JP2011047588A - Heating cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately position the front face of an entering/leaving member such as a battery case and the front face of a front panel when the entering/leaving member is stored, and maintain suitable appearance. <P>SOLUTION: A storage part 21 for storing the battery case 13 so as to enable entering/leaving via an opening 22 formed on the front panel 6 is formed within a body 2 of a table stove 1, and a terminal spring 24 for energizing the battery case 13 to the drawing out direction is provided on the rear inner face of the storage part 21. An operation knob 16 including a lock projection 17 is provided on the lower face of the battery case 13, and a lock piece 25 on which the lock projection 17 is locked in the storage position of the battery case 13 is extended to a lower edge of the opening 22 of the front panel 6, so as to determine the storage position of the battery case 13 with respect to the front panel 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking device such as a table stove.

  Some cooking devices such as table stoves use dry batteries as an operating power source. For example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, this dry battery is housed in a battery case with a lid, and the battery case can be taken into and out of the battery box inside the body through an opening provided on the front panel on the front of the body. Is housed in. Specifically, a terminal spring is provided on the rear wall of the battery case to urge the battery case in the pulling direction, while stopper means that is a plate-like body having a restoring force is provided on the bottom surface of the battery case. Then, when the battery case is pushed into the battery box against the bias of the terminal spring, the locking protrusion provided on the stopper means is locked to the locking hole provided on the battery box, and the lid is attached to the front panel. It has a structure that is locked at a housing position that closes the opening. When the operation knob provided on the stopper means is lifted at the time of battery replacement, the locking projection is released from the locking hole and pushed forward by the bias of the terminal spring. Patent Document 2 describes a stove in which a housing case that houses a battery case is provided so as to be inclined obliquely upward in the back direction and the battery case is held in an inclined shape.

JP-A-8-250088 JP 2004-125335 A

  However, in the structures of Patent Documents 1 and 2, since the battery case locking projections of the battery case are locked to the battery box and the housing frame that serve as the battery case storage portion, the battery box for the container body The front surface of the battery case and the front surface of the front panel are not aligned due to the mounting error or the like, and the front surface of the battery case may protrude from the front surface of the front panel or may be submerged, thereby impairing the appearance. Such misalignment can also occur in other members that enter and exit from the front panel (hereinafter, such members are referred to as “in / out members”), such as the operation panel and grill, in addition to the battery case.

  Then, this invention aims at providing the heating cooker which can position the front surface of the entrance / exit member at the time of accommodation of the entrance / exit member which comes in / out from a front panel with the front surface of a front panel accurately, and can maintain a suitable external appearance. It is what.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 forms in the vessel body having the front panel on the front surface, an accommodation portion for accommodating the access member through the opening formed in the front panel so as to be able to be put in and out. The housing part or the entrance / exit member is provided with a biasing means for biasing the entrance / exit member in the pulling-out direction at the accommodation position of the entrance / exit member in the accommodation part. The cooking device is provided with a locking portion for locking and holding the entrance / exit member in the storage position against the urging means, and the container side locking portion is provided on the front panel to accommodate the entrance / exit member. The position is determined with respect to the front panel.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first aspect, the engaging portion on the side of the in / out member is provided on the operation knob that has elasticity in a direction orthogonal to the in / out direction of the in / out member and is exposed in the opening. On the other hand, the locking projection on the front panel side is extended to the edge of the opening of the front panel, and is a locking piece that locks the locking projection at the storage position of the entrance / exit member. To do.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the front surface of the lid portion and the front surface of the front panel can be accurately aligned when the accommodating member is accommodated even if there is an attachment error of the accommodating portion with respect to the container. Therefore, the variation in the accommodation position of the access member is reduced, and a suitable appearance can be maintained.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, it is possible to easily and reliably determine the accommodation position of the access member when the front panel is opened.

