KR100613358B1 - device for producing ion water - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an ion water purifier, and more particularly, to an ion water purifier capable of receiving a constant concentration of ion water regardless of the type of raw water supplied.

Ion Purifier

Description

Ion Purifier {device for producing ion water}

1 is a schematic view showing a conventional cold and hot ion water purifier.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing another conventional cold and hot water purifier.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing a conventional room temperature ion water purifier.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing an ion water purifier according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a schematic view showing an ion water purifier according to another embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

11 filter unit 12 water purification tank

13: electrolytic cell 15: hot water tank

16: cold water tank 20: room temperature alkaline water tank

50: control unit 51: raw water classification button

70: electrolytic voltage output unit

The present invention relates to an ion water purifier, and more particularly, to an ion water purifier capable of receiving a constant concentration of ion water regardless of the type of raw water supplied.

In general, a cold ion water purifier passes through a filter unit to separate purified water into acidic water and alkaline water in an electrolytic cell, and then provides acidic water, cold alkaline ionized water or warm alkaline ionized water.

As such a cold and hot ion water purifier, it is proposed in the publication of Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0338971. As shown in FIG. 1, the cold ion water purifier 100 according to this publication is provided with a plurality of filters and stores purified water from the filter unit 110 and the filter unit 110 for filtering and purifying tap water. Reservoir 120 to, an electrolytic cell 130 for generating acidic water and alkaline ionized water by electrically decomposing the purified water introduced from the reservoir 120, an acidic tank for storing the acidic water generated from the electrolytic bath 130 ( 140, a hot water tank 150 including a heating means 153 for heating the alkaline ionized water generated from the electrolytic cell 130, and a hot water tank 155 for storing the heated alkaline ionized water, and from the electrolytic cell 130. Cold water tank 160 consisting of a cooling means 163 for cooling the generated alkaline ionized water and a cold water tank 165 for storing the cooled alkaline ionized water, and a storage tank 120 and an acidic water tank to perform an automatic drain operation. 140, on It consists of a tank 150, the cold water tank 160 and a room temperature water tube 170, 180, the drain manifold 190 that is connected to. However, the cold ion water purifier 100 is configured in the order of the filter unit 110 → electrolytic bath 130 → cold water tank (hot water tank), the alkaline ionized water generated through the electrolytic bath 130 is cold water tank until the user withdraw 165 and the hot water tank 155 is stored for a long time. When the alkaline ionized water stays in the cold / hot water tank for a long time, the ion concentration of the alkaline ionized water disappears over time, causing a problem such that the pH concentration gradually decreases to neutral.

As shown in FIG. 2, in order to supplement the above problems, a cold / hot water tank is provided, and the control unit 60 and the electrolytic voltage output unit 70 are further provided to provide a constant voltage applied to the electrolytic cell 13. Cold and hot ion water purifiers that control the amount of raw water that is delivered with or without application have been proposed.

In addition, as shown in Figure 3, as another example of the conventional ion water purifier, in order to prevent the concentration of Ph to fall to neutral, without a cold / hot water tank, while generating room temperature alkaline ionized water immediately after the control unit, An electrothermal voltage output unit 70 is further provided, and a room temperature ion water purifier for providing alkaline ionized water or providing purified water by applying or not applying a constant voltage applied to the electrolytic cell 13 is proposed.

However, the cold and hot ion water purifiers of the above-described configuration have the following problems.

The pH concentration of the ionized water electrolyzed in the electrolytic cell varies greatly depending on the type of raw water such as constant water, ground water and deep water.

That is, in the conventional cold and hot water ionizer, since the standard of the raw water is designed based on the water supply, when the raw water such as groundwater is different, the pH concentration of the ionized water withdrawal shows a great difference from the standard value.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, the user is to provide an ion water purifier that can be provided with a constant concentration of ion water irrespective of the type of raw water supplied.

The ion purifier of the present invention for achieving the above object is a filter unit for filtering and purifying raw water; It comprises an electrolytic cell for generating acidic water and alkaline ionized water by electrolysis of the filtered purified water,

The raw water input unit is provided to distinguish the raw water, and the value inputted to the raw water input unit is transmitted to the controller to vary the electrolysis voltage, thereby adjusting the concentration of hydrogen ion index of ionized water.

According to this configuration, the user can be provided with ionized water at a constant concentration regardless of the kind of raw water supplied.

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

For reference, among the configurations of the present invention to be described below, the same configuration as the prior art will be referred to the above-described prior art, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

4 is a schematic view showing an ion water purifier according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the ion water purifier of this embodiment includes a filter section 11 for filtering and purifying raw water, and an electrolytic cell 13 for generating acidic and alkaline ionized water by electrolyzing the filtered purified water. .

The filter unit 11 is composed of a plurality of filters for filtering and purifying raw water such as water and ground water.

The electrolyzer 13 electrolyzes the purified water introduced from the filter unit 11 to generate acidic water and alkaline ionized water.

The pH concentration of alkaline ionized water ionized in the electrolytic cell 13 is preferably between 8.0 and 10.0, and the pH concentration of acidic water is preferably between 3.5 and 6.0.

On the other hand, the raw water input unit for separating the raw water is preferably provided.

The enemy input unit may be implemented in various ways such as a button type or a dial type.

In this embodiment, by applying the button format, the raw water input unit is implemented as a raw water classification button 51.

Raw water classification button 51 may be provided with a plurality depending on the type of raw water flowing in.

The controller 50 is provided to control the voltage by the stored information of the raw water input to the raw water classification button 51.

