KR200351926Y1 - Hot-Cold water Dispenser with function that provision coffee or tea - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cold and hot water machine equipped with a coffee and tea supply function, the purpose of which is discharged through a separate outlet by mixing the liquid coffee or tea and cold water or hot water while the cold water and hot water is discharged easily It is possible to drink, and to provide a cold and hot water machine equipped with a coffee and tea supply function configured to prevent the deterioration of the coffee or tea disposed in the cold and hot water machine.

The present invention is installed so that the pouch stored in each of the liquid coffee and tea can be mounted in the cold and hot water machine, while discharging the liquid coffee and tea stored in the inside of the pouch mounted by a user's button operation, while a cold water container or hot water It is configured to discharge the water stored in the barrel by mixing with coffee or tea, and the coffee and tea supply function is configured to maintain a low temperature by wrapping it with one cooling coil of a refrigerator compartment equipped with a pouch and a cold water container storing cold water. The technical gist of the provided cold / hot water machine is described.

Description

Hot-Cold Water Dispenser with function that provision coffee or tea}

The present invention relates to a cold and hot water machine equipped with a coffee and tea supply function, and more specifically, a cold or hot water machine in which cold water and hot water are discharged, by mixing liquid coffee or tea with cold water or hot water, and discharging them through a separate outlet to facilitate coffee or It relates to a cold and hot water machine equipped with a liquid coffee and tea supply function that can drink tea.

In general, the cold and hot water machine used in homes or offices to supply drinking water to the user, the water stored in a separate bottled water bottle is supplied to the user by hot or cold.

On the other hand, if you want to drink coffee using the water discharged from the cold and hot water machine, put powdered coffee, sugar, and prim in the cup, and fill the water discharged from the cold and hot water machine to drink the coffee. There was a very troublesome problem.

Due to such a problem, the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 0379644 is a "coffee dispenser combined with a cold and hot water" as a discharge container filled with coffee, prim, sugar, discharge means for discharging coffee, sugar, and prim from the discharge container, the heater is built A hot water tank for storing hot water, a cold water tank for storing cold water by winding the cooler outside, a supplementary water tank for supplying bottled water to the hot water tank and the cold water tank, and discharging the hot water and the cold water in the cold water tank of the hot water tank. It has been presented a cold and hot water machine equipped with an integrated solenoid valve and a control means for controlling the operation of the discharge means and the two-piece solenoid valve according to the input of the selection button.

However, the cold and hot water is discharged by filling the discharge container with powdered coffee and sugar and prim, and smoothly discharged by the coagulation of powdered coffee, sugar and prim due to the inflow of hot water vapor or moisture in the cold and hot water dispenser into the discharge container. This is difficult, there were many problems in maintenance and use, such as clogging the outlet.

The present invention is devised to solve the conventional problems as described above, the purpose is that the cold water and hot water is discharged, while the coffee or tea liquid and cold water or hot water is mixed and discharged through a separate outlet easily coffee or It is possible to drink tea, and to provide a cold and hot water machine equipped with a coffee and tea supply function configured to prevent the deterioration of coffee or tea disposed in the cold and hot water machine.

1 is a side view illustrating the configuration of a cold and hot water heater according to the present invention

2 is a front view showing the configuration of a cold and hot water heater according to the present invention

3 is a side view illustrating a connection structure between a cold water tank and a hot water tank according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is an exemplary side view showing the middle layer configuration of the cold and hot water heater according to the present invention

5 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the cold container and the cold water container of the cold and hot water machine according to the present invention

Figure 6 is an illustration of the front of the cold water heater equipped with another discharge means according to the present invention

Figure 7 is a side view of the cold and hot water heater equipped with another discharge means according to the present invention

Figure 8 is a side view showing the configuration of the middle layer of the cold and hot water heater equipped with another discharge means according to the present invention

