CN218089236U

CN218089236U - Water purifying equipment

Info

Publication number: CN218089236U
Application number: CN202222200178.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张兴致; 张涛; 龚圆杰; 周跃武; 何海; 曾敏炽; 范婷; 周栋
Original assignee: Guangdong Chunmi Electrical Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Chunmi Electrical Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-19
Filing date: 2022-08-19
Publication date: 2022-12-20
Anticipated expiration: 2032-08-19

Abstract

The utility model provides a water purifying device, which comprises a pure water making structure and an ice making structure; the ice making structure comprises an ice making box and a flow guide pipe, one end of the flow guide pipe is communicated with the pure water making structure, and the other end of the flow guide pipe is communicated with the ice making box. The utility model discloses add an ice making structure, the ice making structure includes ice making box and honeycomb duct, communicates system pure water structure and ice making box through the honeycomb duct to the pure water drainage that will make the pure water structure and make the ice making box, restart the ice making box makes the ice-cube with the water in the ice making box, and the application has solved among the prior art water purification unit and has not made the ice function, can't satisfy the technical problem that the user got the ice demand.

Description

Water purifying equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a water purification unit's technical field especially relates to a water purification unit.

Background

The water purifier is also called water purifying equipment and water purifier, and is water treatment equipment for deep filtering and purifying water according to the use requirement of water. With the continuous improvement of the living standard of people, the water purifying drinking machine has been widely applied.

The current water purifying equipment only provides water with various temperatures for drinking, and a user needs to use ice cubes in the preparation of some beverages, so that the user needs to use other devices to take the ice cubes after taking the water through the water purifying equipment.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a water purifying equipment to solve among the prior art water purifying equipment and do not have the system ice function, can't satisfy the technical problem that the user got the ice demand.

The utility model provides a water purifying equipment, water purifying equipment includes:

preparing a pure water structure;

the ice making structure comprises an ice making box and a flow guide pipe, one end of the flow guide pipe is communicated with the pure water making structure, and the other end of the flow guide pipe is communicated with the ice making box.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the ice making structure further includes a first water tank;

the flow guide pipe comprises a first flow guide pipe and a second flow guide pipe;

one end of the first flow guide pipe is communicated with the pure water making structure, and the other end of the first flow guide pipe is communicated with the first water tank; one end of the second flow guide pipe is communicated with the first water tank, and the other end of the second flow guide pipe is communicated with the ice making box.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the ice making structure further includes a first water pump and a second water pump; the first water pump is arranged on the first flow guide pipe, and the second water pump is arranged on the second flow guide pipe.

As an embodiment of the utility model, the ice making structure still includes back flow and first ooff valve, the one end of back flow with the ice making box intercommunication, the other end of back flow with first water tank intercommunication, first ooff valve sets up on the back flow, first ooff valve is used for control the break-make of back flow.

As an embodiment of the utility model, the ice-making structure still includes first temperature sensor, first temperature sensor sets up on the first water tank, first temperature sensor is used for detecting the temperature of the water in the first water tank.

As an embodiment of the utility model, the ice-making structure still includes first water level detection spare, first water level detection sets up on the first water tank, first water level detection spare is used for detecting whether water in the first water tank reachs the first lower limit water level line of presetting.

As an embodiment of the utility model, the ice-making structure still includes the second water level detection, the setting of second water level detection spare is in on the first water tank, the second water level detection spare is higher than the first water level detection spare, the second water level detection spare is used for detecting whether water in the first water tank reachs the first upper limit water level line of predetermineeing.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the first water tank and/or the ice making box is provided with a heat insulating layer.

As an embodiment of the utility model, the ice-making structure still includes the check valve, the check valve sets up on the honeycomb duct, the check valve restriction rivers direction in the honeycomb duct is for certainly make pure water structure flow direction the ice-making box.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the ice making structure further includes an ice bank, and the ice bank is communicated with the ice making box.

