JP2005069527A - Lighting equipment also usable for heating and drying on table - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device in which food such as laver can be easily and safely heated and dried on the table at eating time. <P>SOLUTION: This lighting equipment usable for heating and drying on the table comprises a housing that is wholly or partly light-transmitting, having an opening part through which the food is taken in and out, a socket for installing a lamp disposed inside the housing, and a food holding device disposed inside the housing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a table heating / drying / lighting device, and more particularly to a table heating / drying / lighting device having both a heating / drying function for food such as seaweed and a lighting function as an interior.

  Nori is a sensitive food that is sensitive to moisture and not only loses its crisp texture when it absorbs moisture, but also loses its aroma and taste. Therefore, it is rare that we usually use the seaweed that has absorbed moisture. However, not only moisture-absorbed seaweed, but also seaweed that is well preserved and not moisture-absorbed, if it can be easily heated and dried at the time of eating, for example on a tabletop, its texture is more crisp. In addition, the flavor and fragrance are enhanced, and the original flavor of nori can be further increased. However, there has never been a device that can easily heat and dry food such as seaweed on a tabletop when eating.

  For example, as a tool for drying nori and tea, a so-called roaster has been known for a long time, but roasters have Japanese paper on the bottom of a wooden frame and laver or tea in them. It is used to heat and dry over charcoal fire, and because it uses charcoal fire as a heat source for heat drying, there is always a risk of burns and fire, and the inconvenience that it requires careful handling There is.

  It is also common practice to heat and dry the seaweed directly over a gas stove, but it is usually difficult to heat and dry properly, and we may burn or burn the seaweed. This is where you will experience. Moreover, since the heating and drying method using this gas stove uses a direct fire as a heat source, as in the case of a roaster, there is always a risk of burns and fires, and anyone can easily and safely do it on the desktop. Absent.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an instrument that can easily and safely heat and dry food such as seaweed, for example, on a tabletop.

  The present invention has an opening for taking in and out the dried product to be heated, all or a part of the light transmissive housing, a lamp mounting socket disposed in the housing, and a cover disposed in the housing. The above-described problems are solved by providing a desktop heating / drying / lighting fixture provided with a heat-dried material holder.

  Since the tabletop heating / drying / lighting fixture of the present invention uses a lamp as a heat source for heating / drying, it is as easy and safe as handling a normal lighting fixture, for example, a tabletop, food such as laver. Heat drying is possible. Moreover, the desktop heating / drying / lighting fixture of the present invention has the advantage that it can be used as a lighting fixture because the entire or part of the housing is light-transmitting, and it can also be an interior that does not feel strange even when placed on a desktop. There is.

  Hereinafter, although the desktop heating drying and lighting fixture of this invention is demonstrated using drawing, this invention is not necessarily restricted to the thing of illustration.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a housing of a desktop heating / drying and lighting apparatus according to the present invention. As is clear from FIG. 1, the housing 1 includes a housing body 2 and a lid 3 that fits into an upper opening of the housing body 2. A socket holding member (to be described later) is provided on the bottom of the housing body 2. An opening 4 to be fitted is provided. As a material constituting the housing body 2 and the lid 3, any material may be used as long as it can make all or part of the housing light transmissive, for example, ceramic, glass, etc. Ceramics, wood, bamboo, paper, cloth, plastics, metal, etc. can be used, and these materials can be used in appropriate combination, but a heat source for heat drying is placed inside. However, it is preferable to use ceramics from the viewpoint that it is safe and can transmit light appropriately.

  The housing 1 including the housing body 2 and the lid 3 is light transmissive in whole or in part. The term “light-transmitting” as used in the present specification means that when a lamp, which will be described later, is turned on inside the housing 1, the light is transmitted to such an extent that the light can be sensed as illumination from the outside of the housing 1. There is no need to be transparent. The entire housing 1 may be light transmissive, or only part of the housing 1 may be light transmissive. Examples of the light transmissive part include the side wall part of the housing body 2 or a part thereof and / or the lid 3 or a part thereof. The whole or which part is made light transmissive depends on the desired illumination. It can be determined appropriately in relation to the effect.

