Concentration cooling apparatus for refrigerator

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6705099
  • Patent Number
    6,705,099
  • Date Filed
    Wednesday, December 11, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, March 16, 2004
    20 years ago
Abstract
A concentration cooling apparatus for a refrigerator, including a housing which is respectively mounted in one or more cold air guiding paths formed on a side wall of the chilling chamber to guide cold air to the side wall of the chilling chamber, a nozzle which is rotatably supported in the housing, for concentratedly injecting cold air to a region where a high temperature load is occurred in the chilling chamber, a temperature sensor which is mounted at the front of the nozzle, for sensing the region where the high temperature load is occurred, rotating together with the nozzle, and a nozzle driving portion for rotating the nozzle up and down as well as in the circumferential direction of the nozzle, can swiftly maintain a temperature inside of a chilling chamber as a uniform temperature by concentratedly discharging cold air into a region where a high temperature load is occurred inside the chilling chamber.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to a refrigerator and particularly, to a concentration cooling apparatus for a refrigerator, capable of swiftly maintaining a temperature inside of a chilling chamber as a uniform temperature by performing a swift cooling operation of a high temperature load by concentratedly injecting cold air into a region where a high temperature load is occurred inside the chilling chamber.




2. Description of the Background Art




Generally, a refrigerator includes a freezing chamber for keeping frozen food, and a chilling chamber for keeping chilled food, and a refrigerating cycle for supplying cold air to the freezing chamber and chilling chamber is positioned therein.





FIG. 1

is a perspective view showing a partially cut section of a conventional refrigerator, and

FIG. 2

is a longitudinal sectional view showing a conventional chilling chamber.




The conventional refrigerator includes a main body


104


in which a pair of doors


102


opened and closed in both directions are mounted at the front side, having a receiving space therein, a freezing chamber


106


which is positioned at the left side of the main body


104


, for keeping frozen food, a chilling chamber


108


which has a plurality of shelves


114


for keeping refrigeration food therein, which is divided by the freezing chamber


106


and partition


110


and is positioned at the right side of the main body


104


, and a cold air supplying apparatus which is installed at the upper side of the freezing chamber


106


, for supplying air which is cooled passing the refrigerating cycle to the freezing chamber


106


and chilling chamber


108


.




The cold air supplying apparatus includes a ventilation fan


120


which is mounted on the upper rear wall of the freezing chamber


106


, for coercively ventilating air which is cooled by passing the refrigerating cycle, a panel


128


which is positioned at the lower side of the ventilation fan


120


, having a plurality of cold air discharging ports


130


are formed therein to supply cold air into the freezing chamber


106


, a cold air supply path


132


which is formed at the upper side of the partition


110


for flowing cold air ventilated from the ventilation fan


120


to the chilling chamber


108


, a cold air discharging duct


134


which is mounted at the upper portion of the chilling chamber


108


and is connected to the cold air supply path


132


, for discharging cold air into the chilling chamber, and a cold air inflow path


138


which is formed at the lower side of the partition


110


, and in which cold air which completed cooling operation circulating in the chilling chamber


108


is flowed into the refrigerating cycle.




Here, a plurality of cold air discharging ports


136


for discharging cold air to the chilling chamber


108


are formed at the front and lower sides of the cold air discharging duct


134


.




A temperature sensor


140


is attached on one side of the chilling chamber


108


, blocks supply of cold air to the chilling chamber


108


when the temperature of the chilling chamber


108


is lower than a predetermined level, and supplies cold air from the freezing chamber


106


when the temperature is higher than a predetermined level.




The operation of the conventional art with the above composition will be described as follows.




Firstly, when the refrigerating cycle is driven and the ventilation fan rotates, the cold air cooled by passing through the refrigerating cycle is discharged respectively to the cold air discharging port


130


of the panel


128


and cold air supply path


132


by a ventilation pressure of the ventilation fan


120


.




The cold air discharged to the cold air discharging port


130


performs a freezing operation of a frozen food stored in the freezing chamber


106


circulating inside the freezing chamber


106


.




