Ice bottle machine

Abstract

The invention provides an ice bottle machine, and relates to the technical field of ice bottle production, the ice bottle machine comprises an ice bottle machine main body, one end of the ice bottle machine main body in the first direction is provided with a bottle inlet and a bottle outlet, and a lower discharging plate is arranged in the ice bottle machine main body; the two ends, in the first direction, of the lower discharging plate abut against the inner wall of the ice bottle machine body, and a discharging channel is formed between the lower discharging plate and the adjacent first refrigerating plate. The multiple first channels, the multiple second channels and the discharging channel form a refrigeration channel, one end of the refrigeration channel communicates with the bottle inlet, and the other end of the refrigeration channel communicates with the bottle outlet. According to the ice bottle machine provided by the invention, the bottle inlet of the ice bottle machine main body is used for placing the ice bottle, the ice bottle moves along the refrigeration channel in the ice bottle machine main body, and the ice bottle is moved out from the bottle outlet after being frozen in the ice bottle machine, so that the ice bottle is automatically refrigerated, the manual participation degree is reduced, and the refrigeration automation of the ice bottle is realized.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of ice bottle production, in particular to an ice bottle machine. Background Art

[0002] In the existing production process of ice bottles, after the bottles are filled with water, they need to be frozen manually, usually in an ice making pool or in a cold storage. The energy consumption of freezing is high, more people are required, and the production efficiency is low. Summary of the invention

[0003] The purpose of the present invention is to provide an ice bottle machine to alleviate the technical problems of low ice making efficiency and high manual participation of existing ice bottles.

[0004] The present invention provides a bottle chiller, comprising a bottle chiller body, wherein one end of the bottle chiller body in a first direction is provided with a bottle inlet and a bottle outlet, and the bottle inlet is provided at an upper end in a second direction, and the bottle outlet is provided at a lower end in the second direction;

[0005] A plurality of first refrigeration plates and a plurality of second refrigeration plates are arranged in the ice machine body, one end of the first refrigeration plate abuts against an inner wall of a first end of the ice machine body in a first direction, and a first drop opening is formed between the other end of the first refrigeration plate and an inner wall of a second end of the ice machine body in the first direction;

[0006] One end of the second refrigeration plate abuts against the inner wall of the second end of the ice bottle machine body in the first direction, and a second drop opening is formed between the other end of the second refrigeration plate and the inner wall of the first end of the ice bottle machine body in the first direction;

[0007] The second refrigeration plate is arranged between two adjacent first refrigeration plates, a first channel extending along a first direction is formed on the first refrigeration plate, a second channel extending along the first direction is formed on the second refrigeration plate, the second channel is communicated with the first channel located at the upper end of the second channel through a first blanking opening, and the second channel is communicated with the first channel located at the lower end of the second channel through a second blanking opening;

[0008] A lower discharge plate is provided in the ice bottle machine body, both ends of the lower discharge plate in the first direction are in contact with the inner wall of the ice bottle machine body, a discharge channel is formed between the lower discharge plate and the adjacent first refrigeration plate, and the discharge channel is communicated with the adjacent first channel;

[0009] A plurality of the first channels, a plurality of the second channels and a discharge channel form a refrigeration channel, one end of the refrigeration channel is connected to the bottle inlet, and the other end is connected to the bottle outlet;

[0010] The first direction is the length direction of the ice bottle machine body, and the second direction is the width direction of the ice bottle machine body.

[0011] In an optional embodiment, the first refrigeration plate, the second refrigeration plate and the lower discharge plate are all arranged obliquely;

[0012] The upper surface of the first refrigeration plate gradually decreases along the extension direction of the first blanking opening, and the upper surface of the second refrigeration plate gradually decreases along the extension direction of the second blanking opening;

[0013] The lower discharge plate gradually descends along the extension direction of the bottle outlet.

