KR19980069530A - Water Dispenser of Water Distributor - Google Patents

Abstract

In the water dispensing device of the water distributor of the present invention, in the water dispensing device of the water distributor having a water intake hose 550 is provided at a predetermined distance from the front panel 220 so that water is discharged to the outside, the water intake hose (550) ) Is characterized in that the auxiliary water intake hose 560, which can be varied in distance from the front panel 220 according to the size of the container is installed, so that the water can be accurately received to the desired water level in the container, as well as discharge The water can be prevented from falling out of the container to the outside in advance.

Description

Water Dispenser of Water Distributor

The present invention relates to a water distributor for removing various harmful substances contained in raw water such as tap water by reverse osmosis and purifying them, and then cooling the purified water by means of cooling and heating, and selectively collecting water. More particularly, the present invention relates to a water dispensing device of a water distributor which allows the position of the water inlet to be varied according to the size of the container.

The general water distributor removes foreign substances contained in the raw water by passing the raw water supplied from the tap water into a separate filtering means.

Such a water distributor may be classified into natural filtration, direct filtration, ion exchange resin, and reverse osmosis according to the method of water purification. Among these, the reverse osmosis water distributor may apply artificial pressure by applying a predetermined pressure to the raw water. Water purification is performed by passing through the membrane, which is an ordinary osmotic membrane, to remove heavy metals, bacteria, carcinogens, etc., and to pass only pure water and dissolved oxygen.It is used for cutting-edge scientific industry or cleaning of high-precision electronic parts or medical use. Recently, due to serious environmental pollution, it is widely used in home and business water distributors for drinking water.

Accordingly, in view of the above, the reverse osmosis water distributor has been proposed by the present applicant to Korean Patent Application No. 96-16753 (filed date: May 17, 1996).

That is, the water distributor, as shown in Figures 1 to 3, the front panel 11, the rear panel 12, both side panels 13, the upper panel 14, the lower panel to the outside of the main body 10 (15) are assembled to each other.

At this time, the outer middle height of the front panel 11 is provided with a reservoir 16 for collecting the residual water falling from the intake valve to be described later and draining the collected residual water manually or automatically.

In addition, the first and second partition members 20 and 21 are disposed in the horizontal direction so as to form spaces E and F having a predetermined area on the upper and lower sides, respectively, with respect to the predetermined height inside the main body 10. The third partition member 22 is provided in the longitudinal direction so as to form a space G of a predetermined area on the rear side with respect to the space between the first partition member 20 and the second partition member 21. The space between the first partition member 20 and the second partition member 21 is to form a space (H) I of a predetermined area in the upper and lower sides of the third partition member 22, respectively. The fourth partition member 23 is provided in the transverse direction at a predetermined height on the front side.

At this time, in the space (E) is provided with a water storage tank 30 that can store a constant amount of purified water on the upper surface via the first partition member 20, the operation of the product on the front panel (11) The control pad 40 is attached to the main PCB 41 (Main Printed Circuit Board) that can be selectively operated.

In the space (F), a compressor (50) compresses a refrigerant at a high temperature and high pressure on one side with respect to an upper surface of the lower panel (15), and receives the refrigerant compressed from the compressor (50) on the other side. A condenser 60 for condensing action and cooling means 70 for cooling the compression and condensation heat generated by the compressor 50 and the condenser 60 are disposed therebetween.

A plurality of filtration means 90 is installed in the space G so as to be interchangeably supported by the first and second filter fixing brackets 80 and 81 at a predetermined height of the rear surface of the third partition member 22. The pressure pump 100 is provided on one side of the upper surface of the second partition member 21.