Implement the embodiment of the utility model provides a, will have following beneficial effect:

the utility model discloses in, having add an ice system structure, the ice system structure includes ice making box and honeycomb duct, communicates system pure water structure and ice making box through the honeycomb duct to the pure water drainage that will make the pure water structure and make the ice system box, restart ice making box makes the ice-cube with the water in the ice making box, and application this technical scheme has solved prior art well water purification unit does not have the system ice function, can't satisfy the technical problem that the user got the ice demand.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the description below are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a water purifying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein: 100. a water purification unit; 101. a filter assembly; 102. a second water tank; 103. a third water tank; 104. a third draft tube; 105. a third water pump; 106. a third water level detection member; 107. a fourth water level detection member; 108. a first TDS sensor; 109. a fifth water level detecting member; 20. a water outlet structure; 201. a water outlet pipe; 202. a water outlet nozzle; 30. an ice making structure; 301. an ice-making box; 3021. a first draft tube; 3022. a second draft tube; 303. a one-way valve; 304. a first water tank; 305. a first water pump; 306. a second water pump; 307. a return pipe; 308. a first on-off valve; 309. a first temperature sensor; 310. a first water level detection member; 311. detecting a second water level; 312. an ice bank; 40. a wastewater discharge structure; 401. a fourth water tank; 402. a waste pipe; 403. a second on-off valve; 404. a sixth water level detection member; 50. a heating structure; 501. a fourth draft tube; 502. namely a hot piece; 503. a fourth water pump; 504. a third temperature sensor; 505. a fourth temperature sensor; 60. and (4) exhausting the gas.

Detailed Description

In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. The invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise" and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and to simplify the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those of ordinary skill in the art.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Referring to fig. 1, the present invention provides a water purifying apparatus 100, wherein the water purifying apparatus 100 comprises a pure water producing structure and a water outlet structure 20; the pure water preparation structure is used for introducing raw water and filtering the raw water to prepare pure water; the water outlet structure 20 is communicated with the pure water making structure, so that the pure water made by the pure water making structure is led out of the water purifying equipment 100, and the pure water is taken from the water purifying equipment.

Referring to fig. 1, the water outlet structure 20 includes a water outlet pipe 201 and a water outlet nozzle 202; one end of the water outlet pipe 201 is communicated with the pure water making structure, and the other end of the water outlet pipe 201 is communicated with the water outlet nozzle 202; through the communication of the water outlet pipe 201 and the pure water making structure, the pure water made by the pure water making structure is drained to the water outlet nozzle 202, so that the pure water outlet of the water purifying device 100 is realized.

Referring to fig. 1, the water purifying apparatus 100 further includes an ice making structure 30; the ice making structure 30 comprises an ice making box 301 and a flow guide pipe, one end of the flow guide pipe is communicated with the pure water making structure, and the other end of the flow guide pipe is communicated with the ice making box 301.

The utility model discloses in, add an ice-making structure 30, ice-making structure 30 includes ice-making box 301 and honeycomb duct, communicates system pure water structure and ice-making box 301 through the honeycomb duct to the pure water drainage that will make the pure water structure and make during ice-making box 301, restart ice-making box 301 makes the water in ice-making box 301 into the ice-cube, and the application has solved among the prior art water purification unit and has not made the ice function, can't satisfy the technical problem that the user got the ice demand.

In some specific embodiments, an insulating layer is disposed on the ice making housing 301 to ensure an ice making effect of the ice making housing 301.

Wherein, the heat-insulating layer can be made of heat-insulating materials such as asbestos, polyurethane foam or heat-insulating plates.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the ice making structure 30 further includes a one-way valve 303, the one-way valve 303 is disposed on the flow guide pipe, and the one-way valve 303 limits the water flow in the flow guide pipe from the pure water making structure to the ice making box 301. That is, after the one-way valve 303 is disposed on the flow guide pipe, pure water generated from the pure water making structure can flow into the ice making housing 301 through the flow guide pipe, and water in the ice making housing 301, which has not formed ice cubes, cannot flow back into the pure water making structure through the flow guide pipe.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the ice making structure 30 further includes a first water tank 304; the draft tube comprises a first draft tube 3021 and a second draft tube 3022; one end of the first flow guide pipe 3021 is communicated with the pure water making structure, and the other end of the first flow guide pipe 3021 is communicated with the first water tank 304; one end of the second duct 3022 is in communication with the first water tank 304, and the other end of the second duct 3022 is in communication with the ice making housing 301.

Specifically, pure water generated by the pure water making structure is stored in the first water tank 304 through the first flow guide pipe 3021, and pure water in the first water tank 304 is guided to the ice making housing 301 through the second flow guide pipe 3022 to make ice; based on the water storage amount of the first water tank 304, ice can be made in real time according to the ice making time requirement, so that the water amount required for ice making is ensured, and the phenomenon that the pure water amount is insufficient when ice making is required due to the pure water making speed limited by a pure water making structure is avoided.

