JP3540792B2 - Tableware dryer - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial applications]
The present invention relates to a tableware dryer capable of drying dishes.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, tableware dryers capable of drying chopping are provided with an auxiliary drying chamber for drying chopping separately from a main drying chamber for drying tableware, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-230335 (A47L 19/00). There is a thing which is dried together with tableware in a tableware drying room as shown in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-4202 (A47 19/00). The former has a problem that the structure is complicated, and the latter can simplify the structure, but it must be dried by moving the stake to the edge of the drying room so as not to interfere with other dishes. There was a problem in terms of drying performance due to insufficient hot air.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention provides a tableware dryer capable of improving the drying performance without increasing the size of the main body in a type that can be dried in a common tableware drying room together with the tableware in order to simplify the structure. The task is to provide.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention has a hot air generator having a blower duct in which a centrifugal fan is housed and a tongue is formed in a main body, a tableware drying chamber from which hot air is discharged from the hot air generator, and A table storage unit placed on the tableware drying chamber, a storage unit is provided near one side wall of the tableware drying chamber, and an axis of the centrifugal fan is disposed substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the main body. The air duct is arranged substantially in parallel with the bottom surface longitudinal direction of the chopping storage portion, and the tongue portion is disposed on the chopping storage portion side, and the chopping storage portion is formed by lowering the bottom surface of the tableware storing portion by one step. It is characterized by having been done.
[0005]
According to the above configuration, when the centrifugal fan rotates, warm air is discharged from the warm air discharge port. The discharged warm air is affected by the rotation direction of the centrifugal fan and has a flow deflected in the rotation direction. In other words, the flow is deflected to one side wall side of the dish drying room where the chopping section is located, and a lot of warm air hits the chopping. Therefore, the drying performance can be kept good even if the food is dried by moving it to one side wall of the tableware drying room. In addition, the height of the main body can be reduced by disposing the shaft of the centrifugal fan substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the main body and making the storage section lower than the bottom surface of the tableware storage section.
[0006]
When the hot air is not dried, the hot air discharge port is located almost in the middle between one side wall and the opposite wall, so that the hot air fills the dish drying room relatively uniformly.
[0007]
Further, the chopping storage section may store the chop in an upright state along one side wall of the tableware drying chamber, and the warm air discharge port may be disposed at one end side in the front-rear direction of the chopping storage section. desirable.
[0008]
Preferably, a plurality of ribs are formed on a bottom surface of the tableware storage unit.
[0009]
Further, it is preferable that a motor for driving the centrifugal fan be provided, and the motor be disposed in an air passage until the air sucked from the air inlet is sent into the air duct.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of the dish dryer, which has a hot air generator 2 therein. The main body 1 is composed of a lower case 3 and an upper case 4, and these two cases 3, 4 are connected by screws 5. The upper case 4 is provided with a warm air discharge port 6 for discharging warm air generated by the warm air generator 2. A tableware storage section, that is, a tableware storage container 7 is removably mounted on the upper case 4, and an upper opening of the container 7 is covered with a lid 8, and the container 7 and the lid 8 form a tableware drying chamber 9. Has formed. The tableware S is leaned on the bottom surface of the tableware container 7 by a large number of ribs 10 as shown by a dotted line in FIG. The hot air discharged from the hot air outlet 6 fills the dish drying chamber 9, and after drying the dishes, is discharged from the exhaust hole 11 provided in the lid 8.
[0011]
The hot air generator 2 includes a fan motor 12 whose axis is arranged substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the lower case 3, a sirocco fan 13 which is a kind of centrifugal fan rotated by the motor 12, and a fan 13 , A fan duct 15 integrally formed with the fan casing 14 and having a tongue 40 formed therein, and a heater 16 disposed in the duct 15. The fan casing 14 and the air duct 15 are composed of a side wall 17 projecting integrally from the main body lower case 3 and a cover 18 covering the side wall. The cover 18 supplies air into the fan casing 14. An intake port 19 for taking in is provided. The motor 12 is arranged in the air passage until the air sucked in from the air inlet 19 is sent to the air duct 15, and cools the motor 12 with the air.
[0012]
A discharge duct 20 rising in an L-shape is connected to a front end of the blower duct 15, and a front end of the duct 20 is located in the warm air discharge port 6. The discharge duct 20 is screwed to the lower case 3 of the main body as is apparent from FIG. Reference numeral 22 denotes a diffusion plate that diffuses the warm air discharged from the warm air discharge port 6 to the surroundings and prevents water from entering the discharge duct 20, and is attached to the main body upper case 4.
