JP2009201591A - Kitchen apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kitchen apparatus capable of securing the excellent exhaust heat efficiency inside an electromagnetic cooker by avoiding pressure loss inside a vertical channel-shaped cooling air exhaust part for air-cooling the interior of the electromagnetic cooker, and capable of preventing the soup overflowing from an exhaust outlet of the exhaust part for discharging cooling air upward above the kitchen apparatus onto the electromagnetic cooker from easily flowing down into the exhaust part. <P>SOLUTION: The kitchen apparatus 1 has the built-in electromagnetic cooker 3 in a cabinet 2. The kitchen apparatus has the vertical channel-shaped exhaust part 11 for discharging cooling air whose heat is exhausted by cooling the interior of the electromagnetic cooker 3, and an exhaust inlet 29 for letting cooling air from the electromagnetic cooker 3 into one side of the exhaust part 11 on the electromagnetic cooker 3 side. The exhaust outlet 32 for discharging air inside the exhaust part 11 is disposed in a part on the opposite side from the exhaust inlet 29 in the upper end of the exhaust part 11. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a kitchen apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a kitchen apparatus is known in which an electromagnetic heating cooker is built in a cabinet. The cabinet is used as a storage space for cooking ingredients such as preserved ingredients and pots, but in response to a request to avoid a rise in the temperature of this storage space, the heating equipment built in the electromagnetic heating cooker that generates heat is air-cooled. In general, the cooling air after cooling the heating device is exhausted upward from the vertical flow path-shaped exhaust section provided on the upper surface of the kitchen apparatus (for example, Patent Document 1).

  Here, unlike a gas cooker where the stove or virtues are exposed on the top plate, the electromagnetic heating cooker can flatten the top plate for cooking, so it is easy to remove spilled juice from cooking utensils such as pans. It has the advantage that it can be wiped and the cooking top is easy to clean. However, there is a high possibility that the broth flows on the cooking top plate, which is flat, so as to reach the exhaust outlet of the exhaust section, and the broth flows down into the exhaust section from the exhaust outlet.

In addition, the cooling air flows in a substantially horizontal direction in the electromagnetic heating cooker and then reaches the vertical flow path-shaped exhaust part, and the flow direction is forced to face upward in the vertical flow path-shaped exhaust part. It is assumed that the air flows from the exhaust outlet to the upper side of the kitchen apparatus after the change is made, but the pressure loss in the exhaust section of the vertical flow path where the flow direction changes is large, and the cooling air There was also a problem that good exhaust heat efficiency in the electromagnetic heating cooker could not be secured due to the stagnation of the flow.
JP 2004-76954 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to avoid pressure loss in the exhaust portion of the vertical flow path of the cooling air for cooling the inside of the electromagnetic heating cooker. As well as ensuring good exhaust heat efficiency in the cooking stove, the juice spilled on the electromagnetic heating cooker from the exhaust outlet of the exhaust that exhausts the cooling air to the upper side of the kitchen device is less likely to flow down into the exhaust It is to provide a kitchen apparatus.

  In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that it has the following configuration. That is, it is a kitchen apparatus 1 in which an electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is built in the cabinet 2. An exhaust unit 11 having a vertical flow path for discharging the cooling air exhausted by cooling the inside of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is provided above the kitchen apparatus 1. An exhaust inlet 29 for introducing cooling air from the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is provided on one side of the exhaust unit 11. An exhaust outlet 32 for exhausting the air in the exhaust part 11 is provided at a portion opposite to the exhaust inlet 29 at the upper end of the exhaust part 11.

  According to this, the cooling air coming from the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 side through the exhaust inlet 29 turns upward in the vertical flow path-like exhaust part 11, and from the exhaust outlet 32 at the upper end to above the kitchen apparatus 1. However, the cooling air flowing in the exhaust part 11 by turning upward is opposite to the exhaust inlet 29 in the exhaust part 11 due to the momentum of the flow from the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 side. Ascend the side part. And since the exhaust outlet 32 is provided in the site | part on the opposite side to the said exhaust inlet 29 in the upper end of the exhaust part 11, the cooling air which raises the site | part on the opposite side to the exhaust inlet 29 in the exhaust part 11 is exhausted as it is. The air can be smoothly exhausted to the upper part of the kitchen apparatus 1 through the air passage 32, and the pressure loss of the cooling air in the exhaust part 11 can be avoided to ensure good exhaust heat efficiency in the electromagnetic heating cooker 3. . In addition, since the exhaust outlet 32 is disposed at a part of the exhaust part 11 opposite to the exhaust inlet 29, that is, a part away from the center of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3, the spilled soup 2 on the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is exhausted. It is difficult to reach the outlet 32, and the risk of flowing from the exhaust outlet 32 into the exhaust part 11 can be reduced.

