KR101189635B1 - Water dispenser equipped with ice maker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A drinking water supply apparatus including an ice making unit are provided to freeze water stored in a cold water container using ice made by the ice making unit. CONSTITUTION: An ice making container(20) is arranged at the upper side of a cold water container(10). An ice making unit(30) is sank into ice making water according to the movement of the ice making container. A first mode is executed in a position where an ice making material(31) is sank into the ice making water. A displacement unit(60) moves the ice making container. A controller(70) controls the displacement unit and the ice making unit.

Description

WATER DISPENSER EQUIPPED WITH ICE MAKER

The present invention relates to a drinking water supply device having an ice making means,

In particular, using the ice produced by the ice-making means, the stored water in the cold water container is cooled without a separate cooling device, and the ice-making water is supplied with the cooled water in the cold water container, while significantly simplifying the configuration of the drinking water supply device and making ice-making time. It relates to a drinking water supply device having a de-icing means that can be shortened.

As a technology for producing and providing ice with drinking water supply, there is a patent registration No. 0407867 (November 20, 2003) [cold and hot water purifier with ice maker].

The registered patent proposes a technology that allows the installation space of the ice maker to be reduced by further providing an ice-making function to the cold and hot water purifiers, and that ice-making can be performed quickly and efficiently using ice point dropping, and ice removal can be easily performed. There is one bar.

In addition, Utility Model Registration No. 0285212 (July 30, 2002) [Cold and hot water supply system including ice maker] presented a technology that makes it easy to enjoy cold and hot water ice by installing a ice making unit by adding a relatively simple device in the cold and hot water supply machine. Doing.

On the other hand, there is a patent registration No. 0729962 (June 13, 2007) [a cold and hot water purification system and apparatus capable of obtaining cold water at the same time as ice making with one evaporator]. It is possible to obtain cold water and to obtain cold water at the same time as ice making with a compact compressor while saving energy. Also, since cold water in a range below a certain temperature is used as raw water for ice making, the amount of ice produced by changes in raw water temperature and ambient temperature The technology to minimize the change was presented.

There is also a utility model publication No. 2010-0011185 (November 17, 2010) [ice water purifier], wherein the public utility model provides an ice water purifier capable of deicing and producing cold water with one evaporator, while having a finger shape. By installing a nozzle unit provided with a nozzle hole installed at a predetermined interval on a concentric circle around the ice-making pin so that cold water pumped from the cold-water tank from the nozzle hole is sprayed, ice is formed on the circumferential surface of the ice-making pin, It proposes an ice water purifier that allows ice of a flower pattern having various petals to be iced according to the number of nozzle openings.

However, the cold and hot water purifier having the conventional ice-making function separately introduced cooling means coupled to the cold water container and ice-making means for ice-making to provide cold water, which contributes to the increase in manufacturing costs, and ranges of product ranges from large models to small model releases. In a situation where paint is required, there is a problem that it acts as a technical limitation in miniaturization and compactness of the cold and hot water purifier and water purifier.

In addition, since water for ice-making is supplied from a water purifier at room temperature, there is a problem that it takes a long time to make ice, and in the summer, there is a problem that the function of the ice water purifier cannot be properly provided.

In addition, after de-icing, all of the ice-making water is poured in the de-icing process, and since it is supplied with fresh ice-making water again, it takes a long time to fill the ice-making water, and additional energy for re-filling the ice-making water and cooling the filled ice-making water again. There is a problem of consumption.

The present invention is an invention devised to solve the problems according to the prior art as described above,

The present invention cools the water stored in the cold water container without a separate cooling device by using the ice produced by the ice making means, and the ice water is supplied with cooled water in the cold water container, dramatically simplifying the configuration of the drinking water supply device. An object of the present invention is to provide a drinking water supply device having an ice making means capable of reducing the ice making time.

In addition, according to the present invention, the first mode for ice-making and the second and third modes for ice-making are performed as the ice-making container moves to the first, second, and third positions with respect to the ice-making body. When the bin is separated from the ice maker, the second mode-the second position is the cold water bin. In addition, in the third mode-the third position, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a drinking water supply device having ice-making means capable of smoothly generating cold water by ice by allowing ice to be transferred to the ice bucket, and utilizing ice after preferential cold water generation. do.

