KR20110097468A - Automatic cleaning apparatus for vegetable/fruit and cover for collecting cleaning water thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The water recovery cover 50 of the present invention includes a main body 10 having an accommodating groove 11, a lid 20 installed on the upper portion of the main body 10 so as to be opened and closed about a hinge H, Washing tub 30 for containing vegetables or fruits and inserted into the receiving groove 11, washing tub rotating module 40 for rotating the washing tub 30 to wash vegetables or fruits contained in the washing tub 30 In the automatic cleaning device 100 having a), the water flowing down inclined portions 51 protrude upwardly at equal intervals, and the receiving groove (between the water flowing down inclined portions 51). 11) a water recovery hole 52 for recovering the water on the outer side of the lid 20 is formed, the outer periphery of the edge 53 is formed to protrude upward, the edge 53 is a seal ring groove ( An annular body 50 'in which 54 is formed; And a seal ring S fitted into the seal ring groove 54.

Description

AUTOMATIC CLEANING APPARATUS FOR VEGETABLE / FRUIT AND COVER FOR COLLECTING CLEANING WATER THEREOF}

The present invention relates to an automatic vegetable fruit washing apparatus and a cover for recovering water of the washing apparatus, and in particular, the water on the side of the lid of the washing apparatus does not flow to the outside of the washing apparatus in the automatic washing process of vegetable fruits, An automatic vegetable fruit cleaning device configured to be recovered back into a container, and a cover for recovering water of the cleaning device.

Generally, fruits such as apples, pears, and tangerines, and vegetables such as lettuce, parsley, and spinach are sprayed with various pesticides or fertilizers to prevent pests and promote growth during cultivation. There may be some residual on the surface.

In addition, fruits and vegetables are inhabited by various parasites during the cultivation, when harvesting, the various parasites or their eggs are harvested in the state buried on the surface. Therefore, before eating fruits or vegetables, you must clean and remove harmful ingredients such as various pesticides and fertilizers, parasites or eggs cleanly, otherwise eating fruits and vegetables can be harmed to the human body.

In the prior art, the cleaning of fruits and vegetables was performed by hand. However, in a large restaurant, cafeteria, etc., there is a problem in that a large amount of water to be cleaned requires a large number of people and time for the cleaning operation, and therefore a large cost is consumed.

In order to solve this problem, the applicant has applied for an automatic vegetable and fruit washing machine and has been registered as patent 10-0856857.

The conventional vegetable and fruit automatic cleaning machine registered by the applicant has a main body formed with a receiving groove open to the upper; Lid for opening and closing the upper portion of the main body; A washing tub rotatably installed in the accommodating groove and formed with holes through which the washing water flows in and out so that washing is performed by friction between the washing water and the vegetables or fruits housed therein; A washing tub rotating module installed in the main body to rotate the washing tub; A water supply / drainage module installed in the main body to control the supply / drainage of the washing water; A power supply module for supplying power to the washing tub rotating module and the supply / drainage module; And a control module installed at the main body to automatically control operations of the washing tub rotating module and the water supply / drainage module.

However, the automatic vegetable and fruit washing machine has a problem that water splashes inside the lid during the washing process, and the water that flows between the main body and the lid not only damages the appearance of the washing machine, but also water penetrates into the operation button or the liquid crystal display. There is a problem that the operation button or the liquid crystal display is broken and the reliability of the product is inferior.

The present invention is configured to recover the water on the inner surface of the lid back into the receiving groove of the cleaning device main body to solve the problem of flowing out between the cleaning device body and the lid to damage and contaminate the cleaning device aesthetics, the water to the operation button or the liquid crystal display It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic vegetable fruit cleaning device and a cover for recovering water of the cleaning device that can solve the problem of permeating the operation button or the liquid crystal display or causing malfunction.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a vegetable fruit automatic cleaning device and a water recovery cover of the cleaning device that can be supplied to the water level sensor installed in the main body appropriately detects the level of the washing water to always supply a suitable amount of water uniformly. have.

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic vegetable fruit washing apparatus of the present invention comprises a main body having a receiving groove; A lid installed to be opened and closed around a hinge at an upper portion of the main body; A cleaning tub containing vegetables or fruits and inserted into the receiving groove; A washing tub rotating module for rotating the washing tub to wash vegetables or fruits in the washing tub; And an outer portion of the water flowing down slopes is formed to protrude upward at equal intervals, and a water recovery hole for recovering water adhered to the outer side of the lid into the receiving groove is formed between the water flowing down slopes. And an outer circumferential surface of the water recovery cover in which the seal ring is installed.

