Water Purifier and Hot/Cold Water Supplier with Ice-Making Unit Disposed on lower Part of Cold-Water Tank

摘要

The present invention provides new structure and arrangement of an ice-making unit in a water purifier and a hot/cold water supplier having an ice-making function. The water purifier and the hot/cold water supplier according to the present invention comprise a cold water tank for storing drinkable cold water; and an ice-making unit with an evaporator having multiple finger-shaped ice-making fins. The evaporator is arranged to be submerged in cold water stored in the cold water tank with the front end of each ice-making pin facing upward. The present invention has a compact structure and facilitates cleaning and maintenance in comparison with a conventional product with an ice-making unit arranged above a cold water tank or an ice-making chamber.