JP2011182870A - Kitchen apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide kitchen apparatus making efficient use of a warm air accumulated within a kitchen table due to heating by a heating device. <P>SOLUTION: The kitchen apparatus 1 including the kitchen table 2, the heating device 5 provided on the kitchen table 2, and an exhaust device 7 capable of exhausting a cooking waste gas generated by the heating device 5 includes a suction port 12a for sucking the warm air released from the heating device 5. Ventilation paths 8a, 9a, and 12 for exhausting the warm air toward the exhaust device 7 are provided from within the kitchen table 2 to the exhaust device 7. At least a part of the ventilation paths 8a, 9a, and 12 is configured as storages 8a and 9a for storing an object 11 to be stored. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a kitchen facility comprising a kitchen table, a heater provided on the kitchen table, an exhaust device for exhausting cooking waste gas generated by heating of the heater, and a storage for storing stored items. .

  Conventionally, a kitchen counter (kitchen table) is equipped with a cooking unit (heater) that heats a pan, etc., a drawer (storage) that can store stored items such as tableware, and a sink unit that cleans tableware and the like. There is a kitchen facility in which a ventilation fan (exhaust device) is provided above the unit, and cooking waste gas generated during cooking in the cooking unit is exhausted from the ventilation fan (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2006-334240 (page 6, FIG. 7)

  However, in the kitchen facility described in Patent Document 1, in order to store the tableware (contained items) washed in the sink portion in the drawer (storage), the user must maintain the hygienic aspect in the drawer. However, it is necessary to store the tableware in the drawer after wiping off the water droplets adhering to the tableware with a cloth or the like.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a kitchen facility that can maintain the sanitary aspect of the storage without taking time and effort for storage.

In order to solve the above problems, the kitchen equipment of the present invention comprises:
A kitchen facility comprising a kitchen table, a heater provided on the kitchen table, an exhaust device capable of exhausting cooking waste gas generated by heating of the heater, and a storage for storing stored items. And
An air inlet for sucking warm air discharged from the heater, and an air passage for exhausting the warm air toward the exhaust device from the inside of the kitchen table to the exhaust device; Is at least partially provided in the ventilation path.
According to this feature, when the hot air staying in the kitchen table by the heater is exhausted through the ventilation path by the exhaust device, the warm air exhausted is stored in the storage. Since the stored item is dried and the drying time of the stored item can be shortened, it is not necessary to wipe off the water droplets of the stored item, and the thermal energy generated by the heater can be used effectively.

The kitchen equipment of the present invention is
The exhaust device is provided above the heater, and the air passage is disposed in a vertical frame that is erected in a substantially vertical direction from the kitchen table, and the exhaust channel in the vertical frame The ventilation path is configured as a vertical storage.
According to this feature, since the vertical storage is oriented in the vertical direction, the stored items can be uniformly applied to the warm air moving in the vertical storage in the vertical direction, and the drying time of the stored items is further reduced. In addition, the user using the kitchen table can put in and out the stored items in the vertical storage with the posture using the kitchen table, so the burden on the user's body is reduced. It can be reduced.

The kitchen equipment of the present invention is
The exhaust device is disposed immediately above the heater, and a horizontal frame extends in a horizontal direction from the upper end portion of the vertical frame to the exhaust device, and the ventilation path in the horizontal frame It is characterized by being configured in a horizontal storage.
According to this feature, cooking waste gas generated by heating of the heater can be exhausted without providing a duct or the like that guides the exhaust device, and a horizontal storage is formed in the horizontal frame in addition to the vertical storage. By doing so, the storage amount of the stored items can be increased.

The kitchen equipment of the present invention is
The ventilation path is provided with a lighting device that illuminates the kitchen table.
According to this feature, the drying time of the stored item can be further shortened by the heat generated in the lighting device.

The kitchen equipment of the present invention is
The exhaust device includes a selection unit capable of selecting any one of the exhaust of only the cooking waste gas, the exhaust of the cooking waste gas and the warm air, and the exhaust of only the warm air. It is said.
According to this feature, the mode of exhaust can be selected as appropriate by operating the selection means, and the degree of freedom in using the exhaust device can be improved.

It is a perspective view which shows the kitchen installation in an Example. It is sectional drawing which shows a kitchen stand, a frame member, and a range hood. It is AA sectional drawing of the kitchen stand and frame member in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the open state of a vertical storage and a horizontal storage.

