KR101682460B1

KR101682460B1 - Drink supply device having ice-making function

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Publication number: KR101682460B1
Application number: KR1020150094324A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 정휘동; 박재훈; 유장현
Original assignee: 정휘동
Priority date: 2015-07-01
Filing date: 2015-07-01
Publication date: 2016-12-05

Abstract

The present invention relates to a beverage dispensing apparatus having an ice making function, comprising: an ice making unit for generating ice or cold water by cooling water; An ice grille for selectively branching ice and cold water generated by the ice-making unit into different paths; And an ice reservoir having an ice reservoir for storing ice branched by the ice grill and a cold water guide for guiding the cold water branched by the ice grill to the outside. According to the present invention, cold water, which is branched by ice grilles into different paths from ice, can be transferred to a cold water tank via an ice reservoir that provides a cold water transfer path through which cold water can flow down without falling vertically, So that the noise generated when the cold water tank is supplied to the cold water tank can be reduced.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a drink supply device having an ice-

The present invention relates to a beverage supply apparatus having an ice making function.

In recent years, the demand for ice has increased, and various beverage supply devices having an ice water purifier, an ice water cooler, a refrigerator, and other ice making functions have been developed and used.

As shown in Fig. 1, a beverage supplying apparatus 1 having a conventional icing function includes an outer case 10 forming an outer appearance of the product, an inner case 20 providing a heat insulating space, A cold water tank 50 in which cold water is stored, a cold water tank 40 in which cold water is stored, a cold water tank 30 in which water is cooled, The ice generated in the ice making unit 30 is guided to the ice storage 40 and the cold water generated in the ice making unit 30 is guided to the cold water tank 50. Here, the ice making unit 30, the ice reservoir 40, the cold water tank 50, and the ice grill 60 are installed inside the inner case 20, respectively.

1, the ice grill 60 is installed below the ice making unit 30 so that ice and cold water generated by the ice making unit 30 are transferred. The ice grill 60 includes an upper plate 62 having a lattice structure for selectively dropping cold water transferred from the ice making unit 30 and a lower plate 62 installed to transmit cold water dropped from the upper plate 62. [ (64).

1, the upper plate 62 is inclined downward toward the ice reservoir 40, and the lower plate 64 is inclined downward toward the wall surface of the inner case 120. As shown in FIG. Then, the ice produced in the ice-making unit 30 is slid along the upper plate 62 and transferred to the ice bin 40. The cold water generated by the ice making unit 30 or the ice produced by the ice making unit 30 is slid along the lower plate 64 and then transferred to the lower plate 64 and the inner case 20, The water is vertically dropped toward the cold water tank 50 and is transferred to the cold water tank 50.

The beverage supply device 1 having such a conventional ice-making function has a drawback that the vertical drop distance of the cold water dropped from the lower plate 64 of the ice grill 60 is long and drops from the lower plate 64 of the ice grill 60 There is a problem that when the cold water stored in the cold water tank 50 meets the cold water, that is, when the cold water is supplied to the cold water tank 50, a lot of noise is generated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a beverage dispensing apparatus having an ice making function, which improves the structure so as to minimize noise generated when cold water is supplied to a cold water tank.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beverage supply apparatus comprising: an ice making unit that generates ice or cold water by cooling water; An ice grille for selectively branching ice and cold water generated in the ice making unit into different paths; And an ice reservoir having an ice reservoir for storing ice branched by the ice grill and a cold water guide for guiding the cold water branched by the ice grill to the outside.

Preferably, the ice grill includes a branch plate installed to transfer ice and cold water generated in the ice making unit, and the branch plate is inclined downward so as to slide the ice delivered from the ice making unit toward the ice storage unit incline; And a plurality of through-holes formed through the inclined surface so that the cold water delivered from the ice-making unit can be selectively dropped toward the cold water guide portion.

Preferably, the ice grill includes a cold water plate installed to transmit cold water dropped through the through holes, and a cold water plate sloped downward so that cold water transmitted from the through hole flows toward the cold water guide portion.

