KR19980058274A - Radiator of cold water purifier - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a heat dissipation device for a cold water purifier, and a plurality of thermoelectric elements (110) arranged on one side of the cold water tank (40) to increase the cooling rate of the cold water tank (40), the thermoelectric element (110) And a plurality of heat sinks 120 independently attached to the heat dissipation side of each of the thermoelectric elements 110 to increase the adhesion to each other, and reduce the cooling time by using the plurality of thermoelectric elements 110. In addition, the cooling efficiency may be increased by independently fixing the thermoelectric elements 110 using the plurality of heat sinks 100 to increase the adhesion with the thermoelectric elements 110.

Description

Radiator of cold water purifier

The present invention relates to a cold water purifier that cools purified water by a cooling device to enable cold water intake, and more particularly, to a heat dissipation device of a cold water purifier that improves cooling efficiency by increasing a heat dissipation rate of the cooling device.

Generally, the cold water purifier has a main body 10 as shown in FIG. 1, and at one side of the main body 10, a filter part in which various filtering means for removing foreign matters from tap water introduced from a tap is not shown. 20 is partitioned, and on one side of the filter unit 20, a purified water tank 30 for storing purified water filtered through the filter unit 20 is disposed, and the purified water tank 30 On one side of) is provided a cold water tank (40) for receiving the purified water stored in the purified water tank (30) is cooled by a cooling device to generate cold water, one side of the purified water tank (30) A hot water tank 50 for receiving hot water stored in the tank 30 and heated by a heater to generate hot water is disposed, and the cold water tank 40 or the hot water tank 50 is disposed at one side of the main body 10. The water intake unit 60 for taking in the stored cold water or hot water is mold It is made.

A cooling member 71 is disposed at one side of the cold water tank 40, and a thermoelectric for cooling the cold water tank 40 by cooling and conduction by the cooling member 71 on one side of the cooling member 71. An element 72 is disposed, and on one side of the thermoelectric element 72, a heat sink (heat sink) 73 is disposed to absorb and dissipate heat emitted from the thermoelectric element 72, and the cold water tank The heat insulating member 74 is disposed outside the 40 to maintain the hot water of the cooled cold water, and on one side of the main body 10, a cooling fan to increase the release effect of heat radiated from the thermoelectric element 72. 80 is excreted.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an air intake port through which external air is introduced by the rotational force of the cooling fan 80, and reference numeral 12 denotes an external air sucked by the rotational force of the cooling fan 80 to become hot. The air discharge port discharged is shown.

When the water purifier configured as described above is supplied with power by a switch operation of an operation stage (not shown), the water supplied from the tap water is purified through a plurality of filtration means disposed in the filter unit 20 and then the purified water tank 30. The purified water introduced and stored in the purified water tank 30 is introduced into the cold water tank 40 and the hot water tank 50 and disposed in the cooling device and the hot water tank 50 disposed in the cold water tank 40. Cooled and heated by a heater to generate cold water and hot water, and the cold water and hot water generated as described above can be withdrawn through the water intake unit (60).

The cold water tank 40 is cooled as the thermoelectric element 72 is cooled by the cooling member 71 and conducted, and the heat sink 73 disposed on one side of the thermoelectric element 72 is the thermoelectric element 72. Absorb and dissipate the heat emitted from the heat dissipation, and the external air flows into the air inlet 11 formed on one side of the main body 10 by the rotation of the cooling fan 80 is discharged through the air discharge port 12, Will increase the effect.

At this time, the heat insulating member 74 disposed on the outside of the cold water tank 40 prevents the cold air of the cold water tank 40 from contacting the outside air to increase the temperature.

However, the conventional cold water purifier configured as described above has a problem in that one thermoelectric element 72 is disposed so that the heat dissipation effect is insufficient. When the plurality of thermoelectric elements 72 are used to solve the problem, the heat sink 73 and In order to increase the adhesion of the thermoelectric element 72, a silicon or the like is applied between the thermoelectric element 72 and the heat sink 73, wherein a plurality of thermoelectric elements 72 are fixed to one heat sink 73, the contact area There was a problem that the adhesiveness is reduced due to the large heat radiation effect is reduced.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a heat dissipation device of a cold water purifier to increase the cooling efficiency by increasing the adhesion of the thermoelectric element and the heat sink.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the configuration of a typical cold water purifier;

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a cold water purifier according to an embodiment of the present invention,

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG.

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: main body 40: cold water tank

71: cooling member 74: heat insulating member

80: cooling fan 110: thermoelectric element

120: heat sink

According to the heat dissipation device of the cold water purifier according to the present invention made to achieve the above object, in the cold water purifier having a cold water tank on one side of the purified water tank to cool the water received from the purified water tank, the cold water tank It consists of a plurality of thermoelectric elements disposed on one side of the cold water tank to increase the cooling rate of the plurality of heat sinks independently attached to the heat dissipation side of each thermoelectric element to increase the adhesion to the thermoelectric elements It features.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

2 and 3, the main body 10, and one side of the main body 10, the filter unit 20 is provided with various filtration means for removing foreign matter to the tap water introduced from the tap water not shown Is formed in a compartment, and one side of the filter unit 20 is provided with a purified water tank 30 for storing purified water filtered through the filter unit 20, and one side of the purified water tank 30. There is provided a cold water tank 40 for receiving the purified water stored in the purified water tank 30 to cool by a cooling device to generate cold water, one side of the purified water tank 30, the purified water tank 30 The hot water tank 50 is disposed to receive the purified water stored in the) and heated by a heater to generate hot water, and the cold water stored in the cold water tank 40 or the hot water tank 50 is disposed at one side of the main body 10. Alternatively, a water intake unit 60 for allowing hot water to be withdrawn is formed.

A cooling member 71 is disposed at one side of the cold water tank 40, and a thermoelectric for cooling the cold water tank 40 by cooling and conduction by the cooling member 71 on one side of the cooling member 71. The element 110 is disposed, and a heat sink (heat sink) 120 is fixed to the heat dissipation side of the thermoelectric element 110 to absorb and dissipate heat emitted from the thermoelectric element 110. The heat insulating member 74 is disposed on the outside of the cold water tank 40 to maintain the hot water of the cooled cold water, and on one side of the main body 10, the heat radiated from the thermoelectric element 110. Cooling fan 80 is disposed so as to effectively discharge.

The thermoelectric element 110 is disposed at least two to shorten the cooling time, the heat sink 120 is to increase the adhesion to the thermoelectric element 110 to increase the heat dissipation effect of each thermoelectric element 110 Independently fixed to the), each of the heat sinks 120 are arranged to be close to each other, the thermoelectric element 110 is to be in contact with the cold water tank 40, the hot side, the heat sink 120 Are exposed to

Reference numeral 11 denotes an air inlet port through which external air is introduced by the rotational force of the cooling fan 80, and reference numeral 12 denotes a thermoelectric element (2) in which external air sucked by the rotational force of the cooling fan 80 is introduced. The air discharge port is heated by the 110 and discharged.

Next will be described the operation of the radiator of the cold water purifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, when power is applied by a switch operation of the operation stage (not shown), the water supplied from the tap water is purified through a plurality of filtration means disposed in the filter unit 20 and then flows into the purified water tank 30 The purified water stored in the purified water tank 30 flows into the cold water tank 40 and the hot water tank 50 to the cooling system disposed in the cold water tank 40 and the heater disposed in the hot water tank 50. Cooled and heated to generate cold water and hot water, and the cold water and hot water generated as described above can be taken in through the water intake unit (60).

The cold water tank 40 is cooled as the thermoelectric element 110 is cooled by the cooling member 71 and at the same time conducts, and the heat sink 120 disposed on one side of the thermoelectric element 110 is the thermoelectric element ( The heat emitted from the 110 is absorbed to dissipate heat, and by the rotation of the cooling plate 80, external air flows into the air inlet 11 formed at one side of the main body 10 and is discharged through the air outlet 12. , Heat dissipation effect is increased. At this time, the heat insulating member 74 disposed on the outside of the cold water tank 40 prevents the cold air of the cold water tank 40 from contacting the outside air to increase the temperature.

In addition, a plurality of thermoelectric elements 110 are disposed to shorten a cooling time, and as the plurality of heat sinks 120 are independently fixed to the heat dissipation side of the plurality of thermoelectric elements 110, the thermoelectric elements 110 are respectively fixed. And increase the adhesion between the heat sink 120 to increase the cooling efficiency.

In the above, the cold water purifier has been described as an example, but is not limited thereto, and may be applied to a cooling device such as a water purifier, a cold / hot water purifier, a cold / hot water purifier, and the like.

As described above, according to the heat dissipation device of the cold water purifier according to the embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of heat sinks may be used to shorten the cooling time by using a plurality of thermoelectric elements, and to increase adhesion to the thermoelectric elements. By using independently fixed to the plurality of thermoelectric elements can increase the cooling efficiency.

Claims (2)

In the cold water purifier having a cold water tank on one side of the purified water tank to cool the water received from the purified water tank, on one side of the cold water tank 40 to increase the cooling rate of the cold water tank (40) Characterized in that composed of a plurality of the thermoelectric element 110 and the plurality of heat dissipation plate 120 is independently attached to the heat dissipation side of each thermoelectric element 110 to increase the adhesion between the thermoelectric element 110 and the thermoelectric element 110. Radiator of cold water purifier. The heat dissipation device of a cold water purifier of claim 1, wherein the plurality of heat sinks (120) are disposed to be close to each other.