Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an integrated water tank so as to solve the technical problems of poor sanitation and poor use convenience when the water tank is used together with a disinfection cabinet in the prior art.
The embodiment provides an integrated water tank, which comprises a water tank body and a disinfection assembly, wherein the disinfection assembly comprises a containing box, a disinfection component arranged in the containing box and a tableware rack accommodated in the containing box, the tableware rack is used for placing tableware, and one side of the tableware rack, which faces the water tank body, is provided with an opening suitable for taking and placing the tableware;
The storage box is fixedly arranged on the side part of the water tank body, a box opening of the storage box is consistent with a notch of the water tank body, a driving assembly is arranged on the water tank body or the storage box, and a driving end of the driving assembly is connected with the tableware rack and used for driving the tableware rack to ascend to extend out of the storage box or descend to be stored in the storage box.
In an alternative embodiment, the cutlery rack comprises a support frame and a cutlery basket mounted in the support frame, and when the cutlery rack is accommodated in the accommodating box, the top surface of the top plate of the support frame is matched with the box opening of the accommodating box.
In an alternative embodiment, the driving assembly comprises a driving motor mounted on the accommodating box, a screw rod pivoted on the bottom plate of the accommodating box and a sliding seat connected with the screw rod through threads, the sliding seat is fixedly connected with the tableware rack, the driving end of the driving motor is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the screw rod, and the tableware rack is slidingly connected with the accommodating box along the up-down direction.
In an alternative embodiment, the accommodating box is disposed at the rear side of the water tank body, and the water tank body and the accommodating box form an integral structure.
In an alternative embodiment, the sterilizing unit includes an ultraviolet lamp mounted to a side wall of the receiving box adjacent to the tub body.
In an alternative embodiment, the ultraviolet lamp housing is provided with a first screen.
In an alternative embodiment, a drying component is further arranged in the accommodating box, and the drying component is used for drying the tableware on the tableware rack.
In an alternative embodiment, the drying part comprises a drying lamp mounted in the housing box near the side wall of the water tank body.
In an alternative embodiment, a circulating fan is arranged outside the accommodating box, and an air inlet and an air outlet of the circulating fan are communicated with the accommodating box.
In an alternative embodiment, the integrated water tank further comprises a processor, the driving assembly, the disinfection component, the drying component and the circulating fan are all connected with the processor, and a switch is arranged on the top surface of the water tank body or the top surface of the accommodating box and is connected with the processor.
The integrated water tank has the beneficial effects that:
The integrated water tank comprises a water tank body for accommodating tableware to clean the integrated water tank and a disinfection assembly for disinfecting the tableware, wherein the disinfection assembly comprises a tableware rack for accommodating the tableware, a containing box for forming a disinfection chamber together with the tableware rack, a disinfection component for disinfecting the tableware in the disinfection chamber, and a driving assembly for driving the tableware rack to extend out of the containing box or retract into the containing box.
When a user washes dishes at the water tank body and needs to disinfect the dishes, the driving assembly can be controlled to drive the dishes rack to move upwards to extend out of the box opening of the accommodating box and correspondingly rise above the water tank body, and as one side of the dishes rack, which faces the water tank body, is provided with an opening suitable for taking and placing the dishes, the user can directly place the washed dishes at the water tank body into the dishes rack through the opening, and in the placing process, residual water on the dishes can be directly dropped into the water tank body without wetting the ground or the cabinet table top, and bacterial breeding caused by water stains can be reduced, so that the kitchen cleanliness and the sanitation are improved. In addition, because the tableware rack can rise to the basin top, in the arm operating range that the tableware rack was standing at the user, the user need not to bow in to the in-process of placing tableware in the tableware rack and can put into the tableware rack with the tableware after wasing to improve basin and sterilizer combined use's convenience, reduce user's amount of labour.
After the tableware is placed, the driving assembly is controlled to drive the tableware rack to descend into the accommodating box, the space in the tableware rack is communicated with the space in the accommodating box, the space and the space form a disinfection chamber together, the tableware is positioned in the disinfection chamber, and the disinfection part is opened to disinfect the tableware in the disinfection chamber. After the disinfection treatment is finished, the driving component can be controlled to drive the tableware rack to ascend and stretch out of the accommodating box, and the disinfected tableware can be taken out for placement or use.
Detailed Description
For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments of the present invention. The components of the embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.
Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the invention, as presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
It should be noted that like reference numerals and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further definition or explanation thereof is necessary in the following figures.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, directions or positional relationships indicated by terms such as "upper", "lower", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., are directions or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, or those that are conventionally put in place when the inventive product is used, are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific direction, be configured and operated in a specific direction, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
Furthermore, the terms "horizontal," "vertical," and the like do not denote a requirement that the component be absolutely horizontal or overhanging, but may be slightly inclined. As "horizontal" merely means that its direction is more horizontal than "vertical", and does not mean that the structure must be perfectly horizontal, but may be slightly inclined.
