JP2001224514A - Clamping tool for cooking container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clamping tool for cooking container for clamping the cooking container without a handle, detachably mounted on a peripheral wall of the cooking container. SOLUTION: This clamping tool for cooking container 7 is constituted of a main body 2, a first clamping arm 4 fixed to the main body 2, projecting provided in front of the main body 2 having a supporting piece 3 abutting on a peripheral wall 8 of the cooking container 7, a second clamping arm 6 movably mounted in front and rear directions for the main body 2, projectingly provided in front of the main body 2, having a supporting piece 5 abutting on the peripheral wall 8 of the cooking container 7 at a front end part, an elactic body 11 incorporated into the main body 2, energizing the second clamping arm 6 to the front side of the main body 2, and an operating arm 40 mounted rotatably in relation to the main body 2. When a tip side of the operating arm 40 is rotated in a direction approaching the main body 2 with a rotary shaft 9 on the rear end side as a rotation center, the rear end side of the operating arm 40 abuts on a rear end side of the second clamping arm 6, presses the operating arm 40 toward the rear side of the main body 2 to attain the purpose by using a cam mechanism in which rotary motion of the operating arm 40 is converted into motion in front and rear directions in selection to the main body 2 of the second clamping arm 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cooking vessel without a handle, for example, a metal or stainless steel pot without a handle, a heat-resistant cooking vessel for a microwave oven or an oven, or a gas cooker or a microwave oven. A gripper for a cooking container used when moving from a range to a table or the like,
The present invention relates to a cooking container gripper that can be attached to and detached from the peripheral wall of such a cooking container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Cooking containers without handles, for example, metal or stainless steel pots without handles,
A cooking container gripper used when moving a heat-resistant cooking container for a microwave oven or a gas range from a microwave oven to a dining table or the like, and attached to a peripheral wall portion of such a cooking container, Conventionally, various proposals have been made for a detachable holding device for a cooking container.

For example, a first support piece fixedly protruding from a front portion of a handle and abutting on a peripheral wall surface of a cooking container,
A second support piece that is attached to the support piece and is provided at a front portion of the handle so as to be movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the handle and abuts on a peripheral wall surface of the cooking container; By rotating the cylindrical cam portion provided in the circumferential direction of the handle, the second support piece is moved in the front-rear direction with respect to the handle, and the first support piece and the second support piece A cooking container gripping tool for gripping the peripheral wall of a cooking container has been proposed (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-70436).

A first support piece fixedly protruding from the front of the handle and abutting against the peripheral wall surface of the cooking container, and a first support piece attached to the support piece and provided at the front of the handle with respect to the handle. A second support piece protruding movably in the front-rear direction and abutting on a peripheral wall surface of the cooking container, and rotating an operation arm rotatably attached to the handle in a direction approaching the handle. By moving the second support piece in the front-rear direction with respect to the handle via the link mechanism, the first support piece and the second support piece grip the peripheral wall of the cooking vessel. A gripping tool has been proposed (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 9-164085 and 11-178722).
issue).

[0005]

Problems to be Solved by the Invention
The cooking vessel gripping tool proposed in No. 1 provides a cylindrical cam portion at the center of the handle, and performs an operation of gripping the peripheral wall of the cooking container by rotating this in the circumferential direction of the handle. However, due to the structural problem of providing the cylindrical cam portion at the center of the handle, the handleability is lacking and the mass productivity is also lacking.

[0006] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 9-164085 and 11-
178722 proposes a holding device for a cooking container,
The operation of gripping the peripheral wall of the cooking vessel via the link mechanism is performed. Since the link mechanism is provided on the handle that is not too large, the structure becomes complicated, the durability is reduced, and the productivity and the production cost are improved. There was room to be.

