JPH0453521A - Dish washer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To thoroughly remove water remaining in the rim of the bottom of a Japanese dish and quicken dryinig by providing a water splash nozzle which is connected to a blower and adapted to jet force feed air to rinsed dishes and a heating device for heating the force feed air. CONSTITUTION:A blower 28 is operated to supply hot air heated by a heating device 30 to a water splash nozzle 31, and the hot air is jetted downward. A motor 32 is driven to rotate the water splash nozzle 31 in a horizontal plane. By jetting the hot air, water retaining in the dishes is blown off and heated. Thus, rinsing hot water remaining in a recess portion of a dish, especially a deep rim of the bottom peculiar to the Japanese dish can be blown off thoroughly and the drying for dishes can be promoted. The splashed water is drained off from a drain valve 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a device for cleaning tableware by spraying a cleaning liquid onto the tableware.

[Prior Art] A nozzle is provided, and the dishes stored in the box are sprayed with a cleaning liquid from the washing nozzle to wash them, and after this washing, tap water or hot water is sprayed from a separate rinsing nozzle. , is configured to wash off cleaning liquid adhering to tableware.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the conventional dishwasher as described above, a cleaning liquid is sprayed onto the dishes, and the condensed water or hot water is sprayed to wash off the washing liquid, which makes rinsing difficult. There is a problem that it is not enough and there is a fear that detergent and dirt may remain. Additionally, there is the problem that rinsing water remains in the thread bottoms (recesses on the outer bottom of the tableware) of Japanese tableware, especially tea bowls, soup bowls, hot water cups, etc., and even when dried, the hot water does not evaporate sufficiently, making it impossible to completely dry the tableware. There is also.

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is a dishwasher that can perform sufficient rinsing, can sufficiently remove moisture remaining on the thread bottom of Japanese tableware, and can speed up drying. The purpose is to provide

[Means for Solving the Problems] The dishwasher according to the second invention is provided with a blower that pumps air, heats the air that is pumped from the blower with a heating device, and rinses the washed dishes. The water is sprayed from a water spray nozzle.

[Function] In the present invention, since the air that is forcefully sent from the blower is heated and sprayed onto the rinsed tableware, the water remaining on the tableware is blown away and heated.

[Embodiment] Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are views showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is an overall perspective view, and Fig. 2 is a duct diagram for explaining the operation.

In Fig. 1, (1) is a box, which has an opening on the front, and a door (2) that opens and closes the opening is pivotally supported.

(3) is an upper basket that is stored in the box (11) and stores tableware to be washed; (4) is a lower basket that is also placed below the upper basket (3); and (5) is a cleaning nozzle. , (6)
The rinsing nozzles are two rinsing nozzles arranged in parallel with each other in the transverse direction, each having an upwardly opening injection port, and a total of four sets of rinsing nozzles are arranged below the upper basket (3) and the lower basket (4). (7
) is a gear fixed to one end of the cleaning nozzle (5) and the rinse nozzle (6), (8) is an endless toothed belt wrapped around the four gears (7), and (9) is a crank ( A rocking motor that reciprocates the toothed belt (8) via a oscillating motor (Ill is a cleaning tank disposed below the opening of the box body (1), and a dust removal filter (12) is mounted on the bottom of the cleaning tank. is provided and communicates with a drain pipe (14) via a drain valve (13).(15) is a cleaning pump that communicates with the bottom of the cleaning tank (11) and sends out cleaning liquid; (16) is connected to the cleaning pump (15) and the heater (
16a) and a cleaning boiler that supplies hot water, (17
) is a water supply pipe connected to a water heater (not shown) or a water pipe, (18) is a water pump connected to the water supply pipe (17) and supplies rinsing hot water (water), and (19) is a water supply pump (
18) is a water stop valve connected to the water stop valve (20) is a water stop valve connected to the water stop valve (19)
(21) is a rinsing boiler connected to one outlet of the three-way valve (20) and has a built-in heater (21a) and supplies hot water for rinsing; (22) is a three-way valve (20) connected to the three-way valve (20);
) and the outlet side of the rinsing boiler (21), (23) is connected to the other outlet of the rinsing boiler (21).
1) is a three-way valve connected to the outlet side, (24) is a three-way valve (
A water supply port (25) is connected to one outlet of the washing tank fil) and opens above the washing tank fil), and a rinsing tank (25) is a rinsing tank that stores rinse water to improve the drying finish after rinsing.
6) is a rinse pump that sucks a certain amount of rinse in the rinse tank (25) and supplies it to the other outlet side of the three-way valve (23), (27) is the cleaning boiler (engineering 6), and the three-way valve (23)
the other outlet of the washing nozzle (5) and the rinsing nozzle (
(28) is a blower that sucks air in the box (1) and pumps it, (29) is a blower pipe connected to the discharge side of the blower (28), ( 30) is a heater connected in the middle of the air pipe (29), and (31) is placed at the upper part of the box (1) and is rotated in a horizontal plane by a motor (32), and is connected to a blower (28). A water splashing nozzle (33) is connected and sprays the pressurized air downward; (33) is a detergent container provided on the door (2) and containing detergent; (34)
) is an exhaust fan attached to the door (2) to exhaust the steam inside the box (1), and (35) is an operation panel installed on the front of the upper part of the box (1), which is configured by a microcomputer. Connected to a column controller (not shown).