[0014] In an optional embodiment, a plurality of first pushing components are disposed on the first end of the ice bottle machine body, the first pushing components correspond to the first channels one by one, and the first pushing components are used to move the ice bottles in the first channel toward the second end of the ice bottle machine body;

[0015] A plurality of second pushing components are arranged on the second end of the ice bottle main body, and a second pushing component is correspondingly arranged on each of the second channel and the discharge channel, and the second pushing component is used to move the ice bottle toward the first end of the ice bottle machine main body.

[0016] In an optional embodiment, a lower conveyor belt is further included, and the ice bottles moved out from the bottle outlet are moved onto the lower conveyor belt, and the lower conveyor belt is used to move the ice bottles out.

[0017] In an optional embodiment, the bottle inlet is provided with a bottle inlet door, and the bottle outlet is provided with a bottle outlet door.

[0018] In an optional embodiment, the first refrigeration plate, the second refrigeration plate and the lower discharge plate are all freezing plates;

[0019] At least two side baffles are arranged on the freezing plate, and the side baffles extend along a first direction, and a passage for ice bottles to move is formed between two adjacent side baffles.

[0020] In an optional embodiment, a positioning protrusion is provided on the side baffle, and the positioning protrusion is used to be assembled in the positioning groove of the ice bottle, and the positioning protrusion is used to move the ice bottle along the first direction.

[0021] In an optional embodiment, the freezing plate includes a plurality of freezing single plates, one side of the freezing single plate is provided with an assembly groove, and the other side of the freezing single plate is provided with an assembly protrusion.

[0022] In an optional embodiment, a plurality of antifreeze liquid channels extending along a first direction are provided in the freezing plate; and a refrigerant channel is provided between two adjacent antifreeze liquid channels.

[0023] In an optional embodiment, an upper conveyor belt is further included, and the upper conveyor belt corresponds to the bottle inlet, and the upper conveyor belt is used to convey the ice bottles to the bottle inlet.

[0024] The bottle inlet of the ice bottle machine body provided by the present invention is used for placing ice bottles, and the ice bottles move along the refrigeration channel in the ice bottle machine body, and the ice bottles are moved out from the bottle outlet after being frozen in the ice bottle machine, so that automatic refrigeration of the ice bottles is realized, the degree of manual participation is reduced, and the automation of ice bottle refrigeration is realized. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] In order to more clearly illustrate the specific implementation methods of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the specific implementation methods or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are some implementation methods of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0026] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the structure of a bottle ice machine provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

[0027] Figure 2 for Figure 1 Another structural schematic diagram of the ice bottle machine shown;

[0028] Figure 3 for Figure 1 The structural schematic diagram of the freezing plate of the ice bottle machine shown;

[0029] Figure 4 for Figure 3 The schematic diagram of the positional relationship between the freezing plate and the ice bottles of the ice bottle machine shown.

[0030] Icons: 100- ice bottle machine body; 200- first refrigeration plate; 300- second refrigeration plate; 400- first channel; 500- second channel; 600- first drop port; 700- second drop port; 800- lower discharge plate; 900- discharge channel; 110- first pushing assembly; 120- second pushing assembly; 130- upper conveyor belt; 140- lower conveyor belt; 150- freezing plate; 160- freezing single board; 161- assembly protrusion; 162- assembly groove; 170- side baffle; 180- positioning protrusion; 190- ice bottle; 210- positioning groove; 220- antifreeze channel; 230- refrigerant channel. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] The terms “first”, “second”, “third”, etc. are only used for distinguishing descriptions and do not indicate the order of arrangement, nor can they be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0032] In addition, the terms "horizontal", "vertical", "overhanging" and the like do not mean that the components are required to be absolutely horizontal or overhanging, but can be slightly tilted. For example, "horizontal" only means that its direction is more horizontal than "vertical", and does not mean that the structure must be completely horizontal, but can be slightly tilted.

[0033] In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "inside", "outside", "left", "right", "up", "down", etc., indicating directions or positional relationships, are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, or are the directions or positional relationships in which the products of the present application are usually placed when in use. They are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation on the present application.

[0034] In the description of this application, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "set", "installed", "connected" and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, and it can be the internal connection of two elements.

