KR102079458B1 - Smart tumbler capable of quick cooing and heating switching - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart tumbler capable of quick cooling and heating switching. More specifically, multiple thermoelements are formed in a container unit, and the smart tumbler can perform a power generation function or a quick cooling and heating function using temperature difference. One part of the smart tumbler can be used for the power generation function using the multiple thermoelements, and the other part can be used for a temperature control function. So, the smart tumbler can maintain a fixed temperature of contents and generate power using the maintained temperature at same time. The smart tumbler also can measure the amount of the remaining contents by voltage sampling of the each thermoelement in accordance with generated electric energy without an additional sensor. The smart tumbler automatically controls the thermoelement in accordance with the temperature which a user sets in accordance with the remaining amount of the contents. The thermoelement stores the electric energy in a battery unit by generating the electric energy using the difference between the temperature of outer aluminum and the temperature of an inner aluminum container transferred from the contents when the heating and cooling function is not in use. So, the smart tumbler can charge an auxiliary battery by the action of drinking a beverage in daily life as a tumbler combined with the auxiliary battery.

Description

Smart tumbler capable of quick cooing and heating switching

The present invention relates to a smart tumbler capable of rapid cold / temperature switching, and more particularly, a plurality of thermoelectric elements are formed in a container to enable power generation or rapid cooling and heat generation using a temperature difference, and through some of the plurality of thermoelectric elements. It is a power generation function, and part of it can be used as a temperature control function, so that it is possible to perform power generation using the temperature maintained at the same time while maintaining the temperature of the contents at the same time. The present invention relates to a smart tumbler that can measure the amount of contents remaining through voltage sampling, and that can be rapidly and coldly switched to control thermoelectric elements automatically according to the temperature set by a user according to the amount of contents remaining.

In general, the tumbler refers to a large cup with a flat bottom, and is mainly used for drinking while storing coffee or drinks.

Most of these tumblers are provided with a lid, so they have good heat retention and portability compared to general cups or disposable containers, and are recently used as containers for hot or cold drinks.

In particular, recently, a tumbler is used to reduce the use of disposable cups in takeout coffee shops, and it is gradually increasing its use for drinking while keeping drinks for a long time at home or office.

However, the above-described tumbler has a problem in that the temperature of the beverage is not properly maintained in a state where the beverage is stored for a long time despite the excellent heat retention.

In view of this, many technologies are known, such as the "tea warmer using a light emitting diode" of Patent No. 10-0995350, and the "USB insulating cup" of Patent No. 20-0326115.

However, these prior arts are merely to maintain the initial temperature of the beverage, there was a limit that can not selectively perform heating or cooling in one device.

Patent Registration No. 10-0995350 Registration Room No. 20-0326115

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems,

A plurality of thermoelectric elements are formed in the container to enable power generation or rapid cooling and heat generation using a temperature difference, and the plurality of thermoelectric elements can be used as a power generation function and a part as a temperature control function, so that the temperature of the contents can be used. It is possible to perform power generation using the temperature maintained at the same time while maintaining the constant, and to measure the amount of remaining content through voltage sampling of each thermoelectric element according to the amount of power generated without a separate sensor. It is an object of the present invention to provide a smart tumbler capable of rapid cold / hot switching that automatically controls thermoelectric elements according to a user-set temperature according to the amount of.

In addition, when the heating and cooling functions are not used, the thermoelectric element generates electric power using the temperature difference between the inner aluminum container and the outer aluminum delivered from the contents and stores it in the battery unit to drink beverages in daily life with the supplementary battery tumbler. The purpose is to provide a smart tumbler capable of rapid cold and hot switching to charge the secondary battery through the action.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is the inner container is formed in the outer surface of the inner container is formed on the outside of the inner container, the inner container is formed on the outside of the inner container, the space is formed to contain the contents therein A container portion composed of an outer container for insulating / cooling the container;

It is attached to the outer surface of the inner aluminum container, attached to the lower side of the inner aluminum container, a plurality of attached to the side of the inner aluminum container to heat or cool the contents contained in the space portion of the inner container to a predetermined temperature A thermoelectric element in which power is produced by the temperature difference depending on the temperature of the inner container and the temperature of the outer container when the contents are not heated or uncooled;

