Automatic ice making machine

Abstract

An automatic ice making machine with enhanced heat discharge efficiency, is provided. An ice making machine body 22 has a machine room 50 provided with a freezing mechanism 60 such as a compressor 56, and air inlets 30, 30 provided in a front panel 24 and communicating with the machine room 50. A top panel 26 comprises an insulating material 72 formed with a plurality of air circulation paths 74 which allow communication between the machine room 50 and outside of the ice making machine body 22. These air circulation paths 74 communicate with an air outlet 44 open toward an outer surface of the front panel 24. Outside air taken in from the air inlets 30, 30 circulates through the machine room 50 and an ice making space 52, and thereafter is discharged to the outside of the ice making machine body 22 via the air circulation paths 74.

1 . An automatic ice making machine having
 a machine room defined within an ice making machine body and including a freezing mechanism;   a stocker disposed above the machine room within the ice making machine body; and   an air inlet provided in the ice making machine body and communicating with the machine room, and configured such that an inside of the machine room is cooled by outside air taken in from the air inlet, characterized in that   air circulation paths are formed in an insulating material provided between a top panel constituting a top surface of the ice making machine body and a stocker to allow communication between the machine room and outside of the ice making machine body and to let the outside air taken in from the air inlet to be discharged to the outside of the ice making machine body via the air circulation paths.   
   
   
       2 . The automatic ice making machine according to  claim 1 , wherein an ice making space communicating with the machine room and the air circulation paths is defined behind the stocker in the ice making machine body, and configured such that ice blocks produced in an ice making mechanism disposed in the ice making space are released into the stocker. 
   
   
       3 . The automatic ice making machine according to  claim 2 , wherein the air inlet is provided on a front panel covering a front side of the machine room. 
   
   
       4 . The automatic ice making machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the air circulation paths communicate with the outside of the ice making machine body via an air outlet open toward a front side of the ice making machine body.