JPH09206537A - Dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To always obtain the stable decomposition efficiency and to obtain an excellent oil self-purification function and to merely operate an ultraviolet irradiating body if necessary to obtain an excellent oil self-purification function by irradiating ultraviolet rays to excite and activate a photocatalyst to decompose and vaporize oil stuck on a photocatalyst coating body. SOLUTION: A dryer is constituted of a dryer body 2 whose cross section is formed almost like a U-shape and in which a reflector 9 is formed on the whole inner surface thereof, a door arranged so as be freely pulled out in the body 2, a rack-shaped chopping board housing part 4 arranged on the lower row side of one side thereof, a hanger part 5 arranged at the upper row of the housing part 4, rack-shaped range hood filter housing parts 6. 7 formed up and down on the other side of the cover, and ultraviolet ray irradiating lamps 8 arranged on both the upper and lower sides of the housing parts 6, 7 and outside the chopping board housing part 4 and the hanger part 5. Therefore, dish towels 10 and a chopping board 11 are dried by warm wind and also are pasteurized by excited light from the ultraviolet ray irradiating lamps 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to, for example, a drying device for drying a cutting board, a cloth and the like, and more particularly to a drying device having a function of decomposing oil adhering to a range hood filter into carbon dioxide and water. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The conventional drying apparatus for drying cutting boards, cloths and the like has only the function of irradiating the cutting boards and cloths with warm air supplied from the warm air unit to dry them. Is.

On the other hand, in a range hood, a range hood filter is coated with a photocatalyst, and the photocatalyst is excited by ultraviolet rays emitted from an ultraviolet lamp and activated to decompose cooking oil adhering to the filter. Then, those having a self-oil purification function of vaporizing are known.

However, in the case of the conventional range hood having the self-oil purifying function, since the ultraviolet lamp is arranged in the range hood, cooking oil adheres to the ultraviolet lamp and the reflector for a long time. Therefore, there is a problem that the decomposition efficiency decreases.

The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and an object thereof is, for example, a range hood filter is contaminated with cooking oil in a drying device capable of drying a cutting board, a cloth and the like. When this happens, by removing this range hood filter and giving it the function of decomposing the oil adhering to the range hood filter with ultraviolet light into carbon dioxide and water, a stable decomposition efficiency can always be obtained, and when necessary. In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide a drying device having a self-oil purifying function which is excellent in economic efficiency and which only requires actuation of an ultraviolet irradiation body.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, in a drying apparatus according to the present invention, a storage portion for a photocatalyst coating is formed in a storage, and an ultraviolet irradiator and a reflector are reflected in the storage. It is characterized in that a body is disposed and the photocatalyst is excited and activated by irradiating with ultraviolet rays to decompose and vaporize the oil adhering to the photocatalyst coated body.

[0007]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 3 show a drying device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The drying device 1 has a substantially U-shaped cross section and reflects on the entire inner surface. Layer (body)
Drying cabinet body 2 formed with 9 and this drying cabinet body 2
A door body 3 that can be pulled out freely, a rack-shaped cutting board storage section 4 that is arranged on one side of the door body 3 on the lower side, and a hanger section that is arranged on the upper stage of the cutting board storage section 4. 5, a rack-shaped range hood filter storage section 6, 7 formed on the other side of the door body 3 above and below, both upper and lower sides of the range hood filter storage section 6, 7 and the cutting board storage section 4 and hanger section 5. And an ultraviolet irradiation lamp 8 disposed outside the. Although not shown in the drawing, warm air generated by a well-known warm air unit is supplied and circulated in the drying cabinet body 2 to dry the cutting board and the dishcloth stored in the drying cabinet body 2. Is configured to be able to.

The cutting board storage portion 4, the hanger portion 5, and the range hood filter storage portions 6, 7 are attached to the back surface of the door body 3 which is attached to the drying cabinet body 2 by a known guide rail (not shown). It is detachably fastened to the side, and therefore, by pulling out the door body 3 toward the front side, it is possible to easily carry out the storage / removal work of the dishcloth 10, the cutting board 11 and the range hood filter 12. ing. Of course, the door body 3 and each storage portion may be cut off, and the storage portion may be drawn out by opening the door body 3.

The cutting board housing section 4 and the hanger section 5 are composed of a pair of main frame wire rods 14, 14, a pair of cutting board holding frame wire rods 15 installed on the bottom side of the main frame wire rods 14, 14, and the main frame wire rods. And a reinforcing frame wire rod 16 mounted around the intermediate position of 14 and 14 (a position where the cutting board 11 does not fall out of the storage portion when the cutting board 11 is leaned against), and the main frame wire rods 14 and 14 The upper horizontal side is used as the hanger portion 5 of the cloth 10. Of course, leg pieces 13 are provided at the four corners of the bottom portions of the main frame wire rods 14 and 14 so as to smoothly drain water.

