JPH01104233A - Dish cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent the design of a door from being spoiled and to hardly clog a discharge port by providing ventilation windows for supplying air and for discharging the air from a hot air generation unit and communicating a blow-off port for supplying hot air with a drying chamber and the discharge port for discharging the air from the drying chamber to the respective ventilation windows. CONSTITUTION: Since air is sucked from the ventilation window 37a not connected to an exhaust duct 39, is made to enter inside a hot air case from the lower part of the hot air case 25 through an air supply port 25b, cools a control plate 34 and is supplied from a discharge part 33a through a heater case 32 to a heater 31 and the hot air is discharged from the exhaust duct 39 and the ventilation window 37b, the need of providing an opening for discharging the air on the door 27 is eliminated. Thus, the design of the door is not damaged. Further, since the hot air unit 26 is present at an upper part, even when an object is placed in front after drying, the discharge port is hardly clogged.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application This invention relates to a dish dryer for drying washed dishes, etc.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional tableware dryers of this type have a structure as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, for example.

That is, a door 2 that can be opened and closed is attached to the front of a box-shaped main body 1, and a hot air unit 3 that generates hot air is provided above the door 2.
Furthermore, inside the main body 1, there are net shelves 4 and 6 for storing tableware.
is provided. The door 2 is provided with a handle for opening and closing and an exhaust lower. - The power source air unit 3 has an air supply port 8 on its front side. There is a timer knob 9 that allows you to freely set the operating time, and a heater 10 inside.
゜Fan 11. A blower outlet 12 and the like are provided, the heater 10 and the fan 11 are electrically connected (the electrical connection is not shown), and the operation can be controlled by operating the timer knob 9.
It has become.

In such a dish dryer, when the timer knob 9 is operated, the heater 10 and fan 11 are energized, and these generate warm air, which passes through the air outlet 12.
The air is supplied into the main body 1 as shown by the arrow, and flows through the main body 1 until being discharged to the outside through the exhaust D7, thereby drying the tableware 13 and 13 stored therein.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in this structure, the exhaust lower is provided on the door 2, which is unsightly in terms of design. In particular, as shown in FIG. 6, a door 2 having decorations such as a molding 2a may look particularly unsightly due to the presence of this exhaust lower. Further, since the exhaust lower is located at the lower front, objects are likely to be placed thereon, and in this case, the exhaust lower is blocked and the inside of the main body 1 is likely to become abnormally hot.

Therefore, the present invention aims to prevent the exhaust port from spoiling the design of the door and to make the exhaust port less likely to be blocked.

Means for Solving the Problems And, the technical means of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is that the exhaust port is not provided in the door, but is provided in the hot air unit.

In other words, since the exhaust port is provided in the hot air unit, there is no need to provide it on the door, and the design of the door is not compromised.

Furthermore, the hot air unit is generally located at the top for ease of operation, so even if something is placed in front of the dryer, it will not be possible to block the exhaust port unless it is tall. This makes it less likely that the exhaust port will become clogged. In addition, the intake and exhaust passages are formed independently, and the control unit of the hot air generator is placed on the inlet side of the intake passage, so the control unit is cooled by the intake air flow, improving the performance of electronic components. It is.

EXAMPLE Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the attached FIGS. 1 to 3. In the figure, 20 is the main body, side plate 20a,
The bottom plate 2ob, the top plate 20C, and the back plate 20d form a box with one side open, and the partition plate 21 further divides the upper chamber 22. It is divided into a lower chamber 23.

The upper chamber 22 includes a front panel 24. A hot air unit 26 formed in a hot air case 26 or the like is attached, and a door 27 that can be opened and closed is attached to the front of the lower chamber 23. A mesh basket 28, 29 for storing tableware to be dried is housed inside, and a water tray 30 is provided at the bottom to receive the tableware stored in the mesh basket 28, 29. There is.

The hot air unit 26 includes a heater 3 in the hot air case 26.
1, the fan 33 to which the discharge part 33a is fitted and attached, and the control board 34 electrically connected to these (the electrical connection is not shown) are unlikely to receive conductive heat. It is attached to the wall material on the opposite side of the lower chamber 23, and generates hot air by the heat generated by the heater 31 and the air generated by the fan 33. Furthermore, a blower outlet 25a is opened at the rear of the warm air case 26, and an air supply port 2sb is opened at the front bottom surface, and the heater case 32 is in a position to be engaged with the blower outlet 29a.

