JP2005021306A - Electrically-liftable suspended cupboard - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrically-liftable suspended cupboard which secures the prevention of the malfunction of electric switches and the like along with the higher operability thereof while sufficiently ensuring the safety by preventing the contact with various goods such as the cabinet. <P>SOLUTION: The cabinet 2 movable vertically with an electric lifting mechanism is installed at the upper part of a building and a lift operation part for operating the electric lifting mechanism is disposed at the lower part of the cabinet. A bar 51 laid along the horizontal direction movable together with the cabinet is provided below the cabinet. The lift operation part has a power switch 56 and an operation panel 55 and is positioned above the bar 51. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electric lifting hanging cabinet that moves the cabinet up and down by an electric lifting mechanism to effectively use the upper space of the building. In addition, the present invention relates to an electric lifting / lowering cabinet that can easily and safely perform the lifting and lowering operation of the cabinet.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, in an electric lifting cabinet that is applied to a system kitchen as a tableware dryer, etc., a switch for power operation such as a heat source for drying or a drive unit for supplying hot air, moving, stopping, direction selection, etc. An operation control operation unit is required.
[0003]
In this case, the cabinet is placed above the countertop and sink, and various tools, equipment, ingredients are placed under the cabinet, and water is used, so the cabinet or handle attached to the cabinet is used. Are often provided with switches and an operation unit (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[0004]
However, since the cabinet itself is a mobile device, switches that move together with the cabinet are generally difficult to operate, and in addition to causing malfunctions themselves, users can operate with one hand for efficiency. It is normal, and causes of erroneous operations are included depending on the location and arrangement of switches.
[0005]
In addition, in the case of an electric lifting cabinet, the cabinet is lifted up with the tableware protruding from the tableware bowl, interfering with the automatic opening / closing door, etc. It is considered that it is not preferable to move up and down the entire stroke. For this reason, it is common to employ an operation mechanism in which the lifting and lowering operation of the cabinet or the like is performed only while operating the lifting lever or the like, and the operation stops when the hand is released.
[0006]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-9962
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional apparatus that operates only the lifting lever described above, convenience for the lifting operation cannot be obtained, and it is difficult to obtain a speedy lifting operation.
[0008]
Further, in the known technique described in Patent Document 1, when the switches are arranged on the surface of a relatively short handle and the user operates with one hand, the finger of the hand holding the handle is parallel to the handle. It is designed to operate in the direction.
[0009]
In this case, it is only about the thumb that can be operated in the direction parallel to the handle while the handle is held, and various switch operations are difficult, lacking in operability, and easily causing an erroneous operation.
[0010]
On the other hand, when lowering the cabinet, there is a possibility that various articles placed on a lower cooking table or the like come into contact with each other and the articles are damaged. Conventional handles are relatively short in the left-right direction, and even if the handle passes, there is a high possibility that the cabinet will come into contact with an article in the vicinity thereof.
[0011]
Moreover, when applying to a tableware dryer, the structure which hold | maintains a water tray in a cabinet so that attachment or detachment is possible is needed. Since this water tray is taken in and out of the cabinet, if the switch is placed close to the switches, the switches may be splashed with water.
[0012]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and once an automatic ascending / descending operation command is output from the operation unit, the cabinet's ascending / descending operation can be automatically continued for the entire stroke without having to continue to press the lever or the like thereafter. This eliminates the hassle of continuously pressing the lever, etc., thereby facilitating the operation, while preventing an automatic continuous operation command due to an erroneous operation with respect to the automatic continuous operation. An object of the present invention is to provide an electric lift cabinet that can be safely operated.
[0013]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electric lifting / lowering cabinet provided with a cabinet that is lifted / lowered by an electric lifting / lowering mechanism having an operation part for manual operation in an upper part of a building. The operation unit can output an actual operation command of the cabinet only by an auto switch for a first stage input operation that sets the operation of the cabinet as a continuous operation over the entire lifting stroke, and an input operation that follows the auto switch. An electric lifting / lowering cabinet provided with an automatic lifting / lowering means having a lifting / lowering lever for second stage operation is provided.
