Splicing type shell structure of snowflake ice maker

By using a spliced ​​structure and a concave rear plate in the snowflake ice machine housing, the existing snowflake ice machine housing is solved, and a more convenient assembly and manufacturing process is achieved, while ensuring the strength of the shell.

CN222978403UActive Publication Date: 2025-06-13NINGBO HEBANG SMART ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202422160950.2
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-09-04
Publication Date
2025-06-13
Estimated Expiration
2034-09-04

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Technical Problem

The existing snowflake ice machine housing is inconvenient and difficult to manufacture, especially the clean water box installation structure reduces the shell strength and increases the manufacturing difficulty.

Method used

A spliced ​​housing structure is adopted, including the main housing, upper cover plate and concave rear plate. The electrical components are installed into the installation cavity of the main housing through the upper through port and the rear through port, and a clean water box accommodating groove is provided on the inner concave rear plate to simplify the installation of the clean water box.

Benefits of technology

It realizes a more convenient assembly and simpler manufacturing of snowflake ice machine housing structure, while ensuring the overall strength of the housing.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a snowflake ice maker splicing type shell structure, which comprises a main shell, an upper cover plate and an inner concave rear plate, the main shell is internally provided with a mounting cavity for mounting electric appliance parts, the top end of the main shell is provided with an upper through hole, the rear side of the main shell is provided with a rear through hole, and the upper through hole and the rear through hole both penetrate through the mounting cavity; the upper cover plate covers the upper through opening and is detachably connected with the main shell; the concave rear plate covers the rear through hole and is detachably connected with the main shell; a clean water box containing groove used for installing a clean water box is formed in the inwards-concave rear plate, the two sides of the clean water box containing groove are bent to form connecting folded edges respectively, flanges corresponding to the connecting folded edges are symmetrically arranged at the positions, located on the two sides of the rear through opening, of the main shell, and the connecting folded edges are fixedly connected with the corresponding flanges through fasteners. The splicing type shell structure of the snowflake ice maker overcomes the defects that an existing snowflake ice maker is inconvenient to assemble and manufacture.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of the housing of a snow ice machine, in particular to a split housing structure for a snow ice machine. Background Art

[0002] A snow ice machine is also called a snow machine, or a milk snow ice machine, or a snow making machine. The snow ice machine can super-fast freeze fresh milk liquid and fresh fruit juice, so that the fresh milk liquid and fresh fruit juice are frozen into ice crystals at -27°C to -35°C within 5 to 8 seconds, while making ice-cold snow ice food without losing the original nutrition and deliciousness. The snow ice machine generally includes structures such as a refrigeration unit and a snow making unit. Among them, the snow making unit generally includes structures such as a liquid supply device, an evaporator cylinder, a snow making knife assembly, and a driving motor. The evaporator cylinder is driven to rotate by the driving motor, and the snow making knife assembly is arranged on the lower side of the evaporator cylinder for shoveling the snow ice frozen on the surface of the evaporator cylinder. The liquid supply device includes a liquid material bottle and a liquid material box. The liquid material in the liquid material bottle flows into the liquid material box, and the evaporator cylinder continuously rotates to dip the liquid material from the liquid material box and freeze it into ice.

[0003] The existing housing of a snow ice machine generally includes a main housing and an upper cover plate. The main housing has an upper through hole, and each electrical component is only installed through the upper through hole during assembly, so the assembly space is small and the assembly is inconvenient. In addition, the existing snow ice machine has a water box for cleaning the evaporator cylinder, and a groove for installing the water box is opened on the main housing. This structure not only reduces the strength of the housing, but also increases the manufacturing difficulty of the housing, making the manufacturing inconvenient. Summary of the Utility Model

[0004] (1) Technical Problems to be Solved

[0005] The problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide a split housing structure for a snow ice machine to overcome the defects of inconvenient assembly and manufacturing of the existing snow ice machine.

