公开(公告)号：US11970686B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-30

申请号：US16701481

申请日：2019-12-03

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Youngjoon Kim ,  Daewoong Lee ,  Jinpyo Hong

IPC: C12M1/34 ,  C12C11/00 ,  C12C13/10

CPC classification number: C12M41/12 ,  C12C11/006 ,  C12C13/10

Abstract: A beverage maker may include a fermentation tank including a space in which a beverage is made, a refrigerant cycle device to cool the fermentation tank, a temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the fermentation tank, and a controller to drive the refrigerant cycle device to decrease a temperature of the fermentation tank which accommodates a mixture including an ingredient of the beverage to a fermentation temperature while the beverage is being made, to stop driving of the refrigerant cycle device when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor reaches a first step temperature of a plurality of step temperatures set higher than the fermentation temperature, and to re-drive the refrigerant cycle device after a predetermined period of time has elapsed.

公开(公告)号：US11434126B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US16683434

申请日：2019-11-14

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jintae Kim ,  Jinpyo Hong ,  Jaegeun Lee ,  Jisun Jung

IPC: F25B21/02 ,  F25D31/00 ,  B67D3/00 ,  B67D1/08

Abstract: A water cooling apparatus and a water purifier having a water cooling apparatus is provided. The water cooling apparatus may include a case, a water tank provided within the case, a cooling block provided to be in contact with the water tank and to cool the water tank through heat exchange, a thermoelectric element having one side in contact with the cooling block and provided so as to transfer heat from the one side to another side of the thermoelectric element when power is applied thereto, an insulator provided within the case and that covers the water tank and the cooling block, and a heat dissipation block provided outside of the case and provided to be in contact with the other side of the thermoelectric element to dissipate heat from the other side of the thermoelectric element.

公开(公告)号：US10882728B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-05

申请号：US16017914

申请日：2018-06-25

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jinpyo Hong ,  Dullae Min ,  Daewoong Lee

IPC: A47J31/40 ,  B67D1/08 ,  B67D1/00 ,  C12C13/02

Abstract: A beverage maker includes a fermentation tank having an inner space, a water tank that supplies water to the fermentation tank, and an ingredient supply assembly provided between the fermentation tank and the water tank and configured to accommodate a beverage ingredient. At least a portion of the fermentation tank or at least a portion of the water tank is recessed into the ingredient supply assembly.

公开(公告)号：US10196800B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-05

申请号：US14956744

申请日：2015-12-02

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jinpyo Hong ,  Myounghoon Lee

IPC: E03B7/07

Abstract: A mineral water supply module may include a water supply pipe configured to supply water in a first direction, a mineral supply pipe configured to supply minerals in a second direction, a discharge pipe configured to discharge water or mineral water in the first direction, a resistance body case configured to connect to the mineral supply pipe and including a resistance body defining a micro channel in which minerals flow in the second direction, and a connector configured to connect the water supply pipe and the discharge pipe such that the resistance body case is provided between the water supply pipe and the discharge pipe and configured to allow the mixing of water from the water supply pipe and minerals from the resistance body case.

公开(公告)号：US11427455B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US16506015

申请日：2019-07-09

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jinpyo Hong ,  Youngjoon Kim

IPC: B67D1/00 ,  F16K47/06 ,  C12C11/00

Abstract: A decompression mechanism may include a decompression case having an inlet that receives a beverage and an outlet that discharges the beverage; a decompression inner member including an inner body positioned inside of the decompression case and a guide formed in a spiral shape on an outer circumference of the inner body and in contact with an inner face of the decompression case; and a decompression channel defined between the decompression case and the decompression inner member. The decompression channel may have an input opening in communication with the inlet and an output opening in communication with the outlet, and a cross-sectional area of the decompression channel may increase as the decompression channel extends from the input opening to the output opening.

公开(公告)号：USD899934S1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-27

申请号：US35507719

申请日：2019-04-23

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Designer： Hophil Lee ,  Jinpyo Hong ,  Daekee Shin

公开(公告)号：US10526188B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-07

申请号：US15705919

申请日：2017-09-15

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jintae Kim ,  Jinpyo Hong ,  Jaegeun Lee ,  Jisun Jung

IPC: F25B21/02 ,  B67D3/00 ,  F25D31/00

Abstract: A water cooling apparatus and a water purifier having a water cooling apparatus is provided. The water cooling apparatus may include a case, a water tank provided within the case, a cooling block provided to be in contact with the water tank and to cool the water tank through heat exchange, a thermoelectric element having one side in contact with the cooling block and provided so as to transfer heat from the one side to another side of the thermoelectric element when power is applied thereto, an insulator provided within the case and that covers the water tank and the cooling block, and a heat dissipation block provided outside of the case and provided to be in contact with the other side of the thermoelectric element to dissipate heat from the other side of the thermoelectric element.

公开(公告)号：US20180099854A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-12

申请号：US15705480

申请日：2017-09-15

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jisun Jung ,  Jaegeun Lee ,  Jintae Kim ,  Jinpyo Hong

IPC: B67D3/00 ,  F25B21/04 ,  C02F9/00

CPC classification number: B67D3/0009 ,  B67D3/0022 ,  C02F1/001 ,  C02F1/003 ,  C02F1/283 ,  C02F1/441 ,  C02F1/444 ,  C02F9/005 ,  C02F2101/006 ,  C02F2101/10 ,  C02F2303/02 ,  C02F2307/10 ,  F25B21/02 ,  F25B21/04 ,  F25B2321/023 ,  F25B2321/025 ,  F25B2321/0251

Abstract: A cold water generating apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a tank having an inlet port and an outlet port, a cooling module coupled to the tank to cool purified water introduced into the tank through the inlet port, and an internal passage unit formed inside the tank to guide the purified water from the inlet port to the outlet port, wherein a part of the purified water is phase-changed into ice within the tank by the cooling module, and another part of the purified water flows along the internal passage unit to be brought into contact with the ice so as to be discharged through the outlet port.

公开(公告)号：US11459224B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US16689586

申请日：2019-11-20

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Daewoong Lee ,  Kyungbin Lee ,  Jinpyo Hong

IPC: B67D1/12 ,  B67D1/00 ,  B67D1/04

Abstract: A beverage maker includes: a container; a fermentation tank; a beverage dispenser including a lever configured to control dispensing of the beverage and a limit switch configured to be turned on and off based on manipulation of the lever; a beverage dispensing channel that connects the container and the beverage dispenser and that guides the beverage; a beverage dispensing valve disposed in the beverage dispensing channel; a pressure sensor that measures gas pressure inside the container; and a controller. The controller detects whether the limit switch is turned on, opens the beverage dispensing valve to dispense the beverage accommodated in the container through the beverage dispenser based on detecting that the limit switch is turned on, determines a gas pressure value corresponding to the gas pressure inside the container measured by the pressure sensor, and determines a dispensed amount of beverage based on the gas pressure value.

公开(公告)号：US11015155B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-25

申请号：US16189028

申请日：2018-11-13

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jinpyo Hong ,  Daewoong Lee

IPC: C12C11/00 ,  C12C13/10 ,  A47J31/46 ,  C12C11/07 ,  A47J31/44 ,  C12G1/036

Abstract: A fermenter may include a fermentation container having a fermentation space in which a beverage is fermented and a first gas passage communicating with the fermentation space, and a fermentation lid opening and closing the fermentation container and having a second gas passage. When the fermentation lid closes the fermentation container, a gas chamber communicating with each of the first gas passage and the second gas passage is provided between the fermentation container and the fermentation lid.