JP3819811B2

JP3819811B2 - Tableware dryer

Info

Publication number: JP3819811B2
Application number: JP2002182260A
Authority: JP
Inventors: 英史野村
Original assignee: Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2002-06-21
Filing date: 2002-06-21
Publication date: 2006-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 2019-04-26
Also published as: JP2003000522A

Description

【０００１】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、温風発生手段を有する本体と蓋体とで構成される食器乾燥室内に食器籠を収納して食器を乾燥させる食器乾燥機に関する。
【０００２】
【従来の技術】
従来、この種の食器乾燥機として、温風発生手段を有する本体とこの本体上部を開閉自在に覆う蓋体とで形成される食器乾燥室内に、洗った食器を載置した食器かごを収納して食器を乾燥させる構成のものが知られている。
【０００３】
このような食器乾燥機において、食器に付着した水滴が本体の食器乾燥室底面に滴下し、本体の一部に形成された排水孔より排出されるようになっており、繰り返し使用すると食器乾燥室底面に水垢等が付着するが、本体内には温風発生手段が収納されているため、水洗いができず清掃しにくい欠点があった。
【０００４】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明は、上記欠点に鑑みなされたもので、清掃性を向上し使い勝手のよい食器乾燥機を提供することを課題とする。
【０００５】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明は、温風発生手段を内蔵し、天面に排水孔を有する本体と、該本体上方を開閉自在に覆う蓋体と、排水口を有し前記本体天面と蓋体とで形成される食器乾燥室に着脱自在に収納される把手部を形成した水受板と、該水受板に載置される食器籠とを備え、前記本体に、温風発生手段からの温風を食器乾燥室に供給する温風供給口を形成すると共に、前記水受板の温風供給口に対応する部分に、開口を形成したことを特徴とする。
【０００６】
また、前記開口の温風供給口側に、耐熱性を有するパッキンを配設することが望ましい。
【００１３】
【発明の実施の形態】
本発明の第１の実施の形態を図１乃至図９に基づいて説明する。
【００１４】
１は合成樹脂製の本体で、該本体１後方にヒータ２及び送風機３からなる温風発生手段４を内蔵する温風発生手段収納室５が形成されている。
【００１５】
６は前記本体１上面を開閉自在に覆う複数の蓋片７からなる蓋体で、本体１と蓋体６とで後述する食器籠22及び水受板16を収納する食器乾燥室８を形成している。９は前記本体１天面（前記食器乾燥室８底面）に形成された排水孔で、前記本体１の該排水孔９下方に対応する位置には水受皿10が着脱自在に配設されている。
【００１６】
11は前記本体１下部に形成された小物収納部で、該小物収納部11にまな板等の小物を収納するトレー12を出し入れ自在に収納するようになっており、該小物収納部11にトレー12を収納することにより小物乾燥室を形成している。
【００１７】
13は本体１の温風発生手段収納室５に連通して食器乾燥室８に臨む位置に形成され、前記温風発生手段４からの温風を食器乾燥室８に供給する第１温風供給口、14は本体１の温風発生手段収納室５に連通して小物収納部11に臨む位置に形成され、前記温風発生手段４からの温風を小物収納部11に供給する第２温風供給口である。
【００１８】
15は前記本体１前部に回動自在に配設された包丁ケースで、前記小物収納部11と連通し、前記第２温風供給口14から供給される温風が、小物収納部11を介して該包丁ケース15に供給され、包丁を乾燥させるようになっている。
【００１９】
