KR100835020B1 - A vitamine storing body - Google Patents

Abstract

A vitamin receiving body is provided to allow that vitamin filled in the housing to be extracted to a predetermined concentration and extend the life of the vitamin by preventing vitamin filled in a housing from coming in contact with the entire raw water flown into the vitamin receiving body. A vitamin receiving body(100) comprises: a housing(110) which has an inlet for flowing in raw water and an outlet for discharging the raw water, and in which a vitamin receiving part(115) is formed in such a shape that a bottom side of the vitamin receiving part is opened to receive a vitamin member, the vitamin receiving part being separated from a raw water passage for connecting the inlet and the outlet; a bottom cover(120) separably connected to a lower end of the housing; an inlet(111) formed such that the raw water passage and the vitamin receiving part communicate with each other to flow a portion of raw water flowing through the raw water passage into the vitamin receiving part; and an outlet(112) formed in the bottom cover to discharge to the outside the raw water that has been flown into the vitamin receiving part and contacted with the vitamin member. Further, the raw water passage has "L" shape, and the inlet is formed at an upper surface of the housing.

Description

Vitamin Receptor

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a water softener to which a vitamin receptor according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

2 is an external perspective view of a vitamin receptor according to an embodiment of the present invention,

3 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

Figure 4 is a graph comparing the chlorine removal rate of the vitamin receptor according to the embodiment of the present invention and the prior art,

5 is an external perspective view of a vitamin receptor according to another embodiment of the present invention,

6 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 5.

Description of the main symbols in the drawings

110, 110 '. Housing 111,111 '. Entrance

112,112 '. Exit 113,113 '. Enemies

114,114 '. Partition member 115,115 '. Vitamin receptors

120. Lower cover 131,131 '. Inlet

132,132 '. Outlet 140. Top Cover

The present invention relates to a vitamin receptor, and more particularly, to a vitamin receptor that is installed inside the filter unit of the softener so as to uniformly dissolve and discharge the built-in water-soluble vitamin.

Generally, living water can be divided into soft water and hard water, and most of the tap water supplied to homes is hard water containing a large amount of calcium ions and magnesium ions. Such tap water contains a large amount of chlorine components used in the purification process, and contains various heavy metals (ions) such as iron, lead, zinc, and mercury, which are harmful to humans due to deteriorated pipes and water pollution. Such tap water is not fatal to the human body, but if it is still used during skin washing, the metal ions contained in the water and the fatty acids of the soap combine to make a metallic foreign substance. When the metallic foreign substance comes into contact with the skin, allergy or atopic skin It causes various skin diseases such as or accelerates the aging of the skin. Therefore, softeners that convert hard water such as tap water into soft water and at the same time remove chlorine and heavy metal ions that are harmful to the human body and supply higher quality living water are widely used in homes and businesses. Basically, the water softener has a principle of softening by replacing hard water components such as calcium ions and magnesium ions contained in tap water with sodium ions (Na +), which are harmless to the human body.

A general water softener is equipped with an ion exchange container filled with an ion exchange resin of a sodium compound containing a high molecular weight so that it can be discharged into soft water by receiving external raw water, and a nonwoven fabric, activated carbon, carbon, zeolite on the top of the ion exchange container. It is arranged in such a manner that a pretreatment filter unit is installed to remove suspended matter, residual chlorine, odor, etc. before ion exchange water purification. Therefore, the raw water introduced from the raw water inlet pipe is primarily purified through the pretreatment filter unit, and the raw water passed through the pretreatment filter unit is introduced into the ion exchange resin filled in the ion exchange container and softened, and then discharged through the raw water discharge pipe. do.

On the other hand, the pretreatment filter unit has a water-soluble vitamin C, which neutralizes the chlorine in the tap water and changes it into a weak acid for the skin. Specifically, showering and bathing with tap water in a state in which chlorine is neutralized by vitamin C not only has a good effect on skin, hair, and scalp, but also provides a skin moisturizing effect. Such a mechanism is widely known.