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

(A): upper layer part (B): middle layer part

(C): Lower part (1): Upper door

(2): Lower door (3): Bottled water bottle

(10): cold water container (11): water level sensor

(12) (13) (14): Hole 15: Bulkhead

(16): partition plate 17: flow hole

(20): Refrigerator 21 (21a): Pouch

(22) (23): hole (30): cooling coil

40: hot water tank 41: heater

(50): discharge means (51): mixing barrel

(51a): outlet 52 (53): dispenser

(54) (55): discharge pipe (56) (57): coupler

(60): Installation space (61): Load sensor

70: pump 80: cooling means

(91): cold water discharge cock (92): hot water discharge cock

101: hot water supply pipe 101a: valve

(102): cold water supply pipe (102a): valve

103: connecting tube 104: cold water discharge tube

110: button 120: notification means

The present invention to achieve the object as described above and to perform the problem for eliminating the conventional drawback is provided with a cold and hot water discharge function, while the material source of the coffee is discharged from the cold and hot water machine configured to easily drink coffee The water is supplied from the bottled water and stored as cold water at low temperature, and the cold water tank installed in the upper layer of the cold and hot water heater to discharge the cold water through the cold water discharge cock, and formed in one body with the cold water tank to form a predetermined space in front of the cold water tank liquid A refrigerating barrel equipped with at least one pouch for accommodating coffee and tea, a cooling coil installed in a shape surrounding the outer surfaces of the cold container and the cold container to maintain the cold container and the cold water container at a low temperature, and a lower portion of the cold water container. It is installed in the middle layer of the cold and hot water machine to be located, It is provided with a heater for receiving water from the water and maintaining the supplied water at room temperature, and at the same time, it is connected to a hot water tank discharging hot water through the hot water discharging cock and a pouch installed in the bottom of the refrigerating container. Discharge means for discharging the liquid coffee or tea stored in the pouch by the user's button operation and at the same time connected by a cold / hot water tank and a cold / hot water supply pipe to mix and discharge liquid coffee or tea and water, Valves are provided on the hot water supply pipes, respectively, to open and close the cold and hot water supply pipes by the user's button operation, and cooling means are installed on the lower layer of the cold and hot water machine to operate the cooling coils to maintain the temperature of the refrigerating container and the cold water container. Characterized in that configured.

In addition, an installation space is provided in the lower layer of the cold and hot water heater so that the bottled water for supplying water to the cold water tank is located, and a pump for supplying water of the bottled water tank to the cold water tank is installed at a predetermined position of the installation space, and inside the cold water tank. It is characterized in that the water level sensor is installed to detect the amount of water stored in the cold water tank to generate a signal to operate the pump when the water stored in the cold water tank is less than the set value.

In addition, a load sensor is installed on the bottom of the installation space to measure the weight of the bottle to detect when there is not enough water remaining in the bottle, and to generate light or melody by the electrical signal generated by the load sensor Means is provided.

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

1 is a side view illustrating the configuration of a cold water heater according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view illustrating the configuration of a cold water heater according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 shows a connection structure between a cold water tank and a hot water tank according to the present invention. Figure 4 is a side view illustrating the configuration of the middle layer of the cold and hot water heater according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the cold container and the cold water container of the cold and hot water machine according to the present invention, Figure 6 Exemplary front view of the cold and hot water heater equipped with another discharge means according to Figure 7 is a side view of the cold and hot water heater equipped with another discharge means according to the present invention, Figure 8 is equipped with another discharge means according to the present invention The side view illustrating the structure of the middle layer of the cold and hot water heater is shown, the cold and hot water machine of the present invention is a plurality of pau stored liquid coffee and tea (hereinafter referred to as 'stock solution') in the upper layer (A) of the cold and hot water machine The cold container 20 to which the teeth are mounted, and the cold water container 10 in which cold water is stored are installed, and the hot water tank 40 and water in which hot water is stored in the middle layer B located below the upper layer A. Discharge means (50) for discharging the liquid coffee or tea is discharged is installed, the installation space 60 is provided on the lower layer (C) located in the lower portion of the middle layer (B) is provided with the installation space (60) The pump 70 and the cooling means 80 which supply the water of the bottled water tank 3 to the cold water tank 10 are provided.

The cold water container 10 and the refrigerating container 20 is an integral type separated by having one partition wall 15 therebetween, and the liquid phase stored in the water and the cold container 20 of the cold water container 10 outside thereof. Cooling coil 30 is provided to maintain the stock solution at low temperature. In addition, the bottoms of the cold water container 10 and the cold container 20 are formed with holes for discharging the stock solution and the cold water, respectively, and the pouches 21, 2 through the two holes 22 and 23 formed in the cold container 20. 21a) and the discharge means 50 is connected, the three holes (12, 13, 14) formed in the cold water tank 10, the cold water supply pipe 102 and the hot water tank (40) connected to the mixing tank 51 The cold water discharge pipe 104 is connected to the connecting pipe 103 and the cold water discharge cock (91) connected to each other.

The liquid coffee and tea stored in the refrigerating container 20 are accommodated in each of the pouches 21 and 21 and supplied in a sealed state. At this time, the outlet side of the pouch 21 and 21a is the It is connected to the discharge means 50 through the holes (22, 23).

