to process the ice transferred by the ice transfer member to a dispenser room provided in the refrigerating chamber door. And a controller for controlling the operation of the ice conveying unit and the ice processing unit to supply processed ice.

However, in the conventional controller for controlling the operation of the ice movable device, a transfer motor for rotating the ice transfer member to transfer the ice stored in the ice storage unit to the grinder, and the ice supplied by the ice transfer member to a predetermined size. The driving motor for driving the crushing or grinding mill is simultaneously operated to be stopped at the same time, that is, to be operated for the same time.

Therefore, the ice conveying member rotated by the conveying motor does not transfer the appropriate amount of ice that can be processed in the processing unit to the grinder (crusher or shredder), or the ice supply is supplied to the grinder with excessive supply As the ice accumulates on the furnace and blocks the ice supply path, there is a problem that the transfer motor and the spiral shaft are overloaded and broken.

In addition, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a monitoring sensor for monitoring the amount of ice supplied by the transfer motor and the spiral shaft is attached to the ice supply path to control the operation of the ice transfer unit, There is a problem in that the cost of the product increases due to the cost, and another solution may be solved by allowing a buffer to increase the contents on the grinder side, but this is because the size of the device is larger and stored in the freezer It is difficult to adopt due to the problem of not being suitable as a compact device.

According to the present invention devised to solve the above problems, the control unit of the ice processing unit is integrated with the operating time of the ice processing unit to control the operation time so that the ice transfer unit is repeatedly operated at a predetermined time during the operation time of the ice processing unit ice Has the purpose of making the transfer and processing of.

In addition, it is possible to smoothly transport and process ice without adding a separate monitoring sensor or device, and to maintain the compactness of the device itself to solve the problem of cost increase and installation. Have

According to the present invention devised in order to achieve the above object, the ice made by the ice making unit to freeze the water to store the ice made in the ice storage unit, the ice transfer unit provided in the ice storage unit transports the ice The ice processing apparatus is operated to crush and crush the supplied ice to a predetermined size in the ice processing unit, wherein the ice processing unit is a constant operation of the ice processing unit to process and supply the ice stored in the ice storage unit The ice transfer unit for transferring the ice to the ice processing unit for a period of time characterized in that it is controlled to be repeatedly operated at a predetermined time difference.

In addition, the ice transfer unit is characterized in that the same operation time is controlled to be repeatedly operated at the same time interval (Interval).

In addition, the ice transfer unit is characterized in that the same operating time is controlled to be repeatedly operated at different time intervals.

In addition, the ice transfer unit is characterized in that the different operating time is controlled to be repeatedly operated at the same time interval.

In addition, the ice transfer unit is characterized in that the different operating time is controlled to be operated to be repeatedly operated at different time intervals.

In addition, the operating time of the ice transfer unit is characterized in that the control to be preceded by a predetermined time difference than the operating time of the ice processing unit.

In addition, the operating time of the ice transfer unit is characterized in that it is controlled to become shorter.

In addition, the temporal interval at which the operation of the ice transfer unit is stopped is characterized in that it is controlled to become longer.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the operation control method of the ice processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail the configuration and effect.

1 is a perspective view showing an ice processing apparatus for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the ice processing state of the ice processing apparatus for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, 3 is a partial cutaway perspective view showing an ice transfer unit of the ice processing apparatus for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a view showing an operation control method of the ice processing apparatus in an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 to 7 are views showing modified examples of the operation control method of the ice processing apparatus of the present invention.

Ice processing apparatus for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figures 1 to 3, the ice is stored and fixed to the upper side inside the freezer compartment of the refrigerator to ice the water supplied from the outside to produce a predetermined size ice Manufacturing unit 10, the ice storage unit 20 is located in the lower portion of the ice manufacturing unit 10 to receive the ice produced by the ice manufacturing unit 10 and stored therein, and the ice storage unit 20 And a dispenser provided in the refrigerating chamber door by processing the ice conveying unit 30 and the ice conveyed by the ice conveying unit 30 to a predetermined size. It consists of the ice processing part 40 installed on the ice supply path 5 so that it may supply to the room 4, and the control part 50 which controls so that the ice processed into the said dispenser room 4 may be supplied.

The ice maker 10 is formed of an ice maker 11 to receive and fix water supplied from the outside by receiving and fixing the upper portion of the freezer compartment inner circumference of the refrigerator 1 so as to drop the iced ice to a lower portion by applying heat of a predetermined temperature. .

The ice storage unit 20 is opened at the top to receive and store the ice dropped after ice making in the ice maker 11, the discharge port 22 for discharging the ice to the ice processing unit 40 on one side It is formed and consists of a case 21 of the enclosure type formed to have a predetermined volume of receiving space therein.