A power supply unit connected to the plurality of thermoelectric elements to control the magnitude and direction of current flowing through the thermoelectric element;

A sampling unit connected to the plurality of thermoelectric elements to sample the voltage of each thermoelectric element and the temperature of one side of each thermoelectric element;

And a control unit connected to the power supply unit and the sampling unit to control the power supply unit by sending a control signal to the power supply unit through the information transmitted from the sampling unit. The present invention relates to a smart tumbler capable of rapid cold / hot switching.

In addition, the inner container and the outer container of the present invention is formed of a stainless material, the heat insulating layer is further formed between the inner container and the outer container so that thermal energy is easily transferred to the contents through a thermoelectric element so as not to be transferred to the outside. The present invention relates to a smart tumbler capable of rapid cold / hot change.

In addition, the plurality of thermoelectric elements of the present invention are attached to the side of the inner aluminum container spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the container, divided into a plurality of sections perpendicular to the space portion of the inner container, the thermoelectric element is generated in each of the sections The temperature of the thermoelectric element in accordance with the power of the sampling unit by sampling the amount of the contents contained in the space portion of the inner container relates to a smart tumbler capable of quick and cold switching.

In addition, the power supply unit of the present invention, the bridge unit for controlling the current direction of the thermoelectric element by applying power to the thermoelectric element;

A bridge controller which receives the magnitude and direction of current flowing through the thermoelectric element through the control unit as a control signal and controls the bridge unit;

When the thermoelectric element is unheated or uncooled, the power generated by the temperature difference according to the temperature of the inner container and the temperature of the outer container is transferred, the transferred power is charged to the outside, and the thermoelectric element heats the content. Or it relates to a smart tumbler capable of rapid cold and hot switching, characterized in that comprises ;;

In addition, the battery unit is further formed by receiving the power delivered by the charging unit produced and transmitted from the thermoelectric device of the present invention, the battery unit is characterized in that the thermoelectric element transfers the charged power to the charging unit when heating or cooling the contents It relates to a smart tumbler capable of rapid cold and hot switching.

As described above, the smart tumbler capable of rapid cold / cold conversion of the present invention is formed with a plurality of thermoelectric elements in the container to enable power generation or rapid cooling and heat generation using a temperature difference, and through some of the plurality of thermoelectric elements. It is a power generation function, and part of it can be used as a temperature control function, so it is possible to perform power generation using the temperature maintained at the same time while maintaining the temperature of the contents at the same time, and according to the amount of power generated without a separate sensor, Through voltage sampling, the amount of remaining content can be measured, and the thermoelectric element can be controlled automatically according to the user set temperature according to the amount of remaining content.

In addition, when the heating and cooling functions are not used, the thermoelectric element generates electric power by using the temperature difference between the inner aluminum container and the outer aluminum delivered from the contents, and stores the battery in the battery unit to drink beverages in daily life with a secondary battery tumbler. The action has the effect of charging the secondary battery.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing a container portion of a smart tumbler according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a block diagram showing a system of a smart tumbler according to an embodiment of the present invention,
3 is a block diagram showing a power supply unit according to an embodiment of the present invention,
4 is a block diagram showing a sampling unit according to an embodiment of the present invention,
5 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a smart tumbler according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention having such a feature will be more clearly described through the preferred embodiment accordingly.

Before describing the various embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in detail, it will be appreciated that the application is not limited to the details of construction and arrangement of components described in the following detailed description or shown in the drawings. will be. The invention can be implemented and practiced in other embodiments and can be carried out in various ways. In addition, device or element orientation (e.g., "front", "back", "up", "down", "top", "bottom" Expressions and predicates used herein with respect to terms such as "," "left", "right", "lateral", etc. are used merely to simplify the description of the present invention, and related apparatus. Or it will be appreciated that it does not indicate or mean that the element should simply have a certain direction. Moreover, terms such as "first" and "second" are used in the specification and the appended claims for purposes of illustration and are not intended to indicate or mean the relative importance or spirit.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing a container portion of a smart tumbler according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a system of a smart tumbler according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is an embodiment of the present invention 4 is a configuration diagram illustrating a sampling unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a smart tumbler according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figures 1 to 5, the smart tumbler capable of rapid cold and hot switching of the present invention is the container portion 10, the thermoelectric element 20, the power supply unit 30, the sampling unit 40, the control unit It consists of 50.

