KR20150120747A

KR20150120747A - Dish Washer

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Publication number: KR20150120747A
Application number: KR1020140046791A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 도지용
Original assignee: 도지용
Priority date: 2014-04-18
Filing date: 2014-04-18
Publication date: 2015-10-28

Abstract

The present invention relates to a dish washer. A vertical movement body on which a dish storage unit is formed is installed above a sink to be moved vertically. A washing tank which accommodates the dish storage unit and in which dish washing work can be carried out is fixed and mounted on an upper portion of the dish storage unit. The vertical movement body can be used as a general dish storage board or as a storage unit for dish washing depending on a user need. Accordingly, extra work of putting a dish into the dish washer and taking the dish out of the dish washer is eliminated, and thus the dish washer is very convenient to use. When needed, the vertical movement body can be moved upwards to be accommodated in the washing tank to use space more efficiently.

Description

Dish Washer {Dish Washer}

The present invention relates to a dishwasher. More particularly, the present invention relates to a dishwasher which is provided with a vertically movable body provided with a dishwasher and vertically movable on a sink of the dishwasher. The dishwasher accommodates the dishwasher and fixes the dishwasher, It can be used as a general dishwasher or as a dishwasher. As a result, there is no need to separately perform the work of inserting and removing the dishwasher into the dishwasher, so that the use of the dishwasher is very convenient. The upper and lower moving bodies can be moved upward to be accommodated in the washing tub, thereby making it possible to more effectively utilize the space in the sink.

Recently, due to the development of various industrial technologies, a variety of convenience devices have been developed to reduce housework in general households. One of such convenience devices is widely used in many households, which can automatically perform cooking.

Such a dishwasher is a device for washing dishes by spraying high-pressure washing water to a dishware. In general, the dishwasher is provided with a washing tank which forms a washing space inside the case body, a tableware capable of storing dishes inside the washing tank, A storage compartment is provided. Inside the washing tub, a spray nozzle is attached to the tableware accommodated in the dishwasher, and a separate pressurizing pump is installed to supply high-pressure washing water to the spray nozzle. In addition, a discharge port is formed in the lower part of the washing tank to discharge the used washing water, and the discharge port is connected to a separate discharge pipe to discharge the washing water to the outside.

The dishwasher constructed as described above is constructed so as to have an independent configuration and is installed in a kitchen for use by a user. Recently, a new building or the like is installed in a built-in form inserted into a lower portion of a sink in accordance with the size of a sink.

However, such a dishwasher is installed only in most households due to inconvenience of its use, but the actual use frequency is very low. That is, in the dishwasher according to the related art, the dishwasher with food residue is inserted into the dishwasher in the washing tub, and after the dishwashing is completed, the dishwasher is taken out again from the inside of the washing tank, There is an inconvenience such as having to store it again. Therefore, the actual user does not use the dishwasher, but simply puts it in his hand and then stores it in the dishwasher in the sink immediately.

In other words, since the dishwasher is installed in the lower part of the sink or in a separate space, it is inconvenient to insert the dishware into and out of the dishwasher, and the efficiency of the kitchen space is lowered because the dishwasher takes up a separate space Therefore, in recent years, dishwashers have become a problem complex in general households.

In order to solve such a problem, Japanese Patent Application Nos. 10-1317337 and 10-1317336 filed by the present applicant disclose a dishwasher having a structure disposed above a sink of a sink. However, in this patent, there is a problem that the dishwasher accommodating the dishware is fixed to the upper part of the sink of the sink, so that it is somewhat inconvenient to use the sink. In this respect, there was.

Korean Patent No. 10-1317336 Korean Patent No. 10-1317337

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator having a vertically movable body provided with a dish- The upper and lower moving bodies can be used as a general dishwasher or as a dishwasher depending on the user's needs by fixing the washing tank to the upper portion of the dishwasher, And it is possible to move the up / down moving body upwards and to be accommodated in the washing tub, so that the dishwasher can more efficiently utilize the space in the sink.

According to the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator comprising: a vertically moving body which is arranged to be movable up and down, and on which a table storage section is formed so as to store dishes; A washing chamber is formed on the upper portion of the up-and-down moving body and has a bottom surface opened to accommodate the dish-receiving portion when the up-and-down moving body is moved upward, and washing water is sprayed into the washing chamber A washing tank on which a spray nozzle capable of being sprayed is mounted; And an up-and-down driving unit for moving the up-and-down moving body up and down.

