JP2008161252A - Top plate for kitchen counter and kitchen counter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a top plate for a kitchen counter which has excellent design and can be harmonized with other members such as cooking devices and a cabinet, and the kitchen counter. <P>SOLUTION: The top plate 2 for the kitchen counter is disposed at the upper part of the kitchen counter. The top plate 2 is provided with a transparent resin base plate 21 and a design layer 22 formed on its one side face and is configured to be used turning the side of the design layer 22 downwards. It is preferable that the design layer 22 is formed by peeling at least a paint layer from transfer paper having the paint layer on water absorbing paper with a water soluble glue layer, sticking it to the one side face of the resin base plate and drying it. Also, in the kitchen counter, the top plate 2 for the kitchen counter is arranged on a counter body turning the side of its design layer 22 downwards. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a kitchen counter top plate and a kitchen counter having excellent design properties.

In recent years, color and design have been diversified in system kitchens equipped with kitchen counters. Also in the kitchen counter, what has the top plate which consists of various materials, such as stainless steel, natural stone, natural wood, resin, is developed (refer nonpatent literature 1). These kitchen countertops exhibit a variety of design features unique to each material.
In recent years, kitchen counters are required to have design characteristics that are in harmony with other components such as cooking utensils disposed on the kitchen counter and cabinets of the system kitchen, as well as the design characteristics of the top plate. ing.

However, it has been difficult to impart other design characteristics to these stainless steel, natural stone, and natural wooden top plates in addition to these unique textures and patterns. In addition, these top plates can achieve harmonious design if they are made of the same material for other members, but there is a problem that the weight of the kitchen counter becomes very large and the construction becomes difficult. It was.
On the other hand, in the resin top plate, the top plate which has various patterns and textures is developed by mix | blending a pigment with resin material. Moreover, the resin top plate can reduce the weight of the kitchen counter.

  However, since the conventional resin top plate is made by molding a resin material containing a pigment, the pattern and texture are likely to become unclear even when expressing marble tone or granite carving, for example. There was a problem that it was very different from the natural one. Moreover, it is difficult to predict the texture and pattern after molding in advance, and it is difficult to achieve harmony with other members.

“XIMO STYLE BOOK 2006”, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Housing & Construction Division, May 22, 2006, first edition, p44

  The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and has an excellent design and a top plate for a kitchen counter that can be harmonized with other members such as a cooker and a cabinet, and Try to provide a kitchen counter.

The first invention is a kitchen counter top plate disposed on the upper part of the kitchen counter,
The kitchen counter top plate has a transparent resin substrate and a design layer formed on one side of the resin substrate, and is configured to be used with the design layer side facing down. (Claim 1).

  Since the top plate for the kitchen counter of the first invention has a transparent resin substrate, the design layer can be visually recognized from the surface opposite to the one side surface on which the design layer is formed. . Therefore, as described above, the top plate for the kitchen counter can be disposed on the top of the kitchen counter with the design layer side of the top plate facing down. Therefore, even if the user performs work on the top plate, it is possible to prevent the design layer from being damaged due to friction, heat during cooking, or the like, and the design properties being impaired.

  For example, when a top plate having a desired design such as marble tone or granite tone is produced, the design layer having a desired pattern such as marble pattern or granite pattern may be formed on the resin substrate. . Thereby, a clear pattern can be formed compared with the conventional top plate formed by shape | molding the resin material which mix | blended the pigment. Therefore, the kitchen counter top plate can exhibit an excellent design.

  Moreover, the said design layer can be easily formed in various variations by printing, transfer paper, etc., for example. Moreover, the said design layer as a desired design and pattern can be formed easily. Therefore, unlike the prior art, the texture and pattern after fabrication are hardly different from those intended. Therefore, it is possible to easily form a design layer having the same design and pattern as other members such as a cooker and a cabinet of a system kitchen, and to achieve harmony of design.

  Thus, according to the said 1st invention, while having the outstanding design property, the top plate for kitchen counters which can aim at harmony with other members, such as a cooking appliance and a cabinet, can be provided.

The second invention is a kitchen counter having a counter body and a top plate disposed on the counter body,
The top plate for a kitchen counter according to any one of claims 1 to 5 is used as the top plate, and the top plate for the kitchen counter is disposed on the counter body with the design layer side facing down. (Claim 6).