16は前記食器乾燥室８に収納されるステンレス等の耐食性及び耐熱性を有する金属製の水受板で、前記本体１天面にほぼ一致する形状に形成され本体１天面にて支持されていると共に、該水受板16の前記本体１の排水孔９に対応する位置には、排水口17が形成されている。
【００２０】
18は前記水受板16の上面開口縁部に配設されたシリコン樹脂等の耐熱性を有するパッキンで、前記水受板16を本体１天面に載置した状態で本体１内側壁に当接して水受板16と本体１とを水密状に保持するようになっている。前記水受板16の前記第１温風供給口13に対応する部分には、開口19が形成されており、該開口19の第１温風供給口13側にも耐熱性を有するパッキン20が配設されており、前記第１温風供給口13から供給される温風が、水受板16と本体１との間へ流れるのを防止して温風を確実に水受板16内側へ案内し、後述する食器籠23の食器を効率よく乾燥させるようになっている。
【００２１】
21は前記水受板16内面の排水口17側に突設された支持突部で、前記排水孔９に向かって漸次下方に傾斜させた本体１天面に一致させて排水口17に向かって漸次下方に傾斜させた水受板16底面に後述する食器籠23を載置した際に、食器籠23を水平に保つよう形成されている。
【００２２】
22は前記水受板16の内側面の一部分に水受板16の外側に向かって凹設された把手部で、前記水受板16の内側に形成された該把手部22に手をかけて水受板16を本体１から着脱するようになっている。
【００２３】
23は前記水受板16上に載置されるステンレス製の食器籠で、該食器籠23の開口縁の相対向する二辺（本実施の形態では食器籠23の左右の二辺）に、樹脂製の把持部材24が配設されている。
【００２４】
前記把持部材24に、可逆性を有する塗料（本実施の形態では、所定の温度範囲を超えると変色するとともに、温度が下がると再び元の色に戻る性質を有する塗料）を塗布、または可逆性樹脂（本実施の形態では、所定の温度範囲を超えると変色するとともに、温度が下がると再び元の色に戻る性質を有する樹脂）を練り込むと、食器乾燥直後に食器籠23が加熱した状態を視覚的に表示でき、使用者が乾燥直後の加熱した食器籠23をさわり誤って火傷を負うことを防止でき、安全性を向上できる。
【００２５】
上記構成によると、本体１に水受板16を載置するとともに食器籠23を収納し、温風発生手段４を駆動すると、温風が第１、第２温風供給口13、14を介して食器乾燥室８及び小物収納部11に供給され、食器やまな板等を乾燥させる。
【００２６】
食器に付着した水は、水受板16に滴下して排水口17及び本体１の排水孔９を介して水受皿10に集められる。水受板16の開口縁部及び開口19の第１温風供給口1側面にはパッキン18、20が配設されているため、食器籠23に洗った食器を収納する際などに水受板16の開口縁部に水が滴下しても、水受板16開口縁と本体１との隙間から本体１天面上に水が侵入することがなく、本体１天面を汚すのを防止できるとともに、第１温風供給口13からの温風が開口19を介して確実に水受板16内側へ案内されるため、食器籠23に収納された食器を効率よく乾燥させることができる。
【００２７】
掃除をする際には、食器籠23の把持部材24を把持して食器籠23を取り出し、水受板16の把手部22に手をかけて水受板16を取り外して水受板16を水洗いでき、使い勝手を向上できると共に、本体１天面を清潔に保つことができる。
【００２８】
上記第１の実施の形態では、水受板16を本体１天面にて支持し、水受板16の開口縁部にパッキン18を配設して水密保持する構成としたが、図10及び図11に示す第２の実施の形態のごとく、水受板16の上面開口部に鍔部25を形成し、本体１の上面開口部近傍に形成した段部26に載置して水受板16を支持する構成としても良く、さらに前記鍔部25を、その遊端部が上方に位置するように水受板16中央部側に傾斜させても良い。
【００２９】
この構成によると、水受板16の開口縁部にパッキンを配設することなく、水受板16と本体１との隙間への水の侵入を防止でき、コストを抑えることができる。また、鍔部25を水受板16中央部側へ傾斜させることにより、鍔部25に水が滴下しても水受板16上へ確実に案内され、本体１天面を清潔に保つことができる。
【００３０】
次に、図12乃至図20に基づいて第３の実施の形態を説明する。尚、上記実施の形態と同一部分は、同一符号を附して説明を省略する。
【００３１】
27は前記本体１の排水孔９に形成された突部で、排水孔９上部に形成された十字形のリブ28に一体形成されている。
【００３２】
29は前記水受板16の排水口17に配設された開閉機構で、前記排水口17を閉塞する栓30と、該栓30を排水口17側へ付勢させるバネ31と、該バネ31を支持する支持部材32とから構成されている。
【００３３】
33は前記水受板16上面に形成された係止爪で、前記食器籠23の脚部23ａを係止するようになっている。
【００３４】
上記構成によると、食器乾燥機を台所の流し台近傍に置けない場合等に食器を洗う際、食器籠23の脚部23ａを水受板16の係止爪33に係止し、食器籠23を水受板16とともに取り外し、流し台近傍に置いて使用できる。
【００３５】
この時、水受板16を本体１から取り外すと、栓30がバネ31の付勢力により排水口17側へ押しつけられ、水受板16上の水が排水口17から滴下する事がなく、洗った食器を載置した食器籠23を本体１の所へ運ぶ際に、床を汚すことがない。
【００３６】
そして、水受板16に係止した食器籠23を運んで水受板16及び食器籠23を食器乾燥室８に収納すると、本体１天面の排水孔９に形成した突部27により水受板16の栓30がバネ31の付勢力に抗して押し上げられ、水受板16の排水口17と本体１天面の排水孔９が連通するため、食器から水受板16上に滴下した水が排水口17及び排水孔９を介して水受皿10に集められる。
【００３７】
従って、食器籠23及び水受板16を本体１から取り外した状態では水受板16から水が滴下する事がないと共に、食器籠23及び水受板16を本体１に収納した際に水受板16上の水が本体１の水受皿10に集められるため、食器を洗う際に食器籠23及び水受板16のみを流し台近傍に運んで使用し、濡れた食器を載置した食器籠23及び水受板16を再び本体１の所へ運ぶ場合等に、床を汚すことなく使用でき、使い勝手を向上できる。
【００３８】
次に、本発明の第４の実施の形態を図21乃至図24に基づいて説明する。尚、本実施の形態において、食器籠は省略している。
【００３９】
34は図示しないヒータ及び送風機等からなる温風発生手段を内蔵する温風発生手段収納室35を形成した本体で、該本体34上面を開閉自在に覆う複数の蓋片36からなる蓋体37とで食器乾燥室38を構成している。39は前記本体34に食器乾燥室38に臨ませて形成された温風供給口で、該温風供給口39は後述する水受板42の開口縁よりも上方に位置するよう構成されている。
【００４０】
40は前記本体34天面（食器乾燥室38の底面）の略中央部に形成された排水孔で、前記本体34天面は、外周から該排水孔40に向かって漸次低くなるよう傾斜しているとともに、前記本体34の該排水孔40下方に対応する位置には水受皿41が着脱自在に配設されている。
【００４１】
42は前記本体34天面に載置されるステンレス等の耐食性及び耐熱性を有する金属製の水受板で、該水受板42の前記本体34の排水孔40に対応する位置には、排水口43が形成されている。
【００４２】
前記水受板42は、外周から排水孔43に向かって漸次低くなるよう傾斜して形成されているが、該水受板42の傾斜は、前記本体34天面の傾斜よりも緩やかに形成されており、水受板42を食器乾燥室38に収納した状態では、水受板42裏面角部が全周にわたって本体34天面と接触する。
【００４３】
上記構成により、水受板42の四辺が全周で本体34天面に接触するため、水受板42の保持部を設けることなく簡単な構成で水受板42を食器乾燥室38に安定保持できる。
【００４４】
また、水受板42の保持部を設ける必要がないため、水受板42がなく食器籠のみの機種との共通使用が可能となる。
【００４５】
さらに、水受板42を有する機種においても、水受板42を使用せず、食器籠を直接本体34天面に載置して使用することも可能であるが、上記第２の実施の形態のごとく、水受板に鍔部を形成して本体上部の段部にて保持させる構成では、本体天面から段部までの高さ寸法が水受板の深さ寸法よりも大きい場合、水受板なしで食器籠を直接本体天面に載置すると、水受板上に食器籠を載置した場合よりも第１温風供給口が食器籠の高い位置に臨むことになり、食器籠に対して比較的高い位置に温風供給口が位置して温風が食器全体に当たらず、食器の乾燥効率が低下する。
【００４６】
これに対し、本第４の実施の形態の構成とすることにより、水受板42の有無に関わらず温風供給口39に対する食器籠の相対的高さが変わらないため、水受板42の有無に関わらず食器を効率よく乾燥させることができる。
