JP2014198109A - Kitchen apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kitchen apparatus on which wet articles can be placed and which has a surface easy to be washed down with water together with the back surface of a sink.SOLUTION: A kitchen apparatus includes: a counter 2 where a sink 4 is formed; and a cabinet 11 having an upper opening which upwardly opens and on which the counter 2 is disposed so as to cover the upper opening. The counter 2 is provided with a back guard 3 upwardly projecting at the back end part. The inside surface (front surface 46) of a posterior wall 41 of the sink 4 is formed so as to be almost flush with the front surface 31 of the back guard 3. An area equivalent to a part of the posterior wall 41 of the sink 4 ranging from its inside surface to its front side and a part in a lateral direction, is formed into a base surface 5 protruding to a level higher than a base bottom surface 47 as the other area of the bottom surface and lower than a top surface 20 of the counter 2. The back guard 3 and the base surface 5 are adjacent to each other.

Description

  The present invention relates to a kitchen apparatus.

  Conventionally, a counter equipped with a sink has been used as a kitchen device installed in a kitchen. In the conventional counter, the sink is provided at a part of the counter, and normally, a stove is provided at a part where the sink of the counter is not provided. And the part except the sink and stove of the upper surface of a counter becomes a cooking work area.

  In the kitchen apparatus, for example, a kitchen apparatus has been proposed in which the back surface of the sink is formed so as to be substantially flush with the front surface of the back guard provided at the rear end of the counter (see, for example, Patent Document 1). . This facilitates cleaning of the back surface of the sink and the back guard.

  In addition, when performing a cooking operation on a counter, there is a demand that an operator wants a space for temporarily placing a wet article such as food. In response to this, an operator may place a wet article such as food on the cooking work area on the upper surface of the counter, but in this case, the wet upper surface of the counter is left behind. Need to be washed in. In order to wash the upper surface of the counter wetted and soiled by the operator, it is preferable to pour water on the upper surface of the counter and cause the water containing the dirt to flow into the sink. However, if the operator pours water on the counter top surface, the water spreads over the counter top surface, making it difficult to let all the water flow into the sink, and the work of wiping off the water remaining on the top surface of the counter becomes troublesome. It was something that would end up.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-8345

  The present invention has been invented in view of the above-described conventional problems, and provides a kitchen apparatus that can place a wet article and has a surface that can be easily washed away with water along with the back surface of the sink. This is a problem.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration.

  A counter having a sink formed thereon and a cabinet having an upper opening that opens upward and in which the counter is disposed so as to cover the upper opening; and a back that protrudes upward at a rear end portion of the counter A guard is provided, and an inner side surface of the rear wall of the sink is provided so as to be substantially flush with a front surface of the back guard, and a part from the inner side surface to the front side of the rear wall of the sink; In addition, a partial area in the left-right direction is a base surface that is higher than a base surface that is another area of the bottom surface of the sink and is lower than a top surface of the counter, and the back guard and the base surface are adjacent to each other. It is characterized by.

  Moreover, the said base surface is made into the 1st base surface, It is the front side of the said 1st base surface among the said bottom surfaces of the said sink, and the left-right direction in the left-right direction in the left-right direction is the left-right direction of said 1st base surface It is preferable that a region up to a distance shorter than the length of the second base surface is raised to a height higher than the base surface and lower than the upper surface of the counter.

  In addition, it is preferable that the first base surface and the second base surface are adjacent to each other in plan view, and the second base surface is lower than the first base surface.

  Further, the first base surface, a first inclination that is inclined to become lower as it goes to the front side in the front-rear direction, and a second inclination that is inclined to become lower as it goes to the base surface side in the left-right direction, It is preferable to have at least one of the slopes.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said 2nd base surface inclines so that it may become so low that it goes to the said base face side in the left-right direction.

  In the kitchen apparatus of the present invention, by placing the wet article on the surface of the base, it is not necessary to place the article on the base surface of the sink and the counter, and the base surface is easily washed with water together with the back surface of the sink.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a part of the counter (including the back guard and the sink) according to the first embodiment of the present invention from the upper right front side. It is a whole perspective view from the diagonally forward upper right of 1st embodiment. It is a perspective view from the diagonally right front upper part of a part of the counter in 2nd embodiment. It is a perspective view from the diagonally right front upper part of a part of counter in 3rd embodiment. It is a perspective view explaining the inclination of a table surface. It is a perspective view explaining the installation to the sink of the goods shelf which consists of a net cage in 3rd embodiment.

