KR100342244B1 - An water purifier using ozone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a water purifier, a raw water storage tank having a predetermined height filled with raw water, such as tap water, an ozone generator for supplying ozone into the raw water storage tank, the reaction of the raw water and ozone in the raw water storage tank Ozone droplet generating means for smoothing and sufficiently dissolving ozone in raw water; and an ultraviolet lamp for ozone decomposition, which completely decomposes residual ozone of raw water in which ozone is dissolved by the ozone droplet generating means to make primary purified water; And a cyclone collecting means for imparting centrifugal force to the primary purified water irradiated with the ultraviolet lamp for ozone decomposition to collect foreign substances such as various bacteria, heavy metals, inorganic substances, and harmful compounds, and separating secondary purified water.

According to the present invention as described above, by reducing the specific gravity of the filter while utilizing the characteristics of the ozone, to prevent various damages caused by the filter, and to extend the replacement time and life of the filter, the cumbersome operation of the filter replacement Eliminates, reduces filter replacement costs, and also removes germs, as well as various organic compounds, minerals, and odors contained in raw water.

Description

Water purifier using ozone {An water purifier using ozone}

The present invention relates to a water purifier, and more particularly, utilizing the characteristics of ozone to extend the filter replacement time and lifespan, while eliminating the inconvenience of changing the filter, reducing the filter replacement cost, In addition to sterilization, the present invention relates to a water purifier using ozone, which makes it possible to remove various organic compounds, inorganic substances and odors contained in raw water.

In general, a water purifier is a machine that makes drinking water available for drinking by filtering various foreign substances contained in the water, and is widely used in homes and workplaces as the awareness of recent environmental pollution increases.

Conventionally, various types of water purifiers are known, and the typical embodiments thereof will be described below.

That is, according to the 1997 patent application No. 2818, heavy metals and carcinogens contained in the precipitation filter, the pretreated carbon filter, the membrane filter, the post carbon filter, the ultraviolet sterilization lamp, and the concentrated water drained from the membrane filter. Concentrated water guide means for inducing the sterilization treatment with the raw water by inducing the raw water supply side while filtering and removing the material, the thickener guide means is connected between the concentrated water drain pipe and the raw water inlet pipe to the raw water inlet side It consists of a guide member for guiding, and a filter member having a structure that satisfies the conditions for filtering various dissolved solids and pooling substances contained in the concentrated water.

As the conventional water purifier is a reverse osmosis method, a part of the concentrated water separated during the purification and sterilization process for general raw water is guided to the filter member employing the ion exchange resin through the induction pipe through the valve means. Dissolved solids and pooling material is filtered by the characteristic function, and the filtered concentrated water is guided to the raw water inlet pipe along the induction pipe and mixed with the raw water and introduced into the settling filter. It goes through the process.

Meanwhile, the utility model registration application No. 28795 of 1997 is known as another type of conventional technology. Looking at the technical features, a raw water supply pipe for supplying raw water and impurities of raw water introduced by the raw water supply pipe (remaining A filtration filter and an adsorption filter for removing chlorine and odor, a pressure pump connected to the connection pipe with the adsorption filter to boost the first filtered purified water as necessary, and a fine water purifier connected to the pressure pump with a connection pipe. It is composed of a reverse osmosis module for removing impurities again, the moving tube for moving the treated water passed through the reverse osmosis module is connected to the reservoir to store drinking water, and another connection tube branched from the pressure pump UV sterilizer The built-in to sterilize the water filtered through the filter to use as living water.

However, in the water purifier according to the prior art as described above, the foreign material such as bacteria contained in the raw water is filtered using various filters having various structures, and various foreign substances such as bacteria are removed using various filters. As a result, after a certain period of time, the filter was clogged, and there was a disadvantage in that it did not properly perform the function of the water purifier. As a result, the filter had to be replaced regularly.

If the user misses the time of replacing the filter due to carelessness of the user, it is not possible to exclude the phenomenon that the raw water is contaminated by various bacteria accumulated in the various filters.

As a result, it is necessary to periodically replace the filter for the use of the water purifier to increase the difficulty of the operation and the maintenance and maintenance cost of the water purifier to force the user to feel the burden.

In addition, the water purifier according to the prior art employs only an ultraviolet lamp, and has a disadvantage in that only the sterilization of raw water is performed, and it is not effective to remove various organic compounds and minerals contained in raw water, thereby improving the performance of the water purifier. There was a limit.

