KR101878448B1 - Washer Of Electrolytic Cell and Diaphragm - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a washing machine, comprising: a scrubber main body in which a cleaning agent is stored; A detergent injection pipe having one end connected to an outlet port of the cleaner main body and the other end detachably coupled to the acidic water discharge pipe of the ionizer; The cleaning agent in the main body of the cleaner flows into the interior of the ionizer electrolytic cell through the cleaning agent injection pipe and the acidic water discharge pipe to clean the electrolytic membrane and the diaphragm and then flows into the main body of the cleaner through the alkaline water discharge pipe of the ionizer And a pump for circulating the cleaning agent so as to circulate the electrolytic water.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, the detergent composed of citric acid and baking soda is introduced into the electrolytic bath of the ionizer and circulated for a predetermined time, so that the electrolytic bath of the ionizer can be cleaned to the scale sandwiched by the gap between the electrolytic membrane and the diaphragm, .

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[0002] Washer Of Electrolytic Cell and Diaphragm [0003]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electrolyzer cleaner for an ionizer, and more particularly, to a cleaner that cleans an electrolyzer of an ionizer to improve the electrolytic capacity of the electrolyzer and to drink clean ionized water.

In addition to the economic benefits of living, people's attention is focused on the quality of life and health rather than basic rituals and meals. This trend has demanded a qualitative improvement of the water that is the most important water for food and the most important for life activities. In particular, due to the distrust of constants provided by public institutions and environmental pollution, , A reliable drinking water company has purchased water to drink.

On the other hand, ionized water of alkaline water was introduced in purified water as it was not simply satisfied with clean water but focused on supplying better water for health.

According to the academic community, ionized water, especially alkaline water, has been known to eliminate active oxygen in the body, improve intestinal fermentation, inhibit the generation of toxins and waste products in the body, and inhibit sterilization and bacterial proliferation.

This effect has led to the development of an ionizer that allows alkaline water to be separated from the water in general households.

Generally, the ionizer stores purified water flowing into the electrolytic cell, and the electrolytic membrane built in the electrolytic cell electrolyzes the purified water to ionize the alkaline water and the acidic water. In addition, a diaphragm is provided between the electrolytic membranes to remove foreign substances generated in the ionization of the alkaline water and the acidic water or in the purified water.

However, when used for a certain period of time, electrolytic membranes and diaphragms are attached with scales (calcium ions) or foreign substances in the process of ionized water in the electrolytic cell, thereby deteriorating the electrolytic capacity.

In order to prevent the electrolytic capacity of the electrolytic membrane from being degraded by the scale or the foreign substance, the polarity of the voltage applied to the electrolytic bath is quickly reversed to remove the scale attached to the electrolytic membrane.

However, the above-mentioned reverse cleaning has a problem that scale attached to the electrolytic film can be removed to some extent, but scale attached to the gap between the electrolytic film and the diaphragm can not be removed.

In addition, although a method of cleaning the electrolytic cell by inserting a citric acid filter into the electrolytic cell periodically is also used, since the amount of citric acid in the filter is about 200 to 300 g due to the structure of the filter, the water can be used for only about 2 to 3 minutes when the water flows into the filter. Since the cleaning time is short and sufficient cleaning can not be performed, there is a problem that the cleaning effect is deteriorated.

Korean Registered Utility Model: 20-0386806 (Notice day 2005.06.16)

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2010-0138396 (published on December 31, 2010)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems,

An object of the present invention is to provide an electrolyzer cleaner of an ionizer for cleaning an electrolyzer of an ionizer by circulating a cleaning agent for a predetermined period of time by charging a cleaning agent composed of citric acid and baking soda into an electrolyzer of an ionizer.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling an amount of a cleaning agent to be added to an acidic water discharge pipe which is different in size depending on a product model of an ionizer, The present invention provides an electrolyzer cleaner of an ionizer that can be applied to all models.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electrolyzer cleaner of an ionizer, comprising: a cleaner main body having a cleaning agent stored therein and having a water outlet; A detergent injection pipe having one end coupled to an outlet port of the cleaner main body and the other end detachably coupled to the acidic water discharge pipe of the ionizer; The cleaning agent in the main body of the cleaner flows into the interior of the ionizer electrolytic cell through the cleaning agent injection pipe and the acidic water discharge pipe to clean the electrolytic membrane and the diaphragm and flows into the interior of the cleaner body through the alkaline water discharge pipe of the ionizer And a pump for circulating the cleaning agent to circulate the cleaning agent.

