JP2008302058A - Grill unit and cooker including the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a convenient and simply structured grill unit without having the risk of deforming slide rails, and also to provide a cooker including the grill unit. <P>SOLUTION: The grill unit includes: a grill chamber 11 where an opening part is arranged on the front surface and fixing guide rails 14a, 14b are attached to lower parts on the inner surfaces of both sidewalls; and a grill door device 20 composed of a grill door 21 for opening/closing the opening part of the grill chamber 11, and the slide rails 23a, 23b which are connected at the respective front ends and freely slidably fitted to the outer peripheries or inner peripheries of the fixing guide rails 14a, 14b; and a grill tray 40 placed on the slide rails of the grill door device 20. When the grill door device 20 is maximally drawn forward from the grill chamber 11, the substantially whole grill tray is exposed in a horizontal arrangement state toward an outer part from the front opening of the grill chamber, and also in the state, the grill door device itself is stabilized at the drawn position by the slide rails which are drawn forward from the fixing rails. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a grill unit that performs cooking in a refrigerator in a heating cooker, and a heating cooker including the grill unit.

  In a grill in which a grill tray is slid by a slide rail means on a conventional grill case, the slide rail means engages with the guide rail fixed to both sides of the grill case, and the grill tray. Guide rails arranged on both sides of the grill case, frame members are constructed on the guide rails on the left and right sides of the grill case to form a tray receiving frame, and the grill tray is detachably loaded on the tray receiving frame, and the guided rail There is a configuration in which the rear portion of the grill pan can be pulled out to the opening position of the grill case with respect to the guide rail (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-261280 A (page 4-5, FIG. 1-3)

  In the conventional grill unit as described above, a cover frame is provided on the guided rail in order to hold the grill tray at a position higher than the guide rail. However, the structure is complicated and the cost is increased. .

  Moreover, when the width | variety of a grill pan is narrowed, a use space will become small and it will be connected with the size of the raw material which can be cooked being restrict | limited.

Further, since the guided rail has low strength, if the grill pan and the food to be cooked placed thereon are held by this, the guided rail is likely to be twisted.
Furthermore, the grill pan is unstable because it is only placed on the pan frame provided before and after the cover frame of the guided rail.

  Further, in order to improve the detachability of the grill pan, the depth dimension of the grill pan is made shorter than the depth dimension of the grill case. In order to pull out the entire grill pan from the grill case, the rail guide means has a three-stage structure including a guide rail, an intermediate rail, and a guided rail. Is a problem in terms of strength.

  Furthermore, in the case of the pull-down structure of the conventional grill unit, when closing the pulled out grill door, the grill door is lifted upward and then pushed in. For this reason, not only is the operation troublesome, but if the grill door is pushed in without being lifted upward, the swing arm of the pull-down mechanism comes into contact with the bottom surface of the grill case and is difficult to push.

  In particular, when the pull-down angle of the grill door is increased, the angle of the swing arm also increases, and the force to lift the grill door upward is reduced, so that the grill door is difficult to push in. There is a risk of deformation. Recently, there is a tendency to increase the size of the grill pan. However, when a large grill pan is used, the weight of the grill pan becomes heavy, and securing the rigidity of the pull-down mechanism is a major issue.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-use grill unit that has a simple structure and high rigidity, and a cooking device including the grill unit.

  A grill unit according to the present invention is a grill unit provided in a heating cooker, which has an opening on the front surface side and a fixed guide rail attached to the lower part of the inner surface of both side walls, and the grill chamber A grille door that opens and closes the opening of the fixed guide rail, and a sliding rail that is slidably fitted to the outer periphery or inner periphery of the fixed guide rail and whose front ends are connected by a rigid member. The grill pan is detachably mounted on the sliding arm, and when the grill door device is pulled out most, the grill pan is substantially entirely open to the front of the grill chamber. In this state, the grill door device is exposed to the outer side, and in this state, the slide door device is configured to be stable at the drawing position by the slide rail drawn forward from the fixed rail.

  In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a grill chamber having an opening on the front side and a fixed guide rail attached to the lower part of the inner surface of both side walls, a grill door for opening and closing the opening of the grill chamber, and the fixed guide A sliding rail that is slidably fitted to the outer periphery or inner periphery of the rail, and whose front ends are connected by a rigid connecting arm, and a grill door whose front end opens and closes the opening of the grill chamber A pull-down mechanism that has a pull-down arm whose rear end is pivotally supported by the slide rail and that lowers the grill door when the grill door is pulled forward from the grill chamber. When the grill door is moved to the front opening side of the grill chamber, the pull-down arm is provided with a grill door device provided. The connecting door It is obtained by the arrangement for supporting the beam from below.

  Moreover, the cooking device according to the present invention includes the grill unit.

