KR0136178Y1 - Bucket connection device of water distributor for refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a bucket connecting device of a water distributor for a refrigerator, the intake chamber (3a) is formed in the upper portion of the refrigerator door (1) to facilitate the intake, the valve body 13 on the upper side of the intake chamber (3a) And a water distributor for a refrigerator provided with a case 17 for accommodating a dedicated water bottle 7 or a general bottle of water 51, wherein water in the inside of the water bottle 51 placed horizontally on the case 17 is freely dropped. By making the water outlet pipe 53 coupled to the upper side of the valve body 13 and the inside of the general water bottle 51 to atmospheric pressure so that the water flows out into the valve body 13 by means of atmospheric pressure so that water can easily freely fall. An air distribution pipe 55 coupled to an upper side of the water outlet pipe 53 and the water outlet pipe 53 and an air distribution pipe 55 to expose the inside of the water bottle 51 to the atmosphere. Characterized in that consisting of a coupling means 57 for coupling to the opening of the 51, It is configured as, by installing the water bottle so general allows for intake by free fall, and extends the working range of the water dispenser.

Description

Bucket connection device of water distributor for refrigerator

1 is a front view showing a refrigerator door in which a conventional water distributor for a refrigerator is installed.

2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A in FIG.

3 is a longitudinal sectional view (front view) showing a main part of a water distributor for a refrigerator equipped with a conventional water tank.

4 is a front view showing a refrigerator door in which a water distributor for a refrigerator is used when using a conventional bottled water.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view (main surface) showing the main part of the water dispenser for a refrigerator to which the bucket connection device of the water dispenser for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

6 is an enlarged view of a portion B of FIG. 5.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: refrigerator door 13: valve body

17: case 29: lower cap

51: general bottle of water 53: water outlet pipe

55: air distribution tube 57: coupling means

59 support member 61 cap member

63: packing member

The present invention relates to a water dispenser for a refrigerator, and in particular, for a refrigerator and a water dispenser in which a water intake chamber is formed on an upper portion of a refrigerator door for easy intake, a water bottle for a refrigerator is installed to enable intake by free fall. It relates to a bucket connection device of the distributor.

In general, inside the refrigerator, water is stored in a container to drink cool cold water, especially during the summer, and when taking water, open a door of the refrigerator, take out a container stored in the refrigerator, and then use an appropriate amount of water using a container such as a cup. Drinking and storing the container in the water again, this is due to the frequent opening and closing operation of the refrigerator door to increase the temperature in the refrigerator to increase the power consumption as well as inconvenience to use.

Conventionally, in order to solve such a problem, even if the refrigerator door is not opened, a water distributor is installed in the refrigerator door to receive the water stored in the refrigerator from the outside of the refrigerator.

Conventionally, a water distributor for a refrigerator is installed on an upper portion of a refrigerator door to facilitate water intake.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the water intake chamber 3a is formed in the upper side of the front of the refrigerator door 1 by the front cover 3 recessed to a certain depth, and in the water intake chamber 3a. The intake lever 5 is hinged to operate the slide member (not shown) to take in the water, and a dedicated bucket 7 of the refrigerator door 1 to store the water taken in accordance with the operation of the intake lever 5. It is seated on the upper side of the rear side.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, a cylinder member 9 having a water intake port 9a is provided at one side of the front cover 3 to discharge drinking water into the water intake chamber 3a. The inner side of the member (9) is provided with a slide member 11 which moves according to the operation of the water intake lever (5), the water contained in the dedicated bucket (7) in accordance with the operation of the slide member (11) outside The valve body 13 is coupled to the lower side of the dedicated bucket 7 so as to flow out.

An auxiliary cover 15 is coupled to an upper side of the front cover 3 so as to protect an upper portion of the front cover 3 and the water intake lever 5 is disposed thereon, and an upper side of the cylinder member 9. The case 17 is installed so that the dedicated bucket 7 is accommodated and the valve body 13 coupled to the lower side of the dedicated bucket 7 is seated. At this time, the cylinder member 9 and the case 17 coupled to the upper side of the cylinder member 9 are in communication.

In addition, a water reservoir 19 is provided at a lower side of the water intake chamber 3a of the front cover 3 to collect the water remaining from the water intake port 9a, and supports the cup C or the water reservoir ( The tray member 21 is seated on the upper end of the water container 19 so that foreign matter does not enter the 19).

The water intake lever 5 is hinged to a hinge point 15a formed at the upper end portion of the auxiliary cover 15 so as to push one end of the slide member 11.

