JPH11290261A - Tableware basket for tableware washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent cups, etc., from falling down when a tableware basket is drawn out from a tableware washing machine. SOLUTION: A stopper 53 is formed by bending upward both edge ends of a wire constituting the underside of a cup placing shelf 50 for laying cups, etc., upside down and placing them and extending in the front and back direction. By making the projecting position of this stopper 53 furthermore central side than the center of the cups being longitudinally arranged at more central side than the partition part 52 for controlling the line of the cups, the cups on the placing shelf 50 are brought into contact with the stopper 53 and do not fall down.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dish basket used in a dishwasher by being housed in a washing chamber.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a dishwasher, water is supplied from a water supply source to a washing room in which dishes are stored, and water stored in the bottom of the washing room is sent out to a washing nozzle by a pump, and the washing nozzle is perforated. The tableware is washed and rinsed by injecting water from the water injection hole to the tableware.

[0003] In this type of dishwasher, various shapes of tableware, chopsticks, spoons and other auxiliary tools used in ordinary households are efficiently stored in the washing chamber, and water sprayed from a washing nozzle is used. Tableware baskets that can be used to stand dishes and the like are used so that they can descend evenly.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are plan views showing an example of a conventional dish basket, wherein FIG. 7A is a top view and FIG. 7B is a front view. Note that this configuration has already been disclosed by the present applicant in Japanese Patent Application No. 10-3376.
No. 3 is proposed. Conventionally, this kind of tableware basket is mainly suitable for placing and placing a box-shaped basket main body 30 suitable for standing and arranging dishes and chopping boards and the like, and a cup and the like attached to the upper part of the basket main body 30. And a cup mounting shelf 50. The cup mounting shelf 50 is the shaft 3
7 (b), and when the cup mounting shelf 50 does not need to be used, the cup mounting shelf 50 is moved to the side. It can stand almost vertically. In this case, the entire basket main body 30 can be widely used, so that a large plate or a larger number of plates can be stored. In addition, the cup placing shelf 5
In the case where 0 is used, when the cup placing shelf 50 is rotated downward, it becomes a substantially horizontal state as shown in FIG. 7 (a), so that cups, cups and the like are placed face down on the shelf. be able to.

[0005]

Although not shown in FIG. 7, a roller is provided at the bottom of the dish basket, and the dish basket can be freely moved in the front-rear direction into the washing room of the dish washer. Be attached. When the door of the dishwasher is opened and the basket is pulled out forward, the basket contacts the stopper of the dishwasher and stops at a predetermined position. However, in the conventional tableware basket having the above configuration, when the user pulls the tableware basket forward vigorously, the tableware basket abuts against the stopper and stops suddenly. Etc. fall forward.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a main object of the present invention is to provide a dishwasher basket for a dishwasher capable of preventing the above-described dropping of a cup with a simple structure. To provide.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems, Embodiments of the Invention, and Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above-described problems, an object to be cleaned is accommodated in a cleaning room, and is disposed in the cleaning room. In a dishwasher basket for use in a jet-type dishwasher for spraying water from a water injection hole of a nozzle to wash an object to be washed, a basket body for holding a plurality of dishes in an upright state, A mounting shelf provided above the basket main body and rotatably provided between a substantially horizontal state and a substantially vertical state about an axis extending in the front-rear direction; An edge of at least one of the wires extending in the front-rear direction forming the bottom surface of the shelf is bent at a substantially right angle on the front side of the tableware basket so as to protrude by a predetermined length from the bottom surface, and It is characterized in that it serves as a stopper for cups placed on top.

In this configuration, when the placing shelf is placed in a substantially horizontal state and a cup (a cup, a teacup, etc.) is placed on the placing shelf, the stopper protrudes forward of the cup. Thereby, even when the dish basket is pulled out from the washing room of the dishwasher forward and suddenly stops, the foremost cup on the placing shelf contacts the stopper, and the cup is placed on the placing shelf. Will not fall off. Further, since the stopper only needs to bend one of the wires constituting the bottom surface of the mounting shelf longer than the others, the cost increase is very small.

In the dish basket for a dishwasher according to the present invention, the placing shelf is provided with a partition extending in the front-rear direction, and a plurality of cups are arranged in the front-rear direction on both sides of the partition. The stopper is provided so that the stopper is located outside the center of the cups with respect to the partition and the distance between the stopper and the partition is smaller than the outer diameter of the cups. I have.

