CN105753131A - Mineral substance supply unit - Google Patents

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CN105753131A
CN105753131A CN201510931641.3A CN201510931641A CN105753131A CN 105753131 A CN105753131 A CN 105753131A CN 201510931641 A CN201510931641 A CN 201510931641A CN 105753131 A CN105753131 A CN 105753131A
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    • C02TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
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The invention discloses a mineral substance supply unit. The mineral substance supply unit comprises a mineral substance cylinder, a mineral substance cylinder cover, a mineral substance cylinder receiving unit, and an air supply pipe. The mineral substance cylinder is used for storing concentrated mineral substance of predetermined amount, and the bottom surface is provided with a mineral substance opening, and in addition, the top surface of the mineral substance cylinder can be sealed, and therefore an air layer having a predetermined height can be formed between the surface of the mineral substance stored in the mineral substance cylinder and the top surface of the mineral substance cylinder. The mineral substance cylinder cover connected with the opening of the mineral substance cylinder, and comprises a mineral substance exhaust hole, and an opening/closing member, which is used to open the mineral substance exhaust hole selectively by moving upwards and downwards. The mineral substance cylinder cover can be detachably disposed on the mineral substance cylinder receiving unit. The mineral substance cylinder receiving unit comprises a protruded member formed on the position corresponding to the opening/closing member and a pump connecting pipe connected with a pump used for supplying the air. The air supply pipe is connected with a pump connecting pipe, and is used to limit the following channel: the air supplied by the pump can be moved to the air layer by the channel.

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Mineral feeding unit
The cross reference of related application
The application requires in the priority of korean patent application No.10-2015-0000902 that on January 5th, 2015 submits to according to 35U.S.C. § 119 (a), this application at this by introducing in full.
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of drinking water supply equipment, it includes mineral feeding unit, produces, for supplying, the mineral that mineral water is required.
Background technology
By and large, drinking water supply equipment is the equipment supplying drinking water to user.Drinking water supply equipment can be independent equipment, or may be constructed a part for household electrical appliance, such as refrigerator.
Drinking water supply equipment can supply the drinking water of room temperature to user.Additionally, drinking water supply equipment can use the cold feed unit cooling drinking water including kind of refrigeration cycle, or heater heating drinking water can be used.That is, drinking water supply equipment can supply cold water or hot water as required to user.
Cleaning water that drinking water is probably subsoil water, the unboiled water from faucet supply or the faucet supply from use additional filtration device, that obtained by filtration unboiled water.But, in the following description, drinking water will be defined as drinkable water.Drinking water is not limited to above-mentioned water.
In recent years, have been developed over except providing a user with filtered cleaning water, cold water or hot water, using the teaching of the invention it is possible to provide meet the drinking water supply equipment of the activated water of the various demands of user.Such as, drinking water supply equipment can include mineral water supply module, and it can provide a user with the mineral water containing scheduled volume mineral.
Together with protein, fat, carbohydrate and vitamin, mineral constitutes five kinds of type nutrient substance.Mineral biochemical activity in human body (such as catalysis activity) and played important effect in the structure of skeleton, tooth etc..
Particularly, calcium (Ca), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg) and sodium (Na) are the mineral elements that metabolism is required.
Mineral water containing these mineral can be played a supporting role in the health improving user, such as discharges refuse and facilitating digestion from human body.
Drinking water contains the mineral of scheduled volume, when user drinks this water, taste is likely to for this water of user better.
In order to produce such mineral water, electroanalyzer, mineral filter or for using the storage mineral cylinder of concentrate minerals and mineral supply pipe that mineral liquid direct supplies to the mineral water supply module of cleaning water, can be applied to drinking water supply equipment.
Mineral water supply module can have more greater compactness of size than miscellaneous equipment, and can be controlled for producing the amount of the mineral that mineral water is discharged.
Mineral cylinder can have mineral cylinder is easily mounted to the size and dimension in drinking water supply equipment.Mineral cylinder can store the mineral of the scheduled volume corresponding with the mineral water of the pre-determined number discharging mineral or produced scheduled volume.
In order to discharge mineral from mineral cylinder, mineral cylinder can be connected to in mineral cylinder with the pump of pressurized storage mineral in mineral cylinder by being used for supplying air.
The air being fed to mineral cylinder by pump is introduced in the mineral liquid in mineral cylinder with the form of bubble, by having the mineral liquid of predetermined altitude, then moves to the air layer above the mineral liquid in mineral cylinder.
When bubble moves through mineral liquid, it is possible to create flow noise.The amount of the mineral being stored in mineral cylinder is more many, and produced by bubble, flow noise is more big.
Additionally, when bubble air layer in mineral cylinder breaks, it is possible to create noise.
