KR101402314B1 - Water purifier having an ice-maker - Google Patents

Abstract

The ice maker includes a filter unit for filtering the raw water, and an ice maker for receiving ice from the filter unit, and the ice maker includes an ice maker and a purified water supplier. The ice maker includes an ice maker for generating ice. The purified water supply unit is disposed at a lower portion of the ice producing unit and supplies purified water to the inside of the ice making chamber. The ice making unit includes an ice-making tilting plate which contacts the lower part of the ice-making unit, and a support unit for supporting the ice-making tilting plate.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to an ice water purifier having an ice-

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an ice maker and an ice water purifier including the ice maker. More particularly, the present invention relates to an ice water purifier having an ice maker capable of reusing water.

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] In recent years, ice water purifiers which supply ice separately have become popular due to ease of use and the like.

Generally, an ice water purifier includes an ice maker including an ice maker for generating ice and a purified water supplier for supplying purified water to the ice maker, and the ice maker is a core component of the ice water purifier.

With regard to the structure of the ice maker, recently, a structure of an ice maker has been developed in which the purified water supply portion is disposed below the ice producing portion to accurately guide the generated ice to the ice storage portion.

However, in the case where the purified water supply unit is disposed below the ice producing unit and the purified water is supplied to the ice producing unit from the purified water supplying unit, it is necessary to develop a structure for covering the lower space of the ice making unit, It is necessary to develop a structure capable of transmitting cold air so that ice can be generated in the lower space of the ice tray.

Further, if the purified water supplied to the ice-producing unit is not immediately generated as ice, the unreacted water leaks to the bottom due to gravity, and development of a structure for preventing it is also required.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an ice maker which is capable of transmitting cold air by covering a lower space of an ice- To an ice maker having an ice maker capable of preventing the ice cubes from leaking to the bottom due to gravity.

According to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the object of the present invention, there is provided an ice water purifier including a filter unit for filtering raw water, and an ice maker for receiving ice from the filter unit,
An ice producing part including an ice making frame in which ice is generated;
A purified water supply unit disposed at a lower portion of the ice producing unit and having a purified water supply unit for supplying purified water to the inside of the ice making chamber and a leaked water storage space for independently storing the purified water leaking from the ice making chamber; And
And a tightening means for bringing the ice producing portion and the purified water supplying portion into close contact with each other when ice is generated,
Wherein the tightening means is disposed on the upper surface of the purified water supply portion, and includes an ice-making frame fastening plate in contact with the ice-making frame and a supporting portion having elasticity for supporting the ice-
And the support portion is installed in the leakage water storage space.

According to the present invention, since the storage space for storing the purified water leaking from the ice producing unit is formed in the purified water supplying unit disposed at the lower part of the ice producing unit, waste of purified water is prevented, It is possible to prevent the generation of noise transmitted to the outside and to prevent the deformation or contamination of the ice or water stored in the water tub.

Not only the purified water inside the storage space is stored but also the supporting portion supporting the horizontal partition walls of the upper frame of the purified water supplying portion and the ice tilting tilting plate of the purified water supplying portion are accommodated to support the ice tilting contact plate and the transverse bulkhead So that the stability of the structure can be improved. In addition, the ice-making tilting plate is brought into contact with the ice-making frame of the ice-producing unit to improve the thermal conductivity, thereby facilitating ice generation and de-icing.

Particularly, by forming the supporting portion with a material having an elastic force or a structure like a plate spring having an elastic force, it is possible to stably support the ice-cold tilting plate and the transverse bulkhead, and to improve contact with the ice-making frame.

In addition, by forming an opening between the spray portion of the purified water supply portion and the ice-cold tilting plate of the purified water supply portion, and between the spray portion and the horizontal partition wall of the purified water supply portion, the constant water leaking from the ice- It can be easily moved into the space.