[0035] The technical solution of the present application will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0036] Example

[0037] Reference Figure 1-Figure 4 The present invention provides a bottle chiller, comprising a bottle chiller body 100, wherein one end of the bottle chiller body 100 in a first direction is provided with a bottle inlet and a bottle outlet, and the bottle inlet is provided at an upper end in a second direction, and the bottle outlet is provided at a lower end in the second direction;

[0038] A plurality of first refrigeration plates 200 and a plurality of second refrigeration plates 300 are arranged in the ice machine body 100, one end of the first refrigeration plate 200 abuts against an inner wall of a first end of the ice machine body 100 in a first direction, and a first drop opening 600 is formed between the other end of the first refrigeration plate 200 and an inner wall of a second end of the ice machine body 100 in a first direction;

[0039] One end of the second refrigeration plate 300 abuts against the inner wall of the second end of the ice machine body 100 in the first direction, and a second drop opening 700 is formed between the other end of the second refrigeration plate 300 and the inner wall of the first end of the ice machine body 100 in the first direction;

[0040] The second refrigeration plate 300 is arranged between two adjacent first refrigeration plates 200, a first channel 400 extending along the first direction is formed on the first refrigeration plate 200, a second channel 500 extending along the first direction is formed on the second refrigeration plate 300, the second channel 500 is communicated with the first channel 400 located at the upper end of the second channel 500 through a first blanking opening 600, and the second channel 500 is communicated with the first channel 400 located at the lower end of the second channel 500 through a second blanking opening 700;

[0041] A lower discharge plate 800 is provided in the ice machine body 100, and both ends of the lower discharge plate 800 in the first direction are in contact with the inner wall of the ice machine body 100, and a discharge channel 900 is formed between the lower discharge plate 800 and the adjacent first refrigeration plate 200, and the discharge channel 900 is communicated with the adjacent first channel 400;

[0042] A plurality of the first channels 400, a plurality of the second channels 500 and a discharge channel 900 form a refrigeration channel, one end of the refrigeration channel is connected to the bottle inlet, and the other end is connected to the bottle outlet;

[0043] The first direction is the length direction of the ice machine body 100 , and the second direction is the width direction of the ice machine body 100 .

[0044] In some embodiments, the bottle inlet of the ice bottle machine body 100 is set at the upper end, and the bottle outlet is set at the lower end; after the ice bottle 190 enters from the bottle inlet, the ice bottle 190 enters from the first channel 400 at the top to the second channel 500, and then enters other first channels 400; the ice bottle 190 gradually descends in the ice bottle machine body 100 until the ice bottle 190 moves into the outlet channel 900; other ice bottles 190 enter from the bottle inlet in turn until the ice bottle 190 is filled in the ice bottle machine body 100.

[0045] After the ice bottle machine body 100 completes the refrigeration of the ice bottle 190, the ice bottle 190 is moved out from the bottle outlet, and other ice bottles 190 are moved out from the ice bottle 190 outlet in turn; in this way, the refrigeration of the ice bottle 190 is achieved; compared with the prior art, the refrigeration efficiency is improved, the manual participation is reduced, and the automation of the refrigeration of the ice bottle 190 is achieved.

[0046] Reference Figure 2 In an optional embodiment, the first refrigeration plate 200, the second refrigeration plate 300 and the lower discharge plate 800 are all arranged at an angle;

[0047] The upper surface of the first refrigeration plate 200 gradually decreases along the extension direction of the first blanking opening 600, and the upper surface of the second refrigeration plate 300 gradually decreases along the extension direction of the second blanking opening 700;

[0048] The lower discharge plate 800 gradually descends along the extension direction of the bottle outlet.

[0049] In order to enable the ice bottles 190 at a high place to automatically move to a lower place; the first refrigeration plate 200, the second refrigeration plate 300 and the lower discharge plate 800 are all arranged at an angle, so that the ice bottles 190 located on the first refrigeration plate 200, the second refrigeration plate 300 and the lower discharge plate 800 can move in sequence by gravity, so that after the ice bottles 190 enter the ice bottle machine body 100 from the bottle inlet, the ice bottles 190 can automatically move downward until they stop after colliding with other ice bottles 190.

