CN101600380A

CN101600380A - Cooktop safety arrangement

Info

Publication number: CN101600380A
Application number: CNA2007800493223A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 德里克·托马斯·穆尼
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-11-07
Filing date: 2007-11-07
Publication date: 2009-12-09
Also published as: EP2083663A1; US20100037882A1; CA2691770A1; AU2007317190A1; WO2008055300A1

Abstract

A kind of device of cooktop surface equipment that cooperates comprises admittance equipment and fastening, admittance equipment is installed to the cooker bottom, fastening extends on heating element heater and is fit to and engages removably with admittance equipment, removes from the Support Position that it is positioned on the heating element heater so that prevent cooker.Fastening is the form of finger-like member (16,18,20,22), is positioned at the top of gas burner element (28) and separates with it, is used to engage admittance equipment.Admittance equipment is to limit the support of path (30,32) or the form of plate (12), can be sliding engaged to fingers by path (30,32).

Description

Cooktop safety arrangement

Invention field

The present invention relates to a kind of cooktop safety arrangement (cooktop safety arrangement), and relate to particularly and a kind ofly be used to prevent that cooker from sliding or prevent that cooker is not intended to the device (arrangement ofcooperating cooktop device) of the cooperation cooktop surface equipment of dislocation from the grate (also being considered to trivet) of stove or cooktop surface.

Background of invention

As children and particularly begin to learn the children that walk and pace up and down, wish to satisfy their curiosity or desire the time, the kitchen may be a dangerous place in the kitchen.A substantial risk is caused by cooker, for example during cooking or just in time is placed on cooker and frying pan on the stove after culinary art, and at this moment, food that is comprised in the cooker or liquid are hot.Children lift hand probably, especially are projected into the place of the front of stove at the handle of cooker, and haul cooker or frying pan leaves stove, and the most worrying consequence is that they spill the thing that is wherein comprised to themselves.

Deep layer problem about loose cooker is, when wherein thing is stirred in hope, needs second hand catch jar or pot.Yet, this second hand may be used for doing other cooking purpose, and therefore can not during stirring, catch jar or pot.Do not use second hand to carry out stirring jar or pot under the stable situation, can cause the thing that jar or pot jeopardously move or it comprises to spill next.

Another deep layer problem relates to the gas burner in the mobile traffic, for example boats and ships, ROV resemble energy vehicle building or the land amusement vehicles of camper in gas burner, in these vehicles, because the influence that the vehicles quicken, slow down, shake and clash into, cooker have the tendency of sliding from the grate of stove.

For many years, repeatedly attempted addressing these problems, but many equipment all complex structure and operating difficulties, and other simple equipment lacks reliability simultaneously.

For example, United States Patent (USP) the 3rd, 583, not open-topped, the shallow relatively container (receptacle) of transverse movement on the grate of stove or culinary art grid of a kind of suitable maintenance cook utensil is disclosed for No. 384, and, the anchor member that a plurality of circumference are separated is stretched downwards from container, is used for engaging removably some specific bars of a plurality of radial bars of grate.

United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 638 discloses a kind of safety collar No. 806, dangle downwards in its bottom from cooker, safety collar comprises the separated a plurality of carrier members of ring-type (chair member), and like this, carrier member will be fit to out the coal gas furnace roof grate of trident, four forks, six forks or eight forks.Each carrier member generally is the U type, and therein admitting the corresponding fork of grate with respect to the different angles of any other carriage, thereby prevent cooker transverse movement on grate.

United States Patent (USP) the 4th, 745, disclose a kind of cook utensil retainer with first ring and second ring for No. 905, had the reliable tools (securingmeans) that is placed on the cooking surface with hole in first ring, second ring separates above first ring by vertical support.First ring also has the connecting pin that dangles in the hole that firmly engages in the cooking surface downwards.Separate cook utensil in the retainer the inside, and adjust a plurality of adjustment instruments that are installed on the supporting member, contact cook utensil up to them, and it is firmly remained on the grate of stove.

United States Patent (USP) the 3rd, 960, a kind of suppression equipment (restraining device) that comprises expandable circumference metal cylinder is disclosed for No. 134, expandable circumference metal cylinder has integrally formed with it instrument, be used for cylinder is fixed to removably the grate of stove, equipment is around cook utensil, and suppresses it and slide and leave grate.

Summary of the invention

An object of the present invention is to provide the simple, yet reliable device in a kind of grate that can before the grate of cooker and stove is sold, be built into cooker and stove, and it can prevent that cooker from sliding or is not intended to move from grate with minimum cost.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of device that cooperates cooktop surface equipment, overcoming or to improve in fact the shortcoming of above-mentioned prior art, or provides a useful selection at least.

Therefore, the invention provides a kind of device that comprises the cooperation cooktop surface equipment of admittance equipment and fastening, admittance equipment is installed to the bottom of cooker, fastening extends on heating element heater and is fit to and engages removably with admittance equipment, removes from the Support Position that it is positioned on the heating element heater so that prevent cooker.

