KR100998198B1 - Water circuration type transparent ice making device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A circulating-type transparent ice making device is provided to create transparent ice by removing bubble from frozen low temperature purified water by circulating the low temperature purified water stored in an ice-making unit. CONSTITUTION: A circulating-type transparent ice making device comprises a main storage unit(100), an ice-making unit(200), a heat supply unit(300), a circulative supply unit(400), and an auxiliary storage unit(500). A purified water separator(120) having a plurality of holes and a cold water separator(130) are installed on the upper and lower sides in the main storage unit so that cold water is located under the cold water separator, low temperature purified water is located between the purified water separator and the cold water separator, and purified water is stored in the space above the purified water separator. The ice-making unit creates ice by freezing the low temperature purified water. The heat supply unit supplies heat to the ice-making unit in order to separate the ice. The circulative supply unit supplies the low temperature purified water of the main storage unit to the ice-making unit and circulates the low temperature purified water when the low temperature purified water freezes in order to move the low temperature purified water to the space below the cold water separator of the main storage unit before separating the ice. The auxiliary storage unit stores the separated ice and the low temperature purified water separately.

Description

Circulating transparent ice making device {Water circuration type transparent ice making device}

The present invention relates to an ice ice making device, and more specifically, to produce ice using low temperature purified water, and to remove transparent air of frozen ice water by circulating low temperature purified water to generate transparent ice in a short time. It relates to a circulating transparent ice ice making machine that can satisfy the.

In general, the cold and hot water purifier stores the purified water and cools or heats the purified water to supply cold water and hot water to the user. Each storage water tank is provided and stored for a predetermined time to be supplied as needed. .

In other words, the purified water tank for storing purified water, the cold water tank for storing cold water, and the hot water tank for storing hot water are provided, and the purified water passes through the cold water system and the hot water system during the movement.

Recently, ice water purifiers are further developed and sold with an ice making system capable of producing ice in these cold and hot water purifiers to provide cold water and hot water as well as ice.

1 is a view showing a conventional ice water generating device, Figure 2 is a view showing an operating state of the conventional water producing ice device.

As shown in the figure, the ice making system 1 of the ice water purifier includes an ice-making tank 2 in which ice-making water is contained and a plurality of immersion tubes 4 are immersed in the ice-making water contained in the ice-making tank 2 along the inside. A refrigerant pipe 3 is provided for generating ice by the moving refrigerant.

In addition, a return storage unit 6 having an inclined grill 7 at the upper side is provided below the ice making tank 2, and an ice storage unit 8 is provided at the inclined lower end of the grill 7.

After the immersion pipes 4 are immersed in the ice-making water contained in the ice-making tank 2, the refrigerant is supplied to the refrigerant pipe 3 to generate ice, and then the ice-making tank 2 is driven by the driving motor 5. It rotates to the upper side of the grill 7 of the return storage unit 6 to move the ice and ice contained in the ice-making tank (2).

At this time, the ice making water is stored in the ice making water storage unit 6 through the grill (7), the ice is caught in the grill 7, and then moved to the ice storage unit (8) by the inclination thereof and stored.

By the ice making system 1 of the ice water purifier, as well as cold water and hot water, ice can be provided, thus providing convenience to the user.

However, the ice water purifier is used to reduce the number of times the use of the ice purifier is reduced due to the production of the muddy ice and visual problems, for this reason, the need for ice water purifier is reduced, so that the sale of the ice water purifier is troubled. There is a problem.

In addition, the ice-making water contained in the ice-making tank (2) for generating ice is a problem that takes a long time because the ice generation time is not constant because it uses a relatively constant temperature.

Accordingly, there is a need for the development of an ice water purifier capable of generating ice in a short time and generating transparent ice that can satisfy a user's taste.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, it is possible to produce a transparent ice in the ice making unit having a circulation supply for circulating the low-temperature purified water when making the ice making unit.

In addition, the main storage unit having a purified water separator plate and a cold water separator plate separates and stores purified water, low temperature purified water and cold water, and circulates supply the low temperature purified water to the ice making unit to shorten the production time. .