When maybe after generation mineral water, mineral supply pipe supplements mineral to generation mineral water, it is also possible to produce noise.Noise is likely to make user feel inconvenience.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the present invention relates to a kind of mineral feeding unit, which substantially obviate the one or more problems owing to restriction and the shortcoming of prior art cause.
It is an object of the invention to provide a kind of mineral feeding unit as described below and include the drinking water supply equipment of this unit: described mineral feeding unit is prevented from owing to air is fed in mineral cylinder so that mineral discharges the noise produced to produce mineral water from mineral cylinder.
Hereinafter, other advantages of the present invention, target and characteristic being carried out part explanation, on the basis hereafter consulted, those of ordinary skill in the art understand these parts of the present invention with will be apparent to, or can know from the practice of invention.The objects and other advantages of the present invention can be understood by the structure specifically noted in the description write and claims and accompanying drawing thereof and be obtained.
In order to realize these targets and further advantage, and the purpose according to invention, as in presented herein and obvious description, mineral feeding unit includes mineral cylinder, mineral cylinder has opening, mineral is discharged by opening, and the top surface of mineral cylinder is sealed, thus being formed with the air layer with predetermined altitude between the top surface of the surface of the mineral in being stored in mineral cylinder and mineral cylinder.
Mineral feeding unit may also include the mineral cover of the opening being connected to mineral cylinder, and mineral cover includes tap and open and close member, and mineral is discharged by tap, and open and close member is for being selectively opened tap by moving up and down.
In addition, mineral feeding unit may also include mineral cylinder and receives unit, mineral cover is releasably attached to mineral cylinder and receives unit, and mineral cylinder receives the pump connecting tube of the unit protruding member including being formed and the pump being connected to for supplying air in the position corresponding to open and close member.
In addition, mineral feeding unit can farther include to be connected to the air supply pipe of pump connecting tube, air supply pipe passage defined below: move to air layer by this passage from the air of pump supply, it is possible to prevent the generation of the flow noise of bubble in mineral cylinder.
Air supply pipe can extend from pump connecting tube so that air supply pipe is adjacent with the top surface of mineral cylinder.The direction that air flows in air supply pipe can with mineral from mineral cylinder discharge in opposite direction.
Therefore, the air supplied by air supply pipe can increase the volume of air layer, and pressure is applied to, in the way of proportional to the volume increased, the mineral being stored in mineral cylinder so that mineral is discharged.
Meanwhile, open and close member can seal tap on condition that an external force is not applied, and can be moved in mineral cylinder to open tap in the situation applying external force.
Open and close member comprises the steps that for the containment member at mineral cylinder inner seal tap;With move up and down component, move up and down the side of component and be connected to containment member and through tap definite length extended, and opposite side forms flat surface.
Move up and down component and can be formed as cylindrical, its diameter predetermined length less of tap, and may be mounted to that in mineral cover, thus when applying pressure, moving up and down component and may move.
When mineral lid is installed to mineral cylinder reception unit, forms the protruding member received in the memory space of unit at mineral cylinder and can promote open and close member, to guide the movement of open and close member.
That is, along with protruding member promotes open and close member, mineral can be discharged by tap, and can be temporarily stored in the memory space that mineral cylinder receives unit.
Mineral cylinder receives unit can include mineral supply orifice and mineral discharge pipe, and mineral supply orifice is formed through memory space, is used for discharging mineral, and the side of mineral discharge pipe is connected to mineral supply orifice, and opposite side is connected to mineral supply pipe.
Therefore, it is stored in the mineral in memory space and can be fed to mineral supply pipe by mineral discharge pipe.
Should be understood that the total volume description before the present invention and detailed description below are all exemplary and explanatory, and be intended to provide being explained further of proposed invention.
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Accompanying drawing is used for the present invention is further described as the part of the application, and merges and become the part of the application with this, and these accompanying drawings are for illustrating the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and are used for explaining the principle of invention together with description.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is the concept map illustrating drinking water supply equipment according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the figure schematically showing the structure of mineral water supply module according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the decomposition diagram illustrating mineral feeding unit according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 (a), 4 (b) and 4 (c) are the assembling sequence figure illustrating the process assembling mineral feeding unit according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 is the concept map of the mineral discharge process illustrating mineral feeding unit according to an embodiment of the invention.
Detailed description of the invention
Will be explained in now the preferred embodiments of the present invention, its example is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Accompanying drawing illustrates the illustrated examples of the present invention, and it is only used for being described in detail the present invention, and and the technical scope of the unrestricted present invention.
In the conceived case, identical accompanying drawing labelling will be used to indicate same or analogous part in whole accompanying drawing.In the accompanying drawings, for convenience of description with clear, the size and dimension of element is likely to be exaggerated or minimized.
Meanwhile, such as first and second such terms including ordinal number are used in this description to describe various element.But, element is not limited by this term, and this term is used only for distinguishing between elements.
