KR101108520B1 - Water receiving container integrally formed with filter receiving container and water purifier having the same - Google Patents

Abstract

In the integral water purifier and the water purifier having the same, the integral water purifier includes a cold water container containing cold water, and a water purifying container accommodating part having a cooling pipe formed therein for maintaining the temperature of the cold water, and a boundary wall therebetween. And a filter accommodating part adjacent to the purified water container accommodating part and integrally formed with the purified water container accommodating part to accommodate the filter part. Therefore, the temperature of the said filter part can be kept low through the temperature of cold water, and the proliferation of microorganisms, bacteria, etc. can be suppressed in a filter part.

Water Purifier, Water Purifier, Cold Water Bottle, Filter Space

Description

Integrated water purifier with filter space and water purifier with said integrated water purifier {WATER RECEIVING CONTAINER INTEGRALLY FORMED WITH FILTER RECEIVING CONTAINER AND WATER PURIFIER HAVING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to an integrated water purifier having a filter space and a water purifier having the integrated water purifier, and more particularly, to an integrated water purifier having a filter space and a water purifier having the integrated water purifier so as to lower the temperature of the filter space. It is about.

In general, the cold and hot water purifier that provides both cold water and hot water includes a cold water reservoir for storing cold water, a hot water reservoir for storing hot water, and a filter unit for filtering the water stored in the cold water tank and the hot water tank. The filter unit is connected to an external water supply unit, and the cold water tank and the hot water tank are connected to the cold water providing unit and the hot water providing unit, respectively, to provide cold water and hot water to the user. In addition, the cold water tank and the hot water tank are arranged to maintain a constant temperature in connection with the compressor and the heater, respectively.

On the other hand, as the demand for household water purifiers has recently increased, the size of the whole water purifier has been miniaturized, and at the same time, the capacity of cold water tanks and hot water tanks has been increased. Therefore, an optimized design of the internal structure of the water purifier is required, and in the case of the filter part, it is generally formed in a structure separate from the cold water tank and the hot water tank. As such, when the filter unit is formed in a structure separate from the cold water tank and the hot water tank, and the internal structures of the water purifier are arranged to be optimized, the filter unit is necessarily adjacent to the compressor and the heater as well as the cold water tank and the hot water tank. It must be arranged to Therefore, even when the filter part is formed of a heat insulating material, it is difficult to prevent heat generated from the hot water container, the compressor, the heater, and the like from being transferred to the filter part.

As such, when heat generated inside the water purifier is transferred to the filter unit, the temperature of the filter unit increases, and microorganisms or bacteria grow in the filter unit, and eventually, microorganisms or bacteria remaining in the water passing through the filter unit may increase. Can be.

In addition, when the filter portion which is periodically required to be exchanged is intricately arranged with the internal structures of the water purifier, there may be a problem that the convenience of replacement is reduced.

Accordingly, the technical problem of the present invention has been conceived in this respect, and an object of the present invention is to provide an integral water tank having a filter space capable of lowering the temperature of the filter portion.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a water purifier having the integral water purification container.

The integrated water purifier according to one embodiment for realizing the object of the present invention includes a water purifier container and a filter housing. A cold water container including cold water is accommodated in the purified water container accommodating part, and a cooling pipe is formed in the lower part to maintain the temperature of the cold water. The filter accommodating portion is adjacent to the purified water container accommodating portion with a boundary wall therebetween, and is integrally formed with the purified water container accommodating portion.

The integrated water purification container may include first and second openings spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals on the boundary wall, and the first opening may include cool air generated from cold water of the water purification container accommodating part. The second opening may transmit warmth generated from the filter accommodating part to the purified water container accommodating part.

Fans may be formed in the first and second openings, respectively, to force the supply of the cold air and the warm air.

The filter accommodating part may further include a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the filter part.

Purifier according to an embodiment for realizing another object of the present invention includes a main body, an integral water tank, a filter unit and an upper cover. The integrated water purification container is a cold water container containing cold water is received, a water purification container receiving portion formed with a cooling pipe for maintaining the temperature of the cold water at the bottom, and adjacent to the water purification container receiving portion with a boundary wall therebetween and the purified water It includes a filter accommodating portion formed integrally with the cylinder accommodating portion, and is accommodated in the main body. The filter part is accommodated in the filter accommodating part. The upper cover is coupled to the main body at the top of the integral water tank and the filter unit.

