JP2002191451A - Hood for kitchen equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problems of steam released from a rice cooker wetting a cabinet at a high place in a kitchen, triggering corrosion and mold and the provision of a fixed hood damaging the ease of use of the kitchen. SOLUTION: Sliders 7 are run through a guide rail 5 extended along the underside of a cabinet 65 above a kitchen counter 63 on which an electric rice cooker 61 or the like is placed, and a hood 3 is movably mounted thereto. The hood 3 has a main plate 13 covering the rice cooker 61 or the like from the rear side and the top side, side plates 15 blocking the upper ends of the right and left sides of the inside space of the main plate 13, rollers 21, and a water receiving groove 25, and the rollers 21 roll on the kitchen counter 63. Therefore, the hood 3 can be moved in accordance with the position of the rice cooker 61 or the like, and the place where equipment is used can be freely selected within a certain range, and water resulting from condensation of steam emitted from the rice cooker 61 or the like does not wet the kitchen counter 63.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hood device for kitchen equipment, and more particularly to a device for preventing water vapor or heat from an electric rice cooker or an oven placed on a kitchen counter from damaging surroundings. It relates to a hood device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Kitchen appliances such as electric rice cookers and electric water heaters, ovens, toasters, microwave ovens and the like used in ordinary households are sometimes placed on a dedicated table. A boiler, a small toaster, and the like are often placed on a kitchen counter that also serves as a countertop.

[0003]

However, in today's kitchens of ordinary households, a high place cabinet called "top bag" or the like is provided not only above a cooking table or a sink but also above a kitchen counter. Because of the large amount of water, a large amount of water vapor from a rice cooker etc. wets the high place cabinet causing rot and mold, and the heat radiated from the oven etc. causes the high place cabinet to be deformed or denatured, or the high place cabinet There was a problem that steam entered the inside and mold would be generated without notice.
This problem becomes more remarkable when a rice cooker or the like is placed in a space surrounded by the entire periphery other than the front surface, such as a kitchen counter of a so-called system kitchen cabinet.

As a countermeasure against this problem, when using a rice cooker or the like, it is conceivable to put some food on it, but if this food is made to be an independent type, the food itself occupies a large space. , You will be in trouble with the place to end. In addition, when the hood is mounted, the place of use of the rice cooker or the like is fixed, so that when using another similar device, the inconvenience that the place must be replaced every time occurs.
In this regard, it is conceivable that the width of the hood is set to a considerably large size that can cover the entire width of the equipment arranged in several units.However, the function of the kitchen counter is significantly limited, and the appearance of the hood is poor. Another problem arises, such as the difficulty in cleaning the surface.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and is a type which can be used in a rice cooker or the like without specially increasing the size, even though it is a type to be attached to kitchen equipment such as a high cabinet. A convenient and sanitary new food device for kitchen equipment, such that the place can be freely selected within a certain range and the kitchen counter is not wetted by the water condensed from the steam from the rice cooker. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, a hood device for kitchen equipment according to claim 1 extends horizontally above a kitchen counter on which kitchen equipment such as an electric rice cooker or an oven is placed. A guide member provided as described above, a moving member that moves along the guide member, and a hood that is attached to the moving member and covers kitchen equipment placed on the kitchen counter from at least the rear side and the upper side. It is a feature.

Therefore, according to the food device for kitchen equipment, the position of the food can be changed within a range in which the moving member can move on the guide member. You can choose freely within the range. For example, if an electric rice cooker, an electric water heater and an oven toaster are placed side by side on the kitchen counter, moving the hood to a position corresponding to the equipment to be used will move these rice cookers and the like. The target device can be covered with a hood without the need. For this reason, the size of the hood can be large enough to cover one kitchen appliance, which not only reduces the cost but also increases the cost.
There is little restriction on the function of the kitchen counter, little loss of appearance, and no particular difficulty in cleaning the back of the hood.

