KR20150034975A - An electric heating portable tumbler and method for controlling thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electric heating portable tumbler and a control method thereof. In the tumbler, a thermally conductive member made of a conductive metal is entirely inserted into a nonconductive member made of a nonconductive material to form a body integrally, A main body in which a space portion in which a beverage can be received is formed and the upper side thereof is opened and a coupling portion for engaging or disengaging with the heating / regulating member is formed on the lower side; A heating / regulating member formed of a ring-shaped body having an inner diameter capable of being heated or maintained in a warmed state according to a user's selection and displaying the operation state thereof to the outside, The control method is provided, and the beverage contained in the container is supplied to the primary cell Use of the secondary battery will be able to heat rapidly at the option of the user, or by using the light emitting diodes of different colors, the operating state is kept, and rapid heating and thermal insulation to maintain a thermal insulation condition to be displayed to the outside.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an electric heating portable tumbler,

The present invention relates to an electric heating portable tumbler and a control method thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to an electric heating portable tumbler and a control method thereof, and more particularly, The present invention relates to an electric heating portable tumbler and a control method thereof.

In recent years, tumblers designed for easy portability and easy storage of beverages have been widely used. As a result, such tumblers are generally used to hold warm drinks such as cold beverages, coffee or milk, As a container made to be able to be used, usually, a heat insulating material is built in a cylindrical body to have a warming function and the upper part is opened to form an opening for holding a drink or a drink, and then a removable lid is covered so that the drink can be stored or consumed Consists of.

Such tumblers have been developed in various ways, in particular, to improve the warming function to maintain the taste of the beverage contained in the container.

In this connection, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2009-0078037 (published on July 17, 2009; hereinafter referred to as "Patent Document 1") discloses a thermosyphon Which can easily be boiled in a thermos bottle and has a screen for drinking coffee beans or various kinds of tea in a thermos bottle so as to be able to drink coffee beans or tea by using water boiled in another thermos bottle A technique relating to a thermos bottle is disclosed.

According to Patent Document 1, there is provided a liquid container comprising a first body formed with a space portion for receiving a beverage therein and having an opening at an upper side thereof, a first lid coupled to an upper end of the first body and selectively communicating with the space portion of the first body, A first cap attached to an upper end of the first cover, a first heating means installed at a lower end of the first main body and heating the beverage stored in the space portion of the first main body, A lower end of the second body is coupled to an upper end of the second body and an upper end of the second body is coupled to a lower end of the first heating means, A second heating means for heating the beverage contained in the space portion of the second main body and provided at the lower end of the second main body, a second heating means for heating the beverage stored in the second main body, Portable carrying By providing an electric thermos bottle, two thermos bottles equipped with heating means are detachably coupled to each other and carried, thereby making it possible to use boiling water easily in the vehicle or outdoors, and to use the boiled water to drink coffee beans or tea Respectively.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2011-0136293 (published on December 21, 2011; hereinafter referred to as "Patent Document 2") detects the temperature of a beverage and emits light of different colors according to the temperature, Discloses a technique relating to a beverage temperature display type tumbler that can easily grasp the temperature of a beverage through color.

According to Patent Document 2, the light emitting portion is controlled according to the temperature of the beverage sensed by the temperature sensing portion, the light emitting portion emitting light of different colors, and the temperature sensed by the temperature sensing portion, And a control unit that emits light according to temperature. Accordingly, it is possible to emit light of different colors according to the temperature of the beverage, so that the user can easily grasp the temperature of the beverage without drinking the beverage.

However, in the case of the former technology, there is a problem that a thermos bottle is composed of two stages and can be heated and frosted. Therefore, there is a problem that a very complicated configuration is involved. In the latter case, When the user intends to drink the beverage in a warm manner, the user has to heat the beverage using external heating means again and then inject it again to drink, which is troublesome

KR 10-2009-0078037 A 2009.07.17 Released KR 10-2011-0136293 A December 21, 2011 release