In this case, a separate machine room is formed in the upper space of the cleaning chamber so that the upper and lower drive units can be accommodated in the cleaning tank. Further, a separate guide rail is vertically extended and coupled to guide the up- .

In addition, the up-and-down driving unit includes a rotary drum having a traction rope whose one end is coupled to the up-and-down moving body is wound on an outer peripheral surface and is rotatably mounted on the machine room; And a vertical drive motor for driving the rotary drum to rotate the rotary drum so that the pull rope is wound or unwound. The vertical moving body can be pulled up by the pull rope and moved up and down.

In addition, the up-and-down moving body has a water collecting chamber formed in an inner space, a washing water inflow hole is formed on an upper surface of the water collecting chamber to allow wash water to flow into the water collecting chamber, And a discharge pipe having a length adjustable in accordance with the upward and downward movement of the vertically movable body may be connected to the discharge port.

In addition, the machine room of the washing tank is equipped with a water supply tank for receiving and storing wash water from a separate water supply pipe, and a pressurizing pump for supplying wash water to the spray nozzle from the water supply tank, and the water supply tank is connected to the water collection chamber The washing water may be connected to the water collecting chamber through a separate circulation pipe so that the washing water can be circulated and supplied to the water supply tank.

The upper part of the washing tub is equipped with an ultraviolet sterilizing lamp for sterilizing and disinfecting the space inside the washing chamber, and a lower part of the washing tub is hermetically coupled to the upper surface of the up-and-down moving body when the up- A sealing member can be mounted.

According to the present invention, the up-and-down moving body provided with the dish-storing section can be vertically movable on the sink of the sink, and the washing tank capable of accommodating the dish- It is possible to use the dishwasher as a general dishwasher or as a dishwasher. Accordingly, it is not necessary to separately perform the work of inserting and removing the dishwasher into the dishwasher, The up-and-down moving body can be moved upward to be accommodated in the washing tub, so that the space utilization of the sink can be performed more efficiently.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing an installation structure of a dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 and 3 are sectional views schematically showing an internal structure of a dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention,
4 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an operating state of a dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same or similar components throughout the drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an installation structure of a dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are sectional views schematically showing the internal structure of a dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention .

The dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured such that a washing tank capable of washing dishes can be fixedly disposed on the upper part of a sink and a table storage compartment for storing tableware can be installed on the upper part of the sink to be vertically movable, , A use efficiency, and a space efficiency, and includes a vertically moving body 300, a washing tub 200, and an up and down driving unit 400.

The vertically moving body 300 is vertically movably disposed above the counter top 11 of the countertop 10 and the dish top accommodating portion 310 capable of accommodating the tableware 20 is formed on the upper surface thereof. 1, the up-and-down moving body 300 is mounted on the upper portion of the wash bowl 11 adjacent to the wash bowl 11 of the sink 10. In general, It can be mounted at the same position as the stand. The upper and lower bodies 300 are formed on the upper surface thereof to accommodate the dishes 20. According to this arrangement, the tableware 20 can be conveniently stored in the tableware storage unit 310.

The washing tub 200 is fixed to the upper part of the up and down moving body 300 so that the dish receiving part 310 can be received therein when the up and down moving body 300 is moved upward, A cleaning chamber 201 having a bottom surface opened to accommodate the cleaning chamber 201 is formed. The washing tub 200 may be provided with a separate machine room 204 capable of receiving the upper and lower driving parts 400 on the upper part of the washing chamber 201. That is, the washing chamber 200 and the machine room 204 are vertically separated from each other. In the washing chamber 201, the up-and-down moving body 300 can be moved upward and accommodated in the machine room 204 The upper and lower drive unit 400 for vertically moving the up-and-down moving body 300 is accommodated. In addition, a separate window 205 may be formed on the front surface of the washing tub 200 so that the inside space of the washing chamber 201 can be observed from the outside.