That is, the plurality of filtering means 90 is the first filter fixing bracket to remove the suspended substances such as rust residues contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied from the tap water (not shown) as shown in FIG. Precipitation filter 91 installed through the 80 and the first filter fixing bracket 80 to remove foreign substances such as chlorine components contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied from the precipitation filter 91 is passed through The first filter fixing bracket 80 to remove various heavy metals and carcinogens contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied from the pretreatment filter 92 and the pretreatment filter 82 to the pressurized pump 100 is passed through. Odor and toxic gas components contained in the raw water when the first and second membrane filters 93 and 94 and the raw water simultaneously supplied from the first and second membrane filters 93 and 94 are passed through. The first filter fixing bracket (80) to remove the A second filter fixing bracket 81 so as to sterilize harmful bacteria contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied from the after-treatment filter 95 and the raw water supplied from the post-treatment filter 95 are passed through and supplied to the purified water storage container 30. It consists of a sterilizing filter 96 installed through.

At this time, the precipitation filter 91, the pretreatment filter 92, the first and second membrane filter 93, 94, the post-treatment filter 95, the sterilization filter 96 and the pressure pump 100 are raw water They are interconnected by connecting hoses 97 which guide the flow.

In addition, a concentrated water pipe 98 is connected to one lower side of the first and second membrane filters 93 and 94 so that the concentrated water generated while passing through the inside thereof is discharged to the outside.

On the other hand, the fourth partition member (H) to receive and store the purified water stored in the purified water storage tank (30) through a first and second purified water pipes (31, 32), respectively, in a predetermined capacity. 23 is provided with a hot water tank 110 and a cold water tank 120.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the first water purification pipe 31 is connected to one side of the bottom surface of the water storage tank 30 and the bottom thereof is connected to the bottom surface of the hot water tank 110. The upper end of the second water purification pipe 32 is connected to the other side of the bottom surface of the purified water storage container 30, and the lower end thereof is connected to the upper surface of the cold water container 120.

In addition, the hot water tank 110 has a heater member 111 for heating the purified water stored therein while being heated by receiving power, the cold water tank 120 receives the liquid refrigerant on the outer peripheral side of the cold water tank 120 Cooling coil 121 for cold heat exchange of the purified water in the spiral is wound in a spiral, the hot water and cold water in the hot water and cold water tank 110, 120 to discharge the hot water and cold water tank 110, 120, respectively It is connected to each of the water discharge pipes 112 and 122 installed in the hot water and cold water mounting valves 130, 131 protruding to the outside through the front panel 11 is installed.

On the other hand, in the space (I) is installed on the upper surface of the second partition member 21 to control the movement of the product and at the same time is provided with an electrical equipment box 140 exposed to one side of the both side panels (13).

However, according to the conventional water intake device of the water distributor configured as described above, since the distance between the intake port (not shown) of the intake valve 131 and the front panel 11 is always fixed constantly, the size of the container is large. In this case, it is difficult to receive water up to the desired level, and there is a problem that the discharged water falls outside the opening range of the container.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to allow the intake position of the intake hose can be changed according to the size of the container to accurately receive water up to the desired water level height and discharge at the same time It is to provide a water dispensing device of a water distributor to prevent the water from falling out of the container to the outside in advance.

In the water intake changer of the water distributor according to the present invention made to achieve the above object, in the water intake device having a water intake hose provided with a predetermined distance from the front panel so that water is discharged to the outside, the The intake hose is characterized in that the auxiliary intake hose that can be changed from the front panel according to the size of the container is installed.

1 is a perspective view showing a conventional water distributor,

2 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional water distributor side;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional water distributor,

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing the arrangement of the conventional filtering means and the pressure pump,

5 is an overall perspective view showing a water distributor of the present invention,

6 is a perspective view showing the inside of the water distributor of the present invention,

Figure 7 is an exploded perspective view showing the interior of the water distributor of the present invention,

8 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a water distributor of the present invention;

9 is a side view of the water distributor with the auxiliary intake hose of the present invention,

10 is a cross-sectional view showing a coupling state of the auxiliary intake hose of the present invention,

11 is a cross-sectional view showing a separated state of the auxiliary intake hose of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