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in addition to claim 1, it has the following configuration. That is, the lid member 31 provided with the exhaust outlet 32 at the upper end of the exhaust part 11 is detachably attached. A positioning part 33 is provided between the lid member 31 and the exhaust part 11 for positioning both.

  According to this, the lid 31 can be arranged in a predetermined state at the upper end of the exhaust part 11 by the positioning part 33, and the exhaust outlet 32 provided in the lid 31 is reliably opposite to the exhaust inlet 29 at the upper end of the exhaust part 11. It can be located on the side site.

  In the present invention, it is possible to avoid the pressure loss in the exhaust part of the vertical flow path of the cooling air for cooling the inside of the electromagnetic heating cooker, and to ensure good exhaust heat efficiency in the electromagnetic heating cooker. There is an advantage that it is difficult to make the broth spilled on the electromagnetic heating cooker from the exhaust outlet of the exhaust section that discharges the working air above the kitchen device into the exhaust section.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the kitchen apparatus 1 of the present example is provided with an electromagnetic heating cooker 3 at the top of a cabinet 2. The electromagnetic heating cooker 3 of this example is a so-called IH cooker, in which a heating device having a magnetic force generating coil is built in a main body casing 4, and a flat cooking top mounted on the main body casing 4. Cooking such as a pan placed on the plate 5 is excited by the magnetic lines of force generated by the heating device to generate heat, so that cooking is possible.

  The cabinet 2 is configured by mounting an upper surface counter 9 that constitutes the upper surface of the cabinet 2 on a box-shaped cabinet body 2a that uses the inside as a storage space. The upper surface counter 9 is formed by reinforcing a surface material 16 having a flat upper surface with a backing material 17. The upper surface counter 9 is provided with an installation opening 18 for dropping the electromagnetic heating cooker 3, and the installation opening 18 communicates with the cooking device storage space 6 provided in the cabinet 2 below the upper surface counter 9. is doing. In the electromagnetic heating cooker 3, the main body casing 4 is stored in the cooker storage space 6, and the peripheral edge of the cooking top 5 is placed on the peripheral edge of the installation opening 18 and exposed on the upper surface of the kitchen apparatus 1. , Arranged (built-in) in the cabinet 2.

  Specifically, in this example, the backing material 17 protrudes toward the center of the opening compared to the surface material 16 at the periphery of the opening 18 for installation of the upper surface counter 9 to form the cooker mounting portion 19. The peripheral edge of the cooking top 5 is placed on the cooking device placing portion 19. And the thickness of the cooking top plate 5 and the surface material 16 is made substantially equal, and the upper surface of the cooking top plate 5 constituting the upper surface of the kitchen apparatus 1 and the upper surface of the upper surface counter 9 are substantially flush with each other. Has been.

  Here, the cooker storage space 6 is formed so as to be partitioned by a partition plate 7 and a lower space 8 in the cabinet 2 (specifically, in the cabinet body 2a). A lower space 8 of the cooker storage space 6 separated from the cooker storage space 6 by the partition plate 7 is used as a storage space for storing an object to be cooked (a cooking tool such as a pan or stored food).

  The cooker storage space 6 is communicated with the front space of the cabinet 2 through an air inlet 10 opened on the front surface of the cabinet 2. The air inlet 10 is provided below the drooping front edge portion 9a of the upper surface counter 9, and the air inlet 10 can be made inconspicuous to ensure a good appearance in the kitchen apparatus 1. In addition, although the inlet 10 can be formed also by providing the penetration slit 10a in the curtain plate 20 provided in the front surface of the cabinet 2, or the front plate 21, in this example, the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is provided in the cabinet main body 2a. The operation panel 3a is provided in a drawer shape, and the gap between the operation panel 3a and the cabinet body 2a constitutes this.

  Here, in the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 of this example, a fan 12 is provided in the main body casing 4, and cooling air is sucked into the main body casing 4 by the fan 12 at the front portion of the main body casing 4. An air inlet 13 is provided for cooling the heating device in the main body casing 4 by cooling air. In the figure, the arrows indicate the flow of cooling air.

  Specifically, the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 has a main body casing 4 that is formed in a rectangular box shape that is opened upward, which includes a front surface 4b, a rear surface 4c, a pair of side surfaces, and a lower surface 4a. It is formed so as to be closed by the cooking top 5. The air inlet 13 is provided on the front surface 4 b of the main body casing 4 so as to face the air inlet 10 of the cabinet 2, and the outside air of the cabinet 2 serving as cooling air is smoothly passed through the air inlet 10 and the air inlet 13. The main casing 4 can be inhaled. In addition, the functional part which makes the outside air of the cabinet 2 used as the cooling air into the main body casing 4 of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 as constituted by the intake port 10 and the intake port 13 is collectively referred to as an intake unit 15. To do.