  The kitchen counter according to the second aspect of the invention is formed by arranging the kitchen counter top plate according to the first aspect of the invention on the counter body. In the kitchen counter top plate, as described above, the design layer can be formed simply and in various variations by printing or transfer paper. Therefore, in the said kitchen counter, the harmony of the design property of other members, such as a cooking appliance and a cabinet, and the said top plate can be aimed at.

  Moreover, the said kitchen counter WHEREIN: The said top plate is arrange | positioned on the said counter main body with the said design layer side facing down. Therefore, it can prevent that the design property is impaired by the said design layer rubbing and wear | wearing with tableware, a cooking utensil, etc., for example, or deform | transforming with the heat | fever etc. of a cooker. In the kitchen counter, since the design layer is formed on a transparent resin substrate, as described above, the kitchen counter top plate is placed on the counter body with the design layer side facing down. Even if it arrange | positions, the said design layer can be visually recognized clearly from the upper surface side of the said top plate for kitchen counters.

  Thus, according to the said 2nd invention, while having the outstanding design property, the kitchen counter which can aim at harmony with other members, such as a cooking appliance and a cabinet, can be provided.

Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As described above, the kitchen counter top plate includes a transparent resin substrate and a design layer formed on one side surface of the resin substrate.
As the resin substrate, for example, a transparent substrate made of an acrylic resin, a polyester resin, an epoxy resin, or the like can be used.

Moreover, it is preferable that the said design layer contains a thermosetting organic coating material.
In this case, the heat resistance of the design layer can be improved. Therefore, even if the temperature of the kitchen counter top plate rises, the design layer can be prevented from being deformed due to thermal deformation or the like and the design properties being impaired.

The design layer can be formed, for example, by directly performing screen printing on one side of the resin substrate.
Thereby, the design layer of various variations, such as a woodgrain tone, a marble tone, a granite tone, can be formed easily, for example.

Further, the design layer is preferably formed by peeling at least the paint layer from a transfer paper having a paint layer on a water-absorbing paper having a water-soluble glue layer, attaching the design layer to the one side of the resin substrate, and drying. (Claim 2).
In this case, the design layer can be easily formed. Further, even when the resin substrate is subjected to a bending process or the like and the resin substrate has a step structure, the design layer can be easily formed.
Further, the paint layer can be printed and formed with a desired pattern on the water-absorbing paper. Therefore, for example, the design layer of various variations such as woodgrain, marble, granite, etc. can be easily formed.

Moreover, the coating layer which covers this design layer can be formed in the said design layer of the said top plate for kitchen counters.
In this case, since the said design layer can be protected by the said coat layer, durability of the said design layer can be improved more. The coating layer can be formed by applying a commercially available coating agent on the design layer.

It is preferable that the kitchen counter top plate has a cooking device disposing part for disposing a cooking device (Claim 3).
In this case, for example, a cooker such as an electromagnetic cooker or a gas cooker can be assembled to the kitchen counter top plate.

Moreover, it is preferable that the said design layer of the said top plate for kitchen counters has the same design (pattern) as the top plate of the said cooking appliance (Claim 4).
In this case, a kitchen counter in which the design of the top plate of the cooking device and the top plate are harmonized can be configured.

Moreover, it is preferable that the said kitchen counter top plate has a sink arrangement | positioning part for arrange | positioning a sink (Claim 5).
In this case, a sink can be assembled to the kitchen counter top plate.

Next, the kitchen counter includes a counter body and a top plate disposed on the counter body. The top plate and the counter body can be fixed with, for example, a silicone resin adhesive.
The top plate may be a flat plate shape, or may be partially inclined to have a step structure. For example, a step structure can be provided on the top plate so as to match the shape of the upper part of the counter body of the kitchen counter.

  The counter body can be formed with a cabinet or the like. Further, the counter body can accommodate the heating device portion of the cooking device. As a cooking device, an electromagnetic cooking device, a gas cooking device, or the like can be provided. Further, the counter body can be provided with a drainage hose for passing drainage from the sink.

(Example embodiment)
Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In this example, an embodiment of a kitchen counter top plate according to the present invention and a kitchen counter including the same is shown.
As shown in FIG. 1, the kitchen counter 1 of the present example includes a counter body 3 and a top plate 2 disposed thereon. The counter body 3 and the top plate 2 are integrally assembled with a silicone resin adhesive. The counter main body 3 has a protruding portion 31 protruding from the upper part of the back surface, and the end portion 211 of the top plate 2 is bent so as to conform to the protruding structure.

