JPH0475615A - Chopping board drier - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the drier being efficient, space-saving and sanitary by containing a chopping board by setting its long side-thickness surface to the lower side, and also, blowing simultaneously hot air emitted from a hot air blowout port to both the upper and the lower faces at the time of using the chopping board. CONSTITUTION:A washed chopping board A is contained in a chopping board containing chamber 4 by setting the long side-thickness surface (a) to the lower side, and placed on a tray 6. In such a state, air of the outside is led into a main body 1 from a suction port 12, and air heated by a heater 9 passes through a conduction line 10, is divided into two in the upper part of the conduction line 10, and led to hot air blowout ports 11, 11, respectively. Hot air emitted from (j, j') hot air blowout ports 11, 11 are blown to both the upper and the lower faces (b, b') at the time of using the chopping board A, led to the inside of the chopping board containing chamber 4, ascends along both the upper and the lower faces (b, b') of the chopping board, is exhausted from an exhaust port l3, while absorbing moisture adhering thereto and hot air (k), (k') led into the chopping board containing chamber 4 dries the chopping board A, executes sterilization, and the process of drying is finished.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a domestic cutting board dryer for drying cutting boards.

2. Description of the Related Art Although there have been dish dryers for drying cutting boards together with tableware and the like (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 154526/1983), there is no dryer exclusively for cutting boards for drying cutting boards.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention When it is desired to dry only cutting boards, conventional dish dryers are expensive and inconvenient, such as requiring a very large space.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention guides the warm air generated in the hot air generating section into the temporary cutting board storage chamber, and the cutting board storage chamber is shaped to store the cutting board with its long side and one thickness side facing downward; The hot air outlet is located below the cutting board storage chamber.

Effect: With the above configuration, it is possible to provide a cutting board dryer that efficiently dries cutting boards in a space-saving manner.

Example An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the figure, l is the main body of the dryer, and the hot air generating section 2 is located below.
, a switch 3 and the like are built in on the front, and a temporary storage chamber 4 is formed in the upper part. 5 is a lid placed on the top of the temporary storage chamber, and 6 is a tray on which the cutting board A is placed. The hot air generating section 2 includes a blowing section that blows air by fixing a fan 8 to a rotating section of an electric motor 7, and a heating section 9 that is a heater that generates heat when energized. I
11 O is a conduction path that guides the generated warm air to the temporary storage room 4;
13 is a warm air outlet, I2 is an intake port that introduces air from the outside,
is an exhaust port provided in the lid 5 for discharging air. Further, the switch 3 is connected in series to a circuit in which a motor 7 and a heater 9 are connected in parallel.

The shape of the temporary cutting board storage chamber 4 is a rectangular parallelepiped in which the cutting board A is stored with the long side and the thick side a facing downward.

When the cutting board A is stored, the hot air outlet 11 faces both the upper and lower sides (b, b') when the cutting board A is in use, and is arranged so that the center almost coincides with the center of the mana temporary storage chamber 4. It is located below chamber 4.

In the above configuration, the cleaned cutting board A is stored in the cutting board temporary storage chamber 4 with the long side and the thick side a facing downward, and placed on the tray 6. By storing the cutting board A with the long side and thickness side a facing downward, most of the surface of the cutting board A becomes a vertical surface, and water droplets adhering to the cutting board A move downward along the vertical surface and are stored on the tray 6. Ru.

By closing the lid 5 and turning on the switch 3, the cutting board 1
Drying of step 5 is started. That is, by turning on the switch 3, the heater 9 is energized and heated, and
A fan 8 energized by the electric motor 7 and attached to the electric motor 7
rotates. As the fan 8 rotates, external air is guided into the main body l through the intake port 12 and is blown to the heater 9.

(Arrow e% f, g) The air heated by the heater 9 becomes warm air and passes through the conduction path IO (arrow h, i),
It is divided into two parts at the upper part of the conduction path 10, and each part is guided to a hot air outlet 11.11. (Arrows j, j') The hot air coming out of the hot air outlet 11.11 hits both the top and bottom surfaces (b, b'') when used on a cutting board, is guided into the temporary storage chamber 4, and is directed into the cutting board when used. Rising along both the upper and lower sides (b, b'),
While absorbing the moisture adhering to the cutting board A, the air becomes moist and is discharged from the exhaust port 13. (to the arrow, to'
) The cutting board A is
is dried, kept as it is for a while, and after sterilization, the switch 3 is turned off and the drying process is completed.

According to this embodiment, the cutting board A is stored with the long side and the thickness side a facing downward because the cutting board A is stored in the cutting board A in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped. Most of the surface of cutting board A is a vertical surface, and the water droplets adhering to cutting board A move downward along the vertical surface and are stored on tray 6, so the amount of water that must be evaporated by hot air is Compared to the case of storing with either the upper or lower surface (b, b') facing down during use, the amount is much smaller and the drying efficiency is improved. Also, cutting board A
is stored with its long side and thickness side a facing downward, and the hot air outlet 11 is located below the temporary cutter storage chamber 4, so that the warm air coming out of the hot air outlet 11 is used when the cutting board A is used. Since the upper and lower surfaces (b, b') of the drying material are simultaneously applied to dry, the drying process can be performed faster than when drying is performed by applying hot air to each side one by one, and the drying efficiency can be further improved. In addition, the shape of Mana temporary storage room 4,
By making the cutting board A into a rectangular parallelepiped that can be stored with the long side and thickness side a facing downward, the width of this dryer can be made very thin, which has the advantage of saving space even when placed on a sink. It also occurs. Furthermore, drying for a slightly longer period of time kills bacteria and is extremely hygienic.

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, the cutting board is stored with its long side and the thickest side facing downward, and the hot air from the hot air outlet is applied to both the top and bottom surfaces of the cutting board at the same time when the cutting board is in use. The amount of water that needs to be dried is small, and at the same time, both sides of the cutting board can be dried at the same time, making it possible to dry efficiently. In addition, by making the shape of the temporary storage room so that the long side of the cutting board can be stored with the thick side facing down, the width can be made extremely thin, saving space and keeping the cutting board hygienic. It is possible to provide a temporary dryer that can be stored for a long time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of a temporary dryer showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a top view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 1. 2... Warm air generation section, 4... Temporary storage room,
7...Electric motor, 8...Fan, 9...
・Heating part (heater), 11...hot air outlet, A...
-Chopping board, a...Long side, thickest side. Applicant Hitachi Homechick Co., Ltd. Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] a cutting board storage room (4) for storing and drying the cutting board (A);
A hot air generating section (2) consisting of a heating section (9) such as a heater that heats with an electric heat source, and an electric motor (7) having a rotating section equipped with a fan (8) that blows air to the heating section (9); ,
A hot air outlet (11) is formed to guide the warm air generated in the hot air generating section (2) into the cutting board storage chamber (4), and the cutting board storage chamber (4) is
4) is shaped so that the cutting board (A) is stored with its long side and thick side (a) facing downward, and the hot air outlet (11) is designed to store the cutting board (A) with the thick side (a) facing downward. A cutting board dryer characterized in that it is located below a cutting board storage chamber (4) so as to face both the upper and lower sides.