[0050] After the ice bottles 190 have finished refrigerating, one ice bottle 190 is moved out from the bottle outlet, and the other ice bottles 190 move downward by gravity, and the other ice bottles 190 fill the position of the previous ice bottle 190, so that the ice bottles 190 can be automatically moved in the ice bottle machine body 100.

[0051] Reference Figure 1 In an optional embodiment, a plurality of first pushing assemblies 110 are disposed on the first end of the ice bottle machine body 100, and the first pushing assemblies 110 correspond to the first channels 400 one by one, and the first pushing assemblies 110 are used to move the ice bottles 190 in the first channels 400 toward the second end of the ice bottle machine body 100;

[0052] A plurality of second pushing components 120 are disposed on the second end of the ice bottle 190 body, and each of the second channel 500 and the discharge channel 900 is correspondingly provided with a second pushing component 120, and the second pushing component 120 is used to move the ice bottle 190 toward the first end of the ice bottle machine body 100.

[0053] In some embodiments, the first refrigeration plate 200, the second refrigeration plate 300 and the lower discharge plate 800 are arranged horizontally. After the ice bottle 190 enters the second refrigeration plate 300, the second pushing assembly 120 pushes the ice bottle 190 to move the ice bottle 190 along the first direction, that is, the ice bottle 190 moves toward the second drop-out port 700, and the first pushing assembly 110 moves the ice bottle 190 toward the first drop-out port 600; in this way, the automatic movement of the ice bottle 190 in the ice bottle machine body 100 is realized, so that the ice bottle 190 moves from high to low.

[0054] The first pushing assembly and the second pushing assembly have the same structure. The pushing assembly generally includes a pushing plate and a pneumatic push rod. A pushing port is provided on the ice bottle machine body 100. A pushing plate is provided at the pushing port. One end of the pneumatic push rod is connected to the pushing plate. The pneumatic push rod causes the pushing plate to reciprocate, thereby realizing the movement of the ice bottle 190.

[0055] In an optional embodiment, a lower conveyor belt 140 is further included, and the ice bottles 190 moved out from the bottle outlet are moved onto the lower conveyor belt 140 , and the lower conveyor belt 140 is used to move the ice bottles 190 out.

[0056] The lower conveyor belt 140 is arranged at the bottle outlet. When the ice bottles 190 in the ice bottle machine body 100 are moved out from the bottle outlet, the ice bottles 190 enter the lower conveyor belt 140, and the lower conveyor belt 140 transports the ice bottles 190 to the packaging machine, and the packaging machine packages the ice bottles 190.

[0057] In an optional embodiment, the bottle inlet is provided with a bottle inlet door, and the bottle outlet is provided with a bottle outlet door.

[0058] When the ice bottle machine body 100 is cooling the ice bottles 190 , the bottle inlet door of the bottle inlet is closed, and the bottle outlet door of the bottle outlet is closed, which improves the heat preservation effect of the ice bottle machine and the cooling effect on the ice bottles 190 .

[0059] The bottle inlet door and the bottle outlet door are both lifting doors, which are generally raised and lowered by lifting cylinders.

[0060] Reference Figure 3 and Figure 4 In an optional embodiment, the first refrigeration plate 200, the second refrigeration plate 300 and the lower discharge plate 800 are all freezing plates 150;

[0061] At least two side baffles 170 are disposed on the freezing plate 150 . The side baffles 170 extend along a first direction, and a passage for the ice bottle 190 to move is formed between two adjacent side baffles 170 .

[0062] In an optional embodiment, a positioning protrusion 180 is provided on the side baffle 170 , and the positioning protrusion 180 is used to be assembled in the positioning groove 210 of the ice bottle 190 , and the positioning protrusion 180 is used to move the ice bottle 190 along the first direction.

[0063] In an optional embodiment, the freezing plate 150 includes a plurality of freezing single plates 160 , and a mounting groove 162 is provided on one side of the freezing single plate 160 , and a mounting protrusion 161 is provided on the other side of the freezing single plate 160 .