  In order to make the entire housing 1 or a part thereof light transmissive, for example, if ceramics are used as a constituent material, the thickness can be reduced overall to obtain an appropriate light transmissive property, Partially, for example, only a part such as a pattern is thinned so that only that part is light transmissive, or part of the light transmissive property is different from the light transmissive property of other parts, and the degree of light transmissive property depends on the location. The use of ceramics as the constituent material of the housing 1 has an advantage that various lighting effects can be obtained. In addition, one or a plurality of slits or holes may be provided in a part of the housing body 2 or the lid 3 so that the light in the housing 1 can be transmitted to the outside of the housing 1 from the part. If there is a concern about heat dissipation or moisture penetration from outside, for example, light permeable paper or plastic is attached to the slit or hole to prevent heat dissipation or moisture penetration. It is desirable to transmit light while preventing it. Further, only the skeleton of the housing main body 2 or the lid 3 may be formed of wood, bamboo, or metal, and light transmissive paper or plastic may be attached to the skeleton to transmit light.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the shape of the housing 1 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, but the shape of the housing 1 is not limited to the illustrated shape, and is cylindrical, triangular, cubic, pentagonal or hexagonal or more polygonal, spherical, elliptical, Any other shape may be used.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a lamp mounting socket, a holding member thereof, and a lamp arranged in the housing 1. In FIG. 2, 5 indicates a socket, 6 indicates a lamp, and 7 indicates a socket holding member. The socket 5 can be connected to an external power source (not shown) via the electric wire 8, the switch 9 and the plug 10.

  In the illustrated example, the socket holding member 7 is formed by bending a single stainless plate-like material, and two substantially vertical plate-like portions 11a and 11b are connected to each other at the upper end. 12 and retaining portions 13 and 13 obtained by folding the lower ends of the plate-like portions 11a and 11b outward. The material for forming the socket holding member 7 is not limited to stainless steel, is heat resistant, and has a shape as shown in the figure and can be made to elastically oppose the plate-like portions 11a and 11b. Any material may be used, for example, a metal plate other than stainless steel such as iron, copper, aluminum, or brass, or a heat-resistant plastic may be used. The socket 5 is attached to the inside of one plate-like portion 11a of the socket holding member 7, and the tip of the socket 5 passes through the opening 14 provided in the other plate-like portion 11b with a margin, and is in the form of a plate. The head protrudes outside the portion 11b, and the lamp 6 can be attached. Note that w is the interval between the plate-like portions 11a and 11b.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a procedure for arranging the socket 5 in the housing 1 via the socket holding member 7. That is, as shown in the upper diagram of FIG. 3, the plate-like portions 11 a and 11 b of the socket holding member 7 are pressed with, for example, fingers, in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure, and the retaining portions 13 and 13 are moved while reducing the interval therebetween. When protruding from the inside of the opening 4 provided at the bottom of the housing main body 2 to the outside, and the pressing is stopped in that state, the plate-like portions 11a and 11b of the socket holding member 7 are caused by the elasticity of itself and the connection portion 12. 3, the socket holding member 7 is attached to the bottom portion of the housing body 2. Note that L is an opening interval of the opening 4 provided at the bottom of the housing body 2, and L is set slightly smaller than the opposing interval w of the plate-like portions 11a and 11b when no force is applied. ing.

  In order to remove the socket holding member 7 from the housing main body 2, it is sufficient to perform the reverse operation as described above. In the state shown in the lower diagram of FIG. 3, the plate-like portions 11a and 11b are pressed inward and the interval between them is reduced. The retaining portions 13, 13 may be extracted from the opening 4 of the housing body 2. Thus, since the socket holding member 7 to which the socket 5 is attached is configured to be detachable with respect to the housing body 2, for example, even when the housing body 2 is washed, the socket holding member 7 is used as the housing body. This is convenient because it can be removed from the housing 2 and the housing body 2 can be washed with water.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the socket 5 is arranged horizontally inside the housing 1, and for this reason, the lamp 6 is also attached horizontally inside the housing 1. . As described above, when the lamp 6 is mounted in the housing 1 in a horizontal state, there is an advantage that the height of the entire housing 1 can be suppressed as compared with the case where the lamp 6 is mounted in the vertical state. is there. Further, since the lamp 6 is in the horizontal state, the heating area by the lamp 6 can be increased as compared with the case where the lamp 6 is in the vertical state. As is clear from FIG. 1, the opening 4 at the bottom of the housing body 2 is provided at a position that is eccentric with respect to the entire bottom of the housing body 2. Considering the length of the socket holding member 7, when the socket holding member 7 is attached to the opening 4 at the bottom of the housing 2 and the lamp is attached to the socket 5, the central portion of the lamp 6 is positioned substantially at the center of the housing 1. It is set to come. Thereby, it becomes possible to perform heating and drying, which will be described later, uniformly and efficiently inside the housing 1.

