KR20190119840A - Drinking water tank equipped with uv lamp - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a drinking water container equipped with an UV sterilization lamp, which not only can perform an UV sterilization function for sanitary purposes, but also enables DIY-style maintenance as well as maintenance by a manager by, when installing an UV lamp, particularly, an LED type UV lamp in the drinking water container, particularly, a cooling water container or a purified water container, introducing an exterior female screw and an interior male screw mounted on an installation hole formed in a jacket of a tank body in a coupling manner, mounting the UV lamp on the male screw, fixing the female screw not to run idle by a bracket fixed to the jacket to obtain easiness of maintenance and repair above all, thereby enabling the female screw to be loosened or tightened by turning the male screw only. According to the present invention, the drinking water container equipped with the UV sterilization lamp includes: a tank body which includes the jacket having an inner water storage space; the UV lamp which is inserted into the installation hole provided in the jacket of the tank body to irradiate ultraviolet rays to the water storage space; the male screw for installation which is coupled to the UV lamp and passes through the installation hole; a flange which is provided on the circumference of the male screw and brought into contact with an inner wall of the jacket; the female screw which is clamped to the male screw and brought into contact with an outer wall of the jacket; and the bracket which is coupled to the jacket to fix the female screw to the jacket of the tank body and includes a fixing unit for the female screw.

Description

Drinking Water Bottle with UV Sterilization Lamp {DRINKING WATER TANK EQUIPPED WITH UV LAMP}

The present invention relates to a drinking water tank having an ultraviolet germicidal lamp,

More specifically, in the installation of UV lamps, especially LED type UV lamps in drinking water tanks, especially cold water tanks or water purification tanks, external female and internal male screws mounted on the installation holes formed in the jacket of the tank body by screwing are introduced. The external thread is equipped with a UV lamp, but above all, for the convenience of maintenance and repair, the female thread is fixed so that it is not twisted by the bracket fixed to the jacket, so that only the external screw can be unscrewed and tightened. In addition, the present invention relates to a drinking water tank equipped with an ultraviolet germicidal lamp capable of maintenance by a manager as well as DIY maintenance.

In the prior art drinking water supply device, in particular water purifier or cold and hot water dispenser has been proposed a technology that introduced a sterilization lamp in a cold water tank or a water purification tank that is more susceptible to bacterial propagation than a relatively hot water tank.

For example, Patent Publication No. 10-2008-0074612 (published Aug. 13, 2008) [Water Purifier Lighting and Sterilizer] has a color directly to the water supplied through the lighting device mounted inside the water purifier inlet. By illuminating the light having the imparted beauty of the water supply, and also by irradiating the illumination light of the color different according to the temperature of the water supply water to be able to distinguish cold water and hot water more clearly,

By directly irradiating cold or hot water emitted through the lighting LED to the different colors, it is possible to visually distinguish cold water and hot water by the color of light, and inside the connection pipe disposed between the reservoir and the intake port. The UV lamp is installed on the panel to prevent the contamination of bacteria that may occur in the process of supplying water.

However, this publication does not propose a method for disassembling and assembling an ultraviolet lamp for maintenance.

There is also a Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0105274 (published date September 26, 2011) [purifier sterilizer],

This patent discloses disinfection of water purifiers by installing sterilization lamps in reservoirs and fixtures for guiding storage and flow of water in water purifiers, and by extending the flow distance of the reservoirs to increase the exposure time to ultraviolet rays generated in the sterilization lamps. It suggests techniques that can help you improve your skills.

However, this patent uses a conventional glass bulb-type ultraviolet lamp, which causes excessive space inefficiency to be applied to current water purifiers or cold and hot water heaters, which are becoming more compact, consumes a lot of power, and also has a dedicated cold water container. Since the tank body must be manufactured, the cost competitiveness is greatly reduced.

