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US 11,440,787 B2Granted
Refrigerator having dispenser
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsO Min Kwon, Hyungkyu Park
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Abstract
A refrigerator may be provided with a dispenser which includes a nozzle pipe; a light source that radiates ultraviolet light from one end of the nozzle pipe to an inner space of the nozzle pipe, a window that is provided between the one end of the nozzle pipe and the light source, and a liquid supplying hose barb connected to the nozzle pipe via an elbow. Liquid exiting the elbow swirls as ultraviolet light is irradiated onto the liquid.
Claims11
A liquid dispenser, comprising:
- a nozzle pipe including a first section having a first passage and a second section having a second passage communicating with the first passage, wherein the second passage has a cylindrical shape with a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first passage;
- a window pocket provided above the first section of the nozzle pipe;
- a light source provided above the widow pocket and configured to emit ultraviolet light into the first passage;
- a window provided in the window pocket to be between the first passage and the light source;
- an elbow branched from the first section of the nozzle pipe at an inclination with respect to the nozzle pipe;
- a liquid-supplying hose barb extending from the elbow at the inclination;
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- a hose coupled to the liquid-supplying house barb,
- wherein a center axis of the first section of the nozzle pipe does not intersect with a center axis of the liquid-supplying hose barb such that liquid discharged from the elbow and entering the liquid-supplying hose barb flows along the first section of the nozzle pipe in a swirling flow.
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A liquid dispenser, comprising:
- a pipe extending in a first direction and having a first passage;
- a hose barb extending in a second direction which is inclined with respect to the first direction, the hose barb having a second passage;
- an elbow to connect the hose barb and the nozzle pipe, wherein the elbow and hose barb are configured such that a center axis of the second passage does not intersect with a center axis of the first passage;
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- a frame having a third passage provided above and communicating with the first passage, wherein the frame is configured to receive a lens in the third passage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.