Inside the washing tub 200, a spray nozzle 210 capable of spraying washing water is mounted. The injection nozzle 210 is connected to a separate pressurizing pump 510 to receive high-pressure washing water and inject it into the washing chamber 201. The washing water supplied by the pressurizing pump 510 is supplied to a separate water supply pipe Or water that has already been used as wash water is again circulated. The spray nozzle 210 is operated to spray the high-pressure washing water toward the dish-receiving compartment 310 while the up-and-down moving body 300 is moved upward and the dish-receiving compartment 310 is accommodated in the washing chamber 201, By the operation of the injection nozzle 210, the dishes 20 housed in the dishwasher 310 are cleaned.

The upper and lower driving unit 400 can be fixedly mounted to the machine room 204 of the washing tub 200 and configured to move the up and down moving body 300 up and down through a separate mechanical element or the like. 2, the up and down driving unit 400 includes a rotary drum 410 rotatably coupled to the machine room 204 of the washing tub 200, And a motor 420 as shown in FIG. At this time, a pulling rope 411 is wound around the rotary drum 410 and one end of the pulling rope 411 is connected to the upper end of the up-and-down moving body 300. Therefore, when the up-and-down driving motor 420 rotates the rotary drum 410 in one direction, the traction rope 411 is wound on the rotary drum 410 to pull the up-and-down moving body 300 upward, When the up / down driving motor 420 rotates the rotary drum 410 in the opposite direction, the traction rope 411 is retracted from the rotary drum 410 and moves the vertically movable body 300 downward.

It is preferable that the guide rails 230 are provided so that the up and down moving bodies of the up and down moving bodies 300 can be guided by the up and down driving unit 400. [ 200 so as to penetrate the edge portions of the vertically moving body 300.

The dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention is different from the conventional dishwasher according to the related art in that a vertical moving body 300 having a dish receiving portion 310 formed on a top of a sink 11 of a sink 10, And the washing tub 200 is provided on the upper and lower movable body 300 so as to accommodate the dish receiving compartment 310 so that the user can insert the dishware 20 into the dish washer There is an advantage that it is very convenient to take out.

That is, the up-and-down moving body 300 located above the sink 11 of the sink 10 is used as a normal general simple dish storage box, and only when the dish is to be cleaned in this state, The dishwasher 20 can be automatically lifted to be accommodated in the dishwasher 200 and the dishwasher 20 can be automatically cleaned. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately use the dishwasher and the dishwasher separately, and it is not necessary to separately insert or remove the dishwasher 20 into the dishwasher, which is very convenient to use. In addition, since it can be installed as it is at the position of a general dishwasher installed on the sink 11, the installation space is not required to be large unlike the conventional art, and the space efficiency of the kitchen can be further improved.

Also in this case, if the vertically movable body 300 is provided on the upper part of the sink 10, the use of the sink 10 may be inconvenient, and therefore, in order to achieve higher space efficiency for the sink 10, The up-and-down moving body 300 may be maintained in a state of being accommodated in the washing tub 200 during the up-and-down movement, and may be variously set according to the needs of the user.

As shown in FIG. 1, the dish-receiving unit 310 formed on the upper surface of the up-and-down moving body 300 is formed by a separate guide plate 313 formed along the outer circumference And a plurality of dish holders 312 may be installed to separate the plurality of dishes 20 from each other.

The upper and lower moving bodies 300 are formed in a box shape so that the water collecting chamber 301 is formed in the inner space and a plurality of A washing water inflow hole 311 is formed. A discharge port 302 is formed at one side of a lower surface or a side surface of the vertically moving body 300 so that the washing water flowing into the collecting chamber 301 is discharged from the collecting chamber 301. The discharge port 302 is connected to a separate discharge pipe 330 So that the washing water is discharged to the outside. At this time, the discharge pipe 330 may be connected to the drain pipe of the sink 10. The discharge pipe 330 may be formed to be adjustable in length according to the vertical movement of the vertical moving body 300 And may be formed, for example, in the form of a corrugated tube.

A separate opening / closing valve 340 is provided in the discharge port 302 or the discharge pipe 330 so as to block or unblock the discharge of the washing water stored in the collecting chamber 301 through the discharge port 302 and the discharge pipe 330 And may be formed in the form of a solenoid valve or the like, and may be configured to be controlled by a control unit (not shown). In addition, a water collecting guide 320 may be installed in the water collecting chamber 301 so that the washing water flowing through the washing water inflow hole 311 can be smoothly collected and discharged to the discharge port 302.

