KR101368425B1 - Supplies for disinfection of water treatment apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a sterilizing water supply device of the water treatment apparatus, the first cover is formed with an inlet for supplying the external sterilization water to the water tank, and is located at a lower portion of the first cover, and is supplied through the inlet Dispersing the sterilizing water to the edge, and includes a second cover to guide the sterilizing water flows down the inner wall of the water tank. According to the present invention, when the sterilizing water is supplied to the water tank, the sterilizing water flows down along the inner wall of the water tank, so that the entire water tank can be sterilized and washed while using a small amount of the sterilized water.

Description

SUPPLIES FOR DISINFECTION OF WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a sterilizing water supply apparatus of a water treatment apparatus, and more particularly, to a sterilizing water supply apparatus of a water treatment apparatus that can easily sterilize the inner wall surface of the water tank of the water treatment apparatus.

As water pollution due to industrial development becomes serious, distrust in tap water increases, and recently, purified water with a water purifier is used as drinking water or commercially available bottled water as drinking water.

The water purifier is made to remove heavy metals and other harmful substances contained in the raw water through the process of sedimentation, filtration and sterilization of raw water such as tap water, and such water purifier is not only for general household and commercial use, but also for cutting-edge scientific industry or high precision It is also widely used for cleaning or medical parts.

Conventional water purifiers include a raw water valve for controlling the supply of raw water such as tap water and natural water, a pre-treatment sediment filter for filtering the residue in the raw water that has passed through the raw water valve, and a free for removing chlorine components and odors in the raw water. A carbon filter, a membrane filter for removing ionic heavy metals remaining in raw water passing through the precarbon filter, a post carbon filter for removing chlorine components and odors contained in purified water passing through the membrane filter, and It consists of a water tank for storing the purified water passed through the post carbon filter. The membrane filter may be a reverse osmosis membrane filter or a hollow fiber membrane filter.

If the purified water stored in the water tank is not used immediately by the consumer for a long time, and the environment can grow bacteria inside the water tank, various methods have been proposed for the sterilization or cleaning treatment of such a water tank.

For example, a structure in which a bactericidal agent is embedded in a water tank as disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2010-0047529, or water in a water tank as shown in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2005-0091564, and a sterilization ball is mounted to the water tank. A structure has been proposed to prevent the contamination of water in the interior.

However, these conventional techniques are inconvenient to replace the disinfectant periodically, and the power consumption is increased because the power is used to flow the stored water, and when the sterilizer is directly put into the water, There may be a smell, there is no special configuration for processing the inner wall of the water tank there is a problem that can not be effectively sterilized if the inner wall of the water tank is contaminated.

In addition, another sterilization system applied to a conventional water purifier has a sterilizing water supply hole formed in the side wall of the water tank to supply sterilizing water into the water tank, and the sterilizing water flows into the water tank through the sterilizing water supply hole. Systems are being used to sterilize tanks.

However, the water tank is heavily polluted on the inner wall. According to the conventional sterilization system, it is difficult to sterilize the entire inner wall of the water tank. In order to sterilize the entire inner wall of the water tank, the sterilizing water must be filled up to the full level of the water tank. Therefore, it takes a long time to sterilize the water tank and there is a problem that a large amount of sterilization water is required.

In addition, when sterilizing by mixing the sterilizing water in the purified water, since the concentration of the sterilizing water is lowered, there is a problem that the germs remain without being completely sterilized.

The problem to be solved by the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems, water treatment that can quickly and easily sterilize the entire inner wall of the water tank using a minimum of sterilizing water by changing the structure of the supply passage of the sterilizing water The present invention provides a sterile water supply apparatus.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the first cover is formed with an inlet for supplying the external sterilization water to the water tank, and is located at a lower portion of the first cover, the sterilized water supplied through the inlet Dispersed by the edge, it may include a second cover to guide the sterilizing water flows down the inner wall of the water tank.

The second cover may be formed with a first flow path groove for guiding the sterilizing water supplied through the inlet to the edge of the second cover.

