JP3158319B2 - 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 for heating and drying tableware, cutting boards and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An example of a tableware dryer having a heating source and a lid covering the upper part of the main body and forming a drying chamber between the main body and the main body is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 1-109696.
No. 5 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-103070 have disclosed the invention.

In the dish dryer disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 1-160965, a cover member for covering the upper surface of a base body of the dish dryer includes a pair of front and rear front and rear covers. And a drying chamber is formed, the front cover is rotatably and removably pivotally supported on the left and right side walls of the rear cover, and the rear cover is detachably locked and fixed to the base body via engaging means. Things. Also,
An exhaust port is provided at the top end of the front cover, and a heating chamber provided with a heater having an air vent on the bottom surface is provided in the center of the base body, and can be freely inserted into and removed from the front panel of the base body. A supported water collection box is provided.

[0004] Then, the rack containing the tableware after washing by opening the front cover is housed in a drying room, and the front cover is closed.
Turn on the heater. The heater heats the air from the air passage, and the hot air is sent from the heating chamber to the drying chamber to evaporate water droplets attached to the tableware to dry. At this time, excess water droplets attached to the tableware are sent to a water collecting box, and air containing water vapor is discharged from an exhaust port. After drying, the front cover is removed from the rear cover, the rear cover is removed from the base body, each is cleaned, and the front and rear covers are attached to the base body in reverse order.

A dish dryer disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-103070 has a main body having hot air supply means,
A tableware drying room to which hot air is supplied from the hot air supply means, and a small items drying room formed adjacent to the tableware drying room and for storing small items such as a cutting board and chopsticks. Forms a pair of spacing ribs that form a gap between the bottom of the accessory drying chamber and the cutting board, and forms a space surrounded by the bottom of the accessory drying chamber, the cutting board, and the spacing rib from the hot air supply means. In addition to forming a passage for allowing the wind to pass through, the spacing maintaining rib is formed with a wind guide port for guiding the warm air passing through the passage to the outside of the passage, and a guide plate for guiding the hot wind to the wind guide port is formed in the passage. .

[0006] Then, the tableware is stored in the tableware drying room, the cutting board is stored in the accessory drying room, and the hot air supply means is operated. The hot air generated by the hot air supply means is supplied to the tableware drying room. Then, the dishes in the dish drying room are dried. Further, the warm air of the warm air supply means tends to pass through the passage surrounded by the bottom of the accessory drying chamber, the spacing rib and the cutting board, but is guided to the outside of the passage by the guide plate through the air guide opening of the spacing rib. Dry the cutting board efficiently as a whole.

[0007]

In the above-mentioned conventional dish dryer (dishes), the opening area of the drying chamber can be made large so that the tableware can be easily moved in and out, and the tableware can be easily removed from the base body. The front and rear covers can be easily attached and detached, and the cleaning operation is also easy. In addition, a small item drying room for drying small items such as a cutting board and chopsticks is provided, so that not only tableware but also small items can be dried, which is convenient. However, since the exhaust port for discharging the air containing water vapor in the drying chamber is provided at the uppermost end of the front cover, that is, at the upper center of the dish dryer (dishes), the hot air sent into the drying chamber is dried. In some cases, the exhaust gas may be exhausted from the exhaust port before reaching the rear of the dishwasher (dishes), and the drying efficiency is reduced. In addition, there is a problem that dust and the like easily enter through the exhaust port, and the dust and the like adhere to the washed tableware, so that the tableware cannot be kept clean.

Further, since the accessory drying chamber such as a cutting board is provided so that the vertical direction of the accessory drying chamber is in the depth direction of the dish dryer (dishes), the accessory drying chamber which is heavier with the cutting board or the like is provided. Getting in and out was inconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to provide an easy-to-use tableware dryer that dries efficiently.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a dish dryer in which a hot air supply device having an outlet at the front is provided at a rear side, and a main body case is covered with a hot air supply device. It consists of a lid body forming a chamber, the body case
A drain hole is provided almost in the center behind the bottom,
Water on one side of the rear of the case where water from the drying chamber is collected
A mounting part for the receiving part is provided, and the outside air is sucked into the other side.
The mounting part of the filter part is provided, and the water receiving part or the filter
The ruther portion can be mounted on either of the mounting portions .

The tableware dryer according to the present invention has a main body case.
A drain hole is provided almost in the center behind the bottom of the
At the rear of the body case, there is a mounting part
At the same time, take in the outside air and the water receiving section where water from the drying chamber is collected.
And the filter section are integrated into
Can also be attached .

Further, a comb-shaped cup stand is rotatably mounted on a dish stand accommodated in a drying chamber.

Further, a water receiving portion for collecting water from the drying chamber is provided on the side surface of the main body case so that the distal end projects, and a transparent lid is provided at the distal end.

[0014]

The lid is opened by rotating the closed lid in the opening direction, the dishes and the like are stored in the drying chamber, and then the lid is rotated in the closing direction to close the lid. Then, when the hot air supply device is driven, the hot air is blown out from the outlet into the drying chamber, turns around the drying chamber along the lid, and exhausts the fixed lid disposed behind the main body case while drying the dishes and the like. It is exhausted from. At this time, the warm air spreads over the entire drying room and spreads to every corner to quickly dry tableware and the like.

In addition, a substantially central portion behind the bottom of the main body case.
With a drain hole on one side of the rear of the case.
A mounting part of a water receiving part where water from the drying chamber is collected
In addition, the other side has a filter mounting part that draws in outside air.
And attach the water receiving part or filter part to both mounting parts.
The water receiving part and the filter
It is convenient to handle the ruta section.

Furthermore, the center of the bottom rear of the main body case is substantially at the center.
With a drain hole at the rear, and both sides at the rear of the case.
Is installed, and water from the drying chamber is collected.
The water receiving part to be flooded and the filter part to take in the outside air are integrated.
Be configured so that it can be mounted on the mounting section from either side
To install a dish dryer regardless of the location.
And it is easy to use.

Further, by mounting the comb-shaped cup stand rotatably on the dish stand accommodated in the drying chamber, the cups can be easily placed, and the inside of the hard-to-dry cup is dried quickly. can do.

Further, a water receiving portion for collecting water from the drying chamber is provided on the side surface of the main body case so that the front end thereof projects, and a transparent lid is provided at the front end thereof.
It is possible to see the state of water accumulation in the water receiving section without pulling out the water receiving section, and it is easy to mount the water receiving section.

[0019]

[Embodiment 1] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body case of a dish dryer, and reference numerals 2, 3, and 4 denote cover pieces that cover the upper part of the main body case 1 and form a drying chamber 5 between the main body case 1 and a lid body. As shown in FIG. 3, the hinge 6 having the engaging portions 6 a provided on both side surfaces of the lid piece 4 and the engaging portion 1 a provided on the upper surface rear of the main body case 1, the main body case 1 and the lid piece 4 are provided. Engagement portions 6a, 1a provided in
The cover piece 4 is detachably held in the main body case 1 by the engagement holes 1b and 4b corresponding to
The bearings 2 provided on both side surfaces thereof as shown in FIG.
a, 3a are rotatably supported by penetrating the hinge shaft 6b of the hinge portion 6 of the lid piece 4, and the bearing portions 2a, 3
A cap 7 is inserted into a through hole of the hinge shaft 6b so as to cover the hinge portion 6a and the hinge portion 6. Also, the lid pieces 2, 3,
4 are provided with locking pieces 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d at portions overlapping each other when closed, and an exhaust port 4a is provided at the center of the upper surface of the lid piece 4. . Reference numeral 9 denotes a coil-shaped elastic member mounted on the hinge 6 of the cover piece 4, and one end of the elastic member 9 is connected to the hinge 6 as shown in FIG.
, And the other end is fitted into the bearing portion 3a of the lid piece 3 so that the lid piece 3 is urged in the closing direction (the direction of X in FIG. 5).

Reference numeral 10 denotes a hot air supply device comprising a motor 11, a fan 12, and a heater 13, which is provided in the main body case 1 so as to protrude behind the drying chamber 5, and has a hot air outlet 10a on the front side thereof. A plurality of intake ports 10b are provided on the bottom surface. Reference numeral 14 denotes a housing portion which is opened to the lower front of the main body case 1 and which detachably houses a cutting board storage box 16 for horizontally storing a cutting board 15, and supplies hot air to the vicinity of the hot air supply device 10 behind the upper surface thereof. A supply port 14a for supplying warm air from the device 10 into the storage unit 14 is provided. 17a and 17b, as shown in FIG.
4 is a mounting portion for a filter portion and a water receiving portion which are provided on the side surface of the main body case 1 behind the filter portion 4.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a filter portion having a filter 18a on the upper surface, and as shown in FIG. 3, is provided so that a part thereof projects from one side surface of the main body case 1 in a state of being mounted on the mounting portion 17a. The outside air taken into the filter section 18 after passing through the filter 18a is sent to the hot air supply device 10 through the intake port 10b. 1
Reference numeral 9 denotes a water receiving portion provided in such a manner that a part thereof is mounted on the mounting portion 17b so as to protrude from the other side surface of the main body case 1, and a transparent water receiving lid 19a is provided on an upper surface of the protruding portion. ing. Reference numeral 20 denotes a drain hole provided on the bottom surface of the drying chamber 5 so as to face the water receiving portion 15, and is formed in a long hole shape so that the state of the amount of water can be seen from inside the drying chamber 5. In addition,
Tableware A and cups B such as bowls and dishes are on the bottom of the drying room 5.
It is inclined so that the water drop falling from the water flows down to the drain hole 20.

As shown in FIG. 7, the dish 21 comprises a flat portion 21a and a step portion 21b which are formed in a lattice so as to conform to the shape of the bottom surface of the drying chamber 5, and which is placed in the drying chamber 5. , 22 are cup stands provided with a support rod 22b in a comb-like shape on a shaft 22a, which is rotatably mounted in front of a stepped portion 21b of a dish stand 21. In use, the shaft 22a is turned to support the cup. Use the rod 22b standing up front, and use the support rod 2 when not in use.
2b is laid on the upper surface of the step 21b . Note that the flat portion 21a and the step portion 21b of the tableware 21 may be integrally formed.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, when the cover piece 2 of the closed cover is rotated in the Y direction in FIG. 8 (the direction in which the cover opens rearward), the cover piece 2 is turned around the hinge shaft 6 b of the hinge 6. Pivot along the outer circumference of the piece 3,
Further, when the lid piece 2 is rotated in the Y direction, the lid piece 3 is rotated along the outer periphery of the lid piece 4 simultaneously with the rotation operation of the lid piece 2, and the lid piece 2 and the lid When the locking pieces 8a and 8c of the piece 3 abut against the rear wall of the main body case 1, the lid piece 2 and the lid piece 3 stop, and the front side of the lid is widely opened. At this time, the rotation of the lid piece 3 is braked by the elastic member 9 provided on the lid piece 4, and the lid piece 2 and the lid piece 3 are slowly opened.

Next, the tableware A is placed in the drying room 5 in which the tableware stand 21 is housed, and the cups B are leaned against the support rods 22b of the glass stand 22, and the cover piece 2 is rotated in the closing direction. To close the lid. And cutting board storage box 1
The cutting board 15 is put into the housing 6 and housed in the housing portion 14 of the main body case 1, and the switch 23 provided on the front surface of the main body case 1 is operated to drive the hot air supply device 10. At this time, extra water droplets adhering to tableware A etc. fall on the bottom of the drying chamber 5,
The water is collected at the water receiving portion 19 through the drain hole 20.

When the hot air supply device 10 is driven, the outside air sucked into the hot air supply device 10 through the filter section 18 and the intake port 10b by the rotation of the fan 12 is heated by the heater 13 to become hot air. Most of the tableware A is blown out from the warm air outlet 10a into the drying chamber 5 as shown by the arrow C in FIG. The exhaust gas is exhausted from the exhaust port 4a while drying. At this time, the warm air spreads throughout the drying chamber 5 and spreads to every corner, and is also sent to the inside of the hard-to-dry cup leaned by the cup stand 22, so that the tableware A and the cup B dry quickly.

On the other hand, a part of the hot air of the hot air supply device 10 is:
As shown by the arrow D in FIG. 2, the cutting board 15 is supplied from the supply port 14a into the cutting board storage box 16 and is dried.

If the lid and the drying chamber 5 are dirty after the drying is completed, the lid pieces 2 and 3 are removed from the lid piece 4 and then the lid piece 4 is removed from the main body case 1 and each is removed. To clean. At this time, since the upper part of the main body case 1 is entirely opened and the lid is separated, the handling is easy and the cleaning can be sufficiently performed.

Embodiment 2 FIG. FIGS. 9 and 10 are a top view and an operation view of a main part of a second embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a long circular drain hole 20 is replaced by a small round hole. A drain hole 24 is provided substantially at the center rear of the bottom surface of the drying chamber 5 and the filter unit 18 or the water receiving unit 19 is attached to both of the mounting units 17a, 17a.
b. In this embodiment, the relationship between the length of the filter section 18 and the length of the water receiving section 19 is defined as water receiving section 19> filter section 18.

With this configuration, the first embodiment
The same operation and effect as those described above can be obtained. For example, when the filter unit 18 and the water receiving unit 19 are mounted on the main body case 1 after cleaning, the filter unit 18 and the water receiving unit 19 are mounted on the right and left opposite to before cleaning. However, drying can be performed as it is.

Embodiment 3 FIG. FIG. 11 is a top view of a main part of a third embodiment of the present invention and an operation diagram thereof. In this embodiment, a small round drain hole is used in place of the elongated drain hole 20 of the first embodiment. 24 is provided substantially in the center behind the bottom surface of the drying chamber 5 and the main body case 1
A mounting part 25 communicating with both sides is provided at the rear part,
A water receiving tray 26 is formed by integrating the filter portion 18 and the water receiving portion 19, and the water receiving tray 26 can be mounted on the mounting portion 25 from any side and from any direction. In this embodiment, the size relationship between the filter portion 18 and the water receiving portion 19 of the water receiving tray 26 is such that water receiving portion 19> filter portion 1
8.