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

  As shown in FIG. 2, 1st embodiment is related with the kitchen apparatus 1 installed in a kitchen. As shown in FIG. 1, the kitchen apparatus 1 includes at least a counter 2, a back guard 3, and a sink 4. In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the storage furniture 10 is installed on the floor of the kitchen, and the counter 2 is placed on the upper surface of the storage furniture 10.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the storage furniture 10 is mainly composed of a cabinet 11 having an upper opening that opens upward. In addition, in the following description, the direction in which the back guard 3 (described later) of the storage furniture 10 is provided is the rear B (back), the opposite direction is the front F, and in the left-right direction, the user uses the rear B. Let it be left L and right R when facing.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cabinet 11 includes a back plate located at the rear end. The cabinet 11 further includes side plates 13 located at the left end and the right end. The cabinet 11 includes at least a back plate and a side plate 13. In the first embodiment, a front plate 14 is further provided at the front end.

  In the cabinet 11, an internal space surrounded by the back plate, the side plate 13, and the front plate 14 serves as a storage space and has an upper opening. In the first embodiment, the cabinet 11 is formed in a rectangular shape in plan view. An opening (hereinafter referred to as a front opening) is formed in the front plate 14, and the storage space communicates with a space in front F of the cabinet 11 through the front opening. The front opening is provided with an opening / closing body 15 that allows the front opening to be opened and closed. The opening / closing body 15 includes an opening door that opens and closes a part or all of the front opening, a drawer front plate that is housed in the front opening so as to be able to be pulled out and pushed, a front plate of the operation unit 62 of the stove 61 described later, and the like. Composed. Further, the cabinet 11 may not include the front plate 14, and a front opening may be formed on the entire front surface, and the front opening may be closed only by the opening / closing body 15. Further, the cabinet 11 may include a bottom plate, and the front plate 14 may include a kick plate 16. The cabinet 11 and the opening / closing body 15 constitute the storage furniture 10.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the counter 2 is placed on the upper end of the storage furniture 10. The counter 2 is placed on the upper end portion of the cabinet 11 and closes the upper opening. In the first embodiment, the plan view shape has the same rectangular shape as the plan view shape of the cabinet 11. The counter 2 is formed of artificial marble in the first embodiment, but the material is not particularly limited.

  The counter 2 is provided with a back guard 3 and a sink 4. In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a stove 61 as a cooking device 6 is further provided. The upper surface of the counter 2 (hereinafter referred to as a counter surface) is a flat surface, and the portion of the counter surface excluding the sink 4 and the stove 61 (heating cooking appliance 6) is a cooking work area 21.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the back guard 3 is provided at the rear end of the counter 2 and protrudes upward from the counter surface. In the first embodiment, the back guard 3 has a plate shape. The back guard 3 is formed integrally with the counter 2 and the sink 4 in the first embodiment, but may not be formed integrally with the counter 2. The height 32 of the back guard 3 is 3 cm to 10 cm in the first embodiment, but is not particularly limited.

  A sink 4 is formed on a part of the counter 2 in the left-right direction. In the first embodiment, the sink 4 is provided at a position biased to the right side of the counter 2. In the first embodiment, the stove 61 is provided at a position biased to the left side of the counter 2. As for the stove 61 of 1st embodiment, the electromagnetic cooker as a heating source is arrange | positioned 3 parallelly in the left-right direction. The heating source of the stove 61 may be a gas combustion type instead of the electromagnetic cooker.

  The sink 4 is a tank opened upward in a rectangular shape in plan view, which includes a rear wall 41, a left wall 42, a right wall 43, a front wall 44, and a bottom wall 45. The counter 2 is provided so that an inner side surface (hereinafter referred to as a back surface 46) facing the front side of the rear wall 41 is substantially flush with the front surface 31 of the back guard 3. In the first embodiment, the sink 4 and the back guard 3 are integrally formed so that the back surface 46 of the sink 4 is substantially flush with the front face 31 of the back guard 3 and located slightly forward F. . The substantially flush shape means a state in which the back surface 46 and the front surface 31 are continuous through a level difference (a placement portion 8 to be described later) to the extent that a flange of an article shelf 7 to be described later can be mounted, or A state in which the back surface 46 and the front surface 31 are flush with each other.

