KR20150137765A

KR20150137765A - Water purifier with device automatically washing cup

Info

Publication number: KR20150137765A
Application number: KR1020140066227A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 노임환
Original assignee: (주)불켄유티아이
Priority date: 2014-05-30
Filing date: 2014-05-30
Publication date: 2015-12-09

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a water purifier for providing a potable drinking water, and more particularly, to a water purifier capable of circulating a cup to automatically clean and recover the cup after use.
A water purifier capable of circulating the cup by automatic washing according to the present invention includes a drinking water nozzle for discharging drinking water; A cup storage part for storing a cup for drinking of drinking water discharged from the drinking water nozzle; A cup collecting part for storing a cup inserted after use; A washing brush for washing the inside of the cup discharged from the cup collecting part; A cup transfer means for transferring the cleaned cup through the cleaning brush to the cup storage unit; And a washing water nozzle provided on the conveying path by the cup conveying means and injecting washing water to the inside and outside of the conveyed cup.

Description

[0001] Water purifier with device automatically washing cup [

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a water purifier for providing a potable drinking water, and more particularly, to a water purifier capable of circulating a cup to automatically clean and recover the cup after use.

In recent years, it has become common to provide drinking water by providing cold and warm water purifiers in public places such as offices, banks, schools, and health clubs in homes, and other places except the home are used by many people In many cases, disposable paper cups are provided for drinking water from a water purifier. Alternatively, a large number of metal or plastic cups may be provided and cups once used may be collected and used And it is often washed and washed before drinking.

However, since disposable paper cups are used only once, there is a problem of waste of resources and environmental pollution. In the case of using a cup made of metal or plastic, the cups used by the manager must be collected, washed, And it takes a lot of time.

In order to solve the problem of wasting manpower and time that must be provided to the water purifier after the manager collects the used cups after washing them, the registered trademark of Registration No. 10-0438676 entitled " Automatic Cup Cleaning Device " 0351039 "A cup automatic washing machine for both cold and hot water purifiers" proposed a water purifier having an automatic washing function of a cup.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a cleaning device as a main part in the water purifier proposed by the above-mentioned registered patent No. 10-0438676 "automatic cup cleaning device for drinking cups" and registered utility model No. 20-0351039 "automatic hot water cleaning device for both cold and warm water purifiers" As shown in Figure 1,

A rotary table 21 provided rotatably around a rotary shaft 82 provided at an intermediate partition wall 81 and having a plurality of wash water pass holes 22 formed therein, And a lower washing tank 61 provided under the intermediate partition 81 and provided with a spray nozzle 63 for spraying washing water for washing the cup, An upper washing tank 51 provided with a spray nozzle 52 for spraying washing water to seal the cup placed on the base 26 and to clean the outside of the cup, and an upper washing tank 51 for raising and lowering the upper washing tank And an operating portion.

The above-mentioned No. 10-0438676 entitled "automatic cup cleaning apparatus for drinking cup" is a system in which a cup is placed on a rotary table 21 having a circular plate structure, and the rotary table 21 is rotated, 21), the number of cups that can be put on the rotary table (21) is limited, and about half of the total cups placed on the rotary table (21) In the restaurant or public place that many people use, the utility is small except for the home. If the size of the rotary table 21 is increased in order to increase the number of usable cups, the overall size of the cleaning device becomes larger, which is also less useful.

In addition, the above-mentioned No. 10-0438676 "automatic cup cleaning device for drinking cups" only cleans cups by spraying high-temperature washing water to the cups, and many foreign substances adhered to the cups are not easily washed by only washing water to be sprayed.

So, in recent years, citizens are paying a lot of attention to hygiene, so there is a need for a means to cleanly remove foreign substances adhered to the cup without being removed by the washing water.

The present invention has been devised in order to solve the problem of a conventional water purifier having an automatic cleaning function of a cup according to the related art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a water purifier, And it is an object of the present invention to provide a water purifier capable of circulating the cup by hygienic automatic washing because there is less space and foreign matter is attached to the cup even after washing.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a water purifier capable of circulating the cup by automatic washing

A drinking water nozzle for discharging drinking water;

A cup storage part for storing a cup for drinking of drinking water discharged from the drinking water nozzle;

A cup collecting part for storing a cup inserted after use;

A washing brush for washing the inside of the cup discharged from the cup collecting part;

A cup transfer means for transferring the cleaned cup through the cleaning brush to the cup storage unit;

And a washing water nozzle provided on the conveying path by the cup conveying means and injecting washing water to the inside and outside of the conveyed cup.

And a first reversing member provided on the conveying path by the cup conveying means and reversing the inside of the cup to be conveyed after being cleaned by the cleaning brush to face downward,

And a heater for applying heat to the cup cleaned by the cleaning water nozzle to dry the cup.