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a beverage which is rapidly heated or maintained in a thermostat state according to a user's choice using a primary battery or a secondary battery And an operation state in which the LEDs are rapidly heated and kept at a constant temperature by using light emitting diodes of different colors, and a control method thereof.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tumbler comprising a thermally conductive member made of a conductive metal, the thermally conductive member being integrally inserted into a nonconductive member made of a nonconductive material to integrally form a body, And a lower portion formed with an engaging portion for engaging or disengaging the heating / regulating member, and an engaging portion formed at a lower portion of the main body, And a heating / regulating member formed of a ring-shaped body having an inner diameter capable of rapidly heating or holding a beverage contained in the container according to a user's selection and displaying the operation state thereof while externally displaying the beverage.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a temperature of a heating unit, comprising a temperature sensing unit and a heating unit mounted thereon and having a heat retaining mode or a rapid heating mode selectable through a key input unit, A method of controlling an electric heating tumbler for controlling an operation of an electric heating tumbler to heat or warm a contents contained in a space inside a main body, the method comprising the steps of: (a) A first step of selectively controlling the display mode of the heating unit or the rapid heating mode according to the temperature of the main body, And the measured temperature value is measured according to the setting state of the heat retaining mode or the rapid heating mode A second step of controlling the operation of the heating unit so as to maintain the heating or quick heating while comparing with at least one predetermined temperature value set in advance; and (c) And a third step of stopping the operation of the display unit and terminating the operation of the portable tumbler.

According to the present invention, since the tumbler containing the beverage can be easily carried inside the container, it can be rapidly heated or maintained at the user's choice by using the primary battery or the secondary battery, It is possible to use the light emitting diodes of different colors to externally display the operation state in which rapid heating and keeping warmed up can be performed. Therefore, the user can conveniently control the operation of the tumbler, There is an advantage that the drink can be consumed by the user.

1 is an assembled perspective view illustrating the overall configuration of an electrically heated portable tumbler according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an exploded perspective view of an electrically heated portable tumbler according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of a heating unit driving circuit incorporated in a heating / regulating member of an electrically heated portable tumbler according to the present invention.
4A and 4B are flowcharts illustrating control operations of the heating unit and the status display unit of the control unit of FIG.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The construction and overall operation of an electrically heated portable tumbler according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It is to be understood that the words or words used in the present specification and claims are not to be construed in a conventional or dictionary sense and that the inventor can properly define the concept of a term in order to describe its invention in the best possible way And should be construed in light of the meanings and concepts consistent with the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described herein and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and that various equivalents and modifications may be substituted for them at the time of the present application shall.

2 is an exploded perspective view of an electrically heated portable tumbler according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of an electrically heated portable tumbler according to an embodiment of the present invention, Likewise, an electrically heated portable tumbler according to one embodiment of the present invention can be largely implemented in the form of a body 10, a cover 20, and a heating / conditioning member 30.

The body 10 is integrally formed by integrally inserting a heat conductive member 11 made of a conductive metal into a nonconductive member 12 made of a nonconductive material and integrally formed with a space portion 10a And the lower side thereof is formed with a coupling portion 11a for fitting or separating the heating / regulating member 30 with the heating / regulating member 30. It is preferable that the upper opening portion is formed so that the heat conductive member 11 made of the conductive metal is buried inside the nonconductive member 12 to prevent the user from burning the lips when drinking the drink. The coupling portion 11a is preferably formed by exposing the inner heat conductive member 11 to the lower portion of the nonconductive member 12 located outside the main body 10. [ The thermally conductive member 11 is brought into direct contact with the heating portion 35 of the heating / regulating member 30 to be explained later so that the engaging portion 11a at the lower portion thereof is directly heated by the heat of the heating portion 30, So that the contents accommodated in the space portion 10a of the body 10 can be warmed up or kept warm.

The cover 20 is formed in a general lid shape so as to be fitted to or detached from the upper opening of the main body 10 to cover or open the inlet of the main body 10. [

The heating / regulating member 30 is formed of a ring-shaped body having an inner diameter that can be fitted or detached in close contact with the engaging portion 11a formed at the lower portion of the main body 10. The inner surface of the ring- A heating unit 35 such as a heater capable of generating heat can be provided to be in direct contact with the engaging portion 11a exposed to the lower portion of the main body 10 and a heating portion driving circuit is built in the inside of the ring- So that the heat conductive member 11 constituting the inner container of the heat exchanger 10 can be heated as a whole.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a heating unit driving circuit incorporated in the heating / regulating member 30 of the electric heating portable tumbler according to the present invention. The heating unit driving circuit includes a temperature sensing unit 31, a key input unit 32, The body inside the container is constituted by driving the heating unit and the status display unit through the driving circuit including the heating unit 33, the status display unit 34, the heating unit 35, the power supply unit 36 and the charger connection unit 37 And the operation state of the beverage contained in the conductive member 11 is displayed to the outside while rapidly heating or keeping the beverage according to the user's choice. The heating unit driving circuit may further include an external charger 38 connected to the charger connection unit 37.

The temperature sensing part 31 is installed on one side of the inner circumferential surface of the ring-shaped body of the heating / regulating member 30 so as to measure the temperature of the engaging part 11a exposed at the lower part of the main body 10, The control unit 33 is connected to the control unit 33 as illustrated in FIG. 3 to transmit the measurement temperature T measured at the coupling unit 11a exposed under the main body 10 to the control unit 33, .

