JP2000139800A - Dish washing and drying apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dish washing and drying apparatus which can be installed by effectively utilizing a space, such as a small area or an area having difference in level even if the apparatus is of the front open/closure type, and which has a relatively simple construction and comprises a small number of components, allowing a door to be easily closed. SOLUTION: A dish cage 2, a washing means 3, and a drying means 4 are provided within a casing 1 whose front side has an opening, and a door 8 is provided in the opening on the front side of the casing 1 so as to be swingable on the lower end of the door 8. The door 8 has a lower door 9 which can be turned into a nearly horizontal state and an upper door 10 which is connected to the turning end of the door 9 and can be turned so as to be oriented vertically from the turning end of the door 9.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dishwasher and dryer, and more particularly to a dishwasher and dryer that can effectively use an installation space in a home kitchen or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a main dishwasher / dryer, a dish basket, washing means and drying means are provided inside a housing having a front opening, and the opening / closing pivot is provided at a front opening of the housing with a lower end serving as a fulcrum. It is known that a door is provided. And
Conventionally, almost one door has a structure, and the entire door rotates from a substantially vertical closed position to a horizontal open position.

[0003] In such a conventional front opening / closing dishwasher, it is easy to take in and out the dishes, but it requires a space for opening and closing the door on the front side, so that it is difficult to use it in a small place such as a home kitchen. There is a disadvantage.

[0004] In view of the above, hitherto, the door has a curved shape so that it can be rotated along the ceiling wall of the housing, or the space required for opening and rotating the door is reduced as a combined door structure of the front door and the upper door. However, in these cases, there is a problem that the configuration becomes extremely complicated and the operation becomes troublesome.

[0005] Further, in the conventional dishwasher / dryer, the lower surface of the housing is finished to be flat, or only a very short leg of the same length is provided. For this reason,
It can be installed only on a flat table having a certain space or more, and it is not possible to directly and effectively use an extra space in a kitchen, for example, near a stepped sink. For this reason, when installing in a place with a step,
For example, special stands with different leg lengths are installed and placed on them. However, there is a problem that such a table is large-scale and requires extra cost.

[0006]

As described above, the conventional front opening / closing dishwasher cannot be directly installed in a place where it is difficult to secure a wide flat space such as a kitchen, or a place having a step. In order to overcome this problem, there have been problems such as a complicated or large-scale configuration, and troublesome operation of opening and closing the door.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and despite being of the front opening and closing type, can be installed by effectively utilizing a space such as a narrow place or a place with a step, and has a relatively simple structure. An object of the present invention is to provide a dishwasher that is simple, requires a small number of parts, and can easily open and close a door.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a tableware basket, a washing means, and a drying means are provided inside a housing having a front opening, and a front surface of the housing is provided. In the dishwasher / dryer provided with a door that opens and closes and pivots with the lower end as a fulcrum in the opening, the door is connected to a lower door that can be opened and pivoted to a substantially horizontal state, and a rotating end side of the lower door, A dish-washing / drying machine having a two-fold structure having an upper door that can be bent substantially vertically from the open rotation position.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the dishwasher according to the first aspect, the tableware basket can be pulled out forward through an opening on the front surface of the housing, and the lower door is opened and rotated at the opening position. A dishwasher / dryer characterized in that the height is set lower than a drawer height of a basket.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the dishwasher according to the first or second aspect, a lock handle including a support shaft and a handle slidable along the support shaft is provided on a surface side of the upper door. On the other hand, dishwashing and drying are provided, in which a lock claw is provided on an upper edge and both side edges on a rear surface side of the upper door so as to be engaged with and disengaged from an opening edge of the housing in conjunction with sliding of a handle of the lock handle. Offer machine.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the dishwasher according to the third aspect, the lock release indicator is provided on the support shaft of the lock handle so that the handle is exposed at a position where the handle slides to the release position of the lock claw. A dishwasher is provided.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the dishwasher / dryer according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, a garbage filter is detachably attached to a lower end of the lower surface of the lower door. To provide a dishwasher.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the dishwasher / dryer according to the fifth aspect, the garbage filter is disposed at a drain position when the door is closed, and is exposed above the lower door when the door is open. The present invention provides a dishwasher and dryer.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the dishwasher / dryer according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, vertical rod-shaped support legs are provided at front, rear, left, and right positions on the lower surface of the housing. Provided is a dishwasher / dryer characterized in that the length setting is variable.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a dishwasher according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 are perspective views showing a state where the door is closed and opened, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the door is closed. 4 and 5 are enlarged views showing the configuration of the inner surface of the door, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are views showing modified examples of the use of the legs.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, in the dishwasher / dryer of the present embodiment, a dish basket 2, a nozzle for jetting water, a detergent supply section, and the like are provided inside a housing 1 having an open front surface. Means 3 and drying means 4 such as a heater are provided. The tableware basket 2 can be pulled out forward through the front opening of the housing 1.

