CN113143149A - Chopstick container and dish washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a chopstick cage and a dish washing machine, and relates to the technical field of dish washing machines. Compare traditional chopsticks cage, include a plurality of bearing structure because of the lower cover, and bearing structure includes outer loop carriage and sets up at the inside hollow structure of outer loop carriage, form the support to the bottom of chopsticks through this hollow structure, it spills from chopsticks cage's lower cover to have avoided chopsticks, hollow structure can be convenient for the rivers play on the chopsticks simultaneously, avoid ponding, the middle part that can make chopsticks bottom end face simultaneously is in unsettled state, when effectively reducing the area of contact of dredging in the chopsticks bottom with chopsticks cage's lower cover, can improve chopsticks's drying effect.

Description

Chopstick container and dish washing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of dish washing machines, in particular to a chopstick cage and a dish washing machine.

Background

With the improvement of living standard and the great propaganda of dish washer manufacturers, more and more users choose to use the dish washer, and the dish washer brings convenience to the life of the users. At present, chopsticks are mainly put in a chopstick cage for cleaning, the current chopstick cage mainly comprises a chopstick cage main body, a chopstick cage cover and a chopstick cage bottom, a plurality of square or oval holes are formed in the chopstick cage cover, and the bottom of the chopstick cage is mostly in a cross cage-shaped structure. When the chopsticks are used, the roots of the chopsticks are inserted into the holes on the chopstick cage cover, and the bottoms of the chopsticks are placed on the cage-shaped structure at the bottom of the chopstick cage, so that the chopsticks can be placed more stably. The cage-shaped structure at the bottom of the chopstick cage can conveniently hold the chopsticks, but a water accumulation structure is easily formed at the bottom of the chopsticks, so that the drying effect is influenced. If the cage-shaped structure is larger, the chopsticks are easy to fall from the bottom to block the spray arm, so that the tableware cannot be washed cleanly.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a chopstick cage and a dish washing machine, which are used for relieving the problem that a cage-shaped structure at the bottom of the chopstick cage of the existing chopstick cage easily forms a water accumulation structure with the bottom of a chopstick to influence the drying effect. And when the cage-shaped structure is made larger, the chopsticks are easy to fall down from the bottom to block the spray arm, so that the technical problem that the tableware cannot be washed cleanly is solved.

The chopstick cage comprises a chopstick cage body, an upper cover and a lower cover, wherein the upper cover is connected to the upper end of the chopstick cage body, the lower cover is connected to the lower end of the chopstick cage body, the lower cover comprises a plurality of supporting structures used for supporting the bottoms of chopsticks, each supporting structure comprises an outer ring supporting frame and a hollow structure arranged inside the outer ring supporting frame, and the hollow structures are used for partially supporting the bottoms of the chopsticks.

Further, the projection area of the hollow structure in the plane of the lower cover is smaller than the projection area of the outer ring support frame in the plane of the lower cover.

Furthermore, the hollow structure comprises an inner ring supporting frame, and the outer side wall of the inner ring supporting frame is connected with the inner side wall of the outer ring supporting frame through a supporting rib.

Further, when the chopsticks are placed in the chopstick cage, the bottom end parts of the chopsticks are not contacted with the inner ring supporting frame.

Furthermore, the inner ring supporting frame protrudes relative to the outer ring supporting frame in the direction far away from the chopstick cage body.

Further, the projection of the inner ring support frame in a plane parallel to the lower cover comprises a polygon, a circle or an irregular figure.

Furthermore, the cross section of the inner ring support frame is rhombic.

Further, the lower cover is detachably connected to the lower end of the chopstick cage body.

Furthermore, one side of the lower cover is connected with one side of the chopstick cage body through a first connecting structure, and the other side of the lower cover is connected with the other side of the chopstick cage body through a second connecting structure.

Furthermore, the first connecting structure comprises a jack arranged in the chopstick cage body and a plug arranged on the lower cover and corresponding to the jack, and the plug can be inserted into the jack;

the second connecting structure comprises a clamping groove formed in the chopstick cage body and a buckle which is arranged on the lower cover and corresponds to the clamping groove, and the buckle is matched with the clamping groove and used for connecting the lower cover with the chopstick cage body.