The ice transfer unit 30 is axially coupled to the transfer motor 31 controlled by the control unit 50 and the rotation shaft end 33 of the transfer motor 31 to be rotatable inside the case 21. It consists of a propulsion screw 32 formed to transport the stored and stored ice to the discharge port 22 along the axial direction.

The transfer motor 31 is located inside the inner surface of the freezing compartment door 3 facing the case 21 when the case 21 is received, and the rotation shaft end 33 of the transfer motor 31 is located in the freezing compartment door 3. It is coupled to interlock the axial coupling member 23 is rotatably fixed to one side of the case 21 facing through the inner surface of the.

The propulsion screw 32 is formed such that a round bar having a predetermined thickness on the imaginary horizontal axis line is spirally wound with a certain radius, one end of which is fixed on the outer circumferential surface of the axial coupling member 23, and the other end of the case ( It is rotatably coupled to the center of the discharge port 22 of the 21.

The ice processing unit 40 is driven by the drive motor 41 and the drive motor controlled by the control unit 50, the ice discharged to the discharge port 22 of the case 21 by the ice transfer unit A grinder 42 for crushing into pieces of ice of a predetermined size or processing into sludged ice powder, wherein the driving motor and the grinder are placed on an ice supply path 5 to the dispenser room 4. It is hypothesized.

The control unit 50 is installed on the front side of the refrigerating compartment door 6, the control panel 51 is provided with a selection button 52 so that the user selects the ice processing, and processing the ice by the selection button 52 It is composed of a microcomputer (not shown) for controlling the transfer motor 31 of the ice transfer unit 30 and the drive motor 41 of the ice processing unit 40 to be supplied to the dispenser room (4).

As shown in FIG. 4 to FIG. 7, the microcomputer of the controller controls the ice processing unit 40 obtained by integrating the operating time of the ice processing unit 40 required to process the ice as much as the user desires. The operation time of the ice transfer unit 30 is controlled so that the ice transfer unit 30 supplying the ice required for ice processing is repeatedly operated at a predetermined time difference during the operation time.

In the operation control method of the ice transfer unit, as shown in FIG. 4, during the operation time T of the integrated ice processing unit 40, the ice transfer unit 30 may have the same operating time T1 and the same temporal interval ( It is to repeat operation with I1).

At this time, the operating time (T1) of the ice transfer unit 30 is preceded by a predetermined time difference (T0) than the operating time (T) of the ice processing unit 40, the ice supply path at the beginning of the ice processing operation ( 5) to compensate for the time it takes to supply the ice to the grinder 42 of the ice processing unit 40, by stopping the transfer motor of the ice transfer unit 30 in advance before the ice processing operation is finished The remaining ice in the ice supply passage 5 is pulverized to a predetermined size and controlled to be supplied to the dispenser room 4.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, during the operation time T of the ice processing unit 40 integrated as a modification to the operation control method, the ice transfer unit has a different time interval I1 at which the same operation time T1 is different. , I2, I3, I4) to control to operate repeatedly.

Therefore, in the initial stage of the ice processing operation, the transfer motor 31 of the ice transfer unit 30 is restarted within a shorter time so that the ice is sufficiently supplied to the grinder 41 of the ice processing unit 40, Afterwards, the temporal interval (I1 < I2 < I3 < I4) between the uptimes is lengthened so that there is no oversupply, which is useful when the capacity of the grinder 41 is small.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, the transfer motor 31 of the ice transfer unit 30 operates differently during the operation time T of the ice processing unit 40 integrated as another modification to the operation control method. Time T1, T2, T3, and T4 are controlled to be repeatedly operated with the same temporal interval I1.

Therefore, the operation time (T1> T2> T> T4) in the initial stage of the ice processing operation is longer, and the time is gradually shortened so as to adjust the supplied ice during the operation time of the ice processing unit 40.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, as another modification of the driving control method, the transfer motors 31 of the ice transfer unit 30 are different from each other during the operation time T of the integrated ice processing unit 40. The operating times T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5 are controlled to be repeatedly operated at different time intervals I1, I2, I3, and I4, respectively.

At this time, the operation time (T1> T2> T> T4) is gradually shortened during the ice processing operation, and the temporal interval between each operation time is formed to be longer so that more appropriate driving control is achieved.

Hereinafter, the control process for the ice processing apparatus operation control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The ice manufacturing unit 10 accommodated and fixed inside the freezing compartment door 3 of the refrigerator 1 checks the amount of ice stored in the case 21 of the ice storage unit 20 located at the bottom, and freezes the door 3. ) Iced water supplied from the outside by the cold inside to supply ice cubes having a predetermined size to the ice storage unit 20 located below.

