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US 5,706,669 AGranted
Defrost-water vaporizer for a refrigerator
AssigneeDaewoo Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYong-Kweon Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed is a defrost-water vaporizer for a refrigerator capable of vaporizing defrost-water in a short time. The defrost-water vaporizer includes a defrost-water absorption portion disposed between a pair of brackets and for absorbing and transmitting the defrost-water and a blow-off portion for generating rotating force from electric power and sending blowing air to the defrost-water absorption portion. The absorbed defrost-water is rapidly vaporized by the blow-off portion, and accordingly the vaporization efficiency is enhanced.
Claims4
A defrost-water vaporizer for a refrigerator, comprising:
- a water-vaporization tray integrally formed with a pair of brackets and for collecting and containing defrost-water, the brackets being set up on both opposite sides of the tray in an upper direction;
- a defrost-water absorption means disposed between and supported by the pair of brackets and for absorbing and moving the defrost-water;
- a blow-off means for generating blowing air to be sent to the defrost-water absorption means by way of rotating force obtained from an electric power supplied from outside;
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- a driving force transmission means for transmitting the rotating force to the defrost-water absorption means to thereby move the absorbed defrost-water, including:
- a motor operating by external electric power;
- a rotating shaft rotating according to a rotation of the motor;
- a driving pulley for transmitting the rotating force of the rotating shaft;
- a driven pulley for receiving the rotating force of the rotating shaft;
- a pulley belt for transmitting the rotating force of the driving pulley to the driven pulley by connecting the driving pulley and the driven pulley;
- a gear shaft axially connected with the driven pulley;
- a driving gear disposed at an end of the driving gear and for rotating according to the rotation of the driven pulley;
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- a driven gear for transmitting the rotation of the driving gear to the defrost-water absorption means after having transformed the rotation of the driving gear in a right angle direction, the driven gear being connected to the lower roller shaft.
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