KR100611468B1 - Multi function storage house for an infant - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a multi-function storage for infants, a storage for storing infant food or supplies, the refrigerator 110, the warming room 130 and the sterilization chamber in the main body 110 to refrigerate, warm and sterilize infant food or supplies It includes a plurality of functional chambers (120, 130, 140) including a 140, and a control unit 150 for controlling the functional chambers (120, 130, 140). Accordingly, the present invention can be stored in a variety of ways in one device to suit the purpose and function of the baby food to improve the ease of use of the baby-related products, to use the child care space efficiently, child care It has the effect of preventing unnecessary waste of time.

Description

MULTI FUNCTION STORAGE HOUSE FOR AN INFANT}

1 is a perspective view showing a multi-function storage for infants according to the present invention,

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a multi-functional storage for children according to the present invention with the door open,

Figure 3 is a front view showing an internal view of the multifunctional storage for children according to the present invention,

Figure 4 is a block diagram for controlling the multifunctional storage for infants according to the present invention,

Figure 5 is a side cross-sectional view showing a refrigerator compartment of the multifunctional storage for children according to the present invention,

Figure 6 is a side cross-sectional view showing a warm room of the multifunctional storage room for children according to the present invention,

Figure 7 is a side cross-sectional view showing a sterilization chamber of the multifunctional storage for children according to the present invention,

8 is a perspective view showing a water collecting container and a drain of the multifunctional storage for children according to the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

110: main body 111: bulkhead

114: heat radiating port 120: cold storage

121: refrigerated space 122: thermoelectric element

127: heat dissipation fan 129: evaporation vessel

130: Warm room 131: Warm space

132: first heater 135: first timer

140: sterilization chamber 141: sterilization space

142: sterilization means 145: drying means

145a: second heater 145b: thermal diffusion fan

146: selection switch 147: second timer

149: collecting container 150: control unit

151: first temperature sensor 152: refrigeration temperature input unit

153: second temperature sensor 154: warm temperature input unit

155: door open detection sensor 156: third temperature sensor

The present invention relates to a multifunctional storage for babies, and more particularly to a multifunctional storage for babies to be stored in a variety of ways in a single device to suit the purpose and function of the baby food or supplies.

In general, a refrigerator is used to store or cool various kinds of foods or beverages in a frozen or refrigerated state for a long time. The refrigerator includes a freezer and a refrigerator, which are opened and closed by a front door, respectively. The compressor compresses the refrigerant at high temperature and high pressure to send it to the condenser, and then releases the heat of the refrigerant from the condenser and converts the liquid into a low temperature low pressure liquid refrigerant. The converted and sent to the cooler installed in the rear side of the freezer compartment, the refrigerant sent to the cooler passes through the coolant pipe of the cooler to a low pressure state to evaporate to lower the temperature of the freezer compartment and the freezer compartment.

In recent years, refrigerators have been required to meet various needs in addition to improving living standards, and in order to satisfy these demands, a kimchi refrigerator having a heating wire for maturing evaporator pipe and kimchi or a cosmetic storage room having a relatively small volume is provided. Cosmetic refrigerators have been developed and used to cool them using a thermoelectric element.

However, despite the development of such refrigerators with various uses or complex uses, it has not been developed for the storage for infants, which has recently increased interest and investment.

Therefore, when storing baby foods such as powdered milk, breast milk, medicines, etc. in a common refrigerator used at home, the smell of other foods stored together will not only cause hygiene problems, but also reduce quality. In particular, when a microwave oven is used to heat powdered milk, it is very cumbersome because it is heated every time it is needed, and it is difficult to store it over a certain temperature for a long time, and when using a warmer for storing powdered milk or heated milk powder, its use is unique. Not only is it expensive to buy, but these warmers are usually designed for use in hospitals, pharmacies and restaurants rather than at home, and are not suitable for use in infants.

In addition, for the hygiene of infants, such as baby bottles, gauze handkerchief, toys, etc. to sterilize using a sterilizer used in the home, these products are usually designed for the utensils and utensils used in the kitchen, such infant supplies Inappropriate to sterilize together.

In addition, Korean Patent Application No. 2004-71011 proposes a multifunctional display refrigerator including a sterilizer, a warmer, and a water purifier in the showcase, but this is composed of necessary devices in a restaurant mainly serving food business to control centrally using a microcomputer. The purpose of this product is that the product can increase the convenience of the user, but the purpose is diverse, but it is a product with its function and structure with a focus on large capacity for the purpose of sales. I do not have features.