In addition, after ice formation, the low-temperature purified water that is not frozen is moved to the main storage by the circulation supply unit, thereby reducing the amount of low-temperature purified water discharged with the defrosted ice. It is an object of the present invention to provide a circulating transparent ice making machine capable of maintaining a low temperature of purified water.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the purified water separating plate and the cold water separating plate each having a plurality of holes are located above and below, the purified water is stored, cold water is located below the cold water separating plate, the purified water separating plate and cold water separation Cold water is located between the plates, the main storage unit for storing the purified water above the purified water separation plate, ice making unit to freeze the cold water to create ice, heat supply to defrost the ice generated by supplying heat to the ice making unit Supplying the low-temperature constant of the main storage unit to the ice making unit, circulating the low-temperature constant when freezing, and the circulation supply unit for moving the low-temperature constant of the ice making unit to the lower side of the cold water separation plate of the main storage unit before defrosting, and iced ice And a secondary storage unit for separately storing and storing the low temperature constant, wherein the circulation supply unit is configured to freeze the low temperature constant in the ice making unit. By circulating low-temperature constant to produce a transparent ice according to the air bubbles are removed.

Preferably, the ice making unit has a low temperature purified water, and has an ice making tank rotated by a rotating motor, and a plurality of immersion tubes provided on the upper side of the ice making tank soaked in the low temperature purified water contained in the ice making tank, According to the present invention, the refrigerant is supplied to the ice making pipe, and the ice making tank is maintained in a horizontal state during ice-making, and contains a low-temperature purified water, and after thawing, rotates to the lower side to store the ice and the low-temperature purified water as auxiliary. Move to wealth

And the ice making tube is provided with a plurality of immersion tubes protruding downward along the lower surface of the refrigerant pipe to which the refrigerant is moved, the through hole and the inside of the refrigerant pipe, the inside of the through refrigerant pipe and the immersion pipe, The diaphragm is provided such that the refrigerant moves only inside the upper end of the dip tube.

In addition, the surface of the immersion tube, the refrigerant tube and the diaphragm is nickel plated.

The circulation supply unit moves a low temperature constant water, and has a three-way valve pump having an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet so as to selectively supply the low temperature constant to the main storage and the ice making unit, and separate the purified water from the main storage. A first circulation pipe for moving the low temperature purified water between the plate and the cold water separator to the inlet of the three-way valve pump, and a second end connected to the first outlet of the three-way valve pump to move the low temperature water to the ice making unit. One end of the circulation pipe, the third circulation pipe for moving the low temperature constant of the ice making unit to the first circulation pipe, and the second outlet of the three-way valve pump are connected to move the low temperature constant water below the cold water separator of the main storage part. A fourth circulation pipe to be provided at a portion of the first circulation pipe connected to the third circulation pipe, the first solenoid valve to control the flow of low temperature purified water, and a third circulation pipe connected to the first circulation pipe It is provided at the end of the pipe comprises a second solenoid valve for regulating the flow of low temperature constant water.

In addition, the first solenoid valve is opened and the second solenoid valve is blocked for de-icing the ice making unit, and the low temperature constant of the main storage part is controlled by the three-way valve pump in the first circulation pipe and the second circulation pipe. It is supplied to the ice making unit through.

When the ice making unit is defrosted, the first solenoid valve is blocked, and the second solenoid valve is opened in the low temperature water contained in the ice making unit by the three-way valve pump through the third circulation pipe and the second circulation pipe. Circulated.

In addition, the cold water of the main storage unit through the third circulation pipe and the fourth circulation pipe to the low-temperature purified water contained in the ice making unit by the three-way valve pump in the state that the first solenoid valve is blocked before the defrosting by the heat supply unit. Move to the bottom of the separator plate.

And a control unit for controlling the three-way valve pump, the first solenoid valve, and the second solenoid valve according to the ice making time of the ice making unit.