  According to the present invention, since the rigidity of the slide rail that supports the grill pan can be increased, it is not deformed or twisted even after long-term use, and the grill door device is in the most extended state. The entire grill pan is exposed to the outside of the front opening of the grill chamber, and in this state, the grill door device is stabilized at the pull-out position by the slide rail drawn forward from the fixed rail. The slide rail does not move carelessly during removal or setting, and the grill pan can be easily removed. As a result, the overall rigidity is increased, the structure is simple, the long-term use can be achieved, and an easy-to-use grill unit and a heating cooker including the grill unit can be obtained.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the rigidity of the slide rail can be increased, and the pull-down rail comes into contact with the connecting arm portion of the slide rail from below. Since the sliding rail can be pushed by supporting the load of the grill pan placed on top, the grill pan moving mechanism is prevented from being deformed, and the grill unit that has a simple structure and can withstand long-term use and a cooking device equipped with the grill unit are obtained. be able to.

[Embodiment 1]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a state where a grill door device of a cooking device provided with a grill unit according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is pulled out, and a pull-down mechanism 30 is not shown. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the grill unit of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the grill door device of FIG. 2 accommodated in the grill chamber, and FIG. 4 is a side view of the sliding rail of FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the cooking device provided with the grill unit in a state in which the grill door device is pulled out, and FIG. 7 is a view in which the grill door device of FIG. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a state where the grill door device of FIG. 6 is pulled out from the grill chamber, and the pull-down mechanism 30 is not shown. 9 is a perspective view of the main part showing the relationship between the sliding rail and the rear reinforcing plate, FIG. 10 is a perspective view before the reinforcing plate is attached, and FIG. 11 is a positional relationship between the sliding rail and the pull-down arm in FIG. FIG. 12 is a side view showing a state in which the grill door device of FIG. 7 is pulled out from the grill chamber, and the grill chamber is shown in section. FIG. 13 is a side view showing the process of pushing back the grill door device of FIG. 6 into the grill chamber, and the grill chamber is shown in cross section.

  In the figure, a flat top plate 3 made of a nonmagnetic material such as heat-resistant glass and provided with a top plate support frame 2 on the outer periphery is detachably mounted on the upper surface opening of the substantially box-shaped body case 1. Has been. And on the upper surface of the top plate 3, a plurality of placement position display portions 4a to 4c indicating the placement positions of the cooking containers 50 (three cases are shown in the figure, but there may be two or more places). ) Is provided by printing. Reference numeral 5 denotes an exhaust port provided on the rear side of the top plate support frame 2.

  6a and 6b are main operation parts provided on both sides of the front side of the main body case 1 (which may be one side or the upper part), and 7 is a sub operation part provided on the front side of the top plate support frame 2. . Although not shown, outside air intakes are provided on the lower surfaces of the main operation units 6a and 6b, and the main body case 1 has, on the lower surfaces of the placement position display units 4a to 4c of the top plate 3, For example, a heating body such as an induction heating coil or a heater is provided, a control unit for controlling these heating bodies, a blower for cooling the heating body, the control unit, or the like by outside air taken in from an outside air intake port. Is provided.

  Reference numeral 10 denotes a grill unit provided between the main operation units 6a and 6b (in parallel with the main operation unit if provided on one side). And a drawer-type grill door device 20 in which the grill pan 40 is detachably mounted and is detachably accommodated in the grill chamber 11.

  The grill chamber 11 is formed by integrally press-molding from a thin metal plate, or is assembled and formed into a box shape by simultaneously welding the ends of the thin plate with welding or screws. The main body case 1 has an opening 12 that opens on the front side, and an exhaust port 13 is provided on the rear side. A pair of fixed guide rails 14a and 14b (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as 14) having a stopper 15 at the front end and having a stopper 15 at the front end are opposed to the opening in the front-rear direction of the lower part of the inner surfaces of both side walls. It is attached by welding or the like. Although not shown, a heating body such as a sheathed heater or a halogen heater is disposed on the lower surface of the ceiling plate of the grill chamber 11. In addition, a heating body such as a sheathed heater is provided on the upper surface of the bottom plate so as to extend horizontally from the rear surface of the grill chamber 11 so as to keep a certain distance from the bottom plate.

  The grill door device 20 has a handle 22 at the lower end and a grill door 21 provided with a transparent glass window (see FIGS. 8 and 9) at the center, and has a substantially U-shaped cross section and an opening. Is basically composed of metal rail slide rails 23a and 23b (hereinafter, simply referred to as 23), one end of which is horizontally attached to both sides of the grill door 21. Reference numerals 24a and 24b denote stoppers provided at the front and rear ends of the slide rails 23a and 23b, respectively, and prevent excessive movement of the slide rails 23a and 23b forward and rearward.

