KR20060124273A - Dish washer and steam providing unit for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A dish washer and a steam supply structure of the same are provided to improve the diffusing effect of the steam and rapidly sterilize the bacteria on the dishes by placing the steam discharge unit at the side of the tub and injecting the steam to the inner part of the tub. A dish washer is composed of: a tub(18) for receiving dishes; a door(2) for opening and closing the opened surface of the tub; nozzles(14,15,24) for pressing/injecting the washing water; a steam generator(20) for supplying the steam into the tub; a steam supply path(21) for guiding the steam into the door; and a steam discharge unit(25) arranged at the end of the steam supply path. The steam discharge unit is placed to face the inner part of the tub. The steam discharge unit is arranged around the vertical center of the tub.

Description

Steam washer and steam providing unit for the same

1 is a perspective view of a dishwasher according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the open door of the dishwasher according to the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view of II ′ of FIG. 1.

Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating a control method of the dishwasher according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1 Case 2 Door 3 Control Panel 4 Door handle

5 power switch 7 function control panel 8 display unit

20: steam generator 21: steam supply passage 25: steam discharge unit

The present invention relates to a dishwasher, and more particularly, to a dishwasher having a steam generator built in the dishwasher. More specifically, the present invention relates to a steam supply structure of the dishwasher and the dishwasher in which high temperature steam is supplied to the inner space of the dishwasher, thereby increasing the function of the dishwasher and improving the washing efficiency of the dishwasher.

In general, a dishwasher is a device in which washing water is sprayed at a high pressure inside a tub, and the sprayed water comes into contact with the dishes so that foreign substances such as food residues on the surface of the dishes are washed. The food waste is filtered out of the filter so that the washing water is recycled, and the detergent is released in the washing water so that the food waste falls smoothly.

On the other hand, in order to further improve the original function of such a dishwasher, the following cleaning efficiency of the dishwasher has been proposed more methods.

First, a method of improving the washing efficiency of the dishwasher by heating the washing water to better loosen the detergent has been proposed, and solid food waste such as rice is smoothly removed by the high temperature washing water.

In addition, since the administration of the dishwasher is divided into pre-washing and main washing, and food waste is called in the pre-washing section, dish washing is performed more reliably. In addition, by irradiating ultraviolet rays to the washed dishes, a way to suppress the growth of bacteria has been proposed.

However, even with the conventional method, there is a problem in increasing the efficiency of dish washing. In particular, when rice used as a staple food of Asians is buried in tableware, food waste is not easily washed, and washing efficiency becomes more problematic. This problem is not completely solved even if the soaking operation of food waste is performed by the hot washing water. Furthermore, since the operation called takes a lot of time, there is a problem that the stroke of dishwashing becomes that long.

Due to this problem, there is a problem that the washing efficiency of the dishwasher is lowered.

The present invention is proposed in order to solve the above problems, it is to propose a steam supply structure of the dishwasher and dishwasher to improve the washing efficiency of the tableware by making it possible to smoothly remove the food debris adhered to the dishwasher The purpose.

In addition, it is an object of the present invention to propose a steam supply structure of the dishwasher and the dishwasher, which is performed quickly, so that the dishwashing administration is shortened as much as the user's convenience is further improved.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to propose a steam supply structure of the dishwasher and the dishwasher, in which the discharge position of the steam is appropriately proposed in the tub. Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention to propose a steam supply structure of the dish washer and the dishwasher in which the operation reliability of the steam supply structure is improved.

Dishwasher according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a tub is accommodated; A door configured to open and close the open surface of the tub; Nozzle for washing water under pressure; A steam generator for supplying steam into the tub; A steam supply passage guiding the steam to an inner side surface of the door; And a steam discharge part provided at an end of the steam supply passage.

Steam supply structure of the dishwasher according to another aspect of the present invention, the tub is accommodated therein; A steam generator placed outside the tub; A steam supply passage connecting the steam generator and the inner surface of the door; And a steam discharge portion provided as an end portion of the steam supply passage, which is provided inside the door to prevent the inflow of the washing water.