1 is an internal perspective view illustrating an interior of an ice water purifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an ice maker accommodated in the water container of FIG. 1;
3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II 'of FIG.
4A is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 'A' in FIG.
And FIG. 4B is a perspective view illustrating a part of the integer supply unit corresponding to the 'A' portion of FIG.
5 is a perspective view showing the purified water supply unit in which the ice-making tilting plate and the upper frame are removed in the ice making apparatus of FIGS. 4A and 4B.
6 is a perspective view showing the support portion of Fig.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the 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 in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the term "comprises" or "comprising ", etc. is intended to specify that there is a stated feature, figure, step, operation, component, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, 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 to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

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

1 is an internal perspective view illustrating an interior of an ice water purifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the ice water purifier 1 according to the present embodiment includes an outer cover 10, an ice water outlet 11, a water outlet 12, a display 13, and a water receiver 14 And includes a water tank 20, a feed pump 15, a filter unit 16, a cold water recycling unit 17, and a heat dissipating unit 18 in the inside.

The outer cover 10 forms an outer surface of the ice water purifier 1 and ice and purified water (including cold water or hot water) flow out through the ice water outlet 11 and the water outlet 12, And the display unit 13 displays information on the current state of the ice water purifier 1. [

The water tub 20 houses an ice maker 30 and the like, which will be described later, and stores ice and purified water generated by the ice maker in separate spaces.

The filter unit 16 includes a plurality of filters (not shown) disposed at a lower portion of the water tub 20 to filter the external raw water into an acceptable water. The filter unit 16 may include separate piping for transferring the filtered purified water to the supply pipe or transferring the filtered purified water to the inside of the water tub 20, though not shown.

The cold water recycling unit 17 is disposed below the water purification tank 20 and temporarily stores the ice dissolved in the ice storage unit of the water tub, The ice can be recycled in the ice maker 30.

The heat radiating portion 18 is disposed adjacent to the side opposite to the side where the ice water outlet portion 11 and the water outlet portion 12 are formed and cools the cooling pipe through which the refrigerant passes though not shown.

The water tub 20, the filter unit 16, the cold water recycling unit 17, and the heat radiating unit 18 may be variously arranged according to the embodiment, and are not limited to those shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an ice maker accommodated in the water container of FIG. 1;

2, first, second, and third supply pipes 31, 32, and 33 for providing purified water to the ice maker 30 and the ice maker 30 are provided in the water tub 20, Respectively. The ice maker 30 includes a purified water supply unit 40 and an ice producing unit 50. The detailed description of the ice maker 30 will be described later. The purified water supply unit 40 is provided with purified water at the filter unit 16 through the first, second and third supply pipes 31, 32 and 33 by the pressure of the supply pump 15 And the provided constant may be cold water to facilitate generation of ice in the ice producing unit 50.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line I-I 'of FIG.

3, the icemaker 30 includes a purified water supply unit 40 and an ice producing unit 50. The purified water supplying unit 40 can be detached from the lower part of the ice producing unit 50 . The purified water supply unit 40 supplies purified water to the ice producing unit 50. The ice producing unit 50 generates the ice by cooling the supplied purified water, ).

The purified water supply unit 40 includes a lower frame 41, an upper frame 42, a jetting unit 43, and an ice-cold tilting plate 44. In addition, the purified water supply section 40 includes a support section 70. The lower and upper frames 41 and 42 are coupled to each other to form an outer surface of the purified water supply part 40. The lower frame 41 includes a second storage space 45 connected to the third supply pipe 33 for receiving purified water and temporarily storing the supplied purified water. The jetting section 43 is connected to the upper frame 42 and is located at the opening of the ice making mold 53 of the ice producing section so that the constant of the second storing space 45 is communicated to the ice making mold 53 Spray. The ice-making tile adhering plate 44 is disposed on the upper surface of the upper frame 42 to form the upper surface of the purified water supply unit 40 and contacts the end of the ice-making frame 53.

The ice producing unit 50 includes an ice producing unit lower frame 51, an ice producing unit upper frame 52, an ice making frame 53, a cooling pipe 55, a deicing pipe 56 and a fixing unit 57 .

The ice producing unit lower frame 51 and the ice producing unit upper frame 52 are coupled to each other to form an outer surface of the ice producing unit 50. The ice producing unit lower frame 51 is connected to the ice making frame An opening is formed in a portion of the ice-making frame 53 where the ice-making frame 53 is disposed.

The ice-making frame 53 may be formed into a polygonal columnar shape with an open bottom formed by injecting purified water from the jetting section 43 to generate ice, and a rectangular columnar shape is illustrated in FIG.

