JP4827037B2 - Pull-out kitchenware dryer - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a drawer-type kitchenware dryer, and more particularly to a drawer-type kitchenware dryer provided with a water receiver in a storage chamber.

  In general, a tableware drier is used to dry the tableware after washing by blowing warm air on the tableware.

  This tableware dryer includes a tabletop tableware dryer that is used by being mounted on a counter or the like of a system kitchen, and a drawer-type tableware dryer that is used by being incorporated in the system kitchen.

  Both types of tableware dryers store wet tableware in the storage room, so that a small amount of water accumulates on the bottom plate of the storage room.

  For this reason, in the table-top tableware dryer, it drains from the drain hole provided in the baseplate, and is stored in the water receptacle provided outside the storage room (for example, refer patent document 1).

  Further, in the drawer type tableware dryer, water is stored in a water receiving tray provided at the bottom of the storage room, and a separate water receiver placed outside the machine through a drain hole provided in the water receiving tray. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).

Both of the tableware dryers described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 are drained through the drainage hole, so that dirt accumulates in the drainage hole, resulting in clogging or unsanitary conditions, and the water receiver is in a visible position. As a result, the drainage may overflow.
JP-A-7-289596 JP-A-57-103606

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a drawer-type kitchenware dryer that is hygienic and does not overflow waste water.

In order to achieve the above-described object, a pull-out type kitchen utensil dryer according to the present invention includes a dryer main body incorporated in a system kitchen, and a storage chamber that is removably accommodated in the dryer main body and stores kitchen utensils. In a drawer-type kitchenware dryer provided at the rear of the drawer unit and the dryer body, provided with an air heating unit that sucks outside air into warm air and blows warm air into the storage chamber to dry the kitchenware, wherein the bottom plate of the housing chamber from the rear with tilting forwardly downwardly toward the front, provided with oblong housing recess provided in the front vicinity of the bottom plate, an oblong water receptacle housed in the housing recess, the water receptor is characterized in that it can opening or et desorption before walls and the storage chamber between the tone basket kitchen goods are received in the receiving chamber is placed the housing portion.

  According to the drawer-type kitchenware dryer according to the present invention, it is an object to provide a drawer-type kitchenware dryer that is hygienic and does not overflow waste water.

  A drawer-type kitchenware dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state in which the drawer-type kitchenware dryer according to this embodiment is incorporated in a system kitchen, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the drawer-type kitchenware dryer.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the drawer-type kitchenware dryer 1 which concerns on this embodiment is integrated and used for the system kitchen S. As shown in FIG.

  The surface plate of the drawer-type kitchen utensil dryer 1, the counter sink s1, the storage shelf s2, the gas microwave oven s3, etc. constituting the system kitchen S is unified in, for example, wine color, and in the vicinity of the upper end 2a of the surface plate A decorative line o unified in silver color is applied extending in the horizontal direction. The decorative line may be formed by coloring different from the color of the surface plate, or may be formed by attaching a separate decorative plate having a color different from the color of the surface plate.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a surface plate 2 is provided on the surface of the drawer type kitchen utensil dryer 1, and an exhaust port 3 is provided above the decorative line o provided near the upper end 2 a of the surface plate 2. Further, a handle portion 4 is provided horizontally adjacent to the exhaust port 3. Further, a control display unit 6 is provided on the front surface of the dryer main body 5 of the drawer-type kitchenware dryer 1 along the handle 4 on the decorative line o.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the dryer main body 5 has a rectangular box shape with an open front surface, and a drawer unit 7 is accommodated in the dryer main body 5 so as to be freely accessible.

  An air inlet 8 is provided at the front part of the ceiling 5a of the dryer body 5, and a suction duct 9 extending rearward from the air inlet 8 is also provided in the ceiling 5a. Air sucked from the air inlet 8 is sucked into the air inlet duct 8. 9 and the intake passage 10 are led to an air heating unit 11 provided at the rear part of the dryer main body 5.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the air heating unit 11 includes a heater 11a that heats the outside air and an electric fan 11b that blows warm air. The air heating unit 11 is provided near the front of the ceiling 5a of the dryer body 5 and includes a filter. The outside air sucked through the air inlet 8, the air intake duct 9, and the air intake passage 10 is heated to be warm air, and is blown out from the wide hot air outlet 12b provided in the fan side outlet 11c and the rear plate 12g of the storage chamber 12.

  The storage chamber 12 from which the warm air blows is provided in the drawer unit 7 and stores the kitchen supplies V therein.

  Here, the kitchen utensils mean tea bowls, dishes, spoons, knives, cutting boards, pots, kettles, etc. that need to be dried after washing, such as tableware and utensils used in dining tables and kitchens.

  The storage chamber 12 has a rectangular box shape with an open top, and stores two net baskets 13 and 14 on which the kitchen article V is placed. Further, the bottom plate 12a of the storage chamber 12 is inclined forward and downward from the rear to the front, and a horizontally long receiving recess 12c having a width substantially the same as the width of the bottom plate 12a is provided in the vicinity of the front surface of the bottom plate 12a. A horizontally long water receiver 15 is provided to be accommodated and engaged with each other. The water receiver 15 accumulates water that has fallen from the kitchen utensil V and has flowed through the bottom plate 12a from the rear to the front.

