Apparatus for detecting an amount of stored ice

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EP 1 209 429 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	03.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/27

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	29.05.2002 Bulletin 2002/22

(21)	Application number: 01128067.4

(22)	Date of filing: 26.11.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F25C 5/18, G01F 23/38

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

28.11.2000 JP 2000361058

(71)	Applicant: HOSHIZAKI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
	Toyoake-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Otani, Teruhiko, Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoake-shi, Aichi-ken (JP) Kuroyanagi, Masayuki, Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki K. Toyoake-shi, Aichi-ken (JP) Kawachi, Motohiro, Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki K. Toyoake-shi, Aichi-ken (JP) Hibino, Takashi, Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoake-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)

(74)	Representative: Kuhnen & Wacker
	Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Prinz-Ludwig-Strasse 40A 85354 Freising 85354 Freising (DE)

(54)	Apparatus for detecting an amount of stored ice

(57) A pair of claw portions (22,23) that may be elastically deformed are formed at both ends of a top surface of a base body (21) of a detecting plate base (18). A circular arc portion (24) and a switch holding portion (25) are formed between the pair of claw portions (22,23). A recessed portion is formed on the lower surface side of the base body (21) by the circular arc portion (24) so that a detecting plate (19) mounted on the detecting plate base (18) may be rotated. A lead switch (20) is attachably and detachably mounted on the switch holding portion (25). An apparatus for detecting an amount of stored ice is attachably and detachably fitted from the interior of the ice storing chamber to an opening portion formed in the top plate of the ice storing chamber by the claw portions (22,23) of the detecting plate base (18).

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