KR19980069541A - Sterilizer of Water Dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

The sterilization apparatus of the water distributor according to the present invention is a sterilization lamp for suppressing secondary bacterial contamination of purified water that has been left for a long time while simultaneously sterilizing the purified water stored in the purified water storage tank by ultraviolet light, and the purified water in the purified water storage tank. In the water distributor provided with a cold water tank for cold exchange heat supplied, the one sterilization lamp 390 is inserted into the cold water tank 450 through the purified water reservoir 330 is installed to be sterilized simultaneously Therefore, the present invention has the effect of suppressing secondary bacterial contamination of purified water that has been left for a long time while simultaneously sterilizing the purified water stored in the purified water storage tank and the cold water tank by ultraviolet light.

Description

Sterilizer of Water Dispenser

The present invention removes and purified various harmful substances contained in raw water such as tap water by reverse osmosis, and then purified and hot water by means of cooling and heating means, and at the same time water distributor (e.g. Cold and hot water purifier), and more specifically, is installed through a water purification tank for storing purified water and a cold water tank at the bottom thereof, and the second sterilization treatment of the purified water stored in the purified water storage tank and the cold water tank by ultraviolet light. In addition, the present invention relates to a sterilization apparatus of a water distributor which suppresses secondary bacterial contamination of purified water that has been left unattended for a long time.

A general water distributor removes foreign substances contained in raw water by passing raw water supplied from manual electricity into a separate filtering means.

Such a water distributor may be classified into natural filtration, direct filtration, ion exchange resin, and reverse osmosis, depending on how it is purified. 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.

Thus, in view of the above, the reverse osmosis type 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 the gaps E and F having a predetermined area, respectively, on the upper and lower sides with respect to the internal predetermined height of 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, respectively, of the third partition member 22. The 4th partition member 23 is provided in the horizontal direction at the front surface predetermined height.

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

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

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

That is, as shown in Figure 4, the plurality of filtering means 90, the first filter is fixed so as to remove the suspended matter such as rust residues contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied from the tap (not shown) is passed through The first filter fixing bracket 80 is provided to remove foreign substances such as chlorine components contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied from the precipitation filter 91 and the precipitation filter 91 installed through the bracket 80 pass. The first filter fixing bracket to remove various heavy metals and carcinogens contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied through the pretreatment filter 92 and the pretreatment filter 82 and the pressurized pump 100 are pressurized. Odors contained in raw water when raw water fed simultaneously from the first and second membrane filters 93 and 94 and the first and second membrane filters 93 and 94 provided through 80 are passed. And a first filter fixing bra to remove toxic gas components After the filter 80 installed through the jacket 80 and the raw water supplied from the after-treatment filter 95 is passed through the sterilization of harmful bacteria contained in the raw water to be supplied to the purified water reservoir 30 2 consists of a sterilizing filter 96 installed through the filter fixing bracket (81).

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 the 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 to discharge the concentrated water generated while passing through the inside thereof.

On the other hand, the fourth partition member (H) in the space (H) to receive and store the purified water stored in the purified water storage tank 30 in a predetermined capacity through the first and second purified water pipes (31, 32), respectively ( 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 wound is wound, the hot water and cold water in the hot water and cold water tanks 110, 120 to discharge the hot water and cold water tanks 110, 120, respectively Water intake pipes 112 and 122 respectively installed in the water outlet and hot water and cold water intake valves 130 and 131 are installed at the same time and protrude outwards through the front panel 11.

On the other hand, in the space (I) is installed on the upper surface of the second partition member 21 to control the operation 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).

When the raw water supplied from the after-treatment filter (95) passes through the purified water storage container (30) and is supplied to the purified water storage container (30) through the connection hose (97), the harmful bacteria contained in the raw water every time. The sterilization lamp 150 is installed through the cover member 31 so as to be turned on and sterilized.

