KR20060104000A - Multi function storage for an infant having a air cleaning function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a multi-functional storage for infants having an air cleaning function, in a multi-functional storage for infants having a plurality of functional rooms for refrigerating, warming and disinfecting baby food or supplies, the functional room (120, 130, 140) is a thermoelectric element (122) In order to circulate the air between the inside and the outside by the cooling circulation fan 194 is located, including the refrigerating chamber 120 is cooled by the heat generating plate 125 is installed on the heat generating side of the thermoelectric element 122 A cooling circulation chamber 191 in which the suction port 192 and the discharge port 193 are formed is provided at one side of the refrigerating chamber 120, and primarily contains dust contained in the air on the air movement path of the cooling circulation chamber 191. The prefilter 195 for removing and the final filter 196 for secondarily removing the fine dust contained in the air passing through the prefilter 195 are sequentially installed. Accordingly, the present invention provides a plurality of functional rooms that can be stored in a variety of ways in a single device to suit the purpose and function of the baby food or supplies, to facilitate the use of infant-related products, efficient use of child care space and child care It saves time and has the effect of providing a pleasant indoor environment for the health of the infant by purifying the air circulated to cool the heat generated from the thermoelectric element installed for cooling the refrigerator compartment into the room.

Description

MULTI FUNCTION STORAGE FOR AN INFANT HAVING A AIR CLEANING FUNCTION}

1 is a perspective view showing a multifunctional storage for infants having an air cleaning function according to the present invention,

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the multi-function storage for infants having an air cleaning function according to the present invention opened the door,

Figure 3 is a block diagram for the control of a multi-function storage for infants having an air cleaning function according to the present invention,

Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing a freezer compartment of a multifunctional storage for infants having an air cleaning function according to the present invention,

Figure 5 is a side cross-sectional view showing a cold and cold room of the multifunctional storage for infants having an air cleaning function according to the present invention,

Figure 6 is a front sectional view showing a disinfection room of a multifunctional storage for infants having an air cleaning function according to the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

110: main body 111: bulkhead

120: refrigerating chamber 122: the first thermoelectric element

130: cold and hot room 140: disinfection room

141: disinfection space 142: steam disinfection means

142a: evaporation container 142b: evaporation heater

144: drying means 150: control unit

160: operation unit 170: cooling and heating means

172: second thermoelectric element 173: heating heater

191: cooling circulation chamber 194: cooling circulation fan

195 prefilter 196 final filter

197: nano silver filter 198: nano carbon filter

The present invention relates to a multi-functional storage for infants having an air cleaning function, and more particularly, to the convenience of use of the baby-related products, the efficient use of the child care space and the time required for child care, heat generated from the thermoelectric elements of the refrigerating chamber The present invention relates to a multifunctional storage room for infants having an air cleaning function to provide a comfortable indoor environment by purifying and circulating the air circulated to cool it.

In general, a refrigerator is used to store or cool various types of food or beverages in a frozen or refrigerated state for a long time. The refrigerator includes a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment, which are opened and closed by a front door, respectively. In order to supply, the compressor compresses the refrigerant to high temperature and high pressure and sends it to the condenser, which releases the heat of the refrigerant from the condenser and converts it into a liquid refrigerant at low temperature and low pressure. The coolant is sent to the cooler installed at the rear side of the freezer compartment, and the refrigerant sent to the cooler passes through the coolant pipe of the cooler to be evaporated at a low pressure, thereby reducing the temperature of the freezer compartment and the freezer compartment.

In recent years, refrigerators have been required to meet various needs in addition to improving living standards, and in order to satisfy these demands, a kimchi refrigerator having a heating wire for maturing evaporator pipe and kimchi or a cosmetic storage room having a relatively small volume is provided. Cosmetics refrigerators and the like have been developed and used to cool the first thermoelectric element.

However, despite the development of such refrigerators with various uses or complex uses, it has not been developed for the storage for infants, which has recently increased interest and investment.