In addition, the present invention not only receives the ice water supplied to the ice tray during the first mode from the cold water container, but also retains the ice water remaining in the ice tray after deicing without pouring it into the cold water container, etc. In addition, it is possible to make ice quickly, and when the operation for de-icing is performed, the ice-making container is not rotated, but moves as it is. Therefore, when the ice-making container is rotated to transfer the primary ice to the conventional ice-making container, a load applied to a driving means such as a motor is applied. It is an object of the present invention to provide a drinking water supply device having an ice making means that does not have a problem of design difficulty, cause of failure, increase of electric consumption, and increase in cost due to adoption of a high-performance motor.

Furthermore, an object of the present invention is to provide a drinking water supply device having an ice making means that simplifies the structure by configuring a conveying guide member for conveying and discharging ice from the ice making means to the ice bucket and simplifying the structure.

Eating water supply device (or'de-icing cold and hot water heater') provided with an ice-making means according to the present invention for achieving the above object

Cold water bottle;

An ice tray filled with ice-making water;

An ice-making means disposed on the cold water container, immersed in ice-making water according to the movement of the ice-making container, ice-making is performed, and de-icing is performed;

A first mode for de-icing is performed at a first location where the ice-making body is immersed in ice-making water, and a second mode in which ice desorbed at a second location where the ice-making body is deviated from the ice-making machine is supplied to the cold water tank, Displacement means for moving the ice-making bin so that the ice-making water of the ice-making bin remains without being drained;

It comprises a; controller for controlling the displacement means and the ice-making means.

And it contains more ice buckets,

The displacement means is characterized in that the third mode in which the ice defrosted in the third position where the ice-making container is deviated from the ice-making body is supplied to the ice container, proceeds,

It characterized in that it further comprises a; coupled to the ice tray, a guide member for guiding to guide the ice discharged in the third mode to be discharged to the ice bucket,

The first to third positions of the ice-making container associated with the first to third modes of the displacement means are characterized in that they are made of a continuous turning motion.

The drinking water supply device provided with the ice-making means according to the present invention having such a configuration cools the stored water in the cold water container by using the ice produced by the ice-making means, and the ice-making water supply device is provided so that the ice-making water is supplied from the cold water container. It is possible to shorten the ice-making time while dramatically simplifying the configuration of the ice-making machine, and the ice-making water in the ice-making container remains without being drained, and the ice-making water in the ice-making machine after de-icing is required only (ie, the amount corresponding to ice). By supplying this additionally, it is possible to shorten the supply time of the ice-making water and additionally to reduce the ice-making time. In addition, when the first mode is performed, the ice-making water supplied to the ice-making container is supplied from the cold water container, and remains in the ice-making container after de-icing. Since it does not spill ice water into a cold water container, ice can be drastically rapidly changed in the subsequent ice-making mode. In addition, the ice-making ice is first moved to the conventional ice-making bin because the ice-making bin moves as it is without turning during operation for de-icing. When turning the ice tray for transportation, there is no problem of design difficulty, cause of failure, increase in electric consumption, and increase in unit cost due to the adoption of high-performance motors because the load applied to the driving means such as a motor is increased, and ice-making is performed during ice-making. The barrel is moved away from the ice making means by the turning movement, so that the ice is left in the ice making machine, and the base of which ice is used is blocked. The transportation guide member that transports and discharges the iced ice into the ice barrel is configured to be connected to the ice making machine. Simplify the, and the ice-making container rotates stably without shaking through the displacement means.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an ice-making hot and cold water heater according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is an external perspective view of the ice-making hot and cold water heater according to the present invention.
Figure 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of the ice-making hot and cold water purifier and water purifier multifunction machine according to the present invention.
Figure 4 is a process of turning the ice tray according to the invention through the displacement means and, accordingly, a change in the operating state of the transfer guide member.
Figure 5 is a process of turning the ice tray through the displacement means according to another modified embodiment of the present invention, and accordingly a change in the operating state of the transport guide member.

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

The present invention can be applied to a variety of changes and can have a variety of forms, the implementation (態樣, aspect) (or embodiments) will be described in detail in the text. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to a specific disclosure form, and it should be understood that all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention are included.

The same reference numbers in each drawing, especially the number of tens and ones, or the same number of tens, ones and alphabets indicate the members having the same or similar functions, and each of the drawings unless otherwise specified. The member indicated by the reference numeral can be understood as a member conforming to these standards.

In addition, in each drawing, the components are exaggeratedly large (or thick) or smallly (or thinly) or simplified to express the size or thickness in consideration of convenience, etc., thereby limiting the protection scope of the present invention. It should not be.

