Water purifier
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJewook JEON, Kobong CHOI, Yonghyun KIM
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Abstract
A water purifier that includes: a filter unit that is configured to purify water; a cooling unit that is configured to cool water purified by the filter unit using cooling water; a water discharge unit that is configured to discharge water cooled by the cooling unit; a cold water flow path that couples the cooling unit to the water discharge unit and through which water cooled by the cooling unit passes; a cold water discharge valve that is coupled to a first side of the cooling unit and that is configured to control water flow inside the cold water flow path; and a check fitting unit that is coupled to a first side of the water discharge unit and that is configured to block pressure change inside the cold water flow path is disclosed.
Claims20
A water purifier comprising:
- a filter unit that is configured to purify water;
- a cooling unit that is configured to cool water purified by the filter unit using cooling water;
- a water discharge unit that is configured to discharge water cooled by the cooling unit;
- a cold water flow path that couples the cooling unit to the water discharge unit and through which water cooled by the cooling unit passes;
- a cold water discharge valve that is coupled to a first side of the cooling unit and that is configured to control water flow inside the cold water flow path;
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- a check fitting unit that is coupled to a first side of the water discharge unit and that is configured to block pressure change inside the cold water flow path.
A water purifier comprising:
- a water supply flow path that is configured to guide water and through which water is provided;
- a filter unit that is coupled to the water supply flow path and that is configured to purify water provided from the water supply flow path;
- a purified water flow path that is coupled to the filter unit and that is configured to guide water purified by the filter unit;
- a cold water flow path that is coupled to the purified water flow path and that is configured to guide a first portion of water from the purified water flow path,
- a hot water flow path that is coupled to the purified water flow path and that is configured to guide a second portion of water from the purified water flow path;
- a coupling part (i) that is coupled to the purified water flow path, the cold water flow path, and an output water flow path, (ii) that is configured to receive water from the purified water flow path or the cold water flow path and provide water to the output water flow path;
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- a water discharge faucet that accommodates the output water flow path and the hot water flow path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.