KR101373841B1 - Ice-maker and water purifier having the same - Google Patents

Abstract

In the ice making unit and the ice water purifier including the same, the ice making unit includes an ice generating unit and a purified water supply unit. The ice generating unit includes an ice making frame in which ice is generated and a cooling tube arranged around the ice making frame, and the purified water supply unit supplies purified water to the ice making frame and is detachably attached to a lower surface of the ice generating unit. .

Description

ICE-MAKER AND WATER PURIFIER HAVING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to an ice making unit and an ice water purifier including the same, and more particularly, to an ice making unit capable of effective ice making and deicing and an ice water purifier including the same.

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] In recent years, ice water purifiers which supply ice separately have become popular due to ease of use and the like.

In general, the ice purifier includes an ice making unit for generating ice and deicing the generated ice, wherein the ice making unit receives ice water from outside to generate ice and defrosts the generated ice to provide an ice storage unit. Corresponds to the component.

To this end, the ice making unit must be designed in such a way that it can simultaneously perform a cooling function for generating ice and a heating function for defrosting the generated ice, and must be designed to accurately move the iced ice to the ice storage unit. There is.

However, in the structure of the ice making unit developed to date, the problem is that the shape of the iced ice is not constant because the heat supplied to the ice making unit is not uniformly supplied to the ice making frame of the ice making unit. There is also a problem such as not falling correctly or the ice is broken while falling into the ice storage. In addition, there is a problem in that the manufacturing cost is increased by the excessively complex structure of the ice making unit designed to solve the above problems.

Accordingly, the technical problem of the present invention has been conceived in this respect, the object of the present invention relates to an ice making unit having a structure capable of effective de-icing and de-icing and an ice water purifier including the same.

Ice making unit according to an embodiment for realizing the above object of the present invention includes an ice generating unit and the purified water supply unit. The ice generator includes an ice making frame in which ice is generated and a cooling tube arranged around the ice making frame. The purified water supply unit supplies purified water to the ice making frame, and is disposed to be detachable from the lower surface of the ice generating unit.

In one embodiment, the purified water supply unit includes a supply pipe to which the purified water is moved, rotates around the supply pipe may be detachable to the lower surface of the ice generating unit.

In one embodiment, the purified water supply unit may include a spraying unit, spraying the purified water to the ice making frame in a state attached to the lower surface of the ice generating unit.

In one embodiment, when ice is generated in the ice generator, the purified water supply unit may be detached from the ice generator to form an ice movement guide, and the ice desorbed from the ice generator is along the upper surface of the purified water supply unit. Can be guided.

In one embodiment, the cooling tube may be arranged to cool the purified water inside the ice tray, and to contact the side or top surface of the ice tray.

In an embodiment, the ice generator may further include a ice making tube arranged to contact the ice making frame, and the ice making tube may defrost ice of the ice making frame by transferring heat to the ice making frame.

In one embodiment, the ice tube may be disposed on the upper surface of the ice tray.

In one embodiment, the ice generating unit may be disposed on the upper surface of the ice making frame, and may include a fixing part for fixing the ice-colving tube and the cooling tube to the ice making frame.

In one embodiment, the fixing portion is coupled to the upper fixing portion in contact with the upper surface of the ice tube and the cooling tube, and the upper fixing portion, the lower surface of the ice tube and the cooling tube and the upper surface of the ice making frame. It may include a lower fixing portion in contact at the same time.

In an embodiment, the upper and lower fixing parts may include a metal material, and heat of the ice tube may be transferred to the upper and side surfaces of the ice making frame and the upper surface of the purified water supply part which contacts the lower portion of the ice making frame. .

Ice purifier according to an embodiment for realizing another object of the present invention includes a filter unit, an ice making unit and a water purification container. The filter unit filters external raw water to provide an integer. The ice making unit receives ice water from the filter unit to ice the ice. The water purification container accommodates the ice making unit and includes an ice storage unit in which ice generated in the ice making unit is stored. The ice making unit is an ice generating unit including an ice making frame in which ice is generated and a cooling tube arranged around the ice making frame, and an integer for supplying purified water to the ice making frame and arranged to be detachable from a lower surface of the ice generating unit. It includes a supply.

In one embodiment, the purified water supply unit may include a supply pipe connected to the filter unit to move the purified water, rotates around the supply pipe and may be detachable to the lower surface of the ice generating unit.

