Ice storage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10982894-B2
Application number	US-201716305662-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2017
Priority date	Jun 2, 2016
Publication date	Apr 20, 2021
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021

Abstract

An ice storage includes a storage body having a storage space for storing ice and a discharge port for discharging ice to the outside, a transferring and breaking part which, by having at least a part thereof provided in the storage space, transfers the ice in the storage space to the discharge port, and if necessary, breaks the transferred ice, and a door part allowing the ice to be discharged through the discharge port as unbroken ice or broken ice unbroken or broken up by the transferring and breaking part. The transferring and breaking part includes a transferring member for transferring ice and a breaking member for breaking ice, and the transferring member and the breaking member are configured such that ice is not stuck therebetween while being transferred.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An ice storage, comprising: a storage body having a storage space in which ice is stored and a discharge port through which ice is discharged externally; a transferring and breaking part of which at least a portion is provided in the storage space, the transferring and breaking part transferring the ice in the storage space to the discharge port and breaking the transferred ice as required; and a door part allowing the ice to be discharged through the discharge port as unbroken ice or broken ice unbroken or broken up by the transferring and breaking part, wherein the transferring and breaking part comprises a transferring member and a breaking member comprising a plurality of fixed breaking members, wherein, among the plurality of fixed breaking members, an outermost fixed breaking member positioned closest to the transferring member is configured to prevent ice from being stuck between the outermost fixed breaking member and the transferring member while being transferred, and wherein a fixed breaking member other than the outermost fixed breaking member is provided with a fixed breaking wing and an escape prevention part configured to prevent ice from escaping while the ice is broken up by the fixed breaking member.

2. The ice storage of claim 1 , wherein the breaking member is disposed subsequent to the transferring member in a discharge port direction in the storage space to allow the ice transferred by the transferring member to be broken up by the breaking member.

3. The ice storage of claim 2 , wherein the transferring member rotates to allow the ice in the storage space to be transferred to the discharge port.

4. The ice storage of claim 3 , wherein the transferring member is provided with a transferring wing, and the transferring wing is provided with an elastic transformable part, bendable by external force applied by ice present between the transferring member and the breaking member, on an end of the transferring wing positioned near the discharge port.

5. The ice storage of claim 4 , wherein the transferring wing is extended to an end of the transferring member positioned near the discharge port.

6. The ice storage of claim 4 , wherein the elastic transformable part is formed as the end of the transferring wing positioned near the discharge port is separated from the transferring member by a certain length.

7. The ice storage of claim 4 , wherein the transferring wing has a spiral shape.

8. The ice storage of claim 2 , wherein the breaking member further comprises a rotatable breaking member.

9. The ice storage of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of the fixed breaking members are provided in the storage body with certain gaps.

10. The ice storage of claim 8 , wherein the outermost fixed breaking member is only provided with the fixed breaking wing therein.

11. The ice storage of claim 1 , wherein the fixed breaking wing is configured such that a plurality of the fixed breaking wings are formed in order from one end of the fixed breaking member in a length direction of the fixed breaking member.

12. The ice storage of claim 11 , wherein the escape prevention part is formed subsequent to the plurality of fixed breaking wings in a length direction of the fixed breaking member.

13. The ice storage of claim 12 , wherein the escape prevention part is larger than the fixed breaking wing.

14. The ice storage of claim 1 , wherein a central portion of the outermost fixed breaking member has a height lower than heights of central portions of the other fixed breaking members.

15. The ice storage of claim 1 , wherein the rotatable breaking member rotates by a breaking and rotating unit.

16. The ice storage of claim 15 , wherein the rotatable breaking member is configured such that a plurality of the rotatable breaking members are connected to one another with certain gaps in a breaking and rotating shaft included in the breaking and rotating unit to respectively pass through spaces among the plurality of fixed breaking members and rotate.

17. The ice storage of claim 16 , wherein the rotatable breaking member is provided with a rotatable breaking wing breaking ice along with the fixed breaking wing.

18. The ice storage of claim 17 , wherein the rotatable breaking wing is configured such that a plurality of the rotatable breaking wings are formed in order from one end and the other end of the rotatable breaking member in a length direction of the rotatable breaking member.

Assignees

• Coway Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hong Young-Hoon
• Lee Jung-Hwan
• Moon Hyun-Seok
• Kim Kyu-Jun
• Lee Gyeong-Min
• Kim Jong-Min
• Kim Han-Soo
• Oh Dong-Min

Classifications

• F25C2400/08

  for different type of ice · CPC title

• F25C5/24

  for storing bins (ice bins F25C5/182) · CPC title

• F25C5/046 Primary

  Ice-crusher machines · CPC title

• B65G2812/0577

  for bulk material · CPC title

• B65G2812/0511

  Conveyor screws · CPC title