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG.

When washing dishes, the dishes are stored in the upper basket (3) and the lower basket (4), the door (2) is opened and the dishes are stored in the box (11), and then the door (2) is closed. Operation panel (35)
When the upper switch is operated, the cleaning operation is started as follows according to the command from the control device.

■ The first water supply pump (18) operates, hot water (water) is supplied from the water heater or water supply pipe (17), and enters the rinsing boiler (21) from one outlet of the three-way valve (20); Three-way valve (
23) and falls into the cleaning tank (11) through the water supply port (24). At this time, since the drain valve (13) is closed, the hot water (water) that has fallen into the cleaning tank (11) also flows into the cleaning boiler (16) via the cleaning pump (15). . If this continues for a certain period of time,
The water supply pump (18) is stopped and the water stop valve (19) is closed. Hot water (water) is now stored in the cleaning tank (11) and the cleaning boiler (16).

■ The pre-wash cleaning pump (15) is driven, and the hot water (water) in the cleaning tank (11) and cleaning boiler (16) is transferred to the distributor (27).
) is supplied to the cleaning nozzle (5) and is sprayed upward from the injection port. At this time, the swing motor (9) is driven, and the toothed belt (8) reciprocates via the crank (lO). This movement is controlled by the gear (7) to the cleaning nozzle (
5) (and the rinse nozzle (6)) and causes it to swing. As a result, the hot water (water) injected from the washing nozzle (5) is evenly injected onto the tableware in the upper basket (3) and the lower basket (4) to wash them. The washed hot water (water) falls into the washing tank (11) and is again supplied to the washing nozzle (5), and the above operation is repeated for a predetermined period of time. At this time, the hot water (water) that fell into the cleaning tank [11]
Since the cleaning liquid is circulated through the dust removal filter (12), there is little dirt in the cleaning liquid.

On the other hand, the heater (21a) of the rinsing boiler (21) is energized to heat the hot water (water) in the rinsing boiler (21).

■ Drainage The drain valve (13) opens and the hot water (water) in the cleaning tank (11) and cleaning boiler (16) is drained from the drain pipe (14). Boiling water in the rinsing boiler (21) continues.

■ The second water supply pump (18) operates and the three-way valve (2o)
is switched, and hot water (water) is supplied from the other outlet of the three-way valve (2o) through the bypass pipe (22) and into the cleaning tank (11) through the water supply port (24). At this time, the drain valve (13) is closed, and hot water (water) is supplied to the cleaning tank (11) and the cleaning boiler (16), as in the case of the first water supply.
), the water supply pump (18) stops, and (water)
supplied to Boiling water in the rinsing boiler (21) continues.