The cold air supplied to the cold air supply path


132


is flowed to the cold air discharging duct


134


and is discharged into the chilling chamber through the cold air discharging port


136


which is formed in the cold air discharging duct


134


.




Therefore, the cold air discharged into the chilling chamber


108


performs cooling operation of the chilled food stored in the chilling chamber


108


circulating in the chilling chamber


108


, and the cold air which stops being cooled is flowed to the cold air inflow path


138


formed at the lower side of the partition


110


and is cooled again by the refrigerating cycle.




However, in the conventional refrigerator, since the cold air discharging duct is positioned at the upper side of the chilling chamber and cold air is supplied from the upper side to the lower side of the chilling chamber through the cold air discharging port formed in the cold air discharging duct, temperature deviation became deepened according to the distance from the cold air discharging port. Since the cold air is discharged only from the cold air discharging duct of the chilling chamber, it took much time to make temperature inside the chilling chamber uniform when a high temperature load is occurred due to a receiving food and the like in the chilling chamber. Therefore, a chilling time became longer, thus to degrading freshness of food stored in the chilling chamber.




Also, since the temperature sensor and cold air discharging port are positioned under the condition that they are respectively fixed in a predetermined region, the temperature detected by the temperature sensor was limited in a predetermined region in the chilling chamber and since cold air discharging was also limited in a predetermined region, in case a high temperature load is occurred in a region out of the portion where the temperature sensor can detect temperature, it took much time to get rid of temperature deviation inside the chilling chamber, and accordingly, the temperature inside the chilling chamber could not be swiftly uniformized.




Particularly, since the cold air discharging port is formed a the rear portion of the chilling chamber, cold air is concentrated in the rear portion and center portion of the chilling chamber near from the cold air discharging port. Therefore, food near the rear portion was over-cooled by much effect of the cold air and food which was kept near the door far from the cold air discharging port could not be relatively affected by the cold air and was under-cooled.




That is, since the internal temperature of the chilling chamber gains a more serious deviation according to the distance from the cold air discharging port, the distribution of the temperature inside the chilling chamber can not be uniformed.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a concentration cooling apparatus for a refrigerator, capable of swiftly maintaining a temperature inside of a chilling chamber as a uniform temperature by increasing a cooling speed of the high temperature load by concentratedly discharging cold air to a region where the high temperature load is occurred.




Also, the other object of the present invention is to provide a concentration cooling apparatus for refrigerator, capable of widening the sensing range of the temperature sensor by rotating a nozzle having a cold air injection port for discharging the cold air and the temperature for sensing temperature therein up and down as well as in the circumferential direction, and actively coping with the high temperature load occurred inside the chilling chamber by widening the cold air discharging range of the cold air injection port.




To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, there is provided a concentration cooling apparatus for a refrigerator, comprising a housing which is respectively mounted in one or more cold air guiding paths formed on a side wall of the chilling chamber to guide cold air to the side wall of the chilling chamber a nozzle which is rotatably supported in the housing, for concentratedly injecting cold air to a region where a high temperature load is occurred in the chilling chamber a temperature sensor which is mounted at the front of the nozzle, for sensing the region where the high temperature load is occurred, rotating together with the nozzle, and a nozzle driving portion for rotating the nozzle up and down, and in the direction of the circumference.











The foregoing and other objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.




BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.




In the drawings:





FIG. 1

is a partially cut perspective view showing a conventional refrigerator;





FIG. 2

is a longitudinal sectional view showing a conventional chilling chamber of the conventional refrigerator.





FIG. 3

is a partially cut perspective view showing a refrigerator in which a concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention is positioned;





FIG. 4

is a longitudinal sectional view showing the concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 5

is a partially perspective view showing a disjointed cold air injecting apparatus of the concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 6

is a partially cut perspective view showing a nozzle of the cold air injecting apparatus in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 7

is a front view showing the cold air injecting apparatus in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 8

is a cross-sectional view taken along section line VIII—VIII of

FIG. 7

; and





FIG. 9

is a block diagram showing a concentration cooling apparatus for the refrigerator in accordance with the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.