The terminology used herein is only used to describe a specific embodiment (sun, 態樣, aspect) (or embodiment), and is not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In the present application, terms such as ~include~ or ~consist of~ are intended to indicate that features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof, which are described in the specification, are not meant to be one or more other features or It should be understood that the existence or addition possibilities of numbers, steps, actions, components, parts or combinations thereof are not excluded in advance.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Terms, such as those defined in a commonly used dictionary, should be interpreted as having meanings consistent with meanings in the context of related technologies, and should not be interpreted as ideal or excessively formal meanings unless explicitly defined in the present application. Does not.

The concept of the present invention can be applied to a water purifier that is normally connected to a water pipe through a filter and purifies and heats the tap water and then cools and heats it, as well as an ionizer, a medical water purifier, a cold and hot water heater using bottled water, and a simple cold water machine. The present invention should not be construed as limited by a technique focusing on water purifiers, cold and hot water machines, or their multifunction machines.

First and as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the concept of the present invention relates to an ice-cooling water heater (A1), in particular, a water supply unit (W1) is provided in the lower storage unit of the cold and hot water, the water stored in the water tank Since it is supplied to the cold water tank 10 and the hot water tank T by the supply pump P2, there is no inconvenience and hassle of lifting and replacing a heavy water bottle, and a sliding cart supporting the lower portion of the water bottle W1 (not shown) Since it is equipped, you can easily place the bottled water on a sliding cart and push it lightly for storage, so children, women, and the elderly can easily replace the heavy bottled water, greatly improving the convenience of use in many ways. In addition, the upper and lower water heaters of the present invention do not have a water bottle inlet, unlike normal cold and hot water machines, and since the water bottle inlet is sealed when used, hygiene is very high, and it is suitable for use in offices, homes, schools, banks, and various workplaces.

De-icing cold and hot water heater (A1) according to the present invention is largely connected to the supply pump (P2) to supply water to the cold water tank (10), and a cold water container (W1) serving as a water supply unit, and a cold water container (C1) connected to the cold water tank (C1) 10), ice-making means 30, ice-making container 20 in which ice-making is performed by the ice-making body 31 of the ice-making means, displacement means 60 moving by rotating the ice-making container 20, ice buckets of ice produced It comprises a transfer guide member 40 to move to 50, and a controller 70 for determining the destination of the ice.

A hot water cock (C2) or a hot water tank (T) connected to it is provided as required, and a separate heater (T1) on/off switch is provided (usually provided on the upper back of the case) as in a conventional cold or hot water purifier or water purifier. It is preferred. The water supplied to the hot water tank T may be directly supplied from a water supply unit (a water tank or a water purifier in the case of a separate water purifier), or may be configured to be supplied from a cold water tank as needed.

The core of the ice-making hot and cold water heater (A1) according to the present invention cools the stored water in the cold water container using ice produced by the ice-making means, and the ice-making water is supplied from the cold water container while dramatically simplifying the configuration of the drinking water supply device. It is said to provide an ice-making hot and cold water heater (or a water purifier or a multi-function machine) that can reduce the ice making time. Through this, it is possible to provide an ice-making water purifier or an ice-making cold and hot water heater similar to a conventional water purifier or a cold and hot water purifier, which is currently on the market, and can provide an advantage that the size can be varied from large to small.

In the ice-making hot and cold water heater A1 according to the present invention, water of the cold water container 10 may be supplied to the ice-making container 20 using natural flow, but a separate circulation pump as shown in FIG. 1 in consideration of improving control characteristics, etc. (P1) is used to transfer the water from the cold water container to the ice making container 20 (if necessary, the automatic control characteristics can be secured by configuring the piping with a natural flow method and an electric valve).

De-icing means and de-icing means of the produced ice are the same as known ice purifiers.

Specifically, the de-icing means 30, the compressor 33 is operated for a refrigeration cycle, and after passing through the condenser 35 for heat-exchanging the generated high-temperature and high-pressure gas to a medium-temperature high-pressure liquid refrigerant, the condenser ( After passing through the capillary tube 37 for converting the medium and high pressure liquid refrigerant exchanged at 35 to a low temperature and low pressure liquid refrigerant, the low temperature and low pressure liquid refrigerant is finally supplied to the icemaker 31 as a kind of evaporator. The individual downward protrusions constituting the ice-making body have a shape similar to that of a cow's nipple, and may have a known shape in which a plurality of downward taps having an internal space through which refrigerant is circulated are aggregated.