The integrated water purifier includes first and second openings formed at predetermined intervals on the boundary wall, and the first opening supplies the cool air generated from the cold water of the water purifier accommodating part to the filter accommodating part, The second opening may transmit warmth generated from the filter accommodating part to the purified water container accommodating part.

Fans may be formed in the first and second openings, respectively, to force the supply of the cold air and the warm air.

The filter accommodating part may further include a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the filter part.

According to the present invention, when the filter space is integrally formed with the purified water container space, when cold water is stored in the purified water container, the temperature of the filter space can be kept low by the cold water stored in the purified water container. Thus, the temperature of the filter portion inserted into the filter space is also kept low, and it is possible to prevent the growth of microorganisms, bacteria and the like in the filter portion.

In addition, an opening may be formed at a boundary between the filter space and the purified water container space to directly transfer cool air from the cold water stored in the purified water container to the filter space. In this case, by installing a fan in the opening, it is possible to forcibly transfer the cold air from the cold water to the filter space.

In addition, the temperature sensor may be attached to the filter space and fed back with the fan installed in the opening to control the driving of the fan according to the temperature of the filter space.

In addition, the filter space may be formed under the cover part of the water purifier, thereby increasing convenience when replacing the filter part.

As the inventive concept allows for various changes and numerous modifications, the embodiments will be described in detail in the text. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to a specific disclosed form, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing. The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "consist of" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

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

1 is an enlarged perspective view schematically showing a water purifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

 Referring to FIG. 1, the water purifier 100 according to the present embodiment includes a main body 10, an integrated water purifier 20, a filter unit 30, and an upper cover 50.

The main body 10 has a space for accommodating the integral water container 20 and the filter unit 30 therein, and after receiving the integrated water container 20 and the filter unit 30. Coupled with the upper cover 50 to prevent the inflow of foreign matter from the outside. On the other hand, the outside of the main body 10 is formed with a tap portion 11 that can flow out cold or hot water, Figure 1 shows that there is one tap portion 11, the top portion 11 is cold water It may be formed in plural so as to separately discharge hot water or purified water.

In addition, although not shown in the interior of the main body 10, in addition to the integral water tank 20, the hot / purified water reservoir for storing hot water or purified water, a compressor for transmitting cold air to the integral water purification tank, hot water for storing the hot water Components such as a heater, a power supply, and the like that transfer warmth to the vat may be housed.

The integrated water purifier 20 is accommodated inside the main body 10 and covered with an upper portion by the upper cover 50 to be cut off from the outside. The present invention is integrally formed so that the integrated water purifier 20 includes the filter accommodating portion 25 in addition to the water purifying container accommodating portion 24, and the cold water of the cold water in the purified water accommodating portion 24 is separated from the filter accommodating portion ( Since it is characterized in that the transfer to 25, it is preferable that the filter housing 25 is arranged to be spaced apart as far as possible from the components that dissipate heat among the components accommodated in the main body 10.

Therefore, although not shown, among the components accommodated in the main body 10, the hot water tank for storing hot water is preferably housed so as to be disposed under the integrated water purification tank 20, the compressor, heater, power supply The components such as the supply unit are also preferably formed at the bottom or side of the integral water purification container 20, and the filter unit 25 is disposed as far as possible from the rear of the main body 12, which is a part in which the filter housing 25 is accommodated. desirable.

In addition, the purified water container accommodating part 24 accommodates the cold water container 40 manufactured to match the shape of the purified water container accommodating part 24, and passes through the filter part 30 to the cold water container 40. Your filtered cold water is stored. In addition, the specific shape and structure of the said integral water container 20 are mentioned later.

The filter part 30 is accommodated in the filter accommodating part 25 of the integrated water purification container 20, and filters water to provide purified water. The filter unit 30 may be formed by overlapping a plurality of filters. Alternatively, the filter unit 30 may be formed as a single composite filter. In addition, in the present embodiment, but shown that the filter housing portion 25 of the integral water purification tube 20 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape and the filter unit 30 is also formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, but is not limited thereto. The filter accommodating part 25 of the integrated water purifier 20 may be formed to correspond to the shape of the filter part 30.