In one embodiment, when ice is generated in the ice generator, the purified water supply unit may be detached from the ice generator to form an ice movement guide, and the ice desorbed from the ice generator is along the upper surface of the purified water supply unit. It may be guided to the ice storage unit.

In one embodiment, the purified water container may include a cold water storage unit disposed adjacent to the ice storage unit for storing cold water, wherein the purified water supply unit is detached from the ice generating unit to guide the ice to the cold water storage unit. The movement guide can be formed.

According to the present invention, since the purified water supply unit is disposed at the lower end of the ice generating unit, and all the ice is generated, it can be detached from the ice generating unit, so that the generated ice can be easily iced down from the ice generating unit. Iii) can be done.

Specifically, the purified water supply unit may be attached to and detached from the ice making unit of the ice generating unit, and when the desorption unit serves as a guide of the ice generated in the ice generating unit, the ice making unit may be implemented with a simple structure without a separate ice guide. In addition, since the ice may be guided in another direction according to the degree of rotation of the purified water supply unit, the ice may be selectively moved to the ice storage unit or the cold water storage unit as needed to prevent waste of ice.

In addition, since the injection unit is disposed in the opening of the ice tray without being inserted into the ice tray, it is possible to prevent the opening from being formed in the ice generated by the ice tray.

In addition, since the cooling tube is in contact with the side or the upper surface of the ice making frame, the ice making frame can be cooled uniformly, and the ice production rate and uniformity can be improved.

In addition, the ice-making tube contacts the ice-making frame, and in particular, as heat transmitted to the ice-making tube is conducted to the fixing part, it is transmitted to the upper surface, the side surface of the ice-making frame, and the upper surface of the purified water supply part. It can transfer a heat and evenly defrost ice.

1 is an internal perspective view illustrating an interior of an ice water purifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an internal perspective view illustrating an ice making unit by omitting a water purifier from the ice purifier of FIG. 1.
3 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing the inside of a line cut along line II ′ of FIG. 2.
4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view illustrating an enlarged cross section taken along line II ′ of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a plan view of the ice making unit of FIG. 2 observed from above. FIG.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing. The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In the present application, the term "comprises" or "comprising ", etc. is intended to specify that there is a stated feature, figure, step, operation, component, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

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

1 is an internal perspective view illustrating an interior of an ice water purifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the ice water purifier 1 according to the present embodiment includes an outer cover 10, an ice extracting unit 11, a purified water extracting unit 12, a display unit 13, and a water support 14 formed on the outside. ), And includes a water purification tank 20, a driving unit 21, a filter unit 22, a supply pump 23, a cold water recycling unit 24, and a heat dissipation unit 25.

The outer cover 10 forms the outer surface of the ice water purifier 1, and the ice and purified water (including cold or hot water) are discharged through the ice extracting unit 11 and the purified water extracting unit 12, respectively. The display unit 13 displays information regarding the current state of the ice purifier 1.

The water purification container 20 accommodates an ice making unit to be described later, and stores ice and purified water generated in the ice making unit in separate spaces from each other. The ice maker includes an ice generator 40 and a purified water supply unit 30.

The drive unit 21 detaches the purified water supply unit 30 of the ice making unit from the ice generating unit 40 of the ice making unit when the production of the ice is completed in the ice making unit. In this case, detailed driving of the driving unit 21 will be described with reference to the drawings to be described later.

The filter unit 22 includes a plurality of filters (not shown) which are disposed below the purified water container 20 to filter external raw water into drinking water. In addition, although not shown, the filter unit 22 may include separate pipes for transferring the filtered purified water to the supply pipe or for delivering the purified water pipe 20 into the water supply pipe 20.

The cold water recycling unit 24 is disposed below the purified water container 20, although not shown, temporarily stores the melted ice in the ice storage unit of the purified water container, and melted stored in the cold water recycling unit 24 Ice may be recycled in the ice generator 40.

The heat dissipation unit 25 is disposed adjacent to the side opposite to the side on which the ice extracting unit 11 and the purified water extracting unit 12 are formed, and although not shown, cools the cooling tube through which the refrigerant passes.

On the other hand, the purified water container 20, the filter unit 22, cold water recycling unit 24 and the heat dissipation unit 25 may be variously arranged according to the embodiment, it is not limited to that shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 is an internal perspective view illustrating an ice making unit by omitting a water purifier from the ice purifier of FIG. 1.

