JPH07280439A - Storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] An air stream hits the entire material to be dried to enable efficient drying. [Arrangement] The airflow generated by the blower fan 11 is warmed by the heater 10, spreads along the shape of the front widening portion 9 as shown by the arrow a, and passes through both outlets 14L and 14R to be dried left and right. The air is blown into the chambers 5L and 5R, and is further circulated from each of the drying chambers 5L and 5R to the mechanism chamber 7 through the suction port 12. In the drying chamber 5L, the circulating air flows around the bottom of the article to be dried P as shown by an arrow c, and the ventilation path 19a.
There is an air flow passing through, and the entire material to be dried can be dried.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention of this application relates to an improvement of a storage device for drying articles such as shoes, bags, etc., by applying warm air to them and preventing them from deodorizing.

2. Description of the Related Art A storage box such as a shoe box is provided with a warm air drying mechanism or an electronic dehumidification mechanism to circulate, agitate or convect air in the storage chamber to dry or deodorize an object to be dried. It is provided.

However, in the conventional storage, when the material to be dried is stored in the storage chamber of the storage box,
There is a problem that the bottom surface of the material to be dried is hidden by the floor material, and sufficient drying cannot be performed. Therefore, for example, in wet shoes, the warm air drying mechanism and the electronic dehumidifying mechanism are operated for a long time to dry, and as a result, the material is damaged. Also, the power consumed cannot be ignored. The invention according to this application has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a storage device capable of avoiding material deterioration and reducing power consumption by allowing airflow to hit the entire object to be dried for a short time. To aim.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage chamber having a floor material on which an object to be dried is placed, and a blowing mechanism for generating an air flow for drying or deodorizing in the storage chamber. In the storage device provided with, the ventilation path for the airflow is formed in the thickness direction of the floor material. The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that the ventilation passage extends in the direction of the air flow. In a preferred aspect, the ventilation passage can be formed by a recess of a protrusion made of the same material as the floor material.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an air flow passage is formed between the floor material and the material to be dried, and the air is circulated in the storage chamber.
An agitating or convective airflow passes through the ventilation passage to dry the bottom of the material to be dried. Therefore, the material to be dried can be dried in a short time without damaging the material and the power consumption can be reduced. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the airflow is made to flow smoothly, and more efficient drying is possible.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the storage device of the invention according to this application is applied to a shoe box will be described below with reference to FIGS. The storage cabinet 1 serving as a main body is, for example, a floor material 1A (see FIGS. 2 and 3) having a U-shaped cross section integrally with the left and right side portions, a top plate 1B for closing an upper opening of the floor material 1A, and a rear opening thereof. And a rear plate 1C that closes. The inside of the storage 1 has a relatively flat upper chamber 4 by a horizontal bulkhead 3 having a substantially flat size, and a lower left drying chamber 5L and a right drying chamber 5 for separately drying the objects P to be stored.
It is divided into R. Reference numeral 5 indicates a partition plate 5 for the left drying chamber 5L and the right drying chamber 5R. The upper chamber 4 is closed by the front panel 2a, and the lower left and right drying chambers 5L, 5
The R is opened and closed by the door 2. A mechanism chamber 7 is formed in the upper chamber 4 by a duct member 6 including a rear straight portion 8 and a front enlarged portion 9 which are longitudinally cut in the center. In the rear straight portion 8 of the mechanism chamber 7, a heater 10 is arranged near the front enlarged portion 4, and a blower fan 11 is arranged behind it.
The blower fan 11 blows air toward the front expansion portion 8,
A blow-out area is formed in the front and a suction area is formed in the rear. A common suction port 12 that communicates the mechanism chamber 7 with the left and right drying chambers 5L and 5R is formed in the horizontal partition wall 3 at the rear end of the suction area, and the rear plate 1C at the end of the suction area is provided with the outside of the refrigerator. A ventilation hole 13 communicating with is formed. In addition, blow-out ports 14L and 14R are formed in the horizontal partition wall 3 at the end of the blow-out area, which is enlarged to the left and right in the front, and communicates with the left and right drying chambers 5L and 5R, respectively. Also, the floor material 1 of the left and right drying chambers 5L and 5R
On A, there is provided a protrusion 19 that forms an air passage 19a in the thickness direction of the flooring 1A for facilitating passage of warm air to the bottom of the article P to be stored. As shown in FIG. 4 (A), the protrusions 19 are formed in a plurality of lines parallel to the direction of the air flow indicated by the arrow A. In this case, it is preferable that the protrusion 19 has a tapered upper side. Further, it may have an inclination from high to low from the windward side to the leeward side of the airflow. According to this, the airflow easily hits the bottom of the material to be dried P, and the drying efficiency can be improved. Also, FIG.
As shown in (B), the ventilation path 19a has a dot-shaped protrusion 1
It may be formed by a 9'recess. Furthermore, FIG.
It is also possible to reverse the relationship between the parallel protrusions 19 and the recesses shown in (1), that is, to perforate the grooves to be the ventilation passages 19a in the thickness direction of the flooring 1A. As described above, according to the storage case 1 in which the ventilation passage 19a is formed in the floor material 1A, as shown in FIG. 2, the airflow generated by the blower fan 11 is warmed by the heater 10, and the arrow in FIG. As shown in a, it spreads along the shape of the front widening portion 9 and both the outlets 14L, 14
It circulates through R to the left and right drying chambers 5L and 5R, and then returns from the drying chambers 5L and 5R to the mechanism chamber 7 through the suction port 12 for circulation. This circulating air flow is the drying chamber 5L (5R)
, The airflow entering the article to be dried P, here the shoe as indicated by the arrow b, and the airflow passing from the outlet 14L to the bottom of the article to be dried P and passing through the ventilation path 19a, as shown by the arrow c. Therefore, the entire material to be dried can be dried. As described above, in the present embodiment, the recessed portion due to the unevenness of the floor material is used as the ventilation passage for drying the bottom of the material to be dried, so that efficient drying can be performed without using a separate member. The drying mechanism of the storage device has been described as a warm air drying mechanism using a heater, but a dehumidifying and drying mechanism using an electronic cooling unit using a Peltier element may be used. Further, the mechanism chamber 7 and the drying chambers 5L and 5R may be provided with ventilation holes that communicate with the outside of the refrigerator, and may be applied to a storage cabinet that introduces and discharges outside air. Furthermore, the invention according to the present application can be applied to a storage cabinet in which the drying chambers are stacked in several stages.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan sectional view showing a first embodiment of a storage device of the invention according to this application.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front sectional view of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing two specific configurations of a ventilation path.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1A ... Floor material 5L ... Drying room 19 ... Projection part 19a ... Ventilation path ac ... Air flow

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A storage device comprising: a storage room having a floor material on which an article to be dried is placed; and a blower mechanism for generating an air flow for drying or deodorizing in the storage room. A storage device, characterized in that a ventilation passage for the air flow is formed in the thickness direction. 2. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the ventilation passage extends in the direction of air flow.