KR20090043786A - Water ionizer having water cleaning ability - Google Patents

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KR20090043786A
KR20090043786A KR1020070109539A KR20070109539A KR20090043786A KR 20090043786 A KR20090043786 A KR 20090043786A KR 1020070109539 A KR1020070109539 A KR 1020070109539A KR 20070109539 A KR20070109539 A KR 20070109539A KR 20090043786 A KR20090043786 A KR 20090043786A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to an ionizer having a water purification function, which is connected to a pretreatment filter unit for introducing purified water to generate purified water, the pretreatment filter unit and a water supply pipe, and electrolyze the water purified by the pretreatment filter unit. A control unit for controlling the operation of the electrolytic cell by controlling the operation of the electrolytic cell, and discharging the water purified by the pretreatment filter unit directly to the outside without passing through the electrolytic cell. A purified water intake pipe, which is installed on the path of the water supply pipe provided between the pretreatment filter part and the electrolytic cell, and allows the water purified by the pretreatment filter part to supply the purified water intake pipe or the electrolytic cell to one side. Characterized in that it includes a flow path switching device that can control the direction . According to the present invention, by installing a flow path switching valve in the water supply pipe between the pretreatment filter unit and the electrolytic cell, if the consumer wants water purification, there is an effect that can be extracted immediately without contaminating the water purified by the pretreatment filter unit.

Water ionizer, water purification, filter part, water supply, purification, electrolysis, electrolytic cell, flow path switching, control unit

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Water ionizer with water purification function {WATER IONIZER HAVING WATER CLEANING ABILITY}

The present invention relates to an ionizer, and more particularly, to an ionizer having a water purification function capable of separating and extracting purified water and alkaline ionized water through a flow path switching valve.

In general, preferred drinking water is colorless and odorless cold water, free of various heavy metals, harmful substances and bacteria, and containing an appropriate amount of minerals. The water containing weakly alkaline Ca + and Na + is known to be ideal. have.

To this end, ionized water groups including electrolyzers for electrolyzing the raw water introduced into and separated into alkaline ionized water containing minerals of + ions and acidic water as non-drinking water are widely used.

The ionizer extracts raw water into the electrolyzer and then generates electrolyzed water and extracts electrolyzed water using a separate discharge means. Until recently, the main function is to generate alkaline ionized water for drinking and cooking.

In general, ionizers are well known as medical substance generators, and alkaline ionized water and acidic water are generated by electrolyzing raw water, such as tap water, by applying a direct voltage to electrodes of a positive electrode and a negative electrode.

Alkaline ionized water is mainly used for the purpose of drinking water for improving the acidic constitution of the meat-oriented diet of modern man and promoting health, and acidic water is mainly used for cleaning the surface of the body as a cosmetic.

Such a conventional ionizer has a pre-treatment filter portion composed of activated carbon and a USF filter (also referred to as 'hollow fiber membrane filter'; hereinafter referred to as 'UF filter'), and raw water filtered by the pre-treatment filter portion to electrolyze alkaline ionized water. An electrolytic cell for producing acidic water is provided.

In a typical ionizer, it is common to extract with an extraction coke having the same purified water as alkaline ionized water. Recently, however, in Korea, the Ministry of Environment forbids the extraction of the same extraction coke with alkaline ionized water.

Accordingly, in recent years, ionized water groups in which alkaline ionized water and purified water extraction coke have been separated are supplied.

1 shows a schematic diagram of an ion water group generally used in recent years. As shown in FIG. 1, a general ionizer includes a pretreatment filter unit 20 for purifying supplied raw water, and an electrolytic cell 40 for generating alkaline ionized water and acidic water by electrolyzing water purified by the pretreatment filter unit 20. The control unit 50 controls the operation of the ionizer, the alkaline ionized water intake pipe 62 through which the alkaline ionized water generated in the electrolyzer 40 flows, and the purified water passing through the electrolyzer 40 when the electrolyzer 40 is not operated. And a flow path switching valve 60 provided at a branch point of the purified water intake pipe 61 and the alkaline ionized water intake pipe 62 and the purified water intake pipe 61.

In such a recent system, the purified water is passed through the electrolytic cell and the purified water passes through the electrolytic cell, which not only increases the contamination of bacteria in the purified water, but also causes the acidic water to be discharged even though it does not generate acidic water through the electrolytic cell. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above point, by installing a flow path switching valve on the water supply pipe between the pre-treatment filter unit and the electrolytic cell, and by installing a separate water intake pipe at this point to extract the purified water directly to the outside The purpose is to provide an ionizer with a water purification function.

