WO2014014190A1

WO2014014190A1 - Cock cover device for water filters and chillers

Info

Publication number: WO2014014190A1
Application number: PCT/KR2013/003717
Authority: WO
Inventors: 강호술
Original assignee: 주식회사 진텍
Priority date: 2012-07-17
Filing date: 2013-04-30
Publication date: 2014-01-23
Also published as: JP2014533642A; KR101409211B1; JP5740538B2; KR20140011044A

Abstract

The present invention provides a cock cover device for water filters and chillers that is capable of preventing the contamination of a cock exposed to the outside. The cock cover device for water filters according to the present invention is disposed on the front surface of a housing on which a cock is disposed for the drinking of water, and covers the cock. The present invention further includes: a center frame which is arranged in a vertically upright state in the center of the inner surface of the cover, and the end of which is fixedly disposed in a bracket projecting to the lower end of the cover such that the center frame can be vertically moved by the operation of the cover; first and second rotating frames which are arranged on either side of the center frame, respectively, and the ends of which are hingedly coupled to the housing such that the frames can be rotated about the hinge; first and second slide pipes which are inserted into the outer diameters of the first and second rotating frames, the tips of which are coupled via pins while being inserted into a holder of the center frame such that the slide pipes can be pulled by the vertical movement of the center frame, and which are drawn out of the outer diameters of the first and second rotating frames; and a lifting means configured so as to have a spring which is inserted between the first and second slide pipes and the first and second rotating frames, and which elastically supports the movement of the first and second slide pipes.

Description

Coke cover device for water purifier and cold / hot water dispenser

The present invention relates to a coke cover device for a water purifier and a cold / hot water machine, and more particularly, to a coke cover device for a water purifier and a cold / hot water machine that can prevent contamination of coke exposed to the outside.

As is well known, a water purifier is a device for purifying water by filtering harmful substances contained in water, and refers to a device designed to drink directly without the hassle of drinking tap water at home or a company. It is configured to provide cold water and hot water to consumers by cooling and heating the bottled water stored in the bottled water at a constant temperature. Such water purifiers and cold and hot water dispensers are concerned about the water purifiers as the seriousness of water pollution caused by industrial development has emerged. It is getting higher day by day.

As an example, describing a general structure of a water purifier, the housing is empty in a rectangular shape, a plurality of filter members installed in the housing to remove and purify harmful substances contained in raw water supplied through a water pipe, and the filter member. The water purification tanks, such as a cold water tank and a hot water tank, which are supplied with purified purified water while sequentially passing through them, are mounted outside the housing and connected to the cold water tank and the hot water tank, respectively, to cool and warm water to the outside. It has a structure including cold water and hot water coke to discharge.

On the other hand, in the above-described configuration, the coke may be contaminated by foreign substances or bacteria due to the characteristics directly exposed to the outside of the main body, and there is a problem of pathogen propagation due to the entry and exit of various insects, as well as in the case of hot water coke. In the case of touching by hand, various safety accidents such as burning of the hot water are caused.

As a prior art for solving the problems as described above, for example, the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-0650666 (name: water purifier having a pollution prevention cock) (hereinafter referred to as prior art).

The prior art includes a main body, a signal receiving unit receiving a signal of a user, at least one end of which is configured to be pulled in and out of the main body, and a signal that is received from the signal receiving unit to receive at least one end of the cock into or out of the main body. It is a technical subject matter that it is comprised including the drive part which draws in and draws out.

However, in the case of the prior art, a lot of malfunction of the device is generated through the electrical structure, in particular, if the drive causes a malfunction in the use process, there is a problem in that it is impossible to drink the water because it is impossible to withdraw the coke itself.

Prior Art Literature

Document 1: Korean Patent Office Registered Patent Publication No. 10-0650666

The object of the present invention for solving the problems described above is to expose the cock to the outside in accordance with the up and down movement of the cover in a state that covers the front of the cock with a cover to drink the water The present invention provides a coke cover device for a water purifier and a cold / hot water machine to prevent contamination due to external exposure of the coke.

Another technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to use a locking device to restrain the up and down movement of the cover as necessary to prevent the child from accidents such as burns by pressing the hot water cock incorrectly to prevent the accident in advance. And to provide a coke cover device of the cold and hot water machine.