In the description of the present invention, it should also be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, integrally connected, mechanically connected, electrically connected, directly connected, indirectly connected through an intermediary, or in communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
Some embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.
The embodiment provides an integrated water tank, as shown in fig. 1-3, comprising a water tank body 10 and a disinfection assembly 20, wherein the disinfection assembly 20 comprises a containing box 100, a disinfection part 200 installed in the containing box 100 and a tableware rack 300 accommodated in the containing box 100, the tableware rack 300 is used for placing tableware, one side of the tableware rack 300 facing the water tank body 10 is provided with an opening suitable for taking and placing the tableware, the opening can be in a direct non-shielding opening form or an opening form with an openable door, the disinfection part 200 is used for disinfecting the tableware 800 on the tableware rack 300, the containing box 100 is fixedly arranged on the side part of the water tank body 10, a box opening 110 of the containing box 100 is consistent with a notch of the water tank body 10, the water tank body 10 or the containing box 100 is provided with a driving assembly 400, and the driving end of the driving assembly 400 is connected with the tableware rack 300 and used for driving the tableware rack 300 to ascend to extend out of the containing box 100 or descend to be accommodated in the containing box 100.
The integrated tub provided in this embodiment includes a tub body 10 for accommodating tableware 800 to be washed and a sterilizing unit 20 for sterilizing the tableware 800, the sterilizing unit 20 including a dish rack 300 for accommodating the tableware 800, a housing case 100 for forming a sterilizing chamber together with the dish rack 300, a sterilizing unit 200 for sterilizing the tableware 800 in the sterilizing chamber, and a driving unit 400 for driving the dish rack 300 to extend out of the housing case 100 or retract into the housing case 100.
When a user washes dishes at the water tank body 10 and needs to disinfect the dishes 800, the driving assembly 400 can be controlled to drive the dishes rack 300 to move upwards to extend out of the box opening 110 of the water tank body 10 and correspondingly rise above the water tank body 10, and as the dishes rack 300 is arranged towards one side of the water tank body 10, the user can directly put the washed dishes 800 at the water tank body 10 into the dishes rack 300 through the opening, and in the placing process, residual water on the dishes is directly dripped into the water tank body 10 without wetting the ground or the cabinet table top, and bacterial breeding caused by water stains can be reduced, so that the kitchen cleanliness and sanitation are improved. In addition, since the dish rack 300 can be lifted above the tub, the user can put the washed dishes into the dish rack 300 without bending down during the process of putting the dishes 800 into the dish rack 300 in the arm operation range when the user stands up, thereby improving the convenience of the tub and the sterilizing cabinet combined use and reducing the labor amount of the user.
After the tableware 800 is placed, the driving assembly 400 is controlled to drive the tableware rack 300 to descend into the accommodating box 100, the space in the tableware rack 300 is communicated with the space in the accommodating box 100, the space and the space together form a disinfection chamber, the tableware 800 is positioned in the disinfection chamber, and the disinfection component 200 is opened to disinfect the tableware in the disinfection chamber. After the disinfection treatment is completed, the driving assembly 400 can be controlled to drive the tableware rack 300 to ascend and extend out of the accommodating box 100, and the disinfected tableware can be taken out for placement or use.
Specifically, the receiving box 100 may be disposed at the left, right or rear side of the tub body 10 based on the orientation of the user facing the tub body 10 when the tub body 10 is in use, and the right side of the dish rack 300 is opened when the receiving box 100 is positioned at the left side of the tub body 10, the left side of the dish rack 300 is opened when the receiving box 100 is positioned at the right side of the tub body 10, and the front side of the dish rack 300 is opened when the receiving box 100 is positioned at the rear side of the tub body 10.
Preferably, the accommodating box 100 may be disposed at the rear side of the water tank body 10, and the water tank body 10 and the accommodating box 100 form an integral structure, which may be an integral structure or may be welded into an integral structure. When the tableware rack 300 is used, the tableware rack 300 is positioned at the front side of a user, the user can clearly see the structure, the position and the like of the tableware rack 300, and the user can put tableware into the tableware rack 300 by extending the arm of the user forwards, so that the operation convenience is further improved. On the other hand, the gap between the containing box 100 and the water tank body 10 is arranged, so that the wet pollution and the like caused by the residual water drop of the tableware to the ground and the cabinet table top can be further reduced in the process of placing the tableware, and the using convenience and the sanitation of the integrated water tank are correspondingly further improved. Specifically, the left and right sidewalls of the receiving box 100 may coincide with the left and right sidewalls of the tub body 10 to further improve the integrity of the integrated tub.
