Ice-making water purifying and drinking machine

By introducing a dual pure water tank and a multi-directional valve system into the ice-making and water purifier, the problems of traditional water purifiers being limited in function and unusable after the ice melts are solved, realizing the recycling of water resources and ensuring water quality, thus enhancing the practicality and market competitiveness of the equipment.

CN222317456UActive Publication Date: 2025-01-07XIAMEN BAILIN WATER PURIFICATION TECH CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202420747803.2
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-04-11
Publication Date
2025-01-07
Estimated Expiration
2034-04-11

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Technical Problem

Traditional water purifiers have limited functions, while ice makers are bulky and the ice cannot be reused after it melts, leading to water waste and hygiene problems.

Method used

Design an ice-making and water purifier that includes dual pure water tanks and multiple reversing valves. The melted ice water can be filtered again and stored in the auxiliary water tank. The heating system provides drinking water at different temperatures, realizing the reuse of ice water and the recycling of water resources.

Benefits of technology

It fulfills the need for rapid access to pure water, ensures water hygiene, avoids water waste, and allows melted ice water to be filtered again for drinking water or ice making, thus enhancing the equipment's functionality and competitiveness.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses an ice-making purifying water dispenser which comprises a shell, a filter element and an ice-making system are arranged in the shell, a pure water outlet of the filter element can be communicated with a water inlet end of the ice-making system, an ice outlet of the ice-making system is connected with an ice storage box, a water outlet is arranged below the ice storage box, and the water outlet is communicated with the water inlet end of the ice-making system. According to the ice making machine, water obtained after ice blocks are melted can be reused, waste of water resources is avoided, and meanwhile the purified water is reused, so that the purified water can be drunk and can be made into edible ice blocks again.
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Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to an ice making and drinking purifier. Background Art

[0002] As people's living standards improve, their living needs have become diversified. Traditional water purifiers generally have a single function and can only produce room temperature water or room temperature water to heat water. In addition, ice makers on the market generally only have a single ice-dispensing function. A small number of water purifiers with ice-making functions have large equipment size, and if the ice cubes are not used up, they will melt after being left for a period of time, and the melted water cannot be reused or filtered again. This greatly limits the entire product and lacks competitiveness. Summary of the invention

[0003] In order to solve the above technical problems, the purpose of the utility model is to provide an ice making and beverage purifier.

[0004] The utility model is realized by the following technical solutions:

[0005] An ice making and drinking purifier comprises a shell, wherein a filter element and an ice making system are arranged in the shell, a pure water outlet of the filter element can be communicated with a water inlet of the ice making system, an ice outlet of the ice making system is connected to an ice storage box, a drain outlet is arranged below the ice storage box, and the drain outlet can be communicated with the water inlet of the filter element.

[0006] In an embodiment of the utility model, the pure water outlet of the filter element is connected to a first water tank, the first water tank is arranged in a shell, and a second water tank which can be communicated with the first water tank is also arranged outside the shell.

[0007] In an embodiment of the utility model, a raw water tank is also included, wherein the water outlet end of the raw water tank is connected to the first opening of the first reversing valve, the drain port is connected to the second opening of the first reversing valve, and the third opening of the first reversing valve is connected to the water inlet end of the filter element.

[0008] In an embodiment of the utility model, the water outlet end of the first water tank is connected to the first opening of the second reversing valve, the second opening of the second reversing valve can be connected to the water inlet end of the ice making system, the third opening of the second reversing valve can be connected to the water inlet end of the heating body, and the water outlet end of the heating body can be connected to the water outlet on the shell.

[0009] In the embodiment of the utility model, a first temperature sensor is arranged at the water inlet end of the heating body, and a second temperature sensor is arranged at the water outlet end of the heating body.

[0010] In an embodiment of the utility model, a subsidiary water tank is further included, wherein a water inlet end of the subsidiary water tank is connected to a second opening of a second reversing valve, and a water outlet end of the subsidiary water tank is connected to a water inlet end of an ice making system.

[0011] In an embodiment of the utility model, a first drainage path is also provided on the first water tank, a first drainage plug is provided on the first drainage path, a TDS detection device is provided between the first water tank and the pure water outlet of the filter element, a pump body is provided between the third opening of the reversing valve and the water inlet end of the filter element, a water pump is provided between the first water tank and the first opening of the second reversing valve, the waste water outlet of the filter element is connected with the raw water tank via a pipeline, and a waste water valve is provided on the pipeline.

[0012] In the embodiment of the utility model, a first liquid level switch is arranged in the first water tank, a second liquid level switch is arranged in the auxiliary water tank, and a third liquid level switch is arranged in the ice storage box.

[0013] In an embodiment of the utility model, a second drainage path is also included. The second drainage path can be connected to the drainage port of the ice storage box, and a second drainage plug is arranged on the second drainage path.

