Apparatus for manufacturing ices

Abstract

An apparatus for manufacturing ices via rapid ice facture and rapid ice thaw is provided. A switching operation between ice making and ice thawing is easily performed by only a single valve, to thereby simplify the structure of the apparatus and save the manufacturing cost therefor as well as make users conveniently manipulate the apparatus. Liquid particles are effectively separated from coolant gas re-circulated to a compressor after performing an ice thawing operation, to thereby prevent the compressor from being in trouble. A capillary tube is integrally installed along the coolant tube connecting a condenser and an evaporator, at a position before a connection portion connecting a bypass tube and a coolant tube.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing ices via rapid ice facture and rapid ice thaw, and more particularly to, an apparatus for manufacturing ices via rapid ice facture and rapid ice thaw in which a material such as drinks, the juice of fruits or the juice of vegetables is frozen at once in a tray-shaped evaporation dish to manufacture ices such as sherbets, ice creams, or ice cakes. Also, in the case that different kinds of ices are sequentially manufactured, the evaporation dish is rapidly heated to easily melt and remove the remainder of the ices stained in the evaporation dish. Also, a switching operation between ice making and ice thawing is easily performed by only a single valve, to thereby simplify the structure of the apparatus and save the manufacturing cost therefor as well as make users conveniently manipulate the apparatus. Also, liquid particles are effectively separated from coolant gas re-circulated to a compressor aft...

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Benefits of technology

[0014] It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for manufacturing ices via rapid ice facture and rapid ice thaw, in which in the case that different kinds of ices are sequentially manufactured, an evaporation dish is rapidly heated to easily melt and remove the remainder of the ices stained in the evaporation dish.

[0015] It is still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for manufacturing ices via rapid ice facture and rapid ice thaw, in which a switching operation between ice making and ice thawing is easily performed by only a single valve, to thereby simplify the structure of the apparatus and save the manufacturing cost therefor as well as make users conveniently manipulate the apparatus.

[0016] It is yet another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for manufacturing ices via rapid ice facture and rapid ice thaw, in which liquid particles are effectively separated from coolant gas re-circulated to a compressor after performing an ice thawing operation, to thereby prevent the compressor from being in trouble.

Problems solved by technology

However, since these various types of ice making apparatuses or ice makers are limited to functions of manufacturing a sherbet-shaped product, it is difficult to quickly manufacture ices having ice creams or ice cakes which require higher cooling than the sherbet-shaped ices.

In order to completely remove the remaining materials attached to the surface of the container, considerable time and efforts are needed.

As a result, the entire structure of the ices making apparatus becomes complicated somewhat and the manufacturing cost of the apparatus becomes high.

Accordingly, it is difficult to provide a less expansive ices making apparatus to an ices manufacturer having a volume of a small-scale business based on multiple products and a small quantity of production.

As a result, users are confused with and to be inconvenienced by manipulation of the ices making apparatus more or less.

Accordingly, additional expenses are needed to form an outer pattern on the box-shaped case 25, which has caused an undesirable problem to occur when it is considered that a production cost of the ices making apparatus should be reduced.

However, in this case, an additional electronic control component such as a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) should be additionally installed between the switch and the electronic valves 24 and 24a, which has also caused an undesirable problem to occur when it is considered that a production cost of the ices making apparatus should be reduced.

In this case, an excessive amount of liquid coolant dilutes operating oil in the compressor 11 and thus causes damage to bearings.

Accordingly, the compressor 11 can be damaged during operation of the ices making apparatus.

Likewise, this also becomes an additional factor which increases a production cost of the ices making apparatus.

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