In the first mode for de-icing, since the individual taps of the ice-making body 31 are immersed in water (de-icing water) contained in the ice-making container 20 receiving cold water by the circulation pump P1 from the cold water container 10, this ice-making Ice is formed around the sieves of the sieve 31 to stick and proceed.

In addition, in the second or third mode for de-icing, when it is determined that the de-icing is completed by a time or temperature sensing method, the ice-making process by the ice-making means 30 is finished and the ice (IC) is separated from the ice-making body 31 as an evaporator (removed). To move to either the cold water container 10 or the ice container 50,

For this de-icing, when high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant gas flows into the ice-making body 31 serving as an evaporator through the de-icing line 39 by opening the solenoid valve 39V, the suspended ice falls instantaneously. .

De-icing water can be supplied from a bottle of water, a water bottle, etc., but it is preferable to be supplied from a cold water bottle 10 for faster ice making.

Various types of water level sensors are also provided in the ice making container 20, and it is possible to determine whether to supply and stop the ice water supplied from the cold water container 10 through the circulation pump P1 (as well as according to the signal of the water level sensor). The supply pump (P2 can also be controlled), whether the water level of the ice making container 20 is measured using a flow meter as necessary, or alternatively, the water level of the ice making container 20 can be controlled by limiting the supply time. have.

On the other hand, the cold water bottle 10 is provided with a temperature sensor 13, when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 13 in a controller 70 such as a microcomputer exceeds a reference value, the ice-making body of the ice-making means 30 The ice produced in (31) is supplied to the cold water container (10), and when the temperature of the cold water container (10) satisfies a reference value, the manufactured ice is discharged, particularly to the ice container (50).

In the present invention, the basic ice-making mode is configured in such a way that ice can be used after generating the preferential cold water, but depending on the configuration of the external input unit, the ice-supply selection button and the ice-supply mode using a microcomputer to allow the user to use ice first. Can be introduced. That is, when the ice supply mode is set, ice is first applied to the ice container 50 regardless of the temperature of the cold water container 10 (the reference value may be set to the height of the ice filled in the ice container or the weight of ice). ), and after the ice is filled, the ice is discharged into the cold water container 10 so that the cold water in the cold water container 10 is below a standard value.

The ice bucket 50 arranged adjacent to the cold water container 10 is preferably provided with a service door 51 at the top for convenience such as taking out large amounts of ice or cleaning and managing the ice bucket, and open the service door tongs The ice can be taken out manually using a lamp, and if necessary, an automatic discharge means such as a coke type can be introduced.

In particular, since the ice bucket 50 is arranged next to the cold water container 10, it is easy to design the structure because there is no need to significantly change the arrangement structure of the existing cold/hot water heater cold water tank and hot water tank or the water purifier, cold water tank, hot water tank arrangement structure. In addition, the existing inside and outside sizes and arrangements of the housing of the cold/hot water purifier or water purifier can be adopted as it is, so that conventional manufacturing equipment (molds, etc.) and components can be used as they are, resulting in excellent cost saving effect. In addition, since it is arranged next to the cold water container 10, it is suitable for a method of maintaining the freezing temperature of the ice container 50, and is also preferable because it helps to maintain the cold water temperature of the cold water container. Also, it is easy to configure the ice transfer guide member 40.

Furthermore, ice crushing means can be introduced to improve convenience by allowing crushed ice to be used for iced coffees and various other dishes.

The ice crushing means 53 may be in communication with the ice bucket 50, and the ice bucket may have a structure with an inclined bottom surface to supply ice to the ice crushing means by natural flow. In addition, the ice crushing means 53 may be composed of a motor or a pair of manually rotating grinders 53A, and preferably has a separate discharge valve 55 for improving hygiene or maintaining the temperature of the ice bucket. Do. The ice crushing means may be implemented in various other ways, and the ice crushing means may form part of the ice discharging means.

Next, in the ice-making hot and cold water heater A1 according to the present invention, it is preferable to configure the detection level of the full water level of the water level detecting means to be lower than the maximum capacity water level of the cold water container in order to prevent overflow of water even if cooling of the cold water container is performed using ice. .