It is a perspective view of a table stove. It is an expansion perspective view of a battery case part. It is explanatory drawing of a battery case, (A) is a front, (B) is a plane, (C) is a right side, (D) shows a bottom face, respectively. It is sectional drawing of the battery case part in a table stove, (A) shows the accommodation state of a battery case, (B) shows each drawer state.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a table stove. The table stove 1 is provided with two sets of stove burners 4 and 4 on a top plate 3 provided on the upper part of the body 2. A grille 5 is provided in the vessel body 2 between them. A front panel 6 is provided at the front of the vessel body 2, and on the left and right sides of the grill 5 on the front panel 6, the burner 4 and the operation buttons 7, 7. 8 ... are provided. Reference numeral 9 denotes the five virtue on which the cooking container is placed on the stove burner 4, and 10 denotes an exhaust port of the grill 5.

  The front panel 6 is formed in a downwardly inclined shape that protrudes forward as it goes downward from the upper end, and a portion near the lower end protrudes forward most, and from there, the lower portion moves backward as it goes downward, opposite to the upper portion. It is formed in a downward slope after retreating. Further, a protrusion 11 protruding forward from the other part is formed at the left and right side edges of the front panel 6 and the boundary part of the vertical inclination, and the front shape of the operation button 7 and the handle 12 of the grill 5 is as follows. It is formed in a convex shape that matches the ridge 11 at the boundary and is continuous with the front surface of the front panel 6.

  Reference numeral 13 denotes a battery case which is an example of an entry / exit member, and as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, similarly to the operation button 7, a lid portion 14 whose front surface is formed in a convex shape according to the protrusion 11 of the front panel 6, It is composed of a box-shaped case portion 15 which is provided continuously behind the lid portion 14 and opens upward, and two dry batteries can be held in series in the case portion 15. Further, an operation knob 16 having elasticity in the vertical direction and projecting a locking projection 17 on the lower surface is projected on the lower surface of the case portion 15 so as to project forward, and below the lid portion 14 in the front-rear direction. The tip is protruded into the groove 18 provided in. This locking projection 17 serves as a locking portion on the battery case 13 side. Further, the left side surface of the case portion 15 is formed with a stopper 19 having elasticity in the left-right direction by a U-shaped cut and projecting a protrusion 20 on the outer surface.

  On the other hand, the container 2 is formed with a housing portion 21 for the battery case 13. As shown in FIG. 4, the accommodating portion 21 is in a box shape that accommodates the battery case 13 inserted from the opening 22 formed in the front panel 6 in the front-rear direction and in a front-down sloping shape that rises toward the rear, Support pieces 23 and 23 for guiding the battery case 13 in the insertion / removal direction are cut and raised on the left and right side surfaces, and terminals as urging means that come into contact with the negative electrode of the dry battery housed in the battery case 13 are formed on the rear inner surface. A spring 24 is provided.

  A locking piece 25 serving as a locking portion on the side of the container body 2 is extended from the lower edge of the opening 22 in the front panel 6. The engaging piece 25 is an element in which the engaging protrusion 17 of the operation knob 16 is elastically locked while the battery case 13 is pushed into the housing portion 21 against the bias of the terminal spring 24. In the stopped state, the battery case 13 is held in the accommodation position of FIGS. 2 and 4A where the lid portion 14 closes the opening 22 and the front surface thereof is located continuously with the front surface of the front panel 6. At this time, the terminal spring 24 contracts to urge the battery case 13 forward, and the tip of the operation knob 16 is exposed in the opening 22 through the groove 18.

In the table stove 1 configured as described above, when the battery case 13 containing a dry battery (not shown) is inserted into the housing part 21 through the opening 22 and pushed backward as it is, the locking projection of the operation knob 16 as described above. The battery case 13 is held at the housing position where the 17 is locked to the locking piece 25, and the front surface of the lid portion 14 is flush with the front surface of the front panel 6.
When the dry battery is replaced, if the operation knob 16 is operated so that the tip of the operation knob 16 is raised upward in the groove 18, the locking projection 17 is detached from the locking piece 25 and the terminal spring 24 is biased. The case 13 slides forward in the housing portion 21 and protrudes to a position where the protrusion 20 of the stopper 19 is locked to a not-shown locked portion provided in the housing portion 21 as shown in FIG. Therefore, the case part 15 is exposed and the battery can be replaced. After the replacement, if it is pushed again into the accommodating portion 21 through the lid portion 14, it is held at the accommodating position.

