Liquid level self-adjusting structure and snowflake ice maker

By introducing a self-adjusting liquid level structure and a float switch or inductive float switch into the slush ice machine, the problem of automatically identifying and replenishing ice-making materials in the slush ice machine is solved, realizing automatic feeding, saving labor costs and improving production efficiency.

CN223741051UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-30XUESULAI (JIANGMEN) REFRIGERATION EQUIP CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520120966.2
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-17
Publication Date
2025-12-30
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-17

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Technical Problem

Existing shaved ice machines cannot automatically identify the remaining amount of ice-making materials, which requires manual monitoring and replenishment, wasting labor costs and making production and sales inconvenient.

Method used

A self-leveling structure was designed, including a feed tray and a self-leveling device. The amount of liquid in the feed tray is identified by a float switch or an inductive float switch, and ice-making material is automatically replenished to achieve automatic feeding.

Benefits of technology

It realizes the automatic liquid replenishment function of the shaved ice machine, saves labor costs, improves production efficiency, and ensures the freshness and timely replenishment of ice-making materials.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a liquid level self-adjusting structure which comprises a charging tray and a liquid level self-adjusting device, the charging tray is provided with a bottom plate and a side plate, and the bottom plate and the side plate are mutually enclosed to form a liquid level cavity with an upper opening; the liquid level self-adjusting device is fixedly installed through a support, the movable end of the liquid level self-adjusting device is located in the liquid level cavity and floats up and down along with the liquid level, and the fixed end of the liquid level self-adjusting device communicates with the feeding pipe. The ice-making machine is provided with the charging tray and the liquid level self-adjusting device, the liquid level self-adjusting device is communicated with the feeding pipe, the liquid storage amount in the charging tray is recognized through the liquid level self-adjusting device, and when the liquid storage amount is low, ice-making materials are automatically supplemented. The structure is installed in the snowflake ice machine, so that the effects of identifying the liquid storage amount and automatically supplementing liquid are achieved, the labor cost is saved, and the production efficiency is improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to snow ice machine technical field especially relates to a liquid level self -adjusting structure and snow ice machine. BACKGROUND

[0002] Snow ice machine is used for making the snow ice of catering snack, it has evaporimeter, condenser, refrigeration tank, heat exchanger necessary component, and the ice making material passes through evaporimeter, in prior art like the one or more storage barrels of announcement number for CN221505327U are installed on the top of snow ice machine, realize ice making material storage and blanking, but it cannot automatically identify the residual inventory of ice making material, thereby timely supplement ice making material, the whole process all need manual monitoring real -time etc. material condition and through manual replacement storage barrel or supplement ice making material, waste manual cost at the same time bring many inconvenience to production and sale. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0003] The utility model relates to a liquid level self -adjusting structure and snow ice machine that aim at solving the shortcomings in the prior art.

[0004] In order to realize the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

[0005] A liquid level self -adjusting structure, including tray and liquid level self -adjusting device, tray is equipped with bottom plate and side plate, and bottom plate and side plate mutually enclose into the liquid level chamber of upper opening, the movable end of liquid level self -adjusting device is located in the liquid level chamber and floats up and down with liquid level, and its fixed end communicates with the feed pipe.

[0006] Further, the bottom of the liquid level chamber is a flat bottom structure, and the movable end of the liquid level self -adjusting device can move to the lowest point of the horizontal height of the liquid level chamber.

[0007] Further, a sinking chamber is arranged in the liquid level chamber and communicates with the liquid level chamber, and the horizontal height of the sinking chamber is lower than that of the liquid level chamber.

[0008] Further, the movable end of the liquid level self -adjusting device floats up and down in the sinking chamber with the liquid level.

[0009] Further, the sinking chamber is in communication with the liquid level chamber in an upper opening shape, and the sinking chamber is located at the bottom of the liquid level chamber and its end face height is consistent with the bottom surface height of the liquid level chamber.

[0010] Further, the bottom of the tray is provided with a liquid discharge port, and a valve switch is arranged on the liquid discharge port.

[0011] Further, the liquid level self -adjusting device is fixedly installed through a support.