A guide plate for guiding the cups cleaned through the wash water nozzles into the cup storage part;

And a second reversing member provided on an inlet side of the guide plate and reversing the inside of the cup to be transported upward.

In the present invention having the above-described configuration, a cup before use which can be consumed and a cup which is collected after use are stored in a large amount in the cup storing part and the cup returning part, respectively, And the conveyance path of the cup for cleaning is formed at the upper part from the lower part of the purifier body so that there is not much space to be additionally secured to the purifier body for washing and the inside of the cup is cleaned with the cleaning brush before washing the cup with the washing water So that it is possible to prevent foreign matter from being attached to the cup. After the cup is dried, the cup is stored in the cup storing part. It is a water purifier that can be circulated and is a very useful invention for industrial development.

1 is a cross-sectional view of a cleaning device as a main part in a water purifier having an automatic cleaning function of a cup according to the prior art;
FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a water purifier capable of circulating the cup by automatic washing according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the main body of FIG. 2 with the case removed. FIG.
4 is a partial incision front view of Fig.

Hereinafter, a water purifier capable of circulating the cup by automatic washing according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Before describing the present invention in more detail,

While the present invention has been described in connection with certain embodiments, it is obvious that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the invention. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used for the same reference numerals, and in particular, the numerals of the tens and the digits of the digits, the digits of the tens, the digits of the digits and the alphabets are the same, Members referred to by reference numerals can be identified as members corresponding to these standards.

In the drawings, the components are expressed by exaggeratingly larger (or thicker) or smaller (or thinner) in size or thickness in consideration of the convenience of understanding, etc. However, It should not be.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the term " comprising " or " consisting of ", or the like, refers to the presence of a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

The water purifier capable of circulating the cup by the automatic washing according to the present invention

An element relating to a water purification apparatus for providing drinking water and an element relating to a cleaning apparatus for allowing the recovered cup to be washed and used,

The essence of the present invention is briefly described with respect to components of the cleaning apparatus, which are related to the water purification apparatus.

The main body 10 incorporates components relating to a water purification apparatus for providing drinking water therein, and components for a cleaning apparatus for cleaning and recovering the recovered cup.

The main body 10 includes a frame 11 forming a skeleton therein and a case 13 coupled to the frame 11 to form a space in which components can be embedded.

The bottom of the main body 10 is provided with a drain tank 15 for temporarily storing washing water generated during the washing process of the cup and discharging the washing water to the outside.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, components of the water purification apparatus for providing drinking water include a filter 110, a cold water tank 120, a hot water tank 130, a drinking water nozzle 140, and the like.

The filter 110 is provided on a water supply line (not shown) to remove various foreign substances contained in the incoming drinking water, sterilize the drinking water,

The cold water tank 120 and the hot water tank 130 respectively store drinking water that has passed through the filter 110 and cool or heat the stored drinking water to cold water of high temperature and hot water of high temperature respectively,

The drinking water nozzle 140 discharges cold water or hot water stored in the cold water tank 120 or the hot water tank 130 to the outside.

Another component of the water purification apparatus for providing drinking water is

Drinking water discharging means for selecting cold water or hot water to be discharged through the drinking water nozzle 140 according to a user's operation,

Cup discharging means for discharging the cups stacked on the cup storing portion 210 one by one,

And a drinking water discharge stop means for stopping discharge of cold water or hot water by detecting the weight of drinking water filled in the cup placed on the cup receiving part 150 by a predetermined amount or more.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, components of the cleaning apparatus for cleaning and recovering the recovered cup include a cup storage unit 210, a cup recovery unit 220, a cup transfer unit 230, A brush 240, a wash water nozzle 250, first and second reversing members 260 and 270, a heater 280, and the like.

Cups which can be cleaned and used are stacked and stored in the cup storage unit 210. Cups which are used in the cup recovery unit 220 and are to be cleaned are stacked and stored.

The cup storing part 210 and the cup returning part 220 are provided with discharging means (not shown) for automatically discharging the cups arranged at the lowermost part of the stacked cups. The discharging means of the cup storing unit 210 discharges a cup disposed at the lowest position when the user presses a button for drinking and the discharging means of the cup collecting unit 220 discharges the cup stored in the cup storing unit 210 When the amount of the water drops below a certain amount, the cups disposed at the bottom are automatically discharged to be introduced into the cup storing part 210 after being washed.

The cup discharged from the cup collecting part 220 descends on the guide plate 221 and is placed in the holding part 223 provided at the lower part of the cleaning brush 240.