[0014]
In the invention according to claim 2, the automatic elevating means is configured to input any one of the auto switch, the elevating lever, or another switch provided in the operation unit after sequentially performing an input operation on the auto switch and the elevating lever. The electric lifting / lowering cabinet according to claim 1, further comprising stop means for stopping the lifting / lowering operation of the cabinet when the input operation is performed.
[0015]
In the invention which concerns on Claim 3, the said automatic raising / lowering means or the said stop means provides the electric raising / lowering hanging rack of Claim 1 or 2 which functions only when the said cabinet raises.
[0016]
In the invention which concerns on Claim 4, the obstacle which detects the obstruction which exists under the said cabinet at the time of the said descent | fall of the said cabinet and the position sensor which determines the descent | fall limit of the said cabinet, and outputs a stop command to the said electrically driven raising / lowering mechanism The electric up-and-down hanging cabinet of Claim 1 provided with at least any one of the detection means is provided.
[0017]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of an electric lifting / lowering cabinet according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, this embodiment demonstrates the case where it applies as a ceiling installation type raising / lowering tableware dryer in a system kitchen as an example. However, the present invention can be applied to various electric hanging cabinets such as a drying cabinet and a draining shelf.
[0018]
First, the overall configuration of the elevating tableware dryer will be described with reference to FIG. The elevating tableware dryer of the present embodiment basically has an outer box 1 installed at or near the ceiling, and an inner box 2 as a cabinet provided on the outer box 1 so as to be able to be raised and lowered. A door 3 is provided on the front surface of the outer box 1.
[0019]
The outer box 1 is composed of a top plate 1a, a front plate 1b, both side plates 1c, a back plate 1d, and the like, and the lower end is entirely open and portions other than the front front plate 1b are open. Long side guide rails 4 are provided on the inner surfaces of both side plates 1c of the outer box 1 to guide the inner box 2 up and down, and a frame 5 for supporting parts is provided on the inner surface (lower surface) of the top plate 1a. ing. The door 3 is connected to the front hanging plate 1b of the outer box 1 via hinges 6 provided at, for example, three locations on the upper edge, thereby the door 3 has the lower edge in the front-rear direction with the upper edge as a fulcrum. It is the structure which can rotate.
[0020]
The inner box 2 constitutes the tableware dryer main body, and has a shape in which a front surface is opened by an upper plate 2a, a lower plate 2b, both side plates 2c and a back plate 2d, and has a two-level tableware bowl 7 inside. ing. The dimension between the outer surfaces of the two side plates 2c of the inner box 2 is set slightly smaller than the dimension between the inner surfaces of the both side plates 1c of the outer box 1, and the vertically narrow lateral sides between the side plates 1c and 2c are respectively set. A space 8 is formed. In addition, the height of the inner box 2 is sufficiently smaller than the outer box 1, and an equipment space is formed above the inner box 2.
[0021]
The inner box 2 is supported on the outer box 1 by an elevating mechanism 9 so as to be movable up and down. The elevating mechanism 9 is, for example, a belt type elevating mechanism, and includes a motor 10 attached to the frame 5 of the outer box 1, a take-up drum 12 connected to the motor 10 via a power transmission mechanism 11 such as a gear, A belt 13 wound around a drum, a belt roller 14 for guiding the belt 13 downward, a lifting roller 16 for lifting an inner box supported by a top plate 2a of the inner box 2 via a bracket 15, and a belt 13 And a fastener 17 for fastening the end of the frame at the portion of the frame 5.