  The upper surface of the portion of the rear wall 41 of the sink 4 that is located forward F from the front surface 31 of the back guard 3 is a placement portion on which an article shelf 7 (see FIG. 6) made of a tray or a mesh basket is placed. It is eight. The article shelf 7 will be described later.

  The placement portion 8 is also provided on the left wall 42, the right wall 43, and the front wall 44 of the sink 4. These placement portions 8 are formed at the same height as the placement portion 8 of the rear wall 41 described above at the upper end portion adjacent to the counter 2 of the sink 4. The width of the placement portion 8 is preferably 1 cm to 3 cm, but is not particularly limited. In addition, the mounting part 8 does not need to be provided in the part of the rear wall 41, the left wall 42, the right wall 43, and the front wall 44 where the later-described base surface 5 is provided.

  In the first embodiment, the base surface 5 is provided on a part of the upper surface (hereinafter referred to as the bottom surface) of the bottom wall 45 of the sink 4. The base surface 5 is a surface that is raised to a height that is higher than the base surface 47 that is a region other than the base surface 5 on the bottom surface of the sink 4 and lower than the counter surface. The base surface 5 is a part from the rear surface 46 to the front side of the rear wall 41 of the sink 4 and is formed in a partial region in the left-right direction, and is substantially perpendicular to the front surface 31 of the back guard 3, It is adjacent to the back guard 3.

  In the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the base surface 5 is a part of the bottom surface of the sink 4 from the rear end to the front side (about 20 to 30% of the length of the front and rear of the sink 4), and , It is formed in a part of the region from the left end portion to the right side (about 50 to 60% of the left and right length of the sink 4). In addition, the area (area, ratio with respect to the sink 4) of the area | region in which the base surface 5 is provided is not specifically limited to the above.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the base surface 5 has at least one inclination among the 1st inclination which inclines so that it goes to the front side, and the 2nd inclination which inclines so that it goes to the right side. In the first embodiment, both slopes are provided, and the direction of the maximum slope of the base surface 5 is directed toward the center of the sink 4. The inclination will be described later.

  Moreover, in 1st embodiment, the mounting part 8 is provided in the front edge of the base surface 5, and the right edge. In the first embodiment, the rear wall 41, the left wall 42, the right wall 43, the front wall 44, and the placement portion 8 provided on the edge of the base surface 5 are continuous at the same height. .

  In the first embodiment, a drain port 49 is formed in a region on the right side of the base surface 5 of the sink 4 (hereinafter referred to as an auxiliary sink 48). In the first embodiment, the drain outlets 49 are all located in the auxiliary sink 48, but a part thereof is located in the auxiliary sink 48 and the rest is located in front F of the auxiliary sink 48. Good. However, it is preferable that the entire drain port 49 is not positioned in front F of the auxiliary sink 48 and the base surface 5, thereby making the drain port 49 inconspicuous.

  Moreover, in 1st embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, although the currant 91 and the currant operation part 92 are provided in the base surface 5, these are arbitrary structures.

  In the first embodiment described above, the counter 2 is provided so that the right inner surface 46 of the base surface 5 of the sink 4 is substantially flush with the front surface 31 of the back guard 3. At this time, there is no surface having the same height as the counter surface between the back surface 46 and the front surface 31, and the placement portion 8 is provided at a position lower than the counter surface. Thereby, the depth (front-rear length) of the sink 4 (including the auxiliary sink 48) can be increased, and cooking containers such as large frying pans and pans and other large objects are placed on the base surface 47 in the sink 4. It is possible.

  Moreover, in 1st embodiment, the base surface 5 is provided in a part of bottom face of the sink 4, and the base surface 5 is formed lower than the counter surface. For this reason, when an operator wash | cleans the base surface 5 to which the wet and dirt adhered, for example, after mounting wet articles, such as a foodstuff, on a base surface 5, it only contains water | pollution | contamination only by spraying the base surface 5. It is possible to cause water to flow into the sink 4. That is, even if water is applied to the table surface 5, the water applied to the table surface 5 hardly flows into the counter surface higher than the table surface 5, and most of the water can be easily poured into the sink 4. Moreover, in 1st embodiment, since it has an inclination, it becomes easier to flow water into the sink 4 more easily.

