Domestic ice shaver

• US 4,767,068 A
• Filed: 05/29/1987
• Issued: 08/30/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Chubu Industries Incorporated No 463 Oaza-Moritada Kuwana-Shi Mie-Ken Japan
• Original Assignee: Chubu Industries Incorporated
• Inventors: Ando, Toshio
• Primary Examiner(s): Echols, P. W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gorski, Joseph M.
• Application Number:
  US07/056,463
• Time in Patent Office: 459 Days
• Field of Search: 241/89.3, 241/89.4, 241/84, 241/95, 241/101.2, 241/286, 241/290, 241/92, 241/246, 241/248, 241/257 R, 241/261.1, 241/DIG. 17, 241/37.5, 241/285 R , 241/285 A, 241/277, 83/699, 83/700, 83/582, 83/403, 83/411 R, 83/425, 144/174, 144/175
• US Class Current: 241/84
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 9/045 of slush-ice, e.g. semi-frozen beverage
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 42/56 Safety devices for food processors A47J43/075
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 1/02 having a stationary cutting member B26D1/547 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 1/43 moving about another axis, e.g. mounted on the surface of a cone or curved body
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 7/2614 Means for mounting the cutting member
• CPC Class Codes: F25C 5/12 Ice-shaving machines
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/6473 Centrifugal feed to tangential tool [e.g., "Beria" type]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/8776 Constantly urged tool or tool support [e.g., spring biased]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/9469 Adjustable

Abstract

A domestic ice shaver comprises a box-like base frame unit having a top surface beyond which a drive shaft rotated by a built-in motor protrudes, a shaver case unit mounted on the base frame unit and having a shaved ice piece discharge port to which a shaving blade faces, a rotary blade unit fixed to the upper end of the drive shaft within the shaver case unit and having, on its top, a cylindrical hopper, and a cover unit mounted to the shaver case unit to cover an upper portion thereof and having a central openable lid. There is provided on the outer surface of the shaver case unit a shaving blade block detachably disposed rearwardly of the shaved ice piece discharged port. The shaving blade block has a front edge portion mounted with the shaving blade confronting the shaved ice piece discharge port.

Claims

1. A domestic ice shaver comprising:

a box-like base frame unit having a top surface beyond which a drive shaft rotated by a built-in motor protrudes;

a shaver case unit mounted on said base frame unit and having a shaved ice piece discharge port to which a shaving blade faces;

a rotary blade unit fixed to the upper end of said drive shaft within said shaver case unit and having, on its top, a cylindrical hopper; and

a cover unit mounted to said shaver case unit to cover an upper portion thereof and having a central openable lid, wherein there are provided an adjusting screw and on an outer surface of said shaver case unit a shaving blade support disposed adjacent said shaved ice piece discharge port and having a threaded hole for the adjusting screw, and there is provided an engaging projection strip disposed adjacent said shaving blade support and having an engaging recess formed in its top, and a shaving blade block is provided which has a front edge portion mounted with the shaving blade and an opening through which the adjusting screw passes so as to be screwed into said threaded hole, said shaving blade block having grooves and a tag which are respectively fitted on said engaging projection strip and fitted in said engaging recess when said adjusting screw is tightened, and said shaving block having a spring member interposed between a front bottom surface of said shaving blade block and an outer surface of said shaving block support for outwardly urging said shaving blade block.

2. A domestic ice shaver according to claim 1 wherein said spring member comprises a substantially straightforward connecting portion, resilient legs extending substantially perpendicularly from opposite ends of said connecting portion, and engaging legs extending outward from ends of said resilient legs in substantially parallel relationship with said connecting portion, said shaving block has a projecting edge having opposite side portions having holes therein, said engaging legs are fitted in said holes in said opposite side portions, said shaving blade support includes a boss, and said connecting portion rests on said boss.

3. A domestic ice shaver according to claim 1 wherein said cover unit has an inner vertical portion and an inner surface, and which includes a second spring member, a swingable device having a ring having an upper surface, and having a free end and surrounding the outer circumferential periphery of said hopper, a hinge mechanism for mounting the swingable device to the inner surface of said cover unit, an openable lid having an inner circumferential edge and pivotally mounted to said cover unit, and wherein urging pawls extending vertically from the inner circumferential edge of said openable lid which is pivotally mounted to said cover unit engage, at their lower ends, said upper surface of said ring, a switch operating lever normally biased upwards by said second spring member and having an upper end engaging the free end of said swingable device is vertically mounted to said inner vertical portion of said cover unit, so that when said openable lid remaining closed is manually depressed by hand, said switch operating lever is lowered by said swingable device to turn on a switch for a motor.

4. A domestic ice shaver according to claim 1 which includes a drive shaft having an upper end having a threaded hole therein and a threaded rod, wherein said base frame unit, shaver case unit, rotary blade unit and cover unit are structurally independent of each other and wherein said base frame unit has a circular support seat which is concentric with said drive shaft and which is provided, on its outer circumferential surface, with a plurality of lugs, said shaver case unit has a skirt which is concentric with said drive shaft and which surrounds said support seat, the inner circumferential surface of said skirt being provided with the same number of outwardly extending engaging members as said lugs which are brought into engagement with said lugs when said shaver case unit is turned, said shaver case unit further having, at an upper front peripheral edge, a lug and at a rear portion a deflectable latch, said rotary blade unit has a boss in which said threaded rod for meshing engagement with said threaded hole in the upper end of said drive shaft is vertically embedded, and said cover unit has, at a lower circumferential edge, a lug and a latch which are engageable with said lug and latch of said shaver case unit.

5. A domestic ice shaver according to claim 9 which includes a spring and includes a stopper carried on a gear wherein a cam is formed on a lower edge of said skirt, an opening is formed in said base frame unit on a path of movement of said cam, and a click biased upwards by said spring is vertically movably supported in said opening, so that when an upper end of said click engages said cam so as to be lowered, a lower end of said click abuts against said stopper carried on said gear for driving said drive shaft disposed within said base frame unit.

6. A domestic ice shaver according to claim 5 wherein said base frame unit comprises a box-like casing having a front wall of a semicircular shape centered on said support seat, parallel opposite two side walls contiguous to said front wall and having rear ends, and a rear wall bridging said rear ends of said two side walls, and said shaver case unit comprises a peripheral wall being contiguous to said skirt and resembling said two side walls and rear wall of said box-like casing, said peripheral wall being carried, through a lower opening thereof, on said casing, said casing having a raised ruler which is contiguous to said support seat and which has a slanting side extending outwards between said two side walls.