Here, the detergent is characterized in that citric acid and baking soda are mixed.

The cleaning agent may be a mixture of 85 wt% to 95 wt% of citric acid in a liquid phase and 15 wt% to 5 wt% of baking soda in a liquid phase.

In addition, the pump includes a power control switch for applying on / off and operating time of the power supply, a power control switch for controlling the power supply of the cleaning agent by controlling the power increase of the pump, And a control unit for controlling the driving signal of the pump so as to operate on / off of the power source and the predetermined time, and controlling the predetermined amount of power to be supplied to the pump according to the switching signal inputted from the power adjusting switch, Are electrically connected to each other.

The control unit controls the driving signal of the pump to operate at predetermined time intervals according to the number of switching operation inputs of the power control switch.

In addition, the controller may increase the predetermined amount of power according to the number of switching operation inputs of the power control switch to control the input amount of the cleaning agent.

Further, the detergent injection pipe is provided with a coupler which can be universally coupled to the acidic water discharge pipes of different sizes.

The main body includes a container for storing a cleaning agent therein, and a lid removably coupled to an inlet of the container to cover an inlet of the container.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, a cleaning agent composed of citric acid and baking soda is introduced into an electrolytic cell of an ionizer and circulated for a predetermined period of time, thereby cleaning the electrolytic cell as well as the scale tucked in the gap between the electrolytic membrane and the diaphragm, There is an effect that the cleaning effect can be greatly increased.

In addition, the electrolytic capacity of the electrolytic membrane is restored to the original state by safely removing the scale in the electrolytic bath of the ionizer, thereby providing clean ionized water.

In addition, it can be applied to all product models of ionizer as it is universally combined with acidic water discharge pipe, which may be different in size according to product model of ionizer. In addition to controlling the amount of cleaning agent injected according to the size of electrolytic bath, The circulation time can be adjusted to improve cleaning efficiency and merchantability.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a configuration of a general ionizer; FIG.
2 is a perspective view illustrating an electrolyzer cleaner of an ionizer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a configuration diagram of a control module of an electrolyzer cleaner of an ionizer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an ionizer according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the ionizer according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig.

These and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, an electrolyzer cleaner of an ionizer according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. For purposes of this specification, like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements unless otherwise indicated.

Referring to FIG. 1, the structure of a general ionizer is schematically described, and an electrolyzer cleaner of an ionizer according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2. Referring to FIG. 4, a cleaning agent injection pipe of an electrolyzer cleaner of an ionizer according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected to an acid water discharge pipe of an ionizer, and a cleaning agent in the body of the cleaner is introduced into an electrolyzer of an ionizer, Describe the process of cleaning.

1, a general ionizer 10 includes a filter unit 11 for filtering raw water, an electrolytic cell 12 for electrolyzing the filtered purified water to produce acidic ionized water and alkaline ionized water, An alkaline ionized water discharge port 18 for discharging the alkaline ionized water and an acidic ionized water discharge port 20 for discharging the acidic ionized water produced in the electrolytic cell.

Here, the filter unit 11 filters raw water supplied through a raw water pipe connected to the water pipe. Then, the filtered purified water flows into the electrolytic bath through the water supply pipe (12). At this time, a solenoid valve 13 is installed in the water supply pipe 12 to open and close the water supply pipe according to an electrical signal.