Furthermore, the upper cover comprises a plurality of first accommodating grooves which are arranged at intervals, and the opening width of each first accommodating groove is larger than the width of one chopstick and smaller than the width of two chopsticks.

Furthermore, the supporting structures correspond to the first accommodating grooves one to one.

Further, the width of the first accommodating groove is gradually reduced from the opening of the first accommodating groove to the groove bottom direction.

Furthermore, one side of the upper cover is hinged with the side surface of the chopstick cage body.

Furthermore, the chopstick cage body comprises a plurality of sub chopstick cage bodies which are detachably connected;

the number of the upper covers and the number of the lower covers are multiple, and the upper covers and the lower covers correspond to the sub chopstick cage bodies one to one.

Furthermore, a third connecting structure is arranged at the joint of two adjacent sub chopstick cage bodies, the third connecting structure comprises a sliding groove arranged on one sub chopstick cage body and a first hook arranged on the other sub chopstick cage body and corresponding to the sliding groove, and the sliding groove is matched with the first hook and used for connecting the two sub chopstick cage bodies.

Furthermore, the number of the sub chopstick cage bodies is two, the number of the upper cover and the number of the lower cover are two, each sub chopstick cage body corresponds to one of the upper cover and the lower cover, the first accommodating groove is formed in one of the upper covers, and the other upper cover is provided with the second accommodating groove.

Furthermore, a second hook is arranged on the side surface of the sub chopstick cage body.

The dishwasher provided by the invention comprises the chopstick cage.

The chopstick cage comprises a chopstick cage body, an upper cover and a lower cover, wherein the upper cover is connected to the upper end of the chopstick cage body, the lower cover is connected to the lower end of the chopstick cage body, the lower cover comprises a plurality of supporting structures used for supporting the bottoms of chopsticks, each supporting structure comprises an outer ring supporting frame and a hollow structure arranged inside the outer ring supporting frame, and the hollow structures are used for partially supporting the bottoms of the chopsticks.

Compared with the traditional chopstick cage, the chopstick cage provided by the invention has the advantages that the lower cover connected to the upper end of the chopstick cage body comprises a plurality of supporting structures, each supporting structure comprises an outer ring supporting frame and a hollow structure arranged in the outer ring supporting frame, the bottoms of the chopsticks are supported through the hollow structures, the chopsticks are prevented from leaking out of the lower cover of the chopstick cage, meanwhile, the hollow structures can facilitate the water on the chopsticks to flow out, water accumulation is avoided, meanwhile, the middle parts of the end surfaces of the bottoms of the chopsticks are in a suspended state, the contact area between the centers of the bottoms of the chopsticks and the lower cover of the chopstick cage is effectively reduced, and meanwhile, the drying effect of the chopsticks can be improved.

The dishwasher provided by the invention comprises the chopstick cage, so that the dishwasher also has the advantages of the chopstick cage.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a structural view of a chopstick cage according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the chopstick cage for holding chopsticks according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a structural view of a first form of a support structure of the chopstick cage according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a structural view of a second form of a support structure of the chopstick cage according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an inner ring support frame of the chopstick cage according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of two sub-chopstick cage bodies of the chopstick cage provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of portion B of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of portion C of FIG. 7;

fig. 10 is a structural view of a second hook of the chopstick cage according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a connection structure view of the chopstick cage body and the lower cover of the chopstick cage according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a disassembled view of the chopstick cage body and the lower cover of the chopstick cage according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of section D of FIG. 11;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of section E of FIG. 11;

FIG. 15 is a first type of view showing a bottom structure of the chopstick cage in the prior art structure;

fig. 16 is a schematic view showing a second form of the bottom structure of the prior art chopstick container.

Icon: 100-an upper cover; 110-a first receiving groove; a 111-tooth configuration; 200-chopstick cage body; 210-a sub-chopstick cage body; 211-a chute; 2111-opening part; 2112-sliding part; 212-a first hook; 2121-a stop; 2122-a linker; 220-a second hook; 231-a jack; 232-card slot; 240-chopstick cage chute; 300-lower cover; 311-a plug; 312-fastener; 321-an outer ring support frame; 322-inner ring support frame; 323-support ribs.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the following embodiments, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Fig. 15 and 16 are schematic views showing two structural forms of the bottom structure of the chopstick cage in the prior art.

