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WO2003033975A1 - Machine permettant de refroidir des produits alimentaires, des boissons et analogues par production de glace granulaire - Google Patents

Machine permettant de refroidir des produits alimentaires, des boissons et analogues par production de glace granulaire Download PDF

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WO2003033975A1
WO2003033975A1 PCT/EP2002/010411 EP0210411W WO03033975A1 WO 2003033975 A1 WO2003033975 A1 WO 2003033975A1 EP 0210411 W EP0210411 W EP 0210411W WO 03033975 A1 WO03033975 A1 WO 03033975A1
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Emanuelle Lanzani
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D16/00—Devices using a combination of a cooling mode associated with refrigerating machinery with a cooling mode not associated with refrigerating machinery
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00—Producing ice
    • F25C1/12—Producing ice by freezing water on cooled surfaces, e.g. to form slabs
    • F25C1/14—Producing ice by freezing water on cooled surfaces, e.g. to form slabs to form thin sheets which are removed by scraping or wedging, e.g. in the form of flakes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C5/00—Working or handling ice
    • F25C5/18—Storing ice
    • F25C5/182—Ice bins therefor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2331/00—Details or arrangements of other cooling or freezing apparatus not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2331/80—Type of cooled receptacles
    • F25D2331/803—Bottles
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/38—Refrigerating devices characterised by wheels
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D3/00—Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies
    • F25D3/02—Devices using other cold materials; Devices using cold-storage bodies using ice, e.g. ice-boxes
    • F25D3/06—Movable containers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D31/00—Other cooling or freezing apparatus
    • F25D31/006—Other cooling or freezing apparatus specially adapted for cooling receptacles, e.g. tanks
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A40/00—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production
    • Y02A40/90—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production in food processing or handling, e.g. food conservation
    • Y02A40/963—Off-grid food refrigeration

