CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a § 371 of an International Application No. PCT/KR2019/003338 filed Mar. 22, 2019, which claims the benefit to Korean Patent Application Serial No. 10-2018-0033851 filed Mar. 23, 2018, both of which are fully incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure generally relates to an apparatus for manufacturing hydrogen containing water.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Conditions of human body are known to possibly have a close relation with drinking water.

Firstly, as human body controls intracellular osmosis by balancing metal ions, significant amounts of minerals, such as calcium, potassium and magnesium, may be supplied to the human body through the drinking water.

Secondly, as the human body is mostly acidic, drinking mildly alkaline water is preferable for neutralizing the acidity. In addition to the neutralizing effect, drinking mildly alkaline water is known for suppressing cancerous tumor, promoting antioxidant and enzyme activities, raising decomposition and digestion capabilities and improving immunity.

Not only does hydrogen containing water demonstrate the above effects, but the international demand for hydrogen containing water is rapidly increasing because the hydrogen containing water has been found to have a radiation detoxification efficacy when internal contamination by radiation became serious global social issues after the leakage of radioactive materials at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011.

Hydrogen containing water may convert free radicals in the body and have the converted free radicals internally absorbed or externally discharged. Specifically, since hydrogen can pass through cell membranes, hydrogen can be coupled with harmful free radicals in the cells, and the free radicals coupled with hydrogen can be converted to water. Accordingly, hydrogen containing water is increasingly spotlighted for its remarkable effects discovered for various diseases, such as, for example, cancer, diabetes and cerebral infarction, which may be caused by excessive free radicals in the body.

PRIOR ART

Patent Document

(Document 1) Japan Patent Publication No. 2010-269246 (Dec. 2, 2010, METHOD FOR MAKING HYDROGEN-CONTAINING DRINKING WATER)

SUMMARY

Technical Problem

Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide an apparatus for manufacturing hydrogen containing water which may retain a maximum space for manufacturing the hydrogen containing water.

Technical Solution

An aspect of the present disclosure may provide an apparatus for manufacturing hydrogen containing water, including housing having first receiving space formed therein; cylinder detachably coupled to a top end of the housing to form second receiving space, the second receiving space bordering with a top surface of the housing; connecting passage vertically penetrating a top wall of the housing to interconnect the first receiving space and the second receiving space; ion exchange membrane closing the connecting passage; electrolysis part including an anode and a cathode, the anode being disposed in the first receiving space and the cathode being disposed in the second receiving space; exhaust pipe vertically penetrating a bottom wall of the housing to interconnect the first receiving space and an external space; water inlet duct vertically penetrating the top wall of the housing to interconnect the first receiving space and the second receiving space; second cap being detachably coupled to a top end of the water inlet duct; and first waterproof membrane closing the exhaust pipe and inhibiting water from being discharged while allowing gas to be discharged, wherein the top end of the water inlet duct is positioned higher than the ion exchange membrane such that gas capture space is formed in an upper portion of the water inlet duct, gas generated in the first receiving space being captured in the gas capture space, wherein the exhaust pipe extends into the water inlet duct through a bottom end of the water inlet duct to reach the gas capture space, wherein an outer diameter of the water inlet duct is identical to an inner diameter of the second cap, wherein a top end of the exhaust pipe is positioned higher than the ion exchange membrane and lower than the top end of the water inlet duct.

The apparatus for manufacturing hydrogen containing water may further include: air vent penetrating the cylinder to interconnect the second receiving space and the external space; and second waterproof membrane closing the air vent and inhibiting the water from being discharged while allowing the gas to be discharged.

Another aspect of the present disclosure may provide an apparatus for manufacturing hydrogen containing water, including: housing having first receiving space formed therein; cylinder coupled to the housing to form second receiving space; connecting passage penetrating the housing to interconnect the first receiving space and the second receiving space; ion exchange membrane closing the connecting passage; electrolysis part including an anode and a cathode, the anode being disposed in the first receiving space and the cathode being disposed in the second receiving space; air vent penetrating the cylinder to interconnect the second receiving space and an external space; and second waterproof membrane closing the air vent and inhibiting water from being discharged while allowing gas to be discharged.

The apparatus for manufacturing hydrogen containing water may further include: exhaust pipe penetrating the housing to interconnect the first receiving space and the external space; and first waterproof membrane closing the exhaust pipe and inhibiting the water from being discharged while allowing the gas to be discharged.

The apparatus for manufacturing hydrogen containing water may further include: water inlet duct penetrating the housing to interconnect the first receiving space and the second receiving space; and second cap being detachably coupled to a top end of the water inlet duct, wherein the top end of the water inlet duct may be positioned higher than the ion exchange membrane such that gas capture space, in which gas generated in the first receiving space is captured, may be formed in an upper portion of the water inlet duct.

The exhaust pipe may be extended to the gas capture space.

A top end of the exhaust pipe may be positioned higher than the ion exchange membrane and lower than a bottom surface of the second cap.

The apparatus for manufacturing hydrogen containing water may further include filter coupled to the exhaust pipe and configured to filter ozone from the gas discharged through the first waterproof membrane.

Technical Effects

According to certain embodiments of the present disclosure, structures may be minimally installed in the second receiving space, in which the hydrogen containing water is manufactured, thereby maximizing the second receiving space, which is the space for manufacturing the hydrogen containing water.

According to certain embodiments of the present disclosure, by installing the waterproof membrane at either the exhaust pipe or the air vent, the pressure in the receiving space may be kept at an appropriate level as if the waterproof membrane functions like a relief valve, and water may be either inhibited or prevented from being discharged.

According to certain embodiments of the present disclosure, by either laminating or printing an anode and a cathode on a surface of the ion exchange membrane, electrical resistance may be lowered between the anode and the cathode. As a result, the ion exchange membrane may be less likely thermally damaged, thereby not requiring water to be filled in the first receiving space and possibly not requiring an installation of a structure for filling the water.

According to certain embodiments of the present disclosure, by forming the gas capture space between the first receiving space and the second receiving space and by extending the exhaust pipe to the gas capture space through a bottom wall of the housing, a space for installation of a structure within the second receiving space may be minimized, and the housing may be free of protrusions on an external circumferential surface thereof, thereby improving the portability of the apparatus and allowing the apparatus to be used as, for example, a tumbler.

