JPH01247037A - Dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To contrive drying of contents, such as plant leaves, e.g., green tea, in a short time, by rotatably providing a part for carrying the contents of a container detachable from a body and installing a far infrared ray emitting means for emitting far infrared rays toward the contents. CONSTITUTION:At least a part for carrying contents in a container 2 detachable from a body 1 is rotatably provided and a far infrared ray emitting means 3 for emitting far infrared rays toward the contents is installed. The container 2 is further provided with both a transparent part 4 for seeing through the contents in the interior and ventilating parts 5. As a result, leaves or stems of plants, such as herb, populi, medicinal herb or green tea, can be efficiently and readily dried at home. The internal conditions can be also observed during the drying.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field 1] The present invention relates to a dryer for easily drying leaves and stems of plants such as herbs, potpourri, medicinal herbs, and tea at home.

[Conventional technology 1] When drying the leaves and stems of plants such as herbs, potpourri, medicinal plants, and tea, it is necessary to dry them at low and constant temperatures, since drying them at high temperatures will result in the loss of important parts such as medicinal properties and aphids. However, in the past, no special equipment was needed to dry herbs, potpourri, etc. manually.
Leaves and stems of plants such as medicinal herbs and tea were placed in a heated dish to dry them. Other drying methods include drying in the sun or drying in the shade.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Among the above-mentioned conventional examples, for example, those that are manually dried in a heating dish such as a frying pan often fail, and if they are dried in the sun, they may not be damaged by ultraviolet #i'c. Furthermore, there was a problem in that it took too much time to do it with dry protection.

The present invention was developed in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its purpose is to efficiently and easily grow the leaves and stems of plants such as herbs, potpourri, medicinal herbs, and tea at home. To provide a dryer which can be dried and whose internal state can be observed during drying.

[How to solve the problem Pi1 In order to achieve the above object, the dryer of the present invention has a main body 1
At least the part of the container 2 where the contents are placed is rotatable and is provided with a far-infrared ray number shooter #'i3 that emits far-infrared rays toward the contents. A transparent part 4 for seeing through is provided, and a ventilation part 5 is provided in the container 2.

Further, the main body 1 is provided with a rotating means for supporting and rotating the outer circumferential surface of the container 2, and the far infrared ray emitting means 3 inserted into the container 2 with the outer circumferential surface of the container 2 placed on the main body 1 is projected from the main body 1. Alternatively, the container 2 may be provided with a transparent portion 4 for seeing through the contents therein, and the container 2 may be provided with a ventilation portion 5.

Furthermore, a hole ff1S14 is provided at the bottom of the container 2, and a stopper 17 is removably fitted into the hole 14, and the far-infrared radiation emitting means 3 protruding from the main body 1 is removably inserted into the stopper 17, so that the container 2 can be freely rotated. The stopper 17 may be supported in the main body 1 and made rotatable by a rotating means provided in the main body 1.

[Effect 1] However, in the present invention, the contents are placed in the container 32 and rotated while the far infrared rays are radiated by the far infrared number shooter fi3, efficiently and uniformly at a low temperature and constant temperature. 7! , dried,
Moreover, the inside can be observed through the transparent part 4 during drying. It should be noted that during drying, the aroma of the contents flows into the room from the ventilation section 5, causing the scent to fill the room. Furthermore, it is possible to generate medicinal ingredients without destroying them, or in some cases, produce them.

In addition, when rotating the container 2, by providing the main body 1 with a rotating means that supports and rotates the outer peripheral surface of the container 2,
There is no need for special machining of the container 2 for rotation, and in this case, the far infrared ray emitting means 3 inserted into the container 2 can be inserted into the main body 1 with the outer peripheral surface of the container 2 placed on the main body 1. By providing this, far infrared rays can be radiated into the container 2 with a simple configuration.

Furthermore, when rotating the container 2, a hole 14 is provided at the bottom of the container 2, and a stopper 17 is removably fitted into the hole 14, and the far-infrared ray emitting means 3 protruding from the main body 1 is inserted into the stopper 17.
The container 2 is rotatably supported by being removably inserted into the container.
By making the stopper 17 freely rotatable by a rotation means provided in the main body 1, it is possible to rotate the container and provide or insert a far-infrared ray number shooter #'i3 in the part of the stopper 17 that is made into the hole 14 at the bottom of the container 2. can.