With the above configuration, the first embodiment
The same operation and effect as those described above can be obtained. For example, even when the tableware dryer is installed in a place where one of the surfaces of the main body case 1 is closed by a wall or the like, the water receiving tray 26 can be easily mounted. Can be.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a main body case provided with a hot air supply device having an outlet at the front, and a lid for forming a drying chamber between the main body case and the main body case. It consists of the body and is almost in the center behind the bottom of the body case
A drain hole is provided in the main body case and one
At the side, there is a mounting part for the water receiving part where water from the drying chamber is collected.
In addition, the other side is equipped with a filter section for taking in outside air.
A mounting part is provided, and a water receiving part or a filter part is attached to both mounting parts.
Can be attached to any of the above, reverse to the previous use
Even if the water receiver and filter are attached to the
Dish can be dried, and a convenient tableware dryer is obtained.
Can be

In addition, a substantially central portion behind the bottom of the main body case.
Water drain holes on both sides of the rear of the case.
Connected mounting section is provided, and water from the drying room is collected
The water receiving section and the filter section for taking in outside air are
Since it can be mounted on the mounting part from either side,
Dish dryer can be installed regardless of narrow places
And an easy-to-use dish dryer
Wear.

Furthermore, since the comb-shaped cup stand is rotatably mounted on the dish stand accommodated in the drying room, the cups are easily placed and the tableware having different shapes is efficiently accommodated in the drying room. It is possible to dry the inside of a hard-to-dry cup quickly.

Further, a water receiving portion for collecting water from the drying chamber is provided on the side surface of the main body case so as to protrude at a tip thereof, and a transparent lid is provided at the tip of the water receiving portion. Without looking at the outside of the dish dryer, it is possible to see the state of water accumulation in the water receiving section and to easily mount the water receiving section.

[0036]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a side view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the main body case according to the present invention and an operation diagram thereof.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a tableware stand and a cup stand according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory view showing an opened state of a lid according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a top view of a main part of a second embodiment of the present invention and an operation diagram thereof.

FIG. 10 is a top view of an essential part of a second embodiment of the present invention and an operation diagram thereof.

FIG. 11 is an exploded top view showing a main part of a third embodiment of the present invention and its operation diagram.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case 2,3,4 Lid piece 4a Exhaust port 5 Drying room 10 Hot air supply device 10a Hot air outlet 10b Intake port 11 Motor 12 Fan 13 Heater 14 Housing part 14a Supply port 15 Cutting board 16 Cutting board storage boxes 17a, 17b , 25 Mounting part 18 Filter part 18a Filter 19 Water receiving part 19a Water receiving lid 20, 24 Drain hole 21 Dish stand 22 Cup stand 22a Shaft 22b Bearing rod 26 Water receiving tray

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued from the front page (56) References JP-A-4-126119 (JP, A) JP-A-3-92463 (JP, U) JP-A-3-65552 (JP, U) Field (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A47L 19/00

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A consists of a main body case having a hot air supply device having an air outlet in the front to back, a lid body forming the drying chamber between the body case covering the upper part of the body case, the main body A drain hole is provided almost in the center behind the bottom of the case
And the drying on one side of the back of the main body case
Provide a water receiving section for collecting water from the room,
At the other side, there is a filter
And the water receiving part or the filter part is attached to the two mounting parts.
A dish dryer characterized by being able to be attached to any of the above . 2. A main body case provided with a hot air supply device having an outlet at the front in the rear, and a lid covering the upper part of the main body case and forming a drying chamber between the main body case and the main body. A drain hole is provided almost in the center behind the bottom of the case
And a device connected to both sides at the rear of the body case.
A dressing portion is provided, and water from the drying chamber is collected
The water receiving part and the filter part for taking in outside air
A tableware dryer characterized in that the tableware dryer can be mounted on the mounting section from any side . 3. A drying apparatus comprising: a main body case provided with a hot air supply device having an outlet at the front in a rear side; and a lid covering an upper part of the main body case and forming a drying chamber between the main body case and said drying section. Comb-shaped cup stand on tableware to be stored indoors
A dish dryer characterized in that the table is rotatably mounted . 4. A main body case provided with a hot air supply device having an air outlet in the front to back, consists of a cover body forming the drying chamber between the body case covering the upper part of the body case, the main body Collect water from the drying chamber on the side of the case
Along with providing the water receiving part so that its tip protrudes,
A dish dryer , wherein a transparent lid is provided at the tip .