[0022]
The belt 13 of the elevating mechanism 9 has, for example, two belts, and the two right and left portions of the inner box 2 are lifted by each belt 13. Each belt 13 is simultaneously wound on one winding drum 12, so that the inner box 2 can always be raised and lowered in a constant posture. Sliders 4a are provided on the outer surface portions of both side plates 2c of the inner box 2, and the slider 4a is guided by the guide rails 4 of the outer box 1, so that the posture of the inner box 2 when it is raised and lowered is reliably stabilized. .
[0023]
A blower 18, a heater 19, and a duct 20 are provided on the top plate 2 a of the inner box 2, and hot air is supplied to the inner box 2 through the blower port 21. An inclined water collecting portion 22 for receiving the drain is provided at the inner bottom portion of the inner box 2, and the drain collected at the water collecting portion is detachably provided on the front side of the bottom plate 2b through the drain port 23. The water tray 50 is stored. That is, the water collecting unit 22 provided at the lower end position of the inner box 2 and the water receiving tray 50 that is disposed below the water collecting unit 22 and can be attached and detached by inserting and removing the front of the inner box 2. The water receiving tray 50 is arranged to be closed by the lower end portion of the door 3 when the door 3 provided on the front surface of the inner box 2 is closed. Further, the water receiving tray 50 is either the left or right end of the inner box 2, for example, the left side of the drawing (this position is hereinafter referred to as "left side", and the right side of the drawing is referred to as "right side"). ).
[0024]
The winding drum 12 is rotated by the output of the lowering command via the switch of the operation unit and the inner box 2 is lowered, and the inner box 2 is raised by the output of the raising command.
[0025]
In the present embodiment, the inner box 2 and the door 3 are connected by a link mechanism 33 disposed in the side space 8 formed between the side plates 1 c and 2 c of the outer box 1 and the inner box 2. Each link mechanism 33 is composed of two arms 34 and 35 each, and is configured to open and close the door 3 as the inner box 2 moves up and down. Further, the position near the upper end side fulcrum of the door 3 and the outer box 1 are connected by a tension coil spring 36, whereby a biasing force in a normally closed direction is always applied to the door 3.
[0026]
Next, referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, FIG. 7, FIG. 8, etc. A configuration for improving the operability of the system, preventing malfunctions, ensuring safety, etc. will be described.
[0027]
1, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 generally show the appearance of the elevating tableware dryer. As shown in these drawings, a horizontal bar 51 along the left-right direction that operates integrally with the inner box 2 is provided at a lower portion of the inner box 2 as a cabinet. The bar 51 has a length of at least 70% of the width dimension of the inner box 2 in the left-right direction, for example, 90% or more in the illustrated example. It is connected to the lower end part of a pair of leg parts 52 and 53 which protruded forward leaning downward near the part. That is, the bar 51 is disposed below the leg portions 52 and 53. In other words, from the rear side of the upper surface of the horizontal bar 51, the leg portions 52 and 53 having rearwardly inclined surfaces are divided into left and right, and their upper ends are connected to the lower edge front edge of the inner box 2. Yes. As shown in FIG. 6, the bar 51 is arranged so as not to protrude forward from the front surface of the inner box 2. When the inner box 2 is lowered, it is always below the front edge of the inner box 2. The bar 51 precedes and falls on the same vertical and vertical cross section.
[0028]
The bar 51 has a shape in which the radial cross section is easily grasped in a circle, an ellipse, an ellipse, or a polygon.
[0029]
The raising / lowering operation unit for operating the electric lifting mechanism such as the motor 10 for raising / lowering the inner box 2 has at least an operation panel 55 and a power switch, and these are provided with a water tray 50. It is provided on the inclined upper surface of the leg 53 on the end opposite to the left side, that is, on the right side of the inner box 2. In the present embodiment, the power switch is incorporated as a part of the operation panel 55. That is, the raising / lowering operation part is arrange | positioned in the site | part of the left-right direction of the bar 51 (The right side which is the reverse of the water receiving tray 50 in this embodiment), and is arrange | positioned in the upper position of the bar 51. In addition, the raising / lowering operation part should just be provided in any one of the leg parts 52 and 53, and when the water receiving tray 50 exists in the right side, an raising / lowering operation part will be left-side arrangement | positioning. In addition, this means that a water receiving part for receiving water from the tableware stored in the tableware bowl 7 is provided at the lower part of the inner box 2, and the operation panel 55 is arranged on the left and right sides of the inner box 2 with respect to the water receiving part. It means that it is arranged on the opposite side in the direction.
