One-motor device for operating the stirrer and the cup of water in a machine for the production of ice cubes
AssigneeCastel Mac S.p.A.
InventorPaolo Fornasari
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Abstract
There is described a device that proceeds to operate the stirrer and the cup for containing the water in a machine for the production of ice cubes. The device comprises a single motor that gives motion to a first rotating shaft operated in a continuous manner and to a second rotating shaft operated in a discontinuous manner. The first rotating shaft is connected to the stirrer by first motion transmission means suitable for converting the rotation of said first shaft into an alternating oscillatory movement of the stirrer. The second rotating shaft is in turn connected to the bowl of water by second motion transmission means suitable for converting the rotation of said second shaft into a corresponding motion of tipping the bowl over.
Claims14
A device for operating a machine for the production of ice cubes comprising an evaporator supplied by a refrigeration unit and provided with parallel tangs extending downward, a tip-over bowl destined to contain a water bath wherein the abovementioned tangs are normally immersed and a stirrer with parallel paddles to keep the water contained in the bowl stirred, comprising a single motor, a first rotating shaft operated in a continuous manner by said motor and connected to the stirrer by first motion transmission means suitable for converting the rotation of said first rotating shaft into an alternating oscillatory motion of the stirrer, a second rotating shaft operated in a discontinuous manner by said motor and connected to the bowl of water by second motion transmission means suitable for converting the rotation of said second shaft into a corresponding motion of tipping the bowl over.
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