When the cup is placed on the inner tooth portion 223, the cleaning brush 240 is lowered into the inside of the cup. After the cleaning brush 240 is inserted, the cleaning brush 241, which rotates to contact the inner surface of the cup, After the cup is completely cleaned, the cup is allowed to move up and down, and the next cleaning is prepared.

The cleaning brush 240 is provided with a detergent outlet (not shown) for discharging the detergent through the cleaning brush 241, so that the foreign substances and grease on the inner surface of the cup are cleanly removed by the detergent.

The cup having been firstly cleaned through the cleaning brush 240 is discharged from the inner tooth portion 223 through a discharging means (not shown), and is introduced into the cup transfer means 230.

The cup conveying means 230 is moved to the upper part of the main body 10 by the washing water nozzle 250 by completing the primary washing through the washing brush 240, And after the completion of the secondary cleaning, it is introduced into the cup storage part 210. [0064]

The cup conveying means (230)

A conveying block 232 having two grip bars 231 protruding in parallel so as to hold the outer surface of the inlet side of the cup having a diameter larger than that of the other portions on both sides,

A rod-like transfer guide gear 233 arranged in the vertical direction of the main body 10,

Conveyance guide rods 234 disposed on both sides of the conveyance guide gear 233,

A conveyance guide bracket 235 fixed to the conveyance block 232 and inserted through the conveyance guide bar 234 so that the conveyance block 232 is conveyed along the conveyance guide bar 234,

A circular driving gear 236 rotatably coupled to the conveying block 232 and engaged with the conveying guide gear 233,

And a motor 237 that rotates the driving gear 236 so that the rotating driving gear 236 moves up and down along the feeding guide gear 233.

Since the distance between the two grip bars 231 is smaller than the diameter of the inlet side of the cup, the cup in the forward direction (the inlet faces upward and the bottom faces down) is caught by the grip bars 231 on both sides, The cup in the opposite reverse direction (the inlet is directed downward and the bottom is directed upward) is placed on the receiving portion 231a of the grip bar 231. In this case,

A blocking plate 231b protrudes inward to the rear of the grip bar 231 so that a cup in the forward direction caught by the two grip bars 231 or a cup in the reverse direction placed on the two grip bars 231, (231) and keep the cup in place.

At this time, the barrier plate 231b has elasticity to allow the cup to pass through the barrier plate 231b forcibly when the cup is reversed in the forward direction by the first inversion member 260.

The washing water nozzle 250 injects washing water from the top and bottom of the cup transferred to the top of the main body 10 by the cup feeding means 230 to clean the inside and the outside of the cup by the second order. That is, the detergent and the foreign substances on the cup are removed through the washing water through the washing brush 240.

The washing water sprayed to the washing water nozzle 250 is sprayed at a high pressure so that foreign substances adhering to the inner and outer surfaces of the cup are separated and removed, and sterilized by injecting hot washing water.

The wash water nozzle 250 is coupled to the transfer block 232 and moves together with the transfer block 232 and is formed in a C shape as a whole so that washing water is sprayed to the outside of the cup at the injection port 151 on the upper side And the washing water is sprayed into the inside of the cup at the injection port 253 on the lower side. And a connection port 255 to which a water supply tube (not shown) for supplying wash water is connected is provided at an intermediate portion.

The water supply tube for supplying the washing water to the washing water nozzle 250 is embedded in the articulated protection member 290 so that the washing water nozzle 250 is moved up and down together with the transfer block 232, Thereby preventing damage to other components.

The first inverting member 260 is provided on the conveyance path of the cup conveying means 230 between the lower cleaning brush 240 and the upper washing water nozzle 250 so that the forward cup, So that the washing water injected from the washing water nozzle 250 into the inside of the cup is allowed to fall naturally after removing the detergent and foreign substances in the cup (see, for example, .

The first inverting member 260 protrudes obliquely from the lower part to the upper part and has a rod-like structure.

The cup in the forward direction, which is conveyed upward by the cup conveying means 230, is blocked by contacting one side (left side in the figure) of the inlet to the lower side of the first reversing member 260, At the same time, one side of the cup inlet is moved to the other side (right side in the drawing) along the first inversion member 260 which is in contact with the first inverting member 260, When the inlet is in contact with the receiving portion 231a of the grip bar 231 and is hooked, the cup is rotated and moved to the other side with the contacted portion as a new axis, so that the cup is inverted And is raised in a reverse direction on the receiving portion 231a of the grip bar 231.

The second inversion member 270 inverts the second cup in the reverse direction through the wash water nozzle 250 so that the cup is inserted into and stored in the cup storage unit 210 in the normal direction.

The second inversion member 270 is connected to the cup storage part 210 through the cleaning water nozzle 250 so as to guide the cleaned cup to the cup storage part 210 from the inlet side to the outside, Shaped structure,

The bottom side of the rising cup is contacted and clogged so that one side of the bottom of the cup rotates while moving to the other side along the second inverting member 270 so that the cup moves upward do.

