Ice Storage Transferring and Breaking Mechanism to Prevent Ice Jamming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Ice storage systems face issues with ice becoming stuck between the transferring and breaking members, leading to operational inefficiencies and potential breakdowns, and result in significant remaining ice not being transferred.
Innovation Solution
The ice storage system incorporates a transferring and breaking part with a transferring member and a breaking member, where the transferring member has an elastic transformable part and a spiral shape, and the breaking member includes rotatable and fixed components with gaps to prevent ice from getting stuck, allowing for smooth transfer and breaking of ice without interruption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a transferring member and breaking member are used to transfer and break ice, then ice can be discharged as broken ice, but ice may become stuck between the transferring member and breaking member
Solution Approach 1:
The transferring member is designed with a flexible belt structure that can bend and deform. When ice becomes stuck between the transferring member and breaking member, the flexible belt can deform to release the stuck ice, preventing operational interruptions and maintaining reliability while preserving the ice breaking functionality
2Productivity
If the transferring member rotates to transfer ice, then ice transfer efficiency is improved, but remaining ice not transferred increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transferring member is divided into multiple transferring wings arranged around the rotation axis. This segmentation allows ice to be transferred from multiple positions simultaneously, improving transfer efficiency while ensuring more complete ice discharge with minimal remaining ice
3Strength
If the transferring member has a rigid structure, then structural strength is maintained, but ice may become stuck between the transferring member and breaking member
Solution Approach 1:
The transferring member uses a flexible belt structure instead of a rigid structure. This flexible structure maintains sufficient strength for ice transfer while allowing deformation when ice becomes stuck, preventing operational failures and improving reliability
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration prevents ice from becoming stuck, ensures continuous and efficient transferring and breaking of ice, and significantly reduces remaining ice not transferred by the transferring member.
Implementation Method 1
the transferring wing may have an elastic transformable part bendable by external force applied by ice present between the transferring member and the breaking member
Data Source
AI summary
An ice storage includes a storage body having a storage space for storing ice and a discharge port for discharging ice to the outside, a transferring and breaking part which, by having at least a part thereof provided in the storage space, transfers the ice in the storage space to the discharge port, and if necessary, breaks the transferred ice, and a door part allowing the ice to be discharged through the discharge port as unbroken ice or broken ice unbroken or broken up by the transferring and breaking part. The transferring and breaking part includes a transferring member for transferring ice and a breaking member for breaking ice, and the transferring member and the breaking member are configured such that ice is not stuck therebetween while being transferred.