The present invention relates to a cooking vessel gripper for gripping a cooking vessel without a handle, which is a metal / stainless steel pot without a handle, a microwave oven or an oven without a handle. This is a gripping tool for a cooking container that can be attached to and detached from the peripheral wall of a heat-resistant cooking container and has a very simple structure, but can stably hold the cooking container, and is easy to handle and simple. Due to its structure, it is sturdy, strong, durable, easy to assemble, has high productivity, and is easy to disassemble into cooking components for disposal processing for reuse. The purpose is to propose tools.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a body having a main body and a support piece fixed to the main body and protruding from the front of the main body and abutting against a peripheral wall of a cooking vessel at a front end. One gripping arm 4 is attached to the main body 2 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and protrudes forward of the main body 2.
Gripping arm 6 having support piece 5 abutting on peripheral wall 8 of
And the second gripping arm 6, which is built in the main body 2,
The elastic body 11 urged toward the front of the main body 2 and the operating arm 40 rotatably attached to the main body 2 constitute a holding tool for a cooking container. When the distal end is rotated in the direction in which the distal end approaches the main body 2 around the rotation shaft 9 on the end side, the rear end of the operating arm 40 abuts against the rear end 25 of the second gripping arm 6, and this is This problem has been solved by using a cam mechanism that pushes backward to convert the rotational movement of the operating arm 40 into a forward-backward movement of the second gripping arm 6 with respect to the main body 2.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0010] The cooking container gripper 1 of the present invention comprises a main body 2.
And a first gripping arm 4 having a support piece 3 fixed to the main body 2, protruding forward of the main body 2, and abutting against a peripheral wall 8 of the cooking vessel 7 at a front end portion. For fixing the first gripping arm 4 to the main body 2, for example, as shown in FIGS. 1B and 2B, the rear end 13 of the first gripping arm 4 is
a) It can be carried out by being accommodated in a groove engraved on the upper surface.

The cooking vessel gripper 1 of the present invention is further mounted movably in the front-rear direction with respect to the main body 2 as shown by a double-headed arrow 31 in FIG. A second gripping arm 6 is provided protruding and having a support piece 5 at its front end that abuts against the peripheral wall 8 of the cooking vessel 7.

That is, the holding device 1 for a cooking container of the present invention.
1A, the supporting piece 3 of the first gripping arm 4 is brought into contact with the peripheral wall 8 of the cooking vessel 7 from the outside as shown in FIG. As shown by arrow 37, the main body 2
, The supporting piece 5 of the second gripping arm 6 is brought into contact with the peripheral wall 8 of the cooking container 7 from inside, and the peripheral wall 8 of the cooking container 7 is thus sandwiched by the supporting pieces 3 and 5, 7, the cooking container 7 is moved to a desired place.

The cooking container gripper 1 of the present invention further includes an operating arm 40 rotatably attached to the main body 2.
It has. The operation arm 40 is rotatably attached to the main body 2 via the rotation shaft 9 and is rotatable with respect to the main body 2 as shown by a two-way arrow 32 in FIG. .

In the cooking container gripper 1 of the present invention,
A cam mechanism that converts the rotational movement of the operation arm 40 indicated by the double arrow 32 in FIG. 1A into the movement in the front and rear direction (double arrow 31) with respect to the main body 2 of the second gripping arm 6 is adopted. Thus, the movement of the second gripping arm 6 in the front-rear direction with respect to the main body 2 as indicated by a two-way arrow 31 in FIG. 1A is performed.

Here, a cam mechanism for converting the rotational movement of the operation arm 40 rotatably attached to the main body 2 by the rotation shaft 9 into the forward and backward movement of the second gripping arm 6 with respect to the main body 2 is as follows. When the distal end side of the operation arm 40 rotates in the direction approaching the main body 2 as indicated by an arrow 35 (FIGS. 1B and 1A) about the rotation shaft 9 as a rotation center, the rear end side 10 ( FIG. 1 (b) comes into contact with the rear end side 25 of the second gripping arm 6, which is shown by arrow 33 (FIG. 2 (b)).
This is performed by pressing the main body 2 rearward.

In the cooking container gripper 1 of the present invention, the second gripping arm 6 is moved by the elastic body 11 built in the main body 2 as shown by an arrow 34 (FIG. 1B). FIG.
(B)), it is biased toward the front of the main body 2. In other words, the body 2 of the main body 2
The protruding piece 15 extending into the hollow portion 12 on the upper surface
Elastic body 1 housed in hollow portion 12 of body 2a
1, the arrow 34 (FIG. 1 (b), FIG.
(B)) direction.

Since the cooking vessel gripper 1 of the present invention is configured as described above, the support piece 3 of the first gripping arm 4 is
As shown in FIG. 1 (a), the distal end side of the operating arm 40 is brought into contact with the peripheral wall 8 of the cooking vessel 7 from the outside in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b) with the rotation axis 9 as the center. When the operation arm 40 is rotated in the direction approaching the main body 2, that is, in the direction indicated by the arrow 35, the rear end side 10 of the operation arm 40 is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow 36 (FIG. 1B).