220: front panel 550: water intake hose

560: auxiliary intake hose 570: seal member

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 11, the water distributor of the present invention guides the introduction of external air into a predetermined position of the inside of the main body 200 at the same time, and at the same time, a plurality of parts may be mounted on the upper surface thereof. The lower panel 210 is installed so that the front panel 220, the rear panel 230, the first and second side panels 240, 250, and the upper panel on both sides of the lower panel 210. The first and second support frames 260 and 270 are vertically installed at the same predetermined height so that the 190 is installed by a plurality of locking methods and fastening methods, respectively. Intermediate panel 280 by the fastening method so as to form the upper and lower spaces (K) (L) of a predetermined area on the upper and lower sides of the main body 200 at an intermediate height with respect to the support frame 270, respectively. It is installed.

That is, in the lower panel 210, the bell mouse 211 is bent vertically to a certain height upward so as to guide the flow of air to one place when the outside air flows into the inside of the main body 200 at the bottom center thereof. Is formed, the inner peripheral surface of the bell mouse 211 is seated and screwed in the air blowing means to be described later, the bottom edge of the sterilizing filter, pressure pump, drainage switching means, transformers, etc. to be described later is a constant that does not leak and immersion Seated to the height and joined.

The front panel 220 is formed with a convex surface 221 integrally formed so that the control pad 290 and the main PCB (not shown) is coupled to the upper side, the pressing force in close contact with the container in the center of the lower side When the intake port described later is turned on electronically, the passage is opened and water (for example, cold water, hot water and purified water) is taken in or when the pressing force is released, the passage is closed as the intake port is turned off to intake water. Push button 310 is installed to be resilient to stop, the bottom of the water collecting container 320 is detachably installed to collect the water flowing down through the intake port to be described later and immediately drain to the outside.

On the other hand, in the upper space (K), the water storage tank 330 is seated on the upper surface of the intermediate panel 280 to be stored in the center of the constant capacity is coupled to the screw method, the raw water supplied to one side Filtration means 350 is installed to replace the filter fixing bracket 340 fastened and assembled to the second support frame 270 and the intermediate panel 280 to filter and filter various foreign substances contained therein. On the other side, the intermediate panel 280 receives the purified water stored in the purified water storage container 330 and stores it at a predetermined capacity and at the same time exchanges the purified water stored by the heating heat of the heater (not shown) accommodated therein at a hot temperature. Hot water bottle 360 is seated on the upper surface of the screw is coupled.

In this case, the purified water storage container 330 is composed of a body 331 of a predetermined area with an upper opening, and a lid 332 for covering the upper opening of the body 331.

That is, in the body 331, the purified water filtered by the filtering means 350 at the upper end of the side is introduced into the body 331 through the first connection hose 370 or a predetermined inside of the body 331. The through hole 333 is formed so that the water over the water level is drained through the second connection hose 371, and the water purification inside the body 331 is described below through the third connection hose 372 at the front lower end thereof. A first outlet 334 is formed to flow out through the intake to the outside, the lower end of the rear so that the purified water inside the body 331 is introduced into the hot water tank 360 through the fourth connection hose 373. A second outlet 335 is formed, and a third outlet 336 is formed in the center of the bottom surface of the second outlet 335 so that the purified water inside the body 331 flows into the cold water tank described later.

The lid 332 is provided at one side thereof with a water level detecting means 380 in the vertical direction to detect the water level state of the purified water stored in the body 331 in multiple stages, the other side is the purified water reservoir by the ultraviolet light The sterilization lamp 390 passes through the water storage tank 330 in the vertical direction so as to secondaryly sterilize the purified water stored in the cold water container 330 and the water, which will be described later. It is installed to be inserted into the cold water container.

