JPS5930091B2 - Dryer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a dryer capable of drying not only tableware but also cutting boards, dish towels, etc.

Currently, a dryer exclusively for tableware is known.

This type uses a natural convection method using a heater made of nichrome wire, etc., or a hot air method, but both have a box-like body that stores the tableware, so they are large in size and are not commonly used. Problems such as installation location have been raised in small home kitchens.

This invention is an attempt to solve the above problems, and includes a hot air generator disposed in the vertical part of the main body whose side cross-sectional shape is an abbreviated shape, and the hot air from the hot air generator is transferred to the The hot air is discharged upward from a hot air plate having a large number of hot air discharge holes arranged in the horizontal part of the main body, and the material to be dried is placed on the hot air plate and dried. Therefore, the present invention provides a very convenient dryer which can be made thin and compact, and which has a significantly expanded range of use compared to conventional box-shaped dryers.

The present invention will be described according to the illustrated embodiments. Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body, and the side cross-sectional shape is formed into an abbreviated shape.

A hot air generator P is housed inside the vertical portion 5 of the main body.

This hot air generator is composed of a blower 2, a heater 3, a blower duct 6, and a flat support plate 4 to which these are attached.

The heater 3 is composed of a positive characteristic thermistor whose resistance value increases rapidly when the resistance suddenly changes temperature, and therefore the current decreases rapidly to reduce the generated heat and automatically maintain a constant temperature. As shown in FIG. 4, powders such as barium titanate and powders such as lead are kneaded together at a certain mixing ratio and fired into a disk shape to form a large number of uniform honeycomb-shaped through-holes A.

Therefore, the air from the blower 2 is the ventilation hole A of the heater 3.
The flow is rectified during the passage, and the heat generated by the heater 3 itself turns into hot air at a constant temperature. The hot air is guided and discharged to the outside from a large number of hot air exhaust holes 9 of a hot air plate 8 disposed on the horizontal portion 7 of the main body 1 .

In the horizontal part 7 of the main body 1, a gently sloped surface 10 facing upward from the air duct 6 side is formed on the inner bottom surface, and this slope has the function of guiding water droplets dripping from the material to be dried to the drain port 11. and the hot air from the air duct 6 to the hot air plate 8.
When the hot air plate 8 is installed on the horizontal part T, the hot air plate 8
A flat hot air space 12 is formed by the inclined surface 10 and the inclined surface 10, and the cross-sectional area thereof decreases as the distance from the air duct 6 increases.

Further, the hot air plate 8 is detachably attached to the horizontal portion 7 of the main body 1, and has a protrusion 13 at one end that engages with a recess 35 provided on one side of the vertical portion 5.

The air outlet 6 of the air duct 6 is opened so as to substantially match the total wire width dimension on one end side of the flat hot air space 12.
A communicates with the warm air space 12.

14 is a rack provided at an appropriate interval on the hot air plate 8;
It is bent into a substantially U-shape and is held in place on the hot air plate 8 by its own elastic force.

Reference numeral 19 is a nozzle provided at the end of the horizontal part 7, which is also held in place by the horizontal part 7 by its own elastic force.
When in use, it can be used as a guard for the tableware basket, a handle for carrying, a hanger for hanging on the wall, and a wrapping for the power cord 21.

22 is a timer setting knob provided on the top surface of the vertical part 5;
Reference numeral 23 indicates a water tray, which is provided below the drain port 11.

24 is a leg provided at the bottom of the main body 1, and 25 is an intake port.

Reference numeral 29 is a draining tableware basket made of plastic and having an open top surface, and has a large number of draining holes 29A on the side and bottom surface, and is placed on the hot air plate 8.

30 is the washed dishes stored in the tableware basket 29, 31 is a dish towel covering the dishes, 32 is a cutting board, 33 is an electric motor constituting the blower 2, 34 is also a fan, 3
6 is a fan case that surrounds the fan and guides the air to the heater 3; 37 is a patch plate that closes the open bottom portion 6B of the air duct 6 and forms an air outlet 6A at the end thereof.

In this way, the hot air generator P, which is a heavy object, is arranged in the vertical part 5 of the main body 1 having an abbreviated shape, and the flat hot air space 12 is formed in the horizontal part I. The center of gravity of the main body 1 is biased to one side so that when the main body 1 is stood vertically with the side surface of the vertical part 5 facing down, it becomes stable by itself.

