KR20090043787A - Water ionizer having water cleaning ability - Google Patents

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KR20090043787A
KR20090043787A KR1020070109540A KR20070109540A KR20090043787A KR 20090043787 A KR20090043787 A KR 20090043787A KR 1020070109540 A KR1020070109540 A KR 1020070109540A KR 20070109540 A KR20070109540 A KR 20070109540A KR 20090043787 A KR20090043787 A KR 20090043787A
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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. Electrolytic cell for generating alkaline ionized water and acidic water, a control unit for controlling the operation of the electrolytic cell and the operation of a water supply valve or a discharge valve, and a purified water supplied from the pretreatment filter unit The water intake pipe extending from the flow path switching device installed on the water supply pipe without passing through the electrolytic cell, and is installed on the path of the water supply pipe provided between the pretreatment filter unit and the electrolytic cell and the pretreatment filter unit The purified water to one side of the purified water intake pipe or electrolyzer In that it comprises a flow channel switching device that can control the flow direction to be characterized. 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, and separately installed a water intake pipe in the flow path switching valve, the purified water is discharged directly to the outside without passing through the electrolytic cell, thereby contaminating the purified water It does not mix acidic water.

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

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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, a flow path switching valve is installed in a water supply pipe between a pretreatment filter unit and an electrolytic cell, and a water purification pipe is separately installed in the flow path switching valve so that the purified water does not pass through the electrolytic cell. It's about an ionizer with the ability to extract it right away.

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 electrolyzed water by introducing raw water into the electrolyzer and then generates electrolyzed water, and then, until recently, alkaline ionized water for drinking and cooking is a main function.

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.

A typical ionizer is a pretreatment filter part composed of activated carbon and a UFA filter (also referred to as a 'hollow fiber membrane filter'; hereinafter referred to as 'UF filter') and raw water filtered by the pretreatment filter part to electrolyze alkaline ionized water and acidic water. It is equipped with an electrolytic cell for producing.

1 shows a schematic view of a commonly used ionizer.

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. ), A control unit 50 for controlling the operation of the ionizer, an alkaline ionized water intake pipe 65 through which alkaline ionized water generated in the electrolytic cell 40 or purified water passing through the electrolytic cell 40 flows.

In the case of using the conventional ionizer as described above, alkaline ionized water and purified water are discharged to the same extraction coke. Recently, the Ministry of Environment forbids the extraction of alkaline ionized water and purified water to the same extraction coke.

However, unlike in Korea, it is still allowed to extract alkaline ionized water and purified water in the same water extraction coke in the same manner as in conventional ionized water.

In this case, when passing through the electrolytic cell as in the case of extracting alkaline ionized water even during the extraction of purified water, not only can the bacterial contamination of the purified water be increased, but the acidic water is discharged even though the acidic water is not generated through the electrolytic cell. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and when the purified water is extracted to prevent the passage of the electrolytic cell by using a flow path switching valve to provide an ionizer with a water purification function to extract the purified water without contamination and acidic water mixed Its purpose is to.

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 configured to allow the purified water supplied from the pretreatment filter unit to be discharged to the outside without passing through the electrolytic cell and extend from the flow path conversion device installed on the water supply pipe; And a flow path which is installed on a path of the water supply pipe provided between the pretreatment filter part and the electrolytic cell, and which controls the 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 characterized in that the alkali is installed on one side of the electrolytic cell is combined with the hot water intake pipe to form a single path.

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

According to the water ionizer with a water purifying function 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, and separately installed a water intake pipe in the flow path switching valve, the purified water does not pass through the electrolytic cell immediately By discharging, there is an effect that the acidic water is not mixed without contaminating the purified water.

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 according to the present invention is pretreated filter unit 20 for purifying the supplied raw water, and electrolyzed water purified by the pretreated filter unit to obtain alkaline ionized water and acidic water. The control unit 50 and the pretreatment filter unit 20 which control the operation of the generated electrolytic cell 40, the ionizer and the operation of the water supply valve 15 or the discharge valve 60 to control the extraction of alkaline ionized water and purified water The purified water intake pipe 95 and the water supply pipe 25 formed so that the purified water is discharged to the outside without passing through the electrolytic cell 40, the purified water by the pretreatment filter unit 20 to the purified water It includes a flow path switching device 90 for controlling the flow direction to be supplied to one side of the intake pipe 95 or the electrolytic cell 40.

The pretreatment filter unit 20 is connected to the water supply source and introduces raw water (tap water) from the inlet 10 to generate purified water.

The pretreatment filter unit 20 may include a sediment filter, a pre-carbon filter, an ultra filter or a nano filter, a post-carbon filter, or the like. This is usually used with a sediment filter.

This sediment filter typically filters over 5 micrometers (5 μm) of debris and contaminants in raw water to ensure that parts of subsequent processes work normally.

The purified water passing through the pretreatment filter unit 20 flows through the water supply pipe 25.

One side of the water supply pipe 25 is installed with a flow sensor 30 can measure the flow rate flowing.

The flow path switching valve 90 is provided on the path of the water supply pipe 25. The flow path switching valve 90 may adjust the flow path direction to supply the purified water from the pretreatment filter unit 20 to one of the purified water intake pipe 95 and the electrolytic cell 40.

The electrolyzer 40 has a negative electrode 42 and a positive electrode 44 therein for electrolyzing the water purified by the pretreatment filter unit 20, and one side discharges or discharges alkaline ionized water and acidic water generated during electrolysis, respectively. The alkaline ionized water intake pipe 65 and the acidic water drain pipe 75 are connected to each other.

