To readily remove only a front panel without removing a top plate of an automatic ice maker.
A panel fixing structure is constituted such that a front panel 30 is detachably fixed to a body-side frame 21. A fixing hole 32 punched on the upper part of the panel 30 is inserted with a panel clamping piece 22c which is disposed at the upper front surface of the frame 21 being extended in an obliquely downward direction. In this state, the panel 30 is slid upward to engage the edge of the hole 32 with the piece 22c and determine a position of the upper part of the panel 30 toward the upper part of the frame 21, followed by detachably fixing the lower part of the panel 30 to the lower part of the frame 21 through a fixing means 34. Thus, the panel 30 can be removed only by its downward sliding with the release of the fixing means 34.
IMAOKA HIROKI
KAWASUMI MASAAKI
