Drying device, in particular recirculating air drying device

Abstract

The invention relates to a drying device, in particular a circulating air drying device, for a dishwasher, comprising an intake duct (8) providing an air intake opening (9), an outlet duct (10) providing an air outlet opening (11), and a fan (12), to which the intake duct (8) on the air intake side and the outlet duct (10) on the air outlet side are fluidically connected, as well as a closure element (14) arranged on the intake duct (8) and covering the air intake opening (9), which closure element provides an air inlet opening (15) which is divided into air inlet gaps (19) by ribs (16, 17, 18) arranged at a distance from one another, wherein the ribs (16, 17, 18) are designed as air guide ribs and, with respect to an air flow (20) entering the intake duct (8) through the air inlet opening (15), have an arcuate configuration in cross-section. have.

Claims

[1] Drying device, in particular a circulating air drying device, for a dishwasher, with an intake duct (8) providing an air intake opening (9), an outlet duct (10) providing an air outlet opening (11) and a fan (12), to which the intake duct (8) on the air intake side and the outlet duct (10) on the air outlet side are fluidically connected, as well as with a closure element (14) arranged on the intake duct (8) and covering the air intake opening (9), which provides an air inlet opening (15) which is divided into air inlet gaps (19) by ribs (16, 17, 18) arranged at a distance from one another, characterized by that the ribs (16, 17, 18) are designed as air guiding ribs and have an arcuate cross-sectional configuration with respect to an air flow (20) entering the intake duct (8) through the air inlet opening (15). [2] Drying device according to claim 1, characterized bythat the ribs (16, 17, 18) are each concave-convex. [3] Drying device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by that the ribs (16, 17, 18) with their rib edge edges (23, 24, 25) facing away from the closure element (14) protrude into the flow path (26) provided by the intake channel (8). [4] Drying device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by in that the upper rib (16) in the height direction (6) has an upper rib edge (23) in the height direction (6) which is at least partially convex with respect to an air flow (20) entering the intake duct (8) through the air inlet opening (15). [5] Drying device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the air inlet opening (15) has an upper edge (27) in the height direction (6) which is of partially circular shape. [6] Drying device according to claim 5, characterized bythat the part-circular section (30) of the peripheral edge (27) extends over an angular dimension of 80 ° to 170 °, preferably of 100 ° to 150 °, most preferably of 135 °. [7] Drying device according to one of the preceding claims 5 to 6, characterized by in that the upper rib (16) in the height direction (6) has an upper rib edge (23) in the height direction (6) which has a course in the longitudinal direction of the rib which corresponds along a partial section, or almost completely, to the course of the part-circular configuration of the upper edge (27) of the air inlet opening (15). [8] Drying device according to claim 7, characterized by that the section has an angular dimension of 90 ° to 160 °, most preferably of 120 to 140 °. [9] Drying device according to one of the preceding claims 5 to 8, characterized bythat the upper edge (27) of the air inlet opening (15) is provided by a lamella (28) of the closure element (14) serving as a splash guard. [10] Drying device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the closure element (14) has a nozzle (29) which is received by the air intake opening (9). [11] Drying device according to claim 10, characterized by that the nozzle (29) carries a thread, a bayonet lock and / or similar detachable connecting means. [12] Dishwasher with a drying device (7) according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 11. [13] Dishwasher according to claim 12, with a washing container (2) providing a washing chamber (3) for receiving items to be cleaned, wherein the channels (8, 10) of the drying device (7) are arranged on the outside of the washing container (2) on a washing container wall (4). [14] Dishwasher according to claim 13, characterized by that the air intake opening (9) and the air outlet opening (11) open into the rinsing chamber (3). [15] Closure element for a drying device according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 11, which provides an air inlet opening (15) which is divided into air inlet gaps (19) by ribs (16, 17, 18) arranged at a distance from one another, characterized by that the ribs (16, 17, 18) are designed as air guiding ribs and have an arcuate cross-sectional configuration with respect to an air flow (20) entering through the air inlet opening (15).

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