KR20050045886A - Dish washer - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a dish washer capable of visually recognizing the shape of a washing tank in operation.

Among the plurality of doors that seal the front open portion of the washing tank 4, the lower door 3 is formed of an opaque body to conceal dirty washing water pools collected in the lower portion of the washing tank 4, and the upper door 2 is closed. By forming it as a transparent body, the inside of the washing tank 4 can be visually recognized by making the transparent upper door 2 pass.

Description

Dish Washer {DISH WASHER}

The present invention relates to a dishwasher.

In a table-type dishwasher such as a slim type configured to have a small depth dimension so as to be installed in a narrow space on the sink side, or a compact type configured to be installed on a kitchen counter, a tableware dishwasher In order to facilitate putting in and out, the door is configured to have a large front opening, and in a slim type or the like, the door does not largely cover the top of the sink when it is opened, or come into contact with the surrounding objects such as a cupboard, The door is formed in a structure divided into a plurality (see Patent Document 1).

Fig. 4 shows the external appearance seen from the front side of the dishwasher called the slim type, and the opening of the washing tub that is largely opened to the front side is opened and closed by a door divided up and down by the upper door 41 and the lower door 42. It is possibly sealed. The operation door 43 and the opening / closing operation 44 are provided in the lower door 42, and the exhaust port 45 of the steam in the drying step is provided in the upper door 41. As the opening / closing operation part 44 pressurizes it, as shown in FIG. 5, the upper door 41 opens up and the lower door 42 opens down, and the front of a washing tank is opened largely, and the tableware is opened and closed easily. It is configured to do so.

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-109616

In the dish washing machine according to the prior art, when the door is closed, there is no way of knowing the operation state, and the washing water is stuck in each dish set in the dish basket, or the setting method of the dish is appropriate, It is not possible to confirm whether or not the jet is blown by the washing water. In order to confirm the obstruction, unnecessary work of stopping the operation and opening the door is necessary.

An object of the present invention is to provide a dish washing machine which makes it possible to visually recognize an operating state from the outside.

In order to achieve the above object, the dishwasher according to the present invention includes a plurality of doors that seal the front opening of the cleaning tank so as to be openable and close, and at least one door of the plurality of doors except the lowermost door is formed of a transparent body. Characterized in that made.

According to the said structure, since at least 1 door of the some door which seals the front opening part of a washing tank so that opening and closing is formed by the transparent body, it becomes possible to confirm the state in the washing tank which is operating by passing a transparent door. In addition, since the door located at the bottom of the plurality of doors is opaque, the dirty washing water collected in the lower part of the washing tank can be concealed so as not to be seen.

In the above configuration, when the door is formed by two upper and lower doors, the upper door is formed of a transparent body so that the inside of the cleaning tank can be viewed from the upper transparent door, and the dirt is prevented by the lower opaque door. The wash water can be concealed.

In addition, it is preferable that the door formed of the transparent body has a transmittance of visible light of 70% or more, and since transparency similar to that of the automobile windshield of an automobile is obtained, visibility in the cleaning tank can be ensured.

In addition, the door formed by the transparent body can cover the cleaning tank and the frame of the main body irrespective of seeing by providing a frame-shaped member made of an opaque body around it, and can improve the appearance design of the dish washing machine.

Moreover, the door formed by the transparent body is formed in the double structure of the inner surface side and the outer surface side, and it is suitable to provide a frame-shaped member by an opaque body around the door outer surface side, and the frame member is an opaque film on the door outer surface side. A simple structure that attaches can be applied.

Moreover, when a door is formed of transparent resin, workability is good and it can form at light weight. As the resin material, polymethylpentene is suitable, and it is possible to obtain heat resistance and chemical resistance while reducing the weight.

In addition, when the outer surface side of the door is formed of a glass material, it is possible to realize low noise and to prevent scratches during cleaning.

In addition, by providing an illumination lamp in the cleaning tank, it is possible to further improve visibility of passing the transparent door.

Moreover, it is preferable to provide the exhaust port which discharge | emits the steam in a washing tank in the place other than the door formed by the transparent body, and a cloudy does not generate | occur | produce in a transparent body by steam, and the fall of visibility can be prevented.