  The cooling air introduced through the intake portion 15 and passing through the casing 4 is exhausted outside the cabinet 2 through the exhaust portion 11. The exhaust part 11 of this example is opened in the rear part of the top plate 9 for cooking on the top counter 9 of the cabinet 2. Specifically, an exhaust port 14 for discharging the cooling air after the heating device is air-cooled to the outside of the main body casing 4 is provided at the rear portion (rear surface 4c in this example) of the main body casing 4 of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3. Is provided. The cooling air discharged from the exhaust port 14 to the outside of the main casing 4 is discharged to the upper rear portion of the cabinet 2 through the exhaust portion 11 of the cabinet 2. The exhaust part 11 of this example is provided in a band shape that extends in the width direction of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 at a position slightly rearward from the rear end of the cooking top plate 5 in the upper surface counter 9.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the exhaust portion 11 of the present example has a duct 23 having one end connected to an exhaust portion opening 22 formed in the upper surface counter 9, and the other end of the duct 23. When the electromagnetic cooking device 3 is dropped from the installation opening 18, the electromagnetic cooking device 3 is positioned so as to face the exhaust port 14 of the electromagnetic cooking device 3 so that it can be connected to the exhaust cooking device 3 with almost no gap. The duct 23 has a bottomed vertical flow channel portion 24 that hangs substantially vertically from the exhaust portion opening 22 and a substantially horizontal front from a position above the bottom surface 24a of the vertical flow channel portion 24 so as to open on the upstream side. 25a has a transverse flow path portion 25 arranged opposite to the exhaust port 14, and is formed in a substantially toroidal shape in side view.

  And in the vertical flow path part 24 of the exhaust part 11, the tray material 26 for receiving the boiled juice which flowed down to the exhaust part 11 by any chance is detachably accommodated. The tray member 26 is a flat container that is long in the width direction that opens upward so as to match the inner surface shape of the vertical flow path portion 24 of the exhaust portion 11, and a flange 27 provided on the upper opening edge is used for the exhaust portion. By being placed on the periphery of the opening 22, it is disposed in the longitudinal flow path portion 24 of the exhaust portion 11. Specifically, the backing material 17 protrudes toward the center of the opening compared to the surface material 16 at the periphery of the exhaust portion opening 22 of the upper surface counter 9 to form a tray placement portion 28, and the tray placement portion of the backing material 17 is formed. A flange 27 is mounted on 28.

  An exhaust inlet 29 that communicates with the downstream opening 25 b of the lateral flow path portion 25 of the duct 23 is formed in the front wall of the tray material 26. The exhaust inlet 29 is provided above the bottom surface 26 a of the tray material 26. Therefore, when the broth should flow down to the exhaust part 11, the broth is retained in the concave soup reservoir part 30 at the lower end of the tray member 26 (between the exhaust inlet 29 and the bottom face 26a), and the back of the exhaust part 11 (the lateral flow path part) 25) As a result, the broth is prevented from entering the electromagnetic heating cooker 3, and the tray material 26 is removed from the exhaust portion 11 so that the accumulated broth can be discarded.

  Further, similarly to the exhaust portion opening 22, a strip-shaped lid member 31 that is long in the width direction of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is attached to the exhaust portion opening 22 of the upper surface counter 9. An exhaust outlet 32 for discharging the cooling air in the tray member 26 in the vertical flow path portion 24 of the exhaust portion 11 to the upper side of the cabinet 2 is formed in a slit shape long in the longitudinal direction at the rear portion of the lid member 31. Has been drilled. Specifically, the lid member 31 is detachably disposed on the exhaust unit 11 by placing the periphery thereof on the flange 27 of the tray member 26. In this example, the thickness of the laminated lid member 31 and the flange 27 of the tray member 26 is substantially equal to the thickness of the cooking top plate 5, and the upper surface of the lid member 31 and the upper surface of the upper surface counter 9 are substantially flush. Has been.

  In order to ensure that the exhaust outlet 32 is positioned on the rear side of the cabinet 2, a positioning portion 33 is provided between the lid member 31 and the exhaust portion 11, as shown in FIG. 3B. Yes. The positioning portion 33 of this example includes an engagement protrusion 34 that hangs down from the lower surface of the front edge of the lid member 31, and an engagement that engages with the engagement protrusion 34 that is recessed in the front edge portion of the flange 27 of the tray material 26. It is comprised with the recessed part 35. FIG. The positioning portion 33 prevents the cover 31 from being attached to the exhaust portion 11 with the front-rear direction reversed.

