JPH0722202Y2 - Tableware dryer - Google Patents

Description

[Technical Field] The present invention relates to an apparatus for placing a tableware storage wagon in a drying room provided in a kitchen cabinet and drying the tableware stored in the tableware storage wagon.

[Background Art] In a conventional tableware drying device of this type, tableware is stored in a tableware storage wagon, the tableware storage wagon is placed in a drying chamber, and hot air is blown out from an outlet provided at the back of the drying chamber. The tableware can now be dried. However,
In this tableware drying device, the outlet for blowing out warm air is always open, so especially when the tableware storage wagon is taken out of the drying chamber, dust and insects may invade from the outlet to prevent malfunction of fans and the like. It was the cause.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and the object of the present invention is to open the outlet when the tableware storage wagon is put in the drying chamber and the tableware is dried. Of course, another object of the present invention is to provide a tableware drying device that can prevent dust and insects from entering through the outlet when the tableware storage wagon is taken out of the drying chamber and prevent the failure of fans and the like.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION In the tableware drying apparatus of the present invention, a tableware storage wagon 4 is provided in a drying room 3 provided in a cabinet 2 of a kitchen 1 and having a front opening so that a caster 21 rolls on the floor so that the tableware storage wagon 4 can be freely taken in and out. A horizontally elongated hot air outlet 5 is provided in the lower part of the back of the drying chamber 3, and the outlet 5 is normally closed by spring force and is opened and closed by being pushed backward from the front. An open / close bar 7 for placing the plate 6 and pressing the open / close plate 6 to open it when the tableware storage wagon 4 is put in the drying chamber 3.
Is provided so as to protrude from the center in the width direction of the lower portion of the tableware storing wagon 4, and the drawbacks of the conventional example are solved by the configuration described above. That is, the hot air outlet 5 provided at the back of the drying chamber 3 is provided with the opening / closing plate 6 that is closed by the normal spring force and opened by being pushed backward from the front to store dishes. Wagon 4 and drying room 3
When the tableware storing wagon 4 is placed in the drying chamber 3, the opening / closing bar 7 that pushes the opening / closing plate 6 to open the tableware storage wagon 4 is pushed by the opening / closing bar 7 when the tableware storage wagon 4 is put in the drying chamber 3. Not only is the tableware 8 dried by warm air when it is opened, but when the tableware storage wagon 4 is taken out of the drying chamber 3, the opening / closing bar 7 is pulled out and the opening / closing plate 6 closes the outlet 5. Then, when the tableware 8 is not dried, the blow-out port 5 is closed to prevent dust and insects from entering, so that the failure of the fan or the like can be prevented.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments.

A cabinet 2 such as a sink 2a and a cooking table 2b is arranged on the floor of the kitchen 1, and a drying room 3 having an open front is provided at an appropriate position of the cabinet 2. As shown in FIG. 3, a warm air generating unit 11 having a fan 11a and a heat exchanger 11b in a housing 11c is provided on the back of the drying chamber 3 which is partitioned by a partition plate 10. Hot air can be blown out from the blow-out port 5 provided at the bottom. A communication port 25 is provided below the partition plate 10 so as to correspond to the outlet 5. As shown in FIG. 4, the outlet 5 has a horizontally long shape, and is provided in the lower part of the drying chamber 3. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a valve seat cylinder 26 is provided over the entire circumference inside the outlet 5 and a packing 27 is attached to the valve seat cylinder 26. Guide plates are provided above and below the valve seat cylinder 26.
28 is mounted, and the opening / closing plate 6 is slidably mounted between the upper and lower guide plates 28, and the opening / closing plate 6 is the packing of the valve seat cylinder 26.
The opening / closing plate 6 is urged by a tension spring 29 so as to elastically contact 27. Therefore, the opening / closing plate 6 is normally elastically contacted with the packing 27 to close the outlet 5, and the opening / closing plate 6 is opened by being pushed against the tension spring 29. As shown in FIG. 2, a ventilation duct 12 is arranged on the upper part of the drying chamber 3 which is partitioned by a partition plate 15, and the warm air generating unit 11 is introduced from the intake port 14 of the front part 13 through the ventilation duct 12. You can inhale. A germicidal lamp 16 is arranged in the ventilation duct 12. Exhaust port on the side of the front part 13
33 is provided. In addition, a warm air blowing grill 18 is provided on the riser 19 of the cabinet 2 to generate a warm air generating unit.
Part of the warm air generated in 11 is blown out through the hose 30 so that the feet can be heated. As shown in FIG. 6, the tableware storage wagon 4 is provided with casters 21 on the lower surface side of the cubic lattice frame-shaped body 20, the storage baskets 22 are mounted on the upper and lower sides of the body 20, and a pair of plate members 23a, 23b is provided in front. The front plate 23 is attached. An air inlet 31 and an air outlet 32 are provided adjacent to each other on the upper end of the front plate 23. An opening / closing bar 7 is provided so as to project from the back side of the tableware storing wagon 4 so as to correspond to the outlet 5. Then, when the tableware 8 is dried, the tableware 8 is stored in the storage basket 22 with the tableware storage wagon 4 taken out from the drying chamber 3, and the tableware storage wagon 4 is put into the drying chamber 3. When the tableware storage wagon 4 is put into the drying chamber 3, the opening / closing bar 7 enters from the outlet 5 and the opening / closing plate 6 is opened as shown in FIG. 5 (b). In this state, the air is taken in through the air suction port 31, the air intake port 14, and the ventilation duct 12, turned into warm air by the warm air generation unit 11, and the warm air is sent from the blowout port 5 into the drying chamber 3 and the exhaust port. 33, the air is exhausted through the air outlet 32, and the tableware 8 is dried with warm air. When the tableware storage wagon 4 is taken out of the drying chamber 3, the opening / closing bar 7
Is removed from the outlet 5 and the opening / closing plate 6 is closed. Therefore, in this state, there is no possibility that dust, insects, or the like will enter through the outlet 5.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment. In the case of this embodiment, one side of the opening / closing plate 6 is rotatably mounted on the rotary shaft 35, and the rotary shaft 35 is fixed by a shaft retainer 36. A torsion coil spring 37 for urging the opening / closing plate 6 is attached to the rotating shaft 35. Also in this case, the outlet 5 is normally closed as shown in FIG. 7 (a), and the tableware storage wagon 4 is placed in the drying chamber 3
When stored in, the opening / closing plate 6 is pushed by the opening / closing bar 7 to open the outlet 5.