Preferably, fastening comprises finger-like instrument (finger means), and this finger-like instrument is positioned on the gas burner element and with it to be separated, and is used to engage admittance equipment.

Admittance equipment preferably includes path instrument (channel means), can be sliding engaged to the finger-like instrument by the path instrument.

In a preferred form, the finger-like instrument comprises a plurality of fingers of the outer support frame that is installed to grate, and grate engages removably with furnace roof, and fingers upwards also inwardly stretches out from outer support frame.

Preferably, the path instrument comprises pair of parallel, the separated path that is limited by the plate that is installed to the cooker bottom.

Two fingers that the respective via that engages the path instrument slidably preferably, is arranged.

In further preferred form, first pair of parallel separated fingers is installed to the primary importance of outer support frame, and has a free end portion that stretches out at first direction, and second pair of parallel separated fingers is installed to the second place of outer support frame, and has the free end portion that stretches out in second direction.

Preferably, the free end portion of first pair of fingers and second pair of fingers in the opposite direction stretches out, and not point-blank.

Alternatively, the free end portion of first pair of fingers and second pair of fingers in the opposite direction stretches out, and in line.

In further preferred form, the free end portion of first pair of fingers and second pair of fingers stretches out in identical direction.

Cooker is pan preferably.

Grate can comprise one or more first trimmer (tab) that extends from its first side, and one or more second trimmer that extends from its opposite second side, second trimmer has the spring instrument that is mated, and furnace roof can comprise one or more groove, is used for admitting corresponding one or more trimmer of the every side that is positioned at first side and second side.

Preferably, the spring instrument comprises the wind spring that cooperates with second trimmer.

Description of drawings

In order to understand invention easily and to drop into actual effect, referring now to accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 surveys top view according to the axle that waits of the device of the cooperation cooktop surface equipment of preferred implementation of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the vertical view of device shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is the front view of device shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 4 is the right view of device shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 5 is the detail drawing of amplification of the border circular areas A of device shown in Figure 3;

Fig. 6 is the cutaway view by the B-B of device shown in Figure 3;

Fig. 7 is the detail drawing of amplification of the border circular areas C of device shown in Figure 6;

Fig. 8 is the detail drawing of amplification of the border circular areas H of device shown in Figure 6;

Fig. 9 is that axle such as the decomposition of device shown in Figure 1 is surveyed view;

Figure 10 is the front view of the pan that uses in device shown in Figure 1;

Figure 11 is the right view of pan shown in Figure 10;

Figure 12 is the flat sheet of the bottom view of pan shown in Figure 10;

Figure 13 is that the axle that waits of pan shown in Figure 10 is surveyed a bottom view;

Figure 14 is the vertical view of the grate that uses in the device shown in Figure 1;

Figure 15 is the front view of grate shown in Figure 14;

Figure 16 is the right view of grate shown in Figure 14;

Figure 17 is that the axle that waits of grate shown in Figure 14 is surveyed a top view;

Figure 18 is that the axle that waits of the interchangeable grate that can use in device shown in Figure 1 is surveyed a top view;

Figure 19 is the plane of the furnace roof that uses in the device shown in Figure 1;

Figure 20 is the cutaway view by the D-D of furnace roof shown in Figure 19;

Figure 21 is the detail drawing of amplification of the border circular areas F of furnace roof shown in Figure 19;

Figure 22 is the detail drawing of amplification of the border circular areas G of furnace roof shown in Figure 20; And

Figure 23 is the detail drawing of amplification of the border circular areas E of furnace roof shown in Figure 20.

Preferred implementation describes in detail

In Fig. 1 Figure 23, different device shown comprise holding device and bracing or strutting arrangement, the bottom of the cooker that holding device occurs with the form of support or plate 12 form with culinary art pan 14 that is installed to, fastening is installed to the outer support frame 24 of the grate 26 that engages removably with furnace roof 27 with the form of

fingers

16,18,20,22.

Fingers

16,18,20,22 is upwards also inwardly stretched from outer support frame 24, so that separate on gas burner element 28.

Plate 12 and

fingers

16,18,20,22 in use are bonded with each other (interengage) removably, remove from the Support Position that it is positioned on the gas burner element 28 so that prevent to cook pan 14.For this purpose, plate 12 defines pair of parallel, separated

path

30,32, can be sliding engaged to a pair of fingers by

path

30,32.

First pair of

fingers

16,18 parallel alignment, and have the free end portion that stretches out at first direction.Second pair of

fingers

20,22 similar alignment, and stretch out in the second direction opposite with first pair of fingers 16,18.Every pair of fingers can engage independent cooker.

Shown in Figure 1, that join furnace roof 27 removably to is two grate 26a, 26b.As the part of the first grate 26a, first pair of parallel separated

fingers

16,18 is installed to the primary importance of outer support frame 24, has the free end portion that stretches out at first direction.Also have second pair of parallel separated

fingers

20,22, the second place that it is installed to outer support frame 24 has the free end portion that stretches out in second direction.