As shown in FIG. 1, the container part 10 is formed in an inner container 11 having an upper surface open and a space part 15 formed therein so as to contain contents therein, and outside the inner container 11. It consists of an inner aluminum container 12, and an outer container 13 formed on the outside of the inner aluminum container 12 to heat / cool the inner container (11).

Here, the inner container 11 and the outer container 13 is formed of a stainless material, the thermal conductivity is low, the heat / cool effect is good, corrosion is not good and there is no toxicity, containing the contents of food or drink It is used a lot.

In addition, between the inner aluminum container 12 and the outer container 13, the heat energy is easily transferred to the contents through the thermoelectric element 20, and the air or vacuum layer (not shown) or the heat insulation layer ( Not shown) or the outer container 13 is formed thicker than the inner container 11 in order to trap the heat in the tumbler to improve the effect of keeping warm / cold, so that the heat flow to the contents through the thermoelectric element 20 It has the effect of keeping warm / cooling to make it well and to prevent heat flow to the outside. As such, the outer container 13 prevents cold air or heat from being directly transmitted to the user's hand holding the container portion 10 for drinking or eating, and also, inside the container portion 10 by the user's body temperature. The purpose is to prevent side effects such as getting lukewarm drinks or food.

In addition, the inner aluminum container 12 is formed to surround the outside of the inner container 11, the inner aluminum container 12 is a thermoelectric element at the endothermic and heat generation by using a high thermal conductivity and high cost competitive aluminum material The heat flow generated at 20 is quickly and evenly transmitted to the inner container 11 which is in direct contact with the contents, thereby enabling effective temperature control.

In addition, the outer side of the outer container 13 is in contact with the thermoelectric element is installed on the lower side of the inner aluminum container, the outer side of the other side is further formed in contact with the outside is further formed, the thermoelectric element does not use the heating and cooling function When the power is produced by using the temperature difference between the inner aluminum container and the temperature of the outer aluminum part that is delivered from the contents, and stored in the battery part, the battery part can be used as an auxiliary battery to charge the auxiliary battery by drinking a drink in daily life. Can be. Here, the battery unit is detachably formed on the lower side of the outer container or a port is formed on the outside of the outer container and is connected in various ways such as being connected and charged by a separate wire.

In addition, in the thermoelectric element 20 installed below the inner aluminum container 12, heat energy opposite to the heat flow transferred to the contents is discharged through the outer aluminum part 14. Forming a wider volume and surface area eliminates the need for a separate radiator or fan.

As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, a plurality of thermoelectric elements 20 are attached to an outer surface of the inner aluminum container 12, and one thermoelectric element 20 is disposed below the inner aluminum container 12. ) Is attached, and the remaining plurality is attached to the side of the inner aluminum container 12 to heat or cool the contents contained in the space 15 of the inner container 11 to a temperature set by the controller 50. It is At this time, the thermoelectric element 20 is a thermoelectric element such as a Peltier effect device, and when a certain type of metal is paired to flow a current, one contact generates heat and the other contact The phenomenon of endotherm (cooling) occurs, and electromotive force occurs when two ends of two kinds of metals are connected to the thermoelectric element and the temperature of both ends is different (temperature difference).

Here, the thermoelectric element 20 is attached to the side of the inner aluminum container 12 in a plurality of spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the container, the thermoelectric element 20 perpendicular to the space portion 15 of the inner container 11 It is divided into a plurality of sections (section A, section B, section C) by the number of heating or cooling is performed in the space portion 15 of the inner container 11, and when not heating or cooling, each according to the temperature difference The amount of the contents contained in the space 15 of the inner container 11 can be measured by sampling the voltage of the amount of power of the thermoelectric element 20 generated in the sections A, B, and C by the sampling unit 40. have. In this case, the thermoelectric element 20 attached to the side surface of the inner aluminum container 12 may be attached in various forms such as surrounding the outer periphery of the inner aluminum container 12 or attaching only one point.