That is, the cold water tank 10 is provided with a water level detecting means 11, and the full water level L1 for blocking water supplied from the water supply unit W1 to the cold water container 10 by the water level detecting means is cold water. It is preferable that it is lower than the maximum water level L2 in the capacity of the canister.

The difference between the full water level (L1) measured by the water level sensing means and the maximum water level (L2) in the capacity of the cold water tank increases or decreases the amount of ice input in order to realize the reference cold water temperature set according to the external temperature. It is desirable to set to the maximum room temperature (eg 50℃).

In addition, the water level detecting means of the cold water can adopt a variety of sensors, such as a ball-top (float-using, float-type) means 11 or other touch level sensors, cube level sensors,

If necessary, the stainless steel rods 11a, 11b, and 11c are immersed in the cold water container 10 using a two-level contact sensing water level sensor 11A to control the current caused by the contact resistance to detect full and low water levels. have.

Specifically, in addition to the rod 11c for measuring the water level and the rod 11a for measuring the low water level on one side of the cold water container 10, a rod 11b for an intermediate contact may be separately employed for stability.

Subsequently, the ice-making hot and cold water heater A1 according to the present invention needs a transportation means to divide and transport the ice produced by the ice-making means to each transfer destination (cold water container 10 and ice container 50).

When the ice (IC) is separated (removed) from the ice-making body 31 after the ice-making process by the ice-making means 30 is finished by the ice-making means, the cold water container 10 or the ice container 50 (or as needed Since it can be discharged directly by the ice crushing means, the discharge place can be variously selected, and therefore, the concept of the ice bucket in the present specification, especially the claims, is not limited to the illustrated ones, but is an abstract concept and can be used for any place other than a cold water container. Means).

In the present invention employing a method of lowering the temperature of the water stored in the cold water container 10 using ice, since the ice water is also supplied from the cold water container, the ice making time can be shortened by that amount.

In order to simplify the structure and secure cost competitiveness, in the present invention, the transfer means moves the ice making container 20 to a turning motion so that the ice making container 10 accommodates the ice making body 31 of the ice making means 30 (first position- 1st mode) The displacement means 60 which deviates from the ice-making body 31 (2nd position-2nd mode or 3rd position-3rd mode) and the ice which ice-falls from the ice-making body 31 and falls is ice A transfer guide member 40 for guiding the discharge to the barrel 50, a cold water mode (corresponding to the second mode) for dropping and dropping ice into the cold water bottle 10, and transferring and discharging ice into the ice bucket 50 It was constructed using a controller 70 that controls the driving of the displacement means 60 according to the ice mode (corresponding to the third mode). By using the concept of the present invention, ice is used only for the purpose of generating cold water by cooling the water stored in the cold water container to a set temperature, and a separate ice container can be configured in a form that is not provided.

On the other hand, it may be desirable to separately provide a means for preventing noise generated in the process of ice-icing ice being dropped and discharged into a cold water container or an ice container.

The displacement means constituting the core of the present invention relatively moves the ice making container with respect to the ice making body (not simply means for fixing the ice making body and moving only the ice making body, only the ice making body, or both the ice making body and the ice making container) Or the concept of encompassing all when moving only the ice tray),

Do not drain the ice-making water from the ice-making container to another place (do not drain it into a cold water tank or a water purification tank as well as a separate auxiliary tank, etc.). .)

In the first mode, ice water supplied to the ice-making container is supplied from the cold water container (optional, not required), and the ice water remaining in the ice-making container after de-icing is not poured into the cold water container, etc. It is essential) In the subsequent ice-making mode, ice can be drastically rapidly made. In addition, the ice-making bin is rotated without turning during operation for de-icing, so the ice-making bin is rotated to transfer the primary ice to the conventional ice-making bin. In order to do so, the load applied to the driving means such as the motor becomes large, so that there is no problem of design difficulty, cause of failure, increase in electric consumption, and increase in unit price due to high-performance motor adoption.

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5 shows a displacement means according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The alternative type of displacement means shown in FIG. 5 includes two elastic members (for example, coil springs) 163A, B connecting the upper fixing part and the ice making container 120, and the lower fixing part and the ice making container 120. It may be composed of two driving members (161A, B) to connect.

The two drive members (161A, B) may be composed of a hydraulic (or pneumatic) cylinder, as shown,

Each driving member (161A, B) is composed of a winch reel type or a motor and a rack gear type as required, so that the circular motion of the motor is transformed into a linear motion of the rack gear to pull the ice tray 120. Can be transformed.

