KR20010063757A - Double boiler in home - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A household brewing machine is provided to prevent the cap of a heating vessel from being dirty by keeping a guide combining body off the cap. CONSTITUTION: A household brewing machine consists of a body; a heating vessel embedding a filter; a steam condenser(160); a guide combining body(180) communicating the heating vessel and the steam condenser; and a locking device(200) limiting the vertical movement of the guide combining body inside the body. When the heating vessel is settled on a heating plate, a hanging sill(194) is hung on the end of a hanging member not to move down to the bottom of a supporting member(186) of the guide combining body. Therefore, the upper face of a cap(144) of the heating vessel is not contacted with a settlement portion(198), on the heating plate.

Description

Home water heater {DOUBLE BOILER IN HOME}

The present invention relates to a domestic water heater, and more particularly, to a domestic water heater configured to prevent the contamination of the concentrate on the lid of the heating vessel in the process of preparing the concentrate by boiling ginseng.

In general, ginseng (Panax Ginseng) is a herb that has been used as a tonic tonic for a long time in the East and is known to contain a large amount of about 30 kinds of saponins in Korea. These ginsengs are usually cultivated after 4-6 years of cultivation. Depending on the processing method, ginseng (70-80% water content) is processed after harvesting in the field, and is classified into the first processed product of white ginseng and red ginseng.

White ginseng is a fresh ginseng that is more than 4 years old and dried without removing or removing the epidermis and processed to have a water content of 12% or less. Red ginseng is steamed for long-term storage of steamed ginseng or by other means. It refers to dried red ginseng by luxury of starch of ginseng.

Red ginseng prepared as described above contains a large amount of 30 kinds of saponins (Ginsenosides), as well as several anti-aging compounds (antioxidants) which are not contained in ginseng, several phenolic compounds, maltol components and saponins. Substances such as Rg and Rh are produced during the steaming process. In addition, red ginseng is known to contain a large amount of saponin components, panaxidiol-based, and panaccitriol-based components unique to red ginseng.

On the other hand, the red ginseng prepared as described above is also manufactured as a red ginseng extract (Ginseng Extract), which is prepared by extracting the various components contained in the red ginseng as a raw material red ginseng. The red ginseng extract extracted as described above may be drunk as it is or as a variety of products such as alkaline beverages containing herbal medicines and bioactive substances (various vitamins and minerals) to the red ginseng extract.

As described above, the red ginseng extract is not only difficult to manufacture at home because it is generally manufactured after undergoing various complex processes, and even if manufactured at home, the manufacture of the red ginseng extract is performed using charcoal as a way of sweetening the red ginseng. There was something not easy. Therefore, a water bath has been developed and distributed to improve the above-described points so that ginseng or other foods can be easily dehydrated at home.

1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a conventional domestic water heater, Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing an enlarged guide assembly portion of a conventional domestic water heater.

The conventional bath water heater 10 has a main body 20 provided with a heater 22 in one place, a heating vessel 30 that is heated by the heater 22 of the main body 20 by storing water, and a food (eg For example, the ginseng, white ginseng and red ginseng, etc.) containing the filter 32 located inside the heating container 30, the steam condenser 40 to collect steam generated from the heating container 30 in the process of cooking food, steam Means for cooling the condenser 40 with cooling water, and when the heating container 30 is seated in the main body 20, the heating container 30 and the steam condenser 40 are in communication with each other to vaporize the steam inside the heating container 30. It comprises a guide assembly 50 for guiding the condensed water condensed inside the steam condenser 40 to the heating container 30 to the steam condenser 40.

Here, the guide assembly 50 is elastically supported by the spring 52, so that the heating container 30 is seated on the body so that the lid 34 of the heating container 30 does not push up the guide assembly 50, The packing 54 of the guide assembly 50 is always blocking the steam hole 42.

When the heater 22 is operated while the heater 22 is placed in the heater 22 of the main body 20, the heating container 30 containing the food and a predetermined amount of water is placed in the heater 22 of the main body 20. By the heating of the heater 22, the food inside the heating vessel 30 is sweetened, this food is heated in a state submerged in the water stored in the heating vessel 30. On the other hand, the steam generated in the heating vessel 30 during the process of cooking food is guided into the steam condenser 40 by the guide assembly 50 is collected, the steam collected in the steam condenser 40 is cooled It is condensed by means and flows back into the heating vessel 30 through the guide assembly 50.