That is, in this configuration, when the cups come into contact with the stopper as described above, the cups move in the direction of the partition portion, come into contact with the partition portion and the stopper, and stop. For this reason, falling of cups can be prevented more reliably.

In the above-mentioned dish basket for a dishwasher according to the present invention, a detachable support frame is attached to a side surface of the basket main body, and the placing shelf is pivotally attached to the support frame. Configuration. According to this, for example, at the time of transportation or the like, the most efficient (for example, such that the package appearance is minimized) by removing the support frame from the basket main body.
It can be in the form.

Further, in the above structure, if the support frame is attached to the basket body so as to be rotatable about an axis extending in the front-rear direction, the support frame can be tilted forward around the axis. The body is housed in the basket body, and a large frying pan or pans can be placed on the upper surface thereof, for example.

[0013]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tableware basket according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, the configuration of a dishwasher using the dish basket of the present embodiment will be schematically described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of the dishwasher. A washing room (also serving as a drying room) 2 is provided inside the machine casing 1, and a dish basket 20 for accommodating tableware is loaded therein.
A door 3 whose lower end is pivotally supported is provided at the front opening of the cleaning chamber 2.
Are provided so as to open in the forward direction. A rotatable nozzle arm 4 is provided at the center of the bottom of the cleaning chamber 2, and an ejection hole 5 is formed at a predetermined angle on the upper surface thereof. A water tank 6 provided with a circulation port 7 and a drain port 8 is disposed in front of the bottom of the washing chamber 2. Filter 9 is provided.

A washing and drainage pump 1 is provided at the outer bottom of the washing chamber 2.
0 is disposed, the water sucked from the circulation port 7 of the water storage tank 6 is sent out to the nozzle arm 4 at the time of washing, and the water sucked from the drain port 8 of the water storage tank 6 is discharged to the outside through the drain hose 11 at the time of drainage. On the other hand, water supplied from outside via the water supply valve 12 is poured into the cleaning chamber 2 from a water supply port 13 provided behind the cleaning chamber 2. A water level detection chamber 14 having a float (not shown) for detecting the water level in the cleaning chamber 2 is disposed below the rear wall of the cleaning chamber 2, and the water in the cleaning chamber 2 is connected to a communication port (not shown). The water also flows into the water level detection chamber 14. Further, a loop-shaped sheathed heater 15 for warming the washing water and rinsing water and increasing the temperature of the air in the washing chamber 2 at the time of drying is provided from the vicinity of the center of the bottom of the washing chamber 2 to the rear.

When washing dishes by the dishwasher, the user stores the dishes in the dish basket 20, opens the door 3 toward the user (to the left in FIG. 1), and removes the dish basket. It is stored in the cleaning room 2. When cleaning is started, the water supply valve 12
Is opened to store a predetermined amount of water at the bottom of the cleaning chamber 2.
This water is heated to a predetermined temperature (usually 60 ° C.) by a sheath heater 15.
Degree). When the washing / draining pump 10 is driven, the washing / draining pump 10 sucks water from the circulation port 7 of the water storage tank 6 and sends out the water to the nozzle arm 4. The water rushes out of the small-diameter jet hole 5 and the nozzle arm 4 rotates by the reaction of the jet of water. As a result, the water hits the tableware stored in the tableware basket 20 and flows down to the bottom of the washing room 2.
Circulates. When the washing for a predetermined time (about 10 minutes) is completed, the washing and drainage pump 10 discharges the water sucked from the drainage port 8 of the water storage tank 6 to the drainage hose 11 and discharges the water at the bottom of the washing chamber 2.

After that, the water supply valve 12 is opened, clean water for rinsing is newly introduced into the cleaning chamber 2, and rinsing is performed for about one minute in the same manner as in the cleaning. After rinsing with water is repeated two or three times, water is introduced into the cleaning chamber 2, and the water is heated to a temperature of about 70 to 80 ° C. by the sheath heater 15. Then, final rinsing is performed with the hot water. Thereby, the tableware can be sterilized, and the tableware is warmed, so that quick drying can be performed at the time of the next drying operation.

Next, the configuration of the tableware basket 20 of the present embodiment is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. 2 to 4 are plan front views showing the appearance of the tableware basket 20 of the present embodiment (the surface viewed from the left side in FIG. 1 when stored in the washing room 2 of the dishwasher).
3 shows a state in which the cup placing shelf 50 is used, FIG. 3 shows a state in which the cup placing shelf 50 is not used, and FIG. 4 shows a state in which a large cleaning object such as a frying pan or a pan is washed. . FIG. 5 shows the state of FIG.
FIG. 6 is a plan top view of the cup placing shelf 50 as viewed from right.