Alternatively, in the present embodiment, the dish rack 300 may include a support frame 310 and a dish basket 320 installed in the support frame 310, and when the dish rack 300 is received in the receiving box 100, the top surface of the top plate 311 of the support frame 310 is matched with the box opening 110 of the receiving box 100. The support frame 310 may include a top plate 311 and two side plates 312 respectively connected to two ends of the top plate 311, three plates enclose a frame body with an opening at a lower end (the lower ends of the two side plates 312 may also be connected to a bottom plate, four plates form a closed frame body), a placing space is formed in the frame body, the cutlery basket 320 may be approximately horizontally connected between the two side plates 312, two sides of the support frame 310 are all open, connectivity between the interior of the cutlery frame 300 and the interior of the accommodating box 100 can be effectively improved, a sterilizing effect of a sterilizing component on the cutlery 800 is ensured, and a driving end of the driving assembly 400 may be connected with the support frame 310 or the cutlery basket 320. When the driving assembly 400 drives the dish rack 300 to descend into the accommodating box 100, the top surface of the top plate 311 is consistent with the box opening 110 of the accommodating box 100 in height, the box opening 110 can be approximately sealed, the top surface of the sterilizing assembly 20 is approximately horizontal, and therefore occupation of the space above the cabinet table by the sterilizing assembly 20 and influence on flatness of the kitchen table are reduced.
Optionally, as shown in fig. 3, a lapping table 313 may be disposed on two opposite sides of the supporting frame 310, and the cutlery basket 320 may be detachably lapped between the two lapping tables 313, and after a period of use, the cutlery basket 320 may be detached for cleaning, and then reloaded, thereby further improving the convenience of use of the sterilizing assembly 20.
Alternatively, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the driving assembly 400 may include a driving motor 410 mounted on the accommodating box 100, a screw 420 pivotally connected to a bottom plate of the accommodating box 100, and a sliding seat screwed to the screw 420, wherein the sliding seat is fixedly connected to the dish rack 300, the driving end of the driving motor 410 is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the screw 420, and the dish rack 300 is slidingly connected to the accommodating box 100 along the up-down direction. In this embodiment, when the driving assembly 400 is required to drive the dish rack 300 to move up and down, the driving motor 410 is controlled to rotate in the first direction, the driving motor 410 correspondingly drives the screw rod 420 to rotate in the first direction, the sliding seat is fixedly connected with the dish rack 300, the dish rack 300 is slidingly connected with the accommodating box 100 along the up-down direction, the sliding seat and the dish rack 300 move upwards relative to the accommodating box 100 under the combined action of the rotation driving of the screw rod 420 and the guiding limit of the accommodating box 100, the accommodating box 100 extends out, and the driving motor 410 is closed when the set height is reached. Similarly, the driving motor 410 is controlled to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and the driving motor 410 correspondingly drives the screw 420 to rotate in the second direction, so that the sliding seat and the dish rack 300 move downwards relative to the accommodating box 100 and are accommodated in the accommodating box 100. Preferably, the driving assemblies 400 may be two groups, and the two groups of driving assemblies 400 are respectively arranged at two sides of the length direction of the dish rack 300, and when in use, the two groups of driving assemblies 400 synchronously drive two ends of the dish rack 300 at the same time, so that the dish rack 300 can stably move up and down, thereby improving the use stability of the sterilizing assembly 20 and ensuring the bearing stability of the dish rack 300 on the dishes.
In addition to the above-mentioned mode, the driving assembly 400 may be a telescopic driving member such as a push rod motor, or may be a mechanism capable of driving the dish rack 300 up and down by using a rack and pinion mechanism, a link mechanism, or the like.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the sterilizing unit 200 may include an ultraviolet lamp 210, and the ultraviolet lamp 210 is installed at a sidewall of the receiving box 100 near the tub body 10. In this embodiment, the sterilizing unit 200 is configured such that when the dish rack 300 is lowered into the receiving box 100, the ultraviolet lamp 210 is turned on, the ultraviolet lamp 210 emits ultraviolet rays into the sterilizing chamber, and the ultraviolet rays can kill bacteria, spores, viruses, etc. on the dishes, thereby sterilizing the dishes, and after a certain period of time, the ultraviolet lamp 210 is turned off. In addition, the sterilizing unit 200 may be another type, such as an ozone generator, for sterilizing tableware with ozone, or a high temperature generating device for sterilizing tableware with high temperature, etc.