Next is Patent Registration No. 10-1358277 (Registration date January 27, 2014) [Slim type sterilization water purifier]

This patent provides a slim sterilizing water purifier that makes it easy for the user to recognize the filter change cycle and improves the convenience of exchange and maintenance, and in particular, as the sterilization of the filtered water passed through the filter is performed. It is possible to guarantee the stability of drinking water, and also, as the filter is sterilized by the ultraviolet rays emitted from the ultraviolet sterilization lamp, it proposes a technology to block the contamination of the filter by bacteria or pathogens in advance.

However, the registered patent has a weakness of commercialization in terms of cost competitiveness and mass productivity in the concept of applying an expensive sterilization lamp to a filter having a short service life.

Next, there is a Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0051859 (published May 12, 2017) [water purifier water sterilizer and a water purifier having the same],

This patent discloses an inlet for forming an inflow passage for introducing water in one direction, an outlet for forming a discharge passage for discharging water in a direction parallel to the inflow passage, and bypassing the water in a different direction from the inlet. A module body part including a bypass flow path portion for forming a bypass flow path for the gas flow path; An ultraviolet irradiator provided to irradiate ultraviolet rays toward the bypass passage; An ultraviolet irradiation unit installed inside, a mounting unit formed in the module main unit to connect the bypass space and the installation space in which the ultraviolet irradiation unit is installed; And a fixed support part coupled to the mounting part to fix the ultraviolet irradiation part inside the mounting part.

This publication patent not only effectively removes and sterilizes microorganisms and bacteria contained in the water supplied through the water supply pipe from the water tank, but also effectively inhibits the growth of microorganisms and bacteria in the water purifier, thereby sterilizing immediately before intake. The advantage of providing clean water is provided.

However, this publication also requires a custom pipe for mounting a sterilization lamp, so the marketability is low.

Accordingly, the present invention introduces an external female screw and an internal male screw mounted to an installation hole formed in a jacket of a tank body by screwing in installing a UV lamp, particularly an LED type UV lamp, in a drinking water bottle, especially a cold water bottle or a water purification bottle. The external thread is equipped with a UV lamp, but above all, for the convenience of maintenance and repair, the female thread is fixed so that it is not twisted by the bracket fixed to the jacket, so that only the external screw can be unscrewed and tightened. In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide a drinking water tank equipped with an ultraviolet sterilization lamp that can be maintained by a manager as well as a DIY type of maintenance.

In another aspect, the present invention is the tank body and the bracket is made of SUS material, the bracket is welded to the outside of the installation hole of the jacket to provide a drinking water tank with an ultraviolet sterilization lamp to ensure mass production and assembly. .

In addition, the present invention has the female thread has a non-circular side wall, the bracket is provided with a fixing protrusion for restraining the non-circular side wall with a female threaded fixing portion to loosen and tighten the screw for maintenance, only the male screw is required to operate the fixed female screw It is an object of the present invention to provide a drinking water tank equipped with an ultraviolet sterilization lamp which prevents waste and facilitates assembly production of female threads.

Furthermore, the present invention secures waterproof properties by introducing a packing ring between the flange and the jacket or between the flange and the female screw, improves thermal efficiency when applied to a cold water tank by introducing an insulating material to the tank body, It is an object of the present invention to provide a drinking water tank equipped with an ultraviolet sterilizing lamp which additionally secures the convenience of opening the cover during maintenance by introducing a fastening member connected to the cable of the UV lamp in relation to the cover.

In order to achieve the above object, the drinking water tank provided with the ultraviolet sterilizing lamp according to the present invention is

A tank body having a jacket having an internal storage space; And

UV lamp which is inserted into the installation hole provided in the jacket of the tank body and irradiates the storage space,

A mounting male thread that is coupled to the UV lamp and penetrates the mounting hole;

A flange provided around the male screw and in contact with the inner wall of the jacket;

A female screw fastened to the male screw and in contact with the outer wall of the jacket;

Brackets fitted with female threaded fasteners to secure this female thread to the jacket of the tank body

It comprises a ultraviolet sterilization lamp comprising a.