The present invention for achieving the above object is installed in the front of the housing is installed with a cock that can drink water, and in the coke cover device of the water purifier and cold and hot water dispenser that covers the coke, the state perpendicular to the center of the inner surface of the cover The end is fixed to the bracket protruding from the lower end of the cover and the center frame is vertically moved by the operation of the cover, and disposed on both sides of the center frame, respectively, the end is hinged to the housing and the hinge The first and second rotary frames are rotated around the first and second rotary frames, and the first and second rotary frames are fitted to outer diameters, and the tip is pinned in a state fitted to a holder provided in the center frame to vertical movement of the center frame. The first and second slide tubes and the first and second slide tubes which are pulled along and drawn out from the outer diameters of the first and second rotating frames. It is characterized in that the installation further comprises a lifting means consisting of a spring inserted between the second slide tube and the first, second rotating frame and elastically supporting the movement of the first and second slide tubes.

The rear side of the lifting means is preferably configured to further include a locker means for restraining the operation of the cover.

The locker means has a passage portion formed through the center of the plate installed in the rear of the housing, the front end is passed through the passage portion and the end is installed in the state passing through the bracket of the cover, and the lower end of the rotation shaft And a handle for forward and reverse rotation of the rotating shaft in a state of being caught by the bottom surface of the bracket, and protruding on a circumferential surface of the rotating shaft and selectively on a bottom surface of the plate in which the passage portion is formed according to the rotating operation of the rotating shaft. It is preferable to include the rib to be caught.

1 is a view showing the entire configuration of the coke cover device of the water purifier according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a three-dimensional illustration of the configuration of the lifting means in the coke cover device shown in FIG.

3 is a rear three-dimensional view of the lifting means shown in FIG.

4 is a rear view of the lifting means shown in FIG.

5 is an operational state diagram of the lifting means shown in FIG.

6 is a view showing in detail the configuration of the rocker means in the cock cover device according to the present invention.

10 housing 12 coke

14: plate 16: passage section

20: cover 26: bracket

30: lifting means 32: center plate

34: holder 36: first rotating plate

38: 2nd rotating plate 40, 42: hinge

44: first slide tube 46: second slide tube

48: pin 50, 52: spring

60: rocker means 62: rotating shaft

64: handle 66: rib

The present invention is installed on the front of the housing 10 is installed with a coke (12) for drinking water and the cover device for water purifiers and cold and hot water comprising a cover (20) covering the coke 12, the The center frame is disposed vertically in the center of the inner surface of the cover 20 and the end is fixed to the bracket 26 protruding from the lower end of the cover 20 to vertically move according to the operation of the cover 20. 32 and first and second ends disposed at both sides of the center frame 32, respectively, and the ends of which are hinged to the housing 10 and rotated about the

hinges

40 and 42. The pins 48 are fitted to the

rotary frames

36 and 38 and the outer diameters of the first and second

rotary frames

36 and 38 and the ends thereof are fitted to the holder 34 provided in the center frame 32. The first and second rotating frames 3 are combined to be pulled according to the vertical movement of the center frame 32. Between the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 drawn out from the outer diameters of 6 and 38 and between the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 and the first and second

rotating frames

36 and 38. It is characterized in that the installation means further comprises a lifting means 30 consisting of

springs

50, 52 that are fitted to elastically support the movement of the first and second slide pipes (44, 46).

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description will be presented on behalf of two embodiments of the present invention to achieve the above technical problem. And other embodiments that can be presented with the present invention are replaced by the description in the configuration of the present invention.

In the following embodiments will be representatively described as the coke cover device of the present invention installed in a water purifier, but it will be apparent that the same technical structure can be used in cold and hot water.

1 is a view showing the overall configuration of the cock cover device of the water purifier according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the water purifier has a rectangular housing 10 and a plurality of filters installed in the housing 10 to remove and purify harmful substances contained in raw water supplied through the water pipe. Clean water tanks (not shown), such as cold water tanks and hot water tanks, which receive and cool purified water while sequentially passing through the members (not shown) and the filter members, and are mounted on the front of the housing. And is connected to the cold water tank and hot water tank, respectively, and comprises a coke (12) for discharging cold water and hot water to the outside.

