A snow-melting machine material bucket structure
By designing ribs, baffles, and inner protrusions at the front of the slush machine's material hopper, the problem of deformation and condensation of the hopper due to ice sand pressure is solved, achieving higher strength and a finer ice sand discharge effect, while also facilitating disassembly and cleaning.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- NINGBO HICON INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-06-12
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-16
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of snow melting machine technology, specifically to a material bucket structure for a household snow melting machine. Background Technology
[0002] Ice cream machines, also known as slush machines, were initially made by feeding ice cream into the inner cylinder of a cylindrical evaporator. A coaxially rotating agitator and scraper inside the evaporator scraped away the ice slush forming on the inner cylinder wall, preventing it from coalescing and growing larger. The resulting ice cream was then formed from the continuously processed ice slush. To facilitate cleaning, a slush machine structure was developed that scraped and agitated the ice from the outer cylinder of the evaporator. For example, Chinese utility model patent CN202722423U, "Slush Machine for Making Ice Cream," discloses such a machine. This type of slush machine includes a container structure with a horizontally cylindrical evaporator inside. A rotating agitator is mounted on the outside of the evaporator to scrape and mix the ice. The lower inner wall of the container and the outer edge of the agitator are closely fitted together.
[0003] When the agitator of this ice cream melting machine rotates, it pushes the scraped slush forward, forming a concentrated mass of slush at the outlet on the front side of the container. It also provides discharge pressure to this concentrated mass. However, during operation, the continuous forward pressure creates significant pressure at the front of the container, easily compressing and solidifying loose slush into larger pieces, ultimately affecting the texture of the ice cream. Furthermore, the front of the container typically has a flat structure, causing the agitator's front to rotate and compress against the inner wall of the container's front surface, further aggravating the binding and enlarging of the slush. This also creates a significant forward thrust on the entire container. Since the rear of the container is locked to the housing, this forward thrust makes it prone to creating large gaps at the rear, leading to leakage. Simultaneously, the continuous pressure from the agitator causes the slush to squeeze the container during operation, releasing pressure by flowing backward. This process not only affects the container's stability but also makes it prone to permanent deformation and leakage during use. Utility Model Content
[0004] (I) Technical problem to be solved: In view of the shortcomings of the existing technology, this utility model provides a material barrel structure for a household snow melting machine. By designing a special rib structure at the front of the material barrel, the pressure of ice sand at the front of the material barrel can be effectively relieved; the corner baffle above the front of the material barrel can guide the ice sand squeezed at the front backward; and the protrusions on the inner side of the material barrel can disperse the ice sand, making the ice sand particles finer.
[0005] (II) Technical Solution: To solve the above-mentioned technical problems, this utility model provides the following technical solution: a material bucket structure for a household snow melting machine, used in a snow melting machine. The snow melting machine is designed with a horizontal cylindrical evaporator. An ice scraping and stirring agitator is installed on the outside of the evaporator. The material bucket body is wrapped around the outside of the agitator. The material bucket body includes left and right sides. The two side plates are connected by an arc surface at the top and bottom. A vertical front plate is designed at the front of the material bucket body. A discharge port communicating with the inside of the material bucket is designed at the lower part of the front plate. A raised rib is designed on the inner side of the front of the material bucket body.
[0006] Preferably, the ribs are vertically designed on the side of the discharge port, and the front part of the agitator is designed with a stirring blade. The front edge of the stirring blade is strip-shaped and parallel to the front plate. During the rotation of the agitator, the front edge of the stirring blade passes through the discharge port and the ribs in sequence.
[0007] Preferably, the front part of the upper arc-shaped surface of the material barrel body is designed with a spoiler that slopes downward from back to front.
[0008] Preferably, the spoiler is divided into two parts, left and right, which are symmetrically tilted to both sides.
[0009] Preferably, the front plate of the main body of the hopper extends upward relative to the spoiler.
[0010] Preferably, a gap is left between the upper part of the rib and the spoiler.
[0011] Preferably, a protrusion is designed on the lower part of the upper arc surface on the inner side of the material barrel body, and the protrusion is located on the forward and upward flow path of the slush.
[0012] Preferably, the inner side of the material barrel body has two horizontally parallel protrusions.
[0013] Preferably, the lower part of the material barrel body has a semi-circular arc surface cross-section, and the axis of the agitator is coaxial with the lower semi-circular arc surface.