In the following description, the water not yet passing filter will be defined as unboiled water (rawwater), unboiled water already by filter will be defined as cleaning water (cleanwater), and the cleaning water accommodating mineral will be defined as mineral water (mineralwater).Additionally, rear end and front end may imply that the upstream side on the direction of forward fluid motion and downstream.
Fig. 1 is the concept map illustrating drinking water supply equipment according to an embodiment of the invention.Hereinafter, it is used for supplying the drinking water supply equipment of mineral water by describing with reference to Fig. 1.
The accompanying drawing of drinking water supply equipment illustrates the illustrated examples of the present invention, is provided and is used only for the detailed description present invention, is not limiting as the technical scope of the present invention.
As it is shown in figure 1, drinking water supply equipment 1 can use filter unit 20 to convert the unboiled water being incorporated into drinking water supply equipment 1 by external water tap 10 to cleaning water.The structure of filter unit 20 can carry out various change.Multiple single filters may make up filter unit 20.In FIG, three filters by linked sequentially to each other to constitute filter unit 20.But, the invention is not restricted to this.
Especially, filter unit 20 can include pre-carbon filter 21, ultrafiltration (UF) filter and rearmounted carbon filter 23.According to circumstances, another type of filter can be added.
Filtered unboiled water, i.e. cleaning water can pass through to clean water pipe 30, cleaning water supply valve 32 and cock 73 be discharged to outside.
Drinking water supply equipment 1 is configurable to need supply cold water or hot water according to user.
Heated cleaning water, hot water can be passed through the first branch separated of the some A from pure water pipe 30 and clean outside water pipe 301, heating unit 51, hot-water line 50, hot water supply valve 52 and cock 73 be discharged to drinking water supply equipment 1.
Cold cleaning water, i.e. cold water can pass through the second branch separated of the some B from pure water pipe 30 and clean outside water pipe 302, cooling unit 41, cold water pipe 40, cold feed valve 42 and cock 73 be discharged to drinking water supply equipment 1.
For the ease of describing, Fig. 1 is illustrated the embodiment being discharged cleaning water, cold water and hot water by single cock 73.Alternately, can be respectively provide for discharging the cock of cleaning water, cold water and hot water.Additionally, a cock can be passed through discharge cleaning water and cold water, discharge hot water by another cock.Therefore, the structure of the cock for discharging water is not limited to accompanying drawing.
Meanwhile, plug valve 74 can be set in the rear end of cleaning water supply valve 32, cold feed valve 42 and hot water supply valve 52.Plug valve 74 can be connected to distribution pipe 60.Distribution pipe 60 can be connected to cleaning water pipe 30, cold water pipe 40 and hot-water line 50.
The drain pipe 70 that can supply cleaning water, cold water and hot water may be disposed at the rear end of plug valve 74.
Therefore, cleaning water, cold water and hot water can be supplied to distribution pipe 60, and when using single plug valve 74 to open cock 73, can pass through drain pipe 70 and be selectively supplied with cleaning water, cold water and hot water.
Meanwhile, the mineral water supply module 100 for producing mineral water can be connected to discharge pipe 70.
Mineral water supply module 100 can be connected to the side of drain pipe 70 via the mineral water generation unit 120 being connected to drain pipe 70.
Hereinafter, for the ease of describing, drain pipe 70, the front end that is positioned at mineral water generation unit 120, part for cleaning water being fed to mineral water generation unit 120 will be referred to as feed pipe 71, drain pipe 70, the rear end that is positioned at mineral water generation unit 120 part will be referred to as discharge pipe 72.
That is, feed pipe 71 is such pipeline: when opening cock 73 by single plug valve 74, cleaning water, cold water and hot water is optionally discharged by feed pipe 71, and cleaning water, cold water and hot water is incorporated in mineral water generation unit 120.
Discharge pipe 72 is such pipeline: the selection according to user, will optionally be discharged to cock 73 already by the cleaning water of mineral water generation unit 120, cold water and hot water or the mineral water that produced by mineral water generation unit 120 by discharge pipe 72.
Mineral water supply module 100 can include being connected to mineral water generation unit 120, for supplying the mineral feed pipe 110 of mineral.
Mineral feed pipe 110 can be provided with mineral supply valve 130, for mineral is selectively supplied to mineral water generation unit 120.Additionally, mineral feed pipe 110 can farther include mineral feeding unit 180, it includes the mineral cylinder 140 of mineral liquid for storing concentration and for mineral cylinder 140 pressurizes to discharge the pump 190 of mineral.
Meanwhile, it is fed to, from mineral water supply module 100, the mineral that the mineral of mineral water generation unit 120 can be the concentration of high concentration.
Mineral cylinder 140 can store the mineral liquid being wherein mixed with the such as concentration of the mineral of calcium (Ca), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg) and sodium (Na).