Therefore, the main object of the present invention is to provide a water purifier using ozone which can prevent various damages caused by the filter by remarkably lowering the specific gravity of the filter while utilizing the properties of the ozone.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a water purifier using ozone that can extend the replacement time and life of the filter, thereby eliminating the inconvenience of replacing the filter and reducing the cost of replacing the filter.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a water purifier using ozone which can effectively remove various organic compounds, inorganic substances, odors, etc. contained in raw water in addition to sterilization of bacteria by using the characteristics of ozone.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a water purifier according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the ozone droplet generating tank of the water purifier according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a flow delay member of the water purifier according to the present invention.

4 is a block diagram of a cyclone collecting means of the water purifier according to the present invention.

5 is a plan view of FIG. 4.

Figure 6 is a partial section of the foreign material discharge member and discharge guide of the water purifier according to the present invention

Texture perspective view.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: raw water storage tank 20: ozone generator

30: ozone droplet generating tank 32: ozone droplet forming member

44: vent 34,35: flow delay member

34a, 35a: Through hole 40: UV lamp for ozone decomposition

50: foreign material collection tank 51: spiral guide

52: foreign substance discharge member 53: discharge guide

54 discharge pipe 61,71 activated carbon filter

62: bamboo charcoal filter 63: water heater

64: cold water device

In order to solve the above object of the present invention, a raw water storage tank having a predetermined height filled with raw water, such as tap water, an ozone generator for supplying ozone into the raw water storage tank, and the raw water in the raw water storage tank Ozone water droplet generation means which facilitates the reaction between the ozone and ozone and dissolves ozone sufficiently in the raw water, and ozone decomposition which completely decomposes the residual ozone of the raw water in which ozone is dissolved by the ozone water droplet generating means to form primary purified water. And a cyclone collecting means for imparting centrifugal force to the primary purified water irradiated with the ultraviolet lamp for ozone decomposition to collect foreign substances such as various bacteria, heavy metals, inorganic substances, and harmful compounds, and separating secondary purified water. There is provided a water purifier using ozone.

The ozone droplet generating means is installed at the bottom of the raw water storage tank and ozone droplet generating tank which serves to crush finely into fine size so that ozone reacts well in raw water, and is installed at a predetermined interval on the upper side so that raw water and ozone are immediately It consists of a plurality of flow retardation member that serves to extend the reaction time between the raw water and ozone by preventing the escape, the ozone droplet generating tank is characterized in that it is provided with a plurality of ozone droplet forming member is formed with a vent hole formed with a fine diameter It is done.

The cyclone collecting means includes a cylindrical foreign matter collecting tank having a spiral guide having a predetermined width and thickness on an inner circumferential surface thereof, a funnel-shaped foreign material discharging member installed at the bottom of the foreign substance collecting tank, and a lower portion of the foreign substance discharging member. The discharge guide is assembled, and is connected to the lower end of the discharge guide is characterized in that it comprises a discharge pipe for discharging the primary purified water containing foreign matter.

Activated carbon filter and bamboo charcoal filter are continuously installed on the outlet side of the cyclone collecting means, characterized in that configured to improve the water purification efficiency.

A pressure pump for pressurizing the water purified by the cyclone collecting means is provided between the cyclone collecting means and the activated carbon filter.

It is characterized in that the activated carbon filter is installed in the discharge pipe of the cyclone collecting means to use the purified water filtered through the activated carbon filter as the washing water.

According to the present invention, by reducing the specific gravity of the filter while utilizing the characteristics of the ozone, to prevent various damages caused by the filter, and to extend the replacement time and life of the filter to eliminate the troublesome work of replacing the filter. In addition, the filter replacement cost is reduced, and there are advantages such as sterilization of bacteria and removal of various organic compounds, inorganic substances, odors, etc. contained in raw water.