[0030]
Next, with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, the switches on the operation panel 55 and the elevating lever 54 provided on the bar 51 will be described.
[0031]
As shown in these drawings, on the operation panel 55, there are a power switch 56 for power operation, and an auto switch for automatically raising the entire stroke by raising the inner box 2 once in the next operation. 57, a drying switch 58 for starting the heater for drying the tableware, an illumination switch for turning on / off an illumination lamp arranged at the lower end of the inner box (not shown), a power lamp 60 for notifying power on / off as lamps, an auto switch An auto switch lamp 61 for indicating ON, a drying time display lamp 63 for displaying a drying time to be set, an automatic control display lamp 62 for automatically controlling the drying time, and the like are arranged.
[0032]
The elevating lever 54 is incorporated in the bar 51 and is disposed at substantially the same position as the operation panel 55 in the left-right direction. As shown in FIG. 3, the elevating lever 54 is rotated in the circumferential direction of the bar 51 by manual operation, and when it is rotated upward, the inner box 2 is raised and rotated downward. When it is moved, the lowering of the inner box 2 is commanded. Once the elevating lever 54 is once operated upward while the auto switch 57 is on, the inner box 2 is continuously raised to the maximum ascending position (the door fully closed position described above) as an auto operation even after being left unattended. In addition, an emergency stop function is given during auto ascent. This emergency stop function is an emergency stop of the ascending operation when any switch or lever is operated regardless of the direction during automatic operation.
[0033]
When the operation is not automatic, the lift lever 54 is raised or lowered only while the lift lever 54 is pushed upward or downward. In other words, the auto operation is effective only when the inner box 2 is raised, and the auto operation is not effective when the inner box 2 is lowered.
[0034]
FIG. 5 shows a system configuration for obtaining the above-described functions, and FIG. 6 shows a control procedure based on the dynamic system.
[0035]
As shown in FIG. 5, in the system of the present embodiment, in addition to the lift lever 54 power switch 56 and auto switch 57, a plurality of sensors 64 for detecting the movement distance, movement limit, etc. of the inner box 2, Obstacle detection means 65 or the like that functions as an input means.
[0036]
Input information from these input means is input to the controller 66, and the motor 67.
Command signals are output to the power lamp 60, the auto switch lamp 61, and the like. A current detection signal is input from the motor 67 to the controller 66.
[0037]
Then, for example, when the operation of the lifting lever 54 is performed after the operation of the auto switch 56 and the automatic operation mode is entered, it is monitored whether a stop signal is input by the lifting lever 54 as shown in FIG. 6 (S101). , S102), and further, it is monitored whether a stop signal is input from the power switch 56, the auto switch 57, etc. (S103), and the automatic operation is continued and stopped.
[0038]
According to the above embodiment, the bar 21 along the left-right direction that operates integrally with the inner box 2 is provided below the inner box 2, and the lifting operation unit has the power switch 56 and the operation panel 55. As shown in FIG. 3, the operation on the power switch 56 and the operation panel 55 can be performed very easily and reliably with the bar 51 held as shown in FIG. Therefore, it is possible to ensure good workability and prevent accidental operation.
[0039]
Moreover, since the raising / lowering operation part is arrange | positioned in either site | part of the left-right direction of the bar 51, the position which should be operated is clear and it implements as an efficient structure using the leg parts 52 and 53 grade | etc., can do.