The information of the raw water is representative of the nature of raw water is previously input to the control unit 50, or the detection sensor is provided in the raw water inlet, raw water by detecting the mineral containing index or pH index of raw water affecting the hydrogen ion index Each time it is introduced, it can be actively input to the controller 50.

An electrolytic voltage output unit 70 for receiving a signal from the controller 50 and outputting a voltage to the electrolytic cell is provided to adjust the hydrogen ion index.

Here, the classification of raw water supplied to the ion water purifier may be classified based on the hardness of the water quality, total dissolved solids (TDS), groundwater, deep water, and constant, and there is no limit to the criteria for classifying raw water.

The operation of this embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described below.

When the user presses the raw water classification button 51 to select the type of raw water such as groundwater, water hardness, deep water, and constant water, the signal is input to the controller 50.

According to the information stored for each raw water, the controller 50 adjusts the electrolysis voltage according to the input value, thereby adjusting the pH (hydrogen ion index) of the ion water generated in the electrolytic cell 13. ) The density can be adjusted to the set value.

In this way, since the pH concentration of the ionized water output by adjusting the electrolysis voltage can be adjusted to the set value, the user can be provided with a constant concentration of ionized water regardless of the type of raw water supplied.

On the other hand, according to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figure 5, the filter portion 11 for filtering and purifying the raw water, and purified water purified by the filter portion 11 to electrolyze the acidic water and alkali An electrolytic bath 13 for generating ionized water, a hot water tank 15 for heating and storing the alkaline ionized water, and a cold water tank 16 for cooling and storing the alkaline ionized water.

In this regard, the portion overlapping with the above-described embodiment will be referred to the previous embodiment, and only the characteristic operational effects of the present invention will be described.

The purified water purified by the filter unit 11 may be stored in the water purification tank 12.

Furthermore, the room temperature purified water that is not delivered from the water purification tank 12 may be immediately discharged.

The electrolyzer 13 electrolyzes the purified water introduced from the purified water tank 12 to produce acidic water and alkaline ionized water.

On the other hand, the raw water input unit for separating the raw water is preferably provided.

The enemy input unit may be implemented in various ways such as a button type or a dial type.

In this embodiment, by applying the button format, the raw water input unit is implemented as a raw water classification button 51.

Raw water classification button 51 may be provided with a plurality depending on the type of raw water flowing in.

The controller 50 is provided to control the voltage by the information stored for the raw water input to the raw water classification button 51.

The information of the raw water is representative of the nature of raw water is previously input to the control unit 50, or the detection sensor is provided in the raw water inlet, raw water by detecting the mineral containing index or pH index of raw water affecting the hydrogen ion index Each time it is introduced, it can be actively input to the controller 50.

An electrolytic voltage output unit 70 for receiving a signal from the controller 50 and outputting a voltage to the electrolytic cell 13 is provided to adjust the hydrogen ion index.

Room temperature alkaline water tank 20 for storing the alkaline ionized water generated in the electrolytic cell 13 may be provided.

In addition, the alkaline water bath at room temperature in the room temperature alkaline water tank 20 may be withdrawn to room temperature alkaline ionized water without heating or cooling.

In addition, a hot water tank 15 including heating means for heating the alkaline ionized water generated from the electrolytic cell 13 and a hot water tank for storing the alkaline ionized water heated by the heating means is provided.

Furthermore, there is also provided a cold water tank 16 comprising cooling means for cooling the alkaline ionized water generated from the electrolytic cell 13 and a cold water tank for storing the alkaline ionized water cooled by the cooling means.

On the other hand, the ion water purifier is provided with a water supply button that allows the user to select the type and temperature of the ionized water, such as alkaline cold and hot water, acidic cold and hot water.

That is, according to the user's choice, normal temperature purified water, normal temperature acidic water, normal temperature alkaline ionized water, warm alkaline ionized water, and cooled alkaline ionized water are provided.

As described above, although described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art various modifications of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below. Or it may be modified.

According to the ion purifier of the present invention as described above, there are the following effects.

First, the raw water input unit is provided to separate the raw water, the control unit adjusts the electrolysis voltage according to the value input to the raw water input unit, so that the pH concentration of the ionized water output by adjusting the electrolysis voltage can be adjusted according to the set value, The user may be provided with a constant concentration of ionized water regardless of the type of raw water supplied.

Second, since the raw water input unit can be divided into a groundwater, a deep water, a constant is input, there is an advantage that the ion water purifier can be applied to a variety of raw water.

Third, the raw water input unit may be input by dividing the hardness of the raw water into the upper and lower middle, in particular, since the hardness of the raw water is a value representing the content of the mineral component, it is a good reference for separating raw water, it is possible to more effectively control the pH concentration of the ionized water .

Fourth, the cold water tank and the hot water tank is provided, there is an advantage that can provide the alkaline ionized water of the appropriate temperature for each preference or needs.

Claims (4)

A filter unit for filtering and purifying raw water; It comprises an electrolytic cell for generating acidic water and alkaline ionized water by electrolysis of the filtered purified water, A raw water input unit is provided in the form of a button or dial to allow the user to select the type of raw water. The ion water purifier further comprises a control unit for controlling the hydrogen ion index concentration of the ionized water is applied to the voltage of the electrolytic cell in accordance with the value input to the raw water input unit. The method of claim 1, The raw water input unit is an ion water purifier, characterized in that the ground water, deep water, constants are input. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The raw water input unit is an ion water purifier, characterized in that the hardness of the raw water is input divided into upper, middle, lower. The method of claim 3, wherein And a cold water tank for cooling and storing the alkaline ionized water and a hot water tank for heating and storing the alkaline ionized water.

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