[0012] Further, the liquid level self -adjusting device is an inductive type floating ball switch.

[0013] Further, the liquid level self-adjusting device is a pressure type ball float switch.

[0014] A snow ice machine comprising the above liquid level self-adjusting structure.

[0015] The utility model discloses have the following beneficial effects: be equipped with the material tray and liquid level self -adjusting device, and the liquid level self -adjusting device communicates with the feed pipe, and the liquid level self -adjusting device discerns the liquid storage amount in the material tray, and when the liquid storage amount is low, then automatically supplement ice -making material. The structure is installed in the snow ice machine, thereby realizing the effect of discerning the liquid storage amount and automatically supplementing liquid, saving the manual cost and improving production efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 It is the overall structure perspective drawing of the utility model embodiment one.

[0017] Figure 2 It is the overall structure perspective drawing of the utility model embodiment two.

[0018] Figure 3 It is the overall structure perspective drawing of the utility model embodiment four.

[0019] Figure 4 It is the side sectional view of the utility model embodiment four.

[0020] Figure 5 It is the overall structure sectional view of the utility model embodiment three.

[0021] In the drawing, reference numerals are: material tray 1, bottom plate 11;

[0022] Side plate 12, left side plate 121, right side plate 122, front baffle 123, rear baffle 124, mounting hole 125, inclined baffle 126, front side baffle 127;

[0023] Liquid level cavity 13, sinking cavity 14, liquid discharge port 16;

[0024] Liquid level self -adjusting device 2, movable end 21, closure switch 22, feed pipe connecting end 23, movable end 24, inductive switch 25, connecting column 26;

[0025] Support 3. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] The embodiments of the utility model are described in detail below, and the examples of the embodiments are shown in the drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals represent the same or similar elements or elements with the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are exemplary, only for explaining the utility model, and cannot be understood as limiting the utility model.

[0027] In the description of the utility model, it is necessary to understand that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer" and the like is the orientation or positional relationship shown based on the drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the utility model and simplifying the description, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the utility model.

[0028] In the description of the utility model, it should be explained that, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connection", "connecting" should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixed connection, or detachable connection, or integrally connected; it can be mechanical connection, or electrical connection; it can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through intermediate medium, or the communication inside two elements. For ordinary skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the utility model can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0029] Embodiment one

[0030] As shown in Figure 1 A liquid level self-adjusting structure is applied to a snow ice machine and used as a container for containing ice-making materials, which comprises a material tray 1 and a liquid level self-adjusting device 2.

[0031] The material tray 1 is provided with a bottom plate 11 and a side plate 12, and the bottom plate 11 and the side plate 12 are mutually enclosed to form an open-top liquid level cavity 13, and the enclosing mode includes but is not limited to welding or gluing or integrally formed, so that the liquid level cavity 13 is in a sealed state to facilitate the storage of ice-making materials.

[0032] In this embodiment, the side plate 12 comprises a left side plate 121, a right side plate 122, a front baffle 123 and a rear baffle 124, and the adjacent plate blocks are tightly connected. The left side plate 121 and the right side plate 122 are provided with mounting holes 125 for mounting and fixing the material tray 1.

[0033] Further, the side plate 12 and the bottom plate 11 can be enclosed to form a circular, elliptical, triangular or irregular shape, which is a common technical replacement for those skilled in the art, and will not be described too much, and those skilled in the art should understand.

[0034] Further, in order to facilitate installation, the front baffle 123 is provided with an inclined baffle 126 and a front side baffle 127, the lower end of the inclined baffle 126 and the bottom plate 11 form an internal angle of greater than or equal to 90°, and the front side baffle 127 is located at the upper end of the bottom plate 11 and the inclined baffle 126 form an internal angle of greater than or equal to 90°, thereby increasing the upper opening area of the liquid level cavity 13, making it easier for the material taking mechanism to extend into the liquid level cavity 13 to obtain ice-making material, while the area of the bottom remains unchanged, which is beneficial to reduce the liquid in the liquid level cavity 13, thereby accelerating the rotation of the liquid and ensuring the freshness of the liquid.

