Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Yoshiharu Abe

Hideyuki Katayanagi

Kazuhiro Takahashi

A flow-type ice manufacturing machine includes substantially vertical ice making panels and equipped with a cooling pipe secured on the back of the ice making panels for cooling circulating water that flows on the ice making surfaces. The ice manufacturing machine comprises an ice storage chamber for storing ice, the chamber having a front door, a machinery room for accommodating a condensation unit, the machinery room mounted on the upper front end of the ice storage chamber, and an ice making portion mounted behind the machinery room, so that the ice produced drops into the ice storage chamber and heaps deeply in the chamber, thereby preventing the ice from spilling from the door when it is opened or forcing the door to open unexpectedly. A ice level sensor is mounted on the rear wall of the ice storage chamber so that the sensor is not liable to damage by the users' scooping operation, yet the sensor is capable of accurately detecting the amount of the ice stored in the chamber, thereby providing improved control of the ice manufacturing operation.

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Fujioka, Japan

Yoshiharu Abe