JPH0366351A - Tableware drying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To supply hot air of a proper amount to a small object drying chamber in accordance with contained small objects by forming a supply port for leading in a part of hot air supplied from a hot air supply means, and forming an opening/closing means for opening and closing the supply port except a part of the supply port. CONSTITUTION:When an operating lever 23 is operated to the 'high speed' side, and an operating switch 26 is operated once, an air blower 12 and a heater 13 are energized by a control circuit, air sucked from a suction port 11 by the air blower 12 is heated by the heater 13, and the greater part of hot air passes through a supply passage 15 and supplied to a tableware drying chamber 32 from a blowoff port 16. Also, since a damper 22 closes up a supply port 20 except a part thereof, 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 from the supply port 20, dries small objects contained in the small object drying chamber and exhausted to a tableware drying chamber 32, and dries tableware, etc., contained in the tableware drying chamber 32 together with hot air supplied from the blowoff port 16. The small objects can be dried efficiently by a little hot air supplied to the small object drying chamber 17.

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 such as rice cakes.

(l) Prior Art This type of conventional device will be explained based on FIGS. 8 to 10. l is a main body, which has a built-in hot air supply means consisting of a blower 2 and a heater 3; 4 is a main body ti=; r!!The lid body consisting of three movably supported lid pieces, 3 is a dish basket stored in the dish drying chamber 6 surrounded by the main body l and the lid body 4, and the hot air supply means Direct warm air to the rear of the main unit 1 top plate (No. 8
It is led into the tableware drying chamber 6 through a supply port 7 formed on the right side of the figure, and the food items 6 in the tableware basket 3 are dried.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a small article drying chamber which is partitioned into the main body 1 and stores the items, and 9 is an air passage formed in the small article drying chamber 8-111, in which a supply port 10 is formed, and hot air supply means is provided. A part of the hot 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 small articles 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, when storing small items such as chopsticks in the small item drying chamber 8, if the supply port 10 is opened, too much warm air is supplied to the small item drying chamber 8 to dry the small items such as chopsticks. Moreover, if the supply [110] is blocked, small items such as chopsticks cannot be dried.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention The present invention has been devised in view of the drawbacks listed in L, and it supplies an appropriate amount of warm air to the small article drying chamber depending on the small articles stored in the small article drying chamber. The objective is to provide a dish dryer that can

(d) Means for solving the problem In the small items drying room, a supply port is formed to introduce a part of the warm air supplied by the hot air supply means, and the supply port is opened and closed except for a part of the supply port. form opening/closing means.

(e) Function: Store the tableware in the tableware drying chamber, store the salt in the small items drying chamber, and open the supply port by operating the opening/closing means.

When the hot air supply means is driven, most of the hot air is supplied to the dish drying room to dry the dishes, and a part of the warm air is supplied to the small items drying room through the supply port to dry the dishes. dry.

When storing tableware in the tableware drying chamber and storing small articles such as chopsticks in the small article drying chamber, the opening/closing means is operated to close all but a portion of the supply port. When the hot air supply means is driven in this state, most of the hot air is supplied to the dish drying room to dry the tableware, and a small amount of hot air is blocked by the supply opening opening/closing means to the small items drying room. Dry small items that are supplied from the unused part.

(F) Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail 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 air sucked in from the suction port 14 at the bottom of the main body 11 by driving the air blower fi 12 to the heater 13.
Most of the warm air is supplied from the supply path 13 to the rear of the tableware drying chamber 32 (described later) through the air outlet 16 formed on the top plate of the main body 11, and a part of the warm air is , supply port 2
0 to a small article drying chamber 17, which will be described later, formed inside the main body 11.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a small article drying chamber partitioned into the main body 11, which is open on the front side of the main body 11 (on the left side in FIG. 1). 18 is a case F! which is stored in the drawer's own pressure from the front opening of the small article drying chamber 17. When the frame body 18 is stored in the small article drying chamber 17, the front side of the frame body 18 is the small article drying chamber 1.
7. The front opening is closed. The frame body 1
8 is formed to a size that accommodates #LA, and a rib 19 is integrally formed on the bottom of the frame 18 to form a gap between the bottom and ff1A for hot air to pass through when @A is stored. There is.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a supply port formed in the supply path 15 of the warm air supply means, and a supply port 20 opened toward the front from the front of the supply path 13 at the rear of the small article drying chamber 17, and a supply port 20 opened from the rear of the supply path 13 downwards. 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 supplies 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 opened downward from the rear of the supply path 15 except for a part, and includes an operating lever 2 whose tip protrudes from the front surface of the main body 11.
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 1 is opened.
7, hot air is supplied from the hot air supply means.