As described above in FIG. 1, the purified water container 20 accommodates an ice making unit therein, and the ice making unit includes an ice generator 40 and a purified water supply unit 30. In FIG. 2, the ice maker 20, the ice generator 40, and the purified water supply unit 30, which are accommodated in the purified water container 20, are omitted by omitting the purified water container 20.

2, the purified water supply unit 30 includes supply pipes 31, 32, 33, and 34, and purified water filtered by the filter unit 22 through the supply pipes is purified water supply unit 30. Is provided internally. On the other hand, the supply pump 23 supplies the purified water at a predetermined pressure, it is fed back to the purified water supply unit 30 can supply purified water to the purified water supply unit 30 only when the supply of purified water. On the other hand, the purified water supplied by the supply pump 23 may be cold water to facilitate the generation of ice in the ice generator 40.

As such, the purified water filtered by the filter unit 22 is transferred into the purified water supply unit 30 through the supply pipes 31, 32, 33, and 34 by the pressure of the supply pump 23. .

On the other hand, the drive unit 21 can be rotated in the direction of the arrow shown, the water supply unit 30 also rotates in accordance with the rotation of the drive unit 21. In this case, the driving unit 21 is driven to rotate the purified water supply unit 30 around a portion 33 of the supply pipe, so that the purified water supply unit 30 is detachable from the ice generator 40 It is rotated to make it possible.

3 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing the inside of a line cut along line II ′ of FIG. 2.

Referring to FIG. 3, an ice storage unit 26 for storing ice and a cold water storage unit 27, 28, and 29 adjacent to the ice storage unit 26 and storing cold water are disposed below the purified water container 20. Is formed. Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 3, the cold water storage units 27, 28, and 29 are separately partitioned to store the cold water discharged to the user, a space to store the purified water discharged to the user, and recycle the leaked cold water. It can be divided into a space for. Alternatively, the cold water storage unit 27, 28, 29 may be formed as one space to store cold water.

The ice making unit is disposed above the cold water storage units 27, 28, and 29 of the purified water container, and the purified water supply unit 30 and the ice generator 40 are sequentially disposed.

As described above, the purified water supply unit 30 rotates the supply pipe 33 about the center axis by the driving of the drive unit 21.

Specifically, when the generation of the ice is completed in the ice generating unit 40, the generated ice is moved to the ice storage unit 26 of the water purification tank 20 and stored. To this end, the generated ice must be moved downward, and at this time, the driving unit 21 drives the supply pipe 33 in the counterclockwise direction, which is the direction of the arrow, to move the purified water supply unit 30 to the ice. Desorption from the generation unit 40.

In this case, an upper surface of the purified water supply unit 30 detached from the ice generating unit 40 forms an ice moving guide, and the ice moving guide is inclined to face the ice storage unit 26. Thus, the ice desorbed from the ice generator 40 is guided along the upper surface of the purified water supply unit 30 and moved to the ice storage unit 26.

After that, when all of the generated ice is moved to the ice storage unit 26, the driving unit 21 drives the supply pipe 33 in a clockwise direction opposite to the direction of the arrow to operate the purified water supply unit 30. It is in close contact with the ice generator 40.

On the other hand, when ice is in the ice storage unit 26, or when it is necessary to lower the temperature of the cold water storage unit 27, 28, 29, or in the cold water storage unit (27, 28, 29) Even when it is determined that the ice generated by the ice generator 40 needs to be moved to the cold water storage units 27, 28, and 29, such as when cold water needs to be provided, the driving unit 21 may be used. The water supply unit 30 is detached from the ice generator 40 by driving the supply pipe 33 in the counterclockwise direction in which the arrow direction is shown.

However, in this case, the driving unit 21 increases the amount of rotation of the purified water supply unit 30, so that the ice movement guide formed by the upper surface of the purified water supply unit 30 is the cold water storage unit (27, 28, 29) Drive the purified water supply unit 30 to face. Thus, the ice desorbed from the ice generator 40 is moved to the cold water storage units 27, 28, and 29 instead of the ice storage unit 26.

In this case, in the case where the cold water storage units 27, 28, and 29 are partitioned to have different functions, the cold water for which ice is required by changing the rotational amount of the purified water supply unit 30 to suit the required function. It may be provided to each compartment of the storage (27, 28, 29).

After that, when all of the generated ice is moved to the cold water storage unit 27, 28, and 29, the driving unit 21 drives the supply pipe 33 in a clockwise direction opposite to the direction of the arrow to supply the purified water supply unit ( 30) is in close contact with the ice generator 40.