The cooling pipe 55 is arranged to contact the side surface or the upper surface of the ice-making frame 53, and the ice-making frame 53 is cooled to induce generation of ice. The ice-making pipe 56 is arranged to contact the upper surface of the ice-making frame 53, and supplies heat to de-ice the ice produced in the ice-making frame 53. On the other hand, the fixing portion 57 fixes the cooling pipe 55 and the ice-making pipe 56 to the ice-making frame. The fixing portion 57 may be formed of a metal having a high thermal conductivity to improve the thermal conductivity of the ice-making frame 53.

4A is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 'A' in FIG. And FIG. 4B is a perspective view illustrating a part of the integer supply unit corresponding to the 'A' portion of FIG.

The upper frame 42 includes an outer wall 42-1, an extended partition 42-2, and a horizontal partition 42-3. The outer wall 42-1 is located outside the extended partition wall and the horizontal partition walls 42-2 and 42-3 and covers the side surface of the purified water supply part 40. [

The extending partition wall 42-2 is connected to the jetting section 43 and extends in a direction perpendicular to the outer wall 42-1 and extends in a direction parallel to the extending direction of the jetting section 43 Including the partition wall 42-4, to form the first storage space 47. [ The first storage space 47 is a leakage water storage space in which constants leaked from the ice generator 50 are stored.

The horizontal barrier ribs 42-3 are disposed on the vertical barrier ribs 42-4 of the extended barrier ribs 42-2 and the extended barrier ribs 42-2, In direction. An opening is formed in the horizontal barrier rib 42-3 at a position corresponding to the position of the jetting part 43 so that the jetting part 43 can be inserted therein and the opening part of the horizontal barrier rib 42-3 The first opening 46 is formed between the ejecting part 43 and the horizontal barrier 42-3 because the width of the first opening 46 is larger than the width of the corresponding part of the ejecting part 43. [

On the other hand, the ice-making tile adhering plate 44 is disposed on the upper surface of the horizontal partition 42-3 to form the upper surface of the upper frame 42. The ice-making tilting plate 44 is disposed in contact with the end of the ice-making frame 53 and blocks part of the opening formed in the lower surface of the ice-making frame 53. That is, the ice-making tilting plate 44 is opened at a position corresponding to the position of the jetting part 43 so that the jetting part 43 can be positioned, like the horizontal partition 42-3 The second opening 48 is formed between the jetting part 43 and the ice-making tilting plate 44 because the ice-making tilting plate 44 is larger than the width of the corresponding part of the jetting part 43. Therefore, . In this case, as shown, the first opening 46 may be formed smaller than the second opening 48.

When the purified water jetted from the jetting unit 43 to the ice-making frame 53 is not generated as ice, the water is moved through the second opening 48 and the first opening 46 by gravity, And is stored in the first storage space, that is, the leakage water storage space 47.

3 and 4A, the support portion 70 is disposed inside the first storage space 47 formed by the extended partition wall 42-2 and the vertical partition wall 42-4, And is disposed on the extended partition wall 42-2. Specifically, the lower surface of the support portion 70 is in contact with the extended partition wall 42-2, and the upper surface of the support portion 70 is in contact with the horizontal barrier ribs 42-3, And an ice-making tilting plate 44 disposed on the transverse bulkhead 42-3. Thus, the horizontal partition wall 42-3 and the ice-making tilting plate 44 are brought into contact with the end of the ice-making frame 53. [

5 is a perspective view showing the purified water supply unit in which the ice-making tilting plate and the upper frame are removed in the ice making apparatus of FIGS. 4A and 4B. 6 is a perspective view showing the support portion of Fig.

3, 5 and 6, the support 70 includes an upper surface 71 having an opening 72 formed therein, a pair of first side surfaces 73 extending obliquely and symmetrically from the upper surface 71, A pair of lower surfaces 74 extending from the first side surface 73 in parallel with the upper surface 71 and a pair of second side surfaces 75 extending upward from the lower surface 74 do.

The upper surface 71 supports the horizontal barrier ribs 42-3 and a protrusion extended from the horizontal barrier ribs 42-3 is inserted into and fixed to the opening 72 of the upper surface 71 So that the supporting force or fixing force of the support portion 70 can be improved. The lower surface 74 is in contact with the extended partition wall 42-2 and the upper surface 71 and the lower surface 74 are connected to the first side surface 73. The first side surface 73 extends obliquely in a pair and is connected to the upper surface 71 and the lower surface 74 so that the supporting portion 70 has an elastic force, Can be fixed and supported such that the horizontal partition wall 42-3 and the ice-making tilting plate 44 are in contact with the end of the ice-making frame 53. [

The structure having the above structure and having a predetermined elastic force, the support portion 70 may be, for example, a leaf spring.