Preferably, the cold water plate is installed to be spaced apart from the wall surface of the cold water guide portion by a predetermined distance so that the cold water dropped from the cold water plate flows down along the wall surface of the cold water guide portion.

Preferably, the cold water guide includes a first outlet for discharging the cold water branched by the ice grill to the outside; And a first inclined flow path provided so as to be inclined downward so that cold water branched by the ice grill flows toward the first discharge port.

Preferably, the apparatus further includes a cold water tank in which cold water discharged from the first outlet is stored.

Preferably, the cold water guide portion further comprises an underwater flow path extending from the first inclined flow path so that at least a portion thereof is submerged in the cold water stored in the cold water tank, and at least a first discharge port is provided.

Preferably, the ice reservoir further comprises an auxiliary cold water guide part for receiving a part of the cold water flowing in the cold water guide part and guiding it to the outside.

Preferably, the ice reservoir further has an induction groove for guiding some of the cold water flowing through the cold water guide portion to the auxiliary cold water guide portion, and further includes a partition plate for partitioning between the cold water guide portion and the auxiliary cold water guide portion .

Preferably, the ice grille is provided with a blocking plate extending so as to block the gap between the partition plate and the ice grill except for the space between the guide groove and the ice grill.

Preferably, the guide groove is provided such that cold water that has passed through the guide groove flows along the partition plate and is transmitted to the auxiliary cold water guide portion.

Preferably, the auxiliary cold water guide includes a second outlet for guiding the cold water delivered from the cold water guide to the outside; And a second inclined flow path provided so as to be inclined downward so that the cold water transmitted from the cold water guide portion flows toward the second discharge port.

The beverage supply device having an ice-making function according to the present invention is a beverage supply device having an ice-making function, in which chilled water, which is branched into different paths from ice by an ice grill, It is possible to transfer it to the cold water tank via the ice reservoir providing the path. Therefore, the present invention can reduce the vertical drop distance of the cold water compared with the conventional beverage dispensing apparatus having the ice making function, thereby reducing noise generated when cold water is supplied to the cold water tank.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a beverage supply apparatus having a conventional icing function; Fig.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a beverage supply device having an ice making function.
Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the ice grill and ice reservoir shown in Figure 2;
Figure 4 is a combined perspective view of the ice grill and ice reservoir shown in Figure 2;
Figure 5 is a front perspective view of the ice grill shown in Figure 3;
6 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along line I-I 'of FIG. 4;
7 is a rear perspective view of the ice grill shown in Fig.
8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II 'in FIG.
FIG. 9 is a front perspective view of the ice reservoir shown in FIG. 3; FIG.
Figure 10 is a plan view of the ice reservoir shown in Figure 3;
11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III 'of FIG.
12 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line IV-IV 'in FIG.
13 is a cross-sectional view taken along line V-V 'in FIG. 9;
14 to 16 are views showing the manner in which cold water is transferred to the cold water tank;

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.

2 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a beverage supply apparatus having an ice making function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2, a beverage supply apparatus 100 (hereinafter, referred to as 'beverage supply apparatus 100') having an ice making function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a case (110) (120), a freezing unit (130) for cooling water to generate ice (I) or cold water (C); An ice grill (140) for selectively branching ice (I) and cold water (C) generated in the ice making unit (130) into different paths; An ice reservoir 150 for storing the ice I branched by the ice grill 140 and for guiding the cold water C branched by the ice grill 140 to the outside; And a cold water tank 160 for storing the cold water C guided by the cold water guide portion 270.

The type of the drink supply apparatus 100 is not particularly limited, and the drink supply apparatus 100 may be any one of beverage supply apparatuses having an ice making function such as a refrigerator, an ice water purifier, an ice water cooler and heater.

First, the case 110 (120) is an apparatus for providing a space for installing various components of the beverage supply device 100.

The structure of the case 110 (120) is not particularly limited. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the cases 110 and 120 include an outer case 110 forming an outer appearance of the product, a foam case 110 installed in the inner space of the outer case 110, And an inner case 120 formed on an outer surface of the resin layer (not shown) to provide a thermal insulation space.

Next, the ice making unit 130 is a device for cooling water to generate ice (I) or cold water (C).