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  • the present finding refers to a machine for cooling food and drink products and the like through the production of granular ice .
  • drinks containers are difficult to identify from the outside being arranged one behind the other even if the refrigerator has large windows so as to be able to view the goods inside of it.
  • these refrigerators can normally only be accessed from a single side and not on other sides and, consequently, allow only one person at a time to access the containers arranged inside of them. For the aforementioned reason, moreover, these refrigerators are arranged in corners or are rested against a wall, thus remaining far from places which are frequently passed by people.
  • the cooling of the drinks placed inside of them is obtained through the cooling of the surrounding air and consequently a certain time lapse is necessary to give the drink the optimal temperature.
  • Another purpose of the finding is to realise a machine which allows drinks to be cooled quickly, since they are in direct contact with the ice produced by it .
  • a further purpose of the finding is to realise a machine for cooling food products which allows all of the different make containers contained inside of it to be visualised.
  • a further purpose of the finding is to realise a machine for cooling food and drink products which has the possibility of being able to be arranged in central areas of a room where people frequently pass and therefore can function as a good advertising means.
  • the last but not least purpose of the finding is to realise a machine for cooling food products which gives the possibility for many people to be able to help themselves simultaneously and, moreover, to be able to cool, as well as drinks possibly also the glasses inside which they shall be poured, in very short time spans.
  • a machine for cooling food and drink products and the like through the production of granular ice, characterised in that it comprises a framework supporting a tank containing a predetermined amount of granular ice suitable for cooling food or drink products or the like housed in said tank, a device for continuously producing said granular ice and for transporting it inside said tank, at least one reservoir for containing a predetermined amount of water to be transformed into ice and at least one circulation pump connected to said reservoir for transferring said water from said reservoir to said device for producing said ice.
  • Also forming object of the present patent for an invention is a procedure for cooling food and drink products and the like through the production of granular ice characterised in that it consists of producing granular ice until a tank is filled to a predetermined level of recovering from said tank the water produced from the melting of said ice at the same time as it is produced and of reforming further ice with said water.
  • the single figure is a schematic side view of the machine according to the finding.
  • the machine for cooling food and drink products and the like through the production of granular ice comprises a framework 2 which supports, in its upper part, a tank 3 of whatever configuration, circular or parallelepiped, for containing a predetermined amount of granular ice 4 suitable for cooling food and drink products or the like which are housed in the tank, which can for example be bottles 5.
  • the machine comprises, moreover, a device for continuously producing granular ice, generically indicated with 6.
  • the device 6 is moreover suitable for allowing granular ice to be transported inside the tank 3.
  • a reservoir 7 is foreseen for containing a predetermined amount of water to transform into ice .
  • the reservoir can have a capacity of about 40 litres, but there is not reason why there cannot be many reservoirs for many tanks or many reservoirs for a single very large tank.
  • the machine also foresees a circulation pump 8 which, on one side is connected to the reservoir 7 and on the other side to the device for producing ice 6, in such a way as to take water from the reservoir to feed said device.
  • the tank 3 also has at least one discharge pipe 9 and in particular two or more discharge pipes to take the water produced from the melting of the ice back inside the reservoir 7 so as to be able to recycle it to produce granular ice.
  • each pipe 9 is equipped with a gauze filter 10 or a filter of another type.
  • the tank 3 On the outside, that is on the surface opposite the one in contact with the ice, the tank 3 has heat insulation so as to guarantee as far as possible that a low temperature is maintained and therefore to restrict the melting of the ice.
  • the device for continuously producing ice is defined by a compressor 11 suitable for feeding a condenser 12 equipped with a fan 13.
  • the condenser is moreover connected, through a non-represented capillary tube, to an accumulator in turn connected to a non- represented evaporator and then once again with the compressor.
  • the framework has deflectors 15 suitable for allowing the intake and discharge from below of an airflow suitable for engaging the condenser 12 and generated by the fan 13.
  • the volute is suitable for feeding the ice to a distributor, indicated with 18, which in turn is capable of distributing it homogeneously around the full 360° inside the tank.
  • the ice which is deposited in it shall always be arranged in a homogeneous and uniform manner.
  • the chamber 16 is, moreover, connected with an auxiliary reservoir 20 suitable for keeping the level of water in it constant .
  • the auxiliary reservoir 20 is connected through a pipe 21 and 22 with the pump 8.
  • the frame 2 is equipped with many swivel wheels
  • the machine absolutely does not need to be connected to the water mains, neither for the intake nor for the discharge of the water for forming ice.
  • the machine moreover, foresees an electronic or electromechanical board 24 suitable for allowing its operation to be managed .
  • the electronic or electromechanical board has, moreover, the possibility of interrupting the operation of the pump 8 when the water has run out, for example in the reservoir 7.
  • a predetermined time period which can for example, according to room temperature, be 20 minutes (melting time of a part of the ice contained in the tank 3) , the water coming from the melting of the ice goes back into the reservoir 7 and thus allows the machine and the pump 8 to work again.
  • the pump has a float 30 which controls the water contained in the pump and, in case of a lack, commands the opening of a solenoid valve 31, making the water flow from the reservoir 7 into the body of the pump.
  • the pump is inserted into a sealed circuit which thus avoids the use of the solenoid valve and, consequently, the possible leaking of water due to a possible operating anomaly.
  • the machine foresees, moreover, means for purifying the water coming from the tank which can be defined by one or more active carbon filters and/or by programmed release of a water disinfectant indicated with 29.
  • the machine has a highly environmentally friendly operation since it consumes less water in the ice which is produced.
  • the ice which is produced is a low-humidity ice and therefore absorbs the humidity present in the air which increases the amount of water present in the reservoir during the operation of the machine.
  • the tank can be of whatever size and shape and can be made out of transparent material carrying advertising names.
  • the machine thus becomes a supply island which can be placed in the places most frequently passed carrying advertising names of the products contained in it or other ones.
  • the machine thus realised can be used for other services, such as to display fish or perishable products inside restaurants or public buildings, etc.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une machine permettant de refroidir des produits alimentaires, des boissons et analogues par production de glace granulaire. Ladite machine comprend un cadre destiné à supporter un réservoir contenant une quantité de glace granulaire prédéterminée servant à refroidir les produits alimentaires, boissons et analogues contenus dans ledit réservoir; un dispositif permettant de produire la glace granulaire de manière continue, et de la transporter à l'intérieur dudit réservoir; au moins un réservoir destiné à contenir une quantité d'eau prédéterminée à transformer en glace; et au moins une pompe de circulation reliée à ce réservoir afin de transférer l'eau dudit réservoir vers le dispositif de production de glace.
PCT/EP2002/010411 2001-10-10 2002-09-17 Machine permettant de refroidir des produits alimentaires, des boissons et analogues par production de glace granulaire Ceased WO2003033975A1 (fr)

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IT2001MI002090A ITMI20012090A1 (it) 2001-10-10 2001-10-10 Macchina per il raffreddamento di prodotti alimentari e simili mediante la produzione di ghiaccio granulare
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US5263334A (en) * 1992-02-21 1993-11-23 Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Food service counter of the ice storage type
JPH09296977A (ja) * 1996-05-01 1997-11-18 Hoshizaki Electric Co Ltd 移動式貯氷型陳列台
US6153105A (en) * 1999-04-05 2000-11-28 United States Filter Corporation Ice-maker treatment system

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US5263334A (en) * 1992-02-21 1993-11-23 Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Food service counter of the ice storage type
JPH09296977A (ja) * 1996-05-01 1997-11-18 Hoshizaki Electric Co Ltd 移動式貯氷型陳列台
US6153105A (en) * 1999-04-05 2000-11-28 United States Filter Corporation Ice-maker treatment system

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DATABASE WPI Section PQ Week 199805, Derwent World Patents Index; Class P27, AN 1998-047853, XP002232071 *

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