[0014] The utility model provides an ice-making and drinking purifier, which has the following beneficial effects: it includes two pure water tanks arranged inside and outside the shell, which meet the user's demand for quickly obtaining a large amount of pure water, and in the ice storage box, the water after the ice is melted will be filtered again, so that the water can be drunk or made into edible ice cubes, thereby ensuring the hygiene of the water and not wasting water. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0016] Figure 1 The utility model is a three-dimensional Figure 1 .

[0017] Figure 2 The utility model is a three-dimensional Figure 2 .

[0018] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the interior of the utility model Figure 1 .

[0019] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the interior of the utility model Figure 2 .

[0020] Figure 5It is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0021] Figure 6 It is a system block diagram of the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the embodiments of the utility model clearer, the technical scheme in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative work belong to the scope of protection of the utility model. Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the utility model provided in the drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model for which protection is sought, but merely represents the selected embodiments of the utility model. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative work belong to the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0023] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", "clockwise", "counterclockwise" and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0024] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present utility model, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more, unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0025] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "install", "connect", "connect", "fix" and the like should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, it can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0026] In the present utility model, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, a first feature being "above" or "below" a second feature may include that the first and second features are in direct contact, or may include that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact through another feature between them. Moreover, a first feature being "above", "above" and "above" a second feature includes that the first feature is directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicates that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. A first feature being "below", "below" and "below" a second feature includes that the first feature is directly below and obliquely below the second feature, or simply indicates that the first feature is lower in level than the second feature.

[0027] Referring to the drawings of the specification, an ice-making and beverage purifier, or a beverage purifier with an ice-making function, comprises a shell 100, in which a filter element and an ice-making system 10 are arranged, the pure water outlet of the filter element can be communicated with the water inlet end of the ice-making system, and only water filtered by the filtration system can be used to make ice, thereby ensuring the quality of water or ice, the ice outlet of the ice-making system is connected to an ice storage box 20, a drain outlet 21 is arranged at the bottom of the ice storage box, and the drain outlet can be communicated with the water inlet end of the filter element, the ice cubes in the ice storage box will melt if left for a long time if they are not taken out for use, and the melted water will be stored in the ice storage box, and in a preferred user environment, the drain outlet is arranged at the bottom of the ice storage box.

[0028] Preferably, the pure water outlet of the filter element is connected to the first water tank 31, the first water tank is arranged in the shell, and the second water tank 32 which can be connected with the first water tank is also arranged outside the shell. In use, the first water tank and the second water tank are connected, and the liquid level can be the same. The first water tank and the second water tank are both used to store pure water filtered by the filtration system.

[0029] Furthermore, it also includes a raw water tank 40, the water outlet of the raw water tank is connected to the first opening of the first reversing valve 41; the drain port is connected to the second opening of the first reversing valve, which is in a normally open state; the third opening of the first reversing valve is connected to the water inlet end of the filter element, that is to say: the water in the raw water tank and the ice storage box can flow into the filter element for filtration, and the water in the ice storage box preferentially flows into the filter element, which can be controlled by the circuit control board. When the third liquid level switch is triggered, the drain port is opened to allow water to flow into the filter element, and the raw water tank is disconnected from the filter element. When the third liquid level switch is not triggered, that is, there is no water in the ice storage box, the circuit control board will control the first reversing valve to connect the raw water tank with the water inlet end of the filter element.

[0030] Furthermore, the water outlet of the first water tank is connected to the first opening of the second reversing valve 42, and the second opening of the second reversing valve can be connected to the water inlet of the ice-making system; the third opening of the second reversing valve can be connected to the water inlet of the heating body 90, which is in a normally open state; the water outlet of the heating body can be connected to the water outlet 110 on the shell, and the purified water is divided into two paths, one leading to the ice-making system for ice making, and the other normally outflowing water, and the heating body can make the water outlet reach normal temperature water or hot water. A first temperature sensor 91 is provided at the water inlet of the heating body, and a second temperature sensor 92 is provided at the water outlet of the heating body, so that control can be performed to detect the water outlet temperature, so that the user can receive drinking water of the desired temperature.

[0031] Preferably, it also includes an auxiliary water tank 33, which can be arranged above the inside of the shell, the water inlet end of the auxiliary water tank is connected to the second opening of the second reversing valve, and the water outlet end of the auxiliary water tank is connected to the water inlet end of the ice making system, and the auxiliary water tank is used to receive filtered water and use it to make ice.

[0032] Furthermore, a first drainage path 51 is provided on the first water tank, a first drainage plug 52 is provided on the first drainage path, a TDS detection device 43 is provided between the first water tank and the pure water outlet of the filter element, so that the quality of the filtered water can be detected, a pump body 44 is provided between the third opening of the reversing valve and the water inlet end of the filter element, a water pump 45 is provided between the first water tank and the first opening of the second reversing valve, the waste water outlet of the filter element is connected to the raw water tank via a pipe 46, and a waste water valve 47 is provided on the pipe.