However, according to the sterilization apparatus of the conventional water distributor configured as described above, the sterilization lamp 150 is installed only in the purified water storage tank 30, so that the water in the hot and cold water tanks 110 and 120 cannot be sterilized. There was a problem that can not.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to install a sterilization lamp in the purified water reservoir and cold water at the same time sterilization device of the water distributor to sterilize harmful bacteria contained in purified water To provide.

Sterilization apparatus of the water distributor according to the present invention made to achieve the above object, sterilization lamp to suppress the secondary bacterial contamination of the purified water for a long time while simultaneously sterilizing the purified water in the purified water storage tank by ultraviolet light. And a water distributor provided with a cold water tank for receiving heat from the purified water storage container for cold heat exchange, wherein the one sterilization lamp is inserted into the cold water container through the purified water storage container and installed to simultaneously sterilize. .

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,

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 an overall longitudinal sectional view showing the water distributor of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view illustrating part A of FIG. 8 in detail.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

330: integer storage container 337: seat

390: sterilization lamp 450: cold water container

600: connecting member 601: upper jaw

602: guide protrusion

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 to 19.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 19, the water distributor of the present invention guides the introduction of external air into a predetermined position inside the main body 200 in the center and at the same time, a plurality of parts may be mounted on the upper surface thereof. Lower panel 210 is installed so that the front panel 220, the lower panel 230, the first and second side panels 240 and 250, respectively, 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 as to be installed by the locking method and the fastening method, and the first support frame 260 and the second support frame 270 are Intermediate height of the intermediate panel 280 is provided by the fastening method so as to form an upper and lower space (K) (L) of a predetermined area on the upper and lower shafts of the main body 200, respectively.

That is, in the lower panel 210, the bell mouse 211 is vertically vertically upward at a predetermined height so as to guide the flow of air to a place when the outside air flows into the inside of the main body 200 at the center of the bottom thereof. It is bent, and 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, transformer, etc. to be described later is not leaked or flooded It is seated at a certain 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 300 is coupled to the upper side, the center of the lower side in close contact with the pressing force 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 the pressure is released. When the intake port is turned off, the passage is closed to stop the intake of water. Push button 310 is installed so as to be resilient, the bottom of the water reservoir 320 is detachably installed so as to collect the remaining water flowing through the water intake hose 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 of the intermediate panel 280 to receive the purified water stored in the purified water storage container 330 and to store at a predetermined capacity and at the same time to exchange the purified water by the heating heat of the heater 361 accommodated therein at a hot temperature Hot water bottle 360 is seated on the upper surface is screwed.

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 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 side of the body 331 is introduced into the body 331 through the first connection hose 370 or a predetermined water level in the body 331. A through hole 333 is formed so that an integer greater than or equal to the water is discharged through the second connection hose 371, and an integer inside the body 331 is described below through the third connection hose 372 at the front lower end thereof. The first outlet 334 is formed to be discharged to the outside through the intake port, and the bottom of the rear end so that the purified water inside the body 331 flows into the hot water tank 360 through the fourth connection hose 373. The second outlet 335 is formed, and the third outlet 336 is formed at the center of the bottom surface thereof 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 of the purified water storage tank by ultraviolet light The sterilization filter 390 passes through the purified water storage container 330 in the vertical direction so as to secondaryly sterilize the purified water stored in the cold water container 330 and the later described water, and at the same time, to suppress secondary bacterial contamination of the purified water that has been left for a long time. It is inserted into the inside of the cold water tank.

The filtering means 350 is a sedimentation filter installed to replace the bottom surface of the filter fixing bracket 340 so as to remove suspended substances such as green debris contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied from the tap water (not shown) passes. 351 and a pretreatment filter 352 installed to be replaced on the bottom of the upper surface of the filter fixing bracket 340 to remove foreign substances such as chlorine components contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied from the precipitation filter 351 passes. A filter fixing bracket is provided to remove 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 of the 340 and the filter fixed to remove the odor and toxic gas components contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied from the reverse osmosis filter (353) is passed through The post-treatment filter 354 installed on the bottom surface of the racket 340 so as to be solid and sterilize harmful germs contained in the raw water when the raw water supplied from the post-treatment filter 354 passes. It is composed of a sterilization filter 355 installed on one side of the upper surface of the lower panel 210 to be supplied.