In addition, in the drinking water tank equipped with ultraviolet sterilizing lamp according to the present invention

The tank body and the bracket is made of SUS material, the bracket is welded to the outside of the installation hole of the jacket,

The female screw has a non-circular side wall, the bracket has a fixing protrusion for constraining the non-circular side wall with a female threaded fixing portion,

A packing ring is provided between the flange and the jacket or between the flange and the female thread, or both.

The tank body is provided with a heat insulating member, the heat insulating member is provided with a cover for access to the ultraviolet sterilization lamp,

The slit through which the cable for supplying power to the UV lamp passes is formed in the cover,

When the cover is engaged, the cable is stored under the cover longer than the distance from the UV lamp to the cover. The cable is equipped with a cover fastening member. When the cover is opened for repair, the cable is pulled while the cover is pulled. It is preferable to separate together.

The drinking water tank equipped with the ultraviolet sterilizing lamp according to the present invention is installed in the installation hole formed in the jacket of the tank body by screwing in installing the UV lamp, especially the LED type UV lamp, in the drinking water tank, especially the cold water tank or the water purification tank. External female thread and internal male thread are introduced, and the external thread is equipped with UV lamp, but above all, for convenience of maintenance and repair, the female thread is fixed to the jacket so that it is not twisted. Only turn the male thread to loosen and tighten the screw. UV sterilization function for hygiene by introducing, and the tank body and the bracket is made of SUS material, the bracket is welded to the outside of the installation hole of the jacket to ensure mass production and assembly, and the present invention The female screw has a non-circular side wall, and the bracket is a fixing stone for constraining the non-circular side wall with a female threaded fixing portion. In case of loosening and tightening the screw for maintenance, only the male screw needs to be operated, and the fixed female screw can be prevented from screwing, and the assembly and production of the female screw can be easily performed, and between the flange and the jacket or between the flange and the female screw. Introduced packing ring to secure waterproof property, and insulated material is introduced to tank body to improve thermal efficiency when applied to cold water container, and fastening member connected with UV lamp cable in relation to cover of insulated material to enter sterilization lamp. In addition, it is possible to secure the convenience of opening the cover additionally during maintenance, so that it is possible to maintain the DIY method as well as the maintenance by the administrator.

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a drinking water tank equipped with an ultraviolet germicidal lamp according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the male screw and the female screw constituting the sterilizing lamp of the drinking water tank with ultraviolet sterilizing lamp according to the present invention.
Figure 3 is a schematic view of the cover of the bracket and the heat insulating member of the drinking water tank equipped with an ultraviolet sterilizing lamp according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Since the present invention may be modified in various ways and have various forms, embodiments (or embodiments) will be described in detail in the text. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to the specific form disclosed, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In each of the drawings, the same reference numerals, in particular, the tens and ones digits, or the same digits, tens, ones, and alphabets refer to members having the same or similar functions, and unless otherwise specified, each member in the figures The member referred to by the reference numeral may be regarded as a member conforming to these criteria.

In addition, in the drawings, the components are exaggerated in size (or thick) in size (or thick) in size (or thin) or simplified in consideration of the convenience of understanding and the like, thereby limiting the scope of protection of the present invention. It should not be.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments (suns, aspects, and embodiments) (or embodiments) only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms “comprises” or “consists” are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, action, component, part, or combination thereof described on the specification, but one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, 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. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

In the present specification, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known function and configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the description thereof may be omitted.

In the description of the drinking water tank A having the ultraviolet sterilizing lamp according to the present invention, for the sake of convenience, a non-strict approximate direction reference is specified with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. In the following detailed description and claims of the invention in conjunction with the other figures, the direction is specified in accordance with this standard unless otherwise indicated.

First, a schematic cross-sectional view of the drinking water container of FIG. 1, the male screw 20 of FIG. 2A, the male screw of FIG. 2B (upper cross-sectional view, the bottom plan view), and the bracket of FIG. Top plan view, bottom cross section), as shown in the plan view of the heat insulating member cover of FIG.