As such, the steam generated by the heating of the heating vessel 30 is condensed in the steam condenser 40 through the guide assembly 50 to form a concentrated liquid, and the concentrated liquid is re-introduced into the heating vessel 30 to repeat the food. The bath is extracted and extracted.

However, the concentrate remains in the guide assembly 50 and flows down to its own weight to collect at the end of the guide assembly 50, and the heating vessel 30 is allowed to rest on the heater 22 of the main body 20. The guide assembly 50 is elastically deformed by the spring 52 and the heating container lid 34 while maintaining the state in which the upper end of the lid 34 of the heating container 30 and the tip of the guide assembly 50 are in contact with each other. It is seated in the through hole 36 of. As a result, the concentrated liquid buried at the end of the guide assembly 50 dirtys the upper surface of the lid 34 of the heating vessel 30.

The present invention devised to solve such a problem is to provide a domestic water bath that can prevent the lid of the heating container from being dirty by preventing the guide assembly and the lid from contacting the heating container is seated on the main body. .

In order to achieve the above object, the domestic water bath of the present invention includes a main body in which a heater is installed, a heating container filled with food and placed on the heater, and a steam condenser communicating with the heating container to condense steam. In the home water bath consisting of, the guide assembly which is installed in the main body and the heating vessel and the steam condenser to communicate with each other to guide the condensed water inside the steam condenser to the heating vessel to the steam condenser to the heating condenser and movable vertically; And locking means installed on the main body to control the vertical movement of the guide assembly.

Here, the guide assembly includes a support member having a passageway through which steam and condensed water pass, and when the guide assembly is located at the bottom, a packing preventing the movement of steam and condensed water is preferably installed at the end of the support member. In particular, the locking jaw is formed on the outside of the guide assembly.

Such a guide assembly is preferably always elastically supported in the downward direction by at least one or more springs.

On the other hand, the locking means is one side is protruded to the outside of the main body and linearly moving in the horizontal direction, and the inside of the main body is installed to be rotated around the hinge fixed point, one side is hinged with the pressing member and the other side of the guide assembly It is preferably composed of a locking member for snapping the outside of the.

The lower end portion of the locking member is preferably formed to be curved.

And, the pressing member is preferably elastically supported by the spring.

In addition, the main body is formed with a guide portion for guiding the linear movement of the pressing member.

1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a conventionally known domestic water heater,

2 is an enlarged view illustrating A of FIG. 1;

3 is a perspective view showing a home water heater which is an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a part of the domestic water heater according to the present invention,

Figure 5 is a plan view showing a locking means of the home water heater according to the invention,

6 is an operation view showing a plan view of the operation of the home water heater according to the invention,

7 is an operation view showing the operation of the domestic water heater according to the present invention from the side,

8 is an operation view showing a reverse operation of the home water heater according to the present invention in a side view.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

100: home water heater 120: the body

122: guide portion 124: support jaw

126: stopper 128: cylindrical panel

128a: hole

140: heating container 142: steam ball

144: lid of the heating container 146: handle

160: steam condenser 162: communication hole

164: sealing material

180: guide assembly 182: fixing member

182a: through hole 184: connecting member

186: support member 188a: inner spring

188b: Outer spring 190: latching part

192: support shaft 192a: through hole

193: support ring 194: locking jaw

196: packing 198: seat

200: locking means 220: pressing member

222: Button part 224: Spring

226: support portion 228: wing portion

240: locking member

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a home water heater according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a part of the home water heater according to the present invention, Figure 5 shows a locking means of the home water heater according to the present invention. One floor plan.

As can be seen in the drawing, the home water heater 100 is coupled to the main body 120, the heating container 140, the steam condenser 160, the steam condenser 160, the steam condenser 160 with a built-in filter (heat container 140 and steam condenser ( The guide assembly 180 to communicate with the 160 and the body 120 is installed in the interior is composed of a locking means 200 for intermittent vertical movement of the guide assembly 180.

