KR0143148B1 - Water dispenser of a refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a beverage supply device of the refrigerator, the object of which is to simplify the structure and to facilitate the installation and to facilitate the cleaning can maintain a good hygiene state, the beverage container in the storage compartment rather than the door It is to be stored so that the capacity of the beverage container can be expanded.

The present invention is a main body 10 having a refrigerating compartment 11 provided therein, a door 20 for opening and closing the refrigerating compartment 11, a drainage port 31 housed in the refrigerating compartment 11 and facing the door 20. The beverage container 30 having a), one end thereof is coupled to the drain 31 when the door 200 is closed, the other end is exposed to the outside of the door 20, the flow path 71 through which the beverage is discharged Is installed in the hollow installation pipe 41, the inner flow path 71 of the installation pipe 41 so as to reciprocate, and one end of the flow path 710 when projecting outward of the flow path 71. 31 is provided with a hollow portion 52 having a communication flow path 73 communicating with the other end, the first opening and closing member 50 extending to the outside of the other end of the installation pipe 41, the drain portion 31 therein At one end thereof is configured to include a second opening and closing member 60 is formed with an opening and closing flow path 72 is opened when the inner side of the beverage container 30 protrudes.

Description

Beverage supply device of refrigerator

1 is a cross-sectional view showing a general beverage supply device.

2 is a view showing the inside of a refrigerator employing a beverage supply apparatus according to the present invention.

3 is a view showing a beverage supply apparatus according to the present invention shown in FIG.

4 is an operation state diagram of the beverage supply apparatus according to the present invention, a is shown when closed, b is shown when opened. As a beverage supply apparatus according to the present invention as a cross-sectional view of a conventional coin box.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: body 12: refrigerator

20: door 21: taking out space

30: beverage container 31: drainage

41: installation pipe 42: coupling guide tube

50: first opening and closing member 52: hollow part

54: packing 60: second opening and closing member

62: Packing 71: Euro

72: opening and closing euro 73: communication euro

81: gasket 91: blocking member

The present invention relates to a beverage supply apparatus of the refrigerator, and in particular, the beverage container is accommodated in the refrigerating compartment and the first opening and closing member and the second opening and closing member to be coupled to each other when the door is closed, respectively installed in the door 롸 beverage container of the beverage container The present invention relates to a beverage supply apparatus of a refrigerator capable of withdrawing beverage from the outside of the door.

1 is a view showing a beverage supply device of a general refrigerator. As shown in the figure, an installation hole 9 is formed in the refrigerator door 1 so as to vertically communicate with the inside and the outside of the door 1, and inside the installation hole 9, a hollow installation tube 2 ) Is installed in combination. The upper part of the installation pipe (2) is connected to the beverage container (3) in the inverted state, and the inside of the installation pipe (2) is a hollow flow path tube formed with a suction flow path (7) in which air is sucked up and down inside the installation pipe (2) (4) is installed to be movable. At this time, the flow path pipe 4 is installed spaced apart from the inner surface of the installation pipe (2) to form a discharge flow path (8) through which water is discharged. The opening and closing pipe 5 for opening and closing the discharge flow path 8 and the suction flow path 7 is installed outside the flow path pipe 4, and the opening and closing pipe 4 opens the suction flow path 7 first and then discharges the flow path ( It is provided to flow up and down a certain width in the flow path 4 to open 8). A spring 6 for elastically restoring the flow path tube 4 is installed between the installation pipe 2 and the flow path tube 4.

The beverage taking process of the beverage supply device of the conventional refrigerator configured as described above is as follows. When the lower end portion of the flow path pipe 4 is pushed upward, the flow path pipe 4 rises to open the suction flow path 7, and then rises together with the opening and closing pipe 5 to open the discharge flow path 8. As air is sucked into the open suction channel 7, the beverage is discharged through the discharge channel 8.

However, the conventional beverage supply apparatus of the refrigerator has a problem that the manufacturing and installation process is difficult because the structure for controlling the discharge of the beverage is composed of a plurality of hollow tubes. In addition, it is difficult to clean the inside of the hollow tube with a small diameter, the cleanliness of the device was unsanitary problem.

In addition, since the beverage container is housed in the interior of the door, it is not possible to increase the capacity, so the drink has to be supplied frequently.