In addition, although not shown, the filter part 30 may be formed with an inlet part through which water can be introduced from the outside and an outlet part through which the purified water passed through the filter part 30 is discharged. It may be stored as a cold water container 40 accommodated in the water container receiving portion 24.

On the other hand, the filter unit 30 according to the present embodiment is formed so as to correspond to each other and the filter housing portion 25 of the integral water tank 20, it is easy to replace or repair the filter unit 30. That is, when the filter unit 30 needs to be replaced or repaired, the upper cover 50 is dismantled from the main body 10, and then the filter unit 30 is taken out of the filter accommodating unit 25 and a new one is removed. It is enough to insert the filter part or the repaired filter part, so that replacement or repair is very easy.

The upper cover 50 is coupled to the main body 10 at the top of the main body 10 to protect the components of the water purifier accommodated in the main body 10, and to block the inflow of foreign substances from the outside. Coupling of the upper cover 50 and the main body 10 may be a simple screw coupling, various combinations are possible without being limited thereto.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the integral water container of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II ′ of FIG. 2.

2 and 3, the integral water purification container 20 according to the present embodiment includes a water purification container accommodating part 24 and a filter accommodating part 25, and the purified water container accommodating part 24 and the filter are shown. The accommodating part 25 is formed integrally. That is, the integrated water purifier 20 may be integrally manufactured through a molding process such as injection molding through a plastic molding mold. In addition, the integrated water purifier 20 may be made of expanded polystyrene (EPS). Foamed polystyrene is a product widely used because of excellent water resistance, heat insulation, buffering properties, etc. In the integral water purification tank 20 according to the present embodiment, it may be used because it requires heat insulation. However, the material of the integral water purification container 20 is not limited to expanded polystyrene.

The purified water container accommodating part 24 includes a first accommodating part 22 and a second accommodating part 23, and accommodates a cold water container 40 including cold water. The first accommodating part 22 may be concave in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the second accommodating part 23 may be concave in a cylindrical shape at a lower portion of the first accommodating part 22. Alternatively, although not shown, the water container receiving portion 24 may be formed concave in one rectangular parallelepiped or one cylindrical shape. On the other hand, according to the shape of the purified water container accommodating part 24, the shape of the cold water tank 40 accommodated in the purified water container accommodating part 24 is determined, the shape of the cold water container 40 is the purified water container number It corresponds to the shape of the payment part 24.

On the other hand, a cooling pipe (not shown) for maintaining the temperature of the cold water is formed in the lower portion of the second accommodating portion 23 of the purified water container accommodating portion 24. The cooling pipe may be connected to the compressor and be uniformly arranged in the lower portion of the water purification container accommodating part 24. Thus, the cooling pipe delivers cold air to the lower portion of the cold water container 40 accommodated in the water purification container accommodating part 24, thereby maintaining a constant temperature of the cold water container 40.

The filter accommodating part 25 is adjacent to the water tank accommodating part 24 with a boundary wall 26 interposed therebetween, and the filter part 30 is accommodated in the filter accommodating part 25. Although the filter accommodating part 25 is illustrated to have a rectangular parallelepiped shape, the filter accommodating part 25 may be variously formed according to the shape of the filter part 30.

Meanwhile, a boundary wall 26 is formed between the filter accommodating part 25 and the purified water container accommodating part 24. In this case, it is preferable that the boundary wall 26 is integrally formed with the filter accommodating portion 25 and the purified water container accommodating portion 24.

As described above, since the filter accommodating part 25 is formed in the purified water container accommodating part 24 with only the boundary wall 26 as a boundary, cold air of the purified water container accommodating part 24 or the lower part of the purified water container accommodating part 24 is provided. Cool air of the cooling pipe arranged in the can be transmitted to the filter housing 25, the temperature of the filter unit 30 accommodated in the filter housing 25 can be kept low.

The boundary wall 26 may be formed with first and second openings 27 and 28 spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals. The first and second openings 27 and 28 are formed to penetrate the boundary wall 26 at a central portion of the boundary wall 26.

The first opening 27 may serve as a cold air supply unit for supplying cold air generated from cold water of the purified water container accommodating part 24 to the filter accommodating part 25, and the second opening 28 is It may serve as a warmth outlet for transferring the warmth generated from the filter accommodating portion 25 to the purified water container accommodating portion (24). That is, as shown by the arrow, cold air generated from the cold water of the purified water container storage unit 24 is delivered to the filter housing 25, the hot air generated through the filter housing 25 is the purified water. It is transmitted to the barrel accommodating part 24. In this case, the hot air delivered to the purified water container accommodating part 24 is cooled by the cooling pipe arranged under the purified water container accommodating part 24 and the cold water inside the cold water container 40, and again the number of filters. It is circulated to the payment 25.