25 is a micro switch operated by the operating lever 23, and 26 is an operating switch formed on the front surface of the main body 11. When the operating lever 23 is operated to the "high speed" side, the operating switch 26 is operated - degrees. Then, a preset short-time timer (18 minutes in this embodiment) is set, the high speed 2 lamp 27 lights up, and after the time has elapsed, the operation is stopped, and when the operation switch 26 is operated secondarily, A preset long time (in this example, 3
0 minute) timer is set and the "standard" runf 2S
lights up, stops operation after a certain period of time, and presses the button 26.
Operation is stopped when tertiary operation is performed.

Moreover, when the operating switch 26 is operated - degree with the operating lever 23 being operated to the "small item" side, the operating switch 26
3 to the "high speed" side, press the operation switch 2.
Similarly to the secondary operation of step 6, a preset long timer (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 resumed. When the switch 26 is operated secondarily, the operation is stopped.

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 an i-source circuit board, on which a power supply circuit 39, which will be described later, is mounted.

Reference numeral 31 designates a transparent synthetic weight consisting of three body pieces 31a, 31b, and 31c, which are swingably supported by the main body 11, and a food storage and drying chamber between it and the top surface of the main body 11. 32, and an exhaust hole 33 is formed in the second lid piece 31b.

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.

35 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 33, and 37 is a signal that is displayed based on the operation of the changeover switch 35 from the control circuit 36.
A display circuit includes a "High Speed" lamp 27 and a "Standard" lamp 28; 38 is a timer circuit that sets the operating time based on a signal from the control circuit 36 based on the operation of the selector switch 35; and 39 is a power supply circuit.

Then, the tableware 113.3 containing tableware is stored in the tableware drying chamber 32, @A is placed in the frame 18, and the frame is stored in the small article 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 36,
Based on the signal from control circuit 36, timer circuit 38 sets a 30 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 11 by the rotation of the blower 12 is heated by the heater 13 and becomes warm air, and most of the warm air is blown through the supply path 15. It is supplied from the outlet 16 into the dish drying chamber 32.

In addition, since the damper 22 releases the supply port 20 by operating the operating lever 23 to the "small items" side, a portion of the warm air from the hot air supply means passes through the supply path 15 and is delivered to the small items from the supply port 20. It is supplied to the rear of the drying room
1 to the dish drying chamber 32, and together with warm air supplied from the blower outlet 16, the dishes in the dish drying chamber 32 are dried.

Next, a case will be described in which the tableware basket 31 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 manually input to the control circuit 36,
Based on the signal from control circuit 36, timer circuit 38 sets an 18 minute timer. The air blower W&12 and the heater 13 are energized by the control circuit 36, and the air sucked from the suction port 18 by the rotation of the air blower 12 is supplied to the heater 13.
Most of the warm air is supplied to the dish drying chamber 32 from the air outlet 16 via the supply path 15.

In addition, by operating the operating lever 23 to the "high speed" side, the damper 22 closes the supply ports 2o except for a part, so that a small amount of the hot air from the hot air supply means flows into the supply channels 1 and 5.
It is supplied to the rear of the small article drying chamber 17 through the supply port 2o, dries the small articles such as chopsticks in the small article drying chamber, and is exhausted to the tableware drying chamber 32 from the exhaust hole 21 at the front of the small article storage chamber 17. , the tableware in the tableware drying chamber 32 is dried together with the warm air supplied from the blower 1116.

At this time, since the damper 22 blocks the supply 020 except for a part, 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 warm air compared to @A, so they can be efficiently dried with a small amount of hot air supplied to the small item drying lfi chamber 17 without wasting hot air.

In addition, when the ambient temperature is low, such as in winter, when the operation switch 26 is operated once, that is, when the 18-minute timer is set, small items in the small item drying chamber 17 and dishes in the tableware drying chamber 32 are In some cases, the food may not be sufficiently dried, and in this case, the operation switch 26 is operated secondarily to set the timer to 30 minutes.

(1.) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, the amount of warm air supplied to the small article drying chamber can be controlled according to the small articles stored in the small article drying chamber. To provide effects such as being able to efficiently dry tableware in a tableware drying chamber and small articles in a small article drying chamber without wasting any waste.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

i! fs1 to FIG. 7 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a sectional view taken along line I-1 in FIG. 6, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-I+ in FIG. 1 with the damper released, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line II-I in Fig. 1 with the damper closed, Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along IV-mV in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along V-mV in Fig. 2.
-VIIr side view, FIG. 6 is a front view, FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram, FIG. 8 is a conventional sectional view, and FIG. 9 is [X-I! The cross-sectional view, FIG. 10, is a cross-sectional view taken along the line X--X in FIG. 8. 11...Body, 12...Blower, 13...
Heater, 17... Small items drying room, 20... Supply port, 22... Damper

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, and the small article drying chamber has a supply port for introducing a part of the warm air supplied from the hot air supply means, and
A dish dryer characterized in that an opening/closing means for opening and closing the supply port is formed except for a part of the supply port.