As the embodiment of the present invention, there can be plural ones and hereinafter, most preferred embodiments will be described.





FIG. 3

is a partially cut perspective view showing a refrigerator in which a concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention is positioned and

FIG. 4

is a longitudinal sectional view showing the concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention.




The refrigerator in which the concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention is formed includes a main body


2


in which a door (not shown) opened and closed in both directions is mounted, having a receiving space for storing food therein, a freezing chamber


4


which is positioned at a side between the left or right side of the main body


2


, for storing frozen food, a chilling chamber


6


which is divided by the freezing chamber


6


and partition


8


and is positioned at the right side of the main body


4


and partition


8


, for receiving chilled food, a refrigerating cycle (not shown) which is installed at a side of the main body


2


, for generating cold air, and a concentration cooling apparatus for concentratedly discharging cold air to a region where a high temperature load is occurred inside of the chilling chamber


6


.




The cold air supplying apparatus includes a ventilation fan


12


which is attached on the upper rear wall of the chilling chamber


4


, for coercively ventilating the cold air which is cooled passing the refrigerating cycle, a panel


14


which is positioned at the lower side of the ventilation fan


12


, for discharging cold air ventilated from the ventilation fan


12


to the freezing chamber


4


, a cold air supply path


15


which is formed at the upper side of the partition


8


for flowing cold air ventilated from the ventilation fan


12


to the chilling chamber


6


, and a cold air discharging duct


17


in which a cold air discharging port


16


which is connected to the cold air supply path


15


and is mounted at the upper portion of the chilling chamber


6


, for discharging cold air into the chilling chamber


6


, is formed.




At the lower side of the partition


8


, a cold air inflow portion


18


for flowing the cold air completed to be cooled circulating in the chilling chamber


6


to the refrigerating cycle is formed.




The concentration cooling apparatus includes a cold air guiding path


19


which is extended in the cold air supply path


15


formed in the partition


8


and is formed one or more of it is formed in the side wall, for guiding cold air to the side wall of the chilling chamber


6


, and a cold air injecting apparatus


30


which is connected with the cold air guiding path


19


, positioned at the side wall of the chilling chamber


6


respectively, for injecting cold air to the region where the high temperature load was generated.




On the other hand, a damper


20


for opening and closing cold air flowed to the chilling chamber


6


or selectively disclosing the cold air supplying duct


17


and cold air guiding path


19


is formed.




The damper


20


is formed in a circular type that is rotably mounted by a hinge shaft


22


on the upper side surface of the cold air supply path


15


. The hinge shaft


22


is connected to a driving device (not shown) and the damper


20


rotates when the hinge shaft


22


is operated.




That is, as shown in

FIG. 4

, when the damper


20


is positioned in the first position L by the operation of the driving device, cold air supply from the freezing chamber


6


becomes blocked, if the damper is positioned in the second position M, the cold air is supplied to the cold air guiding path


19


and cold air discharging duct


17


. When the damper is positioned in the third position N, cold air is supplied to the cold air guiding path


19


and supply of cold air to the cold air discharging duct


17


becomes blocked.




The cold air injecting apparatus


30


will be described with reference to

FIGS. 5

to


9


.





FIG. 5

is a partially perspective view showing a disjointed cold air injecting apparatus in accordance with the present invention,

FIG. 6

is a partially cut perspective view showing a nozzle of the cold air injecting apparatus in accordance with the present invention,

FIG. 7

is a front view showing the cold air injecting apparatus in accordance with the present invention,

FIG. 8

is a cross-sectional view taken along section line VIII—VIII of FIG.


7


and

FIG. 9

is a block diagram showing a concentration cooling apparatus for the refrigerator in accordance with the present invention.