Such as, the mineral concentration in the concentrate minerals liquid in being stored in mineral cylinder 140 can be about 200 times of the mean concentration of the mineral contained in cleaning water.
According to experimental result, the amount synthesizing the concentrate minerals liquid needed for having the mineral water of the preferred taste of user is 0.0006 part/every part cleaning water, and this content is minimum.Additionally, have can the mineral water of taste in tolerance to provide every time, it is necessary to supply the mineral of predetermined fixed amount in the given time.
As mentioned above, it is therefore desirable to the minimal amount of mineral that uniformly supply is predetermined in the given time.For this, mineral water supply module 100 is required to supply the micro-channel units 200 of minimal amount of mineral.
Micro-channel units 200 can be formed with cylinder or the polyhedron shape of predetermined area and predetermined length.When pump 190 applies uniform pressure, the amount of the mineral discharged from micro-channel units 200 can be determined based on the area of micro-channel units 200 and length.
The cross-sectional area of micro-channel units 200 can be less, within the predetermined time predetermined minimal amount of mineral is fed to mineral water generation unit 120.Additionally, micro-channel units 200 can have predetermined length, to reduce the pressure loss of fluid.
Especially, when micro-channel units 200 is formed cylinder, the diameter of micro-channel units 200 can change in the scope of 0.5mm to 1.0mm.
The maximum gauge of micro-channel units 200 is configured to supply mineral in the preset range of tolerance.
Especially, the diameter of micro-channel units 200 can be set: when alternately discharging mineral water and cleaning water, extracts water taste can cleaning water in tolerance or mineral water.
That is, when discharge discharge cleaning water after mineral water time, the diameter of micro-channel units 200 can be disposed so that in micro-channel units 200, the discharge degree of the mineral of residual is minimum, thus discharging content of mineral substances can cleaning water within the scope of safe level.
On the other hand, when discharging mineral water after discharging cleaning water, the diameter of micro-channel units 200 can be configured to discharge content of mineral substances can mineral water within the scope of safe level.
The minimum diameter of micro-channel units 200 can be 0.5mm, now can be molded or machined into micro-channel units 200.If the minimum diameter of micro-channel units 200 is less than 0.5mm, then it is not easy to be molded or machined into micro-channel units 200, causes that productivity ratio reduces.
Meet above-mentioned condition and the maximum gauge of micro-channel units 200 that draws by experiment can be 1.0mm.
The diameter of micro-channel units 200 as defined above is obtained based on the feed pipe of 6.35mm external diameter widely used in drinking water supply equipment and the pump of 0.1ml/s to 1ml/s discharge flow rate.
When micro-channel units 200 is formed polyhedron shape, the minimum area of micro-channel units 200 can be set such that to be molded or machined into micro-channel units 200.
When micro-channel units 200 has predetermined length scope, it is possible to reduce the pressure of the mineral being applied in micro-channel units 200 flowing, thus discharging the mineral of scheduled volume.Being changed, by pressure, the impact caused furthermore it is possible to reduce, pressure change is likely to be due to the operation of pump 190 and occurs.
Specifically, when the length of micro-channel units 200 is less than the lower limit of predetermined length scope, it is less to be applied in micro-channel units 200 pressure drop of the mineral of flowing, causes being likely to the delivery ratio more mineral of scheduled volume mineral.That is, when micro-channel units 200 is shorter, due to abrasion, it is applied to the pressure from the mineral of mineral supply pipe 110 introducing and is not sufficiently reduced, cause that the amount of the mineral discharged is likely larger than the scheduled volume of the mineral that plan is discharged.
On the other hand, when the length of micro-channel units 200 is more than the higher limit of predetermined length scope, due to friction, the pressure of the mineral being applied in micro-channel units 200 flowing is excessively reduced, and causes that the mineral discharged is possibly less than the mineral of scheduled volume.
Therefore, in order to discharge the mineral of the fixed amount in OK range, micro-channel units 200 can have suitable length.Especially, micro-channel units 200 can have the length of change in 15mm to 20mm scope.
Hereinafter, the structure of mineral water supply module 100 will be described in detail with reference to Fig. 2.
Mineral water supply module 100 according to the present invention includes the feed pipe 71 for supplying cleaning water, for supplying mineral supply pipe 110 and the discharge pipe 72 of mineral, based on whether supply mineral, cleaning water or optionally discharged by discharge pipe 72 containing the cleaning water (i.e. mineral water) of mineral.
Mineral water supply module 100 can farther include the mineral supply valve 130 being arranged in mineral feed pipe 110, for based on whether to produce mineral water and to selectively open and close mineral supply pipe 110.
Additionally, mineral water supply module 100 can farther include mineral water generation unit 120, the mineral from the cleaning water of feed pipe 71 supply with from mineral supply pipe 110 supply mixes mineral water generation unit 120, to produce mineral water.