As shown in fig. 1 to 14, the chopstick container provided by this embodiment includes a chopstick container body 200, an upper cover 100 and a lower cover 300, wherein the upper cover 100 is connected to the upper end of the chopstick container body 200, the lower cover 300 is connected to the lower end of the chopstick container body 200, the lower cover 300 includes a plurality of support structures for supporting the bottoms of the chopsticks, each support structure includes an outer ring support frame 321 and a hollow structure disposed inside the outer ring support frame 321, and the hollow structure is used for partially supporting the bottoms of the chopsticks.

Compared with the traditional chopstick cage, the chopstick cage provided by the invention has the advantages that the lower cover 300 connected to the upper end of the chopstick cage body 200 comprises a plurality of supporting structures, each supporting structure comprises the outer ring supporting frame 321 and the hollow structure arranged in the outer ring supporting frame 321, the bottoms of the chopsticks are supported through the hollow structure, the chopsticks are prevented from leaking out of the lower cover 300 of the chopstick cage, meanwhile, the hollow structure can facilitate the water on the chopsticks to flow out, the water accumulation is avoided, meanwhile, the middle part of the end surface of the bottom of the chopsticks can be in a suspended state, the contact area between the center of the bottom of the chopsticks and the lower cover 300 of the chopstick cage is effectively reduced, and the drying effect of the chopsticks can be improved.

It should be noted that the projected area of the hollow structure in the plane of the lower cover 300 is smaller than the projected area of the outer ring support frame 321 in the plane of the lower cover 300. Thereby the hollow structure partially supports the bottom of the chopsticks, the chopsticks are prevented from falling off, and simultaneously, the bottom of the chopsticks is convenient to dry.

Further, the hollow structure comprises an inner ring support frame 322, and the outer side wall of the inner ring support frame 322 is connected with the inner side wall of the outer ring support frame 321 through a support rib 323; the inner ring supporting frame 322 is a hollow ring structure, i.e. a central cavity is formed in the center of the inner ring supporting frame 322 for avoiding the central position of the bottom of the chopsticks. When the chopsticks are actually used, the contact between the inner ring supporting frame 322 and the chopsticks has two forms, one is that the projection area of the central cavity of the inner ring supporting frame 322 in the plane of the lower cover 300 is smaller than the sectional area of the smaller end of the chopsticks, here, the bottom of the chopsticks when placed is directly abutted against the upper end face of the inner ring supporting frame 322 in the chopstick cage, the central cavity of the inner ring supporting frame 322 is not contacted with the bottom of the chopsticks, and the drying of the chopsticks is utilized; in another case, when chopsticks are placed in the chopstick cage, the bottom ends of the chopsticks are not in contact with the inner ring support frame 322, that is, the size of the bottom ends of the chopsticks is smaller than the size of the central cavity of the inner ring support frame 322, the size of the upper ends of the chopsticks is larger than the size of the central cavity of the inner ring support frame 322, and part of the length of the bottom of the chopsticks can penetrate through the central cavity of the inner ring support frame 322, so that the bottom of the chopsticks can be dried, and meanwhile, the circumferential direction of the chopsticks can be supported by the central cavity of the inner ring support frame 322, so that the chopsticks are prevented from falling.

In this embodiment, the supporting structure includes an outer ring supporting frame 321, an inner ring supporting frame 322, and a supporting rib 323 for connecting the inner ring supporting frame and the outer ring supporting frame 321; the size of the inner ring support frame 322 is smaller than the size of the smaller end of the chopsticks, and the inner ring support frame 322 is farther away from the upper cover 100 than the outer ring support frame 321.

Specifically, this application newly-designed bearing structure compares the substructure of traditional chopsticks cage, and the size of inner ring supporting frame 322 is less than the size of the less end of the size of chopsticks, because of the clearance of inner ring supporting frame 322 reduces, has avoided chopsticks to spill from the bottom of chopsticks cage, if the bearing structure of chopsticks cage bottom is too big, chopsticks leak from the clearance of chopsticks cage bottom easily to block the spray arm, lead to the tableware to wash unclean.