Therefore, when storing baby foods such as powdered milk, breast milk, medicines, etc. in a common refrigerator used at home, the smell of other foods stored together will not only cause hygiene problems, but also reduce quality. In particular, when a microwave oven is used to heat powdered milk, it is very cumbersome because it is heated every time it is needed, and it is difficult to store it above a certain temperature for a long time, and when a warmer is used to heat powdered milk or to store a heated powdered milk for its own purpose Not only are they expensive to buy, but they are usually designed for use in hospitals, pharmacies, restaurants, etc. rather than at home, making them unsuitable for infants.

In addition, for the hygiene of infants, such as baby bottles, gauze handkerchief, toys, etc. when disinfecting using a sterilizer used in the home, these products are designed for the kitchen utensils and utensils that are usually used in the kitchen Inappropriate to disinfect together.

In addition, the Korean Patent Application No. 2004-71011 proposes a multifunctional display refrigerator including a sterilizer, a warmer and a water purifier in the showcase, but it is possible to centrally control the microcomputer by composing the necessary devices in a restaurant mainly serving food business. The purpose of this product is that the product can increase the convenience of the user, but the purpose is diverse, but it is a product with its function and structure with a focus on large capacity for the purpose of sales. I do not have features.

In addition, a number of technologies for infant products, especially baby bottle sterilizers, such as the infant product UV sterilizer of Korean Patent Application No. 2003-92985, have been filed, but are limited to disinfection of baby bottles. Difficult to store to fit

Therefore, there is a need to develop a product that can store baby food or supplies in various ways to suit the purpose and function by raising awareness of home appliances developed around housewives or adult life. Considering that it is used for the development of a product considering the pleasant indoor environment is also required.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a baby with a plurality of functional rooms capable of storing the food or article for infants in various ways in one device to suit their use and function. It saves time for the convenience of using the product, efficient use of child care space and child care, and purifies the air circulated to cool the heat generated from the thermoelectric elements installed for cooling the refrigerating chamber and discharges it into the room. To provide a multi-functional storage for children with an air cleaning function to provide a comfortable indoor environment for.

The present invention for realizing the above object is a multifunctional storage for infants having a plurality of functional chambers for refrigerating, warming and disinfecting baby food or supplies, the functional chamber includes a refrigerator compartment cooled by a thermoelectric element, The heating plate is installed on the heating side of the cooling chamber, and a cooling circulation chamber is formed at one side of the refrigerating chamber to form the inlet and outlet ports for circulating the air between the inside and the outside by the cooling circulation fan. Characterized in that the pre-filter for removing the dust contained in the air primarily on the path and the final filter for removing the fine dust contained in the air passing through the pre-filter secondly sequentially.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the most preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail so that those skilled in the art can be easily carried out.

1 is a perspective view showing a multi-function storage for infants having an air cleaning function according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the multi-function storage for children having an air cleaning function according to the present invention opened the door, Figure 3 Is a block diagram for the control of the multi-function storage for infants having the air cleaning function according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing the refrigerator compartment of the multi-function storage for infants having the air cleaning function according to the present invention.

As shown, the infant multifunctional storage 100 having an air cleaning function according to the present invention is a storage for storing food or goods for infants, a plurality of bodies in the main body 110 for storing the baby food or supplies in a variety of ways, respectively; The functional chambers 120, 130 and 140 are provided, and the controller 150 is provided to control the functional chambers 120, 130 and 140, and one side of the refrigerating chamber 120 that is cooled by the first thermoelectric element 122 among the functional chambers 120, 130 and 140. A cooling circulation chamber 191 for cooling heat generated from the first thermoelectric element 122 and circulating clean air is provided.

The functional chambers 120, 130 and 140 are formed by combining at least one of the refrigerating chamber 120, the cold and hot chamber 130, and the disinfection chamber 140 to refrigerate, warm, and disinfect baby food or supplies in the main body 110. .

The main body 110 forms the refrigerating space 121, the cold and cold storage space 131, and the disinfection space 141 by partitioning the inner side of the wall 112 by the partition wall 111. The wall 112 is provided with a heat insulating material 113 therein for heat insulation.

The refrigerating chamber 120 is provided with a first door 123 to open and close the refrigerating space 121, and as shown in FIG. 4, the first receptacle is disposed on the wall 112 positioned at the rear side of the refrigerating space 121. The thermoelectric element 122 is installed.