[0033] Furthermore, a first liquid level switch 61 is provided in the first water tank, a second liquid level switch 62 is provided in the auxiliary water tank, and a third liquid level switch 63 is provided in the ice storage box. These three liquid level switches can be electrically connected to the circuit control board. When the first liquid level switch is triggered, the first drain plug can be started to drain water to avoid damage to the first water tank; when the second liquid level switch is triggered, the second reversing valve can be reversed, and the ice making operation can also be started.

[0034] Preferably, the ice storage box further comprises a second drainage channel 53 , which can be communicated with the drainage port of the ice storage box, and a second drainage plug 54 is provided on the second drainage channel.

[0035] More specifically, the utility model mainly includes a filtration system, a heating system, an ice making system, an ice storage system, a dual pure water tank system, a pump, etc.; the various components are connected by pipes, and the specific connection method is the existing technology and will not be elaborated in detail here. The filtration system can be a raw water tank, an ice storage box, an RO pump, a filter element (which can include a PP+carbon rod filter element 71 and / or a reverse osmosis filter element 72, and the reverse osmosis filter element is located at the rear end of the PP+carbon rod filter element), a waste water valve, a first reversing valve, a proximity switch in the raw water tank, and a third liquid level switch on the ice storage box. The filtration system uses the melted water of ice cubes for filtration through the first reversing valve, and switches to using the water in the raw water tank when the melted water is used up; the heating system includes a heating body, a first temperature sensor, and a second temperature sensor; so that the user can receive water with a temperature with a small error. The ice-making system includes a compressor 11, a condenser 12, a drying filter 13, a capillary tube 14, an ice-making evaporator 15, a motor 16, an auxiliary water tank, and a second liquid level switch on the auxiliary water tank; the ice storage system includes an ice storage box 20, an ice-discharging screw 22, and an ice-discharging motor 23, and an infrared sensor lamp is provided on the ice storage box; the double pure water tank system has a built-in first water tank and an external second water tank, the first water tank has a first liquid level switch, and an atmosphere lamp 80 is provided on the top of the external pure water tank.

[0036] The above description shows and describes the preferred embodiments of the utility model. As mentioned above, it should be understood that the utility model is not limited to the form disclosed herein, and should not be regarded as excluding other embodiments, but can be used in various other combinations, modifications and environments, and can be modified within the scope of the utility model concept described herein through the above teachings or the technology or knowledge of the relevant field. The changes and modifications made by those skilled in the art do not depart from the spirit and scope of the utility model, and should be within the scope of protection of the claims attached to the utility model.

Claims

1. An ice-making and beverage purifier, comprising a housing, wherein a filter element and an ice-making system are arranged in the housing, characterized in that: The pure water outlet of the filter element can be connected to the water inlet of the ice making system, the ice outlet of the ice making system is connected to the ice storage box, a drain outlet is arranged below the ice storage box, and the drain outlet can be connected to the water inlet of the filter element.

2. The ice making and drinking purifier according to claim 1, characterized in that: The pure water outlet of the filter element is connected to a first water tank, the first water tank is arranged in the shell, and a second water tank which can be communicated with the first water tank is also arranged outside the shell.

3. The ice making and drinking purifier according to claim 2, characterized in that: It also includes a raw water tank, the water outlet of the raw water tank is connected to the first opening of the first reversing valve, the drain port is connected to the second opening of the first reversing valve, and the third opening of the first reversing valve is connected to the water inlet of the filter element.

4. The ice making and drinking purifier according to claim 3, characterized in that: The water outlet end of the first water tank is connected to the first opening of the second reversing valve, the second opening of the second reversing valve can be connected to the water inlet end of the ice making system, the third opening of the second reversing valve can be connected to the water inlet end of the heating body, and the water outlet end of the heating body can be connected to the water outlet on the shell.

5. The ice making and drinking purifier according to claim 4, characterized in that: A first temperature sensor is arranged at the water inlet end of the heating body, and a second temperature sensor is arranged at the water outlet end of the heating body.

6. An ice making and drinking purifier according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that: It also includes an auxiliary water tank, a water inlet end of the auxiliary water tank is connected to the second opening of the second reversing valve, and a water outlet end of the auxiliary water tank is connected to the water inlet end of the ice making system.

7. The ice making and drinking purifier according to claim 6, characterized in that: A first drainage path is also provided on the first water tank, a first drainage plug is provided on the first drainage path, a TDS detection device is provided between the first water tank and the pure water outlet of the filter element, a pump body is provided between the third opening of the reversing valve and the water inlet end of the filter element, a water pump is provided between the first water tank and the first opening of the second reversing valve, the waste water outlet of the filter element is connected with the raw water tank via a pipeline, and a waste water valve is provided on the pipeline.

8. The ice making and drinking purifier according to claim 7, characterized in that: A first liquid level switch is arranged in the first water tank, a second liquid level switch is arranged in the auxiliary water tank, and a third liquid level switch is arranged in the ice storage box.

9. An ice making and drinking purifier according to any one of claims 1-5, 7 and 8, characterized in that: The utility model also comprises a second drainage channel, wherein the second drainage channel can be communicated with the drainage port of the ice storage box, and a second drainage plug is arranged on the second drainage channel.