Hot liquid generation module for liquid treatment apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHeesang Yoon, Jongjin Park, Sangki Woo
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Abstract
Provided is a hot water generation module for a water treatment apparatus. The hot water generation module for the water treatment apparatus includes a ceramic heater in which at least one heating wire is disposed and which has a hollow tube shape, a housing disposed to surround the outside of the ceramic heater, and a heating passage of which at least a portion is disposed in the housing to surround an outer circumferential surface of the ceramic heater in a spiral shape and in which raw water introduced into the housing is discharged to the outside of the housing after heating the raw water to generate hot water by coming into contact with the ceramic heater.
Claims15
A hot liquid generation module for a liquid treatment apparatus, comprising:
- a ceramic heater in which at least one heating wire is disposed and which has a hollow tube shape;
- a housing disposed to surround the outside of the ceramic heater;
- and
- a heating passage of which at least a portion is disposed in the housing to surround an outer circumferential surface of the ceramic heater in a spiral shape and in which raw liquid introduced into the housing is discharged to the outside of the housing after heating the raw liquid to generate hot liquid by coming into contact with the ceramic heater,
- wherein the housing includes:
- a main body which has opened sides and a hollow therein;
- an upper cap covering a first one of the opened sides of the main body;
- and
- a lower cap covering a second one of opened sides of the main body, and
- wherein an elastic member is provided between the ceramic heater and the lower cap.
A hot liquid generation module for a liquid treatment apparatus, comprising:
- a ceramic heater in which at least one heating wire is disposed and which has a hollow tube shape;
- a housing disposed to surround the outside of the ceramic heater;
- and
- a heating passage of which at least a portion is disposed in the housing to surround an outer circumferential surface of the ceramic heater in a spiral shape and in which raw liquid introduced into the housing is discharged to the outside of the housing after heating the raw liquid to generate hot liquid by coming into contact with the ceramic heater,
- wherein the heating passage includes:
- a linear passage provided in a hollow shape inside the ceramic heater;
- a curved passage provided in a spiral shape on an outer surface of the ceramic heater;
- and
- a connection passage connecting the linear passage to the curved passage at an end of the ceramic heater, and
- wherein the housing includes:
- a main body which has both opened sides and a hollow therein and in which an inwardly recessed groove part is defined in a spiral shape;
- an upper cap covering the opened one side of the main body and having an outlet hole through which a linear passage communicates with the outside;
- and
- a lower cap covering the other opened side of the main body, and
- wherein a flange part protruding outward along a circumference of the ceramic heater is disposed on one side of the ceramic heater, and the flange part is fixed between the main body and the upper cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.