JP3103875U - Food dehydrator - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a food dehydrator that does not need to separately prepare a washing tub or the like for washing food, transfer washed food, or manually drain food to be put in advance.
A container body (2) having an opening (2a) on the upper surface, a drain basket (3) rotatably supported therein, and a lid (4) for closing the opening (2a) are provided. The inner lid that engages with the drain basket 3 in a closed state is rotatably supported, and a rotation mechanism is provided, and the rotation of the rotation mechanism causes the drain basket 3 to rotate integrally with the inner lid. In the food dehydrator, a water supply port 4a that opens above the inner lid is formed in the lid 4, and the inner lid has a communication port that communicates with the inside of the drain basket 3 from the upper surface side. A drain port 2 d is formed on the bottom surface 2 b of the container body 2.
[Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a food dehydrator for removing water attached to food such as washed vegetables.

Conventionally, as a food dehydrator that can easily remove water adhering to washed foods and the like, a drainage basket in which vegetables and the like are rotatably supported inside a container body having a lid and into which the vegetables and the like are put is placed on the lid. There has been proposed one that is rotated by a provided rotation mechanism (for example, see Patent Document 1). According to the food dehydrator, water adhering to the food is separated by the rotational centrifugal force, discharged from the mesh of the drain basket, and stored at the bottom of the container body. The accumulated water can be discarded by turning over the container body.
JP-A-7-303572

  By the way, the above-mentioned food dehydrator generally has only a dehydrating function. Therefore, when washing food, a washing tub or the like must be separately prepared, and the washed food is dehydrated for food. Work to transfer to a vessel is required. Further, when the amount of water adhering to the food put into the food dehydrator is large, the water level of the water stored in the container body becomes too high, and the food in the drainage basket may be immersed. Therefore, when putting foods into the food dehydrator, it is unavoidable to manually drain water to some extent, or to remove the drainage basket on the way and discard accumulated water.

  In view of such circumstances, the present invention provides a food that does not require separate preparation of a washing tub or the like for washing the food, transfer of the washed food, or manual draining of the input food in advance. It is intended to provide a dehydrator for water.

  The invention according to claim 1 of the present application comprises a container body having an opening on the upper surface, a drain basket rotatably supported inside the container body so as to be able to be inserted and removed, and a lid closing the opening. The lid body is rotatably supported with a saucer-shaped middle lid that engages with the drain basket in a state where the opening is closed, and is provided with a rotation mechanism that rotates the middle lid, A food dehydrator that is integrally rotated with the inner lid with which the drainage basket is engaged by rotating the rotating mechanism, wherein the lid is opened above the inner lid. A water supply port is formed, a communication port communicating with the inside of the drainage basket is formed on the inner lid from the upper surface side, and the container body is located at a position lower than the lower surface of the drainage basket. Provided is a food dehydrator characterized by having an open drain port.

  In the invention according to claim 2 of the present application, the drain port is formed so as to vertically penetrate the bottom surface of the container body, and the container body is provided with legs for separating the bottom surface from the installation surface. The food dehydrator according to claim 1, wherein:

  The invention according to claim 3 of the present application is the food dehydrator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the communication port is formed in a slit shape extending in a rotation radial direction of the inner lid. provide.

  The invention according to claim 4 of the present application is that, in place of the lid, a cooking lid fitted with a slicer can be attached to the container body, and the food cut by the slicer is used as the drainage basket. The food dehydrator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the food dehydrator is dropped into the inside of the food dehydrator.

  The invention according to claim 5 of the present application is that, in place of the lid, a cooking lid fitted with a wholesale plate can be attached to the container body, and the drain port can be closed. A food dehydrator according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is provided.

  According to the above invention, by supplying water from a water supply port formed in the lid, water is stored in the saucer-shaped inner lid, and then water for food washing is placed inside the drainage basket through the communication port. The food can be washed by being introduced and rotating the rotation mechanism in such a state. Further, since the water discharged from the drainage basket is guided to the outside from a drain port opened at a position lower than the drainage basket, the food is prevented from being immersed in the water accumulated in the container body.

  According to the food dehydrator according to claim 1 of the present invention, the food is washed by rotating the drainage basket while supplying water, and the dewatering basket is further rotated while the water supply is stopped to perform dehydration. It can be done. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an excellent effect that it is not necessary to separately prepare a washing tub or to transfer and change foods during the operation. In addition, the centrifuged water is discharged outside so as not to soak the drainage basket, so when draining the food into the food dehydrator, manually drain the water to some extent or remove the drainage basket on the way. This eliminates the need for troublesome work of discarding accumulated water.