Therefore, the present invention is to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a beverage supply apparatus of the refrigerator which can maintain a good hygiene state by simplifying the structure to facilitate installation and easy cleaning To provide.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a beverage supply apparatus of a refrigerator which expands the capacity of the beverage container by storing the beverage container in the storage compartment instead of the door.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a beverage container having a main body provided with a storage compartment therein, a door for opening and closing the storage compartment, a storage compartment accommodated in the storage compartment and provided on a surface opposite to the door, one end of which is a drainage portion when the door is closed. It is coupled to, the other end is exposed to the outside of the door, the hollow installation tube formed with a flow path in which the beverage is discharged therein, is installed to be reciprocally inserted into the inner flow path of the installation pipe, one end of which protrudes outside the flow path And a hollow portion having a communication flow path for communicating the flow path with the discharge portion, the other end of which is provided with a first opening / closing member which extends to the outside of the other end of the installation pipe, and when one end thereof protrudes into the beverage container therein. It is a configuration including a second opening and closing member formed with an opening and closing flow path to be opened.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view showing the inside of a refrigerator employing a beverage supply apparatus according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, a storage chamber is provided inside the rectangular cylindrical body 10 having a front surface open. The storage compartment is divided up and down into a freezing compartment (not shown) and the refrigerating compartment 11 by the intermediate space 12, and the door 20 is coupled to the right main body 10 of the refrigerating compartment 11 to open and close the refrigerating compartment 11. To help. The support plate 13 is installed in the upper portion of the refrigerating chamber 11, and the beverage container 30 in which the beverage is stored is installed in the upper side of the support plate 13.

And, as shown in Figure 3, the lower portion of the front of the beverage container 30 is formed with a drain portion 31 protruding toward the front side, the inner side of the outer surface of the door 20 facing the beverage container 30 to the inside A draw-out take-out space 21 is installed, and a structure for discharging the beverage stored in the beverage container 30 to the take-out space 21 is provided between the take-out space 21 and the drain portion 31. First, the installation hole 22 which communicates the inside of the taking-out space 21 and the door 20 is formed in the door 20 back and forth. An installation tube 41 having a flow path 71 formed therein is connected to the installation hole 22. The drainage portion 31 is pulled out of the door 20 at an inner end of the installation tube 41. Coupling guide tube 42 is inserted into the coupling is installed. On the other hand, the flow path 71 is bent downward to communicate with the take-out space 21.

In the inner flow passage 71 of the installation pipe 41, the rear end thereof extends to the outside of the coupling guide tube 42, and the front end portion 51 extends through the front surface of the installation pipe 41 to the discharge space 21. The first opening and closing member 50 is inserted and installed to move back and forth, opening and closing with the flow path 71, the second opening and closing member 60 of the hollow body having the opening and closing flow path 72 formed therein Inserted to open and close the drain 31 while moving back and forth along the front and rear movement of the first opening and closing member (50).

This will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 of a and b. First, the front end portion 51 of the first opening / closing member 50 penetrates through the front surface of the installation pipe 41 and takes out the space 21. It extends so as to prolong a predetermined length, the rear end is extended to the rear of the coupling guide tube 42, the rear portion of the first opening and closing member 50 is provided with a hollow portion 52 formed with a communication flow path 73 therein do. The communication flow path 73 is open to communicate with the flow path 71 in order to open and close the flow path 71 only when the first opening and closing member 50 is reversed, the rear end of the coupling guide pipe 42 The inlet 53 is formed in the hollow portion 52 of the portion located therein so that when the first opening / closing member 50 is reversed, the inlet 53 is exposed to the inside of the non-aqueous portion 31 to open the communication flow path 73. At this time, the packing 54 for sealing the rear end of the coupling guide tube 42 is installed at the rear end of the hollow part 52. And the outer side of the hollow portion 52, the spring 55 is installed to elastically cover the first opening and closing member 50, the spring 55 is the outward flange 56 formed in the hollow portion 52 and the coupling guide tube ( 42) both ends are supported.

The second opening / closing member 60 is inserted into the drain 31 so as to contact the rear end of the first opening / closing member 50 formed with a hollow body formed therein. . At this time, the second opening and closing member 60 is formed with an inlet 61 for communicating the opening and closing flow passage 72 and the interior of the beverage container 30, the position of the beverage container 30 when the reverse of the second opening and closing member 60. It is formed in the portion protruding into the inside, the packing 62 for sealing the inlet 61 is installed at the rear of the inlet (61). A spring 63 for elastically restoring the second opening and closing member 60 is installed to be supported by the front end of the drain 31 and the second opening and closing member 60.

Meanwhile, the outer side of the coupling guide tube 42 and the rear outer side of the second opening / closing member 60 are provided with one type gasket 81 for preventing leakage, and a communication passage 73 is formed in the middle of the first opening / closing member 50. And a blocking member 91 for opening and closing the flow path 71 integrally therewith to prevent external hot air from flowing into the inside.