Further, the warm air generator P has the fan 34 of the blower 2 and its fan case 36 on one side with the flat support plate 4 as a boundary, and the electric motor 33 of the blower 2 and the heater 3 on the other side.
The component parts are distributed and attached to both sides so that the air duct 6 and the air duct 6 are located respectively, and the support plate 4 is
is installed perpendicularly within the vertical portion 5.

As a result, the width t□ of the hot air generator P is kept small, and the fan 34 and the heater 3 are mounted on the support plate 4 in a position that is farthest apart from each other.

In the above configuration, when the timer setting knob 22 is set, the blower 2 and heater 3 are energized, and the blower
When the air blown from the heater 3 passes through the ventilation hole A of the heater 3, heat is exchanged and becomes warm air, and this warm air is guided to the air duct 6,
The hot air reaches the hot air space 12 while being diffused toward the air outlet 6A along the shape that widens toward the end.

Since the hot air space 12 is configured so that its cross-sectional area gradually decreases, when the hot air flows immediately after the blower duct 6 where the wind speed is high in relation to the wind speed of the hot air from the blower duct 6, the hot air is discharged into a large cross-sectional area. As the wind speed gradually decreases, the cross-sectional area becomes smaller, so the cross-sectional area acts to increase the wind speed, and as a whole, hot air with uniform wind speed and volume is discharged from the entire area of the hot air discharge holes 9 of the hot air plate 8. be done.

The hot air discharged from the hot air discharge hole 9 is uniformly blown upward from the top surface of the hot air plate 8, passes through the drain hole 29A of the tableware basket 29, heats the tableware 30, and then blows up the cloth of the dishtowel 31. The tableware 30 and the dishtowel 31 are thereby dried.

The tableware basket 30 can be of various sizes that are available in each household, and if it is larger than the hot air plate 8, it can be trusted by folding down the hanger 19.

That is, with the configuration shown in the above embodiment, the main body 1 has an abbreviated shape, and the items to be dried, such as the tableware basket 30, are placed on the horizontal portion T of the L-shaped main body 1. Since the placing operation is performed on a completely flat surface, there are no obstacles, easy to attach and detach, and the tableware basket 30 can be used freely regardless of its size and shape.

Note that other kitchen utensils can also be easily dried by using only the main body 1 without using the tableware basket 30.

7S That is, since the main body 1 can be used both horizontally and vertically, by using the rack 14 provided on the hot air plate 8 or the hanger 19 provided at the end of the horizontal section 7, It is also possible to dry the dish towel 31 or cutting board, and it is of course also possible to place the item to be dried directly on the hot air plate 8 and dry it.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above in detail, the present invention particularly includes a main body having an abbreviated side cross-sectional shape, a hot air generator disposed on a vertical portion of the main body, and a horizontal portion of the main body. The warm air plate is disposed in the hot air plate and has a large number of hot air discharge holes for discharging the hot air from the hot air generating device upward, and the hot air generating device has a fan on one side of a flat support plate. and a fan case, and the component parts are distributed and attached to both sides of the support plate so that the electric motor, heater, and air duct are respectively located on the other side, and the support plate is installed vertically within the vertical part. The width of the hot air generator can be kept small, and the width of the vertical part of the main body for installing the hot air generator can be reduced, so the horizontal part of the main body, that is, the effective drying area can be increased, and the drying capacity can be increased. This has the effect of increasing the drying capacity and providing a thin and compact dryer as a whole.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a dryer showing an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a side sectional view with the tableware basket placed on it, Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view, Figure 4 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the heater, and Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of the hot air generator. , FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the assembled state. 1 is the main body, 2 is the blower, 13 is the heater, 4 is the support plate, 5
is the vertical part, 6 is the air duct, 7 is the horizontal part, 8 is the hot air plate,
9 is a hot air discharge hole, 33 is an electric motor, 34 is a fan, 36 is a fan case, and P is a hot air generator.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A main body having an abbreviated side cross-sectional shape, a hot air generator disposed in a vertical portion of the main body, and a hot air generator disposed in a horizontal portion of the main body to direct hot air from the hot air generator upward. The hot air generator includes a hot air plate having a large number of hot air exhaust holes, and the hot air generating device has a fan and a fan case on one side of a flat support plate, and a motor, heater, and air duct on the other side. A dryer characterized in that the component parts are distributed and attached to both sides of the support plate so as to be positioned respectively, and the support plate is installed vertically within the vertical portion.