[0006] (2) Technical Solutions

[0007] To solve the above technical problems, the utility model provides a split housing structure for a snow ice machine, including:

[0008] A main housing, which is provided with an installation cavity for installing electrical components inside, has an upper through opening at the top and a rear through opening at the rear side, and both the upper through opening and the rear through opening penetrate the installation cavity;

[0009] An upper cover plate, which is covered at the upper through opening and is detachably connected to the main housing;

[0010] A concave rear plate covers the rear through - opening and is detachably connected to the main housing; a water - clear box accommodation groove for installing a water - clear box is formed inside the concave rear plate. Connecting flanges are respectively bent on both sides of the water - clear box accommodation groove. On both sides of the main housing located at the rear through - opening, there are symmetrically arranged retaining edges corresponding to the connecting flanges, and the connecting flanges are fixedly connected to the corresponding retaining edges through fasteners.

[0011] In some embodiments, a plurality of plugs are circumferentially and spacedly arranged at positions of the upper cover plate corresponding to the installation cavity. The plugs extend towards the main housing, and a plurality of socket - buttons that can be correspondingly inserted with the plugs are arranged on the inner wall of the installation cavity.

[0012] In some embodiments, the front end of the upper cover plate is fixedly connected to the main housing through fastening screws. A plurality of threaded posts are circumferentially and spacedly arranged at the front end of the upper cover plate. At the upper part of the front end of the main housing, there is a front - extending part, and a plurality of second through - holes corresponding to the threaded posts are arranged at the bottom of the front - extending part. The fastening screws pass through the second through - holes and are threadedly connected to the corresponding threaded posts.

[0013] In some embodiments, a plurality of first through - holes are vertically and equally spacedly arranged on the connecting flange, and a plurality of threaded holes corresponding to the first through - holes are vertically and equally spacedly arranged on the retaining edge. The fasteners pass through the first through - holes and are threadedly connected to the corresponding threaded holes.

[0014] In some embodiments, a bottom plate is fixed at the bottom of the installation cavity. A plurality of limiting plates are circumferentially and spacedly arranged at the bottom of the installation cavity. The bottom plate abuts against the limiting plates and is fixedly connected to the limiting plates through fastening screws.

[0015] In some embodiments, a compressor, a condenser and a cooling fan are installed in the installation cavity, and heat - dissipation openings are formed on both sides of the main housing.

[0016] In some embodiments, an ice - making inner shell is installed in the front - extending part. An ice - making cavity is arranged inside the ice - making inner shell. An evaporator drum is rotatably installed in the ice - making cavity. A beverage tray is installed below the evaporator drum. A cutting knife is installed in the ice - making cavity along the tangential direction of the outer wall of the evaporator drum, and a snow - guiding trough hopper is installed on one side of the cutting knife.

[0017] In some embodiments, a beverage - bottle accommodation groove is concavely formed at the upper end of the upper cover plate. A beverage bottle is installed in the beverage - bottle accommodation groove, and the beverage bottle is used to add beverage to the beverage tray. An inner concave opening is concavely formed at the rear end of the upper cover plate at a position corresponding to the water - clear box accommodation groove. Hooking holes are arranged at the inner concave opening, and the water - clear box is hooked on the hooking holes.

[0018] (3) Beneficial Effects

[0019] The split-type housing structure of a snow ice machine provided by the present utility model has the following advantages compared with the prior art:

[0020] 1) Adopting a split-type structure, through the cooperation of the main housing, the upper cover plate and the concave rear plate, during assembly, electrical components can be installed into the installation cavity of the main housing through the upper through-hole and the rear through-hole, and then the concave rear plate and the upper cover plate are covered, which is convenient for assembly; during maintenance, the concave rear plate and the upper cover plate can be removed, and after the two through-holes are opened, each electrical component can be exposed, which is convenient for maintenance;

[0021] 2) A concave rear plate is added, and the concave rear plate is provided with a water tank accommodation groove for installing a water tank, which reduces the manufacturing difficulty while ensuring the overall strength of the housing and is more convenient for processing. Brief Description of the Drawings

[0022] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required for use in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative efforts.

