JPH0366350A - Tableware drying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the errorneous setting of operation time and to improve the use convenience by setting the operation time of a hot air supply means by interlocking with an operation of an opening/closing means for opening and closing a supply port. CONSTITUTION:When an operating lever 23 is operated to the 'small object' side, and an operating switch is operated once, a signal is inputted to a control circuit 36, and based on the signal from the control circuit 36, a timer circuit 38 sets a timer of 30 minutes. By the control circuit 36, an air blower 12 and a heater 13 are brought to electric conduction, air sucked from a suction port 14 by the air blower 12 is heated by the heater 13 and becomes hot air, and the greater part thereof passes through a supply passage 15 and supplied into a tableware drying chamber 32 from a blowoff port 16. Also, since a damper 22 releases a supply port 20, a part of hot air of a hot air supply means passes through the supply passage 15 and supplied to the rear part of a small object drying chamber 17, dries a chopping board A in the small object drying chamber and exhausted to the tableware drying chamber 32 from an exhaust hole 21 of the front part of the small object containing chamber 17, and dries tableware, etc., contained in the tableware drying chamber 32 together with hot air supplied from the blowoff port 16.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a dish dryer having a small article drying chamber for drying small articles.

(B) Prior Art A conventional device of this kind will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10. Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body, which incorporates hot air supply means consisting of a blower 2 and a heater 3. 4 is a Jift consisting of three lid pieces swingably supported by the main body; 5 is a food basket stored in a dish drying chamber 6 surrounded by the main body 1 and the lid 4; The hot air from the device is sent to the rear of the top plate of the main body (No. 8
The tableware is introduced into the tableware drying chamber 6 through the supply port 7 formed on the right side of the figure. ! It is designed to dry the tableware inside 5.

8 is in the book 1 * 1 PIWIt1. 9 is an air passage formed on the side of the small article drying chamber 8, in which a supply port 10 is formed, and a part of the warm air from the hot air supply means is The air is supplied to the small article drying chamber 8 through the air passage 9 and the supply port 10, and is used to dry the ridges and the like in the small article drying chamber.

However, hot air is supplied even when there are no items stored in the small item drying chamber 8, and therefore, the hot air from the hot air supply means is not efficiently utilized.

Therefore, if you do not store items in the small items drying room 8,
It is conceivable to close the supply port 10 with an opening/closing means so that the warm air from the hot air supply means is supplied only to the dish drying chamber 6.

However, depending on whether or not hot air is supplied to the small item drying chamber 8 through the supply port 10, the amount of hot air supplied to the tableware drying chamber 6 changes, and the amount of hot air supplied to the tableware drying chamber 6 changes. The drying time will also vary. Therefore, the user has to consider not only the operation of the opening/closing means but also the operation time setting of the hot air supply means, which is inconvenient to use.

(c) 5! SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised in view of the above drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a food stain dryer that is easy to use.

(d) Means for solving the problem - g) A supply port is formed in the article drying room to introduce a part of the warm air supplied by the hot air supply means, and an opening/closing means for opening and closing the supply port is formed. , a means is provided for setting the operating time of the hot air supply means in conjunction with the opening/closing means.

(E) Food 1!! is stored in the tableware drying chamber, and the other food is stored in the small items drying chamber. When the opening/closing means is operated to open the supply port, the setting means sets the operation time of the hot air supply means. set to a relatively short time.

In this state, when the hot air supply means is activated, most of the hot air is supplied to the dish drying room to dry the tableware, and some of the warm air is supplied to the small items drying room through the supply port. It is then dried.

Further, when the opening/closing means is operated to close the supply port, the setting means sets the operating time of the hot air supply means to a relatively long time.

In this state, hot air is supplied to the dish drying chamber to dry the dishes.

(F) Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

11 is a synthetic resin type main body, which includes a blower 12 and a heater 13.
It has a built-in hot air supply means consisting of.

The hot air supply means is configured to supply the main body 1 by driving the blower 12.
The air sucked in from the suction port 14 on the bottom of the main body 11 is heated by the heater 13, and most of the warm air is sent from the supply path 15 to the tableware drying chamber, which will be described later, through the air outlet 16 formed on the top plate of the main body 11. 32, and a part of the warm air is supplied to the rear of the supply port 20.
A small article drying chamber 1, which will be described later, is formed in the main body 11 through the
7.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a drying chamber for small articles defined within the main body 11, which is open on the front side of the main body 11 (on the left side in FIG. 1). Reference numeral 18 denotes a frame made of synthetic resin that is housed so as to be freely drawn out from the front opening of the small article drying chamber 17.
When the small articles drying chamber 17 is stored, the front surface of the frame 18 closes the front opening of the small article drying chamber 17. The frame 18 is sized to accommodate @A, and the bottom surface of the frame 18 is provided with ribs 19 that form a gap between the bottom surface and @A when the @A is stored. are integrally formed.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a supply port formed in the supply path 15 of the hot air supply means, and a supply port 20 opened toward the front from the front of the supply path 15 at the rear of the small article drying chamber 17, and a supply port 20 opened from the rear of the supply path 15 downward. It has a supply port 20 that opens toward the inside, and hot air from the hot air supply means is supplied into the small article drying chamber 17 through the supply port 20. Reference numeral 21 denotes an exhaust hole bored in the front of the small article drying chamber 17, which serves to supply warm air from the small article drying chamber 17 into a tableware drying chamber 32, which will be described later.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a damper serving as an opening/closing means for opening and closing the supply port 20, which opens downward from the rear of the supply path 15, except for a part.
3, it is opened and closed via the connecting rod 24. When the operating lever 23 is operated to the "high speed" side shown in FIG.
Most of the supply port 20 opened downward from the rear of the device 5 is closed, and a small amount of hot air is supplied from the hot air supply means to the small article drying chamber 17 through the portion of the supply port 20 that is not blocked by the damper 22. Then, when the operating lever 23 is operated to the "small items" side, the damper 22 is released and the small items drying chamber i is opened.
7, hot air is supplied from the hot air supply means.

23 is a microswitch operated by the operating lever 23, and 26 is an operating switch formed on the front surface of the main body 11. When operating the operating switch 26 once while operating the operating lever 23 to the "high speed" side, the A timer for a preset short time (18 minutes in this example) is set, the "high speed" lamp 27 lights up, and when the time has elapsed, the operation is stopped and the operation switch 26 is operated twice to set the timer for the preset time. A timer for a long time (30 minutes in this example) is set, the "standard" lamp 28 lights up, and after the time has elapsed, the operation is stopped, and the operation is started with operation 1+ and switch 26.
If you press the button three times, it will stop operating.

Further, the operation switch 26 controls the operation 1/bar 23 as follows.
If you operate the operation switch 26 twice while the operation lever 23 is operated toward the "high speed" side, if you operate the operation switch 26 twice while the operation lever 23 is operated toward the "high speed" side, the preset long time ζ will be used in this embodiment. A timer (30 minutes) is set, the "standard" lamp 28 lights up, and when the time has elapsed, the operation is stopped and the operation switch 26 is operated twice to stop the operation.

29 is a main circuit board on which a control circuit 36, a display circuit 37, and a timer circuit 38, which will be described later, are mounted, and 30 is a power supply circuit board, on which a t-source circuit 39, which will be described later, is mounted.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a transparent synthetic resin lid made of three lid pieces 31a, 31b, and 31c that are swingably supported by the main body 11, and a food drying chamber 32 is provided between it and the top surface of the main body 11. The second lid piece 31b is provided with an exhaust hole 33.

34 is a synthetic resin dish basket that is housed in the dish drying chamber 32 so as to be freely accessible.

Next, the circuit will be explained based on FIG.

33 is a changeover switch consisting of the microswitch 25 and the operation switch 26, 36 is a control circuit that inputs the operation signal from the changeover switch 35, and 37 is an l119r1 circuit 36.
A display circuit consisting of a "high speed" lamp 27 and a "standard" lamp 28 displays a signal based on the operation of the changeover switch 35 from the control circuit 36, and a display circuit 38 sets the operating time according to a signal based on the operation of the changeover switch 35 from the control circuit 36. A timer circuit, 39 is a power supply circuit.

The tableware basket 34 containing tableware is placed in the tableware drying room 32.
At the same time, @A is placed in the frame 181; and the frame is stored in the small items drying chamber 17.