[0014] Preferably, the front side of the discharge port on the front side of the main body of the material barrel is designed with a vertical hole for assembling the discharge head.
[0015] (III) Beneficial Effects: Compared with the prior art, this utility model provides a material bucket structure for a household snow melting machine, which has the following beneficial effects:
[0016] 1. The front panel of the slush machine's hopper structure features raised ribs. These ribs strengthen the front panel and are located on the ice-slush rotation path at the front of the hopper's main body. During operation, the agitator pushes the ice-slush forward, causing it to rotate within the front panel of the hopper. The ribs break up the compressed ice-slush. Further, located on the side of the outlet, the agitator's blades scrape the ice-slush towards the ribs. This obstruction creates greater pressure at the slush machine's outlet, resulting in higher discharge pressure and faster discharge. Conversely, the ribs also reduce pressure on the other side of the outlet, ensuring sufficient outlet pressure while simultaneously reducing the pressure on the front panel and consequently, the overall forward thrust on the hopper. Therefore, the main body of the material bucket is not only stronger, resulting in greater pressure for ice and sand discharge, but also has less overall stress inside the material bucket body; this makes the material bucket body less prone to deformation, and the sealing effect of the installation position at the rear of the material bucket body can be maintained over a long period of use.
[0017] 2. The baffle plate at the upper arc-shaped surface of the front of the slurry bucket body is designed to tilt forward and downward, allowing the pressurized slush at the front of the bucket body to flow backward, preventing slush accumulation at the front of the bucket body, thereby reducing pressure condensation between slush particles and ensuring the slush's fineness. The slurry bucket body needs to be fastened backward during assembly, and pulled forward during disassembly and cleaning. The upward extension design of the front plate makes disassembly and installation of the slurry bucket body more convenient.
[0018] 3. The design of the protrusions on the ice slush flow path inside the main body of the material bucket can break up the solidified ice slush and create disturbance during the ice slush stirring process, ensuring the fineness of the ice slush. Since the protrusions are designed in a higher position, the upper part of the main body of the material bucket is higher than the agitator. The pressure of the pushed ice slush is reduced at this position, and the breaking effect of the protrusions will be further enhanced, greatly reducing the risk of it being squeezed and solidified again in the subsequent movement process. Attached Figure Description
[0019] Figure 1 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of a snow melting machine;
[0020] Figure 2 A three-dimensional structural diagram of the agitator and evaporator inside the snow melting machine;
[0021] Figure 3 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the material bucket structure of a household snow melting machine from the front view.
[0022] Figure 4 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the material bucket structure of a household snow melting machine, viewed from the rear.
[0023] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of the front structure of a material bucket for a household snow melting machine;
[0024] Figure 6 A side view diagram of the material bucket structure of a household snow melting machine;
[0025] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the back structure of a material bucket for a household snow melting machine.
[0026] In the picture:
[0027] 1. Evaporator; 2. Agitator; 21. Agitator blades; 3. Main body of the tank; 30. Feed inlet; 31. Front plate; 32. Discharge outlet; 33. Ribs; 34. Baffle plate; 35. Protrusions. Detailed Implementation
[0028] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of the present utility model. In the present utility model, the position of the discharge port relative to the snow melting machine and the main body of the material barrel is set as the front. Figure 5 Part of this is a front view of the main body 3 structure of the material barrel of this patent.
[0029] In this embodiment of the invention, the material bucket structure for a household snow melting machine is used in a snow melting machine. The external and internal structures of the snow melting machine are as follows: Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the snow melting machine is designed with a horizontally cylindrical evaporator 1, which is fixed horizontally. An ice-scraping and stirring agitator 2 is coaxially mounted on the outside of the evaporator 1. The main body 3 of the mixing tank is wrapped around the agitator 2. An inlet 30 is designed at the top of the main body 3, through which the liquid to be made into ice cream is added. During operation, the outer surface of the evaporator 1 is used for evaporation and cooling. The agitator 2 rotates, scraping the produced thin ice into the main body of the mixing tank. Then, the rotation of the agitator 2 pushes the scraped ice forward. The functional design of this part is the same as that of a traditional snow melting machine and will not be described in detail here.