【００４７】
尚、上記第４の実施の形態では、排水孔40を本体34天面の略中央部に形成し、水受板42の四辺が本体34天面と接触するように構成したが、図25及び図26に示す第５の実施の形態のごとく、本体34天面の排水孔40を本体34一側に位置させるとともに、本体34他側の２つの角部から排水孔40に向かって本体34天面を傾斜させ、水受板42裏面の三辺が本体34天面と接触するようにしてもよい。
【００４８】
【発明の効果】
本発明の請求項１によると、食器籠の食器からの水が食器乾燥室に着脱自在に収納された水受板に滴下するが、掃除をする際には食器籠を食器乾燥室から取り出し、水受板の把手部に手を掛けて水受板を取り外して水受板を水洗いでき、使い勝手を向上できると共に、本体天面には水が滴下せず、本体を清潔に保つことができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】本発明の実施の形態を示す食器乾燥機の正面図である。
【図２】同側面図である。
【図３】同第１の実施の形態を示す食器乾燥機の断面図である。
【図４】同食器籠をはずした状態の断面図である。
【図５】同食器乾燥機の蓋体を開放した状態の上面図である。
【図６】同他の方向から見た断面図である。
【図７】同水受板の上面図である。
【図８】同水受板の一部を破断した側面図である。
【図９】同他の方向からみた水受板の一部破断側面図である。
【図１０】本発明の第２の実施の形態を示す食器乾燥機の断面図である。
【図１１】同他の方向から見た断面図である。
【図１２】本発明の第３の実施の形態を示す食器乾燥機の断面図である。
【図１３】同食器籠及び水受板をはずした状態の食器乾燥機の断面図である。
【図１４】同水受板の一部破断側面図である。
【図１５】同他の方向から見た水受板の一部破断側面図である。
【図１６】同水受板と食器籠を係合させた状態を示す断面図である。
【図１７】同他の方向から見た断面ずである。
【図１８】同上面図である。
【図１９】同水受板の上面図である。
【図２０】同本体の蓋体を開放した状態の上面図である。
【図２１】本発明の第４の実施の形態を示す食器乾燥機の断面図である。
【図２２】同他の方向から見た断面図である。
【図２３】同本体の蓋体を開放した状態の上面図である。
【図２４】同水受板を収納した状態で蓋体を開放した本体の上面図である。
【図２５】本発明の第５の実施の形態を示す本体の蓋体を開放した状態の上面図である。
【図２６】同水受板を収納した状態で蓋体を開放した本体の上面図である。
【符号の説明】
３ファン（温風発生手段）
４ヒータ（温風発生手段）
９、４０排水孔
１、３４本体
１７、４３排水口
６、３７蓋体
８、３８食器乾燥室
１６、４２水受板
２３食器籠
２２把手部
２６段部
２５鍔部
２３ａ脚部（係止手段）
３３係止爪（係止手段）
３０栓（開閉手段）
３１バネ（開閉手段）
３１支持部材（開閉手段）[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a tableware dryer for storing tableware in a tableware drying chamber composed of a main body having hot air generating means and a lid and drying the tableware.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as this type of tableware dryer, a tableware basket in which washed tableware is placed is stored in a tableware drying chamber formed by a main body having hot air generating means and a lid that covers the upper portion of the main body so as to be freely opened and closed. It is known that the tableware is dried.
