Title:
AUTOMATIC ICE-MAKING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2018044727
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic ice-making device detachably having a chill tray, capable of certainly detecting the ice-making completion by a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the chill tray.SOLUTION: An automatic ice-making device 20 comprises: a chill tray 26 for ice making in an ice making room; a drive mechanism unit 25 to which the chill tray 26 is detachably connected for performing ice removal operation at completion of ice-making; a guide rail 30 for guiding the chill tray 26 in the mounting/removing direction with respect to the drive mechanism unit 25; a temperature sensor 29 for detecting the temperature of the chill tray 26; and a swing lever 31 for supporting the temperature sensor 29. The swing lever 31 having a pressing force part 33 and is configured so as to be swingably displaceable between a saving position where the temperature sensor 29 is separated from the chill tray 26 and a detection position where the temperature sensor 29 detects the temperature of the chill tray 26; and as the chill tray 26 is moved in the mounting direction along the guide rail 30, the pressing force part 33 is pressed by the chill tray 26 to be swung and displaced to the detection position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Inventors:
SANO MAYANA
ISHIBASHI IKUO
ISHIBASHI IKUO
Application Number:
JP2016180479A
Publication Date:
March 22, 2018
Filing Date:
September 15, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORP
International Classes:
F25C1/10; F25D29/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2002039650A | 2002-02-06 | |||
| JP2005257114A | 2005-09-22 | |||
| JP2000088410A | 2000-03-31 | |||
| JP2010197015A | 2010-09-09 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent Business Corporation Sato International Patent Office