JP2008039307A - Heat cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat cooker, including a water receiving part which can be easily attached and detached to and from an apparatus body to have no risk of spilling water in removal, and having an excellent design property. <P>SOLUTION: This heat cooker includes: a heating chamber 10 having an opening part and heating a material to be heated; a door 6 having a heating means generator and opening and closing the opening part; a body apparatus, the lower surface of which is provided with front leg and a rear leg; and the water receiving part provided on the lower part of the front of the apparatus body to store dew condensation water adhering to the door 6, wherein the front leg 40 is constructed by a body part having a length substantially equal to the width of the apparatus body and engagement parts provided on both ends of the body part, the water receiving part 60 is constructed by a recessed water storing part having a length substantially equal to that of the front leg 40 and locking parts provided on the back of a rear wall of the water storing part and locked on the engagement parts of the front leg 40, the water receiving part 60 is located on the front of the front leg 40 fixed to the lower surface of the front of the apparatus body, and the locking parts are locked on the engagement parts of the front leg 40 to removably mount the heat cooker. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a heating cooker that heats an object to be heated stored in a heating chamber using high frequency, steam, or the like, and more specifically, a water receiver that collects condensed water generated in the heating cooker. Is related to the department.

  In a heating cooker using high-frequency heating, when cooking an object to be heated, condensation occurs on the wall surface of the heating chamber, etc., but in a heating cooker equipped with steam heating means, the occurrence of condensation in the heating chamber is even more significant, In particular, there is a problem that the dew that adheres to the door drops on the floor surface through the transparent window (glass) of the door and the heating chamber side wall surface of the holding portion.

  In order to solve such a problem, a pair of left and right claw portions are provided in a water receiving portion for collecting condensed water generated in the heating chamber, and a pair of rubber feet provided on the front side of the lower surface of the apparatus main body. There is a high-frequency heating cooker that is detachably fitted to and attached (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Publication No. 2004-347250 (9th page, FIG. 2)

In the heating cooker, in order to improve the design, it is desirable to integrate the front legs with substantially the same width as the left and right widths of the apparatus main body. However, in the high frequency heating cooker described in Patent Document 1, Since the claw is provided in the part, and this claw is fitted to a pair of rubber feet provided on the lower surface of the device main body, the rubber feet are provided independently inside the left and right widths of the device main body. Therefore, there is a problem that the design is impaired.
Further, since the water receiving portion is attached by fitting the claw portion to the rubber foot, it is difficult to remove when water accumulates in the water receiving portion and is discarded, and thus water may spill.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides a cooking device with excellent design that has a water receiving portion that can be easily attached to and detached from the apparatus main body and has no risk of water spilling when removed. It is for the purpose.

  The cooking device according to the present invention has an opening and a heating chamber for heating an object to be heated and a heating means generator, and includes a door for opening and closing the opening, and a front leg and a rear leg are provided on the lower surface. A main body having a length substantially equal to the width of the main body of the apparatus, and a water receiving portion for collecting condensed water attached to the door provided at a lower portion of the front surface of the main body of the apparatus. The water receiving portion is provided on the back side of the rear wall of the water reservoir and the concave water reservoir having a length substantially equal to the front leg. The water receiving portion is positioned on the front surface of the front leg fixed to the lower surface on the front side of the apparatus main body, and the locking portion is disposed on the front leg. It is attached to the engaging portion so as to be detachable.

  According to the present invention, condensed water adhering to the front wall of the heating chamber or the inner surface side of the door can be reliably collected in the water receiving portion, the floor surface or the like is not contaminated, and the water to the front legs is It is possible to obtain a cooking device excellent in design, in which the receiving portion can be easily attached and detached, and can be removed without spilling water accumulated in the water reservoir.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state where a door of a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention is opened, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

  The cooking device shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is such that cooking such as tableware is performed by high-frequency heating or steam heating, and high-frequency generating means for supplying high-frequency into a heating chamber containing a heated object such as food (Magnetron) or high-frequency heating means and heating steam generating means for supplying heating steam to the heating chamber, and further, if necessary, a heater (in the following description, description of the heating steam generating means and the heater is omitted), high-frequency Alternatively, either one of the heating steam or both of them as required is supplied to the heating chamber to cook the object to be heated. In addition, a heater may be used independently and may be used together with high frequency heating or steam heating.