The filter fixing bracket 340 is bent into a L-shape when viewed from the front so that its upper end is screwed to the front and rear surfaces of the upper and lower ends of the second support frame 270, and the lower end thereof is the intermediate panel 280. Screwed to one side of

The filtering means 350 is a sedimentation filter installed on the bottom of the upper surface of the filter fixing bracket 340 so as to remove suspended substances such as rust and residue contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied from the tap water (not shown) ( 351, and a pre-treatment filter 352 that is replaceably installed on the bottom surface of the filter fixing bracket 340 so as to remove foreign substances such as chlorine components contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied from the precipitation filter 351 passes. The filter fixing bracket 340 removes various heavy metals and carcinogens contained in the raw water when the raw water is passed from the pretreatment filter 352 to the pressurized pump 400 installed at one side of the upper surface of the lower panel 210. Reverse osmosis filter 353 installed on the bottom of the upper plate and the filter fixing bra to remove odor and toxic gas components contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied from the reverse osmosis filter 353 passes Post-processing filter 354 installed on the bottom of the upper surface of the jacket 340 and the harmful bacteria contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied from the post-treatment filter 354 is passed through and supplied to the purified water storage container 330 It consists of a sterilization filter 355 installed on one side of the upper surface of the lower panel 210 so as to.

At this time, the precipitation filter 351, the pretreatment filter 352, the reverse osmosis filter 353, the post-treatment filter 354, the sterilization filter 355 and the pressure pump 400 is a fifth connection for guiding the flow of raw water They are interconnected by hoses 374.

A concentrated water pipe 410 is connected to one lower side of the reverse osmosis filter 353 to discharge the concentrated water generated while passing through the inside of the reverse osmosis filter 353.

On the other hand, the upper side of the lower space (L) is supplied with the purified water stored in the purified water storage container 330 and stored at a predetermined capacity and at the same time to heat exchange the purified water to a cold temperature by heat exchange means described later of the intermediate panel 280 Cold water tank 450 in the center of the lower surface is tightly attached to be suspended to a predetermined height, the lower side through the lower panel 210 through the sterilization filter 355, the pressure pump 400, drain switching means 460 , The blowing means 470 and the transformer 480 are respectively provided at predetermined positions.

At this time, the cold water tank 450 is coupled to the heat exchange means 490 for heat-exchanging the coolant inside the cold water tank 450 to the lower portion, the switching mode power unit 500 on the outer side wall Is installed, the concentrated water amount control valve 510 is installed at the outer side wall edge, the upper side is accommodated inside the cold water tank 450, the temperature sensing rod 520 to sense the temperature of the upper and lower water level of the cold water Is installed.

The drain switching means 460 is a valve body 461 and the front and rear ends are seated on the upper end of the two mounting ribs 212 protruding upward on one side of the upper surface of the lower panel 210, and the valve body 461 Pressing the center of the valve body 461 in the lower direction through the top of the both ends of the fixing bracket 462 is screwed to the upper surface of the lower panel 210.

The blowing means 470 is a motor 471 driven by receiving power, a fan 472 rotated by receiving the driving force of the motor 471, and a bell mouse 211 formed in the lower panel 210. It is mounted on the inner circumferential surface of the bracket consists of a bracket (473) for supporting the motor 471.

The heat exchange means 490 is in close contact with the cold sink (491; Cold Sink) exposed to the outside through the bottom to contact the purified water stored in the cold water tank 450, and the lower surface of the cold sink 491 It is in close contact with the thermoelectric element 492 and the lower surface of the thermoelectric element 492 by a plurality of fastening screws 493 and the sleeve 494 to the lower surface of the cold water container 450 through a suitable amount of. It consists of a heat sink 495 fixed by pressure.

In this case, a plurality of cutout grooves 491a and 495a are formed at the upper side of the cold sink 491 and the lower side of the heat sink 495 in the horizontal direction to increase the heat transfer area.