In FIG. 5 [A], when the two driving members 161A and B are in the first first position, the first mode in which ice-making is performed because the ice-making body 31 is locked in the ice-making water of the ice-making cylinder 120 is performed.

In Fig. 5 [B], when the one elastic member (left; 161A) is operated and the elastic member (left; 163A) is pulled and stretched (the other driving member (right) is an idle type of the one driving member) Depending on the movement, the angle and length can be displaced or driven separately),

The ice making container 120 moves to the left to reach the second position where the ice making body 31 is deviated from the ice making container 120, and then a second mode in which ice is supplied to the cold water container with de-icing may proceed. .

Further, in FIG. 5 [C], when the other driving member (right side; 161B) is operated and the elastic member (right side) 163B is pulled and stretched, the ice making container 120 moves to the right to make the ice making body 31 ice-making. A third mode in which the ice is supplied to the ice bucket together with de-icing may be carried out after reaching the third position away from the canister 120.

In the third mode, the ice defrosted by the transfer guide member 140 (unlike the angle of FIG. 4, which may be in a fixed shape) is coupled to the ice tray and guided to the ice bucket.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the length and position of the cylinder and the piston, the coupling point of the upper end of the elastic member, the location of the ice bucket (indicated by the dotted line in FIG. 5 [C]), the size and arrangement position of the transport guide member 140 The back can be various and appropriately modified.

On the other hand, in the door (D) opening and closing the space for storing the water bottle (W1) of the cold water heater (A1) in Figure 1, the switch (SW1) for turning on/off the operation of the supply pump (P2) connecting the water bottle and the cold water bottle Is provided, the switch (SW1) may be a switch for resetting the entire power supply connecting parts of the hot and cold water heater.

Next, FIG. 3 shows a multifunction machine A2 of a cold water heater and a water purifier having the same configuration as the cold water heater A1 and the ice making means 30 of FIG. 1. In the description related to FIG. 3, the overlapping items with FIG. 1 are omitted for convenience.

In the multi-function device A2, the water supply unit is directly connected to the water pipe W2, or water or tap water collected from a mineral water container W1 is filtered and filtered with a filter assembly F to supply drinking water. At this time, as shown in the figure, if necessary, a separate water purification tank is introduced as in a normal water purifier, or when tap water is used as a water supply unit, the bottled water itself may be used as a water purification container.

In this way, the introduction of the concept of applying the filter assembly (F) to the existing hot and cold water heaters makes it possible to produce'movable' cold and hot water heaters and water purifiers, such as exhibition halls, schools, military training centers, and campgrounds.

Selection of tap water (W2) or bottled water (W1) uses a separate switch (SW2), and the first or the tap water (W2) (when turned off) or tap water (W2) (off) is used depending on the displacement of the switch. The second valves V1 and V2 are each opened to select a desired water source.

The filter assembly (F) is a sediment filter, a pre-carbon filter, an ultrafiltration (UF) (or microfiltration) filter according to a filtering method such as filter filtration, reverse osmosis or ion exchange (or A reverse osmosis filter (RO), a post-carbon filter, a cation and anion exchange resin, and the like, and a special filter such as a silver-added carbon filter or a mineral filter may be introduced.

In the case of the cold/hot water heater A1 of FIG. 1, a more specific configuration is as follows.

After the first power is applied, when the full water level L1 of the cold water container 10 by the water level detecting means is confirmed, the pump P2 is turned off by the controller 70 (for example, a full water signal is continuously input for 1 second). When recognized as full number).

At this time, when the water level in the cold water tank 10 fills up to the middle rod 11b among the stainless rods constituting the two-level contact sensing water level sensor 11A (for example, when it is detected for more than 1 second), the circulation By operating the pump P1, water from the cold water container 10 is supplied to the ice making container 20 (circulation pump P1 operates for 10 seconds to supply cold water to the ice making bottle, and thereafter time control according to the ice making mode) Ice can be made through), the ice making means 30 is operated.

The water in the cold water container 10 does not transport ice toward the cold water container 10 when, for example, a reference value (temperature) reaches 4° C. or less, and ice that is subsequently iced is transferred to the ice container 50.

