KR20010084401A - Double boiler in home - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A double boiler is provided to stop the operation of a heating plate when a guide assembly is not adhered to a lid of a heating container and to let a user immediately control the situation by outputting a warning. CONSTITUTION: A double boiler for home comprises a body, a heating container(140) embedding a bowl(142), a guide assembly(180) combined to a steam condenser(160) to communicate the heating container with the steam condenser, a locking unit(200) installed in the body to restrain the vertical movement of the guide assembly, a control unit(260), and an informing unit(280). If an operating button(126) is pushed while a supporting member(186) of the guide assembly is not adhered to a lid of the heating container, the control unit stops the operation of a heating plate. By connecting the informing unit to the control unit, a warning is outputted to a user.

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 in which the heating operation is performed only at a position where the guide assembly is lowered to the lid of the heating container in the process of heating the heating container on the main body.

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 (中 湯 器) 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 an enlarged longitudinal sectional view showing a guide assembly portion of a conventional domestic water heater.

The water bath puts a heating vessel on the heater of the main body and heats the cooked food (eg, fresh ginseng, white ginseng, red ginseng, etc.) filled in the inside of the heating vessel to cool the steam generated at this time in a steam condenser to obtain a concentrate.

The steam condenser 2 and the heating vessel 4 are connected to the guide assembly 6, which is elastically supported by the springs 8a and 8b so that the heating vessel 4 is seated on the main body. As long as the lid 4a of the heating vessel 4 does not push up the guide assembly 6, the packing 6a of the guide assembly 6 will always block the steam hole 4aa of the lid.

The water bath process of the conventional home water heater configured as described above is to operate the heater by pressing the operation button located on the front of the main body while the heating vessel (4) containing the food and a certain amount of water in the heater of the main body is seated, the heater is heated, By heating the food inside the heating container (4), the food is heated in a state submerged in the water stored in the heating container (4).

On the other hand, the steam generated in the heating vessel (4) during the process of cooking food is guided into the steam condenser (2) by the guide assembly 6 is collected, the steam collected in the steam condenser (2) is cooled It is condensed by means and flows back into the heating vessel 4 through the guide assembly 6.

In this way, the steam generated by the heating of the heating vessel 4 is condensed in the steam condenser 2 through the guide assembly 6 to form a concentrated liquid, and the concentrated liquid is re-introduced into the heating vessel 4 to repeat the food. The bath is extracted and extracted.

However, if the heating plate is operated by pressing the operation button in a state in which the guide assembly is not in close contact with the lid of the heating vessel, the water filled in the heating vessel is evaporated and is not guided to the steam condenser through the guide assembly and exits to the outside. If this condition persists, you will not only get the desired liquid bath but also waste power.

The present invention devised to solve such a problem is to prevent the operation of the heating plate even when pressing the operation button in the state that the guide assembly is not in close contact with the lid of the heating vessel and the user can take immediate action by generating a warning. The purpose is to provide a home water heater.

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 made of, the operation button is installed on the main body, the guide assembly is installed to be movable in the vertical direction to the main body to communicate with the heating vessel and the steam condenser to communicate the steam inside the heating vessel to the steam condenser Guides the condensed water inside the steam condenser to the heating vessel, installs an object to be detected at one side of the guide assembly, and installs a detection means to detect the object at one side of the main body. And when the detection signal is input from the sensing means. It is made to receive the operation signal from the operation button control means for the power to be supplied to the heater.

Here, a notification means is connected to the control means and the user is alerted when the operation button is activated when the detection signal is not generated.

The object to be detected is preferably a magnet, and the sensing means corresponding thereto is preferably a reed switch.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of a conventional public water heater,

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a home water heater which is an embodiment of the present invention,

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a part of the configuration of a domestic water heater according to the present invention,

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view in a state where a warning can occur in a domestic water heater according to the present invention.

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

100: home water heater 120: the body

122: heating plate 124: cylindrical panel

124a: Hole 126: Operation Button

140: heating container 144: lid

144a: Steam 146: Handle

160: steam condenser 162: communication hole

180: guide assembly 182: fixing member

184: connecting member 186: supporting member

188a: Outer Spring 188b: Outer Spring

190: engaging jaw 192: support shaft

192a: through-hole 194: packing

200: locking means 202: pressing member

204: button portion 220: detection means

240: detecting object 260: control means

280: notification means

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a home water heater of the present invention, Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a part of the configuration of the home water heater according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a state in which a warning of the home water heater according to the invention can occur This is a longitudinal cross-sectional view at.

The home water heater 100 is coupled to the heating vessel 140, steam condenser 160, steam condenser 160, the main body 120, the water heater 142 is built in the heating vessel 140 and steam condenser 160 It is installed inside the guide assembly 180 and the main body 120 to communicate with each other to form a basic configuration as a locking means 200 to control the vertical movement of the guide assembly 180, the sensing means is added to the configuration 220, the detectable object 240, the control means 260, and the notification means 280.

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. ) Is provided with a heater for generating heat, preferably a heating plate 122 using electricity, a space is formed in the central portion (120b), the heating vessel 140 is seated, the steam condenser on the upper portion (120a) 160 is installed.