A door 8 is provided in the front opening of the housing 1 above the front base 6 on which the operation buttons 5 are provided, and is opened and closed by a pivot 7 at the lower end as a fulcrum. The door 8 has a two-fold structure including a lower door 9 and an upper door 10. That is, the lower door 9 is constituted by a door frame 9a and a transparent plate 9b. A pivot 7 is provided at a lower end of the door frame 9a. The lower door 9 is moved from a substantially vertical closed position shown in FIG. 1 to a substantially horizontal position shown in FIG. It can be turned to an open position.
Also, the upper door 10 is pivotally supported on the back side of the lower end 9 of the lower end 9 via a bending fulcrum portion 11, thereby allowing the lower door 9 to pivot as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the upper door 10 can be bent in a direction of rising substantially vertically from the horizontal open rotation position. This state may be held by a spring or the like.
The turning position of the lower door 9 is set lower than the drawer height of the tableware basket 2, so that the tableware can be easily stored and taken out.

On the front side of the upper door 10, a lock handle 14 comprising a U-shaped horizontally long support shaft 12 and a cylindrical handle 13 slidable along the support shaft 12 is provided. On the back side upper edge and both side edges of the door 10,
A total of three lock claws 15 are attached. this house,
The lock claws 15 on both side edges of the upper door 10 are
Are arranged in the vicinity.

Each lock claw 15 is adapted to be disengaged from the opening edge 1a of the housing 1 in conjunction with the sliding of the handle 13 of the lock handle 14. That is, the support shaft 12 of the lock handle 14 has, for example, a hollow tube structure, and a wire (not shown) is inserted therein. This wire is connected to the handle 13 via a hole provided in a part of the support shaft 12, and is connected to each lock claw 15. According to the positions of these lock claws 15, the housing 1
Each of the opening edges 1a is provided with a claw holder 16. In addition, the claw holder 1
A seal member such as a packing is attached to the door facing surface except 6.

Then, as shown in FIG. 1, for example, when the handle 13 of the lock handle 14 is located on the left side,
Each locking claw 15 is engaged with the claw holder 16, whereby the door 8 is locked in the closed state as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. Also, pull the handle 13 to the right (in the direction of arrow a in FIG. 1).
When each of the lock claws 15 is slid,
And the door 8 is unlocked, and the door 8 can be opened and rotated. FIG. 2 shows a state where the handle 13 is slid to the unlock position.

As shown in FIG. 2, the support shaft 12 of the lock handle 14 has a colored portion (for example, a red color) as a lock release display portion that appears at a position where the handle 13 slides to the release position of the lock claw 15. ) 17 are provided. Thereby, the user can visually recognize the unlocking.

According to the configuration of the door, the user can easily open and close the door 8 by gripping the handle 13 of the lock handle 14. In this case, the door 8 is moved from the closed state of FIG.
When the lower door 9 is pulled forward (in the direction of the arrow b) to be in the open state, the lower door 9 gradually turns and bends with respect to the upper door 10 due to its own weight, and moves to the horizontal open rotation position shown in FIG. When the upper door 10 is reached, the upper door 10 is naturally in a vertically upward state.
Therefore, since the upper door 10 always maintains the vertical state, the user can easily operate without changing the hand direction. Since the upper door 10 is vertically upward at the open rotation position, it is sufficient if there is a space in front of the housing 1 for the length of the overhang of the lower door 9 extending horizontally. If the overhang length of the lower door 9 is 280 mm, when the dishwasher / dryer of the present embodiment is placed on a table on the upper right side of the sink of a sink commonly used in ordinary households, etc., the door 8 Does not hit the tap located in the center of the sink.
That is, the dishwasher / dryer according to the present embodiment can effectively use the dead space of the sink on the right side of the sink which cannot be used for placing furniture because it is usually narrow.