In addition, an auxiliary circulation supply unit for moving the low-temperature purified water stored in the auxiliary storage to the lower side of the cold water separator plate is further provided.

As described above, according to the circulating transparent ice ice making device according to the present invention, it is possible to circulate the low-temperature purified water contained in the ice-making unit by the circulation supply unit to remove the bubbles of the low-temperature purified water to generate transparent ice, It is a very useful and effective invention that can reduce the cooling time of the purified water by moving the low temperature frozen water without freezing to the main storage, and shorten the ice generation time by supplying the low temperature purified water to the ice making unit.

1 is a view showing the ice generating apparatus of the conventional water purification structure,
2 is a view showing an operating state of a conventional ice water generating device,
3 is a view showing a recirculating transparent ice ice making apparatus according to the present invention,
4 is a view showing a state moved to the ice making unit of the low-temperature constant water by the recirculating transparent ice ice making device according to the present invention,
5 is a view showing a low-temperature constant water circulation state of the ice making unit by the circulating transparent ice ice making apparatus according to the present invention,
6 is a view showing a state moved to the main storage unit of the low-temperature constant water by the recirculating transparent ice ice making device according to the present invention,
7 is a view showing an ice storage state of the recirculating transparent ice ice making device according to the present invention,
8 is a view showing another embodiment of the circulation supply of the recirculating transparent ice ice making device according to the present invention,
9 is a view showing another embodiment of a recirculating transparent ice ice making device according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In addition, the present embodiment is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, but is presented by way of example only, and various modifications may be made without departing from the technical gist of the present invention.

3 is a view showing a recirculating transparent ice ice making device according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a view showing a state moved to the ice making unit of low temperature constant water by the recirculating transparent ice ice making device according to the present invention, Figure 5 Is a view showing a low-temperature constant circulation state of the ice making unit by the circulating transparent ice ice making device according to the present invention, Figure 6 is a state of being moved to the main storage of the low temperature constant by the circulating transparent ice ice making device according to the present invention. 7 is a view showing an ice storage state of the recirculating transparent ice ice making device according to the present invention, Figure 8 is a view showing another embodiment of the circulation supply of the recirculating transparent ice ice making device according to the present invention 9 is a view showing another embodiment of the recirculating transparent ice ice making apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the circulating transparent ice ice making device 10 is composed of a main storage unit 100, an ice making unit 200, a heat supply unit 300, a circulation supply unit 400 and an auxiliary storage unit 500. do.

The main storage unit 100 is a water purification plate 120 and the cold water separator 130 having a plurality of through holes, respectively, located above and below, the water purification plate 120 and the cold water separator 130 is a storage tank It is provided inside of 110.

The purified water is stored in the storage tank 110, the cold water 160 is located below the cold water separator 130, and the low temperature purified water 150 is located between the purified water separator 120 and the cold water separator 130. do.

In addition, the purified water 140 is stored above the purified water separating plate 120, and an evaporation part (not shown) is provided at the lower end of the storage tank 110, and the cold water 160 and the low temperature purified water 150 having different temperatures as described above. ) And an integer 140 are present.

The ice making unit 200 freezes the low temperature purified water 150 to generate ice. The ice making unit 200 freezes the low temperature purified water 150 of the main storage unit 100 supplied by the circulation supply unit 400 to generate ice.

The ice making unit 200 is composed of an ice making tank 210 and an ice making tube 220, the ice making tank 210 is filled with a low temperature purified water 150, is rotated by the rotation motor (212).

And the ice-making pipe 220 is provided on the upper side of the ice-making tank 210 and has a plurality of immersion tubes 224 immersed in the low-temperature purified water 150 contained in the ice-making tank 210, the refrigerant is supplied along the ice Will generate

In other words, the ice making tank 210 is maintained in a horizontal state during ice making, so that the low temperature purified water 150 is contained, and after defrosting, the ice making water tank 210 is rotated downward to move the ice and the low temperature purified water 150 to the auxiliary storage unit 500. .