In addition, a number of technologies for infant products, especially sterilizers for feeding bottles, have been filed, such as infant product UV sterilizer of Korean Patent Application No. 2003-92985, but are limited to disinfection of baby bottles. Difficult to store to fit

Therefore, it is necessary to develop a product that can store baby food or supplies in various ways to suit its purpose and function, thereby raising awareness of home appliances that have been planned and distributed around housewives and adult life. With the discovery of a new customer group in the home appliance industry, there is a need to explore new areas of use for refrigerators.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to facilitate the use of infant-related products by allowing the storage of the baby food or supplies in a variety of ways in one device to suit its use and function It is to provide a multifunctional storage for infants to promote, to make efficient use of child care space, and to prevent unnecessary waste of child care.

The present invention for realizing the above object is a storehouse for storing infant foods and articles, and has a plurality of functional rooms including a refrigerator compartment, a warm room and a sterilization chamber in a main body for refrigerating, warming and sterilizing infant foods and articles. And a control unit for controlling the function room.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the most preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail so that those skilled in the art can be easily carried out.

1 is a perspective view showing a multi-function storage for infants according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view of a multi-function storage for infants according to the present invention with the door open, Figure 3 is an interior of a multi-function storage for children according to the present invention Figure 4 is a front view showing a state, Figure 4 is a block diagram for controlling a multi-function storage for children according to the present invention.

As shown, the multi-function storage for children 100 according to the present invention is a refrigerator compartment 120 and the warm room 120 and the sterilization chamber 130 in the main body 110 in order to refrigerated, warmed and sterilized infant food or supplies It includes a plurality of functional chambers (120, 130, 140) to include, and includes a control unit 150 for controlling the functional chambers (120, 130, 140).

The main body 110 forms a refrigerating space 121, a warming space 131, and a sterilization space 141 by dividing the inner side by the partition wall 111, and the partition wall 111 and the wall 112 are insulated from the inside. For the insulation 113 is provided. The volume of the sterilization space 141 is smaller than the refrigerating space 121 or the warming space 131 for the purpose or function.

The functional chambers 120, 130, and 140 may be formed by combining at least one of the refrigerating chamber 120, the warming chamber 130, and the sterilization chamber 140, respectively.

The refrigerating chamber 120 is provided with a first door 123 for opening and closing of the refrigerating space 121, the shelf 128 and the storage container 163 are detachably installed on the inside, and the refrigerating space 121 inside. A thermoelectric element 122 for cooling the gas is installed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the thermoelectric element 122 emits heat and cold air by the supply of power, and an endothermic plate 124 is provided on the refrigerating space 121 side for cooling the refrigerating space 121. The heat dissipation plate 125 is provided on the opposite side. Therefore, the cold air discharged from the thermoelectric element 122 is introduced into the refrigerating space 121 through the heat absorbing plate 124, the heat is discharged to the opposite side through the heat radiating plate 125. In addition, in order to ensure that the cold air discharged from the thermoelectric element 122 is quickly spread throughout the refrigerating space 121, the cold air is formed of a material having excellent thermal conductivity on the endothermic plate 124 side, for example, aluminum (Al) or the like. The diffusion plate 126 is installed to be exposed to the refrigerating space 121.

As shown in FIG. 5, the refrigerating chamber 120 includes a heat dissipation port 114 in which heat of the thermoelectric element 122 is formed in the main body 110 on the heat dissipating side of the thermoelectric element 122, that is, the heat dissipation plate 125. The heat dissipation fan 127 is discharged to the outside through the installation. In addition, the main body 110 has a suction port 115 is formed on the rear to supply the outside air to the heat radiating fan 127.

The warm room 130 is provided with a second door 133 at the inlet side for opening and closing of the warm space 131, the first heater 132 for heating or keeping the warm space 131 is installed inside. .

As shown in FIG. 6, the first heater 132 is installed on the inner side of the warm space 131, and is a heating block in which a heating wire that generates heat by supplying power is installed. In addition, the first heater 132 is coupled to a thermal diffusion plate 134 made of a material such as aluminum (Al) having excellent thermal conductivity on the side facing the warming space 131. The thermal diffusion plate 134 is exposed to the warming space 131 to quickly release the heat emitted from the first heater 132 to the warming space 131. In addition, the warm room 130 is provided with a first timer 135 that can set the operating time of the first heater 132.