According to the present invention, it is possible to visually recognize the state in the washing tank in operation from the outside, and it is possible to confirm that the state in which the washing water is in contact with the dishes and the setting state of the dishes are not appropriate or appropriate.

FIG. 1: shows the external appearance of the dishwasher which concerns on this embodiment, The front side of the washer main body 1 is comprised so that opening and closing is possible by the door divided | segmented up and down by the upper door 2 and the lower door 3 two times. By opening the door, the front side of the washing tank 4 (see FIG. 2) disposed in the washing machine main body 1 is largely opened, so that the tableware can be easily fed in and out of the washing tank 4. . The upper door 2 is made of a transparent resin, and is configured to visually recognize the cleaning state of the dishes contained in the cleaning tank 4 in a state where the door is sealed, and to the lower door 3. The driving operation part 5 and the opening / closing operation part 6 are provided.

FIG. 2: shows the cross-sectional structure of the said dish washing machine, The washing tank 4 arrange | positioned at the washing machine main body 1 is formed with the side peripheral surface 14 by the metal plate, such as a stainless steel plate, and the upper surface 15 ) Is formed of a light transmitting resin material, and the lower tank 16 forming the washing water pool at the lower part is formed of the resin material, and the front surface is largely opened to the upper door 2 and the lower door 3. It is sealed so that opening and closing is possible. In the lower part of the washing | cleaning body 1, the pump 8 which communicates in the said lower tank 16, and the motor 9 which rotationally drives this pump 8 are arrange | positioned, The washing water supplied by the pump 8 is provided. Is sprayed from the cleaning nozzle 7 rotatably supported by the lower tub 16. In the washing tank 4, the dish basket 10 which accommodates the tableware 11 is arrange | positioned, and a tableware is wash | cleaned by the washing water which sprays from the rotating washing nozzle 7 and changes a spraying direction.

The lower door 3 is formed of an opaque material, and the upper door 2 is formed of a transparent material. Therefore, the upper and lower doors 2 and 3 are opened as shown by the imaginary line, and the tableware 11 is set in the dish basket 10 arranged in the washing tank 4, and the upper and lower doors 2 and 3 are opened. When it is sealed, the dishware 11 accommodated in the washing tank 4 can be recognized from the transparent upper door 2, and the dirty washing water collected in the lower tank 16 is concealed from the outside. In addition, the light transmission window 15a formed on a part of the upper surface 15 formed of the light-transmissive resin is formed so as to be externally exposed from the opening 1a formed on the ceiling surface of the cleaner main body 1, and thus the light transmission window 15a ) Acts as a light-shielding window into the cleaning tank 4, the difference between the brightness in the cleaning tank 4 and the external brightness decreases, and the light from the outside is reflected by the light reflected by the upper door 2. (4) Inner perspective is less likely to be impaired, and the visibility from the upper door 2 is improved.

The floodlight 15a can effectively illuminate the inside of the washing tank 4 when the dishwasher is installed in an environment where external light is incident, but the lighting effect is difficult to be obtained in an environment in which an image such as a cupboard is placed upward. As shown in FIG. 3, when the upper surface 15 is waterproofed and the illumination lamp 18 is disposed, the cleaning tank 4 can be illuminated with a desired brightness irrespective of environmental conditions or changes in external light. The visibility from the upper door 2 can be maintained in a constant state.

As shown in FIG. 2, the upper door 2 is integrated by bonding an outer surface side transparent body 2a and an inner surface side transparent body 2b formed by resin molding. As a transparent resin material, polymethyl pentene is suitable, and since specific gravity is the minimum among plastics, weight reduction can be aimed at. Moreover, since polymethyl pentene is colorless and transparent, it is excellent in the transparency in the washing tank 4, and can transmit visible light transmittance of 70% or more. The transmittance of visible light of 70% or more is the transparency required for the automobile windshield of the automobile, and is also suitable for securing the visibility in the cleaning tank 4. Moreover, since polymethylpentene is excellent also in heat resistance and chemical-resistance, it becomes suitable also as a raw material which comes in contact with the wash water heated by using a detergent.

The outer surface transparent body 2a can also be applied with a glass material, and it is advantageous not only for securing transparency but also excellent in sound blocking property, so that the noise reduction of the dishwasher can be measured. In addition, since it is harder than the resin material, scratches are less likely to occur at the time of cleaning the outer surface, and it is possible to suppress a decrease in visibility accompanied with the occurrence of small scratches.