Filters using vitamin C include a powder (powder) or gel type of vitamin in a housing (or cartridge) and a method of providing a solid using a coagulant such as gypsum without using a separate housing. However, in the case of a solid filter using a coagulant, all the surfaces of the solid are exposed to water, so that the concentration of the vitamin is excessively eluted at the first use, and the concentration gradually decreases, and the oxidation rate is increased when exposed to air. Since there is a problem that proceeds quickly, the method of putting a solid vitamin of powder or gel type in the housing is mostly used.

An example of a vitamin receptor of a method of applying powdered powder or solid vitamin inside the housing is Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2005-64896 (discharge housing of water-soluble vitamins and a water softener containing the same), which has a cylindrical shape If there is a discharge housing of water-soluble vitamins is provided with a water supply hole eccentrically penetrated up and down to one edge of the upper surface so as to introduce the raw water, and a water outlet hole laterally penetrated to the upper side to discharge the raw water in which the water-soluble vitamin is dissolved.

However, even with the housing method, all of the raw water flowing into the housing comes into contact with the water-soluble vitamins. The water-soluble vitamin C has a very high solubility and is rapidly exhausted when contacted with water. Therefore, the solubility of vitamin C is significantly different due to various factors such as water pressure, flow rate, and water temperature. There is a problem in that excessive dissolution at the beginning, resulting in a shortened life of the vitamin.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, the present invention is to ensure that the concentration of the vitamin filled in the housing is uniformly extracted by preventing all of the raw water flowing into the vitamin receptor in contact with the vitamin filled therein. Its purpose is to provide vitamin receptors that can help to extend the useful life of vitamins.

The vitamin receptor according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, has an inlet for the raw water is introduced and the outlet for the incoming raw water is discharged, the lower side is provided with a vitamin receiving portion open to accommodate the vitamin member therein; The vitamin receiving portion is divided into a raw water passage connecting the water inlet and the water outlet; A lower cover detachably coupled to a lower end of the housing; An inlet formed to communicate the raw water passage and the vitamin receiving portion so that a portion of the raw water flowing in the raw water passage flows into the vitamin receiving portion; And an outlet formed in the lower cover to discharge the raw water introduced into the vitamin accommodating part and in contact with the vitamin member to the outside.

On the other hand, the vitamin receptor according to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the housing having a vitamin accommodating portion is opened on the upper side to accommodate the vitamin member therein; It is detachably coupled to the upper end of the housing, and has an inlet through which the raw water is introduced and an outlet through which the inflowed raw water is discharged, so that the raw water passage connecting the inlet and the outlet can be divided into the vitamin accommodating part when coupled to the housing. An upper cover; An inlet formed to communicate the raw water passage and the vitamin receiving portion so that a portion of the raw water flowing in the raw water passage flows into the vitamin receiving portion; And an outlet formed in the housing to discharge the raw water introduced into the vitamin accommodating part and in contact with the vitamin member to the outside.

The raw water passage is preferably formed in an "L" shape.

The inlet is formed on the upper surface of the housing, the outlet is formed on the upper side of the side of the housing, the outlet is preferably formed on the bottom surface of the lower cover.

The inlet or outlet is preferably formed smaller than the diameter of the inlet and outlet.

The outlet is preferably formed smaller than the diameter of the inlet.

The above objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing the preferred embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, a vitamin receptor according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 illustrates a general water softener 1 to which a vitamin receptor 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The water softener (1) requires at least one water softener filled with an ion exchange resin (2) made of a special polymer compound containing sodium ions so as to be supplied with external raw water and discharged into soft water. It may be divided into a cold rolled water tank (3a) for receiving cold raw water and to discharge cold rolled water, and a warm soft water tank (3b) for discharging warm soft water by receiving hot water above room temperature. And the cold / hot water canister (3a, 3b) is connected to the cold / hot water supply pipes (4a, 4b) for supplying the external cold / hot water, respectively, and the cold / hot water to discharge the cold / hot water Warm water discharge pipes 5a and 5b are provided, respectively.