  Further, on the kitchen counter 1, for example, an electromagnetic cooker, a stainless steel sink 51, a faucet 52, and the like are disposed. The electromagnetic cooker has a top plate 4 on its upper surface, and is disposed on the kitchen counter 1 so that the height of the top plate 4 and the surrounding top plate 2 coincide.

As shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C, the top plate 2 includes a transparent resin substrate 21 and a design layer 22 formed on one side surface thereof. In addition, the top plate 2 is provided with arrangement holes 27, 28, and 29 for fitting the top plate 4 of the electromagnetic cooker, the stainless steel sink 51, the faucet 52, and the like (see FIG. 1).
On the other hand, as shown to Fig.3 (a) and (b), the top plate 4 of an electromagnetic cooker consists of the heat resistant glass plate 41 by which the design layer 42 was formed in the back surface on the opposite side to a cooking surface.
In this example, as shown in FIG. 1, the top plate design layer 22 (see FIG. 2B) and the top plate design layer 42 (see FIG. 3B) have the same granite-like pattern. ing. In FIG. 1, in order to show that the top plate 2 and the top plate 4 have the same granite-like pattern, both are provided with the same hatching. In this example, although not shown, the lower part of the counter body 3 is a cabinet.

The kitchen counter top plate of this example was manufactured as follows.
First, as shown in FIGS. 4A to 4C, a colorless and transparent acrylic plate was prepared as the resin substrate 21. The end portion 211 of the resin substrate 21 is bent so as to conform to the upper surface structure (see FIG. 1) of the counter body 3 on which the top plate 2 is disposed. The resin substrate 21 is provided with arrangement holes 27, 28, and 29 for arranging a cooker, a sink, and a faucet, respectively.

Next, a transfer paper for forming a design layer on the resin substrate 21 was prepared.
As shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C, the transfer paper 6 is provided with a water-absorbing paper 61 having a water-soluble glue layer 62, and an organic paint (ASTRO series made by Tanaka Chemical) is formed on the water-soluble glue layer 62 side. The paint layer 63 is formed by printing a granite-like pattern by screen printing using a). Further, since the paint layer 63 is not required in the portions located in the arrangement holes 27, 28, 29 (see FIG. 4A) of the resin substrate 21, these portions are not printed, and the non-printing portion 67 is not printed. 68, 69 were formed.

Next, after the transfer paper 6 was immersed in water for 2 to 3 minutes, only the water absorbent paper 61 was slid to transfer the painting layer 63 to the resin substrate 21. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 4A to 4C and FIGS. 5A to 5C, the positions of the arrangement holes 27, 28 and 29 of the resin substrate 21 and the non-printing portion 67 of the transfer paper 6 are shown. , 68 and 69 were transferred so as to coincide with each other. Then, it dried at room temperature, and also arrange | positioned and dried in the drying furnace of temperature 150 degreeC, and formed the design layer 22 on the resin substrate 21 (refer FIG. 2 (a)-(c)). Thus, as shown in FIG. 2, the top plate 2 for kitchen counters having the transparent resin substrate 21 and the design layer 22 having a granite-like pattern formed on one side surface thereof was obtained. When the pencil hardness of the design layer 22 was measured, it had a sufficient hardness of 2H.
Further, in this example, for the purpose of further protecting the design layer 22, a clear coat made by Origin Electric was applied on the design layer 22 with a spray gun.