The web of the slide rail 23 is formed higher than the web of the metal fixed guide rail 14, and between the web and the upper and lower flanges, rollers 26 are respectively provided in a plurality of pockets provided in the upper and lower longitudinal directions. A retainer 25 movably held is disposed so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction.
The sliding rail 23 is fitted to the outer surface of the upper and lower flanges from the opening side of the fixed guide rail 14 via the rollers 26 of the retainer 25 and is slidably held in the longitudinal direction. (Fig. 4).

  As shown in FIG. 9, 80 is placed inside the rear ends of the slide rails 23a and 23b, and is used as a reinforcing material fixed over the slide rails 23a and 23b and fixing means such as welding. It is a rear reinforcing plate, and is formed by processing a thin plate such as a stainless steel plate or an iron plate. The rear reinforcing plate has a width of about 7 cm, and both left and right ends fixed to the slide rails 23a and 23b are bent downward in a U shape to form a bent portion 82 integrally.

  The upper surface of the bent portion 82 is aligned so as to be substantially in the same horizontal plane as the upper surfaces of the slide rails 23a and 23b, so that the horizontal feeling is not impaired when the grill pan 40 is installed. The rear end edge of the rear reinforcing plate 80 is bent upward at a right angle to form a stopper portion 81. When the grill pan 40 which will be described later is inserted from the front opening 12 of the grill chamber 11 and placed on the slide rails 23a and 23b, the stopper portion hits the rear edge of the grill pan 40 and the rear thereof. The movement can be restricted and positioning can be performed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9, a pull-down arm 31a (31b), which will be described later, is located inside the pair of left and right bent portions 82 with a certain minute gap therebetween. The pull-down arm 31a (31b) has a rear end 31E pivotally supported on the slide rails 23a and 23b by a pin 32 so that the pull-down arm 31a (31b) can be tilted freely from the horizontal position to the obliquely downward direction around the pin 32. It is. The state in which the pull-down arm 31a (31b) is inclined is shown in FIGS.

  FIGS. 1, 2, and 6 show a state in which the grill door device 20 is pulled out from the grill chamber 11 along the fixed guide rail 14, and the retainer 25 has a stopper 15 of the fixed guide rail 14 and a slide rail 23. In the state of being sandwiched between the stopper 24 b and stopped, the rear end portion of the slide rail 23 is supported by the front end portion of the fixed guide rail 14 via the rollers 26.

  3 and 7 show a state in which the grill door device 20 is housed in the grill chamber 11, and the stopper 24a of the slide rail 23 comes into contact with the stopper 15 of the fixed guide rail 14 and stops. The opening 12 is closed by the grill door 21.

When the front and rear movement range of the grill pan 40 is short with respect to the depth dimension of the grill chamber 11, when the grill door device 20 is pulled out, the entire grill pan does not come out of the grill pan and the rear portion remains in the grill chamber. Therefore, it is inconvenient to attach and detach the grill pan.
Therefore, in this embodiment, when the grill door device 20 is pulled out, almost all of the grill pan 40 is exposed from the grill chamber 11 to improve the detachability.
Specifically, with the grill door device 20 in close contact with the front opening 12 of the grill chamber 11, the openings 16 a and 16 b formed by the rear portions of the slide rails 23 a and 23 b on the back surface (rear surface) of the grill chamber 11. The lengths of the slide rails 23a and 23b are set so as to protrude outward from the rear surface (FIG. 8).

  The grill pan 40 is integrally formed from a metal plate such as a stainless steel plate or a highly corrosion-resistant coating, for example, a steel plate or the like whose entire surface is subjected to enamel coating treatment, and the upper end portion of the concave dish portion 41 at the center. On the outer periphery, a flange 42 as a mounting portion is integrally formed by bending. The flange 42 of the grill pan 40 is placed on the slide rails 23a and 23b, and the flange 42B on the front side of the front and rear side edges of the grill pan 40 is different in shape from the other side. An upside-down inverted U-shaped portion having a width of about 100 mm is formed in the left and right center portion of the front flange 42B, and the portion wraps around the arm portion 70A of the connecting arm 70 described later from above. Therefore, the grill pan 40 is regulated so as not to move unnecessarily in the front-rear direction by the arm portion 70A in the installed state.

  Thus, in a state where the grill pan 40 is installed at the correct position, the rear end portion 42A of the flange 42 is positioned directly above the stopper portion 81 of the rear reinforcing plate 80. On the other hand, the front flange 42B is placed on an arm portion 70A of a connecting arm 70 described later. In other words, the grill pan 40 has its left and right flange portions 42 supported on the upper surfaces of the slide rails 23a and 23b, and the front flange portion 42B is supported on the upper surfaces of the arm portions 70A. A predetermined space BS (see FIG. 5) is secured between the outer bottom surface of the grill pan 40 and the bottom surface of the grill chamber 11, and is heated from below by a lower heating element such as a sheathed heater provided in this space. It is configured.