Both sides of the first thermoelectric element 122 emit cold and heat by supplying power, and endothermic plates 124 and heating plates 125 are positioned at both sides, respectively, for cooling the refrigerating space 121. The heat absorbing plate 124 is provided on the refrigerating space 121 side, and the heat generating plate 125 is provided on the opposite side thereof. Therefore, the cold air discharged from the first thermoelectric element 122 is introduced into the refrigerating space 121 through the heat absorbing plate 124, and heat is released to the opposite side through the heat generating plate 125. In addition, the endothermic plate 124 is formed of a material having excellent thermal conductivity such as aluminum (Al) so that the cold air discharged from the first thermoelectric element 122 is rapidly spread throughout the refrigerating space 121. It is installed so as to be exposed, it is possible to provide a cold air diffusion plate (not shown) of a material having excellent thermal conductivity in the endothermic plate 124.

In order to discharge heat generated from the heat generating plate 125 of the first thermoelectric element 122 to the outside, the cooling circulation chamber 191 which provides a circulation path of the air sucked by the outside air and discharged to the outside is a refrigerating chamber ( It is provided at the rear side of the refrigerating space 121 of 120.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cooling circulation chamber 191 is installed to expose the heat generating plate 125 of the first thermoelectric element 122 on one side, and the inlet 192 and the air inlet and the outside for air circulation. Discharge openings 193 are formed, respectively, and a cooling circulation fan 194 is installed at the discharge opening 193 side from the inside. In addition, the pre-filter 195 and the final filter 196 are sequentially installed in the cooling circulation chamber 191 to discharge the circulated air in a clean state.

The prefilter 195 is installed to be detachable by a hook 191a on the suction port 192 side of the cooling circulation chamber 191, and the network structure or nonwoven fabric 195b is fixed inside the frame 195a forming a frame. The relatively large dust included in the air sucked through the inlet 192 is removed.

The final filter 196 is to remove the fine dust contained in the air passing through the pre-filter 195 to finally discharge the clean air through the discharge port 193, preferably the HEPA filter (High Efficiency Particulate) Air filter) is used. Hepa filter is made of special charged fiber material and removes dust, mites, molds and viruses as well as fine dust contained in air with strong adsorption power.

On the other hand, any one of the nano silver filter 197 containing ultrafine silver particles between the prefilter 195 and the final filter 196 and the nano carbon filter 198 containing carbon particles as the main component. As shown at 4, these 197 and 198 are installed at the same time. Nano silver filter (197) is excellent in antibacterial, deodorizing, sterilization function by containing very fine silver particles in a nonwoven fabric or filter paper, nano carbon filter (198) is a filter for removing odor using charcoal powder, odor, tobacco Keeps air fresh by removing smoke and other harmful gases.

The final filter 196, the nano silver filter 197, and the nano carbon filter 198 are slidably coupled to a plurality of fixed ribs 191b formed in the cooling circulation chamber 191 by sliding. In addition, in order to clean or replace the filters 195, 195, 197, and 198, the cooling circulation chamber 191 is fixed at one side with a cover 199 for opening and closing with a bolt (B).

The cold and cold room 130 is provided with a second door 133 at the inlet side for opening and closing of the cold and cold space 131, and the cold and cold space 131 sets an arbitrary temperature set in the cold and cold temperature setting unit 132. It is cooled or heated by the cooling and heating means 170 controlled by the controller 150 to maintain. The cooling and heating means 170 may simultaneously perform cooling and heating by using a thermoelectric element or simultaneously perform cooling and heating by a combination of a heater and a cooler, as shown in FIG. 5. The long space 131 is a second thermoelectric element 172 and a warming heater 173 which are respectively controlled by the controller 150 to maintain an arbitrary temperature set in the cold / cold temperature setting unit 132.

Like the first thermoelectric element 122, the second thermoelectric element 172 is provided with the heat absorbing plate 172a and the heat generating plate 172b on both sides, and the cold air diffusion plate 172c is in contact with the heat absorbing plate 172a. The heat dissipation fan 172d is installed to dissipate heat through the heat dissipation port 136 in the heat generating plate 172b.