5, in order to uniformize the fixing and support of the horizontal partition 42-3 and the ice-making tilting plate 44, the support portion 70 is formed in the first storage space 47, And the number and arrangement intervals of the first and second storage spaces 47 and 47 may be variously modified in consideration of the size of the first storage space 47 and the like.

5, the leaked purified water stored in the first storage space 47 is guided to the guide pipe 61 of the side guide portion 60 through the passage 49 connected to the side guide portion 60 (Not shown) through a water outflow portion 62 formed by the water outlet portion 62 and is recycled.

According to the embodiments of the present invention as described above, since the storage space for storing the purified water leaking from the ice producing unit is formed in the purified water supply unit disposed at the lower part of the ice producing unit, waste of purified water is prevented, It is possible to prevent the generation of noise transmitted to the outside while falling directly into the water tub and to prevent the deformation or contamination of the ice or water stored in the water tub.

Not only the purified water inside the storage space is stored but also the supporting portion supporting the horizontal partition walls of the upper frame of the purified water supplying portion and the ice tilting tilting plate of the purified water supplying portion are accommodated to support the ice tilting contact plate and the transverse bulkhead So that the stability of the structure can be improved. In addition, the ice-making tilting plate is brought into contact with the ice-making frame of the ice-producing unit to improve the thermal conductivity, thereby facilitating ice generation and de-icing.

Particularly, by forming the supporting portion with a material having an elastic force or a structure like a plate spring having an elastic force, it is possible to stably support the ice-cold tilting plate and the transverse bulkhead, and to improve contact with the ice-making frame.

In addition, by forming an opening between the spray portion of the purified water supply portion and the ice-cold tilting plate of the purified water supply portion, and between the spray portion and the horizontal partition wall of the purified water supply portion, the constant water leaking from the ice- It can be easily moved into the space.

The ice water purifier according to the present invention has industrial applicability that can be used in a water purifier used for domestic and business use.

Claims (11)

The icemaker includes a filter unit for filtering raw water, and an ice maker for receiving ice from the filter unit and for icing ice,
An ice producing part including an ice making frame in which ice is generated;
A purified water supply unit disposed at a lower portion of the ice producing unit and having a purified water supply unit for supplying purified water to the inside of the ice making chamber and a leaked water storage space for independently storing the purified water leaking from the ice making chamber; And
And a tightening means for bringing the ice producing portion and the purified water supplying portion into close contact with each other when ice is generated,
Wherein the tightening means is disposed on the upper surface of the purified water supply portion, and includes an ice-making frame fastening plate in contact with the ice-making frame and a supporting portion having elasticity for supporting the ice-
And the support part is installed in the leakage water storage space. The water purifier of claim 1, wherein the purified water supply unit comprises an upper frame for forming the water leakage storage space, and a lower frame disposed below the upper frame and forming a temporary water storage space between the upper frame,
Wherein the purified water supply means is a jetting portion extending from the temporary water storage space to the opening of the upper frame, and the water leakage storage space is formed between the upper frame and the jetting portion. 3. The ice water purifier of claim 2, wherein the support portion simultaneously supports the upper frame. [5] The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the upper frame comprises: an outer wall provided parallel to the jetting section; an elongated partition wall extending perpendicularly to the outer wall at an end of the jetting section; And a horizontal partition wall disposed on an upper surface of the vertical partition wall, wherein the ice-making frame adhering plate is provided on an upper surface of the horizontal partition wall, and the water-leakage storage space is divided into a first partition wall And the support portion is installed in the first storage space. delete delete 5. The apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: a first opening formed between the horizontal partition wall and the outer side of the jetting section and connected to the leaked water storage space; and a second opening Is formed in the ice making space. 8. The ice water purifier according to claim 7, wherein the water leaking from the ice-making frame passes through the first and second openings and is moved by gravity. delete delete The ice water purifier according to claim 1, wherein the support portion is a leaf spring.

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