公开(公告)号：US10975343B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-13

申请号：US16193870

申请日：2018-11-16

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jinpyo Hong ,  Daewoong Lee

IPC: C12C11/00 ,  C12C13/10 ,  B67D1/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US10883072B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-05

申请号：US16038585

申请日：2018-07-18

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jinpyo Hong ,  Shic Yoon ,  Daewoong Lee

IPC: C12C11/00 ,  C12C13/10

Abstract: A beverage maker may include a fermentation device including a fermentation tank assembly having an opening, and a fermentation lid that opens and closes the opening, a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator formed therein such that a refrigerant circulates in the compressor, the condenser, the expansion mechanism, and the evaporator, which may adjust a temperature inside the fermentation tank assembly; a blower that may dissipate heat emitted by the condenser; a gas discharger connected to the fermentation device that discharges gas inside the fermentation device; and a rear cover provided behind the fermentation device which may include a through-hole such that both air blown by the blower and gas discharged from the gas discharger may be discharged through the through-hole.

公开(公告)号：US20200017348A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-16

申请号：US16508494

申请日：2019-07-11

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Daewoong LEE ,  Kyungbin Lee ,  Jinpyo Hong

IPC: B67D1/00 ,  B67D1/04 ,  B67D1/08

Abstract: A beverage discharger may include a dispenser case; a channel body at least partially disposed in the dispenser case, the channel body having a first dispenser channel defined therein that communicates with a beverage discharge channel; a discharge body coupled to the channel body and having a second dispenser channel defined therein that communicates with the first dispenser channel, the discharge body extending vertically in an elongated manner; an ascending and descending body connected to the dispenser case in an ascending and descending manner; a shaft connected to the ascending and descending body to ascend and descend with the ascending and descending body, the shaft having, at a bottom portion, a packing that opens and closes the second dispenser channel; and at least one guide rib formed on an inner face of the discharge body to guide the bottom portion of the shaft.

公开(公告)号：US10464802B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US15705480

申请日：2017-09-15

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

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

IPC: F25B21/02 ,  F25B21/04 ,  B67D3/00 ,  C02F9/00 ,  C02F1/00 ,  C02F1/28 ,  C02F1/44 ,  C02F101/00 ,  C02F101/10

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：US12215303B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

申请号：US17313521

申请日：2021-05-06

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jinpyo Hong ,  Yongbum Kim ,  Youngjin Kim

IPC: C12C11/00 ,  C12C11/06 ,  C12C13/10

Abstract: A beverage maker includes a fermentation module, a gas discharge channel connected to the fermentation module, a gas discharge valve connected to the gas discharge channel, a storage tank connected to the gas discharge value and provided with a space capable of accommodating gas therein, an actuator configured to inject gas collected in the space of the storage tank to the fermentation module through the gas discharge channel, a gas pressure sensor connected before the gas discharge valve in a gas flow direction in the gas discharge channel, and a controller configured to control the gas discharge valve and the actuator based on a pressure value of the gas pressure sensor.

公开(公告)号：US12146126B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-19

申请号：US17327338

申请日：2021-05-21

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jinpyo Hong ,  Kwangyong An ,  Yongbum Kim ,  Suchang Cho ,  Youngjin Kim

IPC: C12C11/00 ,  C12C13/10

Abstract: A beverage maker includes a fermentation tank in which an internal space for fermentation is formed, a temperature controller configured to control a temperature of the fermentation tank and including an evaporator and a heater, and an insulation portion surrounding a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the fermentation tank. The fermentation tank may include a first chamber, in which the evaporator is disposed, and a second chamber configured to be in contact with the heater and coupled to the first chamber, and the insulation portion may be located between the first chamber and the evaporator.

公开(公告)号：US11999927B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US16509565

申请日：2019-07-12

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Shic Yoon ,  Jinpyo Hong

IPC: C12C13/10 ,  B67D1/12 ,  C12C11/00

CPC classification number: C12C13/10 ,  B67D1/1202 ,  C12C11/006

Abstract: A beverage maker may include a water tank storing water; a water supply pump provided below the water tank to receive water from the water tank, a water supply channel connected to the water supply pump to guide water discharged from the water supply pump, an air removing channel connected to the water supply channel, an air removing valve or cap connected to the air removing channel, and a controller maintaining the water supply pump in an off state when the air removing valve is opened.

公开(公告)号：US11292996B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-05

申请号：US16695314

申请日：2019-11-26

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Daewoong Lee ,  Yongbum Kim ,  Jinpyo Hong

IPC: C12C11/00 ,  C12C13/10 ,  A47J31/40

Abstract: A beverage maker may include a fermentation tank having a space formed therein to make a beverage; a temperature controller configured to control a temperature of the fermentation tank; an air pump configured to supply air into the fermentation tank; a gas discharge channel connected with the fermentation tank and configured to discharge a portion of the air supplied into the fermentation tank; a temperature sensor configured to sense the temperature of the fermentation tank; and a controller configured to control the temperature controller to cool the fermentation tank accommodating a mixture including ingredients of the beverage while making the beverage, sense the temperature of the fermentation tank using the temperature sensor, terminate cooling of the fermentation tank when the sensed temperature is less than or equal to a reference temperature, and control the air pump to supply air into the fermentation tank.

公开(公告)号：US11225634B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-18

申请号：US16193369

申请日：2018-11-16

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jinpyo Hong ,  Daewoong Lee

IPC: C12C13/10 ,  C12C11/00

Abstract: A beverage maker includes a fermentation module including a fermentation tank that defines an inner space, and a lid that is configured to open and close at least a portion of the inner space, and a container configured to be accommodated in the inner space of the fermentation tank. The container includes a container channel configured to guide flow of fluid, and the lid includes a lid channel connected to the container channel, and a tube connected to the lid channel.

公开(公告)号：US12110478B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US17332899

申请日：2021-05-27

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Suchang Cho ,  Youngjin Kim ,  Jinpyo Hong

IPC: C12C11/00 ,  C12C7/26 ,  C12C13/10

CPC classification number: C12C11/006 ,  C12C7/26 ,  C12C13/10

Abstract: Provided is a beverage maker. The beverage maker includes a pair of fermenters, each of which has an internal space, a pair of fermenter lids configured to shield the internal spaces of the pair of fermenters, a pair of beverage containers that are selectively accommodated in the internal spaces of the pair of fermenters, a temperature regulator configured to independently regulate internal temperatures of the pair of fermenters, ingredient feeders in which ingredient containers configured to contain beverages are selectively mounted and which are disposed outside the pair of fermenters, respectively, a main channel via each of the ingredient feeders, a pair of branch channels branched from the main channel and respectively connected to the pair of beverage containers, and a beverage dispenser connected to the pair of branch channels.