A second flow path groove may be formed around the edge of the second cover to uniformly supply the sterilizing water to the inner wall of the water tank. In this case, the second flow path groove may be to interconnect the end of the first flow path groove radially from the center of the second cover to the edge.

A first outflow hole may be formed at an edge of the second cover to allow the sterilized water to flow out to the inner wall of the water tank.

The second cover may have a water collecting protrusion for uniformly flowing the sterilized water supplied through the inlet to the edge.

The second cover may be formed to be inclined toward the edge from the center.

A packing for maintaining airtightness may be provided between the edge outer surface of the second cover and the inner wall surface of the water tank. In this case, a first outflow hole for discharging the sterilizing water to the inner wall surface of the water tank may be formed at an edge of the second cover, and a second outflow hole communicating with the first outflow hole may be formed in the packing. In addition, the packing may be formed with a guide portion protruding further outward than the first outlet hole to guide the sterilized water flowing out through the second outlet hole to the inner wall surface of the water tank.

The lower surface of the first outlet hole of the second cover may be formed with a guide portion protruding further outward than the first outlet hole.

A bent portion protruding downwardly is formed around the edge of the second cover, and the inner space of the bent portion forms a second flow path groove for uniformly supplying the sterilizing water to the inner wall surface of the water tank. Sealing support portion may be formed in close contact with the lower portion of the bent portion.

According to the present invention, the sterilizing water supplied to the water tank is supplied to flow down along the inner wall of the water tank, so that the entire water tank can be sterilized and washed while using a small amount of sterilized water.

In addition, the present invention can sterilize and wash the entire water tank without supplying the sterilizing water to the full water level, thereby reducing the time required for sterilization and washing.

In addition, the present invention has a cover covering the upper opening of the water tank up and down double structure, by forming an insulating space between the cover, to block the influence of the water tank external temperature.

1 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a water treatment device to which a sterilizing water supply device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the second cover in FIG. 1. FIG.
3 is a rear view of the second cover.
4 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in Fig.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the first cover in FIG. 1. FIG.
6 is a perspective view of the packing in FIG. 1.
7 is a cross-sectional view of the sterilizing water supply apparatus of the water treatment device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a water treatment device to which a sterilizing water supply device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a second cover in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a rear view of the second cover. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the first cover in FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the packing in FIG. 1.

1 to 6, the sterilizing water supply apparatus of the water treatment apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first cover 20 is formed with an inlet 21 through which the external sterilization water flows, and the first cover A second cover 30 disposed below the 20 and dispersing the sterilizing water supplied through the inlet 21 of the first cover 20 to the inner wall side of the water tank 10; It comprises a packing 40 for flowing down the sterilized water dispersed in the cover 30 along the inner wall surface of the water tank (10).

The second cover 30 is a coupling step 31 to which the first cover 20 is seated and coupled to the upper portion, and sterilized water supplied through the inlet 21 of the first cover 20. A flow path part 32 for dispersing the inner wall surface of the tank 10 and a first outflow hole 33 for uniformly discharging the sterilizing water distributed along the flow path part 32 to the outside.

The packing 40 is in close contact with the inner wall surface of the water tank 10 and sealed to the outside, the second outlet hole 42 in communication with the first outlet hole 33, and And a guide part 43 for guiding the sterilizing water supplied through the second outlet hole 42 to flow along the inner wall surface of the water tank 10.

Here, the flow path part 32, the first outflow hole 33 and the second outflow hole 42 is formed in a plurality of so as to sterilize and wash the entire inner wall of the water tank 10 appropriately Can be deployed.

Referring to the action of the sterilizing water supply apparatus of the water treatment apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention as described above, first, the water tank 10 has a structure in which the upper portion is open, the raw water while passing through the filter in the water treatment apparatus It serves to store purified water from which heavy metals and other harmful substances contained in. The inner side of the water tank 10 may be provided with a separating plate for separating purified water and cold water, either side may be provided with a cooling coil for cooling the stored water.