Meanwhile, in the ejection space 21, a lever 92 having an upper side coupled to the outer surface of the door 20 so as to be rotatable back and forth has a surface of the first opening / closing member 50 whose one side protrudes forward of the installation pipe 41. It is installed to be in close contact with the front end 51 to easily push the first opening and closing member 50 to the rear.

Referring to the operation and the effects thereof of the beverage supply device of the refrigerator according to the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, when the drain is closed and no beverage is discharged, a of FIG. 4 will be described with reference. The first opening and closing main body 50 and the second opening and closing member 60 are elastically biased to the front side by the springs 55 and 63 so that the inflow openings 53 and 61 of the communication passage 73 and the opening and closing passage 72 are opened. ) Is closed and no drink is discharged. At this time, the packing 54, 62 installed on the rear side of the hollow portion 52 and the second opening and closing member 60 to prevent the beverage from leaking.

When the lever (92 in FIG. 3) is pushed to the rear side in this state, as shown in b of FIG. 4, the first opening / closing member 50 in close contact with the lever 92 wins by the elastic force of the spring 55 and is rearward. At the same time, the second opening and closing member 60 in contact with the first opening and closing member 50 is also moved to the rear side. As a result, the inflow port 53 of the communication flow path 72 moves away from the coupling guide tube 42 to communicate with the interior of the drain port 31 and the communication flow path 73, and the inlet 61 of the opening and closing flow path 72 also moves to the rear side. By opening and closing the flow passage 72 and the interior of the beverage container 30 to communicate. On the other hand, the blocking member 91 coupled to the intermediate portion of the first opening and closing member 50 is also moved to the rear side to open the flow path 71 to completely open the drainage portion 31 and the flow path (71). As a result, the beverage stored in the beverage container 30 passes through the opening / closing flow passage 72, the communication passage 73, and the flow passage 710 in order to be discharged to the take-out space 21.

When the lever 92 is pushed to end the discharge of the beverage, the first opening and closing member 50 and the second opening and closing member 60 are returned by the elastic force of the springs 55 and 63. As a result, the inlet 53 of the communication flow path 73 is inserted into the coupling guide pipe 42, and the packing 54 is in close contact with the rear end of the coupling guide pipe 42 to close the communication flow path 72. The inlet 61 of the opening and closing flow path 72 is inserted into the drain 31, and the packing 62 seals the drain 31 so that the drain 31 and the flow path 71 are closed to discharge the beverage. It stops.

Meanwhile, the blocking member 910 closes the front side of the flow path 71 together with the communication flow path 72 to prevent hot external air from flowing into the flow path 71.

As described in detail above, the beverage supply apparatus of the refrigerator according to the present invention has the advantage of being easy to clean and maintain a good hygiene state by simplifying the structure for controlling the discharge of the beverage. It also has the advantage of easy manufacturing and installation.

And since the beverage container is stored in the storage compartment, there is an advantage that the capacity of the beverage container can be configured as large as desired.

Claims (6)

A beverage container having a main body provided with a storage compartment therein, a door opening and closing in the storage compartment, a drainage portion accommodated in the storage compartment and provided on a surface opposite to the door, and one end thereof is coupled to the drainage portion when the door is closed, and the other end thereof. Is exposed to the outside of the door, the hollow installation tube formed with a flow path through which the beverage is discharged therein, and is installed to be reciprocally inserted into the inner flow path of the installation pipe, when one end thereof protrudes out of the flow path. The hollow part is provided with a communication flow path for communicating the flow path with the discharge portion, the other end is a first opening and closing member extending to the outside of the other end of the installation pipe, therein one end from the drain in the interior of the beverage container Beverage supply apparatus of the refrigerator comprising a second opening and closing member is formed when the opening and closing flow path is opened when protruded. According to claim 1, wherein the inlet of the communication flow path is provided to be located inside the installation pipe, the beverage supply device of the refrigerator, characterized in that the packing is installed outside the inlet to prevent leakage. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the second opening / closing member positioned inside the drainage portion is formed with an inlet of the opening and closing path and a packing is provided in the second opening / closing member inside the beverage container of the inlet. Beverage supply device. The beverage supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the other end of the first opening / closing member is provided with a blocking member for opening and closing the flow passage at the same time as the communication passage. According to claim 1, wherein the first opening and closing member and the second opening and closing member is a beverage supply apparatus of the refrigerator, characterized in that each provided with a spring to restore them. According to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the right side of the door facing the other end of the installation pipe is provided with a draw-out formed space, the lever is rotated relative to the upper end in the take-up space Beverage supply apparatus of the refrigerator, characterized in that provided in contact with the other end of the first opening and closing member.