JP2573474B2 - Tableware dryer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dish dryer in which odor substances and bacteria are deodorized and sterilized.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the ratio of occupied housewives has increased, and housewives have become more interested in work. Widespread.

[0003] However, even after washing and rinsing the tableware after eating, there are some odorous substances, and often accompanied by bad odor during or after drying. Since the inside of the main body is in a high-temperature and high-humidity state, there is a possibility that bacterial growth conditions are adjusted and the bacteria grow.

A conventional dish dryer will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of a conventional dish dryer, wherein 1 is a main body of the dish dryer, 2 is a cupboard provided inside the main body 1, 3 is a cover which can be opened and closed, 4 is a motor, 5 is a motor. 4 is a fan mounted on 4, 6 is a heater for heating, 7 is an intake hole provided on the bottom surface of the main body 1,
8 is a dust filter, 9 is a discharge port of hot air heated by the heater 6, 10 is tableware stored in the cupboard 2, 11
Reference numeral denotes an exhaust hole provided in an upper part of the cover 3, and reference numeral 12 denotes a water tray which can be taken out at a lower part of the cupboard 2.

[0005] The operation of the tableware dryer configured as described above will be described below. After the user eats, the dirty tableware 10 is washed and rinsed, and the cupboard 2 inside the main body 1 is washed.
The tableware 10 is set in. When the cover 3 is closed and the power switch is turned on, the motor 4 operates and the heater 6 heats. The air sucked from the air inlet 7 by the fan 5 passes through the filter 8 and is heated by the heater 6. The hot air flows into the inside of the main body 1 from the discharge port 9, and evaporates water attached to the surface of the tableware 10.
Then, the hot air containing the evaporated water is discharged from the exhaust hole 11 of the cover 3.

[0006] This series of operations is performed by a temperature and a timer.
The drying time is automatically selected and the power is turned off after drying. At this time, even if the washing and rinsing are performed completely, if a slight odor substance adheres to the surface of the tableware 10, an odor comes out from the exhaust hole 11 or flows in from the intake hole 7 during drying. The germs are multiplied by the water accumulated in the water receiving tray 12 or the hot air containing the water inside the main body 1.

[0007]

In the conventional dish dryer as described above, even after washing and rinsing the dish after eating, there is some odorous substance, or the inside of the main body is in a high temperature and high humidity state. There was a problem that the growth conditions of the bacteria were adjusted and proliferated.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its object to prevent the generation of offensive odors and to prevent the growth of bacteria.

[0009]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The tableware dryer according to the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has an intake hole at the bottom of the body and an exhaust hole at the top of the body.
A dish dryer in which a heating heater and a fan are disposed inside the main body and the dishes and the like housed inside the main body are dried by forced air convection, wherein an ozone generator and a heating heater are provided below the main body. And an ozone decomposing filter for decomposing ozone when the ozone generated from the ozone generator is discharged to the outside of the main body, is provided at an upper portion of the main body.

[0010]

The dish dryer of the present invention, having the above-mentioned structure, does not generate a bad odor during or after the drying of the dishes, can prevent the growth of bacteria, and reliably treats ozone that is harmful if the amount is too much. Since it can be discharged to the outside of the main body to ensure safety for the user, and because the ozone generator and heater are arranged at the bottom of the main body and the ozone decomposition filter is arranged at the top of the main body, The ozone rides on the rising power of the hot air heated by the heating heater, so that it can be brought into contact with the tableware efficiently, so that deodorization and sterilization can be surely performed. The remaining ozone used inside can be efficiently brought into contact with the ozone to be surely decomposed.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a dish dryer according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the dish dryer of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the ozone generator of FIG.