Move the operating lever 23 to the "accessory" side and press the operating switch 2.
6 is operated once, a signal is input to the control circuit 3G.
, the timer circuit 38 based on the signal from the control circuit 36.
sets a timer for 30 minutes. The blower 12 and the heater 13 are energized by the control circuit 36, and the air sucked in from the suction port 14 by the rotation of the blower 12 is transferred to the heater 13.
Most of the warm air is supplied into the dish drying chamber 32 from the outlet 16 through the supply path 15. By operating the operating lever 23 toward the small item j side, the damper 22 releases the supply port 20, so that a portion of the warm air from the hot air supply means passes through the supply path 13 and flows from the supply port 20 to the small item drying chamber. The air is supplied to the rear of the small items storage chamber 17 to dry @A in the small items drying chamber, and is exhausted from the exhaust hole 21 at the front of the small items storage chamber 17 to the tableware drying chamber 32, together with the warm air supplied from the air outlet 016. Dry the tableware in 32.

Next, a case will be described in which the tableware basket 34 containing tableware is stored in the tableware drying chamber 32, small articles such as chopsticks are placed in the frame 18, and the frame is stored in the small article drying chamber 17. .

Operate the operation lever 23 to the "high speed" side and press the operation switch 2.
6 is operated once, a signal is input to the control circuit 36,
Based on the signal from control circuit 36, timer circuit 38 sets an 18 minute timer. The blower 12 and the heater 13 are energized by the control circuit 36, and the air sucked in from the suction port 14 by the rotation of the blower 12 is heated by the heater 13 and becomes warm air, and most of the warm air flows through the supply path 13. The air is then supplied from the air outlet 16 to the dish drying chamber 32.

In addition, by operating the operating lever 23 to the "high speed" side, the damper 22 closes the supply port 20 except for a part, so that a small amount of the hot air from the hot air supply means is supplied via the supply path 15. It is supplied from the port 20 to the rear part of the small article drying chamber 17, dries the small articles such as chopsticks in the small article drying chamber, and is exhausted from the exhaust hole 21 at the front of the small article storage chamber 17 to the tableware drying chamber 32. Dish drying room 32 along with warm air supplied from 16
Dry the tableware inside.

At this time, since the damper 22 closes off all but a portion of the supply port 20, only a small amount of warm air is supplied to the small article drying chamber 17. Small items such as chopsticks can be dried with a small amount of hot air compared to @A, so they can be efficiently dried with a small amount of hot air supplied to the small item drying chamber 17 without wasting hot air.

In addition, when the ambient temperature is low, such as during winter, when the operation switch 26 is operated to -pt, that is, when the 18-minute timer is set, the small items in the small item drying chamber 17 and the tableware drying chamber 32 are The tableware may not be completely dry.
In this case, operate the operation switch 26 twice to set the timer for 30 minutes.

(G) Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, since the operating time of the hot air supply means is set in conjunction with the operation of the opening/closing means for opening and closing the supply port, mistakes in setting the operating time can be eliminated. This provides effects such as improved usability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 7 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a sectional view taken along line I-X in FIG. 6, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-IN in FIG. 1 with the damper released. , FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line II-IIX in FIG. 1 with the damper closed. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-r/in FIG. 2, and FIG.
! IrII, Fig. 6 is a front view, Fig. 7 is a circuit diagram, Fig. 8 is a conventional sectional view, Fig. 9 is a [X-EX sectional view of Fig. 8], Fig. 10 is a It is a XX sectional view. 11...Body, 12...Blower, 13...
Heater, 17... Small items drying room, 20... Supply port, 22... Damper 32... Tableware drying room.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A main body having a hot air supply means, a tableware drying chamber to which hot air is supplied from the hot air supply means, and a small article formed adjacent to the tableware drying chamber for storing small items such as chopsticks and chopsticks. a drying chamber for small articles, the small article drying chamber is provided with a supply port for introducing a portion of the warm air supplied by the hot air supply means, an opening/closing means for opening and closing the supply port, and an opening/closing means for opening and closing the supply port; A dish dryer characterized by being provided with means for setting the operating time of the hot air supply means in conjunction with the means.