The cold air injecting apparatus


30


includes a housing


32


which is respectively mounted in the cold air guiding path


19


at a regular interval, a nozzle


39


which is rotably supported in the housing


32


, for injecting cold air to a region where a high temperature load is occurred, a temperature sensor


45


which is mounted at the front of the nozzle


39


, for sensing the region where the high temperature load was generated inside the chilling chamber


6


, rotating together with the nozzle


39


, a first driving portion


51


which is mounted in the housing


32


, for rotating the nozzle


39


up and down, a second driving portion


61


which is mounted in the housing


32


, for rotating the nozzle


39


in the circumferential direction, and a control unit


81


for controlling the first and second driving portions


51


and


61


by receiving a signal from the temperature sensor


45


.




The housing


32


is mounted in each cold air guiding hole


24


which is formed in the cold air guiding path


19


, and a cover


33


is mounted on the opened surface of the front side of the housing


32


.




The housing


32


is formed in a cylindrical shape with a side opened and it is contacted on the nozzle


39


in the direction of the cover


33


at the center, and a protrusion portion


34


for guiding cold air flowed to the housing


32


to the nozzle


39


is positioned therein.




Here, a plurality of first supporting rollers


35


in which the nozzle


39


is rotably supported are mounted in the circumferential direction of the housing


32


.




Also, the protrusion portion


34


is formed in a protruded shape to be connected with the cold air guiding hold


24


of the cold air guiding path


19


, and the surface where the protrusion portion


34


and the nozzle


39


are contacted is formed in a curved shape so that it can be easily rotated being contacted on the nozzle


39


. In the circumferential direction of the protrusion portion


34


, a first heater


73


is attached to prevent the part contacted between the nozzle


39


and protrusion portion


34


from being frost.




The cover


33


is formed in a circular shape that the nozzle insertion hole


36


in which the nozzle


39


is inserted at the center portion is formed, a plurality of second supporting rollers


37


for rotably supporting the nozzle


39


is mounted in the circumferential direction of the nozzle insertion hole


36


, and a second heater


71


is attached on the inner surface of the cover


33


in the circumferential direction, thus to prevent frost in the portion contacted with the nozzle


39


.




Here, the housing


32


and cover


33


are coupled by a mutual combining bolt


38


and they can be combined by another combing means as well as the mutual combining bolt


38


.




The nozzle


39


is inserted in the nozzle insertion hole


36


of the cover


32


, the front side is exposed to the front portion of the cover


32


, and the inner circumferential surface at the rear side is contacted on the protrusion portion


34


of the housing


32


.




As shown in

FIG. 6

, the nozzle


39


is formed in a hemispheric shape, and a cold air injecting port


40


for injecting cold air to the inside of the chilling chamber


6


is formed being penetrated in a position that it is eccentrically positioned at a predetermined interval at the center. A temperature sensor


45


for detecting the internal temperature of the chilling chamber


6


is mounted at the upper side of the nozzle


39


.




The nozzle


39


is rotably fixed to the nozzle supporting member


62


which is positioned at a predetermined distance from the outer circumference of the nozzle by the connection rod


52


which is extended to the both sides.




Here, the upper side of the connection rod


52


is inserted in the rod receiving portion


69


which is mounted on the inner circumferential surface of the nozzle supporting member


62


and is rotably supported.




Also, the nozzle supporting member


62


includes a circular portion


63


which is opened so that the nozzle


39


is inserted therein, a cylindrical portion


64


in which the rod receiving portion


69


is mounted in the inner circumferential surface, being vertically extended in the circular portion


63


in the cylindrical shape.




In addition, the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion


64


of the nozzle supporting member


62


is rotably supported in the first supporting roller which is formed in the housing


32


.




Therefore, the nozzle


39


can rotate up and down being connected to the nozzle supporting member


62


by the connection rod


52


, and it can rotate in the to circumferential direction by rotation of the nozzle supporting member


62


.




The cold air injecting port


40


is formed being slanted a predetermined angle from the rear center of the nozzle


39


to the front side and the outlet of the cold air is eccentrically positioned at a side.




The temperature sensor


45


is mounted being slanted a predetermined is angle in the sensor receiving groove


42


which is eccentrically formed in the nozzle


39


, and it is desirable that the sensor is composed of infrared sensors for detecting temperature by receiving infrared ray from the heat source at the front of the cold air injection port


40


.