1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of a dish dryer, and reference numeral 2 denotes a cupboard. A cupboard 2 is provided at a predetermined position inside the main body 1. 3 is an openable cover, 4
Is a motor, 5 is a fan installed in the motor 4, 6 is a heater for heating, 7 is an intake hole provided on the bottom surface of the main body 1, 8 is a filter for removing dust, and 9 is hot air heated by the heater 6. The discharge port 10 is a tableware to be dried,
An openable and closable cover 3 is disposed on the upper part of the main body 1 and covers the tableware 10 placed on the cupboard 2.

A motor 4 and a fan 5 are provided below the main body 1, respectively. The air sucked in from the air inlet 7 passes through the dust filter 8, and is turned into hot air by the heater 6 and discharged by the heater 6. It is blown out from 9. Reference numeral 11 denotes an exhaust hole, which is provided above the cover 3. Reference numeral 12 denotes a detachable water tray, which is disposed below the cupboard 2.

An ozone generator 13 is provided above the filter 8. 14 is a high voltage electrode inside the ozone generator, 15 is a low voltage electrode, 16 is a high voltage electrode 14 and a low voltage electrode 1
The gap 5, 17 is a high voltage generator for the ozone generator, and the ozone generator 13 is provided with the high voltage electrode 14 and the low voltage electrode 15 in the ozone generator high voltage generator 17 with the gap 16 provided.

Reference numeral 18 denotes an ozone decomposing filter (manganese dioxide), which is removably disposed inside the exhaust port 11 of the cover 3 inside the main body 1 and serves as a catalyst for decomposing and treating ozone. .

Next, the operation of the dish dryer of the present invention having the above configuration will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, a tableware 10 is set on a cupboard 2 inside a main body 1. When the cover 3 is closed and the power switch is turned on, the motor 4 operates and the heater 6 heats. The air sucked from the air inlet 7 by the fan 5 passes through the filter 8,
The hot air heated by the heater 6 and flowing into the inside of the main body 1 from the discharge port 9 evaporates the moisture attached to the surface of the tableware 10.

In the above case, the ozone generator 13 of the present invention is disposed in a part of the path from the intake hole 7 to the discharge port 9 so as to flow in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. The added ozone component deodorizes and sterilizes the odor component in the main body. As shown in FIG. 2, the ozone generator 13 includes a gap 16 formed between a plate-like high-voltage electrode 14 and a low-voltage electrode 15, and a high voltage generator for the ozone generator is provided upstream of the ozone generator 13. An apparatus 17 is provided.

Also, ozone is harmful if its amount is too large,
When the excess ozone used inside the main body 1 is discharged from the exhaust hole 11 to the outside of the main body 1, the ozone is processed by passing through the ozone decomposition filter 18, so that safety for the user can be achieved.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a deodorizing effect of odor components inside the main body by using ozone, and it is also possible to expect sterilization by ozone, thereby realizing an excellent sanitary dish dryer. In addition to being able to process ozone, which is harmful if the amount is too large, it can be reliably discharged to the outside of the main unit, and a dish dryer with safety for the user can be realized. And the ozone decomposing filter is arranged at the top of the main unit, so that the ozone can ride on the rising power of the hot air heated by the heater and contact the tableware efficiently, and deodorization and Sterilization can be reliably performed, and the ozone remaining after being used inside the main body can be efficiently contacted with the ozone decomposing filter on the upper part of the main body to reliably decompose.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of a dish dryer according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the ozone generator of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of a conventional dish dryer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 5 Fan 6 Heater 7 Intake hole 10 Tableware 11 Exhaust hole 13 Ozone generator 18 Ozone decomposition filter

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An air intake hole is provided at a lower portion of a main body, an exhaust hole is provided at an upper portion of the main body, a heater and a fan are provided inside the main body, and a hot air forced convection type is provided inside the main body. In a dish dryer for drying tableware and the like stored in a container, an ozone generator and a heater for heating are provided at a lower portion of the main body, and ozone generated by the ozone generator is discharged to the outside of the main body. A dish dryer having an ozonolysis filter for decomposing odors disposed above the main body.