KR20110032167A - Water tank for dispenser and refrigerator having the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A water tank for a dispenser and a refrigerator comprising the same are provided to enable the capacity of the water tank to be increased since a convex part is formed on the bottom of a water storage container. CONSTITUTION: A refrigerator comprises a freezing compartment, a refrigerating compartment, a water tank, and a dispenser. The water tank is prepared on the door of the refrigerating compartment. The dispenser discharges the water from the water tank to outside. The water tank comprises a water storage container(110), a filter unit, a filter mount, and an auxiliary container(130). The filter unit purifies the water to flow into the water storage container. The auxiliary container is mounted on the inside of the water container and forms a space. The water storage container comprises a convex part(120). The convex part expands the capacity of the auxiliary container.

Description

Water tank for dispenser and Refrigerator having the same}

The present invention relates to a water tank for a dispenser and a refrigerator including the same, and more particularly to a water tank and a refrigerator including the same so that the capacity of the auxiliary container is expanded.

In general, a refrigerator is a device for storing food at a low temperature, and includes a freezer compartment in which food is stored at a relatively low temperature, and a refrigerating compartment in which food is stored at a relatively higher temperature than the freezer.

Recently, refrigerators with various additional functions have been developed and produced according to the needs of consumers, and recently, refrigerators with dispensers have been developed in various configurations.

A dispenser is a device for automatically dispensing drinking water. The dispenser is connected to a tap water or other water source to supply drinking water to a user or to provide a water tank to supply water to a user.

However, in the case of the dispenser that draws water from the water tank and supplies it to the user, when the water tank is made large in the height direction to increase the water tank capacity, the position of the dispenser from which the water is drawn out becomes relatively low. There is a difficulty to bend the water severely bend out.

One aspect of the present invention is to provide a water tank for a dispenser having a sufficient water tank capacity and a refrigerator including the same.

In addition, to provide a dispenser water tank and a refrigerator including the same so that the user can easily take out the water.

According to the spirit of the present invention, a refrigerator includes a freezing compartment disposed at a relatively upper portion, a refrigerating chamber disposed at a relatively lower portion, a water tank provided at a refrigerating chamber door that opens and closes the refrigerating chamber, and discharges water from the water tank to the outside. And a dispenser unit for discharging the water tank, the water tank including a reservoir for storing water, a filter unit for purifying water injected into the reservoir, and a filter mounting unit for mounting the filter unit. And an auxiliary container for partitioning a space, wherein the low container includes a protrusion formed to protrude outward to correspond to the shape of the filter mounting part so that the capacity of the auxiliary container is enlarged.

The filter mounting part may be formed to protrude downwardly of the auxiliary container, and the protrusion may be formed to protrude to the lower side of the low container corresponding to a space in which the filter part and the filter mounting part invade the low container.

The dispenser unit may be disposed above the refrigerating chamber door so that a user may take out water without bending the waist.

The protrusion may guide the purified water from the filter part into the inner space of the reservoir.

The protrusion may filter out foreign substances in the course of flowing water purified by the filter unit.

The auxiliary container may have a capacity of 1.5 liters or more and 2.5 liters or less.

The installation height of the dispenser may be 0.8 m or more and 1 m or less from the installation surface of the refrigerator.

The filter mounting part may be disposed at a central portion of the auxiliary container, and the protrusion may be disposed at a central portion of the low container.

The water tank may further include a valve member for intermittently discharging water.

The water tank may further include a cover member for closing the upper portion of the reservoir.

In addition, the water tank for the dispenser includes a low water reservoir in which water is stored, a filter unit for purifying water injected into the low water container, and a filter mounting unit in which the filter unit is mounted, and is mounted inside the water reservoir to partition a space. Includes an auxiliary container, wherein the low container is characterized in that it comprises a capacity secured to protrude to be stepped on the lower surface of the low container to ensure the capacity of the auxiliary container.

The filter mounting portion may protrude downward from the center portion of the auxiliary container, and the capacity securing portion may accommodate a lower portion of the filter mounting portion.

The capacity securing unit may guide the water purified by the filter unit to the inner space of the low container.

The capacity securing unit may filter foreign matter in the course of flowing water purified by the filter unit.

The auxiliary container may have a capacity of 1.5 liters or more and 2.5 liters or less.

The capacity of the low container may be 3 liters or more and 4 liters or less.

The dispenser water tank and the refrigerator including the same according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention described above may form a protrusion on the lower surface of the low container, thereby increasing the capacity of the water tank.

In addition, it is possible to reduce the height of the overall water tank while increasing the capacity of the water tank.

