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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2002
Tomohito Nomura, Aichi, JP;
Hideo Sumikawa, Aichi, JP;
Tomohito Nomura, Aichi, JP;
Hideo Sumikawa, Aichi, JP;
Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoake, JP;
Abstract
An auger type ice machine in which the load on a geared motor and an upper bearing is mitigated by detecting the load on an auger. A geared motor () disposed below a cylinder (). A rotor () of the geared motor has an output shaft (). A pulse encoder () is provided on the output shaft (). The geared motor () is connected with a geared motor power supply () through a relay (). Similarly, a compressor () is connected with a compressor power supply () through a relay (). The relays () and () are controlled by a control portion (). The control portion () controls the relays () and () according to a signal inputted from the pulse encoder ().