Alternatively, as shown in fig. 3, a first mesh enclosure 220 may be provided over the ultraviolet lamp 210. In addition, the first mesh enclosure 220 can protect the ultraviolet lamp 210 to reduce collision damage to the ultraviolet lamp 210 caused by parts such as the dish rack 300 and the like in the installation or use process, thereby effectively prolonging the service life of the ultraviolet lamp 210.
Optionally, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, a drying part 500 may be further disposed in the receiving box 100, and the drying part 500 is used to perform a drying process on the dishes on the dish rack 300. After the tableware rack 300 carries the tableware to be sterilized into the accommodating box 100, the drying part 500 can be opened to dry the tableware in the sterilizing chamber, so as to reduce the residual water on the tableware, correspondingly reduce the bacteria breeding problem caused by the residual water, and further improve the functionality of the sterilizing assembly 20 and the sanitation of the tableware.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the drying part 500 may include a drying lamp installed in the receiving box 100 near the sidewall of the tub body 10. In this embodiment, the drying lamp can heat the air in the sterilizing chamber to be high temperature gas, and the residual water on the surface of the tableware is contacted with the high temperature gas to absorb heat and evaporate to be vapor so as to separate from the tableware, thus drying the tableware, in particular, the accommodating box 100 can be provided with a vent hole so that the vapor can be dispersed out through the vent hole, the sterilizing chamber can be kept to be a sealed chamber in order to reduce or even avoid ultraviolet leakage, and after the drying is finished, the driving assembly 400 is controlled to drive the tableware rack 300 to extend upwards out of the accommodating box 100, and the vapor in the tableware rack 300 can escape through the opening of the tableware rack 300.
In this embodiment, the second mesh enclosure may be provided on the outer cover of the drying lamp. The second screen panel is on the basis that does not influence the outside heat dissipation of stoving lamp, can play the guard action to the stoving lamp to reduce installation or use, collision damage that tableware frame 300 etc. caused the stoving lamp, thereby effectively extension stoving lamp's life.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, a circulation fan 600 may be installed outside the accommodating box 100, and an air inlet 610 and an air outlet 620 of the circulation fan 600 are both communicated with the interior of the accommodating box 100. When the drying component 500 is used for drying tableware, the circulating fan 600 can be turned on, the circulating fan 600 inhales the gas of the disinfection chamber through the gas inlet 610 of the circulating fan, and the gas flows into the disinfection chamber through the gas outlet 620 of the circulating fan after being accelerated, so that the high-temperature gas in the disinfection chamber flows and circulates, the contact sufficiency of the tableware and the high-temperature air is improved, and the drying effect of the high-temperature air on the tableware is correspondingly improved.
In this embodiment, the integrated tub may further include a processor, and the driving assembly 400, the sterilizing unit 200, the drying unit 500, and the circulation fan 600 are all connected to the processor, and as shown in fig. 1 to 3, a switch 700 is provided on the top surface of the tub body 10 or the top surface of the accommodating case 100, and the switch 700 is connected to the processor. The control program can be set in the processor, when the sterilizing assembly 20 is needed to be used, the processor firstly receives the electric signal of the switch 700 and recognizes the electric signal as an opening signal, the corresponding control driving assembly 400 drives the tableware rack 300 to ascend to set the height, a user can put the washed tableware into the tableware rack 300, after the tableware is placed, the user can press the switch 700 again, the processor receives the electric signal of the switch 700 again and recognizes the electric signal as a starting signal, the corresponding control driving assembly 400 drives the tableware rack 300 to descend to the initial position, the driving assembly 400 transmits the electric signal of the completion to the processor, the processor correspondingly opens the sterilizing assembly 200, the drying assembly 500 and the circulating fan 600, the sterilizing assembly 200 performs the sterilizing treatment on the tableware, the drying assembly 500 performs the drying treatment on the tableware, the circulating fan 600 assists the drying assembly 500 to promote the airflow in the sterilizing chamber, the three are automatically closed after the set time is respectively operated, and the sterilizing assembly 20 completes the sterilizing and drying treatment on the tableware. After the completion of the electric signal is received by the processor, the driving unit 400 can be controlled to drive the dish rack 300 to ascend again, and after the user takes out the dishes on the dish rack 300 (the detection of the action can be realized by providing a gravity sensor on the dish rack 300), the processor controls the driving unit 400 to drive the dish rack 300 to descend.
In the present application, the connection relationship between the processor and the sterilizing unit 20, the switch 700, the drying unit 500, the circulating fan 600, etc. is an improvement of the present application, while the setting of the program according to the need in the processor is a prior art and is not an improvement of the present application.
It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments are merely for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention, and not for limiting the same, and although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above-mentioned embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the technical solution described in the above-mentioned embodiments may be modified or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced, and these modifications or substitutions do not deviate from the essence of the corresponding technical solution from the scope of the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention.