JP2003339546A - Cooking auxiliary utensil holding structure for cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide cooking auxiliary utensil holding structure that can hold a cooking auxiliary utensil for the cooker to a cooker body while enabling a person around the cooker to easily hold and use the held cooking auxiliary utensil. <P>SOLUTION: Holding means 5, 9, 14 are provided for holding the cooking auxiliary utensil 6 in the state of being erected at a part of the outer periphery of the cooker 1, and a part of at least a grip part 7 of the cooking auxiliary utensil 6 held by the holding means 5, 9, 14 is projected upward from the upper face of the cooker 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for holding a cooking aid such as a spatula, ladle, and chopsticks used for cooking in a cooking device such as a hot plate, an electric pan, and a fryer.

[0002] In recent years, various electric heating cookers have been used at home, and in particular, there has been an increasing use form in which the user cooks with the heating cooker at a table and eats around the heating cooker.

For example, a family surrounds a hot plate and cooks okonomiyaki and grilled meat dishes, etc., and each cooks the okonomiyaki and meat while eating on the hot plate. It is also possible to cook pans such as oden, sukiyaki, and water cooked in an electric pan while separating them from the surroundings, while cooking tempura and fries with a fryer while eating from around.

In such a case, a cooking aid is used depending on the cooking utensil. For example, a hot plate uses a spatula for okonomiyaki, and an electric pot uses chopsticks, balls for collecting lye, and a ladle.
In addition, special chopsticks are also used in the flyer.

[0005]

By the way, when these cooking aids are not used, they are placed on a cooking utensil or on a table or the like. For example, when a spatula is leaned against a rim on a hot plate, The grip may be hot during use, or it may slip down onto the hot plate to the grip and it may be difficult to restore it. In addition, when it is placed on a table or the like, when a person far from the table uses it, it is necessary to purposely hand it over to another person.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-217887 discloses that
It is described that the holding part for holding the spatula is provided on the side part of the hot plate, but even in this thing, the spatula held by the holding part can be used in the seat close to the holding part. Since it is only a person, a person in a distant seat cannot use it unless it is handed to a person in a close seat, and after using it, it must be handed to a person in a close seat and returned to the holding part. It was inconvenient to use.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and holds the cooking aid of the above-described heating cooker in the body of the heating cooker and surrounds the heating cooker. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a holding structure that can be easily used by people around the sun.

[0008]

Therefore, according to the present invention, a holding means for holding the cooking aid in a standing state is provided on a part of the outer periphery of the cooking utensil, and the cooking aid held by the holding means. It is characterized in that at least a part of the holding part of the utensil is projected upward from the upper surface of the cooking utensil.

In the present invention, as the holding means,
A receiving hole opened upward may be formed in a part of the outer circumference of the cooking device, and a cooking aid may be inserted into the receiving hole to stand upright.

Further, as another holding means in the present invention, it is a holder detachably attached to a part of the outer circumference of the cooking device, and the cooking aid is held upright in the holder. Alternatively, at least a part of the grip portion of the cooking aid held by the holder may be made to project upward from the upper end of the holder.

Further, as another holding means in the present invention, an accommodating portion formed on the outer periphery of the heating and cooking appliance for accommodating the functional portion of the cooking assisting tool and penetrating the upper portion thereof and extending the gripping portion upward. Then, the outer wall of the accommodating portion may be a lid that can be rotated about the lower rotation shaft, and the cooking aid can be attached and detached.

In this case, in a state where the cooking aid is accommodated in the accommodating portion, the weight of the cooking aid causes the lid body to rotate in a direction of closing the accommodating portion and the cooking aid is taken out. It is preferable that the lid body is rotated by its own weight in a direction to open the housing portion.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a hot plate as an example of a cooking device according to the present invention, in which a metal plate 3 is placed on an upper part of a main body 2, 3 is heated by a heater (not shown).

The holding projection 4 is formed on a part of the outer peripheral surface of the main body 2.
And a receiving hole 5 opened up and down is formed in the holding projection 4, and a holding part 7 of a spatula 6 as an example of a cooking aid is inserted into the receiving hole 5 to stand upright. , Is supposed to hold. The receiving hole 5 may be a bottomed hole opened only on the upper part of the holding projection 4, and only the tip of the grip 7 of the spatula 6 may be inserted and held. Further, the receiving hole 5 can be directly formed in the main body 2 of the hot plate 1.

Since the spatula 6 is held in the receiving hole 5 with the grip portion 7 facing down, the functional portion 8 as a spatula projects upward from the hot plate 1, but at this time, at least the grip portion 7 is held.
The portion close to the functional portion 8 should also project upward from the upper surface of the hot plate 1 so that the spatula 6 can be pulled out from the receiving hole 5 by gripping the portion.

2 (a) and 2 (b) show another embodiment of the present invention, in which the main body 2 of the hot plate 1 is shown.
An approximately L-shaped holder 9 is detachably attached to the holding projection 4 provided on the outer periphery of the holder 9, and the spatula 6 can be attached and detached by the magnet 10 fixed to the holder 9 in an upright state. It is attached.

The holder 10 has the magnet 10 attached to the vertical portion 11 thereof, and the magnet 10 is used to make a spatula 6
The gripping part 7 is sucked and the functional part 8 of the spatula 6 is supported by the horizontal part 12 of the holder 9. A part of the grip portion 7 of the spatula 6 projects upward from the upper end of the holder 9.

FIG. 2C shows another form in which the spatula 6 is detachably attached to the holder 9, and a hook 13 is formed on the upper end of the holder 9, and the spatula 6 is attached to the hook 13. The through hole 14 formed in the grip portion 7 is hooked and attached. In this embodiment, the horizontal portion 12 that supports the functional portion 8 of the spatula 6 is not always necessary.

Next, FIG. 3 shows still another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a housing portion 14 for housing the functional portion 8 of the spatula 6 is formed on the outer periphery of the main body 2 of the hot plate 1, and the outer wall of the housing portion 14 is rotatably supported by the rotating shaft 15. The lid 16 is formed. A slit 17 is formed between the upper portion of the lid body 16 and the main body 2, and the grip portion 7 of the spatula 6 has the slit 1 formed therein.
It is designed to extend upward through 7.

Further, in this example, when the functional portion 8 of the spatula 6 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 14, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the functional portion 8 is placed on the receiving portion 18 of the lid body 16 below the rotation shaft 15, and the lid body 16 is pivoted in the direction to close the accommodating portion 14 due to the weight of the spatula 6. When the spatula 6 is lifted, as shown in FIG. 3B, the lid 16 is rotated in the direction to open the accommodating portion 14 by its own weight.

[0021]

In the present invention, the spatula 6 on the hot plate 1
Is held upright and at least a part of the grip portion 7 of the spatula 6 is projected above the upper surface of the hot plate 1, so that the grip portion of the spatula 6 can be held from any position around the hot plate 1. 7 can be gripped, removed and used, and it can be returned to its original position after use.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the gripping portion 7 of the spatula 6 is inserted into the receiving hole 5 formed in the holding projection 4 of the main body 2 to stand upright, and a part of the gripping portion 7 is provided. Since it protrudes from the upper surface of the hot plate 1, it is attached to or detached from the receiving hole 5 by holding the gripping portion 7 of the protruding portion.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the holder 9 is attached to the outer periphery of the hot plate 1, and the spatula 6 is erected on the holder 9 and is attracted by the magnet 10.
Alternatively, since the grip portion 7 is detachably held by means such as being locked to the hook 13 and the grip portion 7 is projected from the upper end of the holder 9, the grip portion 7 is detachably attached to the holder 9.

After the hot plate 1 has been used, the holder 9 can be detached from the hot plate 1, so that the hot plate 1 can be compactly accommodated by removing it, and the hot plate 1 can be stored in the kitchen. When used for cooking, it can be used without attaching the holder 9.

In the invention of claim 4, the functional portion 8 of the spatula 6 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 14, and the accommodating portion 14 has the slit 1
7 extends above the hot plate 1. The spatula 6 is taken out by rotating and opening the lid body 16 about the rotation shaft 15. Further, the functional unit 8 is inserted into the accommodating portion 14 with the lid body 16 opened, and the lid body 16 is closed to accommodate the functional portion 8 in the accommodating portion 14.

Further, in the invention of claim 5, a spatula 6
From the state where the functional unit 8 of No. 6 is accommodated in the accommodating unit 14,
By gripping and gripping the gripping part 7 of the lid slightly, the lid 16 rotates in the opening direction due to its own weight, and the functional part 8 of the spatula 6 is placed on the receiving portion 18 of the opened lid 16. , The weight of the spatula 6 causes the lid body 16 to rotate to accommodate the housing portion 14.
Closes. Further, when the hot plate 1 is stored, the lid 16
Is locked by the projection 19 for closing the lid to maintain the closed state.