  Reference numeral 50 denotes magnetic force urging means fixed to the back surface of the grill chamber 11 corresponding to the outside of the openings 16a and 16b formed on the back surface (rear surface) of the grill chamber 11, and a permanent magnet A51 is fixed inside the outer case. Due to the positional relationship with the permanent magnet B52 fixed to the rear ends of the slide rails 23a and 23b, the magnets A and B are attracted to each other near the final process in which the slide rails 23a and 23b are pushed. A force that pulls the moving rails 23a and 23b into the grill box 11 is generated. As a result, the grill door device 20 remains pulled into the front surface of the grill chamber 11 by the magnetic force of the permanent magnets A51 and B52. Various structures are already known for such a magnetic force urging means (FIG. 13). The magnetic force urging means is not shown in FIGS.

  Reference numeral 30 denotes a pull-down mechanism 30 provided on the grill door device 20, and 31 a and 31 b (hereinafter simply referred to as 31) are narrower than the web of the slide rail 23, and near the central portion in the longitudinal direction. A long hole 33 is provided, and a rear end side is a pair of metal plate pull-down arms pivotally supported by pins 32 on the rear side of the web of the slide rail 23.

  The grill door 21 is detachably attached to front end portions of the pull-down arms 31a and 31b via a reinforcing plate 60 (see FIG. 10) described later. Reference numerals 34a and 38b (hereinafter simply referred to as 34) denote holding arms whose one ends are pivotally supported by the pins 35 on the front side of the web of the slide rail 23, and pins 36 provided at the other ends. Is slidably fitted in the elongated hole 33 of the pull-down arm 31.

  As shown in the perspective view of FIG. 10, the reinforcing plate 60 as a reinforcing material is integrally formed by press molding from a thin plate (plate thickness of about 1 mm) such as a stainless steel or a corrosion-resistant steel plate. Are respectively formed vertically with cut and raised sides 61 and 62. The cut-and-raised sides 61 and 62 are superimposed on the inside of the front ends of the pull-down arms 31a and 31b in a close contact state, and are firmly fixed thereto by welding or screwing.

  Further, the cut and raised sides 61 and 62 are fixed to the pull-down arms 31a and 31b, and have a height dimension G that does not protrude above the upper surface. In addition, 31b shown with the dashed-dotted line in FIG. 10 is a right pull-down arm, and although not shown in this figure, the left pull-down arm 31b is similarly cut and raised and overlapped in close contact with the left side surface of the side 62. And fixed by means such as screws and welding. The reinforcing plate 60 has a depth dimension of 150 mm, which is about half the depth dimension of the grill chamber. As a result, the pull-down arms 31a and 31b are integrally connected from the middle portion to the front portion by the large and strong reinforcing plate 60, so that not only the front portion but also the overall strength (rigidity) is enhanced.

  Reference numeral 63 denotes a front plate portion that is integrally formed vertically by cutting upward from the front edge of the reinforcing plate 60, and the grill door 21 is detachably attached to the front surface of the front plate portion. The front plate portion 63 is formed at a predetermined interval S from the front ends 61A and 62A of the cut and raised sides 61 and 62. The height G of the reinforcing plate 60 is substantially the same as the height of the pull-down arms 31a and 31b. Reference numeral 65 denotes a window formed in the reinforcing plate 60 in two symmetrical shapes.

  The interval S is for a connecting arm 70 described later to be positioned behind the reinforcing plate 63 when the pull-down mechanism 30 is horizontal. In other words, when the pull-down mechanism 30 is lifted from the state of FIG. 7, the grill door 21 rises in the front space of the connecting arm 70, supported by the reinforcing portion 63.

  In FIG. 11, reference numeral 70 denotes a connecting arm fixed to the front ends of the slide rails 23a and 23b with screws 71, and the whole is integrally formed of metal. As a result, the front end portions of the slide rails 23a and 23b are firmly and integrally connected to each other, and sufficient rigidity is secured against a torsional force and the like from the outside.

  70A is an arm portion positioned above the lower surface of the connecting arm 70 by a predetermined dimension F, and has a dimensional relationship such that when it is fixed to the slide rails 23a and 23b, the upper surface is raised by a predetermined dimension E. ing. Since the pair of pull-down arms 31a and 31b of the pull-down mechanism 30 intersects the arm portion 70A at a right angle when viewed from above (at a lower position), when the grill door device 20 is closed, the pull-down arm When 31a and 31b are lifted upward by the user via the handle 22, the upper surfaces of the front end portions of the pull-down arms 31a and 31b hit a predetermined position on the lower surface of the arm portion 70A, and the connecting arm 70 is lifted. As a result, the pull-down mechanism 30 and the slide rails 23a and 23b are integrated into a horizontal state by the user and can be moved rearward, that is, toward the grill chamber 11 as it is.