[0030] like Figure 3 , Figure 4 , Figure 5 and Figure 6As shown, the overall structure of the material tank body 3 is similar to that of a traditional structure, including left and right sides. The two side plates are connected by arc-shaped surfaces at the top and bottom. The front of the material tank body 3 is designed with a vertical front plate 31, and the lower part of the front plate 31 is designed with a discharge port 32 that connects to the inside of the material tank body 3. The arc-shaped cross-sections of the upper and lower parts of the material tank body 3 are both semi-circular arc surfaces, and the axis of the stirrer 2 is coaxial with the lower semi-circular arc surface. The lower part of the material tank body 3 forms a uniformly spaced cavity with the outer wall of the evaporator 1. The height of the upper arc surface of the material tank body 3 and the outer wall of the evaporator 1 is much greater than the height of the lower cavity. When the snow melting machine is working, the material tank body 3 contains a material that is higher than the axis of the evaporator but lower than the highest point of the evaporator. When the snow melting machine is working, the lower cavity is filled with ice shavings and mixed liquids. When the stirrer 2 rotates, it pushes the ice shavings and liquids forward in the cavity. A discharge pressure is created at the discharge port, so that when there is enough ice slush inside the main body 3 of the hopper, the discharge port can be opened to release the prepared ice slush. In this embodiment, a vertical hole for assembling a discharge head is designed on the front side of the discharge port 32 on the front side of the main body 3. This vertical hole is used to assemble the valve structure to be discharged. The front plate 31 inside the entire main body 3 bears the greatest pressure and is therefore prone to deformation.
[0031] In this embodiment, as Figure 5 and Figure 7 As shown, the inner side of the front part of the main body 3 of the material barrel has raised ribs 33. Specifically, the ribs 33 are vertically designed on the side of the discharge port 32. Figure 2 As shown, the front part of the agitator 2 is designed with a stirring blade 21. After the stirring blade 21 is assembled, it extends out of the front side of the evaporator 1. The front edge of the stirring blade 21 is strip-shaped and parallel to the front plate 31. During the rotation of the agitator 2, the front edge of the stirring blade 21 approaches the discharge port 32 and the rib 33 in sequence.
[0032] The front plate 31 of the slush machine's hopper structure features raised ribs 33 on its inner side. These ribs 33 strengthen the front plate 31 and are located on the ice-slush rotation path at the front inner side of the hopper body 3. When the slush machine operates, the agitator 2 pushes the ice-slush forward, causing it to rotate within the front plate of the hopper body 3. The ribs 33 break up the compressed ice-slush. Furthermore, the ribs 33 are located on the side of the outlet 32. When the agitator blades at the front of the agitator 2 rotate, they scrape the ice-slush towards the ribs 33. Figure 7As shown, due to the obstruction of the rib 33, the ice sand generates greater pressure at the outlet of the snow melting machine. This results in greater discharge pressure and faster discharge when the outlet 32 is opened. Conversely, due to the obstruction of the rib 33, the ice sand pressure is lower on the other side of the outlet. This ensures the ice sand outlet pressure while simultaneously reducing the pressure on the front plate 31 of the main body 3, thus reducing the forward thrust on the entire main body 3. Therefore, the main body 3 not only has higher strength, resulting in greater ice sand discharge pressure, but also experiences less overall internal stress. This makes the main body 3 less prone to deformation, and the sealing effect at the rear of the main body 3 can be maintained over long-term use.
[0033] In the specific design, such as Figure 3 and Figure 6 As shown, the front part of the upper arc-shaped surface of the material barrel body 3 is designed with a spoiler 34 that slopes downward from back to front, and the lowest point of the spoiler 34 slopes all the way to the front plate 31. The upper spoiler 34 is divided into two parts, left and right, which slope symmetrically to both sides.
[0034] The baffle 34, located on the upper arc-shaped surface at the front of the main body of the slush container 3, is designed to tilt forward and downward. This allows the pressured upper slush to flow backward when a large amount of ice slush accumulates at the front of the main body of the slush container 3, reducing the maximum pressure at the front of the main body of the slush container 3 and thus reducing pressure-induced condensation between the ice slush particles, ensuring a finer slush. During assembly, the main body of the slush container 3 of this snow melting machine needs to be fitted over the outside of the agitator 2 and pressed tightly backward, then secured with locking components. During disassembly and cleaning, the main body of the slush container 3 needs to be pulled forward. In this embodiment, the front plate 31 of the main body of the slush container 3 extends upward relative to the baffle 34, facilitating hand grip during operation and making disassembly and installation of the main body of the slush container 3 more convenient.