The water collecting cover of the present invention includes a main body having an accommodating groove, a lid installed to be opened and closed around a hinge at an upper portion of the main body, a washing passage containing a vegetable or fruit and inserted into the accommodating groove, and the washing tub. In the automatic cleaning device having a washing tub rotating module for rotating the washing of vegetables and fruits contained in the washing tub, the automatic washing device is formed in the outer portion protrudes upward at equal intervals, the water flowing inclination An annular body having a water recovery hole for recovering water buried in the outer side of the lid into the accommodating groove, the outer periphery of which protrudes upward, and a seal ring groove formed in the edge; And a seal ring fitted into the seal ring groove.

The upper surface of the body is formed to be inclined toward the water recovery hole, both sides of the edge of the body is formed with a hook for mounting on the main body, the body is located directly above the washing tub to wash vegetables and fruits, etc. To prevent water from splashing towards the lid.

As described above, the present invention prevents water from splashing on the side of the lid of the washing apparatus by the water recovery cover during the automatic washing process of vegetables, fruits and the like, even if water splashes on the side of the lid of the washing apparatus. By allowing water to be recovered directly into the washing tub through the water recovery hole, water can be effectively prevented from leaking out of the washing apparatus and causing the washing apparatus to malfunction or break.

In addition, the present invention has the effect that the water level sensor installed in the main body to properly sense the level of the washing water to constantly supply a suitable amount of water at all times to increase the reliability of the product.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing an automatic cleaning device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
2 is a perspective view showing an automatic cleaning device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
3 is a perspective view showing a cover for water recovery according to an embodiment of the present invention
Figure 4 is a side view showing a cover for recovering water according to an embodiment of the present invention
5 is a plan view showing a cover for water recovery in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention
Figure 6 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a cover for water recovery according to an embodiment of the present invention
Figure 7 is a side view showing the internal configuration of the operation and automatic cleaning device for the water recovery cover according to an embodiment of the present invention

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail with respect to the automatic vegetable fruit washing apparatus and the water recovery cover of the washing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing an automatic cleaning device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing an automatic cleaning device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a water ash according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention 4 is a side view showing a cover for recovering water according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a cover for recovering water according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. Figure 7 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a water recovery cover according to a preferred embodiment, and Figure 7 is a side view showing the operation of the water recovery cover and the internal configuration of the automatic cleaning device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the automatic cleaning device 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 10 having a receiving groove 11; A lid 20 installed on the upper portion of the main body 10 so as to be opened and closed about a hinge H; A washing tub 30 containing vegetables or fruits and inserted into the receiving groove 11; A washing tub rotating module 40 for rotating the washing tub 30 to wash vegetables or fruits contained in the washing tub 30; And the water flow down inclined portions 51 are formed to protrude upward at equal intervals in the outer portion, between the water flow down inclined portions 51 buried in the outer side of the lid 20 into the receiving groove 11 A water recovery hole 52 for recovering water is formed, and a water recovery cover 50 in which a seal ring S is installed on an outer circumferential surface thereof.

In the automatic cleaning device 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the main body 10, the lid 20 is installed to be opened and closed about the hinge (H) on the upper portion of the main body 10, the cleaning Rotating tub 30, washing tub 30 to rotate the washing tub 30 to wash vegetables or fruits contained in the tub 30, ozone generator 61, water supply and drain pipe 53, 55 Etc. are well-known techniques, and thus detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Water level guide pipe (P) is formed at a position in communication with the water supply and drain hole (H) formed on the bottom surface of the receiving groove (11). The water level guide pipe (P) extends to the lower portion of the water supply and drain hole (H), and is installed vertically into the main body 10, the upper end of the water level guide pipe (P) in the receiving groove (11) The water level sensor 60 is installed to detect the level of water to be filled (clean water).

The water level sensor 60 is configured to operate by the water level filled in the water level guide tube (P), when water is supplied into the receiving groove of the body 10 to clean vegetables and fruits, water level guide Water is also supplied to the pipe P at the same height, and the water level sensor 60 detects the water level of the water (clean water) filled in the receiving groove 11, and when the water is appropriately filled, the washing apparatus 100. Is turned on (see FIG. 6).

Although not shown in the figure, a metal sensor or an optical sensor may be installed on the inner surface of the receiving groove 11 instead of the water level sensor. The light sensor is positioned to face the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion, respectively, and configured to operate by detecting the light receiving portion of the beam irradiated from the light emitting portion. Detect.

