JPS5934310Y2 - food dryer - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a simple dryer that can be installed at any location in a storage area such as a cupboard or food shelf and used to absorb moisture inside the dryer. This is what I did.

In our country, the weather is humid throughout the year, especially in the summer, so if you leave food out, it will quickly become damp and lose its flavor, or bacteria will grow on it, making it inedible.

Therefore, in order to maintain the dry state of food, hygroscopic agents such as silica gel are used exclusively, but once such hygroscopic agents absorb a certain amount of moisture, they lose their hygroscopic effect and the above purpose is no longer achieved. In such a case, it is necessary to regenerate the moisture absorbent.

However, in the present invention, by incorporating the moisture absorbent and the parts necessary for regenerating the moisture absorbent into a box body with ventilation holes, the simple task of removing the box body from the storage part and inserting the plug into the power outlet is completed. This makes it possible to easily regenerate the moisture absorbent.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described in detail.

1 is a box of a dryer, and a plurality of ventilation holes 2 are formed at appropriate positions on a 99 rule board.

3 is a power indicator lamp, 4 is a non-resetting manually controlled thermostat (controller), 5 is a positive temperature coefficient (PCT) heater, 6 is a plug, 7 is silica gel (moisture absorbent), 8
is a transparent window provided in a part of the side plate of the box body 1.

Reference numeral 9 designates a partition plate that divides the interior of the box body 1 into upper and lower parts, and the silica gel 7 and heater 5 are housed in the upper interior space, and the energization indicator lamp 3, thermostat 4, and plug plug 6 are housed in the lower interior space. It is set up.

The heater 5 forms a series circuit with the thermostat 4, a fuse 10 that shuts off in the event of an abnormality, etc., and is connected to a power source through a plug 6.

Further, the energization indicator lamp 3 forms a series circuit with the capacitor 11 and is connected in parallel to the heater 5.

Next, the usage status of the dryer will be explained.

Now, if you install the dryer inside the food shelf, silica gel 7
absorbs moisture through the ventilation holes 2 of the box body 1, thereby keeping the interior of the food shelf, that is, the stored food, in a dry state.

Then, after a period of time has elapsed since the dryer was installed, when the silica gel 7 absorbs about % of the moisture by weight, the silica gel 7 loses its hygroscopicity and changes from blue to red.

In fact, as a result of experiments, silica gel 7 (20
0g) takes about a week to turn red.

The state of the silica gel 7 can be determined by looking at the color of the silica gel 7 through the transparent window 8. If the color has changed to red, the dryer can be removed from the food shelf and the silica gel 7 can be recycled. It is necessary to do this.

The silica gel 7 is regenerated by taking out the dryer from the food shelf, inserting the plug 6 into the power outlet and supplying power to the heater 5.The moisture contained in the silica gel 7 is heated by the heater 5, evaporates, and then passes It is discharged to the outside of the box body 1 through the pores 2.

Then, as the heating regeneration progresses and the amount of moisture decreases and the temperature of the silica gel 7 rises to a predetermined temperature, the thermostat 4 is turned off to cut off the power to the energization indicator lamp 3 and the heater 5, and the heating regeneration ends. .

The end of this heating regeneration can be easily recognized by turning off the energization indicator lamp 3.

Note that the time required for heating and regeneration is about 30 to 60 minutes.

The regenerated dryer can be installed again inside the food shelf to maintain dryness.

Note that a timer may be used in place of the thermostat 4 to time-control the heating regeneration.

According to the present invention as described above, in a simple dryer that can be installed and used at any position within the storage section, by incorporating the moisture absorbent and the parts necessary for this regeneration into the box, the box can be moved into the storage section. The moisture absorbent can be easily regenerated by simply taking it out and inserting the plug into a power outlet, which is extremely useful in practical terms.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an electric circuit diagram showing the dryer of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the same configuration. 1: Box body, 2: Vent hole, 5: Heater, 6: Outlet plug, 7: Silica gel (moisture absorbent).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A moisture absorbent that absorbs moisture through the ventilation hole in a box body with a ventilation hole, which is installed and used at any position in a storage area such as a cupboard or food shelf, and the moisture absorption agent is heated and regenerated. It is constructed by incorporating a heater, a controller that controls the power supply to the heater to finish the moisture absorbent regeneration work, and an outlet plug that supplies power to the heater via the controller. A simple dryer characterized in that the dryer is removed from a storage part and the plug is inserted into a power outlet.