KR101463887B1 - Ice making water purifier with wine storage - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an ice water purifier integrated with a wine cellar, which can greatly simplify the process of exchanging a cold air circulating fan. The present invention relates to an ice water purifier with integrated ice maker, ice storage, wine storage, cool air duct, And a front panel disposed in front of the ice water purifier. The fan for circulating the cool air can be easily removed from the ice water purifier by simply removing the front panel of the front panel and the cool air duct from the front side can do.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to an ice water purifier,

The present invention relates to an ice water purifier integrated with a wine cellar, and more particularly, to a wine cellar integrated ice water purifier capable of greatly simplifying the process of exchanging a cold air circulating fan.

Generally, an ice water purifier is a device for purifying raw water such as tap water and supplying purified water, cold / hot water and ice to the user. The ice water purifier includes a filter unit for purifying the raw water, a purified water tank for storing purified water, a hot water tank for storing and heating the purified water, a cold water tank for storing and cooling the purified water, and a freezing unit for making ice.

Furthermore, recently, consumers are increasingly preffered for products that can perform various functions as a single product, and Korean Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 10-2009-0131938 discloses an ice water purifier equipped with a wine cellar. This ice water purifier (hereinafter, referred to as "prior art") comprises an ice-making unit, an ice reservoir for storing ice made by the ice making unit, a wine storage for storing wine, Which is capable of introducing the gas into the atmosphere.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 7 of the prior art, it is easy to understand a structure in which a fan for circulating cool air is installed in a vent pipe to circulate cool air in an ice reservoir to a wine cellar. In the case of the prior art, if the fan for circulation of cold air is broken and needs to be repaired, or if the fan for circulating cold air is to be replaced, remove the side panel of the ice water purifier, remove the vent pipe from the ice water purifier, The fan for circulating cold air can be exchanged only after it has been separated into two.

However, in general, when installing an ice water purifier in a room, users often install the water purifier in the corner of the room or close to another appliance or furniture, so that the side panel is detached from the side of the body of the ice water purifier There is a problem that it is very cumbersome. In addition, it is very troublesome to precisely align the upper and lower ends of the vent pipes after removing the entire vent pipes from the ice water purifier, and there is a problem that the work completion degree is very different according to the skill of the operator.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an ice water purifier integrated with a wine cellar which is detachable for solving the above-mentioned problems and which is capable of removing or mounting a cold circulation fan at the front of the device.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an ice water purifier integrated with a wine cellar which is capable of mounting the cool air duct in place after anyone has removed and replaced the cold air circulation fan.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an ice water purifier integrated with a wine cellar, comprising: an ice making unit for manufacturing ice; An ice reservoir for storing ice produced by the ice making unit; A wine cellar where wine can be stored; A cooler duct communicating the ice reservoir with the wine cellar and allowing cool air in the ice reservoir to flow into the wine cellar or air in the wine cellar to the ice reservoir; A fan for circulating cold air to transfer cold air; A fan mount positioned between the cool air duct and the wine cellar, into which the fan for circulating cool air is inserted; And a front panel disposed in front of the cool air duct to shield the cool air duct from the outside, wherein the cool air duct has a fixed duct part having an upper end coupled to the ice reservoir and a lower end coupled to the fan mount, And a detachable duct part coupled to the fixed duct part so as to be detachable forward from the fixed duct part.

Preferably, the wine cellar-integrated ice water purifier further comprises a duct heat insulating member surrounding the outer surface of the cool air duct, wherein the duct heat insulating member includes a fixed heat insulating member surrounding the outer surface of the fixed duct portion, And a detachable heat insulating member surrounding the outer surface of the duct portion.

Preferably, a lower end portion of the detachable duct portion surrounds an upper end outer surface of the fan mount, and at a portion of the detachable duct portion corresponding to the upper surface of the fan mount, the coolant circulating fan is prevented from being detached from the fan mount A stepped portion is formed.

