JP3230855B2 - Ice making equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ice making apparatus for producing sherbet-like ice for cooling an affected part of a surgical operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a surgeon performs an operation, a physician often uses sherbet-shaped ice by freezing physiological saline in order to cool the affected part. Conventionally, to make such sherbet-shaped ice, a flexible thin bag made of a soft thin film is made, the bottom of the bag is applied to a cooling section, and the saline solution is frozen at the contacted portion, and then the flexible bag is formed. The frozen portion of the ice was lifted while shaking or pulling the bag manually, and the ice was collected at the opening of the flexible bag. This method of making ice is called drape ice making.

[0003]

However, such a conventional technique has problems that not only the efficiency is low but also the efficiency is low and a required amount of ice is not stably obtained.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the conventional technology, and is an ice making apparatus which can easily obtain sherbet-shaped ice by freezing a physiological saline solution. It is intended to provide.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the gist of the present invention is to provide an ice making apparatus (10) for producing sherbet-like ice (I) for cooling an affected part of a surgical operation.
A cooling unit (20) for receiving the flexible bag-like body (A) made of a soft thin film, which is filled with a physiological saline solution, and an ice-making device that swings while supporting the upper part of the flexible bag-like body (A). A mechanical unit (30), wherein the ice making mechanism unit (30) is provided with a lower ring member (40) that can swing about a center line (C1) horizontally arranged so as to be tilted to both sides from a horizontal posture. B), and an upper ring member (50) which is mounted on the lower ring member (40) so as to overlap with the lower ring member (40) and open and open the upper portion of the flexible bag-like body (A). Upper ring member (5
0) is swingably supported on the lower ring member (40) so as to tilt to both sides around a center line (C2) orthogonal to the center line (C1) of the lower ring member (40), and the upper ring member (5
The upper ring member (50) is also provided with a drive unit (60) for making a rocking and swinging motion by oscillating the lower ring member (40) in synchronization with the lower ring member (40). Ice making device (10).

[0006]

The flexible bag-like body (A) made of a soft thin film has a cooling section (20).
The upper part of the flexible bag-shaped body (A) is attached to the upper ring member (50) of the ice making mechanism (30) so that the bottom of the flexible bag-shaped body (A) is opened, and physiological saline is put into it. Therefore, the upper ring member (50) and the lower ring member (40) are synchronized and rocked so as to be tilted separately.

[0007] The lower ring member (40) swings with respect to the base (B) so as to incline to both sides from a horizontal posture about a horizontally arranged center line (C1). By this tilting, the upper ring member (50) swings together with the lower ring member (40) so as to be tilted together, and around a center line (C2) orthogonal to the center line (C1) of the lower ring member (40). It swings relatively to the lower ring member (40) so as to incline to both sides.

The upper ring member (50) and the lower ring member (4)
0), the center line (C2) tilts around the center line (C1) on the lower ring member (40) as a whole, and these movements are combined to form the upper ring. The member (50) makes a rocking motion. Due to the swinging motion of the rice ball, the opening of the flexible bag-shaped body (A) is displaced so as to be sequentially pulled up, and the bottom portion is pulled, so that the physiological saline is frozen at the portion hitting the cooling portion (20). The resulting ice (I) comes off and comes up. If this is picked up and collected at the opening of the flexible bag-like body (A), sherbet-like ice (I) for cooling the affected part of the operation can be stably and easily manufactured.

[0009]

[Action]

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 show one embodiment of the present invention. The ice making device 10 is a device for producing sherbet-like ice for cooling an affected part of an operation, and a cooling unit 20 that receives the soft bag-like flexible bag-like body A containing physiological saline by receiving it against the bottom.
The ice making mechanism 3 that swings while supporting the upper part of the flexible bag-like body A
0.

The flexible bag-like body A may be formed by molding a thin rubber-like body into a bag, or may be formed by folding a medical thin rubber film into a bag. The cooling unit 20 is formed by molding an evaporator of a refrigeration cycle into a receiver shape, or by forming a member directly cooled by nitrogen gas or the like into a container shape. The receiver is shaped so that the bottom of the flexible bag-shaped body A contacts and ice I is easily formed inside.

The ice making mechanism section 30 supports the lower ring member 40 so as to be able to swing from a horizontal position to both sides around a horizontally disposed center line C1, and overlaps the upper ring member on the lower ring member 40. A member 50 is provided.

The lower ring member 40 has a flat ring shape having an opening 41, and is provided on a support plate B of a base B of the ice making device 10.
1 through a hinge member 42 and a center line C
1 is a swing support shaft of the hinge member 42.

The upper ring member 50 has a flat ring shape having an opening 51 similarly to the lower ring member 40.
The lower ring member 4 via the hinge member 52 so as to be able to swing to both sides around a center line C2 orthogonal to the center line C1 of zero.
It is pivoted to zero. The hinge member 52 is a lower ring member 4
0, and the center line C2 is attached to the hinge member 52.
Swing support shaft. On the upper surface of the upper ring member 50, stop pins 53, 53,...

When the flexible bag A is formed by folding a medical thin rubber film into a bag shape, the flat rubber film is slackened and the lower ring member 40 is opened through the opening 51 of the upper ring member 50.
Of the rubber film with clips or caps, while adjusting so that the flexible bag-shaped body A is opened and mounted so that the bottom hits the cooling section 20 and the bottom thereof hits the cooling section 20. It is to stop. On the upper surface of the base B, auxiliary stopper pins B2, B2,... For stopping the rubber film of the protruding flexible bag-like body A are provided at four corners.

