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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2004
Yuji Wakatsuki, Toyoake, JP;
Yuji Wakatsuki, Toyoake, JP;
Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
When refrigerant shortage has occurred, a failsafe operation, for example, for stopping an ice-making operation is carried out to thereby suppress wasteful electric power consumption and prevent an ice-making section and a compressor from being damaged. An ice-making machine alternately and repeatedly carries out the ice-making operation for producing ice blocks (M) by cooling an ice-making section () on which is disposed an evaporator () connected to a refrigeration system (), by supplying refrigerant to the evaporator () for circulation, and deicing the operation for causing the ice blocks (M) produced on the ice-making section () to be released therefrom. During the ice-making operation, when time in which the outlet temperature of refrigerant from the evaporator () takes to reach a first preset temperature Kafter the start of the ice-making operation, is longer than a normal time tnin which the outlet temperature of the refrigerant from the evaporator () takes to reach the preset temperature Kthe abnormal state of shortage of refrigerant is determined and a failsafe operation is carried out.