In some specific embodiments, referring to fig. 1, a check valve 303 is disposed on the second guide duct 3022, and the check valve 303 limits the direction of water flowing in the second guide duct 3022 to flow from the first water tank 304 to the ice making housing 301. After the check valve 303 is particularly provided to the second flow duct 3022, pure water in the first water tank 304 can flow into the ice-making housing 301 through the second flow duct 3022, and water in the ice-making housing 301, which has not formed ice cubes, cannot flow back into the first water tank 304 through the second flow duct 3022.

In some embodiments, the first water tank 304 is provided with an insulating layer to reduce heat transfer between other structures and the first water tank 304, so as to prevent the pure water in the first water tank 304 from increasing in temperature.

Referring to fig. 1, the ice making structure 30 further includes a first water pump 305 and a second water pump 306; the first water pump 305 is disposed on the first flow pipe 3021, and the second water pump 306 is disposed on the second flow pipe 3022. That is, the water pressure in the first draft tube 3021 is increased by the first water pump 305 to draw pure water generated in the pure water generating structure into the first draft tube 3021 and flow toward the first water tank 304; the water pressure in the second draft tube 3022 is increased by the second water pump 306 to draw pure water in the first water tank 304 into the second draft tube 3022 and toward the ice making housing 301.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the ice making structure 30 further includes a return pipe 307 and a first switch valve 308, one end of the return pipe 307 is communicated with the ice making box 301, the other end of the return pipe 307 is communicated with the first water tank 304, the first switch valve 308 is disposed on the return pipe 307, and the first switch valve 308 is used for controlling the on-off of the return pipe 307.

In this embodiment, the excess water in the ice-making box 301 can be returned to the first water tank 304 through the return pipe 307 for the next round of ice making; specifically, when the second water pump 306 is started, the first switch valve 308 is closed to pump pure water in the first water tank 304 into the ice box 301 for making ice, and the water in the ice box 301 cannot flow back into the first water tank 304 through the second flow guide pipe 3022 and the return pipe 307 under the limitation of the one-way valve 303 and the first switch valve 308; after the ice making is completed, the first switching valve 308 is opened to allow the return pipe 307 to communicate the ice making housing 301 and the first water tank 304, thereby discharging the water remaining after the ice making is completed back to the first water tank 304.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the ice making structure 30 further includes a first temperature sensor 309, the first temperature sensor 309 is disposed on the first water tank 304, and the first temperature sensor 309 is used for detecting the temperature of the water in the first water tank 304.

In this embodiment, by detecting the temperature of water in the first water tank 304 through the first temperature sensor 309, it can be calculated how long the ice making box 301 needs to work to complete ice making after the water in the first water tank 304 is introduced to the ice making box 301; thereby avoiding the waste of energy consumption caused by the working time process of the ice-making box 301 and also avoiding the phenomenon that ice blocks are not formed because the working time of the ice-making box 301 is too short.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the ice making structure 30 further includes a first water level detector 310 disposed on the first water tank 304, and the first water level detector 310 is used for detecting whether water in the first water tank 304 reaches a preset first lower limit water level.

Specifically, when the first water level detecting member 310 detects that the water in the first water tank 304 has fallen to the preset first lower limit water level line, which indicates that the water stored in the first water tank 304 is insufficient, the first water tank 304 needs to be stored with water, and therefore, the first water pump 305 is turned on to pump the pure water generated by the pure water preparing structure into the first water tank 304.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the ice making structure 30 further includes a second water level detecting part 311, the second water level detecting part 311 is disposed on the first water tank 304, the second water level detecting part 311 is higher than the first water level detecting part 310, and the second water level detecting part 311 is used for detecting whether the water in the first water tank 304 reaches a preset first upper limit water level.

Specifically, when the second water level detecting means 311 detects that the water in the first water tank 304 has risen to the first upper limit water level, indicating that the first water tank 304 is full of water, the filling of the first water tank 304 needs to be stopped, and therefore, the first water pump 305 is turned off, and the operation of pumping pure water generated by the pure water making structure into the first water tank 304 is stopped.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the ice making structure 30 further includes an ice bank 312, and the ice bank 312 is in communication with the ice making housing 301.

In this embodiment, after the ice making is completed in the ice making box 301, the ice cubes may be stored in the ice bank 312, so that the user may take the ice cubes at any time.

In some specific embodiments, the ice-making housing 301 is disposed on the ice bank 312, and a floor of the ice-making housing 301 has an open state and a closed state; specifically, after the ice making at the ice making box 301 is completed, the bottom plate is switched to the open state to communicate the ice making box 301 with the ice bank 312, thereby storing the made ice pieces in the ice bank 312; when the ice making box 301 needs to make ice, the bottom plate is switched to the closed state to disconnect the ice making box 301 from the ice storage box 312, so that the ice making box 301 is in a sealed state, so as to perform ice making work.

