JP2665464B2 - Chopstick washing machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a chopstick washing machine for washing chopsticks used for school lunches and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an apparatus for cleaning a large number of chopsticks used for school lunches and the like, there are known an ultrasonic cleaning apparatus using an ultrasonic vibration action and an injection cleaning apparatus using a cleaning power by spraying water. Have been. However, chopsticks are not flat unlike dishes and the like, so it is difficult to remove dirt such as proteins and fats by a normal cleaning method, and since chopsticks directly touch the oral cavity, strict cleaning properties are required. These ultrasonic cleaning devices and jet cleaning devices, which have many purposes for cleaning dishes such as dishes, have insufficient points for cleaning chopsticks.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a chopstick washing machine suitable for washing chopsticks having a small flat portion.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The chopstick washing machine of the present invention comprises:
A net-like bottom surface forms a plurality of parallel waveforms, and a chopstick receiving net basket for arranging and storing chopsticks to be cleaned along the wave bottom portion of the waveform, and a chopstick receiving net basket provided above the chopstick receiving net basket, and The brushes can be opened and closed in the direction, and multiple brushes for pressing and polishing the chopsticks to be cleaned stored in the chopstick receiving basket from above are alternated with multiple shower tubes for spraying cleaning water downward. A chopstick polisher arranged at a predetermined interval in parallel with the waveform of the bottom surface of the chopstick receiving basket, and one or both of the chopstick receiving basket and the chopstick polishing section in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the waveform of the bottom surface of the chopstick receiving basket This is solved by providing a driving means for causing a reciprocating polishing movement relative to each other.

[0005]

With this configuration, many chopsticks accommodated in parallel with the corrugated wave bottom of the chopstick catching basket can be rotated without greatly deteriorating their parallel relationship even if they are hit during the grinding movement. In addition, the polishing action where the chopsticks contact each other and the cleaning action by contacting the brush work together to enhance the cleaning power, and the cleaning water sprayed from the shower pipe alternately arranged with the brush applies the cleaning power to the brush. Without being hindered, it is possible to remove the dirt from the chopstick surface with a strong jetting force and to make the washing more effective.

In the reciprocating polishing movement, when the chopstick receiving basket is reciprocated, the reciprocating movement further promotes the rotational movement of the chopsticks, improves the contact polishing action between the chopsticks, and increases the cleaning power. .

[0007]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a partial sectional view for explaining the configuration of the chopstick washing machine of this embodiment. Reference numeral 1 denotes a flat-box-shaped chopstick receiving net basket for accommodating chopsticks 2 to be washed, the upper surface of which is open. The bottom surface 1a of the chopstick receiving net basket 1 is formed of a net having a wavy shape in the horizontal direction in the figure. The to-be-cleaned chopsticks 2 are arranged in the depth direction in the drawing along the bottom of the waveform of the bottom surface 1a to be cleaned. Then, the chopstick receiving basket 1 is connected to the left and right driving rollers 3 which perform a reciprocating rotation at the edge 1b.
a.

On the upper part of the chopstick catching basket 1, a chopstick polishing part 4 capable of opening and closing the upper side of the chopstick catching basket 1 is provided on the edge 1b of the chopstick catching basket 1.
It is placed via drive mediating rollers 3b provided on the left and right of the edge 1b. In the chopstick polishing unit 4, a plurality of brushes 5 extending in the depth direction for contacting the chopsticks 2 to be washed and cleaning the chopsticks 2 are arranged at predetermined intervals downward and at the bottom surface 1a of the chopstick catch basket 1. Are arranged in the depth direction in the figure so as to be parallel to the waveforms of FIG. A shower pipe 6 for injecting washing water downward is arranged at predetermined intervals between the left and right sides of the brush 5 and between them, and the washing water sent through a water distribution pipe (not shown) is washed from an injection port 6a. The chopsticks 2 are sprayed below the arranged chopsticks 2 as shown by the dashed arrows, and the spraying power is used to wash away dirt attached to the chopsticks 2.