The main body 120 includes various electric parts, not shown, and the lower part 120c of the main body 120 when the main body 120 is divided into upper, middle, and lower parts 120a, 120b, and 120c. The heater to generate heat is installed, but preferably a heating plate using electricity is installed, and a space is formed in the central portion 120b to seat the heating vessel 140, and the steam condenser 160 is disposed on the upper portion 120a. Is installed.

The heating vessel 140 is inserted into the space of the middle portion 120b to be seated or detached from the upper side of the heating plate, the heating vessel 140 is made of glass and the steam hole 142 on the upper portion of the heating vessel 140 The lid 144 having is installed. A handle 146 is installed around the heating container 140 to easily handle the heating container 140. The interior of the heating vessel 140 is a filter and water that can contain various herbal medicines are stored.

On the other hand, the steam condenser 160 is installed on the upper portion (120a) of the main body 120, and communicates with the heating vessel 140 through the guide assembly 180 to be described later to condense the steam generated from the heating vessel 140 For this purpose, a circulation tube through which cooling water is circulated is installed around the steam condenser 160, and the condensed steam is recovered to the heating vessel 140.

In particular, a communication hole 162 is formed in the lower surface of the steam condenser 160 to pass steam and condensed water, and the open upper portion of the steam condenser 160 is sealed with two lids.

In the communication hole 162, the guide assembly 180 according to the characteristics of the present invention is coupled to the bar, and in more detail, the guide assembly 180 is threaded with the communication hole 162 of the steam condenser 160 interposed therebetween. The fixing member 182 and the coupling member 184 to be coupled, the support member 186 coupled to the outside of the coupling member 184, and a plurality of springs 188a and 188b which elastically support the support member 186 downward. )

The fixing member 182 has a through hole 182a formed at the center thereof, and a thread is formed at the outer circumference thereof. The fixing member 182 is protruded downward through the communication hole 162 inside the steam condenser 160, the connection member 184 is threaded is coupled to the fixing member 182 is formed in the inner circumference.

The portion in which the fixing member 182 and the connecting member 184 are in close contact with the steam condenser 160 is disposed to prevent the passage of steam or condensed water through the sealing member 164 except for the supporting member 186 described later. .

The support member 186 includes a cup-shaped locking portion 190 and a supporting shaft 192 formed in a direction perpendicular to the center of the locking portion 190.

A locking jaw 194 is formed at the outer circumference of the locking portion 190, a through passage 192a is formed at the support shaft 192 in a vertical direction, and a packing 196 made of rubber or silicon is coupled to the end thereof. . A side hole 192b is formed between the packing 196 and the support shaft 192 to communicate with the above-described passage 192a. A mounting portion 198 is coupled to the lower portion of the locking portion 186 and inserted into the steam hole 142 of the lid 144 of the heating vessel.

In addition, an inner jaw 192c is formed at the outer circumference of the support shaft 192 to allow the inner spring 188a to be seated, and a seating groove 190a is formed at the upper end of the locking portion 190 to form the outer spring 188b. ) Is seated. The upper end of the outer spring 188b is supported at one side of the connection member 184 described above.

A support ring 193 is coupled to the outer circumference of the support shaft 192, but is closely attached to the fixing member 182 and the connection member 184, and one end of the inner spring 188a described above is supported by the support ring 193. And the other end of the inner spring 188a is seated on the inner jaw 192c described above.

Accordingly, the support member 186 is always elastically supported downward by the inner spring 188a and the outer spring 188b.

On the other hand, the locking means 200 is composed of a pressing member 220 and the locking member 240 for interlocking by the pressing member 220 to control the lifting and lowering of the guide assembly 180 described above.

The pressing member 220 has a button part 222 whose one side protrudes outward of the main body 120, a support part 226 elastically supported by a spring 224 while being connected to the button part 222, and a support part 226. It consists of wings 228 extending in both directions in a direction perpendicular to the end of the).

The guide part 122, the support jaw 124, and the stop jaw 126 are formed in the main body 120. The guide part 122 guides the support part 226 described above in the horizontal direction, and the support jaw 124 is The spring 224 is fixed and the stop 126 limits the movement of the locking member 240.

The locking member 240 is formed in a substantially 'c' shape so that the corner portion of one side is hinged to the main body 120, one end 240a is hinged to the wing 228 described above, the other end 240b ) Corresponds to the locking jaw 194 of the guide assembly 180 described above. To this end, a hole 128a through which the other end 240b of the locking member 240 described above is formed at a position opposite to the cylindrical panel 128 at the center of the main body 120 is formed.