  In FIG. 6, 85, like the rear reinforcing plate 80, is an intermediate reinforcing plate as a reinforcing material fixed to the sliding rails 23a and 23b by fixing means such as welding, and is formed from a stainless steel plate, an iron plate or the like. Thus, the slide rails 23a and 23b are integrally coupled by the three metal members of the rear reinforcing plate 80, the intermediate reinforcing plate 85, and the connecting arm 70, so that sufficient rigidity can be ensured to prevent torsional deformation and the like. ing.

  In the grill unit 10 configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 5, the flange 42 of the grill pan 40 in which the flange 42 serving as a mounting portion is provided on the outer periphery of the upper end of the concave pan 41 is slid. It is placed on the rails 23a and 23b, and the dish part 41 is positioned between the slide rails 23a and 23b. Then, an object to be cooked is placed on the dish 41, the grill door device 20 is accommodated in the grill chamber 11 together with the grill dish 40, and the opening 12 is closed by the grill door 21.

  When the grill pan 40 is housed inside the grill chamber 11 as described above, a heating body is provided in the upper space, and a lower space BS (see FIG. 5) of the grill chamber 11 is provided in the lower space. Since there is a heated body, when the heated body is energized, the inside of the grill chamber 11 becomes a high temperature atmosphere, the grill plate 40 is also heated to a high temperature, and the object to be cooked is heated and cooked. Although not shown in actual cooking, in many cases, a metal grill net is detachably placed on the dish portion 41 of the grill pan 40, and an object to be cooked is often placed on the grill net.

  When cooking is finished, the grill door device 20 is pulled out from the grill chamber 11, the food to be cooked or the grill pan 40 on which the food to be cooked is taken out, and the grill pan device 20 is accommodated in the grill chamber 11 again. .

  In the present embodiment configured as described above, the operation of each part will be described with respect to the case where the grill door device 20 is pulled out from the grill chamber 11. First, the slide rails 23a and 23b are pulled forward. As shown in FIG. 12, the pull-down arm 31 rotates downward with the pin 32 as a fulcrum due to the weight of the grill door 21, and the holding arm 34 also rotates downward with the pin 35 as a fulcrum. The pin 36 comes into contact with the front end of the elongated hole 33 and stops.

  Thereby, the grill door 21 descends at an angle X (hereinafter referred to as a pull-down angle) with respect to the slide rail 23 and is held at that position. At this time, the pull-down arm 31 that supports the grill door 21 at the front end via the reinforcing plate 60 is supported by the slide rail 23 via the pins 32, 35, and 36. That is, in the state where the grill door device 20 is pulled out to the maximum extent, the grill pan 40 is almost entirely exposed outside the front opening 12 of the grill chamber 11, and in this state, the grill door device 20 moves forward from the fixed rail. It is stabilized at the drawing position by the slide rail 23 drawn out. Even if the grill pan 40 is lifted and removed in this state, the slide rail 23 does not move without permission and remains in that position until the grill pan 40 is set again. Here, “stable” means that the sliding rail 23 is not pulled into the grill chamber 11 side without permission, and does not mean that it does not move even if a force is applied.

  The sliding rails 23a and 23b stop at the positions shown in FIG. 12 because the sliding rails 23a and 23b move forward, and the retainer 25 is fixed to the stopper 15 of the fixed guide rail 14 and the sliding rail 23a. , 23b and is stopped between the stoppers 24b. That is, the sliding rails 23a and 23b are stabilized at the position of FIG. 12 because the sliding rails 23a and 23b include the weight of the grill door device 20 and the reinforcing plate 60, and the sliding rails 23a and 23b move forward. This is because the movement of the retainer 25 is restricted by the stopper 15 of the fixed guide rail 14. Further, even if the user lifts and removes the grill pan 40 in this state, the slide rails 23a and 23b do not move freely. In other words, it is stable at that position.

  As shown in FIG. 12, when the grill door device 20 is pulled out from the grill chamber 11 to the maximum extent, the position of the upper end portion of the grill door 21 is lowered downward. There is little to be.

  Further, the slide rail 23 is pulled out from the front opening of the grill chamber 11 by a predetermined dimension D1. On the other hand, the grill pan 40 placed on the slide rail 23 has a predetermined depth dimension D2 from the front end of the slide rail, and this D2 is substantially close to D1. The substantially entire state is placed on the slide rail 23 in a state where it is out of the grill chamber 11. Therefore, coupled with the fact that the grill door 21 is lowered, the user can easily take out the grill pan 40 and put the food to be cooked therein.