[0035] Further, in order to facilitate cleaning, the bottom of the liquid level cavity 13 is a flat bottom structure, and the bottom of the liquid level cavity 13 is provided with a liquid discharge port 16, and the liquid discharge port 16 is provided with a valve switch (not shown in the figure). When cleaning the tray 1, the accumulated liquid in the liquid level cavity 13 can be discharged through the liquid discharge port 16, which is convenient for keeping the liquid level cavity 13 dry and avoiding the breeding of bacteria. When the machine is working, the liquid discharge port 16 can be closed through the valve switch (not shown in the figure).

[0036] The liquid level self-adjusting device 2 is fixedly installed through a support 3, specifically, the support 3 includes but is not limited to being installed on the side plate 12 of the tray or being suspended above the tray 1. The fixing method can be replaced by general technologies such as welding and screwing.

[0037] In this embodiment, the support 3 is fixed vertically on the bottom plate 11, and the bottom plate 11 is provided with a through hole for installing and fixing the liquid level self-adjusting device 2.

[0038] The liquid level self-adjusting device 2 includes a movable end 21 (i.e. a floating ball), a closed switch 22 and a feed pipe connection end 23. The movable end 21 is located in the liquid level cavity 13 and floats up and down with the liquid level. Specifically, when the movable end 21 moves downward to a certain angle, the closed switch 22 is opened, and when the movable end 21 moves upward to a certain angle, the closed switch 22 is closed. The specific process is as follows: when the liquid level decreases, the movable end 21 decreases with the liquid level until the closed switch 22 is opened, at this time the feed pipe connection end 23 feeds water, so that the liquid level rises, and the movable end 21 also rises with the liquid level, and when it rises to a certain height, the closed switch 22 is closed, and the feed pipe connection end 23 stops feeding water.

[0039] More specifically, the liquid level self-adjusting device 2 is a pressure type floating ball switch.

[0040] Embodiment two

[0041] As shown in Figure 2 , the difference from embodiment one is that the liquid level self-adjusting device 2 is an inductive floating ball switch.

[0042] It includes a movable end 24 (i.e. a float ball), an inductive switch 25 and a connecting column 26, the movable end 24 and the inductive switch 25 are installed with the connecting column 26 and the movable end 24 is placed in the liquid level cavity 13 to move axially on the connecting column 26, the movable end 24 floats up and down following the liquid level, one end of the connecting column 26 is connected with the power supply. The specific process is as follows: when the liquid level is lowered, the movable end 24 is away from the inductive switch 25 as the liquid level is lowered, when the movable end 24 is away from the inductive switch 25 to the point that the inductive switch 25 cannot be inducted, at this time, a signal is transmitted to the controller to supplement the ice-making material into the tray 1, at this time, the movable end 24 rises following the liquid level of the ice-making material, that is, the movable end 24 approaches the inductive switch 25, when the movable end 24 is close to the inductive switch 25, the inductive of the two is restored, then a signal is transmitted to the controller to stop supplementing the ice-making material.

[0043] Example three

[0044] As shown in Figure 5 , different from example one is that the liquid level cavity 13 is provided with a sinking cavity 14 which is communicated with the liquid level cavity 13, the horizontal height of the sinking cavity 14 is lower than that of the liquid level cavity 13. Specifically, the sinking cavity 14 is located below the liquid level cavity 13, the sinking cavity 14 is communicated with the liquid level cavity 13 in an upper opening shape, the sinking cavity 14 is located at the bottom of the liquid level cavity 13 and the end surface height of the sinking cavity 14 is consistent with the bottom surface height of the liquid level cavity 13, which is convenient for the ice-making material in the liquid level cavity 13 to flow into the sinking cavity 14. The volume of the sinking cavity 14 is smaller than that of the liquid level cavity 13, and the movable end of the liquid level self-adjusting device 2 is located in the sinking cavity 14, which is conducive to reducing the amount of ice-making material stored in the tray 1, in other words, a smaller amount of ice-making material can make the machine work to make ice, which can reduce the waste of ice-making material and speed up the rotation of the ice-making material.