The first connecting tube 121 being connected to feed pipe 71, the second connecting tube 122 being connected to mineral supply pipe 110 and be connected to the 3rd connecting tube 123 of discharge pipe 72 and may be formed at mineral water generation unit 120 place.
Additionally, micro-channel units 200 defines mineral supply line, supplying trace mineral by this mineral supply line, micro-channel units 200 may be disposed in the second connecting tube 122, and to provide mineral water, the concentration change of its mineral is minimum.Micro-channel units 200 can limit the passage of wherein trace mineral Uniform Flow within the predetermined time, so that the change of the amount of the mineral discharged is minimum.
Additionally, the mineral feeding unit 180 for supplying mineral can be connected to mineral supply pipe 110.
Mineral feeding unit 180 can include mineral cylinder 140, be connected to the mineral cover 150 of mineral cylinder 140 and for mineral cylinder 140 is connected to the mineral cylinder reception unit 160 of mineral supply pipe 110.
The size and dimension of mineral cylinder 140 can make it easy to be arranged in drinking water supply equipment 1 mineral cylinder 140.Mineral cylinder 140 can have enough volumes, and to store following scheduled volume mineral, this scheduled volume mineral is corresponding to the scheduled volume of number of times or produced mineral water for producing the discharge mineral set by mineral water.Specifically, mineral cylinder 140 can be formed polyhedron shape, has predetermined, and open in its side, to discharge mineral.
Meanwhile, when already consumed by the mineral being stored in mineral cylinder 140 or when the effect duration of the mineral in being stored in mineral cylinder 140 is expired, it is necessary to change mineral cylinder 140.Therefore, mineral cylinder 140 can be detachably connected to mineral cylinder and receive unit 160, thus mineral cylinder 140 can be readily replaced.
For this, mineral cover 150 can be coupled to the open sides of mineral cylinder 140.Additionally, mineral cover 150 can be releasably attached to mineral cylinder receive unit 160.
Mineral feeding unit 180 can be connected to pump 190, and the pump 190 internal pressurization to mineral cylinder 140, to be discharged to mineral cylinder 140 mineral in mineral supply pipe 110.
The flow process that from mineral feeding unit 180, mineral is fed to mineral supply pipe 110 is as follows.First, when mineral generation signal is transfused to, mineral supply valve 130 is opened, and the mineral in mineral supply pipe 110 is flowable in mineral water generation unit 120.
Discharge due to mineral along with the pressure in mineral supply pipe 110 and reduce, receive, at mineral cylinder, the mineral received in unit 160 and can be discharged to mineral supply pipe 110.
Meanwhile, pump 190 supplies air in mineral cylinder 140 as a result, the mineral being stored in mineral cylinder 140 can be pressurized, mineral thus can be discharged to mineral cylinder and receive unit 160.
Mineral cylinder can be received in from mineral cylinder 140 by the mineral that mineral cover 150 is discharged to receive unit 160, and flowable to mineral supply pipe 110.
Above flow process is repeatedly executed.As a result, mineral is supplied to mineral water generation unit 120.When mineral supply valve 130 closes, the pressure in mineral water supply module 100 is in balance so that mineral does not flow.
Meanwhile, the air supply pipe 170 of passage defined below can be farther included according to the mineral feeding unit 180 of the present invention, move to the air layer mineral cylinder 140 from the air of pump 190 supply by this passage.
When air layer air being direct supplied in mineral cylinder 140 when not making the mineral being stored in mineral cylinder 140 fluctuation, it is possible to prevent the generation flow noise that moves up due to bubble.
Hereinafter, the air supply pipe of mineral feeding unit will be described in detail with reference to Fig. 3 to 5.
First, describing the structure of mineral feeding unit with reference to Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is the decomposition view of mineral feeding unit.
Mineral cylinder 140, mineral cover 150 and mineral cylinder receive unit 160 and can be coupled to each other along vertical axis arrangement.
That is, connection has the state that the mineral cover 150 of mineral cylinder 140 can be perpendicular to mineral cylinder reception unit 160 to be connected to mineral cylinder reception unit 160.
When manufacturing mineral cylinder 140, the concentrate minerals of scheduled volume can be stored in mineral cylinder 140, and some spaces in mineral cylinder 140 can be full of nitrogen so that mineral can be stored for a long time.Therefore, when mineral cylinder 140 be opened, so that mineral cylinder 140 is connected to mineral cover 150 time, the nitrogen in mineral cylinder 140 can be discharged, and the hollow space of mineral cylinder 140 can be full of the air of corresponding amount.
Unit 160 is received so that when the opening 141 of mineral cylinder 140 forms basal surface, the air in mineral cylinder 140 is movable to the top of mineral cylinder 140 when mineral cylinder 140 is connected to mineral cylinder by mineral cover 150.