  The form for implementing the kitchen installation which concerns on this invention is demonstrated below based on an Example.

  The kitchen facility according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Hereinafter, the front side of FIG. 2 and the left side of FIG. 3 will be referred to as the front side (front side) of the kitchen table, and the left and right sides of the user facing the front side of the kitchen table will be described as the left and right sides of the kitchen table.

  The code | symbol 1 of FIG. 1 is the system kitchen as a kitchen installation in this invention. As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, this system kitchen 1 is provided with the kitchen stand 2 for a user to perform cooking, washing | cleaning of tableware, etc.

  The kitchen table 2 is arranged with its right end in contact with a wall surface W in the room. For this reason, the system kitchen 1 of a present Example is comprised by the peninsula type | mold which the kitchen stand 2 protruded from the wall surface W in the horizontal direction.

  On the upper left side of the kitchen table 2 is provided a sink part 3 used by a user to wash dishes, the upper center is a work space 4 on the kitchen table 2, and the upper right side is for cooking. A stove 5 as a heater in the present invention is provided. Moreover, the lower part of the kitchen stand 2 is formed in a hollow interior, and a plurality of storage units 6 constituting the storage of the present invention for storing tableware, foodstuffs and the like are provided.

  A range hood 7 as an exhaust device in the present invention for exhausting cooking waste gas generated when a pan or the like is heated by the stove unit 5 to the outside is disposed immediately above the stove unit 5 of the kitchen table 2. Yes. The right end portion of the range hood 7 is in contact with and supported by the wall surface W. Further, an exhaust fan 7a for exhausting cooking waste gas from above the stove unit 5 is provided inside the range hood 7, and the cooking waste gas sucked by the exhaust fan 7a is exhausted outdoors. For this purpose, an exhaust duct (not shown) is connected.

  In addition, the filter 7b which prevents the penetration | invasion into the range hood 7 of the fats and oils etc. which are contained in cooking waste gas is attached to the lower end part of the range hood 7. FIG. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the intake performance of the exhaust fan 7a from deteriorating due to the oil or the like contained in the cooking waste gas adhering to the exhaust fan 7a.

  A vertical frame 8 is erected from the left end of the kitchen table 2 in the vertical direction. Further, a horizontal frame 9 constituting a part of the frame member is extended from the upper end portion of the vertical frame toward the range hood 7 in parallel with the floor surface. It is connected to the. The horizontal frame 9 is provided with a lighting device 10 that illuminates the kitchen table 2 from above. The illumination device 10 includes a plurality of white light emitting diodes (not shown) inside, and lighting circuits 10a for these white light emitting diodes are housed and disposed in a horizontal storage 9a of a horizontal frame 9 described later.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the inside of the vertical frame 8 that constitutes a part of the frame member is a hollow shape that is long in the vertical direction in order to accommodate the stored items 11 such as cooking utensils and tableware. It is formed in the vertical storage 8a. A mesh-like bottom plate 8b is provided in the lower part of the vertical storage 8a, and a plurality of hooks 8c for holding a relatively long storage item 11 such as a ladle are attached to the left inner surface. It has been. Further, a cylindrical member 8d for hanging cloth-like storage items such as a cloth width is provided in the vertical storage 8a so as to extend in the front-rear direction.

  In addition, you may arrange | position the water receiving tray which is not shown in figure which receives the spear dripped from the stored article 11 on the baseplate 8b. In this case, a water receiving tray having a size smaller than that of the bottom plate 8b is arranged so that warm air described later can pass around the water receiving tray.

  Further, a slide door 8e that slides in the front-rear direction of the vertical frame 8 is provided on the right side of the vertical frame 8, and the user moves the slide door 8e back and forth to move the vertical storage 8a. Is opened and closed, and the stored items 11 can be put in and out of the vertical storage 8a. The sliding direction of the sliding door 8e may be the vertical direction as long as the vertical storage 8a can be opened and closed by sliding.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an intake pipe 12 extends from the lower end of the vertical frame 8 toward the vicinity of the stove 5 in the kitchen table 2. A suction port 12 a is formed at the tip of the intake pipe 12 on the stove part 5 side for inhaling hot air that is heated by heating the stove part 5 and stays in the kitchen table 2.

