KR100681582B1 - 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 foods and supplies, the refrigerator 110 and the cold compartment 130 and the main body 110 in order to refrigerate, cold, warm and sterilize infant foods and supplies It has a plurality of functional chambers (120, 130, 140) including a sterilization chamber 140, and includes 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 is possible to prevent unnecessary waste of time, and to provide a cold and cold room that can be switched between the refrigerating function and the warming function as needed to increase the storage efficiency of the baby food.

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 cold room of the multifunctional storage 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: the first thermoelectric element

127: first heat radiation fan 129: evaporation vessel

130: cold and cold room 131: cold and cold room

132: first heater 135: first timer

137: second thermoelectric element 138: second heat dissipation fan

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: cold and hot 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 types of food or beverages in a frozen or refrigerated state for a long time. The refrigerator includes a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment, which are opened and closed by a front door, respectively. The compressor compresses the refrigerant at high temperature and high pressure and sends it to the condenser, and the condenser releases heat from the refrigerant and converts the liquid into a low-temperature low-pressure liquid refrigerant, which is converted into a low-temperature high-pressure liquid refrigerant through a capillary tube. The coolant is sent to the cooler installed at the rear side of the freezer compartment, and the refrigerant sent to the cooler passes through the coolant pipe of the cooler to be evaporated at a low pressure, thereby reducing 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. Cosmetics refrigerators and the like have been developed and used to cool the first 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 general refrigerators used at home, the smell of other foods stored together will not only cause hygiene problems, but also reduce quality. In particular, when the microwave oven is used to heat the powdered milk, it is very cumbersome because it is heated every time it is needed, and it is difficult to store it above a certain temperature for a long time, and when the warmer is used to heat the powdered milk or to store the heated powdered milk for its purpose. Not only are they expensive to buy, but they are usually designed for use in hospitals, pharmacies, restaurants, etc. rather than at home, making them unsuitable for 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 possible to increase the storage efficiency of baby food by providing a cold and cold room that can improve the use of child care space, prevent unnecessary waste of child care, and switch between refrigerating function and warming function as needed. To provide a multifunctional storage for infants.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a storage for storing infant foods and supplies, a plurality of functions including a refrigerator compartment, a cold storage compartment and a sterilization chamber in the main body for refrigerating, cooling, heating and sterilizing infant foods and supplies 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 storage for storing infant food or supplies, the refrigerator 110 and the main body 110 in order to refrigerate, refrigerate, heat and sterilize infant food or supplies It includes a plurality of functional chambers (120, 130, 140) including a cold and cold room 130 and the sterilization chamber 140, and includes a control unit 150 for controlling the functional chambers (120, 130, 140).

The main body 110 is formed by partitioning the inner side by the partition wall 111 to form the refrigerating space 121, the cold and cold space 131, and the sterilization space 141, respectively, and the partition wall 111 and the wall 112 are formed inside. Insulation 113 is provided for insulation. In addition, the sterilization space 141 preferably has a smaller volume than the refrigerating space 121 or the cold / cold space 131 in view of its use frequency and purpose of use.

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

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

As shown in FIG. 5, the first thermoelectric element 122 emits heat and cold air on both sides by supplying power, and the heat absorbing plate 124 is disposed on the side of the refrigerating space 121 for cooling the refrigerating space 121. ) Is provided, and the heat radiation plate 125 is installed on the opposite side. Therefore, the cold air discharged from the first thermoelectric element 122 is introduced into the refrigerating space 121 through the heat absorbing plate 124, and heat is released to the opposite side through the heat radiating plate 125. In addition, in order to quickly diffuse the cold air discharged from the first thermoelectric element 122 to the whole of the refrigerating space 121, the endothermic plate 124 is formed of a material having excellent thermal conductivity, such as aluminum (Al), etc. The cold air diffusion plate 126 is installed to be exposed to the refrigerating space 121.

As shown in FIG. 5, the refrigerating chamber 120 is configured such that the heat of the first thermoelectric element 122, that is, the heat dissipation plate 125, is formed on the main body 110. The first heat dissipation fan 127 for discharging to the outside through the heat dissipation port 114 is installed. In addition, the main body 110 has a suction port 115 formed on the rear surface to supply the outside air to the first heat radiating fan 127.

The cold compartment 130 is provided with a second door 133 at the inlet side for opening and closing the cold compartment 131, and a first heater 132 for heating or keeping the cold compartment 131 inside. A second thermoelectric element 137 for cooling is installed.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, the first heater 132 is installed on the inner surface of the cold / cold 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 cold / cold space 131. The thermal diffusion plate 134 is exposed to the cold / cold space 131 to quickly release the heat emitted from the first heater 132 into the cold / cold space 131.

As shown in FIG. 6, the second thermoelectric element 137 is provided with an endothermic plate 137a and a heat generating plate 137a on both sides, similarly to the first thermoelectric element 122, and cold air on the endothermic plate 137a. The diffusion plate 137c is installed to be in contact with the second heat dissipation fan 138 to discharge the heat of the heat generating plate 137a through the heat dissipation port 114 of the main body 110.

The cold and hot room 130 is provided with a first timer 135 that can set the operating time of the first heater 132 or the second thermoelectric element 137.

