JP2634028B2 - 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 the growth conditions of the bacteria 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 an openable cover, 4 is a motor,
5 is a fan mounted on the motor 4, 6 is a heater for heating, 7 is an intake hole provided on the bottom of the main body 1, 8 is a filter for removing dust, 9 is a discharge port of hot air heated by the heater 6, Reference numeral 10 denotes tableware stored in the cupboard 2, reference numeral 11 denotes an exhaust hole provided in an upper portion of the cover 3, and reference numeral 12 denotes a water tray which can be taken out of the 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 tableware 10 is set on the cupboard 2 inside the 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 up. 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 the moisture attached to the surface of the tableware 10. Then, the hot air containing the evaporated water is supplied to the exhaust holes 11 of the cover 3.
It is exhaled more.

[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 completely performed, if a small amount of odor substance adheres to the surface of the tableware 10, odor may come out from the exhaust hole 11 during drying, or various bacteria that have flowed in from the intake hole 7 or the like during drying. Are multiplied by the moisture accumulated in the water tray 12 or the hot air containing the moisture inside the main body.

[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-mentioned problems, and heats a tableware or the like housed in a main body by a heater for heating .
Equipped with a fan that supplies air, and supplies hot air with the fan.
In a tableware dryer that dries tableware etc. stored inside the main body, the hot air supplied by the fan
While it disposed in the main body of the ozone generator to include, 該O
Hot air containing zon is discharged to the outside of the main unit through the exhaust hole of the main unit
An ozone decomposing filter for decomposing the ozone when the gas is discharged is disposed in the exhaust port .

[0010]

The dish dryer of the present invention, having the above-mentioned structure, does not generate an odor during or after drying the dishes, can prevent the growth of bacteria, and reliably treats ozone that becomes harmful if the amount is too large. It can be discharged to the outside of the main body, and the safety for the user can be measured.

[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 tableware to be dried, and the cover 3 which can be opened and closed 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 hole 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 is exhausted to the outside of the main body through the exhaust hole 11, the ozone is processed by passing through the ozone decomposition filter 18, so that safety for the user can be ensured.

[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, the ozone, which becomes harmful when the amount is excessive, can be surely treated and discharged to the outside of the main body, and a dish dryer with safety for the user can be realized.

[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 10 Tableware 13 Ozone generator 18 Ozone decomposition filter

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A fan for supplying hot air heated by a heater to tableware and the like housed in the main body ;
In a dish dryer that supplies hot air with a fan to dry dishes and the like stored inside the main unit, the fan
An ozone generator that causes ozone to be contained in the supplied hot air is disposed in the main body , and the hot air containing the ozone flows through the exhaust holes of the main body.
A dishwasher , wherein an ozone decomposition filter for decomposing the ozone when discharged to the outside of the main body through the exhaust port is provided .