As such, the purified water supply unit 30 is detachable from the ice generator 40, and the upper surface of the purified water supply unit 30 is designed to form an ice movement guide, thereby generating the ice generator 40. The ice may be provided to each of the ice storage unit 26 or the cold water storage units 27, 28, and 29, as necessary, so that the internal structure of the ice water purifier 1 may be configured simply and efficiently.

4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view illustrating an enlarged cross section taken along line II ′ of FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a plan view of the ice making unit of FIG. 2 observed from above. FIG.

4 and 5, as described above, the ice making unit includes the purified water supply unit 30 and the ice generator 40, and the purified water supply unit 30 includes the supply pipes 33 and 34. In addition, a first lower frame 35, a first upper frame 36, and a sprayer 38 are included, and the ice generator 40 includes a second upper frame 41 and a second lower frame 42. , An ice making frame 43, a defrosting pipe 50, a cooling pipe 60, and a fixing part 70.

The purified water supply unit 30 is disposed below the ice generator 40, and as described above, may be detached from the ice generator 40 by driving the driver 21.

The first lower frame 35 is connected to the supply pipe 34, and the supply pipe 34 is connected to a lower surface of the first lower frame 35 to provide purified water.

The first upper frame 36 is fixed to the first lower frame 35 on the upper portion of the first lower frame 35. Referring to FIG. 4, the purified water supply unit 30 in which the first upper frame 36 and the first lower frame 35 are coupled to each other is formed in a flat rectangular column shape. In addition, the area of the purified water supply unit 30 is formed to be substantially the same as the area of the ice making frame 43 of the ice generator 40 to be described later.

The first lower frame 35 has a storage unit 37 formed therein, and the storage unit 37 is formed as a storage space having a flat rectangular pillar shape. The storage unit 37 temporarily stores the purified water provided through the supply pipe 34.

The sprayer 38 is fixed to the first upper frame 36, and sprays the purified water stored in the storage unit 37 to the ice generator 40.

On the other hand, the upper surface 39 of the purified water supply unit 30 is in contact with the second lower frame 42 and the ice tray 43 of the ice generator 40, the purified water injected into the ice tray 43 The lower space of the ice making frame 43 is blocked while contacting the ice making frame 43 so as not to leak downward.

The second lower frame 42 and the second upper frame 41 of the ice generator 40 are coupled to each other, and the ice tray is formed in a space formed by the second upper and lower frames 41 and 42. 43, the ice tube 50, the cooling tube 60 and the fixing portion 70 is disposed.

The ice making frame 43 forms a frame to form an ice making space 44 in which ice is formed, and the lower portion of the ice making frame 43 is opened. A plurality of ice trays 43 may be formed, and for example, a plurality of ice trays 43 may be formed in two rows. In this case, the injection unit 38 may also be arranged so as to correspond to each of the ice making frame 43, one each.

On the other hand, the ice making frame 43 may be formed in the shape of a square pillar with a cross section smaller than the lower portion thereof, and may be variously modified according to the shape of ice to be produced. In addition, the ice making frame 43 is formed of a metal material having high thermal conductivity, so that ice making and de-icing of ice can be made more quickly and uniformly.

The injection part 38 is disposed in an opening formed in the lower part of the ice making frame 43, and in this case, the injection part 38 is not inserted into the ice making space 44 and corresponds to the opening. Positioned to the side and fixed. Thus, it is possible to prevent the hollows that may occur due to the insertion of the injection portion 38 in the central portion of the ice generated in the ice box 43, the generated ice and the shape of the ice box 43 It may have a matching shape. In addition, an upper surface 39 of the purified water supply unit 30 is disposed in a portion of the opening formed in the lower portion of the ice tray 43 where the spray unit 38 is not located, and sprays into the ice making space 44. Prevents purified water from leaking to the bottom.

The ice pipe 50 is disposed to contact the upper surface of the ice tray 43, and transfers heat to the ice tray 43 so that the ice formed in the ice tray 43 is defrosted.

The cooling tube 60 is disposed to contact the upper surface or the side surface of the ice making frame 43, and the purified water is delivered to the ice making frame 43 to be injected into the ice making frame 43. 43) Freeze internally.