In addition, since the thermoelectric element 20 is a method of automatically controlling the thermoelectric element 20 according to a temperature set by a user according to the amount of contents remaining, the thermoelectric element 20 can be implemented without a separate sensor and at the same time several thermoelectric elements 20 Through power generation or cooling and heat generation using the temperature difference is possible.

2 to 3, the power supply unit 30 is connected to the plurality of thermoelectric elements 20 to control the magnitude and direction of the current flowing through the thermoelectric element 20, the power supply unit 30 is external It is formed outside the container 13 and is electrically connected to the plurality of thermoelectric elements 20 and the controller 50.

Here, the power supply unit 30, as shown in Figure 3, the bridge unit 31 for applying the power to the thermoelectric element 20 to control the current direction of the thermoelectric element 20; A bridge controller 32 which receives the magnitude and direction of the current flowing through the thermoelectric element 20 through the control unit 50 as a control signal and controls the bridge unit 31; When the thermoelectric element 20 unheats or cools the contents, power generated by the temperature difference according to the temperature of the inner container 11 and the temperature of the outer container 13 is transferred, and the transferred power is charged to the outside. And, the thermoelectric element 20 is composed of a charging unit 33 for transmitting the power charged to the outside to the bridge portion 31 when heating or cooling the contents.

In addition, since the bridge portion 31 may control the current direction of the thermoelectric element 20 by using a half bridge, a full bridge, etc., a current is applied through the thermoelectric element 20 and transferred to the charging unit 33 or the charging unit 33. The current delivered from) is applied to the thermoelectric element.

Further, when the contents are not heated or cooled, the battery unit 60 is further formed to receive and charge the power (also referred to as current) produced and transferred from the thermoelectric element 20 through the charging unit 33 due to the temperature difference. The battery unit 60 transmits power charged by the thermoelectric element 20 when the contents are heated or cooled to the charging unit 33, and the charging unit 33 receives the power received from the battery unit 60. It is applied to the bridge portion 31 and supplied to the thermoelectric element 20. Here, the charging unit 33 and the battery unit 60 may be formed integrally, or may be formed separately.

2 to 4, the sampling unit 40 is installed in the container unit 10 and connected to the plurality of thermoelectric elements 20, and the voltages of the thermoelectric elements 20 and the respective thermoelectric elements are shown in FIG. It consists of a temperature sampling part 41 and a voltage sampling part 42 so that the temperature of one side of 20 may be sampled.

Here, the sampling unit 40 samples the voltage of each thermoelectric element 20 through the voltage sampling unit 42 and transmits the information to the control unit 50, and the hot or cold side of each thermoelectric element 20. One temperature of is sampled through the temperature sampling unit 41 and the information is transmitted to the control unit 50.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the control unit 50 is installed inside or outside the container unit 10 and electrically connected to the power supply unit 30 and the sampling unit 40, and the control unit 50. Receives voltage sampling information from the thermoelectric elements 20 through the sampling unit 40 to measure a certain amount and temperature of the contents to send a control signal to the power supply unit 30 to control.

Hereinafter, a control method of the smart tumbler capable of rapid cold / hot switching described above will be described.

As shown in Figure 5, the control method of the smart tumbler capable of rapid cold and hot switching of the present invention samples the temperature and voltage from the plurality of thermoelectric elements 20 through the sampling unit 40 (S100), the sampling unit The temperature and voltage sampled through the 40 are transmitted to the control unit 50 and compared with the temperature difference ΔT set in the control unit 50 (S200), in the range of the temperature difference ΔT set in the control unit 50. If not, the temperature and voltage are sampled again from the plurality of thermoelectric elements 20 through the sampling unit 40 (S100).