In addition, as the height of the water tank becomes smaller, the dispenser portion is located at the upper portion of the refrigerating compartment door relatively, so that the user can easily take out the water.

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

1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the refrigerator of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a view showing a state in which a water tank is mounted in the refrigerating chamber door, Figure 4 is a water tank Detailed sectional view of the mounted dispenser unit.

1 and 2, the refrigerator 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 10 having a freezing compartment 20 and a refrigerating compartment 30 which are mutually divided by an intermediate partition 15. Include.

The freezing compartment 20 and the refrigerating compartment 30 are open at the front, and the freezing compartment 20 disposed above the main body 10 is opened and closed by the freezing compartment door 40, and the refrigerating compartment disposed under the main body 10 ( 30 is opened and closed by the refrigerating chamber door 50.

At least one shelf 25 or 35 is provided in the freezing compartment 20 and the refrigerating compartment 30 to place a storage.

An inner rear of the freezer compartment 20 is provided with a freezer compartment evaporator 21 for cooling the freezer compartment 20 and a freezer compartment circulation fan 22 for cold air circulation of the freezer compartment 20. In addition, a refrigerator compartment evaporator 31 for cooling the refrigerator compartment 30 and a refrigerator compartment circulation fan 32 for circulating cold air of the refrigerator compartment 30 are installed in the rear side of the refrigerator compartment 30. Reference numeral 12 denotes a compressor for compressing the refrigerant supplied to the freezer compartment evaporator 21 and the refrigerator compartment evaporator 31.

The freezing chamber door 40 and the refrigerating chamber door 50 are rotated to the left and right to be rotatably coupled to the main body 10 so as to open and close the freezing chamber 20 and the refrigerating chamber 30.

Inside the freezing chamber door 40 and the refrigerating chamber door 50, a plurality of accommodating parts 27 and 37 for accommodating a storage object are formed.

The layout and structure of the freezer compartment, the refrigerating compartment, and the doors that open and close the storage compartments of the present embodiment are exemplary, and may be modified in various forms.

3 and 4, the dispenser 200 for discharging water intermittently without opening the refrigerating chamber door 50 is provided on the front upper portion of the refrigerating chamber door 50, the refrigerating chamber door 50 The inner upper portion of the water tank 100 for supplying water to the dispenser 200 is provided detachably.

The dispenser unit 200 includes a water supply unit 220 installed through the refrigerating chamber door 50 and a lever unit 240 for pressurizing the water to be discharged.

The water supply unit 220 is a portion to which the valve member 190 of the water tank 100 is coupled and seated. And, it serves to mediate the valve member 190 and the dispenser 200 of the water tank (100).

The lever unit 240 is formed so that the user can pressurize water to be discharged, the upper side is hinged rotatably, and the lower side is formed with a pressing portion 242 of a predetermined size so that the user can press using a cup or the like. do.

When the user presses the lever unit 240 using a cup or the like, the lever unit 240 rotates to press the valve member 190, and the valve member 190 is opened so that the water in the water tank 100 is in the refrigerating chamber. The front of the door 50 is discharged.

In addition, when the force applied to the lever unit 200 is removed, the lever unit 240 is rotated and returned to its original state, and the valve member 190 also has an internal elastic spring (not shown) to return to its original state. 190 is closed.

Thus, the configuration for discharging water from the water tank using the lever unit is configured to provide a switch in place of the lever unit as well as the mechanical configuration as described above, and to turn on / off the valve member according to the electrical signal according to the on / off of the switch. Of course this is possible.

Hereinafter, the water tank 100 will be described in detail.

Figure 5a is a detailed perspective view of the water tank, Figure 5b is an exploded perspective view of the water tank, Figure 5c is a rear view of the water tank, Figure 5d is a front view of the water tank.

As shown in FIGS. 5A to 5D, the water tank 100 is generally rectangular in shape, and includes a water reservoir 110 having a receiving space in which water is stored, and a filter for purifying water injected into the water reservoir 110. The sub-140, the auxiliary container 130 mounted inside the storage container 110 to partition the inner space of the storage container 110, and the cover member 150 closing the upper portion of the storage container 110 Include.

The reservoir 110 has an opening 110a formed at an upper portion thereof, and is provided to have a predetermined low capacity. When the storage container 110 is mounted on the rear surface of the refrigerating chamber door 50, the low capacity is preferably 3 liters or more and 4 liters or less. At this time, the height and width may be adjusted to prevent excessive protrusion to the refrigerating chamber 30 side. A protrusion 120 is formed on the lower surface of the central portion of the storage container 110. The protrusion 120 will be described later in detail with respect to the filter unit 140 and the filter mounting unit 135.

