| CPC B67D 3/0064 (2013.01) [B01D 35/04 (2013.01); C02F 1/003 (2013.01); C02F 2307/06 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
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1. A water purifier that purifies water to provide purified water, the water purifier comprising:
a purified water tank for accommodating the purified water, and
a discharge port for discharging the purified water to an outside of the water purifier,
wherein the purified water tank includes:
a tank main body that provides an accommodation space for accommodating the purified water;
a discharge buffer part having an inlet which communicates with the accommodation space so that the purified water in the accommodation space flows in the discharge buffer part, the discharge buffer part extending in an up-down direction;
an outlet tube including an insertion portion extending downward in the discharge buffer part to discharge the purified water to the discharge port through a discharge flow path; and
a gasket extending from the insertion portion to an inner peripheral surface of the discharge buffer part to reduce sloshing of the purified water in the discharge buffer part,
wherein the tank main body includes a plurality of partition wall members for partitioning the accommodation space into a plurality of accommodation spaces,
the plurality of partition wall members are spaced apart from each other in the up-down direction,
one end of each of the partition wall members is supported on an inner wall of the tank main body and the other end of each of the partition wall members is horizontally spaced apart from the inner wall of the tank main body by a predetermined distance, and
wherein the discharge buffer part further includes a communication hole,
the discharge buffer part communicates with an uppermost accommodation space among the plurality of accommodation spaces partitioned by the plurality of partition wall members through the communication hole, and the communication hole is provided above the gasket.
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