[0035] At the same time, such as Figure 6 As shown, there is a gap between the upper part of the rib 33 on the back of the front plate 31 and the baffle 34. In this way, if there is a lot of ice on the right side of the rib 33, the gap design allows the ice to pass through the gap to the left side, and is easily pushed again by the stirring blade 21 to the lower discharge port 32.
[0036] like Figure 5 and Figure 7 As shown, a protrusion 35 is designed on the lower part of the upper arc-shaped surface on the inner side of the material barrel body 3. The protrusion 35 is located on the forward and upward flow path of the slush. Specifically, the inner side of the material barrel body 3 has two horizontally parallel protrusions 35.
[0037] When the snow melting machine is working, such as Figure 7 As shown, Figure 7The slush on the left side of the rib 33 is pushed forward and downward, while the slush on the right side of the rib 33 is pushed forward and upward. The design of the protrusions 35 on the slush flow path inside the main body 3 on the left side not only breaks up the solidified slush, but also creates disturbance during the slush mixing process, ensuring the slush is fine. Moreover, because the upper arc surface of the main body 3 is relatively high, the upper part of the slush mixture usually has a cavity. Since the protrusions are designed at a higher position, the upper part of the main body of the main body is higher than the stirrer 2. The pressure of the pushed slush is reduced at this position, which further enhances the breaking effect of the protrusions and greatly reduces the risk of it being squeezed and solidified again in subsequent movements.
[0038] It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Unless otherwise specified, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes said element.
[0039] Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, the scope of which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A material bucket structure for a household snow melting machine, used in a snow melting machine, wherein the snow melting machine is designed with a horizontal cylindrical evaporator (1), and an ice scraping and stirring agitator (2) is fitted on the outside of the evaporator (1). The material bucket body (3) is wrapped around the outside of the agitator (2). The material bucket body (3) includes left and right sides, and the two side plates are connected by an arc surface. The front part of the material bucket body (3) is designed with a vertical front plate (31), and the lower part of the front plate (31) is designed with a discharge port (32) that communicates with the inside of the material bucket body (3). The structure is characterized in that: The inner side of the front part of the main body of the material bucket (3) is designed with raised ribs (33).
2. The structure of a household snow melting machine feed hopper according to claim 1, characterized in that: The ribs (33) are vertically designed on the side of the discharge port (32). The front part of the agitator (2) is designed with a stirring blade (21). The front edge of the stirring blade (21) is strip-shaped and parallel to the front plate (31). During the rotation of the agitator (2), the front edge of the stirring blade (21) passes through the discharge port (32) and the ribs (33) in sequence.
3. The structure of a household snow melting machine feed hopper according to claim 2, characterized in that: The front part of the upper arc surface of the material barrel body (3) is designed with a spoiler (34) that slopes downward from back to front.
4. The structure of a household snow melting machine feed hopper according to claim 3, characterized in that: The spoiler (34) is divided into two parts, left and right, which are symmetrically tilted to both sides.
5. The structure of a household snow melting machine feed hopper according to claim 2, characterized in that: A gap is left between the upper part of the rib (33) and the spoiler (34).
6. The structure of a household snow melting machine feed hopper according to any one of claims 3-5, characterized in that: The front plate (31) of the main body of the hopper (3) extends upward relative to the baffle (34).
7. The structure of a household snow melting machine feed hopper according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inner side of the material bucket body (3) has a raised point (35) on the lower part of the upper arc surface. The raised point (35) is located on the forward and upward flow path of the shaved ice.
8. The structure of a household snow melting machine feed hopper according to claim 7, characterized in that: The inner side of the main body (3) of the material bucket has two horizontally parallel protrusions (35).
9. The structure of a household snow melting machine feed hopper according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lower part of the material bucket body (3) has a semi-circular arc surface cross section, and the axis of the agitator (2) is coaxial with the lower semi-circular arc surface.
10. The structure of a household snow melting machine feed hopper according to claim 1, characterized in that: The front outlet (32) of the main body of the hopper (3) is designed with a vertical hole for assembling the discharge head.