As shown in FIG. 2, the key input unit 32 includes a warming key 32a and a rapid heating key 32a, which are externally exposed on the outer circumferential surface of the ring-shaped body of the heating / The key input signals are generated in response to a key input of the user and transmitted to the control unit 33. [

The control unit 33 is built in the ring-shaped body of the heating / regulating member 30 and controls the operation of the system as a whole through a key input state set through the key input unit 32, The operation of the heating unit 35 and the state display unit 34 is controlled in accordance with the measured temperature value so that the heat conduction member 11 inside the body is kept warm or rapidly heated. To this end, the control unit 33 includes a built-in memory and stores therein at least one reference temperature value set by a user or preset by an initial value (for example, a first predetermined temperature T1 value, A second specified temperature (T2) value which is an upper limit temperature value for holding the heat, a third specified temperature (T3) value which is a lower limit temperature value for rapid heating, and the like).

As shown in FIG. 2, the state display unit 34 is installed to be exposed externally to the outer circumferential surface of the ring-shaped body of the heating / regulating member 30, so that the operation state of the heating unit according to the user's operation is changed to the heat- And a rapid heating display unit 34b. As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 33 is connected to the controller 33 to generate one or more display control signals Respectively.

2, the heating unit 35 is provided on the inner circumferential surface of the ring-shaped body of the heating / regulating member 30, and includes a coupling portion 11a formed at the lower portion of the body 10 and formed of a heat conductive member 11, And is configured to be able to directly heat the heat conductive member 11 by being heated by the driving / stop signal of the control unit 33 when power is supplied.

2, the power supply unit 36 is provided with one or more battery housings 36a, 36b which can house the primary battery 36a and the secondary battery 36b, respectively, on the outer circumferential surface of the ring-shaped body of the heating / So that operating power can be supplied to each part of the system from any one of the batteries housed in the respective battery receiving grooves.

2, the charger connecting portion 37 is exposed to the outer circumferential surface of the ring-shaped body of the heating / regulating member 30, and supplies external power to the power supplying portion 36, And is configured to be connectable to an external charger so as to be able to charge the rechargeable battery 36b.

The external charger 38 converts the commercial power to a direct current and outputs a voltage and a current rated to charge the secondary battery 36b by dropping the voltage. Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > charger < / RTI >

The heating unit driving circuit mounted on the heating / regulating member 30 drives the heating unit 35 in the heat retaining state or the rapid heating state according to the user's selection set through the key input unit 32, The thermally conductive member 11 constituting the inner container of the main body 10 is rapidly heated or maintained in a thermostat state so that the contents accommodated in the space 10a inside the main body 10 are warmed up or kept warm, Can be displayed externally through the status display unit 34. [

4A and 4B are flowcharts illustrating a control operation of the heating unit 35 and the status display unit 34 performed by the control unit 33 in the configuration of the heating unit driving circuit of FIG. FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an operation flow performed in the rapid heating mode when the key value selected by the user is the ON state value of the rapid heating key, and FIG. And includes the first to third steps.

The first step is to check the key value selected by the user through the key input unit 32 to determine whether the warm-up key for setting the keep warm mode is on or whether the rapid heating mode for setting the rapid heating mode is on (S101, S102), and selectively activates any one of the keep-warm display portion or the rapid-heating display portion according to the heat retaining mode or the rapid heating mode according to the key value selected by the user to display the operation mode of the heating portion in the heat retaining mode or the rapid heating mode (S102, S112).

The second step is a step of entering into the heat retention mode or the rapid heating mode, respectively, and is performed by measuring the temperature of the main body 10 through the temperature sensing part 31 and storing the measured temperature value in the heat retention mode or rapid heating And controlling the operation of the heating unit 35 so that the heat retention or rapid heating is performed while comparing with at least one predetermined temperature value set in advance according to the setting state of the mode. In the second step, the temperature is measured (S103) when the keeping maintenance mode is selected as illustrated in FIG. 4A (Y branch of S101), and the measured temperature T is set to a predetermined first specified temperature T1 The operation of the heating unit 35 is performed so that the measured temperature is maintained between the preset first predetermined temperature T1 and the second specified temperature T2 while comparing the measured temperature T2 with the second specified temperature T2 (Steps S105 and S107). 4B, when the rapid heating mode is selected (Y branch in S111), the temperature is measured (S113) and the measured temperature T is set to a predetermined third specified temperature T3 When the measured temperature T falls below the third specified temperature T3, the heating unit 35 is operated to perform rapid heating, and when the measured temperature T reaches the third specified temperature T3 (S113-S116) for stopping the operation of the heating unit 35 when the temperature reaches the predetermined value (S113-S116).