Therefore, when cold / hot water is supplied into the cold / warm water tanks 3a and 3b through the cold / hot water supply pipes 4a and 4b, calcium ions are formed by the ion exchange resin 2 filled in the respective interiors. And cations of hard water components such as magnesium ions are substituted with sodium cations, and are provided to the outside through cold / warm water discharge pipes 5a and 5b according to a user's selection.

On the other hand, in order to provide a higher quality soft water to the user, the pretreatment filter unit 10 is installed on the upper part of the water softener, and the pretreatment filter unit 10 is individually installed in each of the cold / hot soft water tanks 3a and 3b. It serves to remove chlorine and other suspended matter from external source water.

The pretreatment filter unit 10 is composed of a plurality of filters to effectively remove chlorine and suspended solids. In general, a first nonwoven filter made of a synthetic resin material such as a nonwoven fabric having a fine structure to remove suspended solids from raw water ( 11), an activated carbon nonwoven fabric filter 12 including volatile organic substances such as chlorine and activated carbon for adsorbing and removing odors, and a second nonwoven fabric made of a nonwoven fabric having a fine tissue structure so as to remove residual suspended matters secondaryly. It may include a filter (13). They are arranged in the above-described order in the pretreatment filter housing 14 having an inlet at the top connected to the cold / hot water supply pipes 4a and 4b, respectively, and an outlet at the bottom connected to the cold / hot soft water tanks 3a and 3b, respectively. It can be arranged up and down accordingly.

In this case, it is possible to dissolve the vitamin in the raw water by embedding the vitamin receptor 100 containing the water-soluble vitamin in the pretreatment filter housing 14, in particular the activated carbon nonwoven fabric filter 12.

In the present embodiment, the pretreatment filter unit is composed of three filters, but is not limited thereto. In addition, the vitamin receptor 100 is installed in the activated carbon nonwoven filter 12, but the present invention is not limited thereto. to be.

2 and 3, the vitamin receptor 100 may be detachably disposed at a lower end of the housing 110 to prevent the vitamin member from being detached from the cylindrical housing 110 in which the vitamin member is accommodated therein and from the housing 110. It includes a lower cover 120 is coupled.

An inlet 111 through which raw water flows is formed on the upper surface of the housing 110, and an outlet 112 through which the inflowed raw water is discharged is formed at an upper side of the side of the housing 110. Then, the raw water passage 113 connecting the water inlet 111 and the water outlet 112 is formed in an "L" shape as shown.

Inside the housing 110 is formed a vitamin receiving portion 115 having a predetermined space to accommodate the vitamin member. The vitamin accommodating part 115 is formed in a structure in which the lower side is opened so that the vitamin member can be easily inserted. The absence of vitamins can be in powder or solid form. However, since it is important to accommodate more vitamins in the confined space to extend their lifespan, it is preferable to stack the vitamins in the form of tablets (tarblet), and then fill the spaces with vitamins in powder form.

On the other hand, the raw water passage 113 and the vitamin receiving portion 115 has a structure divided into partitions by the partition member 114. In addition, the inlet 131 is formed in the partition member 114 so that a part of the raw water flowing through the raw water passage 113 flows into the vitamin container 115. That is, the inlet 131 is formed to communicate the raw water passage 113 and the vitamin receiving portion 115.

Inlet 131 is preferably formed to be smaller than the diameter of the inlet 111 and outlet 112. In this embodiment, the inlet 111, the outlet 112 and the inlet 131 are all illustrated as being circular, but the term "diameter" is used, but the inlet 111, outlet 112 and the inlet 131 (described later) The discharge outlet 132 is also not necessarily limited to one having a circular cross section, and may be polygonal. Therefore, when the inlet 111, the outlet 112, and the inlet 131 are polygons, the “diameter” may be interpreted as having the longest distance connecting two vertices. Since the inlet 131 is formed smaller than the diameter of the inlet 111 and the outlet 112, most of the raw water introduced into the housing 110 through the inlet 111 is passed through the outlet 112, the inlet ( Only a small amount of raw water introduced through 111 is introduced into the vitamin receiving unit 115 through the inlet 131.