In this embodiment, the inner ring support frame 322 protrudes away from the chopstick cage body 200 relative to the outer ring support frame 321.

Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, it is preferable that the projection of the inner ring support frame 322 in a plane parallel to the lower cover 300 includes a polygonal shape, a circular shape, or an irregular figure. I.e. the projection may be triangular, rectangular, circular or diamond shaped etc. Of course, the structure may also be a polygonal structure such as a pentagon, a hexagon, and the like, and may also be an irregular structure, which is not limited herein. Meanwhile, the cross section of the inner ring supporting frame 322 is rhombic as shown in fig. 6, so that water can flow out conveniently, water accumulation is avoided, the bottoms of the chopsticks can be suspended, the contact area between the bottoms of the chopsticks and the bottom of the chopstick cage is effectively reduced, and the drying effect of the chopsticks can be improved.

In this embodiment, one side of the upper cover 100 is hinged to a side of the chopstick cage body 200, and the lower cover 300 is detachably coupled to a lower end of the chopstick cage body 200.

In this embodiment, some food residues may fall from the chopstick cage, and the user may detach and separate the chopstick cage body 200 and the lower cover 300, so that the chopstick cage body 200 or the lower cover 300 may be conveniently cleaned. Meanwhile, one side of the upper cover 100 is hinged with the side of the chopstick cage body 200, and when the inside of the chopstick cage body 200 needs to be cleaned, the upper cover 100 can be rotated and opened.

Specifically, in this embodiment, one side of the lower cover 300 is connected with one side of the chopstick cage body 200 through a first connecting structure, and the other side of the lower cover 300 is connected with the other side of the chopstick cage body 200 through a second connecting structure; the first connecting structure includes an insertion hole 231 provided at the chopstick cage body 200, and a plug 311 provided at the lower cover 300 and corresponding to the insertion hole 231, the plug 311 being capable of being inserted into the insertion hole 231; the second connecting structure includes a catching groove 232 disposed on the chopstick cage body 200 and a buckle 312 disposed on the lower cover 300 and corresponding to the catching groove 232, the buckle 312 is matched with the catching groove 232 to connect the lower cover 300 and the chopstick cage body 200.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the number of the insertion holes 231 is two, and the insertion holes 231 are arranged at intervals on a side wall of the bottom of the chopstick cage body 200, the number of the plugs 311 is also two, and the insertion holes 311 are arranged at intervals on one side of the lower cover 300, the plugs 311 and the insertion holes 231 are in one-to-one correspondence, in addition, two clamping grooves 232 are arranged at a gap on the other side wall of the bottom of the chopstick cage body 200, two buckles 312 are arranged at intervals on the other side of the lower cover 300, and the buckles 312 and the clamping grooves 232 are in one-to-one correspondence.

When in use, the specific assembly process is that the two plugs 311 on the lower cover 300 are inserted into the two insertion holes 231 on the side wall of the chopstick cage body 200, and then the two buckles 312 on the lower cover 300 are aligned to the two clamping grooves 232 on the side wall of the chopstick cage body 200 until the buckles 312 are clamped into the clamping grooves 232, so that the lower cover 300 is connected with the chopstick cage body 200. The design is that some things and residues are often dropped in the chopstick cage, and the chopstick cage is narrow and deep, so that direct cleaning is inconvenient. The invention can conveniently separate the lower cover 300 from the chopstick cage body 200 and can be conveniently cleaned.

Further, the upper cover 100 includes a plurality of first receiving grooves 110 disposed at intervals, and the opening width of the first receiving grooves 110 is greater than the width of one chopstick and less than the width of two chopsticks.

Compare traditional chopsticks cage structure, the chopsticks cage that this application provided is provided with the first holding tank 110 that a plurality of intervals set up at upper cover 100, and the opening width of first holding tank 110 is greater than the width of a chopsticks, and is less than the width of two chopsticks, when chopsticks are put into, only can place a chopsticks in every first holding tank 110, the chopsticks are placed the back state and are stable, and can avoid the chopsticks head closely together, can improve the clean effect and the drying effect of chopsticks.