The heating vessel 140 is inserted into the space of the central portion 120b to be seated or detached from the heating plate 122, the heating vessel 140 is made of glass and the steam hole 144a on the upper portion of the heating vessel 140 Lid 144 having a is installed. A handle 146 is installed around the heating container 140 to easily handle the heating container 140. Inside the heating container 140 is a water bath 142 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. )

A locking jaw 190 is formed at an outer circumference of the support member 186, and a support shaft 192 having a through passage 192a is formed at an inner center of the support member 186. The upper end of the support shaft 192 is coupled with a rubber or silicon packing 194 to interrupt the communication between the steam condenser 160 and the heating vessel 140 according to the position of the support member 186.

The locking means 200 is composed of a pressing member 202 protruding to the outside of the main body, and a locking member 204 interlocking with the pressing member 202 to control the lifting and lowering of the guide assembly 180 described above. do.

Here, the hole 124a is formed at a position opposite to the cylindrical panel 124 located at the center of the main body 120 so that the wing portion, which is the end of the locking member 204, can enter and exit from the inside of the main body.

When the end of the wing portion supports the locking jaw 190 of the support member 186, the support member 186 is not in close contact with the lid 144 of the heating vessel 140, that is, it is in an intermittent state. At this time, the plurality of springs 188a and 188b are in a compressed state.

On the other hand, the control means 260 provided in accordance with the features of the present invention is commonly referred to as a microcomputer and is installed inside the main body 120, the pressing operation of the operation button 126 is configured in the front portion of the main body 120 In accordance with the operation of the heating plate, the reservation heating, and enable the operation of the notification means 280 described later.

Sensing means 220 connected to the control means 260 is installed on the inner wall of the cylindrical panel 124, where the sensing means 220 is a proximity sensor (Proximity Sensor) to perform a switching action in a non-contact operation. Although a sensor is classified into a high frequency oscillation type, a capacitive type, a ground type type, and a photoelectric type (including radiation) from the operation principle of such a sensor, a reed switch is used as the sensing means 220 that can be used in the present invention.

The reed switch has two magnetic lead pieces sealed in a glass tube normally opened by elasticity of the spring, but when the magnetic body is close, the two lead pieces are in contact with each other, and electricity is applied. As a result, the lead pieces are separated from each other, resulting in power failure.

In order to apply this principle to the present invention, the magnet is attached to the inner wall of the guide member 180 of the present invention in one place, more preferably, on the inner wall of the support member 186. At this time, the attachment position of the magnet is preferably the position where the sensing means 220 is energized by the magnet when the support member 186 is located at the lowest end, and in this case, the ON signal is supplied to the control means 260. The input operation of the heating plate 122 is possible.

If the support member 186 is supported by the locking member 204 and is not in close contact with the lid 144 of the heating vessel 140, the control means 260 is the heating plate 122 when the operation button 126 is pressed. ) Is not operated, in particular by connecting the notification means 280 to the control means 260 in accordance with a feature of the present invention causes a warning to the user. As the notification means 280, a lamp, a vibration and a buzzer may be used.

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

If no warning occurs,

First, the heating container 140 is seated on the heating plate 122 of the main body 120, and then the pressing member 202 of the main body 120 is pressed down so that the supporting member 186 moves downward to the end of the supporting member 186. The part is to be in close contact with the lid 144 of the heating vessel 140.

In this state, the sensing object 240 is close to the sensing means 220 so that a current is supplied to the sensing means 220, and as a result, an on-signal is input to the control means 260. The operation of the water bath is performed when the 122 is operated.

When a warning occurs when the operation button 126 is pressed, as shown in FIG. 4, the pressing member 202 is not pressed in the state in which the heating container 140 is seated on the heating plate 122, and thus the locking member 204 is pressed. Is supporting the locking jaw 190 of the supporting member 186, and the supporting member 186 is not moved to the lowermost part. In this case, the sensing member 240 is not close to the sensing means 220. 220, no on signal is generated.

In this state, when the operation button 126 is pressed, the control means 260 is not in close contact with the lid 144 of the heating vessel 140 at the end of the current supporting member 186 through the notification means 280. You will be warned.

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

That is, when the operation button is pressed while the support member of the guide assembly is not in close contact with the lid of the heating vessel, the inner contents of the heating vessel are discharged to the outside through the steam hole of the lid. Pressing the operation button when not in close contact with the ball generates a warning through the notification means.

Accordingly, a case in which a liquid bath is not accidentally obtained does not occur and thus convenience of use is obtained, and power is not generated.

Claims (4)

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. An operation button installed in the main body; 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; An object to be installed at one side of the guide assembly; Sensing means installed at one side of the main body to detect the subject; And And a control means connected to the operation button, the sensing means, and the heater to receive the operation signal input from the operation button and supply power to the heater only when a detection signal is input from the detection means. Home water heater. The water heater according to claim 1, wherein a notification means is connected to the control means to alert the user when the operation button is operated when the detection signal is not generated. The domestic water heater according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the detected object is a magnet. The domestic water heater according to claim 3, wherein the sensing means is a reed switch.