  In addition, although the inside of the kitchen stand 2 in a present Example is formed in one big space as a whole, although not shown in figure, when the inside of the kitchen stand 2 is partitioned off by the partition plate etc. for every storage part 6 May form through holes in these partition plates, and the intake pipe 12 may be inserted through the through holes, and the suction port 12a may be disposed in the vicinity of the stove unit 5, or the suction port may be disposed in the vertical storage 8a. It may be formed below, and warm air may be sucked from the vicinity of the stove 5 at the suction port through a through hole formed in the partition plate.

  Inside the horizontal frame 9, similarly to the vertical frame 8, a horizontal storage 9 a that is long and hollow in the left-right direction is formed in order to store storage items 11 such as cooking utensils and tableware. A mesh-shaped bottom plate 9b is provided above the bottom surface of the horizontal storage case 9a in the lower part of the horizontal storage case 9a, and the stored items 11 can be placed on the bottom plate 9b.

  In addition, the lighting circuit 10a of the illuminating device 10 mentioned above is arrange | positioned on the bottom face of the horizontal storage 9a. For this reason, the heat generated by the lighting circuit 10a is radiated to the upper side of the bottom plate 9b. The lighting circuit 10a is housed in a box made of a material having high thermal conductivity such as copper or aluminum, thereby preventing adhesion of water drops falling from the storage 11 placed on the bottom plate 9b. It is desirable to efficiently radiate the heat generated by the lighting circuit 10a.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, on the front side of the horizontal frame 9, a flap door 9 c that is pivotally supported by a pivot that faces in the left-right direction at the left and right ends of the horizontal frame 9 is provided. A handle 9d for the user to hold is attached to the front upper portion of the flap door 9c, and the horizontal storage can be obtained by pulling the flap door 9c to the front side while the user holds the handle 9d. The stored item 11 can be put in and out from the inside of 9a.

  In this embodiment, the storage 11 is put in and out of the horizontal storage 9a by opening and closing the flap door 9c provided on the front side of the horizontal frame 9 in this way, but the bottom of the horizontal storage 9a is The plate 11 to be configured may be provided, and the stored material 11 may be put in and out of the horizontal storage 9a by suspending the plate so as to be slidable below the horizontal storage 9a and moving it up and down.

  The interior of the horizontal storage 9a communicates with the interior of the vertical storage 8a at the lower left end and also communicates with the inside of the range hood 7 through the communication port 9e formed at the right end. That is, the communication port 9e and the intake port 12a communicate with each other via the vertical storage 8a, the horizontal storage 9a, and the intake pipe 12.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an open / close valve 13 as a selection means in the present invention capable of opening and closing the communication port 9e by electric drive is attached to the communication port 9e on the side of the range hood 7 communicating with the inside of the horizontal storage 9a. ing. As shown in FIG. 1, the open / close switch S of the open / close valve 13 is disposed at the lower front of the range hood 7 together with a power switch (not shown) of the exhaust fan 7 a. Although not particularly illustrated, the communication hole 9e on the side of the horizontal storage 9a may be disposed in the lower periphery of the filter 7b so that the processing for forming the communication hole 9e in the range hood 7 may be omitted.

  By configuring the system kitchen 1 as described above, as shown in FIG. 2, when the user operates the open / close switch S and opens the open / close valve 13 with the exhaust fan 7a being driven, the exhaust fan 7a is opened. Thus, the hot air staying in the kitchen table 2 is sucked from the suction port 12a. The warmed air that has been sucked in moves into the vertical storage 8a and the horizontal storage 9a from the intake pipe 12 and hits the storage 11 stored in the storages 8a and 9a. Reduce the drying time. That is, the intake pipe 12, the vertical storage 8a, and the horizontal storage 9a in the present embodiment constitute an air passage in the present invention.

  In particular, in the horizontal storage 9a, the warm air is reheated by the heat generated by the lighting circuit 10a, and the heat lost by passing through the intake pipe 12 and the vertical storage 8a can be replenished. Yes.

  Although not specifically shown, an opening / closing valve for opening / closing the filter 7b is further provided below the range hood 7, and the opening / closing valve 13 on the side of the communication hole 9e is opened by connecting the opening / closing valve operably from the opening / closing switch S. At the same time, the on-off valve on the filter 7b side may be closed, and only the items 11 stored in the vertical storage 8a and the horizontal storage 9a may be dried by warm air. Even when the stove 5 is not used, the open / close valve 13 on the through hole 9e side is opened, and the exhaust fan 7a is driven in a state where the open / close valve on the filter 7b side is closed. Ventilation in the table 2 may be performed to remove moisture in the kitchen table 2.