As shown in FIG. 3, the dedicated bucket 7 has a protruding portion 7a formed with a screw to be coupled to the valve body 13 at one side thereof, and is formed to be elongated in the horizontal direction so that the amount of water is large. It is. The bottom of the casing 17 is in close contact with the inner bottom of the case 17 so that the dedicated bucket 7 is stabilized.

One side of the cylinder member 9 has a spring 23 is inserted to apply an elastic restoring force to the slide member 11, the one end of the spring 23, the slide member 11 and the spring ( A cap 25 is coupled to the cylinder member 9 so as to cover the opening after inserting 23 into the cylinder member 9. In addition, a plurality of guide protrusions 9b for guiding the water are formed to protrude in the longitudinal direction so that the discharged water is not discharged and is discharged constantly.

One side surface of the slide member 11 is formed with an inclined portion 11a having an inclined surface having a predetermined inclined surface so as to vertically move the valve rod described later of the valve body 13, On one side, an intermediate valve 27 is extrapolated to block / pass water to the water intake port 9a.

The valve body 13 is detachably coupled to the protrusion 7a of the dedicated bucket 7 so that the lower cap 29 is accommodated in the inner lower portion of the case 17, and the inside of the lower cap 29 The valve rod 31 which is moved up and down according to the movement of the slide member 11 is elastically installed by the spring 33, and the valve 35 is fixed to the upper end of the valve rod 31. . At this time, the valve seat 29a is formed in the central portion of the lower cap 29 so that the valve 35 is seated.

As shown in FIG. 3, the case 17 has a first accommodation space 17a formed along the width direction of the refrigerator door 1 so as to accommodate the dedicated bucket 7, and the valve body 13. In one side of the first accommodation space (17a) to accommodate the (2) has a shape formed so as to protrude the second accommodation space (17b).

In addition, the inner bottom surface of the second accommodating space 17b and the outer circumferential surface of the lower cap 29 are closely attached by the packing member 37 to prevent the occurrence of leakage.

In the conventional water dispenser for refrigerators configured as described above, when the water intake is to be taken from the dedicated bucket 7, the cup C is placed on the intake lever 5 and the lower side of the intake lever 5 is pushed to the right, and the auxiliary cover 15 is provided. Intake lever (5) hinged to the rotation is rotated counterclockwise around the hinge point (15a), the slide member (11) in contact with the intake lever (5) is the right side of the milling intermediate valve (27) The lower end of the valve rod 31 is in contact with the inclined surface of the inclined portion 11a of the slide member 11 to move upward along the inclined surface of the inclined portion 11a, and the valve 35 has a lower cap ( 29 is separated from the valve seat 29a.

Therefore, the water stored in the dedicated bucket (7) flows down the space formed on the outside of the valve rod 31 flows into the interior of the cylinder member (9) and then the intermediate valve (extrapolated to the slide member 11) It flows out through the intake port 9a past the outside of the 27). At this time, the water is not scattered by the guide protrusion 9b formed in the intake port 9a, so that it is easily contained in the cup c.

When the force pushing the water intake lever 5 is removed, the slide member 11 is moved to the left side by the elastic restoring force of the insertion spring 33 inside the cylinder member 9 so that the intermediate valve ( 27 blocks the entrance to the intake port 9a. At the same time, since the valve rod 31 moves downward by the elastic restoring force of the spring 33 inserted and disposed outside the valve rod 31, the valve 35 closely adheres to the valve seat 29a. Outflow of water through the intake port 9a is stopped.

When the dedicated bucket 7 is replaced, the dedicated bucket 7 and the valve body 13 are separated together from the second accommodation space 17b of the case 17, and then the dedicated bucket 7 Loosen the lower cap 29 of the valve body 13 screwed to the projection 7a of the), and install and install a new dedicated bucket in the reverse order of disassembly.

By the way, in the conventional water dispenser for refrigerators configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 3, it is necessary to use a specially made bucket 7 separately, and a general bottle of water having a smaller opening diameter than the body cannot be used. There is this.

In addition, in the structure in which the water intake chamber 3a is formed at the lower portion of the refrigerator door 41 as shown in FIG. 4 so that the dedicated water bottle 7 and the general water bottle can be used simultaneously, the general water bottle can be used upright. There was a problem that the user is inconvenient because the user should bend the waist.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is a water dispenser for a refrigerator formed in the upper portion of the refrigerator door so that the water intake, the installation of a general bottled water intake by free fall It is to provide a bucket connection device of the water distributor for refrigerators.