On the other hand, the cover 20 is installed on the front surface of the housing 10, the coke 12 is installed, the cover 20 is drinking the purified water in a state in which the coke 12 is not exposed to the outside When you want to rise up to expose the cock 12 to the outside. At this time, the guide rails 22 are formed on both sides of the inner surface of the cover 20, and other guide rails which may be opposed to the guide rails 22 on both front surfaces of the housing 10 in which the cover 20 is disposed ( 24 is formed to guide the up and down movement of the cover 20.

The inner surface of the cover 20 is provided with a lifting means 30 for supporting the cover 20 to be movable up and down.

2 is a three-dimensional view showing the configuration of the lifting means in the coke cover device shown in Figure 1, Figure 3 is a rear three-dimensional view of the lifting means shown in Figure 2, Figure 4 is a view 2 is a rear view of the lifting means shown in FIG. 2.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the lifting means 30 includes a center frame 32, first and second

rotating frames

36 and 38, and first and

second slide tubes

44 and 46. Configure.

The center frame 32 is positioned perpendicular to the inner surface of the cover 20, and the end is fixed to the bracket 26 extending from the lower end of the cover 20. A holder 34 is provided at the front end of the center frame 32, and the pins 48 are coupled to both ends of the holder 34 while the front ends of the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 are fitted. .

The first and second

rotating frames

36 and 38 are frames disposed at both sides of the center frame 32, respectively. Ends of the first and second

rotating frames

36 and 38 are coupled to the

hinges

40 and 42 to the housing 10 to rotate about the

hinges

40 and 42 during the lifting operation of the cover 20. Perform.

The first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 are pipes fitted to the outer diameters of the first and second

rotating frames

36 and 38 so as to be slidably movable.

Springs

50 and 52 are fitted between the first slide tube 44 and the first rotating frame 36 and between the second slide tube 46 and the second rotating frame 38, respectively. The

springs

50 and 52 elastically support the movement of the first and

second slide tubes

44 and 46.

The front ends of the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 are fitted to the holder 34 of the center frame 32 described above. At this time, the ends of the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 have holes. After forming the holes 44a and 46a, respectively, the pins 48 are coupled to each other with the holes 44a and 46a interposed therebetween, so that the front ends of the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 are connected to the center frame 32. It will be connected to the holder 34 of the configuration.

When the lifting means 30 having the above-described configuration is lifted up while holding the cover 22, the center plate 32 installed on the bracket 26 of the cover 22 is as shown in FIG. As a result, the tips of the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 fitted to the first and second

rotating frames

36 and 38 are pin 48 to the holder 34 of the center plate 32. In the coupled state, the center plate 32 is lifted up, and at the same time, the first and second

rotating frames

36 and 38 to which the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 are fitted are at the ends. The rotating operation is performed around the combined hinges 40 and 42.

After the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 are lifted at a certain angle or more, the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 are sandwiched between the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 and the first and second

rotating frames

36 and 38. The tension force of the

springs

50 and 52 acts to push the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 so that the center plate 32 rises more quickly and the cover 20 is lifted from the spring ( The tension can be increased by 50 and 52).

On the other hand, the rear of the lifting means 30 further includes a separate rocker means (60). The locker means 60 is a means for restraining the cover 20 so that children do not lift the cover 20 to accidentally press the hot water cock 12 to cause burns.

6 is a view showing the configuration of the rocker means in detail. As shown in FIG. 6, the locker means 60 has a passage portion 16 formed through the center of the plate 14, which is installed at the rear of the housing 10, and the tip portion of the locker means 60. The penetrating end is provided with a pivot shaft 62 installed through the bracket 26 of the cover 20 and a lower end of the pivot shaft 62 and is caught on the bottom surface of the bracket 26. In the handle (64) for forward and reverse rotation of the rotating shaft 62 and the circumferential surface of the rotating shaft 62 and the passage portion 16 in accordance with the rotation of the rotating shaft 62 Rib 66 is selectively included on the bottom of the plate (14) formed.

When the rocker means 60 holds the handle 64 and rotates the rotation shaft 62, the rib 66 of the rotation shaft 62 is caught on the bottom surface of the plate 14 on which the passage portion 16 is formed. The cover 20 can restrain the operation of the cover 20, and when the cover 20 is operated, the knob 64 is rotated in the opposite direction to rotate the rotation shaft 62 in the opposite direction so that the rib 66 passes through the passage. By being able to exit 16, the operation constraints of the cover 20 can be released.