Preferably, the support structures correspond to the first receiving grooves 110 one to one.

Preferably, the width of the first receiving groove 110 is gradually reduced from the opening of the first receiving groove 110 toward the groove bottom.

Specifically, the upper cover 100 is provided with a plurality of tooth structures 111 arranged at intervals, a first accommodating groove 110 is formed between two adjacent tooth structures 111, and each first accommodating groove 110 can accommodate only one chopstick; the front ends of two adjacent tooth structures 111 form the opening of the first receiving groove 110, and the width of the first receiving groove 110 gradually decreases from the opening toward the groove bottom of the first receiving groove 110. After the chopsticks are placed, the chopsticks can move from the opening to the bottom of the first accommodating groove 110, the chopsticks are placed in a stable state, the heads of the chopsticks can be prevented from being close together, and the cleaning effect and the drying effect of the chopsticks can be improved.

In this embodiment, the gap between two tooth structures 111 is wide in the front and narrow in the back, and the gap between two adjacent tooth structures 111 is convenient for the chopsticks to lean against, because the gap is larger than the width of one chopstick and is wider than two small chopsticks, each gap can only accommodate one chopstick, thereby avoiding the mutual adhesion between the chopsticks and affecting the cleaning and drying.

Further, the chopstick cage body 200 comprises a plurality of chopstick cage bodies 210, and the plurality of chopstick cage bodies 210 are detachably connected; the number of the upper cover 100 and the lower cover 300 is plural, and the upper cover and the lower cover correspond to the sub chopstick cage body 210 one to one.

Preferably, a third connecting structure is arranged at the joint of two adjacent sub-chopstick cage bodies 210, the third connecting structure comprises a sliding groove 211 arranged on one sub-chopstick cage body 210 and a first hook 212 arranged on the other sub-chopstick cage body 210 and corresponding to the sliding groove 211, and the sliding groove 211 is matched with the first hook 212 to connect the two sub-chopstick cage bodies 210.

Specifically, the slide groove 211 includes an opening portion 2111 and a sliding portion 2112, the width of the sliding portion 2112 is smaller than the width of the opening portion 2111, the first hook 212 includes a stopper portion 2121 and a connecting portion 2122, and the size of the connecting portion 2122 is smaller than that of the stopper portion 2121. The opening 2111 has a size corresponding to that of the stopper 2121 so that the stopper 2121 can pass through the opening 2111, and the sliding portion 2112 has a size corresponding to that of the connecting portion 2122 so that the connecting portion 2122 can slide along the sliding portion 2112, and the stopper 2121 can prevent the first hook 212 from slipping out of the sliding groove 211. Thereby realizing the connection of the two sub chopstick cage bodies 210. When disassembly is required, the stop portion 2121 and the opening portion 2111 can be separated by sliding in the reverse direction.

It should be noted that, in addition to the above-mentioned structural forms, the third connecting structure may also use a snap connection or other connection methods.

Further, the number of the sub chopstick cage bodies 210 is two, the number of the upper cover 100 and the number of the lower cover 300 are two, each sub chopstick cage body 210 corresponds to one upper cover 100 and one lower cover 300, the first accommodating groove 110 is arranged on one of the upper covers 100, and the other upper cover 100 is provided with the second accommodating groove. The second receiving groove may be used for placing a spoon or a spoon, etc., and the shape thereof may correspond to the shape of the article to be placed, or may be a structure similar to that in the prior art, which is not limited herein.

It should be noted that the two upper covers 100 are hinged to the side surfaces of the corresponding sub-chopstick cage bodies 210, and the hinged positions can be arranged in a replaceable manner with respect to the connecting positions of the two sub-chopstick cage bodies 210, that is, the two upper covers 100 can be opened from the middle to the two sides like two doors, so that the inside of the sub-chopstick cage bodies 210 can be further cleaned conveniently.

Meanwhile, in this embodiment, it is preferable that the second hook 220 is provided on a side surface of the sub-chopstick cage body 210.

