JPS5930149Y2 - dish dryer - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention is a dish dryer that includes a door body that opens and closes the front opening of the drying box through which tableware is taken out and put in, and a door storage chamber that is provided in a part of the drying box and stores the door body. Regarding.

Dish dryers are equipped with electric heaters, and the heat generated by the heaters dries the dishes, so each part of the drying box is likely to be kept warm, which may create favorable environmental conditions for people who squeak.

By the way, in a conventional dish dryer, when the door body is pulled out from the door storage chamber and the front opening of the drying box is closed, there is a gap between the front opening of the door storage chamber and the end of the door body. was the structure formed.

Therefore, not only does dust enter through the gap, but
Cockroaches etc. get in and make the door storage room their home.
There was a drawback that the door storage room etc. could not be kept clean.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a dish dryer in which the above-mentioned drawbacks can be eliminated, the door body can be easily stored, and a large impact force is not generated when the door is stored.

That is, the dish dryer according to the present invention has a drying box equipped with an electric heater and an opening at the front to allow tableware to be taken in and taken out, and a door storage chamber that is partitioned by a partition wall and opened only at the front. A retaining portion is provided on the opening end side of the partition wall, and the door can be freely pulled out from the front opening of the storage chamber, and in the pulled out state, the front surface of the drying box is rotated around the retaining portion. A door body that closes the opening is stored, and a retaining end of the door body that is engaged and disengaged by the engaging portion is located in the door storage chamber when the door body closes the front opening of the drying box. A gap closing body that comes into elastic contact with the inner surface of the opening of
It is characterized in that it is attached so as to protrude from the outer surface of the engaging end.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6.

In the figure, 1 is a drying box made of, for example, synthetic resin, which is box-shaped with an open front and has upper and lower partition walls 2 and 3 inside, dividing the internal space into an upper door storage chamber 4 and a lower door storage chamber 4. It is partitioned into a hot air generation chamber 5 and a drying chamber 6 between these chambers 4 and 5.

The front edge of the upper partition wall 2 is provided with an engaging portion, for example, a shaft support projection 7 that projects toward the door storage chamber 4 and has a substantially spherical surface.

The lower partition wall 3 is made of a metal plate or the like, and is gradually inclined toward a drainage hole 8 provided at a corner thereof, and has a ventilation hole 9 that communicates the drying chamber 6 with the hot air generation chamber 5. ing.

Inwardly protruding handholds are integrally formed on both side walls of the drying box 1 with holes 10 facing each other.

The hole 10 for the handhold is located in the upper and lower walls 1 as shown in Figures 5 and 6.
0a, 10a, end wall portion 10b and back wall portion 10
It consists of C.

Furthermore, the handhold has a shelf support part 11.12 integrally provided in the hole 10, protruding further inward than the back wall part 10C and extending from the upper and lower wall parts 10a, 10a. ,
A guide rib 13 is integrally provided on the upper extension of the rear wall portion 10C.

Note that the reference numeral 14 indicates a reinforcing rib.

These shelf supports 11 and 12 are for supporting the cupboard 15 inserted and removed from the front of the drying chamber 6, and their wall thickness is approximately the same as that of the upper and lower walls 10a of the hole 10. This is to prevent sinking from occurring on the outer surface of the side wall of the drying box 1.

The cupboard 15 is made of synthetic resin, for example, as shown in FIG.

In other words, this cupboard 15 is equipped with a crosspiece 16 for leaning the tableware A against it, and the tableware A can be viewed from the front and above.
In addition to being able to take in and out, there are many ventilation windows 17.
..., and the shelf support portions 11 and 12 are provided on both side walls.
It has a retaining part 18,19 that selectively engages one of the parts.

The cupboard 15 has its engaging portion 18 engaged with the shelf holder 11 or 12, or its engaging portion 19 engaged with the shelf holder 11, depending on the size of the tableware A to be stored. It is placed in the drying chamber 6 after selecting either the drying state or the drying state.

In addition, 20 is a recess provided in the crosspiece 16, and 21 is a protrusion provided in the crosspiece 16, and these are for preventing the tableware A that is propped up from rolling or falling over.

Further, 15' is a cupboard supported on the lower partition wall 3.

Further, the hot air generation chamber 5 houses an electric fan 21 and an electric heater 22, and the hot air generated by these is guided to the ventilation hole 9 via a guide 23.

An electric fan 21 is mounted on a front plate 24 that closes the front of the hot air generation chamber 5. An operating knob 25 for controlling the electric heater 22 is provided.

Furthermore, the hot air generation chamber 5 is provided with an ice tray 26 which can be taken out from the front plate 24 and which collects water flowing through the drain hole 8.

On the other hand, the reference numeral 27 indicates a door for opening and closing the front surface of the drying chamber 6, which is formed of, for example, an upper door 28 and a lower door 29. '' It is provided so as to be slidable with respect to the upper door body 28 so as to overlap the inner surface side of the two-part door body 28.

This door body 27 closes the front opening of the drying chamber 6 when the upper and lower doors 28 and 29 are extended as shown in FIG. 4.

Furthermore, the upper end portion of the upper door body 28 is an engagement end portion 30 that curves toward the rear side, and a concave arc-shaped shaft support groove 31 that engages with the shaft support projection 7 is formed in the lower part of the engagement end portion 30. .

Moreover, there are many protrusions 32 on the upper front surface of the upper door body 28.
By forming a bulge in the air, slit-shaped exhaust holes 33 are formed on both sides thereof.

In addition, the reference numeral 34 indicates a cushioning material that buffers the upper and lower door bodies 28 and 29, and 35 and 36 indicate handles provided separately on the upper and lower door bodies 28 and 29, respectively.