[0045] Further, the bottom of the liquid level cavity 13 can be provided with a slope (not marked in the figure) inclined to the sinking cavity 14, when the ice-making material overflows from the sinking cavity 14 into the liquid level cavity 13, the slope is conducive to the ice-making material flowing back into the sinking cavity 14 faster.

[0046] Example four

[0047] As shown in Figure 3 , Figure 4 , different from example three is that the liquid level self-adjusting device 2 is an inductive float ball switch, which is consistent with the liquid level self-adjusting device 2 of example two, which will not be described too much. The movable end 24 of the liquid level self-adjusting device 2 moves in the sinking cavity 14 following the liquid level.

[0048] The utility model also includes a kind of snowflake ice machine, including machine body and the above-mentioned liquid level self-adjusting structure being arranged in machine body, liquid level self-adjusting structure includes tray 1 and liquid level self-adjusting device 2, tray 1 is equipped with bottom plate 11 and side plate 12, bottom plate 11 and side plate 12 mutually enclose into the liquid level cavity 13 of upper opening for storing ice-making material to facilitate the evaporator in machine to take liquid ice-making.The liquid level self-adjusting device 2 is fixedly installed by support 3, and its movable end 21 is located in liquid level cavity 13 and floats up and down with liquid level, its fixed end is communicated with feed pipe, whether the ice-making material is supplemented in tray 1 by the up-and-down movement of movable end 21 controls feed pipe, realizes the effect of automatic feeding and supplementing, saves labor and effectively improves production efficiency.

[0049] Finally, it should be noted that: the above only for the preferred embodiments of the utility model and does not limit the utility model, although the utility model is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, for the person skilled in the art, it still can modify the technical scheme recorded in the foregoing each embodiment, or equivalent replacement to part of technical features, the technical scheme that the person skilled in the art can obtain on the basis of prior art by logic analysis, reasoning or limited experiment according to the conception of the utility model, should be in the protection scope determined by claim.

Claims

1. A liquid level self-adjusting structure, characterized in that, The application relates to a material tray (1) and a liquid level self-adjusting device (2), wherein the material tray (1) is provided with a bottom plate (11) and a side plate (12), the bottom plate (11) and the side plate (12) are mutually surrounded to form an upper-opened liquid level cavity (13), and the movable end (21) of the liquid level self-adjusting device (2) is located in the liquid level cavity (13) and floats up and down with the liquid level.

2. The liquid level self-regulating structure according to claim 1, wherein The bottom of the liquid level cavity (13) is in a flat bottom structure, and the movable end (21) of the liquid level self-adjusting device (2) can move to the lowest position of the horizontal height of the liquid level cavity (13).

3. The liquid level self-regulating structure according to claim 1, wherein The liquid level cavity (13) is provided with a sinking cavity (14) which communicates with the liquid level cavity (13), and the horizontal height of the sinking cavity (14) is lower than that of the liquid level cavity (13).

4. The liquid level self-regulating structure according to claim 3, wherein The movable end (21) of the liquid level self-adjusting device (2) is located in the sinking cavity (14) and floats up and down with the liquid level.

5. The liquid level self-regulating structure according to claim 3, wherein The sinking cavity (14) is in an upper-opened structure and communicates with the liquid level cavity (13), the sinking cavity (14) is located at the bottom of the liquid level cavity (13) and the end surface height of the sinking cavity (14) is consistent with the bottom surface height of the liquid level cavity (13).

6. The liquid level self-regulating structure according to claim 1, wherein The bottom of the material tray (1) is provided with a liquid discharge port (16), and a valve switch is arranged on the liquid discharge port (16).

7. The liquid level self-regulating structure according to claim 1, wherein The liquid level self-adjusting device (2) is fixedly installed through a support (3) and communicates with a feeding pipe.

8. The liquid level self-regulating structure according to claim 1, wherein The liquid level self-adjusting device (2) is an inductive floating ball switch.

9. The liquid level self-regulating structure according to claim 1, wherein The liquid level self-adjusting device (2) is a pressure type floating ball switch.

10. A snow cone machine characterized by, The application further relates to a liquid level self-adjusting structure. The application further relates to a liquid level self-adjusting structure.

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  • Multi-barrel snowflake ice maker

    CN221505327U