The opening part of the water tank 10 is covered with a first cover 20 and a second cover 30, the first cover 20 and the second cover 30 are in contact with each other only at the edge, the central portion Are spaced apart from each other.

The first cover 20 is a plate-like structure in which the inlet 21 is formed in the center, the second cover 30 is a plate-like structure of the bent edge, the bent portion of the water tank 10 Covering the opening over the edge of the opening portion, and provided with a coupling step 31, the first cover 20 is seated from the bent portion to the center side.

At this time, the first cover 20 and the second cover 30 is provided to cover the opening of the water tank 10 to prevent the inflow of foreign matter and infiltration of bacteria in the air, the first cover 20 The space between the second cover 30 serves as a thermal insulation space to block the influence of the external temperature of the water tank.

The inlet 21 is provided with a through hole through the top and bottom, the periphery of the through hole is formed to protrude upward to facilitate the connection of the external sterilization water inlet pipe. The structure of the inlet 21 is one embodiment, it is possible to form a through hole rather than a protruding form.

The upper surface of the second cover 30 is formed with a flow path portion 32 for dispersing the sterilizing water supplied through the inlet 21 to the inner wall surface of the water tank (10). In detail, the flow path part 32 includes a first flow path 34 extending radially in an edge direction from a central water collecting groove 36 for temporarily storing sterilized water supplied through the inlet 21 and the first flow path. End of the flow path grooves 34 includes a second flow path groove 35 is connected to each other. The first flow path 34 may be a flat groove, but in order to smoothly flow the sterilizing water, the first channel 34 may be inclined to gradually lower from the center of the second cover 30 to the edge thereof. The sterilizing water supplied through the inlet 21 of the first cover 20 is moved to the second flow path groove 35. A central portion of the collecting groove 36 may further include a collecting protrusion 37 having a central portion protruding upward in a conical shape so that the sterilizing water supplied through the inlet 21 flows uniformly in a radial manner.

The second flow path groove 35 is a groove formed along the circumference of the coupling step 31, and is temporarily collected in the collection groove 36 to surround the sterilized water guided along the first flow path groove 34. Diffusion in the direction, and through the plurality of first outlet holes 33 formed on the outside of the second flow path groove 35 to allow the sterilized water to flow out uniformly.

A bent portion 38 is formed to protrude downwardly and bent along an edge of the second cover 30, and an inner space of the bent portion 38 forms the second flow path groove 35.

 A packing 40 is coupled to the side circumference of the second cover 30, and the packing 40 is formed with a second outlet hole 42 communicating with the first outlet hole 33. The sterilizing water of the flow path groove 35 passes through the first outlet hole 33 and the second outlet hole 42 and then flows to the wall surface side of the water tank 10.

 In addition, a sealing portion 41 protruding outwardly along a circumference is formed at an upper side of the second outlet hole 42 to be in close contact with the inner wall surface of the water tank 10 to seal the inflow of foreign substances and air from the outside. Prevents bacteria from penetrating.

In addition, the lower side of the second outlet hole 42 is formed with a guide portion 43 protruding outward along the circumference, the guide portion 43 is a gap spaced apart from the inner wall surface of the water tank 10 by a predetermined interval It protrudes outward to have, and its end is formed to be sloped downward.

Through this, the sterilizing water discharged through the second outlet hole 42 is guided to the inner wall surface of the water tank 10 so that the sterilizing water flows to the bottom along the inner wall surface of the water tank 10.

In this case, the first outflow hole 42 and the second outflow hole 42 may be appropriately disposed by forming a plurality in order to sterilize and wash the entire inner wall of the water tank 10.

Therefore, it is possible to sterilize and wash the inner wall surface of the water tank 10 without supplying sterilizing water to the full water level, thereby reducing the amount of sterilizing water used and reducing the time required for sterilization treatment.

On the other hand, the packing 40 is formed with a sealing support portion 44 is tightly coupled to the lower portion of the bent portion 38 of the second cover 30, the sealing support portion 44 is the bent portion 38 It is formed in a shape corresponding to the bent portion 38 to be fitted therein, the guide portion 43 is formed to extend from the sealing support portion 44 to protrude further outward than the first outflow hole (33) do.