[0013]
Reference numeral 23 denotes an outside air suction port provided in the main body lower case 3 and a filter 24 is mounted. 25 is a water receiving container for storing water dropped from tableware, and 26 is a timer.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 2, a tray storage section 27 is provided near one side wall (rightward in the figure) of the tableware drying chamber 9 to hold the tray M on the tray. More specifically, the bottom of the tableware container 7 is lowered by one step so that the table M can be leaned. Further, the hot air discharge port 6 is located almost at the middle between the one side wall and the opposing wall facing the side wall and at one rear end side of the board M. Further, the rotation direction of the sirocco fan 13 is set in a direction toward the one side wall where the storage section 27 is located as viewed from above, as indicated by an arrow in FIG. In FIG. 3, the storage section 27 is indicated by a dashed line.
[0015]
With such a configuration, when drying the tableware S and the chopping M, the tableware S and the chopping M are installed at a predetermined position in the tableware drying chamber 9, and when the fan 13 is rotated, the outside air suction port 23 enters the main body 1. The sucked air is sucked into the fan casing 14 through the air inlet 19, sent to the heater 16 and heated to become hot air, and is discharged from the hot air outlet 6 into the dish drying chamber 9 through the discharge duct 20. Released. Arrows in FIGS. 1 and 2 indicate the flow of the warm air at this time.
[0016]
At this time, the hot air is deflected in the rotation direction under the influence of the rotation direction of the sirocco fan 13 even if the blow duct 15 and the discharge duct 20 are not particularly deflected. That is, more warm air is released from the one side wall of the tableware drying chamber 9 where the storage section 27 is located, and more hot air hits the processing M. According to the experiment, warm air was emitted at a ratio of 6: 4 between one side wall and the opposite wall.
[0017]
Therefore, the drying performance can be kept good even if the bowl M is moved to one side wall of the tableware drying chamber 9 and dried so as not to disturb the taking in and out of other dishes.
[0018]
When the hot water is not dried, the hot air discharge port 6 is located almost in the middle between the one side wall and the opposing wall, so that the hot air can be filled in the dish drying chamber 9 relatively uniformly, The dishes can be dried evenly without becoming nervous when placing the dishes.
[0019]
In the above embodiments, the sirocco fan is used as the centrifugal fan of the hot air generator, but the present invention is not limited to this.
[0020]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, in order to simplify the structure, the table can be dried in the tableware drying room common to the tableware, and the rotation direction of the centrifugal fan of the hot air generator and the table storage section in the tableware drying room By devising the positional relationship described above, the drying performance can be kept good even if the tray M is dried by moving it to one side wall of the dish drying chamber so as not to disturb the taking in and out of other dishes. In addition, the height of the main body can be reduced by disposing the shaft of the centrifugal fan substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the main body and making the storage section lower than the bottom surface of the tableware storage section.
[0021]
In addition, when the table is not dried, the hot air can be relatively evenly filled in the tableware drying room from the hot air outlet, so that the tableware will not be nervous and easy to use. Become.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side longitudinal sectional view of a dish dryer of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the dish dryer taken along line AA in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of the tableware dryer in a state in which an upper case 4 and a fan casing cover 19 have been removed.
[Explanation of symbols]
13. Sirocco fan (centrifugal fan)
40 tongue 15 air duct 2 hot air generator 1 main body 9 tableware drying room 7 tableware storage container (tableware storage unit)
27 storage section 6 hot air discharge port 10 rib 12 motor 19 intake port

Claims (4)

A hot air generator having a blower duct in which a centrifugal fan is housed and a tongue is formed is provided in the main body, a dish drying chamber from which the hot air is discharged from the hot air generator, and placed on the main body. A dish storage section, wherein a dish storage section is provided near one side wall of the dish drying chamber, an axis of the centrifugal fan is disposed substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the main body, and the blower duct is It is substantially parallel to the bottom surface longitudinal direction of the chopping storage portion, and the tongue portion is arranged on the chopping storage portion side, and the chopping storage portion is formed by lowering the bottom surface of the tableware storing portion by one step. Characteristic tableware dryer. The chop storage section stores chops in a state of standing along one side wall of the dish drying room, and the hot air discharge port is disposed at one end side in the front-rear direction of the chop storage section. The dish dryer according to claim 1. The tableware dryer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of ribs are formed on a bottom surface of the tableware storage portion. The motor for driving the centrifugal fan is provided, and the motor is arranged in an air path until air sucked from an air inlet is sent into the air duct. Tableware dryer.

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