Hereinafter, the water purifier using ozone according to the present invention will be described according to the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of the water purifier according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the water purifier using ozone includes a raw water storage tank 10 having a predetermined height filled with raw water such as tap water, and the like. Ozone generator 20 for supplying ozone to the raw water storage tank 10, and ozone water droplets to facilitate the reaction of the raw water and ozone inside the raw water storage tank 10 and to sufficiently dissolve ozone in the raw water. 1, which irradiates the ozone decomposition ultraviolet lamp 40 and the ozone decomposition ultraviolet lamp 40 to completely decompose the residual ozone of the raw water in which ozone is dissolved by the generating means, the ozone droplet generating means, into primary purified water. Cyclone collecting means for imparting centrifugal force to the primary purified water to collect foreign substances such as various bacteria, heavy metals, inorganic substances and harmful compounds, and separating secondary purified water; Activated carbon filter 61 and bamboo charcoal filter 62 for filtering fine foreign substances and heavy metals contained in the secondary purified water of the collecting means, and to discharge the third purified water passed through the bamboo charcoal filter 62 to hot or cold water The hot water device 63 and the cold water device 64, and the activated carbon filter 71 to remove the foreign matter of the discharged water discharged with the foreign matter by the cyclone collecting means to be used as washing water.

In more detail, the ozone generator 20 is a separate component, and is connected to the raw water storage tank 10 by an ozone supply line. The ozone generating device 20 may be any type as long as the ozone generating device effectively produces ozone.

The raw water reservoir 10 has a partition wall 11 formed at an intermediate portion thereof, and a passage 12 is formed at an upper portion of the partition wall 11, and ozone droplet generating means is formed on both sides of the partition wall 11. And the ozone decomposition ultraviolet lamp 40 are provided, respectively, and the raw water in which ozone melts while passing through the ozone droplet generating means passes through the ozone decomposition ultraviolet lamp 40.

The ozone droplet generating means is installed at the bottom of the raw water storage tank 10 and the ozone droplet generating tank 30, which serves to crush finely into fine size so that ozone reacts well in raw water, and a predetermined interval thereon. It is composed of a flow delay member 34, 35, which serves to extend the reaction time of the raw water and ozone by preventing the raw water and ozone from immediately exiting.

As shown in FIG. 2, the ozone droplet generating tank 30 is formed in a semicircular shape in plan view, and at one side, ozone supplied from the ozone generating device 20 is introduced into the ozone droplet generating tank 30. An ozone inlet tube 31 is formed to be supplied, and a plurality of ozone droplet forming members 32 are coupled to the upper surface to actually break the size of ozone. The ozone droplet forming member 32 has a structure in which a vent hole 33 having a fine size diameter is formed.

The ozone droplet forming member 32 is preferably screwed to facilitate cleaning when foreign matter is caught in the vent hole 33.

As shown in FIG. 3, the flow retardation members 34 and 35 are respectively formed with one through hole 34a and 35a. Balls 34a and 35a are formed alternately with the top and bottom sides to maximize the reaction time between the raw water and ozone by zigzag the flow of raw water and ozone.

The number of the flow delay members 34, 35, .. is not limited to the drawings, it is preferable to properly adjust according to the capacity and structural features of the raw water reservoir (10).

The ozone decomposition ultraviolet lamp 40 is to use a spectrum of 258nm that acts as a decomposition of ozone. For reference, the existing ultraviolet lamp that generates ozone emits a spectrum of 185 nm, and is completely different from the ultraviolet lamp 40 for ozone decomposition according to the present invention.

On the other hand, the cyclone collecting means has a cylindrical foreign matter collecting tank 50 having a spiral guide 51 having a predetermined width and thickness on the inner circumferential surface, and a funnel-shaped foreign material installed at the bottom of the foreign matter collecting tank 50. A discharge member 52, a discharge guide 53 which is integrally assembled to the lower portion of the foreign substance discharge member 52, and connected to the lower end of the discharge guide 53 to discharge the primary purified water containing foreign matter The discharge pipe 54 is included.

The inlet pipe 55 is disposed in the tangential direction at the upper end of the foreign matter collecting tank 50 so that the primary purified water can be smoothly spiraled along the spiral guide 51.

The discharge pipe 54 is connected to communicate with the activated carbon filter 71, so that various foreign substances contained in the primary purified water discharged to the discharge pipe 54 is filtered while passing through the activated carbon filter 71, so that the drinking water is somewhat Although not suitable, it is available for other uses, such as washing water for washing fruits or washing dishes.

On the other hand, the secondary purified water filtered various foreign matters inside the foreign matter collecting tank 50 is passed through the activated carbon filter 61 and bamboo charcoal filter 62, at this time, the outer peripheral surface of the foreign matter collecting tank 50 It is preferable to install the discharge pipe 56 at the site so as to communicate with the inside, and connect the pressure pump 57 to the discharge pipe 56 so that the secondary purified water of the foreign matter collection tank 50 can be discharged more easily. .