The ice making tube 220 has a plurality of immersion tube 224, the plurality of immersion tube 224 is provided in the refrigerant pipe 222, the refrigerant supplied along the refrigerant pipe 222 along the inside thereof Connected to move.

In other words, the refrigerant pipe 222 is formed in a U-shape along the upper side of the ice making tank 210 to form a space to move the refrigerant therein.

In addition, the immersion pipe 224 is provided in plurality so as to protrude downward along the lower surface of the refrigerant pipe 222, the refrigerant flowing through the inside of the refrigerant pipe 222 is moved along the refrigerant pipe 222 is introduced.

In addition, each immersion pipe 224 is provided with a partition wall (not shown), respectively, the partition wall separates the inside of the refrigerant pipe 222 and the immersion pipe 224, but only inside the lower end of the immersion pipe 224 The refrigerant is installed to move and the refrigerant moving along the refrigerant pipe 222 is moved along the inside of the dip tube 224 separated by the diaphragm, and ice is generated by deicing the purified water outside the dip tube 224. .

At this time, the surface of the immersion tube 224 and the refrigerant tube 222 and the diaphragm are nickel plated, and each refrigerant tube 222 and the immersion tube 224 and the diaphragm are made of copper, thereby preventing corrosion during use. This is preferred.

In addition, the heat supply unit 300 defrosts the ice generated by supplying heat to the ice making unit 200, and supplies heat to the refrigerant tube 222 and the immersion tube 224 of the ice making tube 220. Ice generated from 224).

The circulation supply unit 400 supplies the low temperature purified water 150 of the main storage unit 100 to the ice making unit 200, circulates the low temperature purified water 150 when frozen, and the low temperature of the ice making unit 200 before defrosting. The purified water 150 is moved below the cold water separator 130 of the main storage unit 100.

The circulation supply unit 400 is a three-way valve pump 410 and the first circulation pipe 420, the second circulation pipe 430, the third circulation pipe 440, the fourth circulation pipe 450, the first solenoid It consists of a valve 460 and a second solenoid valve 470.

The three-way valve pump 410 moves the low temperature constant water 150, but selectively supplies the low temperature water constant 150 to the main storage part 100 and the ice making unit 200 to the inlet 412 and the first outlet. 414 and the second outlet 416.

In addition, the first circulation pipe 420 moves the low temperature water between the purified water separator 120 and the cold water separator 130 of the main storage part 100 to the inlet 412 of the three-way valve pump 410. It is provided.

The second circulation pipe 430 is connected to one end of the first discharge port 414 of the three-way valve pump 410 and provided to move the low temperature constant to the ice making unit 200, and the third circulation pipe 440 is The low temperature purified water of the ice making unit 200 is provided to move the first circulation pipe 420.

In addition, the fourth circulation pipe 450 has one end connected to the second outlet 416 of the three-way valve pump 410 is provided to move the low temperature purified water to the lower side of the cold water separation plate 130 of the main storage unit (100). do.

The first solenoid valve 460 is provided at a portion of the first circulation pipe 420 connected to the third circulation pipe 440 to control the flow of the low temperature purified water, and the second solenoid valve 470 is the first circulation. It is provided at the end of the third circulation pipe 440 connected to the pipe 420 to interrupt the flow of low temperature purified water.

Referring to the operation of the circulation supply unit 400, as shown in Figures 4 to 8, the first solenoid valve 460 is opened for the ice making of the ice making unit 200, the second solenoid valve 470 3) the three-way valve pump 410 is operated in a state in which the low temperature constant 150 of the main storage unit 100 is the ice making unit 200 through the first circulation pipe 420 and the second circulation pipe 430 Is supplied.

In other words, the low temperature purified water 150 between the purified water separating plate 120 and the cold water separating plate 130 of the main storage part 100 is moved along the first circulation pipe 420 to provide a three-way valve pump 410. Flows into the inlet 412.

The low temperature purified water 150 introduced into the inlet 412 is discharged through the first outlet 414 of the three-way valve pump 410, and the discharged low temperature purified water is formed along the second circulation pipe 430. ) Is supplied to the ice-making tank 210.