Meanwhile, the mineral cover 150 being connected with the opening 141 of mineral cylinder 140 comprises the steps that the open and close member 154 for optionally discharging mineral;And tap 156, open tap 156 by open and close member 154, to discharge mineral by tap 156.Although not shown, mineral cover 150 can farther include air supply pipe and insert hole, and air supply pipe 170 inserts this and inserts in the hole.
Open and close member 154 comprises the steps that the containment member 151 for sealing tap 156;With move up and down component 152, the side moving up and down component 152 is connected to containment member 151 and definite length extended, and opposite side is smooth, be prone to its apply pressure.
Containment member 151 can correspond to the rotary body of the diameter of tap 156.Containment member 151 can be located in mineral cylinder 140, at mineral cylinder 140 inner seal tap 156.Containment member 151 can be have elastomeric material, such as rubber or polyurethane.
Move up and down component 152 and may be mounted to that in mineral cover 150, thus to move up and down component 152 apply pressure time, move up and down component 152 and move in mineral cylinder 140 through tap 156.
Specifically, move up and down component 152 and can be formed cylinder, its diameter predetermined length less of tap 156.Containment member 151 can be coupled to the one end moving up and down component 152, and move up and down component 152 and can be provided with at its other end and cut somebody's hair 1521, and cutting somebody's hair 1521 is smooth, thus being prone to it is applied pressure.Cut somebody's hair and 1521 can have the diameter bigger than moving up and down component 152.
The elastic component 153 being in compressive state can at containment member 151 with cut somebody's hair and be arranged on the outer peripheral face place along its longitudinal direction moving up and down component 152 between 1521.
When not to cut somebody's hair 1521 applying pressure time, elastic component 153 can keep, due to its restoring force, the state that tap 156 sealed by containment member 151, thus the opening 141 of mineral cylinder 140 is closed.
When to move up and down component 152 apply pressure time, elastic component 153 can be compressed.As a result, containment member 151 can move to predetermined altitude in mineral cylinder, thus tap 156 is opened.
That is, only when the position of open and close member 154 changes because of pressure, the tap 156 of mineral cover 150 just can be opened, to discharge mineral.
Mineral cover 150 can be rotationally coupled to mineral cylinder 140.For this, connection part 155 can be formed at mineral cover 150 place, and can in formation threaded portion, mineral cylinder 140 place 142.
Meanwhile, mineral cylinder receives unit 160 the outer peripheral face place of side thereon can be provided with fixed part 162, and mineral cover 150 is releasably attached to fixed part 162.Fixed part 162 can be formed with dismountable fixed structure, such as hook.That is, can forming prominent 158 at mineral cover 150 place, mineral cylinder receives the fixed part 162 of unit 160 and can be located at the position corresponding to prominent 158 so that mineral cover 150 is detachably fixed to mineral cylinder and receives unit 160.
Mineral cylinder receives the upside of unit 160 can be provided with insertion section 161, and insertion section 161 is open, so that mineral cover 150 is inserted in insertion section 161.
Insertion section 161 can support mineral cover 150, thus when mineral cover 150, the side that is provided with tap 156 and open and close member 154 be inserted into predetermined altitude, mineral cover 150 is vertically located at mineral cylinder and receives in unit 160.
Additionally, memory space 163 can be formed in the downside of insertion section 163.Memory space 163 downwardly extends predetermined length.Therefore, when mineral cover 150 is inserted in insertion section 161, the inside bottom surface of memory space 163 can predetermined altitude spaced apart with the tap 156 of mineral cover 150.
Can forming protruding member 164 and pump connecting tube 165 in the inner side of memory space 163, protruding member 164 is formed on the position corresponding to open and close member 154, so that protruding member 164 projects upwards, pump connecting tube 165 is connected to air supply pipe 170.The side of pump connecting tube 165 may pass through mineral cylinder reception unit 160 and is projected in memory space 163, and is connected to air supply pipe 170, and opposite side may be connected to pump 190.
Mineral cylinder receive unit 160 can include being connected to mineral supply pipe 110, for discharging the mineral discharge pipe 167 of mineral.The extensible predetermined length of mineral discharge pipe 167 so that mineral discharge pipe 167 is connected to the mineral supply orifice 166 forming the bottom surface at memory space 163, and is easily connected to mineral supply pipe 110 (referring to Fig. 5).
Meanwhile, air supply pipe 170 can limit the passage being connected to pump connecting tube 165, for the air supplied from pump 190 is directed to air layer.
Air supply pipe 170 can extend to predetermined altitude mineral cylinder 140 from the inside bottom surface of memory space 163.Air supply pipe 170 can be located in the air layer formed in mineral cylinder 140 so that air supply pipe 170 is adjacent with the top surface of mineral cylinder 140.
The length of air supply pipe 170 can be arranged based on the amount of the mineral being stored in mineral cylinder 140.
