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US 11,465,895 B2Granted
Cold water tank
AssigneeCoway Co., Ltd.
InventorsJong-Hwan Lee, Hee-Do Jung, Hyun-Goo Kim, Yoo-Won Oh, Hyun-Woo Lee, Chung-Lae Kim, Chan-Jung Park, Woong Jung
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Abstract
A cold water tank includes a tank body, a cover part connected to the tank body to cover an open top of the tank body, and a cooling unit disposed in the tank body to cool water stored inside the tank body so as to make cold water. The cover part is configured to have an air layer formed therein, thereby minimizing or preventing the occurrence of condensation.
Claims3
A cold water tank, comprising:
- a tank body;
- a cover part connected to the tank body so as to cover an open top of the tank body and exposed externally of the tank body;
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- a cooling unit, including an evaporation tube, provided in the tank body and configured to cool water stored inside the tank body to form cold water, wherein
- the cover part is configured to have an air layer formed therein, thereby minimizing or preventing an occurrence of condensation,
- the cover part comprises a main cover member connected to the tank body to cover the open top of the tank body, a first supplementary cover member connected to a lower portion of the main cover member to form a first air layer between a lower surface of the main cover member and the first supplementary cover member, a second supplementary cover member connected to an upper portion of the main cover member to form a second air layer between an upper surface of the main cover member and the second supplementary cover member, and a heat-insulating member provided on an upper surface of the first supplementary cover member, and
- a communication hole is formed over the main cover member, the first supplementary cover member, the second supplementary cover member, and the heat-insulating member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.