[0064] In an optional embodiment, a plurality of antifreeze liquid channels 220 extending along the first direction are disposed in the freezing plate 160 ; and a refrigerant channel 230 is disposed between two adjacent antifreeze liquid channels 220 .

[0065] In order to move the ice bottle 190 in a specified direction, a positioning protrusion 180 is provided on the freezing plate 150, and the positioning protrusion 180 extends along a first direction. After the ice bottle 190 is placed on the freezing plate 150, the positioning groove 210 on the ice bottle 190 matches with the positioning protrusion 180, so that the ice bottle 190 can move while maintaining a fixed posture.

[0066] A side baffle 170 is provided on the freezing plate 150, and the two side baffles 170 form a channel for the movement of the ice bottle 190. Generally, at least two side baffles 170 are provided on the freezing plate 150. According to actual needs, multiple side baffles 170 are provided on the freezing plate 150 to form multiple channels for the movement of the ice bottle 190, so as to further ensure that the ice bottle 190 moves smoothly along the specified trajectory, and there is a drainage gap between the side baffle 170 and the freezing plate 150, so that the frost water on the freezing plate 150 can be discharged in time.

[0067] The freezing plate 150 is formed by splicing a plurality of freezing single plates 160 , and the assembly protrusion 161 of the freezing single plate 160 is assembled into the assembly groove 162 of the adjacent freezing single plate 160 , so that a plurality of freezing single plates 160 are spliced ​​to form the freezing single plate 160 .

[0068] In order to improve the refrigeration effect, a plurality of antifreeze channels 220 are arranged in the freezing plate 160, and a refrigerant channel 230 is arranged between adjacent antifreeze channels 220; this improves the refrigeration effect and the freezing efficiency; a refrigerant channel 230 or an antifreeze channel 220 can be arranged separately on the freezing plate 160, and the refrigerant or antifreeze can be circulated separately to achieve freezing of the ice bottle 190.

[0069] The refrigerant is generally Freon or other conventional products, and the antifreeze is an existing product. Generally, the antifreeze will not freeze until at least -38°C.

[0070] A defrosting channel may also be provided on the freezing plate 160 to thaw the frost quickly by circulating water at room temperature.

[0071] In an optional embodiment, an upper conveyor belt 130 is further included, and the upper conveyor belt 130 corresponds to the bottle inlet, and the upper conveyor belt 130 is used to convey the ice bottles 190 to the bottle inlet.

[0072] An upper conveyor belt 130 is provided at the bottle inlet, and a lower conveyor belt 140 is provided at the bottle outlet; the number of channels for moving ice bottles 190 provided on the first refrigeration plate 200 is consistent with the number of ice bottles 190 pushed from the upper conveyor belt 130 to the bottle inlet at one time.

[0073] The bottle inlet of the ice bottle machine body 100 provided by the present invention is used to place the ice bottle 190. The ice bottle 190 moves along the refrigeration channel in the ice bottle machine body 100. The ice bottle 190 is moved out from the bottle outlet after being frozen in the ice bottle machine. In this way, the ice bottle 190 is automatically refrigerated, the manual participation is reduced, and the automation of the refrigeration of the ice bottle 190 is realized.

