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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1994
Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoaki, JP;
Abstract
An auger type ice making machine according to the present invention comprises a refrigeration casing 11 around which a refrigerant evaporation pipe 13 is wound, an auger 17 rotatably disposed in said refrigeration casing and having a blade 17b formed thereto, and a press head 27 fixed to the inside of the refrigeration casing at the upper end thereof and having an ice compression passage formed in an axial direction. A high-hardness metal layer 35 composed of a self-melting metal is formed to the upper rotary shaft 17c of the auger 17 passing through the center hole 27c of the press head, a resin slide bearing 29 in contact with the metal layer 35 is fixed to the center hole of the press head in such a manner that the slide bearing 29 projects from the boundaries of the high-hardness metal layer at the both ends thereof and covers the entire surface of the metal layer 35, and the upper rotary shaft 17c of the auger 17 is supported by the press head 27 through the slide bearing 29.