 Drinking water tank (A) having an ultraviolet sterilization lamp according to the present invention comprises a tank body 10 and the sterilization lamp (20).

The tank body 10 may be any one of a water purifier, a cold water tank, and a hot water tank of a conventional water purifier, and particularly, may be a cold water tank or a water purification tank (especially a cold water tank), which is more susceptible to bacterial growth than a relatively hot water tank. have.

The tank body has a jacket 11 and may be provided with a cap 11A for entering the internal reservoir space 10S. Although the installation hole 13 for installing the sterilizing lamp 20 is illustrated as being formed in the cap 11A of the jacket, it may be formed in the wall or the bottom of the jacket itself as necessary, and may be formed in water through a packing ring or the like. Even in the case of the locked type sterilizing lamp, necessary waterproofness is secured.

Next, the germicidal lamp 20 has a UV lamp, in particular an LED type UV lamp 21 (you can see the PCB 21A and the cable 21B in the upper left picture of Figs. 1 and 2 (picture of Fig. 2). (Not indicated) (in the case of UV lamps submerged in water, it is preferable to introduce a waterproof cover separately),

The UV lamp is inserted into the installation hole 13 provided in the jacket 11 of the tank body 10 to irradiate the storage space to sterilize drinking water such as purified or cold water.

The male screw 23 is coupled to the UV lamp and is arranged through the installation hole 13.

The flange 25A, which engages the male screw inserted into the installation hole, is provided around the male screw and abuts the inner wall of the jacket 11 (especially the cap 11A). The male screw and the flange are manufactured as an integral type to block the male screw block B23. ) (See Fig. 2A).

The flange 23A preferably has a polygonal structure such as a tool coupling portion, a non-circular appearance, and more particularly a hexagon, for ease of disassembly and assembly.

The female screw 25 is then fastened to the male screw 23 and is in contact with the outer wall of the jacket 11 (especially the cap 11A).

The bracket 27 is coupled to the jacket to fix the female screw 25 to the jacket 11 of the tank body 10, and has a female thread fixing portion 27A.

The tank body 10 and the bracket 27 are made of SUS material, and the bracket is welded to the outside of the installation hole 13 of the jacket 11 (particularly, the cap 11A).

On the other hand, the female thread 25 has a non-circular (polygonal, U-cut, D-cut, etc. (U-cut type in the figure)) side wall, the bracket 27 is the female threaded fixing portion 27A to the non-circular side wall The fixing protrusion 27a which restrains 25B is provided. Further, at the center of the fixing projections, the stopper 27b that forms the fixing portion 27A is further protruded (see Fig. 3A). The fixing portion 27A protrudes symmetrically on both sides of the donut type main body 27B.

The bracket 27 has a corresponding fixing portion 25A formed on the non-circular sidewall 25B of the female screw 25 in correspondence with the female thread fixing portion 27A.

This is a fixing groove 25a to which the fixing protrusion 27a and the stopper 27b are slidably coupled, and a locking groove 25b that is deeper than the fixing groove and the stopper 27b is coupled to prevent the detachment of the female screw 25. It is configured (see Fig. 2 [B]).

As such, the female thread is securely fixed by the bracket fixed to the jacket for the convenience of maintenance and repair. Only the male screw can be turned to loosen and tighten the screw. The maintenance of the method becomes possible.

Next, a packing ring 20R is preferably provided between the flange 23A and the jacket 11 (in the form shown) or between the flange and the female screw for watertightness. If necessary, a waterproof member may be introduced to a contact surface of the PCB 21A of the LED type UV lamp 2 and the male screw 23 block B23.

In addition, the tank body 10 is provided with a heat insulating member 30, it is preferable that the heat insulating member is provided with a cover 31 for access to the ultraviolet sterilization lamp.