A locking groove 117 is formed at the side of the lower cover 120 to insert and lock the locking protrusion 116 formed at the lower side of the side of the housing 110. In the present embodiment, the locking protrusion and the locking groove are illustrated to couple the housing 110 and the lower cover 120, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the threaded portion may be provided on various coupling means, for example, the housing or the lower cover. Forming and screwing, or using a separate screw can be applied.

On the other hand, the outlet 132 is formed on the bottom of the lower cover 120. Therefore, the raw water introduced into the vitamin accommodating part 115 through the inlet 131 is in contact with the vitamin member to become vitamin dissolved water of a predetermined concentration, and the vitamin dissolved water is discharged to the outside through the outlet 132. On the other hand, the outlet 132 is preferably smaller in diameter than the inlet 131 to prevent backflow of raw water. And, the size of the inlet 131 and the outlet 132 should be formed to a size capable of properly removing the chlorine component contained in the raw water.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the total amount of raw water flowing into the vitamin receptor is not in direct contact with the vitamin member, and only a part of the raw water is in contact with the vitamin member. There is an advantage that can maintain a constant concentration of vitamin soluble in raw water.

Table 1 and Figure 4 below shows the same capacity of the vitamin receptor (where the same dose means the same volume of the vitamin receptor is accommodated in the absence of the vitamin), the total amount of raw water flowing into the vitamin receptor in contact with the vitamin member To show the results of a conventional chlorine removal rate of the vitamin receptor and the vitamin receptor according to the embodiment of the present invention. Here, the chlorine removal rate (%) is brine based on the residual amount of chlorine contained in the soft water discharged when the water softener 1 is equipped with a pretreatment filter unit (see FIG. 1) to which the vitamin receptor is applied. The removal rate is shown. Experimental conditions were prepared by adding NaOCl to the water of tap water (10 ~ 15 ℃) as raw water (1ppm) .The water softener operation method was repeated 10 minutes operation and 5 minutes stop, The flow rate was 9-10 L / min. In the present embodiment, the diameters of the inlet 111 and the outlet 112 are 2 pi, respectively, the diameter of the inlet 131 is 0.8 pie, and the diameter of the outlet 132 is 0.5 pie.

Cumulative tonnage (L) Chlorine Removal Rate (%, Prior Art) Cumulative Water Flow (L) Chlorine Removal Rate (%, Example ) 0 100 0 100 1000 100 1000 100 1800 100 2000 100 2000 80 3000 100 2500 70 5000 100 2700 34 5800 81 2800 13 5900 34

As shown in Table 1 and Fig. 4, when the appropriate chlorine removal rate is 80%, the vitamin receptor according to the prior art shows a chlorine removal rate of 80% when the cumulative amount is 2000L, the vitamin receptor according to the present embodiment (100) showed a chlorine removal rate of nearly 80% when the cumulative consumption was 5800L. In addition, the vitamin receptor according to the prior art shows a 34% chlorine removal rate when the cumulative amount is 2700L, the vitamin receptor 100 according to the present embodiment showed a 34% chlorine removal rate when the cumulative amount is 5900L. As a result, the vitamin receptor according to the present embodiment exhibits the same chlorine removal rate performance as compared with the prior art, and has an excellent effect of maintaining a long life (about 120% or more).

5 and 6 show the vitamin receptor 100 'according to another embodiment of the present invention. For the previous embodiment it is illustrated that the lower cover 120 is coupled to the bottom of the housing 110, in the present embodiment, the upper cover 140 is detachably coupled to the top of the housing 110 '. In this embodiment, the main mechanism of the inflow and outflow of the raw water, and the discharge through the absence of vitamins is the same as the previous embodiment, and will not be described in detail, only the other parts of the structure will be described.

Therefore, the upper cover 140 has an inlet 111 'through which raw water flows in and an outlet 112' through which the inflowed raw water is discharged, and the raw water passage 113 'has an inlet 111' and an outlet 112 '. It is installed to connect.