  Thus, in the kitchen apparatus 1 of this example, the exhaust part 11 for discharging | emitting the heat | fever of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is not the cooking top plate 5 but the cooking top plate 5 in the upper surface counter 9 of the cabinet 2. FIG. Is also provided in the rear part, so that it is not continuous with the cooking top plate 5, and the spilled spilled on the cooking top plate 5 can be made difficult to flow down to the exhaust part 11. In addition, the exhaust outlet 32 of the lid member 31 that is substantially the discharge portion of the cooling air from the exhaust portion 11 is the rear portion of the exhaust portion 11 (the portion opposite to the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 side) as described above. Is provided as far as possible from the center of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3, and the effect of preventing boiled juice spilled on the cooking top 5 from flowing from the exhaust outlet 32 to the exhaust section 11 is enhanced.

  Furthermore, by providing the exhaust unit 11 on the top counter 9 of the cabinet 2, it is not necessary to provide the exhaust unit 11 on the cooking top 5 of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3, and the cooking top 5 can be downsized. As a result, since the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 provided on the upper surface counter 9 is dropped and built-in, the installation opening 18 can be reduced in size, and there is an advantage that the degree of freedom in designing the kitchen apparatus 1 can be improved.

  Further, in the longitudinal flow path portion 24 of the exhaust section 11, the flow direction is forcibly changed so that the cooling air coming from the horizontal flow path portion 25 is directed upward as indicated by an arrow in the drawing, The cooling air after the flow direction has been forcibly changed so as to face the flow direction is mainly combined with the momentum of the flow from the horizontal flow path portion 25, mainly on the rear surface of the vertical flow path portion 24 (electromagnetic heating cooker). It rises along the surface opposite to the third side.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the exhaust outlet 32 is on the front side of the exhaust part 11 (on the side of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3), the rear surface of the longitudinal channel part 24 (on the opposite side to the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 side) The cooling air rising along the surface) takes a path to move to the exhaust outlet 32 and then discharge after changing the direction of flow by hitting the portion of the lid 31 that closes the rear part of the exhaust part 11; A large pressure loss occurs.

  However, in this example, as shown in FIG. 3, the exhaust outlet 32 is arranged at the rear part of the exhaust part 11, and rises along the rear surface of the longitudinal flow path part 24 (surface opposite to the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 side). The cooling air is smoothly exhausted to the upper part of the cabinet 2 through the exhaust outlet 32 without changing the flow direction, that is, the pressure loss of the cooling air in the exhaust part 11 can be avoided, and the electromagnetic heating Good exhaust heat efficiency in the cooking device 3 can be secured. By ensuring good exhaust heat efficiency in the electromagnetic heating cooker 3, it is possible to prevent the heat generated in the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 from being transmitted to the lower space 8 used as a storage space for stored foods and the like.

  By arranging the exhaust outlet 32 at the rear part of the exhaust part 11 in this way, good exhaust heat efficiency in the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 can be secured, so the size of the exhaust outlet 32 itself exposed to the upper surface counter 9 can be reduced. It is also possible to make it smaller, and it is possible to improve the effect of preventing the boiled juice from flowing down to the exhaust part 11 and to improve the appearance of the kitchen apparatus 1.

  In addition, although the exhaust part 11 is arrange | positioned in the cabinet 2 in the said embodiment, you may provide in the electromagnetic heating cooking appliance 3. FIG. In this case, the boiled juice inflow prevention effect due to the arrangement position of the exhaust part 11 is reduced as compared with the previous example, but the boiled juice inflow prevention effect and cooling due to the arrangement position of the exhaust outlet 32 that is a substantial exhaust location provided at the upper end of the exhaust part 11. It is possible to provide the effect of preventing the pressure loss of the working air, the effect of preventing the inflow of boiled juice by the exhaust outlet 32 reduced in size, and the effect of improving the appearance.

It is a sectional side view of the kitchen apparatus of the example of embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of a kitchen apparatus same as the above. (A) is a sectional side view of the principal part same as the above, and (b) is an enlarged view of part A of (a). It is a sectional side view of the principal part of the kitchen apparatus as a comparative example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Kitchen apparatus 2 Cabinet 3 Electromagnetic heating cooker 11 Exhaust part 29 Exhaust inlet 32 Exhaust outlet 33 Positioning part

Claims (2)

  A kitchen apparatus with a built-in electromagnetic heating cooker in the cabinet, and a vertical flow path-like exhaust section for discharging the cooling air exhausted by cooling the inside of the electromagnetic heating cooker to the upper side of the kitchen apparatus. An exhaust inlet for introducing cooling air from the electromagnetic heating cooker is provided on one side surface of the exhaust part, and an exhaust outlet for exhausting the air in the exhaust part at a portion opposite to the exhaust inlet at the upper end of the exhaust part. A kitchen apparatus characterized by being provided.   The kitchen apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a lid member provided with an exhaust outlet is detachably attached to an upper end of the exhaust part, and a positioning part is provided between the lid member and the exhaust part to position the lid member.

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