Usually the heat insulating member is composed of a so-called styrofoam material,

The cover 31 is formed with a slit 31a such that the cable 21B for supplying power to the UV lamp 21 passes as shown in FIG. 3B.

In FIG. 1, the cable 21B is housed in the lower part of the cover longer than the distance L2 from the UV lamp 21 to the cover (by the length L1) while the cover 31 is engaged.

The cable 21B is provided with a cover fastening member 40. When the cable is exposed to the top of the cover when the cover is opened for repair, the cover is pulled out while the fastening member is pulled out to add the convenience of opening the cover during maintenance. Can be secured.

The cover fastening member 40 is manufactured as a steel wire (usually elasticity by heat treatment), as can be seen in the upper one-dot chain line ellipse of FIG. 1, for example, the steel wire is rounded and rolled about 1.5 to 3 times A circular elastic portion 41 for imparting elasticity, a tightening portion 45 symmetrically centered on the elastic portion, and a tightening portion 45 that crosses and forms a ring after crossing the upper portion of the upper portion symmetrically, and extends from the tightening portion to cross again to the left and right. A protruding insertion portion 47 and a gripping portion 43 extending above the insertion portion and curled (preventing damage) at the ends and curled and spaced apart from each other are formed.

Pressing the gripping portion 43 by using the thumb and index finger, both side end portions of the insertion portion 47 come closer to each other, and on the contrary, the tightening portion 45 moves away from the center hole.

After placing the cable 21B in the hole of the tightening part 45 and raising the holding part 43, the tightening part gets closer and the hole becomes narrower to tighten the cable, and the insertion part 47 opens and covers the heat insulating member 30. The side walls of the slits 31a of 31 are dug into the fastening members 40 so as to be fixed to the cover. The size and elastic strength of the cover fastening member can be adjusted in various ways, in Figure 1 for the convenience of understanding the fastening member fixed to the cover about 1.5 to 2 times larger.

In the above description, the general description of the specification of the drinking water tank (especially the cold water tank) and the sterilizing lamp is omitted, but those skilled in the art can easily infer, infer, and reproduce the same.

In addition, in the above description of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, a drinking water tank (especially cold water tank) and sterilization lamp having a specific shape and structure, but the present invention is various modifications, changes and substitutions by those skilled in the art Such modifications, changes and substitutions are to be interpreted as falling within the protection scope of the present invention.

A: drinking water tank 10: tank body
11: jacket 13: installer
20: germicidal lamp 21: UV lamp
23: external thread 25: internal thread
27: bracket 27A: fixing part
30: heat insulating member 40: fastening member

Claims (4)

A tank body having a jacket having an internal storage space; And
UV lamp which is inserted into the installation hole provided in the jacket of the tank body and irradiates the storage space,
An installation male thread that is coupled to the UV lamp and penetrates the installation hole;
A flange provided around the male screw and in contact with the inner wall of the jacket;
A female screw fastened to the male screw and in contact with the outer wall of the jacket,
Brackets fitted with female threaded fasteners to secure this female thread to the jacket of the tank body
Drinking water bottle comprising a UV sterilization lamp comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The tank body and the bracket is made of SUS material, the bracket is drinking water, characterized in that welded to the outside of the installation hole of the jacket. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The female screw has a non-circular side wall, and the bracket is a drinking container, characterized in that it has a fixing projection for restraining the non-circular side wall to the female threaded fixing portion. The method of claim 3, wherein
A packing ring is provided between the flange and the jacket or between the flange and the female thread, or both.
The tank body is provided with a heat insulating member, the heat insulating member is provided with a cover for access to the ultraviolet sterilization lamp,
A slit through which a cable for supplying power to the UV lamp passes is formed in the cover,
When the cover is engaged, the cable is stored under the cover longer than the distance from the UV lamp to the cover, and the cable is equipped with a cover fastening member. When the cover is opened for repair, the cable is pulled to pull the fastening member. Drinking water bottle, characterized in that separated together.

Images