The electrolytic bath 14 is provided with a negative electrode electrolytic film 15 and a positive electrode electrolytic film 16 so as to electrolyze the inflow purified water and ion exchange is performed between the negative electrode electrolytic film 15 and the positive electrode electrolytic film 16 A diaphragm 17 is provided.

The diaphragm 17 is formed of an ion-exchange resin in the form of a membrane, and it is preferable to use an anion exchange membrane. The diaphragm 17 passes the anion through the current through the solution but does not pass the cation through the cation passing through the electrolyte because the electrolyte has a resistance close to 100%. That is, the negative ions on the negative electrode electrolytic film 15 side can move to the positive electrode electrolytic film 16 side, but the positive ions on the positive electrode electrolytic film 16 side can not move toward the negative electrode electrolytic film 15 side.

Therefore, alkaline ions such as calcium ion, magnesium ion, potassium ion and sodium ion are gathered on the side of the negative electrode electrolytic film 15 to become alkaline ionized water. Acid ions such as chloride ion and sulfur ion are collected on the positive electrode electrolytic film 16 side, Ionized water.

The electrolytic bath 14 is provided with an alkaline ionized water discharge port 18 for discharging alkaline ionized water to the negative electrode electrolytic film 15 side based on the diaphragm 17 and an acidic An ionized water outlet 20 is provided.

The alkaline ionized water discharge pipe 19 is connected to the alkaline ionized water discharge port 18 to supply the user with the alkaline ionized water or store the alkaline ionized water in the water tank 20. The acidic ionized water discharge port 20 is connected to the acidic water discharge pipe 21, .

The present invention relates to a cleaning device for cleaning an electrolyzer of an ionizer by applying the ionizer of such a configuration and including a cleaner main body 100, a cleaning agent injection tube 200, a pump 400, and a control module 500 do.

2, the washer main body 100 includes a container 110 for storing the cleaning agent 101 therein, and a cover 120 detachably coupled to the inlet of the container to cover the inlet of the container. do.

Here, the container 110 is preferably made of a transparent material that can be seen through to check the amount of the cleaning agent stored therein, and may be provided in various shapes such as a circle, an ellipse, and a square.

A lower portion of the container 110 is provided with an outlet 112 through which a cleaning agent injection pipe 200 is connected.

One end of the detergent injection pipe 200 is connected to the outlet port 112 of the container and the other end is connected to the acid water discharge pipe 21 provided in the ionizer 10. At this time, the other end of the detergent injection pipe 200 connected to the acidic water discharge pipe 21 is provided with a coupler 210 which can be universally coupled to an acidic water discharge pipe having a different size for each product model of the ionizer .

A pump 400 is provided inside the container 110 into which the detergent is injected.

The pump 400 is provided at the bottom of the container 110 and connected to the outlet 112 of the container. The suction pipe 410 is connected to the pump 400 to suck the detergent.

The pump 400 is electrically connected to a control module 500 that controls on / off of the power supply, controls the driving of the pump 400, and controls the amount of power of the pump 400.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control module 500 includes a power control switch 510, a power control switch 520, and a controller 530.

The power control switch 510 functions as a power on / off switch and a selection switch of operation time. Specifically, the power control switch 510 has a function of selecting the on / off function of the power supply and the predetermined operation time according to the number of switching operation inputs do. For example, when the power control switch 510 is pressed once, the power on switching signal is applied. When the power control switch 510 is pressed twice, the control unit 530 sets a predetermined first time (for example, 5 A switching signal for driving the pump is applied to the controller 530 for a second time (for example, 10 minutes) when the power control switch 510 is pressed three times , And when the power control switch is pressed four times, an off switching signal of the power supply is applied.

The control unit 530 controls the power on / off according to the switching signal input from the power control switch 510 and adjusts the driving time of the pump according to the input number of the power control switch 510 And controls the driving of the pump 400 at a predetermined time.

