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US 11,225,405 B2Granted
Liquid dispenser
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorShic Yoon
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Abstract
A water dispenser is provided. The water dispenser may include a main body, a rotator installed to be rotatable in a horizontal direction in the main body and including a water discharger, a rotation guide rail having a predetermined curvature within the main body, and a rotation guide protrusion provided in the rotator and slidably coupled to the rotation guide rail to guide rotation of the rotator.
Claims18
A liquid dispenser, comprising:
- a main body including a cabinet having a front cover that forms a front surface and side panels that form side surfaces;
- a support provided within the main body;
- a rotation guide rail having a predetermined curvature and provided above the support;
- and
- a rotator including a liquid discharger provided on one side thereof and having a rail accommodation recess spaced apart from a rotation center in a radial direction and coupled to the rotation guide rail,
- an internal gear provided in an upper portion of the support, spaced apart in a radial direction from the rotation guide rail, and having a predetermined curvature;
- and
- a pinion gear provided on one side of the rotator, coupled to the internal gear, and that rotates along the internal gear when the rotator rotates,
- wherein the pinion gear includes an oil damper that absorbs rotational kinetic energy of the rotator, the oil damper including:
- a damper housing to store oil;
- and
- a rotator connected to the pinion gear and rotatably provided within the damper housing.
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A liquid dispenser, comprising:
- a main body including a cabinet having a front cover that forms a front surface and side panels that form side surfaces;
- a support provided within the main body;
- a rotation guide rail having a predetermined curvature and provided above the support;
- and
- a rotator including a liquid discharger provided on one side thereof and having a rail accommodation recess spaced apart from a rotation center in a radial direction and coupled to the rotation guide rail,
- wherein the rotator further includes a positioning device that limits the liquid discharger to a specific position, the positioning device including:
- at least one positioner provided in the support or the rotator;
- and
- at least one stop protrusion that protrudes from the rotator or the support in a direction in which the stop protrusion faces the positioner and is configured to couple to the positioner, and
- wherein one end portion of the at least one stop protrusion is elastically supported so as to be vertically movable, and when the stop protrusion is positioned to face the positioner, the stop protrusion is insertedly coupled to the positioner.
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A liquid dispenser, comprising:
- a main body including a cabinet having a front cover that forms a front surface and side panels that form side surfaces;
- a support provided within the main body;
- a rotation guide rail having a predetermined curvature and provided above the support;
- and
- a rotator including a liquid discharger provided on one side thereof and having a rail accommodation recess spaced apart from a rotation center in a radial direction and coupled to the rotation guide rail;
- and
- an operation module which rotates with the rotator, the operation module being disposed on a top surface of the main body and above the front cover,
- wherein the front cover includes:
- a first front cover that forms a front surface of the liquid dispenser,
- a second front cover provided to be spaced apart from the first front cover, and
- an opening provided between the first front cover and the second front cover, and
- wherein the liquid discharger protrudes through the opening and rotates in a horizontal direction of the front cover,
- wherein the rotator includes:
- a rotator housing, and
- a guide bracket provided within the rotator housing, and
- wherein a coupling protrusion protrudes from the guide bracket, and a coupling hole is provided on a lower surface of the operation module and coupled to the coupling protrusion.
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