On the other hand, the front of the intermediate panel 280, the first to third electronics for controlling the water flowing out from the purified water reservoir 330, the hot water tank 360, the cold water tank 450 in accordance with the electronic signal, respectively The valve fixing brackets 281 are integrally bent and formed to be perpendicular to the vertical direction so that the valves 530, 531, and 532 are fixed, and the first to third solenoid valves 530, 531, 532 At one end, the water flowing out through the outlet (not shown) of the second outlet 334 and the hot water and cold water tanks 360 and 450 of the purified water storage container 330 is first to third solenoid valves 530. Water discharge hoses 540, 541, and 542 are connected to each of the water discharge hoses 531 and 532, and the water purification hoses are connected to the other end of the first to third solenoid valves 530, 531, and 532. Intake hose 550 to discharge the water flowing out of the reservoir 330, the hot water tank 360, the cold water tank 450 to the first to third solenoid valves 530, 531, 532, respectively. It is connected.

At this time, the lower side of the water intake hose 550 is fixed to or detachably connected to the auxiliary intake hose 560 that can be varied in distance from the front panel 220 while rotating in the left and right directions according to the size of the container.

That is, the upper end of the auxiliary intake hose 560 is fitted to the lower end of the intake hose 550, as shown in Figures 10 and 11 fitting grooves 561 formed in the upper inner peripheral surface of the upper intake hose 560 ) And a circular seal member 570 that is simultaneously seated and supported in the fitting groove 551 formed on the lower outer circumferential surface of the water intake hose 550, as well as being able to rotate in the left and right directions.

Next, the operation and effect of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

First, after connecting the product to the tap water (not shown), when the tap water is turned on while the raw water flows through the plurality of filtration means 350 by the constant water pressure applied to the tap water and the pressure of the operation of the pressure pump 400 Is integerized.

That is, when raw water passes through the settling filter 351 from the tap water, suspended substances such as green residues contained in the raw water are removed, and when passing through the pretreatment filter 352 after passing through the settling filter 351. Foreign substances such as chlorine components contained in the raw water are removed, and various heavy metals and carcinogens contained in the raw water are removed when passing through the reverse osmosis filter 353 after passing through the pretreatment filter 352.

Then, after passing through the reverse osmosis filter 353 and passing through the post-treatment filter 354, the odor and toxic gas components contained in the raw water are removed. After passing through the post-treatment filter 354, the sterilization filter 355 is removed. As the harmful bacteria contained in the raw water pass through the first sterilization process through the first connection hose 370 connected to the upper height of the purified water storage container 330, the raw bacteria are supplied into the purified water storage container 330 as shown in FIG. 8. do.

In addition, some of the purified water supplied into the purified water storage tank 330 through the fourth connection hose 373 connecting the rear side of the purified water storage tank 330 and the rear side of the hot water tank 360 to the water tank up to a predetermined capacity which becomes the full water level ( 360 is supplied to, and some of the purified water continues to be supplied to a certain level of water level through the upper side of the cold water tank 450 interconnected with the third outlet 336 formed on the bottom of the purified water storage tank 330, these purified water Raw water supply is blocked according to the multi-stage detection signal of the water level detection means 380 mounted on one side of the lid 331 of the water storage container 330 when the storage container 330 and the hot and cold water containers 360 and 450 become full water levels. At the same time the operation of the pressure pump 400 is stopped.

At this time, when the water level inside the purified water storage tank 330, the hot water and cold water tanks 360, 450 is lowered, the multi-level water level detection of the water level detecting means 380 is made and the control pad 290 of the front panel 220 It is displayed on the display of the main PCB (not shown) through the transparent portion (not shown) formed in the consumer, thereby allowing the consumer to check the consumption of water stored in the water storage tank 330, hot water and cold water tanks 360, 450 Can be.

On the other hand, the sterilization lamp 390 installed on the lid 332 of the purified water storage container 330 has a predetermined height into the inside of the cold water tank 450 through the third outlet 336 formed at the bottom of the purified water storage container 330. Installed vertically until the second time sterilization of the bacteria contained in the purified water stored in the purified water storage tank 330 and the cold water tank 450 at the same time.