  According to the food dehydrator according to claim 2 of the present invention, since the drain port is formed on the bottom surface of the container body, all the centrifuged water is discharged to the outside, and the water is removed after dehydration. An excellent effect of not having to throw away is required. Further, since the legs for separating the installation surface from the bottom surface of the container body are provided, the water can be discharged smoothly.

  According to the food dehydrator of the third aspect of the present invention, since the communication port is formed in a slit shape extending in the rotation radial direction of the inner lid, the supplied water is supplied evenly to the entire drainage basket. It is possible to achieve an excellent effect of being able to do so.

  According to the food dehydrator of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the food cut by the slicer provided on the cooking lid is dropped into the drain basket. After that, by returning the cooking lid to the original lid, washing and dehydrating, a series of cutting, washing and dehydrating operations can be completed in one container, during which the food transfer work An excellent effect of not being required can be achieved.

  According to the food dehydrator according to claim 5 of the present invention, foods that have been wholesaled by the wholesaler provided on the cooking lid can be completely received by the container body with the drain port closed. Excellent effects can be achieved.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the food dehydrator according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an assembled state. FIG. 3 is a view corresponding to a cross section taken along the line AA of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which a cooking lid is attached instead of the lid used for draining.

[Outline of Food Dehydrator 1]
The food dehydrator 1 according to the present embodiment closes a container body 2 having an opening 2a on an upper surface, a drain basket 3 rotatably supported inside the container body 2 so as to be insertable and removable, and an opening 2a. And a lid 4. A food with water attached thereto such as vegetables is put into the drainage basket 3 and rotated by a rotation mechanism 42 provided on the lid so that the water is discharged to the outside of the drainage basket 3 by a rotational centrifugal force. It has become.

[Container body 2]
The container body 2 is a transparent resin container having a cylindrical shape with a bottom, and a conical protrusion 2c for rotatably supporting the drainage basket 3 is formed at a central portion on an inner surface side of a bottom surface 2b thereof. In the vicinity of the outer peripheral edge on the inner surface side of the bottom surface 2b, a drain port 2d vertically penetrating is formed. Further, a leg 2 e for separating the bottom surface 2 b from the installation surface of the container body 2 is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the outer surface side of the bottom surface 2 b. The drain port 2d can be closed by inserting a stopper 2f (FIG. 4).

[Mizukiri basket 3]
The drainage basket 3 is a bottomed cylindrical resin container having an opening 3a on the upper surface, and is housed in the container main body 2 so as to be insertable and removable. A large number of slit-shaped drain holes 3d and 3e are formed in the bottom surface 3b and the side surface 3c of the water basket 3 over the entire circumference, so that the water separated by the rotational centrifugal force is quickly discharged. I have. In addition, a concave portion 3f for inserting the projection 2c is formed in a central portion on the outer surface side of the bottom surface 3b of the drainage basket 3. In addition, the drainage basket 3 shown in FIG. 1 is drawn in a state where a part of the side surface 3c is cut away to make it easy to see the internal state.

[Lid 4]
The lid 4 is a resin-made disc-shaped body that is mounted so as to cover the upper part of the container body 2, and includes an inner lid 41 and a rotation mechanism 42. The inner lid 41 is formed in a saucer shape, and is attached to the inner surface side of the lid 4. As shown in FIG. 3, in a state where the lid 4 closes the opening 2 a, the outer peripheral edge 41 a Is engaged with the opening 3 a of the drainage basket 3. Further, the inner lid 41 is rotatably locked to the lid 4 by a pin 41b integrally formed on the upper surface side so that the inner lid 41 can rotate together with the draining basket 3 to be engaged.

  The rotation mechanism 42 includes an external gear 42a integrally formed around the pin 41b of the inner lid 41, and an inner gear 42b rotatably supported by the lid 4 separately from the inner lid 41 and meshed with the outer gear 42a. And a rotating handle 42c for rotating the internal gear 42b from the outer surface side of the lid 4. The number of teeth of the internal gear 42b is set to be considerably larger than the number of teeth of the external gear 42a. Therefore, by rotating the rotary handle 42c, the inner lid 41 provided integrally with the external gear 42a is , It will be rotated at high speed.

  A water supply port 4a that opens above the inner lid 41 is formed in the lid 4 so as to penetrate therethrough. Have been. The water supply port 4a is formed to be large enough to receive water from a general water tap, and the communication port 41c is a slit-shaped hole extending in the radial direction of rotation from near the center of the inner lid 41. In addition, a large number are formed over the entire circumference of the inner lid 41.