Ion water with a water purification function according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the pre-treatment filter unit for generating purified water by introducing raw water; An electrolytic cell connected to the pretreatment filter unit and a water supply pipe and electrolytically decomposing water purified by the pretreatment filter unit to generate alkaline ionized water and acidic water; A control unit controlling the extraction of the alkaline ionized water and the acidic water by controlling the operation of the electrolytic cell; A purified water intake pipe for discharging water purified by the pretreatment filter unit directly to the outside without passing through the electrolytic cell; And a flow path that is installed on a path of the water supply pipe provided between the pretreatment filter part and the electrolytic cell, and controls a flow path direction to supply water purified by the pretreatment filter part to one side of the purified water intake pipe or the electrolytic cell. Switching device; characterized in that it comprises a.

In addition, the purified water intake pipe is preferably formed extending from the water supply pipe at the point where the flow path switching device is installed.

The flow path switching device is preferably a flow path switching valve.

According to the ionizer with a water purifying function according to the present invention, by installing a flow path switching valve on the water supply pipe between the pretreatment filter unit and the electrolytic cell, and separately installed a water supply water supply pipe at this point, the purified water is discharged directly to the outside, so that consumers If desired, there is an effect that can be discharged immediately without contaminating the water purified by the pretreatment filter.

The above objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the ionizer with a water purification function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the same device uses the same reference numeral.

2 is a view illustrating a schematic configuration of an ionizer having a water purifying function according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the ionizer having the water purification function of the present invention generates pre-filter 120 for purifying the supplied raw water, and electrolyzes the purified water by the pre-treatment filter to generate alkaline ionized water and acidic water. The flow path direction can be adjusted to supply the purified water from the electrolytic cell 140, the control unit 150 for controlling the operation of the ionizer, and the purified water from the pretreatment filter unit 120 to one side of the purified water intake pipe 161 or the electrolytic cell 140. It includes a flow path switching valve 160.

First, the pretreatment filter unit 120 introduces raw water (tap water) from the inlet 110 connected to the water source to generate purified water.

The pretreatment filter unit 120 may include a sediment filter, a pre-carbon filter, an ultra filter or a nano filter, and a post-carbon filter. This is usually used with a sediment filter.

This sediment filter typically filters over 5 micrometers (5 micrometers) of debris and contaminants contained in raw water to ensure normal operation of the components in subsequent processes.

The purified water passing through the pretreatment filter unit 120 flows through the water supply pipe 125. One side of the water supply pipe 125 may be installed to measure the flow rate is installed flow sensor 130.

The flow path switching valve 160 is installed on the path of the water supply pipe 125. The flow path switching valve 160 may adjust the flow path direction to supply water purified by the pretreatment filter unit 120 to one of the purified water intake pipe 161 and the electrolytic cell 140.

The electrolyzer 140 has a negative electrode 142 and a positive electrode 144 built in to electrolyze the water purified by the pretreatment filter unit 120, and on one side, alkali generated during electrolysis discharges hot water and acidic water, respectively. Alkaline water intake pipe 162 and acidic water drain pipe 182 for discharging are connected, respectively.

In the electrolyzer 140, as power is applied to the diaphragm provided between the negative electrode 142 and the positive electrode 144, positive ions of mineral components such as calcium and magnesium in water adhere to the negative electrode plate, and are attached to the negative electrode plate, chlorine, sulfuric acid, and sulfur. Negative ions such as these will stick to the positive electrode plate.

At the same time, the anode receives hydroxyl ions (OH-) at the cathode side and becomes oxygen molecules (O₂) and is blown into the air. Therefore, the hydroxide ions increase and the water becomes acidic. It becomes a hydrogen molecule (2H) and blows it into the air, but because of the high molecular weight of hydrogen, active hydrogen ions increase, so the water becomes alkaline.

Accordingly, the purified water entering the electrolytic cell 140 is electrolyzed into acidic water and alkaline ionized water, and the acidic water is discharged to the outside through the acidic water drainage pipe 182, and the alkaline ionized water is supplied to the alkaline ionized water intake pipe 162. It is discharged through the outlet 175 through.

The controller 150 is connected to the water supply valve 115, the flow sensor 130, the flow path switching valve 160, the negative electrode 142 and the positive electrode 144, the discharge valve (164, 165) in the electrolytic cell 140, respectively, each component Control the operation of the part.

That is, the controller 150 receives the raw water by opening the water supply valve 115 when the purified water or alkaline ionized water is to be discharged from the ionizer of the present invention, and controls the current of the power supply P 155 to control the negative electrode 142. The purified water is electrolyzed by supplying a current to the positive electrode 144 and the purified water discharge valve 164 or the alkaline water discharge valve 165 is opened to obtain purified or alkaline ionized water.

In this case, the control unit 150 opens the flow path of the flow path switching valve 160 in the direction of the purified water intake pipe 161 when the purified water is to be obtained, and flow path switching valve in the direction of the electrolytic cell 140 when the alkaline ionized water is to be obtained. The flow path of 160 is opened.