[0003]
In such a tableware dryer, water droplets adhering to the tableware are dropped on the bottom of the tableware drying chamber of the main body and discharged from a drain hole formed in a part of the main body. Although water scales adhere to the bottom surface, since the hot air generating means is housed in the main body, there is a drawback that it cannot be washed with water and is difficult to clean.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
This invention is made | formed in view of the said fault, and makes it a subject to provide the tableware dryer which improves cleaning property and is easy to use.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention comprises a main body having a built-in hot air generating means and having a drainage hole on the top surface, a lid body that covers the top of the main body so as to be openable and closable, a drainage port, and the main body top surface and the lid body. A water receiving plate having a handle portion detachably stored in the tableware drying chamber, and a tableware bowl placed on the water receiving plate, and the main body is provided with hot air from the hot air generating means. A hot air supply port for supplying to the drying chamber is formed, and an opening is formed in a portion corresponding to the hot air supply port of the water receiving plate .
[0006]
Moreover, it is desirable to arrange a packing having heat resistance on the hot air supply port side of the opening .
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0014]
Reference numeral 1 denotes a synthetic resin main body, and a hot air generating means storage chamber 5 in which a hot air generating means 4 including a heater 2 and a blower 3 is built is formed behind the main body 1.
[0015]
Reference numeral 6 denotes a lid made up of a plurality of lid pieces 7 that covers the upper surface of the main body 1 so as to be openable and closable. ing. 9 is a drainage hole formed in the top surface of the main body 1 (bottom surface of the tableware drying chamber 8), and a water tray 10 is detachably disposed at a position corresponding to the lower side of the drainage hole 9 of the main body 1. .
[0016]
Reference numeral 11 denotes an accessory storage portion formed at the lower part of the main body 1, and a tray 12 for storing accessories such as a cutting board is detachably stored in the accessory storage portion 11, and the tray 12 is stored in the accessory storage portion 11. The accessory drying chamber is formed by storing the.
[0017]
A first hot air supply 13 is formed at a position facing the tableware drying chamber 8 in communication with the hot air generation means storage chamber 5 of the main body 1 and supplies the warm air from the hot air generation means 4 to the tableware drying chamber 8. The opening 14 is formed at a position that communicates with the hot air generating means storage chamber 5 of the main body 1 and faces the accessory storage section 11, and supplies the warm air from the hot air generating means 4 to the accessory storage section 11. Wind supply port.
[0018]
Reference numeral 15 denotes a knife case rotatably disposed at the front of the main body 1, which communicates with the accessory storage unit 11, and the hot air supplied from the second hot air supply port 14 causes the accessory storage unit 11 to pass through. Then, the knife is supplied to the knife case 15 and the knife is dried.
[0019]
Reference numeral 16 denotes a metal water receiving plate having corrosion resistance and heat resistance, such as stainless steel, stored in the tableware drying chamber 8, and is formed in a shape substantially coinciding with the top surface of the main body 1 and supported by the top surface of the main body 1. In addition, a drain port 17 is formed at a position corresponding to the drain hole 9 of the main body 1 of the water receiving plate 16.
[0020]
18 is a heat-resistant packing made of silicon resin or the like disposed at the opening edge of the upper surface of the water receiving plate 16, and the water receiving plate 16 is placed against the inner wall of the main body 1 in a state of being placed on the top surface of the main body 1. The water receiving plate 16 and the main body 1 are held in contact with each other in a watertight manner. An opening 19 is formed in a portion of the water receiving plate 16 corresponding to the first hot air supply port 13, and a heat-resistant packing 20 is also provided on the first hot air supply port 13 side of the opening 19. The hot air supplied from the first hot air supply port 13 is prevented from flowing between the water receiving plate 16 and the main body 1 so that the hot air is surely brought into the water receiving plate 16 inside. It guides and dries the tableware of the tableware bowl 23 described later efficiently.
[0021]
Reference numeral 21 denotes a support protrusion protruding from the inner surface of the water receiving plate 16 on the side of the drainage port 17 toward the drainage port 17 so as to coincide with the top surface of the main body 1 that is gradually inclined downward toward the drainage hole 9. When the tableware bowl 23 described later is placed on the bottom surface of the water receiving plate 16 that is gradually inclined downward, the tableware bowl 23 is formed to be kept horizontal.
