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US 2020/0399872 A1Published application
Water purifier
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJongwoo PARK, Kwangyong AN, Seonwoong HWANG
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a water purifier, in which a partitioning container is detachably mounted on the bottom surface of a tank cover, and an agitator is inserted into the partitioning container to be connected to an agitating motor mounted in the tank cover in a state where the partitioning container is mounted on the bottom surface of the tank cover. By this structure, the inner diameter of the partitioning container may be less than the outer diameter of the blade of the agitator.
Claims16
A water purifier comprising:
- a coolant tank configured to store coolant;
- a tank cover covering an opened upper surface of the coolant tank;
- an agitating motor mounted in the tank cover;
- a partitioning container including a head coupled to the tank cover, a cylindrical body extending from the head and including a grid rib, and a base formed on a lower end of the body;
- a partitioning plate configured to partition an internal space of the coolant tank into an upper space and a lower space and having a grid rib formed therein to enable coolant of the upper space and coolant of the lower space to circulate;
- an evaporator disposed in the upper space and provided to surround the partitioning container;
- a cold water pipe disposed in the lower space;
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- an agitator including a shaft inserted into the body and connected to a rotation shaft of the agitating motor and a blade formed on a lower end of the shaft and placed inside the cold water pipe,
- wherein an inner diameter of the body is less than an outer diameter of the blade.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.