On the other hand, the cold water container 10 and the refrigerating container 20 is installed so that the refrigerating container 20 is located in the front side of the cold and hot water inside the upper layer (A), the upper door (1) in front of the upper layer (A) ) Is hinged to open and close, and is configured to facilitate replacement of pouches 21 and 21a mounted inside the refrigerator compartment 20.

The cooling coil 30 is operated by the cooling means 80 installed in the lower layer (C) of the cold and hot water machine to maintain the cold water container 10 and the refrigerating container 20 in a low temperature state, wherein the cooling means 80 is It may consist of a known compressor, condenser, expansion valve.

The discharge means 50 surrounds the dispensers 52 and 53 installed in the holes 22 and 23 so as to be located at the bottom of the refrigerating container 20 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4. Is a bowl shape and is comprised by the mixing cylinder 51 provided with the discharge port 51a in the bottom face.

Conventional solenoid valves and the like may be used as the dispensers 52 and 53, and are configured to discharge the stock solution filled in the pouch by a predetermined amount by an electrical signal generated by a button operation provided at the front of the cold and hot water dispenser. The 51 is connected to the cold water tank 10 and the hot water tank 40 by the cold water supply pipe 102 and the hot water supply pipe 101, and is configured to discharge cold water or hot water by mixing the stock solution with cold water.

In addition, as another configuration of the discharge means 50, as shown in Figs. 6 to 8, coupling holes 56 and 57 are provided in the respective holes 22 and 23 formed in the bottom surface of the refrigerating container 20, Discharge pipes 54 and 55 are installed to be inclined downward from the coupling holes 56 and 57. Dispensers 52 and 53 are installed on the discharge pipes 54 and 55. It is configured to discharge the liquid coffee or tea stored in the 21a) through the discharge pipe (54, 55), while the discharge end of the discharge pipe (54,55) and the end of the cold / hot water supply pipe (102,101) to be gathered in one place It may be configured to be discharged through the discharge port (51a) after the stock solution and water supplied from the discharge pipe (54, 55) and the cold and hot water supply pipe (102,101) is mixed.

The hot water tank 40 is installed in the middle layer (B) of the cold and hot water heater to be located below the cold water tank 10, is connected to the cold water tank 10 and the connecting pipe 103 is configured to receive water Is provided with a heater 41 for warming the water supplied from the cold water tank 10, while being connected to the hot water discharge cock 92 is configured to discharge hot water, the mixing cylinder 51 and the hot water supply pipe 101 Is connected by is configured to supply hot water to the mixing barrel during the user's button operation.

On the other hand, inside the cold water tank 10 for supplying water to the hot water tank 40, there is formed a partition plate 16 for dividing the cold water tank into upper and lower portions as shown in Figure 3, through the partition plate 16 To transfer the water from the cold water tank 10 to the hot water tank 40 through the connecting pipe 103 protruding to the upper part of the partition plate, and through the flow hole 17 formed in the partition plate 16. The upper portion of the water flows into the lower portion and is cooled by the cooling coil 30, and then is discharged to the cold water discharge cock 92 or the mixing cylinder 51.

The cold water supply pipe 102 and the hot water supply pipe 101 are provided with valves 102a and 101a controlled by a button operation so that the cold water and hot water are supplied to the mixing cylinder 51 by opening the pipe when a signal is generated by the button. It is. Here, the button is composed of four buttons (110, 111, 112, 113) so that the user can selectively drink hot or cold coffee and tea, if the user wants to drink hot coffee as an example, when the corresponding button is pressed, The dispenser connected to the pouch in which the coffee is stored operates to discharge a certain amount of liquid coffee into the mixing container 51. At this time, the valve 101a installed in the hot water supply pipe 101 operates to open the conduit of the hot water supply pipe. The hot water is supplied to the barrel 51 so that the hot water and the liquid coffee are mixed and discharged through the outlet 51a.

The installation space 60 is provided in the lower floor portion (C) so that the bottled water bottle (3) can be installed inside the cold and hot water machine, so that the installation space 60 is opened and closed on the front of the lower floor portion (C) provided. The lower door (2) is hinged and configured to easily insert and remove the bottled water bottle (3), the rod sensor 61 for measuring the weight of the bottled water bottle (3) is installed on the bottom of the installation space (60), When the water shortage signal is detected by the load sensor 61, a lamp or a speaker module is provided at a predetermined position of the cold and hot water heater as a notifying means 120 for informing the user of this.

On the other hand, the lower layer (C) is provided with a pump 70 for supplying the water in the bottled water bottle 3 to the cold water tank 10, the pump 70 is a water level sensor 11 installed in the cold water tank (10) It is controlled by the signal of) is configured to operate when the water replenishment of the cold water container 10 is required to supply the water of the bottled water bottle (3) to the cold water container (10).