When the door 8 is closed, the reverse operation may be performed. At this time, the handle 13 is slid to the left (in the direction opposite to the arrow a in FIG. 1) so that the colored portion (for example, red) 17 applied to the support shaft 12 of the lock handle 14 is hidden at the door closed position. And this can be visually recognized. Therefore, the door is opened due to erroneous recognition when washing and drying the tableware, and there is no danger that steam or the like blows out from the gap, and safety can be improved. Of course, on the contrary, when the door is opened, the colored portion (for example, red) 17 is made to appear sufficiently to confirm unlocking, and then the door 8 may be pulled. There is no danger of the lock claw 15 being deformed or damaged due to an erroneous operation to pull out the lock claw.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, since the lock claw 15 is also provided near the bending fulcrum 11 of the upper door 10, the locking claw 15 is separated from the housing 1 by bending when the door 8 has a two-fold structure. The locations where gaps are likely to occur are securely closed and locked by these lock claws 15. Therefore, the occurrence of a gap at the bent portion of the door 8 in the closed state is prevented, and there is no possibility of steam leaking from this portion.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a garnish filter 18 is detachably attached to the lower end of the lower surface of the lower door 9. This garbage filter 1
Numeral 8 is, for example, a curved net, and is attached to a support plate 20 which is removably press-fitted into an insertion groove 19 formed gradually deeper at the lower end of the lower surface of the lower door 9 and projects downward from the lower end of the lower surface of the lower door 9. ing. The support plate 20 is, for example, rectangular and has a hole 21 formed at the upper end side.
The finger can be inserted and removed by pinching the tip side. Then, in the closed state, as shown in FIG. 4, the garnish filter 18 is set to be disposed on the base filter 23 of the in-compartment drain port 22. Thus, the residual garbage that has fallen off the tableware during cleaning is reliably repaired by the garbage filter 18. After the dishwashing and drying, as shown in FIG. 5, when the door 8 is opened, the garnish filter 18 appears upward, so that the support plate 20 is picked up by hand and easily removed to process the garnish. be able to. Subsequent mounting can be easily performed by press fitting. Compared with a conventional general structure in which a garbage filter is installed at the front corner of the bottom of the refrigerator, in the case of the present embodiment, the garbage filter 18 is at a position in front of the door open state, and the filter attaching / detaching operation is performed. Becomes extremely easy. In addition, a means for securely locking the support plate 20 may be additionally provided.

Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, short support legs 24 are provided at each corner of the lower surface of the housing 1. As shown in FIG. 3, a seat 25 is detachably attached to the lower end of each support leg 24. With the seats 25 removed, support legs 24 of different lengths are separately added to the support legs 24, so that the length setting is variable.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show examples. In the case of FIG. 6, a vertical rod-shaped support leg 26 having a fixed length is added to each of the support legs 24. Thereby, a space is formed below the housing 1 on the sink 27, and the lower space of the housing 1 can be effectively used. In the case of FIG. 7, vertical rod-shaped support legs 26 having different lengths before and after are added to each other. In this case, the housing 1 can be installed horizontally even on a narrow step portion such as the front of the sink 27. As shown in these examples, the range of use can be expanded by the leg configuration, and when combined with the above-described door configuration, the space can be used very effectively.

Moreover, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, no extra parts, mechanisms, attachment tables, etc. are required, so that the space can be effectively used and the configuration can be made compact.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to effectively use a space such as a narrow place or a place having a step, even though it is a front openable type, and the structure is relatively simple. Further, it is possible to provide a dishwasher which requires a small number of parts and can easily open and close the door.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a door closed state according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the embodiment in a door open state.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the embodiment in a door closed state.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the garnish filter in the embodiment in a door closed state.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the garnish filter in the embodiment in a door open state.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an example of use of a reinforced leg in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing another example of use of the extending leg in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 housing 2 tableware basket 3 washing means 4 drying means 5 operation buttons 6 front base 7 pivot support 8 door 9 lower door 9a door frame 9b transparent plate 10 upper door 11 bending fulcrum 12 support shaft 13 handle 14 lock handle 15 lock Claws 16 Claw holders 17 Colored display section (lock release display section) 18 Garbage filter 19 Insertion groove 20 Support plate 21 Hole 22 Internal drainage port 23 Base filter 24 Support leg 25 Seat 26 Support leg 27 Sink

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A tableware basket inside a housing having an open front surface,
In a dishwasher / dryer provided with a washing unit and a drying unit, and provided with a door that opens and closes and pivots about a lower end at a front opening of the housing, a lower door that can open and rotate the door to a substantially horizontal state. A dish-washing / drying machine having a two-fold structure having an upper door connected to a pivoting end of the lower door and capable of being bent in a direction of rising substantially vertically from the open pivot position. 2. The dishwasher according to claim 1, wherein the tableware basket can be pulled out forward through a front opening of the housing, and an opening rotation position of the lower door is higher than a drawer height of the tableware basket. Dishwasher, characterized in that it is also set low. 3. The dishwasher / dryer according to claim 1, wherein a lock handle including a spindle and a handle slidable along the spindle is provided on a surface side of the upper door, while the upper door is provided. A dish washer-dryer provided with lock claws on an upper edge and both side edges of a rear surface of the lock handle, the lock claws being engaged with and disengaged from an opening edge of a housing in conjunction with sliding of a handle of the lock handle. 4. The dish washer-dryer according to claim 3, wherein a lock release indicator is provided on the support shaft of the lock handle so that the handle is exposed when the handle slides to the release position of the lock claw. Dishwasher and dryer. 5. The dishwasher / dryer according to claim 1, wherein a garbage filter is detachably attached to a lower end of the lower surface of the lower door. . 6. The dishwasher according to claim 5, wherein the garbage filter is arranged at a drain position when the door is closed, and is exposed above the lower door when the door is open. Wash dryer. 7. The dishwasher according to claim 1, wherein a vertical rod-shaped support leg is provided at front, rear, left and right positions on a lower surface of the housing, and the length of the support leg is variable. Dishwasher characterized by a simple configuration.