In the electrolyzer 40, as power is applied to the diaphragm provided between the negative electrode 42 and the positive electrode 44, positive ions of mineral components such as calcium and magnesium in water adhere to the negative electrode plate, and chlorine, sulfuric acid, and sulfur Negative ions of the back 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, while the cathode receives hydrogen ions (H +) at the anode side. When it is received, it becomes a hydrogen molecule (2H) and blows it into the air, but since the amount of hydrogen molecules increases, active hydrogen ions increase, water becomes alkaline.

Accordingly, the purified water entering the electrolytic cell 40 is electrolyzed into acidic water and alkaline ionized water, and the acidic water is discharged to the outside through the acidic water drainage pipe 75, and the alkaline ionized water is discharged into the alkaline ionized water intake pipe 65. It is discharged through the first outlet 70 through.

The controller 50 is connected to the water supply valve 15, the flow sensor 30, the flow path switching valve 90, and the negative electrode 42, the positive electrode 44, and the discharge valve 60 in the electrolytic cell 40, respectively. Control the operation of the part.

That is, the controller 50 receives the raw water by opening the water supply valve 15 when 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 55 to control the negative electrode 42. The current is supplied to the positive electrode 44 so that the purified water is electrolyzed, and the discharge valve 60 is opened to obtain purified or alkaline ionized water.

In this case, the controller 50 opens the flow path of the flow path switching valve 90 in the direction of the purified water intake pipe 95 when it is desired to obtain the purified water, and flow path switching valve toward the electrolytic cell 40 when the alkaline ionized water is to be obtained. The flow path of 90 is opened.

In addition, the controller 50 may control the amount of water passed through the pretreatment filter unit 20 using the information received by the flow sensor 30. That is, if the purified water or alkaline ionized water is not required but the flow rate measured by the flow sensor 30 is too large, the water supply valve 15 is closed and the purified water or alkaline ionized water is required but the flow rate measured by the flow sensor 30 is small. If the water supply valve 15 is opened.

The purified water intake pipe 95 and the alkaline ionized water intake pipe 65 are provided with a discharge valve 60 for controlling the discharge of purified water and alkaline ionized water.

However, the acidic water drainage pipe 75 maintains the open state at all times to allow continuous discharge of the acidic water in the electrolytic cell 40.

The water supply valve 15 or the discharge valve 60 is preferably made of an electronic solenoid valve to operate by a signal from the control unit 50.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described the operation of the ion water formula having a water purification function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Raw water (tap water) introduced through the inlet 10 is supplied to the pretreatment filter unit 20 through the water supply valve 15. The water purified by the pretreatment filter unit 20 passes through the water supply pipe 25 and is supplied to the purified water intake pipe 95 or the electrolytic cell 40. The flow path switching valve 90 installed in the path of the water supply pipe 25 receives a signal from the controller 50 to supply purified water to the purified water intake pipe 95 or the electrolytic cell 40.

If the user wants purified water, the flow path in the direction of the purified water intake pipe 95 of the flow path switching valve 90 is opened and the flow path in the direction of the electrolytic cell 40 is closed so that the purified water does not pass through the electrolytic cell 40. do.

At this time, the purified water passing through the pretreatment filter unit 20 passes through the purified water intake pipe 95 and is discharged to the first water outlet 70. In this case, the discharge of the purified water is controlled by the discharge valve 60 which is opened and closed by the signal of the controller 50.

When the user wants alkaline ionized water, the flow path in the direction of the electrolytic cell 40 of the flow path switching valve 90 is opened, and the flow path in the direction of the purified water intake pipe 95 is closed to extract the alkaline ionized water.

At this time, the purified water passing through the pretreatment filter unit 20 is supplied to the electrolytic cell 40 through the water supply pipe 25, the alkali ion water and the acidic water generated through the electrolysis in the electrolytic cell 40 is alkali Passed through the ionized water intake pipe (65) and the acidic water drain pipe (75) is discharged to the first outlet (70) or the second outlet (80), respectively. In this case, the discharge of alkaline ionized water is controlled by the discharge valve 60 which is opened and closed by a signal from the controller 50. However, acidic water produced by electrolysis 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.

In addition, the purified water intake pipe 95 and the alkaline ionized water intake pipe 65 are coupled to each other so that the paths face each other, so that the purified or alkaline ionized water is operated by the operation of the discharge valve 60 opened and closed by a signal from the controller 50. Outflow is controlled.

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 and alkaline ionized water are discharged through the first outlet port 70, the device for withdrawing the produced material can be reduced, and the purified water does not pass through the electrolytic cell due to the operation of the flow path switching valve. Risks such as

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, a person having ordinary skill 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 a commonly used ionizer.

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>

10: inlet port 15: water supply valve

20: pretreatment filter portion 25: water supply pipe

30: flow sensor 40: electrolytic cell

42: negative electrode 44: positive electrode

50: control unit 55: power

60: discharge valve 65: alkaline ionized water outlet pipe

70: first outlet port 75: acidic water drainage pipe

80: second outlet port 90: flow path switching valve

95: purified water intake 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 and the operation of a water supply valve or a discharge valve; A purified water intake pipe configured to allow the purified water supplied from the pretreatment filter unit to be discharged to the outside without passing through the electrolytic cell and extend from the flow path conversion device installed on the water supply pipe; And Flow path switching is provided on the path of the water supply pipe provided between the pretreatment filter unit and the electrolytic cell, the flow path control can be controlled to supply the water purified by the pretreatment 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 combined with an alkaline ionized water intake pipe installed on one side of the electrolytic cell to form a single water ionizer characterized in that it forms a single path. 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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