The third step (S108, S109, S117, and S118) checks the key value selected by the user through the key input unit 32 to determine whether the warm-up key for canceling the keeping maintenance mode is turned off or the rapid heating mode (S108, S117) When the keep warm mode is released (Y branch of S108) through the key input unit 32 or when the rapid heating mode is canceled (Y branch of S117) (S109, S118) of stopping the operation of the operation unit and terminating the operation.

The electric heating portable tumbler according to the present invention constructed as described above, the control method thereof, and the operation effect thereof will be described in detail as follows.

First, in a state where operating power is supplied to each part from the primary battery 36a or the secondary battery 36b of the power supply unit 36, the control unit 33 controls the operation of the user through the key input unit 32 in the first step, (S101 and S111), and displays a display control signal for separately displaying the heat retaining mode or the rapid heating mode according to whether the warm-up key or the rapid heating key is set to the status display section 34 Output.

At this time, the state display unit 34 selectively turns on any one of the warming-up display unit or the rapid-heating display unit to separately display the heat-holding mode or the rapid heating mode according to the display control signal outputted from the control unit 33 (S102, S112) And the operation mode of the heating unit is indicated by the heat retaining mode or the rapid heating mode.

The control unit 33 enters the heat retaining mode or the rapid heating mode to measure the temperature T of the engaging portion 11a of the main body 10 through the temperature sensing unit 31 at step S103, do.

At this time, if the temperature T is measured, the control unit 33 compares the first specified temperature T1 and the second specified temperature T2 with the measured value T (S104, S106), the operation of the heating unit 35 is controlled to be driven (S105) or stopped (S107) so that the keeping of heat is maintained in the temperature range between the first specified temperature T1 and the second specified temperature T2, In the mode setting state, the operation of the heating unit 35 is controlled (S115) so that rapid heating is performed up to the third predetermined temperature T3 while comparing with the third specified temperature T3 (S114).

That is, in the second step, when the keeping maintenance mode is selected (Y branch of S101), the temperature is measured (S103) and the measured temperature T is set to a predetermined first predetermined temperature T1 and a second specified temperature T2 (Steps S104 and S106), the heating section 35 is driven or stopped (steps S105 and S107) so that the temperature is maintained between the preset first predetermined temperature T1 and the second specified temperature T2 The temperature is measured (S113) when the rapid heating mode is selected (Y branch in S111), and the measured temperature (T) is compared with the preset third specified temperature (T3) T is lower than the third specified temperature T3, the heating unit 35 is driven to perform rapid heating. When the measured temperature T reaches the third specified temperature T3 The operation of stopping the operation of the heating unit 35 (S113-S116) is selectively executed.

Finally, the control unit 33 checks the key value selected by the user through the key input unit 32 in step S108. If the warm-up key for releasing the keep-warm mode is turned off while the keep-warm mode is set Y branch) The operation of the warming-up display unit 34a is stopped (S109) after the operation of the heating unit 35 is stopped, and all the operations are terminated. Alternatively, the rapid heating mode (Y branch in S117), the operation of the rapid heating display unit 34b is stopped with the operation of the heating unit 35 being stopped, and all the operations are terminated.

Thus, according to the present invention, the thermally conductive member 11 constituting the inner container of the main body 10 is rapidly heated or maintained in a thermostat state according to the key input state and the measured temperature value of the user through the heating unit driving circuit and the control method thereof So that the contents stored in the space 10a inside the main body 10 can be warmed up or kept warm while the operation status can be displayed to the outside through the status display unit 34. [

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, Modification is possible. Accordingly, it is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the claims appended hereto, and that all equivalent or equivalent variations thereof fall within the scope of the present invention.

