JP2008121988A - Cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance working efficiency in attaching/detaching an external storage medium even when a plurality of cookers are arranged side by side or the cooker is arranged in a state of a side face of a body abutting on a wall. <P>SOLUTION: A card slot 18 mounting a memory card 19 is disposed so that the attaching/detaching direction of the memory card 19 and an opening direction of an opening of a heating chamber are the same. A direction to put a heating object in and out of the heating chamber and a direction of attaching/detaching the memory card to/from the card slot 18 can be made the same, and even when the plurality of cookers are arranged side by side or the cooker is arranged in the state of the side face of the body 2 abutting on the wall, the memory card 19 can be attached/detached without needing to move the cooker 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking device configured so that an external storage medium in which cooking heating information relating to cooking such as a heating time is stored can be attached.

  The heating cooker has an opening of a heating chamber formed on the front side of the main body, and is configured so that an object to be heated enters and exits the heating chamber from the front side of the main body. In addition, the cooking device is configured such that cooking heating information related to cooking such as heating time is stored in an internal memory, and cooking is performed based on the cooking heating information stored in the internal memory.

By the way, since the capacity | capacitance of an internal memory is limited, there exists a limit in the cooking heating information which can be memorize | stored in an internal memory. Therefore, for example, in a mode in which the cooking menu is changed in various seasons such as a convenience store and a fast food store, it is not possible to cope with a wide variety of cooking menus only by cooking heating information stored in the internal memory. was there. Therefore, for example, by using an external memory such as a memory card and mounting the memory card in the card slot, there is a configuration in which the cooking heating information of the memory card compensates for the shortage of cooking heating information of the internal memory ( For example, see Patent Document 1).
JP-A-8-241789

  However, in the heating cooker described in Patent Document 1 described above, a card slot for mounting a memory card is provided above the heating chamber, and the memory card is attached and detached from the left and right directions of the main body. Therefore, if the cooking device is arranged alone without any obstacles around it, there will be no problem in workability when attaching and detaching the memory card. If the cooking device is arranged side by side or the side of the main body is placed in contact with the wall, it is necessary to move the cooking device so that the side of the main body can be seen when the memory card is attached or detached, There is a problem that workability when inserting and removing a memory card is poor.

  In addition, since the card slot is provided above the heating chamber, when the air heated in the heating chamber rises, heat is transmitted to the card slot, resulting in a high temperature, which causes problems due to the heat from the heating chamber. There is also a risk of it occurring. Furthermore, if the control device that reads the cooking heating information stored in the memory card is away from the card slot, there is a possibility that noise may be superimposed on the communication path from the card slot to the control device.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to attach and detach an external storage medium even when a plurality is arranged side by side or a side surface of the main body is disposed in contact with a wall. Workability can be improved, heat can be prevented from being transferred to the external storage medium mounting means, and the communication path from the external storage medium mounting means to the control means can be avoided. An object of the present invention is to provide a heating cooker that can suppress the superposition of noise as much as possible.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a heating chamber in which a main body, an opening for entering and exiting the object to be heated are formed on the front side of the main body, and heating to heat the object to be heated accommodated in the heating chamber. Means, an external storage medium mounting means for mounting an external storage medium storing cooking heating information, and the heating means based on cooking heating information read from the external storage medium mounted on the external storage medium mounting means And a control means for controlling the external storage medium. The control means is provided below the heating chamber, and the external storage medium mounting means is located near the control means below the heating chamber and the attachment / detachment of the external storage medium. It is characterized in that the direction is the same as the opening direction of the opening of the heating chamber.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the external storage medium mounting means is provided so that the attaching / detaching direction of the external storage medium is the same as the opening direction of the opening of the heating chamber. The direction in which the external storage medium is moved in and out and the direction in which the external storage medium is attached to and detached from the external storage medium mounting means can be made the same, and a plurality are arranged side by side or the side of the main body is disposed in contact with the wall. Even if it exists, an external storage medium can be easily attached or detached without the need to move a heating cooker, and workability | operativity at the time of attaching or detaching an external storage medium can be improved. Further, since the external storage medium mounting means is provided below the heating chamber, even if the air heated in the heating chamber rises, heat is not transmitted to the external storage medium mounting means, and heat from the heating chamber is not generated. It is possible to avoid the occurrence of problems due to the above. Furthermore, since the external storage medium mounting means is provided in the vicinity of the control means, the communication path from the external storage medium mounting means to the control means can be shortened as much as possible, and the noise is prevented from being superimposed on the communication path as much as possible. can do.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 thru | or 4 has shown schematically the structure of the heating cooker. In the heating cooker 1, the main body 2 is mainly composed of an outer box 3, and a heating chamber 4 in which an object to be heated W is accommodated is disposed inside the outer box 3. An air passage 5 is formed on the left and right outer sides. The air passage 5 includes left and right duct portions 5a and 5b, an upper duct portion 5c, a lower duct portion 5d, a rear duct portion 5e, an upper vent portion 5f, a lower vent portion 5g, and a side vent portion 5h of the heating chamber 4. Yes. A heater 6 is disposed inside the upper duct portion 5c of the air passage 5, and a blower fan 7 is disposed in the upper duct portion 5e. The blower fan 7 is driven to rotate by a blower fan motor 7a, and the heater 6 and the blower fan 7 constitute a heating device 8 (heating means in the present invention) that generates hot air for heating. .