As such, the first and second openings 27 and 28 may be formed to generate air circulation between the purified water container accommodating part 24 and the filter accommodating part 25 of the integrated water purifier 20 integrally formed to be adjacent to each other. The temperature of the filter unit 30 accommodated in the filter accommodating unit 25 may be relatively lowered. As a result, the filter unit 30 is maintained so as not to reach a temperature at which bacteria or microorganisms can proliferate, thereby improving the quality of purified water.

Furthermore, although not shown, a fan may be formed in the first and second openings 27 and 28, respectively. The fan may force air circulation in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 2 to induce cold air supply to the filter accommodating part 25 and warm air supply to the purified water container accommodating part 24.

In this case, a temperature sensor 29 capable of measuring the temperature of the filter unit 30 may be attached to the filter accommodating unit 25 to measure the temperature of the filter unit 30. Based on the temperature information of the filter unit 30 measured in this way, the rotational speed of the fan may be adjusted by a separate controller (not shown). That is, when the temperature of the filter unit 30 increases, the controller increases the rotational speed of the fan to speed up the air circulation, and when the temperature of the filter unit 30 decreases, decreases the rotational speed of the fan. To reduce air circulation. Thus, the temperature of the filter accommodating portion 25 can be kept low below a certain temperature.

Although each of the first and second openings 27 and 28 is formed one by one, a plurality may be formed. Furthermore, when a plurality of first and second openings 27 and 28 are formed, respectively, a plurality of fans formed in the first and second openings 27 and 28 may also be formed.

Although described with reference to the embodiments above, those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention can be variously modified and changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. Could be.

The integrated water purification container having the filter space according to the present invention and the water purifying device having the integrated water purification container have industrial applicability that can be used for cold or hot / cold water purifiers used for home and business.

1 is an enlarged perspective view schematically showing a water purifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the integral water container of FIG. 1. FIG.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II ′ of FIG. 2.

Description of the main parts of the drawing

100: water purifier 10: main body

20: integral water purification container 24: water purification container storage

25 filter housing 27 first opening

28: second opening 30: filter

40: cold water container 50: top cover

Claims (8)

Cold water storage unit is stored in the cold water is stored, cold water reservoir containing a cooling pipe for maintaining the temperature of the cold water formed in the lower portion; And An integrated water purifier including a filter accommodating portion that is adjacent to the purified water tank accommodating portion with a boundary wall interposed therebetween, and is integrally formed with the purified water tank accommodating portion to accommodate the filter portion. The method of claim 1, wherein the boundary wall comprises first and second openings formed at predetermined intervals, And the first opening supplies cold air generated from cold water of the purified water container accommodating part to the filter accommodating part, and the second opening transmits warm air generated from the filter accommodating part to the purified water container accommodating part. Integral water tank. 3. The integral water container of claim 2, wherein a fan is formed in each of the first and second openings to force the supply of the cold air and the warm air. The integral water container of claim 3, wherein the filter accommodating part further comprises a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the filter part. main body; A cold water container in which cold water is stored is stored, and a purified water container accommodating part having a cooling pipe for maintaining the temperature of the cold water at a lower part thereof, and adjacent to the purified water container accommodating part with a boundary wall therebetween, and integrally formed with the purified water container accommodating part. An integrated water purification container including a filter accommodating part and accommodated in the main body; A filter part accommodated in the filter accommodating part; And And a top cover coupled to the main body at the upper part of the integrated water container and the filter part. The method of claim 5, wherein the integral water container includes first and second openings formed in the boundary wall spaced apart at predetermined intervals, The first opening portion supplies cool air generated from cold water of the purified water storage portion to the filter accommodating portion, and the second opening portion delivers warmth generated from the filter accommodating portion to the integrated water purification container. . The water purifier of claim 6, wherein a fan is formed in each of the first and second openings to force the supply of the cold air and the warm air. The water purifier of claim 7, wherein the filter accommodating part further comprises a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the filter part.

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