JP2978885B1 - Knife sterilizer - Google Patents

Abstract

A conventional sterilizer cannot sterilize knives such as knives and scissors uniformly. Also, conventional sterilizers tend to be large. SOLUTION: A germicidal lamp is provided inside a housing, and an insertion portion into which a knife such as a kitchen knife, scissors or the like can be inserted in a vertical direction is formed radially around the germicidal lamp.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for sterilizing knives such as knives and scissors.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Many knives, scissors and the like are used in restaurants, food factories and the like. These knives are for food hygiene,
It needs to be sterilized. In a conventional sterilizing apparatus, a germicidal lamp is provided in a square housing, pedestals are provided above and below the germicidal lamp, and a knife is placed on the pedestal for sterilization.

[0003]

However, the sterilizer has the following problems. (1) Since the blades are placed sideways on the pedestals provided above and below the germicidal lamp, the number of knives that can be arranged is small. To mount a large number of blades, the pedestal may be widened, but in such a case, the sterilization apparatus becomes large. (2) In order to arrange many knives in a small sterilizer, it is sufficient to provide several pedestals on the upper and lower sides. In such a case, the knives placed on the pedestal far from the germicidal lamp will be close to the germicidal lamp. It is hidden behind the blade on the table, making it difficult for the light from the germicidal lamp to hit,
Not all blades can be sterilized uniformly.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a kitchen knife,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a blade sterilizing apparatus that can sterilize blades such as scissors uniformly and can be downsized.

[0005] In the knife disinfection apparatus of the present invention, an outer lid 31 provided with a vapor discharge hole 36 is freely openable and closable on a cylindrical housing having an upper opening having a bottom plate. Accommodates
A possible storage case 11 is provided, a germicidal lamp support 10 is erected above the storage case 11, and the germicidal lamp 2 is attached to the germicidal lamp support 10, and the germicidal lamp 2 is placed vertically in the center of the housing 1. The limit switch 17 is disposed above the germicidal lamp support 10.
And a cylindrical protective net 18 is put on the outer periphery of the germicidal lamp 2, and the blade of the cutting tool 3 is vertically inserted into the outer periphery of the protective net 18 so that the blade tip to the handle can be stored in the housing 1. Tool 4
The insertion tool 4 is formed in an elongated ring shape, and is formed in a ring shape by an inner frame 19 and a bar covering the outer periphery of the protection net 18 so as to be detachable and lockable on the inner peripheral surface of the housing 1. between the frame 20, elongated and ring shape formed by insertion are possible merge with the cutting edge of the blade 3 vertically and elongated as drops suspended locked without inserted in the handle frame 2
1, mounted radially on its outer periphery around the germicidal lamp 2, on the front Symbol protective net 18 is covered with the inner lid 25 fitted with a push button 29, fitted on the outer lid 31 to the casing 1, removably When the outer lid 31 is put on the housing 1, the push button 2
9 is pressed, the limit switch 17 is turned on, the germicidal lamp 2 is turned on, and when the outer lid 31 is removed from the housing 1, the push button 29 is released and the limit switch 17 is turned off. The germicidal lamp 2 is turned off.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of a knife sterilizer according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. This knife disinfection device is provided with a germicidal lamp 2 at a central portion inside a cylindrical housing 1.
Is provided vertically. The germicidal lamp 2 is attached to a germicidal lamp support 10, and the support 10 stands upright from a storage case 11 that stores a stabilizer and the like . The storage case 11 is mounted on a disk-shaped mounting plate 12. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the housing case 11 is
Is inserted into the housing 1 through an insertion opening 14 opened at the center of the housing 1, and the mounting plate 12 is fixed to the bottom plate 13 of the housing 1 by screws 15, so that the mounting plate 12 can be fixed to the housing 1. Also, the housing case 11 can be pulled out of the housing 1 together with the germicidal lamp support 10 by loosening the screw 15 and removing the mounting plate 12 from the bottom plate 13.
The germicidal lamp 2 is easily cleaned. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a plurality of rubber and resin support feet 16 are attached below the bottom plate 13, and when the housing 1 is installed on a floor or a table, the housing 1 is directly mounted. The housing 1 is designed not to be damaged by touching the floor or the like, and the stability of the housing 1 is increased.