The power control switch 520 functions to control the power increase of the pump 400 to adjust the supply amount of the cleaning agent. More specifically, the power adjustment switch 520 has a function of increasing the supply amount of the cleaning agent by increasing the predetermined amount of power according to the number of switching operation input . For example, when the power control switch 520 is pressed once, a predetermined first amount of power is supplied to the pump to apply a predetermined first amount of cleaning agent (for example, 1 liter) A switching signal for applying a predetermined second amount of cleaning agent (for example, 1.5 liters) is applied to the pump, and the power control switch 520 is set to 3 A predetermined third amount of power is supplied to the pump so that a predetermined third amount of cleaning agent (for example, 2 liters) is applied.

The control unit 530 is preset to increase the amount of power supplied to the pump 400 in accordance with the number of times of the input of the power control switch 520 and the input amount of the cleaning agent is preset according to the amount of power of the pump 400 . That is, the control unit increases the amount of power supplied to the pump according to the number of times of inputting the power control switch, thereby adjusting the amount of the cleaning agent.

The cleaning agent 101 stored in the main body 100 is a mixture of citric acid and baking soda.

Citric acid is contained in many plant seeds and juices in the form of free acid. It is a kind of basic organic acid extracted from fruits and used as a soft drink or food additive in fruits, especially in lemon, plum and citrus fruits. In recent years, fermentation using microorganisms has been made using saccharides (eg, starch or starch powder) as a substrate. Generally, citric acid is a crystalline white powder, which is well soluble in water. When added to soft drinks, etc., it gives a refreshing taste. In addition, citric acid plays an important role in metabolism of higher animals as a component of TCA (Tricarboxylic acid) circuit in vivo. In addition, it is known that it exhibits a function of promoting absorption of calcium in the body and a sterilizing effect. It is mainly used as a food additive in sour taste in juice, soft drink, diuretic drink, and is widely used as medicines, analytical reagents and cosmetic raw materials.

Baking soda is also referred to as sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, and is a white crystalline mass or crystalline powder. The formula is NaHCO3. It dissolves readily in water and hydrolyzes, and does not dissolve in alcohol. The aqueous solution of sodium hydrocarbons shows weak alkalinity immediately after preparation, but if left for a long time or warmed, the pH is increased. Generates carbon dioxide gas at a temperature of about 65 ° C or higher and decomposes when heated above 300 ° C (2NaHCO 3 → Na 2 CO 3 + H 2 O + CO 2). When used alone, the amount of gas generated is small, the expansion force is decreased, the product is discolored, and a bitter taste appears. Therefore, acid such as citric acid or tartaric acid is used together. The FAO / WHO expert committee does not specify an acceptable daily intake (ADI), and estimates that there is no toxicity problem when using sodium hydrocarbons. LD50 (eld 50) is orally administered to rats at 4,300 mg / kg. It is mainly used as a swelling agent in the manufacture of bread or biscuits and also as a raw material for synthetic swelling agents. In particular, it is used to soften the tissue cells of food by improving the water retention of the protein. In addition, it is widely used as an alkaline agent, a buffering agent, etc. and has a property of adsorbing contaminants, so it is also widely used as a substitute for a detergent.

The cleaning agent 101 may be a mixture of powdered citric acid and baking soda, or may be a mixture of liquid citric acid and baking soda.

The cleaning agent 101 may be composed of a mixture of 85% by weight to 95% by weight of citric acid in liquid form and 15% by weight to 5% by weight of liquid baking soda, most preferably 90% by weight of liquid citric acid, And 10 wt% of baking soda. Here, since the baking soda has a lot of bubbles, it is preferable to adjust the ratio because if the ratio can not be controlled, a large amount of bubbles may be generated during mixing to overflow the container.

As shown in FIG. 4, the electrolyzer cleaner of the ionizer first connects the cleaner injection pipe 200 of the scrubber to the acidic water discharge pipe 21 provided in the ionizer.

The lid 120 coupled to the washer main body 100 is opened to open the upper portion of the washer main body 100 and draw the alkaline water discharge pipe 19 into the opened washer main body 100.