Bucket connection device of the water dispenser for refrigerator according to the present invention made to achieve the above object is formed in the upper portion of the refrigerator door so that the water intake is easy, the upper side of the water intake valve body and a dedicated bucket or a general water bottle A water distributor for a refrigerator provided with a housing, comprising: a water outlet pipe coupled to an upper side of the valve body so that water inside the general water bottle horizontally placed on the case is discharged to the valve body by free fall; An air distribution pipe coupled to an upper side of the water outlet pipe to expose the inside of the general water bottle to the atmosphere to make the inside of the general water bottle at atmospheric pressure to freely drop the water, and the water outlet pipe and the air distribution pipe to the general water bottle Characterized in that consisting of a coupling means for coupling to the opening.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the part same as the part shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 3, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

As shown in FIG. 5, the water intake chamber 3a is formed in the upper part of the refrigerator door 1 so that water can be easily taken in, and the valve body 13 and the dedicated water tank 7 are located above the water intake chamber 3a. ) Or a case 17 for accommodating the general bottle of water 51 is provided.

In addition, the upper side of the valve body 13, the water outlet pipe 53 so that the water in the interior of the general water bottle 51 placed horizontally on the case 17 to the valve body 13 by free fall. ) Is coupled to the upper side of the water outlet pipe (53) to make the inside of the general water bottle (51) to atmospheric pressure to expose the inside of the water bottle (51) to the atmosphere so that water is easily freely dropped. The distribution pipe 55 is coupled, and the water outlet pipe 53 and the air distribution pipe 55 are coupled to the opening of the general water bottle 51 by the coupling means 57.

The water bottle 51 has a smaller opening diameter than the body and is horizontally seated on the inner bottom of the first accommodation space 17a of the case 17.

The water outlet pipe 53 has a coupling portion 53a coupled to the lower cap 29 of the valve body 13 at one side end thereof, and extends at a predetermined length upward from the coupling portion 53a. The outflow pipe part 53b bent horizontally and then bent obliquely is formed. At this time, the inner diameter of the outlet pipe portion 53b is considerably smaller than the inner diameter of the coupling portion 53a, and the outlet pipe portion 53b so as to easily flow out the water stored in the general bottle 51. The end of the inclined portion is in contact with the inner bottom of the general water bottle 51 and the level of the inner bottom of the water bottle 51 is higher than the level of the valve 35 of the valve body 13. . The coupling portion 53a of the water outlet pipe 53 is screwed to the lower cap 29 of the valve body 13.

The air distribution pipe 55 is disposed substantially symmetrically with the outlet pipe portion 53b of the water outlet pipe 53 by the support member 59. That is, the left side of the air distribution pipe 55 is bent vertically upwards and the right side is bent inclined upwards with the horizontal portion interposed therebetween.

At this time, the right end portion of the air distribution pipe 55 is in contact with the inner upper surface of the general water bottle 51, so that the air easily flows into the inside of the water bottle 51, the inside of the water bottle 51 The left end of the air distribution pipe 55 is higher than the right end so that the water does not flow out of the water distributor.

In addition, the outlet pipe part 53b and the air flow pipe 55 of the water outlet pipe 53 have a constant elasticity so as to be easily inserted into the inside of the general bottled water 51.

The coupling means 57 has a cap shape, and the horizontal portion of the outlet pipe part 53b and the air flow pipe 55 of the water outlet pipe 53 is inserted and supported through one side of the cap member 61, so that the general water bottle ( The structure is coupled to the opening of 51).

At this time, as shown in Figure 6, the outlet pipe portion 53b of the water outlet pipe 53 in contact with the cap member 61 so as to prevent leakage on the outer peripheral surface of the horizontal portion and the horizontal portion of the air flow pipe (55) The packing member 63 is closely inserted and disposed.

The bucket connection device of the water distributor for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is screwed to the lower cap 29 of the valve body 13, the coupling portion (53a) of the water outlet pipe (53), The outlet pipe portion 53b of the water outlet pipe 53 approaches the inclined portion and the inclined portion of the air flow passage 55, so that the horizontal portion of the outlet pipe portion 53b of the water outlet pipe 53 and the air flow pipe 55 When the cap member 61 is inserted with the packing member 63 described in the horizontal portion of the c), the assembly is completed. At this time, after assembling, the hard water portion of the outlet pipe portion 53b of the water outlet pipe 53 and the inclined portion of the air flow pipe 55 maintain their original shape by elasticity.

The operation and effects of the water connection device of the water distributor for the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described below.

When using the general bottle 51, the valve body 13 is first separated from the second accommodation space 17b of the case 17.

