JP2004071190A - Heating cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the usability by customizing a heating power in starting the heating. <P>SOLUTION: This cooker is provided with heating parts 4, 5 and 6 inside a body 1 and an operation part 10 setting the heating power of the heating parts 4, 5 and 6 in the front surface or the upper surface of the body 1. The operation part 10 sets the heating power in starting the heating of the heating parts 4, 5 and 6 to an arbitrary heating power by presetting of a user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a cooking device such as a cooking heater that heats cooking equipment such as a pot on a top plate using an induction heating or a nichrome heater as a heat source.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventional cooking heaters such as cooking heaters are installed or incorporated into system kitchens and sinks in kitchens, and use a heater that uses electricity as a heat source or induction heating to heat food. is there.
[0003]
Such a heating cooker can be heated by multi-stage heating power, and the heating power at the start of heating is set to almost the maximum heating power. Since the heating power at the start of heating is always the maximum heating power, it is convenient if the user often cooks at the maximum heating power.
[0004]
However, when the user wants to heat and cook with another heating power, particularly a low heating power, it is necessary to operate the operation unit after starting the heating to adjust the heating power to a desired heating power, and there is a problem in usability.
[0005]
Then, the following example aims at reducing such trouble.
[0006]
In the examples shown in JP-A-11-87033 and JP-A-11-2412, the heating is started at a slightly lower heating power than the maximum heating power. This reduces the trouble of adjusting to a desired heating power as compared with the case where the heating is started.
[0007]
For example, if the heating is started by the heating power of the stage 5 out of the seven stages, when it is desired to heat and cook by the heating power of the stage 4, the desired heating power is obtained by adjusting the heating power of one stage after the start of the heating, and the maximum heating power, that is, In the case where heating is started with the heating power of stage 7, the heating power of stage 4 has an advantage that the adjustment of the heating power of three stages is required after the start of heating, whereas the adjustment of a small number of stages is sufficient.
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Conventional heating cookers as disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 11-87033 and 11-2412 disclose a more desirable heating power than when heating is started from the maximum heating power when heating with a low heating power or the like is desired. However, since the user has various tastes, there is a case where the heating power required for the favorite cooking is different from the set heating power. In this case, the heating power must be adjusted each time cooking is performed, and since the favorite cooking is frequently performed, the adjustment of the heating power is frequently performed depending on the user, so that it cannot be said that the convenience is high. Was.
[0009]
For example, if the heating power at the start of heating is stage 5 in the presence of seven stages of heating power, and if the heating power most frequently used by the user is stage 3, the heating power must be reduced by two more stages after the start of heating. No.
[0010]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and has an object to improve the usability by enabling the heating power at the start of heating to be set according to the user's preference (hereinafter, referred to as “customizing”). And
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the present invention, in a heating cooker provided with a heating unit inside a main body, and provided with an operation unit for performing a setting operation such as a heating power of the heating unit on a front surface or an upper surface of the main body, Is to set the heating power at the start of heating of the heating unit to an arbitrary heating power by a user's operation in advance.
[0012]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
In the heating cooker provided with the operation unit, the operation unit sets the heating power at the start of heating of the heating unit to an arbitrary heating power by a user's operation in advance.
[0013]
This makes it possible to customize the heating power at the start of heating, thereby improving usability.
[0014]
【Example】
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic external view of a system kitchen according to an embodiment of the present invention after being assembled, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an operation unit of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example at the time of setting heating power at the start of heating according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.
[0015]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of the cooking device. Reference numeral 2 denotes a top plate, which is disposed on the upper surface of the main body 1 and is made of crystallized glass having high heat resistance. Reference numeral 3 denotes a top plate cover frame, which is fixed around the top plate 2.
[0016]
Further, the top plate cover frame 3 is also fixed to the main body 1, and when the product is incorporated in the system kitchen, the product is set up by lifting the product with the top plate cover frame 3. Therefore, the top plate 1, the top plate cover frame 3, and the front surface of the main body 1 are exposed on the surface of the system kitchen.
[0017]
The circles indicated by broken lines 4, 5, and 6 indicate heating portions, which are provided inside the main body 1 and are located below the top plate 2, and heat a load (not shown) such as a pan placed above. This is the part to do. The heating units 4 and 5 are composed of induction heating coils, each having 9 heating levels and 10 heating levels, and the heating unit 6 is composed of a nichrome heater wire-heated circular heater and having 4 heating levels. are doing.
[0018]
Reference numeral 7 denotes a grill portion, which is disposed on the lower left side of the main body 1 and grills fish and the like. Reference numeral 8 denotes an exhaust port, which is provided behind the top plate 2 and exhausts exhaust gas from the grill portion 7 and waste heat that has cooled the inside of the main body 1. Reference numeral 9 denotes an air inlet, which is provided above the front surface of the main body 1 and sucks cooling air into the main body 1.
[0019]
Reference numeral 10 denotes an operation unit, which is provided on a vertical surface of the front surface of the main body 1 and includes switches for turning on and off the power of the entire apparatus, and operation units such as heating units 4, 5, 6, and a grill unit 7. The operation unit 10 may be provided on the upper surface of the main body 1, that is, on the top plate 2.
[0020]
Reference numerals 11, 12, and 13 denote display units, which are provided on the top plate 2 and are constituted by liquid crystal display elements provided with backlights below, and correspond to the heating units 4, 5, and 6, respectively. , 6 and the set thermal power and input power are displayed. The display units 11, 12, and 13 may be provided on the front surface of the main body 1.
[0021]
Next, the operation unit 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
[0022]