[0022]
22 is a handle portion recessed toward the outside of the water receiving plate 16 on a part of the inner side surface of the water receiving plate 16, and the handle portion 22 formed on the inner side of the water receiving plate 16 The water receiving plate 16 is attached to and detached from the main body 1.
[0023]
23 is a stainless steel tableware bowl placed on the water receiving plate 16, on the two opposite sides of the opening edge of the tableware bowl 23 (in this embodiment, the two left and right sides of the tableware bowl 23), A resin grip member 24 is disposed.
[0024]
The gripping member 24 is coated with a reversible paint (in this embodiment, a paint having the property of changing its color when it exceeds a predetermined temperature range and returning to its original color when the temperature is lowered), or reversible. When the resin (resin having the property of changing its color when exceeding a predetermined temperature range and returning to its original color when the temperature is lowered) is kneaded, the tableware bowl 23 is heated immediately after the tableware is dried. Can be visually displayed, and it is possible to prevent the user from touching the heated tableware 23 immediately after drying and accidentally taking a burn, thereby improving safety.
[0025]
According to the above configuration, when the water receiving plate 16 is placed on the main body 1 and the tableware bowl 23 is accommodated and the hot air generating means 4 is driven, the hot air is passed through the first and second hot air supply ports 13 and 14. The tableware is supplied to the tableware drying room 8 and the accessory storage unit 11 to dry the tableware and cutting board.
[0026]
The water adhering to the tableware is dropped on the water receiving plate 16 and collected in the water receiving tray 10 through the drain port 17 and the drain hole 9 of the main body 1. Since packings 18 and 20 are arranged on the opening edge of the water receiving plate 16 and the side surface of the first warm air supply port 1 of the opening 19, the water receiving plate is used when storing the washed dishes in the tableware bowl 23. Even if water drops on the opening edge of 16, water does not enter the top surface of the main body 1 from the gap between the opening edge of the water receiving plate 16 and the main body 1, and it is possible to prevent the top surface of the main body 1 from being soiled. At the same time, since the warm air from the first warm air supply port 13 is reliably guided to the inside of the water receiving plate 16 through the opening 19, the tableware stored in the tableware bowl 23 can be efficiently dried.
[0027]
When cleaning, hold the holding member 24 of the tableware bowl 23, take out the tableware bowl 23, put the hand on the handle 22 of the water receiving plate 16, remove the water receiving plate 16, and wash the water receiving plate 16 with water It is possible to improve usability and keep the top surface of the main body 1 clean.
[0028]
In the first embodiment, the water receiving plate 16 is supported on the top surface of the main body 1 and the packing 18 is disposed on the opening edge of the water receiving plate 16 to keep it watertight. As in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 11, the water receiving plate 16 is formed with a flange 25 at the upper surface opening of the water receiving plate 16 and placed on the step portion 26 formed near the upper surface opening of the main body 1. 16 may be configured, and the flange portion 25 may be inclined toward the central portion of the water receiving plate 16 so that the free end portion is located above.
[0029]
According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent water from entering the gap between the water receiving plate 16 and the main body 1 without providing packing at the opening edge portion of the water receiving plate 16, and to reduce the cost. In addition, by tilting the collar 25 toward the center of the water receiving plate 16, even if water drops on the collar 25, it is reliably guided onto the water receiving plate 16, and the top surface of the main body 1 can be kept clean. it can.
[0030]
Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the same part as the said embodiment attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits description.
[0031]
A protrusion 27 is formed in the drain hole 9 of the main body 1 and is integrally formed with a cross-shaped rib 28 formed in the upper part of the drain hole 9.
[0032]
29 is an opening / closing mechanism disposed at the drain port 17 of the water receiving plate 16, a plug 30 for closing the drain port 17, a spring 31 for biasing the plug 30 toward the drain port 17, and the spring 31 And a support member 32 for supporting
[0033]
Reference numeral 33 denotes a locking claw formed on the upper surface of the water receiving plate 16 to lock the leg portion 23a of the tableware bowl 23.