  1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a box-shaped main body case having an open front surface, which includes a heating chamber 10 that is open on the front surface and accommodates an object to be heated, and is provided on one side of the heating chamber 10. The operation panel 2 having a power switch, various dial switches, and the like is provided so as to protrude from the front edge of the heating chamber 10. 6 is a see-through window 7 made of glass, and is a door provided on the front side of the heating chamber 10 to open and close the opening of the heating chamber 10, and is coupled to a hinge 9 provided at the lower part of the main body case 1. A handle 8 is provided at the upper part on the front side. When the door 6 is closed, its front side is positioned on the same plane as the front side of the operation unit 2.

  A heat insulating space is provided between the main body case 1 and the heating case 10, and a heat insulating material is loaded into the heat insulating space as necessary. The space portion is provided with a particularly large space portion 21 on one side of the heating chamber 10 (the back side of the operation portion 2). On the heating chamber 10 side of the space portion 21, a circulation fan chamber 23 is formed between the partition wall 13 and the partition wall 13 of the heating chamber 10, and a circulation fan 24 for stirring the atmosphere in the heating chamber 10 is arranged. And is driven by a motor 25 provided outside the partition wall 22.

  For this reason, as shown in FIG. 3, the partition wall 13 between the heating chamber 10 and the space 21 has an intake air from the heating chamber 10 side to the circulation fan chamber 23 side at a position facing the circulation fan 24. Ventilation holes 14 for intake air are provided, and ventilation air holes 15 for blowing air from the circulation fan chamber 23 side to the heating chamber 10 are provided at a plurality of upper and lower portions. These intake vent holes 14 and blower vent holes 15 are formed by a number of punch holes, for example.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the partition wall 22 constituting the circulation fan chamber 23 extends from the recessed hole 16 side provided in the partition wall 13 to a recessed hole 22 a provided on the flange of the partition wall 22 and subjected to female threading. The countersunk screw 17 is fixed by screwing, and the head is embedded in the recessed hole 16 so as not to protrude into the heating chamber 10. Thereby, the cooking container 80 accommodated in the heating chamber 10 does not contact the head of the flat head screw 17.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a magnetron (which may be referred to as a heating means generating device including a heating steam generating means in the following description) which is a high frequency generating means installed on the bottom plate 11a of the space portion 21, and the high frequency output thereof is a waveguide. 31 is led to the power feeding port 12 provided in the bottom plate 11 of the heating chamber 10, and is supplied to the heating chamber 10 by the rotating antenna 33 driven by the motor 32.
As shown in FIG. 5, the waveguide 31 is provided with a flange portion 34 having a concave hole 35 in which a base end portion is bent downward and is subjected to female threading, and at the end of the bottom plate 2 of the main body case 21. The flange portion 3 having the concave hole 4 is provided by bending the portion upward, and the screw 5 is screwed into the female screw of the concave hole 35 from the concave hole 4 and fixed to the main body case 1. Thereby, for example, even if an accident such as dropping occurs during transportation, the waveguide 31 is not likely to be deformed.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 40 denotes a front leg having a length substantially the same as the width in the left-right direction of the main body case 1 provided at the lower part on the front side of the main body case 1, and 60 denotes a front leg 40 detachably mounted on the front side of the front leg 40. It is a water receiving part of almost equal length.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the front leg 40 has a front plate 41 having a length substantially the same as the width of the main body case 1 and a receiving portion for receiving a water reservoir portion 65 of a water receiving portion 60 (described later) whose lower portion projects obliquely forward. 42, and a front plate 41 and side walls 43a and 43b provided to extend rearward from both end portions of the receiving portion 42. On the outer surface side of both side walls 43a and 43b, a concave groove-like shape is opened at the lower end. Engaging portions 44a and 44b are provided.