The valve member 190 is provided on the lower front surface of the storage container 110. The valve member 190 is coupled to the water supply unit 220 of the dispenser unit 200 and discharges water intermittently to the outside. Discharge of water through the valve member 190 is made in conjunction with the operation of the lever unit 240 in the same manner as described above.

An auxiliary container 130 is mounted inside the storage container 110. The auxiliary container 130 partitions the internal space of the low water container 110 up and down, stores water, and purifies through the filter unit 140 to discharge it to the outside. Therefore, the water introduced into the reservoir 110 is introduced into the first reservoir 137 partitioned by the auxiliary vessel 130, and purified after passing through the filter 140, the second reservoir 117. Is stored in. The storage capacity of the auxiliary container 130 is preferably 1.5 liters or more and 2.5 liters or less. This is to increase the capacity by expanding the auxiliary container 130 according to the prior art in the vertical direction, the protrusion 120 of the low container 110 to be described later is formed as the capacity of the auxiliary container 130 increases. .

The auxiliary container 130 includes a filter mounting unit 135 on which the filter unit 140 is mounted, and the filter mounting unit 135 is a space into which the filter unit 140 is inserted. The filter mounting part 135 is formed to protrude downward from the center of the auxiliary container 130.

The filter unit 140 is to purify the water injected into the water tank 100, a general filter product may be used, and various types of filters in a single unit form for purifying water may be employed. The filter unit 140 purifies the water stored in the first reservoir 137 while being inserted into the filter mounting unit 135 of the auxiliary container 130 and discharges the water to the outside.

The protrusion 120 of the storage container 110 protrudes downward to correspond to the shape of the filter mounting part 135 formed to protrude downward, and is formed to be stepped with the bottom surface of the storage container 110.

The protrusion 120 receives the lower portion of the filter mounting part 135, which does not affect the overall height of the storage container 110 by expanding the capacity of the auxiliary container 130 in the vertical direction. Only a portion of the lower surface of the 110 is formed as a protrusion 120. That is, while extending the space of the first reservoir 137 of the auxiliary container 130 in the vertical direction to enlarge the capacity of the auxiliary container 130, the filter unit 140 and the filter mounting unit 135 are the storage container 110. Part of the space that will invade will protrude downward to form a protrusion (120). The protrusion 120 is a capacity securing portion of the auxiliary container 130 in terms of ensuring the capacity of the auxiliary container 130 that may be insufficient.

The reason why the protrusion 120 is formed in the low container 110 is to enlarge the capacity of the auxiliary container 130 without increasing the height of the mounting space of the water tank 100 on the rear side of the refrigerating chamber door 50. When the length of the water tank 100 is increased in the vertical direction, the installation position of the dispenser part 200 is also disposed at the lower side of the refrigerating chamber door 50, so that the user must bend the waist severely to dispense the dispenser part ( This is because water can be taken out using 200).

In addition, the protrusion 120 guides the water purified by the filter 140 to be evenly spread in the space of the second reservoir 117 of the reservoir 110.

In addition, the protrusion 120 temporarily receives water and spreads out to the second reservoir 117. The foreign matter contained in the water does not escape the inside of the protrusion 120 but is stagnated in the protrusion 120. . Therefore, the protrusion 120 serves to filter foreign matter contained in the water.

The cover member 150 is provided at an upper portion of the storage container 110. The cover member 150 covers and closes the opening 110a of the storage container 110 and prevents foreign matter from entering the storage container 110. The cover member 150 includes an injection hole 153 provided to inject water into the center portion, and a cap member 155 for opening and closing the injection hole 153.

Hereinafter, the extraction of water using the water tank 100 and the refrigerator 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described.

6 is a detailed cross-sectional view showing the flow inside the water tank when taking out water, and FIG. 7 is a view illustrating an operation of taking out water by using a dispenser.

6 and 7, when the user opens the cap member 155 and injects water into the first reservoir 137 of the auxiliary container 130 through the injection hole 153, the water protrudes downward. It flows to the mounting unit 135 and is purified while passing through the filter unit 140.

The purified water is evenly spread through the protrusion 120 to the inner space of the second reservoir 117. At this time, the protrusion 120 guides the purified water to the inner space of the second reservoir 117 as described above, and also serves to filter foreign matter contained in the water.

Then, when the user presses the lever unit 240 of the dispenser unit 200 using a cup or the like, the purified water in the space of the second reservoir unit 117 of the reservoir 110 is connected to the user through the valve member 190. Is discharged into the cup. At this time, the dispenser 200 is disposed at a position where the height is "H" from the installation surface of the refrigerator 1. The height "H" is a height such that the user can extend the arm without pressing the waist severely and press the lever unit 240 with the cup, preferably 0.8 meters or more and 1 meters or less. Therefore, the user can easily take out water through the dispenser 200.