[0034]
According to the above configuration, when washing tableware when the tableware dryer cannot be placed near the kitchen sink, etc., the legs 23a of the tableware bowl 23 are locked to the locking claws 33 of the water receiving plate 16, and the tableware bowl 23 is It can be removed with the water receiving plate 16 and placed near the sink.
[0035]
At this time, when the water receiving plate 16 is removed from the main body 1, the stopper 30 is pressed against the drain port 17 by the biasing force of the spring 31, and the water on the water receiving plate 16 is not dripped from the drain port 17 and washed. When the tableware bowl 23 on which the tableware is placed is transported to the main body 1, the floor is not soiled.
[0036]
Then, when the tableware bowl 23 locked to the water receiving plate 16 is carried and the water receiving plate 16 and the tableware bowl 23 are stored in the tableware drying chamber 8, water is received by the protrusion 27 formed in the drain hole 9 on the top surface of the main body 1. The stopper 30 of the plate 16 is pushed up against the urging force of the spring 31, and the drain port 17 of the water receiving plate 16 and the drain hole 9 on the top surface of the main body 1 communicate with each other. Water is collected in the water tray 10 through the drain port 17 and the drain hole 9.
[0037]
Accordingly, when the tableware bowl 23 and the water receiving plate 16 are detached from the main body 1, water does not drip from the water receiving plate 16, and when the tableware bowl 23 and the water receiving plate 16 are stored in the main body 1, Since the water on the plate 16 is collected in the water tray 10 of the main body 1, when washing dishes, only the tableware bowl 23 and the water tray 16 are carried near the sink and used, and the tableware bowl 23 on which wet tableware is placed. And when the water receiving plate 16 is transported to the main body 1 again, it can be used without soiling the floor and the usability can be improved.
[0038]
Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, tableware is omitted.
[0039]
34 is a main body in which a hot air generating means storage chamber 35 containing hot air generating means including a heater and a blower (not shown) is formed, and a lid body 37 comprising a plurality of lid pieces 36 that covers the upper surface of the main body 34 so as to be freely opened and closed. The tableware drying room 38 is constituted by the above. 39 is a hot air supply port formed in the main body 34 so as to face the tableware drying chamber 38, and the hot air supply port 39 is configured to be positioned above an opening edge of a water receiving plate 42 described later. .
[0040]
40 is a drainage hole formed in a substantially central portion of the top surface of the main body 34 (the bottom surface of the tableware drying chamber 38). The top surface of the main body 34 is inclined so as to gradually become lower from the outer periphery toward the drainage hole 40. In addition, a water tray 41 is detachably disposed at a position corresponding to the bottom of the drain hole 40 of the main body 34.
[0041]
42 is a metal water receiving plate having corrosion resistance and heat resistance, such as stainless steel, placed on the top surface of the main body 34, and the water receiving plate 42 has a drainage at a position corresponding to the drain hole 40 of the main body 34. A mouth 43 is formed.
[0042]
The water receiving plate 42 is formed so as to be gradually lowered from the outer periphery toward the drain hole 43, but the inclination of the water receiving plate 42 is formed more gently than the inclination of the top surface of the main body 34. In the state where the water receiving plate 42 is housed in the tableware drying chamber 38, the corner of the back surface of the water receiving plate 42 contacts the top surface of the main body 34 over the entire circumference.
[0043]
With the above configuration, the four sides of the water receiving plate 42 are in contact with the top surface of the main body 34 on the entire circumference, so that the water receiving plate 42 can be stably held in the tableware drying chamber 38 with a simple configuration without providing a holding portion for the water receiving plate 42. it can.
[0044]
Further, since it is not necessary to provide a holding portion for the water receiving plate 42, it can be used in common with a model having only the tableware without the water receiving plate 42.
[0045]
Further, even in a model having the water receiving plate 42, it is possible to use the tableware bowl directly mounted on the top surface of the main body 34 without using the water receiving plate 42, but the second embodiment described above. As described above, in the configuration in which the flange is formed on the water receiving plate and is held by the step at the top of the main body, when the height from the top of the main body to the step is larger than the depth of the water receiving plate, When the tableware bowl is placed directly on the top of the main body without the receiving plate, the first hot air supply port faces a higher position of the tableware bowl than when the tableware bowl is placed on the water receiving plate. On the other hand, the hot air supply port is located at a relatively high position so that the hot air does not hit the entire tableware, and the drying efficiency of the tableware is lowered.