  In this way, by further providing an opening / closing valve for opening and closing the filter 7b at the lower portion of the range hood 7, the exhaust fan 7a is driven to exhaust only cooking waste gas, cooking waste gas and hot air, and only hot air. Therefore, the exhaust mode can be selected as appropriate by operating both on-off valves, and the degree of freedom in using the range hood 7 can be improved.

  As described above, in the system kitchen 1 according to the present embodiment, the kitchen table 2, the stove unit 5 provided in the kitchen table 2, the range hood 7 capable of exhausting cooking waste gas generated by heating the stove unit 5, A system kitchen 1 including a storage for storing the stored items 11, having a suction port 12 a for sucking warm air discharged from the stove unit 5, and exhausting the warm air toward the range hood 7. Since the ventilation path for doing is provided from the kitchen stand 2 to the range hood 7, and at least a part of the storage is provided in the ventilation path, the stove unit 5 is heated and stays in the kitchen stand 2. When the hot air is exhausted by the range hood 7 through the ventilation path, the stored item 11 stored in the storage is dried using the exhausted warm air, and the drying time of the stored item 11 is shortened. To do Can therefore, not only there is no need to wipe off water droplets or the like of the accommodated article 11, it is possible to effectively utilize the thermal energy generated by the stove unit 5.

  In addition, the range hood 7 is provided above the stove unit 5, and the ventilation path is disposed in a vertical frame 8 erected from the kitchen table 2 in a substantially vertical direction. Since the vertical passage 8a is configured in the vertical storage 8a, the vertical storage 8a faces in the vertical direction, so that the stored items 11 are uniformly applied to the hot air moving in the vertical storage 8a in the vertical direction. In addition to being able to shorten the drying time of the stored items 11, the user using the kitchen table 2 can store it in the vertical storage 8 a while using the kitchen table 2. Since the object 11 can be put in and out, the burden on the user's body can be reduced.

  The range hood 7 is disposed immediately above the stove 5 and a horizontal frame 9 extends in the horizontal direction from the upper end of the vertical frame 8 to the range hood 7. Since the path is configured in the horizontal storage 9a, the cooking waste gas generated by heating the stove unit 5 can be exhausted without providing a duct or the like leading to the range hood 7, and in addition to the vertical storage 8a. By forming the horizontal storage 9a in the horizontal frame 9, the storage amount of the storage items 11 can be increased.

  Moreover, since the illuminating device 10 which illuminates the kitchen stand 2 is provided in the ventilation path, the drying time of the stored item 11 can be further shortened by the heat generated by the illuminating device 10.

  Moreover, since the range hood 7 is equipped with the on-off valve 13 which can select exhaust_gas | exhaustion only of cooking waste gas, and exhaust_gas | exhaustion of cooking waste gas and warm air, the range hood 7 is both cooking waste gas and warm air. It is possible to prevent a reduction in the exhaust capability of the range hood 7 caused by exhausting.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and modifications and additions within the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention. It is.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the kitchen facility has been described as the peninsula-type system kitchen 1, but the drying time of the stored items 11 in the storage provided in the ventilation path is shortened by the hot air accumulated in the kitchen table 2. If possible, the form of the system kitchen 1 is not particularly limited.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the range hood 7 was supported by the wall surface W, the installation position of the range hood 7 may be suspended from a ceiling etc. if the cooking waste gas from the stove part 5 can be exhausted. In this case, the present invention can be applied to an island type system kitchen in addition to the peninsula type mentioned in the embodiment.