At this time, the other side of the inlet of the cup is caught by the stop plate 231b provided on the grip bar 231, and is rotated in place without being pushed backward of the grip bar. When the cup is rotated at a predetermined angle or more, The cup rotates naturally and is caught between the two grip bars 231.

The heater 280 heats the cup, which is disposed beside the guide plate 211 of the cup storage unit 210, that is, near the second inversion member 270, and is cleaned by the washing water to dry the cup .

The cup conveying means 230 moves the cup in the reverse direction to the vicinity of the heater 280 to dry the outer surface of the cup first and then lifts the cup so that the cup is reversed by the second reversing member 270, So as to dry the inner surface.

At this time, the heater 280 may apply heat only to the cup, but it is preferable to apply heat to the cup. That is, it is preferable that hot air generated by the blowing fan passes through the heater 280, which generates heat, so that hot air is transmitted to the cup.

The process of washing the cup in the purifier according to the present invention will be briefly described below.

First, when the number of cups stored in the cup storage part 210 becomes equal to or less than a reference amount due to the use of the cups by the users, one cup is discharged from the cups collection part 220, .

When the cup is inserted into the notched portion 223, the cleaning brush 240 descends and rotates to eject the detergent, and the inner surface of the cup is cleaned with the detergent by the cleaning brush 241.

When the first cleaning of the cup is completed by the cleaning brush 240, the cup is discharged from the holding portion 223 by the discharging means and is inserted between the two side holding bars 231 of the transfer means 230. At this time, the conveying means 230 conveys the conveying block 232 downward before the cup is completely cleaned by the cleaning brush 240 so that the cup is poured between the two holding bars 231 by the discharging means .

When the cup is inserted between the two grip bars 231, the feed block 232 moves up and down along the feed rod 234 and the feed guide gear 233.

When the transfer block 232 is moved up and down, one inlet of the cup is caught by the first reversing member 260, so that one of the elevating cups is pushed to the other side along the first reversing member 260, The bottom of the lower portion is rotated to move upward so that the cup is inverted so that the inlet faces downward and put on the receiving portion 231a of the grip bar 231. [

After the inlet of the cup is inverted to face downward, the washing water nozzle 250 injects high-pressure and high-temperature washing water to the inside and the outside of the cup at the top and bottom to clean the cup by the second order.

When the second washing of the cup is completed by the washing water nozzle 250, the transfer unit 230 transfers the transfer block 232 so that the cup is disposed near the heater 280, and the outer surface of the cup is heated by the heater When the drying unit 230 is dried, the conveying unit 230 is further lifted so that the cup is inverted by the second reversing member 270 so that the inlet faces upward and the inner surface of the cup is dried by the heater.

When the drying of the cup is completed by the heater 280, the feeding means pushes the cup between the two gripping bars 231 into the guide plate 211 so that the cup is put into the cup storing part 210 and stored.

While the present invention has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to those precise embodiments and various changes and modifications can be made by those skilled in the art. Modifications and variations are to be construed as falling within the scope of protection of the present invention.

10; Body 11: Frame
13: Case 15; Drainage tank
110: filter 120: cold water tank
130: Hot water tank 140: Drinking water nozzle
150:
210: cup storage part 211: guide plate
220: cup collecting part 221: guide plate
230: cup feeding means 231: grip bar
232: Feed block 233: Feed guide gear
234: conveying guide rod 235: conveying guide bracket
236: driving gear 237: motor
240: cleaning brush 241; Cleaning brush
250: wash water nozzle 260: first inversion member
270: second inverting member 280: heater

Claims

A drinking water nozzle for discharging drinking water;
A cup storage part for storing a cup for drinking of drinking water discharged from the drinking water nozzle;
A cup collecting part for storing a cup inserted after use;
A washing brush for washing the inside of the cup discharged from the cup collecting part;
A cup transfer means for transferring the cleaned cup through the cleaning brush to the cup storage unit;
And a washing water nozzle provided on the feeding path by the cup feeding means and spraying washing water to the inside and the outside of the fed cup.

The method according to claim 1,
And a first reversing member provided on the conveyance path by the cup conveying means and reversing the inside of the cup to be conveyed after being cleaned by the cleaning brush to face downward, Of water purifiers that can be used cyclically.

The method according to claim 1,
And a heater for applying heat to the cups cleaned by the cleaning water nozzles to dry the cups.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A guide plate for guiding the cups cleaned through the wash water nozzles into the cup storage part;
And a second reversing member provided on the inlet side of the guide plate and reversing the inside of the cup so that the inside of the cup is directed upward.