If the temperature difference ΔT is set in the controller 50, the controller 50 may measure the temperature of the contents and the amount of the remaining contents (S300).

Then, the controller 50 applies a control signal to the power supply unit 30 to individually control the thermoelectric element 20 in accordance with the temperature and the amount of the contents (S400).

In this way, if the temperature set by the user and the temperature of the contents matched through the control unit 50 is consistent with the previous step (S400), the thermoelectric element 20 is individually controlled, or if it does not match, select to proceed to the next step ( S500).

Then, if there is no content in the container portion 10, the system is terminated or if there is still content back to the previous step (S100) and select to start again (S600).

As such, a smart tumbler capable of rapid cold / hot switching by the above control method is operated.

10: container portion 11: inner container
12: inner aluminum container 13: outer container
14: outer aluminum part 15: space part
20: thermoelectric element
30: power supply portion 31: bridge portion
32: bridge control unit 33: charging unit
40: sampling unit 41: temperature sampling unit
42: voltage sampling unit
50 control unit 60 battery unit

Claims (5)

An inner container 11 having an upper surface open and having a space 15 formed therein, an inner aluminum container 12 formed outside the inner container 11, and an inner aluminum container 12 A container portion 10 formed on the outside of the c) and configured as an outer container 13 for warming / cooling the inner container 11;
Is formed attached to the outer surface of the inner aluminum container 12, is attached to the lower side of the inner aluminum container 12, a plurality of attached to the side of the inner aluminum container 12 is a space portion of the inner container 11 When the contents contained in (15) are heated or cooled to a set temperature or the contents are not heated or uncooled, thermoelectric power is produced by a temperature difference depending on the temperature of the inner container 11 and the temperature of the outer container 13. An element 20;
A power supply unit 30 connected to the plurality of thermoelectric elements 20 to control the magnitude and direction of current flowing through the thermoelectric element 20;
A sampling unit 40 connected to the plurality of thermoelectric elements 20 for sampling the voltage of each thermoelectric element 20 and the temperature of one side of each thermoelectric element 20;
A control unit 50 connected to the power supply unit 30 and the sampling unit 40 to control the power supply unit 30 by sending a control signal to the power supply unit 30 through the information transmitted from the sampling unit 40. Composed,
The plurality of thermoelectric elements 20 are attached to the side of the inner aluminum container 12 spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the container, divided into a plurality of sections perpendicular to the space portion 15 of the inner container 11, According to the amount of power of the thermoelectric element 20 generated in each section, the voltage of the thermoelectric element 20 is sampled by the sampling unit 40 to measure the amount of contents contained in the space part 15 of the inner container 11. Smart tumbler which is available for rapid cold and hot change characterized by being possible.
The method of claim 1,
The inner container 11 and the outer container 13 is formed of a stainless material, and between the inner aluminum container 12 and the outer container 13, thermal energy is easily transferred to the contents through the thermoelectric element 20. Smart tumbler capable of rapid cold and hot switching, characterized in that the heat insulating layer is further formed so as not to be transmitted to the outside.
The method of claim 1,
The power supply unit 30,
A bridge part 31 for applying electric power to the thermoelectric element 20 to control a current direction of the thermoelectric element 20;
A bridge controller 32 which receives the magnitude and direction of the current flowing through the thermoelectric element 20 through the control unit 50 as a control signal and controls the bridge unit 31;
When the thermoelectric element 20 unheats or cools the contents, power generated by the temperature difference according to the temperature of the inner container 11 and the temperature of the outer container is transferred, and the charged power is charged to the outside. A charging unit 33 to which the thermoelectric element 20 transfers electric power charged to the outside when the contents are heated or cooled to the bridge unit 31;
Smart tumbler capable of rapid cold and hot switching, characterized in that configured to include.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The battery unit 60 is further formed to receive and charge the electric power produced by the thermoelectric element 20 through the charging unit 33, the battery unit 60 is the thermoelectric element 20 to heat the contents or Smart tumbler capable of rapid cold and hot switching, characterized in that for transferring the power charged during cooling to the charging unit (33). delete

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