[0040]
Further, the bar 51 has a length over 70% of the width dimension in the left-right direction of the inner box 2 and always descends in advance on the same vertical section, so that it effectively functions as a so-called bumper of the inner box 2. To do. That is, for example, since the bar 51 makes a preliminary contact before the inner box 2 which is a large heavy object comes into contact when descending, damage or the like is suppressed to the minimum.
[0041]
Further, since the bar 51 is connected to the inner box 2 via the leg portions 52 and 53, and either one of the leg portions 52 and 53 is provided with the raising / lowering operation portion, the operation is easy and reliable. is there.
[0042]
In addition, a table bowl 7 is provided inside the inner box 2, and a water receiving part for receiving water from the tableware stored in the table box 7 is provided at the lower part of the inner box 2. Since it is arranged on the opposite side in the left-right direction of the inner box 2 with respect to the part, it is possible to effectively prevent contact between the switches and the water and contribute to improvement of safety.
[0043]
Further, the bar 51 has a radial cross section that has a circular shape, an oval shape, an elliptical shape, or a polygonal shape so that it can be easily gripped.
[0044]
Further, the water receiving part is a water collecting part provided at the lower end position of the inner box 2, and a water receiving tray 50 which is disposed below the water collecting part and can be attached / detached by inserting / removing the inner box 2 forward. The water tray 50 is arranged so as to be closed by the lower end of the door 3 when the door 3 provided on the front surface of the cabinet is closed. Is pushed inward of the inner box 2 to reliably prevent water leakage and the like.
[0045]
【The invention's effect】
As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the operability of the electric switches can be improved, and at the same time, the malfunction can be surely prevented, and the measures for preventing contact between the cabinet and the like can be taken. Enough.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of an electric lift hanging cabinet according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing an operation unit in FIG.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view showing a switch operation panel in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a cabinet drive mechanism and the like according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view showing an embodiment of an electric lifting hanging cabinet according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a schematic side view showing an embodiment of an electric lifting hanging cabinet according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Outer box 2 Inner box 3 Door 4 Guide rail 4a Slider 5 Frame 6 Hinge 7 Receptacle 8 Side space 9 Lifting mechanism 10 Motor 11 Power transmission mechanism 12 Winding drum 13 Belt 14 Belt roller 15 Bracket 16 Lifting roller 17 Fastening Tool 18 Blower 19 Heater 20 Duct 21 Air outlet 22 Drain receptacle 23 Drain outlet 24 Drain reservoir 25 Lamp, input switch, etc. 26 Panel 27 Operation lever 28 Supporting pin 29 Actuator 30, 31 Limit switch 32 Controller 33 Link bar 51
52, 53 Leg 55 Operation panel 50 Water pan 56 Lifting lever power switch 57 Auto switch 58 Drying switch 60 Power lamp power lamp 61 Auto switch lamp 63 Drying time display lamp 62 Automatic control display lamp

Claims (4)

In an electric lifting / lowering cabinet provided with a cabinet that is moved up and down by an electric lifting mechanism having an operation section for manual operation, the operation section of the electric lifting mechanism is continuously operated over the entire lifting stroke. Automatic lifting means having a first stage input operation auto switch set as a first stage operation lift lever capable of outputting an actual operation command of the cabinet only by an input operation following the auto switch. Electric lifting hanging cabinets characterized by that. In the case where the automatic lifting / lowering means performs an input operation of any one of the auto switch, the lifting / lowering lever or other switches provided in the operation unit after sequentially performing the input operation of the auto switch and the lifting / lowering lever. The electric lifting / lowering cabinet according to claim 1, further comprising stop means for stopping the lifting / lowering operation of the cabinet. The electric lifting / lowering cabinet according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the automatic lifting / lowering means or the stopping means functions only when the cabinet is raised. At least one of a position sensor that determines the lower limit of the cabinet, and an obstacle detection unit that detects an obstacle existing below the cabinet when the cabinet is lowered and outputs a stop command to the electric lifting mechanism. The electric lifting hanging cabinet according to claim 1.

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