As the guide member in the present invention, for example, a metal or synthetic resin round pipe having good rust resistance may be used, which is attached so as to extend along the lower surface of the high-altitude cabinet. If a slider or the like is externally fitted, a simple structure is sufficient. Also, the hood may be made of a metal having good rust resistance or a synthetic resin having excellent heat resistance. If the shape of the hood is formed by bending a continuous portion of the upper surface and the back portion into an arc shape, the kitchen Even if the water vapor generated by the equipment goes to the rear side, it can guide the flow direction so that it smoothly flows upward from the front opening surface of the hood, and water droplets condensed on the inner surface of the upper part Can be dropped down along the back.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hood device for a kitchen appliance according to the first aspect, wherein the hood comprises a main plate for covering the kitchen appliance placed on the kitchen counter from the rear and upper sides. And a side plate for closing upper end portions on both left and right sides of the inner space of the main plate. Since the path along which the steam generated from the rice cooker flows in the horizontal direction is along the top surface of the main plate, the flow in the horizontal direction can be almost certainly blocked by the side plate. Moreover, since the side plate covers only the upper ends of the left and right sides of the inner space of the main plate, when moving the hood, the probability that the side plate will interfere with the kitchen equipment or another kitchen equipment can be considerably reduced. it can.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hood device for a kitchen appliance according to the first or second aspect, wherein a water receiving groove is formed at a lower end of a portion of the hood that covers the kitchen appliance from the rear side. It is characterized by having been provided. In this way, even if the water condensed on the inner surface of the hood falls along the inner surface, it will surely collect in the water receiving groove,
It does not wet the kitchen counter.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the hood device for a kitchen appliance according to the third aspect, the water receiving groove is inclined in a longitudinal direction thereof, and the water receiving groove is inclined at the lowest position of the water receiving groove. A water receiving tray facing from below is provided. Therefore, even if a relatively large amount of water falls into the water receiving groove, the water is always collected in the water receiving tray, so that it is possible to reliably prevent the water that has fallen in the water receiving groove from overflowing into the kitchen counter.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the hood device for kitchen equipment according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein a roller for riding on the kitchen counter is attached to the hood. Is what you do.
Therefore, the hood is supported by the guide member via the moving member at the upper portion, and rides on the kitchen counter via the roller at the lower portion, so that no excessive force is applied to the hood. For this reason, while being able to hold | maintain the attitude | position of a hood stably, a movement can be performed smoothly,
In addition, there is no need to provide an obstructive rail or the like at the kitchen counter.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hood device for a kitchen appliance according to the fifth aspect, wherein the roller is attached to the hood via height adjusting means. . In this way, the overall height of the hood can be adjusted by adjusting the height of the roller, so if the height of the roller with respect to the hood is adjusted according to the space height from the kitchen counter to the high cabinet, the space height Can be universally attached to different kitchen equipment.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a hood device for kitchen equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. [A. Embodiment] (FIGS. 1 to 4) FIGS. 1 to 4 show a hood device 1 for kitchen equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The hood device 1 includes a hood 3, a guide rail 5, a slider 7 for movably attaching the hood 3 to the guide rail 5, a steam guard 8, and the like. The guide rail 5 is made of a metal pipe having a circular cross section, and extends in the left-right direction along the vicinity of the front end of the lower surface 65a of the high cabinet 65 above the kitchen counter 63 where the electric rice cooker 61 and the like are put on a daily basis. Attach to This attachment is performed, for example, by attaching the pipe receiver 9 into which both ends of the guide rail 5 are inserted to the side wall 67 of the kitchen counter 63.

As shown in FIG. 3, there are two sliders 7 on the right and left sides.
a and an L-shaped mounting portion 7b extending downward from the rail passage portion 7a are integrally formed, and a screw hole 7c is formed in a vertical piece of the mounting portion 7b. The slider 7 has a mounting portion 7b fixed to the hood 3,
The guide rail 5 is slidably inserted into the rail passage portion 7a.

The hood 3 includes a main plate 13, two left and right side plates 15, a reinforcing strip 17, a roller bracket 19, and a roller 21. The main plate 13 is formed by bending a rectangular steel plate having a synthetic resin coating film formed on one surface. The overall shape of the main plate 13 is an inverted L-shape in which the corners are bent in an arc shape when viewed from the left and right directions, and the coating film is formed on a surface facing the inside of the L-shape. . The size of the main plate 13 is such that the electric rice cooker 61 of a standard size can be accommodated in the inner space with some allowance, and the height is 1.5 times the height of the electric rice cooker 61. There are about twice.

The front end of the horizontal portion 13a of the main plate 13 is a rail hiding portion 23. The rail concealed portion 23 is bent so as to form a substantially U-shape opened toward the rear side when viewed from the left and right directions, and a lower piece of the U-shape is inclined forward and upward. In addition, a lower end of the vertical portion 13b of the main plate 13 is bent toward the front side so as to form a substantially inverted “H” shape, thereby forming a shallow water receiving groove 25 extending in the left-right direction. At the left and right ends of the main plate 13, four rivet holes 27 and a threaded hole 29 at the lower end are formed at the same position.

The two left and right side plates 15 are for closing about one third of the upper side of the side open surface of the space covered by the main plate 13.
And are formed so as to be symmetrical with each other. The main portion of the side plate 15 has a shape in which the vertical width decreases toward the front side, and the shape from the upper edge to the rear edge matches the shape of the upper portion of the main plate 13. The side plate 15 is integrally formed with a mounting piece 31 projecting inward from the front half of the upper edge thereof and another mounting piece 33 projecting inward from the lower end of the rear side edge. Is formed. These attachment pieces 31 and 33 are also formed with four rivet holes 33 having the same positional relationship as the four rivet holes 27 in the main plate 13.