Next, the top plate of the electromagnetic cooking device which has a granite-like pattern similarly to the top plate for kitchen counters was prepared. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the top plate 4 is formed by forming a granite-like design layer 42 on a heat-resistant glass plate 41. Further, as shown in FIG. 3A, heating position marks 47, 48 and 49 indicating the heating position heated by the heating device (not shown) of the electromagnetic cooker are printed on the top plate 4. .
As such a top plate 4, a commercially available one can be used, but for example, it can also be produced by forming the design layer 42 on the heat-resistant glass plate 41 using screen printing, the above-mentioned transfer paper or the like.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the top plate 2 is placed on the counter body 3, and the top plate 4 (FIG. 3 (a)) is placed in the arrangement hole 27 (see FIG. 2 (a)) for the cooking device of the top plate 2. An electromagnetic cooker having a reference) was arranged. Further, the sink 51 is disposed in the sink arrangement portion 28 (see FIG. 2A) (see FIG. 1), and the faucet 52 is disposed in the faucet arrangement portion 29 (see FIG. 2A). . The top plate 4, the sink 51, the faucet 52, and the top plate 2 of the electromagnetic cooker were each fixed with a silicone resin adhesive. The counter body 3 and the top plate 2 were also fixed with a silicone resin adhesive. In this way, a kitchen counter 1 was produced as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 (a) to 2 (c), in the kitchen counter 1 of the present example, a ceiling having a transparent resin substrate 21 and a design layer 22 formed on one side surface of the resin substrate 21. The top plate 2 is arranged on the counter body 3 with the design layer 22 side facing down. Since the resin substrate 21 is transparent, the granite-like design layer 22 can be clearly visually recognized from the side opposite to the surface on which the design layer 22 is formed on the kitchen counter top plate 2, that is, from the user side. . Moreover, since the design layer 22 side is made into the lower surface, it can prevent that the design layer 22 is damaged by friction, the heat at the time of cooking, etc., and the design property is impaired.

  Moreover, the top plate 2 for kitchen counters has the same granite-like pattern as the top plate 4 of a cooking appliance. Therefore, the kitchen counter 1 of this example was one in which the design characteristics of the top plate 2 and the cooking device (top plate 4) were harmonized.

In this example, the design layer 22 is attached to one side of the resin substrate 21 by peeling off at least the paint layer 63 from the transfer paper 6 having the paint layer 63 on the water absorbent paper 61 having the water-soluble glue layer 62. And dried (see FIG. 5).
Therefore, even if the end portion 211 of the resin substrate 21 is bent as in this example, and the resin substrate 21 has a step structure, the design layer 2 can be easily formed (FIG. 2).

Explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the kitchen counter was seen from diagonally upward in the example of embodiment. In explanatory drawing, explanatory drawing (a) which shows a mode that the top plate for kitchen counters was seen from diagonally upward, explanatory drawing which shows the cross section (AA arrow cross section of Fig.2 (a)) of the top plate for kitchen counters (B) Explanatory drawing (c) which shows the cross section (BB directional arrow cross section of Fig.2 (a)) of the top plate for kitchen counters. Explanatory drawing (a) which shows a mode that the top plate of the cooking appliance was seen from the front in the example of an embodiment, and explanatory drawing (b) which shows the cross section (CC arrow directional cross section of Fig.3 (a)). . Explanatory drawing (a) which shows a mode that the resin substrate for top plates in the example embodiment was seen from the front, explanatory drawing which shows the cross section (DD sectional view taken on the line of DD of FIG. 4 (a)) (b) ), An explanatory view (c) showing a cross section of the resin substrate (cross section taken along line EE in FIG. 4A). Explanatory drawing (a) which shows a mode that the transfer paper was seen from the front in the example of an embodiment, explanatory drawing (b) which shows the cross section (F-F arrow directional cross section of Fig.5 (a)), transfer paper Explanatory drawing (c) which shows the cross section (GG line arrow cross section of Fig.5 (a)).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Kitchen counter 2 Top plate for kitchen counters 21 Resin board 22 Design layer 3 Counter body

Claims (6)

A kitchen counter top plate disposed on the kitchen counter,
The kitchen counter top plate has a transparent resin substrate and a design layer formed on one side of the resin substrate, and is configured to be used with the design layer side facing down. A top plate for the kitchen counter.   In Claim 1, the said design layer peels at least the said paint layer from the transfer paper which has a paint layer on the water absorbing paper which has a water-soluble paste layer, and affixes it on the said one side surface of the said resin substrate, It dries. A top board for a kitchen counter.   The top plate for a kitchen counter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the top plate for a kitchen counter has a cooking device disposition portion for disposing a cooking device.   4. The kitchen counter top plate according to claim 3, wherein the design layer of the kitchen counter top plate has the same design as the top plate of the cooking device.   The kitchen counter top plate according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the kitchen counter top plate has a sink arrangement portion for arranging a sink. A kitchen counter having a counter body and a top plate disposed on the counter body,
The top plate for a kitchen counter according to any one of claims 1 to 5 is used as the top plate, and the top plate for the kitchen counter is disposed on the counter body with the design layer side facing down. A kitchen counter characterized by

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