Beverage maker and method for manufacturing cover of beverage maker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11795685-B2
Application number	US-202016872535-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2020
Priority date	May 14, 2019
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A beverage maker, comprising:
a base;
a tank case spaced upward from the base and in which a tank configured to contain a fluid for making a beverage is 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 comprising an elastic member compressed between the inner surface of the cover and an outer surface of the tank case, wherein the cover comprises:
an outer cover made of a metallic material; and
an inner cover coupled to an inside of the outer cover and made of a nonmetallic material, and wherein the outer cover comprises:
a fixing portion having a ring shape to surround an upper circumference of the tank case; and
a cover portion that extends lengthwise from a portion of a lower end of the fixing portion.

2. The beverage maker according to claim 1 , further comprising a fermentation module disposed above the base, wherein the machine room is provided with at least one of:
a pump configured to pump the fluid within the tank accommodated in the tank case to the fermentation module;
an air injection pump configured to inject air into the fermentation module; or
a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant to adjust a temperature of the fermentation module.

3. The beverage maker according to claim 1 , wherein the sound absorption pad vertically overlaps a gap between the inner surface of the cover and the outer surface of the tank case.

4. The beverage maker according to claim 1 , wherein a height from a lower end of the cover to a lower end of the at least one sound absorption member is higher than a height from the lower end of the cover to an upper end of the sound absorption pad.

5. The beverage maker according to claim 1 , wherein the inner cover comprises:
an inner fixing portion having a ring shape to surround the upper circumference of the tank case, the inner fixing portion being disposed inside of the fixing portion; and
an inner cover portion that extends lengthwise downward from a portion of a lower end of the inner fixing portion, the inner cover portion being disposed inside of the cover portion.

6. The beverage maker according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sound absorption member extends lengthwise vertically along lateral ends of the cover portion.

7. The beverage maker according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of hooks configured to couple the inner cover are disposed on lateral ends of the cover portion.

8. The beverage maker according to claim 7 , wherein a hook catching portion with which the plurality of hooks is hooked and which is stepped with respect to lateral ends of the inner cover is disposed on each of the lateral ends of the inner cover.

9. The beverage maker according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one sound absorption member covers the plurality of hooks.

10. The beverage maker according to claim 1 , wherein an upper processed portion at which an upper end of the outer cover is curled or bent inward is disposed on the upper end of the outer cover, wherein a lower processed portion at which a lower end of the outer cover is curled or bent is disposed on the lower end of the outer cover.

11. The beverage maker according to claim 10 , wherein the inner cover is disposed vertically between the upper processed portion and the lower processed portion.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Yoon Shic
• Kim Taehoon
• Gu Bonken

Classifications

• E04B1/8409 Primary

  sheet-shaped · CPC title

• C12C11/006

  Fermentation tanks therefor · CPC title

• C12C13/10 Primary

  Home brew equipment · CPC title

• A47J31/4403

  Constructional details · CPC title

• B67D1/10

  Pump mechanism (in general F04) · CPC title