  In an actual product, the inner dimensions of the grill chamber 11 are 363 mm in width, 296 mm in depth, and 107 mm in height, and the rear end 42A of the flange 42 of the grill pan 40 extends from the front opening of the grill chamber 11 to the inside. 10 mm, and about 10 mm has no problem in the operation of taking out the grill plate 40, so it can be said that the entire grill plate 40 is exposed from the grill chamber 11. In addition, the dimensions of the grill pan 40 itself having a slightly oblong rectangle are a maximum width of 350 mm, a maximum depth of about 290 mm, a pan portion 41 width of 320 mm and a depth of about 250 mm, which is larger than the conventional one. And there is that much weight. Further, the reinforcing plate 60 has a depth dimension of 150 mm as described above, and is about half the depth dimension of the grill chamber. Therefore, when the grill plate 40 is installed in the grill chamber 11, It can be said that the reinforcing plate 60 covers the lower part of the first half part. It should be noted that the reinforcing plate 60 may be provided with a large number of windows 65 as long as it does not affect the strength, and even if the reinforcing plate 60 is above the heating element at the bottom of the grill interior, There is no obstacle to heating.

  In order to increase the pull-down angle X, for example, the holding arm 34 may be formed longer. By doing so, the upper end of the grill door 21 is lowered downward, and the front opening degree is further improved when the grill pan 40 is taken forward, which is convenient.

  The grill door device 20 is pushed in the direction (backward) indicated by the arrow AP in FIGS. 12 and 13 and moved to the inside of the grill chamber 11. As shown in FIG. 12, the pull-down arm 31 is below the opening 12 of the grill chamber 11. It is pushed by the edge and pivots clockwise with the pin 32 as a fulcrum (pushing upward), and the holding arm 34 rotates clockwise with the pin 35 as a fulcrum. 33 moves to the rear side. As a result, the pull-down arm 31 and the holding arm 34 are substantially parallel to and overlapped with the slide rail 23, and if they are pushed toward the grill chamber 11 as they are, they are accommodated in the grill chamber 11 and the opening 12 thereof. The grill door 21 is closed.

  Since the arm 70A is located above the lower surface of the connecting arm 70 by a predetermined dimension F, the upper surface of the arm 70A and the upper surfaces of the slide rails 23a and 23b are not on the same horizontal plane due to the level difference. Of the front and rear side edges of the grill pan 40, the front side flange 42B swells upward in correspondence with the dimension F so as to wrap the arm portion 70A of the connecting arm 70 from above at the center of the left and right sides. An inverted U-shaped portion that is bent downward and opened downward is formed, and the inverted U-shaped portion is formed so as not to move greatly in the front-rear direction by the arm portion 70A in the installed state. It is not installed in a tilted state due to F but is installed almost horizontally.

[Embodiment 2]
FIG. 14 shows the grill unit 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 shows a side view of the grill door device pulled out from the grill chamber. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  In the grill door device 20 having the pull-down mechanism 30 described with reference to FIG. 6, when the pull-down angle X is large when housed in the grill chamber 11, if the pull-down arm 31 is pushed as it is, the pull-down arm 31 lowers the lower edge of the opening 12 of the grill chamber 11. In some cases, it is necessary to lift the grill door 21 (decrease the pull-down angle X) and push it in.

  In this example, in order to solve such a problem, when the grill door device 30 with the grill door 21 lowered on the lower surface of the pull-down arm 31 of the grill door device 30 is accommodated in the grill chamber 17, the opening of the grill chamber 11 is opened. An arch-shaped (gradual arc-shaped) concave portion 37 is provided in a portion in contact with the lower edge portion of the portion 12.

  According to this example, since the arch-shaped concave portion 37 is provided on the lower surface of the pull-down arm 31, when the grill door device 30 is pushed in regardless of the pull-down angle X, the grill door 21 is the same as when the pull-down angle X is small. As shown in FIG. 14, if the grill door 21 is pushed from the front to the rear without lifting the grill door 21, the inclination angle of the pull-down arm 31 gradually decreases from the pull-down angle X. The grill door device 20 can be easily accommodated in the grill chamber 11 in a state of being zero, that is, horizontal.

  Note that the position where the arch-shaped recess 37 is formed is a pull-out position where the pull-down arm 31 is smoothly moved, and the grill pan 40 is exposed from the grill chamber 11 as shown in FIG. In order to be able to be realized, it is necessary to form a predetermined length from the portion close to the pin 32 serving as the rotation center of the pull-down arm 31 in the direction of the grill door 20.

  The arch-shaped recess of this example can also be implemented in the case of a grill unit that slides with a slide rail inserted into a fixed guide rail.

According to the present embodiment, the pull-down mechanism 30 including the pull-down arm 31 and the holding arm 34 with the grill door 21 supported at the front end is provided on the slide rail 23 with high rigidity. The slide rail 23 is not deformed.
Further, since the arch-shaped recess 37 is provided on the lower surface of the pull-down arm 31 of the pull-down mechanism 30, the grill door device 20 can be easily accommodated in the grill chamber 11 with a small force without lifting the grill door 21. An easy-to-use grill unit 10 can be obtained.

