PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user-friendly sterilizing device for a cooking utensil.SOLUTION: The sterilizing device for the cooking utensil includes an installation portion, an upper surface cover, a hollow housing part for defining a storage part for storing the cooking utensil, and a transparent plate which does not transmit ultraviolet light and covers the storage part in an openable and closable manner. Two sterilizing lamp devices are arranged separately in a right and left direction inside the storage part, and the cooking utensil is exposed between the sterilizing lamp devices. The sterilizing lamp devices irradiate the cooking utensil with ultraviolet light.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】使い勝手の良い調理器具用殺菌装置を提供する。【解決手段】本発明の調理器具用殺菌装置は、設置部と上面カバーとともに、調理器具を収容する収容部を画定する中空状のハウジング部と、前記収容部を開閉可能にカバーする紫外線を透過しない透明板とを有する。二つの殺菌ランプ装置は収容部内に左右方向に離隔して配置され、調理器具はこれらの殺菌ランプ装置の間にさらされる。殺菌ランプ装置は紫外線を調理器具に対して照射する。【選択図】図3