According to the present invention, it can be expected that the washing efficiency of the dish can be improved, and the washing stroke of the dish can be shortened by that, thereby improving the user's convenience. In addition, since the steam supplied to the inside of the tub can quickly spread the entire space inside the tub, there is an advantage that the operational reliability of the steam supply structure is improved.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described in detail a specific embodiment of the present invention. However, the spirit of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments supported by the accompanying drawings, and those skilled in the art who understand the spirit of the present invention can add, change, delete, and remove other embodiments that fall within the scope of the same idea. It may be easily proposed by addition.

1 is a perspective view of a dishwasher according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the dishwasher includes a case 1 having an appearance and opening at the front, a door 2 for sealing the opened front of the case 1, and an upper side of the door 2. A control panel 3 for displaying and controlling the operation of the dishwasher is included.

In detail, the control panel 3 includes a power switch 5 for turning on / off the power of the dishwasher, a door handle 4 for opening and closing the door 2, and dishes according to a user's instruction. A functional operation unit 7 in which a predetermined operation is performed in the washing machine, and a display unit 8 in which an operation state of the dishwasher are displayed are provided.

2 is a perspective view of an open state of the door of the dishwasher according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a tub 18 in which the washing water is accommodated is disposed inside the dishwasher, and a sump 16 is disposed below the tub to collect the washing water and to filter the foreign material.

In detail, the tub 18 has a plurality of shelves 11 and 12 separated up and down, and nozzles 14 and 15 for spraying washing water toward the respective shelves 11 and 12. 24) is formed. In addition, the rail 13 supporting the movement of the tub 18 extends in the front-rear direction from the side surface of the tub 18. In addition, a filter 17 is disposed below the tub 18 so that foreign matter is filtered out of the washing water passing through the filter 17.

In addition, one side of the tub 18 is provided with a washing water passage 19 for supplying washing water to the upper nozzle 14.

In addition, the door 2 is coupled to the case 1 by a hinge (not shown) at the lower end of the door 2, and can be rotated up and down about the hinge by a user's operation. In addition, an exhaust fan 9 may be formed at a predetermined position of the door 2 to allow the internal air of the tub 18 to be forcibly discharged to the outside by the exhaust fan 9. In addition, a detergent inlet 10 through which a predetermined amount of detergent is introduced is formed on the inner surface of the Singapore door 2 so that a predetermined amount of detergent is supplied into the detergent inlet 10 when the dishwasher is operated.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II ′ of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 3, the dishwasher according to the present invention is connected to the outside of the tub 18 and the dishwasher so that water is supplied to the inside of the tub 18, and used for washing to contaminate the dish. A drain pipe passage 23 through which the washed water is drained, a steam generator 20 placed below the tub 18 to generate steam, and steam generated by the steam generator 20 is connected to the tub 18. A steam supply passage 21 is provided which serves as a connection pipe that is supplied to the inside.

In detail, the steam discharge portion 32 through which steam is discharged from the end of the steam supply passage 21 is formed on the inner surface of the door 2 so that the tub 18 may be sprayed even if the washing water is injected into the tub 18. ) To prevent the wash water from flowing into the steam supply passage 21. In addition, at least one point of the steam supply passage 21 corresponding to a position where the door 2 and the case 1 are relatively moved when the door is opened, the steam supply passage 21 is formed of a flexible flexible pipe. By doing so, it is preferable that the communication of steam through the steam supply passage 21 is prevented even if the door 2 is opened.

In addition, since the steam discharge portion 25 is formed on the inner side of the door 2, relatively more steam than the rear portion of the front portion of the tub 18 is quickly affected. And, when there is a small amount of dishes to be cleaned, it is convenient for the user to place the dishes on the front part of the shelves 11 and 12, and to place the dishes outside the tub rather than deep inside the tub. By such conditions, the soaking effect of the dishes and the sterilization effect of the dishes by steam may be further increased when the steam discharge unit 25 is provided in the door.

In addition, the water supply pipe line 22 is branched, and in order to control the amount of water supplied through the branched water supply line 22, the tub side valve 40 and the steam side valve 41 for opening and closing the water supply line 22. ) Is formed. The amount of water supplied to the tub side valve 40 to the tub side is controlled, and the amount of water supplied to the steam generator 20 side is controlled.

The operation of the dishwasher according to the present invention as will be described briefly.

When the dishes are to be washed, first, the door 2 is opened, the dishes are stored in the shelves 11 and 12, the shelves are put in place, and the door 2 is closed. Of course, before closing the door (2) it can be put a certain amount of detergent or rinse in the detergent inlet (10).