The sealing support 44 allows the entire packing 40 to be firmly coupled to the second cover 30, as well as the bent portion 38 of the guide 43 and the second flow path 35. ) Can be sealed to prevent the sterilization water from leaking. That is, the sealing support 44 is in close contact with the lower portion of the bent portion 38 so that the sterilizing water discharged through the first outlet hole 33 and the second outlet hole 42 may be smoothly formed in the water tank 10. It can flow along the inner wall.

In this embodiment, the guide portion 43 is formed in the packing 40 to guide the sterilizing water to a position close to the inner wall surface of the water tank 100, but the guide portion 43 is removed from the packing 40. By removing and protruding the lower surface of the first outlet hole 33 of the second cover 30 in an outward direction more than the first outlet hole 33, a guide part performing the same function as the guide part 43 may be configured. .

In addition, in the present embodiment, the catchment protrusion 37 is configured to protrude upward in a conical shape, but when the catchment protrusion 37 is configured to protrude downward so as to have a concave shape, a certain amount of sterilizing water is stored to uniformly flow radially. Can be.

7 is a block diagram of a sterilizing water supply apparatus of a water treatment device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the sterilizing water supply apparatus of the water treatment apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention covers an opening of the water tank 100 to block foreign substances from flowing in from the outside, and an inlet for introducing sterilizing water from the outside ( 210 is provided with a coupling means 220 to the first cover 200 and the first cover 200 while being spaced apart from the lower portion of the first cover 200, through the inlet 210 The second cover 300 and the coupling guide 230 protruding downward from the lower side of the first cover 200 by dispersing the introduced sterilized water to the outside to flow along the inner wall surface of the water tank 100. It is configured to include a packing 400 provided on the outside.

The coupling means 220 is a bolt, it is possible to use a variety of means, such as interference fitting, hook coupling in addition to the bolt coupling.

First, the first cover 200 has a plate-like structure, the inlet 210 is formed in which the external sterilization water is introduced, the inlet 210 is formed so that the periphery of the through hole through the upper and lower protrusions or through holes It can be formed in the form.

Here, the position of the inlet 210 is the first cover 200 so that the sterilized water flowing through the inlet 210 flows radially uniformly toward the inner wall surface of the water tank 100 through the second cover 300. It is preferable to form in the center part of the.

In addition, the first cover 200 is formed with a first coupling part 240 to which the second cover 300 is coupled, and when covering the opening of the water tank 100 with the first cover 200, Coupling guide 230 to guide the correct coupling to prevent the inflow of foreign matter is formed to protrude downward.

The shape of the first cover 200 is different from the first cover 20 described with reference to FIG. 1 and the like, but this is a change in the structure according to the difference in the assembly method with the second cover 300, The functional structure in which the sterilizing water is supplied through the inlet 210 formed in the first cover 200 is substantially the same.

The lower cover of the first cover 200 is coupled to the second cover 300 of the plate-like structure inclined toward the edge from the lower portion of the inlet 210, the first cover 200 and the second cover The spaces are coupled to each other to form a space between the 300, the second cover 300 is provided to have a gap spaced apart from the inner wall surface of the water tank 100 by a predetermined interval.

As such, the sterilizing water supplied through the inlet 210 by the spaced and inclined plate structure is uniformly distributed to the edge end along the upper surface of the second cover 300, and thus After being discharged into the gap between the edge end and the inner wall of the water tank 100, the inner wall of the water tank 100 is sterilized and cleaned while flowing downward along the inner wall of the water tank 100.

A second coupling part 310 is formed at an upper portion of the second cover 300 to be coupled to a lower portion of the first coupling part 240 of the first cover 200. The first coupling portion 240 and the second coupling portion 310 is a structure that can be coupled to each other, for example, various coupling structures such as screw coupling, interference fit, hook coupling can be applied as necessary.