The installation site of the discharge pipe 56 is preferably installed below the foreign matter collection tank 50.

The pressurized pump 57 is preferably connected directly to the foreign matter collecting tank 50 to pump the secondary purified water of the foreign matter collecting tank 50 as in the embodiment shown in the drawing. A separate auxiliary tank may be provided adjacent to the foreign matter collecting tank 50, and a pressure pump 57 may be provided in succession in the auxiliary tank.

The activated carbon filter 61 serves to filter foreign substances contained in the secondary purified water, and the bamboo charcoal filter 62 serves to filter foreign substances, particularly heavy metals.

Since the water purifier according to the present invention almost collects and filters foreign substances including heavy metals by the cyclone collecting means, the activated carbon filter 61 and the bamboo charcoal filter 62 finally filter out a small amount of foreign substances contained in the secondary purified water. will be.

The third purified water passing through the bamboo charcoal filter 62 is the best drinking water from which various bacteria, harmful compounds and organic compounds are removed, and also discoloration and odors are removed, and the hot water device 63 or cold water according to the user's taste. Hot water or cold water is drunk from the device 64.

Referring to the operation of the water purifier using ozone according to the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

As shown in FIG. 1, raw water such as tap water is always supplied to the raw water storage tank 10 to maintain a predetermined water level, and at the same time, the ozone droplet generation tank of the ozone generator 20 through the input pipe 31. 30 is supplied into the interior.

As such, the ozone supplied to the ozone droplet generating tank 30 passes through the minute vent holes 33 of the plurality of ozone droplet forming members 32 coupled to the upper surface of the droplet generating tank 30, so that ozone is small. It rises to the enemy in the form of water droplets.

Inside the raw water storage tank 10, by reacting with the raw water and ozone droplets, various pathogens, bacteria, viruses, fungi, algae spores, yeasts, and the like contained in the raw water with the characteristics of ozone are 7 times the bacterial power of chlorine. It sterilizes and decomposes and removes harmful compounds with residual benzene and pesticides. In addition, by oxidizing and removing iron, manganese, phenol, heavy metals, suspended solids, and the like, by removing the color causing factors and odor causing factors to prevent the discoloration of raw water, and to effectively remove the odor.

In order to fully utilize the characteristics of the ozone, a flow retardation member (34) (35) ... is provided at a predetermined interval inside the raw water reservoir (10), and the flow retardation member (34) (35). The through holes 34a and 35a formed in the chambers are staggered from each other, thereby maximizing the reaction time between the raw water and the ozone to double the purification effect of the raw water.

In this way, the raw water sufficiently reacted with ozone is directed to the ultraviolet lamp 40 for ozone decomposition through the passage 12 of the partition 11. The ozone decomposing UV lamp 40 has a spectrum of 258 nm, and decomposes residual ozone that has not reacted with raw water to form primary purified water.

The water purified primarily by the ozone decomposition ultraviolet lamp 40 is supplied to the upper end of the foreign matter collecting tank 50 of the cyclone collecting means. At this time, since the inlet pipe 55 is installed in the tangential direction at the upper end of the foreign matter collecting tank 50, the guide of the first purified water flowing into the foreign matter collecting tank 50 through the inlet pipe 55 spiral guide Guided by (51) will be more smooth spiral movement.

As described above, since the primary purified water spirals inside the foreign matter collecting tank 50, various foreign substances such as various bacteria, heavy metals, harmful compounds, and inorganics sterilized by the sterilizing action of ozone are cyclone-shaped foreign substance discharge members ( 52 is a structural feature of the center is to be introduced into the activated carbon filter 71 through the discharge guide 53 and the discharge pipe 54 of the lower side through the foreign matter discharge member 52 together with some primary purified water.

The primary purified water containing various foreign matters supplied to the activated carbon filter 71 is filtered through the activated carbon filter 71. The primary purified water passing through the activated carbon filter 71 may be used as drinking water, but may not be regarded as optimal drinking water. Therefore, the primary purified water may be used for washing fruits, washing dishes, or drinking other purposes.