The free end portion of 16,18 and second pairs of

fingers

20,22 of first pair of fingers is parts of the first grate 26a, in the opposite direction stretches out and not point-blank.

In the second grate 26b, the free end portion of 16,18 and second pairs of

fingers

20,22 of first pair of fingers in the opposite direction stretches out and in line.

Though do not show, the present invention includes a kind of embodiment of grate, wherein the free end portion of first pair of fingers and second pair of fingers stretches out in identical direction.

In this embodiment, each grate 26 has a pair of

first trimmer

36,38 that extends from its first side, and a pair of

second trimmer

40,42 that extends from its second opposite side.In two

second trimmers

40,42 each has the spring instrument of the form of the wind spring 44 that is mated.

Furnace roof 27 has a pair of

groove

46,48 in its relative both sides, be used for admitting the corresponding a pair of trimmer on every side of first side that is positioned at grate and second side.When admittance like this,, the pressure of wind spring leaves groove owing to preventing that trimmer from sliding.

In use, the culinary art pan 14 be in the Support Position, such as, during cooking, by making

fingers

16,18 usefulness mode described above engage

path

30,32 respectively on gas burner element 28.

For grate 26 is installed on the furnace roof 27, that side of a pair of trimmer with roll coil of strip spring 44 40,42 of grate is placed in the next door towards side of a pair of

groove

46,48 of having of furnace roof, and make the resistance that trimmer opposing wind spring applies and slip in the groove, wind spring enters groove along with trimmer and compresses.

Grate horizontal positioned then is so another on the opposite side of frame 26 can be installed to 46,48 li of their grooves separately to trimmer 36,38.After unclamping grate, wind spring remains on appropriate location on the furnace roof with grate.

In order to make culinary art pan 14 engage grate 26, the a pair of

path

30,32 of pan is alignd with a pair of

fingers

16,18 or 20,22 of grate, and mobile then pan, so that the fingers inlet passage is supported on the burner element 28 safely up to pan.

After cooking operation stops and need catch pan by its handle 50 when furnace roof is removed pan, and to fully moving on one side, so that fingers leaves their paths separately.

In order to remove grate from furnace roof, such as, in order to clean, with making the further mode of compression that side with wind spring of pushing grate of wind spring, and make the trimmer on the opposite side that allows grate leave their grooves separately.Can promote opposite side then, like this, have the trimmer of wind spring just to leave their grooves separately.

For those skilled in the art will be clearly, can carry out various changes to the details of design, structure and the use of cooktop safety arrangement described above, and not deviate from scope of the present invention or boundary.

For example, heating element heater needs not be the gas burner element, but but electricity consumption burner element replacement.

Claims

1. device that cooperates cooktop surface equipment, it comprises admittance equipment and fastening, described admittance equipment is installed to the bottom of cooker, described fastening extends on heating element heater and is fit to and engages removably with described admittance equipment, removes from the Support Position that it is positioned on the heating element heater so that prevent described cooker.

2. device according to claim 1, wherein, described fastening comprises the finger-like instrument, described finger-like instrument is positioned on the gas burner element and with it to be separated, and is used to engage described admittance equipment.

3. device according to claim 2, wherein, described admittance equipment comprises the path instrument, can be sliding engaged to described finger-like instrument by described path instrument.

4. device according to claim 3, wherein, described finger-like instrument comprises a plurality of fingers of the outer support frame that is installed to the grate that engages removably with furnace roof, described fingers upwards also inwardly stretches out from described outer support frame.

5. device according to claim 4, wherein, described path instrument comprises pair of parallel, the separated path that the plate by the bottom that is installed to cooker limits.

6. device according to claim 5 wherein, has two fingers of the respective via that engages slidably in the described path instrument.

7. device according to claim 6, wherein, first pair of parallel separated fingers and second pair of parallel separated fingers are arranged, described first pair of parallel separated fingers is installed to the primary importance of described outer support frame, and has a free end portion that stretches out at first direction, described second pair of parallel separated fingers is installed to the second place of described outer support frame, and has the free end portion that stretches out in second direction.

8. device according to claim 7, wherein, the described free end portion of described first pair of fingers and second pair of fingers in the opposite direction stretches out, and not point-blank.

9. device according to claim 7, wherein, the described free end portion of described first pair of fingers and second pair of fingers in the opposite direction stretches out, and in line.

10. device according to claim 7, wherein, the described free end portion of described first pair of fingers and second pair of fingers stretches out in identical direction.

11. device according to claim 4, wherein, described grate comprises one or more first trimmer that extends from its first side, and one or more second trimmer that extends from its second relative side, described second trimmer has the spring instrument that is mated, and described furnace roof can comprise one or more groove of corresponding one or more trimmer that is used for admitting the every side that is positioned at described first side and second side.

12. device according to claim 11, wherein, described spring instrument comprises the wind spring that cooperates with described second trimmer.