Automatic ice making machine

Abstract

An automatic ice making machine stably injects water to be frozen to freezing cells to produce high-quality ice pieces which are uniform in shape and size, and has a freezing section defining a plurality of freezing cells opening downward and arranged horizontally, and a water tank located under the freezing section. A water spraying member tilted at a predetermined angle in the flow direction is disposed on the water tank, and a plurality of nozzles protrude from the upper surface of a distributor pipe constituting the member. The water to be frozen supplied to the water spraying member by a water circulation pump is adapted to be injected into each freezing cell through a water injection hole of each nozzle under the same pressure. Further, the water to be frozen injected from each water injection hole diagonally forward is designed to be supplied to an opposed freezing cell.

1 . An automatic ice making machine comprising a freezing section having a plurality of freezing cells opening downward and water spraying means located under the freezing section; water to be frozen injected from the water spraying means to each freezing cell being frozen to from an ice piece therein; 
 wherein said water spraying means is disposed being tilted at a predetermined angle and is designed to inject water to be frozen diagonally toward the freezing cells from water injection holes defined to oppose the freezing cells respectively, and an interference prevention means is located between the adjacent water injection holes in a tilting direction in said water spraying means, so as to prevent unfrozen water, which did not freeze in said freezing cells and dropped onto the water spraying means, from interfering with the water to be frozen injected though the water injection holes located on the lower side, said interference prevention means being defined by an opening provided in said water spraying means and opened upward and downward.    
     
     
         2  (canceled).