  As the lamp 6, any lamp may be used as long as it can emit heat and light to perform both the heating and drying function and the lighting function. It is preferable to use an incandescent light bulb such as a gas-filled light bulb or a halogen light bulb as a light emitting device. The power consumption of the lamp to be used is not particularly limited and may be appropriately selected and set in consideration of the volume of the housing 1. For example, the housing 1 has a size of about 12 cm in length, 12 cm in width, and about 10 cm in height. When it is a thing, about 15W is enough.

  FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of a heated and dried object holder used in the desktop heating and drying and lighting apparatus of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 15 denotes a heated and dried object holder. In this example, the heated and dried object holder 15 includes a pedestal 16 and a mounting tray 17. The pedestal 16 has a top plate 19 supported by four legs 18, 18, 18, 18, and the top plate 19 is provided with a number of holes 20 over the entire surface. Thus, by providing the many holes 20 in the top plate 19, the radiant heat from the lamp | ramp 6 located below at the time of use reaches | attains the to-be-heated dried material in the upper part without being interrupted by the base 16. Is possible. In addition, the provision of a large number of holes 20 has the advantage that the heat capacity of the top plate 16 can be reduced and the heating efficiency of the lamp 6 can be increased.

  On the other hand, the mounting tray 17 has a fine mesh 22 stretched over a linear frame 21, and further has a handle 23 at its end. The mesh 22 effectively prevents fine debris of the heated dried product placed thereon from falling on the housing 1, particularly on the lamp 6, and radiant heat from the lamp 6 located below. It has a function that does not interfere with transmission. Further, by using the handle 23, the loading tray 17 can be easily put in and out of the housing body 2.

  As a material constituting the pedestal 16 and the mounting tray 17, any material may be used as long as it has a certain degree of heat resistance, but a metal such as stainless steel, iron, copper, aluminum, brass, Materials appropriately selected from ceramics including ceramics and glass can be used singly or in combination, but stainless steel is preferable in terms of strength, durability, and workability.

  In order to dispose the heated and dried object holder composed of the pedestal 16 and the mounting tray 17 in the housing 1, first, after attaching the socket holding member 7 to the opening 4 at the bottom of the housing body 2, From there, the pedestal 16 is first placed in the housing main body 2, and further the placement tray 17 may be placed thereon. The size of the pedestal 16 and the mounting tray 17 is set to a size that can be placed in the housing main body 2, and the length of the legs 18 of the pedestal 16 allows the pedestal 16 to be placed on the socket holding member 7. It goes without saying that the top plate 19 of the base 16 is set to a length that does not contact the socket holding member 7 even if it is placed.

  In some cases, as shown in FIG. 5, shelves 24, 24 are provided at predetermined positions inside the housing body 2, and the placing plate 17 is placed directly on the shelves 24, 24. Also good. In this case, the pedestal 16 can be omitted.

  When the desktop heating / drying / lighting fixture of the present invention is used as a tabletop heating / drying fixture, as shown in FIG. 6, for example, the table heating / drying / lighting fixture of the present invention is placed on the table 25 such as a table. Place in the removed state. A socket holding member 7 is attached to a predetermined position in the housing body 2, and a pedestal 16 and a mounting tray 17 are set thereon. In this state, for example, when a heated dried material 26 such as laver is placed on the placing plate 17 and the lamp 6 is turned on, the radiant heat from the lamp 6 passes through the pedestal 16 and the placing plate 17 to be covered. The heat-dried material 26 is reached, and the heat-dried material 26 is heat-dried. In a state in which the material to be heated 26 is placed on the placing plate 17, the placing plate 17 and the placing plate 17 may be placed on the pedestal 16 and heat dried.