The sterilization chamber 140 is provided with a third door 143 at the inlet side for opening and closing of the sterilization space 141, and sterilization means 142 is installed at the inside to sterilize the sterilization space 141.

The sterilization means 142 may use an ozone generator, an anion generator, or the like. However, it is preferable that the sterilization means 142 is a light emitting diode for irradiating ultraviolet rays having good safety or an ultraviolet lamp as in this embodiment. A blocking film 144 is provided outside the sterilizing means 142 so that the ultraviolet rays are indirectly irradiated into the sterilization space 141 by blocking the direct irradiation of the ultraviolet rays from the ultraviolet lamp which is the sterilizing means 142.

As shown in FIG. 7, the sterilization chamber 140 is provided with drying means 145 on one side of the sterilization space 141 for drying of the storage in the sterilization space 141. The drying means 145 includes a second heater 145a for dissipating heat and a heat diffusion fan 145b for dissipating heat supplied from the second heater 145a into the sterilization space 141.

The sterilization chamber 140 is provided with a selection switch 146 for selecting any one or both of the sterilization means 142 and the drying means 145 at the same time, and the operating time of the sterilization means 142 or the drying means 145. There is provided a second timer 147 that can be set.

As shown in FIG. 8, the sterilization chamber 140 is installed in the sterilization space 141 so that at least one grill-type shelf 148 and the storage container 163 can be attached and detached. The collecting container 149 is detachably installed below the shelf 148. In addition, the sterilization chamber 140 collects the water flowing into the lower side of the shelf 148 to evaporate the water collected by the water collecting container 149 using the heat emitted from the thermoelectric element 122. 161 is formed, and the water collecting part 161 is provided with a drain 162 for discharging water, and the drain 162 is installed in the refrigerating chamber 120 shown in FIG. 5 through the drain line 164. The evaporation vessel 129 is supplied.

The evaporation container 129 is a path through which heat emitted from the thermoelectric element 122 is moved to the rear side of the refrigerating space 121 by the blowing force of the heat radiating fan 127, that is, the air blowing from the heat radiating fan 127 is ducted. 116 is installed below the path moving to the heat dissipation port 114 of the main body 110 so that the water supplied through the drain line 164 is easily evaporated by the heat emitted from the thermoelectric element 122.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the first to third doors 123, 133, and 143 of the refrigerating chamber 120, the warming room 130, and the sterilization chamber 140 rotate side to side like the first and third doors 123 and 143. It may be configured to open or close by or in a manner to open and close by sliding back and forth, like the second door 133. The second door 133 is provided with a tray 136 on the rear side in order to slide from the entrance of the warming space 130.

The control unit 150 is not only the thermoelectric element 122, the first heater 132, and the sterilization means 142, but also the heat dissipation fan 127 and the drying means 145, the second heater 145a, the thermal diffusion fan 145b, and the like. To control. That is, the controller 150 may include a first temperature sensor 151 (shown in FIG. 5) for detecting a temperature inside the refrigerating space 121, and a refrigerating temperature input unit 152 for inputting a desired temperature inside the refrigerating space 121. The thermoelectric element 122 is controlled to receive the signals output from the plurality of cells so that the temperature inside the refrigerating space 121 reaches the temperature input to the refrigerating temperature input unit 152. The refrigeration temperature input unit 152 controls any one of the preset refrigeration temperatures for food, medicine and cosmetics, for example, 3 degrees for food, 12 degrees for medicine, and 15 degrees for cosmetic. You can choose by.

The control unit 150 outputs from the second temperature sensor 153 (shown in FIG. 6) for detecting a temperature inside the warm space 131 and a warm temperature input unit 154 in which a desired temperature is input inside the warm space 131. The first heater 132 is controlled to receive the signals, so that the temperature inside the warm space 131 reaches the temperature input to the warm temperature input unit 154.

The controller 150 is installed at the inlet side of the sterilization chamber 140, for example, the sterilization space 141, and detects the opening of the third door 143 by contact with the third door 143. Receiving the detection signal output from the (155) and stops the drive of the sterilization means 142 when the third door 143 is opened, and by driving the heat dissipation fan 127 when driving the sterilization means 142 (sterilization chamber ( Is generated from the 140 is discharged to the drain 162 to continuously evaporate the water supplied to the evaporation vessel 129 through the drain line 164.