  Further, the water receiver 15 has substantially the same length as the width of the bottom plate 12 a, and above this water receiver 15, the mesh basket 14 that is stored in the storage chamber 12 and on which the kitchen article V is placed and the storage portion 12. A cutting board accommodating portion 12e is provided between the front walls 12d.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the water receiver 15 is horizontally long and shallow, and the water receiver 15 is detached from the opening 12f of the storage chamber 12 on the upper side of the container portion 15a (the front side when installed). A handle portion 15b is provided upright, and an elastic synthetic resin packing 15c is provided on the outer periphery of the container portion 15a.

  By providing the packing 15c, the water receiver 15 and the housing recess 12c are watertightly accommodated and engaged, and the engagement is not released due to an impact when the drawer unit 7 is moved in and out.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10, the warm air blown into the storage chamber 12 fills the storage chamber 12, dries the wet kitchen utensil V, and then passes through an exhaust passage 16 provided in the upper portion of the dryer body 5. Thus, the air is exhausted from the exhaust port 3 located opposite to the exhaust passage 16 to the outside of the machine.

  As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, when the kitchen article is stored or taken out, the handle portion 4 is taken and the drawer unit 7 is pulled out from the dryer body 5. A rail mechanism 17 is provided between the drawer unit 7 and the dryer main body 5 so that the drawer unit 7 can be easily taken in and out. In addition, when the drawer unit 7 is pulled out, the state of the water accumulated in the water receiver 15 from the opening 12f of the storage chamber 12 can be easily confirmed, and there is no overflow. Even in the case of accumulation and disposal, the water receiver 15 can be easily detached using the handle portion 15b.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a slight gap g of 2 to 3 mm, for example, is formed between the lower end s1a of the counter sink s1 and the upper end 2a of the surface plate 2 so as not to impair the aesthetic appearance. Is taken in through the gap g. At the time of installation work, it is preferable that a small spacer sp temporarily attached to the upper end 2a of the surface plate 2 is sandwiched between the gap g so as to ensure the gap g.

  Further, the control display unit 6 is provided with a power on / off button 6a, an operation mode switching button 6b between the normal operation mode and the power saving operation mode, and two display lamps 6c and 6c for displaying the mode. The heater 11a is energized for 55 minutes, the 12W electric fan 11b is operated for 60 minutes, and in the power saving operation mode, the heater 11a is energized for 30 minutes, the electric fan 11b is operated for 35 minutes, and then intermittently operated at intervals of 5 minutes. Finally, the operation is continued for 75 minutes and then for 135 minutes. In this way, power is saved.

  According to the drawer-type kitchenware dryer of this embodiment, a drawer-type kitchenware dryer that is hygienic and does not overflow waste water is realized.

The front view which shows the state which integrated the drawer-type kitchenware dryer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention in the system kitchen. The front view of the drawer-type kitchenware dryer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The top view of the drawer-type kitchenware dryer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The rear view of the drawer-type kitchenware dryer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view (intake state) of a drawer-type kitchenware dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention. The top view of the water receiver used for the drawer-type kitchenware dryer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The side view of the water receiver used for the drawer-type kitchenware dryer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The side view of the water receiver used for the drawer-type kitchenware dryer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the water receiver used for the drawer-type kitchenware dryer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The longitudinal cross-sectional view (exhaust state) of the drawer-type kitchenware dryer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The side view which shows the open state of the drawer unit of the drawer-type kitchenware dryer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The top view which shows the open state of the drawer unit of the drawer-type kitchenware dryer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Drawer-type kitchenware dryer, 2 ... Surface board, 3 ... Exhaust port, 4 ... Handle part, 5 ... Dryer main body, 5a ... Ceiling, 6 ... Control display part, 6a ... Power ON / OFF button, 6b ... Operation Mode switching button, 6c ... indicator lamp, 7 ... drawer unit, 8 ... intake port, 8a ... filter, 9 ... suction duct, 10 ... air intake path, 11 ... air heating unit, 11a ... heater, 11b ... electric fan, 11c ... Fan side outlet, 12 ... storage chamber, 12a ... bottom plate, 12b ... warm air outlet, 12c ... accommodation recess, 12d ... front wall, 12e ... cutting board accommodation portion, 12f ... opening, 12g ... rear plate, 13 ... mesh basket, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 14 ... Net basket, 15 ... Water receiver, 15a ... Container part, 15b ... Handle part, 15c ... Packing, 16 ... Exhaust passage, 17 ... Rail mechanism.

Claims (2)

The dryer body built into the system kitchen,
A drawer unit that is housed in the dryer main body so as to freely enter and exit, and has a storage chamber for storing kitchen supplies;
Provided at the rear of the dryer main body, equipped with an air heating unit that draws in outside air and makes warm air,
In a drawer-type kitchenware dryer that blows warm air into the storage room and dries the kitchenware,
Together we are inclined forwardly downward to the bottom plate of the storage chamber toward the rear to the front, provided with oblong housing recess provided in the front vicinity of the bottom plate, an oblong water receptacle housed in the housing recess,
The water receptacle is pullout kitchen goods, characterized in that it the opening or et desorption before walls and the storage chamber between the tone basket kitchen goods are received in the receiving chamber is placed the housing part Dryer. The pull-out type kitchen utensil dryer according to claim 1, wherein a handle portion is erected on the front side of the water receiver .

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