FIGS. 3 and 6 show the upper end of the germicidal lamp support 10.
The limit switch 17 is attached as shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a cylindrical protection net 18 is slidably covered on the outer periphery of the germicidal lamp 2.

[0008] Plug tool 4 as shown in FIG. 1 the outer periphery of the protective net 18 is provided. This insert 4 has a ring-shaped inner frame 19 and an outer frame 20 having a larger diameter arranged concentrically, and a plurality of elongated ring-shaped insert frames 21 are radially provided between the frames 19, 20 (FIG. 1). In this case, 12) are arranged, and the outer end 22 of the insertion frame 21 is
The inner end 23 is attached to the inner frame 19. The inner diameter of the inner frame 19 is made larger than the outer diameter of the protective net 18 so that the inner frame 19 can be slid up and down on the outer side of the protective net 18 so that the outer diameter of the outer frame 20 is larger than the inner diameter of the housing 1. It is made slightly smaller so that it can be dropped into the inside of the casing 1 as shown in FIG. 1, and three pieces attached at equal intervals to the inner peripheral surface of the casing 1 as shown in FIG. It can be placed on the L-shaped support 24.

The number of insertion frames 21 may be 24 as shown in FIG. In this case, since the space between the inner frame 19 and the outer frame 20 is large, every other insertion frame 2 having a short length is used.
There is one. The short insert frame 21 has its outer end 22 welded to the outer frame 20 while the inner end 23 is welded to the long insert frame 21. The plug frame 21 to the 24 is shifting the position of the plug frame 21 with plug frame 21 to 12 in which two-ply ring-shaped bayonet device 4 shown in FIG. 1 in a vertical, one plug member It can also be formed by arranging the insertion frame 21 of the other insertion tool 4 between the four insertion frames 21.

An inner lid 25 shown in FIG. 5 is covered on the protection net 18 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the inner lid 25 is provided with an elevating shaft 27 at the center of the lid main body 26 so as to be slidable up and down. A spring 28 is put on the outer periphery of the elevating shaft 27, and the elevating shaft 27 is Push button 2
9, the push button 29 is pushed up by a spring 28.

An outer lid 31 with a handle 30 is placed over the opening at the upper end of the housing 1. A see-through window 32 projecting upward is formed in the outer lid 31. The see-through window 32 is provided with a cylindrical body 34 in the lid main body 33, the lower end of the cylindrical body 34 is opened on the inner surface of the lid main body 33, and the upper end protrudes upward from the upper surface of the lid main body 33, as shown in FIG. A transparent body 35 such as a transparent glass plate, a resin plate, and a lens is provided at the upper end, and the inside of the housing 1 can be seen through the transparent body 35 in a state where the outer lid 31 is covered on the housing 1. It is. Further, a steam discharge hole 36 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 34,
Water vapor generated in the casing 1 at the time of sterilization is discharged to the outside from here.

When the outer lid 31 is put on the upper end opening of the housing 1 as shown in FIG. 8, the push button 29 of the inner lid 25 is pushed down by the inner surface of the outer lid 31, and the push button 29 When the limit switch 17 is pressed, the switch 17 is turned on. When the outer lid 31 is removed from the upper end opening, the push button 29 of the inner lid 25 is pushed up by the spring 28 and rises, and the depression of the limit switch 17 is released and the switch 17 is turned off. Therefore, when the main power of the sterilizing apparatus is turned on and the outer lid 31 is put on the housing 1, the limit switch 17 is turned on and the sterilizing lamp 2 is turned on, and when the outer lid 31 is removed from the housing 1, the limit switch is turned off. 17 is turned off and the germicidal lamp 2 is turned off. Outer lid 31
, The germicidal lamp 2 does not light up even if the main power is kept on.