The range hood filter accommodating portions 6 and 7 are provided with a pair of main frame wire rods 17 and a reinforcing frame wire rod 18A which is attached so as to be rotated at predetermined intervals along the vertical direction of the main frame wire rods 17 and 17. , 18B, 18C, 18D, and a filter holding frame wire rod 19 laid on the bottom side of the main frame wire rods 17, 17 to form the reinforcing frame wire rod 1.
The vertical distance between 8A and 18C is formed to be slightly larger than the height of the range hood filter 12.

Further, the reinforcing frame wire 18B is attached to a height dimension position which is approximately half the vertical distance between the reinforcing frame wire rods 18A and 18C, and the reinforcing frame wire rod 18D is the upper range hood. When the range hood filter 12 is leaned against the filter housing portion 7, the range hood filter 12 is mounted so as to circulate at a height position where the range hood filter 12 does not fall down. Of course, when the range hood filter 12 is stored in the upper range hood filter storage section 7, the range hood filter 12 is stored in the lower range hood filter storage section at the position where the reinforcing frame wire material 18C is wound and attached. A filter holding frame wire 20 is installed to prevent the filter holding frame wire 20 from falling.

The ultraviolet irradiation lamp 8 is composed of, for example, a known ultraviolet irradiation lamp which irradiates near ultraviolet rays.

The reflective layer 9 is formed by adhering a material having a high light reflectance, for example, a material using aluminum or the like, or by applying a coating material containing aluminum powder.

The range hood filter 12 is formed of a punching metal that captures oil droplets in oil smoke, and a catalyst, for example, a photocatalyst such as titanium oxide is coated on the surface of the range hood filter 12 in advance. .

Since the drying device 1 according to the present embodiment is configured as described above, the cloth 10 and the cutting board 11 can be dried by the warm air supplied from the warm air unit, and the ultraviolet irradiation lamp 8 can be used. Sterilization can be performed by the excitation light emitted from the range hood filter 1 and the excitation light emitted from the ultraviolet irradiation lamp 8 can be sterilized.
The oil droplets adhering to the range hood filter 12 can be decomposed and vaporized into low carbon molecules, carbon dioxide and water vapor at room temperature by reacting with a catalyst provided on the surface of the second range, so that the range can be kept without soiling the hands. The hood filter 12 can be cleaned.

FIG. 4 shows a drying device 1 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, instead of the reflection layer 9 of the first embodiment, a parabolic curved reflector is formed. 29
Except that the ultraviolet irradiation lamp 8 is provided at the focal position of the reflector 29, the other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment, and therefore the first embodiment is shown in the drawings. The same reference numerals as those of the embodiment are given and detailed description thereof is omitted here.

FIG. 5 shows a drying device 1 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the second device is used based on information from a dirt detection sensor 30 provided in the drying cabinet body 2. Other than the configuration in which the reflector 29 and the ultraviolet irradiation lamp 8 of the embodiment are movably arranged in the vertical direction and the reflection angle of the reflector 29 can be automatically changed, the other configuration is the second embodiment. Since it is the same as the example, the same reference numerals as those of the second embodiment are attached to the drawings, and the detailed description thereof is omitted here.

The dirt detection sensor 30 detects dirt on the range hood filter 12 by capturing the amount of ultraviolet rays emitted from the ultraviolet irradiation lamp 8 and reflected on the surface of the range hood filter 12, and reflects on the basis of this. The body 29 and the ultraviolet irradiation lamp 8 are moved in the vertical direction, and the angle of the reflector 29 is changed to irradiate the portion where the dirt is concentrated with the excitation light intensively to improve the decomposition efficiency. Has been done.

In each of the above embodiments, the present invention is applied to the drying device 1 for drying a cleaning cloth or a cutting board. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It can be applied to various drying devices as long as it is a device capable of drying and removing the water generated by decomposing.

[0021]

Since the drying device according to the present invention is configured as described above, for example, a range hood filter soiled with cooking oil is attached to a drying device capable of drying a cutting board, a cloth or the like. By having the function of decomposing oil into carbon dioxide and water, stable decomposition efficiency can be obtained at all times, and the range hood filter can be purified without soiling hands, which is highly economical and easy to use. Also has many excellent effects such as being very good.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a drying device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal configuration of the drying apparatus in a see-through manner.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the drying device.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of a drying device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a drying device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Drying Device 2 Drying Cabinet Main Body 3 Door 6,7 Range Hood Filter Storage 8 Ultraviolet Irradiator 9 Reflective Layer 12 Range Hood Filter 29 Reflector

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An accommodating portion for a photocatalyst coating body is formed in a cabinet, and an ultraviolet irradiator and a reflector are provided in the cabinet, and ultraviolet rays are irradiated to excite and activate the photocatalyst.
A drying device characterized by decomposing and vaporizing oil attached to a photocatalyst coating.