In addition, the controller 150 may control the amount of water passed through the pretreatment filter unit 120 using the information received by the flow sensor 130. That is, if purified water or alkaline ionized water is not required but the flow rate measured by the flow sensor 130 is too large, the water supply valve 115 is closed and purified water or alkaline ionized water is required, but the flow rate measured by the flow sensor 130 is small. If the water supply valve 115 is opened.

The purified water intake pipe 161 and the alkaline ionized water intake pipe 162 are provided with discharge valves 164 and 165 for controlling the discharge of purified water and alkaline ionized water. However, the acidic water drainage pipe 182 maintains the open state at all times to allow continuous discharge of the acidic water in the electrolytic cell 140.

The water supply valve 115 or the discharge valves 164 and 165 may be made of an electronic solenoid valve to operate by a signal of the controller 150.

With reference to the accompanying drawings will be described the operation of the ionizer with a water purification function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Raw water (tap water) introduced through the inlet is supplied to the pretreatment filter unit 120 through the water supply valve 115. The water purified by the pretreatment filter unit 120 passes through the water supply pipe 125 and is supplied to the purified water intake pipe 161 or the electrolytic cell 140. The flow path switching valve 160 installed in the path of the water supply pipe 125 receives a signal from the controller 150 to supply purified water to the purified water intake pipe 161 or the electrolytic cell 140.

When the user wants the purified water, the flow path in the direction of the purified water intake pipe 161 of the flow path switching valve 160 is opened and the flow path in the direction of the electrolytic cell 140 is closed so that the purified water does not pass through the electrolytic cell 140. do. At this time, the purified water passing through the pretreatment filter unit 120 passes through the purified water intake pipe 161 and is discharged to the purified water outlet 170. In this case, the discharge of the purified water is controlled by the discharge valve 164 opened and closed by the signal of the controller 150.

When the user wants alkaline ionized water, the flow path in the direction of the electrolytic cell 140 of the flow path switching valve 160 is opened and the flow path in the direction of the purified water intake pipe 161 is closed to extract the alkaline ionized water. At this time, the purified water passing through the pretreatment filter unit 120 is supplied to the electrolytic cell 140 through the water supply pipe 125, the alkaline ionized water and the acidic water generated through electrolysis in the electrolytic cell 140 is alkali Passed through the ionized water intake pipe 162 and the acidic water drain pipe 182 is discharged to each outlet (175, 180). In this case, the discharge of alkaline ionized water is controlled by the discharge valve 165 that is opened and closed by a signal of the controller 150. Acidic water produced by electrolysis, however, is to be discharged continuously.

Therefore, alkaline ionized water or acidic water is not produced when the purified water is to be obtained, and acidic water is discharged when the alkaline ionized water is to be obtained, but purified water cannot be collected.

Conventionally, even when the purified water is extracted, the water purified by the filter has passed through the electrolytic cell, thereby increasing the bacterial contamination of the purified water, and the acidic water remaining in the electrolytic cell is discharged as purified water.

However, according to the present invention, since the purified water does not pass through the electrolytic cell due to the operation of the flow path switching valve can prevent the above risk.

Although the flow path switching valve has been described as an example of the device capable of adjusting the flow direction, the present invention is not limited thereto.

While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiments. That is, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can make many changes and modifications to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims, and all such appropriate changes and modifications are possible. Equivalents should be considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

1 is a schematic diagram of an ionizer group commonly used in recent years

2 is a schematic diagram of an ionizer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

110: inlet 115: water supply valve

120: pretreatment filter unit 125: water supply pipe

130: flow sensor 140: electrolytic cell

142 negative electrode 144 positive electrode

150: control unit 155: power

160: flow path switching valve 161: water intake piping

162: alkaline ionized water intake pipe 164: purified water discharge valve

165: alkaline ionized water discharge valve 170: purified water outlet

175: alkaline ionized water outlet 180: acidic water outlet

182: acidic water drainage pipe

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A pretreatment filter unit for introducing purified water to generate purified water; An electrolytic cell connected to the pretreatment filter unit and a water supply pipe and electrolytically decomposing water purified by the pretreatment filter unit to generate alkaline ionized water and acidic water; A control unit controlling the extraction of the alkaline ionized water and the acidic water by controlling the operation of the electrolytic cell; A purified water intake pipe for discharging water purified by the pretreatment filter unit directly to the outside without passing through the electrolytic cell; And Flow path switching is provided on the path of the water supply pipe provided between the pre-treatment filter unit and the electrolytic cell, the flow path control to control the flow direction to supply the water purified by the pre-treatment filter unit to one side of the purified water intake pipe or electrolytic cell Water ionizer with a water purification function, characterized in that it comprises a device. The method of claim 1, The purified water intake pipe is a water ionizer with a water purification function, characterized in that formed extending from the water supply pipe at the point where the flow path switching device is installed. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The flow path switching device is an ionizer with a water purification function, characterized in that the flow path switching valve.
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