JPH0727458A - Ice making container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To get transparent ice by a method wherein there are provided a partition member arranged within a main body of the cylindrical container having a bottom part, and a plurality of openings for communicating between an inner side of the partition plate and an outer side of the partition plate. CONSTITUTION:A partition member 13 is arranged within a main body 12 of a container. Water is fed at the upper part of the main body 12 of the container. A recessed part 11a arranged at a lid 11 is engaged with a projection part 12a arranged at an outer circumferential surface of the main body 12 of the container Then, the main body 12 of the container having the lid 11 closed thereon is placed still in a refrigerator up-side down. Then, ice is started to begin from at the upper surface of water and its sides, air bubbles pass through slits (openings) 13c of the partition member 13, are collected at the central part of the partition member 13, the inside part of the partition member 13 has white-colored ices containing air bubbles. The outside part of the partition plate 13 becomes transparent ice. Accordingly, ice is separated at the inside part and the outside part of the partition plate 13, thereby transparent ice can be attained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ice making container which is placed in a freezing compartment to form transparent ice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, various beverages, such as at home and restaurants,
For drinks such as sake and whiskey, ice pieces produced in a refrigerator are often used for cooling.

The ice-making container of the current home refrigerator is one in which a frame is provided in a grid pattern in the container to obtain a plurality of cubed ice cubes. It has the drawback of being wrapped in and not being able to obtain clear ice.

Therefore, as an ice making container for obtaining transparent ice, there is one disclosed in JP-A-54-3949. The conventional ice making container is shown in FIG.

In the ice making container shown in the figure, the inner container body 1 is disposed in the outer container 2, a plurality of through holes 4 are provided in the bottom surface 3 of the inner container body, and the water injected into the upper container body chamber 5 The structure is such that the lower container body chamber 6 constituted by the inner container body 1 is easily filled.

By injecting water from the upper portion of the ice making container 1, the water is supplied to the lower container body chamber through a plurality of through holes 4 provided in the bottom surface 3 of the inner container body 1 constituting the lower container body chamber 6. 6 and then the upper container body chamber 5 is also filled with water.

When this container filled with water is left to stand in a freezer or a freezer of a domestic refrigerator, the cold air in the freezer causes the water in the upper container body chamber 5 to start to freeze from the top and side surfaces, increasing its thickness, Freezing proceeds without enclosing the air dissolved in water in the ice, and the water in the upper container body chamber 5 is completely frozen.

On the other hand, with respect to water in the lower container chamber 6, the bottom surface 3 of the inner container 1 having a plurality of through holes 4 serves as a kind of partition wall, delays the freezing, and the freezing starts after a long time. The ice in the body chamber 6 becomes cloudy ice containing air bubbles,
Transparent ice can be obtained in the upper container chamber 5.

[0009]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, there is a problem that the ice formed in the upper container body chamber 5 is not completely transparent.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an ice making container capable of obtaining transparent ice.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, an ice making container of the present invention is an ice making container which is placed in a freezing chamber to form transparent ice. It is characterized in that it has a cylindrical partition body arranged in the container body and a plurality of openings provided so as to communicate the inside and outside of the partition body.

[0012]

According to the ice making container having the above construction, when water is put in the container body and placed in the freezing chamber, freezing starts from the upper and side surfaces of the water, and air bubbles pass through the opening of the partition body to form the partition body. Collected in the center and moved further downward, the inside of the partition becomes cloudy ice containing air bubbles, while the outside of the partition becomes transparent ice. By separating the ice inside and outside the partition, transparent ice formed on the outside of the partition can be obtained.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of the ice making container of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

The ice making container 10 is composed of a bottomed cylindrical container body 12 having a lid 11, and a cylindrical partitioning body 13 arranged in the container body 12.

The container body 12 is provided with a convex portion 12a on the outer peripheral surface on the open end side so that it can be detachably engaged with a concave portion 11a provided on the lid 11. In addition, the container body 12
The lid 11 and the lid 11 are made of flexible resin.

The partition body 13 is composed of a flange portion 13a and a tubular portion 13b, and the tubular portion 13b is provided with a plurality of slits (openings) 13c evenly in the circumferential direction.

Next, a method of forming transparent ice using the ice making container 10 having the above-described structure will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, the partition 13 is placed in the container body 12, water is injected from the upper portion of the container body 12, and the container body 12 is filled with water. The lid 11 is pushed downward with a hand so that the concave portion 11a provided in the lid 11 is inserted into the container body 12
It is engaged with the convex portion 12a provided on the outer peripheral surface of the.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the container body 12 with the lid 11 is turned upside down and placed in a freezer or a freezer of a domestic refrigerator.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5, freezing of cold water in the freezer starts from the upper and side surfaces of the water, and the bubbles pass through the slits 13c of the partition body 13 to the center of the partition body 13 and further downward. While moving, the inside of the partition 13 becomes cloudy ice 14 containing bubbles, while the outside of the partition 13 becomes transparent ice 15. Since the volume of water increases to ice, the central portion of the lid 11 swells downward, and in some cases, the lid 11 comes off as shown in FIG.

Next, the ice making container 10 is taken out to separate the ice between the inside and the outside of the partition 13 to obtain the transparent ice 15 formed on the outside of the partition 13. .

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment,
Various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, a plurality of projecting pieces may be provided outward from the cylindrical portion 13b of the partition body 13. According to this, it is possible to save the trouble of breaking the transparent ice 15 formed on the outer side of the partition body 13. Further, the shape of the container body 12 is not limited to this embodiment, and may be rectangular. Furthermore, the lid 11 and the partition 13 may be integrated.

Further, as shown in the container body 12A shown in FIG. 6, the container body 12 has a bottomed cylindrical shape which does not require the lid 11.
The bottom may be thick to make it difficult to bend. As shown in the container body 12B shown in FIG. 7, the lid 11 may have a bottomed cylindrical shape and the bottom may have a bellows structure to facilitate bending. As shown in the container main body 12C shown in (1), the lid 11 may have a bottomed cylindrical shape that does not require it, and the bottom lid may be detachable. Since the container body 12 has the structure shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 in this manner, it is not necessary to turn the container body 12A to 12C upside down when pouring water into the container body and placing it in the freezer. The effect that it is easy to handle is obtained.

[0025]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the inside of the partition body becomes cloudy ice containing air bubbles, but the outside of the partition body becomes transparent ice. By separating the inside and the outside, transparent ice formed on the outside of the partition can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing an embodiment of an ice making container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing one method of forming transparent ice according to this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing one method of forming transparent ice according to this embodiment.

6 is a sectional view showing another example of the container body shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing another example of the container body shown in FIG.

8 is a cross-sectional view showing another example of the container body shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a conventional ice making container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Ice Making Container 11 Lid 12, 12A, 12B, 12C Container Main Body 13 Partition 13c Slit (Opening) 15 Transparent Ice

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An ice-making container which is placed in a freezing chamber to form transparent ice, has a bottomed cylindrical container body, a cylindrical partition body arranged in the container body, and a partition body of the partition body. An ice-making container having a plurality of openings provided so as to communicate the inside and the outside.