The tableware basket 20 of the present embodiment is roughly divided into a box-shaped basket body 30 mainly suitable for arranging dishes and chopping boards and the like, and is detachably attached to an upper left side of the basket body 30. A cup mounting shelf support frame 40 and a cup mounting shelf 50 detachably attached to the cup mounting shelf support frame 40. These three parts can be separated from each other, for example, when they are transported from the manufacturer to the seller or until they reach the end user, they can be separated from each other.

The basket body 30 has a structure in which a large number of tableware holding portions 32 formed by appropriately bending a wire are welded to an outer frame 31 formed of a plurality of metal wires and formed into a substantially rectangular shape. In addition, as shown by a dotted line in FIG.
The tableware basket 20 accommodated in the washing room 2 is not shown when the door 3 of the dishwasher is opened. It can be smoothly pulled out forward to a predetermined position regulated by. The basket body 30
Is not limited to this, and can be changed as appropriate.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the cup-mounting shelf support frame 40 has a bearing portion formed by winding the edge of the wire at approximately three-quarters of its length at both ends (front end and rear end) in the longitudinal direction. 41
Is inserted into the outer frame shaft 34 projecting inward from the outer frame 31 on the front side and the rear side of the basket main body 30 at a substantially right angle in the horizontal direction, and the edges of the wire at two places near the center in the longitudinal direction. Are stably attached to the cage main body 30 by fitting the shaft portions 42 formed by bending each of them at substantially right angles in the front-rear direction into the outer frame bearing portions 35 provided near the right side surface of the basket main body 30. Have been.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the cup mounting shelf 50 includes a bearing portion 51 formed by winding the edge of the wire at approximately three-quarters of its length at both ends (front end and rear end) in the longitudinal direction. The cup mounting shelf support frame 40 is connected to the cup mounting shelf support frame 40 by being inserted into a shaft portion 43 protruding inward at a substantially right angle in the horizontal direction inward from the front side and the rear side of the cup mounting shelf support frame 40,
The butterfly can be freely moved around the shaft portion 43 within a rotation range of 70 ° to 90 ° at the maximum. As shown in FIG. 6, the cup mounting shelf 50 has a structure in which a plurality of wires extending in the front-rear direction are arranged substantially in parallel. Is formed into a partition 52 for separating the rows of cups. A wire rod on the side closest to the center of the basket main body 30 (the lower side in FIG. 6) is bent at substantially both ends at substantially right angles to form a cup stopper 53.

In the direction of arrow A2 in FIG.
Is rotated, as shown in FIG.
Numeral 0 is held almost vertically in close contact with the right side surface of the cup placing shelf support frame 40. Since there is some play between the shaft portion 43 of the cup mounting shelf support frame 40 and the bearing portion 51 of the cup mounting shelf 50, the user changes from the state shown in FIG. 2 to the state shown in FIG. When the cup mounting shelf 50 is rotated, the cup mounting shelf 50 slightly descends downward, and the cup stopper 53 lightly abuts on the uppermost portion of the cup mounting shelf support frame 40. Thereby, the cup placing shelf 50 is stably held substantially vertically. In the state shown in FIG. 3, the height limitation by the cup placing shelf 50 is eliminated, and tall tableware can be stored in the entire basket main body 30.

Conversely, when the cup placing shelf 50 is rotated in the direction of arrow A1 in FIG. 2, the cup placing shelf support frame 40 is substantially horizontally inward from the front end and the rear end in the longitudinal direction. The lower surface of the cup mounting shelf 50 abuts the mounting shelf stopper 44 projecting at a right angle, and the cup mounting shelf 50 is held substantially horizontally. In such a state, as shown in FIG. 6, relatively small tableware (hereinafter, these are collectively referred to as “cups”) 60 such as a cup and a cup of teacup are placed above the cup mounting shelf 50. They can be placed side by side with the row 52 interposed therebetween. At this time, preferably, the glass
0 may be slightly inclined upward from the right side of the basket body 30 toward the center. By doing so, the cups 60 arranged on the center side come into contact with the partition portion 52 and are more stably held.