The reinforcing strip 17 is formed of a steel material several times thicker than the material of the main plate 13 and the side plate 15.
Rail hidden portion 23 and water receiving groove 2 of main plate 13
It is bent to the same shape as the shape seen from the side of the part except 5. The upper end portion of the reinforcing strip 17 is a mounting piece 35 which is vertically raised upward, and has a horizontally long insertion hole 35a and a screw hole 35b. At the position near the lower end of the reinforcing strip 17, a regulating piece 37 protruding from the side edge to the rear side is formed.
9 are formed. Three rivet holes 41 are also formed in the reinforcing strip 17.

Main plate 13 and side plate 15
And the reinforcing strip 17 are integrally connected to each other by rivets. That is, as shown in FIG.
5 is attached on the horizontal upper surface of the main plate 13 from above, and another attachment piece 32 is placed on the vertical back surface of the main plate 13 from behind, and the reinforcing strip 17 is overlaid thereon. Rivet holes 27, 3
Driving rivets 43 into 3 and 41. As a result, the upper ends of the left and right surfaces of the inner space of the main plate 13 are closed by the side plates 15, and the left and right ends of the main plate 13 are reinforced by the reinforcing strips 17.

The roller bracket 19 is connected to the reinforcing strip 17.
It has the shape of a vertically long plate having substantially the same width as that of the above. A vertically long hole 19a is formed in the upper part, and a roller 21 is rotatably attached to the lower end. Roller bracket 19
Is screwed from the front side through the screw hole 29 of the main plate 13 and the screw hole 39 of the reinforcing band plate 17 through the long hole 19a. A nut 47 is attached to the tip of the screw 45. At this time, the left edge of the roller bracket 19 is lightly in contact with the restricting piece 37, and its posture is held vertically. Thereby, the roller bracket 19 is attached to the reinforcing strip 1.
7 and its position can be adjusted in the vertical direction within the range of the elongated hole 19a.

The hood 3 is configured as described above.
The attachment strip 35 of the reinforcing strip 17 is attached to the slider 7. This mounting is performed by inserting a screw 49 that has passed through the screw-through hole 7c of the slider 7 from the rear side while the horizontal piece 7d of the mounting portion 7b of the slider 7 is inserted into the insertion hole 35a of the reinforcing strip 17. This is performed by screwing into the screw hole 35d. Thereby, the hood 3 is movably attached to the guide rail 5 so as to be movable between a position indicated by a dashed line and a position indicated by a dashed line in FIG. Then, the height of the roller 21 is adjusted so that the roller 21 rides on the upper surface of the kitchen counter 63 with the hood 3 in a vertical posture. When the guide rail 5 is mounted, the mounting position is selected such that the front end of the hood 3 is located in substantially the same vertical plane as the front surface of the high cabinet 65.

On the upper surface of the rail concealing portion 23 of the main hood 13, two small left and right rail portions 50 (see FIGS. 3 and 4) are attached. It has an inverted L-shape facing each other. The steam guard 8 (see FIG. 3) has a rectangular plate shape that is long in the left-right direction, and has a standing wall-like stopper 8a at the rear end.
The left and right ends are inserted into the rail portion 50 in a state where the hood 3 is placed on the upper surface of the rail hiding portion 23, so that the hood 3 is formed.
Slidably in the front-rear direction.

Since the hood device 1 for kitchen equipment is configured as described above, when the hood 3 is slid in accordance with the position of the electric rice cooker 61 or the like placed on the kitchen counter 63, the electric rice cooker 61 becomes It is covered by the main plate 13 from the rear side and the upper side, and is covered by the side plate 15 from the diagonally upper right and left. Accordingly, the steam generated from the electric rice cooker 61 is guided by the top surface of the main plate 13 and guided in the flow direction so as to go out from the inside of the hood 3 to the outside, as shown by the symbol S in FIG. You. Most of the water droplets adhering to the inner surface of the hood 3 and condensing fall along the inner surface of the main plate 13 and fall into the water receiving groove 25.

When the steam guard 8 is pulled out toward the user as shown in FIG.
As it goes out before the front of 5 and hides the gap of the door from below,
It is possible to almost certainly prevent the steam S from wetting the door of the cabinet 65 or entering the cabinet 65. When the steam guard 8 is not used, if it is retracted as shown in FIG.

After the rice cooker 61 finishes cooking rice,
If necessary, the hood 3 is moved to another position, for example, an end position in the movement range or a position corresponding to kitchen equipment to be used next. At this time, since the side plate 15 of the hood 3 is provided only at the upper end of the inner space of the main plate 13, the side plate 15 hardly hits the rice cooker 61 or the like.