  In this case, when the heater 6 is energized and the blower fan 7 is rotationally driven by the blower fan motor 7a, hot air that heats the object to be heated flows through the air passage 5 as indicated by an arrow A in FIGS. . That is, hot air is supplied to the heating chamber 4 through the upper ventilation portion 5f and heats the article W to be heated, and then passes through the lower ventilation portion 5g, the side ventilation portions 5h, the side duct portions 5a and 5b, and the rear duct portion 5e. The process of returning to the vicinity of the heating device 8 is repeated.

  A microwave generator 9 is disposed in the lower rear lower portion of the heating chamber 4, and the microwave generator 9 supplies microwaves from below the heating chamber 4 to the inside via the waveguide 10. It has become. The stirrer fan 11 is rotated by a stirrer fan motor 12, and the microwave generated from the microwave generator 9 is diffused by the stirrer fan 11. Further, a thermistor 13 is disposed in the back of the heating chamber 4 and in the vicinity of the heater 6, and is installed at a site where the internal temperature of the heating chamber 4 and the temperature in the vicinity of the heater 6 can be measured satisfactorily. Yes.

  A door 14 for opening and closing the opening 4a of the heating chamber 4 is rotatably disposed on the front side of the main body 2 (outer box 3), and a panel 15 is disposed above the door 14. . The panel 15 is provided with a display 16 made of, for example, a liquid crystal display, and an operation key group 17. The operation key group 17 includes a start key 17a, a stop / cancel key 17b, a memory key 17c, a switching key 17d, a mode switching key 17e, a menu switching key 17f, an additional heating key 17g, a quantity key 17h, “0” to “9”. Up to ten numeric keys 17i.

  Further, on the front side of the main body 2 and below the heating chamber 4, as shown in FIG. 1, the card slot 18 (external storage medium mounting means in the present invention) is located away from the center (in this embodiment, the front side). (Toward the right side). The card slot 18a of the card slot 18 faces the front, that is, the direction in which the memory card 19 (external storage medium in the present invention) is attached to and detached from the card slot 18 is the same as the direction in which the opening 4a of the heating chamber 4 opens. (The horizontal direction in FIGS. 4 and 5). A large number of air inlets 20 are arranged below the heating chamber 4 on the front side of the main body 2 so as to be aligned with the card slot 18.

  A wiring board 21 is disposed on the inner side of the card slot 18, and the wiring board 21 constitutes a control device 22 (control means in the present invention) and an internal memory 23 (internal storage means in the present invention). Various electronic parts are mounted. Among these components, the electronic components constituting the control device 22 and the internal memory 23 are mounted on the wiring board 21 and close to the card slot 18 side (left side in FIGS. 4 and 5), and the card slot 18 and the wiring board 21 are mounted. Are electrically connected via an “L” -shaped connection terminal 24. A cooling fan 25 is disposed on the back side of the wiring board 21, an exhaust port 26 is formed on the rear side of the main body 2, and an exhaust port cover 27 is disposed on the rear side of the exhaust port 26. Yes.

  An air passage 28 is formed below the heating chamber 4 from the intake port 20 to the exhaust port 26 described above. When the cooling fan 25 is rotationally driven by a cooling fan motor 25a (see FIG. 6), the intake port 20 is externally connected. The sucked air flows through the air passage 28 as shown by an arrow B in FIGS. That is, the air sucked into the air inlet 20 from the outside is supplied above the wiring board 21 to cool various electronic components constituting the control device 22 and the internal memory 23, and then the microwave generator 9 is cooled. After that, the gas is discharged from the exhaust port 26 to the outside. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the main body 2 has a plurality of (five in the present embodiment) mesh-shaped ventilation so as to block the card mounting opening 18 a and the numerous intake openings 20 of the card slot 18. A mesh filter 29 having an opening 29a is detachably mounted.

