Dispenser
AssigneeHoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMakoto SASAKI, Motohiro Kawachi, Kouichi Itou, Hiroshi Nagai
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Abstract
Provided is a dispenser including an ice-making water tank for storing ice-making water and an auger-type ice-making machine for producing ice chips by freezing the ice-making water in the ice-making water tank. The auger-type ice-making machine includes a refrigeration casing into which the ice-making water is supplied, and the refrigeration casing and the drain pan are connected to each other through the intermediation of an ice-making water drain pipe. The ice-making water in the refrigeration casing is drained at predetermined time points, and the drain pan is washed with the ice-making water thus drained.
Claims3
A dispenser comprising:
- an ice-making section for producing ice chips by freezing ice-making water;
- an ice-making water drain passage for draining the ice-making water supplied to the ice-making section;
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- a drain pan for receiving at least one of the ice chips and a beverage, wherein:
- the ice-making section comprises a refrigeration casing for freezing the ice-making water therein;
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- the ice-making water drain passage connects the refrigeration casing and the drain pan to each other.
A dispenser comprising:
- an ice-making section for producing ice chips by freezing ice-making water;
- an ice-making water drain passage for draining the ice-making water supplied to the ice-making section;
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- a drain pan for receiving at least one of the ice chips and a beverage, the dispenser further comprising:
- an ice-making water supply pas sage for supplying the ice-making water to the ice-making section;
- a water supply valve for opening and closing the ice-making water supply passage;
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- a control section for controlling the water supply valve to open and close the ice-making water supply passage, wherein:
- the ice-making section comprises:
- an ice-making water tank connected to the ice-making water supply passage, for storing the ice-making water therein;
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- an overflow pipe for draining, when an amount of the ice-making water in the ice-making water tank exceeds a predetermined amount, surplus of the ice-making water in the ice-making water tank;
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- the ice-making water drain passage connects the overflow pipe and the drain pan to each other;
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- the control section controls the water supply valve to open and close the ice-making water supply passage so that the surplus of the ice-making water is made to overflow and is drained from the ice-making water tank at predetermined time points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.