[Embodiment 3]
15 and 16 show the grill unit 10 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 15 is a side view showing the process of pushing the grill door device back into the grill chamber, and FIG. 16 shows the grill door device in the grill chamber. The grill room is shown in section in the side view of the state pulled out from The grill chamber is shown in cross section. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  In the grill unit 10 having the pull-down mechanism 30 according to the second embodiment, a sliding body 38 is provided on the locus through which the pull-down arm 31 near the bottom plate opening 12 of the grill chamber 11 passes. is there.

  The sliding body 38 is formed of a metal or a heat-resistant resin whose surface slides, and both the left and right pull-down arms 31 pass over a spherical surface or an arc surface. Thereby, since the pull-down arm 31 slides on the sliding body 38, the grill door apparatus 20 can be smoothly pulled out or accommodated from the grill chamber 11 with a small force without lifting the grill door 21.

  Although not shown, the sliding body 38 may be a pair of cylindrical or spherical rollers corresponding to the pull-down arm 31 respectively. In this case, the roller itself does not have to be made of a material having a small friction coefficient (slippery), and the pull-down arm 31 slides on the roller-shaped sliding body 38, so that a small force can be obtained without lifting the grill door 21. Thus, the grill door device 20 can be smoothly pulled out or accommodated from the grill chamber 11.

  The present embodiment can also be implemented in a grill unit in which a slide rail is fitted in a fixed guide rail.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the case where the grill unit 10 according to the present invention is provided in the illustrated cooker is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a cooker having another structure may be used. Good.

  When the pull-down arms 31a and 31b are lifted upward by the user via the handle 22, the upper surfaces of the front end portions of the pull-down arms 31a and 31b hit a predetermined position on the lower surface of the arm portion 70A, and the connecting arm 70 is lifted. The pull-down mechanism 30 and the slide rails 23a and 23b move together, but when the upper surface of the front ends of the pull-down arms 31a and 31b and the lower surface of the arm portion 70A hit a predetermined position. In order to suppress the collision sound between metals, you may interpose buffer materials, such as heat resistant rubber, between both. Further, instead of the cushioning material, a leaf spring-like cushion material may be attached to one or both of them.

  In the above description, the cooking device having a heating element driven by electric power has been described. However, the grill unit 10 according to the present invention can also be used in a cooking device using gas as a heating source.

It is a perspective view of the cooking-by-heating machine provided with the grill unit concerning Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is a sectional side view of the grill unit of FIG. It is sectional drawing of the state which accommodated the grill door apparatus of FIG. 2 in the grill room. It is a side view of the state which pulled out the slide rail of FIG. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a heating cooker including the grill unit according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a perspective view of the grill unit of FIG. It is a perspective view of the state which pulled out the grill unit of FIG. It is a perspective view of the principal part which shows the relationship between the grill unit slide rail of FIG. 6, and a rear part reinforcement board. It is a perspective view before the attachment of the reinforcement board of the grill unit of FIG. FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view showing a positional relationship between a slide rail and a pull-down arm of the grill unit of FIG. 6. It is a side view of the state which pulled out the grill door apparatus of the grill unit of FIG. 6 from the grill room. FIG. 7 is a side view showing a process of pushing back the grill door device of the grill unit of FIG. 6 into the grill chamber. It is sectional drawing of the state which pulled out the grill door apparatus of the grill unit concerning Embodiment 2 of this invention from the grill room. It is a side view which shows the process in which the grill door apparatus of the grill unit which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention is pushed back to a grill chamber. It is sectional drawing of the state which pulled out the grill door apparatus of FIG. 15 from the grill room.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case of a heating cooker, 10 Grill unit, 11 Grill chamber, 12 Opening part, 14a, 14b Fixed guide rail, 16 Rear opening part, 20 Grill door apparatus, 21 Grill door, 23a, 23b Sliding rail, 25 Retainer , 26 Roller, 27 Reinforcement frame, 30 Pull-down mechanism, 31 Pull-down arm, 33 Long hole, 34 Holding arm, 36 Pin, 37 Arched recess, 38 Sliding body (roller), 40 Grill plate, 42 Flange, 60 Front Reinforcing plate (reinforcing material), 70 connecting arm, 70A arm portion, 80 rear reinforcing plate (reinforcing material), 85 intermediate reinforcing plate (reinforcing material).