  Further, in the first embodiment, the base surface 5 is provided in a part from the rear end of the bottom surface of the sink 4 to the front side, and is adjacent to the back guard 3. Thereby, when an operator pours water on the surface 5 to wash it, even when water is poured from the inside of the sink 4 to the outside (rearward B) in a plan view, the water is rebounded by the back guard 3 and is further facilitated. Water can be poured into the sink 4.

  Further, since the base surface 5 is higher than the base surface 47, the base surface 47 is provided with dishes used for meals, cooking containers and utensils used in cooking operations, dirty parts of foodstuffs, and packaging of foods with dirt attached. Even if a container or other object with dirt is placed, it is difficult for the object with dirt or dirt to flow into the table surface 5 or drop. Thereby, even when the operator places, for example, a wet article such as food on the bottom surface of the sink 4 instead of the counter surface, the wet article such as food becomes wet by placing the wet article such as food on the base surface 5. It is possible to prevent the article from becoming dirty.

  Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, about the same part as 1st embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted and a different part is demonstrated.

  In the second embodiment, two base surfaces 5 are provided. The first base surface 51 is the base surface 5 of the first embodiment described above. In addition to this, a second base surface 52 is provided.

  The second base surface 52 is on the front side of the first base surface 51 in the bottom surface of the sink 4 and in the left-right direction, from the left end to a distance shorter than the length of the first base surface 51 in the left-right direction. It is formed in the area. Similar to the first base surface 51, the second base surface 52 is a surface that is raised to a height that is higher than the base surface 47 and lower than the counter surface. The height of the second base surface 52 may be higher than that of the first base surface 51, may be lower than the first base surface 51, or may be the same as the first base surface 51. In the second embodiment, the height of the second base surface 52 is lower than that of the first base surface 51. The second base surface 52 is adjacent to the first base surface 51. Moreover, the 2nd base surface 52 inclines so that it may become so low that it goes to the right side.

  Also in the second embodiment, the length (depth) from the front wall 44 of the sink 4 to the rear wall 41 of the auxiliary sink 48 can be increased, and cooking containers such as large frying pans and pans and other large items can be used. It can be placed on the base surface 47 in the sink 4.

  Moreover, since the 2nd base surface 52 is also formed lower than the counter surface, when an operator wash | cleans the 2nd base surface 52, it is easy to drain water just by spraying water on the 2nd base surface 52. It can be poured into the sink 4. Further, since the second base surface 52 has an inclination, water can easily flow into the sink 4. Moreover, since the 2nd base surface 52 is also higher than the base surface 47, it can suppress that the wet articles | goods, such as a mounted foodstuff, become dirty.

  FIG. 4 shows a third embodiment which is a modification of the second embodiment. In the third embodiment, the height 32 of the back guard 3 is higher than the height 32 in the first embodiment and the second embodiment, and is 15 cm to 30 cm. About others, it is the same as 2nd embodiment, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Here, the inclination will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the depth from the counter surface at the rear end portion of the first base surface 51 (that is, the portion in contact with the back guard 3 (front surface 31)) is H1, and the counter surface at the front end portion of the first base surface 51 The depth from is H2. The 1st inclination which becomes low, so that it goes to the front side in the 1st base surface 51 satisfy | fills H1 <H2 in the arbitrary locations in the left-right direction.

  The depth from the counter surface at the left end portion of the first base surface 51 is H3, and the depth from the counter surface at the right end portion of the first base surface 51 is H4. The 2nd inclination which inclines so that it goes to the right side in the 1st base surface 51 satisfy | fills H3 <H4 in the arbitrary locations in the front-back direction.

  Moreover, the depth from the upper surface of the mounting part 8 of the left end part of the 2nd base surface 52 is 0, and the depth from the upper surface of the mounting part 8 in the right end part of the 2nd base surface 52 is set to H5. To do. The inclination of the second base surface 52 that becomes lower toward the right side satisfies 0 <H5 at an arbitrary position in the front-rear direction.