In addition, the packing 400 is coupled to the outside of the coupling guide 230 of the first cover 200, the outer surface of the packing 400 is protruded along the circumference, the water tank 100 The sealing part 410 is formed in contact with the inner wall surface.

Through this, the sealing part 410 seals between the water tank 100 and the first cover 200 serves to block the inflow of foreign matter and the penetration of bacteria in the air.

As such, the first cover 200 covers the opening of the water tank 100 to prevent the inflow of foreign substances and the penetration of bacteria in the air, and the space between the first cover 200 and the second cover 300 is It functions as an insulated space to block the influence of the outside temperature of the water tank.

As in the above embodiments, the present invention uses the first cover, the second cover, and the packing to seal the opening of the water tank and disperse the sterilizing water to the edge so that the sterilizing water flows along the inner wall of the water tank. It is possible to sterilize and wash the entire inside of the water tank without supplying water to the full water level, thus reducing the amount of sterilized water used and shortening the sterilization time.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims. And such modifications are within the scope of the present invention.

10,100: water tank 20,200: first cover
21,210: Inlet 30,300: Second cover
31: coupling step 32: euro part
33: First outflow 34: First Euro home
35: second euro home 36: catchment home
37: catchment part 38: bending part
40,400: Packing 41,410: Sealing part
42: second outflow hole 43: guide part
44: sealing support 220: coupling means
230: guide 240: first coupling portion
310: second coupling part

Claims (12)

A first cover having an inlet for supplying external sterilizing water to the water tank; And
Located in the lower portion of the first cover, and the dispersing the sterilized water supplied through the inlet to the edge, the inside of the water tank to guide the sterilizing water flows down along the inner wall of the water tank A sterilizing water supply device for a water treatment device comprising a second cover that forms a gap between the wall surface. The method of claim 1,
The second cover is sterilized water supply apparatus of the water treatment device, characterized in that the first flow path for guiding the sterilized water supplied through the inlet to the edge of the second cover is formed. The method of claim 1,
A sterilizing water supply device for a water treatment apparatus, characterized in that a second flow path groove is formed around the edge of the second cover to uniformly supply the sterilizing water to the inner wall of the water tank. The method of claim 3,
The second flow path groove is sterilized water supply apparatus of the water treatment device, characterized in that for interconnecting the end of the first flow path groove radially from the center to the edge of the second cover. The method of claim 1,
Sterilizing water supply apparatus of the water treatment device, characterized in that formed on the edge of the second cover the first outlet hole for outflowing the sterilizing water to the inner wall surface of the water tank. The method of claim 1,
The second cover is sterilized water supply apparatus of the water treatment device, characterized in that the water collecting projections for flowing the sterile water supplied through the inlet to the edge evenly formed. The method of claim 1,
The second cover is sterilized water supply apparatus, characterized in that formed inclined toward the edge from the center. The method of claim 1,
Sterilizing water supply apparatus of the water treatment apparatus characterized in that the packing is provided between the outer edge of the second cover and the inner wall of the water tank to maintain the airtight. 9. The method of claim 8,
Sterilization of the water treatment apparatus, characterized in that the first outlet hole for outflowing the sterilizing water to the inner wall of the water tank is formed at the edge of the second cover, the second outlet hole in communication with the first outlet hole is formed in the packing; Water supply. 10. The method of claim 9,
The packing is sterilized water supply apparatus of the water treatment device, characterized in that the guide portion is further protruded outward than the first outlet to guide the sterilized water flowing through the second outlet hole to the inner wall surface of the water tank . The method of claim 5,
Sterilizing water supply apparatus of the water treatment device, characterized in that the guide portion protruding further outward than the first outlet hole on the lower surface of the first outlet hole of the second cover. 9. The method of claim 8,
A bent portion protruding downwardly is formed around the edge of the second cover, and the inner space of the bent portion forms a second flow path groove for uniformly supplying the sterilizing water to the inner wall surface of the water tank. Sterilizing water supply apparatus of the water treatment apparatus, characterized in that the sealing support portion is formed in close contact with the lower portion of the bent portion.

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