On the other hand, the front panel 24 is provided with a switch 35 in the center, indicator lamps 36 and 36, and partially opened ventilation windows 37a and 37b at positions outside the width dimension of the hot air case 26 at the left and right ends of these. It is being

3 is a ventilation duct), one opening passes through the partition plate 21 to the lower chamber 23, and the other opening is connected to the partition plate 21 so that the outlet 25a of the hot air case 725 is engaged. is attached to. 39 is an exhaust duct, which also passes through the partition plate 21, with the - side opening in the lower chamber 22 and the other side or one of the two ventilation windows 37b, Board 2
It is attached to 1. Reference numeral 40 denotes an underframe, which is located below the main body 20 and has the role of supporting the main body 2o.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

Open the door 27, put washed tableware (not shown) into the mesh basket 28.29, close the door 27, and turn on the heater 31.29 by operating the switch 36. When the fan 33 is energized, the heater 31 generates heat, the fan 33 rotates, and generates wind. At this time, the flow of air (wind) is sucked in through the unconnected ventilation window 37a of the exhaust duct 39, as shown by arrows in FIGS.
The hot air enters the hot air case, cools the control board 34, passes through the heater case 32 from the discharge part 33a, and is discharged to the heater 31.
The air is heated by the heat of the heater 31, and then exits from the air outlet 25a to the outside of the hot air case 26 and flows into the air duct 38.
It is discharged into the lower chamber 23, passes around the mesh basket 28, 29, dries the tableware stored here, and is discharged into the exhaust duct 39.
The air is then discharged to the outside through the ventilation window 37b connected to this. At this time, the ventilation duct 28 is located at the upper part of the lower chamber 23 and blows hot air downward, and the exhaust duct 28 is located at the upper part of the lower chamber 23.
Since the warm air flows along the inner wall of the lower chamber 23,
The temperature inside the lower chamber 23 rises uniformly, and the tableware stored in the mesh baskets 28 and 29 can be dried in a short time.

Also, as you can see from the above explanation, the hot air is sent to the exhaust duct 3.
Since the air is discharged through the 99 ventilation window 37b, there is no need to provide an opening in the door 27 for exhaust. Furthermore, the ventilation windows for supplying and exhausting air are separated to the left and right with the hot air case 26 having the hot air generating part of the hot air unit as the center) and are separated by the width of the hot air case 260. There is also no risk of the so-called short circuit phenomenon in which exhaust air is sucked through the air vent.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the description of the embodiments described above, the present invention includes a hot air generation unit that generates hot air and a drying chamber that stores tableware for drying. The drying room is provided with ventilation windows for air and exhaust air, and the drying room is provided with an air outlet that supplies hot air generated by the hot air generation unit to the drying room, and an exhaust port that exhausts air from the drying room at each of the ventilation windows. Since the drying chamber is provided in communication, there is no need to provide an exhaust port on the door that opens and closes the drying chamber, so the design of the door is not restricted and a good appearance can be achieved. In addition, the intake and exhaust passages are formed independently, and the control unit of the hot air generator is placed on the inlet side of the intake passage, so the control unit is cooled by the intake air flow, improving the performance of electronic components. It is.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a dish dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention;
The figures are a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in Figure 1, a cross-sectional view taken along line A-B-CD in Figure 3, a perspective view showing a conventional dish dryer, and Figure 6.
The figure is a perspective view showing details of the same crime, and FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. 20...Main body, 22...Lower chamber, 26.
...Warm air unit, 27...Door, 37a
, 37b...Ventilation window, 38...Blower duct, 39...Exhaust duct. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person 20
-: 14 pieces 22- Bottom! z6-ss, unit Fig. 2 20b Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A ventilation window for supplying and exhausting air is provided in the front of the upper part of the drying chamber, and a hot air generator is provided that communicates independently with each of the ventilation windows, and a control unit for the hot air generator is provided. The dish dryer is arranged near the air supply ventilation window, and further includes a hot air generator arranged at the rear side thereof. (2) The dish dryer according to claim 1, wherein ventilation windows for air supply and exhaust are provided at both ends of the hot air generation unit.