Referring to the operation of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

While placing the bottled water bottle (3) in the installation space 60 provided in the lower layer (C) of the cold and hot water machine, the suction hose of the pump 70 is inserted into the bottled water bottle (3), each pouch (coffee and tea) is stored ( 21, 21a is mounted inside the refrigerator 20, and the pouches 21, 21a are screwed so that the outlet sides of the pouches 21, 21a are engaged with the dispensers 52, 53 installed in the holes 22, 23. )).

On the other hand, the water stored in the bottled water bottle (3) is supplied to the cold water tank 10 by the pump 70, wherein the water in the cold water tank 10 is supplied to the hot water tank 40 again through the connecting pipe 103 The cold water container 10 and the hot water container 40 is filled with water.

The water filled in the cold water container 10 and the hot water container 40 as described above is to discharge the cold water or hot water through the respective discharge cock when the user operates the cold and hot water discharge cock 92.

Meanwhile, when the user presses a button according to the user's taste among four buttons 110, 111, 112, and 113 corresponding to hot coffee or tea and cold coffee or tea, the dispenser is coupled to the outlet side of the stored pouch. Electricity is supplied to discharge the raw liquid in the pouch into the mixing vessel, and at the same time, one of the valves 102a and 101a installed in the cold water supply pipe and the hot water supply pipe is determined by the user's button selection to open the water supply line. It is supplied to the mixing vessel.

As such, the stock solution and the water supplied to the mixing barrel are mixed with each other and discharged through the outlet 51a, so that the user can easily drink coffee or tea.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described specific preferred embodiments, and any person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, such changes will fall within the scope of the claims.

As described above, the present invention makes it possible to easily drink coffee or tea by mixing liquid coffee or tea with water and discharge the cold and hot water, and to adjoin the cold and hot water machine to drink coffee or tea. It is not necessary to provide a teapack or coffee pack in the space, so it can be used more efficiently. It is configured to maintain cold state and cold water by using one cooling coil. It is.

Claims (3)

In the cold and hot water dispenser, which is equipped with a cold and hot water discharge function, and the material source of the coffee is discharged so that it is easy to drink coffee Cold water tank 10 is installed in the upper portion (A) of the cold and hot water machine to receive water from the bottled water reservoir and store the cold water at low temperature and discharge the cold water through the cold water discharge cock (91), A cold container 20 formed integrally with the cold water container so as to form a predetermined space in front of the cold water container 10 and equipped with at least one pouch (21, 21a) containing liquid coffee and tea, respectively; A cooling coil (30) installed in a shape surrounding the outer surfaces of the cold water container (10) and the cold container (20) to maintain the cold container and the cold water container at a low temperature; It is installed in the middle layer (B) of the cold and hot water heater so as to be located below the cold water tank 10 and connected by the cold water tank 10 and the connection pipe 103 to receive water from the cold water tank and to maintain the supplied water at room temperature. The hot water tank 40 for discharging hot water through the hot water discharge cock 92 at the same time the heater 41 is provided, and Liquid coffee or tea stored in the pouches 21 and 21a installed at the bottom of the refrigerating container 20 and connected to the pouches 21 and 21a mounted in the refrigerating container 20 and operated by a user's button operation. At the same time to discharge the cold and hot water tank (10,40) and the cold and hot water supply pipe (102,101) is connected to the discharge means 50 for mixing and discharging liquid coffee or tea and water, Valves 102a and 101a installed on the cold and hot water supply pipes 102 and 101, respectively, to open and close the cold and hot water supply pipes by a user's button operation; It is installed in the lower layer (C) of the cold and hot water machine to operate the cooling coil 30 by the cooling means for maintaining the temperature of the cold container and the cold water container (80) . The method of claim 1, An installation space 60 is provided in the lower portion C of the cold / hot water machine so that the bottled water bottle 3 for supplying water to the cold water tank 10 is located, and the water of the bottled water bottle is cooled in a predetermined position of the installation space 60. A pump 70 for supplying the tub 10 is installed, and a water level sensor 11 is installed inside the cold tub 10 to detect an amount of water stored in the chilled tub so that the water stored in the chilled tub is less than or equal to the set value. Cold and hot water machine equipped with a coffee and tea supply function, characterized in that configured to generate a signal to operate the pump (70). The method of claim 2, The load sensor 61 is installed on the bottom of the installation space 60 to detect the lack of water remaining in the bottled water bottle 3 by measuring the weight of the bottled water bottle 3, and by the load sensor 61. The hot and cold water machine equipped with a coffee and tea supply function, characterized in that the notification means 120 for generating light emission or melody by the generated electrical signal.