  Further, in the width direction on the back side of the front plate 41 (in the following description, the width direction may be referred to as the longitudinal direction), ribs 45 are provided orthogonal to the front plate 41, and both end portions thereof are side walls 43a. , 43b (hereinafter referred to as wide portions 46a, 46b). Further, on the rear side of the lower surfaces of the wide portions 46a and 46b, front leg portions 47a and 47b whose lower end portions are located slightly below the lower edge portion of the receiving portion 42 are projected, and further on the front side thereof. Auxiliary legs 48a and 48b having the same length as the front legs 47a and 47b are projected (hereinafter, these may be collectively referred to as a main body). For example, when the door 6 is opened as shown in FIG. 1, the auxiliary legs 48 a and 48 b are applied to the front side of the heating chamber 10 when a heavy object is placed on the door 6. In such a case, the auxiliary legs 48a and 48b support this force to prevent the rear side from being lifted. The auxiliary legs 48a and 48b may be omitted.

  In the front leg 40 configured in this manner, a plurality of locking claws 50 provided at the upper edge portion of the front plate 41 are locked by locking portions (not shown) provided in the main body case 1, and the wide portions 46a and 46b. It is fixed to the bottom plate 2 of the main body case 1 with screws inserted from below into the screw insertion holes 49a and 49b, and is attached in the width direction on the lower surface front side of the main body case 1. 1 and 2 are a pair of rear legs provided on the rear side of the bottom plate 2 of the main body case 1 (in the following description, the portion excluding the water receiving portion 60 may be referred to as an apparatus main body. ).

  As shown in FIG. 7, the water receiving portion 60 has a rear wall 61 that is substantially the same length as the front leg 40, an upper edge portion that is lower than an upper edge portion of the rear wall 61, and a lower edge portion that is a lower edge portion of the rear wall 61. A front wall 62 that extends further downward and is provided at a predetermined distance from the rear wall 61, side walls 63a and 63b that are provided at both ends of the rear wall 61 and the front wall 62, and a bottom plate 64 that connects them. The rear wall 61, the front wall 62, the side walls 63a and 63b, and the bottom portion 64 form a water reservoir 65 that is concave in the longitudinal direction. Locking portions 66a and 66b that engage with the engaging portions 44a and 44b provided on the side walls 43a and 43b of the front leg 40 are provided in the vicinity of both ends on the rear surface side of the rear wall 61. .

  As shown in FIG. 8A, the water receiving portion 60 configured as described above is positioned on the front side of the front leg 40 fixed to the main body case 1, and is pushed into the front leg 40 as indicated by an arrow. As shown in FIG. 8B, the locking portions 66a and 66b are locked and attached to the engaging portions 44a and 44b of the front leg 40.

At this time, the rear wall 61 of the water receiver 60 is in contact with or close to the front plate 41 of the front leg 40, the water reservoir 65 is positioned on the receiver 42, and the front wall 62 is positioned on the front side of the receiver 42. Thus, the front side of the front leg 40 is covered (see FIG. 9).
When water accumulates in the water reservoir 65, if the fingers are placed on the locking portions 66a and 66b, spread on both sides and the water receiving portion 60 is pulled forward, the locking portions 66a and 66b are engaged with the engaging portions 44a and 44b. So it can be easily removed.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of the operation of the cooking device according to the present invention.
A water receiver 60 is detachably attached to the front leg 40 attached to the lower surface of the front surface of the main body case 1, and the door 6 that closes the opening of the heating chamber 10 is positioned above the water receiver 60. .
When the object to be heated accommodated in the heating chamber 10 is cooked, water vapor generated thereby condenses on the inner wall surface of the heating chamber 10 and holds the glass that constitutes the transparent window 7 of the door 6. Condensation also forms on the holding portion (not shown) and the surface of the inner frame 7a (FIG. 1) of the door 6 on the heating chamber 10 side (hereinafter, these surfaces are referred to as the inner surface of the door 6).

Condensed water that has condensed on the inner surface of the door 6 drops along the front wall 10a of the heating chamber 10 and the inner frame 7a of the door 6, and a protrusion 7b provided on the lower end of the door 6 from the inner frame 7a. It is divided into the amount that is transmitted and dripped.
Condensed water 70 flows through the front wall 10a of the heating chamber 10 and the inner frame 7a of the door 6 from the rear wall 61 of the water receiving portion 60 into the water reservoir 65, and from the inner frame 7a of the door 6 to the protrusion 7b. The condensed water 71 transmitted to the water drops vertically into the water reservoir 65.