[Examples] The present invention will be explained in detail below with reference to Examples. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. The upper surface of the main body 1, which is installed on a tabletop or the like, is provided with four arc-shaped fitting parts 6, and a support ff1s7 is provided at the rear of the fitting recess 6, and a heating shaft 8 protrudes from this support 11S7. . A motor 9 is built in the main body 1, and a drive wheel 11 is attached to its output shaft 10, and a driven wheel 12 is rotatably supported in the main body 1. 12 protrudes from the bottom of the fitting recess 6 of the main body 1. Two driven wheels 12 are provided so as to support the outer surface of the container 2 at two locations in the circumferential direction when the container 2 is fitted into the fitting portion 6 horizontally. Also, main body 1
A support roller 13 is provided at the bottom of the four fitting parts 6 to support the outer periphery of the container 2. The container 2 has a cylindrical container body 2a with a bottom, and each container 2b is detachably attached to the upper opening of the container body 2a, and a hole 14 is formed in the bottom of the container body 2a. Container 2 contains herbs, potpourri,
The container 2 is designed to hold contents such as leaves and stems of plants such as tea, and at least a part of the container 2 is a transparent part 4 so that the contents can be observed from the outside. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, both the container body 2a and the lid 2b are transparent, but only the container body 2a may be partly or completely transparent, or only the fi 21J can be made transparent.
Alternatively, it may be completely transparent. The container 2 is provided with a ventilation section 5 such as a hole, a designed gap, or an opening that can be opened and closed with a twister. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the ventilation section 5 is formed by punching a hole in the lid 2b. The heating shaft 8 protruding from the support part 7 has a heater built into it, and a layer of far-infrared ray emitting ceramics serving as the far-infrared ray emitting means 3 is formed on the outside. As this far-infrared edge emitting ceramic, a general norconia ceramic can be used. Then, contents such as leaves and stems of plants such as herbs, potpourri, and tea are placed in the container 1, and the container 2 is fitted into the main body 1 with the four parts 6.
At the same time, the heating shaft 8 is inserted through the hole ff1s14 of the container 2. In this case, the container 2 is the driven wheel 1
The outer surface is supported by 2 and support rollers 13. In this state, when the switch 15 provided on the main body 1 is operated to drive the motor 9, the drive wheel 11 rotates, and the driven wheel 12 rotates in conjunction with the drive wheel 11. is rotating. On the other hand, when the switch 15 is operated, the heater built into the heating shaft 8 is heated, and the heating of the heater heats the far infrared radiation means 3 on the outer surface of the heating shaft 8, and the far infrared rays are radiated into the container 1. The contents placed in the container 2 and stirred by the rotation of the container 2 are heated and dried.

During this drying process, the aroma of the contents comes out from the ventilation section 5 into the room, and the room is filled with the pleasant scent of herbs, potpourri, medicinal plants, tea, etc. Figures 1 to 3
The illustrated embodiment shows an example in which the container 2 is supported at an angle so that the lid 2b side is slightly higher when the container 2 is rotated.
As shown in PIS 4, there are some that may be supported in a horizontal position so as not to tilt.

Next, the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 will be explained. In FIG. 5, a heating shaft 8 is provided protruding from the main body 1;
A driving gear 16 driven by the motor 9 is arranged near the protruding portion.

On the other hand, in the container 2, a plug 17 such as a rubber stopper is removably fitted into a hole 14 at the bottom of the container body 2a, and a gear 18 is fixed to the tip of the plug 17. A support cylindrical portion 17a is inserted through the central portion. In this embodiment, the heating shaft 8 is inserted through the support cylinder part 17a, and the heating shaft 8 rotatably supports the container 2 with the stopper 17, and the teeth 4118 are meshed with the driving gear 16. By rotating the gear 16, the gear 18 is rotated and the container 2 is rotated.

In each of the above embodiments, an example was shown in which far-infrared emitting ceramics were provided on the outer surface of the heating shaft 8, and the heating shaft 8 was used as the heating means and the far-infrared radiation means 3 as 4.
without providing far-infrared emitting ceramics on the outer surface of the
It is also possible to coat the inner surface of the container 2 with far-infrared ray emitting ceramics and use this as the far-infrared ray emitting means 3.