  FIG. 6 shows the electrical configuration of the heating cooker 1 described above. The control device 22 includes a microcomputer and various drive circuits. The control device 22 executes a control program and displays a display based on an operation detection signal input from the operation key group 17 or a temperature detection signal input from the thermistor 13. 16, the operation of the microwave generator 9, the heater 6, the blower fan motor 7a, the cooling fan motor 25a, and the stirrer fan motor 12 is controlled.

  Cooking heat information such as the heating time is stored in the internal memory 23 and the memory card 19, and the control device 22 cooks the object to be heated W according to the cooking heating information read from the internal memory 23, or the card slot. The object to be heated W is cooked in accordance with the cooking heating information read from the memory card 19 attached to 18. In addition, as a method of storing (writing) cooking heating information in the memory card 19, there is a method of using a writing tool (such as a reader / writer) connected to a personal computer, for example.

  In addition, the control device 22 rewrites (updates) the cooking heating information in the internal memory 23 with the cooking heating information in the memory card 19 by transferring the cooking heating information read from the memory card 19 to the internal memory 23. It is possible. Specifically, when the memory card 19 is inserted into the card slot 18, the control device 22 displays a rewrite mode screen for rewriting cooking heating information on the display 16, and the operator selects the operation key group 17. Of these, when a predetermined key is operated to start rewriting, the cooking heating information in the memory card 19 is sequentially transferred to the internal memory 23, and the rewriting process is performed to rewrite the cooking heating information in the internal memory 23 with the cooking heating information in the memory card 19. Let it begin. At this time, the control device 22 displays, for example, regular blinking on the display 16 to notify the operator that the cooking heating information in the internal memory 23 is rewritten with the cooking heating information in the memory card 19. Then, when the rewriting process is normally completed, the control device 22 rewrites (updates) the cooking heating information in the internal memory 23 with the cooking heating information in the memory card 19 by driving a buzzer (not shown), for example. Let the operator know. The control device 22 is also heated in accordance with the cooking heating information transferred from the memory card 19 to the internal memory 23 (the cooking heating information of the internal memory 23 rewritten with the cooking heating information of the memory card 19). Cook thing W.

  When the memory card 19 is inserted into the card slot 18, the procedure shown in FIG. That is, first, after loosening and removing the screw 30, the mesh filter 29 is removed from the main body 2 (outer box 3), then the screw 31 is loosened, and the engagement piece 32 a of the cover 32 is removed from the notch 18 b on the card slot 18 side. The cover 32 is removed from the card slot 18 to expose the card slot 18a of the card slot 18. The memory card 19 can be inserted into the card slot 18 by inserting the end of the memory card 19 into the card insertion slot 18a and pushing the entire memory card 19 in the direction of arrow P in FIG. On the other hand, when the memory card 19 is removed from the card slot 18, a card ejection button (not shown) arranged on the side of the card insertion slot 18a is pressed to operate a card ejection mechanism (not shown). As a result, the memory card 19 can be detached from the card slot 18. When attaching the cover 32 to the card slot 18, the cover 32 is attached to the card slot 18 by tightening the screw 31 after engaging the engaging piece 32 a of the cover 32 with the notch 18 b on the card slot 18 side. Can be installed on.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the card slot 18 is arranged in the heating cooker 1 so that the mounting / removal direction of the memory card 19 and the opening direction of the opening 4a of the heating chamber 4 are the same. Therefore, the direction in which the article to be heated W enters and exits the heating chamber 4 and the direction in which the memory card 19 is attached to and detached from the card slot 18 can be made the same. Even if it is arranged in contact with the wall, the memory card 19 can be attached and detached without the need to move the heating cooker 1, and workability when attaching and detaching the memory card 19 can be improved. Further, since the card slot 18 is disposed below the heating chamber 4, even if the air heated in the heating chamber 4 rises, heat is not transmitted to the card slot 18, and the heat from the heating chamber 4 is not increased. It is possible to avoid the occurrence of problems due to the above. Further, since the card slot 18 is disposed in the vicinity of the control device 22, the communication path from the card slot 18 to the control device 22 can be shortened as much as possible, and the occurrence of noise superimposed on the communication path is suppressed as much as possible. be able to.