[0023] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional view of a split-type housing structure of a snow ice machine of the present utility model;

[0024] Figure 2 It is a three-dimensional view of another perspective of a split-type housing structure of a snow ice machine of the present utility model;

[0025] Figure 3 It is an exploded view of a split-type housing structure of a snow ice machine of the present utility model;

[0026] Figure 4 It is an exploded view of the main housing and the concave rear plate of a split-type housing structure of a snow ice machine of the present utility model;

[0027] Figure 5 It is a three-dimensional view of the upper cover plate of a split-type housing structure of a snow ice machine of the present utility model;

[0028] Figure 6 It is a three-dimensional view of the connection between the main housing and the bottom plate of a split-type housing structure of a snow ice machine of the present utility model;

[0029] Figure 7 It is a three-dimensional view of the interior of the main housing of a split-type housing structure of a snow ice machine of the present utility model;

[0030] Figure 8 It is a three-dimensional view of the ice-making inner shell of a split-type housing structure of a snow ice machine of the present utility model;

[0031] The component names corresponding to the respective reference numerals in the figure are as follows: 1. Main housing; 101. Installation cavity; 102. Upper through-hole; 103. Rear through-hole; 104. Flange; 105. Snap fastener; 106. Front extension; 107. Second perforation; 108. Threaded hole; 109. Limiting plate; 110. Heat dissipation opening; 2. Upper cover plate; 201. Plug; 202. Threaded post; 203. Beverage bottle accommodating groove; 204. Concave opening; 205. Hanging hole; 3. Concave rear plate; 301. Water tank accommodating groove; 302. Connecting flange; 303. First perforation; 4. Water tank; 5. Bottom plate; 6. Compressor; 7. Condenser; 8. Heat dissipation fan; 9. Ice-making inner shell; 901. Ice-making cavity; 10. Evaporator drum; 11. Beverage tray; 12. Cutting knife; 13. Snow guide trough; 14. Beverage bottle. Detailed implementation manners

[0032] The present application will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0033] The following uses specific specific examples to illustrate the implementation manners of the present application. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present application from the content disclosed in this specification. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. The present application can also be implemented or applied through other different specific implementation manners. Various details in this specification can also be modified or changed based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the spirit of the present application. It should be noted that, without conflict, the following embodiments and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts belong to the scope of protection of the present application.

[0034] It should be noted that the following describes various aspects of the embodiments within the scope of the appended claims. It should be obvious that the aspects described herein can be embodied in a wide variety of forms, and any specific structure and / or function described herein is illustrative only. Based on the present application, those skilled in the art should understand that one aspect described herein can be implemented independently of any other aspect, and two or more of these aspects can be combined in various ways. For example, any number and aspects described herein can be used to implement the device and / or practice the method. Additionally, this device and / or this method can be implemented using other structures and / or functionality in addition to one or more of the aspects described herein.

[0035] It should also be noted that the illustrations provided in the following embodiments only schematically illustrate the basic concept of the present application. The diagrams only show the components related to the present application, rather than being drawn according to the number, shape, and size of the components in actual implementation. The types, quantities, and proportions of the components in actual implementation can be arbitrarily changed, and the component layout type may also be more complex.

[0036] In addition, in the following description, specific details are provided to facilitate a thorough understanding of the examples. However, those skilled in the art will understand that the examples can be practiced without these specific details.

[0037] The following describes the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0038] Referring to Figures 1 to 8 , the present utility model provides a splicing shell structure for a snow ice machine, including a main shell 1, an upper cover plate 2, and a concave rear plate 3.

[0039] Referring to Figure 3 , the main shell 1 is internally provided with an installation cavity 101 for installing electrical components. The main shell 1 is provided with an upper through hole 102 at the top and a rear through hole 103 at the rear side. Both the upper through hole 102 and the rear through hole 103 penetrate the installation cavity 101. When assembling each electrical component, it can be placed into the installation cavity 101 through the upper through hole 102 and the rear through hole 103. The assembly space is large, the operation is convenient, and the assembly is easy. The upper cover plate 2 covers the upper through hole 102 and is detachably connected to the main shell 1; by using the detachable upper cover plate 2, during maintenance, the upper cover plate 2 can be disassembled to open the upper through hole 102, which is convenient for maintenance.