Embodiments of the present invention are shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 of PIIJ. In this embodiment, a rotating wheel 19 rotated by a motor is rotatably provided on the outer periphery of the upper surface of the main body 1, and a heating shaft 8 is further provided to protrude upward from the center of the upper surface of the main body 1. The container 2 is composed of a container body 2a, fi 2b, and a plate 2d. The container body 2a has a transparent portion 4 in whole or in part, and the bottom of the container body 2a is open. 7C, the container body 2a is fitted and placed in a placing portion provided at the edge of the upper opening of the main body 1. Dish 2c11. is fixed to the cylinder 2e in multiple steps in the vertical direction, and the plate 2d is fixed to the cylinder 2e at a slight incline in the embodiment shown in the attached drawings, but the plate 2d is fixed to the cylinder 2e substantially horizontally. It is a good idea to store it away. A locking portion 20 is provided at the bottom of the lowest plate 2d.

Then, the lowermost plate 2d is placed on a rotary plate 30 provided in the upper opening of the main body. Here, when the plates 2c fixed to the cylindrical body 2e in multiple stages are placed in the container body 2a, the locking part 20 of the lowest plate 2d is removably locked to the locked part 21 of the rotating plate 30. Although the nine-rotation plate 30 configured as shown in FIG.

In this case, the engaging portion 22 is provided on the F surface of the rotating plate 30, the engaged portion 23 is provided on the upper surface of the rotating wheel body 19, and the engaging portion 22 is provided on the F surface of the rotating plate 30.
2 may be detachably engaged with the engaged portion 23. In this way, the rotating plate 30 can be reliably rotated by the rotation of the rotating wheel body 19. Alternatively, at least one of the upper surface of the rotary wheel body 19 and the lower surface of the rotary plate 30 may be made of rubber so that rotation can be reliably transmitted by friction. Further, at least one of the upper surface of the rotary plate 30 and the single layered portion of the lowermost plate 2J may be made of rubber. When the plate 2d is placed on the rotating plate 30, the heated citron 8 is inserted into the cylinder 2e through the hole in the rotating plate 30, and the heater in the heating shaft 8 is heated, causing the heating to occur in the cylinder 2e. The far infrared rays emitting means 3, such as coated far infrared rays emitting ceramics, is heated and radiates infrared rays, which radiates far infrared rays to the contents at 1111rIiL on each tier of dishes 2d. In this case, the dish 2d may be coated with a far-infrared emitting ceramic, and the inner surface of the container body 2a may be coated with a far-infrared emitting ceramic. It is rotatably attached to the top of a column 24 that protrudes upward from the side of the i2b, and when the i2b is folded down, the lid 2b covers the upper opening of the container body 2a, but at this time, the container body 2 and the column are 24
A gap may be formed between the i2b supported by the i2b. This gap becomes the ventilation section 5. In addition, the ventilation section 5 may be provided in the container body 2a or the lid 2b.

By the way, the circuit may be configured so that the motor or heater is energized when the lid 2b''C container body 2a is covered.In the embodiment shown in FIG. Alternatively, the lowermost plate 2d itself may be used as the rotating plate 30, and the rotating plate 30 may be pulled up together with the plate 2d.

tJS9 to FIG. 11 show still other embodiments of the present invention. In this embodiment, a heater 2 is installed on the top surface of the main body 1.
5 and a drive plate 26 rotated by a motor, the container 2 is rotatably placed on the drive trochanter 26, and by rotating the drive trochanter 26, the container 'a2 is rotated. There is. In this case, the inner surface of the container body 2a constituting the container 2 is coated with far-infrared ray emitting ceramics to provide far-infrared rays emitting means 3, and the far-infrared rays emitting means 3 is heated by the heater 25 and radiates the far-infrared rays to form the container. In this embodiment, each container 2b is made of transparent 81S4. 4, or the entire container body 2a may be the transparent part 4. When the entire container body 2a is made transparent, a far infrared radiation means 3 is provided on the upper surface of the heater 25, and the container body 2a is
The far infrared rays may be emitted from the outside of the container body 2a and transmitted to the contents.6 FIG. 12 shows a further embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a rotating disk 19 is provided on the second surface t of the main body 1, and by placing the container 'a2 on the rotating disk 19 or the rotating disk, u 'a2 is rotated. Here, the heater 1 provided on the main body 1 heats the far infrared radiation means or the container body 2 provided on the main body 1.
The far-infrared rays emitting means provided on the inner surface of the container (a) is heated to emit far-infrared rays, thereby emitting far-infrared rays to the contents. In this embodiment, a part or all of the container body 2a and a part or all of the lid 2b are transparent parts 4.