Further, it is preferable that the amount of warm air generated by the warm air generating unit 11 is changed depending on whether the tableware 8 is large or small, or the degree of heating of the feet. Therefore, the rotation speed of the fan 11a can be changed by changing the voltage applied to the fan 11a. By changing the resistance by switching the three contacts A, B, C with the changeover switch SW of FIG.
The air volume can be output in three levels: strong, medium and weak.
E is a power supply. In FIG. 9, the volume V allows the resistance to be changed steplessly to change the air volume.

[Advantage of the Invention] As described above, the present invention provides an opening / closing plate which is normally closed by a spring force to the hot air outlet provided at the back of the drying chamber and is opened by being pushed backward from the front. Place and
When the tableware storage wagon is put in the drying room, the opening / closing bar that pushes the open / close plate to open it protrudes from the tableware storage wagon, so when the tableware storage wagon is put in the drying room, the opening / closing plate is pushed and opened. Not only is the tableware dried with warm air, but when the tableware storage wagon is taken out of the drying room, the open / close bar comes out and the opening / closing plate closes the outlet. The outlet is blocked to prevent dust and insects from entering, and the failure of the fan etc. can be prevented.Besides, since a horizontally long hot air outlet is provided at the bottom of the back of the drying chamber, it is located at the bottom. In addition, the warm air is blown out from the sideways long air outlet, the hot air is evenly distributed throughout the drying chamber, and the dishes in the tableware storage wagon in the drying chamber are effectively dried, and moreover, it is dried. Beside the bottom of the chamber at the bottom The outlet of the hot air of shape is provided,
An opening / closing plate that is normally closed by spring force and opened by being pushed backward from the front is placed at this outlet, and a tableware storage wagon that rolls on the floor with casters is placed in the drying chamber. Since the open / close bar that pushes the open / close plate to open it at the bottom of the tableware storage wagon protrudes from the center in the width direction, the tableware storage wagon can be freely moved on the floor by rolling movement by casters. Also, when the tableware storage wagon is stored in the drying chamber, the opening / closing bar surely corresponds to the oblong outlet and the opening / closing plate is surely opened / closed by the opening / closing bar.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention as a whole, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the same, FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a drying chamber of the same, and FIG. 5 (a) and 5 (b) are cross-sectional views showing the operation of the outlet part of the same, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the tableware storing wagon of the same.
7 (a) and 7 (b) are perspective views of another embodiment of the blowout port portion of the above, and FIGS. 8 and 9 are circuit diagrams showing a circuit for controlling the rotation speed of the fan of the above. Reference numeral 1 is a kitchen, 2 is a cabinet, 3 is a drying room, 4 is a tableware storage wagon, 5 is an outlet, 6 is an opening / closing plate, and 7 is an opening / closing bar.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yasuo Maeda 1048 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (56) References JP 57-6610 (JP, A) JP, U)

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A dish storage wagon is provided in a drying room with a front opening provided in a kitchen cabinet so that the casters can be freely moved in and out by rolling movement of the table on the floor surface. A wind blowout port is provided, and an opening / closing plate that closes the blowout port with a normal spring force and is opened by being pushed backward from the front is arranged in this blowout port,
A tableware drying device in which an opening / closing bar that pushes the open / close plate to open it when the tableware storage wagon is placed in the drying chamber is provided so as to project from the lower center of the tableware storage wagon in the width direction.