Hereinafter, the arrangement structure of the ice-breaking tube 50 and the cooling tube 60 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. 4 and 5, for example, a plurality of ice trays 43 are arranged in a first direction D1 and arranged in two rows in a second direction D2 perpendicular to the first direction D1. It will be described, the arrangement structure of the ice tube 50 and the cooling tube 60 may be variously modified according to the structure and arrangement of the ice making frame 43. Meanwhile, for convenience, the ice tray 43 arranged in the left column in FIG. 4 is arranged in the first column along the second direction D2, and the ice tray 43 arranged in the right column is disposed along the second direction D2. It is described as being arranged in two columns.

In detail, the defrosting pipe 50 may include a first defrosting pipe 51 introduced with heated water vapor or a fluid and extending from the first direction D1, and extending from the first desorbing pipe 52. The second defrosting pipe 52 extending in the second direction D2 and extending in the first direction D1 is included. The first and second ice pipes 51 and 52 are merely named for convenience of description, and may be formed in one connected pipe shape.

The first thawing pipe 51 contacts an upper surface of the ice tray 43 arranged in a first row along the second direction D2, and the second thawing pipe 51 is in the second direction D2. Contact the upper surface of the ice tray 43 arranged in the second row along That is, the ice pipe 50 may include a plurality of ice pipes 51 extending in the first direction D1, and each ice pipe may include a plurality of rows along the second direction D2. It is arranged on the upper surface of the rows of the ice tray 43 arranged in each. Thus, heat can be uniformly provided to all the ice making frames 43 in a simple arrangement.

The cooling pipe 60 is a first cooling pipe 61 is introduced into the refrigerant cooled from the heat dissipation unit (not shown), and extends in the first direction D1, the second direction from the first cooling pipe 61 Toward the second direction D2 from the second cooling pipe 62, the second cooling pipe 62 extending in the first direction D1, and then again toward the second direction D2. Third cooling pipe 63 extending in D1), fourth cooling pipe 64 extending from the third cooling pipe 63 in the second direction D2 and extending in the first direction D1 again. , The fifth cooling pipe 65 extending from the fourth cooling pipe 64 in the second direction D2 and extending in the first direction D1, and the fifth cooling pipe 65 from the fifth cooling pipe 65. The sixth cooling pipe 66 extending in the second direction D2 and extending in the first direction D1 is included. The first to sixth cooling pipes 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66 are merely named for convenience of description, and may be formed in one connected pipe shape.

The first cooling pipe 61 is not in contact with the ice tray 43, and the second cooling pipe 62 is arranged in the second row along the second direction D2. The third cooling pipe 63 contacts the side surfaces of the ice tray 43 arranged in the first and second rows along the second direction D2, and the fourth cooling pipe 63 contacts the outer surface of the fourth cooling pipe 63. The cooling pipe 64 contacts the outer surface of the ice tray 43 arranged in the first row along the second direction D2. In addition, the fifth cooling pipe 65 contacts the upper surface of the ice tray 43 arranged in the second row along the second direction D2, and the sixth cooling pipe 66 is in the second direction. The upper surface of the ice tray 43 arranged in the first row along (D2) is in contact.

As such, the second, third and fourth cooling pipes 62, 63, and 64 contact the side surfaces of the ice tray to cool the ice tray 43, and the fifth and sixth cooling pipes. 65 and 66 may be in contact with the upper surface of the ice making frame to cool the ice making frame 43 to uniformly cool the ice making frame 43. In addition, by arranging the cooling pipes as described above, the cooling pipes can be designed so that as many parts as possible can come into contact with the ice making frame without intersecting with each other, thereby improving the efficiency of ice generation.

On the other hand, the fixing part 70 is disposed on the upper surface of the ice making frame 43, to fix the ice-colving pipe 50 and the cooling tube 60 to the ice making frame 43.

In detail, the fixing part 70 includes an upper fixing part 71 and a lower fixing part 72. The upper fixing part 71 is in contact with the upper surface of the ice tube 50 and the upper surface of the cooling tube 60. That is, the upper fixing part 71 is disposed on the upper surface of the ice making frame 43, the first ice-breaking pipe 51, the sixth cooling pipe 66, the fifth cooling pipe 65 and the It is arranged to contact the upper surfaces of the second ice-breaking pipe 52.

The lower fixing part 72 is coupled to the upper fixing part 71 and simultaneously contacts the lower surface of the ice removing tube 50, the lower surface of the cooling tube 60, and the upper surface of the ice making frame 43. That is, the lower fixing portion 72 is disposed on the upper surface of the ice making frame 43, the first ice-breaking pipe 51, the sixth cooling pipe 66, the fifth cooling pipe 65 and the The lower surfaces of the second ice-breaking pipes 52 and the upper surface of the ice tray 43 are disposed to be in contact with each other.