Incidentally, in any of the above embodiments, various materials such as glass, ceramics, metal, and plastic can be selected as the material constituting the container 2. When glass is used here, it is transparent so that the inside can be observed, is easy to clean, and can emit far infrared rays. Furthermore, the use of ceramics is most suitable for emitting far-infrared rays. In the case of metal, it is strong (and easy to clean).Also, if you use a metal mesh,
It has good ventilation, the inside can be observed to a certain extent, it is easy to clean, far infrared rays can easily pass through from the outside, and it is strong. Furthermore, if a plastic material is used, it is lightweight, unbreakable, transparent, and offers greater freedom in design. Note that when an opaque material is used for the container 2, a transparent portion 4 must be provided in a portion so that the contents inside can be observed. Furthermore, container 2
A stirring fin may be provided inside the container, and the provision of the fin allows the contents to be stirred more efficiently.

In addition, the temperature of the heater is controlled by turning it on and off using a TC or a sensor, and the temperature is 8.
This is to prevent the temperature from rising above 0°C.

In addition, as in the present invention, if contents such as leaves of plants such as barb, potpourri, medicinal herbs, and tea are placed in the container 2 and dried by irradiating far infrared rays, the taste becomes mellow and the bactericidal effect is improved. It also has the effect of removing pesticides, making it possible to obtain sanitary and safe products.

[Effect of the invention 1 In the present invention, as described above, at least the part of the container where the contents are placed is rotatable in the container which is detachable from the main body, and the far infrared rays are emitted toward the contents. Since the radiation means is provided, the contents such as leaves of plants such as herbs, potpourri, and tea can be dried in a short time without discoloring the contents, without releasing the scent, and without destroying the medicinal ingredients.

Furthermore, since the container is equipped with a transparent part to see through the contents, the contents can be observed during drying.
In addition, since the container is provided with a vent, the aroma of the contents will come out from the vent during drying into the room, and a pleasant scent will fill the room, making it possible to enjoy the sense of smell.

In the invention described in claim 2 of the present invention, since the main body is further provided with a rotating means for supporting and rotating the outer peripheral surface of the container, there is no need to process a special rotation stop on the container. Furthermore, in this case, far infrared rays can be radiated into the container with a simple structure by protruding from the main body a far infrared ray emitting means that is inserted into the container with the outer peripheral surface of the container placed on the main body.

Furthermore, in the invention set forth in claim 3, when rotating the container, a hole is provided at the bottom of the container, and a stopper is removably fitted into the hole, and the far-infrared radiation means protruding from the main body is inserted into the hole. The container 2 is rotatably supported by being removably inserted into the container, and the stopper is made rotatable by means of a rotation means provided in the main body, so that the stopper, which is formed into a hole at the bottom of the container, is exposed to the rotation of the container and far-infrared radiation. Means can be provided or inserted.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure PIfJ1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention, Figure tIS2 is a sectional view of the same as above, Figure 3 is a schematic explanatory diagram illustrating the rotation of the container by the driven wheel of the same as above, and Figure 4 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of still another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of still another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a sectional view of the same as the above, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the same as the above, FIG. 9 is a perspective view of still another embodiment of the present invention, ff510 is a schematic sectional view of the same as the above, and FIG. Perspective view, 1st
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of still another embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a main body, 2 is a container, 3 is far-infrared radiation means, 1 is a transparent part, and 5 is a ventilation part. Agent tF Buri Ishi 1) Ai 71121+1 Ri 13 9 Figure 3 Ward 4 57 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) The container is detachable from the main body, and at least the part where the contents are placed is rotatable, and a far-infrared radiation means is provided to emit far-infrared rays toward the contents, so that the contents inside can be seen through the container. A dryer characterized by having a transparent part for drying, and a container having a ventilation part. (2) A rotating means for supporting and rotating the outer circumferential surface of the container is provided on the main body, and a far-infrared ray emitting means is provided protruding from the main body to be inserted into the container with the outer circumferential surface of the container placed on the main body. A dryer characterized in that a transparent part is provided to see through the contents inside, and a container is provided with a ventilation part. (3) A hole is provided at the bottom of the container, a stopper is removably inserted into the hole, and the far-infrared radiation means protruding from the main body is removably inserted into the stopper to rotatably support the container, and the stopper is inserted into the hole. A dryer characterized in that it is rotatable by a rotating means provided in the main body.