  For example, when the dried material 26 to be heated is four-sized nori and a 15 W incandescent bulb is used as the lamp 6, about 20 pieces of nori can be heated and dried at a time. As the heat drying progresses, a fragrant fragrance or the like rises. Therefore, the heat drying may be terminated at an appropriate place. In order to take out the heat-dried material 26 that has been heated and dried, the heat-dried material 26 may be directly taken out, or the holding plate 17 may be held and the whole mounting plate 17 may be taken out. . Thus, since the mounting tray 17 is configured separately from the pedestal 16 and the shelf 24, only the mounting tray 17 can be appropriately removed from the housing 1, and the heated and dried object 26 is taken in and out. In addition to being convenient, it can be appropriately washed as necessary. In addition, if a plurality of mounting trays 17 are prepared, there are advantages that they can be replaced according to the type of the object to be heated 26 or can always be clean.

  Note that the food to be dried by heating with the tabletop heating and drying apparatus of the present invention is not limited to laver, and any other food that can be flavored by removing moisture may be used. Hail, wafers, crackers, biscuits, cookies, etc. Further, the desktop heating / drying / lighting fixture of the present invention can be used not only for heating / drying but also for simply heating food, for example, for heating a bun or the like.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a case where the desktop heating / drying lighting apparatus of the present invention is used as a table lighting apparatus. As shown in the drawing, the tabletop heating / drying and lighting apparatus of the present invention is placed on a table 25 such as a table with the lid 3, and when the lamp 6 is turned on, the light of the housing body 2 and / or the lid 3 is illuminated. The light of the lamp 6 leaks to the outside through the transmissive part and functions as a lighting fixture. Depending on the degree of light transmittance of the housing body 2 and / or the lid 3, the desktop heating / drying / lighting device of the present invention should be used as an interior that creates a soft atmosphere as a lighting device that emits a faint light. It is something that can be done. In addition, when using as a table-top lighting fixture, it is desirable to remove the base 16 and the mounting plate 17 from the inside of the housing 1, but it may remain arranged.

  The tabletop heating / drying / lighting fixture of the present invention is configured as described above.For example, a tabletop such as a table can easily and safely heat and dry food such as laver at the time of eating. It can be used not only to enrich and moisturize the diet through improving the flavor, but also as a lighting fixture, so it can also be used as an interior, and is extremely convenient and useful. is there.

It is a perspective view which shows an example of a housing. It is a perspective view which shows the positional relationship of a socket, a socket holding member, and a lamp | ramp. It is a figure which shows the attachment procedure to the housing main body of a socket holding member. It is a perspective view which shows an example of a to-be-heated dry material holder. It is a perspective view which shows another example of a to-be-heated dry material holder. It is a figure which shows the use condition as a tabletop heating drying instrument. It is a figure which shows the use condition as a table-top lighting fixture.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Housing 2 Housing main body 3 Cover 4 Opening part 5 Socket 6 Lamp 7 Socket holding member 8 Electric wire 9 Switch 10 Plug 11a, 11b Plate-shaped part 12 Connection part 13 Detachment part 14 Opening 15 Heated dry matter holder 16 Base 17 Mounted Tableware 18 Legs 19 Top plate 20 Hole 21 Frame 22 Mesh 23 Handle 24 Shelf 25 Table 26 Dried food to be heated

Claims (6)

  An opening for taking in and out the dried product to be heated, all or a part of the light-transmitting housing, a lamp mounting socket disposed inside the housing, and a heated dried product also disposed in the housing A tabletop heating and drying and lighting fixture.   The desktop heating / drying and lighting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing includes a housing main body having an opening at an upper portion thereof and a lid adapted to the opening.   The desktop heating and drying and lighting apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the socket is horizontally disposed inside the housing so that the lamp is mounted in a horizontal state.   The desktop heating and drying and lighting apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the socket is detachably attached to the housing via a socket holding member.   The socket holding member has two plate-like portions that are elastically opposed to each other at a predetermined interval, and a retaining portion that is obtained by folding back the lower ends of the plate-like portions to the outside. The desktop heating and drying and lighting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an opening having an opening interval slightly smaller than the interval is provided.   The heated and dried object holder includes a pedestal composed of a top plate having a number of holes and legs that support the top plate, and a net-like mounting plate placed on the base, and the net-like mounting plate includes The tabletop heating and drying and lighting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a handle is provided.

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