Patent ID: 7406838

Claim:
An ice-making machine comprising: a machine body having its front side provided with a control faceplate, said machine body formed with a water tank and an accommodating hollow in the interior, said water tank bored with a water intake having its rear end connected with a water pipe and a pump, said accommodating hollow having one end provided with a feed water pipe connected with said water pipe, said accommodating hollow having its front side formed with a draining channel communicating with said water tank, said accommodating hollow further having one side bored with an insert hole and a slit, said machine body installed with a trigger switch on an outer side of said accommodating hollow at a location corresponding to said insert hole; a water trough pivotally assembled in said accommodating hollow of said machine body, said water trough having its front side pivotally assembled with a push plate, said water trough having its opposite sides respectively fixed with a pivot, said pivot at one side inserted through said insert hole of said accommodating hollow and fitted with said trigger switch; a freezing system installed in the interior of said machine body, said freezing system composed of a compressor, a condenser, an electric magnetic valve, a dryer, a vaporizer and a liquid reservoir, said dryer having one end connected with a capillary tube, said vaporizer having its underside provided with at least on ice-making rod, said vaporizer set above said water trough; and an ice-collecting box supported on the support edge of said water tank of said machine body.