In particular, the lower end of the other end (240b) of the locking member 240 is formed to be curved so that the upper end of the locking portion 190 is flexible to ride over the other end of the locking member 240 when the above-described support member 186 moves in the vertical direction. To be able.

The domestic water bath of the present invention configured as described above has the following effects and effects.

First, in the initial state, the other end of the locking member 240 protrudes through the hole 128a of the cylindrical panel 128 and is seated on the locking jaw 194 of the support member 186. Accordingly, the inner spring 188a and the outer spring 188b are compressively elastically deformed, and the through hole 182a of the fixing member 182 is open.

In this state, when the heating vessel 140 is seated on the heating plate, the proposed locking jaw 194 according to the characteristics of the present invention is caught by the other end 240b of the locking member 240 and the supporting member 186 of the guide assembly 180. The top surface of the lid 144 is seated on the heating plate without coming into contact with the seating portion 198 because it does not come down to the bottom.

Then, pressing the button portion 222, as shown in Figures 6 and 7, the support portion 226 guided by the guide portion 122 is moved in the horizontal direction and the wing portion 228 is also moved together in the same direction do. As a result, the locking member 240 is rotated around the hinge fixing point of the main body 120 so that the other end 240a of the locking member 240 is separated from the locking jaw 194. At that moment, the support member 186 is moved vertically downward by the force of the inner spring 188a and the outer spring 188b, which have been decompressed elastically, to be seated in the steam hole 142 of the lid 144 of the heating vessel. do.

On the other hand, when the red ginseng extract is generated in the heating vessel by the completion of the bath, the heating vessel 140 should be separated from the heating plate of the body 120.

The detaching process is to hold the handle 146 of the heating vessel 140 and lift it in the vertical direction, as shown in Figure 8, the support member 186 seated in the steam hole 142 of the heating vessel lid 144 is Pushed up together, the inner spring 188a and the outer spring 188b are compressively deformed.

At this time, the lower end of the locking member 240 is formed to be curved according to the characteristics of the present invention so that the upper end of the locking unit 190 is smoothly ride over, and the locking member 240 is also pivoted around the hinge fixing point to be slightly pushed in. The locking jaw 194 goes and is seated on the locking member 240.

In this state, when the heating container 140 is pulled out of the main body slightly downward, the concentrate is not buried in the lid 144 of the heating container 140.

As described above, the preferred embodiment of the present invention substantially solves the conventional problems.

That is, the support member of the guide assembly and the lid of the heating vessel do not come into contact with each other when the heating vessel is seated on the main body, thereby obtaining an effect of preventing the lid of the heating vessel from being dirty.

Claims (9)

In the home water heater comprising a main body provided with a heater, a heating container filled with food and placed on the heater, and a steam condenser in communication with the heating container to condense steam. A guide assembly installed on the main body to allow the heating vessel and the steam condenser to communicate with each other, thereby guiding the condensed water inside the steam condenser to the heating condenser to the heating condenser and moving vertically; And And a locking means installed on the main body to lock down the vertical movement of the guide assembly. The domestic hot water heater according to claim 1, wherein the guide assembly comprises a supporting member having a passageway through which the steam and condensed water pass. The domestic water bath according to claim 2, wherein a packing which prevents the movement of the steam and the condensed water when positioned at the bottom of the guide assembly is installed at the end of the support member. The domestic water bath according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a locking jaw is formed outside the guide assembly. 5. The water bath according to claim 4, wherein the guide assembly is always elastically supported in a downward direction by at least one or more springs. The method of claim 1 or 5, wherein the locking means, A pressing member whose one side protrudes outward from the main body and moves linearly in a horizontal direction; It is installed to rotate around the hinge fixed point inside the main body, the home water heater characterized in that the one side is hinged to the pressing member and the other side is composed of a locking member for snapping the outside of the guide assembly. The water heater according to claim 6, wherein the lower end of the catching member is formed to be curved. The water heater according to claim 6, wherein the pressing member is elastically supported by a spring. 8. The water bath according to claim 7, wherein the main body is provided with a guide part for guiding linear movement of the pressing member.