In some embodiments, an insulating layer is disposed on the ice bank 312 to ensure the ice storage capacity of the ice bank 312 and prevent the ice cubes from melting.

Wherein, the heat preservation layer can be made of heat preservation materials such as asbestos, polyurethane foam or heat insulation plates.

Referring to fig. 1, the pure water preparing structure includes a filter assembly 101 and a second water tank 102, a water inlet end of the filter assembly 101 is used for introducing raw water, a water outlet end of the filter assembly 101 is communicated with the second water tank 102, a first flow guide pipe 3021 and a water outlet pipe 201 are both communicated with the second water tank 102, and after pure water filtered by the filter assembly 101 is stored in the second water tank 102, pure water in the second water tank 102 is stored in the first water tank 304 by means of flow guide of the second flow guide pipe 3022 and the second water tank 102 for preparing ice making; the pure water is discharged from the water outlet nozzle 202 through the communication between the water outlet pipe 201 and the second water tank 102.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the pure water producing structure further comprises a third water tank 103 and a third flow guide pipe 104; the third water tank 103 is used for storing raw water, one end of the third flow guide pipe 104 is communicated with the third water tank 103, and the other end of the third flow guide pipe 104 is communicated with the water inlet end of the filter assembly 101, so that the raw water stored in the third water tank 103 is introduced into the filter assembly 101 for filtering.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the pure water producing structure further comprises a third water pump 105, and the third water pump 105 is disposed on the third flow pipe 104 to increase the water pressure in the third flow pipe 104 and pump the water in the third water tank 103 toward the filter assembly 101.

In some specific embodiments, referring to fig. 1, the pure water making structure further includes a third water level detecting element 106 and a fourth water level detecting element 107, the third water level detecting element 106 and the fourth water level detecting element 107 are both disposed in the second water tank 102, the third water level detecting element 106 is configured to detect whether water in the second water tank 102 falls to a preset second lower limit water level line, if so, it indicates that the pure water reserve in the second water tank 102 is insufficient, the third water pump 105 is activated to pump raw water in the third water tank 103 into the filtering assembly 101 to be filtered into pure water, and store the pure water into the second water tank 102; the fourth water level detecting element 107 is higher than the third water level detecting element 106, the fourth water level detecting element 107 is used for detecting whether the water in the second water tank 102 rises to a preset second upper limit water level line, if so, it indicates that the pure water reserve in the second water tank 102 is full, the third water pump 105 stops working, that is, the raw water in the third water tank 103 stops being pumped into the filter assembly 101, so that the filter assembly 101 does not produce pure water, and no pure water is stored in the second water tank 102.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the pure water producing structure further includes a first TDS sensor 108, and the first TDS sensor 108 is disposed on the third flow pipe 104 to detect the quality of the raw water flowing into the filter assembly 101.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the pure water preparing structure further includes a fifth water level detecting element 109, the fifth water level detecting element 109 is disposed on the third water tank 103, and the fifth water level detecting element is configured to detect whether the raw water in the third water tank 103 falls to a preset third lower water level limit, if so, it indicates that the raw water in the third water tank 103 is insufficient, and then remind a user to replenish the raw water in the third water tank 103.

Referring to fig. 1, the water purifying apparatus 100 further includes a waste water discharging structure 40, the waste water discharging structure 40 includes a fourth water tank 401, a waste water pipe 402, and a second switching valve 403, one end of the waste water pipe 402 is communicated with the fourth water tank 401, the other end of the waste water pipe 402 is communicated with a waste water outlet of the filter assembly 101, so that waste water generated by the filter assembly 101 is stored in the fourth water tank 401, the second switching valve 403 is disposed on the waste water pipe 402, and the second switching valve 403 is used for controlling on and off of the waste water pipe 402.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the waste water discharging structure 40 further includes a sixth water level detecting member 404, the sixth water level detecting member 404 is disposed on the fourth water tank 401, and the sixth water level detecting member 404 is used for detecting whether the fourth water tank 401 is filled with waste water and for timely reminding a user of cleaning the waste water in the fourth water tank 401.