Preferably, the fixed duct portion has a coupling protrusion formed on an outer surface along a longitudinal direction thereof, and the detachable duct portion has a hooking ring formed on an outer surface along a longitudinal direction and coupled to the coupling protrusion.

Preferably, the detachable duct portion has a coupling protrusion formed on an outer surface along a longitudinal direction thereof, and the fixed duct portion has a hooking ring formed on an outer surface along a longitudinal direction and coupled to the coupling protrusion.

The wine cooler-integrated ice water purifier according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has the following effects.

First, it is possible to provide a wine cellar integrated ice water purifier capable of removing or mounting a cool air circulation fan from the front of the device.

Second, it is possible to provide a wine cellar-integrated ice water purifier in which anyone can remove cold air circulating fan and replace cold air duct in place.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention and, together with the description of the invention given above, serve to further the understanding of the technical idea of the invention, And should not be construed as interpretation.
1 is a schematic view showing a main structure and a cool air circulation structure of a wine cellar integrated ice water purifier according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a partially exploded perspective view of a wine cellar-integrated ice water purifier according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exploded perspective view showing an enlarged part of the wine-tank-integrated ice-maker shown in FIG.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an ice water purifier integrated with a wine cellar according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms and the inventor may appropriately define the concept of the term in order to best describe its invention It should be construed as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

In the drawings, the size of each element or a specific part constituting the element is exaggerated, omitted or schematically shown for convenience and clarity of description. Therefore, the size of each component does not entirely reflect the actual size. In the following description, it is to be understood that the detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

The 'ice water purifier' in the wine cellar-integrated ice water purifier to be described below means not only a device for producing ice by filtering raw water such as tap water through a filter part and then producing ice using this purified water, The present invention is used in the meaning of including a cold / hot water machine having an ice-making function, in which a commercially available water bottle is connected to a device, and ice is produced by using water in the water bottle.

2 is a partially exploded perspective view of a wine-tank-integrated ice-maker according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a wine-tank integrated ice-water purifier according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing an enlarged part of the wine-tank-integrated ice-maker shown in FIG.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the internal structure of the ice-maker integrated ice-water purifier according to the present invention will be briefly described.

(Hereinafter referred to as an ice water purifier) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a filter unit 2, a purified water tank 4 for storing purified water purified in the filter unit 2, A cold water tank 8 for storing cold water, a purified water feed valve 7 for supplying the purified water in the purified water tank 4 to the cold water tank 8 and cold water in the cold water tank 8, A ice making unit 10 for iceing a part of the cold water and cooling the rest of the ice making unit 10, an ice storage 20 for storing ice made by the ice making unit 10, The ice storage 20 and the wine storage 40 are connected to each other so that cool air in the ice storage 20 can be introduced into the wine storage 40, A cool air duct 30 capable of introducing the air inside the ice storage 20 into the ice storage 20, A fan mount 70 into which the fan 50 for cooling circulation is inserted and a front panel disposed in front of the cool air duct 30 to shield the cool air duct 30 from the outside 5) and a duct heat insulating member (60) surrounding the outer surface of the cool air duct (30). Further, although not shown in the drawing, the ice water purifier has a control unit (not shown) for controlling various valves, pumps, and the ice making unit 10 and the like.

The filter unit 2 purifies raw water such as tap water or the like, and can be made of conventional filters such as a precipitation filter and a carbon filter.

The purified water generated in the filter unit 2 is stored in the purified water tank 4.

Preferably, a water level sensing member (not shown) is installed in the purified water tank 4 to sense the water level. For example, when a predetermined level, for example, is detected by the water level sensing member, the purified water supply is shut off to prevent the purified water from being supplied to the purified water tank 4.

The water at room temperature is supplied to the user through a purified water intake valve (not shown).

The water in the purified water tank 4 is supplied to the cold water tank 8 by the purified water feed valve 7 and a solenoid valve or the like is generally used as the purified water feed valve 7.