Meanwhile, for preventing the containment member of the discharge of mineral to may be disposed between mineral cylinder 140, mineral cover 150 and mineral cylinder reception unit 160.Especially, for preventing the first containment member 181 that mineral leaks to may be disposed between mineral cylinder 140 and mineral cover 150, the second containment member 182 may be disposed at mineral cylinder 140 and mineral cylinder receives between unit 160.
Hereinafter, to describe, with reference to Fig. 4 (a), 4 (b) and 4 (c), the process assembling mineral feeding unit, Fig. 4 (a), 4 (b) and 4 (c) are the assembling sequence figure of mineral feeding unit.
First, as shown in Fig. 4 (a), air supply pipe 170 can be connected to mineral cylinder and receive the pump connecting tube 165 of unit 160.Additionally, fixed part 162 may be disposed at mineral cylinder receives unit 160 place.
Subsequently, as shown in Fig. 4 (b), when mineral cylinder 140 and mineral cover 150 are coupled to each other, mineral cylinder 140 and mineral cover 150 may be mounted at mineral cylinder and receive in unit 160.
Mineral cover 150 may be mounted to that mineral cylinder receives in unit 160 so that the opening 141 of mineral cylinder 140 forms basal surface, and the closed side of mineral cylinder 140 forms top surface.
When the opening 141 that mineral cylinder 140 is mounted so that mineral cylinder 140 forms basal surface, the air layer with predetermined altitude can be formed between the top surface of the surface of the mineral in being stored in mineral cylinder 140 and mineral cylinder 140.
Air supply pipe 170 can insert hole by the air supply pipe of mineral cover 150 and be inserted in mineral cylinder 140.
Now, mineral can be introduced in air supply pipe 170.But afterwards, when operating pump, the mineral in air supply pipe 170 can be discharged in mineral cylinder 140.
After air supply pipe 170 is inserted into air layer, prominent the 158 of mineral cover 150 can be inserted in the fixed part 162 that mineral cylinder receives unit 160.Therefore, the installation of mineral cylinder 140 can be completed.
Result is such as shown in Fig. 4 (c), and one end of air supply pipe 170 can be located in the air layer in mineral cylinder 140.
Hereinafter, the mineral discharge process of mineral feeding unit will be more fully described with reference to Fig. 5.
The mineral of scheduled volume is stored in the mineral cylinder 140 according to the present invention, and mineral cylinder 140 may be mounted to that mineral cylinder receives in unit 160 so that the mineral of mineral cylinder 140 passes therethrough the opening 141 being discharged and forms basal surface.
Now, the top surface of mineral cylinder 140 can be sealed so that forms the air layer with predetermined altitude between the top surface being stored in the surface of mineral of mineral cylinder 140 and mineral cylinder 140.
Additionally, air supply pipe 170 is connected to be formed receives the pump connecting tube 165 in unit 160 at mineral cylinder, and air supply pipe 170 can be inserted into mineral cylinder 140 so that one end of air supply pipe 170 is arranged in air layer.
Therefore, air supply pipe 170 can be passed through from the air of pump 190 supply and be directed to air layer.
Added the volume of air layer by the air of air supply pipe 170 supply, pressure can be applied to, in the way of proportional to the volume increased, the mineral being stored in mineral cylinder 140.Owing to being applied to the pressure of mineral, mineral can pass through the tap 156 of mineral cover 150 and be discharged in mineral cylinder reception unit 160.
Meanwhile, when mineral cover 150 be installed to mineral cylinder receive unit 160 time, cutting somebody's hair of open and close member 154 1521 can contact with the protruding member 164 being projected in memory space 163.Therefore, pressure can be applied to by protruding member 164 and move up and down component 154, and wherein protruding member 164 is projected in memory space 163 with predetermined altitude in the stationary state, moves up and down component 154 and is connected to mineral cover 150 with moveable state up and down.
As a result, elastic component 153 can be compressed, and the vertical movement moving up and down component 154 can be guided.Along with containment member 151 moves in mineral cylinder 140, tap 156 can be opened, and thus can be discharged to by mineral in the memory space 163 that mineral cylinder receives unit 160.
The mineral being contained in mineral cylinder reception unit 160 can pass through mineral discharge pipe 167 flow to mineral supply pipe 110.
Meanwhile, pump 190 can be oriented so that pump in the vertical direction predetermined altitude higher than the basal surface being formed with pump connecting tube 165 of mineral cylinder reception unit 160, thus preventing mineral to be back to pump 190.
As it has been described above, in the mineral feeding unit 180 according to the present invention, air can, when not making the mineral liquid fluctuation being stored in mineral cylinder 140, be directed in the air layer in mineral cylinder 140 by air supply pipe 170.Therefore, it is possible to prevent the flow noise caused due to bubble from producing.
Furthermore it is possible to noise when preventing mineral water produces, so that the inconvenience of user minimizes.