Claims (20)

A grill unit provided in a heating cooker,
A box-shaped grill room having an opening on the front side and a fixed guide rail attached to the lower part of the inner surface of both side walls;
A grill door that opens and closes the opening of the grill chamber, and a slide rail that is slidably fitted to the outer periphery or inner periphery of the fixed guide rail and whose front ends are connected by a rigid member. A grill door device,
The grill pan is detachably mounted on the sliding arm,
When the grill door device is pulled out to the front, the entire grill pan is exposed outside the front opening of the grill chamber, and in this state, the grill door device slides forward from the fixed rail. A grill unit characterized by being stabilized at its pull-out position by a rail.   2. The grill unit according to claim 1, wherein the rigid member for connecting the front end portion of the slide rail is a metal connecting arm, and the arm supports and positions the front end edge of the grill pan.   2. The grill unit according to claim 1, further comprising a reinforcing member for connecting the rear ends of the slide rails.   4. The grill unit according to claim 3, wherein the reinforcing member is positioned below the grill plate in an installed state, and a stopper for restricting the insertion position of the grill plate is provided at the rear part.   A cooking device comprising the grill unit according to any one of claims 1 to 4. A grill unit provided in a heating cooker,
A box-shaped grill room having an opening on the front side and a fixed guide rail attached to the lower part of the inner surface of both side walls;
A grille door that opens and closes the opening of the grill chamber, and a sliding rail that is slidably fitted to the outer periphery or inner periphery of the fixed guide rail and whose front ends are connected by a rigid connecting arm; And a front end supports a grill door that opens and closes the opening of the grill chamber, and a rear end includes a pull-down arm pivotally supported by the slide rail, and the grill door is connected to the grill chamber. A grill door device provided with a pull-down mechanism that lowers the grill door when it is pulled forward from
The grill pan is detachably mounted on the sliding arm,
A grill unit characterized in that when the grill door is moved to the front opening side of the grill chamber, the pull-down arm contacts the connecting arm and supports it from below.   A long hole is provided in the pull-down arm of the pull-down mechanism, and a pin provided on the other end of the holding arm pivotally supported by the slide rail is slidably fitted into the long hole of the pull-down arm. The grill unit according to claim 6, wherein the grill unit is formed.   The grill unit according to claim 6, wherein a substantially arch-shaped recess is provided on a lower surface of the pull-down arm of the pull-down mechanism.   The grill unit according to claim 6, wherein a sliding body is provided at a position through which the pull-down arm passes in the vicinity of the opening of the grill chamber.   The grill unit according to claim 6, wherein the grill pan is provided with positioning means for the grill pan.   A rear opening is provided on the rear wall of the grill chamber, the fixed guide rail and the sliding rail are formed long, and the rear portion of the fixed guide rail protrudes from the rear opening to the rear side, corresponding to the protrusion. 7. A grill according to claim 6, wherein a magnetic force urging means is provided at the position where the sliding rail is moved to a predetermined position to apply a pulling force toward the grill chamber to the sliding rail. unit.   The grill unit according to claim 6, wherein the front end edge of the grill pan is supported and positioned by the connecting arm.   The grill unit according to claim 6, further comprising a reinforcing member for connecting the rear ends of the slide rails.   14. The grill unit according to claim 13, wherein the reinforcing member is positioned below the grill pan in an installed state, and a stopper for restricting the rearward movement of the grill pan is provided at the rear portion.   The grill unit according to claim 6, further comprising a reinforcing member for connecting the front end portions of the pull-down arm.   The reinforcing member is positioned below the grill pan in an installed state, and a front plate portion is provided at a front portion thereof, and a grill door is attached to a front surface of the front plate portion. Item 16. The grill unit according to item 15.   16. The grill unit according to claim 15, wherein the reinforcing material has a depth dimension that is half the depth dimension of the grill chamber, and is installed in parallel with a predetermined gap on the lower surface of the grill pan.   A cooking device comprising the grill unit according to any one of claims 6 to 17. A grill unit provided in a heating cooker,
A box-shaped grill room having an opening on the front side and a fixed guide rail attached to the lower part of the inner surface of both side walls;
A grille door that opens and closes the opening of the grill chamber, and a sliding rail that is slidably fitted to the outer periphery or inner periphery of the fixed guide rail and whose front ends are connected by a rigid connecting arm; And a front end supports a grill door that opens and closes the opening of the grill chamber, and a rear end includes a pull-down arm pivotally supported by the slide rail, and the grill door is connected to the grill chamber. A grill door device provided with a pull-down mechanism in which the inclination angle with the sliding rail as a fulcrum is increased so that the amount by which the grill door descends increases according to the amount pulled forward from
When the grill pan is moved on the sliding arm to the front opening side of the grill chamber, the pull-down arm is Support the connecting arm from below,
In the state where the grill door device is pulled out most together with the sliding arm, the entire grill pan is exposed horizontally outward from the front opening of the grill chamber, and in this state, the grill door device is pulled forward from the fixed rail. A grill unit characterized by being stabilized at the pull-out position regardless of the presence or absence of the grill pan by the slide rail.   A cooking device comprising the grill unit according to claim 19.

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