The controller 150 receives a signal output from the third temperature sensor 156 (shown in FIG. 7) installed in the sterilization space 141 to detect the temperature inside the sterilization space 141. When the internal temperature is higher than or equal to the predetermined temperature, the driving of the second heater 145a is stopped.

The first and second timers 135 and 147, the selector switch 146, the refrigerating temperature input unit 152, and the warm temperature input unit 154 may be installed inside the spaces 121, 131, and 141, or the main body 110. And in this embodiment of Figure 2 is installed in the operation unit 158 provided on the front of the second door 133, the display unit 157 is installed in the operation unit 158 to indicate their operation state.

The function of the baby multifunctional storage consisting of this structure is made as follows.

The refrigerating chamber 120 stores infant medicines such as breast milk, skin care cosmetics for infants, etc., among infant-related foods and supplies, and they are discharged from a thermoelectric element 122 to which power is applied to the endothermic plate 124 and the cold diffusion plate. Cooled by cold air diffused into the refrigerating space 121 through 126. At this time, the heat emitted from the thermoelectric element 122 is transferred to the heat radiation plate 125 is discharged through the heat dissipation port 114 of the main body 110 by the blowing force of the heat radiation fan 127.

The temperature of the refrigerating chamber 120 is controlled by the amount of current supplied to the thermoelectric element 122 by the controller 150, and the controller 150 measures the temperature inside the refrigerating space 121. The thermoelectric element 122 is controlled to receive the detection signal and the electrical signal corresponding to the temperature input to the refrigerating temperature input unit 152 to maintain the input temperature of the refrigerating space 121. In addition, the refrigeration temperature input unit 152 is a switch corresponding to the preset temperature for each kind of baby-related storage to be stored, for example, 3 degrees Celsius, 12 degrees Celsius for medicines, 15 degrees Celsius for cosmetics (not shown) The temperature input can be made convenient by simply operating).

The warm room 130 is warmed or warmed the infant's milk or herbal medicine due to the heat of the first heater 132, the operating time of the first heater 132, that is, the time to warm or warm the milk 1 may be set as the timer 135. In addition, the warm room 130 is a signal output from each of the second temperature sensor 153 for sensing the temperature inside the warm space 131 and the warm temperature input unit 154 to which the desired temperature of the warm space 131 is input. The controller 150 receives and controls the first heater 132 to maintain the temperature at which the temperature of the warm space 131 is input.

The sterilization chamber 140 sterilizes the bottle, the gauze handkerchief, the toy, etc. stored in the sterilization space 141 by sterilization means 142 such as a light emitting diode or an ultraviolet lamp that irradiates ultraviolet rays, as well as the heat of the second heater 145a. These can be supplied to the sterilization space 141 through the heat diffusion fan 145b to dry these items. In addition, one of the sterilization function and the drying function may be selected or simultaneously selected by the selection switch 146, and the operation time of the sterilization means 142 or the drying means 145 may be set by the second timer 147. Can be.

The water falling from the bottle or the like located on the grill-type shelf 148 of the sterilization chamber 140 is collected by the water collecting container 149 and discarded to the outside, or dropped from the stored items while the water collecting container 149 is separated. Water is collected in the water collecting unit 161 and supplied to the evaporation vessel 129 through the drain 162 and the drain line 164 to be evaporated by the heat released from the thermoelectric element 122. On the other hand, the control unit 150 drives the heat dissipation fan 127 to drive the sterilization means 142, even if the driving of the thermoelectric element 122 is stopped to quickly evaporate the water collected in the evaporation vessel 129. .

The control unit 150 which receives the detection signal output from the door open sensor 155 which detects this when the third door 143 of the sterilization chamber 140 is opened, recognizes the opening of the third door 143 and sterilizes it. The driving of the sterilization means 142 is stopped so that ultraviolet rays and the like are not emitted from the 142.

In addition, the controller 150 stops the driving of the second heater 145a when the temperature of the sterilization space 141 is higher than a predetermined temperature through the third temperature sensor 156, thereby causing the second heater 145a to overheat. The temperature of the sterilization space 141 is prevented from being raised due to this.

According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention as described above, it is possible to store the baby food or supplies in a variety of ways in one device to suit the purpose and function thereof to increase the convenience of use of the baby-related products, efficient child care space It can be used as a precaution, and prevents unnecessary waste of child care.