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 is composed of a second heater 145a for dissipating heat and a heat diffusion fan 145b for dissipating heat supplied from the second heater 145a to 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 are detachable, and the bottom shelf (148) The collection container 149 is detachably installed at the lower side. 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 collecting container 149 using the heat emitted from the first thermoelectric element 122. A water portion 161 is formed, and the water collecting portion 161 is provided with a drain 162 for discharging water, and the drain 162 is provided in the refrigerating chamber 120 shown in FIG. 5 through the drain line 164. It is supplied to the evaporation vessel 129 to be installed.

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

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the first to third doors 123, 133, and 143 of the refrigerating chamber 120, the refrigerating chamber 130, and the sterilization chamber 140 rotate left and right 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 cold / cold chamber 130.

The controller 150 includes the first and second heat dissipation fans 127 and 138 and the drying means 145 as well as the first thermoelectric element 122, the first heater 132, the second thermoelectric element 137 and the sterilization means 142. Control the second heater 145a, the thermal diffusion fan 145b, and the like. 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. Each of the first thermoelectric element 122 is controlled to receive a signal output from the control unit 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 is the second temperature sensor 153 (shown in Figure 6) for detecting the temperature inside the cold and cold space 131 and the desired temperature inside the cold and cold space 131 is input to the refrigeration function and the warming function of The first heater 132 receives the signals output from the cold / cold temperature input unit 154, which is switched together, so that the temperature inside the cold / cold space 131 reaches the temperature input to the cold / cold temperature input unit 154. And the second thermoelectric element 137.

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 a detection signal output from the (155) to stop the drive of the sterilizing water stage 142 when the third door 143 is opened, by driving the first heat dissipation fan 127 together when driving the sterilization means 142 The water generated from the sterilization chamber 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 cold / cold temperature input unit 154 may be installed in the respective spaces 121, 131, and 141, or the main body 110. 1 and 2, the display unit 157 is installed on the operation unit 158 provided on the front surface of the second door 133, and the display unit 157 is installed on the operation unit 158 to indicate the operation state thereof.

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

The refrigerating compartment 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 the first thermoelectric element 122 to which power is applied to the endothermic plate 124 and cold air. Cooled by cold air diffused into the refrigerating space 121 through the diffusion plate 126. At this time, heat emitted from the first thermoelectric element 122 is transferred to the heat dissipation plate 125 and discharged through the heat dissipation port 114 of the main body 110 by the blowing force of the first heat dissipation fan 127.

The temperature of the refrigerating chamber 120 is controlled by the amount of current supplied to the first thermoelectric element 122 by the controller 150, and the controller 150 measures the temperature of the inside of the refrigerating space 121. The first thermoelectric element 122 is controlled to receive the detection signal 151 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 cold and cold room 130 warms or warms infant milk or herbal medicine due to the heat of the first heater 132, or stores only foods that require refrigeration due to insufficient refrigerating room 120 to store the second thermoelectric element 137. By refrigeration, the operating time of the first heater 132 or the second thermoelectric element 137 may be set to the first timer 135. In addition, the cold compartment 130 is output from each of the second temperature sensor 153 for sensing the temperature inside the cold compartment 131 and the cold compartment temperature input unit 154, the desired temperature of the cold compartment 131 is input. The control unit 150 receives the signal, and controls the first heater 132 and the second thermoelectric element 137 to maintain the temperature at which the temperature of the cold / cold 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 part 161 and supplied to the evaporation vessel 129 through the drain 162 and the drain line 164 to be evaporated by the heat emitted from the first thermoelectric element 122. On the other hand, the controller 150 drives the first heat dissipation fan 127 to drive the sterilization means 142, even if the driving of the first thermoelectric element 122 is stopped, so that the water gathered in the evaporation container 129 is quickly. To evaporate.

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 to sterilize by overheating the second heater 145a. The temperature of the space 141 is increased or the risk of the resulting is prevented.

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, prevents unnecessary waste of child care, and increases the storage efficiency of baby food by providing a cold and hot room that can be switched between the refrigerating and heating functions as needed.

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, prevent unnecessary waste of child care, and has a cold and hot room that can be switched between the refrigerating function and the warming function as needed to increase the storage efficiency of baby food.

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 cold compartment and a sterilization chamber in the main body for refrigeration, cold, warm and sterilize the infant food or article, The refrigerator compartment, A refrigerated space partitioned by the partition wall and opened and closed by the first door is provided in the main body, and the refrigerated space is cooled by the first thermoelectric element. Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. The method of claim 2, The refrigerator compartment, A first heat dissipation fan is installed on the heat dissipation side of the first thermoelectric element to discharge the heat of the first 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 cold compartment and a sterilization chamber in the main body for refrigeration, cold, warm and sterilize the infant food or article, The cold and cold room, In the main body is provided with a cold and cold space partitioned by a partition wall to be opened and closed by a second door, the cold and cold space is heated or insulated with a first heater or cooled by a second thermoelectric element Baby multifunctional storage characterized in that. The method of claim 4, wherein The cold and cold room, A first timer capable of setting an operating time of the first heater or the second thermoelectric element 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 cold compartment and a sterilization chamber in the main body for refrigeration, cold, warm and sterilize the infant food or article, 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 a sterilization space partitioned by a partition wall in the main body and opened and closed by a third door, and a drain hole for collecting and discharging water flowing into the lower side of the shelf is provided. The refrigerating chamber is installed on a path through which the heat discharged from the first 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 first 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 cold compartment and the cold and cold temperature input unit to input the desired temperature inside the cold compartment, respectively, the temperature inside the cold compartment is the cold Controlling the first heater and the second thermoelectric element to reach a temperature input to a temperature input unit; 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 first 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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