As described above, when the upper door 2 is formed transparently, the joint portion in which the outer surface side transparent body 2a and the inner surface side transparent body 2b are joined to the circumference or the cleaner body 1 and the cleaning tank 4 Since the frame is visible from the outside, the appearance of the dishwasher may be lowered. In order to solve this problem, as shown in FIG. 1, it is appropriate to provide a frame-shaped member 12 around the upper door 2, and the joint portion and the frame portion are covered by the frame member 12. The appearance design can also be improved. The frame member 12 may be formed of a resin material or a metal material, but the same effect can be obtained by adhering an opaque film such as a metal vapor deposition film.

The dishwasher having the above-described configuration is released from the locked state by closing the door by pressurizing the opening / closing operation part 6 provided in the lower door 3, and as shown in FIG. 2, the lower door 3 is rotated downward. In addition, the upper door 2 rotates to a position along the upper surface of the cleaner main body 1, and greatly opens the front surface of the cleaning tank 4. The tableware 11 is set in the dish basket 10, detergent is added, the washing tank 4 is closed by the upper door 2 and the lower door 3, and a driving course is selected from the driving operation unit 5. When the start operation of the operation is executed, the water injection is started to sequentially perform the washing process, the rinsing process, and the drying process according to the selected driving course.

In the cleaning process or the rinsing process, the injection state of the washing water sprayed from the washing nozzle 7 can be visually recognized from the transparent upper door 2, and the setting method of the dishware is appropriate from the state of the washing water sprayed into the dishware, It is possible to check whether or not light dishes are blown off by the washing water sprayed.

In order to discharge the steam generated in the washing step and the exhaust gas in the drying step to the outside, in the prior art, an exhaust port is provided in the upper door. However, when the upper door 2 is formed of a transparent body as in the configuration of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3, it becomes a preferable form to provide the exhaust port 13 which communicates with the upper surface front side of the washing | cleaning main body 1 from inside the washing tank 4. As shown in FIG. By the structure of this exhaust port 13, the visibility of the inner surface of the upper door 2 hardly falls by the dew condensation of steam, and the structure of the upper door 2 does not become complicated.

In the embodiment described above, although the dishwasher provided with the door divided | segmented up and down was shown, the door of the lowermost part of a plurality of doors is made opaque, and the inside of a washing tank is formed by forming the door located upwards by a transparent body. It can be configured to be visible.

According to the present invention, since the door is formed of a transparent body, the state in the washing tank can be visually recognized, the situation of the washing water in contact with the dishware can be seen, and it is blown or positioned by the washing water sprayed with light dishware. Since the difference can be visually recognized, the user can know that the setting method of the tableware is good or bad, and can save the setting of the future tableware.

1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a dish washer according to the embodiment;

2 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the same dishwasher;

3 is a cross-sectional view showing an arrangement position of an illumination lamp installed in the same dishwasher;

4 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a dish washer according to the prior art,

Fig. 5 is a side view showing a state where the door of the same dishwasher is opened.

Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

1: cleaner body 2: upper door

3: lower door 4: cleaning tank

7: washing 10: dish basket

11: tableware 12: frame shape member

13: exhaust port 18: lighting lamp

Claims (10)

A plurality of doors are provided to seal the front opening of the cleaning tank so as to be openable and close, and at least one door of the plurality of doors except for the lowermost door is formed of a transparent body. Dishwasher. The method of claim 1, The door is formed by two upper and lower doors, and the upper door is formed by a transparent body. Dishwasher. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The door formed by the transparent body has a transmittance of 70% or more of visible light. Dishwasher. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The door formed by the transparent body is provided with a frame member made of an opaque body around the door. Dishwasher. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The door formed by the transparent body is formed in a double structure on the inner surface side and the outer surface side, and a frame-shaped member made of an opaque body is provided around the door outer surface side. Dishwasher. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The door is made of transparent resin Dishwasher. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The outer surface side of the door is formed of a glass material Dishwasher. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The resin material forming the transparent body is polymethylpentene Dishwasher. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The lighting lamp is installed in the cleaning tank Dishwasher. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The exhaust port for discharging steam in the cleaning tank is provided at a place other than the door formed by the transparent body. Dishwasher.