Thus, according to the table stove 1 of the said form, the latching piece 25 used as the latching | locking part by the side of the container 2 is provided in the front panel 6, and the accommodation position of the battery case 13 is set with respect to the front panel 6. By determining, even if there is an attachment error or the like of the housing portion 21 with respect to the container body 2, the front surface of the lid portion 14 and the front surface of the front panel 6 when the battery case 13 is housed can be accurately aligned. Therefore, variation in the storage position of the battery case 13 is reduced, and a suitable appearance can be maintained.
In particular, here, the locking portion on the battery case 13 side is the locking protrusion 17 provided on the operation knob 16 that has elasticity in the vertical direction perpendicular to the insertion / removal direction of the battery case 13 and is exposed in the opening 22. Since the front panel 6 side locking portion extends to the edge of the opening 22 and is a locking piece 25 that locks the locking projection 17 at the storage position of the battery case 13, Thus, the storage position of the battery case 13 can be determined easily and reliably.

In the above embodiment, the operation knob is provided on the lower surface of the battery case to be engaged with the locking piece of the front panel, but the operation knob may be provided on the side surface or the upper surface of the battery case to be engaged with the front panel. There is no problem.
In addition, the structure of the locking portion is not limited to the above form, and for example, a design such as forming a protrusion on a cut-and-raised piece such as a stopper on the battery case side, or providing a protrusion instead of the locking piece on the front panel side, etc. It can be changed. Further, contrary to the above-described embodiment, an operation knob can be provided on the front panel side, and a locking piece can be provided on the battery case side.

On the other hand, the accommodating portion is not limited to the one formed in an inclined manner as in the above-described form, and may be formed horizontally, and the form of the front panel is one that does not have protrusions or one that does not incline up and down. There may be. Further, the terminal spring serving as the biasing means may be provided on the battery case side, or other forms such as a leaf spring may be employed.
In addition, the loading / unloading member is not limited to the battery case, and even in the case of an operation panel or a grill that is loaded / unloaded from the front panel, the housing position can be determined with respect to the front panel by similarly providing a locking portion on the front panel. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to a table stove, and can be applied to a built-in stove, a single grill, or the like as long as it is a cooking device provided with an entry / exit member that enters and exits from the front panel.

  1 ... Table stove 2 ... Container 3 ... Top plate 4 ... Stove burner 5 ... Grill 6 ... Front panel 7 ... Operating buttons 11 ... Projections 13 ..Battery case, 14 ..Cover part, 15 ..Case part, 16 ..Control knob, 17 ..Locking projection, 18 ..Groove, 19 ..Stopper, 20 ..Protrusion, 21. , 22 .. Opening, 24 .. Terminal spring, 25 .. Locking piece.

Claims (2)

A container having a front panel on the front surface is formed with an accommodating part for accommodating the access member through an opening formed in the front panel, and the accommodating part or the access member is connected to the accommodating part of the access member. An urging means for urging the input / output member in the pull-out direction is provided at the storage position, while the urging means is locked between the container and the input / output member at the storage position of the input / output member. It is a heating cooker provided with a locking portion that holds the access member in the storage position against each other,
A cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the engaging portion on the container side is provided on the front panel, and the accommodation position of the access member is determined with respect to the front panel.   The locking portion on the input / output member side is a locking protrusion provided on an operation knob that has elasticity in a direction perpendicular to the direction of loading / unloading of the input / output member and is exposed in the opening. The locking portion is an locking piece that extends from an edge of the opening of the front panel and is locked by the locking protrusion at a position where the access member is accommodated. Cooking device.

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