10: main body 10a:
11: heat conduction member 11a:
12: non-conductive member 20: cover
30: heating / regulating member 31: temperature sensing unit
32: key input unit 32a:
32b: rapid heating key 33:
34: Status display section 34a:
34b: Rapid heating display part 35: Heating part
36: power supply unit 36a: primary battery
36b: secondary battery 37: charger connector
38: External charger

Claims (8)

In the tumbler,
A heat conductive member 11 made of a conductive metal is integrally inserted into the inside of the nonconductive member 12 made of a nonconductive material to integrally form a body and a space portion 10a in which a beverage can be received is formed inside the body A main body 10 having an upper side opened and a lower side formed with an engaging portion 11a for engaging or disengaging with the heating / regulating member 30; And
Shaped body having an inner diameter that can be fitted or detached in an adhered state to or in close contact with the engaging portion 11a formed at the lower portion of the main body 10. The beverage contained in the container can be rapidly heated And a heating / regulating member (30) for displaying the operating state of the electric tumbler while maintaining the state of the electric heating element. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the engaging portion (11a)
Wherein the inner heat conductive member (11) is exposed to the lower portion of the nonconductive member (12) located outside the main body (10). The heating / regulating member (30) according to claim 2, wherein the heating /
A heating part 35 which can be electrically heated can be provided on the inner circumferential surface of the ring-shaped body and is in direct contact with the engaging part 11a exposed to the lower part of the body 10 to constitute the inner container of the body 10 Wherein the heat conductive member (11) is configured to be able to directly heat the heat conductive member (11) as a whole. The method of claim 3,
The heating / regulating member 30 incorporates a driving circuit for driving the heating unit 35,
The heating section drive circuit may include:
A temperature sensing unit 30 which is installed at one side of the inner circumferential surface of the ring-shaped body of the heating / regulating member 30 and measures the temperature of the engaging portion 11a exposed at the lower portion of the body 10 and transfers the measured temperature to the control unit 33; (31);
A warming key 32a and a rapid heating key 32b, which are externally exposed on the outer circumferential surface of the ring-shaped body of the heating / regulating member 30 so as to be freely operated by a user, And transmits it to the control unit 33;
Shaped body of the heating / regulating member 30 and controls the operation of the system as a whole to control the key input state set through the key input unit 32 and the temperature value measured through the temperature sensing unit 31 A control unit 33 for controlling the operation of the heating unit 35 and the status display unit 34 to heat or maintain the heat conductive member 11 inside the main body;
A warming display unit 34a and a rapid heating display unit 34b, which are installed outside the ring-shaped body of the heating / regulating member 30 so as to be exposed to the outside and separately display the operating states of the heating unit according to user's operation, A status display unit 34 driven by one or more display control signals generated by the control unit 34; And
One or more battery receiving grooves into which the primary battery 36a and the secondary battery 36b can be respectively mounted may be formed on the outer circumferential surface of the ring-shaped body of the heating / regulating member 30, And a power supply unit (36) configured to supply operating power to each part of the system from any one of the power supply unit (36) and the power supply unit (36). 5. The method of claim 4,
The battery charger 36 is installed to be exposed to the outer circumferential surface of the ring-shaped body of the heating / regulating member 30 and supplies external power to the power supply unit 36, A charger connection portion (37) configured to be connectable with the battery charger; And
And an external charger 38 connected to the charger connection unit 37 and configured to convert external commercial power to direct current and output a rated voltage and current capable of charging the secondary battery by dropping the voltage Wherein the tumbler comprises: 5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the control unit (33)
Wherein the controller is programmed to store one or more reference temperature values (a first designated temperature value to a third specified temperature value) which are preset by a user or preset by an initial value, provided with a built-in memory. The temperature sensing unit 31 and the heating unit 35 are mounted and the heating and holding mode or rapid heating mode is selectable through the key input unit 32. The heating unit 35. A method of controlling an electric heating tumbler for controlling the temperature of the contents stored in the space 10a in the main body 10 to be maintained or maintained,
(a) selectively controlling any one display operation for the warm-up display or the rapid-heating display according to the heat retaining mode or the rapid heating mode selected by the user through the key input unit 32 to change the operation mode of the heating unit to the heat- A first step of displaying in a rapid heating mode;
(b) The temperature of the main body 10 is measured through the temperature sensing unit 31, and the measured temperature value is compared with one or more predetermined temperature values preset according to the setting state of the keeping warm mode or the rapid heating mode, A second step of controlling the operation of the heating unit 35 so that heating or rapid heating is performed; And
(c) a third step of stopping the operations of the heating unit and the respective display units and terminating the operation when the heat retaining mode or the rapid heating mode is released through the key input unit 32 How to control the tumbler 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second step (b)
(b1) When the keeping maintenance mode is selected, the temperature is measured and the operation of the heating unit 35 is performed so that the measured temperature T is maintained between the first predetermined temperature T1 and the second specified temperature T2 ;
(b2) When the rapid heating mode is selected, the temperature is measured. If the measured temperature (T) is lower than a preset third predetermined temperature (T3), the heating unit (35) Stopping the operation of the heating unit 35 when the temperature T reaches a preset third predetermined temperature T3; Wherein the step of controlling the electric heating tumbler comprises the steps of:

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