JPS5920862Y2 - dish dryer - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a dish dryer equipped with a removable dish storage basket.

Conventionally, this type of dish dryer is equipped with a removable dish storage basket that has a number of communication holes at the bottom, and this basket is used to store dishes that have been washed in the sink before being placed in the dish dryer. The dish dryer is carried to the main body and attached to the main body of the dish dryer to dry the dishes, but when carrying the basket containing the washed dishes to the main body of the dish dryer, the water adhering to the dishes is washed away from the bottom of the dish dryer. There was a problem with the product falling from the communication hole and getting the floor wet.

The present invention was developed in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a dish storage basket with a communication hole at the bottom in a removable manner to the main body of the dish dryer, and to provide a closing body for opening and closing the communication hole of the basket. To provide a dish dryer which can prevent water from falling through a communication hole of a basket when washed dishes are carried in the basket, and which does not cause the problem of wetting the floor etc. .

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes an outer box serving as the main body of the dish dryer with an open top surface, and a mounting portion 2 is formed by bending outward at the peripheral edge of the top surface opening.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a heat dissipation plate made of aluminum, for example, which is fitted and attached to the lower part of the outer box 1 through a waterproof gasket 4 at its periphery.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a sheathed heater as a heat source disposed below the heat sink 3.

Now, reference numeral 6 denotes a basket for storing tableware, which is shaped like a rectangular container with an open top, a handle 7 projecting outward is formed in the top opening, and a vertical slit is formed in the circumferential side. A large number of ventilation holes 8 are formed in the shape of a shape, and a large number of communicating holes 9 in the shape of slits parallel to each other are formed at the bottom.

The basket 6 is detachably housed in the outer box 1 by placing its handle 7 on the mounting portion 2 of the outer box 1.

Reference numerals 10 and 11 are support protrusions that are integrally molded to extend over the entire width of the left and right sides of the outer bottom of the basket, respectively;
These are provided with guide holes 10a and 11a formed along the outer bottom surface of the cage 6, which are long slit I-shaped in the front and back in FIGS. 1 and 2.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a rectangular closure body, which has a slit-shaped communication hole 1 as a communication portion that communicates with the communication hole 9.
3 and a large number of elongated closing portions 14 that close the communicating hole 9 are alternately formed, and the closing portions 14 are set to be slightly wider than the slit width of the communicating hole 9.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this closure body 12 has a left and right width dimension set to be slightly larger than the left and right width dimension of the outer bottom of the nozzle 6, and one end of the closure body 12 The right end of the barrel is slidably inserted into and supported by the guide hole 11a of the support protrusion 11, and the other end, the left end, is inserted into the guide hole 11a of the support protrusion 11.
is slidably inserted and supported in the guide hole 10a of the
Left and right arrows 15 and counter-arrows 1 along the bottom of the basket 6
It is arranged so that it can slide in five directions.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a support rod serving as an operating member protruding from the left end of the closure body 12. A locking portion 16a is formed in the middle portion of the support rod, and a locking portion 16a is formed between the locking portion 16a and the support protrusion 10. A compression coil spring 17 (not shown in FIG. 1 and shown only in FIG. 2) is interposed between them, and the compression coil spring 17 always moves the closure body 12 in the direction indicated by the arrow 1 due to the spring force.
It is designed to be biased in five directions.

Therefore, when the cage 6 is removed from the outer box 1 as shown in FIG. The portion 14 corresponds to the communication hole 9 and closes it.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a cover in the shape of a rectangular container with an open bottom surface, and a large number of exhaust holes 20 are formed on the top surface of this cover, and a fitting portion 21 with an inverted cross-section that projects outward is provided at the peripheral edge of the bottom surface opening.
is formed.

Next, the operation of this embodiment with the above configuration will be described.