This is illustrated in FIG. 4.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the ice making unit 200 is defrosted, the first solenoid valve 460 is blocked, and the second solenoid valve 470 is opened by the three-way valve pump 410. The low temperature purified water 150 contained in the ice making unit 200 is circulated through the third circulation pipe 440 and the second circulation pipe 430.

In other words, the low temperature purified water 150 contained in the ice making tank 210 of the ice making unit 200 by the three-way valve pump 410 is moved along the third circulation pipe 440 and the third circulation pipe 440. It is introduced into the inlet 412 of the three-way valve pump 410 through the end of the first circulation pipe 420 connected with.

The low temperature purified water 150 introduced into the inlet 412 is discharged through the first outlet 414 of the three-way valve pump 410, and the discharged low temperature purified water is formed along the second circulation pipe 430. ) Is supplied back to the ice making tank 210 and circulated.

As such, when the low temperature purified water 150 is circulated, bubbles of the low temperature purified water 150 frozen by the ice making unit 200 may be removed to generate transparent ice.

And, as shown in Figure 6, before defrosting by the heat supply unit 300, the low temperature constant contained in the ice making unit 200 by the three-way valve pump 410 in a state in which the first solenoid valve 460 is blocked ( 150 is moved to the lower side of the cold water separator 130 of the main storage unit 100 through the third circulation pipe 440 and the fourth circulation pipe 450.

This is because, when heat is transferred by the heat supply unit 300 to defrost ice generated in the ice making unit 200, the low temperature constant 150 may be increased because the temperature of the low temperature constant water 150 which is not frozen may be increased. The three-way valve pump 410 is to move to the lower side of the cold water separating plate 130 of the main storage unit 100.

As such, the moved low temperature purified water 150 has a temperature close to the cold water 160 by the ice making unit 200, and thus the temperature of the cold water 160 is mixed even if the cold water 160 under the cold water separator 130 is mixed. Is not raised, it is possible to reduce the operation of the evaporator (not shown) for maintaining the temperature of the cold water 160.

As shown in FIG. 7, as the ice making tank 210 rotates downward to move the defrosted ice to the auxiliary storage unit 500, the low-temperature purified water 150 with the ice is transferred to the auxiliary storage unit 500. Are moved and stored respectively.

The secondary storage unit 500 is divided into an ice storage unit 520 for storing ice and a discharge water storage unit 510 in which the low-temperature purified water 150 is stored. The grill 512 may be provided to separate the ice and the low temperature purified water 150 into the ice storage unit 520 and the sewage storage unit 510.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, the controller 480 controls the three-way valve pump 410, the first solenoid valve 460, and the second solenoid valve 470 according to the ice making time of the ice making unit 200. It is further provided.

As the control unit 480 accurately controls the three-way valve pump 410, the first solenoid valve 460, and the second solenoid valve 470, unnecessary operation may be omitted.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 9, the secondary circulation supply unit 600 for moving the low temperature purified water 150 stored in the secondary storage unit 500 to the lower side of the cold water separator 130 of the main storage unit 100 is further provided. do.

The secondary circulation supply unit 600 is a cold water 160 located below the cold water separator plate 130 of the main storage unit 100 to the low temperature purified water 150 stored in the withdrawal storage unit 510 of the secondary storage unit 500 By having a temperature close to, even if the cold water 160 of the lower side of the cold water separator 130 is mixed, the temperature does not rise, it is possible to reduce the operation of the evaporator for maintaining the cold water (160).