[B. Modification of Water Receiving Groove] (FIGS. 5 and 6) FIGS. 5 and 6 show a modification 13A of the main plate constituting the hood 3. This main plate 13
A is different from the main plate 13 in that
The only difference is that the water receiving groove 25 is inclined and the water receiving tray is provided.

The water receiving groove 25 is inclined approximately 3 ° downward and to the right when viewed from the front, and has a bottom piece 25a (see FIG. 6).
A drain hole 25b is formed at the right end of the. A water receiving tray 51 is detachably attached to a position corresponding to the drain hole 25b. In the water receiving tray 51, a tray portion 51a having a rectangular shallow dish shape and a mounting arm 51b extending upward and obliquely forward from the tray portion 51a are integrally formed of synthetic resin. The tray arm 51b is aligned with the hole 25b from below, and the mounting arm 51b is sandwiched and held on the front wall of the water receiving groove 25. Therefore, the water that has fallen into the water receiving groove 25 flows to the right side and flows from the drain hole 25b to the tray portion 5.
Since the water is collected in 1a, it is possible to reliably prevent the water dropped in the water receiving groove 25 from getting wet on the kitchen counter 63. Incidentally, the inclination of the water receiving groove 25 may be such that the portion other than the end, for example, the center, is the lowest.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and there is a change in design without departing from the gist of the present invention. Are also included in the present invention.

[0031]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the position of the hood can be changed within a range in which the moving member can move on the guide member, so that the rice cooker used on the kitchen counter is used. Can be freely selected within the above range. As a result, the size of the hood can be large enough to cover one kitchen appliance, which not only lowers the cost but also less restricts the function of the kitchen counter and does not impair the appearance. ,
There is no possibility that cleaning the rear side of the hood or the like becomes particularly difficult.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the path in which the steam generated from the rice cooker or the like flows in the horizontal direction is along the top surface of the main plate, the flow in the horizontal direction is almost certainly made by the side plate. Can be blocked. Moreover, since the side plate covers only the upper ends of the left and right sides of the inner space of the main plate, when moving the hood, the probability that the side plate will interfere with the kitchen equipment or another kitchen equipment can be considerably reduced. it can.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, even if the water condensed on the inner surface of the hood falls along the inner surface, the water is surely collected in the water receiving groove, so that the kitchen counter does not get wet.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, even if a large amount of water falls into the water receiving groove, the water is always collected in the water receiving tray, so that the water falling into the water receiving groove overflows to the kitchen counter. Falling can be reliably prevented.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the hood is supported by the guide member via the moving member at the upper part, and rides on the kitchen counter via the roller at the lower part. There is no. For this reason,
The posture of the hood can be held stably, and the hood can be moved smoothly, and further, there is no need to provide an obstructive rail or the like on the kitchen counter.

According to the invention of claim 6, since the overall height of the hood can be adjusted by adjusting the height of the roller, the height of the roller relative to the hood can be adjusted in accordance with the space height from the kitchen counter to the high cabinet. If adjusted, it can be universally attached to kitchen equipment with different space heights.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a hood device for kitchen equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention attached to a kitchen cabinet.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the hood device for kitchen equipment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the kitchen apparatus hood device shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a modification of the main plate in the hood.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of the main plate of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Hood device for kitchen appliances 3 ... Hood 5 ... Guide member 7 ... Movement member 13 ... Main plate 13b ... Part to cover from the back side 15 ... Side plate 19, 19a, 45 ... Height adjusting means 21 ... Roller 25 ... Water receiver Groove 61 ... Kitchen equipment 63 ... Kitchen counter 13A ... Main hood 5
1. Water tray

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A guide member provided to extend horizontally above a kitchen counter on which kitchen equipment such as an electric rice cooker or an oven is placed, a moving member moving along the guide member, and a mounting member attached to the moving member. A hood for covering the kitchen equipment placed on the kitchen counter from at least the rear side and the upper side. 2. A hood device for kitchen equipment according to claim 1, wherein the hood comprises a main plate for covering the kitchen equipment placed on the kitchen counter from the rear and upper sides, and both left and right sides of an inner space of the main plate. And a side plate for closing an upper end of the hood. 3. The hood device for a kitchen appliance according to claim 1, wherein a water receiving groove is provided at a lower end of a portion of the hood that covers the kitchen appliance from the rear side. apparatus. 4. A hood device for kitchen equipment according to claim 3, wherein the water receiving groove is inclined in a longitudinal direction thereof, and a water receiving tray is provided at the lowest position of the water receiving groove from below. A hood device for kitchen equipment. 5. The hood device for a kitchen appliance according to claim 1, wherein a roller for riding on the kitchen counter is attached to the hood. 6. The hood device for a kitchen appliance according to claim 5, wherein the roller is mounted via height adjusting means for the hood.