(Example of Use) The knife sterilizer of the present invention is used, for example, as follows. (1) Remove the outer lid from the cylindrical housing and insert it into the housing
Knife to ingredients, inserted longitudinally down the blade a blade of scissors. (2) Put the outer lid on the housing, turn on the power of the germicidal lamp, turn on the germicidal lamp, and sterilize the blade. (3) Confirm that the germicidal lamp is lit from the see-through window. Steam generated during sterilization of the blade by the germicidal lamp is discharged from the discharge hole. (4) Open the outer lid after a predetermined period of time, for example, approximately one night after cooking or work in the factory is completed and until the next day of use. Thereby, the power of the germicidal lamp is automatically turned off, and the sterilization is completed. (5) Take out the blade from the housing and use it.

[0014]

The knife disinfection device of the present invention has the following effects because the insertion tool capable of vertically inserting the knife is provided on the outer periphery of the germicidal lamp. . Since many knives can be inserted around the germicidal lamp, there is no need to stack up and down to sterilize many knives as in the conventional sterilization equipment. Can be . The distance from the germicidal lamp to all the knives is almost equal, the light from the germicidal lamp is irradiated to all the knives with almost equal intensity, and all the knives are surely sterilized without variation. . Either blade is not shaded by other blades, and all blades are reliably sterilized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of a blade sterilization apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view for assembling the blade sterilizing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3A is an explanatory view showing an installation of a germicidal lamp according to the first embodiment of the blade sterilizing apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 3B is an enlarged explanatory view of a support.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another example of the insertion tool of the knife disinfection device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of an inner lid of the knife disinfection device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of a storage case such as a stabilizer of a germicidal lamp of the knife disinfection device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which an outer lid of a housing of the knife disinfection device of the present invention is opened.

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a state in which an outer lid of a housing of the blade sterilization apparatus of the present invention is closed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 housing 2 germicidal lamp 3 blade 4 insert 10 germicidal lamp support 11 accommodation case 13 bottom plate 17 limit switch 18 protection net 19 inner frame 20 outer frame 21 insertion frame 25 inner lid 29 button 31 outer lid 36 steam discharge hole

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An outer lid (3) provided with a steam discharge hole (36) on an upper opening cylindrical housing (1) having a bottom plate (13).
1) can be opened and closed, and a ballast is housed in the lower part of the housing (1).
A storage case (11) is provided, and the storage case (1) is provided.
A germicidal lamp support (10) is erected above 1), and a germicidal lamp (2) is attached to the germicidal lamp support (10).
Is disposed vertically in the center of the housing (1), a limit switch (17) is provided above the germicidal lamp support (10), and a cylindrical protective net (18) is provided on the outer periphery of the germicidal lamp (2). The insertion tool (4) is provided on the outer periphery of the protection net (18) so that the blade of the cutting tool (3) can be vertically inserted by inserting the blade of the cutting tool (3) in the housing (1). ingredients (4) of the inner frame that covers the outer periphery of the protective net being formed in-ring shape (18) (1
9), between the formed in-ring shaped casing (1) the inner circumferential surface removal lockable and the outer frame (20), is formed on the elongated and ring shape of the blade (3) is a pluggable to the cutting edge vertically handle the plug was set to drop suspended locked without inserted frame (21), mounted radially on its outer periphery around bactericidal lamp (2), said protective net (1
8) On top of the inner lid (2)
5), the outer lid (31) is fitted to the housing (1), and is detachable. When the outer lid (31) is mounted on the housing (1), the push button (29) is pushed to limit the limit. Switch (1
7) is turned on, the germicidal lamp (2) is turned on, and the housing (1) is turned on.
When the outer lid (31) is removed from the housing, the push of the push button (29) is released, the limit switch (17) is turned off, and the germicidal lamp (2) is turned off. apparatus.