[0027]

According to the present invention, since the spatula 6 is erected and held on the hot plate 1 and at least a part of the grip portion 7 projects from the upper surface of the hot plate 1, the hot plate 1 From any position around 1
The spatula 6 can be easily used by holding the grip portion 7 and can be easily returned to the original position after use.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, only the simple receiving hole 5 is formed in the main body 2 of the hot plate 1, the structure is extremely simple, and the present invention can be applied at low cost. .

According to the third aspect of the invention, the holder 9 is detachably set up on the main body 2 of the hot plate 1, and the spatula 6 is attached to and detached from the holder 9.
When the is used in the kitchen or the like, the holder 9 can be removed and used, and the holder 9 does not get in the way.

Further, by attaching and detaching the spatula 6 to the outer surface of the holder 9 as shown in the drawing, the heat and oil splash of the hot plate 1 are shielded by the holder 9, and the grip portion 7 of the spatula 6 becomes hot or oil is removed. It is preferable because it is less likely to adhere.

Further, according to the invention of claim 4, since the functional portion 8 of the spatula 6 which comes into direct contact with the food to be cooked is accommodated in the accommodating portion 14, foreign matter may come into contact with the functional portion 8 or dust may adhere thereto. Not hygienic. Furthermore, according to the fifth aspect, the spatula 6 can be easily attached and detached.

In the above description, the heating and cooking device in the present invention is a hot plate and the cooking aid is a spatula, but the present invention is not limited to this.

When using a ladle for removing lye and a ladle as a cooking aid for an electric pan as a heating cooker, or using chopsticks as a cooking aid for various heating cookers It can also be applied to cases. In these cases, it goes without saying that the specific shape and structure of the holding means should be determined according to the type and structure of the cooking device and the type and shape of the cooking aid.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hot plate showing an embodiment of the present invention.

2A and 2B show another embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 2A is a side view of a hot plate, FIG. 2B is a front view of a holder holding a spatula, and FIG. It is a central longitudinal cross-sectional view.

FIG. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view showing still another embodiment of the present invention, (a) showing a state in which a spatula is accommodated in the accommodating portion, and (b) showing a state in which the lid body is opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Cooking equipment (hot plate) 5 receiving holes 6 cooking aids (spatula) 7 grip 8 functional parts 9 holder 14 Housing 15 rotation axis 16 Lid

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Noriaki Fujita             Elephant 1-20-5 Tenma, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture             In Mahobin Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shinichiro Iga             Elephant 1-20-5 Tenma, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture             In Mahobin Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yusaku Hikita             Elephant 1-20-5 Tenma, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture             In Mahobin Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 4B040 AA02 AA08 AC03 AD04 CA04                       CA16 GD04 GD06 GD30                 4B055 AA13 BA31 CA19 CB01 CC64

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A holding means (5, 5) for holding a cooking aid (6) on a part of the outer circumference of the heating cooker (1) in an upright state.
9, 14), and at least a part of the gripping part (7) of the cooking aid (6) held by the holding means (5, 9, 14) is located above the upper surface of the cooking device (1). Cooking aid holding structure for heating cookers, characterized by being projected 2. The holding means is a receiving hole (5) formed on a part of the outer periphery of the heating cooker (1) and opened, and the cooking assisting tool (5) is provided in the receiving hole (5). 6)
The cooking assisting tool holding structure of the heating cooking utensil according to claim 1, characterized in that 3. The holder is a holder (9) detachably attached to a part of the outer circumference of the cooking device (1), and the cooking aid (6) is attached to the holder (9). While holding it upright, at least a part of the gripping part (7) of the cooking aid (6) held by the holder (9) is projected above the upper end of the holder (9). The cooking aid holding structure for a heating cooker according to claim 1, characterized in that 4. The holding means accommodates the functional part (8) of the cooking aid (6) formed on the outer periphery of the cooking utensil (1) and penetrates the upper part thereof to hold the gripping part (7).
Is a housing part (14) extending upwards, and an outer wall of the housing part (14) is used as a lid body (16) rotatable by a lower rotation shaft (15) to support the cooking aid (6). The cooking aid holding structure for a heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the cooking aid holding structure is removable. 5. A cooking aid (6) in the housing (14).
In the state in which the cooking assistance tool (6) is accommodated, the lid body (16) is rotated in the direction to close the accommodation section (14) by the weight of the cooking assistance tool (6), and the lid body is in the state in which the cooking assistance tool (6) is taken out. The cooking assisting tool holding structure according to claim 4, wherein the (16) rotates by its own weight in a direction of opening the accommodating portion (14).