  In the embodiment, the lighting device 10 includes a plurality of white light emitting diodes, and the heat generated by the lighting circuit 10a of these white light emitting diodes is radiated above the bottom plate 9b. However, the heat generated by the lighting device 10 is emitted above the bottom plate 9b. If it is possible to radiate, the lighting device 10 may use a white light bulb, a fluorescent lamp, or the like.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the ball etc. were suspended by the hook 8c in the vertical type | mold storage 8a, the long-sized storage thing, such as a vertical plate, stood and stored in the vertical type | mold storage 8a. Also good. By storing the stored items in the vertical storage 8a in this way, the contact area between the stored items and the bottom plate 8b is made smaller than when the stored items are laid down in the horizontal storage 9a. You may make it shorten drying time.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the ball etc. were suspended by the hook 8c in the vertical storage 8a, the drain pipe connected to the outward of the kitchen stand 2 is connected just under the bottom plate 8b in the intake pipe 12. Thus, the water drops dripping from the stored item 11 may be efficiently drained from the drain pipe to the outside of the kitchen table 2.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the stored item 11 was accommodated in the vertical storage 8a and the horizontal storage 9a, the water supply pipe for supplying water to the sink part 3 is set in the vertical storage 8a and horizontal storage. By piping to the inside of the storage 9a, the water pipe is concealed from the external view of the system kitchen 1, and heat is exchanged between the water in the water supply pipe and the hot air in the vertical storage 8a and the horizontal storage 9a. You may make it raise and the water supply temperature in the sink part 3 may be raised a little.

  Moreover, in the said Example, the exhaust fan 7a is provided in the range hood 7, and it accommodates in the vertical storage 8a and the horizontal storage 9a with the warm air in the kitchen stand 2 by driving this exhaust fan 7a. However, the exhaust fan is separated from the range hood 7 and provided at a lower portion of the horizontal frame 9, and a vent pipe is provided from the exhaust fan into the range hood 7. It may be configured. By adopting such a configuration, the exhaust fan is driven to suck the cooking waste gas generated when the pan or the like is heated by the stove unit 5, and the cooking waste gas in the vent pipe and the horizontal storage box that is the ventilation path Heat exchange can be performed with the atmosphere in 9a, and the stored items 11 stored in the horizontal storage 9a can be dried by the heat of the cooking waste gas. Further, in this case, if the structure that can capture the hot air generated when hot water is used in the sink part 3 and can be sucked into the horizontal storage 9a, the hot air generated in the sink 3 is also stored in the horizontal storage 9a. It can be used to dry the stored items 11 stored therein, and the hot air generated in the sink part 3 can be exhausted.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the stored item 11 accommodated in the horizontal storage 9a was dried by inhaling the warm air which is heated by the heating of the stove part 5, and stays in the kitchen stand 2, the sink part 3, an opening is provided in the lower portion of the horizontal frame 9, and hot air generated when hot water is used in the sink portion 3 is introduced into the horizontal storage 9 a through the opening, and the horizontal storage 9 a You may use in order to dry the stored item 11 stored.

  In addition, when using the cooking waste gas generated when the above-mentioned pan etc. are overheated or the warm air generated when using hot water for drying, since it contains steam, the steam comes into contact with the stored item 11. Needless to say, it is indirectly dried with warm heat-exchanged air so as not to get wet.

1 System kitchen (kitchen equipment)
2 Kitchen stand 5 Stove (heating section)
7 Range hood (exhaust device)
8 Vertical frame 8a Vertical storage (ventilation path)
9 Horizontal frame 9a Horizontal storage (ventilation path)
9b Bottom plate 10 Illuminating device 10a Lighting circuit 11 Stored item 12 Intake pipe (air passage)
12a Inlet 13 On-off valve (selection means)

Claims (5)

A kitchen facility comprising a kitchen table, a heater provided on the kitchen table, an exhaust device capable of exhausting cooking waste gas generated by heating of the heater, and a storage for storing stored items. And
An air inlet for sucking warm air discharged from the heater, and an air passage for exhausting the warm air toward the exhaust device from the inside of the kitchen table to the exhaust device; A kitchen facility characterized in that at least a part of is provided in the air passage.   The exhaust device is provided above the heater, and the air passage is disposed in a vertical frame that is erected in a substantially vertical direction from the kitchen table, and the exhaust channel in the vertical frame The kitchen facility according to claim 1, wherein the ventilation path is configured as a vertical storage.   The exhaust device is disposed immediately above the heater, and a horizontal frame extends in a horizontal direction from the upper end portion of the vertical frame to the exhaust device, and the ventilation path in the horizontal frame The kitchen equipment according to claim 2, wherein the kitchen equipment is configured as a horizontal storage.   The kitchen facility according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a lighting device for illuminating the kitchen table is provided in the ventilation path.   The exhaust device includes a selection unit capable of selecting any one of the exhaust of only the cooking waste gas, the exhaust of the cooking waste gas and the warm air, and the exhaust of only the warm air. A kitchen facility according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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