Patents by Inventor Myeong-Hoon KANG
Myeong-Hoon KANG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12280334Abstract: Provided is a water purifier comprising: a filter unit which has a reverse osmosis membrane filter; a supply valve; an instantaneous heating device which is provided with an inflow port, and an outflow port, and which heats and purified water entering through the inflow port and flowing to the outflow port, so that hot water is discharged through the outflow port; an extraction member; a supply pump; a domestic water drain line; a hot water drain line; a hot water drain valve; and a control unit which controls the opening/closing of respective flow channels of the hot water drain line and the domestic water drain line so that, among a hot water draining process through the hot water drain line, and a domestic water draining process through the domestic water drain line, the hot water draining process is carried out first.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: COWAY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min-Suk Chang, Yong-Yeon Noh, Woo-Jin Joo, Myeong-Hoon Kang, Ki-Hong Min, Jin-Woo Choi, Young-Jae Lee, Dong-Hui Kim, Sang-Jin Youn, Gyeong-Jong Kim
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Patent number: 12157661Abstract: An ice-making water purifier includes a water tank unit, an instantaneous heating device, an extraction member, an ice-maker, a supply pump, an ice-making water inlet passage, an ice-making water supply valve, a flow rate sensor, and a controller configured to control driving of the supply pump and the opening and closing of the ice-making water supply valve such that purified water corresponding to a predetermined supply amount of ice-making water is supplied to the ice-maker on the basis of a flow rate value measured by the flow rate sensor. The controller controls the opening and closing of the channel such that purified water is preferentially supplied to the instantaneous heating device among the instantaneous heating device and the ice-maker.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: COWAY CO., Ltd.Inventors: Min-Suk Chang, Yong-Yeon Noh, Woo-Jin Joo, Myeong-Hoon Kang, Ki-Hong Min, Jin-Woo Choi, Young-Jae Lee, Dong-Hui Kim, Sang-Jin Youn, Gyeong-Jong Kim
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Publication number: 20240140822Abstract: A water purifier is provided. A water purifier according to one aspect of the present invention may include a housing having a first accommodation space therein, and made of a paper material; a water purifier faucet disposed in the first accommodation space to receive raw water and discharge purified water; and a filter coupled to the water purifier faucet to generate the purified water by filtering the raw water, wherein the water purifier faucet includes a base frame having a second accommodation space therein in which the filter is accommodated; a water inlet module provided on one side of the base frame to supply raw water introduced from the outside to the filter; and a water outlet module provided on the other side of the base frame to receive the purified water generated by the filter and discharge it to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: COWAY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eui Hwan LEE, Chan Jung PARK, Jun HER, Myeong Hoon KANG, Gyeong Cheol SIN, Sang Gu SIM
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Publication number: 20230234828Abstract: An ice-making water purifier includes a water tank unit, an instantaneous heating device, an extraction member, an ice-maker, a supply pump, an ice-making water inlet passage, an ice-making water supply valve, a flow rate sensor, and a controller configured to control driving of the supply pump and the opening and closing of the ice-making water supply valve such that purified water corresponding to a predetermined supply amount of ice-making water is supplied to the ice-maker on the basis of a flow rate value measured by the flow rate sensor. The controller controls the opening and closing of the channel such that purified water is preferentially supplied to the instantaneous heating device among the instantaneous heating device and the ice-maker.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: COWAY CO., LtdInventors: Min-Suk CHANG, Yong-Yeon NOH, Woo-Jin JOO, Myeong-Hoon KANG, Ki-Hong MIN, Jin-Woo CHOI, Young-Jae LEE, Dong-Hui KIM, Sang-Jin YOUN, Gyeong-Jong KIM
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Publication number: 20230191329Abstract: Provided is a water purifier comprising: a filter unit which has a reverse osmosis membrane filter; a supply valve; an instantaneous heating device which is provided with an inflow port, and an outflow port, and which heats and purified water entering through the inflow port and flowing to the outflow port, so that hot water is discharged through the outflow port; an extraction member; a supply pump; a domestic water drain line; a hot water drain line; a hot water drain valve; and a control unit which controls the opening/closing of respective flow channels of the hot water drain line and the domestic water drain line so that, among a hot water draining process through the hot water drain line, and a domestic water draining process through the domestic water drain line, the hot water draining process is carried out first.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: COWAY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min-Suk CHANG, Yong-Yeon NOH, Woo-Jin JOO, Myeong-Hoon KANG, Ki-Hong MIN, Jin-Woo CHOI, Young-Jae LEE, Dong-Hui KIM, Sang-Jin YOUN, Gyeong-Jong KIM
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Patent number: 11493253Abstract: An evaporator for an ice maker includes an evaporator body having a refrigerant flow path formed therein; a dipping member connected to the evaporator body, for a refrigerant having a temperature lower than a freezing point of water to flow in the refrigerant flow path to generate ice in a state in which at least a portion of the dipping member is submerged in water; a heater having at least a portion inserted into the refrigerant flow path, and directly or indirectly heating at least one of the refrigerant in the refrigerant flow path, the evaporator body, and the dipping member to separate the ice generated on the dipping member from the dipping member; and a connection member connecting the evaporator body and the refrigerant flow path to be connected to a refrigeration cycle, and inserting the at least a portion of the heater into the refrigerant flow path.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: COWAY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gyeong-Min Lee, Jung-Hwan Lee, Kyu-Jun Kim, Doo-Youl Jeon, Myeong-Hoon Kang, Jin-Woo Choi, Kwon-Jae Lee, Jae-Man Kim
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Publication number: 20220034571Abstract: An evaporator for an ice maker includes an evaporator body having a refrigerant flow path formed therein; a dipping member connected to the evaporator body, for a refrigerant having a temperature lower than a freezing point of water to flow in the refrigerant flow path to generate ice in a state in which at least a portion of the dipping member is submerged in water; a heater having at least a portion inserted into the refrigerant flow path, and directly or indirectly heating at least one of the refrigerant in the refrigerant flow path, the evaporator body, and the dipping member to separate the ice generated on the dipping member from the dipping member; and a connection member connecting the evaporator body and the refrigerant flow path to be connected to a refrigeration cycle, and inserting the at least a portion of the heater into the refrigerant flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: WOONGJIN COWAY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gyeong-Min LEE, Jung-Hwan LEE, Kyu-Jun KIM, Doo-Youl JEON, Myeong-Hoon KANG, Jin-Woo CHOI, Kwon-Jae LEE, Jae-Man KIM