Here, it is desirable that the temperature sensor


45


is formed being slanted in the same direction as the cold air injection port


40


to have the region direction that is detected by the temperature sensor


45


and the direction of the cold air which is discharged from the cold air injection port


40


same.




The first driving portion


51


includes a plurality of gears for transmitting a driving force in gear with the connection rod


52


, and a first driving motor


56


for generating a driving force being connected to the gears.




The gears include a first gear


53


which is fixed to the connection rod


52


, a second gear


55


which is fixed in the driving shaft of the first driving motor


56


, a third gear


54


for decelerating the driving force of the first driving motor


56


being in gear between the first and second gears


53


and


55


.




It is desirable that the first driving motor


56


includes a stepping motor which is rotated a predetermined step angle.




The first driving portion


51


with the above composition rotates the connection rod


52


as the driving force is transmitted to the connection rod


52


by the gears when the driving force is generated in the first driving motor


56


, and the nozzle


39


which is combined with the connection rod


52


by rotation of the connection rod


52


rotates up and down.




The second driving portion


61


includes a rack gear


68


which is fixed on the inner side surface of the cylindrical portion


64


of the nozzle supporting member


62


, a pinion gear


57


which is in gear with the rack gear


68


, and a second driving motor


66


for driving the pinion gear


57


.




It is desirable that the second driving motor


66


includes a step motor which is rotated a predetermined step angle.




In the second driving portion


61


with the above composition, the nozzle supporting member


62


rotates by the pinion gear


57


and the rack gear


68


when the second driving motor


66


generates a driving force.




Therefore, the nozzle


39


which is connected to the nozzle supporting member


62


and the connection rod


52


rotates in the circumferential direction.




On the other hand, as shown in

FIG. 9

, the control unit


81


determines whether a high temperature load is occurred according to the signal applied from the temperature sensor


45


, controls driving of the first and second driving portions


51


and


61


, and at the same time, controls a damper driving part


23


which controls a position of the damper


20


.




The operation of the refrigerator having the concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention with the above composition will be described as follows.




Firstly, when the refrigerating cycle and ventilation fan


12


are driven, the cold air cooled passing the refrigerating cycle is discharged to the freezing chamber


4


through the cold air discharging port


13


which is formed in the panel


14


, performs a cooling operation circulating the chilling chamber


4


, and is supplied to the chilling chamber


6


through the cold air supply path


15


which is formed in the partition


8


.




The cold air supplied to the cold air supply path


15


is supplied to the cold air discharging duct


17


and the cold air guiding path


19


, and is discharged into the chilling chamber


6


through the cold air discharging port


16


formed in the cold air discharging duct


17


, thus to perform a cooling operation. At this time, the damper


20


which is installed in the cold air supply path


19


is operated in the third position N and accordingly, discharging of cold air from the freezing chamber


4


is performed.




On the other hand, when the first driving motor


56


is driven by the control unit


81


of the cold air injecting apparatus


30


, the driving force of the first driving motor


56


is transmitted to the connection rod


52


and the nozzle


39


rotates up and down, and when the second driving motor


66


is driven, the nozzle supporting member


62


which is in gear with the driving shaft


65


of the second driving motor


66


rotates by the driving force of the second driving motor


66


, thus to rotate the nozzle


39


.




At this time, the temperature sensor


45


which is mounted at the front side of the nozzle


39


senses the temperature of the chilling chamber


6


by scanning the internal temperature of the chilling chamber


6


and applies the temperature to the control unit


81


.




In case a high temperature load is generated inside the chilling chamber


6


in the above operation, the damper


20


is operated in the second position M and the cold air is supplied just to the cold air guiding path


19


, and the cold air injecting apparatus


30


is operated. The nozzle


39


is rotated by the first and second driving portion


51


and


61


, the cold air injecting port


40


is directed to the region where the high temperature load is generated, and cold air is concentratedly injected.