Meanwhile, as described above, the primary purified water performing spiral motion along the spiral guide 51 of the foreign substance collecting tank 50 may be various foreign substances such as various bacteria, heavy metals, harmful compounds, and inorganics sterilized by ozone sterilization. Since this is a separated state, it becomes secondary purified water purified more cleanly, and the secondary purified water is pumped out of the foreign matter collecting tank 50 by the pressure pump 57 to activate the activated carbon filter 61 and the bamboo charcoal filter ( 62).

At this time, the secondary purified water passes through the activated carbon filter 61 and filters again the remaining foreign matter contained in the secondary purified water, and the residual heavy metal is filtered while passing through the bamboo charcoal filter 62.

As such, the tertiary purified water passing through the activated carbon filter 61 and the bamboo charcoal filter 62 is discharged from the hot water device 63 or the cold water device 64 into hot water or cold water according to a user's preference.

The water purifier using ozone of the present invention as described above is not limited to the embodiment described in the detailed description and shown in the drawings. Accordingly, various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the inventive concept of the claims of this invention and its dependent claims.

As described above, the water purifier using ozone according to the present invention includes a raw water storage tank having a predetermined height filled with raw water such as tap water, an ozone generator supplying ozone into the raw water storage tank, and the raw water storage tank. An ozone droplet generating means that facilitates the reaction between the raw water and ozone and dissolves ozone sufficiently in the raw water, and completely removes the residual ozone of the raw water in which ozone is dissolved by the ozone droplet generating means to form primary purified water. A cyclone collecting means for collecting foreign substances such as various bacteria, heavy metals, inorganic substances and harmful compounds by applying centrifugal force to the ozone decomposing ultraviolet lamp and the primary purified water irradiated with the ozone decomposing ultraviolet lamp. It can be configured to include the characteristics of ozone and at the same time significantly lower the specific gravity of the filter It prevents various damages caused by air filter, extends filter replacement time and lifespan, eliminates the troublesome work of filter replacement, reduces filter replacement cost, and sterilizes germs and is included in raw water. It is effective in removing various organic compounds, inorganic substances, odors and the like.

Claims (6)

Raw water storage tank 10 having a predetermined height that is filled with raw water, such as tap water, An ozone generator (20) for supplying ozone into the raw water storage tank (10); Ozone droplet generating means which serves to smoothly react raw water and ozone in the raw water storage tank 10 and sufficiently dissolve ozone in raw water; An ozone decomposition ultraviolet lamp (40) for completely decomposing residual ozone of raw water in which ozone is dissolved by the ozone droplet generating means to make primary purified water; By applying centrifugal force to the primary purified water irradiated with the ultraviolet lamp 40 for ozone decomposition, it collects foreign substances such as various bacteria, heavy metals, inorganic substances, harmful compounds, and the like, and comprises cyclone collecting means for separating the secondary purified water. Water purifier using ozone characterized in that. The ozone droplet generating unit (30) according to claim 1, wherein the ozone droplet generating unit (30) is installed at the bottom of the raw water storage tank and serves to finely crush the ozone into fine water to react finely in the raw water. It is installed at intervals to prevent the raw water and ozone to immediately escape by a plurality of flow retardation members (34, 35) that serves to extend the reaction time of the raw water and ozone, the ozone water generating tank 30 Water purifier using ozone, characterized in that provided with a plurality of ozone droplet forming member 32 is formed with a vent hole 33 having a fine diameter. According to claim 1, wherein the cyclone collecting means is provided in the cylindrical foreign matter collecting tank 50, the spiral guide 51 having a predetermined width and thickness on the inner peripheral surface and the bottom of the foreign matter collecting tank 50 Primary funnel-shaped foreign matter discharge member 52, the discharge guide 53 which is integrally assembled to the lower portion of the foreign matter discharge member 52, and is connected to the lower end of the discharge guide 53, the primary containing the foreign matter Water purifier using ozone comprising a discharge pipe (54) for discharging the purified water. The water purifier using ozone according to claim 1, wherein an activated carbon filter (71) and a bamboo charcoal filter (62) are successively installed on the outlet side of the cyclone collecting means to improve water purification efficiency. The water purifier using ozone according to claim 3, wherein a pressurizing pump (57) is provided between the cyclone collecting means and the activated carbon filter (71) to pressurize the water purified by the cyclone collecting means. The method according to claim 3, wherein the activated carbon filter 71 is installed in the discharge pipe 54 of the cyclone collecting means so that purified water filtered through the activated carbon filter 71 is used as washing water. Used water purifier.