Specifically, a single-use quick-cage body can be hung on the iron wire of the rack in the dishwasher by means of the second hook 220, in addition to being directly placed on the rack. Some dish washers with larger capacity are larger in chopstick cage, and actually, users may not have as many chopsticks to be washed in the house, which causes waste of washing space in the dish washer. When the user uses the dishwasher, if there are few chopsticks and spoons, the chopstick cage body 200 can be separated, one is placed inside the dishwasher for normal use, and the other is placed outside the dishwasher for storage of the chopsticks, the spoons and other tableware.

It should be noted that the number of the sub-chopstick cage bodies 210 may also be three or more.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the chopstick cage body 200 may further include a chopstick cage sliding groove 240, and the chopstick cage sliding groove 240 may further diversify the fixing position of the chopstick cage on the shelf.

The chopsticks cage that this embodiment provided, compare in traditional chopsticks cage, the bearing structure design of chopsticks cage bottom becomes hollow structure, the preferred quad slit of structure or circular port of inner ring carriage 322 simultaneously, and its cross section is the rhombus structure, the rivers play of being convenient for like this, avoid ponding, the effectual area of contact of reducing chopsticks bottom and chopsticks cage, can improve the drying effect of chopsticks, simultaneously the bearing structure's of chopsticks cage bottom clearance reduces, it spills from chopsticks cage bottom to have avoided chopsticks, compromise the problem that chopsticks dropped when solving waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall effect. Secondly, the chopstick cage body 200 is designed into the form of two chopstick cage bodies 210, and meanwhile, tableware of different sizes such as chopsticks and spoons can be placed, so that the chopstick cage is simple in structure and easy to realize, and has a good improvement effect on a draining effect and prevention of chopsticks from falling.

The chopstick cage has the advantages that the chopstick cage is more convenient for a user to place chopsticks when the user cleans the chopstick cage; the chopsticks are prevented from being piled together, and the cleaning effect and the drying effect of the chopsticks are improved; preventing the chopsticks from leaking out of the bottom of the chopstick cage. The chopstick cage can be split into two small chopstick cages, and the washing space is saved. The lower cover 300 of the chopstick cage can be conveniently detached, and is convenient to clean.

The dishwasher provided by the embodiment comprises the chopstick container. Therefore, the dish washing machine has the advantages of the chopstick cage structure, chopsticks can be placed into the chopstick cage more conveniently, the chopsticks are automatically separated at intervals, the chopsticks are easier to wash and dry, the support structure at the bottom of the chopstick cage not only enables the chopsticks to be placed more easily, but also has good drying effect, and the chopsticks cannot fall down from the bottom of the chopstick cage even if the heads of the chopsticks are placed downwards.

In summary, the chopstick container provided by the present invention includes a chopstick container body 200, an upper cover 100 and a lower cover 300, wherein the upper cover 100 is connected to the upper end of the chopstick container body 200, the lower cover 300 is connected to the lower end of the chopstick container body 200, the lower cover 300 includes a plurality of supporting structures for supporting the bottoms of the chopsticks, each supporting structure includes an outer ring supporting frame 321 and a hollow structure disposed inside the outer ring supporting frame 321, and the hollow structure is used for partially supporting the bottoms of the chopsticks. Compare traditional chopsticks cage, the lower cover 300 of connection in chopsticks cage body 200 upper end includes a plurality of bearing structure, and bearing structure includes outer loop carriage 321 and sets up at the inside hollow structure of outer loop carriage 321, form the support to the bottom of chopsticks through this hollow structure, the lower cover 300 department of chopsticks cage from chopsticks has been avoided spilling, hollow structure can be convenient for the rivers on the chopsticks to go out simultaneously, avoid ponding, the middle part that can make chopsticks bottom end face simultaneously is in unsettled state, when effectively reducing the area of contact of chopsticks bottom center and chopsticks cage's lower cover 300, can improve the drying effect of chopsticks.