[0074] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit it. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments, or replace some or all of the technical features therein with equivalents. However, these modifications or replacements do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A bottle ice machine, characterized in that: It comprises a bottle chiller main body (100), wherein one end of the bottle chiller main body (100) in a first direction is provided with a bottle inlet and a bottle outlet, wherein the bottle inlet is provided at an upper end in a second direction, and the bottle outlet is provided at a lower end in the second direction; A plurality of first refrigeration plates (200) and a plurality of second refrigeration plates (300) are arranged in the ice machine body (100); one end of the first refrigeration plate (200) abuts against an inner wall of a first end of the ice machine body (100) in a first direction, and a first drop opening (600) is formed between the other end of the first refrigeration plate (200) and an inner wall of a second end of the ice machine body (100) in a first direction; One end of the second refrigeration plate (300) abuts against the inner wall of the second end of the ice machine body (100) in the first direction, and a second drop opening (700) is formed between the other end of the second refrigeration plate (300) and the inner wall of the first end of the ice machine body (100) in the first direction; The second refrigeration plate (300) is arranged between two adjacent first refrigeration plates (200), a first channel (400) extending along a first direction is formed on the first refrigeration plate (200), a second channel (500) extending along the first direction is formed on the second refrigeration plate (300), the second channel (500) is communicated with the first channel (400) located at the upper end of the second channel (500) through a first blanking opening (600), and the second channel (500) is communicated with the first channel (400) located at the lower end of the second channel (500) through a second blanking opening (700); A lower discharge plate (800) is arranged in the ice machine body (100), both ends of the lower discharge plate (800) in a first direction are in contact with the inner wall of the ice machine body (100), a discharge channel (900) is formed between the lower discharge plate (800) and the adjacent first refrigeration plate (200), and the discharge channel (900) is communicated with the adjacent first channel (400); A plurality of the first channels (400), a plurality of the second channels (500) and a discharge channel (900) form a refrigeration channel, one end of the refrigeration channel is connected to the bottle inlet, and the other end is connected to the bottle outlet; The first direction is the length direction of the bottle ice machine body (100), and the second direction is the width direction of the bottle ice machine body (100).

2. The bottle ice machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first refrigeration plate (200), the second refrigeration plate (300) and the lower discharge plate (800) are all arranged at an angle; The upper surface of the first refrigeration plate (200) gradually decreases along the extension direction of the first blanking opening (600), and the upper surface of the second refrigeration plate (300) gradually decreases along the extension direction of the second blanking opening (700); The lower discharge plate (800) gradually descends along the extension direction of the bottle outlet.

3. The bottle ice machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plurality of first pushing components (110) are arranged on the first end of the ice bottle machine body (100), the first pushing components (110) correspond to the first channels (400) one by one, and the first pushing components (110) are used to move the ice bottles (190) in the first channels (400) toward the second end of the ice bottle machine body (100); A plurality of second pushing components (120) are arranged on the second end of the ice bottle (190) body, and each of the second channel (500) and the discharge channel (900) is correspondingly provided with a second pushing component (120), and the second pushing component (120) is used to move the ice bottle (190) toward the first end of the ice bottle machine body (100).

4. The bottle ice machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a lower conveyor belt (140), on which the ice bottles (190) moved out from the bottle outlet are moved, and the lower conveyor belt (140) is used to move the ice bottles (190) out.

5. The bottle ice machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bottle inlet is provided with a bottle inlet door, and the bottle outlet is provided with a bottle outlet door.

6. The bottle ice machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first refrigeration plate (200), the second refrigeration plate (300) and the lower discharge plate (800) are all freezing plates (150); At least two side baffles (170) are arranged on the freezing plate (150), and the side baffles (170) extend along a first direction, and a channel for the movement of the ice bottle (190) is formed between two adjacent side baffles (170).

7. The bottle ice machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: The side baffle (170) is provided with a positioning protrusion (180), the positioning protrusion (180) is used to be assembled in the positioning groove (210) of the ice bottle (190), and the positioning protrusion (180) is used to enable the ice bottle (190) to move along a first direction.

8. The bottle ice machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: The freezing plate (150) comprises a plurality of freezing single plates (160), one side of each freezing single plate (160) is provided with an assembly groove (162), and the other side of each freezing single plate (160) is provided with an assembly protrusion (161).

9. The bottle ice machine according to claim 8, characterized in that: A plurality of antifreeze liquid channels (220) extending along a first direction are arranged in the freezing plate (160); and a refrigerant channel (230) is arranged between two adjacent antifreeze liquid channels (220).

10. The bottle ice machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes an upper conveyor belt (130), the upper conveyor belt (130) corresponds to the bottle inlet, and the upper conveyor belt (130) is used to convey the ice bottles (190) to the bottle inlet.

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