That is, the control unit


81


of the cold air injecting apparatus


30


controls the first and second driving motor


56


and


66


so that the cold air injecting port


40


of the nozzle


39


is directed to a predetermined region. Accordingly, the internal temperature of the chilling chamber


6


can rapidly become uniform by performing concentration cooling in the region where the high temperature load is generated.




The concentration cooling apparatus of the refrigerator in accordance with the present invention with the above composition and operation will be described as follows.




The concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention concentratedly discharges cold air to the region where the high temperature load is occurred inside the chilling chamber by installing a nozzle having a plurality of cold air injection port on the side wall of the chilling chamber, thus to rapidly maintain internal temperature of the chilling chamber by performing a rapid cooling operation.




Also, the concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention, including the first driving portion for rotating in the nozzle up and down ,and the second driving portion for rotating the nozzle in the circumferential direction, widens the sensing range of the temperature sensor by rotating the nozzle, and can actively cope with the high temperature load generated inside the chilling chamber by widening the cold air discharging range of the cold air injecting port.




As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described embodiments are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the metes and bounds of the claims, or equivalence of such metes and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.



Claims
  • 1. A concentration cooling apparatus for a refrigerator, comprising:a housing which is respectively mounted in one or more cold air guiding paths formed on a side wall of the chilling chamber to guide cold air to the side wall of the chilling chamber; a nozzle which is rotatably supported in the housing, for concentratedly injecting cold air to a region where a high temperature load is occurred in the chilling chamber; a temperature sensor which is mounted at the front of the nozzle, for sensing the region where the high temperature load is occurred, rotating together with the nozzle; and a nozzle driving portion for rotating the nozzle up and down as well as in the circumferential direction.
  • 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the housing is attached to be connected to the cold air guiding path and a cover which is mounted to be exposed in the front portion of the front surface which is exposed in the housing.
  • 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the housing is formed in a cylindrical shape opened to the cover portion, a protrusion portion which is rotably contacted with the nozzle from the center to the front direction, and a plurality of first supporting rollers for rotably supporting the nozzle is mounted in the circumferential direction.
  • 4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the cover is formed in a circular type that an exposed insertion hole in which the nozzle is rotably inserted, and a plurality of second supporting rollers for rotably supporting the nozzle is mounted on the rear surface.
  • 5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the nozzle is inserted in the nozzle insertion hole of the cover, having the front portion which is exposed to the inside of the chilling chamber, is rotably fixed to a nozzle supporting member which is positioned at a predetermined distance from the outer circumference by a connection rod which is extended to both directions.
  • 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein a cold air injection port for injecting cold air flowed through the cold air guiding path to the chilling chamber is eccentrically formed to the front surface of the nozzle, and a sensor receiving portion for accommodate a temperature sensor is formed on the upper surface of the cold air injection port in the nozzle.
  • 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the front surface of the nozzle which is exposed to the chilling chamber is formed in a hemispheric shape.
  • 8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the temperature sensor is a infrared sensor which detects temperature by receiving the infrared ray radiated from a heat source at the front of the cold air injection port.
  • 9. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the nozzle driving portion includes:a first driving portion for rotating the nozzle up and down by rotation of the connection rod; and a second driving portion for rotating the nozzle in the circumferential direction by rotation of the nozzle supporting member.
  • 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first driving portion includes:a plurality of gears for transmitting a driving force in gear with the connection rod; and a first driving motor for generating the driving force being connected to the gears.
  • 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the gears include:a first gear which is fixed in the connection rod; a second gear which is fixed in the driving shaft of the first driving motor; and a third gear which is in gear between the first and second gears, for reducing a driving force of the first driving motor.
  • 12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first driving motor is a step motor which rotates a predetermined step angle.
  • 13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the second driving portion include:a rack gear which is fixed in the nozzle supporting member; a pinion gear which is in gear with the rack gear; and a second driving motor for generating a driving force for driving the pinion gear.
  • 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second driving motor is a step motor which is rotated a predetermined step angle.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
2002-44336 Jul 2002 KR
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