Hereinafter, the operation of the coke cover device of the water purifier according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6.

First, when the coke 12 covered by the cover 20 is exposed to the outside to drink water, the cover 20 is pushed upward while being held by the cover 20 to the bracket 26 of the cover 20. The center plate 32, which is installed, rises, and thus, the front ends of the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 fitted to the first and second

rotating frames

36 and 38 are formed of the center plate 32. In the state in which the pin 48 is coupled to the holder 34, the center plate 32 is lifted up according to the lifting operation.

At the same time, the first and second

rotating frames

36 and 38, into which the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 are fitted, perform a rotation operation about the

hinges

40 and 42 coupled to the ends.

After the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 are lifted at an angle or more, they are sandwiched between the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46 and the first and second

rotating frames

36 and 38. The tension force of the

springs

50 and 52 is applied to elastically push the first and

second slide pipes

44 and 46, so that the center plate 32 moves vertically more quickly and the cover 20 is moved. Can be raised.

After the cover 20 is lifted up through the lifting means 30, the exposed cock 12 may be used to drink water.

On the other hand, when the infants to raise the cover 20 to restrain the cover 20 to prevent accidents such as accidentally pressing the hot water coke 12 to cause burns, the handle 64 of the locker means (60) When the rotating shaft 62 is rotated while holding the rotating shaft 62, the rotating shaft 62 rotates while passing through the passage portion 16 formed on the plate 14 behind the housing 10. The rib 66 protruding from the circumferential surface of the rotational shaft 62 is caught by the bottom surface of the passage 16 so that the cover 20 can be restrained from operating.

The present invention can prevent the contamination caused by the external exposure of the coke by exposing the coke to the outside in accordance with the up and down movement of the cover in a state that covers the front of the coke to cover the drinking water, By constraining the up and down movement of the cover, the infant achieves a synergistic effect that can prevent safety accidents such as accidentally pressing the hot water coke.

Claims

In the coke cover device of a water purifier and a cold and hot water dispenser, which includes a cover 20 installed on the front of the housing 10 in which the coke 12 capable of drinking water is installed and covers the coke 12,

The center is disposed vertically in the center of the inner surface of the cover 20 and the end is fixed to the bracket 26 protruding from the lower end of the cover 20 to move vertically in accordance with the operation of the cover 20 A frame 32;

The first and second rotating frames 36, which are disposed on both sides of the center frame 32, respectively, and whose ends are hinged to the housing 10, are rotated about the hinges 40 and 42, 38);

The front and rear ends of the first and second rotating frames 36 and 38 are fitted to the holders 34 provided in the center frame 32, and the pins 48 are coupled to each other to form the center frame 32. First and second slide pipes 44 and 46 drawn along the vertical movement of the first and second rotary frames 36 and 38 and drawn out from the outer diameters of the first and second rotary frames 36 and 38;

A spring inserted between the first and second slide pipes 44 and 46 and the first and second rotating pipes 36 and 38 and elastically supporting the movement of the first and second slide pipes 44 and 46 ( Coke cover device for a water purifier and a cold and hot water purifier, characterized in that the lifting means 30 consisting of 50, 52 is further included and installed.
The method of claim 1,

The rear cover of the lifting means 30, the locker means 60 for restraining the operation of the cover 20 is further installed, characterized in that the cock cover device of the water purifier and cold and hot water.
The method of claim 2,

The locker means (60);

A passage portion (16) formed through the center of the plate (14) installed at the rear of the housing (10);

A pivot shaft 62 having a tip penetrating the passage part 16 and an end penetrating the bracket 26 of the cover 20;

A handle 64 provided at a lower end of the pivot shaft 62 and configured to rotate the pivot shaft 62 forward and reverse in a state of being caught by a bottom surface of the bracket 26;

And a rib 66 protruding on a circumferential surface of the pivot shaft 62 and selectively hooked to a bottom surface of the plate 14 on which the passage portion 16 is formed according to the pivoting motion of the pivot shaft 62. Cork cover device for water purifiers and cold and hot water.