JP2002017647A - Dish cage for dishwasher - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent possible damages to dishes during the use thereof and a greater ease of handling without offensive sound intrinsic to metal as caused by contact of the dishes with the dish cage by keeping metallic components of stainless steel material from bumping the dishes while making the best of characteristics such as cleanliness and higher resistance to corrosion the stainless steel material has in the dish cage for a dishwasher wherein the cage is housed in the dish washer for washing dishes to set the dishes. SOLUTION: In the dish cage 8 which is installed in a washing tank to set dishes 9, a coating layer 12 made of a resin material is formed entirely on the surface of a base material 11 comprising stainless steel material.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dishwasher basket for storing dishes in a dishwasher for washing dishes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a dishwasher for accommodating a dish basket of this kind has been configured as shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the configuration will be described.

[0003] As shown in the figure, a washing tank 1 includes a tableware basket 2.
And a washing pump 4 for feeding washing water to a washing nozzle 3 arranged below the tableware basket 2. A filter 5 for collecting residual vegetables (contaminants adhering to tableware and the like is referred to as residual vegetables) is provided below the washing tank 1.

The tableware basket 2 includes tableware 6 to be set.
The receiving portion 7 is provided in accordance with the table, so that a large number of dishes 6 can be arranged and set. The tableware basket 2 is made of a ferrous material such as a mild steel wire, and has a coating layer formed of a white polyamide resin over the entire surface of the tableware basket 2 to prevent rust and prevent the tableware 6 from being damaged. . Further, recently, there is a material which uses a stainless steel material as a base material, does not coat with a resin material, and gives a sense of cleanliness and luxury.

[0005]

In such a conventional structure, there is a pinhole when forming the coating layer of the resin material, or the cooking material such as a kitchen knife having a sharp tip when used causes the resin material to be erroneously formed. When the coating layer was peeled off, the iron material of the base material was rusted, resulting in a problem that the appearance was impaired, the cleanliness was impaired, and the material was damaged.

Further, since a large number of dishes 6 can be arranged and set by the receiving portion 7, the dishes 6 can be arranged.
When the tableware 6 is set, the tableware 6 may be rubbed on the adjacent receiving portion 7. At this time, when the base material is stainless steel, the tableware 6 is damaged depending on the material of the tableware 6 when the tableware 6 is soft, and when the tableware 6 is hard, the metal component of the stainless steel material is reduced. There was a problem of sticking.

[0007] When the base material is made of stainless steel, there is no coating layer made of a resin material. Therefore, when setting the metal tableware, the metal tableware hits the tableware basket, which causes the discomfort peculiar to the metal. There was a problem that sound was generated.

[0008] The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems. While utilizing the properties of stainless steel such as cleanliness and corrosion resistance, it is possible to damage tableware during use or to use stainless steel metal for tableware. It is an object of the present invention to prevent components from being attached and to prevent the occurrence of unpleasant sounds peculiar to metal due to hitting of tableware into a tableware basket, and to improve usability.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a tableware basket in which a tableware is set in a washing tank and is set on a surface of a substrate made of stainless steel. A coating layer of a resin material is formed over the entire surface.

[0010] This makes it possible to prevent the tableware from being damaged at the time of use and to attach the metal component of the stainless steel to the tableware while taking advantage of the properties of the stainless steel such as cleanliness and resistance to corrosion. Also, there is no unpleasant sound peculiar to metal due to the tableware hitting the tableware basket,
The usability can be improved.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is a tableware basket in which a tableware is set in a washing tank, and the tableware is set on the surface of a stainless steel base material. A coating layer of resin material is formed by using the properties of stainless steel, such as cleanliness and corrosion resistance, while damaging tableware during use or attaching metal components of stainless steel to tableware. In addition, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of discomfort, and to prevent the occurrence of unpleasant noise peculiar to metal due to the hitting of the tableware on the tableware basket, thereby improving the usability.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the coating layer has a see-through property, and the stainless steel material of the base material can be seen through the coating layer. The cleanliness and luxuriousness of the device can be further improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the coating layer is made of a polyamide resin, and the coating layer can be formed at relatively low cost. Since a certain facility can be used as it is, no extra capital investment is required.