As described above, the multi-function storage for infants according to the present invention can be stored in a variety of ways in one device to suit the purpose and function of the baby food or goods to enhance the ease of use of the baby-related products, child care space It can be used efficiently and has the effect of preventing unnecessary waste of child care.

What has been described above is just one embodiment for carrying out the multi-function storage for infants according to the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, the subject matter of the present invention as claimed in the following claims Without departing from the scope of the present invention, any person having ordinary skill in the art will have the technical spirit of the present invention to the extent that various modifications can be made.

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delete As a storehouse for infant food and supplies, It includes a control unit for controlling the functional room having a plurality of functional rooms including a refrigerator compartment, a warm room and a sterilization chamber in the main body for refrigeration, warming and sterilization of the baby food or supplies, The refrigerator compartment, In the main body is provided with a refrigerating space partitioned by a partition wall to be opened and closed by the first door, the cooling space is cooled by a thermoelectric element Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. The method of claim 2, The refrigerator compartment, A heat dissipation fan is installed on the heat dissipation side of the thermoelectric element to discharge the heat of the thermoelectric element to the outside through a heat dissipation hole formed in the main body. Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. As a storehouse for infant food and supplies, It includes a control unit for controlling the functional room having a plurality of functional rooms including a refrigerator compartment, a warm room and a sterilization chamber in the main body for refrigeration, warming and sterilization of the baby food or supplies, The warm room, In the main body is provided with a warming space partitioned by a partition wall to be opened and closed by a second door, the heating or warming the heated space with a first heater Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. The method of claim 4, wherein The warm room, A first timer capable of setting an operating time of the first heater Baby multifunctional storage including more. As a storehouse for infant food and supplies, It includes a control unit for controlling the functional room having a plurality of functional rooms including a refrigerator compartment, a warm room and a sterilization chamber in the main body for refrigeration, warming and sterilization of the baby food or supplies, The sterilization chamber, A sterilization space partitioned by the partition wall and opened and closed by a third door is provided in the main body, and the sterilization space is sterilized by sterilization means. Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. The method of claim 6, The sterilization means, Being light emitting diodes or ultraviolet lamps that irradiate ultraviolet rays Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. The method according to claim 6 or 7, The sterilization chamber, Drying means is provided on one side of the sterilization space for drying the storage in the sterilization space Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. The method of claim 8, The drying means, With the second heater, A thermal diffusion fan for diffusing heat supplied from the second heater into the sterilization space Baby multifunctional storage including a. The method of claim 8, The sterilization chamber, Selector switch for selecting any one or the sterilization means and the drying means to drive at the same time Baby multifunctional storage including more. The method of claim 8, The sterilization chamber, A second timer capable of setting an operating time of the sterilization means or the drying means; Baby multifunctional storage including more. The method according to claim 6 or 7, The sterilization chamber, The grill type shelf and the sump container are detachably installed in the sterilization space. Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. The method of claim 2 or 3, The sterilization chamber is provided with a grill type shelf in the sterilization space and a drain hole for collecting and discharging the water flowing into the lower side of the shelf. The refrigerating chamber is installed on a path through which the heat discharged from the thermoelectric element is evaporated into the evaporation vessel, through which the water drained through the drain port is supplied through the drain line. Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. The method of claim 2 or 3, The control unit, Receiving a signal output from the first temperature sensor for sensing the temperature inside the refrigerating space and the refrigerating temperature input unit for inputting the desired temperature inside the refrigerating space, respectively, the temperature inside the refrigerating space is input to the refrigerating temperature input unit Controlling the thermoelectric element to reach Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. The method of claim 14, The refrigeration temperature input unit, Operating by selecting any one of the preset refrigeration temperatures for foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. The method according to claim 4 or 5, The control unit, Receiving a signal output from the second temperature sensor for sensing the temperature inside the warm space and the warm temperature input unit for inputting the desired temperature in the warm space, respectively, the temperature inside the warm temperature space is input to the warm temperature input unit Controlling the first heater to reach Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. The method according to claim 6 or 7, The control unit, Stopping the driving of the sterilization means when the third door is opened through a detection signal provided in the sterilization chamber and output from a door open detection sensor for detecting the opening of the third door; Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. The method of claim 9, The second heater, The driving is stopped when the temperature in the sterilization space is higher than a predetermined temperature by the controller for receiving a signal output from a third temperature sensor for sensing the temperature inside the sterilization space. Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. The method of claim 3, wherein The heat dissipation fan, Being driven together when driving the sterilization means provided for sterilization in the sterilization chamber by the control unit. Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that.

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