The warming heater 173 is a heating block which is installed on the inner side of the cold / cold space 131 and has a heating wire installed therein to generate heat by supply of power, and has a thermal conductivity on the side facing the cold / cold space 131. The thermal diffusion plate 173a made of a material such as excellent aluminum (Al) is combined. The thermal diffusion plate 173a is exposed to the cold / cold space 131 to quickly release the heat emitted from the warm-up heater 173 into the cold / cold space 131.

As shown in FIG. 6, the disinfection room 140 is provided with a third door 143 at the inlet side for opening and closing of the disinfection space 141, and one steam for disinfecting the disinfection space 141 with steam. Disinfection means 142 is installed.

The steam disinfection means 142 is provided on the inner bottom surface of the disinfection space 141 and is provided on the bottom of the evaporation vessel 142a and the evaporation vessel 142a of stainless steel or other metal material filled with water therein, and the evaporation vessel 142a. An evaporation heater 142b for evaporating the water in the evaporation vessel 142a by applying heat to the 142a, and a steam outlet 142c provided in the third door 143 to discharge the steam in the disinfection space 141 to the outside. ). In addition, the steam disinfection means 142 is provided with an overheat prevention switch 142h (shown in FIG. 3) in the evaporation heater 142b in order to stop the power supply when the evaporation heater 142b overheats a predetermined temperature or more. do.

The steam outlet 142c may be formed in the main body 110, but is formed in the third door 133 in this embodiment, and the steam is discharged toward the rear side to prevent the user from contacting the steam. The cover 142i is installed above the three door 133.

Steam disinfection means 142 is installed on the upper side of the evaporation container (142a) is a disinfection stage (142d.142e) for mounting the baby article 1 to be disinfected. Disinfection stages (142d, 142e) can be produced in a variety of shapes and structures, in this embodiment spaced apart the infant article (1) from the evaporation vessel (142a) and disinfecting the infant article (1) after the disinfection space 141 Steam passage hole (142f) is formed on the bottom surface so that it can be easily removed from the disinfection container (142d), which is installed in the disinfection space (141), and the inside of the disinfection container (142d) as well as the feeding bottle (1) A plurality of posts 142g into which the baby article is inserted, and a disinfection table 142e in which the vapor passage hole 142j is formed may be manufactured.

Disinfection room 140 may be provided with a drying means 144 to dry the baby article (1) after the disinfection in the disinfection space 141.

The drying means 144 is provided on the suction duct 144a which provides an air passage so that air flows into the disinfection space 141 from the outside, and is installed on the suction duct 144a to disinfect the outside air inside the disinfection space 141. And a blowing fan 144b for blowing air into the air. In addition, the drying means 144 is to remove the antibacterial or the like contained in the air passing through the air suction side on the suction duct 144a in the main body 110 to supply clean air into the disinfection space 141. The filter 144c is detachably installed.

The suction duct 144a has an end 144d through which the air is discharged by the blower fan 144b so as to be adjacent to the evaporation vessel 142a of the steam disinfection means 143, and thus the evaporation vessel 142a by the evaporation heater 142b. The drying time is shortened by supplying the heat applied to the disinfection space with the air blown by the blowing fan 144b to the disinfection space 141.

The sterilization chamber 140 is provided with a selection switch 145 (shown in FIG. 3) for selecting any one of the steam disinfection means 142 and the drying means 144 or driving them continuously. In addition, the sterilization chamber 140 is provided with a timer 146 (shown in FIG. 3) for setting the operating time of the steam disinfection means 142 or the drying means 144. The timer 146 may be set in conjunction with the selection switch 145 to set an operation time of the steam disinfection means 142 or the drying means 144 or these 142 and 144 selected and operated by the selection switch 145.

The controller 150 receives the temperature signals measured from the first to third temperature sensors 151, 152, and 153 respectively installed in the refrigerating space 121, the cold / cold space 131, and the disinfection space 141, respectively, and the refrigerating chamber 120. The cold room (130), the temperature of the disinfection room 140 to maintain the temperature set in each of the refrigerating temperature setting unit 129, cold and cold temperature setting unit 132, disinfection temperature setting unit 147 by the user ( Controlling the first thermoelectric element 122 of the 120, the cooling and heating means 170 of the cold and hot chamber 130, the evaporation heater 142b of the steam disinfection means 142, and the operation of the selection switch 145, respectively. The blowing fan 144b of the drying means 144 is also controlled.