The ice making unit 130 may be installed at an upper portion of the inner space of the inner case 120, as shown in FIG. The ice making unit 130 can cool water supplied from a purified water tank (not shown) or a water tank (not shown) to generate ice (I) or cold water (C). As shown in FIG. 2, the freezing unit 130 is preferably formed in a nozzle shape, but is not limited thereto, and may be configured to be of an immersion type.

On the other hand, the ice making unit 130 has been described as generating ice (I) or cold water (C) by cooling the water supplied from the purified water tank or the water tank, but the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, the ice making unit 130 cools water supplied from various water sources such as cold water (C) supplied from the cold water tank 160, tap water supplied from an external water supply source, ground water, C).

Next, the ice grill 140 is a device for selectively branching the ice (I) and the cold water (C) by different paths.

2, the ice grill 140 is installed in the inner space of the inner case 120 so that the branch plate 170, which will be described later, faces the ice making unit 130. [ The ice grill 140 supplies the ice I generated in the ice making unit 130 to the ice storage unit 230 of the ice storage 150 to be described later and the cold water C generated in the ice making unit 130, Or the ice water I generated in the ice making unit 130 melts and supplies the generated cold water C to the cold water guide unit 270 of the ice reservoir 150 to be described later.

The ice reservoir 150 stores the ice I generated in the ice making unit 130 and also stores the ice C generated in the ice making unit 130 or the ice I generated in the ice making unit 130 Is melted to guide the generated cold water C to the outside.

The ice reservoir 150 is installed in the inner space of the inner case 120 so as to be positioned below the ice grill 140, as shown in FIG. The ice reservoir 150 receives the ice I and the cold water C branched by the ice grill 140 and stores the ice I in the ice storage unit 230 to be described later, To the cold water tank 160 through the cold water guide portion 270 and the auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 to be described later.

The cold water tank 160 is a device for storing the cold water C generated in the ice making unit 130 or the cold water C generated by melting the ice I generated in the ice making unit 130.

The cold water tank 160 is installed in the inner space of the inner case 120 so as to be positioned below the ice storage 150 as shown in FIG. The cold water tank 160 receives and stores the cold water C guided by the ice reservoir 150.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the ice grill 140 and the ice reservoir 150 shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the ice grill 140 and the ice reservoir 150 shown in FIG.

As described above, the ice (I) branched by the ice grill 140 is supplied to the ice storage part 230 of the ice storage 150, and the cold water C branched by the ice grill 140 is supplied to the ice And is supplied to the cold water guide part 270 of the storage 150. 3 and 4, the ice grill 140 is installed to be inserted into the opening of the ice reservoir 150, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

5 is a front perspective view of the ice grill 140 shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along line I-I 'of FIG. 4, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II 'of FIG. 4 in a direction B, and FIG.

The structure of the ice grill 140 is not particularly limited. 5 and 6, the ice grill 140 slides the ice I generated in the ice making unit 130 toward the ice storage unit 230 of the ice storage 150, A branch plate 170 for moving cold water C generated by the ice making unit 130 or ice water I generated by the ice making unit 130 and dropping the generated cold water C, At least one cold water plate 180 (190) for causing the cold water (C) dropped from the ice maker 150 to flow toward the cold water guide portion 270 of the ice reservoir 150, A side plate 200, a support plate 210 for reinforcing the strength of the ice grill and a blocking plate 220 for selectively blocking the gap between the ice grill 140 and the second partition plate 300 to be described later can do.

5, the branch plate 170 is provided on the ice grill 140 so that ice (I) and cold water (C) generated in the ice making unit 130 are respectively transferred. 5, the branch plate 170 is inclined downward so that the ice I delivered from the ice making unit 130 can be slidably moved toward the ice storage part 230 of the ice storage 150 And the ice water I delivered from the ice making unit 130 melts and the cold water C generated by melting the cold water C is delivered to the inclined surface 172 And may include a plurality of through holes 174 and 176 formed through the through holes.

As shown in FIG. 6, the inclined surface 172 is inclined downward so that the lower end thereof faces the ice storage 150. Accordingly, the inclined surface 172 can slide the ice (I) transferred from the ice making unit 130 and transfer it to the ice reservoir 150.