10: ice maker 100: main storage unit
110: storage tank 120: purified water separator
130: cold water separator 200: ice maker
210: ice-making tank 220: ice-making pipe
300: heat supply unit 400: circulation supply unit
410: three-way valve pump 420: first circulation pipe
430: the second circulation tube 440: the third circulation tube
450: fourth circulation pipe 460: first solenoid valve
470: second solenoid valve 480: control unit
500: auxiliary storage unit 600: auxiliary circulation supply unit

Claims (10)

A water purification plate and a cold water separation plate having a plurality of through holes are located above and below, the purified water is stored, cold water is located below the cold water separation plate, a low temperature water purification is located between the water purification plate and the cold water separation plate, A main storage unit for storing purified water above the purified water separator;
An ice making unit that freezes the cold water to generate ice;
A heat supply unit configured to defrost ice generated by supplying heat to the ice making unit;
A circulation supply unit for supplying the low temperature constant of the main storage unit to the ice making unit and circulating the low temperature constant when freezing and moving the low temperature constant of the ice making unit to the lower side of the cold water separator of the main storage unit before defrosting; And
It consists of a secondary storage for separating and storing the ice and ice cold water, respectively,
The circulation supply unit circulates the low temperature purified water while freezing the low temperature purified water in the ice making unit.
The method of claim 1, wherein the ice making unit,
Cold water is contained, ice-making tank that is rotated by the rotating motor; And
It is provided on the upper side of the ice-making tank has a plurality of immersion pipes immersed in the low-temperature purified water contained in the ice-making tank, and comprises a ice-making pipe to supply ice along the inside to generate ice,
The ice-making tank is kept in a horizontal state during ice-making, the cold water is contained, and after defrosting, is rotated downward to move the ice and cold water to the secondary storage unit.
The ice making tube of claim 2,
A plurality of immersion tubes are provided to protrude downward along the lower surface of the refrigerant pipe to which the refrigerant is moved, the through hole and the inside of the coolant pipe, and separates the inside of the through refrigerant pipe and the immersion pipe, the inside of the lower end of the immersion pipe Recirculating transparent ice ice maker, characterized in that the diaphragm is provided so that only the refrigerant moves.
The method of claim 3,
The immersion tube, the refrigerant tube and the diaphragm are circulating transparent ice making device, characterized in that the surface is nickel plated.
According to claim 1, The circulation supply unit,
A three-way valve pump having a cold inlet, the inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet for selectively supplying the cold constant to the main storage and the ice making unit;
A first circulation pipe for moving the cold water between the water purification plate and the cold water separation plate of the main storage unit to the inlet of the three-way valve pump;
A second circulation pipe having one end connected to the first discharge port of the three-way valve pump to move the low temperature constant to the ice making unit;
A third circulation pipe for moving the low temperature constant of the ice making unit to the first circulation pipe;
A fourth circulation pipe having one end connected to a second outlet of the three-way valve pump to move a low temperature purified water below the cold water separator of the main storage part;
A first solenoid valve provided at a portion of the first circulation pipe connected to the third circulation pipe to regulate a flow of the low temperature purified water; And
And a second solenoid valve provided at an end portion of the third circulation pipe connected to the first circulation pipe to regulate the flow of the low temperature purified water.
According to claim 5, For the ice making of the ice making unit,
The low temperature constant of the main storage unit is supplied to the ice making unit through the first circulation pipe and the second circulation pipe by the three-way valve pump while the first solenoid valve is opened and the second solenoid valve is blocked. Circulating transparent ice making machine.
The method of claim 5, wherein, in the ice making of the ice making unit,
The first solenoid valve is blocked, and the second solenoid valve is circulated through the third circulation pipe and the low temperature purified water contained in the ice making unit by the three-way valve pump in an open state. Transparent ice ice machine.
The method of claim 5, wherein, before defrosting by the heat supply unit,
The low temperature purified water contained in the ice making unit by the three-way valve pump in a state in which the first solenoid valve is shut off is moved to the lower side of the cold water separating plate of the main storage through the third circulation pipe and the fourth circulation pipe. Circulating transparent ice making machine.
The method of claim 5,
And a control unit for controlling the three-way valve pump, the first solenoid valve, and the second solenoid valve according to the ice making time of the ice making unit.
The method of claim 1,
And an auxiliary circulation supply unit for moving the low temperature purified water stored in the auxiliary storage unit to the lower side of the cold water separator plate of the main storage unit.

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