Referring to fig. 1, the water purifying apparatus 100 further includes a heating structure 50 disposed between the pure water preparing structure and the water outlet structure 20, so that pure water generated by the pure water preparing structure firstly flows through the heating structure 50 to be heated, and then is led out of the water purifying apparatus 100 through the water outlet structure 20.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1, the heating structure 50 includes a fourth flow duct 501, i.e., a hot piece 502, and a fourth water pump 503, one end of the fourth flow duct 501 is communicated with the second water tank 102, the other end of the fourth flow duct 501 is communicated with the inlet end of the hot piece 502, i.e., the outlet end of the hot piece 502 is communicated with the water outlet pipe 201, and the fourth water pump 503 is disposed on the fourth flow duct 501.

Therefore, the fourth water pump 503 increases the water pressure in the fourth flow guide pipe 501, so that the pure water in the second water tank 102 is pumped into the fourth flow guide pipe 501 and flows into the instant heating member 502 to be heated into hot water, and the hot water flows into the water outlet pipe 201 through the communication between the instant heating member 502 and the water outlet pipe 201, and finally flows out through the water outlet nozzle 202.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the heating structure 50 further comprises a third temperature sensor 504 and a fourth temperature sensor 505, wherein the third temperature sensor 504 is disposed at the inlet end of the cooking device 502 and the fourth temperature sensor 505 is disposed at the outlet end of the cooking device 502.

Specifically, the temperature of pure water about to flow into the instant heating member 502 is detected by the third temperature sensor 504, and the heating power of the instant heating member 502 can be controlled according to the detection result of the third temperature sensor 504 and the water intake temperature set by the user; detecting the temperature of the hot water flowing out of the instant heating member 502 by the fourth temperature sensor 505, and finely adjusting the heating power of the instant heating member 502 according to the deviation between the detection result of the fourth temperature sensor 505 and the water intake temperature of the user, for example, when the detection result of the fourth temperature sensor 505 is greater than the water intake temperature of the user, decreasing the heating power of the instant heating member 502; when the detection result of the fourth temperature sensor 505 is less than the water intake temperature of the user, the heating power of the heating member 502 is increased.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the water purifying apparatus 100 further includes an exhaust pipe 60, one end of the exhaust pipe 60 is connected to the water outlet structure 20, and the other end of the exhaust pipe 60 is used for exhausting air. Specifically, one end of the exhaust pipe 60 may be connected to the water outlet pipe 201 and may also be connected to the water outlet nozzle 202, so as to exhaust hot steam of hot water flowing through the water outlet structure 20, thereby preventing the water outlet nozzle 202 from spraying hot water to scald a user.

In some embodiments, referring to FIG. 1, the end of the vent 60 remote from the outlet structure 20 is in communication with the second tank 102, and hot steam is vented back to the second tank 102 for recovery by condensation.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, and do not limit the protection scope of the present invention. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from these embodiments without any inventive step, are within the scope of the present invention. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can still make no creative work on the condition of conflict, and make mutual combination, addition and deletion, or other adjustments according to the features in the embodiments of the present invention, thereby obtaining other technical solutions which are different and do not depart from the concept of the present invention, and these technical solutions also belong to the scope to be protected by the present invention.

Claims

1. A water purification unit, characterized in that includes:

preparing a pure water structure;

2. The water purifying apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ice making structure further comprises a first water tank;

3. The water purification apparatus of claim 2, wherein the ice-making structure further comprises a first water pump and a second water pump; the first water pump is arranged on the first flow guide pipe, and the second water pump is arranged on the second flow guide pipe.

4. The water purifying apparatus of claim 2, wherein the ice making structure further comprises a return pipe and a first switch valve, one end of the return pipe is communicated with the ice making box, the other end of the return pipe is communicated with the first water tank, the first switch valve is arranged on the return pipe, and the first switch valve is used for controlling the on-off of the return pipe.

5. The water purifying apparatus of claim 2, wherein the ice making structure further comprises a first temperature sensor provided on the first water tank for detecting a temperature of the water in the first water tank.

6. The water purifying apparatus of claim 3, wherein the ice making structure further comprises a first water level detector disposed on the first water tank, the first water level detector being configured to detect whether water in the first water tank reaches a preset first lower limit water level.

7. The water purifying apparatus of claim 6, wherein the ice-making structure further comprises a second water level detector disposed on the first water tank, the second water level detector being higher than the first water level detector, the second water level detector being configured to detect whether water in the first water tank reaches a first upper water limit level.

8. The water purification apparatus of claim 2, wherein an insulation layer is provided on the first water tank and/or the ice-making housing.

9. The water purification apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ice-making structure further comprises a one-way valve disposed on the draft tube, the one-way valve restricting a direction of water flow in the draft tube from the pure water-making structure to the ice-making housing.

10. The water purification apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ice making structure further comprises an ice bank in communication with the ice bank.