JP3272112B2 - 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 tableware dryer capable of drying dishes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, tableware dryers capable of drying chopping, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-230335 (A47L19 / 00), have an auxiliary dryer for drying chopping separately from a main drying chamber for drying tableware. Room, or Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-4202 (A4
7L19 / 00), some are dried together with tableware in the tableware drying room. The former has a problem that the structure becomes complicated, while the latter can simplify the structure,
The table had to be brought to the edge of the drying room and dried so as not to disturb other tableware, and there was a problem in terms of drying performance due to insufficient hot air.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to simplify the structure, the present invention relates to a dish-drying type which can be dried in a common dish-drying room together with tableware, and has improved drying performance. It is an object to provide a machine.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided a hot air generator having a blower duct in which a centrifugal fan is housed and a tongue is formed in a main body. A tableware drying chamber having a hot air discharge port through which the warm air is discharged through the air duct, wherein a side wall is provided near one side wall of the tableware drying chamber, and the one side wall and the side wall are provided. The warm air outlet is disposed almost at the center of the opposed wall facing the air outlet, the axis of the centrifugal fan is disposed substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the main body, and the blower duct is a bottom longitudinal portion of the storage section. The tongue part is arranged on the side of the storage section substantially parallel to the direction.

[0005]

According to the present invention, when the centrifugal fan rotates, warm air is discharged from the warm air discharge port, and the discharged warm air is deflected in the rotational direction under the influence of the rotational direction of the centrifugal fan. It is a flow that has been done. That is, the flow is deflected to one side wall side where the chopping storage section of the tableware drying room is located, and a lot of warm air hits the chopping. Therefore, the drying performance can be kept good even when the drying is performed by bringing the table to one side wall of the tableware drying room.

[0008] When the hot air is not dried, the hot air discharge port is located almost in the middle between one side wall and the opposite wall, so that the hot air fills the dish drying room relatively uniformly.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of the dish dryer, which has a hot air generator 2 therein. The main body 1 is composed of a lower case 3 and an upper case 4, and the two cases 3, 4 are connected by screws 5. The upper case 4 is provided with a hot air outlet 6 for discharging hot air generated by the hot air generator 2. A tableware container 7 is detachably mounted on the upper case 4, and the upper opening of the container 7 is covered with a lid 8, and the container 7 and the lid 8 form a tableware drying chamber 9. The tableware S can be leaned on the bottom surface of the tableware container 7 as shown by a dotted line in FIG. The warm air discharged from the warm air discharge port 6 fills the dish drying chamber 9, and after drying the dishes, is discharged from the exhaust hole 11 provided in the lid 8.

The hot air generator 2 includes a fan motor 12 whose axis is disposed substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the lower case 3.
A sirocco fan 13 which is a kind of centrifugal fan rotated by the motor 12, a fan casing 14 for accommodating the fan 13, and an air duct 15 integrally connected to the fan casing 14 and having a tongue 40 formed thereon.
And a heater 16 disposed in the air duct 15. The fan casing 14 and the air duct 15 are composed of a side wall 17 integrally projecting from the main body lower case 3 and a cover 18 covering the side wall. The cover 18 has an air inlet 19 for taking in air into the fan casing 14.
Is provided.

A discharge duct 20 rising in an L-shape is connected to a front end of the blower duct 15, and the front end of the duct 20 is located in the warm air discharge port 6. The discharge duct 20 is screwed to the lower case 3 of the main body as is apparent from FIG. Reference numeral 22 denotes a diffusion plate which diffuses the warm air discharged from the warm air discharge port 6 to the surroundings and prevents water from entering the discharge duct 20, and is attached to the main body upper case 4.

Reference numeral 23 denotes an outside air suction port provided in the lower case 3 of the main body, on which a filter 24 is mounted. 25 is a water receiving container for storing water dropped from tableware, and 26 is a timer.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the side of one side of the tableware drying chamber 9 (on the right side in the figure), there is formed a chopping storage section 27 for holding a chopping tray M. Specifically, the bottom surface of the tableware storage container 7 is lowered by one step so that the table M can be leaned. Further, the hot air discharge port 6 is located substantially at the center of the one side wall and the opposing wall facing the side wall.
Further, the rotation direction of the sirocco fan 13 is set to a direction toward the one side wall where the storage section 27 is located as viewed from above, as indicated by an arrow in FIG. In FIG. 3, the storage section 27 is indicated by a chain line.

With this configuration, when drying the tableware S and the cutting table M, the tableware S and the processing table M are installed at predetermined positions in the tableware drying chamber 9 and the fan 13 is rotated. 1
The air sucked into the fan funnel through the air inlet 19
It is sucked into the thing 14 and sent to the heater 16 where it is heated and turned into hot air, which is discharged from the hot air outlet 6 through the discharge duct 20 into the dishware drying chamber 9. Arrows in FIGS. 1 and 2 indicate the flow of the warm air at this time.

At this time, the hot air is supplied to the air duct 15 or the discharge duct.
Even if 20 is not particularly deflected, the flow is deflected in the rotation direction under the influence of the rotation direction of the sirocco fan 13. That is, more warm air is released from the one side wall of the dish drying room 9 where the storage section 27 is located, and more hot air hits the processing M. According to experiments, 6: 4 between one side wall and the opposite wall side
Of hot air was released.

Therefore, the drying performance can be kept good even when the table M is dried by being brought close to one side wall of the tableware drying chamber 9 so as not to disturb the taking in and out of other dishes.

When the hot water is not dried, the hot air discharge port 6 is located almost in the middle between the one side wall and the opposite wall.
The hot air can be relatively uniformly filled in the dish drying chamber 9, and the dishes can be dried evenly without becoming nervous when placing the dishes.

In the above embodiment, the sirocco fan is used as the centrifugal fan of the hot air generator, but the present invention is not limited to this.

[0017]

According to the present invention, in order to simplify the structure, it is possible to dry the dishes in a dish drying room common to the dishes and the rotating direction of the centrifugal fan of the hot air generator and the dish drying. By devising the positional relationship of the indoor tray storage unit, it is possible to maintain good drying performance even if the tray M is dried by moving it to one side wall of the tableware drying room so as not to disturb other dishes. it can.

When the table is not dried, the hot air can be relatively uniformly filled in the dish drying room from the hot air discharge port, so that the tableware is not nervously placed, and excellent in usability. It will be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side longitudinal sectional view of a dish dryer of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the dish dryer taken along line AA in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the tableware dryer in a state where an upper case 4 of a main body and a cover 19 of fan casing are removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 13 Sirocco fan (centrifugal fan) 40 Tongue 15 Blow duct 2 Hot air generator 1 Main body 6 Hot air outlet 27

Continuation of front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A47L 19/00-19/04

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A tongue is formed by accommodating a centrifugal fan.
Having a hot air generating device having a blower duct to the body, the hot air is the blowing da from the hot air generating device is provided on the body
A dish drying chamber having a hot air discharge port that is discharged through the container, a dish storage section is provided near one side wall of the dish drying chamber, and the one side wall and an opposing wall facing the side wall. substantially the hot air discharge ports disposed in the middle, the centrifugation
The axis of the fan is arranged substantially perpendicular to the bottom of the main body,
The ventilation duct is substantially parallel to the bottom surface longitudinal direction of the storage section.
And the tongue portion is arranged on the side of the table storage section .