(4) Main washing The heater [16al] of the cleaning boiler (16) is energized, and the hot water (water) in the cleaning boiler (16) is heated. Here, the washing pump (15) is driven, and hot water containing detergent is ejected from the washing nozzle (5) to wash the tableware, as in the case of (2) pre-washing. When this cleaning operation continues for a predetermined period of time, the cleaning pump (15) is stopped, and the heater (16al) is cut off. The rinsing boiler (21) continues to boil water.

■ Drainage The drain valve (13) opens, and water is drained in the same manner as in ■Drainage. The rinsing boiler (21) continues to boil water.

■ The water rinse water supply pump (18) operates and the three-way valve (23)
The hot water (water) passes through the bypass pipe (22), as in the case of the second water supply, but from the other outlet of the three-way valve (23) through the distributor (27) and the rinse nozzle (6). )
and is injected from the injection port. At this time, the rinsing nozzle (6) is swung as described above, and the rinsing water (water) is
is evenly sprayed onto tableware to wash away detergent that has adhered to it. The hot water after rinsing is transferred to the washing tank (11
), or at this time the drain valve (13) is open and the rinsed hot water (water) is drained. The rinsing boiler (21) continues to boil water, and when the water temperature reaches a predetermined temperature, the heater (21a) is turned off.

■ The hot water rinsing three-way valve f20) [23) is switched, and hot water is forced into the rinsing boiler (21) from one outlet of the three-way valve (20) by the water supply pump (18). The hot water in (21) is supplied to the rinsing nozzle (6) from the other outlet of the three-way valve (23), and is injected from the oscillating rinsing nozzle (6) in the same way as in the case of water rinsing.
Dishes are rinsed in hot water. At this time, the rinse pump (26) is operated to suck the rinse in the rinse tank (25) and mix it into the hot water.

The tableware is now thoroughly rinsed, free of detergent and dirt, clean, and has a good finish. In addition, since tableware is heated with boiling water, it naturally
The hot water after rinsing is drained by the drain valve (13), which makes it easier to dry. When these operations continue for a predetermined period of time, the water supply pump (8) stops and the water stop valve (1!+1) closes.

(2) For air blowing, a blower (28) is operated, and hot air heated by a heater (30) is supplied to a water spray nozzle (31) and sprayed downward. Furthermore, the motor (32) is driven to rotate the water spray nozzle (31) in a horizontal plane. This jet of hot air blows away moisture remaining on the tableware and heats it. In this way, it is possible to sufficiently blow away the rinsing water remaining in the recesses of the tableware, especially the deep threaded bottoms characteristic of Japanese tableware, and the drying of the tableware is also promoted. Note that the scattered water is drained from the drain valve (13).

[Phase] The drying exhaust fan (34) is operated to form an air flow from inside the box (1) to outside the box (1). At this time, the box body (1
) Due to the evaporation of the residual moisture, steam is generated inside the box (1), and this air is discharged to the outside of the box (1), accelerating the drying of the tableware.During this time, the drain valve (13) is also closed. It's open.

■ Completion All equipment returns to its initial state and the series of processes ends.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, in this invention, a blower is provided that pumps air, and the air that is pumped from the blower is heated and sprayed onto the rinsed tableware, so that no residue remains on the tableware. The removed moisture is blown away and heated, which has the effect of sufficiently removing moisture remaining on the bottom of the tableware and accelerating drying.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of a dishwasher according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a pipe diagram for explaining the operation. In the figure, (1) is the box body, (5) is the cleaning nozzle, (6
) is a rinse nozzle, (28) is a blower, (30) is a heater, and (31) is a water spray nozzle. Note that the same reference numerals in the figures indicate the same parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A device that sprays hot water or hot water onto tableware stored in a box and onto which a cleaning liquid has been sprayed to rinse off the cleaning liquid adhering to the tableware, comprising: a blower that pumps air; A dishwasher comprising: a water-splashing nozzle that sprays the rinsed air onto the rinsed tableware; and a heater that heats the pressure-fed air.