[Cooking lid 5]
The lid 2 for cooking shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 can be attached to the container body 2 instead of the lid 4. Like the lid 4, the cooking lid 5 is a disk-shaped body made of resin that is mounted so as to cover the upper part of the container main body 2, but does not include an inner lid or a rotation mechanism. A vertically long cooking lane 5a inclined in the front-rear direction is formed. In the middle of the cooking lane 5a, there are provided through holes 5b into which various types of cooking plates 51 to 55 shown in FIG. 4 can be mounted. Reference numeral 51 denotes a thick slicer, 52 denotes a thin shredder, 53 denotes a slicer, 54 denotes a slicer for strip cutting, and 55 denotes a cooking plate serving as a wholesaler. The food such as vegetables is pressed against the cooking lane 5a to which these are attached and is slid back and forth, so that the food sliced or wholesaled from the back side can be directly dropped on the drain basket 3 or the container body 2.

[How to use the food dehydrator 1]
A method for using the food dehydrator 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. When it is desired to cut and wash vegetables, first, the cooking lid 5 equipped with an appropriate slicer is attached to the container body 2 in which the drainage basket 3 is stored. Then, the vegetables cut in the drainage basket 3 are cut out by sliding the vegetables on the cooking lane 5a. Next, the cooking lid 5 is removed, the lid 4 is attached, and the rotary handle 42c is rotated while supplying water into the water supply port 4a from a water tap or the like.

  Thereby, the water supplied from the water supply port 4a spreads like a shower inside the drainage basket 3 through the communication port 41c provided in the inner lid 41, and cleans the cut vegetables. The water obtained by washing the vegetables is continuously drained to the outside through the slit-shaped drain holes 3d and 3e and the drain port 2d. Since the bottom surface 2b of the container body 2 is separated from the installation surface by the legs 2e, the water can be discharged smoothly. Finally, the supply of water to the water supply port 4a is stopped, and the rotating handle 42c is turned to perform dehydration by centrifugation as in the conventional food dehydrator.

  In addition, when wanting to wholesale vegetables, the cooking lid 5 equipped with the wholesaler is attached to the container body 2 from which the drain basket 3 is taken out and the drain port 2d is closed by the stopper 2f. Then, by sliding the vegetables on the cooking lane 5a, the wholesaled food can be stored in the container body 2.

[Modification of the above embodiment]
In the above embodiment, the drain port 2d is provided on the bottom surface 2b of the container body 2, but the drain port 2d is not limited to this, and may be formed on the side surface of the container body 2; The opening at the position prevents the food from being immersed in the water accumulated in the container body.

  In the above embodiment, the communication port 41c of the inner lid 41 has a slit shape arranged radially, but a number of small holes may be arranged in a scattered manner.

  In addition, the food dehydrator of the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and it is needless to say that various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the food dehydrator according to the embodiment. The perspective view showing the assembled state of the food dehydrator concerning this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a view corresponding to the AA cross section in FIG. 2. The perspective view which shows the state which attached the lid for cooking instead of the lid used for draining.

Explanation of reference numerals

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Dehydrator for foods 2 Container main body 2a Opening 2b Bottom surface 2d Drainage port 2e Leg 2f Closure stopper 3 Drain basket 4 Lid 4a Water supply port 41 Inner lid 41c Communication port 42 Rotation mechanism 5 Cooking lid 51-54 Cooking plate (Slicer)
55 Cooking Plate (Wholesale Board)

Claims (5)

A container main body having an opening on the upper surface, a drain basket rotatably supported so as to be able to be inserted and removed inside the container main body, and a lid closing the opening,
The lid body is rotatably supported with a saucer-shaped inner lid that engages with the drainage basket in a state where the opening is closed, and is provided with a rotation mechanism that rotates the inner lid. A food dehydrator that is rotated integrally with the inner lid with which the drainage basket is engaged by a rotating operation of the mechanism,
A water supply opening that opens above the inner lid is formed in the lid, and a communication opening that communicates with the inside of the drain basket from an upper surface side of the inner lid is formed in the inner lid. A dewatering device for foods, wherein a drain port is formed in the main body at a position lower than the lower surface of the drainage basket.   2. The container according to claim 1, wherein the drain port is formed so as to vertically penetrate a bottom surface of the container body, and the container body includes legs for separating the bottom surface from an installation surface. 3. Food dehydrator.   The food dehydrator according to claim 1, wherein the communication port is formed in a slit shape extending in a rotation radial direction of the inner lid.   Instead of the lid, a cooking lid fitted with a slicer can be attached to the container body, and the food cut by the slicer is dropped into the drain basket. The food dehydrator according to claim 1.   4. The container according to claim 1, wherein a cooking lid fitted with a wholesaler can be attached to the container body instead of the lid, and the drain port can be closed. 5. Food dehydrator according to 1.

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