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 14 denotes a main switch, which is a switch for turning on / off the power of the entire apparatus. Reference numerals 15, 16, and 17 denote operation units A, B, and C corresponding to the heating units 4, 5, and 6, respectively. It is composed of knobs for performing operations and the like.
[0023]
Reference numerals 18, 19, and 20 denote operation knobs disposed in the operation units A15, B16, and C17, respectively, for operating the heating power of the heating units 4, 5, and 6, respectively.
[0024]
Reference numeral 21 denotes a grill operation unit, which is disposed in the operation unit 10 and includes switches for turning on / off the power of the grill unit 7 and setting.
[0025]
FIG. 3 shows the correspondence between the thermal power display and the thermal power, that is, the electric power, according to the embodiment of the present invention. The thermal power is roughly classified into the thermal power displays 1 to 10, the left heater (heating unit 4) thermal power, and the right heater. (Heating section 5) Indicates thermal power. There are three general classifications of thermal power: low heat corresponding to 1 to 5 of the thermal power display, medium heat corresponding to 6 to 7, and high heat corresponding to 8 to 10 in the display. The heating power of the left heater (heating unit 4) corresponds to 9 to 100 W to 2000 W corresponding to 1 to 9 of the heating power display, and the heating power of the right heater (heating unit 5) corresponds to 100 W to 2500 W corresponding to 1 to 10 of the heating power display. This indicates that there are 10 stages. The heating power of the heating unit 6 was omitted.
[0026]
FIG. 4 shows a display example when the display unit 12 is selected as a representative of one embodiment of the present invention, and the heating unit 5 is operated and turned on. In addition to the display, the step level of the set thermal power is displayed by a numeral, and the step level of the input thermal power is displayed by a bar graph-shaped graphic corresponding to the level. FIG. 3 shows a case where the step level of the set thermal power and the input thermal power is 10, and the set thermal power and the input thermal power change according to the level.
[0027]
FIG. 5 shows a display example of the display unit 12 when the heating power at the start of heating of the heating unit 5 is set, in which the stage level of the heating power at the start of heating is 5.
[0028]
In the above configuration, the entire operation will be described below mainly with reference to FIG.
[0029]
A user (not shown) operates a switch and an operation knob 19 in the operation unit B16 in advance before starting heating to perform a setting operation of the heating power at the start of heating of the heating unit 5. At this time, a display as shown in FIG. 5 is made on the display unit 12, and the user (not shown) makes settings while observing the heating power at the start of heating. Assuming that the heating power at the start of heating is, for example, step level 5, a numeral 5 is displayed on the display unit 12 as shown in FIG.
[0030]
Then, the operation unit 10 stores the set heating power step level (in this case, step level 5) as Wstart (W means watt, that is, heating power), and the setting of the heating power at the start of heating of the heating unit 5 ends. . In addition, assuming that the heating is started without performing the setting operation of the heating power at the time of starting the heating, an appropriate step level, for example, 6 or 7 may be stored as an initial value in Wstart.
[0031]
Thereafter, a user (not shown) places a pot (not shown) containing the food on the top plate 2 above the heating unit 5 and turns on the main switch 14 in the operation unit 10. Subsequently, when a switch in the operation unit B16 is operated, the heating unit 5 is energized by Wstart, that is, the heating power of the step level 5, and heating is started.
[0032]
When the heating unit 5 is energized, the display unit 12 corresponding to the heating unit 5 is lit and displayed as shown in FIG. However, the number indicating the level of the set thermal power on the display unit 12 and the number of bar graph-shaped figures indicating the level of the input thermal power are five.
[0033]
If the user (not shown) turns the operation knob 19 to adjust the set heating power to medium heat, for example, step level 6 during cooking, the numeral indicating the step level of the set heating power on the display unit 12 is changed to 6, The number of bar graph-like figures representing the thermal power level changes to six.
[0034]
The heating is continued while the cooking is continued, and when the cooking is completed, a heating end process is performed, and the operation returns to a state where the setting of the heating power at the time of starting the heating can be performed.
[0035]
When the user (not shown) starts heating again to cook new foodstuffs in the same manner as above, the heating unit 5 is energized by Wstart, that is, the heating power of step level 5 to start heating, and the subsequent operations are performed. Is the same as above.
[0036]
In the above, the setting of the heating power at the start of heating of the heating unit 5 has been described. However, the setting of the heating power of the heating units 4 and 6 at the start of heating is likewise possible.
[0037]
As described above, the heating power at the start of heating can be set to an arbitrary heating power, so that the heating power at the start of heating can be customized and the usability can be further improved.
[0038]
In addition, since the heating power at the start of heating can be set to an arbitrary heating power by a user's operation in advance, the heating power at the start of heating can be changed even after the heating power is once set. Unlike when it is, it is flexible.
[0039]
In the above description, the number of heating units 4, 5, and 6 is three. However, one or two or four or more heating units can be applied. It can be applied to the number of steps less than 10 or more than 10.
[0040]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention described above, in a heating cooker provided with an operation unit, the operation unit sets the heating power at the start of heating of the heating unit to an arbitrary heating power by a user operating the heating unit in advance. This makes it possible to customize the starting thermal power, thereby improving the usability.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic external view after a system kitchen according to an embodiment of the present invention is incorporated.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an operation unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the correspondence between the heat power display and the heat power according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example when setting a heating power at the start of heating according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Main body 4, 5, 6 Heating section 10 Operation section

Claims (1)

Heating units (4), (5) and (6) are provided inside the main body (1), and the heating power of the heating units (4), (5) and (6) is provided on the front or top surface of the main body (1). In a heating cooker provided with an operation unit (10) for performing a setting operation,
A heating cooker wherein the operation unit (10) sets the heating power of the heating units (4), (5), (6) at the start of heating to an arbitrary heating power by a user's operation in advance. .

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