The through holes 174 and 176 are formed through the inclined surface 172, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The through holes 174 and 176 are formed to have a smaller size than the ice I delivered from the ice making unit 130. Accordingly, the through holes 174 and 176 can vertically drop the cold water C delivered from the ice making unit 130 or the cold water C generated by melting the cold water C delivered from the ice making unit 130 have.

The formation positions of the through holes 174 and 176 are not particularly limited. 6, the through holes 174 and 176 are formed in a first through hole 174 (see FIG. 6) formed through the lower end of the inclined surface 172 so as to face a first cold water plate 180 And second through holes 176 formed in the intermediate portion of the inclined surface 172 so as to face the second cold water plate 190 to be described later. Then, as shown in FIG. 14, a part of the cold water C falls through the first through holes 174 toward the first cold water plate 180. The remaining part of the cold water C may fall through the second through holes 176 toward the second cold water plate 190.

On the other hand, when ice (I) is supplied to the ice storage part 230, noise may be generated when the ice (I) sliding along the inclined surface 172 meets the through holes 174 and 176. In order to solve this problem, the bifurcated plate 170 may further include a plurality of oblique ribs 178 provided on the upper side of the inclined surface 172. The inclined ribs 178 may be provided at predetermined intervals such that the gap between the inclined ribs 178 is smaller than the size of the ice I delivered from the ice making unit 130. [ The ice I delivered from the ice making unit 130 is slid toward the ice storage part 230 along the inclined ribs 178 so that when the ice I is supplied to the ice storage 150, It is possible to prevent the ice I and the through holes 174 and 176 from meeting to generate noise.

The cold water plates 180 and 190 are provided below the branch plate 170 so that the cold water C dropped from the through holes 174 and 176 of the branch plate 170 is transmitted. The cold water plates 180 and 190 are formed to be inclined downward so that the cold water C delivered from the branch plate 170 flows toward the cold water guide portion 270 of the ice reservoir 150.

The number of the cold water plates 180 (190) formed is not particularly limited. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the cold water plates 180 and 190 may be configured such that the cold water guide portion 270 is inclined downward from the lower end of the inclined surface 172 so as to face the first through holes 174 A second cold water plate 180 extending from the middle portion of the inclined surface 172 toward the cold water guide portion 270 so as to face the second through holes 176, ). That is, when the vertical dropping distance of the cold water C dropped from the through holes 174 and 176 is long, a lot of noise may be generated when the cold water C and the cold water plates 180 and 190 meet, A plurality of cold water plates 180 and 190 are installed in a multi-layered structure so as to reduce the vertical dropping distance of the cold water C dropped from the openings 174 and 176.

As shown in FIG. 14, the first cold water plate 180 and the second cold water plate 190 are disposed in the first through holes 174, (C) flows toward the cold water guide portion 270 while the second cold water plate 190 moves the cold water C dropped in the second through holes 176 toward the cold water guide portion 270 do. 14, the cold water C dropped from the first cold water plate 180 and the second cold water plate 190 is transferred to the cold water guide unit 270. [

However, if the vertical dropping distance of the cold water (C) dropped from the first cold water plate 180 and the second cold water plate 190 is long, noise may be generated. 14, the first cold water plate 180 and the second cold water plate 190 are respectively connected to the first cold water plate 180 and the second cold water plate 190, May be spaced apart from the wall surface 270a of the cold water guide portion 270 by a predetermined distance l so that the guide portion C may flow along the wall surface 270a of the cold water guide portion 270. [ The cold water C dropped from the first cold water plate 180 and the second cold water plate 190 flows into the bottom of the cold water guide portion 270 or the cold water guide portion 270, Compared with direct contact, noise generation can be reduced.

The side plate 200 is installed to close both sides of the ice grill 140, as shown in Fig. 7, both sides of the ice grill 140 are closed so that the cold water C can be dropped only through the rear ends of the first cold water plate 180 and the second cold water plate 190, And the rear surface has an open structure.

