Beverage maker
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJinpyo HONG, Daewoong Lee
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Abstract
A beverage maker including a hinge shaft, a fermentation tank having a space therein and configured to rotatably support the hinge shaft, a fermentation lid connected to the hinge shaft through a bracket and rotating about the hinge shaft to open and close the space, and at least one tube through which a fluid passes, wherein a hinge shaft accommodating space accommodating the at least one tube is defined inside the hinge shaft, and at least one hinge shaft hole through which the at least one tube extends to the outside of the hinge shaft space is defined in the hinge shaft to minimize damage or contamination of the at least one tube and allow the at least one tube to be minimally visible when the fermentation lid is opened.
Claims15
A beverage maker comprising:
- a hinge shaft having a hinge shaft accommodating space and at least one hinge shaft hole formed therein;
- a fermentation tank having a space formed therein and configured to rotatably support the hinge shaft;
- a fermentation lid coupled to the hinge shaft by a bracket and rotatable about the hinge shaft to open and close the space;
- at least one tube to accommodate a passing fluid,
- wherein the hinge shaft accommodating space is configured to accommodate the at least one tube, and
- the at least one tube extends through the at least one hinge shaft hole to the outside of the hinge shaft accommodating space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.