Freezing detection device
AssigneeTex E.G. Co., Ltd.
InventorTakahide Kobayashi
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Abstract
A freezing detection device to be applied to a liquid cooling apparatus including a liquid tank for storing a liquid whose freezing is to be detected and a cooling unit located inside the liquid tank to cool the liquid, the freezing detection device comprises: a temperature detecting unit located at a predetermined distance from the cooling unit; and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the liquid has frozen around the temperature detecting unit based on an output from the temperature detecting unit, the determining unit determining whether or not the liquid has frozen around the temperature detecting unit based on whether the output from the temperature detecting unit is fluctuating or not.
Claims20
A freezing detection device to be applied to a liquid cooling apparatus including a liquid tank for storing a liquid whose freezing is to be detected and a cooling unit located inside the liquid tank to cool the liquid, the freezing detection device comprising:
- a temperature detecting unit located at a predetermined distance from the cooling unit;
- and
- a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the liquid has frozen around the temperature detecting unit based on an output from the temperature detecting unit,
- the determining unit determining whether or not the liquid has frozen around the temperature detecting unit based on whether the output from the temperature detecting unit is fluctuating or not.
A liquid cooling apparatus comprising:
- a liquid tank for storing a liquid whose freezing is to be detected;
- a cooling unit located inside the liquid tank to cool the liquid;
- and
- a freezing detection device comprising
- a temperature detecting unit located at a predetermined distance from the cooling unit, and
- a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the liquid has frozen around the temperature detecting unit based on an output from the temperature detecting unit,
- the determining unit determining whether or not the liquid has frozen around the temperature detecting unit based on whether the output from the temperature detecting unit is fluctuating or not.
A beverage cooling apparatus comprising:
- a liquid cooling apparatus comprising
- a liquid tank for storing a liquid whose freezing is to be detected,
- a cooling unit located inside the liquid tank to cool the liquid, and
- a freezing detection device comprising
- a temperature detecting unit located at a predetermined distance from the cooling unit, and
- a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the liquid has frozen around the temperature detecting unit based on an output from the temperature detecting unit,
- the determining unit determining whether or not the liquid has frozen around the temperature detecting unit based on whether the output from the temperature detecting unit is fluctuating or not;
- and
- a beverage-channel-defining section defining a beverage channel through which a beverage to be cooled is allowed to flow,
- the beverage-channel-defining section being located inside the liquid tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.