First, the user grasps the handle 7 of the basket 6, removes the basket 6 from the outer box 1, carries it to the sink, and stores the washed tableware 22 in the sink.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 2, the closing body 12 disposed at the bottom of the cage 6 is urged in the direction of arrow 15 by the spring force of the compression coil spring 17, and each of the closing parts 14 closes each communication hole 9. are doing.

Thereafter, the basket 6 containing the tableware 22 is carried to the outer box 1 and stored in the outer box 1 from above.

Then, when the basket 6 is housed in the outer box 1, the tip of the operating rod 16 protruding from the closing body 12 hits the left inner wall 23 of the outer box 1, and the closing body 12 is moved by the spring force of the compression coil spring 17. is moved in the opposite direction of arrow 15 against the
The communication hole 13 of No. 2 corresponds to the communication hole 9 of the cage 6 and is opened.

Therefore, the cover 19 is attached to the upper part of the cage 6 by placing and fitting the fitting part 21 on the handle part 7, and the heat dissipation plate 3 is turned on by operating a switch (not shown) to energize the sheathed heater 5. When heated, hot air from the heat sink 3 is supplied into the basket 6 through the communication holes 13 and 9 and also from the ventilation hole 8, thereby drying the tableware 22 inside the basket 6.

According to this embodiment, the communication hole 9 is formed in the bottom of the cage 6, and the closure body 12 having the communication hole 13 for opening and closing the communication hole 9 and the closure part 14 is slid on the bottom of the cage 6. Since the structure is such that the closing member 12 is always biased in the direction of the arrow 15 by the spring force of the compression coil spring 17, and the closing portion 14 corresponds to the communication hole 9 and is closed, the washed dishes 22 Even when carrying the basket 6 in which tableware 22 is stored, water attached to the tableware 22 will not fall through the communication hole 9 of the basket 6. Therefore, when storing the tableware 22, water will not get wet on the placement surface of the basket 6 or the basket 6 will be damaged. There are no problems like getting the floor wet when carrying it around.

Further, an operating rod 16 is provided protruding from the closing body 12, and when the basket 6 is stored in the outer box 1, the tip of the operating rod 16 abuts against the left inner wall 23 of the outer box 1, thereby compressing the closing body 12. Since the structure is such that the cage 6 is moved in the opposite direction of the arrow 15 against the spring force of the coil spring 17, when the cage 6 is stored and mounted inside the outer box 1, the communication hole 13 corresponds to the communication hole 9 and the communication hole 9 is moved.
is automatically opened, so there is no possibility that the communication hole 9 remains blocked and the tableware 22 is not sufficiently dried.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings, but may be implemented with various modifications without departing from the gist, such as being applicable to a hot air type dish dryer equipped with an air blower. can.

As explained above, the present invention provides a dish dryer that can prevent water from falling through the communication holes at the bottom of the basket when the washed dishes are carried in the basket, and does not have the problem of wetting the floor surface, etc. Can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a vertical side view;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional side view of the main part. In the drawing, 1 is the outer box (dish dryer body), 3 is the heat sink, 5 is
1 is a sheathed heater, 6 is a cage, 9 is a communication hole, 10 and 11 are support protrusions, 12 is a closing body, 13 is a communication hole (communication part), 1
4 is a closing portion, 16 is an operating rod (operating member), 17 is a compression coil spring (spring), and 23 is a left inner wall portion.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A basket for storing dishes that is removably attached to the main body of the dish dryer and has a communication hole at the bottom; a communication section that is slidably provided along the outer bottom of the basket and communicates with the communication hole of the basket; and the communication section. A closing body is formed alternately with closing parts that close the hole, and the closing body is moved and biased in one direction so that when the basket is removed from the main body of the dish dryer, the closing part is closed to the communication hole. a spring that is formed on the closing body and contacts an inner wall of the dish dryer body when the basket is housed in the dish dryer body, and closes the communication hole by matching the spring with the spring; A dish dryer comprising: an operation member that is moved in the other direction against the biasing force of a spring to communicate the communication portion of the closure body with the communication hole.