A vitamin accommodating part 115 ′ having a predetermined space is formed inside the housing 110 ′ to accommodate the vitamin member. The vitamin accommodating part 115 ′ is formed to have a structure in which an upper side thereof is opened and a vitamin member can be easily inserted.

When the upper cover 140 is coupled to the housing 110 ′, the raw water passage 113 ′ is partitioned into the vitamin accommodating portion 115 ′ by the partition member 114 ′, and above the partition member 114 ′. Inlet 131 is formed. Therefore, a part of the raw water flowing through the raw water passage 113 'is introduced into the vitamin receiving unit 115' through the inlet 131 '. In addition, an outlet 132 ′ is formed at the bottom of the housing 110 ′, and raw water (vitamin dissolved water) flowing into the inlet 131 ′ and passing through the vitamin accommodating portion 115 ′ is discharged through the outlet 132 ′. It is discharged to the outside.

Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiments. That is, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can make many changes and modifications to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims, and all such appropriate changes and modifications are possible. Equivalents should be considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the vitamin receptor according to the present invention by discharging only a small portion of the raw water flowing into the vitamin receptor in contact with the absence of vitamin, thereby maintaining the life of the vitamin filled inside while maintaining a constant concentration of the vitamin dissolved water It can be extended. Therefore, it has the effect of user convenience and cost reduction.

Claims (11)

It has a water inlet for entering the raw water and an outlet for the incoming raw water is discharged, and has a vitamin receiving portion open to the lower side to accommodate the vitamin member therein, wherein the vitamin receiving portion is divided into a raw water passage connecting the inlet and the water outlet A housing; A lower cover detachably coupled to a lower end of the housing; An inlet formed to communicate the raw water passage and the vitamin receiving portion so that a portion of the raw water flowing in the raw water passage flows into the vitamin receiving portion; And, And a discharge port formed in the lower cover to discharge the raw water introduced into the vitamin receiving part and in contact with the vitamin member to the outside. The method of claim 1, The raw water passage is a vitamin receptor, characterized in that formed in the "L" shape. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The inlet is formed on the upper surface of the housing, the outlet is formed on the upper side of the housing, the outlet is a vitamin container, characterized in that formed on the bottom of the lower cover. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The inlet or outlet, the vitamin receptor, characterized in that formed smaller than the diameter of the inlet and outlet. The method of claim 4, wherein The outlet is vitamin receptor, characterized in that formed smaller than the diameter of the inlet. A housing having a vitamin accommodating portion having an upper side open to accommodate the vitamin member therein; It is detachably coupled to the upper end of the housing, and has an inlet through which the raw water is introduced and an outlet through which the inflowed raw water is discharged, so that the raw water passage connecting the inlet and the outlet can be divided into the vitamin accommodating part when coupled to the housing. An upper cover; An inlet formed to communicate the raw water passage and the vitamin receiving portion so that a portion of the raw water flowing in the raw water passage flows into the vitamin receiving portion; And, And a discharge port formed in the housing to discharge raw water introduced into the vitamin receiving part and in contact with the vitamin member to the outside. The method of claim 6, The raw water passage is a vitamin receptor, characterized in that formed in the "L" shape. The method according to claim 6 or 7, The inlet is formed on the upper surface of the upper cover, the outlet is formed on the side of the upper cover, the outlet is a vitamin container, characterized in that formed on the bottom of the housing. The method according to claim 6 or 7, The inlet or outlet, the vitamin receptor, characterized in that formed smaller than the diameter of the inlet and outlet. The method of claim 9, The outlet is vitamin receptor, characterized in that formed smaller than the diameter of the inlet. A housing having a raw water passage connecting an inlet through which external raw water flows in and an outlet through which incoming raw water flows out; A vitamin accommodating part formed in the housing so as to be divided into the raw water passage and accommodating a vitamin member; An inlet formed to communicate the raw water passage and the vitamin receiving portion so that a portion of the raw water flowing through the raw water passage flows into the vitamin receiving portion; And, And a discharge port for discharging the raw water contacted with the vitamin member to the outside.

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