[0040] Referring to Figure 3 and Figure 4, the concave rear plate 3 covers the rear through port 103 and is detachably connected to the main housing 1; by using the detachable concave rear plate 3, during maintenance, the concave rear plate 3 can be disassembled to open the rear through port 103, facilitating maintenance. A water tank accommodation groove 301 for installing the water tank 4 is formed inside the concave rear plate 3. By adding a concave rear plate and providing a water tank accommodation groove for installing the water tank on the concave rear plate, while ensuring the overall strength of the housing, the manufacturing difficulty is reduced and the processing is more convenient. Connecting flanges 302 are respectively bent on both sides of the water tank accommodation groove 301. On both sides of the main housing 1 symmetrically located at the rear through port 103, there are provided retaining edges 104 corresponding to the connecting flanges 302. The connecting flanges 302 are fixedly connected to the corresponding retaining edges 104 through fasteners, and the fasteners can be fastening screws. With this structure, by using fastening screws to connect the retaining edges 104 and the connecting flanges 302, while ensuring firm connection, it can also be disassembled, which is convenient to use. Among them, the water tank 4 is used to store clean water for cleaning the evaporator drum 10. The cleaning structure of the evaporator drum 10 is prior art and will not be elaborated in this embodiment.

[0041] In some embodiments, as Figures 3 to 5 shown, a plurality of plugs 201 are circumferentially and spacedly arranged at the position of the upper cover plate 2 corresponding to the installation cavity 101. The plugs 201 extend towards the main housing 1. A plurality of sockets 105 that can be correspondingly inserted with the plugs 201 are arranged on the inner wall of the installation cavity 101. With this structure, it is connected by a plug-in method, which is convenient for disassembly and assembly.

[0042] In some embodiments, as Figures 4 to 6 shown, the front end of the upper cover plate 2 is fixedly connected to the main housing 1 through fastening screws. A plurality of threaded posts 202 are circumferentially and spacedly arranged at the front end of the upper cover plate 2. At the upper part of the front end of the main housing 1, there is provided a front extension 106. At the bottom of the front extension 106, a plurality of second through holes 107 corresponding to the threaded posts 202 are provided. After the fastening screws pass through the second through holes 107, they are threadedly connected to the corresponding threaded posts 202. With this structure, the rear end of the upper cover plate 2 is inserted into the main housing 1, and the front end of the upper cover plate 2 is connected to the main housing 1 by screws. While ensuring firm connection, it can also be disassembled, which is convenient to use.

[0043] In some embodiments, as Figure 4 shown, a plurality of first through holes 303 are vertically and equally spacedly arranged on the connecting flange 302. A plurality of threaded holes 108 corresponding to the first through holes 303 are vertically and equally spacedly arranged on the retaining edge 104. After the fasteners pass through the first through holes 303, they are threadedly connected to the corresponding threaded holes 108.

[0044] In some embodiments, as Figure 6As shown, a bottom plate 5 is fixed to the bottom of the installation cavity 101. A plurality of limiting plates 109 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction at the bottom of the installation cavity 101. The bottom plate 5 abuts against the limiting plates 109 and is fixedly connected to the limiting plates 109 through fastening screws. Among them, through holes for the fastening screws to pass through are provided on the limiting plates 109, and threaded holes that can be threadedly connected to the fastening screws are provided on the bottom plate 5.

[0045] In some embodiments, such as Figure 3 、 Figure 7 and Figure 8 As shown, a compressor 6, a condenser 7 and a cooling fan 8 are installed in the installation cavity 101. Heat dissipation openings 110 are formed on both sides of the main housing 1. An ice-making inner shell 9 is installed in the front extension part 106. An ice-making cavity 901 is arranged in the ice-making inner shell 9. An evaporator drum 10 is rotatably installed in the ice-making cavity 901. A beverage tray 11 is installed on the lower side of the evaporator drum 10. A cutting knife 12 is installed in the ice-making cavity 901 along the tangential direction of the outer wall of the evaporator drum 10. A snow guiding trough hopper 13 is installed on one side of the cutting knife 12.

[0046] In some embodiments, such as Figure 3 and Figure 5 As shown, a beverage bottle accommodating groove 203 is concavely formed at the upper end of the upper cover plate 2. A beverage bottle 14 is installed in the beverage bottle accommodating groove 203. The beverage bottle 14 is used to add beverages to the beverage tray 11. An inner concave opening 204 is concavely formed at the rear end of the upper cover plate 2 at the position corresponding to the water tank accommodating groove 301. A hanging hole 205 is provided at the inner concave opening 204. The water tank 4 is hooked on the hanging hole 205. A hanging hook for hooking with the hanging hole 205 is provided on the water tank 4.