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 are connected to the fifth to guide 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.

The sterilization lamp 390 is installed to be inserted into the cold water tank 450 through the water storage tank 330 in the vertical direction, the purified water storage tank 330 and the cold water tank 450 and the connection portion is the water storage tank The upper jaw 601 is seated in the seat portion 337 bent to the lower portion of the 330 and the lower portion is inserted with a connecting member 600 which is screwed to the nut member 451 inserted into the cold water tank 450. In addition, the connection member 600 has a plurality of guide protrusions 602 for guiding water flow at predetermined intervals on the upper surface of the upper jaw 601 and the inner circumferential surface into which the sterilization filter 390 is inserted.

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, and the lower side through the lower panel 210 through the sterilization filter 355, the subscription 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 lower portion of the heat exchange means 490 for heat-exchanging the coolant inside the cold water tank 450, the outer side wall switching mode power unit 500 (Switching Mode Power) 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.

On the other hand, the front of the intermediate panel 280, the first to third electronics for controlling the water flowing out from the hot water tank 360, the cold water tank 450, the purified water storage tank 330 according to the electronic signal, respectively The valve fixing bracket 281 is integrally bent 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, water flowing out through an outlet (not shown) of the second outlet 335 and the hot water and cold water containers 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 first and third solenoid valves 531, 532, and 542, respectively. 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 Connected .

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 supplied from the tap water passes through the settling filter 351, suspended solids such as green debris contained in the raw water are removed, and after passing through the settling filter 351, passes through the pretreatment filter 352. When the foreign matter such as chlorine components contained in the raw water is removed, 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. When passing through, the harmful bacteria contained in the raw water are supplied to the interior of the purified water storage tank 330 while being first sterilized.

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, a portion 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 at the bottom of the purified water storage tank 330, Raw water supply is blocked according to the multi-stage detection signal of the water level detecting means 380 mounted on one side of the lid 331 of the water storage tank 330 when the storage tank 330 and the hot and cold water tanks 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 water storage tank 330, the raw water and the cold water tank 360, 450 is lowered, the multi-level water level detection of the water level sensing means 380 is made and the control pad 290 of the front panel 220 at the same time. Displayed on the display unit 301 of the main PCB 300 through the transparent portion 293 formed therein, so that the consumer can check the consumption of water stored in the purified 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 its end vertically up to a predetermined height into the inside of the cold water container through the third outlet 336 formed at the bottom of the purified water storage container 330. It is installed to simultaneously sterilize 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 sterilization 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, if the user wants to receive the hot water and cold water stored in the purified water storage tank 330, hot water and cold water tanks 360, 450 in a container (not shown), such as a cup, first, the control pad of the front panel 220 ( Press the power button (not shown) protruding on the 290, and at the same time press the water purification button (not shown), and then place a container such as a cup in the intake hose 550 of the front panel 220 Push toward the push button 310 protruding in the center of the lower side.

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 electronic 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.

Then, the water collected in the water reservoir 320 during intake is drained to the outside of the product along the water drainage pipe (not shown) connecting between the water reservoir 320 and the drain switching unit 460.

As described above, according to the sterilization apparatus of the water distributor according to the present invention, since the sterilization lamp is inserted between the water purification tank for storing purified water and the cold water tank at the bottom thereof, the water purification tank and the cold water are irradiated by ultraviolet light. In addition to the secondary sterilization of purified water stored in the barrel at the same time has the effect of suppressing secondary bacterial contamination of the purified water left unattended.

Claims (1)

A water distributor equipped with a germicidal lamp for secondarily sterilizing the purified water in the purified water storage tank by UV light and suppressing the secondary bacterial contamination of the purified water that has been left for a long time, and a cold water container for supplying the purified water from the purified water storage container for cold heat exchange. The sterilization apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one sterilization lamp is inserted into the cold water tank via the water storage tank and installed to simultaneously sterilize.