Patent ID: 11885501
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  A | IPC A  F

Claim 13:
14. A water supply device, comprising:
a housing disposed in a main body of a cooking device, and to define an accommodating space, and one side of the housing is opened to outside of the main body;
a water tank that defines a storage space to store water and includes an inlet to introduce water into the storage space in the front thereof, and the water tank is disposed with respect to the housing to change between an insertion position of the water tank and a withdrawal position of the water tank, the insertion position including that the inlet is provided in the accommodating space and the withdrawal position including that the inlet is exposed to an outside of the accommodating space;
a connector disposed at the housing to allow the water tank to be movable forward and rearward with respect to the accommodating space, and the water tank to move in a forward direction or a rearward direction to change the position of the water tank to be one of the insertion position and the withdrawal position; and
a power generator that provides power to move the water tank to the withdrawal position,
wherein the connector is formed in a “C” shape to cover side surfaces and rear surface of the water tank,
wherein a fixer is disposed in the housing, and is coupled to the connector, and the fixer is to fix the positions of the connector and the water tank when the water tank is in the insertion position,
wherein the power generator includes an elastic member having a first side coupled to the housing and a second side coupled to the connector, and when the connector moves in the rearward direction, a distance between the first side and the second side of the elastic member is increased, to generate an elastic force in a direction of moving the connector forward,
wherein the connector includes a structure to movably couple the water tank to the housing, a structure to connect the second side of the elastic member to the connector, and a fixing boss coupled to the fixer such that the positions of the connector and the water tank are fixed when the water tank is in the insertion position, and
wherein the water tank is coupled to the connector such that movement of the water tank occurs with movement of the connector, and is detachably coupled to the connector such that the connector is separated from the housing,
wherein when the water tank is detached from the connector, the connector is configured to move inside the housing without the water tank.