Lg Electronics Inc.

Shic Yoon

Daewoong Lee

Jinpyo Hong

Jeongik Heo

Jungmin Moon

Dullae Min

Kyungbin Lee

Bonken Gu

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.

Beverage maker

An ingredient supplier of a beverage maker and a beverage maker having an ingredient supplier are provided. The ingredient supplier of the beverage maker may include an ingredient accommodation body including an ingredient accommodation portion into which an ingredient may be accommodated, a lid rotatably hinge-coupled to the ingredient accommodation portion, the lid being configured to cover the ingredient accommodation body at an upper side of the ingredient accommodation body, and a rotary damper configured to dampen rotation of the lid module. The rotary damper may include a damper case coupled to the ingredient accommodation body, and a damper shaft configured to connect the damper case to the lid. The damper shaft may be disposed in a straight line with a rotational axis of the lid.

Ingredient supplier and beverage maker having ingredient supplier

A beverage maker and a method for manufacturing a cover for a beverage maker are provided. The beverage maker may include a base, a tank case spaced upward from the base and in which a tank configured to contain a fluid for making a beverage may be accommodated, a machine room defined between the base and the tank case, a cover configured to cover the tank case and the machine room at one side, a sound absorption pad attached to an inner surface of the cover, the sound absorption pad being disposed within the machine room or facing the machine room, and at least one sound absorption member compressed between the inner surface of the cover and an outer surface of the tank case.

Beverage maker and method for manufacturing cover of beverage maker

A beverage maker may include a tank in which a fluid, such as water may be stored, a tank case in which the tank may be separably accommodated, a lower rib that protrudes downward from a bottom surface of the tank, and at least one guide rib that protrudes upward from an inner bottom surface of the tank case. The at least one guide rib may be disposed radially outside of the lower rib. An upper end of the at least one guide rib may be inclined in a direction in which the at least one guide rib decreases in height toward an inside thereof.

A beverage maker may include a base, a fermentation module disposed on the base, a heater configured to heat a fluid, such as water supplied to the fermentation module, and a heater case disposed on the base. The heater case may be configured to accommodate the heater so as to allow the heater to be spaced upward from the base.

A beverage maker may include a fermenter having an opening, a fermentation lid configured to cover the opening of the fermenter, a gas discharge channel configured to communicate with an inside of the fermenter, a gas discharge valve connected to the gas discharge channel, and a gas discharge end fitting through which a gas passing through the gas discharge valve passes and which is provided with a mesh.

A beverage maker includes a water supply module configured to supply water used by the beverage maker, an ingredient supplier that is connected to the water supply module through a first main channel and that includes a plurality of ingredient holders, a fermentation module connected to the ingredient supplier through a second main channel and configured to receive ingredients from the ingredient supplier and water from the water supply module, a beverage dispenser connected to the second main channel, and a sub channel configured to connect the water supply module to the beverage dispenser.

A water dispenser is provided. The water dispenser may include a main body, a rotator installed to be rotatable in a horizontal direction in the main body and including a water discharger, a rotation guide rail having a predetermined curvature within the main body, and a rotation guide protrusion provided in the rotator and slidably coupled to the rotation guide rail to guide rotation of the rotator.

Liquid dispenser

A beverage maker includes: a water supply module configured to supply water used by the beverage maker; an ingredient supplier connected to the water supply module, the ingredient supplier including a plurality of ingredient holders each of which has an inlet and an outlet; a fermentation module connected to the ingredient supplier and configured to receive ingredients from the ingredient supplier and water from the water supply module; at least one connection channel configured to connect the outlet of a first ingredient holder among the plurality of the ingredient holders to the inlet of a second ingredient holder among the plurality of the ingredient holders; and a support holder located in the ingredient supplier and configured to support the connection channel.

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.

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Seoul, South Korea

Shic Yoon