A circulation pump (14) is disposed inside or outside the cold water tank (8). Preferably, the cold water tank 8 is provided with a cold water sensor (not shown) for sensing the water level and a cold water temperature sensor (not shown) for sensing the temperature. The cold water stored in the cold water tank 8 is supplied to the user through a cold water intake valve (not shown).

The ice grill 16 is installed at a lower portion of the ice making unit 10 while being inclined downward toward the ice storage 20. Since the ice grill 16 is made of a plurality of grids and the interval between adjacent grids is narrower than the size of the ice to be manufactured, when the ice produced in the ice making unit 10 to be described later falls on the ice grill 16, 8, and is moved to the ice bin 20 along the inclined plane. Further, the cold water used for ice making and the remaining water or the cold water cooled by the ice making unit 10 passes between the grids of the ice grill 16 and is stored in the cold water tank 8.

The circulation pump 14 supplies cold water stored in the cold water tank 8 to the ice making unit 10 through the cold water supply pipe 12 for the production of cold water or ice.

The ice making unit 10 is installed on the grill 16 and serves to cool the water supplied from the circulation pump 14 through the cold water supply pipe 12 or to manufacture ice. The ice-making unit is divided into an immersion type and a nozzle type according to a method of ice-making ice, and the nozzle-type ice-making unit 10 is shown in the drawing.

The ice water purifier includes an ice making unit 10, an ice storage 20 for storing ice produced in the ice making unit 10, a wine storage 40 for storing wine, And a cool air duct (30).

The ice water purifier according to the present invention adopts a system in which cool air of ice stored in the ice bin 20 is supplied to the wine cellar 40 to cool the wine, (40) is located below the ice reservoir (20).

The cool air from the ice storage 20 flows into the cool air duct 30 located on the right side in FIG. The inflow of cold air can be further promoted by the fan 50 for circulating cold air. The cool air of the cool air duct 30 is supplied into the wine cellar 40 through the fan mount 70 to cool the wine.

The cool air that has cooled the wine enters the cool air duct 30 located on the left side in FIG. 1, and the cool air again enters the inside of the ice storage 20. The recovered cool air is cooled again to a lower temperature by the ice inside the ice storage 20, and then supplied again into the wine cellar 40, so that the wine can be kept cool.

The cool air duct 30 serves as a passageway for supplying the cool air in the ice storage 20 to the wine storage 40 and communicates the inner space of the ice storage 20 with the inner space of the wine storage 40 . The cool air duct 30 includes a fixed duct portion 32 and a removable duct portion 34. The upper end of the fixed duct portion 32 is coupled to the ice reservoir and the lower end thereof is coupled to a fan mount 70 described later. The detachable duct part (34) is coupled to the fixed duct part (32) so as to be detachable from the fixed duct part (32) forward.

The fan mount 70 is located between the cool air duct 30 and the wine cellar 40 and connects the cool air duct 30 to the wine cellar 40. The cool air circulating fan 50 is mounted on the fan mount 70 through the upper part of the fan mount 70. [

The lower end portion of the fixed duct portion 32 surrounds the upper end outer surface of the fan mount 70 and a step portion 32A is formed in a portion of the fixed duct portion 32 corresponding to the upper surface of the fan mount 70. [ A lower end portion of the detachable duct portion 34 surrounds the upper end outer surface of the fan mount 70 and a step portion 34A is formed at a portion corresponding to the upper surface of the fan mount 70 of the detachable duct portion 34 do.

The front end of the fan mount 70 is always opened when the detachable duct portion 34 is separated from the fixed duct portion 32. However, Therefore, the fan 50 for cooling air circulation can be removed from the fan mount 70 or mounted on the fan mount 70 through the front of the fan mount 70.