In addition, after that, the temperature of the cold water container 10 should be maintained at, for example, 4 to 5°C, and when 6°C or more is sensed, the ice that is made falls into the cold water container (the ice making means 30 is controlled by time , For dropping the cold water container 10, if the temperature of the cold water container is 6°C or higher, it is operated continuously until the temperature reaches 4°C once every 10 minutes.). If necessary, the method of supplying ice to the cold water container and the ice container separately at regular intervals may be adopted independently, or may be controlled in combination with a method of controlling the conveying means through temperature measurement of the cold water container.

If the temperature of the compressor does not drop below 10°C within 2 hours after the compressor 33 of the ice-making means is operated, the ice-making means 30 is stopped and a water supply lamp (EMPTY LED) among the guide lamps provided outside the cold/hot water heater A1 ) And ice lamps (ICE LED) flashing once every 20m/s can be used to warn.

The ice making time for transporting the ice bucket 50 is in the form of ice being transported once every 10-15 minutes. At this time, when the temperature sensor of the ice reservoir reaches -3°C, the ice-making operation is stopped.

During the ice-making operation, the solenoid valve (39V) is opened to supply hot gas to the ice-making body (31) for 5 seconds.

It is also necessary to detect the temperature of the compressor 33 (heat sink temperature sensing), for example, when the temperature of the heat sink reaches 55°C or higher, the fan is operated to cool.

When the measured value of the cold water tank temperature sensor 13 does not become below 10℃ after operating for 2 hours in connection with the detection of abnormality, the water supply lamp (EMPTY LED) and ice lamp (ICE LED) flash in 20m/s increments. Then, turn off the compressor.

It is preferable that the ice bucket 50 is also equipped with a temperature sensor (requires a safety means for continuous ice-making in the event of failure) (a failure such as a motor that forms a means for discharging ice continuously due to sensor failure when ice is full) is desirable. .

When the NOMAL OPEN in which the water is not supplied from the water supply unit continues for 5 minutes continuously, the water supply lamp (EMPTY LED) flashes every 20 m/s and the compressor is turned off.

The intermediate water level sensor 11b detects the number of stages even when the water level is not reached for 10-30 minutes after the pump P2 is operated.

The door (D) detection switch (SW1) means the relet function in all modes (except for the ice making function).

When the number of stages is solved, if the door is opened and closed in the sense of re-operation, all functions are recognized as normal and operated. If the door detection switch SW1 is open, the water supply lamp (EMPTY LED) and ice lamp (ICE LED) are turned off.

In the above, in the description of the present invention, the ice-making hot and cold water purifier and water purifier having a specific shape and structure have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention can be modified and changed in various ways by those skilled in the art. It should be construed as being within the scope of protection.

A1: Cold and hot water heater A2: Water purifier
W1, W2: Water supply unit 10: Cold water container
11: Water level detection means 13: Temperature sensor
20: ice tray 30: ice making means
31: ice maker 33: compressor
35: condenser 37: capillary
39: Ice line 40: Transfer guide member
41: slit hole 43: blocking plate
45: round part 50: ice bucket
60: displacement means 61: drive unit
62: rotating shaft 63A, 63B: rotating rod
65: hinge pin F: filter assembly
P1,P2: Pump V1,V2: Valve
SW1, SW2: Switch C1, C2: Cork
T: Hot water heater IC: Ice

Claims (4)

Cold water bottle;
An ice tray disposed on the cold water container and filled with ice water;
An ice-making means disposed on the cold water container, immersed in ice-making water according to the movement of the ice-making container, ice-making is performed, and de-icing is performed;
A first mode for de-icing is performed at a first location where the ice-making body is immersed in ice-making water, and a second mode in which ice desorbed at a second location where the ice-making body is deviated from the ice-making machine is supplied to the cold water tank, Displacement means for moving the ice-making bin so that the ice-making water of the ice-making bin remains without being drained;
It comprises a; controller for controlling the displacement means and the ice making means;

The displacement means comprises two elastic members connecting the upper fixing part and the ice making container, and two fixing members connecting the lower fixing part and the ice making container. According to claim 1,
More ice buckets,
The displacement means is a drinking water supply device having an ice-making means characterized in that the third mode in which the ice defrosted at the third position where the ice-making container is deviated from the ice-making body is supplied to the ice bucket. According to claim 2,
And a feeding guide member coupled to the ice making container and guiding the ice desorbed in the third mode to be transported and discharged to the ice container. The method of claim 3,
The first to third positions of the ice-making container in relation to the first to third modes of the displacement means is a drinking water supply device having an ice-making means, characterized in that it consists of a continuous turning motion.

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