JP2002360497A - Small article receptacle for dish washer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small article receptacle which enables the easy inserting and removing movements of objects to be washed without loss of the dischargeability of a washing object and preventing the objects to be washed from coming off the small article receptacle. SOLUTION: The small article receptacle for a dish washer is constituted in such a way as to hold the objects to be washed 12 in a raised attitude in a tubular housing space 9 with a bottom which is provided with a bottom wall part 3 and a side wall part 2 and in which an opening part 4 for insertion and removal for inserting and removing long small articles as the objects to be washed 12 is open at an upper part. An opening part 5 for discharge for discharging the washing object in the shape of a long hole along a circumferential direction is formed in part of the side wall part 2 adjacently above the bottom wall part 3. The cross-sectional area of the housing space 9 close to the bottom wall part 3 is formed smaller than the cross-sectional area of the opening part 4 for inspection and removal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bottomed cylinder having a bottom wall and a side wall, and having an opening at the top for inserting and removing a long small object as an object to be cleaned. In the shape of the storage space, the object to be cleaned is configured to be held in an upright position, and a portion of the side wall portion adjacent to above the bottom wall portion is provided with a cleaning object such as washed dirt or residue. The present invention relates to a small container for a dishwasher in which a discharge opening for discharging is formed in a long hole shape along a circumferential direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Such a small container for a dishwasher is used for holding a small elongate item such as a spoon, fork, chopstick, etc. in a standing posture when washing the small item. The accessory case is used to discharge a cleaning object such as dirt or residue washed from a long object as an object to be washed after cleaning to a portion of the side wall portion adjacent above the bottom wall portion. The discharge opening is formed in the shape of a long hole along the circumferential direction, and washings such as dirt and residues washed off during the washing operation are flowed below the accessory case along with the flow of the washing liquid, and the long hole is formed. The cleaning object can be satisfactorily discharged from the discharge opening, which is difficult to catch. Conventionally, such a small case has been formed such that the cross-sectional area near the insertion / removal opening and the bottom wall is the same.

The conventional accessory case is formed so that the cross-sectional area near the insertion / removal opening and the bottom wall is the same.
As shown in (a), the object 12 to be cleaned does not fall out of the small item 1 by mistake, but the cross-sectional area of the insertion / removal opening 4, that is, the size of the opening of the insertion / removal opening 4, is small. Therefore, the operation of inserting and removing the object 12 to be cleaned into and from the accessory case 1 becomes difficult.
As shown in (b), the operation of inserting and removing the cleaning object 12 into and from the accessory case 1 is facilitated, but the cleaning object 12 is in an oblique posture, and the lower end of the cleaning object 12 falls out of the discharge opening 5 erroneously. There was an inconvenience that it might fall off from the accessory case 1. Incidentally, it is conceivable to reduce the height of the discharge opening 5 in order to suppress the object 12 to be washed from dropping from the accessory case 1 by mistake. However, this may impair the dischargeability of the washed object. It becomes something. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to facilitate the operation of inserting and removing a long small object as an object to be washed while maintaining the dischargeability of the object to be washed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a small container that can also prevent a long small object as an object from falling out of the small container.

[0003]

Means for Solving the Problems [Invention according to claim 1]
The invention according to claim 1 is a bottomed cylindrical shape having a bottom wall portion and a side wall portion, and an insertion opening for inserting and removing a long small object as an object to be washed is opened at an upper portion. In the storage space,
A discharge opening for discharging the cleaning object is formed in a portion of the side wall portion adjacent above the bottom wall portion, the discharge opening portion being configured to hold the object to be cleaned in an upright posture, and having a length along a circumferential direction. A small case for a dishwasher formed in a hole shape, wherein a cross-sectional area near the bottom wall portion in the storage space is formed smaller than a cross-sectional area of the insertion / removal opening. It is characterized by.

[0004] That is, since the cross-sectional area of the insertion / removal opening is large, that is, the size of the opening of the insertion / removal opening is large, the operation of inserting and removing a long small object as an object to be cleaned is easy. It will be. And since the cross-sectional area near the bottom wall is small, the horizontal moving range of the lower side portion of the long small object as the cleaning object stored in the upright position is narrowed, and the cleaning object is reduced. As a result, it is possible to prevent the elongated small object from tilting greatly, and to prevent the lower end portion of the elongated small object as the object to be washed from falling off from the discharge opening, and thus the elongated object as the object to be washed. It is possible to prevent the small articles from falling off.

[0005] Therefore, it is possible to prevent the long small object as the object to be washed inserted into the accessory case from dropping off during the washing operation while maintaining a good discharge property of the washed object from the discharge opening. In addition, it is possible to obtain a small container for a dishwasher that can suppress and easily insert and remove a long small object as an object to be washed.