As a result, the rear end 10 of the operating arm 40 is
Abuts against the rear end side 25 of the second gripping arm 6 and resists the force of the elastic body 11 that urges the second gripping arm 6 in the direction of arrow 34, The rear end side 25 is pressed toward the rear of the main body 2 as indicated by an arrow 33 (FIG. 2B).

As the rear end 25 of the second gripping arm 6 moves in the direction indicated by the arrow 33, the second gripping arm 6 movably attached to the main body 2 in the front-rear direction.
The whole moves in the direction of the arrow 37 (FIG. 2 (b)), the support piece 5 of the second gripping arm 6 abuts against the peripheral wall 8 of the cooking vessel 7 from the inside (FIG. 2 (b)), and It grips the peripheral wall 8 of the container 7.

When the peripheral wall 8 of the cooking vessel 7 is grasped by the cooking vessel grasping tool 1 and the cooking vessel 7 is moved to a predetermined place, the operation arm 40 is turned around the rotating shaft 9 of the main body 2 as indicated by an arrow 38. (FIGS. 2A and 2B).

As a result, the operation arm 40 is moved as shown in FIG.
(B) Returning to the state shown in the figure, the rear end 2 of the second gripping arm 6
5 is released from the rear end 10 of the operation arm 40 in the direction indicated by the arrow 33.

Therefore, the second gripping arm 6 has its protruding piece 15
Moves in the direction of arrow 34 according to the force in the direction of arrow 34 received by the elastic body 11, and the first gripping arm 4
The holding state of the peripheral wall 8 of the cooking container 7 by the supporting piece 3 of the second holding arm 6 and the supporting piece 5 of the second holding arm 6 is released.

As described above, according to the cooking container gripper 1 of the present invention, the operation of gripping the peripheral wall 8 of the cooking container 7 and releasing this gripping state is rotatable with respect to the main body 2. Can be easily performed simply by rotating the operation arm 40 attached to the main body 2 with respect to the main body 2.

Here, when the peripheral wall 8 of the cooking vessel 7 is gripped, the conversion of the rotational movement of the operating arm 40 into a forward-backward movement of the second gripping arm 6 with respect to the main body 2 is performed by rotating the main body 2 with its rotation axis. The rear end 10 of the operation arm 40 that is rotatably mounted via the rear end 9 is moved to the rear end 25 of the second gripping arm 6 by the rotation of the operation arm 40 about the rotation shaft 9. This is achieved by a simple cam mechanism that abuts and presses this toward the rear of the main body 2 as indicated by an arrow 33 (FIG. 2B).

When the operation arm 40 is rotated in the opposite direction, the state in which the peripheral wall 8 of the cooking vessel 7 is being gripped can be easily released by the action of the elastic body 11.

Since the peripheral wall 8 of the cooking vessel 7 can be gripped and released by the cam mechanism having such a simple structure, the cooking vessel gripping tool 1 of the present invention is easy to handle and has high productivity. It has excellent durability.

The elastic body 11 housed in the hollow portion 12 of the main body 2 and constantly biasing the second gripping arm 6 in the direction of the arrow 34 includes a spring material, a rubber material, and the like. The second gripping arm 6 is always urged in the direction of the arrow 34, and the pressing of the rear end 10 of the operating arm 40 against the rear end 25 of the second gripping arm 6 in the direction of the arrow 33 is released. At this time, various members can be adopted as long as the member can gently return the second gripping arm 6 in the direction of the arrow 34.

The cooking vessel gripper 1 of the present invention comprises, for example, a main body 2 composed of a molded synthetic resin body 2a and a cover 2b, a molded metal or stainless steel first gripping arm 4 and a second Gripping arm 6, metal spring 1
1. Operating arm 40 made of molded synthetic resin, body 2a
A metal screw for joining and fixing the cover and the cover 2b is prepared, and the first holding arm 4 and the metal spring 1 are attached to the body 2a.
1. After attaching the second gripping arm 6 and the operating arm 40 and attaching the cover 2b from above, the body 2a and the cover 2 are screwed together.
It is easy to assemble simply by joining and fixing b.