In a refrigerator having a refrigerating compartment in the lower part of the related art, when the water stored in the water tank on the rear side of the refrigerating compartment door is dispensed using a dispenser, the capacity of the water tank becomes insufficient when the dispenser is placed at an appropriate height for the user to use. Is generated, and the capacity of the water tank is increased to solve the problem that the position of the dispenser is relatively disposed at the lower side of the refrigerating chamber door, which makes it difficult for the user to use.

The water tank 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is to increase the capacity while the position of the dispenser 200 is to be arranged at a height convenient for the user.

In addition, since the dispenser 200 is disposed above the refrigerating chamber door 50, the dispenser 200 has a beautiful effect.

In the above, specific embodiments have been illustrated and described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and those skilled in the art may make various changes without departing from the spirit of the technical idea of the invention as set forth in the claims below. .

1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a cross-sectional view of the refrigerator of FIG. 1.

3 is a view showing a state in which a water tank is mounted on the refrigerating chamber door.

4 is a detailed cross-sectional view of the dispenser unit in which the water tank is mounted.

5A to 5D are detailed views of the water tank.

6 is a detailed cross-sectional view showing the flow inside the water tank when taking out water.

7 is a view illustrating an operation of taking out water by using a dispenser unit.

Description of the Related Art [0002]

1: refrigerator 10: body

20: freezer 30: cold storage room

100: water tank 110: water reservoir

130: auxiliary container 150: cover member

190 valve member 200 dispenser portion

240: lever portion

Claims (16)

A refrigeration chamber disposed at a relatively upper portion, a refrigerating chamber disposed at a relatively lower portion, a water tank provided at a refrigerating chamber door that opens and closes the refrigerating chamber, and a dispenser portion for discharging water from the water tank to the outside; The water tank includes a low container containing water, a filter unit for purifying water injected into the low container, and a filter mounting unit to which the filter unit is mounted, and the auxiliary container mounted inside the water reservoir to partition a space. Including, The low water container is characterized in that the refrigerator comprises a protrusion formed to protrude outward in correspondence with the shape of the filter mounting portion so that the capacity of the auxiliary container is expanded. The method of claim 1, The filter mounting portion is formed to protrude to the lower side of the auxiliary container, The protrusion is a refrigerator, characterized in that the filter unit and the filter mounting portion is formed to protrude to the lower side of the low container corresponding to the space invading the low container. The method of claim 1, The dispenser unit is a refrigerator, characterized in that arranged in the upper portion of the refrigerator compartment door so that the user can take out the water without bending. The method of claim 2, The protrusion unit guides the water purified by the filter unit to the inner space of the reservoir. The method of claim 2, The projection unit is characterized in that the refrigerator to filter foreign matter in the process of the purified water flowing in the filter unit. The method of claim 2, Refrigerator, characterized in that the capacity of the auxiliary container is 1.5L or more and 2.5L or less. The method of claim 3, The installation height of the dispenser is a refrigerator, characterized in that more than 0.8 meters and less than 1 meter from the installation surface of the refrigerator. The method of claim 2, The filter mounting portion is disposed in the central portion of the auxiliary container, the protrusion is characterized in that the refrigerator is disposed in the central portion of the reservoir. The method of claim 1, The water tank further comprises a valve member for discharging water intermittently. The method of claim 1, The water tank further comprises a cover member for closing the upper portion of the reservoir. Water reservoirs, A filter unit for purifying water injected into the low water container; It includes a filter mounting unit is mounted to the filter unit, and includes an auxiliary container mounted inside the storage container to partition the space, The low container is a water tank for a dispenser, characterized in that it comprises a capacity secured to protrude so as to be stepped on the lower surface of the low container to ensure the capacity of the auxiliary container. The method of claim 11, The filter mounting portion is formed to protrude downward from the central portion of the auxiliary container, the capacity securing portion is a dispenser water tank, characterized in that for receiving the lower portion of the filter mounting portion. The method of claim 12, The capacity securing unit is a dispenser water tank, characterized in that for guiding the water purified by the filter unit to the inner space of the reservoir. The method of claim 12, The capacity securing unit is a refrigerator, characterized in that to filter foreign matter in the course of the purified water flowing in the filter unit. The method of claim 12, Dispensing water tank, characterized in that the capacity of the auxiliary container is 1.5L or more and 2.5L or less. The method of claim 12, Capacity of the low water container is a dispenser water tank, characterized in that 3 to more than 4 liters.

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