[0006] The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the upper surface of the bottom wall is formed in an inclined shape for guiding the cleaning object to the discharge opening. And

[0007] That is, since the upper surface of the bottom wall portion is formed in an inclined shape, the cleaning material can flow well with the flow of the cleaning liquid to the discharge opening. By the way, since the upper surface of the bottom wall portion is formed in an inclined shape, the lower side portion of the long small object as the cleaning object held in the accessory case in the upright position is directed toward the lower side of the bottom wall portion. In other words, it becomes easy to move toward the discharge opening side, but by reducing the cross-sectional area near the bottom wall portion, it is possible to suppress the long small object as the object to be washed from being largely inclined. Therefore, the lower end of the long small object as the object to be washed is prevented from dropping from the discharge opening.

[0008] Therefore, while preventing a long small object as an object to be washed from accidentally falling off, the washing object flowing to the upper surface of the bottom wall portion is satisfactorily discharged from the discharge opening to the outside. A pouch for a possible dishwasher can be obtained.

[0009] The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the side wall portion is formed by arranging annular bodies at intervals in the vertical direction.

That is, a large elongated hole is formed along the circumferential direction of the annular body vertically adjacent to the annular body, and the cleaning object and the cleaning liquid washed from the long small object as the object to be cleaned. Can be smoothly carried out, and a long small object as an object to be washed can be favorably washed.

Therefore, it is possible to satisfactorily clean the long small object as the object to be cleaned with the cleaning liquid entering the small container while reliably holding the long small object as the object to be cleaned in the upright posture. A pouch for a possible dishwasher can be obtained.

[Invention of claim 4] The invention of claim 4 is characterized in that a plurality of the storage spaces are formed.

That is, a plurality of storage spaces are provided to form a small container having a large storage capacity for long small items.

Therefore, it is possible to maintain a good discharge property of the cleaning object through the discharge opening, and to prevent a long small object as a cleaning object inserted into the small container from falling off during the cleaning operation. Further, it is possible to obtain a small container for a dishwasher which can easily accommodate a large amount of small items while being capable of easily inserting and removing a long small item as an object to be cleaned.

[0015]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a small container for a dishwasher according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the dishwasher is provided with a dishwasher main body 13 having an opening in the front and a washing tank 14 that can be pulled out from the dishwasher main body 13 in a substantially horizontal direction. .
The washing tank 14 has an opening at an upper part and a dish basket 1 inside.
5 is provided. The tableware basket 15 is configured to be able to hold tableware 16 such as a plate, a bowl, a cup, etc., and to include the accessory case 1 for holding a long small item such as a spoon, a fork, and chopsticks. Has become. As shown in FIG. 2, the accessory case 1 has a plurality of storage spaces 9 that hold long small items as the objects to be cleaned 12 arranged in a line, that is, in the present embodiment, the storage space 9 is ,
It is formed so as to have two in the horizontal direction (the direction indicated by the arrow X in FIG. 2) and four in the vertical direction (the direction indicated by the arrow Y in FIG. 2). The storage space 9 is configured to hold an elongated small object as the object 12 to be cleaned in a standing posture. Each of the storage spaces 9 has a bottom wall 3 and a side wall 2, and a bottomed opening in which an insertion opening 4 for inserting and removing a long small object as the cleaning object 12 is opened. It is configured in a tubular shape.
A discharge opening 5 for discharging the cleaning material is formed in a portion of the side wall 2 adjacent to the upper side of the bottom wall 3. The bottom wall 3 in each of the storage spaces 9 is also provided.
Is formed smaller than the cross-sectional area of the insertion opening 5. Further, the upper surface of the bottom wall portion 3 is formed in an inclined shape for guiding the cleaning object to the discharge opening 5, and the side wall portion 2 is formed by arranging the annular bodies 11 at intervals in the vertical direction. .

Next, the shape of the accessory case 1 will be described in further detail with reference to FIG. 3 showing the appearance of the accessory case 1 from above and FIG. 4 showing the cross-sectional shape in the lateral direction. The bottom wall 3
The storage spaces 9 are integrally formed so as to be commonly used as respective bottom wall portions. On the bottom wall 3, five columnar supports 7 are provided at regular intervals in a vertical position from the bottom wall 3, and a partition 6 connecting these adjacent supports 7 is provided. , Are arranged in parallel at regular intervals in the vertical direction. Then, over the adjacent support 7, U
The character bodies 10 are provided at regular intervals in the vertical direction. In other words, the plurality of U-shaped members 10 and the plurality of partition members 6 provided at regular intervals in parallel in the vertical direction are held by the support member 7 and the plurality of annular members 1 serving as the side wall 2 are provided.
1 are formed. Each of the plurality of annular bodies 11 is configured to be shared at the boundary between the adjacent storage spaces 9.

Further, each of the plurality of U-shaped members 10 is formed so that the cross-sectional area near the bottom wall 3 in each of the storage spaces 9 is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the insertion opening 5. The openings in the directions have different shapes. That is, U
Depending on the lateral opening size of the character 10, each storage space 9
The cross-sectional area near the bottom wall 3 is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the insertion / removal opening 5 by making the lower opening dimension smaller than the upper opening dimension. It is getting smaller.

Each of the storage spaces 9 has a discharge opening 5. The discharge opening 5 is formed in a portion of the side wall 2 adjacent to above the bottom wall 3 along the outer circumferential direction of the accessory case 1 between the bottom wall 3 and the lowermost U-shaped body 10. It is formed in a hole shape.