In order to receive the square ice stored in the case 21 of the ice storage unit 20 as processed ice in a state desired by the user, the user first selects the control panel 51 placed on the front side of the refrigerating compartment door 6. The button 52 is pressed to start the ice processing apparatus.

As the ice processing device is operated by the selection button 52, the microcomputer of the control unit 50 first selects a desired ice state (each large chunk of ice, each small chunk of ice, crushed powder ice, etc.) and ice. The operation time of the ice processing unit 40 is accumulated according to the amount,

Then, the transfer motor 31 of the ice transfer unit 30 is operated as soon as a predetermined time difference T0 with the drive motor 41 of the ice processing unit 40, so that the inside of the case 21 of the ice storage unit 20 The ice is stored in the ice supply passage (5) in which the crusher 43 and the crusher 44 of the ice processing unit 40 is installed through the discharge port 22, and the ice supply passage (5) The drive motor 41 is operated to crush or crush the ice supplied to the grinder 42 to a predetermined size.

At this time, in the separate device in which the ice storage unit 20 and the ice processing unit 40 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3A are separate, the free space of the ice processing unit 40 can be relatively large, and the grinder 42 ) Is operated by the shredder 43 (the grinder here is a device having both the functions of the shredder and the shredder), the effect obtained under the control of time is not great. In this case, the shredder 42 is used for the shredder. When operating at 44, processing time is required to control the supply time of the ice, and as shown in FIG. 3B, the crusher 44 and the crusher 44 at the front discharge port side of the ice storage unit 20 In the integrated device in which 43) is directly mounted, it is difficult to increase the contents of the shredder 44 and the shredder 43, so that time control becomes an essential situation.

Then, during the operation time (T) of the integrated ice processing unit 40, the transfer motor 31 of the ice transfer unit 30 is repeatedly operated at a predetermined time difference as described above, so that the ice storage unit 20 In order to supply an appropriate amount of ice to the ice supply passage 5 equipped with the crusher 42 of the ice processing unit 40 through the discharge port 22 by the spiral shaft 32 interlocking in the case 21 of the case 21. do.

Therefore, the ice transfer unit 30 does not transfer an appropriate amount of ice that can be processed in the ice processing unit 40 or over-supplied to accumulate ice on the ice supply path 5, thereby providing an ice supply path ( 5) Blocking the ice transfer is not possible, the overloading of the transfer motor 31 of the ice transfer unit 30, and the resulting breakage of the transfer motor and breakage of the spiral shaft to solve the problem, etc. To help.

As described above, the operation control method of the ice processing apparatus of the present invention integrates the operating time of the ice processing unit to control the operation time so that the ice transfer unit is repeatedly operated at a predetermined time during the operation time of the ice processing unit to transfer the ice and It has the effect of making processing.

In addition, it is possible to smoothly transport and process ice without adding a separate monitoring sensor or device, thereby increasing the cost and solving the installation problem.

Claims (8)

Ice made by the ice making unit that freezes water to make ice is stored in an ice storage unit, and the ice is transported by the ice transfer unit provided in the ice storage unit, and the supplied ice is crushed to a predetermined size in the ice carrier. And an ice processing apparatus which is operated to supply the grinding, The ice processing apparatus controls the ice transfer unit to be repeatedly operated at a predetermined time by transferring the ice to the ice processing unit for a predetermined time during which the ice processing unit is operated to process and supply the ice stored in the ice storage unit. Operation control method of ice processing apparatus to use. The method of claim 1, And the ice conveying unit controls to repeatedly operate at the same operation time and the same time interval as the operation time. The method of claim 1, The ice transfer unit operation control method of the ice processing apparatus, characterized in that for controlling the same operation time is repeatedly operated at different time intervals. The method of claim 1, The ice conveying unit operation control method of the ice processing apparatus, characterized in that the different operating time is controlled to be repeatedly operated at the same time interval. The method of claim 1, And the ice transfer unit controls the operation so that different operation times are repeatedly operated at different time intervals. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The operation time of the ice processing unit is controlled to be controlled to be preceded by a predetermined time difference than the operating time of the ice processing unit. The method according to claim 4 or 5, Operation control method of the ice processing apparatus, characterized in that for controlling so that the operation time of the ice transfer unit becomes shorter. The method according to claim 3 or 5, Operation control method of the ice processing apparatus, characterized in that for controlling the time interval in which the operation of the ice transfer is stopped gradually.

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