Next, after screwing the engaging portion 53a of the water outlet pipe 53 to the lower cap 29 of the valve body 13, the inclined portion of the outlet pipe portion 53b of the water outlet pipe 53 and the air Close the inclined portion of the flow pipe 55 to fit the cap member 61 to the outlet pipe portion 53b and the air flow pipe 55 of the water outlet pipe 53 and at the same time to prevent leakage of the water outlet pipe 53 The horizontal portion of the outlet pipe portion 53b and the air flow pipe 55 interpose the packing member 63 in the horizontal portion, and then the general water bottle 51 is connected to the outlet pipe portion 53b and the air flow pipe of the water outlet pipe 53. After the insertion into the 55, the cap member 61, the general bottled water 51 is tightly coupled to the opening.

Next, when the valve body 13 coupled to the coupling portion 53a of the water outlet pipe 53 is seated in the second accommodation space 17b of the case 17, the installation of the general water bottle 51 is completed. do.

At this time, the outer bottom of the body of the general bottle 51 is in close contact with the inner bottom of the first receiving space (17a) of the case 17, the general bottle of water 51 maintains a stable state.

The end portion of the inclined portion of the outlet pipe portion 53b is in contact with the inner bottom surface of the general water bottle 51, and the level of the inner bottom surface of the water bottle 51 is controlled by the valve of the valve body 13. Since it is higher than the level of 35, the water stored in the general bottled water tank 51 easily flows out into the valve body 13.

In addition, since the upper end portion of the air distribution pipe 55 is in contact with the inner upper surface of the general bottled water tank 51, the air is easily distributed through the inside of the bottled water tank 51, so that the free fall of water is made easy. And, since the left end of the air distribution pipe 55 is higher than the right end thereof, water inside the general bottled water 51 does not flow out of the water distributor.

In addition, since the outlet pipe part 53b and the air flow pipe 55 of the water outlet pipe 53 have a constant elasticity, they are easily inserted into the general water bottle 51.

On the other hand, when the dedicated bucket 7 is used, the bucket connecting device is detached from the valve body 13 and the dedicated bucket 7 is coupled to the valve body 13 to be used.

Therefore, the bucket connecting device of the water distributor for refrigerators according to an embodiment of the present invention is coupled to the valve body 13 of the water distributor for refrigerators using a dedicated bucket (7) so that the general water bottle 51 can be used. In other words, the water distributor should be widely used.

As described above, the water connection device of the refrigerator for water dispenser according to the present invention is a very practical design to expand the use area of the water dispenser because the installation of the general water bottle allows the intake by free fall.

Claims (6)

A water intake chamber 3a is formed in the upper portion of the refrigerator door 1 so that the water intake is easy, and an upper side of the intake chamber 3a accommodates the valve body 13 and the dedicated water bottle 7 or the general water bottle 51. In the water dispenser for a refrigerator provided with a case (17), the valve body so that the water in the interior of the general water bottle 51 placed horizontally on the case (17) flows out into the valve body (13) by free fall. The water outlet pipe (53) coupled to the upper side of the (13) and the inside of the general bottle (51) to make the atmospheric pressure to expose the inside of the bottled water (51) to the atmosphere so that water is easily freely dropped An air distribution pipe 55 coupled to the upper side of the water outlet pipe 53, and the coupling means 57 for coupling the water outlet pipe 53 and the air distribution pipe 55 to the opening of the general bottled water 51 Bucket connection device of the water distributor for refrigerators, characterized in that. According to claim 1, The water outlet pipe 53 has a coupling portion (53a) is formed to be coupled to the lower cap 29 of the valve body 13 at one end thereof, the upper side in the coupling portion (53a) The water pipe connection device of the refrigerator for water distributor, characterized in that the elongated pipe portion (53b) is bent to be inclined downward after being extended horizontally to a certain length. 3. An end portion of the inclined portion of the outlet pipe portion 53b is in contact with the inner bottom of the water bottle 51 while allowing the water stored in the water bottle 51 to easily flow out. The water bottle connection device of the water distributor for refrigerators, characterized in that the level of the inner bottom of the bottled water tank (51) is higher than the level of the valve (35) of the valve body (13). The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the right end of the air distribution pipe (55) is in contact with the inner upper surface of the general water bottle (51) so that air is easily distributed in the inside of the water bottle (51). Bucket connection device of water distributor. The water distributor for a refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the left end of the air distribution pipe (55) is higher than the right end so that water inside the general water bottle (51) does not flow out of the water distributor. Bucket linkage. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the outlet pipe part (53b) and the air distribution pipe (55) of the water outlet pipe (53) have a constant elasticity so as to be easily inserted into the inside of the general water bottle (51). Bucket connection device of water distributor.