The upper ring member 50 and the lower ring member 40 are provided with a drive unit 60 which synchronizes and oscillates so as to be tilted separately so that the upper ring member 50 also performs a rocking and swinging motion. The drive section 60 includes a lower motor 61 for swinging the lower ring member 40 and an upper motor 65 for swinging the upper ring member 50.

The lower motor 61 is mounted on a support plate B1 of the base B by a mounting bracket 61a.
The base of a whirling arm 63 is fixed to the first output shaft 62, and a roller 64 is mounted on the tip of the whirling arm 63. The roller 64 is fitted in the groove 46 of the groove member 45 fixedly provided on the side edge of the lower ring member 40. When the whirling arm 63 swings, the roller 64 slides in the groove 46 of the groove member 45. It is possible.

The upper motor 65 is mounted on the support plate B1 of the base B at a position higher than the lower motor 61 by a mounting bracket 65a. The output shaft 66 of the upper motor 65 is fixed to the base of a whirling arm 67. And the whirling arm 67
A roller 68 is attached to the tip of the. The roller 68 is provided in the groove 5 of the groove member 55 fixed on the side edge of the upper ring member 50.
6, the roller 68 is slidable in the groove 56 of the groove member 55 when the roller 68 swings.

Next, the operation will be described.

The flexible bag-like body A made of a soft thin film has an upper part of the flexible bag-like body A on the ice making mechanism 30 so that the cooling section 20 hits the bottom.
It is mounted on the upper ring member 50 to be opened and set.
When the flexible bag-shaped member A is formed by folding a medical thin rubber film into a bag shape, the flat rubber film is slackened and dropped from the opening 51 of the upper ring member 50 into the opening 41 of the lower ring member 40, The bottom is brought into contact with the cooling section 20, and various portions of the rubber film are fixed to the fixing pins 53 with clips or caps while adjusting the upper portion of the flexible bag-shaped body A to be opened. The rubber film of the overhanging flexible bag A is a base B
At the auxiliary stop pins B2, B2,.

When the flexible bag-shaped member A is mounted, a physiological saline solution is put into the flexible bag-shaped member A, and the upper ring member 50 and the lower ring member 40 are synchronized and rocked so as to be tilted separately. Lower motor 6
When power is supplied to 1, the whirling arm 63 whirls around the output shaft 62, and the roller 64 at the tip of the whirling arm 63 makes a circular motion. Since the roller 64 is fitted in the groove 46 of the groove member 45 fixed to the side edge of the lower ring member 40, the groove member 45 moves up and down according to the roller 64, and the roller 64 slides in the groove 46. . Thereby, the lower ring member 40 swings so as to be inclined around the center line C1.

When the upper motor 65 is energized, the whirling arm 67 whirls around the output shaft 66, and the roller 68 at the tip of the whirling arm 67 makes a circular motion. According to this circular motion, the groove member 55 fixed to the side edge of the upper ring member 50 moves up and down, the roller 68 slides in the groove 56, and the lower ring member 40 swings so as to incline around the center line C2. .

As shown in FIG. 6, the lower ring member 40 swings with respect to the base B so as to incline to both sides from a horizontal posture around a horizontally disposed center line C1, while the upper ring member 5
Numeral 0 swings relative to the lower ring member 40 around a center line C2 orthogonal to the center line C1 of the lower ring member 40 while swinging together with the lower ring member 40 so as to tilt together.

When the upper ring member 50 and the lower ring member 40 are swung in this manner, the center line C2 is tilted around the center line C1 on the lower ring member 40 as a whole. Thus, the upper ring member 50 performs a milling rocking motion. The rocking motion of the bobbin displaces the opening of the flexible bag-like body A so as to be sequentially pulled up, and the bottom portion is pulled. I comes off and comes up. If this is picked up and collected at the opening of the flexible bag-like body A, the sherbet-like ice I for cooling the affected part of the operation can be stably and easily manufactured.

As can be seen from FIGS. 5 and 6, limit switches L1, L2 and L3 are provided as sensors for detecting the ends of the lower ring member 40 and the upper ring member 50, and the upper ring member is in a horizontal state. , The drive unit stops.

[0026]

According to the ice making apparatus according to the present invention, the upper ring buzzer with the opening of the flexible bag-like body A is hulled, and the saline inside the bottom hitting the cooling section 20 is formed. Since the sherbet-shaped ice is made to float continuously by freezing the water, the ice for surgery can be obtained stably and easily without human intervention.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an ice making device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an ice making device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an ice making device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a main part front view showing a driving portion of a lower ring member of the ice making device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a main part front view showing a driving portion of an upper ring member of the ice making device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation state of the ice making device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A: Flexible bag 10: Ice making device 20: Cooling unit 30: Ice making mechanism 40: Lower ring member 50: Upper ring member 60: Drive unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An ice making apparatus for producing sherbet-like ice for cooling an affected part of a surgical operation, comprising: a cooling part for receiving a soft thin film containing a saline solution by contacting the flexible bag with the bottom thereof; An ice making mechanism that supports and swings the upper portion of the bag-like body, wherein the ice making mechanism supports the lower ring member on the base so as to be swingable so as to be tilted to both sides from a horizontal posture around a horizontally disposed center line. And an upper ring member to be mounted on the lower ring member so as to be mounted on the lower bag member by opening the upper portion of the flexible bag-like body, and the upper ring member is positioned on the center line of the lower ring member. The upper ring member is slidably supported on the lower ring member so as to incline to both sides around the orthogonal center line, and the upper ring member and the lower ring member are oscillated so as to be tilted separately so that the upper ring member is also slid. It is characterized by providing a drive unit that performs oscillating motion Ice-making device for.