2 and 3, the dishwasher 310 may be divided into two by a separate separating plate 314, as shown in FIGS. In this case, two washing chambers 201 are separately formed in the washing tub 200 so as to separately accommodate the two dish holders 310. Separate partition walls 202 are formed in the washing chamber 201, So that the cleaning chamber 201 can be separated into two. An insertion groove 203 is formed in the partition wall 202 so that the separating plate 314 of the up-and-down moving body 300 can be inserted when the up-and-down moving body 300 moves upward.

The washing tub 200 is provided with an injection nozzle 210 for independently injecting washing water into the two washing chambers 201. The washing water is injected into the machine room 204 of the washing tub 200, A pressurizing pump 510 is installed so as to pressurize and supply the pressurized gas. The pressurizing pump 510 and the injection nozzle 210 are connected to each other via a separate injection pipe P1 so that the two injection nozzles 210 are connected to the single pressurization pump 510. [ The water supply tank 520 is connected to the pressurization pump 510. The water supply tank 520 is connected to the pressurization pump 510. The water supply tank 520 is connected to the pressurization pump 510. [ The washing water stored in the water supply tank 520 is pressurized through the pressurizing pump 510 and supplied to the spray nozzle 210. The washing water is supplied to the water supply tank 520 through a separate water pipe P3 such as a water pipe, do. The washing water supplied to the spray nozzle 210 is sprayed in a high pressure state toward the tableware 20 stored in the table storage unit 310. In this process, the tableware 20 is cleaned do.

3, a separate circulation pipe P2 connected to the water collecting chamber 301 of the up-and-down moving body 300 may be connected to the water supply tank 520. As shown in FIG. That is, the water collecting chamber 301 and the water supply tank 520 are connected through a separate circulation pipe P2. At this time, a separate circulation pump 530 may be connected to the circulation pipe P 2 so as to circulate and supply the washing water from the water collecting chamber 301 to the water supply tank 520.

According to this structure, water supplied from a separate water supply pipe (P3) may be used as wash water sprayed by the spray nozzle (210), or alternatively, water may be circulated through the spray nozzle Or may be used in a mixed form thereof.

That is, when the washing water for dish washing is sprayed by the spray nozzle 210, the washing water flows into the water collecting chamber 301 through the washing water inflow hole 311 formed in the area of the dish receiving part 310 of the vertically moving body 300 When the open / close valve 340 of the discharge port 302 is kept closed, the washing water injected by the injection nozzle 210 is collected and stored in the water collecting chamber 301. The washing water stored in the water collecting chamber 301 is supplied to the water supply tank 520 through the circulation pump 530 and the circulation pipe P2 and is supplied from the water supply tank 520 to the injection nozzle 210 And is sprayed into the washing chamber 201. [

Therefore, the dishwasher 20 can be cleaned in a manner that the water sprayed by the spray nozzle 210 is continuously circulated without the need to continuously supply new water in the dishwashing process, thereby saving water in the dishwashing process . After the dishwashing process is completed, the dishwasher 300 may be opened while the dish rinse process is being performed, so that the washing water sprayed by the spray nozzle 210 is not stored in the water collecting chamber 301, And the fresh water supplied to the water supply tank 520 through the water supply pipe P3 is supplied to the spray nozzle 210 so that the dish rinsing process can be performed.

2 to 4, the ultraviolet sterilizing lamp 600 may be mounted on the washing tub 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention so as to disinfect the interior space of the washing chamber 201, This ultraviolet sterilizing lamp 600 may be configured to operate after the dishwashing operation is completed by the operation of the spray nozzle 210. [

That is, after the cleaning operation is completed in the state that the up-and-down moving body 300 is moved upward, the up-and-down moving body 300 does not move downward again but remains in close contact with the washing tub 200. In this state, The sterilizing lamp 600 is operated to perform the sterilizing operation for the dishes 20 whose cleaning operation has been completed. In this case, the viewing window 205 formed on the front surface of the washing tub 200 can be configured to be openable and closable, and the tableware 20 accommodated in the table storage unit 310 can be opened It may be taken out to the outside.

In addition, a drying air blowing nozzle 700 for blowing air toward the dish-receiving compartment 310 can be mounted in the washing chamber 201 of the washing tub 200, and the dishes 20, So that the dishes 20 can be dried more quickly.