The support plate 210 is installed between at least one of the branch plate 170 and the second cold water plate 190 and between the first cold water plate 180 and the second cold water plate 190. For example, the support plate 210 may be installed in the space between the first cold water plate 180 and the second cold water plate 190 to support the second cold water plate 190, as shown in FIG. have. Then, the support plate 210 is rotated. The space between the first cold water plate 180 and the second cold water plate 190 is divided into two spaces so that the cold water C flowing through the first cold water plate 180 is concentrated on only a part of the first cold water plate 180 It is possible to reinforce the strength of the ice grill 140 by supporting the second cold water plate 190.

7 and 8, the cutoff plate 220 is formed in the guide groove 304 of the second partition plate 300 in the interval between the second partition plate 300 and the first cold water plate 180, which will be described later, ) And the first cold water plate 180 so as to selectively block the gap between the first cold water plate 180 and the first cold water plate 180. 16, the cold water C flowing through the cold water guide portion 270 can be transmitted to the auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 only through the guide groove 304. [ Details of the second partition plate 300 and the guide groove 304 will be described later.

FIG. 9 is a front perspective view of the ice reservoir 150 shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 10 is a plan view of the ice reservoir 150 shown in FIG.

9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV 'in FIG. 9, and FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line V-V' in FIG. 9, Sectional view taken along line C in FIG.

The structure of the ice reservoir 150 is not particularly limited. 2 and 9, the ice storage 150 may include an ice storage 230 for storing the ice I branched by the ice storage 140, An ice discharge port 240 for discharging the ice I stored in the ice storage unit 230 to the outside, an ice transfer member 250 for transferring the ice I stored in the ice storage unit 230, A cold water guide portion 270 for guiding the cold water C branched by the ice grill 140 to the cold water tank 160 and a cold water guide portion 270 for guiding the cold water C branched by the ice grill 140 to the cold water tank 160, And an auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 for guiding the cold water C branched by the ice grill 140 to the cold water tank 160.

10, the ice storage unit 230, the auxiliary cold water guide unit 280, and the cold water guide unit 270 are sequentially disposed in the inner space of the ice storage 150. The space between the ice storage part 230 and the auxiliary cold water guide part 280 is defined by the first partition plate 290 and the space between the auxiliary cold water guide part 280 and the cold water guide part 270 is defined by the second partition plate 290. [ (Not shown).

Hereinafter, the structure of the ice storage 150 will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

The ice storage part 230 is provided in the front space of the inner space of the ice storage 150 so as to correspond to the lower end of the branch plate 170 on which the ice I slidably moved along the branch plate 170 falls. As shown in FIG. 2, ice (I) dropped from the branch plate 170 is sequentially stacked and stored in the ice storage unit 230.

The ice discharge port 240 is formed at a lower portion of the tip of the ice storage part 230 so as to communicate with the external space of the case 110 or 120 and transfers the ice I conveyed by the ice transfer member 250 to the case 210. [ (110) (120). &Lt; / RTI >

The ice transfer member 250 includes a transfer screw 252 for transferring the ice I stored in the ice storage unit 230 toward the ice discharge port 240 and a motor 254 for rotating the transfer screw 252, .

As shown in FIG. 2, the conveying screw 252 is rotatably installed in the inner space of the ice reservoir 150 around the rotary shaft 256. 11 and 12, the first and second partition plates 290 and 300 are installed in the inner space of the ice reservoir 150, (Not shown). 2, the conveying screw 252 is placed in the first and second partition plates 290 and 290 of the second partition plate 300, and then the conveying screw 252 is inserted into the screw holes 292 and 303 of the second partition plate 300, And the rear end of the rotary shaft 256 of the conveying screw 252 is axially coupled to a screw bushing (not shown) to connect the conveying screw 252 to the ice reservoir 150 to be rotatable around the rotation axis 256. [

2, the motor 254 is installed on the front surface of the outer case 110 and is axially coupled to the distal end of the rotary shaft 256 of the feed screw 252. [ The motor 254 rotates the conveying screw 252 about the rotation axis 256 and the conveyance screw 252 driven by the motor 254 rotates the ice I stored in the ice storage unit 230 Toward the ice discharge port (240).