  Moreover, in 3rd embodiment, the state in which the goods shelf 7 is supported by the mounting part 8 is shown in FIG. The article shelf 7 is a place on which small items such as tableware, cooking utensils, foodstuffs, detergents and scrubbing are placed, and the one shown in FIG. 6 has a rectangular shape in plan view, but the shape is not particularly limited. The article shelf 7 shown in FIG. 6 is composed of a net cage, and is configured by providing an upper outer frame on the outer edge of the upper opening of the article shelf main body 71, which is the main body of the article. The mounting portion 72 is placed and supported on the upper surface of the mounting portion 8. Note that reference numerals 74 and 75 in FIG. 6 are the same as those in the article shelf 7.

  The article shelf 7 shown in FIG. 6 is substantially the same as the auxiliary sink 48 in shape and size in plan view. Then, as indicated by reference numeral 7, the mounting portion 72 includes the mounting portion 8 on the right edge of the first base surface 51, the mounting portion 8 on the back surface 46 of the auxiliary sink 48, and the right wall 43. By being placed on the placement portion 8 at the edge, it is installed so as to overlap the auxiliary sink 48 in plan view.

  In the third embodiment, the left and right lengths of the auxiliary sink 48 and the front and rear lengths of the second base surface 52 are formed to be the same. As a result, the placement portion 72 is placed between the placement portion 8 at the front edge of the first base surface 51, the placement portion 8 at the right edge of the second base surface 52, and the edge of the front wall 44. By being placed on the placement portion 8, an article shelf is installed as indicated by reference numeral 74.

  Moreover, in 3rd embodiment, the mounting part 73 which supports the mounting part 72 of another goods shelf is provided in one side of the goods shelf. Then, in the state where the article shelf is installed as indicated by reference numeral 7, the article shelf indicated by reference numeral 75 is the placement portion 72 of the placement portion 8 at the edge of the front wall 44 and the right wall 43. It can be installed by being placed on the placement part 8 at the edge and the placement part 73 of the article shelf indicated by reference numeral 7.

  Further, when the article shelf 7 is a tray, a flange is formed outward from the edge of the upper opening of the tray main body (article shelf main body).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Kitchen apparatus 10 Storage furniture 11 Cabinet 13 Side plate 14 Front plate 15 Opening and closing body 16 Kicking plate 2 Counter 21 Cooking work area 3 Back guard 31 Front surface 4 Sink 40 Mounted part 41 Rear wall 42 Left wall 43 Right wall 44 Front wall 45 Bottom wall 46 Back surface 47 Base surface 48 Auxiliary sink 49 Drainage port 5 Base surface 51 First base surface 52 Second base surface 6 Cooking device 61 Stove 62 Operation section 7 Article shelf 71 Article shelf body 72 Placement section 73 Placement Part 8 Placed part 91 Callan 92 Callan operation part B Rear F Front L Left R Right

Claims (5)

A counter with a sink,
A cabinet that has an upper opening that opens upward and in which the counter is disposed so as to cover the upper opening;
With
The counter is provided with a back guard protruding upward at the rear end,
The inner surface of the rear wall of the sink is provided so as to be substantially flush with the front surface of the back guard,
A part of the rear wall of the sink from the inner side surface to the front side, and a partial region in the left-right direction is higher than a base surface that is another region of the bottom surface of the sink and higher than the upper surface of the counter A kitchen apparatus characterized in that the table is raised to a low height, and the back guard and the table are adjacent to each other. The base surface is a first base surface,
Of the bottom surface of the sink, a region on the front side of the first base surface and in the left-right direction, from a left or right end portion to a distance shorter than the length in the left-right direction of the first base surface, The kitchen apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the kitchen apparatus is a second base surface that is raised to a height that is higher than the base surface and lower than the upper surface of the counter. The first base surface and the second base surface are adjacent in a plan view,
The kitchen apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second base surface is lower than the first base surface.   The first base surface is a first inclination that is inclined to be lower as it goes to the front side in the front-rear direction, and a second inclination that is inclined to be lower as it goes to the base surface side in the left-right direction, 4. The kitchen apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the kitchen apparatus has at least one inclination.   The kitchen apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the second base surface is inclined so as to become lower toward the base surface side in the left-right direction.

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