The fixing part 70 may be formed in a number sufficient to fix the position of the ice tube 50 and the cooling tube 60, and simultaneously fix the ice tube 50 and the cooling tube 60 at the same time. It is designed to make it possible to achieve the fixing efficiency and the structure simplicity.

On the other hand, the fixing part 70 includes a metal material having excellent thermal conductivity. Thus, the heat supplied from the upper portion of the ice tray 43 through the ice pipe 50 is conducted through the upper and lower fixing parts 71 and 72, so that the side surface of the ice tray 43 and It can be easily transmitted to the upper surface 39 of the purified water supply portion in contact with the lower portion of the ice making frame 43. As a result, although the ice pipe 50 is in contact with the upper surface of the ice tray 43, heat is uniformly transferred to the whole of the ice tray 43 by heat conduction, so that the ice generated is evenly and quickly defrosted. Can be.

According to the embodiments of the present invention as described above, since the purified water supply unit is disposed at the bottom of the ice generating unit, and all the ice is generated can be detached from the ice generating unit, the generated ice is lowered from the ice generating unit It can be easily defrosted in the direction.

Specifically, the purified water supply unit may be attached to and detached from the ice making unit of the ice generating unit, and when the desorption unit serves as a guide of the ice generated in the ice generating unit, the ice making unit may be implemented with a simple structure without a separate ice guide. In addition, since the ice may be guided in another direction according to the degree of rotation of the purified water supply unit, the ice may be selectively moved to the ice storage unit or the cold water storage unit as needed to prevent waste of ice.

In addition, since the injection unit is disposed in the opening of the ice tray without being inserted into the ice tray, it is possible to prevent the opening from being formed in the ice generated by the ice tray.

In addition, since the cooling tube is in contact with the side or the upper surface of the ice making frame, the ice making frame can be cooled uniformly, and the ice production rate and uniformity can be improved.

In addition, the ice-making tube contacts the ice-making frame, and in particular, as heat transmitted to the ice-making tube is conducted to the fixing part, it is transmitted to the upper surface, the side surface of the ice-making frame, and the upper surface of the purified water supply part. It can transfer a heat and evenly defrost ice.

Ice water purifiers according to the present invention have industrial applicability that can be used in water purifiers used for home and business.

1: ice water purifier 20: water purifier
30: purified water supply unit 40: ice generator
50: ice tube 60: cooling tube
70: fixed part

Claims (14)

An ice generating unit including an ice making frame in which ice is produced and a cooling tube arranged around the ice making frame; And
Supplying purified water to the ice making frame, and includes a purified water supply unit arranged to be detachable on the lower surface of the ice generating unit,
The ice generating unit further includes a ice making tube (脫 氷 管) arranged to contact the ice making frame, the ice removing tube transfers heat to the ice making frame to defrost ice of the ice making frame, and an upper surface of the ice making frame A fixing part is disposed in the fixing part to fix the ice removing tube and the cooling tube to the ice making frame,
An upper fixing part in contact with the upper surface of the ice removing tube and the cooling tube;
And a lower fixing part coupled to the upper fixing part and simultaneously contacting a lower surface of the ice removing tube and the cooling tube and an upper surface of the ice making frame. The ice making unit according to claim 1, wherein the purified water supply unit includes a supply pipe through which the purified water is moved, rotates around the supply pipe, and is attached to and detached from a lower surface of the ice generating unit. 3. The ice making unit according to claim 2, wherein the purified water supply unit includes an injection unit, and supplies purified water to the ice making frame while being attached to a lower surface of the ice generating unit. The purified water supply unit of claim 2, wherein when the ice is generated in the ice generator, the purified water supply unit is detached from the ice generator to form an ice movement guide, and the ice desorbed from the ice generator is used for the purified water supply unit. Ice making unit characterized in that guided along the upper surface. The ice making unit according to claim 1, wherein the cooling tube cools the purified water inside the ice making frame and is in contact with a side surface or an upper surface of the ice making frame. delete The ice making unit according to claim 1, wherein the ice removing tube is disposed on an upper surface of the ice making frame. delete delete According to claim 1, wherein the upper and lower fixing parts are made of a metal material, the heat of the ice tube is transmitted to the upper surface, the side, and the upper surface of the purified water supply portion in contact with the lower portion of the ice tray. Ice making unit, characterized in that. delete delete delete delete

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