When the power is applied to the cleaner, the pump 400 is driven so that the cleaning agent 101 in the cleaner main body is sucked into the suction pipe 410 and injected into the acidic water discharge pipe 21 of the electrolytic bath through the cleaning agent injection pipe 200 do.

The cleaning agent 101 injected into the acidic water discharge pipe 21 of the electrolytic bath passes through the electrolytic film 16 of the positive electrode and the diaphragm 17 and then flows through the electrolytic film 15 of the negative electrode to the alkaline water discharge pipe 19 .

Then, the cleaning agent discharged into the alkaline water discharge pipe flows into the inside of the washer main body and circulates. At this time, the pump 400 adjusts the amount of the cleaning agent according to the supplied amount of electric power, and the controller 400 drives the controller 400 for a predetermined time.

The cleaning agent 101 is circulated in the interior of the electrolytic bath and the interior of the scrubber body by the driving time of the pump 400 to clean the electrolytic membranes 15 and 16 and the diaphragm 17 in the electrolytic bath.

Here, the washing time is preferably set in units of 5 minutes to 10 minutes, and the electrolytic bath can be sufficiently cleaned by continuously circulating the cleaning agent for the set time. Also, circulation of the cleaning agent clears the scale of the clearance, thereby increasing the cleaning effect.

As described above, according to the present invention, a cleaning agent consisting of citric acid and baking soda is introduced into an electrolytic cell of an ionizer and circulated for a predetermined time, thereby cleansing the electrolytic bath of the ionizer, cleansing the scale of the electrolytic membrane and the gap between the electrolytic membrane and the diaphragm, It can be greatly increased.

In addition, since the scale in the electrolytic bath of the ionizer is safely removed, the electrolytic capacity of the electrolytic membrane is restored to the original state, thereby providing clean ionized water.

In addition, since the ionizer has a coupler universally coupled to the acid water discharge pipe which may be different in size depending on the product model of the ionizer, it can be applied to all product models of the ionizer, and the amount of the cleaning agent And the circulation time of the cleaning agent can be adjusted, thereby improving the cleaning efficiency and the merchantability of the product.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the appended claims, And equivalents may be resorted to as falling within the scope of the invention.

10: ionizer 11: filter unit
12: water pipe 13: solenoid valve
14: electrolytic bath 15: negative electrode electrolytic membrane
16: positive electrode electrolytic film 17: diaphragm
18: alkaline ionized water outlet 19: alkaline water outlet pipe
20: acidic ionized water outlet 21: acidic water outlet tube
100: washer main body 101: detergent
110: container 112: outlet
120: cover 200: cleaning agent injection tube
210: coupler 400: pump
500: Control module 510: Power control switch
520: power control switch 530:

Claims (8)

A washer main body in which a detergent is stored, and an outlet is provided; A detergent injection pipe having one end connected to an outlet port of the cleaner main body and the other end detachably coupled to the acidic water discharge pipe of the ionizer; The cleaning agent in the main body of the cleaner flows into the interior of the ionizer electrolytic cell through the cleaning agent injection pipe and the acidic water discharge pipe to clean the electrolytic membrane and the diaphragm and then flows into the main body of the cleaner through the alkaline water discharge pipe of the ionizer And a pump for circulating the cleaning agent to circulate the cleaning agent,
The cleaning agent injection pipe is provided with a coupler which can be universally coupled to acidic water discharge pipes of different sizes,
The pump is provided with a power control switch for applying on / off and operating time of the power supply, a power control switch for controlling the power supply of the cleaning agent by controlling the power increase of the pump, A control signal for controlling the driving signal of the pump to operate at a preset time according to the number of times of on / off and switching operation input of the power control switch, and a preset amount of power is increased according to the number of switching operation input of the power control switch, A control module including a control module,
Wherein the cleaning agent comprises a mixture of 85 wt% to 95 wt% of citric acid in a liquid phase and 15 wt% to 5 wt% of baking soda in a liquid phase. delete delete delete delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the main body comprises a container for storing a cleaning agent therein, and a cover detachably coupled to an inlet of the container and covering an inlet of the container.

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