On the other hand, when the detachable duct portion 34 is coupled to the fixed duct portion 32, since the step portions 32A and 34A are located above the edge of the fan 50 for circulating the cool air mounted on the fan mount 70, The circulation fan 50 is not separated from the cool air duct 30. [

The fixed duct portion 32 has an engaging projection 32B formed on the outer side surface along the longitudinal direction and the attaching / detaching duct portion 34 has a retaining ring 34B formed on the outer side surface along the longitudinal direction. The engaging projections 32B and the engaging hooks 34B are formed at positions corresponding to each other such that the engaging projections 32B are engaged with the engaging hooks 34B. Of course, the fastening ring 34B may be formed in the fixed duct portion in place of the fastening protrusion 32B. In this case, the fastening protrusion 32B is formed in the detachable duct portion in place of the fastening ring 34B.

The duct heat insulating member 60 serves to reduce the heat loss of the cold air flowing through the cold air duct 40 and includes a fixed heat insulating member 62 surrounding the outer side surface of the fixed duct portion 32, (64) surrounding the outer surface of the heat insulating member (34).

Although two cool air ducts 30 are shown in FIG. 1, only one cool air duct 30 is shown to have a cool air circulating fan 50, but all the cool air ducts 30 are provided with a cool air circulating fan (50) can be installed.

When a failure occurs in the fan 50 for circulating cool air, it is necessary to remove the front panel 5 from the ice water purifier first. Next, when the desorption heat insulating member 64 is detached from the fixed heat insulating member 62 and the detachable duct portion 34 is removed from the fixed duct portion 32, the cool air circulating fan 50 is removed from the fan mount 70 Can be separated.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the details thereof and that various changes and modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art. And various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of the appended claims.

5: Front panel
8: cold water tank
10:
12: cold water supply pipe
14: circulation pump
16: Ice grill
20: Ice storage
30: Cooling duct
32: fixed duct part
32A, 34A:
34: Desorption duct part
40: Wine cellar
50: Fans for circulating cool air
60: Duct insulation member
62: Fixed thermal insulating member
64: desorption heat insulating member
70: Fan mount

Claims (5)

As a wine cellar integrated ice water purifier,
An ice making unit for producing ice;
An ice reservoir for storing ice produced by the ice making unit;
A wine cellar located below the ice reservoir and capable of storing wine;
A cold air duct communicating the ice reservoir and the wine reservoir up and down to allow cool air in the ice reservoir to flow into the wine reservoir or air in the wine reservoir to the ice reservoir;
A fan for circulating cold air to transfer cold air;
A fan mount disposed between the cool air duct and the wine cellar and having the fan for circulating cool air; And
And a front panel that shields the cool air duct from the outside and is located in front of the cool air duct,
The cold air duct,
A fixed duct part having an upper end coupled to the ice reservoir and a lower end coupled to the fan mount,
And a detachable duct portion coupled to the fixed duct portion,
Wherein the fixed duct portion and the removable duct portion are separated from each other along a longitudinal direction of the cool air duct so that the removable duct portion can be removed from the fixed duct portion in front of the ice water purifier,
The front panel and the detachable duct unit are detached from the front of the ice water purifier in front of the ice water purifier, and then the fan for circulating the cool air mounted on the exposed fan unit is detached from the front of the ice water purifier, Wherein the ice water purifier is a water bottle-integrated ice water purifier. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a duct insulation member surrounding the outer surface of the cool air duct,
The duct heat insulating member includes:
A fixed heat insulating member surrounding the outer surface of the fixed duct portion and a detachable heat insulating member surrounding the outer surface of the detachable duct portion. The method according to claim 1,
And a lower end of the detachable duct portion surrounds an upper end outer surface of the fan mount, and a portion of the detachable duct portion corresponding to the upper surface of the fan mount is provided with a step portion for preventing the cool air circulating fan from being detached from the fan mount. Wherein the ice-maker is a water-cooler. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the fixed duct part has a coupling protrusion formed on an outer surface along a longitudinal direction thereof and the detachable duct part has a hook formed on an outer surface along a longitudinal direction and coupled to the coupling protrusion. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the detachable duct portion has a coupling protrusion formed on an outer surface along a longitudinal direction of the detachable duct portion, and the fixed duct portion has an engagement ring formed on an outer surface along a longitudinal direction and coupled to the coupling protrusion.

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