The ice door 260 is rotatably installed adjacent to the ice outlet 240 so as to selectively open and close the ice outlet 240. The ice door 260 can be rotated by a step motor (not shown) provided on the side of the ice reservoir 150). The ice door 260 opens the ice outlet 240 when the ice I stored in the ice storage 230 is discharged to the outside and the ice I is stored in the ice storage 230, It is possible to prevent the cool air from flowing out to the outside by closing the outlet 240.

The cold water guide portion 270 is provided in the rear space of the inner space of the ice reservoir 150 so that the cold water C dropped from the cold water plates 180 and 190 can be transmitted.

The structure of the cold water guide portion 270 is not particularly limited. 13, the cold water guide portion 270 includes an underwater passage 272 formed so as to be at least partially submerged in the cold water C stored in the cold water tank 160, A first outlet 274 which is formed in a portion of the ice making chamber 160 which is submerged in the cold water tank 160 and discharges the cold water C delivered from the ice grill 140 to the cold water tank 160, And may include a first inclined flow path 276 formed to be inclined downward and allowing the cold water C delivered from the ice grill 140 to flow toward the underwater flow path 272.

The underwater passage 272 is extended from the lower end of the first inclined flow path 276 downward so that at least a portion thereof is submerged in the cold water C stored in the cold water tank 160 as shown in FIG.

The first outlet 274 is formed in a portion of the submerged passage 272 which is submerged in the cold water C stored in the cold water tank 160. 15, the water channel 272 is filled with cold water C at least as much as the water channel 272 is submerged in the cold water tank 160, so that the cold water discharged from the first outlet 274 (C) can be immediately mixed with the cold water (C) stored in the cold water tank 160 without a vertical drop process. Therefore, it is possible to minimize the noise generated when the cold water (C) discharged from the first discharge port (274) meets the cold water (C) stored in the cold water tank (160).

The size of the first outlet 274 is not particularly limited. For example, the first outlet 274 may be formed so that the cold water C introduced into the underwater passage 272 can not be discharged to the cold water tank 160 in real time. 15, the cold water guide portion 270 is filled with the cold water C that has not been discharged through the first outlet 274, so that the cold water C introduced into the cold water guide portion 270 Mixed with the cold water (C) filled first in the cold water guide part (270) and discharged to the cold water tank (160) through the first outlet (274). Therefore, the noise can be reduced compared to the case where the cold water C vertically falls along the water passage 272 and is mixed with the cold water C filled in the water passage 272 first.

The first inclined flow path 276 may be formed to be inclined downward toward the underwater flow path 272, as shown in FIG. 15, the cold water C flowing down along the wall surface 270a of the cold water guide portion 270 flows toward the underwater flow path 272 by the first inclined flow path 276, And can be transmitted to the flow path 272.

10, the auxiliary cold water guide unit 280 includes an ice storage unit 230 and a cold water guide unit 230 to allow some of the cold water C flowing through the cold water guide unit 270 to be transmitted, (Not shown).

As described above, the cold water guide unit 270 is filled with the cold water C that has not been discharged to the cold water tank 160 through the first outlet 274 in real time. When the cold water C is filled in the cold water guide portion 270 for a predetermined level or more, the cold water C overflowed from the cold water guide portion 270 flows into the ice storage portion 230 and is stored in the ice storage 150 Ice (I) can be dissolved by cold water (C).

In order to solve this problem, a part of the cold water (C) flowing through the cold water guide part (270) is delivered to the cold water tank (160) so that the level of the cold water (C) filled in the cold water guide part (270) does not exceed a predetermined level The auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 is provided.

The method of transferring the cold water C from the cold water guide portion 270 to the auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 is not particularly limited. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, a part of the second partition plate 300 for partitioning the auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 and the cold water guide portion 270 may be cut to form the guide groove 304 have. 15 and 16, when the cold water C is filled up to the height of the guide groove 304 in the cold water guide portion 270, the cold water C flowing through the cold water guide portion 270 is guided And may be transmitted to the auxiliary cold water guide unit 280 through the groove 304.