The chopstick catcher basket 1 is supported by the drive roller 3a, and performs a reciprocating polishing movement indicated by a solid line arrow in the horizontal direction in the horizontal direction in FIG. That is, the chopstick catch basket 1 makes a reciprocating motion orthogonal to the waveform of the bottom surface 1a. On the other hand, when the chopstick catching basket 1 performs a reciprocating grinding movement, the chopstick polishing unit 4 transmits the movement through the drive mediating roller 3b to perform the reciprocating grinding movement in the direction opposite to that of the chopstick catching basket 1. Do. That is,
When the chopstick catcher basket 1 moves to the left, the chopstick grinder 4 moves rightward via the drive mediating roller 3b, so that the relative movement between the chopstick catcher basket 1 and the chopstick grinder 4 is performed. Distance and relative speed are doubled.

When the chopsticks 2 are washed in the chopstick washing machine of the embodiment constructed as described above, the chopstick polisher 4 is moved from the chopstick receiving net basket 1.
The chopsticks 2 to be washed are arranged and accommodated on the bottom surface 1a of the chopstick receiving net 1 so as to be parallel to the waveform. Then, the power is turned on to a motor (not shown) for driving the drive roller 3a with the chopstick polishing unit 4 put on again, and the valve of the water distribution pipe (not shown) is opened to spray the washing water from the shower pipe 6. With these operations, the chopstick catch basket 1 and the chopstick polishing unit 4 perform a reciprocating polishing motion, and the reciprocating polishing motion causes the chopstick polishing unit 4 to perform the reciprocating polishing motion.
The brushes 5 uniformly contact the chopsticks 2 to perform the cleaning operation, and the washing water sprayed from the shower pipe 6 is also uniformly sprayed to the chopsticks 2 to wash away dirt.

In this polishing movement, the chopsticks 2 arranged on the bottom surface 1a of the chopstick catcher basket 1 rotate without a significant loss of the parallel relation between the chopsticks 2 during the polishing movement because of the waveform of the bottom surface 1a. Therefore, the chopsticks 2 are in good contact with each other, the polishing action works on both sides, and the cleaning power can be increased. Especially,
The reciprocating polishing movement of the chopstick catch basket 1 acts to promote the rotational movement of the chopsticks 2 and enhances the polishing action between the chopsticks 2.

Further, since each shower pipe 6 is arranged at a predetermined distance from each brush 5, the washing water jetted from the jet port 6 a of each shower pipe 6 is not obstructed by the brush 5. It acts directly on the chopsticks 2 and therefore can exert a strong detergency.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified and implemented without changing the gist. For example, in the above embodiment, as means for performing the reciprocating polishing movement of the chopstick receiving basket and the chopstick polishing unit, a drive roller performing reciprocating rotation and a drive mediating roller for transmitting the movement of the chopstick receiving basket to the chopstick polishing unit are used. Although the method used is described, the driving method of the reciprocating polishing motion is not limited to the above-described means.

[0014]

According to the present invention, the polishing action by the contact between the chopsticks is synergistic with the cleaning action by the brush, and the chopsticks can be appropriately cleaned by the spraying power of the shower.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of Signs] 1 ... Chopstick receiving basket, 1a ... Bottom surface, 1b ... Edge 2 ... Chopsticks, 3a ... Drive roller, 3b ... Drive intermediate roller,
4: Chopstick polishing unit, 5: Brush, 6: Shower tube, 6a
... the injection port.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A chopstick receiving net basket, in which a net-like bottom surface forms a plurality of parallel waveforms and along which the chopsticks to be cleaned are arranged and accommodated along the wave bottom portion, and a chopstick receiving net provided on an upper portion of the chopstick receiving net basket. The brushes can be opened and closed in the vertical direction with respect to the basket, and a plurality of brushes for holding and polishing the to-be-cleaned chopsticks contained in the chopstick receiving basket from above and a plurality of brushes for spraying washing water downward. A chopstick polisher where shower pipes are alternately arranged at predetermined intervals in parallel with the waveform of the bottom surface of the chopstick catching basket, and one or both of the chopstick catching basket and the chopstick polishing portion are corrugated on the bottom surface of the chopstick catching basket. A chopstick washer comprising: a driving means for causing a reciprocating polishing movement relative to each other in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the chopstick.