The dish washing machine provided by the invention comprises the chopstick cage, so that the dish washing machine also has the advantages of the chopstick cage.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; while the invention has been described in detail and with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (18)

1. The utility model provides a chopstick cage, includes chopstick cage body (200), upper cover (100) and lower cover (300), upper cover (100) are connected the upper end of chopstick cage body (200), lower cover (300) are connected the lower extreme of chopstick cage body (200), its characterized in that, lower cover (300) include a plurality of bearing structure that are used for supporting the chopsticks bottom, bearing structure includes outer loop supporting frame (321) and sets up the inside hollow structure of outer loop supporting frame (321), hollow structure is used for the part to support the bottom of chopsticks.

2. The chopstick cage of claim 1, wherein a projected area of the hollow structure in a plane of the lower cover (300) is smaller than a projected area of the outer ring support frame (321) in a plane of the lower cover (300).

3. The chopstick cage of claim 1, wherein the hollow structure comprises an inner ring support frame (322), wherein an outer side wall of the inner ring support frame (322) is connected with an inner side wall of the outer ring support frame (321) through a support rib (323).

4. The chopstick container of claim 3, wherein bottom end portions of the chopsticks are not in contact with the inner ring support frame when the chopsticks are placed in the chopstick container.

5. The chopstick cage of claim 3, wherein the inner ring support frame (322) protrudes in a direction away from the chopstick cage body (200) with respect to the outer ring support frame (321).

6. The chopstick cage of claim 3, wherein a projection of the inner ring support frame (322) in a plane parallel to the lower cover (300) comprises a polygon, a circle or an irregular figure.

7. The chopstick cage of claim 3, wherein the cross section of the inner ring support frame (322) is diamond-shaped.

8. The chopstick cage of claim 1, wherein the lower cover (300) is detachably coupled to a lower end of the chopstick cage body (200).

9. The chopstick cage of claim 8, wherein one side of the lower cover (300) is connected with one side of the chopstick cage body (200) through a first connecting structure, and the other side of the lower cover (300) is connected with the other side of the chopstick cage body (200) through a second connecting structure.

10. The chopstick cage of claim 9, wherein the first connecting structure comprises a jack (231) provided at the chopstick cage body (200), and a plug (311) provided at the lower cover (300) and corresponding to the jack (231), the plug (311) being insertable into the jack (231);

the second connecting structure comprises a clamping groove (232) formed in the chopstick cage body (200) and a buckle (312) which is arranged on the lower cover (300) and corresponds to the clamping groove (232), and the buckle (312) is matched with the clamping groove (232) and used for connecting the lower cover (300) with the chopstick cage body (200).

11. The chopstick cage of claim 1, wherein the upper cover (100) comprises a plurality of first receiving grooves (110) arranged at intervals, and the width of the opening of the first receiving groove (110) is larger than the width of one chopstick and smaller than the width of two chopsticks.

12. The chopstick cage of claim 11, wherein the width of the first receiving groove (110) is gradually reduced from the opening of the first receiving groove (110) toward the bottom of the groove.

13. The chopstick cage of claim 1, wherein one side of the upper cover (100) is hinged with a side of the chopstick cage body (200).

14. The chopstick cage of any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the chopstick cage body (200) comprises a plurality of chopstick cage bodies (210), and the plurality of chopstick cage bodies (210) are detachably connected;

the number of the upper covers (100) and the number of the lower covers (300) are multiple, and the upper covers and the lower covers correspond to the sub chopstick cage bodies (210) one by one.

15. The chopstick cage of claim 14, wherein a third connecting structure is arranged at the joint of two adjacent chopstick cage bodies (210), the third connecting structure comprises a sliding groove (211) arranged on one chopstick cage body (210) and a first hook (212) arranged on the other chopstick cage body (210) and corresponding to the sliding groove (211), and the sliding groove (211) is matched with the first hook (212) to connect the two chopstick cage bodies (210).

16. The chopstick cage of claim 14, wherein the number of the chopstick cage bodies (210) is two, the number of the upper cover (100) and the lower cover (300) is two, each chopstick cage body (210) corresponds to one upper cover (100) and one lower cover (300), the first receiving groove (110) is formed in one of the upper covers (100), and the second receiving groove is formed in the other upper cover (100).

17. The chopstick cage of claim 14, wherein a second hook (220) is provided on a side surface of the sub chopstick cage body (210).

18. A dishwasher, comprising a chopstick cage according to any one of claims 1 to 17.

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