The forming position of the guide groove 304 is not particularly limited. For example, as shown in Fig. 16, the guide groove 304 is formed in an upper end portion of a portion of the second partition plate 300 corresponding to the second inclined passage 284 of the auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 The guide groove 304 may be formed. 16, the cold water C having passed through the guide groove 304 flows along the second partition plate 300 and is transferred to the second inclined flow path 284 to be described later. This makes it possible to prevent the noise generated by the cold water C from being generated when the cold water C having passed through the guide groove 304 is directly dropped on the bottom surface 286 of the auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 Can be reduced.

The structure of the auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 is not particularly limited. A second outlet 282 for discharging the cold water C delivered from the cold water guide 270 to the cold water tank 160 and a second outlet 282 for discharging the cold water C delivered from the cold water guide 270 to the second And a second inclined flow path 284 inclined downward to flow toward the discharge port 282.

The second outlet 282 is formed through the bottom surface 286 of the auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 as shown in FIGS. 10 and 12. The number of the second discharge ports 282 is not particularly limited and may be set so that the cold water C delivered to the auxiliary cold water guide unit 280 is discharged to the cold water tank 160 in real time. A second outlet 282 may be formed.

The second inclined passage 284 may be formed to be inclined downward toward the bottom surface 286 of the auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 having the second discharge port 282 formed therein. 16, the cold water C flowing down along the second partition plate 300 is guided by the second inclined passage 284 to the bottom surface 286 of the auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 And may be discharged to the cold water tank 160 through the second outlets 282.

10, the second inclined flow passage 284 is provided in the middle portion of the second inclined flow passage 284 along the longitudinal direction of the second inclined flow passage 284 and has a dividing jaw 288). The second inclined flow path 284 is divided into two flow paths around the divided step 288 so that the cold water C flowing through the second inclined flow path 284 flows through the second inclined flow path 284 It is possible to prevent a portion from being flowed down in a biased state.

Hereinafter, the process of generating and storing ice I by the beverage supply device 100 will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, as shown in FIG. 2, the water supplied from the purified water tank or the water bottle is cooled by the ice making unit 130, and ice (I) is generated. Ice I generated above a predetermined size is released from the ice making unit 130 and is transferred to the branch plate 170 of the ice grill 140. [

The ice I delivered to the branch plate 170 is then slid toward the ice storage portion 230 of the ice storage 150 along the inclined ribs 178 of the branch plate 170.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the ice (I) dropped from the branch plate 170 is sequentially stored in the ice storage unit 230.

Hereinafter, the process of generating and storing the cold water C by the beverage supply device 100 will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the water supplied from the purified water tank or the water tank is cooled by the ice making unit 130, and cold water C is generated. The cold water C generated in the ice making unit 130 is transferred to the branch plate 170 of the ice grill 140.

14, the cold water C delivered to the branch plate 170 flows down along the inclined surface 172 and flows through the through holes 174 and 176 of the branch plate 170 And is transferred to the cold water plates 180 (190).

14, the cold water C delivered to the cold water plates 180 (190) flows down along the cold water plates 180 (190).

14, the cold water C dropped from the cold water plates 180 and 190 meets the wall surface 270a of the cold water guide portion 270 and reaches the wall surface 270 of the cold water guide portion 270 270a.

15, the cold water C flowing along the wall surface 270a of the cold water guide portion 270 is mixed with the cold water C previously filled in the cold water guide portion 270. As shown in FIG.

15, the cold water C mixed with the cold water C previously filled in the cold water guide portion 270 flows along the first inclined flow path 276 toward the underwater flow path 272 Down.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the cold water (C) flowing down along the first inclined flow path 276 toward the underwater flow path 272 is cooled by cold water C is transmitted to the underwater passage 272 and the cold water C flowing at a height higher than the guide groove 304 flows through the guide groove 304 of the second compartment plate 300 to the auxiliary cold water guide portion 280, Lt; / RTI >

15, the cold water C transferred to the underwater passage 272 is transferred to the cold water tank 160 through the first outlet 274 and stored in the cold water tank 160 .

16, the cold water C delivered to the auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 flows down along the second partition plate 300 to meet the second inclined flow passage 284, And flows down toward the bottom surface 286 of the auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 by the two inclined flow path 284.