On the other hand, the third door 143 is provided with an operation unit 160 provided with various setting units 129, 132, 147, a switch 145, a timer 146, and the like on the outer surface thereof.

Operation and action of the multi-functional storage for children 100 having the air cleaning function made in such a structure is made as follows.

The refrigerator compartment 120 stores breast milk, infant medicine, and infant cosmetics among infant-related foods and supplies, and these are stored in the cold air that is diffused from the first thermoelectric element 122 to the refrigerating space 121 through the endothermic plate 124. By cooling.

The cold and cold room 130 is controlled by the cooling and heating means 170 that maintains the temperature set by the cold and hot temperature setting unit 132, the cold and cold temperature at this time, for example, in the case of baby food vegetable fruit storage 3 ~ 4 ℃, 7 ℃ for baby cosmetics, 10 ℃ for chemical storage, 8 ~ 12 ℃ for tropical fruit storage, and 35 ~ 40 ℃ for warm beverage or herbal medicine storage. The temperature can be adjusted freely.

The disinfection room 140 is a bottle (1), gauze handkerchief, toys, etc. stored in the disinfection space 141 by the steam disinfection means 142, that is, the water filled in the evaporation container (142a) by the heating of the evaporation heater (142b) Disinfection by steam generated by evaporation, the finished article such as the bottle 1 is dried by the air blown by the blowing fan 144b of the drying means 144.

Meanwhile, the heat generated from the heat generating side of the first thermoelectric element 122 of the refrigerating chamber 120 is transferred to the heat generating plate 125 to circulate the cooling circulation chamber 191 by driving the cooling circulation fan 194. Is cooled by. At this time, the air passing through the cooling circulation chamber 191 is first removed relatively coarse dust by the pre-filter 195, and passes through the nano silver filter 197 and nano carbon filter 198, respectively, antibacterial, By deodorizing and sterilizing and passing through the final filter 196 which is a hepa filter while other harmful gases are removed, the dust is discharged through the discharge port 193 in a clean state in which not only fine dust but also mites, molds and viruses are removed.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention as described above, by providing a plurality of functional rooms that can be stored in a variety of ways in one device in accordance with the use and function of the baby food or supplies for convenience and use of the baby-related products Provides a comfortable indoor environment for the health of infants by saving the time required for efficient use of space and parenting and purifying the circulating air to discharge the heat generated from the thermoelectric elements installed for cooling the refrigerating chamber. do.

As described above, the infant multifunctional storage having an air cleaning function according to the present invention has a plurality of functional rooms that can be stored in a variety of ways in a single device to suit the purpose and function of the baby food or goods related to infant products Its convenience in use, efficient use of child care space and time spent in child care, and purifies the air circulated to cool the heat generated from the thermoelectric elements installed for cooling the refrigerator compartment to discharge the health of the infant It has the effect of providing a pleasant indoor environment.

What has been described above is just one embodiment for carrying out a multifunctional storage for infants having an air cleaning function according to the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, as claimed in the following claims Without departing from the gist of the present invention, anyone of ordinary skill in the art will have the technical spirit of the present invention to the extent that various modifications can be made.

Claims (3)

In the infant multifunctional storage having a plurality of functional rooms to refrigerate, warm and disinfect baby food and supplies, The functional room includes a refrigerating chamber cooled by a thermoelectric element, The heating plate is installed on the heat generating side of the thermoelectric element, and a cooling circulation chamber is formed at one side of the refrigerating chamber in which an inlet and an outlet are formed to circulate air between the inside and the outside by a cooling circulation fan. Air in which the pre-filter for removing the dust contained in the air primarily and the final filter for removing the fine dust contained in the air passing through the pre-filter is sequentially installed on the air movement path of the cooling circulation chamber Multifunctional storage for infants with clean function. The method of claim 1, The final filter is a multifunctional storage for infants having an air cleaning function, characterized in that the HEPA filter. The method of claim 1 In between the pre-filter and the final filter, any one of nano silver filter containing the fine silver particles and nano-carbon filter containing carbon particles as the main component or they are installed at the same time multifunction storage for infants with air cleaning function .

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