[0014]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the configuration of the dishwasher is the same as that of the conventional example, and a description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 1, a tableware basket 8 is installed in a washing tank (not shown) and sets tableware 9, and a receiving portion 10 is provided in accordance with the tableware 9 to be set.
The tableware 9 is configured so that a large number of dishes 9 can be arranged and set at narrow intervals. This tableware basket 8 is formed by bending, welding, or the like using a substrate 11 made of stainless steel, and a coating layer of a polyamide resin is formed on the entire surface of the tableware basket 8 including the receiving portion 11 on the surface of the substrate 11. 12
Is formed.

The coating layer 12 is made of a polyamide resin and has a thickness of about half (about 0.2 mm) of a conventional one and is formed so as to have transparency. The coating layer 12 is formed by powder coating of a polyamide resin as in the conventional case.

The operation of the above configuration will be described. Since the tableware basket 8 is configured so that a large number of tablewares 9 can be arranged and set at narrow intervals, when the tablewares 9 are set, the tablewares 9 may be rubbed by the adjacent receiving portions 10. However, since the tableware basket 8 has a coating layer 12 made of a polyamide resin over the entire surface of the tableware basket 8 on the surface of the substrate 11 made of stainless steel, the base material 11 constituting the tableware basket 8 It is possible to prevent the soft tableware 9 from being damaged and the hard tableware 9 from being attached to a metal component of a stainless steel material.

Further, when the metal tableware 9 is set, no unpleasant sound peculiar to metal is generated due to the tableware 9 hitting the tableware basket 8.

Further, since the coating layer 12 has transparency, the stainless steel material of the base material 11 can be seen through the coating layer 12, and the cleanliness and high quality of the stainless steel material can be maintained.

Further, when setting kitchen utensils having a sharp tip such as a kitchen knife, the coating layer 12 may be accidentally peeled off, or even if a pinhole occurs during the formation of the coating layer 12, rusting may occur. Therefore, the coating layer 12 can be made thinner and the transparency of the polyamide resin can be increased, so that the cleanliness and luxury of the stainless steel material of the substrate 11 can be further improved.

The coating layer 12 is made of a polyamide resin and has a reduced thickness so as to have transparency.
By using a polyamide resin equivalent to that conventionally used, it is relatively inexpensive as compared with other resin materials, and the peel strength when the coating layer 12 is thinner than that of polypropylene or the like. Even under the conditions of use in a dishwasher, excellent durability can be obtained.

Further, since the powder coating method can be used as in the prior art, the conventional equipment can be used as it is, so that no extra equipment investment is required. Therefore, the coating layer 12 can be formed at lower cost.

[0023]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tableware basket in which a tableware is set in a washing tank and the tableware is set, and the surface of a base material made of stainless steel is provided. Since the coating layer of the resin material is formed over the entire surface, the tableware can be damaged during use while utilizing the properties of stainless steel such as cleanliness and resistance to corrosion. Can be prevented, and unpleasant noise peculiar to metal due to the tableware hitting the tableware basket can be prevented, and the usability can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the coating layer has a see-through property, the stainless steel material of the base material can be seen through the coating layer. It can be further improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the coating layer is made of a polyamide resin, the coating layer can be formed relatively inexpensively, and the existing equipment can be used as it is. There is no need for extra capital investment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a dish basket of a dishwasher according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1B is an enlarged perspective view of a partly cutaway main part of the dish basket of the dishwasher.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a dishwasher having a conventional dish basket.

[Explanation of symbols]

 8 Tableware basket 9 Tableware 11 Base material 12 Coating layer

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroshi Taniguchi 1006 Kadoma Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Mitsuo Watanabe 1006 Kadoma Kadoma Kadoma City, Osaka Matsushita Electric Industrial F Term (reference) 3B082 FF01

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A dish basket for a dishwasher, which is set in a washing tank and sets tableware, wherein a coating layer of a resin material is entirely formed on a surface of a base material made of a stainless steel material. . 2. The dishwasher basket according to claim 1, wherein the coating layer has transparency. 3. The dishwasher basket according to claim 1, wherein the coating layer is a polyamide resin.