  In this case, the rear wall 61 of the water receiving portion 61 is positioned on the back side from the front wall 10a of the heating chamber 10, and the projections 7b are provided on the inner frame 7a of the door 6, so that the dew condensation water 70 and 71 is supplied. It can be reliably dropped and collected in the water reservoir 65 of the water receiver.

  FIG. 10 shows another example of the present invention. In this example, an inclined plate 51 is provided on the upper edge of the front plate 41 of the front leg 40 so as to face the water reservoir 65 of the water receiver 60. . Thereby, since the dew condensation water 70 dripped from the front wall 10a of the heating chamber 10 and the inner frame 7a of the door 6 can be more reliably guided into the water reservoir 65, the dew condensation water 70 drops on the floor surface or the like. Can be prevented. The inclined plate 51 may be provided on the front side of the bottom plate 11 of the heating chamber 10.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, the front legs 40 having left and right integrated shapes having the engaging portions 44a and 44b on the side walls 43a and 43b are provided on the lower surface on the front surface side of the apparatus body, and the front legs 40 are engaged on the rear surface side. Locking portions 66a and 66b for locking the joint portions 44a and 44b are provided, and the water receiving portion 60 having the water reservoir portion 65 is locked. The locking portions 66a and 66b are locked to the engaging portions 44a and 44b of the front leg 40. As a result, the front side of the front leg 40 is covered and detachably mounted, so that dew condensation adhering to the front wall 10a of the heating chamber 10 and the inner surface side of the door 6 is reliably supplemented to the water receiving portion 60. It can be collected and the floor is not soiled. In addition, it is possible to obtain a cooking device excellent in design, in which the water receiver 60 can be easily attached to and detached from the front leg 40 and can be easily removed without spilling the water accumulated in the water reservoir 65.

  In the above description, the case where the present invention is applied to the illustrated cooking device is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is also applied to a cooking device having another structure without departing from the gist of the present invention. Can be implemented.

It is a perspective view which shows the state which opened the door of the heating cooker which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the partition wall of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which fixes a partition to the partition wall of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which fixes the waveguide of FIG. 2 to a main body case. It is the front perspective view and back perspective view of the front leg of FIG. It is the front perspective view and back perspective view of the water receiving part of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure which equips a front leg with a water receiving part. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the principal part of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of the principal part of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case, 2 Operation part, 6 Door, 7 Transparent window, 10 Heating chamber, 13 Partition wall, 30 High frequency generation means (magnetron), 31 Waveguide, 33 Antenna, 40 Front leg, 41 Front plate, 43a, 43b Side wall 44a, 44b engaging part, 47a, 47b front leg part, 60 water receiving part, 61 rear wall, 62 front wall, 63a, 63b side wall, 65 water reservoir part, 66a, 66b locking part.

Claims (2)

An apparatus main body having an opening and a heating chamber for heating an object to be heated and a heating means generator, including a door for opening and closing the opening, and having a front leg and a rear leg on the lower surface, A water receiving part that is provided in the lower part of the front surface and stores the condensed water adhering to the door;
The front leg is constituted by a main body portion having a length substantially equal to the width of the apparatus main body, and engaging portions provided at both ends of the main body portion,
The water receiving portion is constituted by a concave water reservoir portion having a length substantially equal to the front leg, and a locking portion that is provided on the back side of the rear wall of the water reservoir portion and engages with the engaging portion of the front leg. And
The water receiving portion is positioned on the front surface of the front leg fixed to the front side lower surface of the apparatus main body, and the engaging portion is engaged with the engaging portion of the front leg and is detachably mounted. Cooking cooker. The inclined plate which faces the water reservoir part of the said water receiving part was provided in the front side of the bottom plate of the said heating chamber, or the upper edge part of the rear wall of the water reservoir part of the said water receiving part. Cooking device.

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