As from the above description it will be apparent that in accordance with the invention it is possible to provide the mineral feeding unit that can reduce the noise produced when discharging mineral.
Additionally, in accordance with the invention it is possible to provide be readily applicable to various drinking water supply equipment, there is simple structure and the mineral feeding unit of compact size.
Additionally, in accordance with the invention it is possible to provide following drinking water supply equipment, this drinking water supply equipment can make the user's inconvenience caused due to the noise produced when producing mineral water minimize.
It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that when not necessarily departing from the spirit and scope of invention, it is possible to carry out various modifications and variations in the present invention.Therefore, it is intended that present invention covers the variant of the invention and change that provide in the scope of claims and equivalent thereof.

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1. mineral feeding unit, including:
Mineral cylinder, described mineral cylinder is for storing the mineral of the concentration of scheduled volume, the basal surface of described mineral cylinder is provided with opening, mineral is discharged by described opening, the top surface of described mineral cylinder is sealed, thus being formed with the air layer of predetermined altitude between the described top surface of the surface of the described mineral in being stored in described mineral cylinder and described mineral cylinder;
Mineral cover, described mineral cover is coupled to the described opening of described mineral cylinder, and described mineral cover includes:
Tap, mineral is discharged by described tap;With
Open and close member, described open and close member is for being selectively opened described tap by moving up and down;
Mineral cylinder receives unit, and described mineral cover is installed to described mineral cylinder removably and receives unit, and described mineral cylinder receives unit and includes:
Protruding member, described protruding member is formed in the position corresponding to described open and close member;With
Pump connecting tube, described pump connecting tube is connected to the pump for supplying air;With
Air supply pipe, described air supply pipe is connected to described pump connecting tube and described air supply pipe passage defined below: the air supplied from described pump moves to described air layer by described passage.
2. mineral feeding unit according to claim 1, wherein, one end of described air supply pipe is connected to described pump connecting tube, described air supply pipe, extend to as the other end of free end: make the described top surface of the contiguous described mineral cylinder of the described other end of described air supply pipe.
3. mineral feeding unit according to claim 2, wherein, air flow direction in described air supply pipe is contrary with the flow direction of the mineral discharged from described mineral cylinder.
4. mineral feeding unit according to claim 2, wherein, the air supplied by described air supply pipe makes the volume of described air layer be increased, and pressure is applied to, in the way of proportional to the volume increased of described air layer, the mineral being stored in described mineral cylinder, so that described mineral is moved out.
5. mineral feeding unit according to claim 1, wherein, when not applying external force, described open and close member seals described tap, and when an external force is applied, described open and close member moves in described mineral cylinder, to open described tap.
6. mineral feeding unit according to claim 5, wherein, described open and close member includes:
Containment member, described containment member is for sealing the described tap in described mineral cylinder;With
Move up and down component, described in move up and down the side of component and be connected to described containment member, and through described tap definite length extended, described in move up and down the opposite side of component and be formed with flat surfaces.
7. mineral feeding unit according to claim 6, wherein, the described component that moves up and down is formed as cylindrical, its diameter predetermined length less of the diameter of described tap, and described in move up and down component and be installed in described mineral cover, thus when applying pressure, described in move up and down component and can move.
8. mineral feeding unit according to claim 1, wherein, described mineral cylinder receives unit and is provided with memory space, and described memory space is for storing the mineral discharged by described tap temporarily.
9. mineral feeding unit according to claim 8, wherein, described protruding member is formed in a projecting manner in described memory space, and when described mineral cylinder is installed to described mineral cylinder reception unit, described protruding member promotes described open and close member, to guide the movement of described open and close member.
10. mineral feeding unit according to claim 9, wherein, described mineral cylinder receives unit and includes:
Mineral supply orifice, described mineral supply orifice is formed through described memory space, is used for discharging mineral;With
Mineral discharge pipe, the side of described mineral discharge pipe is connected to described mineral supply orifice, and opposite side is connected to described mineral supply pipe.
11. mineral feeding unit according to claim 1, wherein, described mineral cover is rotatably coupled to described mineral cylinder, thus described opening by described mineral cover, the side that is provided with described tap and described open and close member closes.
12. mineral feeding unit according to claim 1, wherein, it is provided with between the opening of described mineral cover and described mineral cylinder for preventing the first containment member leaked, and is provided with for preventing the second containment member leaked between described mineral cylinder and described mineral cylinder reception unit.
13. mineral feeding unit according to claim 1, wherein, described mineral cylinder receives unit and is provided with fixing parts, and described mineral cylinder is installed to described fixing parts removably.
14. mineral feeding unit according to claim 1, wherein, described pump is arranged as the high predetermined height of basal surface that receive unit than described mineral cylinder, that be formed with described pump connecting tube, to prevent mineral to be back to described pump.
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