16, the cold water C delivered to the bottom surface 286 of the auxiliary cold water guide portion 280 is transferred to the cold water tank 160 through the second discharge ports 282, And is stored in the cold water tank 160.

As described above, the beverage supply device 100 is constructed so that the cold water C branched by the ice grill 140 is divided into a plurality of inclined flow paths 276 and 284 in which the cold water C can flow down without falling vertically, The cold water can be delivered to the cold water tank 160 via the ice reservoir 150 provided with the cold water conveying path including the plate 300 and the wall surface 270a. Accordingly, the beverage supply apparatus 100 can reduce the vertical drop distance of the cold water C, as compared with the beverage supply apparatus having a conventional ice-making function, in which the cold water is vertically dropped from the ice grill to the cold water tank, have. Therefore, the beverage supply apparatus 100 can reduce the noise generated when the cold water C is supplied to the cold water tank 160, as compared with the beverage supply apparatus having the conventional ice-making function.

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.

100: Beverage supply device having an icing function
110: outer case
120: inner case
130:
140: Ice grill
150: Ice storage
160: cold water tank
170: branch plate
180: first cold water plate
190: second cold water plate
200: side plate
210: Support plate
220: blocking plate
230: Ice storage unit
240: Ice outlet
250: ice transfer member
260: Ice door
270: cold water guide portion
280: auxiliary cold water guide part
290: first compartment plate
300: second compartment plate

Claims

An ice making unit for cooling the water to generate ice or cold water;
An ice grill for selectively branching ice and cold water generated by the ice making unit into different paths;
A cold water guide portion for guiding the cold water branched by the ice grill to the outside, and a cold water guide portion for receiving a part of the cold water flowing through the cold water guide portion and guiding the cold water to the outside An ice reservoir having an auxiliary cold water guide part for supplying ice to the ice maker; And
And a cold water tank in which cold water branched by the ice grill is stored.

The method according to claim 1,
The ice-
And a branch plate installed to transfer ice and cold water generated in the ice making unit,
Wherein the branch plate
An inclined surface which is inclined downward so that the ice delivered from the ice-making unit can be slidably moved toward the ice storage unit; And
And a plurality of through holes formed through the inclined surface so that the cold water delivered from the ice making unit can be selectively dropped toward the cold water guide portion.

3. The method of claim 2,
The ice-
And a cold water plate installed to transmit the cold water dropped from the through holes and sloping downward so that the cold water transmitted from the through hole flows toward the cold water guide portion.

The method of claim 3,
The cold water-
Wherein the cold water guide plate is spaced apart from the wall surface of the cold water guide unit by a predetermined distance so that the cold water dropped from the cold water plate flows down along the wall surface of the cold water guide unit.

The method according to claim 1,
The cold water guide portion
A first outlet for discharging cold water branched by the ice grill to the outside; And
And a first inclined flow path provided so as to be inclined downward so that cold water branched by the ice grill flows toward the first discharge port.

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6. The method of claim 5,
The cold water guide portion
Further comprising an underwater flow path extending from the first inclined flow path so that at least a portion thereof is submerged in the cold water stored in the cold water tank, and the first discharge port is provided in at least a part of the first inclined flow path.

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The method according to claim 1,
The ice-
Further comprising a partition plate having an induction groove for guiding some of cold water flowing through the cold water guide portion to the auxiliary cold water guide portion and partitioning the cold water guide portion and the auxiliary cold water guide portion. / RTI >

10. The method of claim 9,
The ice-
And a cut-off plate extending from the gap between the compartment plate and the ice grill so as to cut off the gap between the guide groove and the ice grill except for the gap between the guide groove and the ice grill.

10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the guide groove is provided so that cold water passing through the guide groove flows along the partition plate and is transmitted to the auxiliary cold water guide portion.

10. The method of claim 9,
The auxiliary cold water guide portion
A second outlet for guiding the cold water delivered from the cold water guide to the outside; And
And a second inclined flow path provided so as to be inclined downward so that cold water transmitted from the cold water guide portion flows toward the second outlet.