  Further, since the air inlet 20 and the air outlet 26 are formed, and the air passage 28 is formed at a location (above the wiring board 21) where the control device 22 and the microwave generator 9 are disposed, The wave generator 9 can be cooled. In addition, since the mesh filter 28 is detachably disposed so as to block the card slot 18 and the air inlet 20, it is possible to prevent dust from adhering to the card slot 18 and the air inlet 20 beforehand. Further, the appearance design (look) can be improved by hiding the card slot 18.

  Further, since the card insertion slot 18a of the card slot 18 is exposed when the cover 32 is removed from the card slot 18, a person other than the operator who handles the memory card 19 carelessly installs the card. Touching the opening 18a can be avoided in advance, and foreign matter other than the memory card 19 can inadvertently enter the card insertion opening 18a against the operator's intention. Can be avoided.

  Further, since the heating device 8 is disposed above the heating chamber 4, the control device 22, the internal memory 23, and the card slot 18 can be moved away from the heating device 8, and the control device 22, the internal memory 23, and the card slot 18 can be separated. In addition, it is possible to avoid occurrence of problems due to heat from the heating device 8.

  Further, the memory card 19 is inserted into the card slot 18 and the cooking / heating information of the memory card 19 is transferred to the internal memory 23 so that the cooking / heating information of the internal memory 23 is rewritten with the cooking / heating information of the memory card 19. Thus, the cooking / heating information in the internal memory 23 can be arbitrarily rewritten. For example, the cooking / heating information in the internal memory 23 can be rewritten in various ways following the development of new food. Further, after the cooking / heating information in the internal memory 23 is rewritten with the cooking / heating information in the memory card 19, the memory card 19 does not need to be mounted in the card slot 18. It is not necessary to prepare the cooking heating information in the internal memory 23 for the plurality of cooking devices 1 with a single memory card 19. That is, for example, when an operator carries a single memory card 19 and goes around a convenience store or a fast food store, the cooking heating information in the internal memory 23 is sent to the cooking device 1 installed in each store. It can be rewritten efficiently.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
The external storage medium is not limited to a card shape but may be a stick shape.
The card slot 18 is not limited to the configuration in which the card slot 18 is disposed below the front side of the main body 2 and deviated from the center. Also good.
As a mode of heating the non-heated object W, heater heating without air blowing may be used.
The card identification information of the memory card 19 and the device identification information of the heating cooker 1 are collated (authenticated), and the cooking heating information of the memory card 19 is transferred to the internal memory 23 only when the collation result is positive. It may be a permitted configuration.

The perspective view which showed one Embodiment of this invention and looked at the heating cooker from the front in the state from which the mesh filter was removed The perspective view which looked at the heating cooker from the front in the state where the mesh filter was attached Longitudinal front view showing the heating chamber Longitudinal side view Vertical side view showing the area around the card slot with the mesh filter removed Functional block diagram showing electrical configuration The figure which shows the procedure which inserts the memory card in the card slot

Explanation of symbols

  In the drawings, 1 is a heating cooker, 2 is a main body, 4 is a heating chamber, 4a is an opening, 8 is a heating device (heating means), 18 is a card slot (external storage medium mounting means), and 19 is a memory card (external). (Storage medium), 20 is an intake port, 22 is a control device (control unit), 23 is an internal memory (internal storage unit), 26 is an exhaust port, 28 is an air passage, and 29 is a mesh filter.

Claims (4)

The body,
A heating chamber in which an opening for entering and exiting an object to be heated is formed on the front side of the main body;
Heating means for heating an object to be heated housed in the heating chamber;
An external storage medium mounting means for mounting an external storage medium storing cooking heating information;
Control means for controlling the heating means based on cooking heating information read from the external storage medium attached to the external storage medium attachment means,
The control means is provided below the heating chamber,
The external storage medium mounting means is provided below the heating chamber, in the vicinity of the control means, and so that the attaching / detaching direction of the external storage medium is the same as the opening direction of the opening of the heating chamber. A cooking device characterized by. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein
An intake port provided on the front side of the main body and an exhaust port provided on the rear side of the main body so as to form an air passage at a location where the control means is provided;
A heating cooker comprising: the external storage medium mounting means and a mesh filter that is detachably attached to the main body so as to close the intake port. In the heating cooker according to claim 1 or 2,
The heating cooking device, wherein the heating means is provided above the heating chamber. In the heating cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
An internal storage means for storing cooking heating information;
The control means is provided in the vicinity of the internal storage means, transfers cooking heating information of the external storage medium attached to the external storage medium attachment means to the internal storage means, and cooks the internal storage means. A cooking device characterized in that information can be rewritten with cooking heating information of the external storage medium.

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