[0046]
On the other hand, by adopting the configuration of the fourth embodiment, the relative height of the tableware bowl with respect to the hot air supply port 39 does not change regardless of the presence or absence of the water receiving plate 42. The tableware can be efficiently dried regardless of the presence or absence.
[0047]
In the fourth embodiment, the drain hole 40 is formed at the substantially central portion of the top surface of the main body 34, and the four sides of the water receiving plate 42 are in contact with the top surface of the main body 34. As in the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 26, the drainage hole 40 on the top surface of the main body 34 is positioned on one side of the main body 34 and the main body 34 top is directed from the two corners on the other side of the main body 34 toward the drainage hole 40. The surface may be inclined so that the three sides of the back surface of the water receiving plate 42 are in contact with the top surface of the main body 34.
[0048]
【The invention's effect】
According to claim 1 of the present invention, water from the tableware in the tableware drops on the water receiving plate detachably stored in the tableware drying room, but when cleaning, the tableware is taken out from the tableware drying room, It is possible to wash the water receiving plate by detaching the water receiving plate by placing a hand on the handle portion of the water receiving plate, improving usability and keeping the main body clean without dripping water on the top surface of the main body.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a tableware dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the same.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the tableware dryer showing the first embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view with the tableware bowl removed.
FIG. 5 is a top view showing a state in which the lid of the tableware dryer is opened.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view seen from the other direction.
FIG. 7 is a top view of the water receiving plate.
FIG. 8 is a side view in which a part of the water receiving plate is broken.
FIG. 9 is a partially broken side view of the water receiving plate as seen from the other direction.
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of a tableware dryer showing a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view seen from the other direction.
FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a tableware dryer showing a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the tableware dryer with the tableware bowl and water receiving plate removed.
FIG. 14 is a partially broken side view of the water receiving plate.
FIG. 15 is a partially broken side view of the water receiving plate as seen from the other direction.
FIG. 16 is a sectional view showing a state in which the water receiving plate and the tableware bowl are engaged.
FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view seen from the other direction.
FIG. 18 is a top view of the same.
FIG. 19 is a top view of the water receiving plate.
FIG. 20 is a top view showing a state in which the lid of the main body is opened.
FIG. 21 is a sectional view of a tableware dryer showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 22 is a cross-sectional view seen from the other direction.
FIG. 23 is a top view showing a state in which the lid of the main body is opened.
FIG. 24 is a top view of the main body with the lid opened with the water receiving plate stored therein.
FIG. 25 is a top view showing a state in which the lid of the main body according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention is opened.
FIG. 26 is a top view of the main body with the lid opened with the water receiving plate stored therein.
[Explanation of symbols]
3 Fan (Hot air generating means)
4 Heater (Hot air generating means)
9, 40 Drain hole 1, 34 Main body 17, 43 Drain port 6, 37 Lid body 8, 38 Table drying chamber 16, 42 Water receiving plate 23 Tableware bowl 22 Handle part 26 Step part 25 Part 23a Leg part (Locking means) )
33 Locking claws (locking means)
30 stoppers (opening and closing means)
31 Spring (opening / closing means)
31 Support member (opening / closing means)

Claims

A main body having a hot air generating means and having a drain hole on the top surface, a lid body that covers the top of the main body so as to be openable and closable, and a tableware drying chamber that has a drain port and is formed by the main body top surface and the lid body A water receiving plate having a handle portion that is detachably stored in the water receiving plate, and a tableware bowl placed on the water receiving plate. The main body supplies hot air from the hot air generating means to the tableware drying chamber. The tableware dryer characterized by forming the warm air supply port to open and forming the opening in the part corresponding to the warm air supply port of the said water receiving plate .

2. The tableware dryer according to claim 1 , wherein a packing having heat resistance is disposed on the hot air supply port side of the opening .