Further, in front of and behind the row of the cups 60 on the left side (the upper side in FIG. 6), a cup mounting shelf support frame 40 is provided.
There is. On the other hand, the cup stopper 53 protrudes in front and rear of the row of cups 60 on the center side (the lower side in FIG. 6) with the partitioning portion 52 therebetween. Thereby, for example, when the user pulls the tableware basket 20 forward or pushes the tableware basket into the cleaning chamber 2, even if the tableware basket 20 violently collides with the stopper of the cleaning chamber 2 and suddenly stops, the cup placing shelf is provided. The cup 60 on 50 does not fall.

The above-mentioned cup stopper 53 is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the position is further shifted to the center side than the extension line of the center of each cup 60 arranged on the center side of the partition portion 52 on the cup mounting shelf 50. For this reason, even when the cup 60 at the end comes into contact with the cup stopper 53 and the cup 60 adjacent to the cup 60 comes into contact with the cup 60 as described above, so to speak, the cup 60 is kept in the partitioning section. Since it moves in the direction of 52, falling can be reliably avoided.

When the user wants to wash a large frying pan or the like using the tableware basket 20 having the above-described configuration, the user must use the two cups 42 on which the shaft portion 42 of the cup mounting shelf support frame 40 is formed. The shaft portion 42 is separated from the outer frame bearing portion 34 by pushing the wire extending in the vertical direction from the front and rear direction with a finger.
Then, since the cup mounting shelf support frame 40 is rotatable around the outer frame shaft 35 of the basket main body 30, the cup mounting shelf support frame 40 is rotated forward (right side in FIG. 4) as shown in FIG. It is stored inside the main body 30. In such a state, a large frying pan or pan can be laid down on it.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the back side of the cup mounting shelf support frame 40, that is, as shown in FIG.
If an appropriate pin is provided in a portion that protrudes upward when the device is tilted, movement of the large-sized frying pan or the like placed face down can be prevented. Note that such pins protrude laterally in the state shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, so that the pins should be of a length that does not hinder the insertion and removal of the tableware basket 20 from the washing chamber 2. Need to be kept.

The above embodiment is merely an example, and it is apparent that modifications and changes can be made within the spirit of the present invention.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing the configuration of a dishwasher in which a dish basket according to the present invention is used.

FIG. 2 is a plan front view showing the appearance of a tableware basket according to one embodiment of the present invention (a state diagram when a cup placing shelf is used).

FIG. 3 is a plan front view showing a state where the cup placing shelf is not used in the tableware basket of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a plan front view showing a state in which a large washing object is washed with the tableware basket of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the state of FIG. 3 viewed from the right side.

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of a cup mounting shelf.

FIG. 7 is a top plan view (a) and a front plan view (b) showing the structure of a conventional dish basket for a dishwasher.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 ... Tableware basket 30 ... Cage main body 31 ... Outer frame 34 ... Outer frame shaft part 35 ... Outer frame bearing part 40 ... Cup placing shelf support frame 41 ... Bearing parts 42 and 43 ... Shaft part 44 ... Stopper for placing shelf Reference numeral 50: Cup mounting shelf 51: Bearing part 52: Partition part 53: Cup stopper

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A jet dishwasher for accommodating an object to be washed in a washing room and jetting water from a water injection hole of a nozzle disposed in the washing chamber to wash the object to be washed. In a dishwasher dish basket, a basket body that holds a plurality of dishes in an upright state, and a substantially horizontal state and a substantially vertical state around an axis above the basket body and extending in the front-rear direction. And a mounting shelf rotatably provided between the tableware basket and the edge of at least one of the front-back extending wires constituting the bottom surface of the mounting shelf. Bends substantially vertically on the front side of and projects a predetermined length from the bottom surface,
A dish basket for a dishwasher, wherein the dish basket is used as a stopper for cups placed on the shelf. 2. A shelf according to claim 1, wherein said shelf is provided with a partition extending in the front-rear direction so that a plurality of cups can be placed on both sides of said partition in the front-rear direction. The tableware for a dishwasher according to claim 1, wherein the tableware is provided so as to be outside the center of the cups and to be smaller than the outer diameter of the cups. basket. 3. The storage frame according to claim 1, wherein a detachable supporting frame is attached to a side surface of the basket main body, and the mounting shelf is rotatably attached to the supporting frame. Dish basket for dishwasher. 4. The dish basket for a dishwasher according to claim 3, wherein the support frame is rotatably attached to the basket body about an axis extending in the front-rear direction.