Each of the molded members has a precise shape and size, and has a first gripping arm 4 and a second gripping arm 6.
Thus, the cam mechanism for gripping the peripheral wall of the cooking container has an extremely simple structure, so that the peripheral wall of the cooking container can be stably and firmly gripped.

Further, the cooking container gripper 1 of the present invention comprises:
It can be easily disassembled into a metal component and a synthetic resin component simply by removing the screw, so that the cooking container gripping tool 1 of the present invention can be reused for raw materials.
When it is necessary to disassemble, the disassembly can be performed very easily.

In a one-handed pan used in a cooking heater such as a gas stove, particularly in a small one-handed pan, the heat of the gas is too strong, and only the handle becomes unusable.
Even if only the handle becomes unusable in this way, it is often necessary to dispose of the entire one-handed pot. According to the present invention, a pan without handles is initially cooked on a gas stove and, if necessary,
Since the gripping tool of the present invention can be attached to the peripheral wall of the pot and removed from the gas range, the handle portion becomes unusable,
This prevents a situation in which the entire one-handed pot must be discarded. Further, even if cooking is performed with the gripping tool of the present invention attached to a pan, and even if the gripping tool becomes unusable due to overheating, only the gripping tool is newly adjusted, and the pan is still used. Can be.

Further, when the cooking container gripper of the present invention is used, a metal / stainless steel pot without a handle, a microwave oven / oven heat-resistant cooking container without a handle, and the like can be used. All you have to do is prepare it in the kitchen. As described above, since the cooking container without the handle is the same as a so-called bowl, plate, or the like, it is not bulky even if it is stored in a stack, and can contribute to space saving of a kitchen cabinet or the like.

As described above, the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the technical scope described in the claims. The mode can be changed.

For example, as shown in FIG.
Is rotatable with respect to the main body 42 on the side surface side of the main body 42, and the second gripping arm 46
Can be moved in the front-rear direction with respect to the main body 42 as indicated by a double-headed arrow 51, whereby it is also possible to use the cooking container gripper 51 for gripping the peripheral wall 8 of the cooking container 7.

[0035]

According to the present invention, a cooking vessel that can be attached to and detached from a peripheral wall such as a metal / stainless steel pot without a handle and a heat-resistant cooking vessel for a microwave oven or an oven without a handle. It has a very simple structure, but it can hold the cooking container stably and is easy to handle.Since it has a simple structure, it is strong, strong and durable, It is possible to provide a cooking container gripper that can be easily assembled, has excellent productivity, and can be easily disassembled into constituent members in disposal processing for reuse.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a side view of the gripping tool of the present invention in a state where the cooking container is not gripped. (B) A longitudinal sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 2 (a) is a side view of the gripping tool shown in FIG. (B) A longitudinal sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of another gripper of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 41 Grasping tool of cooking container 2, 42 Main body 3 Supporting piece of 1st gripping arm 4 First gripping arm 5 Supporting piece of 2nd gripping arm 6 Second gripping arm 7 Cooking container 8 Perimeter wall 9, 49 Rotation axis 10 Rear end side of operation arm 11 Elastic body 40, 45 Operation arm 25 Rear end side of second gripping arm

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A main body, a first gripping arm fixed to the main body, protruding forward of the main body, and having a support piece at a front end of the main body and abutting against a peripheral wall of the cooking container, and moving in a front-rear direction with respect to the main body A second gripping arm that is attached to the front of the main body so as to protrude from the main body and has a support piece at the front end that abuts on the peripheral wall of the cooking vessel; An elastic body urging forward, an operating arm rotatably attached to the main body, and a rotational movement of the second gripping arm in a front-rear direction with respect to the main body. And a cam mechanism for moving the second gripping arm toward the rear of the main body against the force of the elastic body by a rotational movement in a direction in which the distal end side of the operation arm approaches the main body. A cooking container gripping tool characterized by being provided. 2. A cam mechanism for converting a rotational movement of an operating arm into a forward-backward movement of the second gripping arm with respect to a main body, wherein a distal end side of the operating arm about a rotation shaft on a rear end side of the operating arm is a main body. The rearward side of the operating arm abuts against the rearward side of the second gripping arm due to the rotational movement in the direction approaching, and is pressed toward the rear of the main body. A holding tool for the cooking container according to the above.