The engagement end 30 of the door body 27 is provided with a gap closing body 37 that comes into elastic contact with the inner surface of the opening of the door storage chamber 4 when the door body 27 closes the front opening of the drying chamber 6. .

The gap closing body 37 is made of an elastic body that can be flexibly deformed, such as a rubber packing or foamed urethane rubber.

Furthermore, the gap closing body 37 is attached to the engagement end 30 by fitting or adhesion so as to protrude from the outer surface thereof, and is provided over both sides and above the engagement end 30 .

However, in order to use this dish dryer, first the door body 2
7 is stored in the door storage chamber 4, the washed tableware A is stored in the cupboard 15.15' placed in the drying chamber 6, or the washed tableware A is stored in the cupboard 15.15' in advance. Then, this cupboard 15 is placed in the drying room 6.

In addition, when storing the cupboard 15 in the drying room 6, it is of course possible to store the cupboard 15 at an arbitrary height by selecting the engagement relationship between the shelf support part 11.12 and the engaging part 18.19. ,
Since the guide rib 13 or the handle can guide the engaging part 18 or 19 by the back wall part 10C of the hole 10, the cupboard 1
5 can be easily inserted and removed, and there is no lateral wobbling of the cupboard 15.

After that, the front opening of the drying chamber 6 is closed with the door body 27, and then 1. Electric fan 21 and electric heater 22 are energized.

Then, hot air is sent into the drying chamber 6, so that the tableware A is dried.

In the above explanation, the door body 27 opens and closes the front opening of the drying chamber 6 while expanding and contracting, and is inserted into and removed from the door storage chamber 4. Therefore, a large front space of the drying box 1 is not required, and the door storage The depth of the section 4 is also small, and since the expansion and contraction of the upper and lower door bodies 28 and 29 and the insertion and removal of these doors into and out of the storage chamber 4 are performed at the same time, the operability is excellent.

Further, when the door body 27 is pulled out from the door storage chamber 4, the shaft support groove 31 engages with the shaft support protrusion 7 to prevent the door body 27 from being pulled out from the door storage chamber 4, and the door The body 27 rotates downward around this pivot projection 7 and assumes a vertical shape.
This closes the front opening of the drying chamber 6.

Due to this rotation of the door body 27, the door body 27 closes the front opening of the drying chamber 6, and at the same time, the tip of the gap closing body 37 flexibly deforms and comes into close contact with the inner surface of the front opening of the door storage chamber 4. However, this closes the front opening of the door storage chamber 4.

Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent critters such as cockroaches and dust from entering through the front opening of the door storage chamber 4, which becomes warm when drying dishes and provides ideal conditions for cockroaches to live. can.

For this reason, the inside of the door storage chamber 4 becomes a home for cockroaches, etc., and the cockroaches will not be crushed when the door is inserted or removed, which is particularly preferable for maintaining sanitary conditions as a dish dryer.

Moreover, since the gap closing body 37 is provided to protrude from the outer surface of the locking end 30 of the door body 27, when the door body 27 is placed horizontally when storing the door body 27 in the door storage chamber 4, the gap closing body 37
7 faces the rear wall of the door storage chamber 4.

Therefore, even if the door body 27 is forcefully inserted into the door storage chamber 4, the gap closing body 37 serves as a buffer material, and damage to the door body 27 and the drying box 1 and loud collision noise can be eliminated.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment; for example, a door storage chamber may be provided at the bottom or side of the drying box,
The door body may be stored here, and other areas such as drying boxes, bulkheads, door storage rooms,
It goes without saying that the specific structures, shapes, positions, etc. of the electric heater, the engaging part, the door body, the engaging end part, the gap closing body, etc. can be configured and implemented in various ways.

Since the present invention described above has the configuration described in the above-mentioned utility model registration claim, the gap closing body that comes into elastic contact with the inner surface of the opening of the door storage chamber in the closed state is able to connect the locking end of the door body and the door. A hygienically preferable dish dryer can be provided in which the gap between the door and the opening of the storage chamber is closed to prevent dust and grit from entering the storage chamber.

The gap closing body is made of an elastic material and is attached to the locking end of the door so as to protrude from its outer surface, so that when the door is stored, the locking end is directly connected to the back wall of the door storage chamber. There are no violent collisions.

Therefore, a large impact force is not generated when the door is stored, which prevents excessive impact force from being applied not only to the drying box but also to the stored tableware, and also prevents the generation of unpleasant impact noises. Moreover, since there is no need to be careful not to generate an impact force when storing the door body, it is possible to provide a dish dryer in which the door can be easily stored.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show a dish dryer according to an embodiment of this invention, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view with the door open, Fig. 2 is a vertical side view with the door closed, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the dish dryer with the door closed. 1, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the cupboard, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are sectional views taken along line 1 and line VI-VI in FIG. 1, respectively. 1... Drying box, 2... Bulkhead, 4...
...Door storage room, 6...Drying room, 7...
・Engagement part (shaft support projection), 22... Electric heater,
27... Door body, 30... Engagement end, 3
7...Gap closing body.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The drying box is equipped with an electric heater and has an opening on the front for putting in and taking out tableware, and is provided with a storage compartment with a door that is partitioned by a partition wall and opened only on the front. A door body is provided in the door housing chamber, and a door body that can be freely pulled out from the front opening of the door storage chamber and that is rotated around the retaining part in the pulled out state to close the front opening of the drying box, At the retaining end of the door body that is engaged and disengaged from the retaining part, a gap closing body that comes into elastic contact with the inner surface of the opening of the storage chamber when the door body closes the front opening of the drying box; A dish dryer characterized in that the retaining end is attached so as to protrude from the outer surface.