SAFETY DEVICE FOR AN ICE MACHINE

Abstract

A safety device for an ice machine comprising a cover-type body (1), with a spherical cap shape, which is articulated on one of the ends (1a) thereof, while on the other end (1b) thereof it has a floating character and incorporates protuberances (1c) that make up the arrangement of an elastic closure (2) responsible for fastening said body to the ice machine (10); and wherein electronic means (3) are located adjacently to the body (1) in the placement area of an end of the elastic closure (2), which are responsible for detecting the change in position or opening of said body (1) and sending machine stop and breakdown warnings.

Claims

1. A safety device for an ice machine, the safety device comprising: a cover-type body having a spherical cap shape on a first end of said cover-type body and a floating character on a second end of said cover-type body, wherein protuberances are incorporated on said second end of said cover-type body and make up an arrangement of an elastic closure responsible for fastening said cover-type body to the ice machine, the second end having the floating character acts as a housing area of electronic means responsible for reading or detecting a change in position or opening of said cover-type body and sending a machine stop signal and a breakdown warning.

2. The safety device for the ice machine according to claim 1, wherein the electronic means are configured in a casing that houses a microchip, programmed to perform both the reading or the detecting of the change in position in the body and the sending of the machine stop signal and the breakdown warning.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0009] What follows is a very brief description of a series of drawings that aid in better understanding the invention, and which are expressly related to an embodiment of said invention that is presented by way of a non-limiting example of the same.

[0010] FIG. 1. Shows a view of the safety device for an ice machine, correctly mounted in an ice machine.

[0011] FIG. 2. Shows a cross-sectional view of the safety device for an ice machine, object of the present specification.

[0012] FIG. 3. Shows a detailed view of the electronic means (3) as part of the safety device for an ice machine, object of the present specification.

DESCRIPTION OF A DETAILED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

[0013] The attached figures show a preferred embodiment of the invention. More specifically, the safety device for an ice machine, object of the present invention, is made up of a cover-type body (1), with a spherical cap shape, which is articulated on one of the ends (1a) thereof, while on the other end (1b) thereof it has a floating character, incorporates protuberances (1c) which make up the arrangement of an elastic closure (2) responsible for fastening said body to the ice machine (10).

[0014] The body (1), on the end (1b) where the elastic closure (2) is located, houses electronic means (3), as shown in FIG. 3; responsible for detecting the change in position or opening of said body (1), sending a stop warning to the control means of the ice machine, and an external blockage or breakdown warning, so that an operator can access the cited area, for the repair thereof.

[0015] In a preferred embodiment, the electronic means (3) will be configured in a casing that houses a microchip, programmed to perform both the reading of the change in position in the body (1) and the sending of the stop signal and the breakdown warning.

[0016] In the case of the blockage disappearing, after a safety time has passed, the electronic means (3) will send a start-up signal to the control means of the machine, automatically resetting the machine, without the action of any operator.