Then, when the user operates the desired state of dish washing by operating the function operation unit 7 and starts the operation, the operation of the dish washing machine proceeds while the operating state of the dish washing machine is displayed on the display unit 8.

On the other hand, the operation of the dishwasher centering on the flow order of the washing water flowing in the tub 18, the washing water sprayed from the nozzles 14, 15, 24 is the shelf (11, 12) After washing the dishes placed therein, they fall downward and flow to the sump (16). A predetermined pump such as an impeller is placed inside the sump 16 to pressurize the washing water to be supplied to the nozzles 14, 15 and 24 again. In this way, while the washing water is circulated from the sump 16 to the nozzles 14, 15 and 24, food waste is filtered out by the filter 17 to prevent excessive washing or clogging of the nozzle. do.

As described above, in any state in which the operation of the dishwasher is in progress, the steam generated by the steam generator 20 is further supplied to the tub through the steam supply passage 21. Therefore, it is expected to improve the operation reliability and efficiency of the dishwasher further obtained by the high temperature and high humidity characteristics of the steam.

In particular, when the steam discharge portion 25 is provided on the inner side of the door 2, even if the washing water is sprayed and the washing water is accumulated on the lower surface of the tub 18, the washing water through the steam discharge portion 25 Since there is no possibility of flowing into the inside of the pipeline, the operation reliability of the dishwasher is improved. If the washing water flows into the steam discharge unit 25, food waste is also introduced into the steam supply passage 21 to the inside and may be broken.

In addition, the steam supply passage 21 extends vertically through the interior of the door 2, so that the tub 18 is sealed.

Hereinafter, a control method of the dish washing machine according to the present invention will be described in detail centering on the operation of the steam generator 20.

First, as already described, steam refers to the change in the state of the gas boiled water has a high temperature and high humidity. Therefore, by the characteristics of such a steam, it is possible to obtain the advantage that can increase the washing efficiency of the dishwasher. In particular, in the present invention, the food waste hardened by steam is called, and the property is easily utilized in the tableware. In view of the above considerations, it can be expected that the washing efficiency of the tableware is improved by the steam supplied into the tub.

Hereinafter, with reference to the separate drawings will be described in detail a control method of the dish washer according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of the dish washing machine according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when an operation of the dishwasher is started after the dishes are stored in the dishwasher, an initial drainage step in which water previously contained in the dishwasher is drained is performed (S1). Then, after the initial drainage is made, steam is supplied to the inside of the tub 18 (S2). The steam supplying step (S2) is performed by a process in which steam generated in the steam generator 20 is supplied into the tub 18 through the steam supply passage 21. In addition, the time and the amount of steam supplied in the steam supplying step S3 may vary depending on the amount of the dishes accommodated in the tub 18 and the cleaning state of the dishes. For example, it may be desirable to allow steam to be supplied for a longer time in the case where rice is stuck to the tableware and does not fall well.

On the other hand, since the steam supplied in the steam supply step (S2) is smoothly moved to the inside of the tub by a constant injection pressure on the inner surface of the door 2, the steam in the inner space of the tub 18 can be quickly diffused It becomes possible. In other words, the steam immediately discharged to the inside of the tub through the steam discharge unit 25 is lighter weight and moved upwards, and the cooled steam is moved to the lower side to lighten the temperature to some extent, the height of the tub When the steam discharge portion 25 is provided in the middle portion in the direction, it is possible to uniformly diffuse steam anywhere in the vertical direction.

After the steam supply step S2 is performed once, after the food waste is called, the washing water is sprayed toward the dishware (S3). At this time, even if the washing water is sprayed at a low pressure, since food waste is called by steam, there is no problem in washing food waste.

As described above, once the steam supply step S2 and the washing water spraying step S3 are finished, the washing water spraying step S3 and the steam supplying step ( It is determined whether S2) is to be repeatedly performed (S4). Thus, in the case where the repeated number of times and the set number of times of the washing water spraying step S3 and the steam supplying step S2 are not the same, the above-described steps are repeatedly performed.