4 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an operating state of a dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 4, the dishwasher according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured such that the vertically moving body 300 having the dish receiver 310 formed thereon is moved up and down between the countertop 10 and the washing tub 200 The washing water is sprayed by the spray nozzle 210 in a state in which the vertically moving body 300 is moved upward and the dishwasher 310 is received in the washing chamber 201 of the washing tub 200, To operate.

The upward and downward movement of the vertically moving body 300 is performed by the up-and-down driving unit 400. When the up-and-down moving body 300 is moved upward, the two dish- Are accommodated in the chambers 201 at the same time, and the spray nozzles 210 simultaneously operate in each of the cleaning chambers 201, and the dishwashing operation proceeds.

At this time, it is preferable that the washing tub 200 and the up-and-down moving body 300 are hermetically sealed so that the washing water injected by the injection nozzle 210 does not flow out to the outside while the up-and-down moving body 300 is moved upward. A separate sealing member 220 may be mounted on the lower end of the washing tub 200 so that the sealing member 220 is inserted into the upper surface of the upper and lower moving body 300. [ The guide groove 303 may be formed.

When the dishwashing operation is completed, the up-and-down moving body 300 can be maintained in an upwardly moved state. In this state, the drying blowing nozzle 700 is operated to perform a drying operation on the dishes 20 And then the ultraviolet sterilizing lamp 600 is operated so that the internal space of the washing chamber 201, that is, the disinfecting operation of the dishes 20 can be performed.

Accordingly, the user does not need to move the up-and-down moving body 300 downward even after the dishwashing operation is completed, so that the dishes 20 can be positioned inside the washing chamber 201, 20 can be sanitized and sterilized to keep the sanitary condition of the dishes 20 clean.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

10: Countertop 20: Tableware
200: Cleaning tank 201: Cleaning chamber
204: machine room 205:
210: injection nozzle 300: vertical movement body
301: collecting chamber 310: tableware compartment
311: Washing water inlet hole 320: Collecting guide
330: discharge pipe 340: opening / closing valve
400: Up and down driving part 410:
420: Up / down driving motor 510: Pressure pump
520: water tank 530: circulation pump
600: Ultraviolet germicidal lamp 700: Drying nozzle

Claims

A vertically movable body which is arranged to be movable up and down, and on the upper surface thereof, a dish storage section is formed so as to store dishes;
A washing chamber is formed on the upper portion of the up-and-down moving body and has a bottom surface opened to accommodate the dish-receiving portion when the up-and-down moving body is moved upward, and washing water is sprayed into the washing chamber A washing tank on which a spray nozzle capable of being sprayed is mounted; And
A vertical driving part for moving the vertical moving body up and down,
Wherein the dishwasher comprises:

The method according to claim 1,
A separate machine room is formed in the upper space of the washing chamber so that the upper and lower driving units can be accommodated in the washing tank and a separate guide rail is coupled to the upper and lower bodies so as to guide the up- Features a dishwasher.

3. The method of claim 2,
The up-
A rotary drum having a traction rope whose one end is coupled to the up-and-down moving body is wound on an outer circumferential surface and rotatably mounted in the machine room; And
Up and down driving motor for rotationally driving the rotary drum so that the pulling rope is wound or unwound,
Wherein the vertical moving body is pulled up by the pulling rope and moves up and down.

The method according to claim 2 or 3,
The up-and-down moving body
A water collecting chamber is formed in an inner space, a washing water inflow hole is formed on an upper surface of the water collecting chamber to introduce washing water into the water collecting chamber, and a discharge port is formed at one side of the water collecting chamber to discharge wash water flowing into the collecting chamber, And a discharge pipe having a length adjustable in accordance with the vertical movement of the vertically movable body is connected to the discharge pipe.

5. The method of claim 4,
In the machine chamber of the washing tub
A water supply tank for supplying and storing washing water from a separate water supply pipe; and a pressurizing pump for supplying pressurized water to the spray nozzle from the water supply tank,
Wherein the water supply tank is connected to the water collection chamber through a separate circulation line so that the wash water flowing into the water collection chamber can be circulated and supplied to the water supply tank.

5. The method of claim 4,
An ultraviolet sterilizing lamp is mounted on the upper portion of the washing tub to sterilize and sterilize the inside of the washing chamber,
And a sealing member is mounted on the lower end of the washing tub so as to be hermetically coupled to the upper surface of the up-and-down moving body when the up-and-down moving body is moved upward.