The upper surface of the bottom wall portion 3 is located at the apex of the position where the partition body 6 is provided in the lateral direction, and the accessory case 1
The bottom wall 3 is provided with a plurality of drain openings 8 which are elongated in the vertical direction so that the cleaning liquid also flows down to the lower part. I have.

The accessory case 1 created by the above configuration
An example of the dimensions of each part will be described below. Of the eight storage spaces 9, the four storage spaces in the front row in the horizontal direction are stored space P
The four storage spaces in the rear row are defined as storage spaces Q, the uppermost openings of the storage spaces P and Q are defined as A and B in the horizontal direction, and the lowermost openings of the storage spaces P and Q are defined. The opening dimensions in the horizontal direction of the section are C and D, the height dimensions of the discharge openings of the storage spaces P and Q are E and F, and the storage spaces P and Q
Let H and J denote the heights from the lowermost portion of the bottom surface to the upper surface of the uppermost portion of the U-shaped body 10, and let L be the lateral outer dimension of the bottom wall portion 3. A = 28 (mm) B = 22 (mm) C = 17 (mm) D = 17 (mm) E = 14 (mm) F = 21 (mm) H = 90 (mm) J = 95 (mm) L = 38 (mm) I have. In the U-shaped body 10 forming the storage spaces P and Q, the opening size in the lateral direction is the same from the bottom to the fourth, and the U-shaped body from the fifth to the top is the same. As the inside part of 10 spreads linearly,
It is getting bigger. As can be seen from the above dimension values, the uppermost opening has a larger lateral opening size in the storage space P than in the storage space Q. Conversely, at the heights E and F of the discharge openings 5, the storage space P is configured to be smaller than the storage space Q. As a result, the U-shaped body 10 forming the storage space P Eight, whereas the U-shaped body 10 forming the storage space Q becomes seven,
The height provided for each is also different.
That is, the storage space P and the storage space Q have different shapes. This is because each of the storage spaces P and Q has a preferable shape in order to hold a plurality of types of objects to be cleaned.

As described above, the accessory case 1 is formed such that the cross-sectional area near the bottom wall 3 in each storage space 9 is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the insertion opening 5. With this configuration, the operation of inserting and removing the cleaning object 12 can be easily performed, and the cleaning object 12 can be easily removed during the cleaning operation.
Can be securely held in the upright posture without accidentally dropping from the accessory case 1. Further, since the side wall 2 is formed by the annular body 11, the object 12 to be cleaned is not cleaned well. The upper surface of the bottom wall 3 is formed to be inclined, so that the cleaning object is also discharged. It was successfully discharged from the opening 5. Further, by having a plurality of storage spaces P and Q having different shapes,
A large number of types of long small items can be washed well by one washing operation.

[Other Embodiments] (1) In the above embodiment, the opening size of the storage space is configured to be different in one of the lateral direction and the other, but may be configured to have the same size. At this time, the height of the discharge opening, the vertical space between the U-shaped members, the vertical space between the partition members, and the like are not limited to the dimensions described in the above embodiment.

(2) In the above embodiment, the configuration is such that all heights are the same in the vertical direction (a configuration having the same number of U-shaped bodies), but the height is different for each storage space. You may comprise. Further, as a method for making the height different, for example, a method of making the number of U-shaped bodies different in each storage space, or making the vertical interval of the U-shaped bodies different is also available. is there. With such a configuration, it is possible to provide a small container that can accommodate all small items such as chopsticks and spoons, and relatively long small items such as chopsticks and ladle, and can be stored collectively.

(3) In the above embodiment, the partition is provided and the storage space is arranged in two rows. However, the partition is not provided and the storage space is arranged in one row in the horizontal direction. May be.

(4) In the above embodiment, the annular body is formed as a side wall at an interval in the vertical direction. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the annular body is formed in a mesh shape. A plate-shaped member may be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional side view of a main part of a dishwasher.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a glove compartment.

FIG. 3 is an external view of the accessory case from above.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the accessory case.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a glove compartment according to the prior art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Accessory case 2 Side wall part 3 Bottom wall part 4 Insertion / removal opening part 5 Discharge opening part 9 Storage space 11 Annular body 12 Object to be washed

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A bottomed cylindrical storage space having a bottom wall and a side wall and having an opening for inserting and removing a long small object as an object to be washed is opened at the top. A discharge opening for discharging the cleaning object is formed along a circumferential direction at a portion of the side wall portion adjacent to above the bottom wall portion. A small container for a dishwasher formed in a long hole shape, wherein a cross-sectional area near the bottom wall portion in the storage space is:
An accessory case for a dishwasher formed to be smaller than a cross-sectional area of the insertion opening. 2. An upper surface of the bottom wall portion is formed in an inclined shape for guiding the cleaning object to the discharge opening.
A small container for the dishwasher described. 3. The small container for a dishwasher according to claim 1, wherein the side wall portion is formed by arranging annular bodies at intervals in a vertical direction. 4. The accessory case for a dishwasher according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of storage spaces are formed.