[0047] For the same and similar parts among the various embodiments in this specification, reference can be made to each other. Each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments.

[0048] The above is only the specific implementation manner of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily thought of by those skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in the present application should be covered within the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A spliced ​​shell structure of a snowflake ice machine, characterized in that: include: A main housing (1), which is provided with an installation cavity (101) for installing electrical components inside, an upper through-hole (102) is provided at the top, and a rear through-hole (103) is provided at the rear side, wherein both the upper through-hole (102) and the rear through-hole (103) penetrate the installation cavity (101); An upper cover plate (2) covering the upper through opening (102) and detachably connected to the main housing (1); The concave rear plate (3) covers the rear through-opening (103) and is detachably connected to the main shell (1); a clean water box receiving groove (301) for installing a clean water box (4) is formed in the concave rear plate (3); two sides of the clean water box receiving groove (301) are respectively bent to form connecting folded edges (302); the main shell (1) is symmetrically provided with retaining edges (104) corresponding to the connecting folded edges (302) on both sides of the rear through-opening (103); the connecting folded edges (302) are fixedly connected to the corresponding retaining edges (104) by fasteners.

2. The spliced ​​shell structure of the snow ice machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The upper cover plate (2) is provided with a plurality of plugs (201) at intervals along the circumferential direction at positions corresponding to the installation cavity (101); the plugs (201) are extended toward the main housing (1); and the inner wall of the installation cavity (101) is provided with a plurality of plug buckles (105) that can be plugged into the plugs (201) accordingly.

3. The spliced ​​shell structure of the snow ice machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The front end of the upper cover plate (2) is fixedly connected to the main shell (1) by means of a fastening screw, a plurality of threaded columns (202) are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction at the front end of the upper cover plate (2), a forward extension portion (106) is arranged at the upper part of the front end of the main shell (1), a plurality of second through holes (107) corresponding to the threaded columns (202) are arranged at the bottom of the forward extension portion (106), and the fastening screws are threadedly connected to the corresponding threaded columns (202) after passing through the second through holes (107).

4. The spliced ​​shell structure of the snow ice machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The connecting fold (302) is provided with a plurality of first through holes (303) at equal intervals in the vertical direction, the retaining edge (104) is provided with a plurality of threaded holes (108) corresponding to the first through holes (303) at equal intervals in the vertical direction, and the fastener passes through the first through holes (303) and is threadedly connected with the corresponding threaded holes (108).

5. The spliced ​​shell structure of the snow ice machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A bottom plate (5) is fixed to the bottom of the installation cavity (101), and a plurality of limit plates (109) are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction at the bottom of the installation cavity (101); the bottom plate (5) abuts against the limit plates (109) and is fixedly connected to the limit plates (109) by means of fastening screws.

6. The spliced ​​shell structure of the snow ice machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A compressor (6), a condenser (7) and a cooling fan (8) are installed in the installation cavity (101), and cooling openings (110) are provided on both sides of the main housing (1).

7. The spliced ​​shell structure of the snow ice machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: An ice-making inner shell (9) is installed in the forward extension (106), an ice-making chamber (901) is arranged in the ice-making inner shell (9), an evaporator roller (10) is rotatably installed in the ice-making chamber (901), and a beverage tray (11) is installed on the lower side of the evaporator roller (10).

8. The spliced ​​shell structure of the snow ice machine according to claim 7, characterized in that: A cutting blade (12) is installed in the ice-making chamber (901) along the tangent direction of the outer wall of the evaporator roller (10), and a snow guide chute (13) is installed on one side of the cutting blade (12).

9. The spliced ​​shell structure of the snow ice machine according to claim 7, characterized in that: The upper end of the upper cover plate (2) is concavely formed with a beverage bottle receiving groove (203), in which a beverage bottle (14) is installed, and the beverage bottle (14) is used to add beverages to the beverage tray (11).

10. The spliced ​​shell structure of the snow ice machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rear end of the upper cover plate (2) is concavely formed with an inner recess (204) at a position corresponding to the clean water box accommodating groove (301), and a hook hole (205) is provided at the inner recess (204), and the clean water box (4) is hooked on the hook hole (205).