Ice making device
AssigneeNidec Sankyo Corporation
InventorsShunji Saito, Haruhiko Wada
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Abstract
An ice making device may include an ice tray; a drive part which is provided with an output shaft to which the ice tray is attached and in which the ice tray is turned by turning of the output shaft; and a frame body to which the drive part is attached. A twisting operation is applied to the ice tray during a turning operation for separating ice pieces from the ice tray. The drive part may include a drive side attaching part. The frame body may include a frame body side attaching part. The frame body side attaching part and the drive side attaching part are fitted to each other along a direction that is perpendicular to the output shaft, thereby attaching the drive part to the frame body.
Claims6
An ice making device for use with an ice storage container;
- the ice making device comprising:
- an ice tray;
- a drive part which is provided with an output shaft to which the ice tray is attached and in which the ice tray is turned by turning of the output shaft;
- and
- a frame body to which the drive part is attached;
- wherein a twisting operation is applied to the ice tray during a turning operation for separating ice pieces from the ice tray;
- wherein the drive part is provided with a drive side attaching part;
- the frame body is provided with a frame body side attaching part;
- and
- wherein the frame body side attaching part and the drive side attaching part are fitted to each other along a direction that is perpendicular to the output shaft, thereby attaching the drive part to the frame body
- wherein one end of a turning shaft of the ice tray is supported by the frame body,
- an other end of the turning shaft is fitted to the output shaft of the drive part and structured so that turning drive is transmitted,
- the ice tray is structured to be twisted by abutting a protruded part for twisting provided on one end side of the ice tray with an abutting part provided on the frame body, which disturbs turning of the ice tray;
- and
- an attaching direction of the drive part when the drive part is attached to the frame body is a same direction as a direction of force transmitted to the drive side attaching part through the output shaft of the drive part from the ice tray against twisting applied to the ice tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.