The present invention allows the water on the inner surface of the lid 20 to be recovered back into the receiving groove 11 of the main body 10 so that the water flows between the main body 10 and the lid 20 to spoil or contaminate the entire aesthetics of the cleaner. In order to solve the problem, and water penetrates the operation button or the liquid crystal display of the cleaning device and breaks the operation button or the liquid crystal display or causes a malfunction, the water recovery cover 50 is provided for this purpose. Equipped.

Water recovery cover 50 of the present invention consists of an annular body (50 ') and the seal ring (S) installed on the outer periphery of the annular body (50'), the main body of the cleaning device (100) 10) configured to mount on top (see FIGS. 2-5).

The body 50 ′ is positioned directly above the washing tub 30 to prevent water from splashing toward the lid 20 during the washing process, as well as water on the inner surface of the lid 20. Serves to recover the back into the receiving groove (11).

The annular body 50 ′ is formed to protrude upwardly at equal intervals with water flowing down inclined portions 51 on the outer portion, and into the receiving groove 11 between the water flowing down inclined portions 51. A water recovery hole 52 for recovering the water on the outer side of the lid 20 is formed, and an edge 56 protrudes upward from the outer circumference thereof, and a seal ring groove 54 is formed in the edge 56. do.

Hook portions 57 for mounting on the body 10 are formed at both sides of the edge 56 of the body.

The hook portion 57 is generally injection molded integrally with the body 50 ', but may be coupled (fixed) to the body 50' after being molded into a separate component.

The upper surface of the body 50 'is formed to be inclined toward the water recovery hole 52, so that water dropped to the bottom surface of the body 50' is quickly recovered into the receiving groove 11 (Figs. 3 to 6). Reference).

The seal ring S serves to increase the sealing property with the inner wall of the body 10 and is fitted into the seal ring groove 54 of the body 50 '.

10: Body
11: acceptance home
20: lid
21: hinge
30: cleaning bucket
40: washing tub rotating module
51: water down the slope
52: water recovery hole
54: seal ring groove
50 ': body
57: hanger
56: border
60: water level sensor
100: automatic cleaning device
P: water level guide tube
S: Seal Ring

Claims (7)

The main body 10 having the accommodating groove 11, the lid 20 installed on the upper portion of the main body 10 so as to be opened and closed about the hinge H, and the accommodating groove 11 containing vegetables or fruits. In the automatic cleaning device 100 having a washing tub 30 inserted into the washing tub 30 and a washing tub rotating module 40 for rotating the washing tub 30 to wash vegetables or fruits contained in the washing tub 30. In
Water flowing down the inclined portions 51 are formed to protrude upward at equal intervals, the water flowing down the inclined portions 51, the water in the outer side of the lid 20 into the receiving groove 11 A water recovery hole 52 for recovering the water is formed, the outer periphery of the rim 53 is formed to protrude upward, the rim 53 is an annular body (50 ') is formed with a seal ring groove 54; And
And a seal ring (S) fitted into the seal ring groove (54). The method of claim 1,
The upper surface of the body (50 ') is a water recovery cover, characterized in that formed inclined toward the water recovery hole (52). The method of claim 1,
Cover for water recovery, characterized in that the hook portion (55) for mounting on the main body (10) is formed on both sides of the edge (53) of the body. The method of claim 1,
The body (50 ') is located directly above the cleaning barrel (30) to cover the water recovery, characterized in that to prevent water from splashing toward the lid 20 during the cleaning process. A main body 10 having a receiving groove 11;
A lid 20 installed on the upper portion of the main body 10 so as to be opened and closed about a hinge H;
A washing tub 30 containing vegetables or fruits and inserted into the receiving groove 11;
A washing tub rotating module 40 for rotating the washing tub 30 to wash vegetables or fruits contained in the washing tub 30; And
Water flowing down the inclined portions 51 are formed to project upwards at equal intervals, the water flowing down the inclined portions 51, the water on the outer surface of the lid 20 into the receiving groove (11) And a water recovery hole (52) for collecting the water, and a cover for water recovery (50) in which a seal ring (S) is installed on an outer circumferential surface thereof. The method of claim 5,
Water level guide tube (P) is formed at the position communicating with the water supply and drainage hole (H) formed on the bottom surface of the receiving groove (11), the upper end of the water level guide tube (P) is filled in the receiving groove (11) Automatic cleaning device, characterized in that the water level sensor 60 for detecting the water level is further provided. The method of claim 5,
Automatic cleaning device, characterized in that any one of a metal sensor, an optical sensor is installed on the inner surface of the receiving groove (11).

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