That is, the ultraviolet light emitted from the germicidal lamp 390 is irradiated to the purified water filled with a predetermined capacity in the purified water storage tank 330 and the cold water tank 450 so that the purified water stored in the purified water storage tank 330 is not discharged to the outside for a long time. It effectively prevents the growth of microorganisms that can occur when left untreated, thereby preventing secondary bacterial contamination.

On the other hand, when the heater member (not shown) installed in the hot water tank 360 for hot water supply is operated, the heater member is heated to a set temperature according to the applied current supply to heat exchange the purified water stored in the hot water tank 360 hot. do.

Then, when the thermoelectric element 492 of the blower means 470 and the heat exchange means 490 is operated to supply the cold water, the motor 471 of the blower means 470 is driven by being supplied with power to operate the fan 472. The outside air is introduced into the main body 200 through the passage of the bell mouse 211 formed at the center of the lower panel 210 by the blowing force by the rotation of the fan 472. The heat sink 495 of the means 490 is hit directly.

At this time, the heat sink 495 is cooled by the blowing wind and cools to discharge heat conducted to the cold sink 491 accommodated in the cold water tank 450 according to the electronic characteristics of the thermoelectric element 492 to the outside. By repeating the cycle, the purified water stored in the cold water tank 450 is coldly heat exchanged to a low temperature.

On the other hand, when the user wants to receive the hot water and cold water stored in the purified water storage container 330, hot water and cold water containers 360, 450 in a container (not shown), such as a cup, first, the control pad 290 of the front panel 220 At the same time, press the power button (not shown) projecting on the bottom and press the water purification button (not shown), and then position the lower portion of the front panel 220 while placing it on the intake hose 550 of a container such as a cup. Push toward the push button 310 protruding in the center.

At this time, when the push button 310 inputs data to the microcomputer (not shown) on the signal connected to the movable contact (not shown) and the fixed contact in the push button 310 by the movement to the rear side, the micom The first solenoid valve 530 is turned on according to a programmed input to open the intake passage by determining the data, and the purified water stored in the purified water storage vessel 330 is opened by the opening of the intake passage. ) Flows along the water discharge hose 540 connecting the first solenoid valve 530 and along the water intake hose 550 connected to the first solenoid valve 530 and is discharged into the container such as the cup described above. Withdrawal is possible.

And, if you want to receive water in a large container (e.g., a container with a small opening), first, the auxiliary intake hose 560 connected to the lower end of the intake hose 550, as shown in FIG. By rotating in the right direction, the distance P between the intake end of the auxiliary intake hose 560 and the front panel 220 is widened.

At this time, the auxiliary intake hose 560 is protruded outwardly from the front panel 220, so that the water can be accurately received to the desired level of water in the container, as well as the discharged water falling out of the container beforehand. You can prevent it.

On the other hand, the remaining water collected in the drip tray 320 during intake is drained to the outside of the product along the drainage pipe (not shown) connecting between the drip tray 320 and the drain switching means (460).

As described above, according to the water intake changer of the water distributor according to the present invention, since the intake position of the intake hose is variable depending on the size of the container, it is possible to receive water at a desired level of water accurately and discharged at the same time. It is effective to prevent water from falling out of the container to the outside in advance.

Claims (4)

In the water dispensing device of the water distributor having a water intake hose which is installed at a certain distance from the front panel so that water is discharged to the outside, The water dispensing device of the water distributor, characterized in that the water intake hose is provided with an auxiliary intake hose that can be varied in distance from the front panel according to the size of the container. The method of claim 1, The auxiliary water intake hose is water inlet device of the water distributor, characterized in that rotatably installed in the horizontal direction. The method of claim 1, The auxiliary water intake hose water intake device of the water distributor, characterized in that integrally fixed to the lower end of the water intake hose. The method of claim 1, The auxiliary intake hose is a water intake device of the water distributor, characterized in that detachable fixed to the lower end of the intake hose.