In this way, the longer the number of times of washing water injection is increased by the preliminary washing, the longer the time for which food waste is called, the smaller the amount of food residue remaining in the food. Furthermore, since the food waste that is fixed to the tableware is called during the steam supplying step S2, the food waste can be more completely removed from the tableware.

As such, by repeatedly performing the washing water spraying step (S3) and the steam supplying step (S2) repeatedly, since food waste can be removed from the dish more reliably, the washing efficiency of the dish can be improved. There will be.

Preferably, in the alternating step of the washing water spraying step (S3) and the steam supply step (S2), at least one time to be carried out in the state where the new material is supplied, to be completely removed until the oil stains, etc. Allow the wash to be performed.

Preferably, at least finally, a rinsing stroke in which no detergent is added for rinsing is performed in the washing water spraying step (S3) and the steam supplying step (S2), so that the detergent residues are prevented from remaining in the dishes.

Thereafter, after the spraying of the washing water is completed by matching the set number of times with the repeated number of times, the drying stroke S5 to which cold air or hot air is supplied is further proceeded.

Steam supplied in the control method of the dishwasher according to the present invention may vary according to the capacity of the dishware or the type of goods accommodated, and may be adjusted according to the user's selection. For example, it may be easily guessed that a large amount of steam is supplied when the amount of dishes is large.

As will be described, the control method of the dishwasher according to the present invention, in which the step of spraying the washing water after the steam is supplied and the food waste is called is carried out continuously, that is, the steam supply and the washing water spray is alternately performed Therefore, it is possible to obtain an advantage that the washing efficiency of the dish is further improved. The improvement of the washing efficiency is also performed by the food dregs being easily removed from the dish by the food dregs being called by the supply of steam, and also by the sterilization of germs in the dish germs by the high temperature steam. Can be.

In other words, food waste is called by the supply of steam, so that the cleanliness of the tableware can be physically increased. Furthermore, since the alternating performance steps of the washing water and the steam are performed a plurality of times, the washing efficiency of the dish is increased as repeatedly performed.

On the other hand, as another embodiment of the present invention, the steam supply step (S2) and washing water injection step (S3) may be performed at the same time. In other words, the washing water may be sprayed at the same time as the steam supply operation is performed. As such, when the operation of the dishwasher is performed, the time required for the entire administration of the dishwasher may be reduced.

On the other hand, in another embodiment of the present invention, the steam discharge portion 25 is provided with a plurality of the single steam supply passage 21 on the upper surface of the tub 18, the steam diffusion time is more It is also possible to reduce it.

According to the present invention, since physical, chemical, and biological washing can be performed satisfactorily at the same time, the use efficiency of the dishwasher can be improved.

In addition, there is an advantage that the washing operation of the tableware is shortened by the soaking operation quickly, and the removal of the food waste adhered to the tableware is completely performed. In addition, since high-temperature steam can be injected by a plurality of repetitive strokes, the sterilization effect of the tableware can be increased.

In addition, since the steam injected into the tub can be spread more quickly into the entire space inside the tub, it is possible to obtain the advantage that the use efficiency of the steam is increased.

In addition, since the steam is injected from the lower surface of the tub to move upward, there is an advantage that the steam can be diffused to the entire inner space of the tub more quickly.

In addition, since a larger amount of steam may affect the tableware even if the user does not recognize it, the soaking effect of the tableware and the sterilization effect of the tableware may be further maximized.

Claims (7)

A tub in which tableware is accommodated; A door configured to open and close the open surface of the tub; Nozzle for washing water under pressure; A steam generator for supplying steam into the tub; A steam supply passage guiding the steam to an inner side surface of the door; And And a steam discharge part provided at an end of the steam supply passage. The method of claim 1, And the steam discharge part faces toward the inside of the tub. The method of claim 1, The steam discharging unit is provided in a substantially central portion in the height direction of the tub. The method of claim 1, And the steam supply passage is opened at the inner side of the door. The method of claim 1, The steam supply passage dishwasher extending up and down inside the door. Tub that is accommodated therein; A steam generator placed outside the tub; A steam supply passage connecting the steam generator and the inner surface of the door; And An end of the steam supply passage, the steam supply structure of the dishwasher including a steam discharge portion provided on the inside of the door to prevent the introduction of washing water. The method of claim 6, The steam injection nozzle is a steam supply structure of a dish washer provided with a plurality of the one steam generator.

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