JP2002315639A - Kitchen floor cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kitchen floor cabinet capable of keeping a cooked food left in a cooking utensil warm or cold without reducing the kitchen space and without spilling the cooked food, to be handled easily and cleaned easily. SOLUTION: In the kitchen floor cabinet, a mounting surface 2 to be heated or cooled by turning a selector switch 4 capable of reversing the polarity to a Peltier element 3 and a counter top 8 are in the same plane level.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a kitchen floor cabinet provided with a stove capable of switching between heating and cooling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, dishes such as soups and pastas are cooked and eaten by heating, but in recent years, they have been cooked and eaten by cooling.
As described above, in the course of cooking, not only heating the dish but also cooling it is demanded. Further, not only hot water but also cold water may need to be secured in accordance with the cooking process. In such cases, a heating device such as a gas range is used for cooking and heating water,
For cooking and cooling water, a refrigerator is usually used.

[0003]

However, in a heating device such as a gas range or a refrigerator, only one of heating and cooling can be performed, and handling is inconvenient.

[0004] Under these circumstances, a dish warmer capable of switching between heating and cooling has been proposed (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-2).
No. 76358). This dish warmer is provided with a Peltier element to which power is supplied by a power supply means on a cover capable of covering the dish. One side of the Peltier element is directed to the cooking side, and has a changeover switch capable of reversing the polarity of the Peltier element. According to this dish warmer, the food covered by the cover can be kept warm and cool by switching the changeover switch.

However, according to this dish warmer,
Since the food must be kept warm or cold by putting the food in the cover, it is not possible to keep the food in the cooking utensil such as a pot warm or cold. Further, since the dish warmer is separate from the kitchen floor cabinet for cooking, a place for placing the dish warmer itself is required in the kitchen, and the kitchen is reduced in size. Furthermore, in this dish warmer, cooking utensils containing dishes must be transported from the cooking surface of the kitchen floor cabinet to another place such as a table, which is troublesome and may cause overflowing of dishes during that time. There is also. Thus, when the dish warmer is soiled, the dish warmer is not easy to clean because the cover having the Peltier element is curved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and is capable of keeping food in a cooking utensil warm or cold, and is simple without reducing the size of a kitchen. In addition, it is an issue to be solved to provide a kitchen floor cabinet that does not overflow with dishes and is easy to clean.

[0007]

A kitchen floor cabinet according to the present invention is a kitchen floor cabinet provided with a cooking surface, wherein a Peltier element to which electric power is supplied by an electric power supply means and a surface of the Peltier element which can conduct heat. There is provided a stove having a placing surface on which a cooking utensil can be placed and a switching means capable of reversing the polarity of the Peltier element, and the placing surface of the stove is flush with the cooking surface. There is a feature.

[0008] In the kitchen floor cabinet of the present invention, the stove has a Peltier element, and the Peltier element is supplied with power by power supply means. For this reason, if the cooking utensil is placed on one surface of the Peltier element and on the mounting surface provided so as to be able to conduct heat, the dish in the cooking utensil can be heated (heat-retained). Here, if the polarity of the Peltier element is inverted by the switching means, the food in the cooking utensil can be cooled (cooled).

Further, in the kitchen floor cabinet, since the stove having the Peltier element is integrated, the food can be easily moved only on the kitchen floor cabinet, so that the kitchen can be widely used and the food overflows. Is less likely.

Further, in this kitchen floor cabinet, since the surface on which the stove having the Peltier element is placed is flush with the cooking surface, even if the dish overflows and becomes dirty, it is cleaned. Is easy.

[0011] Therefore, according to the kitchen floor cabinet of the present invention, it is possible to heat or cool the dish in the cooking utensil, and to simplify the kitchen without making the kitchen narrow and to overflow the dish. No cleaning and easy cleaning.

The kitchen floor cabinet of the present invention comprises:
It is desirable that the other surface of the Peltier element is provided so that the storage space on the back side can be heated or cooled. Thus, food or the like in the storage space can be kept warm or cold.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the kitchen floor cabinet of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a gas range 10, a stove 1 and a cooking surface 8 are formed on the upper surface, and a mounting surface 2 on which cooking utensils of the stove 1 can be mounted. Is flush with the cooking surface 8. A sink 11 is provided adjacent to the cooking surface 8. A storage space 9 is provided below these. In addition, a kitchen upper cabinet 12 which constitutes the kitchen floor cabinet and the system kitchen is provided above the kitchen floor cabinet. The kitchen upper cabinet 12 is provided with a range hood 12a.

As shown in FIG. 2, the stove 1 is provided with one surface 3a of the Peltier element 3 in contact with the mounting surface 2, and the other surface 3b is in contact with the air in the storage space 9. This Peltier element 3 is connected to a changeover switch 4 as a switching means capable of reversing the polarity of the Peltier element 3. The changeover switch 4 is connected to a power supply 6 as a power supply unit via a power supply switch 5. Further, a fan 7 is provided in the storage space 9 to stir the air in the storage space 9.

In the kitchen floor cabinet configured as described above, when the power switch 5 of the stove 1 is pressed, power is supplied from the power source 6 to the Peltier element 3. Thereby, one surface 3a of the Peltier element 3 is heated, and the other surface 3b is cooled. Then, one surface 3a of the Peltier element 3
And the mounting surface 2 are in contact with each other, so that the heat of one surface 3a is transferred to the mounting surface 2 and the mounting surface 2 is heated. For this reason, if the pot containing the dish is placed on the placing surface 2 of the stove 1, the dish in the pot can be heated.

At this time, the other surface 3b of the Peltier element 3 can cool the storage space 9. At this time, the air in the storage space 9 is agitated by the fan 7.
Therefore, according to this kitchen floor cabinet,
Food and the like in the storage space 9 can be kept cool.

On the other hand, when the changeover switch 4 is switched, the polarity of the Peltier element 3 is reversed, so that one side 3a of the Peltier element 3 is cooled and the other side 3b is heated. Thereby, the mounting surface 2 is cooled. For this reason, if the pot containing the dish is placed on the placing surface 2 of the stove 1, the dish in the pot can be cooled.

At this time, the other surface 3b of the Peltier element 3 can heat the storage space 9. At this time, the air in the storage space 9 is agitated by the fan 7.
Therefore, according to this kitchen floor cabinet,
Food and the like in the storage space 9 can be kept warm.

Further, in this kitchen floor cabinet, since the stove 1 is integrated, the pot containing the food can be easily moved only on the kitchen floor cabinet, so that the kitchen can be widely used and the food overflows. There is little danger of doing.

Further, in this kitchen floor cabinet, since the placing surface 2 of the stove 1 is flush with the cooking surface 8, even if the dishes overflow and become dirty, cleaning is easy. It is.

Therefore, according to this kitchen floor cabinet, it is possible to heat or cool the food in the pot, without reducing the size of the kitchen, and it is simple and without overflowing the food. And easy to clean.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a kitchen floor cabinet of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of the kitchen floor cabinet of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 8 Cooking surface 6 Power supply means (power supply) 3 Peltier element 3a One surface 3b Other surface 2 Placement surface 4 Switching means (changeover switch) 1 Stove 9 Storage space

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A kitchen floor cabinet provided with a cooking surface, wherein: a Peltier element to which power is supplied by a power supply means;
A stove having a mounting surface provided on one surface of the Peltier element so as to be able to conduct heat, on which a cooking utensil can be mounted, and switching means capable of reversing the polarity of the Peltier element; A kitchen floor cabinet, wherein the placing surface is flush with the cooking surface. 2. The kitchen floor cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the other surface of the Peltier element is provided so as to heat or cool the storage space on the back surface side.